tmpgenc - how long

[tang]

I have a dvd that is in NTSC format and I need it to be a PAL format so that i can make it into a VCD.

First, I used SmartRipper, then I used DVD2AVI, and ended up with a WAV and a d2v file. The WAV file is 938500KB long and the d2v file is 400KB long.

Next I loaded them into Tmpgenc - it says time remaining 64 hours - sound a little long, and that is for only disc 1, as I split it onto 2 disc2. I used the project wizard - selecting the PAL format template, and everything else is just the default settings.

Hope someone can shed some light on what I'm doing wrong.

Please...........................

[Morloc]

You don't tell us what kind of system you have, your profile is empty, and you don't tell us what settings you chose for TMPEG. Don't expect much of an answer. If you have a slow system, and if you chose highest quality and used some filters in TMPEG, then 64 hours is quite possible.

Morloc

[Tivo Homer]

Tang,

Just to clarify, as I don't want to assume I've totally understood your question...

VCDs can be NTSC or PAL, it depends on your where you live in most cases and what your player can handle. Are you making it PAL, because that's the format your player understands or because you think that's the format a VCD has to be in?

Regardless, Here's how I do it...

If you are looking to take a DVD and move it to VCD, I think the easiest thing to do is use the DVD2SVCD application. There is a quick settings guide at http://www.mrbass.org/dvd2svcd/vcd/ and you can find the bundled software at http://www.dvd2svcd.org/. It's the most automated and easiest way I've found. fyi... Depending on the length of the movie and the speed of your PC, it could take 12 or more hours. Most of that time is TMPGEnc re-encoding.

If it has to be PAL for your player, I believe you can still use DVD2SVCD to automate the process, I'm just not the most knowledgeable on what settings you'd need to change.

Good Luck.

Tivo Homer

[tang]

Thanks Morloc and Tivo - I will have a look at those two sites you mentioned Tivo.

I'm from Australia, so I thought i needed PAL format. My DVD Player (panasonic RV32) is 6 months old, but the TV I'm playing it on is over 20 years old!!!!

My problem is that when I play the shop brought NTSC dvd in my new tv it works fine, but when i put it in my old tv, i get a black and white picture with lines (almost like it needs tracking to fix). I thought that to fix this I needed to change it to PAL.

BUT I have just been reading this site (again) and thought that maybe i could just make the dvd into a vcd, with the NTSC format, and it might work on my old tv without changing the format. What do you or anybody else think??

[Tivo Homer]

Tang,

Afraid I'm not much help from here.

I have however read post before that talk about all the tricks involved in changing frame rates, i.e. NTSC to PAL.

There is a guide on this site, it looks a bit complicated at first glance, but at least it's something.

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

Good Luck

Tivo Homer

[SanderMan]

You can do this with dvd2svcd. There's an option to convert ntsc to pal. I must say that i never used it myself, but check it out.

Get dvd2svcd at http://dvd2svcd.doom9.net/

[donpedro]

Maybe you need just look into your DVD player options (pr on remote) if it can handle NTSC->PAL conversion (my can). It sounds new and not US so you might have one that can do that.