KVCD Templates - Which one to Choose?

Abdul Razak · #1 06-20-2002, 06:10 AM

Hi Kwag,

I'm a newbie and need help.

I have recorded quite a number of soccer matches from the current World Cup with my Sony Digital 8 camera and would like to burn this as a VCD. I recorded the matches from my PAL TV. I would like to play the VCD on my Philips DVD (model DVD718 model). This DVD can only accept 352 x 288 for VCD though I notice that your KVCDx2 shows the resolution 704 x 576 for PAL.

If I want the best quality, which template should I go for? The KVCD or the KVCDx2? My ideal is to record each half (45 min) on individual CD-R. I've tried the KVCDx2 to test a small soccer sample, and although the picture is very good, the audio keep on skipping. Secondly, the file size is more than 700MB, so I have to trim some part of the game. Is there something I need to change to to overcome this? Or should I just stick to KVCD template PAL version?

Thanks.

kwag · #2 06-20-2002, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Abdul Razak

Hi Kwag,

I'm a newbie and need help.

I have recorded quite a number of soccer matches from the current World Cup with my Sony Digital 8 camera and would like to burn this as a VCD. I recorded the matches from my PAL TV. I would like to play the VCD on my Philips DVD (model DVD718 model). This DVD can only accept 352 x 288 for VCD though I notice that your KVCDx2 shows the resolution 704 x 576 for PAL.

If I want the best quality, which template should I go for? The KVCD or the KVCDx2? My ideal is to record each half (45 min) on individual CD-R. I've tried the KVCDx2 to test a small soccer sample, and although the picture is very good, the audio keep on skipping. Secondly, the file size is more than 700MB, so I have to trim some part of the game. Is there something I need to change to to overcome this? Or should I just stick to KVCD template PAL version?

Thanks.

If your DVD player can only accept 352x288, then your only option is to use the 352x288 PAL template. Which would be this one: http://www.kvcd.net/KVCD-CQ-352x288-_PAL_.mcf
All the available templates are here: http://www.kvcd.net/dvd-models.html

kwag

Abdul Razak · #3 06-22-2002, 05:30 AM

Hi Kwag,

Thanks for the prompt reply and I did try on the352 x 288 template last night. It worked well but the blocks were pretty visible on 34" TV.

So, I tried again on the KVCDx2 template (704 x 576) but this time I changed the resolution to 352 x 288 and the audio to 44.1KHz. It worked beautifully - blocks were barely visible and no audio skips, except a little flat but acceptable. The only thorny issue is the file size now is very big. First half of about 50min (45 min plus extra time) takes about 750MB. Is there any tweaks that I can make so that I can fit into one 700MB CD-R?

Kwag, I must say your template is really fabulous. The quality is almost as good as the source, even though on a VCD format. Thank you very much for producing this type of template.

Regards

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Originally Posted by Abdul Razak

Hi Kwag,

I'm a newbie and need help.

I have recorded quite a number of soccer matches from the current World Cup with my Sony Digital 8 camera and would like to burn this as a VCD. I recorded the matches from my PAL TV. I would like to play the VCD on my Philips DVD (model DVD718 model). This DVD can only accept 352 x 288 for VCD though I notice that your KVCDx2 shows the resolution 704 x 576 for PAL.

If I want the best quality, which template should I go for? The KVCD or the KVCDx2? My ideal is to record each half (45 min) on individual CD-R. I've tried the KVCDx2 to test a small soccer sample, and although the picture is very good, the audio keep on skipping. Secondly, the file size is more than 700MB, so I have to trim some part of the game. Is there something I need to change to to overcome this? Or should I just stick to KVCD template PAL version?

Thanks.

If your DVD player can only accept 352x288, then your only option is to use the 352x288 PAL template. Which would be this one: http://www.kvcd.net/KVCD-CQ-352x288-_PAL_.mcf
All the available templates are here: http://www.kvcd.net/dvd-models.html

kwag

jaiguru · #4 06-24-2002, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Abdul Razak

The only thorny issue is the file size now is very big. First half of about 50min (45 min plus extra time) takes about 750MB. Is there any tweaks that I can make so that I can fit into one 700MB CD-R?

Hi,

Just one information : a VCD is burned in a special mode in which you can put 800MB on a 80min CDR (not 700MB). This is due to the fact that data needs checksum infos that video (or audio) doesn't need.

So your 750MB file allready fits in one CD