which size to use? 720x480 or 480x480 or 352x480

[1loser]

I've made over 400 SVCD's. I now need to take an AVI file I captured 2 years ago at 640x480 and author it into a DVD. I captured at that size because I got very little dropped frames and since I was ONLY making SVCD's. Now I want to author it as a DVD. I am just beginning to learn about DVD authoring. I know if I use 352 x 480 I can easily author it and if I use 480 x 480 I can do several things like using DVDpatcher before and after authoring or a program that will accept the SVCD as it is. What about encoding at 720 x 480 when the capture size is 640 x 480? Which will give the best quality?

I'm using Cinema Craft and I always use bicubic resize.

[Matthew]

720x480 will provide output that has the most detail. With half D1 (352) and SVCD (480) you are losing resolution.

Of course, if you are encoding at low bitrates or source is noisy then lower-res option may be better because in such cases blurriness can look better than blockiness :)

[1loser]

I went ahead and used 720 x 480 with a Bicubic Resize, Bit rates of Max 9500, Avg 5550 and Min 0. That gave me 105 minutes of video and the quality was even better than I thought. Size 4.3 GB's.

Thanks for the advice.

[EdwinGF]

Hello

I'm reading that you use that DVD Patch software to change the resolution of your video files to what you need or want. I need to do something similar, but I don't know how to use that software. I can't find the Bicubic Resize option you're mentioning here.

¿Would you tell me how to do it correctly?

I have one file which size is 608x336, which I need to convert to 720x480. ¿How do I do that with the software you're mentioning?

Thanks in advance,



Edwin


P.S.
Sorry for the silly questions, but I'm starting on this.

[GM006]

When he says he used "BicubicResize" he's referring the AVS Plugin. Run a search on the forum looking for AviSynth plugins. You should come across a link to a site that has plugins and on that site there is a plugin called "BicubicResize.dll" or something like that. Anyways, you'll need the CinemaCraft Encoder or some other encoder that can read avs scripts and AVISynth. Or you can just use Vegas/Final Cut Pro (Video Editing Software) to resize it for you..