How to create high quality MPEG-2 movies for your Koss DVP2161
This tutorial presents an alternate method of creating movies than VCD/SVCD for
the Koss DVP2161. The advantages of not using VCD/SVCD are: you can use a multisession disc
(rewriting files!), the quality is higher, and you can play the files on any computer without DVD software.
Table of contents
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Koss DVP2161 Specifications
- NTSC or PAL
- Component output
- S-Video output
- Composite output
- Widescreen TV output (optional)
- AC-3 5.1 PCM optical output (no DTS output)
- Stereo headphone jack
- Kodak Picture CD/JPEG slideshow (filesize up to 4 MB). Rotation or zooming of image.
- MP3 (VBR) playback
- MPEG (1 & 2) playback
- Reads ISO CD, CDR, CDRW, region 1 DVD, DVD+-R
- VCD, SVCD, XVCD playback
- Small size: 7" x 5" x 1", 4 pounds
- More infomation
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Background
The main feature I like about the Koss is JPEG slideshows. Like many other people, I have a digital camera and love to
show my pictures on the television. I thought it would be great to burn a CD full of JPEGs for my parents
as a gift. Indeed, the slideshow quality is impressive, but I wanted more. So I decided to create movies of
my digital photos with music, transitions, text, and narrations.
First I tried creating Video CD (VCD) and Super Video CD (SVCD). I could only get Nero to burn
one VCD and the quality was horrendous. Another thing I disliked is once you've burned the VCD/SVCD, you
can't rewrite the disc. I love to use CDRs and add and delete files to my discs by "continuing the session."
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Requirements
| 1) Movie renderer |
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I prefer Vegas Video 3
over Adobe Premiere 6.5 for several reasons. The output
quality is superior, the interface is cleaner and more responsive, it doesn't crash, it's more intuitive, and its real time
preview is much better than Premiere's.
>> So go ahead and download a trial of Vegas Video 3.
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| 2) MPEG encoder |
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This is a program to compress your rendered output into something the DVP2161 can play.
>> Download the shareware version of TMPGenc, with 30 day trial MPEG-2 encoding.
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3) Tons of hard disk space
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| Video type (1 minute 352x288 @ 29.97 fps) |
Size (MB) |
| uncompressed video, no sound | 536 |
| uncompressed video with uncompressed sound | 725 |
| MPEG-2 compressed video with MP3 128kBit/s compressed sound | 32 |
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Creating a nice movie
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Fade from black to an opening title
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You can always spot an amateur video designer, they use all the crazy transitions like a Powerpoint
presentation on crack. Here's my advice to make a professional looking video: Keep It Simple.
- Use a crossfade/additive desolve to peacefully transition from one scene to the next.
- If you want to show the viewer that the segment is ending, use a fade.
- Don't use a transition when a simple cut from one scene to another will work.
Let the Crossfade, Fade, and Cut be your friends
Music: add something that fits the mood of your video.
Image panning: A very effective method to show the details of image. Most documentaries (and E! True Hollywood Story) use this effect when displaying a photo.
With that in mind, create your movie with still photos, other movies, and music. Read this tutorial how to animate still images in Vegas Video.
Be sure to add titles and/or narration. More Vegas tutorials.
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Rendering the movie
Here are the settings I use in Vegas Video to create high quality output. If you use another non-linear editor, try to keep these
same settings.
| Video and Audio settings |
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| Video format: | Uncompressed AVI |
| Video rendering quality: | Best |
| Motion blur: | None |
| Frame size: | 352x288 |
| Frame rate: | 29.970 (NTSC) |
| Field order: | None (progressive scan) (Very
important!)* |
| Interleave every: | 0.250 seconds |
| Interleave every frame: | Yes or No, doesn't matter to size or quality (I think) |
| Pixel ratio: | 1.000 |
| Audio format: | PCM uncompressed 44,100 Hz, 16-bit, Stereo audio |
* This can be found in Premiere's Export Movie Settings' Keyframing and Rendering dialog.
| Importance of Field order |
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| These are actual screen captures of a 1MB still photo being simultaneously
zoomed out and panned. |
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| Field order off (progressive scan) | Field order on |
Go ahead and render your movie. It will take a long time, and a lot of disk space.
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Encoding the movie
Before encoding
Copy the text below into Notepad. Save the file as "Koss DVP2161.mcf" in your
TMPGEnc\template folder.
object TMPEGConfigFile
MPEG.Text = ''
MPEG.WizardCategoryName = ''
MPEG.WizardSubFormatName = ''
MPEG.WizardCaption = ''
MPEG.WizardDescription = ''
MPEG.OutputStreamType = MPEG_OutputStreamType_System_VideoAudio
MPEG.OutputStreamType_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.StreamType = MPEGVideoEncoder_StreamType_MPEG2
MPEG.Video.StreamType_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.Width = 352
MPEG.Video.Width_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.Height = 288
MPEG.Video.Height_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.YUVFormat = 1
MPEG.Video.YUVFormat_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.DC_prec = 0
MPEG.Video.DC_prec_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.VideoEncodeMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_VideoEncodeMode_Progressive
MPEG.Video.VideoEncodeMode_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.FrameRate = 4
MPEG.Video.FrameRate_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.AspectRatio = 2
MPEG.Video.AspectRatio_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.RateControlMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_RateControlMode_VBR_Manual
MPEG.Video.RateControlMode_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.MaxBitRate = 0
MPEG.Video.MaxBitRate_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.MinBitRate = 0
MPEG.Video.MinBitRate_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.CBR_BitRate = 1000000
MPEG.Video.VBR_MultipassVBRAlgorithm = MPEGVideoEncoder_MultipassVBRAlgorithm_2PASS
MPEG.Video.VBR_AvgBitRate = 1150000
MPEG.Video.VBR_MaxBitRate = 3000000
MPEG.Video.VBR_MinBitRate = 300000
MPEG.Video.VBR_MaxPassCount = 0
MPEG.Video.VBR_Quality_P = 0
MPEG.Video.VBR_Quality_B = 20
MPEG.Video.VBR_EnablePadding = False
MPEG.Video.MVBR_MaxBitRate = 5000000
MPEG.Video.MVBR_MinBitRate = 3000000
MPEG.Video.MVBR_Quality_P = 0
MPEG.Video.MVBR_Quality_B = 20
MPEG.Video.MVBR_EnablePadding = False
MPEG.Video.AVBR_Quality = 50
MPEG.Video.AVBR_MaxBitRate = 3000000
MPEG.Video.AVBR_MinBitRate = 0
MPEG.Video.AVBR_EnablePadding = False
MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality = 50
MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality_P = 0
MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality_B = 20
MPEG.Video.CQ_MaxBitRate = 3000000
MPEG.Video.CQ_MinBitRate = 0
MPEG.Video.CQ_EnablePadding = False
MPEG.Video.VBVBufferSize = 0
MPEG.Video.VBVBufferSize_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_SeqHeaderInterval = 0
MPEG.Video.GOP_SeqHeaderInterval_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
MPEG.Video.GOP_I_FrameCount_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_P_FrameCount = 5
MPEG.Video.GOP_P_FrameCount_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
MPEG.Video.GOP_B_FrameCount_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_BitStreamForEdit = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_BitStreamForEdit_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.GOP_MaxFrameCount = 0
MPEG.Video.GOP_MaxFrameCount_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_Intra_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_NonIntra_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.Profile = 4
MPEG.Video.Profile_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.Level = 8
MPEG.Video.Level_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.VideoFormat = 1
MPEG.Video.VideoFormat_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.DisplayWidth = 0
MPEG.Video.DisplayWidth_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.DisplayHeight = 0
MPEG.Video.DisplayHeight_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Video.MotionSearchSpeed = MPEGVideoEncoder_MotionSearchSpeed_HighCQ
MPEG.Video.MotionSearch_AlwaysHalfPel = True
MPEG.Video.UseFloatDCT = False
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMode = False
MPEG.Video.QuantizeModeVal_Intra = 35
MPEG.Video.QuantizeModeVal_NonIntra = 35
MPEG.Video.YUVBasicYCbCr = False
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_Intra = {
081013161A1B1D22101016181B1D222513161A1B1D22222616161A1B1D222528
161A1B1D202328301A1B1D202328303A1A1B1D22262E38451B1D23262E384553}
MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_NonIntra = {
1011121314151617111213141516171812131415161718191314151617181A1B
14151617191A1B1C151617181A1B1C1E1617181A1B1C1E1F1718191B1C1E1F21}
MPEG.Audio.StreamType = MPEGAudioEncoder_StreamType_MPEG1_Layer2
MPEG.Audio.StreamType_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.SamplingFrequency = 44100
MPEG.Audio.SamplingFrequency_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.ChannelMode = 0
MPEG.Audio.ChannelMode_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.CantUseMono = False
MPEG.Audio.BitRate = 128000
MPEG.Audio.BitRate_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.CalcCRC = False
MPEG.Audio.CalcCRC_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.OriginalFlag = False
MPEG.Audio.OriginalFlag_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.CopyrightFlag = False
MPEG.Audio.CopyrightFlag_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.PrivateFlag = False
MPEG.Audio.PrivateFlag_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.Audio.EmphasisType = 0
MPEG.Audio.EmphasisType_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.System.StreamType = MPEGSystemEncoder_StreamType_MPEG2_Program
MPEG.System.StreamType_ReadOnly = False
MPEG.System.CommentText = ''
MPEG.System.EnableCommentText = False
end
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Encoding
- Open TMPEnc.
- Click on "Video source Browse" button. Open the AVI you just rendered.
- If your video had sound, then TMPGEnc will choose a Stream Type of "System (Video+Audio)".
If your video didn't have sound, click "System (Video only)". This will make the file smaller.
- Change the Output filename's extension from ".m2v" to ".mpg". Make sure the output directory exists.
- Click the "Load" button in the bottom right corner. Open the template file "Koss DVP2161.mcf" that you just saved from Notepad.
To confirm, you should see
MPEG-2 352x288 29.97fps MVBR 5000kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 128kbps
at the very bottom of TMPGEnc. (Note: you don't have to reload the template file again, unless you click on the "Setting" button and
mess things up.)
- Click the "Start" button to convert the uncompressed video into MPEG-2.
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Burning the movie(s) to CD
I use Ahead's Nero, but it's not required. Any CD burning software can do this:
- If you are creating a new CD, start a multisession disc.
Otherwise, continue a mutisession disc.
- Drag your .mpg files to your compilation.
- Burn the disc, but don't finalize the CD!
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Playing the movies
Put the disc in. You will be presented with the folder view of the disc, including
any MPGs, which will have a red icon. Press Enter on the file you wish to watch.
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