CCE - CVD, SVCD low quality ... bitrate questions

[Kevin Henry]

To improve the quality, someone suggested I up the Max bitrate.

Is there a calculator out there for max/min & avg bitrate for greater than SVCD standards???

I encoded 41mins of SW:Ep1 and got 570Mb for the video stream using 1180/2550 & 2100 bitrates, but the quality isnt what I'd hoped. And that leaves me with over 100Mb to improve it, but what to increase max bitrate to, to get the benefit?

I used NTSC CVD btw.

[chodges84]

there is indeed calculator or two

try the one made by this website at http://www.vcdhelp.com/calc.htm

or check out the tools section for a few more http://www.vcdhelp.com/tools/