help recommended settings to convert to vcd in tmpgenc

[jazzmaster]

anyone can provide the recommended settings to convert saving pri ryan to vcd. i do not want it to be full of pixels during the intense omaha beach scene. spent hours on the net cant seem to find the recommended settings. thanks in advance for your help.

[Bull]

Well I haven't converted saving pri. R. but this is my settings and they work fine for me

TMPGEenc v2.51.33.127
Load: Video-CD
Video Tab:
Motion search precision: Highest Quality (in your case)

Advanced tab:
Video Source type: Non-interlace (progressive)
Field order: (Different from ripper to ripper, foind out for your self)
Source aspect ratio: 4:3 Display

Noise reduction: 20-2-100 (High quality-off, it just blurs it more)
(I have some "Simple color correction" and "Clip frame" on...but thats just me)

Audio tab:
Use Audio edit: Change volume (200) and Normalize (100)

And maby youse tooLame for better audio
And maby try under "Quantize matrix" enable the "soften block noise" (at the bottom). For some people this reduces noise in the picture but in my case it just made it a little bit worse.

Why don't you convert to Divx or SVCD?

Hope it helped

[jazzmaster]

well thanks for the guide! i am trying the encoding now but it seems too long 32hrs. is it natural to be this long? i'm using a p3 600mhz with a 256mb ram and a gf 2 ti graphics card? can anyone tells me why its this long?

[Digifreak2]

This time is normal for your machine and "highest quality". I use "high quality" and notice very little difference in quality but appreciable difference in encode time. Since you have a slower machine, don't try to get the best quality on motion search precision. Try "motion estimate search" to get a good trade off in quality vs. time. It will give decent results but occasional blockiness on high motion scenes. I suggest encoding a clip of any particular scene you are concerned about to see if the quality is up to your standards.

[Bull]

Since it is a hole movie you are encoding I would go with Highest, couse there are alot of action in the movie you are encoding, so I would let it run for the 32 hours.

Also try this: Quanitize Matrix: "Use floating point DCT" I wrete that this should help the movie run more smoothly. You can also try"Soften block noise" (35-35), it should remove some noise in the picture (but don't you this or noise reduction of it's a dvd you are converting). But make a sample of the seen you where complaning about. Make about a 10sek. clip and convert it with some different setting and see hove it turns out.
(If you don't know how it's under Advanced in TMPGE -> Source Range).

Still SVCD is better...but I don't know if its a dvd or VHS rip you have made.

But you ain't worit of the 4gib limit, couse the movie is about 2hours could easyly turn you biggerthen 4gb and the you have a problem if you are running Fat32.

Are you thinking of burning i down?

[jazzmaster]

i rip this from my dvd and want to convert to vcd. i would like to convert it to vcd not svcd cause i dont think the normal vcd player can read svcd.
well thanks for all the help that u guys gave and i'll try it. next month i am going to buy new motherboard and athlon xp 2000. ha ha ha!

[Bull]

Nice, but still the 4Gb limit, so unless you are running NTSF I think you are gonna have a problem.