Skipping with 23fps

[KingWaddleDee]

Is there anyway to stop the skipping during scene transitions? Because even though they're minor, it's still disturbing to watch. The episodes I'm trying to burn to DVD are all 23 FPS, and I have a NTSC Tv. The lowest that can go is 29 if I believe. I use TMPGNCE for my encoding. Also one last thing, is it possible to get higher quality with MPEG's? Because......it's pretty shoddy compared to the AVI right now :/

[junkmalle]

I'm not sure what you mean by skipping. Maybe you are using too high a bit rate? Assuming your sources are 23.976 fps, leave them that way in TMPGEnc, set the ENCODE MODE to 3:2 PULLDOWN WHEN PLAYBACK and the FRAME RATE to 23.976 FPS (INTERNALLY 29.97 FPS).

[Stormin Norman]

Encode to 29.976 or set pull down flags(23.976p -> NTSC 3-2 pulldown). Are you using vcd or dvd templates?

[deh707]

i have this problem to. only if my AVI/XVID source is 23.976fps, i cant seem to convert them to .m2v with tmpgenc without lag.

i used "3:2 pulldown when playback", and "23.976 fps (internally 29.97 fps)"

the resulting video is laggy

then i try "Non-interlace", and "23.976 fps". (then use dgpulldown to convert to 29.97 fps)

the resulting video after tmpgenc is laggy, and the resulting video after dgpulldown is still laggy.

are we/ am i doing something wrong with the settings?

[junkmalle]

i have this problem to. only if my AVI/XVID source is 23.976fps, i cant seem to convert them to .m2v with tmpgenc without lag.

Do you mean audio video sync problems? Maybe the problem is the audio. TMPGEnc doesn't handle VBR audio (from the source) very well. Try exporting the audio as PCM (WAV file) and using that as the audio source.

[KingWaddleDee]

I'm not sure what you mean by skipping. Maybe you are using too high a bit rate? Assuming your sources are 23.976 fps, leave them that way in TMPGEnc, set the ENCODE MODE to 3:2 PULLDOWN WHEN PLAYBACK and the FRAME RATE to 23.976 FPS (INTERNALLY 29.97 FPS).

Thanks. I'll try that tomorrow, but I've spent my whole day just getting the screen size to fit. I eventually got it, but now I'm taking a rest. The part for quality is tomorrow

[KingWaddleDee]

Very sorry for double posting but I have another question about the quality.

During scenes where alot of action is going on, the quality really drops and you can see pixels all around the characters. I was wondering if there was anything I could do that might improve the quality. Thanks in advance.

[ZippyP.]

During scenes where alot of action is going on, the quality really drops and you can see pixels all around the characters. I was wondering if there was anything I could do that might improve the quality.

You need to increase the bitrate. If you're using CBR this will increase the file size, alternatively you could switch to VBR which can allocate more bits to the high action scenes and keep the same file size

[KingWaddleDee]

During scenes where alot of action is going on, the quality really drops and you can see pixels all around the characters. I was wondering if there was anything I could do that might improve the quality.

You need to increase the bitrate. If you're using CBR this will increase the file size, alternatively you could switch to VBR which can allocate more bits to the high action scenes and keep the same file size

Currently it's 1150 bitrate. How much should I increase it to? Because I don't really just want to guess a number like 2000, and keep using up DVD's trying, thanks.

[junkmalle]

Currently it's 1150 bitrate. How much should I increase it to? Because I don't really just want to guess a number like 2000, and keep using up DVD's trying, thanks.

Nobody can tell you. Every video is different. Try using Constant Quality mode and forget about bitrates. Try a quality level around 80. If that's not good enough go higher.

[KingWaddleDee]

I've tried a bunch of settings but my video is still laggy :P. Anyone know why? I've tried everything, even setting the bit rate to 1 to see if it would make a difference, and it's still like that. However, when I play the AVI in WMP it's so much smoother.

[thecrock]

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