Best way to make VCD! That I found.

[juice]

I finally found the best possible way to make a VCD from DVD.
After 2 years of making them I discovered that a combination of the right settings using DVD2AVI and TMPEGenc.

Use the following.
I use cladDVD 1.70 to rip the movie files only from the DVD.
Then I open DVD2AVI and use the following settings
Video: iDCT Algorithm - IEEE-1180 reference
Field Operation - Forced Film
Color Space - YUV
YUV > RGB - TV Scale

Audio: Track Number - 1
Channel Format - Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital - Decode

Then save project.

Open up project .dv file with TMPEGenc.
I use a VBR at 29.97 NTSC 16:9 Aspect and it comes out
perfect.

Does any body else use this?

[dysfunctional]

how about when u download movies from the net?

avi format...covertig to mpeg -> VCD or XVCD

??

[glinckens]

I always rip my DVD's to VCD with Dolby Surround instead of Dolby Digital. This gives better sound because Dolby Surround can be stored using VCD, and Dolby Digital cannot.
Dolby Digital is converted to stereo, without the 3D effects.