Home Movies to MPEG-2 SVCD - HELP!

[jkmusic]

Please help. It is so confusing! ALL I WANT TO DO IS USE MY ATI 128 Pro and create MPEG-2 SVCD's of VHS Tapes! I even have a DVD Home Player that is compliant. What is the cheapest or free software I can use. Not TMPEGenc!, not DVDit!...most of these OLD instructions/programs I see on web pages are not compliant or do not work with MPEG-2. This can't be this difficult! I have been working on this off and on for months.

I have NERO, but no good encoder. I plan to use the video input on the ATI. Please give me some suggestions.

P.S. -- I have chosen MPEG-2 and SVCD because of quality. I am assuming I am correct.

[spiderman2k1]

Check out this website. Also nero is working on a encoder to change and file to SVCD should be out next month

http://www.members.home.net/richa/ati.htm

[jkmusic]

Thanks! But I have been there and done that!
Please more responses from someone.

[next]

Why not just capture in MMC?

[jkmusic]

What is MMC?? What about encoding so that my DVD can read it?

[next]

MMC is the software that came with your AIW 128 Pro. Upgrade to MMC 7.1 if it did not come with your card. Download Stinky's AIW tool from this site. Now you simply can capture and then burn your capture in Nero. That's it. It is a very simple process.

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Why Mpeg2? What DVD player do you have?

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[reficul]

what's so bad about virtual dub and TMPEGenc? i use them with my ati aiw 128 pro for SVCDs from home videos (VHS and 8mm) and the results are great.

[Lamont Cranston]

Given your requirements your best choices are VirtualDub, Huffyuv codec, and TMPGEnc. Why have you ruled out TMPGEnc? It is one of the best! If your VHS tapes are VHS and not SVHS you might want to look at VCDs. Again TMPGEnc can be setup to produce results that rival the Panasonic Mpeg1 encoder considered by many to be the best (not free). What DVD player are you using?

[jkmusic]

WOW. Thanks for all the responses. Here's all my answers.
#1 - After research, TMPEG12e is the only version that will do MPEG2, but only for 30 days. Give me more and I'm sold.

#2 - My DVD is a Pioneer DV-333, and plays SVCDs. I am going for the highest (affordable) quality since I only want to convert home movies once.

#3 - Ah, MMC, I have tried it, and have been told that MMC is only the first part of the process, I still need an encoder. But I'll look at the AIW Tool you mentioned. Here I go again but is it MPEG-2 compatible??

#4 - Virtual dub has no MPEG-2 support, and no plans. Tell me, is there a better standard than MPEG-2 for SVCD?? WHy does the site mention MPEG4-V2?? Is my fixation on MPEG-2 all wrong?

#5 - Huffyuv codec....started to download it but didn't know what programs to use with it.

Thanks and keep those suggestions coming.. Kevin

[FUNIL99]

I think that if your videocassete is only VHS, or even if is SVHS but your tapes are only VHS, you don't have to make an SVCD because the resolution of VHS is very inferior than SVCD; I suggest you use the VCD format, and if you don't have yet the skills to use the SeVCD with the Virtuadub -> TMPGEnc process, then you can use the excellent AVI2VCD, that is easy to use and makes an VCD stream ready for burn with Nero or Easy-CD.
I have an DC-10+ and when I use this program I must check "inverted video" to produce sorrect results.
Don't forget to set the capture to 640 x 480 and the fps to 29.970 !

Funil99

[reficul]

older versions of tmpgenc such as 12a support MPEG-2 with no 30 day trial. use virtualdub to capture your .avi files. you can select the huffyuv codec under Video then Compression in virtualdub. look under the Tools section of this site for links to older versions of tmpgenc.

[fishgod1010]

I am too trying to convert VHS to SVCD. I do not have a MPEG2 capture card yet...because I want the best quality to burn, and I have heard many opinions regarding the best compression/quality rate for the capture cards out there.

I am debating on waiting for the Pioneer dvr2000 to be made available here in the US. It is expensive ($2,000+) but I have also heard of a cheaper version on TechTV for about $1,000 from Samsung? I think? Just thought I would pass this on to you.