Maximum Bitrate for creating DVD ?

[beammeup]

Hi,

Can anyone answer this simple question for me ?

What is the maximum bitrate that a DVD player can read ?

Is it possible to select a bitrate that is too high for a DVD player
to playback ?

Thanks
Scott

[FOO]

It's supposed to be 9.8 mbits / sec max

[adam]

9.8Mbits is the video bitrate limit. 10.08 is the total max limit, not that there is a huge difference there. These are the encoding limits though, actual speed the data is "read" off the disk is around 26Mbits.

The 10.08 limit is what the standard designates. Most DVD players can easily play higher bitrates without problem, but anytime you go outside of the standard you risk playback problems and actually, when your dealing with burnt media (dvd -/+) the max bitrate you use is alot more important since this media is harder to read than a pressed disk already.

To be safe I would actually use FOO's numbers since they are slightly more conservative. To calculate your max video bitrate do 9800 - total audio bitrate and if you use subs than subtract a little more.