VHS Capture -> VCD

[El_Bodeguero_sk8er->]

Hey there!

Im newbie ih this VCD thing! So I'll bother you guys a little!

I was trying to capture VHS tapes and then converting it to VCD's. I got it, but the results was not so good as I thought. I mean, my xvcd runs in my standalone dvd player (pionner dv-353), but with glitches, image got frozen for a moment (1 sec at each 3 mins, for example). I can watch it fine but it´s not so smoothy...
Is it normal? Do your captured movies plays just fine with no stops in your DVD players?
XVCD's that I made using as source DVD or even DIVX are almost perfect. No stops, no glitches...

I usually capture at 352x480 with picvideo MJPEG codec and audio PCM. Then I use KVCD templates with TMPGenc 2.58. I remux with bbmeg as MPEG-1 file and with default options.

Can dropped frames produce that? With that config I have almost no dropped frames (10~20 dropped frames by 100 mins of capture)

Am I doing something wrong? How to eliminate that evil freezing!?

Thank you for any help given!

[Anonymous65]

I'm working on basic VCD capture "How To". You should find some answers there...

http://steve.kittelsen.com/vcd/

[El_Bodeguero_sk8er->]

Hello skittelsen!

Tanks for your advice!

I've read your article. Very interesting!

But concerning the resolution, I guess I can´t capture above 480x480 (under win xp, never triend in win 98). My phoebe tv master +fm allows me change the resolution but I got a high number of dropped frames (at 29.97 fps). And also I dont have a powerfull processor, it´s a cel366@550. So I do it at 352x480. I'll try later under win 98 (with another drivers) and see if it works.

Another interesting thing is that if I use default TMPG templates (with no demux and then remuxing with bbmpeg) the movie stops for about 30 secs (at each 2 mins) in my TV.

I use to burn with VCDEasy or Nero.

Well, I also tried:
Increase bitrate
Increase VBV Size
Encode as Standard VCD or (X)VCD

but nothing worked!

For that I asked if its normal that freezing! I guess I'm in the right way! Or not?

Cheers!