DVD anime to VCD

[CCEncoder]

I was using "DVD2Mpg Squeezer" to convert the DVD video using plug-in "panasonic premier mpeg encoder 2.1" which was on flexion.org like 4 years ago as a way to convert DVD to VCD. I had done several video clips from ricky martin and maddonna, but haven't been succesfully with this DVD-Anime. I need the video as VCD MPEG-1 (complaint DVD) so I can then author it to DVD includding menus maybe? and of course max compatibility for DVD players. I'm planning using cd's only.

[vitualis]

To author the menus and such, read the guides on VCDEasy.

To encode the actual MPEG, I suggest that you use TMPGEnc and read the guides on Gordian Knot.

Alternatively, with the Panasonic MPEG Encoder plug-in, the old FlaskMPEG methods still work very well (though slow).

Regards.

[CCEncoder]

Excuse me, 2 questions:

Isn't guardian knot only used to create Divx stuff?
Which method, Tmpgenc vs Panasonic premier is better in terms of quality.

[vitualis]

Gordian Knot is used as a GUI to create DivX / XviD clips... but it's primary process is to automagically do frameserving through AVISynth.

Thus, you can use it to deal with most of the scripting... and then rather having GKnot make a DivX file, load up the relevant script with TMPGEnc and encode away.

As for TMPGEnc vs Panasonic... I think that most people consider that TMPGEnc probably now yields better video quality than Panasonic for VCDs.

Regards.