CCE Blocky Encode

[TimIacobucci]

I am trying to fit a 3 part tv special onto 1 dvd. I got these in vcd format from a friend. I have everything done correctly to author but one of the 3 videos will not encode like the others.

The 3 videos are nearly equal bitrate mpeg1 video at about 1150 Kbps. I calculated the avg bitrate for cce to be 3810 to fit all 3 on one dvdr. I used 3 pass variable bitrate at this setting for all 3. I assumed this was really overkill for the source I had and the first 2 look great but the last is just a horrible blocky mess.

This is the avisynth script I served to get this mess.

import("C:\Documents and Settings\Tim Iacobucci\Desktop\media\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\addaudio.avs")
LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Tim Iacobucci\Desktop\media\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("D:\movies\know\3\3.d2v")
lanczos4resize(720,480)
AddAudio()
ConvertToYUY2()

It is the exact same as the first 2 just with a different source. This avs also plays fine and looks great in media players and vdub.
I have even cut a small 1 minute clip from the beginning of the mpeg1 source for testing purposes and it will not encode right with all the settings tweaking I have tried.

I am no cce expert by any means but this one really has me stumped here, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Also I am using cce sp 2.7 and avisynth 2.5 (if you couldn’t tell from the script directory)

[Chaddy]

I personally think you have gone the long way around.

Simpler way (which i do all the time).

Strip the mpg files from each vcd disc (call them something like 01.mpg 02.mpg 03.mpg)

Open Tmpgenc dvd auther and click "source set up button" drag all mpg files in to the window (click ignore on gop error messages) and create chapters if you wish.

Click "Create a menu" button and and make a menu or select "no menu"

Click "Output" button and point it to where you want the output files to be put and click "begin output".

Wait while the vobs are created and burn to disc. The audio will be changed from 44100 to 48000, but the video will not be touched.