vcd or svcd?

[tonythemediaguy]

If I'm converting download DVD rips (divx), what should I burn them as? am I going to see a difference if I encode them for svcd instead of what I have been doing (vcd)?


thanks,
tony

[dragoman]

Hi,

You probably will see a differnce.

VCD's use MPEG-1 video, which is of much less quality than MPEG-2, which is format that SVCD's (and also DVD's) use.

SVCD's take up more space, however, so you will need more cd's for a movie than you would if encoded as vcd.

dragoman

[halcyon]

SVCD may not be worth it if you're transcoding from DivX. Basically you can only get as high quality as your source (DivX), so VCD may be good enough. I would suggest converting a small piece both ways to see if there is a difference.