Xvid to (S)VCD and ive read the how to's

[SenseiJinxer]

Ok ill start at the problem i get and tell you what ive done to try and prevent this.

While putting an Xvid file in tmpgenc and setting it to fit on one 80 min disc i end up with a ,assive over 1GB file can you experts tell me why.

This is what ive done so far.
1. Just put the Xvid in tmpegenc and changed the VFAPI settings to how it was shown in 1 how to.
2. Used Virtualdub to extract sound which was suppose to be an ac3 file but when i went to change the file name it still reads it as a WAV file and i can not converts in the ac3tool program. Gspot reads the file as mpeg layer 3 audio file.
Also virtualdub comes up with a message saying it has found an improper VBR audio encoding in the source etc etc im sure you guys reconise the message.
3. the Xvid is 23.976 fps and i want to have 25fps so i tried the how to where u use the video file and save as no sound also rip the sound out and convert with timewarp in goldwave, and then change the FPS in virtualdub with the none sound file, then dub the 2 new files together then encode.

As you can see i am having some probs, if this fails i am gonna move my sofa into my office an watch the film from my PC lol

Anyway hope you can help me, and explain why Xvid was brought out as it seems to be a bit of a topic on here anyway

Thanks in advance

SenseiJinxer

[tompearson]

You need to choose full processing in Vdub, decide if you want to downsample at this stage and save wave file out as ***.ac3. Once the audio stream is saved go into explorer and remove the .wav extension so that it still reads ***.ac3.

Then run the file through headac3e and save out the true wave. Use this as your audio fiel.

Personally I have just used DVD2SVCD version 1.1 build 1. (new version doesn't work with XVID) and I put the XVID file in at one end with MP3 vbr sound and a few hours later I had 2 perfect bin/cue files for SVCD quality. I used 2 pass VBR and CCE as my encoder.

I have tried TMPG and it took 3 hours longer but quality looked better. This might be because I used CBR instead of VBR in video encoding. It took about 3 hours longer.

I hope this helps, PM me or mail me if your still stuck.

Tom

[bugster]

2. Used Virtualdub to extract sound which was suppose to be an ac3 file but when i went to change the file name it still reads it as a WAV file and i can not converts in the ac3tool program. Gspot reads the file as mpeg layer 3 audio file.

What do you mean 'supposed to be AC3? If gspot says the audio is mp3, then it is mp3. If vdub says it is VBR, the simply sav out from vdub as uncompressed wav, no further processing required.

I would suggest encoding at 23.97fps, at least first time, to check you can get sync correct etc. Before converting to Pal, ensure that your TV/DVD player can't handle NTSC, most PAL TV's are multisystem and (AFAIK) all 'PAL' DVD players will also handle NTSC formatted disks. They either output NTSC signals or Pal-60 (60 fileds or 30 frames per second PAL), some are user switchable through menus. Honestly, NTSC to PAL conversion is not actually required by many people.