picture quality

[Rick001_1999]

Here is the current process I use to convert AVI files. I Run them through TMPGEnc and convert them to mpeg and then burn them to a cdr with easy cd creator 5. My problem is when I go to play them on my dvd player on my digital tv the picture is blurry and looks shitty but the sound is great. Is there any way I can fix the picture quality????

[Vejita-sama]

You say AVI files, but I suspect that they are DivX files (MPEG compressed files d/loaded from various sources). It's hard to get a good VCD encode from a DivX source. DivX files are often encoded at odd resolutions and low bitrates. I've seen 90min movies compressed to 20MB DivX files, and you can't recover the quaility from that (despite what it looks like on the PC). But you can try:

1) Increasing the resolution (make an xVCD at 352x480 or 480x480)
2) Increasing the bitrate. VCD video bitrate is 1150kbit/s, increasing leads to better quaility but means less movie (runtime) per CDR.
3) Try 2pass VBR encode
4) Set motion search to high

Remember thou, GIGO so... For comparison try a DVD rip as your source The source makes all the difference.