Does TMPGEnc do it all ??????

[Hooky]

Hi everyone...

I'm a newbie (I feel like I'm learning 1+1 = 2) who's been trying to make SVCD's for a few days with DVD2SVCD...Some got to the end of the process, some didn't. This package uses many programs like MADPlay (which fails half the time), bbMPEG (don't ask me what it does) etc...

My question is : Can TMPGEnc do all the work itself ??? like decoding audio, re-encoding, multiplexing etc...maybe with a few external programs like "tooLame" (read that here somewhere) and produce a good quality SVCD ??? (I said SVCD 'cause I do want good quality, otherwise I would just stick to my VCR)

Thanks for helping !!

[andkiich]

For what you are looking for TMPGENc should do everything. Most would admit that it is probably not the best for encoding the audio, but it's top notch for everything else that you listed. A lot of people will just encode the audio separate in some other app like tooLame or BeSweet, then mux them together in their authoring app. TMPGENc does not like AC-3 files. It does fine with MP2 audio though.

[ZippyP.]

A lot of people will just encode the audio separate in some other app like tooLame or BeSweet, then mux them together in their authoring app. TMPGENc does not like AC-3 files. It does fine with MP2 audio though.

Toolame can be configured to work with TMPGEnc as an external encoder, no need to create two files and mux. I find TMPGEnc's audio to be not too bad though.

TMPGEnc does not like VBR encoded MP3 either, I use Goldwave to extract the audio from all avi's and then use the resulting wav as the audio source for TMPGEnc.

[vtoskov]

Actually most of my files use ac3 audio codecs and I never have any problems with TMPGEnc. But as ZippyP. said TMPGEnc does like VBR encoded MP3 for some reason.

[energy80s]

But as ZippyP. said TMPGEnc does like VBR encoded MP3 for some reason.

Very few software apps do. I would never recommend using VBR for audio in ANY circumstances - either music or video.

[Matt D]

Are you planning on ever getting a DVD burner and copying these SVCDs to DVD? If so, I would recommend that you not make SVCD's but rather CVD's. CVD's use files that are compatible with DVD standard, but SVCD uses a different resolution, and the sound is not DVD compatible. True good players today will play SVCD, but the format is dead, and I can't imagine that support for it will last much longer.
To convert SVCD's to DVD you'd need to re-encode the video, which will take a hit in quality, and resample the audio to 48kHz. If produced correctly (both video and DVD compatible 48kHz DVD sound) a CVD will give quality every bit as good as SVCD and is easily converted to DVD without any need to re-encode, thus preserving the quality that is important to you.

For me, I use TMPGenc for nearly everything. It produces great video, but I do use Toolame to create the audio. The difference isn't overly dramatic, but it's worth a few extra minutes.

[vtoskov]

vtoskov wrote:
But as ZippyP. said TMPGEnc *does likeVBR encoded MP3 for some reason.


Very few software apps do. I would never recommend using VBR for audio in ANY circumstances - either music or video.

*Sorry I meant DOESN'T.