what encoding method?

[cmdrdredd]

I have some DVD materials (home videos) that I want to convert to VCD. I have all the tools, but what format should I do? SVCD, XSVCD, Divx?

WHat gives the best picture and sound quality overall? I notice that XSVCD has the higher resolution and video bitrate, but what about sound?

 

[tart666]

The quality depends more on the choice of software for your encoding than the choice of format.

The best quality MPEG2 encoder is CCE, but it costs a few g. TMPGEnc is cheap, but you will have to have your bitrate 50% higher to get the same quality.

Look at vcdhelp.com and doom9.org and read through their FAQ's