So... which version do you prefer ?

@Forum, I'm using TMPGEnc for all my MPGrip. I'm trying to use the CCE, so can someone prefer which version should I try if I'm dealing with AviSynth 2.5x ? Thank you.

Unless there is a CCE version that accepts YV12 input, the AVISynth version isn't that important, you need a final ConvertToYUY2() for all current CCE versions anyway if you are using AVISynth 2.5. I'm using CCE 2.66.01.07 and am very happy with it. Actually, it's a little faster with AVISynth 2.5.1 compared to AVISynth 2.0.8. I'd also suggest you use Nic's MPEGDecoder DLL as opposed to Mpeg2Dec3.dll, it's definitely faster (about 0.3 realtime on my P4).

Right, I'm in PAL land. But didn't Nic fix the frame count bug already?

Bach, answer is yes to both of your questions.

@RB, thank you for your info, I'll try to start with it, I hope everything will be ok.

It says right in the mpegdecoder.dll readme that it ignores pulldown flags for NTSC, which would result in this behavior, and is the reason why I haven't gone to it in my program. Hopefully these NTSC issues are worked out soon, it sounds promising!

I always read that as it did when it was building the d2v itself. My thinking was that opening a proper d2v made externally would serve ntsc properly. Maybe I read too fast and will go back and look at it again.

Nic's MPEGDecoder DLL av script 

Hello I'm a newbie in dvd2svcd and I want first to THANK DVD2SVCD author for this GREAT TOOL and all the authors who are mentioned in the begining of dvd2svcd faq. The question I want to ask is how to use Nic's MPEGDecoder DLL with CCE 2.66.01.07 AVS 2.5 in PAL system and latest version of dvd2svcd (how and where to write the avisynth script) Again I want to thank all those WHO keep this site fresh and highly informative Dimirass

I can't get nic's mpegdecoder to work too...