Burning question

[jrv331]

I have made several xvcds and have a question about burning them with nero. My source material is pal and I used a kvcd template in tmpge and made a nonstandard mpeg1. When burning with nero I and given and "encoding resolution". I have used pal so far as thats what my source was. Living in the U.S. should I be choosing ntsc? Can you encode one way if the source is another way?
Thanks to all who have helped.
John

[rhuala2]

Can't you just use TMPGEnc with a SVCD NTSC template? That should convert it and encode it to a NTSC compliant SVCD that you can easily burn with Nero? Don't use Nero to encode as it has poor built in encoder which has been mentioned several times....

rhuala

[0 kewl]

Can't you just use TMPGEnc with a SVCD NTSC template? That should convert it and encode it to a NTSC compliant SVCD that you can easily burn with Nero?

Yes, you can......but TMPGEnc is crap at converting framerate since it only deletes/adds the odd/needed frames at the end of each second which often results in jerky playback (in some movies is almost unnoticeable but still there). The best thing is to convert the framerate to NTSC before loading your source into TMPGEnc, here's the guide:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/userguides/78178.php

jrv331,

Since your source was PAL then choosing PAL in Nero is the correct option. If your player plays PAL videos then everything is fine. However, if it doesn't then the solution is not changing the setting in Nero (this has to be set depending on file you'll be burning) but converting your framerate to NTSC before loading into TMPGEnc and loading NTSC template.

[jrv331]

When burning with nero you have to choose an encoding option. You cant leave both blank.
John

[0 kewl]

I suggest you re-read my post...i've never said you should leave it blank since it is not possible. What i said was that changing the setting is not the solution since Nero only adjusts properly to your loaded file when you choose PAL or NTSC. You HAVE to select your source file's (file you going to burn to (S)VCD) standard. If you got PAL file and your DVD player doesn't play PAL then you need to change the framerate before loading it into TMPGEnc and load the appropriate template (for your converted standard), Nero won't help here. When you've encoded your NTSC source with NTSC template then choose NTSC radiobutton in Nero.

[jrv331]

Kewl,
my post was meant for the person who stated not to use Nero to encode. I was simply saying that with nero you have to chose an encode standard.
John

[0 kewl]

jrv331,


rhuala2 advised you not to encode with Nero, she didn't say you shouldn't burn with Nero. If file is not compliant (and you specify in Nero that you want a compliant file) then Nero will encode and burn. rhuala2 thought you want to use Nero to encode to NTSC which isn't advisable since Nero is crap at any encoding. But for burning the file it is great. That Encoding resolution box need to be used whether you are just burning a already compliant file or encoding and burning a non-compliant file. So, i agree with rhuala2.

Regards.