TMPEGEnc SVCD compliant template needed

[Graham Meredith]

I'm using a "SuperVideoCD (PAL).mcf" template that came with TMPEGEnc 12a. It works fine, and my DVD player plays it fine, but I noticed that the bitrate was set to CQ (constant quality). I haven't tweaked with the settings cause I don't understand too much about it yet. I've noticed people talk about theirs being set to VBR. I'm looking to see which templates will make the smallest file size of the clip without losing compliancy or quality. Has anyone tried different ones, and can you tell me your settings? (SVCD compliant ones only - my Akai doesn't play XSVCD).

Graham

[Graham Meredith]

By the way, here is the one I've been using:


object TMPEGConfigFile
MPEG.Text = 'SuperVideoCD PAL'
MPEG.OutputStreamType = MPEG_OutputStreamType_System_VideoAudio
MPEG.OutputStreamType_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.StreamType = MPEGVideoEncoder_StreamType_MPEG2
MPEG.Video.StreamType_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.Width = 480
MPEG.Video.Width_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.Height = 576
MPEG.Video.Height_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.YUVFormat = 1
MPEG.Video.YUVFormat_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.DC_prec = 0
MPEG.Video.DC_prec_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.Interlace = True
MPEG.Video.Interlace_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.TopFieldFirst = False
MPEG.Video.PullDown32 = False
MPEG.Video.PullDown32_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.FrameRate = 3
MPEG.Video.FrameRate_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.AspectRatio = 2
MPEG.Video.AspectRatio_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.RateControlMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_RateControlMode_CQ
MPEG.Video.RateControlMode_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.MaxBitRate = 2520000
MPEG.Video.MaxBitRate_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.CBR_BitRate = 2520000
MPEG.Video.MVBR_MaxBitRate = 2520000
MPEG.Video.VBR_AvgBitRate = 1150000
MPEG.Video.VBR_MaxBitRate = 2520000
MPEG.Video.VBR_MinBitRate = 0
MPEG.Video.AVBR_Quality = 50
MPEG.Video.AVBR_MaxBitRate = 2520000
MPEG.Video.AVBR_MinBitRate = 0
MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality = 65
MPEG.Video.CQ_MaxBitRate = 2520000
MPEG.Video.VBVBufferSize = 114688
MPEG.Video.VBVBufferSize_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.GOP_SeqHeaderInterval = 1
MPEG.Video.GOP_SeqHeaderInterval_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
MPEG.Video.GOP_I_FrameCount_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_P_FrameCount = 5
MPEG.Video.GOP_P_FrameCount_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
MPEG.Video.GOP_B_FrameCount_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_BitStreamForEdit = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_BitStreamForEdit_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_Intra_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_NonIntra_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.CheckProfile_and_Level = True
MPEG.Video.CheckProfile_and_Level_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.Profile = 4
MPEG.Video.Profile_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.Level = 8
MPEG.Video.Level_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.VideoFormat = 1
MPEG.Video.VideoFormat_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Video.MotionSearchSpeed = MPEGVideoEncoder_MotionSearchSpeed_Normal
MPEG.Video.MotionSearch_AlwaysHalfPel = False
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_Intra = {
081013161A1B1D22101016181B1D222513161A1B1D22222616 161A1B1D222528
161A1B1D202328301A1B1D202328303A1A1B1D22262E38451B 1D23262E384553}
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_NonIntra = {
10111213141516171112131415161718121314151617181913 14151617181A1B
14151617191A1B1C151617181A1B1C1E1617181A1B1C1E1F17 18191B1C1E1F21}
MPEG.Audio.StreamType = MPEGAudioEncoder_StreamType_MPEG1_Layer2
MPEG.Audio.StreamType_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Audio.SamplingFrequency = 44100
MPEG.Audio.SamplingFrequency_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Audio.ChannelMode = 0
MPEG.Audio.ChannelMode_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.CantUseMono = True
MPEG.Audio.BitRate = 224000
MPEG.Audio.BitRate_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.Audio.CalcCRC = True
MPEG.Audio.CalcCRC_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.OriginalFlag = False
MPEG.Audio.OriginalFlag_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.CopyrightFlag = False
MPEG.Audio.CopyrightFlag_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.PrivateFlag = False
MPEG.Audio.PrivateFlag_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.EmphasisType = 0
MPEG.Audio.EmphasisType_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.System.StreamType = MPEGSystemEncoder_StreamType_MPEG2_SuperVideoCD_VB R
MPEG.System.StreamType_ReadOnly = True
MPEG.System.EnableCommentText = False
end

Graham