Reso. question

[Cloud101]

Alright i got a movie i would like to encode which has a resolution of 640x480. Now from reading guides and whatnot its suggested that you round down the resolution which in my case would be 352x240 which i find really low. I encoded at 5371Kbps 2-pass VBR with a resolution of 720x480 and i must say that it actually looks better than the source file. So should i reencode at 352x240 or just leave it? Does 352x240 look as good as 720x480 on TV? Thanks

[ZippyP.]

Your choices are 720x480 and 352x480, 640 is closer to 720 and would probably look OK. I use 352x480 quite a bit and I'm happy with it, looks good on my 26" TV.

edit: No way 352x240 is any good at all.

[reboot]

Unless your source is questionable quality 352x240, then resizing it up actually LOSES quality.

[Cloud101]

Bah, i always forget about Half-D1 :P Thanks

edit: Will the final size be smaller when using a smaller resolution or is it dependant on the Bitrate?

[reboot]

It's all bitrate. Aspect ratio/size has (almost)nothing to do with filesize.
BTW, 352x240 is 1/4D1

[Cloud101]

I ment i forgot about 352x480 which i think is half-D1. Question: If the movie is at 23.976FPS do i need to enable 3:2 pulldown? thx

[reboot]

Yes.