Can't create a good SVCD :-((

[Latexcat]

Hy there,

I'm new to the ripping bussines, so I hope the questions are not that stupid

I have an ally mc beal dvd here. I'm using smartripper to move it to harddisk, the dvd2avi to get the m2v file. Then I use vob2audio to extract the wav-file.

To ripped audio is ok and the vob files on the harddrive are ok, too.

NOw I'm trying to get it down to svcd with tmpenc. I tried a few setting which are shown in other posts, but the results are still very bad. I have interlace problems and the video jumps in moving scenes. Maybe it is not possible to get better results - but someone told me, that svcd should result in a quality better than vhs videos. Mine is way worse

I found out, that the quality is better when I code it in ntscfilm format, coding to pal will make the situation even worse. (source was ntsc)

What can I do to get better quality? Or is my situation normal?

Greetings

Cat

[therick]

are you using the SuperVideoCD template provided by TMPEnc? You should not have any interlacing problems...SVCD is interlaced and you should NOT choose De-interlace on the SVCD template.

The jumping video sounds like a field order thing...go to settings->advanced (in TMPEnc) and switch the field order...

You really shouldn't have to change anything on the SVCD template other than field order and how you want to encode...VBR, CBR, etc...

[Latexcat]

I'll try this out in a few minutes ... but what means VBR? CBR? What should I use there ?

Greetings,

Cat

[Shabubu]

Use CBR while your testing, then 2 pass VBR when you've got the method sorted

[Lartrak]

CBR = Constant bitrate. The bitrate will stay more or less the same. This will make the filesize easier to predict but doesn't have the VBR advantages.

VBR = Variable bitrate. Much like DVDs, SVCDs can have a changing bitrate. It will lower in stil scenes, raise in high motion. You can get better looking files in smaller sizes with VBR, but it takes a lot longer and file size is unpredictable.

[Latexcat]

I just recalculated the extra video on Cats and Dogs Pretty good quality. I think I started with the wrong movie. Now I know how good the quality can be. I'll try it in VBR soon (Thanx for the help)

But how can I find out what goes wrong with that ally mc beal stuff? Is there some way to get some hints with this?

Thanx

Cat