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dionysos1973
27th October 2004, 11:49
I've just installed my new P4 system with Windows XP, followed by the CCE 2.67 trial, EclCCE, and the latste DVD2SVCD bundle. On my previous system I managed to successfully convert a large number of AVI's to SVCD or DVD, but with the new one, something seems to be wrong.

I've already set-up the CCE templates as described in one of the sticky-threads on this forum, but somehow, the CCE window is not doing anything after it loaded the .ECL file. I've tried to press the Encode button manually, but that resulted in a very short conversion, after which D2S started the pulldown task.

What's wrong?


WNASPI32.DLL 0.0.0.0
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- 10/26/2004 22:07:16
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
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Initializing
- C:\Multimedia\Projects\Stargate Atlantis S01E05.avi
Initializing finished.

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- 10/26/2004 22:07:19
- Free on drive C: 37375.32 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Undoing Nandubs 1152 BlockAlign value to 1
Redoing Nandubs 1152 BlockAlign value
Audio extraction finished.

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- 10/26/2004 22:07:32
- Free on drive C: 37332.94 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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- 10/26/2004 22:07:35
- Free on drive C: 37330.95 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting MP2 to WAV. Filename: C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
Executing MADPlay (mp2 to wav). Commandline:
"C:\Tmp\DVD2SVCD\MADPlay\madplay.exe" --quiet --output=wave:"C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2.wav" "C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa"
Conversion (mp2 to wav) of C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa finished.


Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Tmp\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2.wav" -output "C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -ota( -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 48000 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 10/26/2004 22:10:22
- Free on drive C: 36712.63 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 4666096988
AudioSectors: 292824
VideoPAPO: 72275796
ScanOffsetBytes: 360
SeqAligningBytes: 22880
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4593505124.00
Seconds: 12.00
CalcMPEGStream: 4593505124.00
Frames: 240
CDSize: 4464.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4460.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 240
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 3
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 800
Max. bitrate: 8000
Avg. Bitrate: 7200
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\Tmp\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
AVISource("C:\MULTIM~1\Projects\STARGA~2.AVI",audio=false)
ConvertToYUY2()
Import("C:\Tmp\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs")
LanczosResize(718,480)
AddBorders(1,0,1,0)
Import("C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\ResampleAudio.avs")
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----
jsoto
27th October 2004, 17:10
There is an issue with strange resolutions. Try to play in WMP your avs file and you will get the error:

Resize width should be multiple of 4.

From your avs:
LanczosResize(718,480)
AddBorders(1,0,1,0)

718 is not multiple of 4.

This issue is going to be fixed, but in the meantime you can edit your avs and use a fix resolution:

LanczosResize(720,480)

jsoto
dionysos1973
27th October 2004, 18:23
I've configured D2S to allow me to edit the .avs file before running it through CCE. It made not difference:

WNASPI32.DLL 0.0.0.0
--------------------------------------------------------
- 10/27/2004 18:15:11
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing
- C:\Multimedia\Projects\Stargate Atlantis S01E05.avi
Initializing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 10/27/2004 18:15:14
- Free on drive C: 40523.54 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
--------------------------------------------------------
Undoing Nandubs 1152 BlockAlign value to 1
Redoing Nandubs 1152 BlockAlign value
Audio extraction finished.

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- 10/27/2004 18:15:57
- Free on drive C: 40523.52 mb
- AUDIO conversion
--------------------------------------------------------
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- 10/27/2004 18:15:59
- Free on drive C: 40523.52 mb
- AUDIO conversion
--------------------------------------------------------

Converting MP2 to WAV. Filename: C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
Executing MADPlay (mp2 to wav). Commandline:
"C:\Tmp\DVD2SVCD\MADPlay\madplay.exe" --quiet --output=wave:"C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2.wav" "C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa"
Conversion (mp2 to wav) of C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa finished.


Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Tmp\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2.wav" -output "C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -ota( -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 48000 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.mpa finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 10/27/2004 18:18:44
- Free on drive C: 40522.53 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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- Editing AVS script file

Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 4666096988
AudioSectors: 292824
VideoPAPO: 72275796
ScanOffsetBytes: 360
SeqAligningBytes: 22880
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4593505124.00
Seconds: 12.00
CalcMPEGStream: 4593505124.00
Frames: 240
CDSize: 4464.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4460.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 240
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 3
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 800
Max. bitrate: 8000
Avg. Bitrate: 7200
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\Tmp\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
AVISource("C:\MULTIM~1\Projects\STARGA~2.AVI",audio=false)
ConvertToYUY2()
Import("C:\Tmp\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs")
LanczosResize(720,480)
AddBorders(1,0,1,0)
Import("C:\Tmp\dvd2svcd\Movie\ResampleAudio.avs")
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----
jsoto
27th October 2004, 20:01
Did you save it?
your log still shows

LanczosResize(720,480)
AddBorders(1,0,1,0)

jsoto
Nick
27th October 2004, 20:08
The extracted audio seems awfully short.

AFAIK, the resize problem jsoto mentions only affects only the preview pane, not the encode.

having now seen jsoto's answer above, when you corrected the LanczosResize command to (720,480) you should have deleted the AddBorders line.

2 things spring to mind - one is a bad frame in your AVI. Check the sticky "avi2*** fails at some point" and try the trick with Virtual Dub.

The other is does you filepath to CCE in the encoder tab point to CCE, or to EclCCE? I prefer CCE 2.5 so I don't need EclCCE, however IIRC the filepath must point to EclCCE, not to CCE.

HTH
Nick
dionysos1973
27th October 2004, 21:12
Well, I've made progress. First of all, I was missing the XVID codec. How stupid can I be. Then with the changes to the .avs file, it ran some more, but suddenly EclCEE crashed. I've already tried to run the AVI through VirtualDub using the trick described in the thread you mentioned. So, now I need to figure out why EclCCE crashes.
jsoto
27th October 2004, 21:31
AFAIK, the resize problem jsoto mentions only affects only the preview pane, not the encode.
Yes, you are right :confused: . But the resize parameters are not multiple of 4. Is ConvertToYUY2() (not present in preview) doing the trick?

having now seen jsoto's answer above, when you corrected the LanczosResize command to (720,480) you should have deleted the AddBorders line.
Right again.

Nick, many thanks for correcting me.

jsoto