TMPEGinc AVI to MPEG-2 Question>>>>>

[jfl330]

I am relatively new to this and have a question.

I have a large (33GB, concert) captured (from VHS using Pinnacle Studio 7 and analog capture card DC-10) avi fiile which I want to make as separate tracks (songs) on the final SVCD.

When using TMPEGenc to convert from avi (capture) to MPEG-2 (SVCD),
there is no sound or play option when using the source range. Makes it very difficult to determine where to cut.
I could split the original avi with Virtualdub, but boy is that making a load of extra work.

I have used Pinnacle Studio 7 to convert the avi to MPEG-2, but quality is terrible, no filters or options are available.

Any/all suggestions are welcome.

[tenders]

bbmpeg is the best svcd cutter

[presto]

After you use TMPEng you can then go to file/mpeg tools/cutting and joining and you can cut the video into sections. You can play and hear the audio. When you hit run it goes pretty quick.

[santy]

i think you must have a mpeg2 player installed on your pc then when you arrive to tmpeg source range you will real see your movie then is easy to define the source range

[Shuggie]

Personally I don't like editing with MPEGs - especially not MPEG-2s (SVCD) . I'm sure that there's a frame accurate MPEG editor out there somewhere but I haven't found one yet.

I've never used bbmpeg for editing but it appears to be only able to cut to the nearest second - which isn't accurate enough for me.

The answer is to use AVIsynth.

Use VirtualDub to identify your clip frame-range e.g. let's assume 15000-19500 is the song you're interested in.

Create a text file with this line

AVIsource("C:\concert.avi").Trim(15000,19500)

Save as song.avs. Through the wonders of AVIsynth you can now use song.avs as if it were an avi.

You can set up one of these for each song or section of the AVI and then convert in TMPGenc or other encoder. Don't forget TMPGenc has a batch mode so you can set up a bunch of these and then fire them off before you go to bed or whatever.

There's an excellent guide in the User Guide forums called "How to Edit with AVIsynth". It goes into much more detail than you'll need but it will tell you how to install it.