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  1. Hi all.

    I know how to do a few things now - my skill set is ever increasing thanks to this page;- I know how to use TMPGEnc to convert an avi file to 2 or 3 svcd mpgs, using the Source Range function in the wizard, and also of course how to set the bitrate for a 700 meg cd, or 2 700 meg cds etc.

    And I know how to frameserve a file (wrong aspect ratio or whatever) to TMPGEnc and get it to encode. (having installed the Vdub handler as directed by this fine site)

    but..! I need to combine the two. Once I've dragged my .vdr file into TMPGEnc, I need to

    a) Split the file from one avi (the one I'm resizing) to 2 or 3 700 meg MPGs, and
    b) Use the wizard bitrate setting function to work out the bitrate required for this.

    So how do I do this? I can get into the bitrate setting manually, yeah, but that doesn't help me at all since I can't tell it I require a 700 meg output file and thus what is the right bitrate?

    And I can't figure out at all how to tell TMPGEnc that I want to do a section of the input file only, (by using the Source Range function from the wizard to change one 700 meg avi into 2 or 3 700 meg svcd mpgs) Maybe if I'm frameserving I have to do one at a time, which is cool, but how do I tell it which bit of the source file I wish to encode?

    Going nuts trying to figure this out. Probably an easy answer and will tear hair out but any help will be gratefully appreciated.

    Many thanks to all.

    Versions:

    Win XP
    VirtualDub-1.5.9
    TMPGEnc v2.59.47.155 Plus

    Will
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    Do the splitting in VirtualDub. You can select a source range using the right-most buttons on the bottom of the VDub window. The only disadvantage to this is that you'll have to stop and restart your frameserver when you change the selection. You'd probably get the greatest quality if you just split the file about half-way through(and you completely use up those two CD-Rs)(or split it into approximate thirds if you were going for 3 CD-Rs). To get the highest bitrate in TMPEG, go through the wizard as usual, then(on the second to last page) set the drip-down menu to "CD-R 80Min" and set the "Make file size xxx%" to 100 and it should produce a file around 700 megs(if it's long enough and don't panic if the output is bigger than 700 megs).
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  3. Thanks for your reply. The problem is that I can't use the wizard - once I've dropped the vdr signpost file onto TMPGEnc that tells it the specifics of the frame server, the Wizard can't be used - if I fire it up it wants everything from scratch - source, sound source, output etc. And that seems to overwrite the vdr info that works ok.

    So how do I auto-specify the bitrate without running the wizard? Or, how do I get the wizard to reflect the specifics of the vdr frameserver.

    Cheers.

    Will
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  4. you need a bitrate calculater/calculator.. the bitrate for 2 x 700mb cdrs for svcd is always going to be the same for the same length of video.
    eg 90min file x2 cdrs = 45mins per cdr, approx 2000 avg bitrate (nice).

    the way to solve your problem is to determine your final output size in mbs (1400mb) then get length of film eg 105mins then plug those into a bitrate calc get your average bitrate. then encode the whole film with tmpgenc and simply split into two equal size chunks (allow 5% error just in case). This is NOT the same as splitting your film in two halves as say in some films 80% of bitrate may be used in first half and only 20% in second half, also allowing some leeway gives you the chance to cut the film at a point of no action. Disadvantage to this method is that you may have unequal time lengths in each section.

    surely you have received private emails about your length &size?
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    When I made VCD/SVCD I just encoded it as one huge file then cut it afterwards with the MPEG TOOLS section of TMPGEnc. Works fine as long as you check mark the option called "Output bitstream for edit (Closed GOP)"

    That option is in the settings on the GOP STRUCTURE tab. You can get there from the WIZARD clicking on EXPERT SETTINGS which I think is on page 4/5 of the WIZARD.

    - John "FulciLives" Coleman

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    As for the bitrate set it to CD-R size and 100% is one CD and 200% is 2 CD etc.

    It is easy to edit later if it isn't too close (200% hard to edit as it must be precise but 190% is easy to split into two as you have "room" for error at to where you split it etc.)
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