jackpot said:
I think so. Basically i think your saying that whatever the quality its been recorded onto the hard drive then keep the same quality when copying onto a DVD which will avoid any decoding ?
No - You don't have it quite right yet.
The ideal to aim for, if it can be achieved, is never to encode more than once.
I know this is not an option in this particular case - but read on .
Encoding is always a loss-making process.
Obviously, the loss is least at XP [ but still a loss] and most at LP or EP speeds.
Everytime you encode you will introduce a loss. You cannot make things better by transferring at a 'better speed' but you CAN minimise the loss.
In other words, it IS worth transferring a recording that was recorded initially at, say SP, at XP speed in order to minimise your loss at the next encoding.
Given the constraints of your original problem that would not suit in this case because of your programme length as others have explained above.
As far as I can see you have not specified your DVDR type so I do not know if it supports Highspeed Copying.
In future you should consider this if your machine supports it, because once you have made your recording to HDD, at whatever quality you choose, you can then copy to disk LOSSLESSLY. A straight digital copy is made ... and more conveniently at a high speed so the whole process is much quicker and convenient.
Most importantly, as there has been only one encoding process, you do not suffer from cumulative multi-encoding losses.