I am capturing miniDV from my camcorder thru a firewire card onto my P4 1.5 gig processor 256 meg ram computer using videostudio. No editing, just straight into TMPEG so I can burn and play them on my sort of compatible dvd player (rca 5220p--plays vcd and SVCD if you multiplex as vcd)and I have been disappointed with the tmpeg results.
SVCD--have to use standard bitrate of 2520 (player can't handle more than that) and too many macroblocks around moving objects, resolution is nice but movement sucks.
So I try another opion
XVCD---done with 2500 bit rate. No macroblocks, but the resolution is horrible. Going camcorder to tv with rca jacks looks better I swear!
I thought I was screwed until I came across your site kwag.
352x480 sounds great! but 2 questions though.
Is your high quality kvcd 352x480 template for mpeg2 or mpeg1?
and is it really NTSCfilm? Will I notice a difference dropping from 29.97 frames per second, and can I put it back to 29.97 or will that mess up your whole template structure?
Appreciate your help and efforts
scottymac