Bitrate Calculator Question

[Tek1]

Hey guys,

Just a quick question..... Well after weeks of reading and burning
i've finally got my settings set to burn a very good looking vcd thanks to
the help from members and info on these forums. I am burning avi to mpeg using tmpgenc that i have captured through my capture card. My
dvd player seems to be happy with all the bitrates that tmpegenc can
throw at it (within reason). I can encode at the basic 1150 or keep pushing up to 13,14,15 thus increasing my file sizes. Audio is set at 44.1k/224k. Basically all I need to know is what bitrate calc to use so I
can figure out what bitrate to set my encoding at for best quality. I am
only looking for 60min on a vcd. I see many calculators for divx and such.But all I will be doing is avi to vcd via tmpgenc. In other words...
I want to be able to find out how high i can encode at while still fitting
60min on one vcd.
Any help and/or input would be greatly appreciated. :D

[Mordant]

In the tools section there is a bitrate calculator that runs in Explorer. You can download it as well. 60 minutes on an XVCD would be at a bitrate around 1600 with 224 sound...you can increase the video bitrate by reducing the audio bitrate. The calculator will show you those options.

[homerpez]

Download FitCD if it's still linked in the "TOOLS" section... it's remarkable. Calculates everything you need here, and then some! Just my $0.02

[Tek1]

Thanks for the reply guys. I'll give 'em a try...