[MPlayer-users] About CVCD

[Jukka Tastula]

On Thursday 05 December 2002 12:56, Santiago Muelas wrote:
> Hello,
> Someone has given me recently, a CD with a movie and told me that it was
> NOT "VCD", nor "SVCD" but "CVCD". I saw the film on a standard DVD player
> at home and the quality was excellent. Also, I was quite surprised because
> the film, around 90 min. time in length, needed just one 700M CD. Now, my
> question: anyone knows about this variant to VCD's, and if it is possible 
> to create it with "mencvcd" or something similar. Any help will be greatly
> appreciated.
> Regards

Its basicly same as svcd but lower resolution (352x288/480/576 depending on 
aspect ratio and tv standard) so you don't need high bitrate. Mencvcd 
script+mjpegtools should be able to create such beasts.
Look at http://www.vcdhelp.com/svcd.htm for more detailed explanation.