error making dl

[Imlurker2]

Hi,
below is a portion of the run and the ini file.
The goal was to end up with one disc which had a dl size.
In short, I have size = 4116776 sectors and have included
'LAYER_BREAK_REMOVAL=0' which I am unsure as to where
in the ini file it belongs. I aborted the run due to the sentence,
'Space for Video : 3,376,362KB'. The size is in the neighborhood
of 5 gigs from where I want to be.

TIA

{run}
-- Scanning and writing .D2V & .AVS files
-- Processed 164,629 frames.
-- Building .AVS and .ECL files
- VTS_08: 3,840,161 sectors.
-- Scanning and writing .D2V & .AVS files
-- Processed 185,777 frames.
-- Building .AVS and .ECL files
- Reduction Level for DVD-5: 25.5%
- Overall Bitrate : 2,366/1,893Kbs
- Space for Video : 3,376,362KB
- HIGH/LOW/TYPICAL Bitrates: 2,206/600/1,893 Kbs
[19:23:06] Phase I, PREPARATION completed in 14 minutes.
[19:23:06] Phase II ENCODING started
- Extracting STILLS for VTS_04 segment 0
- Creating M2V for VTS_04 segment 1
- Creating M2V for VTS_04 segment 2
Aborted.

{ini}
The portion of the ini file is:
[CCEOptions]
min_bitrate=100
max_bitrate=9000
TargetSectors=4116776
CCETargetSectors=4116776
LAYER_BREAK_REMOVAL=0
VBR_bias=25
Quality_prec=16
eclPasses=2

[SpazzHH]

All of your custom settings should be uder the OPTIONS heading in your Rebuilder .ini. Not under CCE Options. Like this:

[Options]
SkinVersion=10
HC_Quality=3
LogFile=1
EncoderMinimized=1
RemoveDTS=1
idct7Opt=1
AudioDub=0
CCE=3
AdditionalOutput=1
LowMatrix=Same as Main Feature
VLowMatrix=7-Low_High(1800-2500)
ExtraMatrix=4-Medium_High(3200-4000)
MIN_BITRATE=200
TargetSectors=2260000
CCETargetSectors=2259000
HCTargetSectors=2260000
VTS_MIN_SIZE=0
CCEAQM=0


etc., etc., etc.

[Imlurker2]

Duhhh. Stupid is as stupid does.
Thanks SpazzHH.

But the solution has led me to a problem I have blissfully remained
away from. Namely 'CCE=3'. The DVD-RB has the washed out 2 by the
VBR_Passes 2 of the advanced settings. Since I am using the CCE basic, do I max out quality by having CCE=3 or CCE=2?

The discussion left me scratching my head. I don't care if CCE doesn't count the 'x' phase providing DVD-RB doesn't count it also. CCE=3 vs CCE=2
I can understand.

TIA

[laserfan]

Is there any chance that you changed the INI file either while RB was already running, or that you had already completed preparation with the default (DVD-5) TargetSectors setting?

I have sometimes been bitten by this and other options i.e. changes you make after the PREPARE phase don't work--they need to be incorporated into the AVS (and other?) preparation files.

I always try now to: restart RB after making any INI change, and make sure if I make any more changes after PREPARE to run PREPARE again.

[Imlurker2]

No, as SpazzHH indicated, I need to put my options in the proper location.
Thanks for the input.

AS to CCE=3 or CCE=2, DVD-RB only accepts 2 (or less?) for CCE basic.
If CCE=3 is used, it will modify the type of CCE that is being used.
I think it altered it to CCE-SP.

Conversely, if one has CCE=3 in the ini file and CCE basic is chosen, then
DVD-RB will modify the ini to CCE=2.

[Rippraff]

Hi,

don't mess around with CCE= setting in the ini file. It has nothing to do with numbers of passes but shows RB which CCE version to use.
The number of passes is stored in eclPasses=
But this doesn't work with CCE Basic as it is limited to 2 passes, that's the reason why it's greyed out. ;)
So if you are working with CCE Basic and set eclPasses=7 it will probably be ignored.

Cu Rippraff

[Imlurker2]

CCE basic limits me to two passes. However, since 1 of the phases is not counted, I am left to wonder whether 2 mean 2, or 3 means 2 (implying 2 means 1). When I was reading the topic, it was not specific as to whether the discussion was confined to CCE-SP.

Simply put, do I max quality using the number three {which I can't}, or the number two? The simpler I can ask the question implies the simpler I can understand it. If 3 means 2 and DVD-RB limits me to 2, does that mean
2=1 etc, etc, etc.

"The number of passes is stored in eclPasses="

Good God, how complicated can such a simple thing become.
No, 3=2 and eclpasses = CCE passes. :)

TIA

[Rippraff]

:confused: RB counts the analyzing phase (.vaf) as the first pass:

CCE Basic: 1xvaf plus 1xCCE
CCE SP (with eclpasses=4 for example): 1xvaf + 3xCCE

Cu Rippraff

[Imlurker2]

Thanks Rippraff.
Ok. That answers that.
I was hoping to remove/rewrite the post before there was a response.
Too late.