better quality when burning a vcd using TMPEnc

[edison007]

i was jus wonderin how can u (if its possible) make vcds from divx movies that look equally the same? Because whenever i encode a divx and then burn it as a vcd, the quality does not look the same as the divx one. Is their anyways to enhance the quality of the vcd when encoding it besides burning it as a svcd? The encoding program I use is TMPEnc. So any advice about this would be helpful, thanks alot

[asdf]

a vcd has fixed settings, so all vcds should have the same quality. if you dont want to make a svcd maybe you could try an xvcd?

[DesiLondonBoy]

whats an xvcd? I have heard of xvcds but dont know what they are?

Jay

[furball6969]

http://www.vcdhelp.com/xvcd.htm

[jermboi]

Why not use an svcd template? Try it even if your dvd player dosn't support svcd. If you encode it svcd with Tmpgenc, then after it is done multiplex the new mpeg with a "mpeg1video-cd non-standard" header, then burn as a normal vcd. This works in my JVC dvd player and has dvd quality picture and awsome stereo sound.

[vitualis]

i was jus wonderin how can u (if its possible) make vcds from divx movies that look equally the same? Because whenever i encode a divx and then burn it as a vcd, the quality does not look the same as the divx one. Is their anyways to enhance the quality of the vcd when encoding it besides burning it as a svcd? The encoding program I use is TMPEnc. So any advice about this would be helpful, thanks alot

VCD at standard settings will be quite lossy and will almost never look "as good" as the original.

If you start with a source that isn't too good in the first place, will will end up looking worse.

If you start with a "perfect" source (e.g., DVD rip or CG animations), then the end result will be pretty good.

With TMPGEnc, try changing the "Motion Search Precision" from "normal" to "slow". This will make TMPGEnc work harder during the encoding phase. It will take longer to encode but the end result will be better.

Since VCD has fixed MPEG encoding settings, there isn't much more you can do to improve the quality. Some people find doing some filtering first (e.g., softening the image) will help improve end video quality.

Regards.

[rey_man001]

hello jermboi,

please advise how to go with this:

"Why not use an svcd template? Try it even if your dvd player dosn't support svcd. If you encode it svcd with Tmpgenc, then after it is done multiplex the new mpeg with a "mpeg1video-cd non-standard" header, then burn as a normal vcd. This works in my JVC dvd player and has dvd quality picture and awsome stereo sound. "

maybe a step by step process would be ok.
thanks in advance....

[tito13kfm]

Ok.. so you've converted your video to SVCD using a wizard/template with TMPGEnc.
Now go to file->MPEG Tools.
Simple Multiplex tab.
Type:MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard)
Browse to get your source MPG.
Set the output to a new MPG file.
Burn using your favorite burn program. (I like nero)

[mats.hogberg]

There's even a guide on the subject: The VCD Header Trick

/Mats