What kind of vcd I'm i making?

[bobmeyer]

Hi All, I have a mpeg-1 file approx. 900mbs or more and i cut into 2 parts for vcds. I use Tmpg merge+cut for this. Say the file is 600mbs and i check the file with Avicode which says the file is 1152kbps. When i cut the file as Mpeg-1 Video-cd and burn with nero the finish file shows as 1188kbps. Also when i cut same file as Mpeg-1 System {automatic}, and burn as non-compliant which burns fine i ckeck with Avicode and the file now shows as being 1379kbps. both cds play fine on my dvd-player but i was wondering what kind of file did i just make? is it an xvcd or what? Any ideas anyone? Thanks for any ideas. Badbob

[bobmeyer]

what it is?

[vitualis]

If your MPEG is compliant (e.g., you used one of the VCD templates with TMPGEnc to encode it), then you should cut with the "MPEG-1 Video-CD" option.

The "Auto" option is WRONG as it assumes that you are making an MPEG systems file rather than the specific requires for a VCD.

As for the file, it is just an MPEG. VCD/SVCD/XVCD refer to the actual disc format.

If your MPEG file is standards compliant, then you've just made yourself a standard VCD.

If your MPEG file is non-compliant, then you may or may not have made an XVCD (abeit trivially so).

Regards.