Svcd help!!!

[noldzy]

I want to know what settings to put on TMPGenc to make an Svcd to fit 2 CDR's with good quality and fast decoding..
And I'm using PAL system..

thanx

[poopyhead]

1) personally, i don't think u can fit a 2+ hr on 2 SVCD discs...u can try but quality's gonna hafta suffer cuz the bitrate will be around 1700 or so...so depends on how long the movie is

2) encoding speed depends heavily on CPU, so if u want fast encoding, get a faster CPU

[Truman]

Well, it depends on the source dvd too. If it is a 1:2,35 widescreen movie, it should be possible. Crop the borders, crop 24 pixel left and right [this part of the frame you can not see on TV screen anyway and often the edge is even crappy]. Resize and add new borders, add 16 pixel borders left and right [do not encode what you cant see].
At the end you will resize 720x576 to 448x320(+black borders=480x576). So an average bitrate of 1700kbps will be enough in theory. The problem is TMPGEnc, that give you probably a blocky picture in high motion scenes at that bitrate. No problems with CCE. Of course you need to encode in VBR 2pass mode (cce 3-4 pass). It is also recommended to use a soft smooth filter. I suggest to use Avisynth to add the filters. Although this is supposed to be the fastest frameserve method, it takes very long even on a fast machine. If you have lots of HD space, you can save the .avi (huffyuv) and then load the .avi as video source to your favorite encoder. If you add a lot of filters, this method might be faster.
Good luck.

[noldzy]

so it is possible? what settings do i put on TMPGenc..

I am new to this..

[Truman]

I suggest to start with Sefy's Ripping guide. Probably I have confused you enough.
Also I recomment to fit a movie onto 3 CD-R's (i.e. 40-50 minutes on 1 CD). If you want to fit more on one CD, you have to learn something about optimizing, that is quite complicated and not a newbie-friendly procedure.
Keep in mind, there are no "best settings" at all, every setting depends on the source, the target filesize and the time your are willing to spend. Generally: the better quality= the longer encoding time.

If you don't feel like reading too much, just load a SVCD template and see whether the quality satisfy you. At the tool section you will find more templates. But once again, there is no "best template", that is the best for every kind of source.