SVCD-VCD

I am a newbie so please bear with me.

Is there a noticeable diffference in quality between VCD and SVCD? Most of my viewing will be done with a laptop and some with a standalone player.

Is there a prefered way of ripping DVD to make SVCD's (burning with a dvd/cdrom burner) that is easy for a newbie?

If I create a VCD or SVCD with a PAL version will the CD play on a non PAL player?

Thanks in advance
cwl

 

this site should help http://entiendo.gotnet.net/

 

Thanks for the replies. Is the difference in quality between SVCD and VCD worthe extra time and effort?

I have a mpg of one of my dvd's and ran it in window media player. It runs about 1/3 of the size. Will the size increase once its on disc or will it get distorted once it is on a cd and enlarged?

Thanks

 

If you plan to play it on a dvd player hooked to a tv, there's a big difference. If you plan to play it on a pc, the difference is not as bad. Here's how I decide which way to do it: if it is less than 60 minutes then I use svcd (1 disk). IF it is between 60 and 80 minutes I do vcd(1 disk). If it's between 80 and 120 minutes, I go back to svcd because either way (vcd or svcd) it will take 2 disks.
Also, svcd picture size is bigger than vcd's