Encoding and filters using virtualdub

[_Jason_]

Hope i can get some answers to this, its really getting to me.

I use avi_io to capture my movies off cable tv, i capture in 720x480, after i am finished i use virtualdub to remove the fast movements from the movie. I use the following filters to prepare the clip.

de-interlacing, i use blend
resizing the picture to 480x480
if needed smoothing value at 2 or 5, i don't like the smoothing too much, i like to see the details in the pics. when i use smooting i feel like i am wearing glasses. most of the time i dont use smoothing at all

then i save the avi into one file

after i do all of this and i view my movie on the pc it looks pretty good (sometimes).

then i fire up tmpgenc and open my single avi file and choose my svcd template (not film) and then let it run. Now after i do all of this, when i view the mpeg it sometimes looks okay on the pc, other times i can see artifacts and stuff. lots of times i will still see the motion blur of the fast movement.

Now for the test, if i like the way it looks on the pc i burn using nero as svcd. but when i look at it on my apex 5131, i can see artifacts, at times i can still see the motion blur from the fast movements.

My thoughts are, why in the world can i not get an svcd or vcd right. i download a lot of them off the web and they all look good when i play them on my player. how come i can't create a good looking svcd.

This is really getting to me, can someone give me any advice on how to create good looking svcd or vcd. Whenever i capture using mmc 8.1 in vcd or svcd, i seem to have better luck, but i want to do it manually with capturing the avi files.

I really need some help, can some of you folks help me out.

i use the ati 8500dv card to capture using s-video
i have over 1gb of ram
i capture on a 73 gb scsi drive that is 10k rpm


thanks in advance

[DJRumpy]

Some of this depends on the options you select in TMPGenc as well. If your source is telecined, you should try inverse telecine to remove the interlaced frames, and return your source back to it's FILM framerate. If your source is not telecined, then you should also consider leaving it interlaced. This is an option, unless you plan to view these on a PC.

[_Jason_]

Thanks for the help DJRumpy, i always followed this guide here.

http://httpd.chello.nl/~j.keuning2/videocd/en/index.html

I am trying the inverse telecine that you mentioned to see if it makes a difference, when my file stays in the avi format it looks good on the pc. But once i convert to mpg it does not look so good anymore, either on the pc or stand alone player.

Can you tell me if there are any steps missing from the guide that i posted? I have seen mention of frameserving from time to time.


Thanks.

[DJRumpy]

The method listed here simply tries to deinterlace your material. It does not try to inverse telecine it. To do a quick inverse telecine, open theAVI in VirtualDub, and from the Video menu, select "Frame Rate"

Select "No Change", "Process All Frames", and "Reconstruct From Fields - adaptive". Save a new avi, or frameserver file (if your frameserving). The resulting file should be 23.976 frames per second. You should do this only if your source is telecined.