I share the same feeling too, but now I'm talking about KVCD Plus encoded as SVCD!
Every sample I encoded I fell like KVCD Plus (with mpeg2 compression) is better than KDVD... I don't know, but I think that it would be the CQ vs VBR_CQ.
In my opinion VBR_CQ is far better than CQ (even with mpeg2)! Well, at least with the samples I encoded (3 movies).
I want to say that I just finished encoding Artificial Intelligence (
145min), in 2 CDs. I am very, VERY happy with the quality it came out. I can’t tell the difference from the original DVD in a Sony 34”. Here are the settings:
Start with KVCD Plus 704x480
Stream type: MPEG2 - SVCD (3:2 pulldown)
Resolution Size: 480x480
Min. BitRate: 300
Max. BitRate: 2500
CQ_VBR quality: 20
Sound: 160kbps dual-channel
BTW Kwag, I used 480x480 because I could noticed a better sharpness than with 352x480.
Man, the quality was great! Thank you for the GREAT template, matrix and GOP!!