OK! The BEST mpeg 1 format . .please!

Grazie wrote on 3/23/2005, 7:45 AM

Now that we got a brilliant video - client loves it - I love it - my partner loves it .. and on DVD=MPEG2 it looks the business . .. BUT,now my client informs me that we got to submit it using MPEG1 - arrgghhhhhh! The video is going into a national copmpetition for refurbished buildings. The video is about a Central London refurbuished library. The judges, in all their wisdom, will only accpet MPEG1 . . go figure . ..

So, my hard put upon colleagues, friends and scallywags . .what is YOUR best MPEG1 format?

TIA,

Grazie

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Grazie wrote on 3/24/2005, 9:17 PM

Well, the judges asked for MPEG1, so I didn't consider VCD as this would be MPEG2.

Now this is very interesting John: "MPEG1, by definition, is a progressive format. Outside of the constraints of the VCD format, MPEG1 can look pretty decent as a 640x480 progressive file encoded at around 4000k. Also, most all computers, PC or MAC, can natively play an MPEG1 file."

As a test I've been playing my "samples" on my standalone DVD. Maybe I should also do what Theforce suggests and do two versions. One for PC - progressive via TMPGenc - and one for DVD players!

Anyway, you guys are great! Thanks again . .. I'm getting there ..

Grazie

Grazie wrote on 3/24/2005, 10:08 PM

I meant SVCD!

'Now, how have you been playing your "samples" on your DVD player?"' . . I open the tray, go play and it plays! What else can I tell you John? Is this a trick question? - Problem I get is when I do a F A S T forward and then resume playing at normal speed.

"What method have you been using to write the files to the disc(s)?" - as I described above using TEMPGenc:

1/- Very slow BEST encoding

2/- 4.5mbps

3/- Frame size to match my original PAL setting of 720 x 576 pixels

Thanks,

Grazie