How to resize keeping the quality???VCD2DVD-EXPERTS??THANXS!

[fgtan]

I have tons of vcds with a really good quality, 320x240, and I want to convert them to dvd.

I mean by that, I want to have the same quality as I watch them in 320x240 in my pc (this quality is amazing)

Just using tmpgenc it expands the image, givin me a bad result...
(When I watch in small screens tv, is ok, but when I put in my 29 inch Sony Wega it looks really bad…)

Any ideas, or filter, or softwares to use, so I can have the same quality as in my vcds???

I ´ve posted this, several months ago, but till then, my only solution, was to use a software that doesn´t exist anymore (Digital Fusion)

Is there something today that would do it?

Thanxs

[SatStorm]

First of all, 320 x 240 is not VCD.
VCD is 352 x 240 NTSC / 288 PAL @ 1150kb/s and mp2 audio at 224kb/s with 44100khz

You probably mean you have tons of mpeg 1 files at 320 x 240 framesize

Unfortunatelly without re-encoding, you can't watch them on DVD standalones "as is".

There is no much to do with them, than to use an encoder and re-encode them on something compatible with DVD video.
The best solution IMHO, is to convert them to mpeg 1 @ 352 x 240 (if you are NTSC, or 352 x 288 if you are PAL) with 1400CBR bitrate, using TMPGenc. To avoid any picture distortion, set the source as 1:1 VGA, so no resizing take place during the encoding to 352 x 240 / 288. Also, the higher bitrate I suggest, gurantees little (almost no) loss of the picture.
You also have to do 2 adjustments: First, you have to resample the audio to 48000KHz and if you are NTSC, you probably gonna have to convert it to AC3 (if you own those rare NTSC standalones not supporting anything else than AC3 audio). The second, is to set the GOP structure to 15 for PAL or 18 for NTSC. This is a compatibility thing
Author those files you generate with TMPGenc author and burn them on a DVD-R. It works the best way.

Hope I helped you

[fgtan]

Thank you, I´ll try this...

Any other suggestions????

[Gazorgan]

Yes.

Does your DVD Player support FILE mode? That is does it play MPG files like it would play MP3 files? My Apex will play a 320x240 mpeg1 file (although it looks stretched a bit).

320x240 MPEG1 video is common on the internet. Unfortunately it's not settop complient. Most of them are improperly encoded anyway (they are encoded as 1:1 instead of the 8:9 TV pixel ratio). Transcoding with TMPGEnc will work but you will definately get some quality loss.

[wgamer]

why convert at all ?
every time u convert there is loss of quality. most of the dvd players support vcd. just make another copy of the vcd if u feel the need for backup.