svcd vs. kvcd? Do we just abandon SVCD?
 

Now that I've discovered Kwag's wonderful, hi-quality VCD template, the question begs to be asked:

Do we just abandon SVCD?

I'd like to hear Kwag (and any other encoding veteran's) opinion.

Up to now, I usually would do a 2-pass VBR SCVD for material I wanted the best quality for. Does the KVCDx3 rival this? (I used a high bit rate for TV shows - max of 2800 and 2300 average).

Would there be any advantages to ever using SVCD again?

I'd love to hear what you think!


Mojo

Re: KVCDx3 -vs- SVCD
 

The SKVCD was done for 2.1 reasons:
(1) To give an option to people that couldn't play MPEG-1 KVCD's.
(2) For SVCD freaks :wink: , to get SVCD quality, in a smaller package.
(.1) For the hell of it :lol:

And yes, KVCDx3 is higher quality than any SVCD. It's just like a DVD, when viewed on a HDTV. ( With the default KVCDx3 settings )
Use SVCD's or SKVCD's if you can't play the regular MPEG-1 KVCD templates. If you can, forget SVCD's, and go KVCDx3 :wink:

-kwag

Kwag:

How can a 352x480 SKVCD possibly look better than a standard 480x480 SVCD?

Because he's talking about his new kvcdx3 template, which is 582(?)x480. HIGHER than 480x480.

The KVCD Templated use a modified Q Matrix which gives better picture for that resolution and they also use a Modifies GOP Structure which will give you better picture with a smaller filesize (aka: better compression).

A-Star

but allow me to tell you that personally i think that kvcd 704x576 pal looks better than kvcdx3 :roll: when i watch it on a pc monitor i can only see that 704x576 is sharper - sometimes blocknoise but that ain't sooo bad

Yes, the 704x480(576) will look sharper on a monitor, but not on a regular TV. Both will look the same on standard TV's. On a HDTV, you can see it slightly sharper than the x3. But for high action scenes, the x3 is better, because it's almost blockless on high action. Even viewed on a HDTV. Also, you can fit longer material on a CD with the x3, because of the lower resolution. :wink:

-kwag