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  1. so is the jury nearing a verdict??
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  2. So what is the best quality you can get ripping from a DVD and encoding to a XVCD? What would the settings be?
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  3. @MrBass:

    Please, if you are going to quote me, please quote my whole thought and not just a sentence that construed anyway you want it. I specifically said "and mush(aka much) as I love my SVCDs and think the quality is great, but terms of fidelity," There is a difference between FIDELITY & QUALITY. Obviously the latter is highly subjective while the former is not. If you see DVD quality in avg of 1.6 mbps video, then thats you & your opinion. As I stated yes, my SVCDS are very good; however, I can tell the difference between it and my DVD video.
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    Why people don't see the conversion from a technical point?
    It is much easier that way!

    Rule no 1: Garbage in > Garbage out
    Rule no 2: Good picture for monitor: Prograssive, Good picture for TV: Interlace
    Rule no 3 (extension of rule no 1): You get nothing by encode to higher resolutions than your source
    Rule no 4: From a DiVX source, it is impossible to create perfect looking vcd/svcd media. You can create good ones, but not perfect!
    Rule no 5: ANY TV capture/DV capture/DVD-DVB rip, converted to VCD/xVCD/CVD/SVCD/xSVCD/DVD, gonna look BETTER than any DiVX converted to VCD/xVCD/CVD/SVCD/xSVCD/DVD.
    Rule no 6: DiVX is a very compressed picture. It is not a .zip file to de-compress it and get the original quality... You can only convert it and expect near-like quality.


    So the answer for the best divx to vcd/svcd is:
    Check the source: If the vertical lines are about 200 - 300 then go for standard VCD. In case your movie is more than 74-78 min (for 80min cd), try xVCD: VCD with VBR, like Sefy's SeVCD of VCD Spain's CVCD. This is about 95 min per disc, but it is out of standards! Make sure that your DVD player can handle it!

    If the vertical Lines are about 400 - 600 then go for SVCD or (better) CVD (352 X 576). You can get about 40 - 45 min per CD, is very good quality



    In case you want better colours on TV, and your source is 200 - 300 Vertical lines max, then choose xSVCD (again if your player can handle it):
    352 X 288, CQ_VBR 1250max-0min 65%, Interlace output (no matter the input)
    Audio Always 128/44100.
    You get about 90 - 95 min on a 80min overburned CD-R.
    The quality gonna be identical on a PC screen, but the colours gonna look better on your TV

    That is the technical True....

    Also:
    For Mpeg 1 use TMPGenc 2.02
    For Mpeg 2 and SVCD (or CVD) use CCE 2.5 if you can...
    For Mpeg 2 low resolution, the use of TMPGenc 2.02 needs a lot of knowledge for good results but it is the only way. There is no standard template for this. One good start point is Sefy's SxVCD.

    PS: For NTSC, change the vertical resolutions of the bottom text as 288> 240 and 576>480

    Conclusion:
    For DiVX, it is better to use standard VCD, xVCD with VBR (if the movie is more 78 min)or - IF your player can handle it - xSVCD (352 X 288, 1250 CQ_VBR 65%, Interlace output)
    xVCD and xSVCD will look the same on PC, but there gonna be a difference on TV

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  5. i agree that if you have a source with 240 scan lines going to a 480 scan line destination isnt really worth it..

    except in this situation -

    i have alot of low bitrate mpeg4s (400-600 kbps) just playing around (with tmpgenc) i ran the noise filter on one and set the destination to mpeg1 2500 kbps CBR at 352x240... well.. the noise reduction helped a bit.. but for kicks i used the same noise reduction settings but set the destination to 480x480 2500 kbps CBR mpeg 1 and the result looked much better than the 352x240.. you have to resize with virtual dub and frameserv. (tmpgencs resizer comes after the filters) anyways.. the result was better than the 352x240 in my opinion

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  6. @Kdiddy
    what you just said I agree with you 100%. Guess I didn't read it carefully the first time.
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  7. why does the audio lose quality when going to higher bitrate? is that what the noise filter helps?
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  8. ?? A higher audio bitrate doesn't cause the quality to go down. Where did you get that?

    The noise reduction filters being referred to are for video noise (think: camcorder in low light).
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    Why do we waste bandwidth beating a dead horse, this has been debated at least twice a month for the year I have been coming here, just have the person asking the question search for there answer......lol
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  10. does doom9.org go into svcds more detailed than this site????
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