I've nearly given up. LOTR Retail SVCD -> DVD-R

[redfive19]

I have been trying unsuccessfully for weeks now to encode the 4 cd SVCD of LOTR to a fully DVD compliant video. I have done numerous searches on numerous forums, including this amazing forum, and have not been able straighten this out. I have just about every tool one would need to do this. Here are some of the methods I have used:

Keep this in mind: the audio has been rencoded to 48hz and has been combined correctly and every bit of video looks perfect on the svcd's so it's not a source problem.

1. Went through the SVCD on DVD-R guide here except rencoded to DVD video in TMPEGEnc. When I merged the files together, the audio is completely out of sync while the video is fine (no jumpiness at all).

2. I then did the DVD2AVI method. I open the d2v in TMPEGEnc, encode it, and it works. Then when I bring it into SpruceUp, the audio and video are in sync EXCEPT when the 3rd CD the video would jump (while the audio is still in sync).

3. I figured it was TMPEGEnc so I switched to CCE 2.62 (and after that 2.50). I followed the Robshot method. I get the same jumpy video. I tried do the VFAPI wrapper and tried creating an AVS. All come up with the same result. I have tried bicubic resizing, avisynth...every single method i could find.

I really do not want to just make an SVCD on DVD since I want full compliance. I am sure you'll need more information. I am just getting into the authoring field so I may not know everything. Thanks for your patience ahead of time. I have searched the forum over and over and have tried as much as I could. I wanted this to be my last resort. Thank you guys.

-red five

[f@chance]

The thread about putting LOTR SVCD onto a DVD-R started sometime in December and it does work. Search this forum for LOTR if you have not yet.

Here is my experience. First don't reencode, demux the MPEG files into MPV and MPA using MPEG2VCR or any of your favorite demux program.

Now you need several programs and I am sure you know where to find them. DVD Patcher 1.04, Softencode 5.1 and SoundForge. Patch the MPV stream to a DVD compliant stream 353x480 and your video is done.

For the audio use Soundforge to 1. Normalize the sound and than resample to 48kHz and use Alias setting 3. Save as a WAV file. Than use Softencode and convert the WAV file into an AC3 file.

You should now have 4 MPV files and 4 AC3 files. Now here comes the big IF in DVD Maestro it is a breeze. Use Import media assest and import all 4 MPV files. Create a new Movie and drag the first clip on to the video portion. Drag the 2nd, 3rd and 4th on the same video clip and they will automatically be appended.

Right Mouse Click on the audio track below and select Create a Sync Audio track. If the AC3 files have the same name as the MPV files they will automatically appended and a time sync will be created with the AC3 files. ONLY the AC3 files will do the time sync.

I have battled with out of sync movies but since burning all my movies to DVD-R and using this methode they are in sync.

Don't know if Spruce Up will allow to create a Sync Audio tract.

Hope this will help. But you have all the guides here to do it. I did it and so can you. The Perfect LOTR guide is posted here also in a thread.

F@Chance

[redfive19]

i know, i've read all of the threads but none of them completely solved my issue. i want to rencode so that this will be playable on ALL players. i'll try your method with a rencoded m2v files..thank you!

[Ragornette]

don't reencode
all player will play it
just correct the aspect ratio when displayed on TV screen
why loosing so much time when first solution is working fine
up to you anyway

[redfive19]

480X480 will work on all players? I thought that was SVCD spec and not ALL players play SVCD. That's why I was rencoding. just curious.

[Ragornette]

my home dvd player doesn't play svcd but plays my lotr dvd home made with video in 480x480 but it doesn't know it is this size.
The problem with player is a format problem. SVCD is recognized not because of the video size but because of the format. DVD with scvd video is a DVD, it doesn't care what's inside, it thinks that's a DVD format. Just make your authoring and burn to a RW and check, you will see. The only problem is a compatiblity problem, all dvd players don't accept RW DVD but usually accept DVD-R

[redfive19]

thank you very much for all your help. i will try that tonite.

[jmac698]

A funny thing, by the same token, both BluRay and HDDVD players will play an HD mpeg2 stored in a DVD container. The hardware is just too dumb to know the difference! In this way you can encode a universal video which plays on DVD, HDDVD, and Bluray, in either SD or HD. To have an SD version just add a normal SD title to your menu.
But if you try to play the HD version on a normal DVD player, it might crash. On one machine, for example (similar), I played an HD divx, and it showed the upper left quarter of the video but still played.

[Hobojobo]

You just bumped a 6 years old thread. :cool:

[Groucho2004]

You just bumped a 6 years old thread. :cool:

You seem to have travelled back in time 2 1/2 years to write this post.

[Capsbackup]

You just bumped a 6 years old thread. :cool:

Looks like 8+ to me, but who's counting! :rolleyes:
Edit: Groucho2004 was faster. :p

[Hobojobo]

Upps. Have we already 2010?:cool: