Lower Res/Higher Bitrate vs. Higher Res/Lower Bitrate

[ChaunceyK]

Which is more important for clearer video capture, particularly for video with alot of live action/movement?

THANK YOU!

[Cole]

I did exactly this experiment recently as I had captured to my PC a lengthy VHS of a West End theatre production.

I encoded one MPEG2 as a VCD res 352 x 288 (Pal) at aprox 3,000kps and also another MPEG2 as a Half D1 352 * 576. at aprox the same kps.

I then burned both versions to DVD.

The 352 x 288 was better with the fast moving (dance) scenes, but as with the standard VCD, there was what I can only describe as a very very slight whitish sheen to the picture.

The Half D1 was an overall sharper picture, except the dance scenes got a little blocky because of the costumes that the dancers were wearing.

In the end I went with the VCD resolution.

I hope that this is of some help, but it would be an idea to try a bit of experimentation to see what results you can get and what you prefer.

[ChaunceyK]

Thanks for the input! I also checked out your site, very impressive! THANK YOU!!

[midnightsun]

blocky doesn't mean the image is not sharp....quite the opposite actually

[Cole]

blocky doesn't mean the image is not sharp....quite the opposite actually

No one said that is was or wasn't; what I said that out of the two the half D1 was the sharper picture, but the VCD res. coped better with the high movement in the instance that I experimented with.

But surely if the blockyness gets so bad as to give the impression that the dancer is surrounded by a swarm of wasps, it can't be the best way to go.

@ ChaunceyK - That is very nice of you; thank YOU!

[ChaunceyK]

blocky doesn't mean the image is not sharp....quite the opposite actually

Can you explain this, please?