Divx 720x480 question

[stratocaster138]

Alright, I've got these EXCELLENT quality (DivX) files and I want to convert them in TMPGenc but the problem is all of the selections in VCD AND SVCD are for 300x280 <-- not sure if the numbers are right but you get my drift hopefully...under DVD you can get 720x480 but you need a dvd disc for that right and not a regular disc. I want to put them on a regular disc and get the same good quality or something close not a the 300x quality, if you could help me out that would be cool. Thanks.

[KingJohn]

Video-CD PAL (MPEG-1 352x288 25fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)

Video-CD NTSC (MPEG-1 352x240 29.97fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)

DVD PAL (MPEG-2 720x576 25fps CQ 65, Layer-2 48000Hz 384kbps)
DVD NTSC (MPEG-2 720x480 29.97fps CQ 65, Layer-2 48000Hz 384kbps)

Well anyway, if your making a VCD you have to have that size.

Super Video-CD NTSC (MPEG-2 480x480 29.97fps CBR 2520kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)

Getting close ?

Super Video-CD PAL (MPEG-2 480x576 25fps CBR 2520kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps) Move to the UK But still not what you want.

However, you will find that a DVD rip, when converted to VCD will look almost as good as the original ! but will need 2 disks, or more for a SVCD

Maybe a custom XVCD if they will play on your player

[stratocaster138]

So you need a DVD disc to burn DVD files, correct?

Also, where would I make XVCD and would it be my next best bet?

Thanks.

[fantomlord]

So you need a DVD disc to burn DVD files, correct?

Also, where would I make XVCD and would it be my next best bet?

Thanks.

2 things...
1--you do realize that you can resize your file before encoding it, so that it is at the correct resolution for the type of encode you are doing, right?
2--if you had looked through this site for a few minutes, you would have found the answers to your questions.
http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgencxvcd.htm

[KingJohn]

So you need a DVD disc to burn DVD files, correct?
Also, where would I make XVCD and would it be my next best bet?
Thanks.

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So you need a DVD disc to burn DVD files, correct?
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And a DVD writer

Since you have not made a disk before, Load the mpeg into TMPGEnc, then load a PAL/NTSC template and click start. Nothing more to change.

When the mpeg is converted, you may need to use the Merge&cut function under file > mpeg tools. Use the "MPEG 1 Video CD" in the drop down list, then click edit to select the first half.

You can now burn those to CDR with a VCD authoring program.

Once you have done this and can see the quality, you may be happy to do this from now on.

If you have not played a XVCD on your player before, you don't know if it will play them.

[stratocaster138]

great...I got SVCD working last night and the quality was pretty decent. My only question that wasn't answered was is XVCD better than SVCD is your dvd player will handle it? Whats the difference? Also should I resize before I use TMPGenc or will the quality end up being pretty much the same if I just do it normal.-

[KingJohn]

Well stating XVCD means you have charged "Something" in the compliant settings, for example you load a VCD template, then load the unlock template, and increase the bitrate to something much higher. The output is now non standard, it may look pretty good on the DVD player, or it might not work at all.

Quite a lot of people have found that by experimenting with the settings, they can get a XVCD (SVCD with some tweaks) to work, sometimes players wont play anything above 1150, so they make a SVCD at a bitrate of 1150 instead of 2520

Some do it to get the movie on one disk, some do it to get it to play, but I would not think many do it just to improve on the quality, as the quality they are getting is very good anyway (DVD Rip)

I don't think anyone would want to make a XVCD just because the original quality is bad, as that wont improve it at all

[libtech156]

you do not need a dvd-r to burn dvd video.
you can burn the video to a cd-r. This is called a miniDVD.
Most players wont play them and its not really worth doin anyhow because you can only fit about 15 minutes per cd.