CVCD PAL Templates for TMPEGenc?

[energy80s]

Are there any "standard" PAL templates for trying to encode to the CVCD standard with TMPEGenc? Basically using a 352 x 576 picture size. Also does it work better if you originally cap at 352 x 576 or would standard 704 x 576 caps work fine?

I've seen (and indeed downloaded) the Kwag template, but I'm not sure if this would be considered as "standard" as he seems to have customised it somewhat.

I have read a lot of posts claiming at 352 x 576 is half of DVD resolution and therefore more compatible than SVCD. Is this actually true?

[kwag]

Are there any "standard" PAL templates for trying to encode to the CVCD standard with TMPEGenc? Basically using a 352 x 576 picture size. Also does it work better if you originally cap at 352 x 576 or would standard 704 x 576 caps work fine?

I've seen (and indeed downloaded) the Kwag template, but I'm not sure if this would be considered as "standard" as he seems to have customised it somewhat.

I have read a lot of posts claiming at 352 x 576 is half of DVD resolution and therefore more compatible than SVCD. Is this actually true?

Hi energy80s:

352x575 is half D1 for PAL. 352x480 is half D1 for NTSC.

The only modifications I have done to the template are the GOP structure, which shouldn't affect any decoder, and the output resolution which will play on some ( but not all ) DVD players.

If you want a higher compatibility from the mpeg's generated by the template, just change the output to 352x240 ( or 352x288 if you want PAL ).

This will give you a very long capacity and quality, more than CVCD's, while still maintaining a high degree of compatibility with standard DVD players.

The only difference in output will be basically that the bit rate will be variable, instead of constant, as it is in a standard VCD.

I suggest you download one of the samples and burn it as non-standard VCD to try your DVD player's compatibility. The first sample in the site is a 352x288 PAL, courtesy of our friend bilbogod.

kwag

[energy80s]

Hi Kwag, do you have any CVCD templates? The length of the encoded material is irrelevant at the moment - mostly 29 minutes on a disc. I would just like to try out a "standard" template first before trying to alter it. Reading many posts here it appears that CVCD is a sort of "halfway house" betwen VCD and SVCD and as a lot of old VHS (and new TV) captures aren't wonderful quality anyway, I thought that CVCD might be the way to go as it allows for the encoding of both picture fields using basic MPEG1 specs.

[kwag]

Hi energy80s:

I don't have any CVCD templates, but I download the template a very long time ago, and I saw the parameters used.

CVCD templates are nothing more than VBR, I recall max 1152Kbps, so the bitrate doesn't go above a standard VCD.

So the quality won't be any better that a standard VCD, but because its VBR, you'll fit more time in the CD.

The site where CVCD templates and guides are is http://www.vcdsp.com
The site is in spanish.

I haven't seen the templates anywhere else.

kwag