Re: How to burn a vcd with dvdrip?
On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 06:32:04AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > ps. Any idea what the difference between an svcd and a vcd is?
>
> 20 minutes of DVD quality video per disc versus about an hour of
> almost DVD quality video per disc.
Even at the maximum legal bitrate SVCD puts around 40 minutes on a disc,
at a quality somewhere between SVHS and DVD. Since SVCD allows a
variable bitrate you can actually fit considerably more on a disc,
though. SVCD uses MPEG2. Set-top DVD player compatibility is reasonably
common.
VCD is roughly VHS quality, has very specific specs on how the MPEG file
is encoded, and is MPEG1. A 74-min CD holds 74 minutes of VCD, 80min
holds 80, etc. Set-top DVD player compatibility is pretty good.
20 minutes/disc sounds like you're thinking of miniDVD, which is DVD
video and structure burned to a CD. Very few set-top players read these
without a firmware hack.
Go to http://www.vcdhelp.com/ to read about the differences. It's mostly
a Windows-centric site, but there is a lot of general information about
these formats.
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Michael Heironimus
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