SCVD Templates(TMPGEnc)

[Fozzee]

Hi
Does anyone know of somewhere I can obtain SCVD templates for TMPEnc. I have read lots of peoples opinions on the best settings for SVCD but has anyone created templates u can put in the TMPGEnc folder and select from the project wizard. Am I being dumb enquiring if this is possible??

Also could people please post their views on ........
CQ v CBR v VBR

Many Thanks
Fozzee

[pmcx9]

templates here;

http://kvcd.net/dvd-models.html

[Fozzee]

Hi
Thanks for the reply.
What is KVCD???
Cheers
Fozz

[kwag]

Hi
Thanks for the reply.
What is KVCD???
Cheers
Fozz

The answer is in the main page here: http://www.kvcd.net
And the FAQ here: http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=68

-kwag

[liquid217]

if you are looking for the standard templates, they are allready included in the tmpgenc directory... If they are not there, you may just need to re download tmpgenc. Tmpgenc comes with 3 standard svcd templates, NTSC, NTSC Film, and PAL. No offence to the creators of these templates, but the ones mentioned above are not standard svcd.

[Fozzee]

Hi
Thanks for the advice.
I suppose this takes us to part 2 of my question....
If I do use the SVCD Pal template in TMPGEnc what other settings do I use??
CQ????
VBR????
CBR?????

Cheers
Fozz

[liquid217]

cbr (constant bitrate) is by far the fastest, but it also uses up the disk faster. the bitrate allways remains at the same rate.

both cq and vbr are variable bitrate. cq (constant quality) works with only one pass, and yields good quality, but the file size is very unpredictable. it could be very large or very small...just depends on the source material.

vbr 2 pass(variable bit rate) takes twice as long since it it 2 pass. The first pass analyzes the video, then the second pass actually encodes. vbr is very predictable concerning file sizes. Once you calculate the average bitrate, then tmpgenc will automatically raise and lower the bitrate as needed (fast motion requires more bitrate to look right, whereas low motion does not need as much).

My personal pick is vbr, imho

[Fozzee]

Hi
I was following you nicely Liquid until the last sentence LOL. I assume (maybe wrongly u were refering to the normal,high quality, etc setting???
If u were which do u use ?? If u weren't I'm lost

Thanks
Fozz

[liquid217]

im sorry

my personal pick is vbr, (in my humble opinion)

as to motion search, i usually leave it on high

[Fozzee]

Sorry Liquid
Not wishing to be picky (as your help is much appreciated) but...
When u say leave it on high you mean.....
1) High Quality(slow)
2) Highest Quality(very slow)
3) Motion Estimate Search(fast)

Sorry for not being on your wavelength.

Cheers
Fozz

[liquid217]

normally i leave it on Highest Quality....its not "very slow" as it really says

[Fozzee]

Cheers M8ty
I have just tried VBR it takes ages doesn't LOL
Is it really that much different than CBR??
What things do you encode on this method?
DVD Rips??
TV Capture??
DIVX ??

Cheers
Fozzee

[trekkermaster]

I do pick 2-pass VBR for myself. Well, i'm picky *LOL*, so i sacrifice time and file size to acheive best quality, anyway CDr are durt cheap and is not a limitating factor!

It takes about 14 hours for a typical 45min TV show episode at 1850 biterate and fit on a 700Mb CD, just leave your machine run overnight, it's not a big deal.

[Fozzee]

Hi
I'm usually downloading overnight will this make any difference to the encoding process?? I use Direct Connect.
Cheers
Fozzee