Average Bitrate for SVCD?

[Wandering Youth]

Hi this my first time trying to burn a SVCD. Anyone know or have opinions for the average Bitrate I should use for a SVCD?

[adam]

Use a bitrate calculator and put in either 2 or 3 cds depending on the movie.

If the movie is over 2 hours or contains alot of motion you should probably use 3 cdrs, otherwise you can get by with 2 unless you want the absolute best quality.

You can find bitrate calculators in the tools section.

Also just incase you weren't sure your min should be anywhere from
0-500 and your max should be 2600kbits, assuming you want to make a totally compliant svcd.

[herbapou]

Here is the settings I used:

Capture:

I use VirtualDub. I dont use Huffyuv video compression because it takes too much HD space. (around 17 gigs for a movie in 352x240). Instead I used DiVX "1 pass quality base" and I set the quality to 100%. So:

For VCD: 352x480 DivX "1 pass quality base" , quality 100%
For SVCD: 480x480 DivX "1 pass quality base" , quality 100%

Conversion:

I use TMPGEnc PLUS. Since my DvD player can only read SVCD that have a maximum bitrate of 1900, I dont make SVCD cause at that bitrate they have mpeg artifacts (blocks, pixel patterns). Instead I made some kind of mixed between a SVCD and a VCD. I convert to 352x240 mpeg-2 "2 pass VBR:

My own format: 352x240 mpeg-2, 2 pass VBR (250 / 1350 / 2400) with reduce noise and ghost filters.

For SVCD I would use: 480x480 mpeg-2, 2 pass VBR (250 / [1500-1800] / 2520) with reduce ghost filter. (you can try to add reduce noise, but the convert could be has high has more than a day...)

With those settings, you will get very good quality outputs that will fit and 2 to 3 cds.