640x480 shouldn't look too bad, but there are many other variables which
could make a difference.
Type of file that the 640x480 video is, wmv? How compressed is it?
wmv is not interlaced, but this won't make much of a difference if you have
a progrssive tv, but will if you have a normal crt or interlaced set.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"Mitch" <Mitch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:50BE6012-4CAF-4DE9-839D-8A523B4AF487@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for getting back to me and attempting to answer my issue. That only
> brings up another question though, and that is; is 720x480 the best size
> for
> saving any movie that I want to burn to DVD? The one time I attempted to
> make
> a DVD, all the files were smaller than 640x480. Is 640x480 OK to use for a
> DVD, and is that size better for saving analog captured video, or is
> 720x480
> better?
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
>> If the initial video is small, then it will be blown up to fit the screen
>> size of 720x480 NTSC, so will look pixelated and is exactly the same as
>> looking at a picture at 400% or whatever.
>> Another reason is if you have too long a movie, it needs to compress it
>> to
>> make it fit on the disc. 1 hour is ok, two hours will start to look poor.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> www.myvideoproblems.com
>>
>>
>> "Mitch" <Mitch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1AD68D2C-0A70-48C5-B10A-ABE062D4697E@microsoft.com...
>> > While I'm asking questions, if you'll excuse someone who is interested
>> > in
>> > this stuff, but doesn't have a clue what I'm talking about most of the
>> > time,
>> > I guess I don't really understand exactly what "DVD" is! I used the
>> > software
>> > that came with my laptop, Sonic DigitalMedia Plus v7, and burned a
>> > couple
>> > video files that I had on my laptop to make a DVD. I don't remember if
>> > they
>> > were .wmv files or MPEG-2 files, but after my DVD was finished and I
>> > put
>> > it
>> > in my player, the "movie" was totally pixelated as if I was just
>> > watching
>> > it
>> > on my computer at about 400 or 500%. Is this normal; did I do something
>> > wrong, is my app not made for DVD authoring, etc? As I said, I am
>> > pretty
>> > naive about all this, but want to learn. Any help would be greatly
>> > appreciated!
>> >
>> > Mitch
>> >
>> > PS...I did read the posts about the different DVD authoring apps you
>> > guys
>> > recommended and I am looking into it, just don't know if it's my app or
>> > if
>> > something I'm doing, or if to make a DVD, you need a certain type of
>> > file.
>>
>>
>>