concerning resoultion and want to know abt these setting??

[vampelle]

i would like if someone can explain which of these setting is better and for future how to detect which video setting with bitrate is better.

Source: DVDRip
Format: Bin/Cue
Time: 90 mins
Video: NTSC
Audio: 44.1kHz/112kbps/Stereo
Res: 352x240/29.97fps
Size: 768mb

or
Filesize.....: 697 MB (or 713,868 KB or 731,000,832 bytes)
Runtime......: 01:30:08 (129,652 fr)
Video Codec..: XviD
Video Bitrate: 964 kb/s
Audio Codec..: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 109 kb/s (54/ch, stereo) VBR LAME3.96a
Frame Size...: 512x368 (1.39:1) [=32:23]

[Nelson37]

The first appears to be a VCD in ready-to-burn format. The second appears to be a higher resolution XVID.

As to which is better, there is no way to know as either could have been screwed up by the totally unknown creator of the file, and/or the XVID would require re-encoding and re-sizing to play on most DVD players.

Which is better, a hamburger or a steak? What if the steak is burnt to a crisp and the burger is perfectly done, with all the fixins? You have to take a bite to determine which is better, don't you? With video, you have to look at it. There is no other way, unless you just want to make a slightly educated guess. The higher-res XVID should look better, IF it was properly done. With the required conversion process needed, which will reduce it in quality.

[adam]

The first looks to be a non-standard VCD though, if only because of the audio, which should be 224kbits for VCD. But its 90 mins and sized for an 80 min cdr so that means it uses less than the 1150kbit max of VCD. Technically this is still legal but its not supported by some players and, more importantly, its just a very very low bitrate to use for mpeg1 video. Even assuming its a good transfer job, I imagine the quality is not very good.

All things being equal, xvid has a much higher compression rate than mpeg1. The file you've got has a higher resolution and actually a very similar bitrate. So, again all things being equal, the xvid in this case should look much better. But I think the most important difference here is that the first format is clearly intended to be viewed on a hardware player. Xvid can be played on certain special dvd players as well, but they aren't nearly as common. Generally speaking, xvid and the like are intended to be viewed on a pc monitor or fed to a tv via tv-out. So which format you look for mostly depends on your personal needs.

[vampelle]

thx u all, as for my prefer not too much pixel when viewing in full mode. got 21' monitor
audio should be reasonable but mostly the video should be good.