1150 kbps a must? :o)

[Seamus]

Hello forum,

Prior to writing some VCDs I converted some AVIs to MPEG in TMPGEnc and set the bitrate to 1150kbps but I thought I'd try setting the bitrate to 1500kpbs on for the last couple of files because I thought this would improve quality of the video.

Anyway, it seems my Pioneer DV-414 stand alone DVD player does not like to play back VCDs with a bitrate other than 1150kbps because the sound is all broken and totally rooted.

Is this to be expected? Is 1150kbps a must?

Thank you.

[puertorican138]

http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=DV-414+&DVDselect=&Submit=Search&Search=Search

[vitualis]

1150 kbit/s is a must if you want to maintain VCD compliance.

However, many players will play higher bitrates.

Be sure to remux your non-compliant MPEG files with TMPGEnc MPEG Tools set on "MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard)" first.

Regards.