Dvd to SVCD Conversion Problem: Please Help!!

[bluebolt]

Hi, I have recently been trying to rip Loser from Dvd to SVCD, and have ran into a prob so I was wondering If any one could assist.

The source info in dvd2avi said it was 16:9, Pal, Interlaced as with many other Dvds that I have ripped succesfully. The troble is when I come to encode this using any of the interlace settings I am getting Ghost like interlaced effect around moving people objects etc. on the final output. This happens whilst playing mpeg on cpu through powerdvd and on my stand alone too. I have not got a clue to why this is happening as I have ripped a number of dvds before without this prob.

Only last week I did 51st state which the source was exactly the same as this one I am working on now, and I used the same settings without any probs. The method I have been using is:

Smartripper,

DVD2avi,

Tmpg to make project file (.tpr)

Vfapi conv,

CCE 2.5 to encode pseudo avi file.

All the above worked fine with 51st state and I even tryed just using Tmpg to encode a small portion of the film, But still getting the same result.

Could anybody tell me the right way to transfer this movie onto Svcd with the above source settings so that I can prevent this fro happening.

With Thanks.

[Poplar]

Just my two cents:

The ghost-like effect or macro blocks in fast moving scenes is the weakness of SVCD format. SVCD is excellent when dealing with relatively static scenes. However, when camera pans and scans rapidly or objects move fast, you got a lot macro blocks and picture becomes blurry. For details, read this: http://nickyguides.digital-digest.com/compare-vcd.htm

There isn't much you can do about it. It happens at maximum bitrates, so increasing bitrates doesn't help much. Deinterlacing is effective when you are playing your SVCD on PC monitor, but doesn't improve much on TV.

This is only my opinion. I have to say I haven't encoded too many movies with fast actions and stuff. Maybe others can offer their perspectives.

[bluebolt]

Thanks for your help Poplar, The only thing I might add is that the specific clip of Loser I encoded was at the highrest possible bitrate For Svcd (2520) and it was not a high motion scene it is just happening when people move about etc. I'm not sure weather it's just that movie or not that's giving the problem. I'm just having a blotchy, Ghosty image around the outline of people and objects.