Newbie VCD Question! Help!

John, I didn't know what to put in the encoder line since I don't have cinema
craft or tmp so I put in the nero dvd mpeg2 plugin but I don't think it worked
since the log has stopped! The log says:
WNASPI32.DLL 0.0.0.0
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- 1/2/2004 1:29:43 AM
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2SVCD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- C:\Documents and Settings\Candy\My Documents\My
Music\Gothika.(APX).DivX.TS.DaDuck\Gothika.(APX).D ivX.TS.DaDuck.avi
Initializing finished.

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- 1/2/2004 1:29:46 AM
- Free on drive C: 29911.02 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Audio extraction finished.

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- 1/2/2004 1:31:11 AM
- Free on drive C: 29823.80 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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- 1/2/2004 1:31:13 AM
- Free on drive C: 29823.79 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting MP2 to WAV. Filename: C:\Program
Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
Executing MADPlay (mp2 to wav). Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\MADPlay\madplay.exe" --quiet
--output=wave:"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2.wav"
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa"
Conversion (mp2 to wav) of C:\Program
Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa finished.


Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program
Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2.wav" -output
"C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp 2" -logfile
"C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.lo g" ) -ota( -g max ) -shibatch(
--rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 1/2/2004 1:40:19 AM
- Free on drive C: 28743.82 mb
- Converting Pictures
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Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultTitlepicture.bmp
Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
Finished converting pictures
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- 1/2/2004 1:40:30 AM
- Free on drive C: 28742.92 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Read beyond end of file The operation completed successfully


Should I have put in my divx codec in that encoder line? Maybe I should have
download that tmp thing. I'm eager to get this thing working.


Candy

On 02 Jan 2004 06:04:29 GMT, ojunk
(LADYAUSSIEFAN) wrote:

Nice suggestion for dvd burner but I just bought my 2.4 ghz laptop and I'm not
about to buy a dvd burner right now. Hopefully in the future.

I got mine for $103. Actually much less cause I sold my old one.
The DVD burners are dropping like crazy. Ive seen tons of $70-90 deals
after rebate this Xmas. Some have gotten even lower priced deals in
the US.

Havent looked into KVCD cause there arent any automatic front ends i
know of and I dont want to hassle guessing which players can play it
and which cant. The SVCDs all the players I have and the people I know
have play them easily. The only one that didnt was a really old
panasonic the newer ones can play them. And it wasnt that they couldnt
play SVCDs but CDRs. You had to burn them on CDRWs which I hate.

Most flicks fit on 2 cdrs so it isnt that bad.

On 02 Jan 2004 06:50:30 GMT, ojunk
(LADYAUSSIEFAN) wrote:


D/L Tmpg enc.

http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html


Dont use the NERO one.

It converts it to mpeg and
then splits it to fit on CDRs and then even outputs cue/bins ready to
to burn as well as keeps the mpeg files.

ok it split it but how do I burn the bin and cue files?


Candy
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I'm disappointed with dvd2svcd conversation because it made an mpeg file that
windvd cannot play but only real one player. The audio tracks are seperate and
don't even play with the mpeg itself. I'm totally confused by this and it was
much easier doing this in Nero ultra. I don't even know how to burn the two bin
files of the movie or the cue files.


Candy

From the Nero file menu - burn image. Select the cue.

--

Graham Mayor



LADYAUSSIEFAN wrote:
It converts it to mpeg and
then splits it to fit on CDRs and then even outputs cue/bins ready to
to burn as well as keeps the mpeg files.

ok it split it but how do I burn the bin and cue files?


Candy
For Lambert Fans or VC fans
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Offici...artwright/join

On 02 Jan 2004 13:29:59 GMT, ojunk
(LADYAUSSIEFAN) wrote:

I'm disappointed with dvd2svcd conversation because it made an mpeg file that
windvd cannot play but only real one player. The audio tracks are seperate and
don't even play with the mpeg itself. I'm totally confused by this and it was
much easier doing this in Nero ultra. I don't even know how to burn the two bin
files of the movie or the cue files.


cue /bins are easy.

You just load the cue and it burns.
Under File/OPen a dialog box opens up and then choose file type - a
list drops down and you see CUE -IMAGE etc.

Choose that and you see your cue listed in the above box. Click on the
cue and it set to go.

In fact just associate CUE files with NERO and you just click on a CUE
file with file manager and a NERO will pop open and be ready to go.


Something is wrong if the sound and video is separate, Sure it does
separate them since the sound has to be prepared and video for SVCD
compatiblity.

After that it COMBINES them again as regular MPEG2 files.
In the directory you chose to dump all that in - MAKE DIRECTORY just
for that junk and then point the prog to it.

Under MISC tab - DEFAULT OUTPUT FOLDER point it to the director you
created - like VIDEO TEMP or VIDEO files, And after you are done wipe
it clean , delete all after moving only the cue/bins or mpg to another
folder, It gets all messed up if you leave old stuff and then rip
something else too.

Youlll see tons of junks files in there - inclluding the separate
files dv and sound but youll see plain old MPG files - one for each
BIN/CUE set that has sound and pics.

The mpgs are Mpeg2s so unless you have the right codecs they might not
play. They should play with any standard player.

Theres a LOT of weirdness hassles with video files - codecs not
installed, codec conflicts, software not working with various formats
etc etc. Thats what I hate about video.

cue /bins are easy.

You just load the cue and it burns.
Under File/OPen a dialog box opens up and then choose file type - a
list drops down and you see CUE -IMAGE etc.

John, I did the cue burn and you were right it was incredibly easy! I set it to
burn at 12x speed and it with the avi burn way it took over an hour but with
the cue burn it took minutes! The only thing is...How come there are no
letterbox black bars on both svcd cdr's??? I compared my first two cdr's of the
movie and they were converted from the avi with the divx codec. It has the
letterbox bars on it. The new cue image burn is FULL SCREEN but appears to show
the same amount as the letterbox but I'm not sure. Am I seeing the full image?
How do I get dvd2svcd using tmp encode to be letterboxed or should I not
bother? I'm very pleased with the cue image svcd's and the quality is better
than the avi burn.


Candy
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About the letterbox, I see now where it says aspect ratio, it says no borders
encoded at 4:3
Than the second option is 16:9 encoded at 4:3, should I use that to get the
letterbox affect? I do not have a tv that is anamorphic or supports the 16:9
size, it's just regular standard 4:3 I believe. If I encode with the SECOND
Aspect ratio option will the picture be all stretched and wierd?


Candy

On 02 Jan 2004 14:51:18 GMT, ojunk
(LADYAUSSIEFAN) wrote:

About the letterbox, I see now where it says aspect ratio, it says no borders
encoded at 4:3
Than the second option is 16:9 encoded at 4:3, should I use that to get the
letterbox affect? I do not have a tv that is anamorphic or supports the 16:9
size, it's just regular standard 4:3 I believe. If I encode with the SECOND
Aspect ratio option will the picture be all stretched and wierd?

Candy


You know I cant remember but if the source is like that - I think you
keep it as letter boxed or it comes out weird. If the source is full
screen then you make it full screen.

You can obviously see it when you play the DVD or the Avi.
Thats the way I usually have it set.

If you dont have it set right it does come out weird.

The other big problem is when you get rips from other people who do it
some odd format. Youll all kinds of weird formats. Of course thats all
relative. I often find some files from Europe to be weird since they
use PAL and other formats and of course they might find some US
formats a pain in the ass. But some formats - you dump them into
TMPGenc.DVD2svd and they dont come out right. You have to tweak them
or do a major conversion. They can look like they come out OK but when
you try to play them on many players they wont play or theyll be all
messed up.