CVD questions with AIW128 pro

[cap]

I’m capturing compressed video with an AIW 128 pro card using MMC 7.7 @ 352x480, cbr/vbr2.3, audio 224 48x16 stereo. Cutting commercials with TMPG 2.5+ and burning with Nero as SVCD. These play fine on my DVD player.
My Questions:
1)If I plan on transferring them to DVD-R in the future are they in spec. without converting anything?
2)When I cut with TMPG, should I be using 2 pass vbr or SVCD 2 pass vbr?
3)If I’m capturing compressed CBR and cutting with VBR does this make my end project a VBR project??
Just trying to get this correct for when I get a DVD burner.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[jonshiz]

1. Here is a good description of cvd, i believe you have the Resolution correct.

http://<a class="contentlink" href="http://forum.vcdhelp.com/userguides/98177.php" tar.../98177.php</a>

2. I'm not sure of the difference here, but as long as you max bitrate isnt too high for you dvd player it shouldnt make much difference.

3. This is the way to go. If you capped in vbr theres no telling if your bitrate would dip lower than you would like for your CVD/SVCD. And encoding later with a higher bitrate would do nothing in way of quality.

Hope this helps.

[cap]

Thanks for the reply Jonshiz, The link you specified is what got me started with CVD. But everyone talks about converting to CVD from AVI. I’m not converting just capture, cut and burn.
Can anyone answer the question on cutting with TMPG 2 pass VBR versus SVCD 2 pass VBR--- if I have a CBR capture does this change me project to a VBR project?

[energy80s]

Why would cutting a CBR file suddenly change it into a VBR file? That takes re-encoding. If you start out with a CBR file and just cut it (or join it) it remains a CBR file.

If you are going to burn it onto a CD-R disc mux as SVCD, it you are burning it onto a DVD-R disc, mux as DVD.

[energy80s]

Just re-reading your initial post. Why are you using "two pass" anything? Cutting is cutting ... not encoding. And cutting is a direct process that doesn't need a couple of passes to get it right!