hi i have followed this quide closely but am now stuck as there is no valid link to get MPlex anyone know where i can get this

Here ya go!
http://www.kvcd.net/downloads/mplex.exe

-kwag

hi when i run CQmatic all i seem to be getting is a small video file at the end which doesnt work when multiplexed its just sound i get is there closer instructions on how to use cqmatic because i cant be doing it rite

The instructions are in the message where you can download the tool. There :
http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5145

Having a problem, with the steps outlined, i'm sure i'm doing something wrong.

The source is a 16:9, NTSC Interlaced dvd, with Top Frame field order

Ripped the DVD onto my HD easily enough, then made the .d2v project file with DGIndex 1.4.9

Calculated a CQ value of 90 and got the avg bitrate i wanted from Calcumatic

Problem: When I try to encode it though using TMPGEnc, it says the movie is only 240 frames.

This is the script I'm using, part from the optimal scripts and the guide for interlaced sources made by Boulder.

## DLL Section ##
#
LoadPlugin("C:\KVCD\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\KVCD\asharp.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\KVCD\UnDot.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\KVCD\Unfilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\KVCD\STMedianFilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\KVCD\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
#
####
## Main section and static filters ###
#
Mpeg2Source("C:\Felafel\felafel.d2v")
KernelBob(order=1,sharp=true,threshold=7)
AssumeFrameBased()
#
BicubicResize(720,360,1/3,1/3,0,0,720,480)
AddBorders(0,56,0,64)
AssumeBFF()
undot()
asharp(1, 4)
STMedianFilter(3, 3, 1, 1 )
MergeChroma(blur(1.5))
MergeLuma(blur(0.1))
SeparateFields()
Weave()
SelectEvery(4,1,2)
#
#

## Linear Motion Adaptive Filtering ##
#
# ( Portions from AviSynth's manual )
# This will apply variable temporalsoften
# and variable blur.
# Both filters are active at all times, and work inversely proportional to the
# activity, measured from current frame to next frame.

ScriptClip(" nf = YDifferenceToNext()" +chr(13)+ "unfilter( -(fmin(round(nf)*2, 100)), -(fmin(round(nf)*2, 100)) ).TemporalSoften( fmin( round(2/nf), 6), round(1/nf) , round(3/nf) , 1, 1) ")

#




## Functions ###

function fmin( int f1, int f2) {
return ( f1<f2 ) ? f1 : f2
}

#
####

I have an inkling that the problem is the .d2v file, but I'm not really sure how I could have screwed that up. Help?

240 frames mean a 10 seconds long video, and that is the result of avisynth generating such a clip to display an error message.

Open the script in a media player (or in virtualdubmod) and you will be abble to read that error message, and to fix it.

Note: the value CQ=90 found by CQmatic is probably wrong, as the prediction probably ran on that 10sec error message clip instead of the real video.

Your script is also incorrect if the source really is interlaced. The motion adaptive part needs to be before SeparateFields().

There's also a tweak or two that should be done..I should also post the latest smart bob developments in the interlaced material guide.

Thanks Dialhot, found it fairly easily, thanks for that piece of info.

Boulder - Yeah i now see the effects of not putting separate fields in after the adaptive motion filtering, thanks for that, would really appreciate an updated guide to make these even prettier.

You both rock

See the guide's last couple of posts, I just added YADIF there.