How to create a dvd compliant cvd, using dvd2svcd. V4.0

[catnip1]

Hello. I've been following this thread with great interrest but I have stumbled over something in the guide. What is IFO file. Do you have to specify it or should it be an option you can sellect? I was going to try this method but when I got to this point I wasn't sure what to do.

Thanks

D. E.

[catnip1]

Hello. I've been following this thread with great interrest but I have stumbled over something in the guide. What is IFO file. Do you have to specify it or should it be an option you can sellect? I was going to try this method but when I got to this point I wasn't sure what to do.

Thanks

D. E.

[catnip1]

Hello. I've been following this thread with great interrest but I have stumbled over something in the guide. What is IFO file. Do you have to specify it or should it be an option you can sellect? I was going to try this method but when I got to this point I wasn't sure what to do.

Thanks

D. E.

[rpoon]

Since I have an APEX-1500 which can only display "CVD" Subtitles but not SVCD subtitles, I have coded all my files with the CVD subtitles option. Eventually we are all going to mirgrate from CD-R's to DVD-R's. What is the most optimal option to code the subtitles, if I want to preserve the subtitles currently coded in CD-R's? Since I don't have a DVD writer now, I am just wondering if the APEX-1500 would display the "CVD" subtitles when using the DVD-R?

[catnip1]

Hello. I've been following this thread with great interrest but I have stumbled over something in the guide. What is IFO file. Do you have to specify it or should it be an option you can sellect? I was going to try this method but when I got to this point I wasn't sure what to do.

Thanks

D. E.

[catnip1]

Hello. I've been following this thread with great interrest but I have stumbled over something in the guide. What is IFO file. Do you have to specify it or should it be an option you can sellect? I was going to try this method but when I got to this point I wasn't sure what to do.

Thanks

D. E.

[baker]

I aint sure about the subtitles, I was wondering that my self. Perhaps somebody can shed light on the whole subtitle matter? I would think cvd subs and dvd subs would be very similar however.

The IFO fle is the length thingy. Just ignore it, dvd2svcd will do it autpmatically.

NOTE TO ALL USERES: A NEW BETTER GUIDE SHALL BE OUTSOON. IT WILL INCLUDE A BETA BITRATE CALCULATOR.

Baker

[catnip1]

Sorry for the reposts. They were truely accidental. Great guide and now I'm anxious to try one and post results.

Later,
D. E.

[baker]

I have created a BETA Q calculator for my guide!!! A short test has proved that it may actually work!!! I am looking for ppl to test it out for me as I need to know what tweaks I need for v1.0. Remember it will only work with my CVD guide. Post any probs you have here.

Don't know if html will work here but here goes:

23 Number of cds to be used.

100-115min115-145min Running time approx.

noyes Lots of fast movement and action? OR High noise distortion.

noyes Distortion? EX snow, sand etc.

Enjoy!
Baker

[pinheads_hell]

Hi,
I've got 2 questions.
1.
I read the CVD guide and i saw thats there a tool which calculat the Q.But which bitrate should i now use?
2.
How do I burn a CVD?

[pinheads_hell]

Hi,
I've got 2 questions.
1.
I read the CVD guide and i saw thats there a tool which calculat the Q.But which bitrate should i now use?
2.
How do I burn a CVD?

[baker]

The new Q guesser is now upo and running, plz note it is a beta and not fully working yet. PLz test it.

Baker

[baker]

you can burn the images using n e program that accepts bin/cue files.

Baker

[pinheads_hell]

i dont know how to use the bitrate and the Q.could anyone help me.if i got a movie which lenght is 100 min.i choose the avg. bitrate 2000.and which Q should i now use?
or
if I try the calculator in the guide he says that is should take the Q 11 .2cds and which bitrate should i know use

[amjm]

TO be Able to see the RESIZE TO in the Frame server tab:

You must enable ADVANCE in the Misc Tab under DVD2SVCD seccion.

[baker]

my god u r a pinhead. The min and max bitrates are set in the guide.The only thing you must change is the Q.

ATTENTION TO ALL. THE CALCULATOR HAS A MAJOR FLAW. i WILL BE REMAKING THE GUIDE TODAY OR TOMMORROW USING A NEW WAY TO ENCODE.

Baker

[onerag9]

I followed Baker's guide to encode to CVD, then attempted to author a CVD stream as a DVD using Ulead DVD Movie Factory. When the program began building the VIDEO_TS folder, i got the error message "The number of video frames in a GOP is not valid for DVD." I also tried to author with DVDit PE and received a similar error message. Can anyone help me out with this?

[BadRegister]

OK, I read similar questions here but didn't see the answer. Since I have a DVD burner, I don't want DVD3SVCD to make 3 SVCD disc images for me, I want either 1 big MPG of the movie (to drop into ULead DVD Factory) or the necessary VOBs (for Nero) to make a DVD. I want to make CVD-DVDs, not CVD-SVCDs. I hope I am clear. Is there a way to change a few steps and Accomplish this? When I tried the whole process is worked, but ULead said the resultsing 3 MPGs have an invalid number of GOPs (or something like that). Then MyDVD said the timing was wrong with the files (or something like that). And since there were no VOBs (just MPGs and BINs), I couldn't use Nero to make a DVD-Video disc. So, help please?

[BadRegister]

OK, I read similar questions here but didn't see the answer. Since I have a DVD burner, I don't want DVD3SVCD to make 3 SVCD disc images for me, I want either 1 big MPG of the movie (to drop into ULead DVD Factory) or the necessary VOBs (for Nero) to make a DVD. I want to make CVD-DVDs, not CVD-SVCDs. I hope I am clear. Is there a way to change a few steps and Accomplish this? When I tried the whole process is worked, but ULead said the resultsing 3 MPGs have an invalid number of GOPs (or something like that). Then MyDVD said the timing was wrong with the files (or something like that). And since there were no VOBs (just MPGs and BINs), I couldn't use Nero to make a DVD-Video disc. So, help please?

[baker]

F ANYBODY WANTS TO DO DVD->DVDR USING DVD2SVCD FOLLOW THE IONSTRUCTIONS WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE DOOM9 FOROUM.

BAKER

[kenth]

Is it the minimum average bitrate that the text refers to? Or where does the new bit rate table apply?

[baker]

The new bitrate table applies to the miniumum bitrate tab.

IF ANYBODY WANTS BETTER QUAILTY BUT WITH THE COST OF PRIDICTABILITY THEN CHOOSE 20 AS URE Q.

Baker

[baker]

v3.2 simply fixes a few quailty errors.

Baker

[baker]

FOR SOME REASON I CANNOT EDIT MY GUIDE. IF YOU KNOW WHY THIS IS PLZ TELL ME.

FOR BETTER QUAILTY BUT WITH LESS PRIDICTIBLITY CHOOSE A Q OF 20.

Baker

[Martyn1980]

Hi Baker

Sorry to hear you couldn't get the 1 pass VBR to work properly, i honestly dont think 1 pass was ever designed to for VCD's or SVCD's, its more suited to DVD where theres not as much concern of file size, but are you sure you should be using only 1 pass on VBR, i know it takes a while but the CCE guide recommends at least 2, but also says theres no improvement over 4passes,and i used to use 6 passes

Does 1 pass get you adequate quality, and wouldn't you be better selling all the films you've done and buy yourself a new motherboard and processor.

[adam]

This is just a minor correction but it really should be noted that for most of us bicubic resize is not the best resizing method and you should definitely not just suggest this method as the generally best one.

The general rule is this...

if resizing in two directions (720x480 resized to 352x240) use bicubic.

If resizing in only one direction (720x480 resized to 352x480) use billinear.

If increasing resolution in either direction (352x240 resized to 480x480, silly but nonetheless) use billinear.

If using dvd as your source and making a CVD then you are only resizing in 1 direction and billinear is probably the best method to use, though obviously not all sources are the same.

If the filesize was larger with billinear its probably because more of the origial data was preserved, thus requiring more bitrate...this is not a bad thing it is a good thing though my understanding was that with billinear the filesize is actually smaller (guess thats something for me to test..) Also it should be noted that the resizing method will only affect filesize when using 1-pass vbr, but this pretty much applies to anything. As far as the quality difference, thats subjective but theoretically billinear should have produced better results.

Satstorm on my 27" 4:3 television I can see a difference between 480x480 and 352x480. Its definitely not impossible to see but I do admit that the difference is almost negligable. CVD's are slightly less sharp than svcds but the added bits per pixel more than makes up for it. In cases where I can achieve an avg bitrate of more than 2mbits per sec I still use SVCD at 480x480 though.

As far as 1 pass vs multiple passes, I will just say this...Just about any article on multipass encoding will state that quality increases with each additional pass, up to a point of course. Theoretically, at the same filesize and settings 2 or more pass vbr will produce higher quality than 1 pass vbr. Other than that all I can say is that you should try both and see for yourself which method you prefer.

[baker]

Thanks for that resouloution thingy. I never knew that and it was intresting to read.

Satstorm on my 27" 4:3 television I can see a difference between 480x480 and 352x480. Its definitely not impossible to see but I do admit that the difference is almost negligable.

The difference is almost massive as far as I am concerned i think svcd looks way better but since I want dvd compatibility.....

As for sharpness dvd2svcd ahs a built in sharpen filter but when I try to use dvd2svcd always crashs ..

Maybe if I get that to work then my cvds willl be like svcds.

Does anybody have anymore info on 720x288?

You may laugh now but i was thinking....

Baker

[Ekin]

Baker: I have a question. Have ever burn the cvd that your created into a dvd? Because I've follow your guide and instead of one audio stream I use 2. After creating cvd and using Ulead Workshop to burn my cvd. The result is that there's only one audio stream. So did you test it w/ 2 audio stream and if so what authoring program did u use to burn it. Because as much as i know most DVD authoring programs re-encode your MPEG files. Usually from 2 audio stream to 1 audio stream.

[baker]

@Ekin

Sorry but the extra audio option is for svcd only, it wont work when converted to dvd.

Baker

[mves]

Just like to say...

GREAT guide!!

I just have some problems with adding subtitles.
When i add them with the standard Y-offset of -1
(wich should be original dvd position) all goes well.
But when i want to move the subs to the black border
below the movie (beacause i watch on 4x3 TV) it
goes wrong.

For example, i set the Y-offset to 500, wich brings the
top line of the subtitles just below the movie. When i
encode the movie, almost all subtitles are encoded,
but some are not!! or at least not visible??

I had a quick test, and think the subs are lost when
there is only a bottom subtitle line.
(so, only a top line, or 2 line's works fine)

This is a bit irritating...

So i now have to choose between
1) subs in the movie
2) subs below movie, but missing some lines

does anybody also encounterd this problemm?
does anybody know what is happening here?
does anybody know how to fix the problemm?

Thanx !!

Martin.