Question on converting AVI with TMPGEnc

[CommanderXJL]

After capturing with Premiere, I loaded the AVI into TMPG, and after doing a test using 2 pass VBR with no inverse telecine, and a test using inverse telecine, I still get a little bit of motion trouble. What is the best way to convert AVI to MPEG2 for DVD authoring using TMPG? Please note I haven't burned the MPEG2 to DVD and checked it on TV yet

[CommanderXJL]

Thanks for all the help!

[Don2050]

Commander,

What compression are you using to capture the avi file ? and what resolution are you capturing at ? Also, are you using a template in TMPGenc or manually adjusting the settings ? If manually what settings, if a template what template ?

[bugster]

If your source is interlaced, try changing the field order in tmpgenc. Also, ensure you encode to interlaced.

Remember, interlaced material generally looks crap on a PC but will look ok on a TV.

[DJRumpy]

DVD's are rarely interlaced these days. Sports broadcasts, some TV captures, but rarely motion pictures. The actual MPEG is 23.976 frames per second Progressive, and the DVD player telecines it when it spots pulldown flags in the MPEG, adding two interlaced frames (or is it 3..I can never remember), to make it a full 29.96 fps. Do not make your material interlaced, unless it is a true interlaced source.

All of this depends on your source. Is your AVI DivX? These are often ripped from DVD. What FPS is it?

http://www.lukesvideo.com

Look in the 'Classifying Hi-Res' section, so you can understand what your working with. Use the PREVIEW option on any filter in virtual dub (resize is a good one just don't change the size) to step through single frames, and look at your source. It's easy to spot a telecined source. If your source is NOT telecined, then using IVTC on it could have unpredictable results. Look for a series of 3 progressive, and 2 interlaced frames. The interlaced frames will usually have obvious horizontal lines in them.

Also, check into bugsters suggestion on field order. Get it wrong, and it can cause jumpy video.

The optimal config for your final MPEG should be 23.976 with pulldown applied to it (making it appear to be 29.97 to the player). Again, this all depends on what type of source you have.