Newbie:Capturing to Mpeg from Video,blocky VCD

[missionmasque]

Ok I'm getting this all wrong and probably expecting to much, so can someone give me some pointers please:

I captured from Video using VideoStudio to Pal VCD (Mpeg) format and after burning the VCD the quality on playback through a stand alone DVD Player and large TV is Very blocky.

Capturing to Avi produces such a large file and when playing back it was very jerky, like playing back on an old 286 ?

Should I be capturing to a better quality Mpeg format and then converting to VCD format, or am I completely on the wrong track.

Im usisng:

Duron 1.2gig on a Jetway MB
196meg SDram
WinTV Go

Thanks.

Tony.

[jeremypps]

what I've guessed reading posts in this forum is that you get best quality capturing uncompressed (or huffy o at least mjpeg), then convert to mpeg using tmpgenc.
blocks appear as well, but picture is better.
if you play with filters you can reduce blockiness a bit.