Which resolution do you prefer for MPEG-2 on CD-R/RW?

[vhelp]

hi all.

@ telemike..

I will have to try doing DVD resolution and see if my player will accept it. My Magnavox MRD200 DVD home theater plays 480 x 480 SVCD's flawlessly with great clarity. Almost as good as dvd except for smoky scenes. I prefer the extra sharpness of 480 x 480 as compared to 352 x 480 (or 352 x 240 VCD).

Are you basing your sharpness against DVD conversions, or Captured
conversions ?? ..or both ?? Well.., I guess it doesn't really matter after all.

However..yes, you're right. It is obvious that 480x480 is sharper than 352..
I won't argue that, but in my requirements, 352 isn't all that far, and I
dont' really have a standard and plus, I'm usually trying to cut birate etc.
rada,rada,rada.. So, 352 it is for me, until I can find other alternatives that
prove just as good, or change my mind or whatever may influence my
decisions - I'm flexible most of the time.

But, I'm also using 720x480 in my encodes. DV as my source. If I'm not
using 352x480 for testing or showing or demoing or whatever, I'm using
720x480 for all the above reasons as well. But, 720x480 would be the
altimate in a given encoding project.

I do not plan on converting my SVCD's to DVD-R in the future. If I ever get a dvd burner I will make new backups using the dvd9-5 programs.

In this case, your 480x480 is definately the answer for you, as you were doing
I'm sure you have (and will continue) to experiment w/ other resolutions,
as AVIsynth scripts improves etc.

Future encoding..
I agree w/ you here 100% - - My chances of re-encoding will most liekly
take place, cause I'm always looking for better ways or improvements or
different advantages w/ other media types. And, what you see today, may
not be the same thing you see tomorrow. So, you'll (we'll all) undoubtfully
re-encode our projects all over again. But, who cares.. this is our hobby
and entertainment (for most of us geeks) ..more ta say, but you get my
drift on this issue

-vhelp

[telemike]

I treid 720 x 480, 48khz as SVCD and it works on my player. I would have to bump bitrate up a bit since I started seeing blockiness............

[vhelp]

morning all,

@ telemike,

Kwag's templates..
Between using the kDVD (res. 352x480) I also play w/ the 720x480
resolution too.
I also have my own template (though still debugging them) for this res.
But, Kwag's seems to utilize the LEAST amount of bitrate.. AND, not to
mention, maintain good quality.. and that's key to my success in my video
endeavors

I don't know if Kwag is planning on fine-tuning this particular template
for 720x480 resolutions, but perhaps when he becomes less busy (unlikely)
he might look into it.

What I believe..
I believe that sooner or later, people are going to start switching to 720x480
(and greater) resolution, and we will be doing mostly nothing else. That is,
if HDTV (or its variations) becomes the norm. I'm not saying that the lower
resolutions will cease, just become less interesting to most users. I myself
do NOT plan on putting down any resolution. There are other advantages like
lowering res to increase bitrate OR fitting more quantity on a CD.

Have a great day all
-vhelp

[hysteria82]

I like the good ol' 480x480, but that's because I want true SVCD. (I just started in the "advanced" SVCD school, so I'm sticking with that until I know everything I want to learn.) It seems to be the most portable resolution, at least in my experience.Lisa

It's not portable to anything.

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Clarification... It's most portable to "me", in that I can play it on all of my friends' DVD players.

Lisa

[dcsos]

Oh PORTABLE not RE-USEABLE in other projects!!!
I agree that VCD and SVCD are the most PORTABLE in this sense and use the stock templates to make 'em -sticking to the 2.0VCDspec, etc

because the guy above was going on about remaking all his CVD's onto DVD with less effort
with CVD format

I would SAY you'll have too many files to transfer to BLU-RAY DISC by that time
to re-make five year old DVD's then!