Capture SVCD with AIW 128

[nutty88]

I have an old PC that I use just for capturing. It's gota 600mhz celeron , 192mb RAM and All In Wonder 128 PCI. I can capture great to VCD. No problems. But when it comes to SVCD it struggles. I'm using MMC 8.5 to capture. When I look at the settings for the template in TMPGenc I see it uses CBR but the template in MMC uses VBR. IF I use CBR it doesn't drop as much frames, sometimes only at the begining. Can SVCD be done in CBR as well as VBR? Whats the best bitrate?

[hwoodwar]

Nutty88:

You can use any "Rate Control Mode" to create SVCD's. Whereas the "VCD" specification requires a CBR of 1050kbps. It almost sounds like you are asking if you are asking if an SVCD file can be recorded CBR and VBR (combined.) A single mpeg file cannot. However, you should be able to encode smaller (less than 800mb) SVCD compliant mpegs to a single SVCD using different "Rate Control Modes" provided the combined filesize does not exceed approx 800mb.

The best video bitrate is very subjective. It depends upon your own tastes and preferences. Some people want high quality images, others want longer play time, some want a balance of the two. "IF I use CBR it doesn't drop as much frames" you must be talking about the MMC, since since changing "Rate Control Mode" in TMPGenc does not cause any loss of frames. The majority of people here at DVDRhelp do not do "realtime" encoding. The general consensus seems to be you can get a higher quality image capturing to AVI and then re-encoding to mpg using CCE or TMPGenc. This does take much more time, especially on a slow system. I re-encode to an XSVCD format ("X" due to the video bitrate (1000min, 2350avg, 4000max VBR) and resolution (352 x 480) being out of the SVCD specs) on a fast system (P4 2.4gig) 45 minutes of capture in 2hours 30minutes using TMPGenc. Those bitrates are the "best" for my situation and all of my equipment can handle them.