[DanielG]

Originally Posted by gsmyth79

There's a Mac program that let's you look at the bitrate over time so you can see if there are any huge fluctuations (like would be the case for this disc to give max @9k but avg @1.7k). Not sure if you can do that on a PC.

There are a couple of programs on the PC that provide a graphical representation of the bitrate of a video.

One is called "Bitrate Viewer" - you can download it from: http://www.tecoltd.com/bitratev.htm

Also, DVD-Lab (DVD authoring tool) has a built in bitrate viewer as well. Just import one of your VOB files into the program and then one of the menus has an option to analyse the bitrate. You can download DVD-Lab from: http://www.mediachance.com/