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lanet

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15. March 2005 @ 12:28

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Hi all,

i have for some time been trying to sucesfully create a KVCD from an AVI file. The main reason being that i dont have a DVD burner but do have a CD burner and would like movies to fit on one disk.

Last night sucess and i felt the need to thank this board for all its help and to provide a step by step guide for the newbie KVCD author.

A greate deal of the KVCD information that helped me was in this post, http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/124272,)

Software.
The following is the software i had to install to get everything working. These may not be the best software but they work for me.

- Divx codex's
- AC3filter
- kvcd templates ( http://kvcd.net/dvd-models.html)
- DirectX 9 (audioconverter requires this)
- Audioconverter
- TMPGenc
- Nero

extract the audio from the AVI file
Extract the audio from the AVI file using audioconverter. I use all the default options and it creates a WAV file in the same directory as the AVI

create an MPG file from an AVI file using TMPGenc
I use this procedure for creating a VCD to create the MPG file, mainly due to the fact that I am familiar with it.
(page 1/5) - Using the TMPGenc wizard select PAL, click next
(page 2/5) - Select a video file (AVI), and audio file (WAV) and an aspect ration (4:3 635 line), click next
(page 3/5) ? click next
(page 4/5) ? click next
(page 5/5) ? click OK, when asked whether you want to create the file, click yes

This should result in a perfectly playable MPG file.

create a KVCD video file using TMPGenc

(page 1/5) Using the Wizard select the KVCD template, KVCD-CQ-352X288-_PAL?PLUS from the others tab. Click next.
(page 2/5) - Select a video file, and audio file and an aspect ration (4:3 635 line), click next
(page 3/5) ? click next
(page 4/5) ? click next
(page 5/5) ? click OK, when ask whether you want to create the file, click yes

This will create a M1V file which contains only the video portion of the file.

create a merged video/audio file using TMPGenc

Open TMPGenc and cancel the wizard
Open the File ? MPG Tools? menu
On the Simple Multiplex tab:
- select a Type: of MPEG-1 Video CD (non standard)
- enter a Video Input (the M1V file created earlier)
- enter an Audio File (the MPG file created earlier)
- The Output File should default, change it if you wish,
- click Run

This should result in a perfectly playable MPG file.

Burning to CD

-start NERO and from the New Compilation window I choose Video CD. click NEW

I then drag the MPG file to the VCD1 window and click BURN.

It does its thing for a while and when complete have a perfectly usable KVCD.

I will edit this post with some stats concerning files sizes and some comments concerning quality later (I am at work now).

I will also be attempting to tweak some of the seetings to decrease the file size without affeting quality too much. Anyone got anu tips in this area.

Tim.

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Better to burn out, rust never sleeps.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 15. March 2005 @ 12:31

aldaco12

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15. March 2005 @ 22:47

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I'm glad you found that little guide useful!
Just a little hint: by default, TMPGenc's KVCD wizard sets Motion search precision = High quality (slow). If, on step 3/5, you press the 'other settings' button you can, under the 'video' tab, set Motion search precision = Very high quality (very slow) , which, for powerful computers like ours, doesn't slow too muv the procedure, but encreases A LOT the final movie quality. Just test it...

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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 15. March 2005 @ 22:47

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