how big does ur file come with settings?

[Karmenu]

how big does your svcd become and with wat program and wat settings and wat quality and wat movie length...
my svcds r becoming very big i encoded lotr twin towers from xvid (i think it was xvid if not divx) which was 2 cds and i ended up having the file becoming 3342mb i had to burn this on 5 cds to fit.... is this normal or way too big?

all ive done to it is change it from ntsc film to pal and then encoded using tmpg enc and changing 1 setting "motion search precise" to highest quality ive made a 30 sec clip and did 1 of each and i got no file diff.. plz help as im coincerned as ppl making movies onto 2 -4 cds thanx in advance

[PlaiBoi]

Your using 1 cd too much. LOTR TT fits on 4 CD's. What bitrate did you use?

[Karmenu]

bit rate of wat? the svcd or xvid

[PlaiBoi]

svcd

[Karmenu]

default whihc is 2520
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[PlaiBoi]

which 2520 CBR you will only be able to fit 35 min. no a CD. You have to use a lower bitrate. You have to use VBR with a avg. bitrate of 2192.

btw, i dont have ICQ.

[Karmenu]

which vbr?
and how much quality loss is there?

[PlaiBoi]

wut encoder are you using? If TMPGenc, 2-pass VBR. If CCE then use 4-pass VBR. The quality loss will be small. Use a avg. bitrate of 2192 a min. bitrate of 600 and a max of 2520.

[Karmenu]

so is this wat everybody does to keep the cd to 4 instead of 5?

[PlaiBoi]

Yes, the majority of people use VBR for SVCD's. With VBR you can fit more on a CD, while keeping great quality. VBR uses higher bitrates (up the maximum that you set) for high action demanding scenes, and lower bitrates for low action still scenes. Thus, you dont waste bits and get good quality. Try to use the settings i recommended, you sould get excellent results.

[Karmenu]

thanx very much been a great help

[PlaiBoi]

no problem...so did it work out for you?

[Karmenu]

yerp worked great i saved about 650-700 mb and i dont see any quality loss watsoever is the quality loss suppose to be in video or sound or both?

[txpharoah]

Just remember, CDs are dirt cheap. Who really cares if it takes one, or even 10 discs, longer?

But yes, VBR can make files smaller than CBR. Also use 44.1 audio with 192k bitrates, and video bitrates of 2520, and you'll be fine. Open your GOPs too on CD (close them for DVD). Maybe extend your I/P/B in the GOP settings. All makes a size difference.

[Karmenu]

just a question playboi as normal u can only fit 35 mins
do u kno how much it would fit on ur technique thanx.