The 'Wish List' [merged] [Archive] - Page 3

FredThompson

14th December 2005, 05:27

NTSC DVD does not support 25 fps.

Perhaps you meant 25 fps PAL -> 24 fps NTSC. This would work for most progressive film source because the PAL version is usually the same frames played at the slightly faster 25 fps.

The real question would be how to automagically know if the audio pitch was adjusted when moved to 25 fps from 24 fps original.

Boulder

14th December 2005, 07:51

jptheripper

14th December 2005, 13:06

the magic of dgpulldown is you can flag 25fps to 29.97 and not change the audio at all.

:)

laserfan

14th December 2005, 16:31

I would like to add to the list: option to use Lanczos4Resize for anamorphic conversions instead of LanczosResize.

I can use it now, by editing the .avs files, but an easier method would be nice.

wmansir

14th December 2005, 20:09

I would like to add to the list: option to use Lanczos4Resize for anamorphic conversions instead of LanczosResize.

I can use it now, by editing the .avs files, but an easier method would be nice.

Did you know that you can overide AVS commands?

It's easy to do, just make a function, save it in a *.avsi file and put it in your AVISynth "plugins" folder. AVS will then automatically load the file and if the function has the same name as an existing function it will use your new one instead.

For example, I have the overroad the regular BilnearResize with FastBilinerResize from a plugin:

#Loadplugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\simpleresize.dll")

Function BilinearResize(clip clip, int V, int H){
clip.FastBilinearResize(V,H)
}
The first line isn't needed because AVS will auto-load any plugins in the plugins directory anyway, but it's a good reminder of where the FastBR function is coming from.

Of course you can also use this method to make your own functions, or shortcuts. I have DVD-RB setup to just add one function call to every script, then I have a shortcut to edit that function's file. That way I can edit the avs code in a full text editor instead of RB's window, I don't have to worry about blank lines, and I can change the function at any time without having to rerun the prepare step or edit a lot of files.

jdobbs

14th December 2005, 20:26

You know... AVISYNTH is some of the best featured and well-thought-out software ever written.

HKT3020_1

24th December 2005, 06:52

I just thought of this during my last encode, having DVD-RB automatically choose a custom matrix based on the average bitrate given by DVD-RB during the prepare phase. Is it even possible or just more wishful thinking. :rolleyes:

rpboy

24th December 2005, 11:17

What about Audio Re-Encoding (i.e. LPCM-->AC3 2.0,LPCM-->MPegAudio,AC3 5.1-->AC3 2.0 or MpegAudio and so on .... ) ?
I second that. (And third it and fourth it too!)

I mean, I can do it now but it takes so many different programs to accomplish. Would be nice if somehow DVD-Rebuilder could do it itself. Maybe hook into the ffMPEG DLL or something.

Would definitely save me a lot of time if that was a feature.

msobetzko

25th December 2005, 15:00

Count me for a fifth and sixth.

Concert DVD's are my bane, many have LPCM audio only.

Mike

jdobbs

25th December 2005, 16:26

Well one choice is to encode it to MPEG audio. There are several very high quality encoders and libraries that could be used. While AC3 is required for NTSC (but not PAL) by the standard, I know of no player that won't play MPEG audio... and I there are authoring packages that don't have AC3 as a choice for audio.

FredThompson

31st December 2005, 17:29

Other requests:

Historical update list in the releases, not just "this release" notes.

Prospective list of updates by release number. It sure would be nice to have a non-binding idea of what's in the pipeline. (Updated DGDecode, DVDShrink-like per-title bitrate/size, IVTC, etc.)

jdobbs

31st December 2005, 18:20

The historical list is in the REBUILDER.TXT file in the DVD-RB executable directory. It is also included in the "updates" zip.

Mr. Monte

1st January 2006, 18:42

Other than the check box for DVD5 and DVD9...

I've notice on batch processing...after the last job is done, DVDRB does not delete the D2VAVS folder.

Also, would it be possible to have a option under setup or in the Mode>ISO Option area to have DVDRB remove the Source path folder also?

Thanks

FredThompson

1st January 2006, 19:03

Also, would it be possible to have a option under setup or in the Mode>ISO Option area to have DVDRB remove the Source path folder also?That's not a wise idea. If there's any kind of problem with the result, you'd have to start at the very beginning again.

Mr. Monte

1st January 2006, 21:22

True...I guess I've never had an issue yet...and I would just have to rip it to the hard drive again

hallway

2nd January 2006, 18:11

You can simply create a .bat file with this line into it :Start /LOW rebuilder.exe and all depending apps will have IDLE Priority Sorry for bringing this back up, and I'll be off to Microsoft's KB to brush up further, but I'm using the "LOW" switch currently. This works *great* when I'm using my PC while DVD-RB is running. When I'm not using the PC though, I'd like the priority to increase. You mention "IDLE" priority so maybe what I want is already taken care of.

Dumb question: What determines what programs are running and what priority to give them ?? Obviously, we all likely have dozens of things running all the time (look at Task Manager). There's also a setting for giving apps priority based on if they're in the foreground, background, etc. The fact that CCE keeps re-opening and bringing it's window to the front might be a good thing in this case. Never mind on that .... I didn't remember it correctly. It talks about either "applications" or "background services".

laserfan

2nd January 2006, 19:55

I have, on a number of occasions, managed to make changes to Options or Preview/Edit scenes (BLANKING them) and then ENCODE/REBUILD after having already done PREPARE, and then my changes don't "take". :(

It seems there should be a warning of some sort that PREPARE needs to be done again so my changes are enforced.

jikchung

2nd January 2006, 20:48

As PREPARE is the "setup" phase for encoding, a warning to run PREPARE again shouldn't be needed. If we discover that changes are necessary to the .ini or settings, then obviously we need to start from the beginning.

Making changes via preview/edit does not need PREPARE to run again as the settings are saved to the D2VAVS files (if you press "save changes") so a warning in this instance is also not needed.

jptheripper

2nd January 2006, 22:06

um.. if you redo prepare your changes are lost, not the other way around.

laserfan

2nd January 2006, 22:45

There must be a difference then between changes to Options and Preview/Edit changes. It seems to me that my experience has been that changes to Options require re-PREPARE, but then changes to Preview/Edit do not?

I looked in the docs for any discussion of this but couldn't find a clarification.

jptheripper

2nd January 2006, 22:47

if you change options (such as passes, settings, etc) then you must reprepare. Blanking must be done after prepare. So if you reprepare, you must then reblank. If you change options, think of it as starting over from scratch

laserfan

2nd January 2006, 22:59

Thanks, jp, I've just done this wrong a SECOND time! Hopefully "third time will be the charm"!

Maybe my wish list has "to add jptheripper's comment to the Tips & Tricks section"!

EDIT: Nope, got it wrong a third time--I'm blaming Saturday night. Made my Preview/Edit changes and hit Rebuild instead of Encode and it tried to re-make VIDEO_TS, getting an error in the process. So I've started over from scratch again.

I do have one feature request: When Preview/Edit changes are made, there is no entry in the Rebuilder.log file about this; would be nice to have what edits were made...

mpiper

5th January 2006, 06:57

Here's one I would like to suggest for RB Pro:
Resize to 1/4 D1.

We already have 1/2 D1, but I am trying to fit more TV episodes on a single disc. Since I want the episodes, but they are not my all-time favorite, I don't mind the quality drop by resizing to 352X240, as long as I get the encoding quality from CCE and the custom matrices (Jawar and Baach1).

Right now, I have to use RB_Opt and edit each and every AVS to add:
BilinearResize(352,240)
Sharpen(0.75)
Having a simple toggle would be GREAT!!

Thanks for a superb program!

Mike

FredThompson

5th January 2006, 11:57

You can use Batch Text Replacer Wizard http://www.tildemh.com/sw/btrwiz/index.shtml to do a search/replace on the avs files. It's settings are sticky so you'd only have to cinfigure it once.

Boulder

5th January 2006, 12:03

The page appears to be dead. Browsing through the front page it looks like there's no download link available at that site.

This one works : http://sourceforge.net/projects/btrwiz/ (EDIT: No, no files there for some reason)

jdobbs

5th January 2006, 12:11

[Edit] I've removed this redundant text...

FredThompson

5th January 2006, 12:19

The page appears to be dead. Browsing through the front page it looks like there's no download link available at that site.I checked the author's wiki and he stated it was obsolete so it was removed from the downloads. There's no replacement, though. What a jerk!

Here 'tis. (Why the heck is there a 200M limit on RAR files and 300M on ZIP?!?!)

mpiper

6th January 2006, 05:10

Help!

I used the BilinearResize(352,240) code and the final files are displaying half-height! I have resized files manually in CCE, so I know my dvd players will play that size, but I must have messed up the avs script (This was my first attempt ever touching AVS scripting.

This was a widescreen original source, could the resize have killed something else to it displays like this???

Mike

jdobbs

6th January 2006, 05:17

You also have to modify the IFO files.

mpiper

6th January 2006, 05:22

Uh Oh, How do I mod the Ifo files? Open with Text editor and change frame size???

FredThompson

6th January 2006, 05:27

Polite reply: You will need to configure the IFO files properly to display something like that.

Why you want to do this is beyond me and probably won't receive a lot of positive replies. Discs are cheap. DVD-RB is for re-encoding dual-layer source to fit on a DVDR.

I can't think of anything else that's positive as a reply.

mpiper

6th January 2006, 05:45

Fred,
Thanks for the positive reply.

The simple reason is this: I have too many original DVDs and am running out of space for the extra dvds.

Basically I wanted to try an expirament. Smallville season 1 has 4 episodes per disc. When I was manually dreating episode dvds from video tapes, I fit 6+ per disc by simply using 352X240 (These were never WS, just PS). So I decided to try this as both a space saving device and an intellectual exercise.

I create DVDs and other multimedia for a living, but that is using Adobe and Macromedia products where the details are hidden by the software engine. So at home I like to try new and different things "just because" :)

I can manually deconstruct the entire set of DVDs and resize each video, tweak picture quality, create custome menus, etc. but all I wanted to do was a "simple" expirament: Use DVDRemake to merge 2 DVDs, then use DVD-RB to shrink down to size. I chose the 352X240 frame size since it uses 84480 vs. 345600 pixels per frame and therefore requires 1/4 the bitrate for comparable quality. Perfect for shrinking 14.5 GB of Video to 4.2 GB.

Again, just a fun expirament. The only piece I am missing is a prog that opens IFOs for editing. The only ones I see are for ripping, etc.

Anyway,

I LOVE DVD-RB and can't wait to see what the next version has added!

Mike

FredThompson

6th January 2006, 06:37

:readguid:

mpiper

6th January 2006, 07:12

Silly question, but which guides?? The RB help file doesn't cover it, and there are guides all over the net from various users and I don't know which ones might talk about 1/4 D1.

Laters everyone.

Mike

FredThompson

6th January 2006, 07:48

You would have known the answer to your question about text editors and IFO files had you actually tried it and it would have taken you a fraction of the time involved in posting.

There is also a forum area for discussing IFO editing here and guides at http://www.doom9.org which should be easy enough for you to find.

Get IfoEdit and play with it for a little while. You'll find the answer for yourself by examining an IFO file and you'll remember how you did it. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes or so to find the answer and you'll gain useful knowledge.

mpiper

6th January 2006, 13:36

I did a quick search and came up with Ifoedit v.96 and IFOUpdate. But I didn't see how to make the edits, just how to clear PUOs and such. I'll read the guides for them and any others I find.

It was late for me last night and I may have just been brain dead at the time!

Thanks again!
Mike

Rippraff

6th January 2006, 13:50

Open your ifos in IfoEdit, doubleclick on Video under Title Set (Movie) attributes, make your changes, save.
By the way this is going to go totally off topic. ;)

Cu Rippraff

hallway

24th January 2006, 02:20

How about instead of having menu picks for "Steal space from extras..." and having pre-defined percentages, there was a slider available ?? It might be nice for fine-tuning the tradeoff. I have a DVD and ran it at 10% steal. I want to gain a little more, but not 25%.

Morbo

2nd February 2006, 23:54

Just a quickie....

Will the IVTC be automatic or by VTS selection(I'd kinda figure the latter).

I picked up Ed and His Dead mother,and it looks horrible on PC(the interlaced image with progressive flag muck).

I tore the streams out and used TMPEG's IVTC.....and re did it....Looks sooo much better.

Who masters these things?.......Life of Brian is another one that comes to mind(the early release anyway).

JFerguson

3rd February 2006, 04:07

Wish List request:

a shortcut key (like "b", or at least a keyboard toggle) for blanking extras in the Preview editor. Double-clicking with the mouse can get a little cumbersome at times - thanks...

hallway

3rd February 2006, 04:17

How about the ability to use CRTL-Select or Shift-Select on those segments too ?? I'll sometimes go through the list with a pen and notebook noting which segments are what. I could then go back and multi-select the ones I want to blank.

JFerguson

3rd February 2006, 07:10

hallway, I dig that.

I check titles in Shrink, then cross-ref that in IFOEdit, so I know (via pen/paper of sorts) which V/C's I don't want before getting into the Preview Editor.

If we could option to nuke by title, I wouldn't even have to cross-ref 'em...

Hmmm: I wonder if I should check titles in the new VobBlanker instead - instant cross-reference! :)

FredThompson

5th February 2006, 22:00

It would be nice to have 2 AVS filter templates; one for interlaced segments, another for progressive segments.

k2002rahmani

7th February 2006, 04:05

These first few should be easy:

1. When a user saves project, the project name should be automatically filled in (can be manually changed) as the Disc name and iso name are automatically done. The name of the disc would be fine. Currently, the name by default for any project is PROJECT.

2. As in DVD-Decrypter, there should be a semi-automatic method for creating the folders (can be enabled via menu in options). For example, I always have my DVD Decrypter rip to H:\DVD Folder\ which means a movie would become H:\DVD Folder\MOVIE. I would like to do something similar in DVD-RB to eliminate having to choose the destination each time. After choosing the Source, DVD-RB would automatically set the Destination to H:\DVD Folder\MOVIE\DVDFILES or something like that.

Harder ones:

3. Add the ability to select a DVD from a DVD drive and click Backup. Have DVD-RB run DVD-Decrypter if it is on the system, rip it to a folder as in step 2 above, and have DVD-RB complete the process. If jdobbs fears implementing it (considering what happened to LIGHTNINGUK) then it could be an anonymous add-on or ini edit.

4. Add the ability to do title adding like with TitleWriter. If FallenAngel can be contacted to help with that then that would be cool.