DV Capture to Svcd conversion problem.

[mb571]

A friend is trying to convert a captured DV avi type 1 file to SVCD with TMPGEnc. A short clip we did together turned out great. When he converted a full movie (2 discs, 50 min each) it turned out poorly. When played on a dvd player, it doesn't look pixelly. It looks more like horizontal bars fickering when there is moderate movement. Could this be an interlacing related problem? Does TMPGEnc correctly select interlaced or non-interlaced sources?

Mark

[mb571]

To add to the info: The horizonal bluring, can be seen when selecting the source range in TMPGEnc. The original source was Svideo out of a Satellite receiver, to a Sony handycam, firewire into the PC, and captured with Scenalyzer. I have not seen the original with my own eyes but my friend tells me over the phone that it seems like the problem is not there when watching the captured dv avi with Media Player.

Mark

[Rondo]

In my (limited) experience, TMPGEnc does not add the sort of effects that you describe. I would be looking hard at the quality of the source material.

I have done some (again limited) interlacing testing on a variety of sources & found that the TMPGEnc templates do the job (except for stop motion material like Wallace & Gromit or Chicken Run but that's another story).

[DJRumpy]

It sounds like some sort of interlacing artifact. If your video is for television, leave it interlaced, and set your source as such in TMPGenc. DV is also Bottom field first. Get it wrong, and you'll get jerky video.