Possible bug in dvd2svcd?

[SxLee]

Hi ya

first, i have tried searching for it and couldn't find anyone having discussed this before and i have read the FAQ (skimp through it actually)...

ok, the problem is not really a big deal but it is kinda annoying.

Me and a friend of mine have noticed that after any encoding we do, there always seems to be missing 2-5 seconds at the beginning or any movies or episodes that we tested this with. You don't normally noticed this with movies since the missing few seconds is before the movie actually starts (ie only during the company logo) but if you are doing episodes backup, than the first few seconds tend to be noticable since the episodes always start before the intro...ie startrek, farscape, angel etc etc.

We are currently using dvd2svcd ver 1.0.9 build 3 and CCE 2.5 running windows 2000.

Previously i was working with Windows XP with dvd2svcd build 2 and CCE 2.65 and i don't think there was any missing seconds but can't remember now....so im not really 100% certain.

Another problem i have noticed when using windows 2000 to windows XP was blurring of the colors...using the same settings but different OS, the pictures colors are all messed up...has anyone encounter this problem before? This seems to occur with CCE 2.65....running 2.5 seems to solve the problem. BUT atm, im thinking the missing few seconds is due to 2.5 but i can't go back to using 2.65 due to the colors messing up.

Any ideas? or im i talking crap here? :p

SxLee

[UltimateDBZ]

Post a log of one of the conversions you speak of, that should help us determine possible causes. I have never had such a trouble, so it must be something relative to your settings and/or your machine.

[SxLee]

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- 02/07/2002 09:21:51
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 3
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 02/07/2002 09:21:55
- Free on drive C: 25736.07 mb
- Free on drive F: 27168.81 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob

Ripping: H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
Ripping: H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
Ripping: H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
Ripping finished. Speed: 12106

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- 02/07/2002 09:24:26
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- D:\Program Files\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"D:\Program Files\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[F:\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\DVDRiP\VTS_01_1.vob,C:\DVDRiP\VTS_01_2.vob,C:\DVDRiP\VTS_01_3.vob]
Framerate: 25000
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 02/07/2002 09:25:46
- Free on drive C: 23966.47 mb
- Free on drive F: 27168.43 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: F:\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 02/07/2002 09:26:58
- Free on drive C: 23963.85 mb
- Free on drive F: 27027.12 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting Audio to MP2. Filename: F:\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"D:\Program Files\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "F:\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "F:\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "F:\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -g max ) -ssrc( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of F:\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 02/07/2002 09:36:00
- Free on drive C: 23953.10 mb
- Free on drive F: 26966.52 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 833934864
AudioSectors: 64481704
VideoPAPO: 11919240
ScanOffsetBytes: 79376
SeqAligningBytes: 5044811
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 1.00
PureMPEGStream: 752409728.40
Seconds: 2650.88
CalcMPEGStream: 752409728.40
Frames: 66147
CDSize: 800.00
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 66147
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2564
Avg. Bitrate: 2270
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("D:\PROGRA~1\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\SIMPLE~1\SIMPLE~1.DLL")
LoadPlugin("D:\PROGRA~1\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\PROGRA~1\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\INVERS~1\DONALD~1\decomb.dll")
mpeg2source("F:\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
Telecide()
SimpleResize(480,576)
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.050
Video Encoding finished.

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- 02/07/2002 13:08:05
- Free on drive C: 23953.18 mb
- Free on drive F: 24086.16 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\Program Files\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 02/07/2002 13:08:07
- Free on drive C: 23953.18 mb
- Free on drive F: 24086.15 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\Program Files\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 02/07/2002 13:08:09
- Free on drive C: 23953.18 mb
- Free on drive F: 24086.13 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\Program Files\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"D:\Program Files\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "F:\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 02/07/2002 13:11:51
- Free on drive C: 23953.16 mb
- Free on drive F: 23293.20 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: F:\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2643.566 seconds F:\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 02/07/2002 13:12:24
- Free on drive C: 23953.16 mb
- Free on drive F: 23293.16 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 44

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"D:\Program Files\DVDRiP\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="F:\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="F:\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "F:\VCDXBuild_Script_1.xml"
CD-Image creation finished.

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- 02/07/2002 13:15:01
- Free on drive C: 23953.16 mb
- Free on drive F: 22489.23 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
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thats the log file from the last rips i done where i noticed the missing few seconds at the front of the eps...but i don't have the log for the problems with the colors, since it seems to occur only with 2.62 (wrong numbers mentioned earlier) and 2.5 seems to solve the problem

[UltimateDBZ]

Set the movie offset to 0 (bbMPEG tab) and do a short encode. This may only affect the audio, but we'll find out. Report back the results.

[SxLee]

Looks like it worked!!

I set it to 0 and the missing few seconds is gone...but the problem now is this little note ">0 is recommended. It can solve desync on DVD players" which i really like to avoid...

any thoughts on this?

[Jason28]

@SxLee
If you dont have any desync then dont worry about it. Thats only there as some DVD players MAY experiance this problem. :)