If you really want to get rid of the borders, remove the overscan=2 bit from your GripCrop line. Those borders won't show up on a TV though, so if you plan on viewing this on a TV, you should leave them in.

Hi all,

I've just started to do my 1st divx2kvcd, and went through the guide ok.

I've finished the encoding, burnt to CD and plays and looks superb on my Phillips Q50 DVD player!! But in ToK i kept the settings as MPEG1 - VCD, should i do MPEG2 - SVCD? surely this will be better quality correct?

What i would like to also know is how do i go about converting a movie with the new skvcd template using this method?

Thanks for the great guides and help on this site, much appreciated!

look forwards to a response

TheDJ®

Not necesarily MPEG-1 looks better than MPEG-2 at low bit rates. All the templates share the same Q. Matrix and GOP (except the KDVD templates). Just select 352x480 in ToK and select MPEG-2. This will be the same as if you chose SKVCD template manually

-kwag

Hi kwag, thx for your reply & info ,very much appreciated!

I'm absolutely buzzng from these conversions, PC's doing overtime! lol

I noticed on my 1st converion the movie came out full screen, how would i go about making a nice widescreen version (16:9) please?

Also for the skvcd setting in tok, after selecting mpeg2 & Res., do i then select svcd or vcd.

Cheers

TheDJ®

Hi there,
can anyone give me a web site which has free movie for download (movie trailer is good enough), I want to have a test on the converting method and see if I can do it correctly before paying for whole movie download. Thanks in advance!

Will this help http://www.cinenow.com/fr/vobtrailer.php3

-kwag

Kwag,
It is all VOB files, VirtualDub does NOT support VOB, right? May be I did not make it clear, I want Mpeg-4 sample file. Thanks!

One other thing kwag,

i burnt the movie last night using nero, burnt fine and played ok except for the movie kept freezing now n then which did spoilt viewing. What would u advise on doing please? I burnt on my drives maximum speed (x16) , maybe i should try lowering it, wot do u think?

Cheers
TheDJ®

No!, Vdub_MPEG-2_AC3 Mod does support MPEG-2 (VOBs, etc.) Then go here: http://www.divxter.com/trailers/

-kwag

Have you burned the KVCD compatibility CD, to fiind out what resolutions work on your player

-kwag

Hi kwag, thx will give the kvcd compatability CD a go.

One other thing m8, i tried extracting the audio from an xvid using virutaldub and came up with an error message saying: no decompressor found? Was fine with previous movie?

Also, i found that NTSC KVCD's play better on my DVD than the PAL KVCD, so will probably go for ntsc. How do i configure it to make NTSC's?


Cheers
TheDJ®

I've tested most templates, they all freeze in parts during movie play back on dvd player, i dont know what to do??

I was also a bit confused with the black prince guide for divx to vcd. I wanted to make a skvcd, but was puzzled with the templates in moviestacker, and couldnt locate which one was for skvcd? I did try selecting svcd in main page on moviestack, but wasnt sure if this would work?!

I have just done a divx to vcd, and was upset with quality, very blurry and blocky I wasnt sure where i went wrong?

The divx video info:

res: 608 x 320
fps: 23.976

Heres my script;

#==============================================#
# -= AviSynth script by MovieStacker v1.1.1 =- #
#==============================================#

LoadPlugin("D:\Make-KVCD\MovieStacker v1.1.1\MovieStacker\Filters\MPEG2Dec.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\Make-KVCD\MovieStacker v1.1.1\MovieStacker\Filters\TemporalCleanerOld.dll ")
LoadPlugin("D:\Make-KVCD\MovieStacker v1.1.1\MovieStacker\Filters\GripFit_preview.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\Make-KVCD\MovieStacker v1.1.1\MovieStacker\Filters\DustV5.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\Make-KVCD\MovieStacker v1.1.1\MovieStacker\Filters\LegalClip.dll")

AviSource("D:\Emule Movies\may.limited.dvdscr.xvid-showtime.avi")
LegalClip()
GripCrop(352, 240, overscan=1, source_anamorphic=false)
GripSize(resizer="BilinearResize")
PixieDust()
TemporalCleaner()
GripBorders()
LegalClip()



Heres my log;

ToK Log: D:\Emule Movies\May avi script.avs
==================================================

Resolution (fps):352x240 (23.976 fps)
Total Frames: 133548
Total Time : 01:32:50
--------------------------------------------------

Audio Size: 89,120,256
Required Video Size: 709,420,921

Factor: 59.939998626709
Desired Sample Size: 11,835,518

--------------------------------------------------
Prediction: 1st Group of Passes
--------------------------------------------------

Pre-Pass
Next CQ: 60.000
Sample Size: 4,650,350

NextCQ: 152.705 >=90, so check is needed
Next CQ: 90.000
Sample Size: 7,729,690

NextCQ: 137.806 >=90 once again, a more detailed check is needed
Next CQ: 90.000
Sample Size: 6,697,517
Final CQ: 90.000
Total Time For Predicition: 00:02:05


==================================================
Encoding D:\Emule Movies\May avi script.avs
==================================================

Encoding... CQ : 90.000
Final Encoded Size: 403,842,246
Finished

As you can see, the movie size is small, and there is alot of space for quality improvement, i've done something wrong, but dont know wot?!?

yes vdub does support vobs but it has to be through d2v file linked in a avs script.

Not with VirtualDub-MPEG2 v1.5.1
You can open VOBs directly with this version. Get it here: http://es.geocities.com/dextstuff/

-kwag

I'm not on about mod version kwag, I have v1.5.2.0 of the normal vdub and it opens avs scripts linked to a d2v file and opens fine. I didn't know there was a new version of vdub so haven't tried it, I will d/l it and see.

It works great Andy
Try it out

-kwag

@ Kwag..

Are there any OTHER divX movie/trailer D/L's around that you might know
about ??

..cause, the link you supplied, gives me a "page cannot display" error,
even when I "refresh" as they suggest.

I would really appreciate any GOOD links you or anyone else here can
provide me, but if not, not to worry about it

Thanks guys
-vhelp

Check here: http://www.nfsxtreme.com/downloads.shtml

-kwag

only site I know is :http://www.empiremovies.com/trailers.shtml nut the majority of the trailers linked there are in mov format, there are some mpeg and rm trailers but no divx trailers (sorry).

everyone ignored me ....

Maybe my post was too long? lol