Is it possible to do this?...

[Kban]

I have a really good copy of a VCD that plays nicely in my DVD. I have the same movie in an excellent copy of DivX and everytime I converted using the best options in TMPGenc, the quality was not as good as the VCD version. Is there a way/program to find out the how a VCD was created? bitrate, resolution, etc?

[Conquest10]

if it was a commercial vcd, these are the specs:

PAL

Video:
1150 kbit/sec MPEG-1
352 x 288 pixels
25 frames/second

Audio:
224 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2

Extra:
Menus and chapters
Still pictures in 704x576,352x288

NTSC/NTSC Film

Video:
1150 kbit/sec MPEG-1
352 x 240 pixels
29,97 frames/second
23,976 frames/second NTSC Film

Audio:
224 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2

Extra:
Menus and chapters
Still pictures in 704x480,352x240

[Kban]

It isnt a commercial VCD. Is there a way to find out its bitrate?

[Conquest10]

theres a program in the tools section called bitrate viewer. it will tell you the bitrate, resolution, and a lot of other useful things.