Bitrate too high?

[Vlad_One]

I am recoding a XVid AVI into a DVD using AVI2SVCD. I have set the maximum bitrate to 9000Kbps to make sure that it fell within DVD standards. The full settings used were as below



When I go to burn the outputed MPG into a DVD using TMPEGEnc DVD Author it flags the MPG file as being 98xxKbps (can't remember exact number). Obviously - this plug the AC3 audio files results in the video+audio being larger than DVD standard.

SO... Any ideas why the MPG that AVI2SVD is coming out with a bitrate larger than 9000Kbps

Cheers

Rob

[Gees]

I don't make svcds - DVD only - but it looks like the answer may be right on your pic?

Where it says: warn if max bitrate.....

Are you perhaps using the wrong program? Are you trying to make a DVD on a DVDr disc? or SVCD on Cd? or DVD on CD (mini DVD)?

[Vlad_One]

Its not to do with the warn if its too high bit as thats designed for SVCD so is WAY lower than a DVD would require. I am trying to make a DVD on a DVD-R.

I have done so before and ignored the warning when i burnt the DVD but this time it seems the DVD players can't handle the resulting DVD.

[Gees]

Oh, sorry then. I misunderstood. It was your first post, so I thought (wrongly) that it was the first time you used it and some people say "DVD" when they really mean something else.

I hope you find the answer. :c)

at least I kept your post up high where more may see it. :c)

[Gazorgan]

9000 is wrong. There is no way your going to convert an AVI (especially if it's 1 disk) and get anywhere near that bitrate. AVI to DVD conversions typically run 4000 to 6000, more than that simply isn't usefull (you are encoding noise to a very high precision).

Having said that, the program you are using doesn't do DVD's per say. The bitrate it uses is determined by disk size and the length of the movie. It also has a built in maximum of 2550 for the bitrate (unless you edit an INI file). You must have modified that to get a bitrate over 2600.

Simply put, lower the max bitrate to say 8000. Then adjsut your disksize to force your avi to the bitrate you want. (Why don't you just use TMPGEnc and BeSweet ???, you don't need all the other things DVD2SVCD does)

[SanderMan]

For some reason if you use Cinemacraft as encoder, it flags the video stream as 9800 even if you select 9000 as the maximum. Tmpgenc doesn't have this 'problem'. Just author in tmpgenc dvd author and everything should be fine (the max bitrate is really only 9000) I also get this warning and haven't had any problems with my burned dvd's.