orry too much about encoding efficiency, but SVCD and VCD are highly bitrate-starved and require effort to obtain acceptable quality.
===... kilobits is allowed. DVD video bitrates may range anywhere up to 9800 kbps (though typical bitrates are about half that), and the vbv buffer size is 1835 kilobits.
===== 11.8... te the correct type of file.
The options for VCD and SVCD are called xvcd and xsvcd, because they are extended formats. They a... f space. Note that MP3 audio is not compliant for any of these formats, but players often have no problem playing it anyway.
* abitrate: 224 for VCD; up to 384 for SV
