rebuilder.ini option - "This feature has been blanked out"

[hallway]

I found out about the "Blank text" option for our rebuilder.ini file just a few days ago but can't find that thread now (else I'd post this there). Anyway, I've added that option and just now used it today. In the preview window, when I enabled it for a segment, the preview shows "This Feature H". Yes, it's cut off.... What will display on the resulting video ?? Just like that or is this just a glitch that's display only with DVD-RB ??

Even tried changing it to "Feature removed" and only "Feature" shows up and with the last "e" partially cut off.

Screenshot attached...

[jdobbs]

Hmmm.... it should allow up to 40 characters and center it on the screen. Do you have Half-D1 enabled or anything of that nature?

[jdobbs]

I just tried it and it seems to work fine on my system -- even with Half-D1. Try saving and then opening the AVS file with Windows Media Player to see how it really looks (instead of in the preview window).

[hallway]

The encoding has already finished.... I am using "Half D1 for extras". It shows up exactly the same way in Windows Media Player too. :-( That was "V02000000001001.AVS" but I'm not sure what you meant when you said to "try saving and then opening the AVS file....". Was running the full encoding necessary or is "Save changes" enough ??

[hallway]

I just re-ran it with 0% stolen from extras and Half-D1 un-checked and the text shows up centered now...

Just re-did it again (prepare only) with 25% steal and Half-D1 enabled and the text is off-center again.

Those are both with HC encoder. Running it a 3rd time with CCE as the encoder. Just curious, but for the prepare stage, does the encoder selected really matter ??

[Rockas]

Just curious, but for the prepare stage, does the encoder selected really matter ??
Yes it matters... the created files are different for each encoder.

[hallway]

@Rockas: Could you try what I'm having trouble with to see what happens ?? It's hard to jdobbs to fix a "problem" that he can't reproduce and if only one other person has this, it will surely be low priority.

It does appear that "Half D1" is the issue. I've un-checked it again, blanked out some segments, and the wording appears centered like it should be. Is there *any* other setting that could be combined with that to cause this ?? jdobbs guessed that Half-D1 might be culprit right away, but then he couldn't replicate it... :-(

[laserfan]

I found out about the "Blank text" option for our rebuilder.ini file just a few days ago but can't find that thread now...I'm not sure that there ever was one--your post caused me to look for this and I found it in the Release Notes, I believe. In any case somehow this slipped past me so thanks for this thread--a new (with 1.02 I think) feature that I will use!

[hallway]

Here's the thread:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=105742&highlight=blanktext

2nd post

[Rockas]

@Rockas: Could you try what I'm having trouble with to see what happens ?? It's hard to jdobbs to fix a "problem" that he can't reproduce and if only one other person has this, it will surely be low priority.
Yes... i can confirm that...
I used my wedding DVD :)

@jdobbs
Can you test it using a 4:3 movie?

here's the script after blanking:
#------------------
# AVS File Created by DVD Rebuilder
# VOBID:01, CELLID:01
#------------------
LoadPlugin("C:\Programas\DVD-RB PRO\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("D:\Work\D2VAVS\V01.D2V")
BilinearResize(352,576)
trim(0,300)
BlankClip(last, length=15)
SubTitle(x=99,y=240,"This Feature Has Been Removed",size=36)
ConvertToYUY2()
AudioDub(BlankClip())
I guess the problem is on the "x=99" value and on the "size=36"

Changing the values to something like:
SubTitle(x=50,y=240,"This Feature Has Been Removed",size=18)
It works just fine.

[jdobbs]

I'll take a look at it. It should work position it based upon the width of the screen -- I had to screw up somewhere...

[hallway]

Here's one of the AVS files:

#------------------
# AVS File Created by DVD Rebuilder
# VOBID:01, CELLID:01
#------------------
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DVD-RB PRO\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\TMP\DVD REBUILDER WORK FOLDER\D2VAVS\V02.D2V")
trim(0,409)
BlankClip(last, length=15)
SubTitle(x=225,y=240,"Feature removed",size=36)
ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true)

[hallway]

I'm reading up on this page, http://www.avisynth.org/Subtitle, and wondering if I can customize, more than just the text string, that's passed to AVISynth ??

[TuRiSOft]

Just a suggestion :
isn't it simpler to put the lines BlankClip(last, length=15)
SubTitle(x=99,y=240,"This Feature Has Been Removed",size=36)
before the BilinearResize Statement ?

[hallway]

@jdobbs: Where's this issue fall on your list of priorities ?? Any luck with it ?? I realize it's hard to troubleshoot when you don't get the problem, of course....

At this point, I've resorted to NOT using the Half-D1 option.

[jdobbs]

Perhaps you may want to consider not using the "Blank Text" instead?

[hallway]

Is this feature no longer supported ??

[jdobbs]

Certainly, and I've corrected it for the next version... the point I was making is that the half-d1 feature actually has a purpose in creating a higher quality output. The "BlankText" implementation, though, is just a cosmetic feature -- and was only added as an afterthought. It just seemed a little odd to stop using the "useful" feature because of a bug in the "cosmetic" one.

[hallway]

I didn't mean to sound too harsh, in case I did. Fact is, I like both of those features. :D Saying I stopped using Half-D1 was extreme. It just so happened that stealing 10% or 25% benefitted me enough that I was willing to do without Half-D1 (for the time being) so that I could get the BlankText option.