How many minutes of SVCD fit on a 700 MB CD?

[Jeff7181]

The resolution for TV is 320x240 correct? How many minutes will fit on a 700 MB SVCD?

 

[azntiger0586]

svcd would be resolution 480x480 and would fit 40mins for 700mb.

vcd would be 352x240 and would fit 80 mins for 700mb.

 

[beatle]

It depends on what the bitrate is. You can, in theory, cram over 2 hours of footage on a disc if you lower the bitrate enough. My rule of thumb is no more than an hour if you want decent quality (coming from a DVD source). If there are a lot of scenes with fast motion, you may want to use less than 60 minutes per disc.

 

[azntiger0586]

Originally posted by: beatle
It depends on what the bitrate is. You can, in theory, cram over 2 hours of footage on a disc if you lower the bitrate enough. My rule of thumb is no more than an hour if you want decent quality (coming from a DVD source). If there are a lot of scenes with fast motion, you may want to use less than 60 minutes per disc.

but if you change the bitrate or anything else that is differ then the standard requirements for vcd or svcd, it would become xsvcd, xvcd, or cvd. Most DVD players are capable of dvd, vcd, and svcd; but only some are capable of xsvcd, xvcd, or cvd.

 

[timswim78]

Originally posted by: azntiger0586

Originally posted by: beatle
It depends on what the bitrate is. You can, in theory, cram over 2 hours of footage on a disc if you lower the bitrate enough. My rule of thumb is no more than an hour if you want decent quality (coming from a DVD source). If there are a lot of scenes with fast motion, you may want to use less than 60 minutes per disc.

but if you change the bitrate or anything else that is differ then the standard requirements for vcd or svcd, it would become xsvcd, xvcd, or cvd. Most DVD players are capable of dvd, vcd, and svcd; but only some are capable of xsvcd, xvcd, or cvd.

According to this site: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/comparison SVCD bitrate can be coded between 1000 and 2500kbits per second.

 

[tart666]

i've fit 80 min onto a single svcd (VBR), and the motion artifacts were just beginning to show...

60 min or less seems like a good rule of thumb