SVCD settings in TMPGenc from DVD Rip

[LoneTango]

I'm having extreme problems doing the conversion process in TMPGenc after I have successfully ripped with SmartRipper and frameserved in DVD2AVI. The encoding goes fine, but my question is:

What are the optimum settings in TMPGenc? Under the MPEG settings, what are your settings under the Video and Advanced tabs? Most important is the Bit rate control mode, where I have no idea what to do. I am also confused about the interlacing and non-interlacing in both tabs?

Can anyone give me your settings or help me with optimum settings to encode to SVCD?

[stimpleton]

i am not a 100% sure but i saw some some TMPGenc templates in the guides section on the www.labdv.com site, or was it this site?anyway search for templates on both and you should find them

[Vejita-sama]

Best is a subjective term. Most people would say:

Click on settings:

1) Under video set motion search to high. Highest just slows down the encode but produces no noticable increase in quaility.

2) Encode method. The default is CBR video=2520kbit/s. This is the max for most standalone DVD players. However, this only allows ~40min/80min CDR. So a lot of people lower the bitrate to get more movie per disc. But lowering the bitrate lowers the quality of the encode. So some people use 2pass VBR when the lower the bitrate 'below some critical value.' 2pass VBR doubles the encode time. Again it's all about trade offs.
Note that if you change the bitrate you're now making an xSVCD. xSVCD doesn't mean better than SVCD, just non-standard.

3) Under GOP turn 'detect scence change' off

Aside - at the same bitrate and resolution MPEG1 looks the same as MPEG2. But MPEG1 is more supported and you can enocde MPEG1 much faster. So a lot of peopel make xVCDs:

352x480 or 480x480, MPEG1, 2pass VBR: min=300, max=2520, ave=1300~2200, audio=128kbit/s, motion search = high.

You can find the needed ave setting useing bitrate calculator. I like to put ~60min/80min CDR (ie. 2 CDRs/movie) and I don't encode the credits. But again, this is all a personal choice. Best quaility? Buy a DVDR drive