Making VCD's

[Jan Mussche]

Can somebody please tell me how to make the best VCD's possible? I mean:
which capture programm, which settings ( framesize, codec )
which editing programm
which conversion programm to VCD format.
I keep getting terrible pictures which excist of "large" blocks. There is no detail visible.
Please help me. I've been busy for over a month now and I still don't have a good quality film.
If you like you can mail me direct:
jan.dea@12move.nl

[jasond]

What source are you using to convert from?

remember the saying around here "crap in - crap out"

I normally convert divxs to vcd and use tmpgenc and I find the quality is great with it.
I also use the default vcd settings and sometimes raise the quality on it..


does the blocks show up on your dvd player also or just your computer?

[Jan Mussche]

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On 2002-01-17 12:31:15, jasond wrote:
What source are you using to convert from?

remember the saying around here "crap in - crap out"

I normally convert divxs to vcd and use tmpgenc and I find the quality is great with it.
I also use the default vcd settings and sometimes raise the quality on it..


does the blocks show up on your dvd player also or just your computer?


I use a handycam as input on a nVidia Geforce 3 card with video input. I have tried several AVI files and also MPEG, but nothing seems to work.



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[jasond]

what size computer?
what os?

[Jan Mussche]

I've got:
Pentium 4, 1.8GHz, 384MB Ram, 80GB harddisk, nVidia GeForce 3 Ti200 video- and capture card and i use Windows XP.
I have tried ME on the same machine, but the result is terrible. Films are stuttering.

[jasond]

I would suggest trying dvd2svcd Im sure you could locate a copy of CCE around if you looked on places like kazaa,etc..