SVCD to DVD with DVD2avi??

[Rosey]

can someone point me in the right direction here? i couldnt find a guide on how to do this with cce (just tmpg) but i did read to demux the svcd's mpg with dvd2avi. i choose "force film" like this link ( http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=43310 ) said, and it gives me a mpa file (for audio, right) and a d2v file. the d2v file is only like 356 k and the avs script cant open it. any guidance here would be much appreciated, as im pretty well stumped.

thanks!

[KpeX]

Hi Rosey,

What you need to do is use an MPEG-2 decoding plugin for AviSynth. Doom9, as usual, has a guide to show you the way: http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/d2a-mpeg2dec.htm

Also have a look at these avisynth pages, which will help you with more info and give you some download links:
http://www.avisynth.org/index.php?page=Section+2%3A+AviSynth+and+frameserving
http://www.avisynth.org/index.php?page=Section+3%3A+Filters%2C+plugins+and+colorspaces#MpegDecoders2

Finally, I'd recommend Nic's latest version of the mpeg2dec3 plugin. Get it here (http://nic.dnsalias.com/MPEG2Dec3v110.zip). Ultimately, you'll want to end with a script that looks like:

loadplugin("path\mpeg2dec3.dll")
mpeg2source(project_file.d2v)
# add cropping, denoising, etc.

Hope this helps,

[hakko504]

Originally posted by KpeX
Finally, I'd recommend Nic's latest version of the mpeg2dec3 plugin. Get it here (http://nic.dnsalias.com/MPEG2Dec3v110.zip). Ultimately, you'll want to end with a script that looks like: DVD2AVI FAQ, Q02:Q02: What's the difference between the versions and when should I use the respective versions?
A: DVD2AVIdg v1.0.0 (http://neuron2.net/fixd2v/decodefix.html) As this version fixes some of the most important problems with DVD2AVI (i.e. dropped frames from a correct MPEG stream), this version should become the new base version. This means that anyone using DVD2AVI as a standalone solution should change NOW. Gordian Knot users should update to last version of GK which uses this version of DVD2AVI. Anyone else using other integrated solutions like DVD2(S)VCD should NOT update, but retain the version recommended by the integrator. Any integrator should update their solutions as soon as possible to use the new features provided by neuron2.This is the version of DVD2AVI to use for standalone users.

@rosey
BTW, if you have a SVCD file already you should not recompress it, but instead follow this guide (http://www.doom9.org/mpg/svcd2dvdr.htm) (which I believe you already found). If you read it carefully then you'll find that TMPEG is only used for joining the files, something you can do with other proggies - or in many cases even skip. That does mean that you'll have to tell your authoring program that it should play all files in sequence when you select the first file.