Time of SVCD is double time of source MPG file

[Blues Fan]

First off, I'm a newbie at trying to do SVCD's. I am trying to burn a file from my DV camcorder as a SVCD. I saved the file to my hard drive as an AVI using Studio 8, but all attempts at burning the file to disc have failed. The source AVI is 6:50, but the SVCD ends up at 13:40, and playback freezes (video and audio) for about 1/2 second of every second of play. I have used Studio 8 to convert the file and burn it, I have tried to use TMPGEnc Plus, EO Video and MainConcept to convert the file to an MPG (which ends up being the proper length), then burn using Nero Express 5 and VCDEasy with the same result. As soon as I load the file in Nero it tells me that the file is 13:40 minutes long, so it's not because of my DVD player. I have tried with CBR and VBR. I could get the lenght of the SVCD to go down if I decrease the bitrate, but to get it to the proper length I have to drop the bitrate to 1100, which makes the video look terrible. I'm using an Athlon 2800+ running WinXP SP1. Any ideas?

[reboot]

What is the source avi's compression codec, and what is it's original fps?

[Blues Fan]

The source codec is dvsd=Sony digital video, and I have also converted it to the Canopus Reference, with the same result. The framerate is 29.970 fps.

[reboot]

You could maybe open it in Virtualdub, and frameserv it to your encoder.
If vdub sees the correct time, then you're set.
If it's still on the cam, I would use a different cap prog to get it into avi, and use a different capture codec on it as well, something more generic.