Help please - Jerkiness/Synch problems using Sefy's Newbie method :(

[KingBob]

Hi Guys,

When using Sefy's guide and DVD2AVI 1.76/TMPGenc 2.52 to create VCDs it seems to work fine, but when I try to play the VCD back in any standalone DVD player the image playback randomly slows down dramatically and then jerks back at FFWD like speed with accompanying loss of audio synch :(

I have tried searching and lurking everywhere for an answer, perhaps some setting I have forgotten or something, but I am stumped, and I am hoping one of you guys can help out this poor newbie :)

Other than the aforementioned problems, the method works great, the image quality is nice and sound is of good quality, it's just this random jerkiness/synch thing on all discs I create that is driving me nuts...

My system is an Athlon XP 1600 (1.4ghz), 512Mb DDR, 60Gb WD HDD, Geforce2 MX400 - all pretty generic stuff that has always been rock-solid stability wise.

Thanks in advance...

Regards,
Bob.

Oops, almost forgot to mention that I am using Nero 5.5 to burn the VCDs and that the problem occurs in both NTSC(R1) and PAL(R2/4) rip/encodes.

[Nyc0n]

I am having the same problem....it will play fine on my desktop but as soon as i try to play it in my standalone it gets jerky.....i have no clue what the problem is....but someone told me it has something o do with the bitrate....im still waiting on more info...ill let you know.....

Nyc0n

[NeWcS]

Make sure after you rip the DVD you preview the vid. in dvd2avi and take note as to where or not its 4:3 or 16:9. Then when you goto encode it make sure under the advanced tab in TMPG you change the source aspect ratio to either 4:3 or 16:9, also make sure you change the 'Video areange method' to Full screen(keep aspect ratio).

I used to have the same problem till I used this guide: http://www.doom9.org/mpg/tmpg-main.htm Although I refuse to use NERO to burn video the abouve guide is great. I also use 2-pass w/ the above guide.

[KingBob]

I have tried every setting imaginable, not to mention half a dozen different VCD creation/burning utils, but no matter what I do I still have this problem with TmpgEnc only??? :(

I got so frustrated I have simply given up on TmpgEnc and am using FlaskMpg now, which IMHO is much easier to use and offers just as much versatility! :)