I think I've got the MeGUI conversions of 1080i material to 720p x264 going really well.

So well, in fact, I'd like to start using MeGUI for my Canopus DV captures from the DirecTivo, and using MeGUI to make XviD's of them instead of AutoGK. I'm aiming for much higher quality than the crappy 350mb hourlong TV episodes commonly found in places we don't talk about here. But I still want my resulting AVI viewable if I burn it to a CD and play it in an XviD-capable DVD player.

Here's the AVIsynth script I plan to use (thanks to nwgat and The FilmMachine programs for guidance here). It's a slight reworking of the script I use to convert those same captures to DVD with the HC Encoder. IVTC is not needed in this particular case, though I'll know to add the appropriate line when I do this with a film source:

# Use this script for converting 4x3 30fps 480i DV to 4x3 30fps 480p

# PLUGINS
#LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\Decomb521.dll")

# SOURCE
DirectShowSource("TVepisode.DV.avi", fps=29.970, audio=false)
ConvertToYV12()

# DEINTERLACE
FieldDeinterlace()

#RESIZE TO 4x3 XVID AVI
Lanczos4Resize(640,480,0.0,0.6)

Here are the MeGUI settings I'm looking to use, thanks to the Ipod guide at mewiki.project357.com:



Before the encoding starts, I'll use the bitrate calculator and specify a filesize of 1 CD for an hour show.

Any suggestions on tweaking either my AVS script or my XviD config settings in MeGUI?

Thanks!