DVD 352x576 vs SVCD at same cbr...

[RabidDog]

AH well after reading all the useful info here I might give CVD another try, using energy80s tip about chopping off the end of my penis. I mean the video! I will watch the text tho.

[energy80s]

Yes, give it a try!!

All of my sources have so far been 720x576 (I'm not into DivX downloads) but I have just recently purchased a satellite card for my PC which grabs the raw MPEG2 stream straight off the satellite. I've noticed that some stations there use odd frame sizes and the picture resolution looks bad compared to UK DTT - even though in theory they should be the same. I try not to re-encode anything and just burn the raw MPEG2 files straight onto DVDR, but with these oddball sizes, DVD authoring programmes don't accept the files and normally you have to re-encode. However I believe that there is a programme that lets you change the percieved frame size without re-encoding. Does it actually work? Would a DVD authoring package accept the modified files? Has anyone tried this before?

[SatStorm]

I'm doing this 3 years now. That's why I'm "SatStorm" !

If you read our older conversations for satellite matters, you gonna remember suggestions and objervations I pointed you about those matters...

Anyway, or you re-encode (the best for compatibility/ framesize), or you author those files as is to xDVD.
TMPGenc Author except easy files like those (480, 528, 544, 640 hor x 576 ver).
Ignore the messages, burn to xDVD and if you are lucky your standalone gonna play them right.

The alternative is to use dvd patcher (tools section have it) so to patch the headers to DVD framesizes. This way, all the authoring applications accept the files. Unfortunatelly, that doesn't mean you are more lucky than TMPGenc author: The same standalones can play those xDVDs and the same can't accept them.

Why you think I suggest filtering for DVB sources? Because only few channels really have good picture. And the best, are Holland's Canal + ones!