up the bitrate?

[mreed]

I have had some success using tmpgenc to convert avi's to vcd but would like to improve the quality. Can I up the bitrate to enlarge the file size enough to fill the whole cd with a 10 minute clip? Is this the best way given that it will only be played on a pc?

Thanks!

[mreed]

I guess a follow up to this question is how can I figure out what bitrate would fill up the cd?

Thanks for any comments

[air360]

what you should use is the bitrate calculato that can be found in the tools section of this website...here is a link the a basic one..
http://www.vcdhelp.com/calc.htm
all you do is fill in your info and it calculate it.

by the way...if you are only planing on playing it on a computer...wouldnt Divx be better to use than VCD. you would get much higher quality.

now, if you do make a vcd you will still be able to get a high bitrate...but...since it is only 10min you will be able to get a really high biterate...but with this high of bite rate..you will probably not be able to play it on any standalone DVD player...which basicaly defeates the purpose of making a VCD in the first place
PS: please research more before posting...if you had checked out the tools sections first...you would have found exactly what you needed real quick....but oh well

[mreed]

Thanks for your response air360. I had tried to use the bitrate calculater but couldn't change the "type" from svcd to vcd. Also can I distribute divx on an autorun cd? I have been creating vcd's on an autorun cd with wmp.