At the maximum bitrate allowed for an SVCD...

[Trenton_Net]

At the maximum bitrate allowed for an SVCD for a full screen source, should the data rate be sufficient to prevent most (if not all) macroblocks from appearing?

Also, what is the total running time for an SVCD at maximum bitrate settings?

[Trenton_Net]

Oh, In case anyone is puzzled about my question, Im intrested in doing a Constant bitrate because for small clips (Such as music videos), it dosn't lend too well over VBR.

[Poplar]

Usually I encode 2500kbps + 112kbps (video + audio), which approaches the upper limit. Just yesterday I did some test on my Pioneer DV-C503. It can hand 2600kbps + 112 kbps pretty well, but stutters at 3000kbps + 112 kbps. So it all depends on your DVD player.

[DVWannaB]

Poplar,

How do you test your DVD player to find out its bitrate capability?

[Poplar]

@DVWannaB

It's very simple. Select a clip you want to encode, usually 2 minutes long. Then encode it with bitrates and settings you want to test. Burn them on a CDRW and play it on your DVD player. It won't take long and you waste nothing.

[DVWannaB]

Thanks. Will do.

[Trenton_Net]

Poplar --> How much playtime can you fit on a CD at your maximum bitrate that you use? Since your still covered under the SVCD specs it should work for me as well (Which I know it does, since I do it).

[Poplar]

At 2500 + 112 kbps VBR, I can put about 40 minutes + 20 seconds of video on one CD, usually with 4:3 aspect ratio. You can fit a little bit more with 16:9 videos.

[Poplar]

At 2500 + 112 kbps VBR, I can put about 40 minutes + 20 seconds of video on one CD, usually with 4:3 aspect ratio. You can fit a little bit more with 16:9 videos.

[Poplar]

At 2500 + 112 kbps VBR, I can put about 40 minutes + 20 seconds of video on one CD, usually with 4:3 aspect ratio. You can fit a little bit more with 16:9 videos.

[Poplar]

At 2500 + 112 kbps VBR, I can put about 40 minutes + 20 seconds of video on one CD, usually with 4:3 aspect ratio. You can fit a little bit more with 16:9 videos.

[Poplar]

At 2500 + 112 kbps VBR, I can put about 40 minutes + 20 seconds of video on one CD, usually with 4:3 aspect ratio. You can fit a little bit more with 16:9 videos.

[Jaspa]

i dont think it makes any differenc beetwen 4:3 or 16/p movies and there file size but i dont know with vbr encoding because i usually have cbr encoding and so the filesize is always the same 4/3 is 16/9