How many bit is use to encode the border?

[odan]

I am try to make an XVCD but I don't want to used 352x240 res as the final resolution, so what I did is add the following line in the avisynth script

ReduceBy2
Addborder(176,120, 176,120)

(the video 352x480 doesn't look as good when it been stretch to fit on a 50 inch tv)

So my question is how many bit does it take to encoded the border around the video?

Thanks in advance

[Truman]

If you pay attention to the macroblock boundaries, almost no bits are wasted to the borders. Well it depends on the encoder too.

ReduceBy2
Addborder(176,112, 176,128)

[odan]

If I use CCE to as my encoder do I loose any bits to the borders with the new changes you have suggested.

ReduceBy2
Addborder(176,112, 176,128)

[Truman]

If your source is 704x480 (I guess it is, because you use ReduceBy2), and you use ccesp 2.50, resize to a multiple of 16 minus 1 pixel top and bottom.

Crop(0,2,704,476)
ReduceBy2
AddBorders(176,113,176,129)

If you use ccesp 2.6x (due to different motion compensation)

Crop(0,4,704,472)
ReduceBy2
AddBorders(176,114,176,130)

Calculated by FitCD.