Issue when the dvd sound channel is 2channel PCM sound

[equilibrium]

Good morning log follows this summary. Best of Bowie vol2 (2002). Only has one sound channel which is 2 channel PCM.

At the end of the D2S dvd cycle it fired up Scenarist 2.7 and this failed with an error over muxing.

So I did things manually in Meastro which was happy to take the .wav and the .mpv file.

The thing is the end result was way too large for a dvd5. When I looked back at the .mpv I realised that this was the equivilant size that I would usual let D2S use for sound and video. Then I also had a 1Gb .wav file on top.

It seems that maybe D2S is screwing up the bitrate calculation when there is not an .ac3 file?

Any ideas, I couldn't find a similar report here?

Log file follows thx.

Equlibrium

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
Key found: D0DD2D4426
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- 13/02/2004 19:39:58
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_7.vob
Initializing finished.

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- 13/02/2004 19:40:02
- Free on drive D: 27399.75 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.vob
- Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_7.vob

Ripping: Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
Ripping: Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
Ripping: Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
Ripping: Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
Ripping: Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob
Ripping: Y:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.vob
Framerate: 25000
Ripping finished. Speed: 7254

Trying to eject the DVD
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- 13/02/2004 21:20:18
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
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Initializing finished.

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- 13/02/2004 21:20:18
- Free on drive D: 22093.15 mb
- Restarting from: From the start
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- 13/02/2004 21:20:19
- 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=[D:\movie\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[D:\movie\VTS_01_1.vob,D:\movie\VTS_01_2.vob,D:\movie\VTS_01_3.vob,D:\movie\VTS_01_4.vob,D:\movie\VTS_01_5.vob,D:\movie\VTS_01_6.vob]
Framerate: 25000
DVD2AVI processing done.

Saving Subtitles ini file
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- 13/02/2004 21:21:40
- Free on drive D: 22092.76 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found PCM stream id: 0xA0
Filename: D:\movie\Extracted_audio_1.wav
Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Framerate: 25000
Audio extraction finished.

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- 13/02/2004 21:24:38
- Free on drive D: 21037.82 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 4599165788
AudioSectors: 2324
VideoPAPO: 71243496
ScanOffsetBytes: 216032
SeqAligningBytes: 13730002
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4513973930.50
Seconds: 5767.84
CalcMPEGStream: 4513973930.50
Frames: 144021
CDSize: 4400.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4396.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 144021
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 2000
Max. bitrate: 9000
Avg. Bitrate: 6260
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1\INVERS~1\decomb.dll")
mpeg2source("D:\movie\DVD2AV~2.D2V")
Telecide()
BicubicResize(720,576,0.0,0.6)
Import("D:\movie\ResampleAudio.avs")
ResampleAudio(44100)
ConvertToYUY2()
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.180
Video Encoding finished.

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- 14/02/2004 04:33:51
- Free on drive D: 16703.32 mb
- Creating DVD-Image using Sonic Scenarist
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Creating Sonic Scenarist Script file
Executing Sonic Scenarist
Scenarist Failed!
Layout Failed (See Message Window)
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- 14/02/2004 06:30:49
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
-
Initializing finished.

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- 14/02/2004 06:30:51
- Free on drive D: 11337.70 mb
- Crash Recovery
- Restarting from: DVD Authoring
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- 14/02/2004 06:30:53
- Free on drive D: 11337.70 mb
- Creating DVD-Image using Sonic Scenarist
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Creating Sonic Scenarist Script file
Executing Sonic Scenarist
Scenarist Failed!
Layout Failed (See Message Window)

[ChickenMan]

In DVD2SVCD Audio tab, unselect "Do not convert Audio ( use source audio)" and set bitrate to, say, 224. After encoding (dont use Scenarist here), just convert the extracted WAV to AC3 at a bitrate you selected abouve, 224 and manually author in your favourite author tool. Then the final size will be spot on DVD5 and video at maximixed bitrate.

CM

[equilibrium]

Thank you for your input, it was very helpful. This is the first I have seen of this type and hopefully they continue to be as infrequent. What is your tool of choice for the audio conversion?

Regards

Equilibrium

[ChickenMan]

I tend to use AC3Enc that comes with Scenarist. It imports the WAV file , normalizes the sound and converts to AC-3 2ch. It's not fast.

I have been trying/playing with the new TMPGEnc AC-3 Pluggin for their DVD Authoring program. You can use it standalone to convert the WAV to AC-3 as well. Works quick and simple (ugly looking program though !) but does not Normalize the sound levels.