VobBlanker 1.5.1.0 is out: A tool to blank, cut or replace titles and Menus

[2COOL]

@jsoto

Quote by me
If my output folder is the same as my input folder, I get an error.
Input error: Reached end of VOB to early
I think you should put a check to see that both folders are not to same to avoid this.[/b]

Actually, I have a different error now but I'll still clarify on my test.

I reauthored a Episodic anime DVD, using the first 2 eps, with DVD Shrink. Here's the files I got afterwards.

VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_1.VOB // Episode 1 (6 Programs, 6 Cells)
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_02_0.BUP
VTS_02_1.VOB // Episode 2 (6 Programs, 6 Cells)
VTS_02_0.IFO

My gameplan was to add Episode 2 to the end of Episode 1 by replacing Cell 6 (blank) of VTS_01 with Cell 1 to 6 of VTS_02 (The whole VTS_02_1.VOB).

Folders set as follows.


The Plan


Blanking VTS_02


Process and error!


I know why I got this error and my secondary job was to find errors so here it is!

[r0lZ]

Tobi is the guy who wrote the PgcEdit Anleitung (german guide, verry nice work!).
He is active on http://technik.movie2digital.de/.

[jsoto]

Hi all,
This is the changelog:

Vers 1.5.0.6 (13-10-2004)
Added: Overwrite confirmation when extracting cells.
Added: Option to extract all cells , one file per cell.
Change: Max Menu PGCs increased up to 500.
Change: Max IFO size increased up to 384 KBytes
BugFix: Cell list bug refreshing action column.
BugFix: Cell index in Log is now from 1 to n, (instead of from 0 to n-1).
BugFix: When replacing a Cell with a VOB with multiple cells the duration
time was not calculated correctly.
BugFix: Output folder / Input folder check did not work correctly.

@2COOL
Could you confirm the correction of the last bug? I think I've fixed it, but I cannot be completely sure...

jsoto
Note: I'm having problems to upload the sources in www.iespana.es. If you want to have access to them please download from www.posunplugged.com

EDIT:

Tobi is active on http://technik.movie2digital.de/.

I know, he asked me to publish VobBlanker betas. My question to 2COOL was a joke...
BTW, I've asked him which is the horrible DVD (from the authoring point of view) with 478 menu PGCs..

[Junior73Italy]

Hi Jsoto,
and many thanks for your program!!!I want to report a little" Bug " of Vob Blanker 1.5.0.6 and the previous realease.
Sorry for my english, I'll try to explain with few words....
I "love" to test the quality of encoder\transcoder mpeg 2 software (like CCE Procoder ....\Shrink etc) using the SSIM (Similar structure index Metric).I hope that you know this DLL of Avisynth.
If I rip a dvd on the hard disk using Dvd Decrypter and then using Vob Blanker (keeping all dvd structure ) and compare with the SSIm
I found that the results are "stranges";I want to say that normally the result of the compare with the SSIm would have to be equal to 1 because the frames are the same ones.Instead in my tests the results are smaller of 1.This happens when the SSim puts in relation frames various.


I insert the Avisynth script to informative scope:

LoadPlugin("C:\Programmi\Auto SSIM\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Programmi\Auto SSIM\SSIM.dll")
original=MPEG2Source("d:\love_actually\dvd rip love actually.d2v")
original=Trim(original,0,1499)
original=ConvertToYV12(original)
filtered=MPEG2Source("d:\vob blanker rip\vob blanker rip.d2v")
filtered=Trim(filtered,0,1499)
filtered=ConvertToYV12(filtered)
ssim(original,filtered,"D:\Result SSIm Dvd ecripter Rip VS VOb Blanker Rip.csv","D:\Result SSIm Dvd ecripter Rip VS VOb Blanker Rip.txt",lumimask=true)

SSIM: Structural Similarity Index Metric 0.23
Average SSIM= 27.21 (must be 1!!!)


and I enclose one image of the Pgc of the film Love Actually.....look at the various number of the frames in the red box.

[IMG]C:\Love Actually Test.jpg[/IMG]

Sorry but english language is not may first language (I'm only italian men!!!) and so I can't tell you more .....I hope you wil understand.

Bye

[jsoto]

No, I'm not familiar with SSIM..., but I'll check it.

In any case, please note VobBlanker can change the physical layout of the VOB and DVD2AVI does not take into account the cells order neither the PGCs. In summary, the original VOB and the VobBlanker processed one can have the frames in different points of trim(), so SSIM can not be done.
To be absolutely sure, you have to do the test with a single-PGC VOB. Is this your case?

jsoto

[Junior73Italy]

I upload the image on my "very little site"..the name is "Love Actually test for Jsoto"....in the first page.

http://junior73.altervista.org

what do you think about the different number of the frame?

Bye

[jsoto]

@Junior73Italy
Check your PM
jsoto

[Junior73Italy]

I send you all the Ifo :

1 LOVE_ACTUALLY Vob Blanker Rip.Rar
2 LOVE_ACTUALLY Dvd Decrypter Rip.rar

Look at the VTS_01_0.ifo in the first Pgc (the film)use Vob id 2 and 3.

Tell me If there are problems with the attachments....or you don't receive the files.

In Italy It's 2.00 a.m ......I'm going to sleep!!!!I'll back
tomorrow....

Bye

[jsoto]

Confirmed, as I said before, VOB physical layout has been changed.
You can see it comparing VTS_C_ADT tables of VTS_01_0.IFO. The original starts with Cell 1/1 (5 sectors, BTW, seems a blabk cell) and the vobblanker procesed one starts with cell 2/1.

That means, the frames you are getting with trim() in DVD2AVI are not the same.

jsoto

[Junior73Italy]

Yes Jsoto,
I use another Trim for the original movie (dvddecripter Rip)and the
value of SSSim caming back right or just value of 1 for the first one minute and the rest of the film.

LoadPlugin("C:\Programmi\Auto SSIM\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Programmi\Auto SSIM\SSIM.dll")
original=MPEG2Source("d:\love_actually\dvd rip love actually.d2v")
original=Trim(original,1,1500)# JUST THIS TRIM
original=ConvertToYV12(original)
filtered=MPEG2Source("d:\vob blanker rip\vob blanker rip.d2v")
filtered=Trim(filtered,0,1499)
filtered=ConvertToYV12(filtered)
ssim(original,filtered,"D:\Result SSIm Dvd ecripter Rip VS VOb Blanker Rip.csv","D:\Result SSIm Dvd ecripter Rip VS VOb Blanker Rip.txt",lumimask=true)

Bye

[jsoto]

Tobi's DVD was
"Sex and the City" (German)

It has 96 VTSs and is an episodic DVD. First VTS has 478 menu PGCs with 384 VobIDs.

jsoto

[2COOL]

Originally posted by jsoto
@2COOL
Could you confirm the correction of the last bug? I think I've fixed it, but I cannot be completely sure...

Still there. Since VTS_02_1.VOB was flagged for blanking, there is conflicts on using it to replace Cell 6 of VTS_01_1.VOB at the same time. I know this is an unique situation but this had to be tested.



BTW, I had an error in display in my previous post. This is my actual results on replacing with a multiple cell VOB. My whole multiple celled VTS_02_1.VOB is now a single VOB. It works if I don't opt to blank out my VTS_02_1.VOB in same process.

[jsoto]

OK. Found the problem. A BIG bug

Please, in the current (or previous) version, when replacing cells do nothing in other VTSs..

jsoto

[Knocks]

I love this program. I use PgcEdit's "kill PGC playback" feature to skip intros and logos on DVD5's and VobBlanker to completely delete them on DVD9's, where every MB counts. I still don't understand why DVD Shrink (or Nero) refused to add either of these features. Oh well, their loss.

Speaking of DVD Shrink, how difficult would it be to implement a tiny preview window in VobBlanker, so you could press play and see which title is which. VobBlanker is great the way it is, but it would be nice to preview titles directly instead of switching back and forth between VobBlanker and Shrink.

Keep up the good work, jsoto!

[jsoto]

Speaking of DVD Shrink, how difficult would it be to implement a tiny preview window in VobBlanker, so you could press play and see which title is which.

I'm still waiting someone who explain me how code this (or to code it, my sources are available). I'm sure it should be easy with DirectShow, but I'm coming from the "simple C" and, by now, it is out of my knowledge... In the meantime, you do not need dvdshrink (although you can use it if you want), VobBlanker has its own preview launching DVD2AVI.

jsoto

[sweetness]

hi jsoto,
VobBlanker crashes/hangs on me when i try to replace.
what i did was create a vob with Blankvob that has 1 vob-id and 3 cell-ids. then used ifoedit to create the ifos. finaly, vobblanker to replace the 3 cells(which are all in the same PGC.)
it hangs/crashes when it porcesses the TMAPTI. But the funny thing is the first time it didn't crash it just gave me warnings but from there on it just hangs. i also tried it with version 1.4.0.1 and it hangs too. but i do have the option in this version to not adjust the TMAPTI. thanks

[jsoto]

@sweetness
Are you replacing cells or the PGC?
jsoto

[sweetness]

i was replacing cells. each one.
now that i'm thinking about it. it might be a ifoedit problem. but you would know better then me.

[jsoto]

Found and fixed. The bug was in VobBlanker.
Thanks!

jsoto

[blutach]

@jsoto

I do like the way you respond so rapidly to bugs with fixes.

All the best