MPEG2 to SVCD

How to convert a MPEG2(DVD) to SVCD

Tools: DVD2AVI and Tmpgenc 12a and maybe a DVD Ripper.

First extract the DVD2AVI.exe and the DVD2AVI.vfp to a folder. Then install TMPGEnc 12a to a folder. Also download the TMPGEnc VFAPI 0.11.20.98 to the same folder and run the .bat file.

Note: DVD2AVI doesn't convert the MPEG2/DVD/SVCD to an AVI, it's just makes so you can open it in TMPGEnc.

Setting up the MPEG2

1. Launch DVD2AVI.
Make sure that you have the DVD2AVI.vfp. (place it in the same folder as dvd2avi.exe)
2. Choose Open
3. Choose the first mpg2/vob-file. Then add the rest. Open them in correct order. When finished, press OK. It should look something like this:

If everything went OK, the movie should appear in the preview window

Audio

1. Now check that the settings are as follow:

Dolby Digital should be checked.
Decoding is an important setting. This one decides which audio track that will be used. You have to know which one to choose. The English track is often Track 1, and the others are maybe Spanish, French or Deutsch audio track.
Linear PCM = None
48 -> 44.1KHz = Quality
Normalize = Maximum

Video
1. Now you should choose which segment of the video you want. Use Mark In and Mark Out buttons() to do this. And do NOT put the Mark In at the immediate beginning. Put it a few seconds after the beginning(because it's sometimes junk in the start).
2. Select View->Preview.
3. Select View->Statistics and the Statistics window should appear.