is there an actual minimum compression for dvd and svcd?

[Brit]

I was looking at the comparison chart, and see the rates have a min and max compression rate. I understand a max rate, but the min rates seem sort of high for me. can't I choose any rate below the max, or do most dvd players require at least a certain rate.

the rates from https://www.videohelp.com/dvd are:
DVD : 3000-8000 kbit/s
SVCD/CVD : 1500-2500 kbit/s

I have made a number of CVD / SVCD discs and use around 900 kbit/s (for animation, looks pretty good to me). These played fine in my DVD player, but is that compression rate going to make it incompatable with other DVD players.

thanks

[Marco33]

Well... when I re-encode with CCE, I set a Min at 0 and a Max or 9800. I've made about 50 or so DVD's. Haven't had a problem.

[poopyhead]

are you referring to the minimum avg. bitrate you can set??

or the minimum min. bitrate you can set???

the mimimum min bitrate you can set for DVD could be around 1 mbit/s.

however, don't try setting your avg. bitrate below 3 mbit/s for DVDs.

make sure you have a pretty high max bitrate for those fast action scenes.

[spectroelectro]

For compeltely compliant DVDs the minimum bitrate canont drop below 2000.

[Faceman101]

Yea 2000? I haven't heard that, not to say it isn't true. I thought it was lower (not like 2000 isn't low enough for D1).

[poopyhead]

For compeltely compliant DVDs the minimum bitrate canont drop below 2000.

really now??? i heard someone on this forum say he has seen commercial DVDs drop as low as 1 mbit/s...i'm guessing it was for a completely black scene change...or maybe the end credits...

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i'm sure as long as the avg. bitrate is set between 3 - 8 mbit/s, then the DVD should be fully compliant even if the min and max falls a little bit out of range....as only certain scenes would warrant those bitrates.