View Single Post
  #49  
Old 2008-05-15, 05:49 PM
pawel's Avatar
pawel pawel is offline
Lockout here
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Poland
Re: Re-encoded digital video

Quote:
Originally Posted by direwolf-pgh View Post
i dont believe you can argue a video is lossy due to D/A converters..
MPEG2 is lossy format, and as such any meddling in frame structure and bitrate must be done by re-compression and compression. It doesn't (much) matter if it is D>A>D or D>D.

Quote:
if we go down that route then everything should be banned as lossy.
It is lossy but there is no other source unless we have Robin Hood representatives in all TV stations
Quote:
Originally Posted by direwolf-pgh View Post
is it possible for digital video or audio files to not be processed by D/A converters?
Jesus, man, read above: PVR and DVB cards.
Reply With Quote Reply with Nested Quotes