Great Quality AVI to VCD?

[skip2mylou]

hey everybody,
i have had a CD containing a movie on it and i decided to transfer it to a VCD. the thing is that this movie has excellent quality on a computer and i dont wanna risk any quality loss if i transfer it to VCD. also the files are in AVI format, and i cant seem to get them to VCD in that format. at first i thought of using TMPGEnc to encode it to mpeg, but was afraid of quality loss, so i am basically asking is if anybody can please direct me to a good software which can make the files capable of going onto a VCD w/o risking quality. all posts are welcome and thanx to all.
-skip2mylou

[ZippyP.]

First off, you cannot make a VCD from an AVI unless you convert it into a VCD compliant mpeg.

Second, VCD is not excellent quality because of it's low resolution. Sub-VHS at best.

Third, TMPGEnc is a good quality encoder so you can go ahead and make your VCD with it. Don't expect it to be as good as your source, it's not possible with VCD.

[skip2mylou]

hey thanks for your reply,
u said that i need to convert my AVI to an MPEG right, so which is the best software for that?
-skip2mylou

[mysticgohan17]

I'd convert to SVCD. The quality wont be noticably worse, but it will look better than VCD. Follow this guide for good results.

[ZippyP.]

u said that i need to convert my AVI to an MPEG right, so which is the best software for that?

As stated.....

TMPGEnc is a good quality encoder so you can go ahead and make your VCD with it.

Here's a guide.

SVCD is better than SVCD if your DVD player will play it. Not sure? Look it up in the "DVD players" section over there <-<-<-.

[skip2mylou]

ok thanx everyone
heres wat i did, i opened TMPGEnc and i clicked the browse button and slected my file and then it gives me a window saying my file cannot be opened or is not supported, what would you advise?
-skip2mylou

[ZippyP.]

...what would you advise?

I advise you to click on my link for TMPGEnc problems, see above or below.