Thought I had it working, but it still says unsupported file type. I edited the reg file w/ the correct path and everything. I think I have a grasp on everything, I just need to do this one step before I can encode with CQ matic.

Make sure you have Directshow Multimedia file reader "unchecked" :!:

-kwag

It is unchecked (now) and readAVS moved to high priority, yet still same error.

Sorry bout the questions. I'm a complete noob with about 10 movies that I need to back up.

Check this thread :!:
http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic....hlight=readavs
Your problem is probably related to CODECS, and the answer is probably there ;)
If not, come back here and we'll keep figuring it out :)

-kwag

Must have been the ffdshow or xvid codecs, cuz it works now. Kwag, you are a god. Thank you very much. Hopefully I don't hit too many more roadblocks.

ha, next step... roadblock.

Ok, I've got all the files, i'm ready to do the whole CQmatic thing. I searched in that thread and can't find anything.

I opened the tpr project, put the movie parameters in (from calcumatic) and click full encode. Then start.

Now it goes through everything, but has been stuck at the "preparing for calibration phase, for like 20 minutes. Any ideas?

cqmatic is not taking the tmpgenc project read the link and did what was said but even it won't take, can anyone tell what should I do

If you are using tmpgenc 2.5x (not 3.x) and save the project as TEXT file, there is no reason why cqmatic would not take it.

You mean to say with a txt extension

TMPGEnc has two options to save projects. One is as a native .tpr project, and the other one is as a tpr "text" project.
Choose the text project option.

-kwag

i have interlaced input video, when i make a kvcd i don't get a smooth video in playback and it gets stuck when I move the slider to some other position.
I used the same scrip in the guide

I suppose the script is designed for progressive content.
If you intend to encode in MPEG1 you must deinterlace your source. If you encode in MPEG2 then you can encode in interlaced.
In both situations the script must be adapted.
http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13768
(eventually http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8678)

problem with size
 

recently I created a kvcd with a image size of 823MB, then the same video I trimmed the bigining and the end to remove the title with tmpegenc, when I used the vcdeasy to make a image, the image size was well bigger around 900MB. Also i noticed when I imported this video it was showing this increased size. What should I do?

Did you care about the muxing mode selected by tmpgenc when you did the trim ? If not, it surely choosed "MPEG1 Video CD" insteed of "MPEG1 Video CD (non standard)".

If that happened you can fix it by simply demuxing then remuxing (correctly this time) the mpeg using tmpgenc.

what I did is, used the same mpeg video file(this was already saved as a non-standard) and cut the first and the last portions to make it smaller, but when I imported it to vcdeasy, after a warning that it's a non-standard the file size jumped.

I understand but look at into the mpeg "merge & cut" tool of tmgenc : the muxing mode can be selected there too ! And if you do not care, tmpgenc select "VCD" whatever the source mode was. That's probably what happened to you.

Demux the (faulty) trimmed mpeg and remux it again in VCD non standard, and the issue should be fixed.

ok thanx
will be back if any probs

Hi

I have follwed the guide and have created the .m1v and .mp2 files. However I am struggling to find a copy of MPlex.

Does anyone know where I can get a copy or an alternative progam I could use.

Many Thanks

dangerousdave30

As explained a little bit above this message ;) you can use Tmpgenc. In File Menu -> Mpeg tool -> simple multiplex.
I never had issues using it, but some people reports problems to read the mpeg on their standalone, so try it first.

Thanks Phil

I must of missed that bit earlier in the post, I'll give it a try

Dave

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.