XVCD or SVCD?? That is the question.

[PNPman]

Sorry i'm still a newbie to all this. But one that has done a hell of a lot of reading (thanks out to all contributors) and wasted alot of cds testing. I'm not bitter about it, cause i sure am happy when i get the result i want.

Anyway, i don't understand why anyone would make a VCD or XVCD. Isn't MPEG-2 offer a better range of options for encoding (ie bitrates and encoding methods) that will work on most SVCD and DVD players?

As i've only been working on converting DIVX anime to SVCD so i can watch 'em on my tv instead of my little monitor, i'm probably missing the big picture (no pun intended). But i can't see ever needing to go outside the bitrates available for SVCD, why make an XSVCD?

[Psycho_Dad_Rules]

Hi,

XSVCD only means a non standard SVCD. Meaning you can for instance also lower the bitrate or resolution to fit more minutes on a SVCD. For example you can make a XSVCD with a Dual channel audio track, SVCD Bitrates but VCD resolution encoded in MPEG2. This would create a disc than can hold far longer movies than a standard SVCD with dual audio.

Greet,

pSyChO DaD