Regarding SVCD codecs in relation to Tmpegenc

[Kevlin]

This forum has been so helpful to me in the past so I decided to reach out once again.

I take scenes from movies and put together a quiz every month that we show at the local cinema. Up until now I haven't been able to use SVCDs since I get the "unsuported" message in Tmpgenc. I have followed the instructions in the known problem section so I know that it's a codec problem. I used AVIcodec to see what codecs I used.

The list was long but I cant find any codec called MPEG-2. Here is my question:

When I look up MPEG-2 codec on the Tmpgenc page the comments says that its poor and I should use the codecs that comes with programs like Power DVD. I have Power DVD installed and I can watch SVCDs flawless on my computer in a variety of viewers like DIVX plater, media player, winamp etc. Is there something else I need to do to activate the SVCD codec for Tmpgenc to use?

/K

[celtic_druid]

TMPGEnc only supports some MPEG2 dshow decoders, although I thought that they cyberlink one was one of them.

You could also use the MPEG2 VFAPI plugin or DGIndex.

[Kevlin]

I installed the VFAPI decoder but Tmpgenc still doesnt recognise SVCD files. Why is SVCD so hard to decode? It's frustrating to to be able to use it.

[jimmalenko]

This one ?
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=TMPGEnc_MPEG2_Plugin

The PowerDVD one works well for me, or I frameserve using DGIndex, DGMPGDec or DVD2AVI. You may need to raise the priority of either the Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder or the D2V file project readers.

[Kevlin]

OMG!!

It works. I deeply thank you all att this forum for being patient with us newbies. /bow

/Kev