Encoding SVCD (MPEG) to XviD

[Startropic1]

Ok I have a weird problem. I have an SVCD mpg (MPEG2) and when I try to open it in virtualdubmod or DGIndex it opens in a weird resolution (squished). (the mpeg plays at a proper resolution when I open it in my media players.)

I took a screen shot of what it looks like when I open it in virtualdubmod and DGIndex:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-9/1212022/dgscreen.jpg

It's supposed to be widescreen. Anyone know how to fix this?

the video resolution of the file is 352x480

[setarip_old]

Hi!

1) This is NOT an SVCD. The only resolutions for SVCD are 480x480 or 480x576.

2) What software and procedures did you use to make this CVD ("Chinese Video Disk")?

3) Why don't you simply use the rip of your original DVD to convert DIRECTLY to XviD? Doing so will result in higher quality video output...

[Startropic1]

This SVCD is all I have to work with, and I didn't make it.

The disc has the following folders in its root: EXT, MPEG2, SEGMENT, and SVCD

[Your_Idol]

It doesn’t matter if its SVCD or CVD or whatever, if it opens in virtualdubmod then you can make an xvid out of it. If you are already using dgindex you should use avisynth to do all the work.

From the looks of it, something like this:

# PLUGINS
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")

# SOURCE
mpeg2source("C:\Projects\Movie.d2v", idct=0)

# CROPPING
crop(0,66,352,348)

# RESIZING
LanczosResize(560,320)

You can go for a bigger resolution or smaller if you want, I just picked something in the middle.

Or if you really want to use virtualdubmod it has a resize filter that can do Lanczos and then you can crop the top and bottom off.

The xvid setting I use are here (http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/xvid.html) and I suggest a bit rate about 700.