Another aspect problrm

[BW5150]

I'm trying to do Erin Brockovich and ran in the same problem I did with my Man w/ the golden gun rip. Again I used a 16:9 aspect ratio and it came out full screen. I also noticed that after I went thru my other rips they had the wrong ratio.

I've done these movies and the borders all came out to be different than what the dvd was.

-Superman II & III (both rips had 1" border while the dvds have a 2" border)
-Interview with the vampire (rip was full screen while dvd has a 1.25" border)

I guess what I'm wondering is if this latest rel. of dvd2svcd has a bug in it because this has just started happening recently.

Btw, here is my logfile from E. Brockovich.

WNASPI32.DLL 4.71.1.0
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- 2/16/2003 9:44:23 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.1.1 build 2
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 2/16/2003 9:44:28 PM
- Free on drive C: 13111.06 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_1.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_2.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_3.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_4.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_5.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_6.vob

Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_1.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_2.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_3.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_4.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_5.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_6.vob
Ripping finished. Speed: 2579

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- 2/16/2003 10:23:02 PM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_06_1.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_06_2.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_06_3.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_06_4.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_06_5.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_06_6.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 2/16/2003 10:27:43 PM
- Free on drive C: 13110.51 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 15 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 2/16/2003 10:32:42 PM
- Free on drive C: 13110.51 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -ota( -d 15 ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 2/16/2003 10:54:57 PM
- Free on drive C: 12930.23 mb
- Converting Pictures
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Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultTitlepicture.bmp
Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
Finished converting pictures
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- 2/16/2003 10:55:14 PM
- Free on drive C: 12929.27 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 2495536764
AudioSectors: 191813664
VideoPAPO: 35685900
ScanOffsetBytes: 226619
SeqAligningBytes: 14402884
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 12
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 900.00
PureMPEGStream: 2253407685.47
Seconds: 7885.58
CalcMPEGStream: 2253407685.47
Frames: 188849
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 3
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 188849
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Avg. Bitrate: 2230
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (borders added, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.910
Video Encoding finished.

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- 2/17/2003 4:42:07 AM
- Free on drive C: 10789.09 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

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- 2/17/2003 4:51:58 AM
- Free on drive C: 8695.19 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TitlePicture.bmp.mpg"
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- 2/17/2003 4:52:09 AM
- Free on drive C: 8695.15 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\ChangeCDPicture.bmp.mpg"
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- 2/17/2003 4:52:16 AM
- Free on drive C: 8695.11 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 2/17/2003 4:52:20 AM
- Free on drive C: 8695.11 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2673 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: 2675
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2718 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: 5393
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 2/17/2003 5:30:25 AM
- Free on drive C: 6367.53 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2675.801 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
2720.679 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File02.mpg
2483.409 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File02.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 2/17/2003 5:32:13 AM
- Free on drive C: 6367.52 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 17

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBU~1.XML"
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- 2/17/2003 5:34:40 AM
- Free on drive C: 5561.20 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 16

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBU~2.XML"
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- 2/17/2003 5:36:58 AM
- Free on drive C: 4755.41 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 13

CD image #3: CD_Image_File_CD3.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD3.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD3.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBU~3.XML"
CD-Image creation finished.

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- 2/17/2003 5:39:16 AM
- Free on drive C: 4007.10 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
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[manono]

Hi-

I begin to see your problem. You have the Aspect Ratio set properly, but you have neither a Resize line, nor an AddBorders line in the .avs. So, unless you edited the .avs yourself to remove those lines (don't know why you'd do that), or have been messing around in the SVCD_Settings.ini and screwed something up by mistake, I have no idea why that would occur.

My suggestion is to either reinstall your DVD2SVCD, or better yet, install the new version listed on the news page. But this is kind of over my head, and perhaps markrb or another of the real experts has a better idea about what's going on.

[markrb]

Yes I see that. You are missing two lines in your AVS file.
You should have some sort of resize command ie.
Bicubicresize

and a border command ie

Addborder(??,??,??,??)

Both are missing. Did you edit the ini file? Did you edit the avs file and remove these lines?

Mark

[BW5150]

I have not edited any of the ini files so I can't understand why those lines of code are missing...

I did run dvd2avi b4 like u suggested to find out the aspect ratio of the golden gun dvd so maybe that could have caused the problem.

I will go ahead and install the new version and post my results.

Thx

[markrb]

When you do install the new version make sure that the directory has been deleted as well when you uninstall the old version. If there are edited files in there they will stay and this could be causing a problem.

Mark

[BW5150]

Ok, thx for the info.