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Video Encoding
We will be using two software tools in this
section. They are highly recommend.
One we are already familiar with and that is
TMPGEnc. This program is great to convert your files to MPEG1,
MPEG2, VCD, XVCD, SVCD and DVD. The other software we will be
looking at is Vidomi, which we will use to show you how to convert your
videos to Divx(AVI).
Converting to VCD(MPEG1) using TMPGEnc
Open TMPGEnc. A wizard should
popup. This wizard can be used to easily help you to convert
the file to the format of your choice.
Now notice there are three options under VCD.
For those who are not familiar with the video standards, NTSC is the
standard for North America and Japan. PAL would be the
standard anywhere else. Some DVD players will play both NTSC
and PAL. I personally have an Apex DVD player that will play
anything with a hole in the middle so this is not really an issue for me
but it is best to choose the standard format for your country to ensure
that your DVD player will play it. Once you have made the proper selection, click "Next"
This next screen is where you will select
your source file. Click on the "Browse" button and browse out
to the location of the file you wish to encode and select it. There
is no need to select the audio file. It will automatically use the
video source file unless you have extracted the audio from the video file
and prefer to encode the audio separately.
This next screen is where you can apply
filters(optional) or select the source range you wish to encode.
For example, you would click on "Source range" and trim the video like we
did in our editing guide to select only a certain part of the video that
you wish to encode.
On this next screen is where we will
indicate which media we are going to use to store this video. You
can select 74min or 80min CD-R from the drop down menu. You'll see
the bar at the bottom indicating the total minutes of the source file.
This is great as it will determine whether or not the video will fit on
one CDR. If it looks like it will not fit, you can
always go back and trim the video if necessary.
On this last screen, specify the location
and name of the output file. Click "OK" to begin encoding.
Converting to SVCD(MPEG2) or DVD using
TMPGEnc
To convert to SVCD(MPEG2) or DVD, simply follow
the same steps above choosing SVCD or DVD on the first screen of the
wizard.
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