dvd rip to svcd problem.. anyone?

[thefuzion]

i just ripped "Exit Wounds" and i want to convert it to SVCD.
I tried to do a small sample first to see how it came out. The quality is ok, but it kinda "skips" or the movie is "Choppy".. it a little hard to explain, but i hope someone knows what i mean.

I followed Sefy´s dvd rip to svcd guide..


Also another question:
When converting to mpeg2 or svcd should i keep the m2v file interlaced or should i use the "de-interlace" option in tmpeg?

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: thefuzion on 2001-10-17 16:33:27 ]</font>

[thefuzion]

help please

[Vejita-sama]

If you followed Sefy's guide everything 'should' have worked. How did you make you small sample? For the DVD2AVI step did you choose force film? What template did you use to burn your sample (should have been NTSC film)?

Also depsite the fact that your DVD player SHOULD be able to play 23.976 VCD w/ the pulldown flag a fair number don't like this. So run pulldown on the m2v file to telecine it to 29.97fps, then mux w/ the MP2 audio file.

IF you enabled force film under DVD2AVI you'll get a 23.976fps progressive source (ie. not interlaced, so no need to run de-interlace).

Also quaility is ok? DVD rip quaility -> SVCD should be about the same as the original DVD (at standard 2520kbit/s video bitrate).

[thefuzion]

..when i ran the vobs through dvd2avi it said "FPS - 29.970" so i dont need to telecine it do i?

The template i used was "SVCD ntsc"

I did not use force film in dvd2avi, so its still interlaced, but i guess it still works, when dvd´s are also interlaced right?..

The quality of the sample was really great, the only problem was the skipping or choppiness.

thanks for replying..

[Vejita-sama]

Well IF you enable force film, the then you'll get a 23.976fps video source, which would need to be telecined back to 29.97fps (there are a lot of reasons to do those extra steps). General rule seems to be if the movie is 90%+ film then enable force film, if progressive enable forcefilm, if anime enable force film.

If it's skippy there could be several reasons:
1) You encoded the wrong field first (try switching fields) or enable force film to get a progressive source to work with)
2) I assume it's not a PAL DVD
3) Is this an Anime DVD?

[thefuzion]

ok ill try that out.
thanks

the film is ntsc and its not an anime dvd.
its 99% film.

well ill try to redo the rip and encode and check it out.

do you have an email addy where i can reach you if i have any more questions?.. so we wont have to go here every time...

thanks again..