avi to mpeg bitrate

[russcollinsonuk]

hi, i read on the site that for an mpeg to be vcd compatible it should be 1150k/bit per second, and on the tmpgenc web site it says it encodes it 2.4% higher, making it 1177.6.
so my question is, should i set it to 1122.4 thus the actual mpeg bitrate will be 1150, or doesnt this matter?
i need to have the vcd perfect because i want to play it on a sony dvd player which i believe are a bit dodgy with cdr's.

thanks,


russ

[alucard2050]

if your looking for the perfect vcd then how you want the quality is up to you. 1150 is just not good enough for for me. i have played around with different settings and found for myself that to get a good quality movie, you have to up the bitrate, makeing the file larger, and putting the movie on 2 cdr's. but that's my personal preference. my suggestion is to take a small mpeg file, like about 30 seconds, and encode it multiple times at a different bit rate each time. then you can judge for yourself what quality you'd like to use.