VCD on 1 disc - Are we just kidding ourselves?

[Indy2K]

I'm so fasinated when Users all ask the same question, how can we fit a 74min+ movie on 1 VCD. Basically what I've established is that unless you have eyes like a hawk, just stick with 2CDs. All the templates and guides I've tried can easily be summed up - Adjust the bitrate. I managed to squeeze an 2.5 hour movie onto 1 CD by reducing the bitrate to 300, it was like a mosaic. I tried KWAG's templates for creating 1 VCD CD, I couldn't get it to work. The calculations predicted the movie would be 1.1 gig. So how can it claim it can do it? I fanyone has genuinly burnt a 2 hour VCD with good quality onto 1 CD I'd like to hear how. :P

My best advice is to simply burn a DVD-R - the only method I know that works.

[syxx2001]

i got stuart little 2 to fit on one cd

[kwag]

I fanyone has genuinly burnt a 2 hour VCD with good quality onto 1 CD I'd like to hear how. :P

works.

http://ns1.shidima.com/kwag/film_352x240.mpg
That is a 30 second sample clip of the complete encoded movie "Kate&Leopold" with "Dolby Surround" on a 80 minute CD-R made with the 120 minute 352x240 PLUS template. That is standard VCD quality.
If you want 2 CD's, and better quality than VCD, then it will look like this with the 90 minute per CD 352x480 PLUS: http://ns1.shidima.com/kwag/film_352x480.mpg

If that's not enough, see this 8) http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=375&highlight=creations

-kwag

[M!chael]

I have a VCD player that plays VCDs just fine. That's no surprise, because the device was just built for doing this.

But it does not play any so called xVCDs that don't follow the VCD standard. You should keep that in mind when playing around with bitrates or frame sizes.

The result might play well on one player, but not on another player.

I usually burn VCDs on one disc whenever the movie does not exceed 89 minutes. Otherwise it's no big deal for me to put in another CD.

And I can be sure that those CDs will still play when I buy a new player.


M!chael

[banjazzer]

I have to agree with kwag. Even using a standard unlocked template with CQ, max bitrate=1150, min bitrate=300, quality setting 75+, you can get around 2 hours on an 80 minute CDR with quality barely distinguishable from a standard VCD. kwag's templates are highly optimised to get even better results. The only question really is whether your player will play non-standard "VCD". 8)