help with dvd2svcd and cce multipass

[patricksull]

I am using dvd2svcd (with d2SRoBa) and CCE 2.67. I can successfully creat my iso, however, even when I set dvd2svcd's encoder settings to 3 passes, my encoder only performs one pass. I know how to go into my CCE settings and change it to 3 passes, but those settings won't save for every use. In other words, I am able to do multipasses if I run CCE without dvd2svcd, the question is how to obtain multipassing when using dvd2svcd?

[Nick]

You can use multipass VBR in DVD2SVCD simply by running it directly instead of running D2SRoBa.

The D2SRoBa plugin was designed for one-pass encoding and use of the plugin overrides the settings in DVD2SVCD. So to use multipass, don't run the plugin.

However, most would agree that similar, if not better results can be gained by 1-pass RoBa than by 3-pass VBR. However, compare yourself and see which you prefer. the RoBa method is of course much quicker and I doubt you'll prefer the results of multiple passes.

[patricksull]

thanks, but I just tried that and it still says 1/1 passing. I opened dvd2svcd and set the encoder to cce with 3 passes. But, when cce is initiated (after ripping and audio conversion), it only shows 1/1 pass, not 1/3. Any other suggestings?