Really crappy SVCD. Why? (DVD2SVCD and VCDImager)

[agzz]

Its like this.
I made a SVCD using DVD2SVCD but i did not let it author it since i did not know exactly where it would cut.
This turned out to be a good choise since it did not cut where i set it to, but 3 min later.

When DVD2SVCD was done i had 2 perfect picture mpg files, really impressed. Then i merged them into a whole movie file, demuxed in TMPG, muxed and cut in bbMPEG. Now i had 2 files with the cut where i waned it. Still no problem.

So now im done? i have a really great SVCD? Well ofcouse i have to author and burn but that should be no problem, right? Wrong!

After making a SVCD with VCDImager and burnt it the picture is crappy, not bad, crappy! Whats wrong did VCDImager destroy it or is it powerDVDs fault (v2.5), or what? If you have any idea pls let me know.

It should not be my dvd cant play SVCD right? i copud play back the .mpg perfectly before authoring.. And Should there be a .mpg on the SVCD? Shouldnt it be a .dat?


thanks.


and btw: is there a way to make DVD2SVCD not cut the file.

[hvr]

vcdimager does not modify the stream, it's just a (S)VCD formatter and pre-mastering tool... if the resulting SVCD is just as good as the input mpeg stream...

have you tested it with daemon tools or did you burn the images? maybe the CD-R media has problems...?