[MPlayer-dev-eng] YUV support in vo_quartz, status update

Nicolas Plourde nicolas.plourde at sympatico.ca
Mon Apr 26 13:44:31 CEST 2004


> D Richard Felker III wrote:
>
>> That's one thing, but iDVD doesn't even let you pick _bitrate_!! If
>> your movie is > 60 minutes (even just 61 minutes) it forces you to use
>> a "90 minute" profile which is low bitrate and horrible quality. This
>> is beyond stupid. (Of course, at the same bitrate lavc's mpeg2 encoder
>> would give great quality but Apple's is a joke...)
>
> No, it's worse than stupid, it's "marketing". iDVD
> is consumer-oriented and used to be free or almost,
> and is ATM very cheap. If you want a tiny bit more
> control, you have to pay for Final Cut Pro, I suppose :-(
>
>> Also, another piece of brain damage, the software kept trying to
>> "convert" my PAL content to NTSC at every step of the process. I had
>> to keep reloading and reconfiguring the software before opening my
>> source DV to get it to leave it alone!
>
> Sounds like an annoying bug. MacOSX apps like MacOS
> apps before them are supposed to remember preference
> settings.
>
> -- 
> Romain Dolbeau
>
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Guys, try to keep it development oriented please.
We are not here to fight.

Good day.
====
Nicolas Plourde <nicolas.plourde at sympatico.ca>




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