Questions about converting from AVI to VCD....

[Laphayette]

I was just wondering what settings people use
when they encode AVI's to mpeg with TMPGEnc(v 2.53)? Right now I use the following and it works well enough(most, if not all of the vcd's I encode are Farscape eps I d/l from the newsgroup):

Video CD : NTSC Film

Video Type : Non - Interlace
Field Order : Top Field First (field A) *
Aspect Ratio : VGA 1:1
Content of Video : Film Movie *

* = Won't let me change these options.

Source range, Clip Frame, Noise Reduction are all not checked.

In the Other settings(also the advanced settings) I've never touched them. In the Video tab I can't
change a thing, and the rest confuses me a bit.

I watch VCD's on a Pioneer DV-333 DVD player and a Phillips 27" TV and with Audio going
through a Pioneer 5.1 dobly reciever.

Now I have noticed on some of my vcd's that the picture jumps a bit, not on every disk, but some. As well I notice sometimes that the picture quality can be sub par. Is this because of the settings that I use or is it the original avi file?


The other problem I encounted just now. I went to convert an AVI file that's 356 megs, with 43 min. of viewing time in my media player, but when I went to convert it with TMPGEnc and it claims that the file will require more than 1 cd, and that the length of the show is now 114 min. Now this is about the 12th file of the same series that I've gone to decode, and it worked great in the past, but now someting is going wrong. I tried 4 different AVI files and each time I had the same results.
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

Laph

[banjazzer]

You should choose PAL, NTSC or NTSC(film) template depending on the framerate of the original. 8) Load into Virtualdub or use Aviinfo to get the relevant information.

[QwSxCV]

naturally if the avi file is bad quality then the converted file wont b much better. however if the avi file is very good quality as most rips are these days, then tis probably ur tmpeg settings.
ive got a pioneer dv-343 and the best vcd settings that work with mine r

after selecting videocd pal, ntsc, ntscfilm > unlock
settings > video tab:-
rate control mode = 2-pass vbr (minimum = 900, enable padding)
vbv buffer = 100
motion search precision = highest
When i do this i always get a damn good vcd.

with ur 43 min avi that turned out to b 114min in tmpgenc. ive had a similar problem where tmpeg would just add about an hr of black screen... if u preview before you encode then it should show a few minutes of black screen after the movie, i just start converting and abort right at the end of the movie b4 it adds the black screen.

[man_friday]

if you go to TMPGENC->TEMPLATE->EXTRA and select unlock.mcf while you are in TMPGENC you will be able to change all your settings.