video formats

[nowosz]

I capture videos from my svhs-cam via pc-card (haupauge) with divx with the 576x432 resolution for PAL. The results are OK.
Now I would like to create SVCD from my DIVX-videos.

I am a little confused about the svcd-resolution for PAL (480x576) , bacause it isn´t a 4:3 format.

My questions:
1. Whats the reason ?
2. Can I convert my videos (divx 576x432) to SVHS
3. Make it sense to capture in divx with 480x576 resolution (but in this case the divx wouldn´t show the correst video (4:3)
4. What would be the best format to capture my videos

[Baldrick]

1. the svcd bitrate is too low for any higher resolutions like dvd. it will look okey on your dvd player or software dvd player if you encode with 4:3 aspect ratio, the player will "stretch" the picture to correct aspect ratio.
2.svhs? yes if you have a tvout or copy from your dvdplayer.
3.no, capture in a more lossless codec like mjpeg or huffyuv to acheive better quality.
4.uncompressed or huffyuv.