[b]SVCD FILE TO LARGE[/b]

[Heckler]

I have a prob ur standard movie what 2 hrs long right???? when encoding a 2 hr divx to svcd i cant even fit an hour and 6 mins worth on to a 80 min cdr????, even at the lowest bite rate 1600 is there anyway around this......

Question 2, when encoding a vcd is it alright to encode over 1150?

any help regarding these questions would be much appreciated

thankyou

Jake

[jimmalenko]

Jake,

welcome to the forum.

I'm gonna predict that you will get some bashing posts here for the simple reason that you obviously haven't read any articles here before posting this question.

That aside, there are a few basic points that we need to get straight. The first is this; SVCD is commonly defined as being able to hold 35-60 minutes of video (From "What is SVCD" top left). VCD is commonly defined as being able to hold 80 minutes of video (From "What is VCD" top left). I suggest you read both these sections before you do anything else.

In brief, you have no hope in hell of fitting 2 hours to 1 CD.

[reboot]

A brief answer to your first question, is yes, there is a way around it. Do some research on KVCD.

[macleod]

NTSC VCD spec - 1150 bit rate, 44.1 audio 352x480 = 80 minutes on a CD
NTSC SVCD spec - VBR ranging from 2000 - 3500 (some dvd players choke on higher bit rates), 44.1 audio 480x480 = 35 minutes on a CD (sometimes can cram more based on bit rate, etc.)
DIVX/AVI/XVID spec - not really one as it relates to my post. IT can be any resolution, any bit rate, any audio and is a HIGHLY COMPRESSED FORMAT.

That is why you can fit an entire movie onto 1 CD and it looks good.

When you convert from a compressed format like avi/divx/xvid, you are uncompressing it to a DVD standard (VCD,SVCD,CVD, etc.)

As the first person that responded (and I will be shocked if you dont get flamed hard since it is VERY obvious you did no research at all), I would do some basic reading on converting XVID, etc. files to SVCD. There are a number of guides that will walk you through the process on how to do it (if you dont want to learn the reasons why).

your second question about encoding above 1150. Depends on a few things. Yes, you can encode above the SPECIFICATION of 1150, however, some dvd players may not be able to play it as those will only handle in spec VCD's (look on the left under dvd players for yours and see if it will handle it). The format is called XVCD.

[Heckler]

Thanks by the way sorry for any misunderstanding...... i was asking if there was any way i could fit 1hr 6 mins on svcd material on a cdr.... not 2 hrs, because 1 hour and 6 mins is rougly half the movie, and i didnt want to split the movie into three parts. I was thinking that someone would know if it was possible to fit an hr and 6 mins of svcd material onto an single cdr by way of the burning prog eg. Nero and the finalizing option
Sorry bout any misunderstanding

Thankyou

[FOO]

You could reduce the chances of misunderstanding by learning to
spell.

[Supreme2k]

I'm gonna predict that you will get some bashing posts here for the simple reason that you obviously haven't read any articles here before posting this question.

Nah. I'd say more bashing due trying to use BBCode in the title. What's all this? Thinks he's a bleeding mod, does he?!

[Nelson37]

To correct some inaccurate information -

VCD spec resolution is 352x240, MPEG-1. Bitrate MUST be 1150. Anything else and its not a VCD. Though it may (or may not) play in any given player.

SVCD max bitrate is 2520. There is, however, no minimum bitrate. You could make one at 500 if you so desire. It may, (or may not) look like crap.

Look into CVD res, VBR, and IVTC as the best ways to make a widely compatible disk with more than an hour of content.

Best answer? Get a DVD burner.