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Recoding a DVD to Nero Digital
Nero Recode
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Lock Ratio Locks the automatic change of recoding quality for a DVD-Video title.
It is still possible to make manual changes to the quality settings by
moving the slider.
It could be a good idea to lock individual video titles if you want to
improve the quality of other content (and therefore, the quality of the
remaining content is lowered proportionately). A locked title is
protected from the proportional adjustment in this case.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD has been imported
into the content area and selected there.
Unlock Ratio
Unlocks automatic recoding quality changes for a video title.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been
locked in the content area and selected there.
Trim Movie
Opens the Trim Movie window, where the selected video title can be
trimmed.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been
imported into the content area and selected there.
Chapters Opens the window Chapters where chapter markers can be set.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been
imported into the content area and selected there.
The following drop-down menus are available:
Profile Category Changes the Nero Digital category. This setting refers to the
respective target media for which encoding takes place. The result
has different sizes depending on the selection; the entries in the
Profile drop-down menu are adjusted accordingly.
Profile Changes the Nero Digital profile. The setting relates to the target
medium for which encoding is being carried out.
Encoding Method
Selects the method to be used to encode the MPEG-4 file.
If you select Fast (1-pass), the movie only undergoes one
conversion pass. This method requires less time but has lower
quality than encoding in two steps. The movie is analyzed and
converted with the available bit rate simultaneously.
If you select High quality (2-pass), the movie undergoes several
conversion passes. The quality is better, but the process takes
longer. The first pass analyzes the movie and creates a temporary
file (*log). The second pass converts the file. During this process, the
bit rate data that was stored in the temporary files is used.