Best VCD quality

[VitorFJV]

how do i get the best quality doing a VCD?
I Wanna do a VCD from a DIVX, i want the best quality, it doesnt matter the size, im using TMPGEnc, is there a better program? What do i put 4:3 525 NTSC (704x408) or 4:3 525 NTSC?
What setting can i do?

[MaDmiZe]

The best quality from a VCD is to use the highest bitrate possable...but this is set at 1150kbps in standard compliant VCD.
If you dont mind having every movie on two cd's just encode as standard.
TMPG is fine....its all I use....some times in going from divx to mpg the audio will get out of sync (its out of sync in half the divx stuff already) So before I encode with TMPG I rip the audio off the divx file as a uncompressed wav (using Virt DUB) then use that as the audio source for TMPG....the audio has always lined up then ...for me anyway.
Lastly...your aspect ratio question......it will never be the same ....so some experimentation is required......You can set the source and the output.....Under advanced tab set up source as say 4:3 then goto video and set as 4:3 then before you click start to encode >>click on file then on preview....you will see what the output will look like.....go back and change settings and repeat till its good.....then Encode.

I'm sure this sounds screwy....but as you do this u will see what I mean.

[zizou108]

Hey Vitor,

FitCD is a nice program for doing the math of calculating correct aspect ratios, once you figure out how to use it.

For best VCD quality, you might want to try out kwag's TMPGEnc templates. These are NOT standards-compliant VCD, but produce absolutely amazing results. Downside is: it may not play on your DVD player. It does on many (including my Pioneer DV-333), does not on others. I swear to you: you get a whole movie at near-DVD quality onto 2 CDs. And I mean very near DVD quality (almost indiscernible difference).

Check out kwag's "KVCD" templates at: http://www.kvcd.net/