OK, new guy needs some help converting (S)VCD's

[Topshelf]

First off, let me say this site is awesome. Secondly, please be nice here, I hate being the ndam newbie

OK, I am trying to convert a 715MB AVI to either VCD or SVCD so I can watch it on my new Apex 703. SVCD would be the obvious choice, but I don't really want 3 or 4 CD's. So last night I started up TMPGEnc and converted it to CVD using the default VCD template and tooLame for the sound. Today I get home and it's nearly 3Gig and has no sound. Anyone have any clue as to what I did wrong?

Here's the file details...
Video
640x344 23.976fps
1:35:44
DivX MPEG-4

Audio
44100Hz/Stereo/MPEG Layer-3

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[pinoy2201]

u should convert th audio to mpeg-layer 2 not 3 ....i think the only player that can play a mpeg file with audio layer 3 is Xing player...or get The LSX MPEG Encoder its a very fast encoder and gives great quality..but cost some $$$$

[Topshelf]

Oh, those are the original file specs. I'm trying to convert it to standard VCD or SVCD or even XVCD. I'm trying again, but this time I used VirtualDub and created a wav file first.

Is LSX MPEG Encoder that good? If it is I'd buy the program.

[RaleighNC]

I think lsx 3.5 is pretty good. it has a great deinterlacer.

It's faster than tmpgenc, but slower than cce. I use all three.

[AnnihilatorTokyo]

Topshelf, you can notice bad avi files from TMPGenc when you start encode the movie. If the number of frames are unusual high, above 180,000-200,000 there are problems with the audio. Then you rip the audio out with v-dub, just like you said and use that as audio source in TMPGenc.

I have noticed that there are a lot of movies out there with bad audio or bad frames lately. About half of the movies I get have bad audio or some other problem, so my standard now is to always rip the audio first, then encode the movie.

You seem like a newbie that are catching on fast.