vcd mpeg1

[whitedawg]

ok...if i have a vcd movie and i want to put it on a dvd, should i convert it to mpeg2 or should i leave it as a mpeg 1 so i can fit more...i mean quality wise

[Videopimp]

if you have a vcd movie then it already came off MPEG-1 format most likely
how would converting it to MPEG-2 improve anything??

your final product is only as good as your source

[whitedawg]

thanks i wasnt sure thats all...so i sjould just make a dvd vcd right

[Videopimp]

i think you mis-understood me

i was commenting on quality of an MPG1 vs and MPG2

what are you aiming to do?

if you want standard 2 hours of DVD then yes, you would have to reencode them to MPEG-2 and then to VOB files but don't expect any great quality


if you want the most bang for the buck and you have MPEG-1 video, just re-encode the audio and make a VCD on a DVD-R and it will hold over 7 hours of video and play on most DVD players

refer to the DVD RIP help on the side

[whitedawg]

ok thank you...i was just asking because i bought a vcd off of ebay so i wasnt sure if you can make it mpeg2 to look better. So if i understand correctly if i encode it at 2hours, it will be generaly the same as a vcd on a dvdr right???

[C-Dub]

had a teacher once taught me words of wisdom " GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT"

[whitedawg]

pardon

[vitualis]

"Garbage In, Garbage Out".

If your source is a VCD, it doesn't matter what you are encoding it into. It will never look better than the source. Indeed, if you use a loss encoding method like MPEG, you get LOSS of quality with each encoding.

Regards.

[Tommyknocker]

Amazing how quickly we go off on tangents. If you want to make a DVD, your file will have to made into a MPEG-2.

[vitualis]

And it is also amazing the number of people on this forum who chastise other people when they have the wrong information.

The DVD standard allows for video to be in MPEG-1 at certain specifications. The video on a VCD definitely fits within this, except that the audio will have to be upsampled to 48 kHz.

http://www.vcdhelp.com/vcddvdr.htm

Regards.

[Tommyknocker]

If anyone took my last post as a chastisement, I humbly apologize. I am a newbie, and am no position to do such a thing.

[Mirror_Image]

Allowable picture resolutions are:
MPEG-2, 525/60 (NTSC): 720x480, 704x480, 352x480
MPEG-2, 625/50 (PAL): 720x576, 704x576, 352x576
MPEG-1, 525/60 (NTSC): 352x240
MPEG-1, 625/50 (PAL): 352x288

(and there is an assortment of other conditions as well)