So no limit? My 99/100min CD-R actually go to 101min, but I was specifically thinking of going beyond this with GigaRec. Unfortunately it doesn't perform well on oversized CD-R, but level 1.2 works okay -- going to about 1050MB in Mode 1 for 100min/870MB CD-R.
That is insanely high for that resolution and compared to standard VCD!
So no limit? My 99/100min CD-R actually go to 101min, but I was specifically thinking of going beyond this with GigaRec. Unfortunately it doesn't perform well on oversized CD-R, but level 1.2 works okay -- going to about 1050MB in Mode 1 for 100min/870MB CD-R.
To be honest I didn't even try if the Dreamcast is compatible with GigaRec (theoretically it should as the original GDs use a very similar approach of pushing the limits of the dated CD technology) .
That is insanely high for that resolution and compared to standard VCD!
Haven't used the Dreamcast in years. Time to take it out of it's sleep and hope it still works.
According to the Wikipedia, the Dreamcast drive is 12x, but it does not mention if CLV or cheating wie ith "up to" CAV.
On anime the TV has an easy time upscaling in a very good looking way, but honestly life action movies look awful in that resolution, regardless of the bitrate. This is why I played around more with SVCD which can be – depending on the source material – surprisingly good for outdated MPEG-2 codec and very limited space on CD (compared to DVD).
According to the Wikipedia, the Dreamcast drive is 12x, but it does not mention if CLV or cheating wie ith "up to" CAV.
1x being 150KB/s (1200kBit/s) [or 176KB/s Mode 2], there should be no practical limit in data rate.
On the other side, the standard VCD uses 1150kBit/s for video and 224kBit/s for audio resulting in approximately 1x speed for reading → same playing time as CDDA.
On anime the TV has an easy time upscaling in a very good looking way, but honestly life action movies look awful in that resolution, regardless of the bitrate. This is why I played around more with SVCD which can be – depending on the source material – surprisingly good for outdated MPEG-2 codec and very limited space on CD (compared to DVD).
DVD video on CD, sometimes called CDVD or Mini-DVD (not to be confused with 8cm DVDs: Mini in space) can reach full quality, but runs only about 15 minutes.
3000kBit/s and almost 400 for audio (would like to reduce the audio as well) is serious overkill. Fitting a complete normal movie of 90min on one CD is usually my goal with these kind of experiments.
My feeling tells me the Dreamcast could potentially be able to software decode MPEG-2 and an SVCD player could be in range. That would be awesome.
For the case Dreamcast doesn't like current MediaRange 100min CD-R, I got these (must be from about 2002):
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Strangely enough the results of just detecting GigaRec CD-R aren't consistent or convincing. Don't know what to make of this. Original GDs also use smaller pits (and work normally on my console -- the drive is still pretty good)
For the first test I converted a cartoon episode of 25minutes and burned it to CD-R (Rewritables are completely ignored by the Dreamcast). Looks nice, but the practical use is very limited. Fun thing to do.
I've noticed this before you posted it here. Pretty cool project you have so far.
Always loved reading about your interests, Kleines. Truly never changes.According to the Wikipedia, the Dreamcast drive is 12x, but it does not mention if CLV or cheating wie ith "up to" CAV.
1x being 150KB/s (1200kBit/s) [or 176KB/s Mode 2], there should be no practical limit in data rate.
On the other side, the standard VCD uses 1150kBit/s for video and 224kBit/s for audio resulting in approximately 1x speed for reading → same playing time as CDDA.
On anime the TV has an easy time upscaling in a very good looking way, but honestly life action movies look awful in that resolution, regardless of the bitrate. This is why I played around more with SVCD which can be – depending on the source material – surprisingly good for outdated MPEG-2 codec and very limited space on CD (compared to DVD).
DVD video on CD, sometimes called CDVD or Mini-DVD (not to be confused with 8cm DVDs: Mini in space) can reach full quality, but runs only about 15 minutes.
3000kBit/s and almost 400 for audio (would like to reduce the audio as well) is serious overkill. Fitting a complete normal movie of 90min on one CD is usually my goal with these kind of experiments.
My feeling tells me the Dreamcast could potentially be able to software decode MPEG-2 and an SVCD player could be in range. That would be awesome.
For the case Dreamcast doesn't like current MediaRange 100min CD-R, I got these (must be from about 2002):
Edit:
Strangely enough the results of just detecting GigaRec CD-R aren't consistent or convincing. Don't know what to make of this. Original GDs also use smaller pits (and work normally on my console -- the drive is still pretty good)
For the first test I converted a cartoon episode of 25minutes and burned it to CD-R (Rewritables are completely ignored by the Dreamcast). Looks nice, but the practical use is very limited. Fun thing to do.
Found them yesterday. Standard VCD is very near to normal. Should be possible to optimize this. SVCD is unusable.
Depends on the source material. VBR over CBR can make a huge difference. Snoopy Come Home on SVCD with 81 minutes is acceptable (if it wouldn't crash at the magic position). Size of the original DVD (one audio track and the video) is about 3.5GB while my SVCD (two-pass VBR encoding) is a little below 1.1GB.
