tMpegenc SVCD interlacing problem!

[Flying dutchman]

Howdy, I just finished my first VCD and SVCD using tMpegencoder. While the VCD looks superb (on a Yamakawa player), the SVCD is "vibrating".

I encoded it from a (Marvel G200) interlaced PAL video file, and selected "interlaced" plus "even field first" in tMpegenc. I know for sure that my Marvel sends the even (lower) field first, so this setting should be correct, shouldn't it?

It appears that tMpegenc has a funny way of interpreting "field order B": it swaps the upper and lower field (instead of delaying one field) and the result looks terrible and shaky... I hope the author fixes this issue, is there any way of contacting him?

Of course I can help myself by changing the field order using VirtualDub or Avisynth, but it's more elegant if the encoder would do it properly!

[Frankie G]

1. What other options (quality) did you choose in TMPG?
2. How is your video/audio sync? My video gets ahead of audio
by a second or two over 3 minutes.

Can't help you on the interlacing, that is one problem
I don't have. There are several interlace options in there,
including one checkbox that says "Interlace (none)", which
confuses me. I left it off.

I'll be sticking to VCDs in the meantime. Groetjes (sp?).

[Fred H]

Frankie G
double click the "Interlace (none)" and you can select: None, Odd Fields, ...Duplicate Fields (2xFrame Rate),...Mix Odd/Even(2x Frame Rate) and much more.
...or did I discover the wheel...?


[This message has been edited by Fred H (edited 18 August 2000).]