Should I capture to SVCD with MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 compression?

[tluxon]

My capture card allows me to capture to SVCD with MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 compression.

What is the difference between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2?

What are the advantages of saving to SVCD with MPEG-1? MPEG-2?

TMPGEnc doesn't work with MPEG-2 after 30 days. Does this tip the scales in favor of MPEG-1?

Thanks,

Tim

[Bradskey]

The SVCD standard requires MPEG-2. MPEG-1 is used for standard VCD. MPEG-2 has features such as support for interlaced video, and better compression/quality at higher bitrates (4 MBps and up) than MPEG-1. MPEG-2 is also the format used in DVD. MPEG-2 isn't exactly "better" than MPEG-1 (well, in some ways it is), it just serves different purpose than the older MPEG-1. You can continue to use TMPGEnc for MPEG-1 encoding for VCD's (about VHS quality), but the price for full version of TMPGEnc Plus is insanely cheap for that kind of software (compare to price of Cinema Craft Encoder to see what I mean).

[wolleric]

I think you confused audio and video compression somewhere. The SVCD standard is like this:

video compression: MPEG-2
audio compression: MPEG-1 Layer 2

You always have to use these formats for the appropriate streams in order the make a compatible SVCD. If your 30-day test period is over and you can't get a different MPEG-2 encoder take a look at the MVCD templates (search @ Google). They let you create an MPEG-1 video with higher (variable) bitrate than on VCDs (assumed that your player supports this non-standard format).

[DEmberton]

Erm, the TMPEng limit is for creating SVCD. If your capture card can capture in SVCD format, then there's no need for TMPEng.

[tluxon]

I've been using DVD2AVI as a frameserver to TMPGEnc using a KVCD template for VBR, and it allows me to save MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 video streams. I'm getting over 60 minutes of SVCD (2500 Mbps max) on a CD-RW either way and I can't see the difference. I was just wondering if there were advantages one way over the other.

[kwag]

take a look at the MVCD templates (search @ Google). They let you create an MPEG-1 video with higher (variable) bitrate than on VCDs (assumed that your player supports this non-standard format).

Look at MVCDs Q. matrix closely, and look at KVCDs Q. Matrix. Guess where mole took it from
Read very important and interesting information here: http://www.redcomet.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=543

-kwag

[tluxon]

take a look at the MVCD templates (search @ Google). They let you create an MPEG-1 video with higher (variable) bitrate than on VCDs (assumed that your player supports this non-standard format).

Look at MVCDs Q. matrix closely, and look at KVCDs Q. Matrix. Guess where mole took it from
Read very important and interesting information here: http://www.redcomet.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=543

-kwag

Appears to be a dead link. Care to summarize what it's about?