If I encode an AVI to MPEG-2 with standard SVCD settings EXCEPT using 352x240 instead of 480x480 resolution and then burn to CDR with Nero, will my DVD player (Pioneer DV525) recognize and play it?

I cannot capture at 480x480 (only at 352x240) and am wondering if I can create an "SVCD" with 352x240 MPEG-2.

I can make and play hi bit-rate XVCDs that look pretty good, but am curious if I can get better quality with MPEG-2..

Thanks, Kevin

-- kevin (kevin@kevcat.com), November 09, 2000

Answers

Well Kevin i use a dazzle to capture ans that captures at mpeg 1 352x240. I have used i author as well as a number of other svcd programs and have made svcds with it at this rate and the 525 plays it just fine.

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), November 09, 2000.

But if you are doing MPEG-1 at 352x240 (and not MPEG-2), you are making VCDs not SVCDs, yes?

Kevin

-- kevin (kevin@kevcat.com), November 09, 2000.

hey Kevin the bitrate i use though is at 2900, which is higher then svcd specs. Also their have been times when i had to convert this to an avi. i have made svcds using both methods. When i had the mepg 1 file with the high rate i-author would not even let me enter it so what i had to do was encode it to 2500 (aka highrate) with the panasonic encoder (made it an mpeg systyem file) then i-author would take this and demux/remux it into something it let me input in. once done i did have a true svcd mpeg clip. my pc would not play the damn thing at all. however my dvd players did. the apex ad600a clearly identifed it as an svcd. and my two pioneers played it with ease. I used to have to do the same thing when i made an avi file, or i could just input this into tmpg and do it straight as an mpeg 2. But since the xvcd(or highrate) is much easier to use and i can do more with it, i do not bother with svcd and do everything as highrate stuff. hope this helps, but again the 525 played everything just fine. although for i usthor it makes an image file forthe adaptec easy cd creator, and when i stopped with i-author, i use the NTI cd maker pro as that lets any vcd bitrate made to be burned, winon cd and video pack 4. I have not used NERO. I too have heard of a problem people have had when the svcd was only a little block in the right or left corner when playing on the 525, but it was more from the way it wasencdoed/captured, then burned. if you still want to play it safe try one with a cdrw disc, but it should still play fine. hope this helps

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), November 10, 2000.

excuse the typos it is pretty late

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), November 10, 2000.

Cool, thanks for the response. I was (and still am) a bit confused about this because I understand that SVCD uses MPEG2 and VCD/XVCD uses MPEG1. Anyway, I think I discovered the same thing you did. I burned an SVCD with 352x240 MPEG2; my DVD player recognized it as VCD and had a bit of trouble playing it (e.g. did play the whole clip). No big deal because the picture quality with MPEG2 wasn't even as good as MPEG1 XVCD encoded at 2400 kbps. I am gonna stick with MPEG1 XVCD as it looks pretty good.

Thanks, Kevin

-- kevin (kevin@kevcat.com), November 10, 2000.