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Old 2008-05-15, 02:27 PM
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Re: Re-encoded digital video

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Originally Posted by scratchie View Post
It's not because of the d/a conversion; it's because you're taking a compressed format, de-compressing it (to analog) and then re-compressing it. It's the same as if you played an MP3, then captured that analog audio stream and converted it back to MP3.
i dont believe this analogy is correct. mpeg2 is compression by definition...
your statement makes it sound like they convert to divx and back..
this is not the case to my understanding. there is NO analog tuner being used..its a digital firewire/usb connection from source to burner

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Originally Posted by vladsmythe View Post
Makes sense to me scratchmeister.
another clue there is an issue with your statement.

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