VCD video size????

[DMXiNc]

Hello!!!
I was just wondering if the video size for a vcd always has to be 320x288
or whatevber or will it work if the size was changed

[mistermickster]

That will make it a non-compliant VCD (or xVCD), which may or may not play in your standalone DVD player.

Cheers

[fmctm1sw]

Hello!!!
I was just wondering if the video size for a vcd always has to be 320x288
or whatevber or will it work if the size was changed

https://www.videohelp.com/vcd

[mistermickster]

That will make it a non-compliant VCD (or xVCD)

My previous post was incorrect, you are only allowed a resolution of 320x288 on a VCD, anything else has to be SVCD/xSVCD.

Hope that helps

[dominic01]

That will make it a non-compliant VCD (or xVCD)

My previous post was incorrect, you are only allowed a resolution of 320x288 on a VCD, anything else has to be SVCD/xSVCD.

Hope that helps

No its is not. You can have any different resolution provided your player plays that. Have a look at www.kvcd.net. I have tried 352x240, 352x480, 704x480 and 528x480. All MPEG1

Dominic

[flaninacupboard]

320X288 is -not- a VCD resolution.
i assume you -meant- 352X288. that is PAL VCD resolution, and NTSC resolution is 352X240.

as for anything else, it would be non standard and may or may not work in your player, or anyone elses. stick to the standards for best compatibility.

[poopyhead]

@DMXiNc,

i have no freakin' idea what the other posters are smokin' :P

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anywayz, if you want your VCD to be completely standard, compliant....you MUST stick to the specs...(i.e. 1150 kbit/s CBR, 352x240, 224 kbit/s MPEG-1 Layer II audio).

if you change any of those in any way, you will be making a non-standard, compliant xVCD. since this is non-standard, the compatibility among DVD players will go down.

check it out here: https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

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side note....

@mistermickster,

changing the resolution of VCD from standard spec will NOT automatically make it into a SVCD/xSVCD....as long as it is still MPEG-1. SVCD/xSVCD is MPEG-2.

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another side note....

@flaninacupboard,

if a person's dvd player can handle xVCDs, it would be best that they make those, instead of standard VCDs. most of the time, VCDs waste alot of CD-R space....leaving lots of blank space on the disc. xVCD fills that extra space up with higher bitrate (higher quality). also, VBR is so much better than CBR at bitrate allocation....especially since VCDs have so little bitrate to work with.

[vitualis]

No. The only resolution allowed for VCD is 352x240 (NTSC) or 352x288 (PAL). Anything else and you are making an XVCD which is what mistermickster stated.

Regards.

That will make it a non-compliant VCD (or xVCD)

My previous post was incorrect, you are only allowed a resolution of 320x288 on a VCD, anything else has to be SVCD/xSVCD.

Hope that helps

No its is not. You can have any different resolution provided your player plays that. Have a look at www.kvcd.net. I have tried 352x240, 352x480, 704x480 and 528x480. All MPEG1

Dominic

[poopyhead]

No.

who you saying "No" to?

[vitualis]

Poor quoting...

No to the "quote" -- i.e., no to dominic...

Regards.

[poopyhead]

No to the "quote" -- i.e., no to dominic...

o..in that case, i guess you didn't catch mistermickster's mistake

My previous post was incorrect, you are only allowed a resolution of 320x288 on a VCD, anything else has to be SVCD/xSVCD.

i think he's getting VCD/xVCD=MPEG-1 confused with SVCD/xSVCD=MPEG-2

[mistermickster]

Don't fall out on my account chaps. I admit I made a mistake.

I was just going by the what is xvcd page. It only mentions one resolution (352X240/288).

I guess I'll leave it to the experts until I have a little more experience.

[spectroelectro]

The original poster wanted to know if other video sizes than 352 x 288 (I think he made a typo) will play on many or most DVD players.
My own personal experience indicates that a variety of different video sizes other than 352 x 240 (NTSC) or 352 x 288 (PAL) will often play on DVD players. For instance, I've done some XVCDs with 720 x 480 but using MPEG-1 files and an 1150 bitrate & they play just fine on my DVD player and on most of my friends' DVD players. They're far outside the strict VCD spec, but they often do play.
Even DVDs using MPEG-1s at 352 x 240 (NTSC) seem to play fine on my DVD player provided I mess with the header file first.
So if the question is "What sizes of encoded video will play?" rather than "What encoded video size technically adheres strictly to the official VCD spec?" experience seems to show that a variety of different video sizes will often play even though they're *not* part of the VCD official spec.
I've found the bending and stretching the legal VCD bitrates (but keeping the VCD video size of 352 x 240 [NTSC] also often results in a thoroughly playable VCD on most DVD players.
So there seems to be quite a bit of wiggle room for different variations on the strict offical VCD spec, if we're talking abotu the real world with real DVD players. Obviously it does depend on the particualr DVD player, especially if you're using an older DVD player.
That said, if you want to be *guaranteed* of getting a VCD that will play on the most DVD players possible, stick to the standard 352 x 240 NTSC or 352 x 488 PAL VCD spec.

[poopyhead]

@spectroelectro,

best bet is more original poster to check out his specific DVD player here for xVCD compatibility: https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

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@mistermickster,

hehe....alrighty..NP

keep in mind that xVCD page also indicates that xVCD uses MPEG-1, while xSVCD uses MPEG-2. that is the major determining factor between any VCD and SVCD.

[vitualis]

Well, that depends on your interpretation of his question.

I was just wondering if the video size for a vcd always has to be 320x288

Allowing for the typo (i.e., 352x288), the answer is yes (for a PAL disc anyway). Anything else does not make a VCD.

As to whether other framesizes will work, the answer is maybe -- depending on your player.

Regards.