Need better quality

[ABAB]

Hi all, I know this is a much asked question but here goes......
I have been converting .avi files to SVCD succesfully using TMPGenc' but I have this one file (here is a paste of the details)

640 x 368, 174785 Frames, 25.000 Frames/Sec, 95 KB/Sec, Unknown Format

I can't seem to be able to gt a decent quality conversion, my stand alone will play anything I throw at it so I can try anything. The problems seem to be mainly blockiness, especially in the dark scenes. I've tried PAL, NTSC film, ghost, noise, field order and rate control etc...the only things I havn't done is mess with the GOP settings (cos' I don't have a clue)

Encoding time/filters or eventual format aren't an issue so please enlighten me. Hope this is all the info' you need.

Thx

Ooops, the source quality is excellent.

[0 kewl]

Have you tried increasing the bitrate to the maximum your DVD player accepts (possibly making a XSVCD)?

[tenders]

i have had very good results with this: http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=119210&highlight=

[Tommyknocker]

If Tenders' guide does not work for you (he has gotten good reviews if you read his guide's comments),then take a look here.

[ABAB]

Thx all, looking into it.

[hwoodwar]

Have you tried 2-Pass VBR and highest quality motion search precision? That's what finally got rid of most of the fast-action macroblocks in my CVD's.

[puertorican138]

Constant bitrate most of the time is the reason for blockiness in a file. I agree with hwoodwar, use VBR with high quality (slow) settings in TMPGEnc.



Hope That Helps!!! :P