SVCD picture problem - please help

[R]

I have been trying to convert an avi file file to svcd for some time now with TMPEGEnc. The resulting MPEG-2 file has great resolution and sharpness, and the sound is also good. It is just that the movie is choppy, sort of stutters every now and then. I suppose it has got something to do with fram rate.

* The avi file has an frame rate at 23.976 so i encode it with NTSCFilm template.
* I use an average bitrate of about 1939 kbit/s (have tried to increase it but it doesn't seem to improve quality).
* I have tried to set "Motion search precision" at both "high quality" and "highest quality".
* + I have tried basically every setting possible in TMPEG.

Is it me doing something wrong or should i try another encodingprog ?
Please send me your views, comments...anything. Everthing will be a help at the moment :)

[Giuliano]

The resulting MPEG-2 file has great resolution and sharpness, and the sound is also good. It is just that the movie is choppy, sort of stutters every now and then. I suppose it has got something to do with fram rate.

Have you checked the bitrate of the MPEG2 file by BitrateViewer.exe?

If the bitrate exceed 2520, the standalone player may loose some frame.

During the last test I've done, I discrovered that some problemes where due to some spikes of bitrate over 2500 (3200!!) , althought TMPGEnc showed to operate at 2500 maximum.
At those frame the player chopped...

Giuliano