How to increase the video quality for a VCD ?

[lukebrenner]

Hi there !

I have successfully (and I mean it, never had a problem) ripped several of my DVDs and burned VDCs from them.

The method I follow is the one at flexion.org

http://www.flexion.org/video/DVDConv/DVD2AVI/index.html

and it never failed.

However, I realized that most of the movies require 2 CDs. One will get full and the other one requires between 150 and 400 Mb of space. The rest is empty.

My question is, if there's anyways space left on the second one, at what point in the VCD creation process can I play with some settings to increase the quality of the video (not that it's bad but it could be better ..) ? I mean I know that it will add up space but this is exactly what I need, to fill up the free space on the second disk.

Is it by increasing the bitrate ? Where, in TMPGEnc ?

Thanks a lot.

Luke

[nfl2k2]

http://www.vcdhelp.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=56069&forum=11&2

at the bottom

[lukebrenner]

Oops !
Thanks a lot !

But ... does it work ONLY for SVCDs ?

Where should I specify the bitrate, in TMPGEnc ???

Thanks.

Luke

[lukebrenner]

OK,

I still don't know where to specify the bitrate.

I'm at the point where I'm about to encode with TMPGEnc.

Should I do it here in Settings --> Video --> Bitrate OR in bbmpeg ????

Thnx a lot !

Luke

[valley_view_ca]

[quote]
On 2001-08-23 23:15:53, lukebrenner wrote:
OK,

I still don't know where to specify the bitrate.

I'm at the point where I'm about to encode with TMPGEnc.

Should I do it here in Settings --> Video --> Bitrate OR in bbmpeg ????


Luke, I'd like to know too the question you are asking. If you find out, can you please send me the info at: valley_view_ca@yahoo.com

Also, what template do you use?
Thanks
Scott Baker

[humdinger]

actually, i found the left over space is useful for ripping extras off a dvd

[gallant1]

Hi,
Does your DVD player play XVCD files? You may want to find a utility called a Bitrate calculator to figure out how to get the highest bitrate out of both of your disks, thus increasing the quality.

XVCD is basically a VCD with higher bitrate and larger ratio (720x480 for NTSC vs 352x240). The quality can be quite excellent. There are excellent tutorials on XVCD on this website. My suggestion is to follow the tutorials, burn a short test CD and see if your machine supports the format. Then, find a Bitrate Calculator (I can even send you a Java bitrate calculator if you email me)--you can find a lot of them on google.com search.

[macca]

How do you rip the extras from the DVD?

[humdinger]

using smart ripper, browse through all the vobs on the disc and find the ones that match the length of your extras, and just rip and encode as normal

[AntnyMD]

Or, if you have a lot of time on your hands, lots of hard drive space, and a handful of days to encode, just rip the entire DVD (go into SmartRipper, click FILES; MOVIE is the default) and compress *everything* to VCD!

[lukebrenner]

I think I made a mistake. Can someone confirm ?

Yesterday I started encoding with TMPGEnc.
I used the online bitrate calculator and for a 131 minutes movie , on 2 CDs (80min) the bitrate should be 1412. But this appeared to be for SVCD !!!!

However, in the Settings-->Video-->Bitrate in TMPGEnc I kept CBR and modified 1150 to 1412.

I should have modified MPEG-1 to MPEG-2 at the top in that tab as well, right ??? Because MPEG-2 works for SVCD isn't it ???

Oh well ...

Thanks,
Luke

[kriskim]

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On 2001-08-24 09:23:57, lukebrenner wrote:
I think I made a mistake. Can someone confirm ?

Yesterday I started encoding with TMPGEnc.
I used the online bitrate calculator and for a 131 minutes movie , on 2 CDs (80min) the bitrate should be 1412. But this appeared to be for SVCD !!!!

However, in the Settings-->Video-->Bitrate in TMPGEnc I kept CBR and modified 1150 to 1412.

I should have modified MPEG-1 to MPEG-2 at the top in that tab as well, right ??? Because MPEG-2 works for SVCD isn't it ???

Oh well ...

Thanks,
Luke
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luke, if you want to keep it a standard vcd, you can not make the bitrate any higher. standard vcds have a set video bitrate of 1150kbps. you can up the bitrate, and it will likely play on your dvd player, but know that you're now making an XVCD, it's no longer a standard compliant vcd.

vcds use mpg1. svcds use mpg2. if you wanna keep it x/vcd, keep it mpg1. if you're thinking of making svcds from your dvdrips (i highly recommend it, since the quality can be very veyr close to the original dvd), you'll have to use mpg2 and use the bitrate calc to find your avg bitrate.

[lukebrenner]

OK, now I see the light ....

Thanks a lot for all your help.

Luke