Convert DivX to SVCD (NTSC) fps problem

[Chuck Roulette]

Here's what I'm trying to do:

I have some high quality DivX 5.x Farscape episodes. I'm using AVI2SVCD to convert them to SVCDs (NTSC) so I can use DVDlab to make a DVD-R with multiple episodes on a DVD-R. AVI2SVCD is a no brainer....I love that program. But here is my problem...when I run the DivX through AVI2SVCD I end up with a SVCD with a 480x480 res (small edit to the AviSynth script), but the fps is 25 (the DivX and SVCD PAL standard). My SA DVD player (Sony DVP-NS715P) chokes on this DVD-R....obviously. I tired using Avirate to alter the fps from 25 to 23.96 (NTSCfilm) and then run it through AVI2SVCD and it looks great. But....you guessed it, the audio is WAAAAYYYY off. So my question is:

How do you take a DivX 5.x and convert it to a SVCD (NTSC) without spending 50000 hours working on it. Any advice is most welcome. Cheers!

[DJRumpy]

Not that difficult. Leave the AssumeFPS command in your script. You'll have to edit the audio outside of the process. It's a no-brainer. Just open the audio in BeSweet, and select the PAL to FILM option. This will convert the audio to the proper length for your conversion. The AssumeFPS command should look like either of these:

AssumeFPS(23.976,True)
AssumeFPS(23.976,False)

The True/False parameter simply tells AVISynth to sync the audio. Since your performing your audio conversion elsewhere, the parameter has no meaning, so either setting is fine.

Use the BeSweet GUI. You can find the necessary software in the TOOLS section. I would suggest you convert your audio to WAV before converting the sample rate in BeSweet. There is still some wierdness in the GUI which sometimes chokes on the one-click conversion (like MP2 to MP2 with a resample thrown in). It will add about 5 minutes to your conversion process.