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[djellison]

OK - there is SO MUCH footage for me to play with via the JPL video catalogue that I'm struggling to trim it down to a sensible DVD Video size.

I'm thinking, currently, of ripping it down to 360 x 240 resolution videos, probably Quicktime H264 format...30fps for most live footage, 15fps for press conf's etc. - BUT - some may not like that compression idea - so I'm open to others.

Bottom line - I want to get as much of the 'missing 3 weeks' between Spirit Landing and Opportunity landing, expecially all the live events captured and onto something that we can all share.

Any options / suggestions, much appreciated.

Doug

[djellison]

Well - they'll be coming on NTSC VHS (otherwise what will be a bill of about 200-300$ would be become more like $1500 or more, then add on an NTSC Digi-Beta deck hire etc ) - and VHS is technically something like 240 lines anyway...A good, sharp, 320 x 240 video would be the best way of getting file size down to maximise how much I can cram into one DVD.

Of course, I could always do some NTSC DVD specials...perhaps just the live landing and first comms past as full res DVD to bolt on.

I'll always have the NTSC VHS origs to return to if I need to - but I'll be capturing at 720 x 480 MPG1 (4mbps) which is DVD quality, technically more than the quality of the VHS itself.

Hows about a two disc set. Disc 1 - DVD-Video (NTSC - region free) of Spirit landing live, + the first comms pass live, and the live egress if there's room. Then Disc 2 - DVD-ROM of 320x240 QT/Xvid/DivX/WMV/whatever of as much footage as I can get of that first two weeks..impact to egress.

Doug