dvdshrink v3.2 is released - Page 3

Joergen · 26th July 2004, 23:25

mb1: I dunno what you encoded but home videos or poorly authored/jam-packed discs do not represent the average hollywood movie which is done with high quality encoders and skill. If you take bad material and force it down it wont get any better thats for sure.

And did you forget to run deep analysis, its not ticked in your screenshot.

edit: How about taking the sharpest possible movie you can find, and fiddle with that. Suggestions are Indy jones boxset, good bad and the ugly, ET 20th anniversary edition.

ddlooping · 26th July 2004, 23:37

Thanks for the positive feedback, guys, it is very much appreciated.

mb1, your test makes for interesting reading.
Would you mind conducting the exact same one with other transcoders?

quantum · 27th July 2004, 00:21

I've got an hour left on my 3.2 encode. Can anyone confirm closed captions are working or not working? Please don't tell me they're broken.

dvdshrink · 27th July 2004, 00:36

Interlaced video is a tough one.

Fortunately it is rare on DVDs, sometimes extras are interlaced, and often music videos, but not your typical movie.

Would be interesting to see some more comparitive tests.

dvdshrink · 27th July 2004, 00:41

I don't think CC is broken! (I hope not ;-)

Joergen · 27th July 2004, 00:59

The CCCP whatnow? Doesnt matter in PAL land..

mb1 · 27th July 2004, 01:18

@ ddlooping, dvdshrink

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Would you mind conducting the exact same one with other transcoders?

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Would be interesting to see some more comparitive tests

Running DVD2one 1.5 now for the second time with different full disk options.
The first one did a better job than DVDShrink 3.2 (in 30:19 minutes).
Blocking was less outstanding and better looking.
But I think DVDShrink 3.2 does have a P-frame-bug on higher compression (like <60% ratio).

Today evening I will do it with IC8 as well.

Will update the site in 24 hours with new comparisons and screenshots.

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Interlaced video is a tough one

Of course. Because of that I'm testing on it

IC7 had major quality issues with interlaced material. I'm extremely curious if that has changed.

@ Joergen

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And did you forget to run deep analysis, its not ticked in your screenshot

I think I wrote it all in the text

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If you take bad material

The material is not bad. DVD is fine (with peaks up to 9400 kbps), but the content is extremely hard for every encoder/transcoder.
Of course there are blocks sometimes in the source material, too. I have DV material (25 Mbps video bitrate) where I can see blocking because the content is so extreme that even this high bitrate is not sufficient.
That's the material where encoders are far superior if settings are optimized.

I already did a lot of progressive hollywood movie comparisons. Other people too. I don't plan to do what everybody else is doing already.
I think I'm not the only tester - I want those cute little programs to reach their limits - or way beyond.
That's the way to find bugs and weaknesses.

Remember my DVD2one comparison with optimized CCE settings (January 2003) with LOTR SEE on one DVD-R. Bad results for DVD2one ...

quantum · 27th July 2004, 01:26

I can confirm CC is retained in my first encode using 3.2, whew

I can also confirm macro blocks are reduced in comparison to my previous 3.1.7 transcode done at similar compression rates.

I'll do some more tests, but so far this looks impressive. Definitely a significant improvement.

Excellent work dvdshrink

dvdshrink · 27th July 2004, 01:33

"cute little program" - ouch!
You are a harsh tester. Every developer's worst enemy :-)

edit:
On a more serious note, I'd love to see an interlaced comparison with IC8. This didn't come up during beta testing. Interlaced material usually ends up looking worse in transcoders, because the second video field is predicted from the first field, so you get an error propagation nightmare. DVD Shrink does attempt to deal with this...

valnar · 27th July 2004, 01:43

OK, I'm impressed. It equals or exceeds IC7 on Mirrorball. Way to go DVDShrink team!

-Robert

ddlooping · 27th July 2004, 02:46

Glad to hear it, Robert, thanks.

motster · 27th July 2004, 03:07

@dvdshrink & team...

Awesome release! I love the output options! If you get a spare moment (ha!), can you have a pref. setting for setting Verify when using DVD Decrypter to burn?

The other feature I've been thinking about, but I know isn't easy to implement, would be to flag titles that are referenced in the First Play sequence. It stinks when you Still Image some titles, only to find that you'll be sitting through 4 minutes of "This video removed" because you didn't realize they're the stupid intro trailers ;-)

I know, I could figure out the titles myself using a player, but if he gets bored and wanted more features to add... ;-)

ddlooping · 27th July 2004, 03:10

mb1, I must confess I did not test v3.2 with interlaced material, but with non-interlaced sources, DVD2One 1.5 was well behind in terms of output quality.
Comparative tests were done for each DVD2One quality options, including the new ones.

quantum · 27th July 2004, 03:31

I just compared the mixed extras from Shrek 1 using 3.2 and 3.1.7 reducing both to 60% of their original size. The newer version is obviously and significantly improved in both interlaced and progressive scenes. Macroblocking is reduced everywhere.

It also appears the annoying "pulsing" effect from 3.1.7 and earlier versions is gone. Version 3.2 seems to have a more even distribution so you don't have the 3 good frames and 1 bad frame syndrome which caused the pulsing in previous versions.

My previous comparisons with IC7 and Shrink 3.1.7 showed they were both fairly close, with IC7 maybe being slightly in the lead. I don't intend to retest IC7, but my guess would be that Shrink has at least caught up with IC7 and possibly jumped ahead.

Really fine work dvdshrink.

jsquare · 27th July 2004, 04:44

All I can say is that this new version of DVDShrink "kills" IC7 and probably all other transcoders in every aspect.

I was trying to convert the last 2 discs of the LEXX series(S4V5 and S4V6) and was having a lot of problems with them, macroblocks all over the place with IC7, IC8 and Shrink 3.1.7, I even tried DVDRebuilder which did a good job but I didn't wanted to go back to my DVD2SVCD days of re-encoding.

So this new version came right on time, took around 1.5hrs for each disc and the results were better than expected, wish I had this version of Shrink when I started doing the whole series.

One more thing, I don't think you can call DVDShrink a "transcoder" anymore, the new engine have very similar results to those made by CCE with DVD-Rebuilder, so it may have become a fast "re-encoder" instead.

Lagoon · 27th July 2004, 08:32

Well you still have to call it a transcoder since it IS technically one

Lazza · 27th July 2004, 09:18

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Originally posted by valnar
OK, I'm impressed........... Way to go DVDShrink team!

-Robert

Glad you like it, I'm sure none of us would object if beers were handed around.

http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/g0/beer.gif

Solo · 27th July 2004, 09:28

Very nice. I have not done a full movie yet, but I loaded an image and took a look. A lot of new options. Looks awesome.

Thanks

DVD Maniac · 27th July 2004, 11:33

I just tried a "Power" test with Terminator 2 which has always been a problem for any encoding / transcoding tool I have used previously. The interlaced source requires hefty compression if you want to keep DTS and the directors track (55%) and all my previous attempts were very dissapointing - even CCE struggled.

I watched source and Shrink outputs together and I must say the two really are very difficult to distinguish. There is some very slight blocking on the action scenes and the colour is very slightly washed out (but nowhere near what you got with previous versions). Also, the "mosquito" noise that I got very badly on this title with Shrink before is nowhere to be seen.

All I can say is "awesome". Congrats to the team

Can I ask those close to the development where we should be posting development suggestions? Mine are as follows -

1. Single frame title AND menu vob replacement (ala Menuedit etc)
2. A batch mode (now the run times are approaching 2-3 hours it makes sense to have this feature for running overnight batch jobs)
3. Automated / Semi-Automated Menu button removal / disabling (thats a tough one I know - but this would make the app the ULTIMATE backup solution)

My Pinnacle crapware and other redundant apps are being removed right now!

Lazza · 27th July 2004, 11:53

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Originally posted by DVD Maniac
Can I ask those close to the development where we should be posting development suggestions? Mine are as follows -

1. Single frame title AND menu vob replacement (ala Menuedit etc)
2. A batch mode (now the run times are approaching 2-3 hours it makes sense to have this feature for running overnight batch jobs)
3. Automated / Semi-Automated Menu button removal / disabling (thats a tough one I know - but this would make the app the ULTIMATE backup solution)

Don't think that's going to happen sadly m8, but only dvdshrink himself can answer that Q about any possible future development of DVD Shrink.

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Joergen Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: the dvd-rb has you Posts: 736	mb1: I dunno what you encoded but home videos or poorly authored/jam-packed discs do not represent the average hollywood movie which is done with high quality encoders and skill. If you take bad material and force it down it wont get any better thats for sure. And did you forget to run deep analysis, its not ticked in your screenshot. edit: How about taking the sharpest possible movie you can find, and fiddle with that. Suggestions are Indy jones boxset, good bad and the ugly, ET 20th anniversary edition. Last edited by Joergen; 26th July 2004 at 23:28.

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ddlooping Classified Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 375	Thanks for the positive feedback, guys, it is very much appreciated. mb1, your test makes for interesting reading. Would you mind conducting the exact same one with other transcoders? __________________ Happy Shrinking!! http://www.dvdshrink.info/images/smiles/shrink.gif ~ddlooping~ For DVD Shrink and related softwares guides and downloads, please visit DVDShrink.info. My other site: Teaching-Tools.

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dvdshrink Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 176	"cute little program" - ouch! You are a harsh tester. Every developer's worst enemy :-) edit: On a more serious note, I'd love to see an interlaced comparison with IC8. This didn't come up during beta testing. Interlaced material usually ends up looking worse in transcoders, because the second video field is predicted from the first field, so you get an error propagation nightmare. DVD Shrink does attempt to deal with this... Last edited by dvdshrink; 27th July 2004 at 02:00.

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ddlooping Classified Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 375	Glad to hear it, Robert, thanks. __________________ Happy Shrinking!! http://www.dvdshrink.info/images/smiles/shrink.gif ~ddlooping~ For DVD Shrink and related softwares guides and downloads, please visit DVDShrink.info. My other site: Teaching-Tools.

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ddlooping Classified Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 375	mb1, I must confess I did not test v3.2 with interlaced material, but with non-interlaced sources, DVD2One 1.5 was well behind in terms of output quality. Comparative tests were done for each DVD2One quality options, including the new ones. __________________ Happy Shrinking!! http://www.dvdshrink.info/images/smiles/shrink.gif ~ddlooping~ For DVD Shrink and related softwares guides and downloads, please visit DVDShrink.info. My other site: Teaching-Tools.

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quantum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USA Posts: 528	I've got an hour left on my 3.2 encode. Can anyone confirm closed captions are working or not working? Please don't tell me they're broken.

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dvdshrink Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 176	Interlaced video is a tough one. Fortunately it is rare on DVDs, sometimes extras are interlaced, and often music videos, but not your typical movie. Would be interesting to see some more comparitive tests.

27th July 2004, 00:41	#45 \| Link
dvdshrink Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 176	I don't think CC is broken! (I hope not ;-)

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Joergen Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: the dvd-rb has you Posts: 736	The CCCP whatnow? Doesnt matter in PAL land..

27th July 2004, 01:26	#48 \| Link
quantum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USA Posts: 528	I can confirm CC is retained in my first encode using 3.2, whew I can also confirm macro blocks are reduced in comparison to my previous 3.1.7 transcode done at similar compression rates. I'll do some more tests, but so far this looks impressive. Definitely a significant improvement. Excellent work dvdshrink

27th July 2004, 01:43	#50 \| Link
valnar Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cleveland Posts: 498	OK, I'm impressed. It equals or exceeds IC7 on Mirrorball. Way to go DVDShrink team! -Robert

27th July 2004, 03:07	#52 \| Link
motster Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 23	@dvdshrink & team... Awesome release! I love the output options! If you get a spare moment (ha!), can you have a pref. setting for setting Verify when using DVD Decrypter to burn? The other feature I've been thinking about, but I know isn't easy to implement, would be to flag titles that are referenced in the First Play sequence. It stinks when you Still Image some titles, only to find that you'll be sitting through 4 minutes of "This video removed" because you didn't realize they're the stupid intro trailers ;-) I know, I could figure out the titles myself using a player, but if he gets bored and wanted more features to add... ;-)

27th July 2004, 03:31	#54 \| Link
quantum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USA Posts: 528	I just compared the mixed extras from Shrek 1 using 3.2 and 3.1.7 reducing both to 60% of their original size. The newer version is obviously and significantly improved in both interlaced and progressive scenes. Macroblocking is reduced everywhere. It also appears the annoying "pulsing" effect from 3.1.7 and earlier versions is gone. Version 3.2 seems to have a more even distribution so you don't have the 3 good frames and 1 bad frame syndrome which caused the pulsing in previous versions. My previous comparisons with IC7 and Shrink 3.1.7 showed they were both fairly close, with IC7 maybe being slightly in the lead. I don't intend to retest IC7, but my guess would be that Shrink has at least caught up with IC7 and possibly jumped ahead. Really fine work dvdshrink.

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jsquare BrainDead Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Near a Nuclear Power Plant Posts: 149	Better than IC7! All I can say is that this new version of DVDShrink "kills" IC7 and probably all other transcoders in every aspect. I was trying to convert the last 2 discs of the LEXX series(S4V5 and S4V6) and was having a lot of problems with them, macroblocks all over the place with IC7, IC8 and Shrink 3.1.7, I even tried DVDRebuilder which did a good job but I didn't wanted to go back to my DVD2SVCD days of re-encoding. So this new version came right on time, took around 1.5hrs for each disc and the results were better than expected, wish I had this version of Shrink when I started doing the whole series. One more thing, I don't think you can call DVDShrink a "transcoder" anymore, the new engine have very similar results to those made by CCE with DVD-Rebuilder, so it may have become a fast "re-encoder" instead. Last edited by jsquare; 27th July 2004 at 04:49.

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Lagoon Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 136	Well you still have to call it a transcoder since it IS technically one

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Solo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Sunshine Motel Posts: 168	Very nice. I have not done a full movie yet, but I loaded an image and took a look. A lot of new options. Looks awesome. Thanks

27th July 2004, 11:33	#59 \| Link
DVD Maniac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 413	I just tried a "Power" test with Terminator 2 which has always been a problem for any encoding / transcoding tool I have used previously. The interlaced source requires hefty compression if you want to keep DTS and the directors track (55%) and all my previous attempts were very dissapointing - even CCE struggled. I watched source and Shrink outputs together and I must say the two really are very difficult to distinguish. There is some very slight blocking on the action scenes and the colour is very slightly washed out (but nowhere near what you got with previous versions). Also, the "mosquito" noise that I got very badly on this title with Shrink before is nowhere to be seen. All I can say is "awesome". Congrats to the team Can I ask those close to the development where we should be posting development suggestions? Mine are as follows - 1. Single frame title AND menu vob replacement (ala Menuedit etc) 2. A batch mode (now the run times are approaching 2-3 hours it makes sense to have this feature for running overnight batch jobs) 3. Automated / Semi-Automated Menu button removal / disabling (thats a tough one I know - but this would make the app the ULTIMATE backup solution) My Pinnacle crapware and other redundant apps are being removed right now!