Odd video cropping with AGK 2.27

[Whizkid28]

I recently had to format my HDD, and so I installed AutoGordianKnot.2.27.Setup, and DVD Decrypter.

I ripped and encoded a DVD, and noticed the video was off center and cropped, kinda in the right area. Everything was set to default, except I set the file size to 700mb, instead of 2x700mb.

DVD Screen
http://www.cnw.com/~josh/mplayerc%202006-03-25%2015-39-44-06.jpg

AGK Screen
http://www.cnw.com/~josh/mplayerc%202006-03-25%2015-39-11-82.jpg

[CWR03]

Where is your logfile? That's the only way to tell what happened.

[Whizkid28]

I just got done with ripping and encoding it again. Same results

I have all the other tests, log files, scripts...if you want those posted too.

Stream ripping only these 2, with default options/settings:

0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 / 720x480 (NTSC) / 4:3 / LBA: 1 / PTS: 00:00:00.045 / Delay: 0ms
0x80 - Audio - AC3 / 2ch / 48kHz / DRC / English / LBA: 7 / PTS: 00:00:00.045 / Delay: 0ms

Encoding to 700mb, all defaults:

[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] AutoGK 2.27
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] OS: WinXP (5.1.2600).2
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Job started.
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Input file: D:\GLORIOUS\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Output file: D:\GLORIOUS\VIDEO_TS\GLORIOUS.avi
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Output codec: XviD
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Audio 1: English AC3 2ch
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Subtitles: none
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Format: .AVI
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Target size: 700Mb
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Started encoding.
[3/26/2006 6:58:30 AM] Demuxing and indexing.
[3/26/2006 7:02:30 AM] Processing file: D:\GLORIOUS\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
[3/26/2006 7:02:30 AM] Processing file: D:\GLORIOUS\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB
[3/26/2006 7:02:30 AM] Processing file: D:\GLORIOUS\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.VOB
[3/26/2006 7:02:30 AM] Processing file: D:\GLORIOUS\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.VOB
[3/26/2006 7:02:30 AM] Processing file: D:\GLORIOUS\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.VOB
[3/26/2006 7:02:30 AM] Source resolution: 720x480
[3/26/2006 7:02:30 AM] Found NTSC source.
[3/26/2006 7:02:30 AM] Source aspect ratio: 4:3
[3/26/2006 7:02:31 AM] Analyzing source.
[3/26/2006 7:06:47 AM] Source is considered to be hybrid (mostly NTSC).
[3/26/2006 7:06:47 AM] Looking for optimal hybrid thresholds.
[3/26/2006 7:07:04 AM] Found threshold of: 2.00
[3/26/2006 7:07:04 AM] Output will contain 182910 frames
[3/26/2006 7:07:04 AM] Decoding audio.
[3/26/2006 7:09:25 AM] Normalizing audio.
[3/26/2006 7:12:29 AM] Encoding audio.
[3/26/2006 7:22:51 AM] Audio1 size: 89,910,840 bytes (85.75 Mb)
[3/26/2006 7:22:51 AM] Overhead: 7,316,352 bytes (6.98 Mb)
[3/26/2006 7:22:51 AM] Video size: 636,776,008 bytes (607.28 Mb)
[3/26/2006 7:22:51 AM] Running compressibility test.
[3/26/2006 7:34:21 AM] Duration was: 11 minutes 29 seconds
[3/26/2006 7:34:21 AM] Speed was: 13.26 fps.
[3/26/2006 7:34:21 AM] Compressibility percentage is: 39.14
[3/26/2006 7:34:21 AM] Chosen resolution is: 512x384 ( AR: 1.33 )
[3/26/2006 7:34:21 AM] Predicted comptest value is: 61.15%
[3/26/2006 7:34:21 AM] Running first pass.
[3/26/2006 9:08:12 AM] Duration was: 1 hour, 33 minutes 51 seconds
[3/26/2006 9:08:12 AM] Speed was: 32.48 fps.
[3/26/2006 9:08:13 AM] Expected quality of first pass size: 61.38%
[3/26/2006 9:08:13 AM] Running second pass.
[3/26/2006 10:56:22 AM] Duration was: 1 hour, 48 minutes 8 seconds
[3/26/2006 10:56:22 AM] Speed was: 28.19 fps.
[3/26/2006 10:56:22 AM] Job finished. Total time: 3 hours 57 minutes 52 seconds
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[Whizkid28]

I am trying another DVD, the preview looked just fine. Here goes nothing. basicly same settings as before.

Everyting went great with movie #2 ... odd?

[CWR03]

There must be an issue with a portion of the video it's testing for autocrop - you can simply turn it off or adjust it manually in hidden options.

[Whizkid28]

How do I open the hidden options? ... I googled it CTRL+F9

I'll also try it again w/o the 1st chapter, its just a 2.5min lil intro movie, and see if that works.

I fiddled around with hidden settings..the preview looks perfect, cross fingers on full encode.

[BigDid]

...I fiddled around with hidden settings..the preview looks perfect, cross fingers on full encode.
Hi,

If the preview is Ok, chances are really good for the encode, you may realease your fingers. :)
If no good try:
- Input a starting frame after the problematic frames
- Input Increasing the number of frames to examine
or mix of both.

Good luck

Did

[Whizkid28]

Everything went great, I just manually cropped the vid.

Big thanks to CWR03 for telling me about Hidden Options.