when to VCD or SVCD

[alucardx812]

i have some animes that are 512X384 and i'm debating whether i should vcd it or svcd it. is the quality really going to be that noticable? also, anyone know of some general guidelines for when to vcd or svcd? all help is greatly appreciated. thanks

[Nicmare]

hmm, i would recomment svcd because vcd has only a resolution of 320x240 i guess. But if u cant see any difference between both resolution u should take vcd because it dont cost so much time like svcd converting.
mfg
Nicmare

[Mirror_Image]

Try this:

1. encode a 1-minute clip of an anime into VCD

2. encode the same 1-minute clip into SVCD

3. play one and then the other

4. make a decision

[SatStorm]

You are more close to Pal VCD or Pal xSVCD.
Try Sefy's SxVCD, fair compatible wth many standalones outhere and easy to create.

[Marbles_00]

My rule of thumb now, if it is a DivX downloaded off the internet, use VCD as the compressed qualities of the file will never alow you to achieve decent results for SVCD. If it is an uncompressed AVI I would convert to SVCD. A DVD rip, for sure use SVCD.

Bottom line, Mirror-Image has the proper approach, do 1 min. in VCD and then same 1 min. clip in SVCD and compare results.

Hope this was of some help.

[House de Kris]

Well, if you're really sittin' on a fence about this, do both. My current M.O. for convertion from DV transfers is to make a standard VCD compatible MPEG-1, a 2520bps MPEG-2 for SVCD, and a 4500bps MPEG-2 for DVD. This is a lot of work, so you may be asking why I'd do it. I make the VCD version for the greatest compatibility and most video per disc. The SVCD is for the higher quality viewing experience. Finally, I make a DVD version in hopes that I'll get a DVD recorder some day.

I'm currently in the midst of making a bunch of PeeWee Herman transfers from my old VHS tapes from '86/'87. I can squeeze three episodes onto VCD, where I can only get one episode on SVCD. The VCD version is so poor I feel like skipping it. But it doesn't take much time to covert (compared to the other two) and the files are small, so why not?

[Manego1]

You like pee-wee herman?

[jase]

Peewee Herman.... hmmmmm.

Interestingly, I am in the same predicament at the moment, and having created many SVCDs with varying bitrates, am now experimenting with VCD with higher bitrates (xVCD maybe?).

All SVCDs I have created, even those with higher bitrates, appear block and pixelated in stages, which REALLY bugs me when watching.

The VCDs have NO blockiness at all... admittidley they are not quite as sharp as the SVCD, but the blockiness is gone... so I think I’m gonna stick with VCD at about 1800 bitrate. Does this sound stupid?

[SatStorm]

Try some tests with CVD...
352X576(480)Mpeg-2 interlace output with 2 Pass VBR (min220, average 2200, max 2620) @ high quality mode. Sharpen edge filter set on 44.
I don't have blocks with the above settings and TMPGenc 2.53 plus....