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Best video size for CRT TV???

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go4saket
go4saket Original post #1
Jul 31, 2007 at 9:26 PM
Hi guys!

I have a few home shooted videos in DV-AVI format. I want to convert them to XVID format. What is the best Video Size in which I should encode it. I want to see the final output on a 29" CRT TV. As a video in DVD format is different than that of VCD format and both runs fine on a TV, I am not able to decide which size gives the best output on TV. Please help.

Thank you.
VideoEditingIndia
VideoEditingIndia #2
Aug 20, 2007 at 9:57 PM
Why you need to convert DV to XVID?

Best Video Size for PAL is 720*576 if in 1.06 PAR, If you want it in Square Pizel, try 768*576.

Is your CRT TV connected to your PC? If not, will your DVD Player supports XVID? (!)

DVD uses 702*576 (Yes, I am sure, its not 704 / 720) and VCD uses 352 *288

If your DVD Player support Divx you can try to encode in it. If not use MPEG-2 codec at 2 pass CBR around 8000Mbps in 720*576 size(Yes, its the enduser spec).