Hi
AmericanKickboxer,
I'm not an authority on divx/xvid
stuff , but I do know that you should use the template whose resolution is the closest match to your original source. I couldn't say for sure whether you should use the x3 or 352x240Plus templates (someone else will chime in I'm sure). Of course, if you do a small sample with both and compare the results, then you really won't need anyone else's advice.
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would i increase the CQ # in order to get better quality but take more space?
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Yes, that's the way it works.
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i did a movie not too long ago called *lade and the file was real small about 400Mb or so but the picture was blocky and stuff, will a higher CQ or what give me better qaulity?
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Higher resolutions and higher CQ levels will both give you better quality (although you shouldn't go higher than the original source's resolution). At only 400MB,
of course your kvcd is going to look
VERY VERY poor That's only half as large as it should be! You should be using
File-Size Prediction to get the best quality out of the allotted space on your cd-r. If you're just loading up a kvcd template in TMPG and guessing a CQ to use, then you're not going to get the best possible quality on your encode....and you will very likely have to play a game of hit-and-miss and re-encode many times until your outcome is the right size to fill your disc. Also, if you happen to be converting to KVCD from a poor quality source to begin with, you can't expect to turn it into the Mona Lisa. "Garbage In = Garbage Out".
If you follow Black Prince's and Red-M's guides and use filesize prediction, you'll be impressing your friends in no time.
Good luck.
-d&c