Hi again.

This is a continuation of my last post (https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=148052) but can be treated separately.

I have had MPEG Info analyse 12 video files, 3 of which work on my new DVD player using the DVD-SVCD "standard", the other 9 don't. I have taken PAL/NTSC, 4:3/16:9, resolution and bitrate into account – the *only* common denominator that separates the 3 that work flawlessly from the 9 that don't (they "stutter" as if the player is skipping 1 frame every half second) is that the 3 that work all have a bitrate of 2.52 or more whereas the 9 that "skip" have a bitrate of 2.50 or below (there figures relate to the video track only, not the finished multiplexed MPEG2). I think it sounds unlikely that there should be a cut-off point for MPEG2 bitrate (particularly as "high" as this) not to mention how odd it is that 1.70 bitrate skips just as much (no worse) than a 2.50, but perhaps that's because I don't know any better

Do you?

Side question: is there any way of increasing the (apparent) bitrate of a videofile apart from re-encoding it? Sorry to keep pestering about this, but I really do like the DVD-SVCD format, and it's a pity that the Pioneer DV-350 (which is an excellent machine in every other way) seem ot have such high demands. Particularly since the very same video files play flawlessly when burned as a standard SVCD.

Please respond - I need your help.

Thanks.

/Wizeman