Should I re-encode?

[-da doctor-]

Ok here's the deal: I encoded a movie in VCD format (for some weird reason) using TMPGEnc. For my first rip, the result was good, but I'm thinking if I should re-encode the whole film in SVCD format. What are the benefits? Would you do it, or wouldn't you really bother?

Thanks.

[Truman]

Start with dvd again, if you want SVCD. VCD to SVCD is useless, because you lost the quality alreaddy.

[-da doctor-]

Yep, that is what I was planning to do - start with the DVD again, but I'm asking if there's any point. Will I notice a huge difference between VCD and SVCD?

[Truman]

SVCD looks better than VCD, because a higher picture resolution is used, 480x480/576 instead of 352x240/288. So the picture is more detailed, clearer, sharper or how ever you want to call it. Higher resolution usually requires a higher video bitrate as well, so the file size get larger.

[poopyhead]

keep in mind SVCD has better compression than VCD...so SVCD gives you "more bang for your buck"..in terms of file size