MuxMan 0.14 with navigation and highlights available

[mpucoder]

Version 0.14 is available at the MuxMan homepage and has the following new features:

Navigation section of .mxp files (and Scenario object of .scp files).
This allows defining all values of PGCs in all domains, including VM pre/post/cell commands, cells/programs/chapters, sequential/random/shuffle, cell/pgc still time, Prev/Next/GoUp links, menu/button commands, etc.

Highlight streams in Content section (Track object), allowing definition of all highlight stream values. This includes timing, button rectangles, colors, etc.

All 8 audio and 32 subpicture streams may now be defined using .mxp or .scp files.

Sorry, no work was done on the gui, so to take advantage of the new features you will need to save projects, modify the .mxp file, and reload. And still limited to one content segment.
Full documentation of .mxp files is online here

Look for a new version of NuMenu4U which uses MuxMan 0.14, it should be available soon.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Thanks mpucoder...

I shall begin testing ASAP... Well using the bits I understand


Cheers

[GZZ]

yea - it looks nice, but the mpx file have been a bit complicated lately... Possible to have some more 'examples' on how it can look... so you get a better understanding.. But still great job...

Been reading alot on your site.. Is it possible to have 1 VTS with 3 PGC where PGC 1 have both PGC2 and PGC3 cells... Like the Play all buttom in a menu and then you have the episodes in each pgc, but one PGC with all the cells from PGC 2,3,4... ??


GZZ

[mpucoder]

yes, mpx files are complicated because they allow changing anything. Think of them as the assembly language of DVD. Later I hope to create a simpler higher level language. It would automate a lot of details (making them hidden and unchangeable) but speed up script creation.

Yes, you can use more than one PGC and show portions of the segment any way you like. But until 0.15 only one segment (the first) gets multiplexed. Work has already started on 0.15, and you can see what's ahead and watch the progress at the Alpha page

I will get some more examples up soon. Among them multiple PGCs, BOV, and random using commands. Right now the only example is to demostrate VM commands

[cmsoliveira]

Hi,

Great work with muxman, mpucoder

But i've run into a problem, or i guess it's a problem.
I have a project with 10 subs, so i've made a mxp file with all subs, but the end result will only show 8 subs.

What i do is create a peoject with the gui and then add to the mxp file the remaining subs.I reload the mxp file and press start. Muxman doesn't report any error and analysing the log file appears that he opens all subs.

LOG File:

MuxMan version 0.14
Opened script file C:\Gugu\punisher.mxp
Accepted video C:\Gugu\VideoFile.m2v size = 4294967295
Accepted audio C:\Gugu\AudioFile_80.ac3
Accepted audio C:\Gugu\AudioFile_81.ac3
Accepted audio C:\Gugu\AudioFile_82.ac3
Accepted audio C:\Gugu\AudioFile_83.ac3
Opened sub 1 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_20.sup.
Opened sub 2 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_21.sup.
Opened sub 3 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_22.sup.
Opened sub 4 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_23.sup.
Opened sub 5 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_24.sup.
Opened sub 6 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_25.sup.
Opened sub 7 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_26.sup.
Opened sub 8 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_27.sup.
Opened sub 9 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_28.sup.
Opened sub 10 file C:\Gugu\Subpictures_29.sup.
expanded database to 300 entries.
21:07:12 Begin multiplex.
Maximum audio duration 355298 fields.
Starting scene Segment_1_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
Starting scene Segment_1_scn2 at 00:05:23:01
Starting scene Segment_1_scn3 at 00:06:48:13
Starting scene Segment_1_scn4 at 00:10:30:19
Starting scene Segment_1_scn5 at 00:13:56:09
Starting scene Segment_1_scn6 at 00:16:54:11
Starting scene Segment_1_scn7 at 00:21:00:05
Starting scene Segment_1_scn8 at 00:31:15:22
Starting scene Segment_1_scn9 at 00:33:51:10
Starting scene Segment_1_scn10 at 00:36:54:07
Starting scene Segment_1_scn11 at 00:39:28:21
Starting scene Segment_1_scn12 at 00:44:21:16
Starting scene Segment_1_scn13 at 00:45:55:06
Starting scene Segment_1_scn14 at 00:50:40:09
Starting scene Segment_1_scn15 at 00:53:04:21
Starting scene Segment_1_scn16 at 00:56:21:16
Starting scene Segment_1_scn17 at 00:59:49:12
Starting scene Segment_1_scn18 at 01:04:31:02
Starting scene Segment_1_scn19 at 01:07:09:00
Starting scene Segment_1_scn20 at 01:12:10:11
Starting scene Segment_1_scn21 at 01:17:07:14
Starting scene Segment_1_scn22 at 01:18:19:15
Starting scene Segment_1_scn23 at 01:24:48:20
Starting scene Segment_1_scn24 at 01:28:23:18
Starting scene Segment_1_scn25 at 01:34:24:12
Starting scene Segment_1_scn26 at 01:38:27:21
Starting scene Segment_1_scn27 at 01:43:23:08
Starting scene Segment_1_scn28 at 01:47:01:22
Starting scene Segment_1_scn29 at 01:50:57:10
SeqEnd at E76CD26.
Starting scene Segment_1_scn30 at 01:58:26:00
SeqEnd at E76E6A7.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
21:34:03 End multiplex.
Bitrate - avg: 6115430, min: 853333 (lba 0), max: 12219733 (lba 350114).
Shortest GOP has 2 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 355302, VOBU: 14449, Sectors: 2652374.


is it a bug?

[mpucoder]

Yes, a bug - looks like I didn't catch all the places where 8 was the limit. I'll check audio too and then put up a fix.

[manono]

Hi-

What's this mean:

MuxMan version 0.14
Accepted video D:\CaptainBloodDemuxed\3-1\3-1.m2v size = 66316244
Accepted audio D:\CaptainBloodDemuxed\3-1\AudioFile_82.ac3
Reference to non-existant palette "" from PGC "VTS01_TTL01_PGC1"

Just a simple extra from a DVD. Audio and video with no subs. It quit when beginning the mux, referring me to the log. Ver. 0.13h worked fine.

[cmsoliveira]

Yes, a bug - looks like I didn't catch all the places where 8 was the limit. I'll check audio too and then put up a fix.

Just tested version 0.14a and everything work fine.

Thnx for all the work!

[mpucoder]

@manono - it means I got bit again by that rare library out there that allocates "dirty" memory. All the alloc routines are supposed to clear memory, but there is a library that does not do this. This has happened before, so I have just now created a debug version that dirties memory itself to make sure that all variables get initialized.

There will be a fix soon for this in 0.14b

btw - not clearing memory that another program has used is a security risk. I have every version of Windows except server 2003 here (XP, ME, 2000, 98, 95, NT4, NT3, 3.1, and even 2.0!), and none of them exhibit this behaviour.

[codefish]

Hello, just want to report a bug which has come in in Version 0.13 (the 0.12e worked fine)

Material:
- recoded DVD-Movie, 352,576 progressive, created with CCE 2.50
- AC3-Track DD2.0, created by Sonic Foundry Soft Encode 1.0, 224kbit/s
- AC3-Track DD5.1, demultiplexed from Original, 448kbit/s
- MP2-Track, 2-channel stereo, 224kbit/s

Purpose: Comparison of Sound Quality (just a test )

0.12e reports no errors:
"Multiplex completed with no video decoder buffer underflow.
Average Bitrate 2912680.
Minimum Bitrate 1529173 (lba 0).
Maximum Bitrate 7290880 (lba 526462).
GOP's range from 14 to 30 fields."

0.13h reports:
"Reference to non-existant scene Segment_1_scn20"

0.14b reports:
Reference to non-existant scene "Segment_1_scn20" from PGC "VTS01_TTL01_PGC1"

0.14b logfile:
---begin logfile---
MuxMan version 0.14b
Accepted video D:\Movie\apocalyptica\video-progressive.m2v size = 1271510908
Accepted audio D:\Movie\apocalyptica\AudioFile_A0.ac3
Accepted audio D:\Movie\apocalyptica\AudioFile_81.ac3
no multichannel extension found.
Accepted audio D:\Movie\apocalyptica\AudioFile_A0.mp2
13:58:00 Begin multiplex.
Maximum audio duration 262254 fields.
Starting scene Segment_1_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
Starting scene Segment_1_scn2 at 00:02:50:24, requested for 00:02:50:10
Starting scene Segment_1_scn3 at 00:06:00:11, requested for 00:06:00:00
Starting scene Segment_1_scn4 at 00:08:03:05
Starting scene Segment_1_scn5 at 00:12:28:20
Starting scene Segment_1_scn6 at 00:18:08:20, requested for 00:18:08:10
Starting scene Segment_1_scn7 at 00:23:54:12, requested for 00:23:54:10
Starting scene Segment_1_scn8 at 00:27:08:18, requested for 00:27:08:10
Starting scene Segment_1_scn9 at 00:35:13:18, requested for 00:35:13:15
Starting scene Segment_1_scn10 at 00:39:39:22, requested for 00:39:39:15
Starting scene Segment_1_scn11 at 00:43:55:18, requested for 00:43:55:15
Starting scene Segment_1_scn12 at 00:47:41:16, requested for 00:47:41:05
Starting scene Segment_1_scn13 at 00:52:09:08, requested for 00:52:08:20
Starting scene Segment_1_scn14 at 00:58:00:11, requested for 00:58:00:00
Starting scene Segment_1_scn15 at 00:58:51:11, requested for 00:58:51:05
Starting scene Segment_1_scn16 at 01:03:30:16, requested for 01:03:30:10
Starting scene Segment_1_scn17 at 01:12:38:23, requested for 01:12:38:10
Starting scene Segment_1_scn18 at 01:15:16:20
Starting scene Segment_1_scn19 at 01:20:09:15
SeqEnd at 4BC9B778.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
14:02:57 End multiplex.
Reference to non-existant scene "Segment_1_scn20" from PGC "VTS01_TTL01_PGC1"
---end logfile

For Comparison, the logfile from the successful 0.12e-run:
---begin logfile---
MuxMan version 0.12e
Accepted video D:\Movie\apocalyptica\video-progressive.m2v size = 1271510908
Accepted audio D:\Movie\apocalyptica\AudioFile_A0.ac3
Accepted audio D:\Movie\apocalyptica\AudioFile_81.ac3
no multichannel extension found.
Accepted audio D:\Movie\apocalyptica\AudioFile_A0.mp2
14:05:59 Begin multiplex.
Maximum audio duration 262254 fields.
14:05:59 starting video file number 1.
SeqEnd at 4BC9B778.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
14:10:34 End multiplex.
Bitrate - avg: 2912680, min: 1529173 (lba 0), max: 7290880 (lba 526462).
Shortest GOP has 14 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 262256, VOBU: 8730, Sectors: 932456.
---end logfile---

reporting greetings from germany

Codefish (fishing in the bitstream )

[edit: I of course have imported the celltimes.txt which I created using PGCDEMUX - the material is from a bought DVD which I want to expermiment with]
[more edit: forgot to say, muxman is far the best free multiplexing tool I have ever come across - except for this little bug the results make me cry for more! ]

[mpucoder]

It's not a bug, and there are several posts explaining the message. What it boils down to is you need to remove the last line of celltimes.txt or use the new PGCDemux.

[codefish]

Thankyou, I apologize for not having read all threads about this, seemed a bug to me because it used to work in older versions so I didn't look for bugreports very carefully.

Your tool is great!!!

regards from germany

Codefish

[Trahald]

sorry to go o.t. but i just want to thank Mpucoder for all the hard work he has put into this great application! ive done some menus with numenu/muxman and they have come out perfect, quickly and no issues. Thanks again.

[Abond]

Hmm, maybe I am doing something wrong, but there is the problem:
Multiplexing with 13g (video, audio, subtitles, no chapters). Drag and drop the VIDEO_TS folder in Media Player Classic - it plays OK.
Multiplexing with 14a the same files. Drag and drop - it doesn't play, the status of the player shows "Domain: Stop" as it is waiting menu command. Jump to title 1 with the player doesn't help - it shows it is playing, but doesn't.

[mpucoder]

I need a little more than that to go on. What OS, SP level, and a look at the log file.

[Abond]

XP Home basic (no SP). Do you need the both logs? And sorry for the silly question where to find them?

[mpucoder]

Just the log from 0.14a, unless changed by editing the .ini file, the log file is C:\muxman.log

[Abond]

Well, it is a bit strange, but...
The last log was from 13g. So I multiplex the files again with 14a and this time it works. Anyway, here is the log:

MuxMan version 0.14a
Opened script file C:\Programm Files\Muxman\project.mxp
Accepted video F:\MyVideos\RidersOfTheLostArk\Riders16x9.mpv size = 4291869884
no multichannel extension found.
Accepted audio F:\MyVideos\RidersOfTheLostArk\rotla_raw_cut.mp2
Opened sub 1 file F:\MyVideos\RidersOfTheLostArk\rotlahighlast.sup.
18:11:02 Begin multiplex.
Maximum audio duration 331424 fields.
Starting scene Segment_1_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at FFD0BCB8.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
18:25:10 End multiplex.
Bitrate - avg: 5509791, min: 3631786 (lba 287609), max: 9366186 (lba 2037358).
Shortest GOP has 14 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 331424, VOBU: 11043, Sectors: 2229098.

Why it wasn't working yestreday remains a mystery

[Paulcat]

This is a weird error. I'm running WinXP Pro SP2, and I just finished making a DVD with Muxman 0.14b. Everything worked fine except my subtitles were a little low for my taste.
I re-did the subs, raising them a bit, and when I tried to restart Muxman, it wouldn't run.

Let me clarify: the task manager shows it is running (although not using any cpu cycles), the window is there in the taskbar; I can click on it but it won't maximize or open to the normal screen. I thought it was some odd bug, so I re-booted...same thing. I deleted the program and went back to the older (stable) version 0.13h and...SAME THING!

If I open the log, it just has one line with Muxman's version number and nothing else..all my other software seems to be working (have been frantically checking!) except for this. Now I have a pile of files on my hard drive, ready to be made into a DVD and I'm sitting here unable to go ahead with it. AND, twenty minutes ago, everything was working FINE!

HELP!

[mpucoder]

This is only a guess, but try deleting its .ini file (Muxman.ini). I don't know where XP puts it, so you'll have to search for it.