I need help with an AviSynth script for an SVCD file to DVD (CCE)

[ArtOfLosingMFZB]

I am trying to convert an SVCD mpg to DVD using CCE and AVISynth. I looked at some tutorials for a pre-written script but found none that worked. And this is only a one-time thing for me so I just want a script that works.

Here's the situation. The movie is 4:3. I used AVI_MuxGUI to create a .d2v and .mpa file for the video. I plan on converting the audio file to AC3 with another program so we don't have to worry about that. I just need a script that will allow me to convert that video to DVD using CCE. If you need any other info, let me know. Thanks in advance.

[ArtOfLosingMFZB]

OK, well maybe someone could help me with this then. The script I am currently trying to use is this:

LoadPlugin("C:\...location...\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\...location...\COVERT OPS.d2v")
LanczosResize(720,480)

...location... being the directory path to the files. This just isn't working. It won't load into CCE which gives me the max frame size error (something about ****x56 framesize not accepted) and when loaded into VirtualDubMod, I get an error that it isn't able to load MPEG2Source (line 2). What is my problem?

[manono]

Hi-

Always open your scripts in VDub(Mod) before sending them to CCE. That way if something's wrong, you'll get an error message that actually tells you something.

Now, get the latest DGMPGDec package. Make a new D2V Project File using the included DGIndex, and use the included DGDecode.dll (along with MPEG2Source) rather than the obsolete MPEG2DEC3.dll. Check your paths carefully. Open the script in VDubMod, and if there's an error message you don't understand, report it here.

[guns1inger]

Patience, grasshopper. Contrary to popular beliefe, we are not all here all the time. It is good manners to wait 24 hours (at least) before posting sarcastic bumps to your own post.

I suspect you have a clash between an old mpeg2dec3.dll plugin and a new version of avisynth. If you have FFDShow installed you can set it to decode mpeg-2, the use DirectShowSource to open the file, or you can use DGIndex, or you could author with DVD Lav Pro and not convert the video at all.

[ArtOfLosingMFZB]

Thanks tons, I used manano's method and everything's OK now. Sorry for sounding sarcastic, didn't mean to. I'll be more patient next time.

[AlanHK]

I am trying to convert an SVCD mpg to DVD using CCE and AVISynth. I looked at some tutorials for a pre-written script but found none that worked. And this is only a one-time thing for me so I just want a script that works.

Here's the situation. The movie is 4:3. I used AVI_MuxGUI to create a .d2v and .mpa file for the video. I plan on converting the audio file to AC3 with another program so we don't have to worry about that. I just need a script that will allow me to convert that video to DVD using CCE. If you need any other info, let me know. Thanks in advance.

Actually, it's not necessary to convert the video at all.
Demux and convert the audio to AC3 48k sampling. Author that with the original video. It works on standard DVD. Re-encoding will just bloat the file and lose some quality.

If you don't have an MPEG demuxer, try SVCD2DVDMPG, which does the whole thing.

[Pinstripes23]

Actually, it's not necessary to convert the video at all.
Demux and convert the audio to AC3 48k sampling. Author that with the original video. It works on standard DVD. Re-encoding will just bloat the file and lose some quality.

If you don't have an MPEG demuxer, try SVCD2DVDMPG, which does the whole thing.

Actually this doesn't always work. If you already have a dvd player that can play svcd's, then there is a good chance it MAY work...but if your dvd player doesn't support svcd's, then a good chance it won't work. Besides the 480x480(576) isn't compliant DVD resolution.

[AlanHK]

Actually this doesn't always work. If you already have a dvd player that can play svcd's, then there is a good chance it MAY work...but if your dvd player doesn't support svcd's, then a good chance it won't work. Besides the 480x480(576) isn't compliant DVD resolution.

If it does work (and it does for me) then it's much faster and better quality then reencoding. Worth a test on a DVDRW anyway.