Why does Tmpgenc's wizzard say that 352x240 = low rez DVD ?

[Tazzofemarr]

Should'nt it be 352x480 = low rez DVD ?
I am trying to make a mpeg2 file that is DVD ready.
But I dont want to use Tmpgnc's wizzard if its the wrong rez.
Any Info would helpful

[bprothero]

352x240 is a valid resolution for DVD according to spec as is MPEG1; however, I would suggest MPEG2 encoded at 702/720x480 (full-D1 spec) or 352x480 (half-D1 spec).

If you chose 352x240, then why not just make a VCD using cheaper CD-R/RW media and widely supported MPEG1?

Brian

[smiggs]

The only drawback ive come across with doing as you've sugested, is that if you have a fussy DVD player (as I have) it wont play the VCD fluently, at 1850kbps.

It will however play SVCDs OK at 2500kbps, so it must be the VCD header that puts it off.

Ive never tried giving a VCD at 1850kbps, a SVCD header.

Would this work ??

[bprothero]

My Sony DVP-S3000 DVD player is just as picky when it comes to non-spec VCDs. It will ONLY play VCD or audio CDs (including CD-R) and DVD-Video (don't think it works with DVD-R though). So I author all my video discs as VCD 2.0 spec. I try to compensate for the lower resolution and bitrate by capturing at 352x480 and then deinterlacing and resizing to 352x240 at 1150kb/s bitrate. A higher bitrate would be nice since I have 50% more space available on the CD-R; but then they wouldn't play on my DVD player.

I've heard some people have gotten their DVD player to accept a XVCD as you describe if they give it a SVCD header. Mine doesn't play SVCD; so I don't think that would work on my machine. You might wish to try it yourself just in case your DVD player is more forgiving.

Brian

[AntnyMD]

The only problem I've encountered using the DVD spec rez of 352x240 @ 1800kbps MPEG-2 CBR is that one of my DVD players did not detect the anamorphic flag (thereby not automatically letterboxing my 16:9 MPEG-2 video stream) while the other did (the other is 2 years newer). On the same DVD, the older DVD player detected the flag on a 2600kbps MPEG-2 VBR @ 352x480 file.

I may have done something incorrectly in DVD Studio Pro to have this happen, though.

[Fred©]

Ive never tried giving a VCD at 1850kbps, a SVCD header.

My DVD can play SVCD... Once I tried a XVCD at 352x480 and it not worked...

How can I give such MPEG-1 a SVCD header?

Thanks,

Fred©