Loss of quality when converting avi (divx) to vcd???

[bloop]

I converted a few avi's to vcd and all went well except there is a drop in quality.The avi's are crystal clear....when watching the converted on pc it looks like straight poop..when watchin on dvd player it looks better and still good quality but you can tell a loss in quality...looks more pixelated.I'm using tmpgenc and this tutorial to convert.....https://www.videohelp.com/tmpgenc.htm

also i'm thinkin of converting avi to dvd but don't want to lose quality...can anyone tell me if this is normal or how i can convert to vcd and dvd without losing any quality?


next question (this is just a bonus i really need my first one answered)....2 movies i converted had a lag (can't describe it).I checked and the movies were both 23.976 frames per sec.......the first one i converted at 29 frames per second so i figured that was the problem so the second i converted at 23.976 and it does the same.......why is this and is there anyway to fix it.....you get used to it but it's still annoying

thanks to anybody who can help

[MysticE]

The days of VCD is over. Quality brand name OEM DVD burners can be had for about $30. Do yourself a favor though and buy Verbatim blanks.

If these AVIs are movies you downloaded they are probably Xvids. Get ConvertXtoDVD to do the DVD conversions, the quality will be very good and the program is quick, cheap and easy to use.

[celtic_druid]

Encoding with a lossy codec there is always quality loss and with VCD you are going to notice it, because as you said it looks like crap.

DVD uses MPEG-2 which is lossy, so yes there is quality loss, but it is quite possible that you won't notice it.

You might want to consider buying a MPEG-4/avi capable standalone.

[bloop]

i have dvd a burner and all that just not the space on the comp for a the orignaly movie (800-1500 mb) and then the outbut dvd (3-5 gb) so that is why i need to convert to vcd

[impmon2]

Lower bit rate on DVD (MPEG2) would let you squeeze more video onto a single DVD. Depending on the video, you may not notice the difference between original and low bitrate version. Video with lots of action and motion won't do well in low bit rate.

I just wish MPG and MPEG2 did well for animation, there's lots of flat color and sharper edges than live video and often shows more noticeable artifacting.

[FulciLives]

The Philips DVP-5140 is a MPEG-4 capable DVD player. It can play XviD and DivX MPEG-4 AVI files if you burn them to a CD-R or DVD-R and you simply do that by burning as a "DATA DISC".

WALMART is selling the Philips DVP-5140 for about $49 and some odd change.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman