Vegas Video to SVCD?

[tonythemediaguy]

Anybody know the best way to render something out of vegas video so that I can bring it into tmpeg or dvd2svcd? I tried using the built in mpeg2 encoder, but the quality isn't nearly as good as cce or tmpeg. I can export out of vegas as a high bitrate divx avi, but seems like I'm taking a hit on quality when I shouldn't need to.

Any solutions/comments are welcome.


Tony

[htc10825]

It is a bad idea to take the divx avi as a intermediate format. It would be too many blockness and blur introduced during encoding. So take the MJPG avi(if the video not to long and there is enough disk space) MPEG2(SVCD resolution at 5.5-6.0Mbit/s, DVD resolution at 9.8Mbit/s) instead of that. The high bitrate is important.

[tonythemediaguy]

I don't see an option for MJPG in the output options of vegas. The built-in mpg and mpg2 render engine is awful, that's why I'm trying to do this a different way.

[htc10825]

MJPG is not a option(what you've meen), it is a codec for AVI. So instll PICVideo MJPG codec and in Vegas choose the out avi.The built-in mpg and mpg2 render engine is awful, that's why I'm trying to do this a different way What did you meen when you said "that's why I'm trying to do this a different way"?

[tonythemediaguy]

Instead of exporting using the MainConcept mpeg exporter, I want to export it as avi, then do my conversion with tmpegnc.

What format do people use when they're going back and forth between different video editors?

[htc10825]

The best way is not to use such a (intermediate)format, but frameserving it. There are (frameserving)plugins for Adobe Premiere and Ulead MediaStudio, but not for VegasVideo(at least I dont know).
About intermediate format I've said my opinion in the above post.

[tonythemediaguy]

thanks for your help

[htc10825]

middle long/short video: MJPG
long video: MPEG2 @4.5-6.0Mbits

[djidjo]

Hello,

The easiest way is to save your avi in MJPG format, with Morgan MJPEG codec or PicVideo as mentionned above.

But here's the PERFECT way to make a SVCD out of a VegasVideo Clip (if you change the velocity).

If your video source is interlaced video :
- For each avi source, create an AVS script that deinterlace it, and create a "false" AVI pointing to this AVS file with VFAPI.
- Replace each AVI file in your Vegas Media Pool with the AVI file generated by VFAPI
- Set your project framerate to 50fps (PAL) or 60 fps (NTSC)
- Save your clip as an MJPG AVI file
- Make an AVS script that reinterlace the video with framerate back to 25 or 30 fps
- Use this AVS in CCE or TMPGEnc to encode your SVCD.

Anyway, this is a bad idea to try to encode directly out of Vegas Video directly to SVCD.

Djidjo

[htc10825]

But one should consider that this guy intended to use TMPG and the most TMPG-people are not very smart in scripting.