On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 23:18:33 GMT, "Evan Mann" wrote:
>"Thomas Funk" wrote in message
>news:96cbut$q4p$1@news.panix.com...

>> Hello. I have recently gotten into destop video and have read
>> a lot of info about VCD, SVCD, divx, etc.
>>
>> I have a miniDV camera and want to edit my movies and place
>> them onto cd(I have studio DV to do the capture and editing).
>> I have made a couple SVCDs and while they are cool, I would
>> like better quality for the long term.

>SVCD has the ability to be very impressive quality, probablyy better then
>what your getting right now. Source material is a key factor, and the
>process of how you make your SVCD determines the quality of it.
>
>There was argument in another thread how VCD can be just as good as SVCD,
>but it still comes down to source material and the process used to make the
>VCD/SVCD.
>
>Other options you have are DivX, which is only useful in the PC, and things
>like MiniDVD/cDVD which are also limited used, but offer higher quality.
>
>Since you don't require DVD player compataiblity, you should look further
>into DivX or just using straight MPEG4 with Windows Media Encoder 7. cDVD
>requires you buying a program, whereas DivX/MPEG4 is free . There are
>tutorials on making MiniDVD as well, and plenty of free tools to do that.
>http://dvd.da.ru/ is a good place for all kinds of info on these things.

Good advice!
I had just told someone locally that trying to put 45 minutes
of video on a CD was an exercise in showing three
blobs bouncing around on a screen - why bother?! Then a
friend tried DivX/mpeg4, and at 1/2-size it did not look
bad at all! We are about to compare full-size-image
45-minute video CD with 1/2-size (with the same material)
displayed at 2X to see which is preferable, but either
is FAR better than I would have expected (though also still
FAR below good Mini-DV quality...). Still waiting for that
cheap, easy to use, reliable, compatible, 2-hour length
DVD-writer, though...