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I have made my own TMPGEnc template. It is 352 x 288. I have 1800 kbps and the audio 384 48000. With this i can fit 6 hours on a standard DVD5. What i want to know is will this look better than VHs and will it compete with DVD quality. (I know it wont be DVD quality but what i mean is will my friends who know nothing about vcd's think they are watching a DVD)
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for an XVCD is should look ok
I would not have the audio that high though IMO
I would not go over the 224 specified spec of VCD
if fact I would probably go DOWN to 192
this gives you more video biitrate to play with
Having said that - ditch the VCD size frame altogether and go for CVD (if your player can handle it) -
I think it will come close to VHS video quality, maybe a little lower, maybe a little higher. If there are fast-action scenes there will probably be some macroblocks. I do believe that your friends will be able to tell that the video is not a DVD. With a quality audio source I think they will believe the audio is from a DVD, or audio CD for that matter.
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BUt I used a high bitrate. Even in really fast scenes there are no blocks
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may I suggest making it XSVCD 480x576, depending on what your player can handle and definately lowering the audio bitrate to 224. This way even you probably won't see the difference but your mates will probably see through your XVCD.
Regards,
Nathan -
DarthBooker:
The main reason I said "I think it will come close to VHS video quality, maybe a little lower, maybe a little higher." Is that although you are using a reasonable bitrate, you are maintaining a relatively low (PAL VCD) resolution. On my TVs given a XVCD and an SVCD of the same video bitrate, yet maintaining VCD and SVCD compliant resolutions I can tell a definite difference in the clarity, sharpness around the edges, crispness, apparent focus, or whatever you want to call it. Motion affects and/or macroblocks are not the only factors to take into account as far as overall quality.
I have seen some SVCDs that in my opinion come close to DVD video quality, or could be mistaken for a DVD image, but I have never seen a CD using VCD resolution do the same. -
Question for you? Given the origional settings on your personal template are you burning them as vcd's? If so ( which I truly hope it is) how are you able to burn with VCD compliance and not have VCD bit rate?
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