vv 3 vcd quality?

way2slo wrote on 2/17/2002, 4:46 PM
i just did 3 video clips and render them as vcd mpeg, burn a vcd. when i play them on my dvd player and view it on tv, they dont look too good compared to using ulead 5 converter avi to mpeg. i m pretty happy with the mainconcept mpeg1 and 2 plugin but the vcd mpeg doenst look too good.
does anyone experience the same problem?

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BobMoyer wrote on 2/17/2002, 6:03 PM
Could I ask a dumb question? What is the difference between the mpeg1 and the vcd mpeg?

Bob
way2slo wrote on 2/17/2002, 6:14 PM
i think is a different mpeg codec, i can never import mpeg-1 to burn a vcd, it has to be vcd mpeg format. its like different dv format i guess.
try this www.vcdhelper.com
i m sure u will find an answer.
way2slo wrote on 2/18/2002, 6:06 PM
anyone? pulling my hair now
SonyEPM wrote on 2/19/2002, 8:31 AM
The VideoCD(NTSC) format uses MPEG-1, at 352x240, 29.97fps, aspect ratio .8889, 1,150,000 bits/sec; audio 224kbps, 44,100 khz. If you change these settings at all, you might make an invalid VCD.

You should be able to get a reasonably decent video onto a VCD from Vegas, but it'll never look incredibly great because you are using MPEG-1 at low bitrates.
rbarton wrote on 2/22/2002, 3:48 AM
I have noticed that the media also makes a difference. My DVD player (Apex) can use either CD-RW or CD-R media, but depending on the quality/brand, I might get some artifacts/square-blotches showing up periodically, and I know it's not in the encoding.

I know there is proper VCD media, but I don't know where to get it. What are you all using, and if it is VCD specific media, where do you get it?
wvg wrote on 2/23/2002, 7:35 AM
I have no idea what you mean by "proper" media. If you mean results vary from brand to brand, that's true... depending on your DVD player's ability to read the disk. I've burned literally hundreds of CD's at speeds from 2X up to 16X and never had the quality of the resulting render vary due to speed they were burned at. If you have the proper firmware, updated if needed, no artifacts should be (can be?) introduced by the burning process. Like with anything else you may hit a bad batch of media (I did once) but once you find a media brand that works I would stick with it and avoid trying bargain basement brands. You can purchase major brands of media almost anywhere if you live in a major city. Otherwise a few minutes searching will find all kinds of vendors on the Internet.
bigdav160 wrote on 2/25/2002, 5:52 PM
"I've burned literally hundreds of CD's at speeds from 2X up to 16X and never had the quality of the resulting render vary due to speed they were burned at"

Strangely, I have. I send VCD's to a friend for review. He has a Sony DSP?360 DVD player. I have to burn at the slowest speed or the DVD player will drop video, audio or both. Burning on the slowest speed with the same media (CD-RW's) always make them play. Fortunately my Pioneer 444 doesn't have that problem.