2 video formats - one works one doesn't???

[willy_annand]

Here is a puzzler.

I have two different video clips, both are SVCD compliant.

When one is demuxed, it creates:

00 Introduction_0.mpv
00 Introduction_1.mpa

The other produces:

Flintstones-01.m2v
Flintstones-01.wav

Both are handled by DVD-Lab, but when played in Power DVD, the 1st is perfect, the second plays the audio correct, but the video is slow, thus sync problems big time.

In my Pioneer DV343 player, the Intro is beautiful, but the cartoon shows up as 2 pictures and it looks like 2fps.

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The intro was taken from the original cartoon. How did I end up with 2 different files and how can I correct this?

[willy_annand]

Boy, that did not work... let's try again


In my Pioneer DV343 player, the Intro is beautiful, but the cartoon shows up as 2 pictures and it looks like 2fps.

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[willy_annand]

I might have found out my answer,

the assets box looks like this:

Name Size FPS Ratio System (Result)

Intro.mpv 352x480 29.97 4:3 2:3 pulldown Plays OK
Bachelor.m2v 352x480 29.97 4:3 NTSC Split screen

This means I have to convert using 2:3 pulldown for PowerDVD and my Pioneer stand alone to accept.

Question: How can I convert NTSC to 2:3 pulldown with no loss of quality?

[DJRumpy]

I don't believe that WAV is a supported audio format for SVCD. Convert the audio to MP2, and mux them back together. The bitrate required to playback the WAV + your video stream probably far exceeds the 2500 kbs max.

[willy_annand]

I don't believe that WAV is a supported audio format for SVCD.

Sorry, DJ you lost me!

So who is talking SVCD????

I am talking Half-D1 format on a DVD.

[DJRumpy]

Here is a puzzler.

I have two different video clips, both are SVCD compliant.

Sorry, your post lead me to believe you were talking SVCD.

I would verify the M2V files using MPEG Properties, or AVICodec (both are in the TOOLS section). Specifically the resolution, and framerate.

Bachelor.m2v 352x480 29.97 4:3 NTSC Split screen

What reported this "split screen"?

[willy_annand]

Bachelor.m2v 352x480 29.97 4:3 NTSC Split screen

What reported this "split screen"?

When I watched it on my Pioneer DVD. I got the following


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|ppppp|ppppp|
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P = picture

My pioneer showed the Half-D1 file that DVD-Lab reported as System=NTSC (this one came from Premiere using Adobe MPEG Encode)

Yet a file with the same resolution and bitrate and everything that TMPGEnc produced played fine. (DVD-Lab reported that file as System=2:3 Pulldown.

[DJRumpy]

If TMPGenc gives you output that displays correctly, and Premiere using Adobe MPEG Encode does not, then I would say that the Adobe encoder is at fault. You should check their website to see if they support Half-D1, or to simply see if they are aware of the issue.

[willy_annand]

If TMPGenc gives you output that displays correctly, and Premiere using Adobe MPEG Encode does not, then I would say that the Adobe encoder is at fault.

Actually DJ, when I encode the video with TMPGEnc using NTSC instead of 2:3 Pulldown, it still plays double...

[DJRumpy]

I would then have to guess its a problem with your Pioneer player. Did you check the site for any reports of simular problems? You cannot apply 3:2 Pulldown to a non-Film (23.976) video. See if they have a forum, as you'll probably get better results than through the tech site help.