It did last time. This time it only asked if I wanted to make seperste segment of merge them. when I put the mouse over each segment it says (in a yellow pop up balloon)
video mode: NTSC
aspect ratio: 4:3
Quality: standard play (5073 kbit/s)
resoloution:720x480 (ccir-601 d1)
sample format: progressive

video format:mpeg-2
audio format:lpcm
encoding mode: fast encoding (1 pass)