Newbie Alert - Questions for the VCD Lords

[MarcoPolo7]

Thanks to Pinoy's guide, I have somehow managed to create and play an SVCD on my AD-1500 on almost the first try, using SmartRipper, DVD2AVI, VOB2Audio, TMPGEnc, and Nero. Pretty cool. The quality is not bad, actually.

I have two questions. The first is that while the overall quality is pretty good, even with VCD (better than I expected, anyway) there's some pretty major jitter when anyone moves in both VCD and SVCD formats. When people are sitting still, it looks better than VHS, but most of the time, people in the movie are doing things like walking... and there is a WHOLE lot of shaking going on. I've searched for clues, but no joy.

I will, of course, pay daily homage to the expert who can give me the simple answer that will render my VCD and SVCD movies watchable.

The second question (my apologies if this belongs in another topic area) concerns the fact that the amount of time it took for the steps leading up to encoding were a LOT longer on my machine than the times showing on the screen shots. I have a 1000 mhz machine with 256MB RAM and about 25GB free space. Ripping, dvd2avi, VOB2Audio all took like 100 times longer than what the guide (and screen shot) says. Minor issue compared to the question above.

This site is an incredible resource. Thanks Baldrick! Thanks Pinoy!

Mark

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[Compound]

try dvd2svcd the quality is perfect and its one simple step gives chapters and all as for the process time it all depends on the system times vary greatly

[MarcoPolo7]

Thanks, Compound, for taking the time to make a suggestion.

I installed dvd2svcd - which mentions I needed to install CCE. After registering, etc. at the Visible Light site and seeing that I had "no downloads available" I discovered that this product is TWO THOUSAND bucks.

While the dvd2svcd option sounds great - put in the dvd, one click and wait - I think I'll pass on this option. I am, of course, looking forward to the avalanche of spam that usually follows giving my email out when one registers at a product site like that.

Any other suggestions for my motion jitter problem?

[pinoy2201]

can you please explain the jitter a little more...and if they look like lines then the are interlaced....two ways you can fix this on DVD2AVI,if the Format is Film then you can select the Force Film Option on DVD2AVi and Load my NTSCFilm template or you can use a deinterlacer filter on TMPGEnc but thats a bit harder


and as for the times on the screenshot the Movie i did was a PoKemon Short it is only 20mins in time so that explains it and it also depends on your system

[MarcoPolo7]

Hey, I specified ntsc film in TMPGEnc and tested with 2000 frames. Jitter gone. Hey, VCD isn't bad at all - for what it is, anyway. Gonna try SVCD now...

So how can I tell if something is NTSC film?

you've given me something to experiment around with, thanks a LOT.
thanks for telling me about the pokemon short example. my movie time:rip time ratios are about the same then. i was doing a long movie.

btw, I just ordered a Hauppauge PVR - PCI. I know there are other options, but I record a lot of live radio to MP3, and the other computer in the house already has a Hauppauge card - I like their stuff, always had good luck with it as a tuner. I saw that there's mixed reviews on the card on the encoder side, but for 200 bucks thought I'd try it out.

Do you know anything about/have an opinion on this card? I guess I'll find out soon...

Again, thanks.