Encoding anamorphic widescreen SVCD

[shimrod]

I read the posts of the Doom9 forum link I got from SupaCoopa:
http://rilanparty.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5905

I do have a question about encoding an anamorphic SVCD.

SVCD FREAK explains in his post that there is a difference in the SVCD quality depending on the source having aspect ratio 1.85:1 or 2.35:1.

I don't really agree to this:
- In both cases the resulting anamorphic SVCD contains no black bars right? Otherwise it would not be anamorphic, right?
- No matter what the aspect ratio of the DVD is, the resulting SVCD will always contain full-screen movie data of 480x576 resolution. A movie that will be stretched horizontally on a 16:9 TV screen.
- I agree that the way the data is stored on the DVD is different but no matter what source, 1.85:1 or 2.35:1, there are always 480x576 (=276480) pixels movie data that need to be encoded to SVCD to obtain an anamorphic SVCD. So you always have to use the same "high" bitrate.

This makes sense right?
Any thoughts/comments on this?

Shimrod.

[mikk]

no, anything higher than 1.85 has black bars so that it fits on a 16:9 screen. so u can get away with a slightly lower bitrate because the black bars compress better. but i usually use the same bitrate anyway, for better quality.