AVI to SVCD impossible?

[Nasu]

Hi!

Created an AVI from Pinnacle Studio 7 from some DV captured from a home video camera. I have created an SVCD using Nero 6 (trial version). The result was a working SVCD but the video quality was not even close to good. I have also tried to encode my AVI to MPEG2 using TMPGEncode (free version) and replace the video file on my existing SVCD. The video quality was better but still far from good. The highest bitrate I can select in TMPGEncode is 2520 kbit/s. According to "Gary's Fool Proof Guide..." 1800 should be good enough.

I can't believe that it can't be done any better. I mean, with the quality I'm getting, there shouldn't exist any interest in SVCDs at all. The question is, is there something I can do to improve quality or should I just give up?

Thanks for any hints!
Magnus

[RabidDog]

svcd can be indistinguishable from the original footage.. as good as dvd in some cases and very close in most other cases. you must be doing something wrong as tmpgenc is an excellent program.

[Nasu]

Exactly what I'm thinking. The question is what I'm doing wrong. Can't really find that many other ways to do what I'm doing.

Thanks anyway!
Magnus

[RoopeT]

1800 kbps is not enough bitrate for an SVCD (might be ok for some films with very good quality DVD source and only a little motion). Try making a test clip with TMPGEnc using 2520 kbps CBR, high (or highest) motion search and other appropriate settings for your source (interlaced, bottom field first). For DV avi, even the slightest shakes of the camera makes it a lot more difficult for the encoder to compress the video.

[bugster]

For DV avi, even the slightest shakes of the camera makes it a lot more difficult for the encoder to compress the video.

For ANY home vide, captured from an analog cam or DV, that is so VERY true.