Kwag, How would I be able to get better quality and still be able to fit mu movies on two CD's. I am already encoding my audio at 320 kbps and have thought o lowering that and using two audio files. ec. Two different Languages. This sounds good except I only speak english. What can I do to get better quality video with the 704x480 Plus template. By the way, The quality is amazing and I probably wouldnt even notice it but I would just like to fill both cd's. Would it help to up the CQ_VBR value or to up the bitrate?

Thanks,
A-Star

Hia_star62:

The 704x480 PLUS is pretty much maxed out in quality. I don't thing you're going to get any more quality increase by upping th quality value. You'll just get a larger mpeg file. The PLUS templates already use CQ_VBR. Not CQ like in the old templates.

-kwag

KWAG:

What would it do if I were to up the maximum bitrate? Would that help for action scenec that may seem blocky. I havent run into any because I havent done any action movies yet but would it help for action scenes?

If your DVD player supports higher bit rates, go ahead and increase the MAX. I used 2,300 MAX for the templates, because most DVD players work fine up to around 2,500. Then they start to cough, if you increase the bit rate above +- 2,500.

-kwag

Isn't a standard that all DVD players have to be able to decode MPEG-2 (which is what I use for 3:2 pulldown) at at least 9.8 MBps and most can decode at up to 15MBps? If this is so then why does it cough at around 2.5 MBps? Just wondering.

A-Star

Those bit rates are supported for DVD mode. They're not supported for VCD and SVCD modes.

-kwag

OK
Now I understand

Thanks