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  1. Please help,

    I can Not create NTSC SVCDs to be played on a standalone DVD player.
    I am definitely not exceeding 2600kbits...
    The picture looks ok but it stutters in a 3-5 sec loop.
    What am I doing wrong ?

    My PAL SVCDs play perfectly on this bitrate 2600kbits MAX !

    The standalone is a SAMSUNG DVD S124(similar with 224/324/424)
    Originally the machine is a region 2 but it's hacked & can play region 1 DVDs without any problems..

    The interesting part is; NTSC recorded SVCDs can be played on a PAL TV.
    The TV set is not changing the TV system to NTSC. Soo I can assume that the DVD player converts the NTSC signals to PAL so this stuttering occurs... (This is valid only with SVCDs not DVDs, the NTSC region 1 DVDs played on NTSC output soo, TV set changes the TV system to NTSC)

    Do I have to change the NTSC signals to PAl in order to Play them properly ?

    I am using,
    - SmartRipper 2.41
    - DVDx 2.0
    - VCDEasy 1.1.2 (with 4x speed)

    Everything seems ok & I can play all my SVCDs PAL & NTSC on my PC via powerDVD XP !

    I've a huge NTSC DVD archive, please help !....

    What's the problem for god's sake ?

    Thanx in advance...
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    If you encoded at 23.976fps make sure you include the pulldown flag. This can be done in TMPGenc by using the ntscfilm SVCD template or by running your video stream through pulldown.exe.

    If you encoded at 29.97fps make sure you set both source and output to interlaced and that your field order was correct. You can check your field order by loading your source in TMPGenc and then going to the deinterlace filter on the advanced tab. Double click on it and set the filter to even-odd field (field.) Scroll through your movie and if it jerks vertically or if it stutters than your field order is incorrect. Change it on the advanced tab and test it again.

    %99 of commercial NTSC dvds are encoded at 23.976fps and use a 3:2 pulldown flag to play the movie back at 29.97fps. (excluding anime and some tv shows like a Friends DVD.) The test is to preview it in dvd2avi and let it get past the opening credits. If it says film or %95 or higher film than it is stored at 23.976fps. If you then enable forced fim in dvd2avi it will preserve the 23.976fps which you can then encode at this fps and include the pulldown flags. Not only does this have a dramatic increase in quality, about %20, but it gives you progressive frames, which means no interlacing artifacts or field order problems. Using forced film in dvd2avi and encoding accordingly eliminates most of the problems that you encounter when making SVCDs. If you had encoded your dvd like this then there would be virtually no way that this stuttering you mentioned could have occured.

    Edit: I just noticed that you are using DVDx. I don't use this program but if it incorporates dvd2avi at all or allows you to do something similar then follow my above suggestions. If not then I strongly suggest you ditch DVDx.
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  3. THANX ALOT

    I've done it.
    All my NTSC movies (SVCD) playing well on my standalone...

    Many,many THANX !

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