How to author VCDs from AVIs rendered from 3D Studio Max?

I'm using TMPEGnc to convert my 800 X 600 AVI movie into a 352 X 288 25 fps Mpeg movie. When i playback, it looks fine in the small window, but when i view full screen, it gets totally distorted. When i burn it to VCD using Easy CD Creator or ULead Movie Factory, it shows the distortion there too.

Basically i render and create AVIs from 3D Studio Max. Can someone tell me what Codec, Size & Frame Rate should i use to render animations from 3D Studio Max, so that i can later convert them into mpeg and then burn them to VCDs for broadcast quality??

 

Thanks a lot! But tell me something, once i get this 704 X 576 AVI movie, how do i convert this one into the desired MPEG format for the VCD? Do i use TMPEGnc and it's Pal Format (352 X 288) to convert this AVI into MPEG and then record on VCD? But then when i get this MPEG, it will be 352 X 288, now when i view it full screen, or on TV with big screen then computer, won't it get distorted?

Thanks...
2Shy

 

Thanks. But i think there's some more things now. Firstly, how can i affect the Bit Rate? In 3D Max or in TMPEGnc?

you say
>>"with a maximum bitrate of about 2.5Mbps"
Where and how do i set the bitrate?

Basically i'm using a PAL system. In Max actually it gave 768 X 576 with Pal Video instead of 704 X 576. But i corrected that.
I know 704 X 576 is 1/4 of 352 X 288 which is provided by TMPEGnc.

I AM using High-Detail/fast-motion clips. Partly prepared in Bryce 5 & partly in Max. And i need to prepare VCD of the animation clips to be viewed in TV. I do know now that wether Bryce or Max, i have to use 25 fps & 704 X 576.
But this bitrate issue is rather new now.

Also, i have been using Intel Video 5.04 Codec. The one you recommended could not be downloaded. And it's not free either. Do you know some other Codecs i can use?

>"How do you mean distorted?"
Well it gets hazy, unclear, distortion in texture when i view in full screen on computer. I suppose that is what will happen to it when i make a VCD out of it. That's why i need to make it compatible with any resolution or at least TV before i make a VCD.

I had some video clips, mpg clips, of actual movies (not digital animations). When i made VCD out of them, just by converting them into the 352 X 288 thru TMPEGnc, they work absolutely fine in my TV also. NO distortion, any size! That is what i'm looking out for my Digital Animations too.

>"be rather blocky, since the 1150kbps bitrate isn't quite enough even for such a low"

So what is the solution to the Bitrate problem?
And i don't think SVCD is supported. Not on all systems that may be used for playback of the films.

Thanks Again,
2Shy

 

Hi,
Umm.. i think i do get this. Actually i was speaking with someone right now and he told me that i can render the AVI, from Max or Bryce, even in 352 X 288 directly.. and not necassarily in 704 X 576. Is that true? Or do i have to render in 704 X 576??

I do have the DivX codec. Which one should i use, DivX or Intel Video 5.04?

Thanks again,
2Shy

 

>"You might want to do some test runs to see"

Well that's one area that's haunting. 704 X 576 will take whole night. 352 X 288 will take a few hours. I will definately try the methodologies you have explained.
Tell me something, i have been talking to the guys at a 3D Max list, one of them is strongly of the opinion that a high-detail animation (like mine), will never be clear or as well as i want it to be, no matter what i try or do.
I kind of not want to agree with that. And with all that we have been discussing, it's hard for me to believe that. What is your opinion? Is it possible?

well thanks for your help...
2Shy