A fellow VV newbie is trying to make an SVCD in Ulead Movie Factory from an NTSC DV AVI render in VV, but it's just giving him audio and botched video (see the VideoWave forum Ulead DVD MovieFactory thread at mgisoft.com for details, please), and I'm trying to help out but I think we may need advice from the big brains here. Here are my step by step musings to him, but any expert input would be appreciated:
My guess is that VV/VF is not the problem, since you can open the NTSC DV "master" you made with it in Media Player and you say it also opens in MF, but then MF doesn't encode it right, correct? So let's look at MF.
1. When you open your file in MF, do you open it in Capture Video or Author Menus? I first clicked on Capture Video, then clicked on the File icon at the bottom left, and selected All Formats from the Files of Type drop-down, and opened my VV master. I double-clicked on the thumbnail in the bottom strip and it appeared in the preview. Then I clicked on Make Movie and selected the new Corrected SVCD template I've previously described how to create. Then I wait while it encodes (it can take a while). Then I close MF and check the new file in Media Player. If your SVCD template has the standard 480x480 resolution, it plays square and horizontally squeezed in MP, unless I watch full screen.
2. Next, I reopen MF and this time I choose Author Menus, click on ADD MPEG and open my new (X)SVCD file, add chapters, background pictures and music, and then proceed to burn at 4x (no simulation first). In Advanced SVCD options, I chose the Legacy setting, which I think is what ANDREMIKE was asking about.
Excellent results! Both on my computer (WinDVD) and on my stand-alone DVD player, RCA RC5240P, a ubiquitous, run-of-the-mill machine I picked up at Walmart for cheap, but to which vcdhelp.com's compatibility list give high marks. I guess I just got lucky.
Other thoughts:
- You mentioned you had difficulty installing MF. Maybe a bad install? Try reinstalling?
- I consider SVCD and especially XSVCD a kind of specialty "personal use" format, since not all computers or stand-alone players play them. For distibuting, good old-fashioned VCD is a lot more compatible with other people's computers and stand-alones. Most of what I burn is VCD, therefore, like for family and friends.
- Was I lucky, or were you just unlucky? I don't know, so it would be great to hear from other people about their success with this method (1. Capture and edit in Video Factory / Vegas Video, and render to an NTSC DV AVI "master." 2. Open that in Ulead DVD MovieFactory, make movie [VCD/SVCD], author and burn.)
My guess is that VV/VF is not the problem, since you can open the NTSC DV "master" you made with it in Media Player and you say it also opens in MF, but then MF doesn't encode it right, correct? So let's look at MF.
1. When you open your file in MF, do you open it in Capture Video or Author Menus? I first clicked on Capture Video, then clicked on the File icon at the bottom left, and selected All Formats from the Files of Type drop-down, and opened my VV master. I double-clicked on the thumbnail in the bottom strip and it appeared in the preview. Then I clicked on Make Movie and selected the new Corrected SVCD template I've previously described how to create. Then I wait while it encodes (it can take a while). Then I close MF and check the new file in Media Player. If your SVCD template has the standard 480x480 resolution, it plays square and horizontally squeezed in MP, unless I watch full screen.
2. Next, I reopen MF and this time I choose Author Menus, click on ADD MPEG and open my new (X)SVCD file, add chapters, background pictures and music, and then proceed to burn at 4x (no simulation first). In Advanced SVCD options, I chose the Legacy setting, which I think is what ANDREMIKE was asking about.
Excellent results! Both on my computer (WinDVD) and on my stand-alone DVD player, RCA RC5240P, a ubiquitous, run-of-the-mill machine I picked up at Walmart for cheap, but to which vcdhelp.com's compatibility list give high marks. I guess I just got lucky.
Other thoughts:
- You mentioned you had difficulty installing MF. Maybe a bad install? Try reinstalling?
- I consider SVCD and especially XSVCD a kind of specialty "personal use" format, since not all computers or stand-alone players play them. For distibuting, good old-fashioned VCD is a lot more compatible with other people's computers and stand-alones. Most of what I burn is VCD, therefore, like for family and friends.
- Was I lucky, or were you just unlucky? I don't know, so it would be great to hear from other people about their success with this method (1. Capture and edit in Video Factory / Vegas Video, and render to an NTSC DV AVI "master." 2. Open that in Ulead DVD MovieFactory, make movie [VCD/SVCD], author and burn.)