Having trouble with ttools Tutorial

[timmy_boi]

Hey can someone help me with creating vcd stills with this damm program TSCV, hmm yea i downloaded vcdimager and tmpge. but it seems that tscv cant find it and when it does (on friends comp) i try the step by step process with creating the still
heres how it goes:

"1. first open mspaint to load up the appropriate image size for the vcd still and then load up any images that fit in that size."

well first off TSCV coulnt even find my mspaint so i jus did it manually jus by checking the size from the template.

"2. load up TMPGEnc to encode the bmp."

Well i clicked on the encode button on TSCV and it first asked me to load up the bmp and then ask for waht name i wanted it to be saved as. after that all it did was open my c:// drive.?? thats it?
well i also tried to do this manuelly by jus opening up TMPGEnc by itself and loading up the bmp and then creating a *.M1V file.

"then use TSCV to patch blah blah the file"

I tried loading up the *.M1V file but it cant find it because it is looking for video streams

sigh any help or any mistakes im doing wrong plese let me know ive been tryin to create a CLEAR MPEG still that i can use for menus and i havent gotten a clear answer yet.

thanx
tim

[kid07]

when you first use TSCV, click on settings tab...

on the bottom, you have to specify where TMPGEnc and VCDImager is. You will also have to either download the CDI folder, or if you have Nero, copy the CDI folder into the directory where TSCV is. That will enable you to use TSCV for VCDs. Once you have your CDI folder in your TSCV folder, the VCD option in the settings tab should light up (whereas its dimmed out without CDI folder).

Set up the settings tab first. select VCD, select either PAL or NTSC (depends on ur mpeg), and in the box, put the framerate (25 or 29.97).

Now you are pretty set to create ur menu still.
create a bitmap with resolution 352x240.
go to stills tab and call up TMPGEnc to encode your bitmap.
a prompt will ask you to find your bitmap.
then another prompt will ask to what filename to save your encoded image.
then TMPGEnc will do its work.
once finish you can close TMPGEnc... then go back to TSCV and click on button to patch your encoded image.

now, i believe there's a small bug in TSCV at this moment.
go to the directory where your encoded image is. let's say i named my stream test.mpv
after i patched it, TSCV is suppose to patch it and rename it rename it to test.mpg.
but TSCV doesn't seem to do that for me, but anyhow... if u don't see a .mpg file, just rename your .mpv file to a .mpg file. It's still a valid vcd still.

If this method doesn't work, i know of another method... but requires the use of a hex-editor... also a little hacky. Let me know if you need more assistance.

[Dethroner]

The process of stills creation described in TSCV is for SVCD!
With (X)VCD the process is more complicated. VCD stills indeed contain two elementary streams, 352x288 and 704x576 for PAL, 352x240 and 704x480 for NTSC.

To create them, you need to:

1. create two versions of your images for specified resolutions (for NTSC, this means 352x240 and 704x480)

2. encode each image in .M1V using TMPGEnc. Encoding parameters are:
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Frame rate: 25 fps (PAL), 29,97 fps (NTSC)
Rate control mode: CBR, 8000 bps
VBV buffer size: 0 (automatic)
GOP structure: I pictures only
Stream type: Video only

3. multiplex two .M1V's into a single .MPG using TMPGEnc, just go to menu File -> MPEG Tools and select the Multiplex tab, click the Add button and add your .M1V files, low-resolution first then high-resolution second. Select type as MPEG-1 VideoCD and click Run.

4. Patch resulting .MPG file stream IDs. First, 0xE1 to 0xE2, then from 0xE0 to 0xE1. This can be done with hex editor, as I've got it, all the occurences of 00 00 01 E1 must be replaced with 00 00 01 E2, then all occurences of 00 00 01 E0 replaced with 00 00 01 E1.

This is a complicated process, but I have found a kind of automated conversion description and tools in the forum here: http://www.vcdhelp.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=54139&forum=1

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[timmy_boi]

Thanks guys sheesh y wasent this stated in the tutorial

but I followed all the way till the "patching" of the result mpeg, and was wondering to Dethroner if i could still use TSCV to patch the file?
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[Dethroner]

Hi, it's been a long time!
Sorry for long delay, had some problems with ISP

About "patching", I have found that unpatched stills work on my DVD player (Panasonic RV-31), but I suspect, this is not guaranteed with other players. Nevertheless, you always can try it.

TSCV patches only 0xE0 to 0xE1, but doesn't patch 0xE1 to 0xE2. It means, that it will patch only hi-res part of your still.

[timmy_boi]

well i did a patching with tscv only and got the mpeg. Tried to create the bin file with Vcdimager and got the error saying that i dont have a valid mpg. so i did a scan with vcdxminfo and it doesnt specify it as a still either so i donno is there a nother way to patch this baby?

thanx

[sunmiztres]

MartyMizah made a great guide on this and he deals with vcd, check it out
http://www.vcdhelp.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=60806&forum=1&32


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[timmy_boi]

Dethoner

I found an hex editor and did all the replacements of both codes using the find and replace command, but then with the resulting mpg, i tried playing the file in media player and all i get is a green screen?

I followed your steps exactly, and also using the hex editor to "patch" the file but still no prevail

any help?