How Many Minutes Can You Put Into Svcd On

[Bebi]

I keep getting different opinions about it could you fit a movie onto it?

[Skillian]

SVCD is a bit different to VCD in that you choose the bitrate, so you choose how much to fit on to the CD. Generally you can fit about 35-60 mins on a standard SVCD.

There are other slightly different formats like XSVCD which will enable you to fit more, but their compatibility with DVD players can be pretty limited

[Bebi]

well on tmpgenc I set it so I can go about 1864 bitrate for vcd movies so choosing the bitrate aint a problem

[Adster]

you can have as much minutes as you like but anymore then 50 minutes quality starts to drop

[GibboNet]

I think TMPGEnc says that 50 minutes is optimal for a 650 Mb disc, so more on a 700 Mb disc. I use 800 Mb discs often, so more again.

Has anyone got a free, useful SVCD bitrate calculator ?

Next, what about an alternative to TMPGEnc ? It keeps giving me trouble

[Adster]

yeah TMPGEnc can be a pain in the ass at times

Panasonic Encoder is another good one

[GibboNet]

Originally posted by Bebi@7 January 2004 - 00:57
could you fit a movie onto it?

I forgot to answer that in my first post..

Anyway, I have successfully burnt a full movie to SVCD (Blood - The Last Vampire) which was great quality. It was only about 45 minutes long though IIRC.

I tried a few others that were closer to two hours, and they were absolutely shocking !

I'm looking for the panasonic encoder.... If anyone has a free link... email me

[Gre1]

U should try skvcd u can fit up to 120mins on one disc with near dvd quality. The Panasonic encoder is on kazaa as well.

[ck-uk]

Standard svcd with the bitrate its suposed to have 25XX around 35 minutes

Havent made one myself.Never fancied spanning a movie across three cdrs & then tring watch it.