PAL

[SAFEDISKKILLER22]

k i ripped a PAL DVD. The quality is poor but thats ok. anyways when i encode in tmpgenc the result is jerky unlike the original. What framerate or other option should i select to make it smooth. Please reply i need this fast!

[mh2360]

If your playback equipment can play PAL ok then you would use the PAL SVCD or VCD templates, just select "load" next to the settings button.

[banjazzer]

Framerate is 25fps for PAL. What progs are you using? If you use the *Force film* setting in DVD2AVI you will end up with 20fps, and a very jerky result.

[SAFEDISKKILLER22]

no i wanna convert the PAL to NTSC. there are telecide lines all over and shit even in the rip. but at leaast how would i make it not jerky ill see in DVD2AVi and update later.

[banjazzer]

PAL DVDs are almost all progressive. What you could do is create a high-quality PAL DivX with no sound, with Field operation set to *none* in DVD2AVI. Then you could adjust the framerate to NTSC(film) with Virtualdub. The audio can be easily adjusted by stretching the wav you created in DVD2AVI, using something like Soundforge. This will then input into TMPG to create an NTSC(film) (S)VCD, or you can convert to NTSC by whatever method you normally use to convert NTSC(film) to NTSC.

Although there is an extra encoding step, the quality drop will be minimal since a good DivX can be close to DVD quality. And converting to SVCD from DivX is quite a lot quicker than converting direct from the DVD.

[Phlexor]

You could also cut the Pal DivX and vdub procedure and just frame serve from DVD2AVI to TMPGEnc and check the [Do not frame rate convertion] and encode at 23.976fps NTSCFilm.

[banjazzer]

And presumably adjust the length of the wav?

[Phlexor]

Yeah, I use stretch in Cool Edit Pro, you could use something similar. just divide the number of frames in the movie by the frame rate and you have the length in seconds and milliseconds to lengthen or shorten the wav file by. It's what I do when converting quicktime movie trailers from 24fps to 23.976fps for vcd and svcd and then i watch em on TV