How do I get rid of those STINKIN' BLOCK's in the XSVCD's!!

[mickboss]

MAVRICK:
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I didn´t even try to read ALL POSTS but I will try to say something that (eventually) end your PROBLEMS

GET CINEMACRAFT, THEN USE YOUR AVI FILE IN IT AND THEN USE "VARIABLE BIT RATE" 3-PASS WITH MAXIMUM BITRATE 4000 Kbits/sec AND AVERAGE about 3500 KBits/sec. DON´T DO ANYTHING ELSE AND FINAL MPEG-2 FILE WILL PLAY IN YOUR SYSTEM PERFECTLY!!!!!!!

PS: GET CINEMACRAFT 2.6x BECAUSE earlier version do not encode audio with enough quality!

TRY IT and then say something. 8)

[ratt794]

Lots of things have been said here and I am going to clarify some issues:

1) When capturing Analog Hi-8mm tape it is pointless to do it at 720x480 NTSC resolution as Hi8 only has about 3.5 MHz Video Bandwidth. 480 x480 is the best match with 4 MHz Video Bandwidth.

2) DO NOT USE ULEAD'S MPEG FOR CAPTURE - IT IS NOT THAT GOOD.
I noticed you had an All in Wonder Radeon - Use MMC to capture MPEG I-Frame only at a high bitrate like 8000K and use 480x480 resolution with MPEG-1. Turn OFF De-Interlacing to preserve field information. Use this format for edit and final render - then use TMPGenc to do the final MPEG-2 file at 4000K bitrate. The Quality of 480x480 at this bitrate will be incredible and should not be able to distinguish it from the original source tape.

3) MPEG-2 is an extension of MPEG-1 and NOT a Subset - in fact MPEG-1 is a subset of MPEG-2. MPEG-2 has added field based support, 10 bit DCT precision, 4:2:2 support, Multi-Channel 5.1 Audio, Non-Linear Quantinization, and better more efficient motion vector compression (MPEG-1 does not allow this). A MPEG-2 decoder can decode BOTH 1 & 2 while an MPEG-1 decoder can't decode MPEG-2. If encoded properly MPEG-2 should allways be better quality than MPEG-1 at identical settings.

I agree there is no better MPEG Encoder for Quality than TMPGenc 2.53 or 2.54. Speed is slower but good thiongs come to those who wait.

As for your encodes - if you use 480x480 resolution which I recomend then use 3200K for the final bitrate - going higher with TMPG is not needed. I use 720x480 at 5000K VBR max which averages arround 3800K from DV sources and looks great on my 51" HDTV.

[adam]

USE "VARIABLE BIT RATE" 3-PASS WITH MAXIMUM BITRATE 4000 Kbits/sec AND AVERAGE about 3500 KBits/sec. DON´T DO ANYTHING ELSE AND FINAL MPEG-2 FILE WILL PLAY IN YOUR SYSTEM PERFECTLY!!!!!!!

Actually the vast majority of dvd players will not be able to play an xvcd or xsvcd encoded at bitrates that high. Just because it plays in your system that does not mean it will play others.