Compared to a format like xvid yes, it's horrible. The file sizes are likely to be 2x as big for half the quality if you are lucky. Of course it's usuallier easier to both encode and playback svcd.

Mireth Technology Corp. on Tuesday introduced the Mac SVCD Software Bundle, which includes everything a Mac OS X user needs to burn Super Video CD (SVCD) format video on their Mac. The bundle combines ...

I bought a SVCD and I want to copy the video stream to my hard drive for easier access and to give my DVDrom some rest. Problem is: its probably copy protected, thats why I'm getting errors when I try ...