FAVC - v1.07 (Auto Menu Generation) (19/06/08)

[wg]

Tried as suggested lowering the max bitrate, no change I'm afraid.
HC Max Bitrate 7000 - Balance. Failed.
HC """"""""""""""" 6500 - Balance. Failed.
As with the 1st attempt I was left with a destination folder containing a 0kb Video TS IFO File & a VTS 01 1 file of 890,080(Slightly higher than the 2 other attempts).
1) Would you advise lowering the max bitrate again, if so what would you try?
2) Does lowering the max bitrate significantly lower the output quality?
3) Have the video & audio files in the temp folder been corrupted in some way, or is it only Muxman that has problems with them, so might I may be able to use these files with other authoring software?
Hope the post isn't to long winded!
Cheers!

MuxMan version 0.15R
Opened script file I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp
Accepted video I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title0.m2v size = 846655116
Accepted audio I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title0.ac3
Opened sub 1 file I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\TitleSub0.sup.
Accepted video I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title1.m2v size = 857560155
Accepted audio I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title1.ac3
Opened sub 1 file I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\TitleSub1.sup.
Accepted video I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title2.m2v size = 859511806
Accepted audio I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title2.ac3
Opened sub 1 file I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\TitleSub2.sup.
Accepted video I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title3.m2v size = 816239531
Accepted audio I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title3.ac3
Opened sub 1 file I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\TitleSub3.sup.
Accepted video I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title4.m2v size = 837871933
Accepted audio I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Title4.ac3
Opened sub 1 file I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\TitleSub4.sup.
Accepted image I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Background000000.bmp
Opened sub 1 file I:\FAVC-Temp\Working Folder 0\Menu.sst.
expanded database to 300 entries.
expanded database to 400 entries.
No useable audio found for PGC "VMG_Lu1_Pgc1"

03:28:40 Begin multiplex VTS01.
Title Segment List
Seg1
Encoded stream 20 is script stream 1.
Maximum audio duration 71448 fields.
Starting scene Seg1_Scn1 at 00:00:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn2 at 00:05:00:10, requested for 00:05:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn3 at 00:10:00:07, requested for 00:10:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn4 at 00:15:00:14, requested for 00:15:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn5 at 00:20:00:06, requested for 00:20:00:00
P-STD buffer underflow by 37814 bytes at 119721692, sector 413792.
SeqEnd at 3276EE88.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 37814.
Bitrate - avg: 5102686, min: 382293 (lba 0), max: 6933942 (lba 85984).
Shortest GOP has 22 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 71448, VOBU: 2393, Sectors: 445040.
Video decoder buffer underflowed 1 times.
Check c:\muxman.log for details.
Resulting DVD will probably not play smoothly.

[Sir Didymus]

Hi wg!

Just out of curiosity, are you in PAL land or NTSC ?

1st suggestion - try using QuEnc -
2nd suggestion - what is clear to me is that one of your assets of the first title in your authoring session (i.e. Title0.m2v or Title0.ac3 or Title0.sup) lead MuxMan to an unrecoverable error condition (the P-STD buffer underflow). However I am not 100% sure the fault is in the video.

If you want to make a very quick test, you may try to remove, in the MuxScript.mxp file generated by BatchMux, the line related to the subpicture assets of Title0.sup. Then load the script directly in MuxMan. If this does not work, remove also the audio asset Title0.ac3. It should be quick (since you don't need to reencode the video)...

The purpose, at the end, is just to understand if the troubles are in the video or elsewhere...

Cheers,
SD

Edit. If you feel troublesome to go with suggestion 2 above, please post the .bat and .mxp file generated by FAVC. We will provide to you the changed version to test...

[MilesAhead]

I was excited when I tried FAVC 1.03 on my XP machine since I like QuEnc and it runs 2 instances concurrently. I tried the same .avi file on my faster Vista machine and got unhandled exception dialog.

Out of 4 different .avi on my Vista machine only one started processing. As soon as you click Generate DVD it seems to be all or nothing. :)

I hope whatever Vista doesn't like is found because this looks like a great suite to get avi to dvd quickly and simply.

Edit: additional info.. copied some .avi files from Vista to XP and it's processing fine so it must be a Vista quirk. The error dialog says it's reading or writing protected memory. Fast machine is AMD duo core 5200+ HP Media Center PC with 32 bit Vista Home Premium. XP machine is XP Home SP2 Pentium D.


Here's the info from the error dialog:

************** Exception Text **************
System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.MediaInfo_Get(Int32 Handle, Int32 StreamKind, Int32 StreamNumber, String& Parameter, Int32 KindOfInfo, Int32 KindOfSearch)
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.3.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.03
CodeBase: file:///C:/Utils/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------
TrackBar
Assembly Version: 1.0.2195.37365
Win32 Version: 1.0.2195.37365
CodeBase: file:///C:/Utils/FAVC/TrackBar/TrackBar.DLL
----------------------------------------

[wg]

Thanks for the reply Sir Didymus, since my last post I have authored the files in the FAVC temp folder with DVDAuthor Pro, & to be honest the results seem fine, does this show the fault all along lay with Muxman? For future reference are there any files which Muxman seems to prefer less than others, or is it just trial & error? Also with the encoders, is it best to leave them at 8000 Max bitrate, & just lower this if you encounter problems? Any input appreciated. The conversion was Pal to Pal.

[gus8511q]

Here's the info from the error dialog:

************** Exception Text **************
System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.MediaInfo_Get(Int32 Handle, Int32 StreamKind, Int32 StreamNumber, String& Parameter, Int32 KindOfInfo, Int32 KindOfSearch)
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.3.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.03
CodeBase: file:///C:/Utils/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------
TrackBar
Assembly Version: 1.0.2195.37365
Win32 Version: 1.0.2195.37365
CodeBase: file:///C:/Utils/FAVC/TrackBar/TrackBar.DLL
----------------------------------------

i have the same problem in vista ultimate. i get this error
Attempted to read or write protected memory. this is often an indication that other memory is corrupt

ee the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.MediaInfo_Get(Int32 Handle, Int32 StreamKind, Int32 StreamNumber, String& Parameter, Int32 KindOfInfo, Int32 KindOfSearch)
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.3.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.03
CodeBase: file:///C:/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------
TrackBar
Assembly Version: 1.0.2195.37365
Win32 Version: 1.0.2195.37365
CodeBase: file:///C:/FAVC/TrackBar/TrackBar.DLL
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

[Mr_Odwin]

Here's the info from the error dialog:

************** Exception Text **************
System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.MediaInfo_Get(Int32 Handle, Int32 StreamKind, Int32 StreamNumber, String& Parameter, Int32 KindOfInfo, Int32 KindOfSearch)


i have the same problem in vista ultimate.


It seems like the problem may be with Mediainfo in Vista. I assume you have a 32bit OS and are using the 32bit version of FAVC. If either of you could download the Mediainfo GUI and run it on a file that fails with FAVC I'd appreciate it. Take a screenshot of the result please! (Or provide as much information as possible.)

Thanks for the reply Sir Didymus, since my last post I have authored the files in the FAVC temp folder with DVDAuthor Pro, & to be honest the results seem fine, does this show the fault all along lay with Muxman? For future reference are there any files which Muxman seems to prefer less than others, or is it just trial & error? Also with the encoders, is it best to leave them at 8000 Max bitrate, & just lower this if you encounter problems? Any input appreciated.

It seems to be trial and error I'm afraid, although it is fairly rare that a file fails. I keep my max bitrate at 8000 and can't remember the last time I had a problem.

[MilesAhead]

It seems like the problem may be with Mediainfo in Vista. I assume you have a 32bit OS and are using the 32bit version of FAVC. If either of you could download the Mediainfo GUI and run it on a file that fails with FAVC I'd appreciate it. Take a screenshot of the result please! (Or provide as much information as possible.)


Here's the Mediainfo er, info.... note that this same file processes perfectly on the XP machine. From the look of
that .NET callback function I have a funny feeling there's
a corrupt pointer or invalid memory because it never even
tries to analyze the media file. It traps right away. Why
it doesn't fail every time I don't know. It seems that if it
doesn't trap out on that .NET user interface jazz, then it's all good. Also I tried FAVC versions 1.0 and 1.01 and they both
produce the same trap.


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General #0
Complete name : C:\Temp2\TheBride.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 1.37 GiB
PlayTime : 1h 58mn
Bit rate : 1639 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2542/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2542/release
IAS1 : English
IAS2 : English

Video #0
Codec : XviD
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
Codec/Info : XviD project
Codec settings/Packe : Yes
Codec settings/BVOP : Yes
Codec settings/QPel : No
Codec settings/GMC : 0
Codec settings/Matri : Default
PlayTime : 1h 58mn
Bit rate : 1362 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.252
Writing library : XviD 1.2.-127 (dev)

Audio #0
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
Codec profile : Joint stereo
PlayTime : 1h 58mn
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video0 delay : 24ms
Writing library : LAME3.97
Encoding settings : CBR

Audio #1
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
Codec profile : Joint stereo
PlayTime : 1h 58mn
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video0 delay : 24ms
Writing library : LAME3.97
Encoding settings : CBR

--
machine specific info 32 bit Vista Home Premium on HP Media Center PC with AMD Duo Core 5200+

[gus8511q]

[QUOTE=Mr_Odwin;1030427]It seems like the problem may be with Mediainfo in Vista. I assume you have a 32bit OS and are using the 32bit version of FAVC. If either of you could download the Mediainfo GUI and run it on a file that fails with FAVC I'd appreciate it. Take a screenshot of the result please! (Or provide as much information as possible.)

i get with mediainfo this info for the avi with i have problem
General #0
Count : 177
Count of stream of t : 1
Kind of stream : General
StreamKindID : 0
Count of video strea : 1
Count of audio strea : 1
Count of text stream : 0
Count of chapter str : 0
Codecs Video : XviD
Audio codecs : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
Complete name : C:\THE.SIMPSONS.MOVIE.PROPER.TS-PUKKA [GTRD-movies].avi
Folder name : C:
File name : THE.SIMPSONS.MOVIE.PROPER.TS-PUKKA [GTRD-movies]
File extension : avi
Format : AVI
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
Format/Extensions : avi
Codec : AVI
Codec : AVI
Codec/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Codec/Family : RIFF
Codec/Extensions : avi
File size : 733624320
File size : 700 MiB
File size : 700 MiB
File size : 700 MiB
File size : 700 MiB
File size : 699.6 MiB
PlayTime : 4615560
PlayTime : 1h 16mn
PlayTime : 1h 16mn 55s 560ms
PlayTime : 1h 16mn
PlayTime : 01:16:55.560
Bit rate : 1263013
Bit rate : 1263 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2542/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2542/release

Video #0
Count : 74
Count of stream of t : 1
Kind of stream : Video
StreamKindID : 0
ID : 0
Codec : XVID
Codec : XviD
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
Codec/Info : XviD project
Codec/Url : http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml
Codec/CC : XVID
Codec settings : BVOP / Packed Bitstream
Codec settings/Packe : Yes
Codec settings/BVOP : Yes
Codec settings/QPel : No
Codec settings/GMC : 0
Codec settings/GMC : 0
Codec settings/Matri : Default
PlayTime : 4615560
PlayTime : 1h 16mn
PlayTime : 1h 16mn 55s 560ms
PlayTime : 1h 16mn
PlayTime : 01:16:55.560
Bit rate : 1108347
Bit rate : 1108 Kbps
Width : 720
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 540
Height : 540 pixels
Aspect ratio : 1.333
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 25.000
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
FrameCount : 115389
Resolution : 8
Resolution : 8 bits
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : PPF
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.114
Writing library : XviD0046
Writing library : XviD0046

Audio #0
Count : 60
Count of stream of t : 1
Kind of stream : Audio
StreamKindID : 0
ID : 1
Codec : MPA1L3
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
Codec/CC : 55
Codec profile : Joint stereo
PlayTime : 4615560
PlayTime : 1h 16mn
PlayTime : 1h 16mn 55s 560ms
PlayTime : 1h 16mn
PlayTime : 01:16:55.560
Bit rate : 141666
Bit rate : 142 Kbps
Bit rate mode : VBR
Channel(s) : 2
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
SamplingCount : 221546880
Resolution : 16
Resolution : 16 bits
Writing library : LAME3.90.
Encoding settings : ABR

also a screenshoot
http://img354.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitledky6.jpg

[Mr_Odwin]

It's something to do with how FAVC interfaces with Mediainfo. I'll look at it over the coming days.

[Xproject187]

I finally got My first burnner 1 month back it's a LH-16W1P & I want to give a big word of thanx to all involved in the creation & debuggging of a totaly cool tool,that's allowed Me(a newb)to do something that I was becoming increasingly overwhelmed with learning,which was how to put 3 Movies along with a Menu onto 1 DVD-5.
Oh I'd learned how to place 3 movies on a DVD-5 via the DVDShrink method but when it came time to author a menu well thats when I got really lucky & found Your thread Mr_Odwin & I wanted to say that this tool has worked flawlessly for Me scince I found it"not a problem 1" & I joined this forum just to say so.
I've been reading this thread & I'm currently only on page 8 but I couldn't wait,I have to ask a question:

The option "Recursive Subdirectories" within ImgBurn,does it have a tick placed in it's box by default ?
Because I might have placed one in it on accident,so please let me know because My PC is an older PIII AMD AthlonXP 1700+ w/640mb DDR SDRAM & it takes Favc aprox 3 hours to process 3 avi's which is no problem I'm not complaining at all,it's just I don't want to have something enabled that would be slowing Favc down & I'm sure You can see where it's alot faster for Me to just ask rather than try 1 way & then try the other with My old PC. Besides I really wanted to say Hi & to add how cool I think this tool is,as well as to say
Keep up the Fabulous work Mr_Odwin & DDogg & all else involved.:thanks:
~X~

[Sir Didymus]

Thanks for the reply Sir Didymus, since my last post I have authored the files in the FAVC temp folder with DVDAuthor Pro, & to be honest the results seem fine, does this show the fault all along lay with Muxman? For future reference are there any files which Muxman seems to prefer less than others, or is it just trial & error? Also with the encoders, is it best to leave them at 8000 Max bitrate, & just lower this if you encounter problems? Any input appreciated.
Well I will try to provide some very linear answers... :-)
Please consider the points below reflect just my personal opinions...

1. If you are happy with the external authoring solutions you tested, that's perfect, from my point of view... At the end if this solves your troubles, and you are happy with the results, that's simply an excellent achievement.
2. AFAIK MuxMan is the best authoring solution available all around: same authoring quality as Sonic Scenarist and much higher authoring speed.
3. If MuxMan stops, most probably the conditions leading to the errors are in the assets, not in the authoring sw.
4. If other authoring solutions are able to generate a valid DVD structure from invalid assets, this does not imply that in the produced DVD the possible issues in the input assets magically disappear.
5. At your place I would burn the authored DVD on a RW disc and double check on a couple of players if the playback of the first title is perfectly smooth.

Cheers
SD

[MilesAhead]

It's something to do with how FAVC interfaces with Mediainfo. I'll look at it over the coming days.

I appreciate it. (Since the MediaInfo in question is a dll my guess is there's a reference or pointer returned in the callback function that is corrupted. That's the line it traps on every time. Since maybe one out of 10 files will launch processing I'm wondering if maybe it's something weird like where Vista loads the dll in memory or something strange like that. I haven't had a single issue so far in XP.)

I like FAVC very much. My old Pentium D machine processes video about 50% faster than just running a single encoder instance. Very cool.

:cool:

[wg]

Already checked disc using RW media, plays fine, also reset max bitrate back to 8000. Thanks Mr Odwin & Sir Didymus.

[davido]

FAVC tells me pcthreadGC2.dll is missing. What's going on?

[gonwk]

Hi davido,

Did this happen with earlier versions of the FAVC!?!?

And just a shot in the dark ... try unistalling and re-installing latest FAVC 1.03.

G!:)

[davido]

Hi davido,

Did this happen with earlier versions of the FAVC!?!?

And just a shot in the dark ... try unistalling and re-installing latest FAVC 1.03.

G!:)

Nope, did not happen with earlier versions. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing to no avail.

[Boulder]

Just grab the file off the internet and extract it to the FAVC folder, that should do..it has got something to do with the compiler.

[Mr_Odwin]

I used a different build of mencoder - that may be the issue. Try putting the dll (downloadable from the internet) in the mencoder folder. Please let me know if this fixes it!

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,

Since I am not a Techy person ... a dumb Q ... did you use the different build of Mencoder to Imporve what!?!?

Thanks,
G!:thanks:

[MilesAhead]

It's something to do with how FAVC interfaces with Mediainfo. I'll look at it over the coming days.

btw if you think you found the trap and want to test out the fix lemme' know. :helpful:

[davido]

I used a different build of mencoder - that may be the issue. Try putting the dll (downloadable from the internet) in the mencoder folder. Please let me know if this fixes it!

It does. Thank you!

[Mr_Odwin]

Can someone with Vista please try this test build of FAVC:

http://download.videohelp.com/favc/FAVC.exe

Just replace the existing FAVC.exe in the download package.

[MilesAhead]

Can someone with Vista please try this test build of FAVC:

http://download.videohelp.com/favc/FAVC.exe

Just replace the existing FAVC.exe in the download package.

It's processing video on an .avi that always trapped before.
Looks good so far!! :)

[Mr_Odwin]

That's good news. I'll put a package together over the next day or two unless something else breaks. I've refined the new HC mode a little further too, so that'll be updated also.

[Xproject187]

I just wanted to add that I too am getting the Mencoder.exe erorr pointing at pcthreadGC2.dll as missing.
I'm on WinXPproSPII 32bit & FAVC_103.exe
The avi file I was preparing was (The Fox & The Hound II)
I'm about to DL the pcthreadGC2.dll file from the net.

The only link I can find for pcthreadGC2.dll is the one at sourceforge.org & it's dead so if You could post a link to where you got the dll that would be great.
Also when I google the the file pcthreadGC2.dll it comes back with only 1 hit http://www.pspvideo9.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9414

[Mr_Odwin]

http://ffdshow.faireal.net/mirror/pthreadGC2.dll.7z

Here you go. Sorry I missed it in my debugging - I have it in my System32 folder so it didn't spout an error for me.

[Xproject187]

Thank You Mr_Odwin: as the File/Topic concerning the pthreadGC2.dll seems to be pretty obscure & by the time I was done searching via Google, Vivisimo & Web Ferret,I barely found 2 threads that even discuss the file
"Doom9 Not being among them"
Anyway I did find a link in a German thread & I'll post it just incase the link You provided goes down,just look to the 26th entry by a user named Gerre> http://bodifar.wordpress.com/2006/06/27/tutorial-convert-flv-to-avi-mpg-mov/
Of course I'll use Your link for saftey's sake. Thanx again Mr_Odwin.:thanks:
PS: I noticed the file versions are different,the German being ver.2.8.0.0 & Yours being ver.2.7.0.0
Just thought I'd let You know.

[Mr_Odwin]

I've put together a 1.04 package which should be Vista Friendly. The second major update is an improved HC Predictive Quantization algorithm. Links in the first post of the thread.

[Deusxmachina]

Anyone else getting MKVMerge.exe and avisynth errors with the new build on mkv files about a minute after starting the process and it does the file analysis? The error window has "mkvmerge.exe" at the top but says there's a strong possibility avisynth is not installed or something.

The only thing I changed is using the new build. Tried installing avisynth manually, but that hasn't helped. Tried other mkv files, same thing. Not sure why it keeps erroring on mkv's. Works fine on other types of files.

edit: intalled Haali's Splitter. Looks to be working so far. Still don't know why the new FAVC stopped liking mkv files in the first place, though.

[dubious buccaneer]

Mr. Odwin:

There are a couple of issues I want to report, but the first thing I feel you really must do is start using some sort of bug/issue tracking system, like SourceForge's or bugzilla. See here:

http://www.ibiblio.org/fosphost/exhost.htm

for a comparison of prospective places for this purpose. A 22-page forum thread is not a sufficient alternative for this, neither for yourself as a developer nor for users.

Now for the specific issues I want to report:

If some part of the DVD creation process fails (video encoding, audio encoding, VOB muxing etc), the failure is not reported to the user, nor (AFAICT) are the error messages logged somewhere with the log location being reported to the user.
Sometimes a part of the DVD creation 'succeeds' ostensibly, but in fact fails. For example, if the video encoding process ends without reporting failure, but the target video file size is 0 bytes, this should be detected as a failure. Note muxman might not detect this failure (e.g. if you tell it to mux a 0-byte .sup file it will just ignore the file altogether AFAICT).
SubtitleCreator sometimes has a problem with (certain?) .srt files, and creates empty .sup's from them (even when their format is valid and the dshow filters have no problem loading them).
The UI is somewhat misleading about the use of subtitle tracks. As we know, FAVC does not use the subtitle tracks within .ogm's or .mkv's, you have to demux them yourself and add them manually. However, the subtitle tracks list in the FAVC UI does have an entry which lists the .mkv or .ogm's name, even when no subtitle tracks have been added; users may interpret this as FAVC telling them it will use the internal subtitle track/s.
I remind you about my request that you indeed use internal subtitle tracks; I suggested how this might be done from a batch file, here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1007446#post1007446).
Sometimes when there are problems with part of the DVD creation process, a user might want to have a look at the working folder and re-run the batch file so that the job is completed. However, doing so means restarting everything, since there are no checks in place to see which parts of the work are already done, i.e. is the video ready, is the audio ready etc. Perhaps you should consider writing the batch file so as to be 'restart-smart'.
DOS batch files suck. Perhaps you should use some other scripting mechanism (e.g. bash shell, perl).

[Xproject187]

Once again I have to say Thanx for Favc.
I've used it many times to place 3 Movies & a Menu onto a DVD5,but this time one of the three movies plays back real jumpy(kinda like a game does when a Videocard don't have enough ram)
Anyway I was hoping someone here would tell Me what settings I might change within the Favc Bundle to try & fix the issue. I'm currently on WinXPproSPII & I have Favc103. installed with all settings at default(nothing has been changed since install)

[wg]

I converted files with the same size bitrate etc, with HCenc I got a bitrate of 6800 & output folder of 4.16GB, using Quenc I got a bitrate of 4039 & an output folder of 2.51GB. I used the quality setting on both occasions, with the 'Extreme & Slow' setting disabled in the Quenc settings. Any ideas as to why the big difference, does Quenc always produce such small files? Both encodes were Pal to Pal. I'm still using FAVC 1.02.

[Mr_Odwin]

Mr. Odwin:

There are a couple of issues I want to report, but the first thing I feel you really must do is start using some sort of bug/issue tracking system, like SourceForge's or bugzilla. See here:

http://www.ibiblio.org/fosphost/exhost.htm

for a comparison of prospective places for this purpose. A 22-page forum thread is not a sufficient alternative for this, neither for yourself as a developer nor for users.

Now for the specific issues I want to report:

If some part of the DVD creation process fails (video encoding, audio encoding, VOB muxing etc), the failure is not reported to the user, nor (AFAICT) are the error messages logged somewhere with the log location being reported to the user.
Sometimes a part of the DVD creation 'succeeds' ostensibly, but in fact fails. For example, if the video encoding process ends without reporting failure, but the target video file size is 0 bytes, this should be detected as a failure. Note muxman might not detect this failure (e.g. if you tell it to mux a 0-byte .sup file it will just ignore the file altogether AFAICT).
SubtitleCreator sometimes has a problem with (certain?) .srt files, and creates empty .sup's from them (even when their format is valid and the dshow filters have no problem loading them).
The UI is somewhat misleading about the use of subtitle tracks. As we know, FAVC does not use the subtitle tracks within .ogm's or .mkv's, you have to demux them yourself and add them manually. However, the subtitle tracks list in the FAVC UI does have an entry which lists the .mkv or .ogm's name, even when no subtitle tracks have been added; users may interpret this as FAVC telling them it will use the internal subtitle track/s.
I remind you about my request that you indeed use internal subtitle tracks; I suggested how this might be done from a batch file, here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1007446#post1007446).
Sometimes when there are problems with part of the DVD creation process, a user might want to have a look at the working folder and re-run the batch file so that the job is completed. However, doing so means restarting everything, since there are no checks in place to see which parts of the work are already done, i.e. is the video ready, is the audio ready etc. Perhaps you should consider writing the batch file so as to be 'restart-smart'.
DOS batch files suck. Perhaps you should use some other scripting mechanism (e.g. bash shell, perl).


In one of the forum stickies it is encouraged that FAVC issues be given separate threads. I'm not too bothered though, if people want to continue posting in here that's fine by me.
FAVC creates DOS batch files and it uses freeware applications to do this. Sometimes freeware applications don't work, and that's just the way it is. The progress of the batch file/dvd creation is not monitored - that's where the user has to step in and play his part.
Just because I've not implemented a feature that you want doesn't mean that it is forgotten.
FAVC is open source. If I'm not meeting your requirements quick enough then you can change it yourself. :)


Once again I have to say Thanx for Favc.
I've used it many times to place 3 Movies & a Menu onto a DVD5,but this time one of the three movies plays back real jumpy(kinda like a game does when a Videocard don't have enough ram)
Anyway I was hoping someone here would tell Me what settings I might change within the Favc Bundle to try & fix the issue. I'm currently on WinXPproSPII & I have Favc103. installed with all settings at default(nothing has been changed since install)

It all depends on the input format (NTSC/PAL, Framerate, etc) and the output format (same stuff).

I converted files with the same size bitrate etc, with HCenc I got a bitrate of 6800 & output folder of 4.16GB, using Quenc I got a bitrate of 4039 & an output folder of 2.51GB. I used the quality setting on both occasions, with the 'Extreme & Slow' setting disabled in the Quenc settings. Any ideas as to why the big difference, does Quenc always produce such small files? Both encodes were Pal to Pal. I'm still using FAVC 1.02.

It sounds like the material is saturated - no more bitrate can be used, as it's already doing the best it can possibly do with a smaller bitrate. Anything else would just be padding for the sake of it. If it looks fine when you play the DVD don't worry about it.
As a test you could use the new HC Predictive Quant mode and see what Q-value it ends up choosing. If it is close to 1 then you're getting all you can out of it.

[wg]

If I use a file(XvID) with 2 embedded mp3 VBR audio tracks(Normal Soundtrack, & Commentary Track) will both tracks be available on the finished DVD, I'm using FAVC 1.04.

Thanks In Advance.

[Mr_Odwin]

If I use a file(XvID) with 2 embedded mp3 VBR audio tracks(Normal Soundtrack, & Commentary Track) will both tracks be available on the finished DVD, I'm using FAVC 1.04.

Thanks In Advance.

No, this is currently not a situation covered by FAVC.

[wg]

Thanks for the swift reply, it would be a nice addition to FAVC if you could include this feature in a future release.

[ricardo.santos]

Hi everyone!

Mr_Odwin i´m having a bit of a trouble with subtitles in FAVC, i´ve never noticed it untill today, it seems that depending on how many letters a "line has" Favc(subtitle creator?) will resize their size so that the words fit in 2 lines.

For example i have a "line" with just "hi, how are you doing", if the next line has 40 words it will resize to a much smaller size, if the 3rd line as few letters it will increase again. it is a good idea to do so to keep everything in 2 lines but it "looks" not that good to whoever is reading the subs.

Is there anything i can do to stop this from happening, is there a "thumb rule" for the amount of letters in one line?

Thanks

Ps: what i mean with "line" is the following:

1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,463>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1st line
hi how are you?

2
00:00:00,463 --> 00:00:00,926>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2nd line
im fine, what about yourself? Still working
in the same place. Do yopu like that job?

3
00:00:00,926 --> 00:00:01,389>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3rd line
Its not that bad

I thought FAVC would "read" the subs and calculate an overall same size for all the lines

[r0lZ]

Have you tried to change the number of lines to 3 in SC, and save the setup as the default, before launching FAVC?

[ricardo.santos]

Thanks for the suggestion r0lz, but i would rather use the "3" solution as a last resort, 3 lines is a little too much. I've never saw that behaviour on previous FAVC versions.

Cant FAVC calculate an overall equal size for all lines? Even if they are small its better than keep changing from reading small lines to big lines and so on.

[Mr_Odwin]

From what I can tell of Subtitle Creator the same sized font is used for all subtitles. It may look smaller because it's more text, but it's not. Looking at your example srt given:

http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6426/snapshot1at2.png
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9526/snapshot2xi1.png
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/933/snapshot3wv7.png

The fontsize is the same.

[ricardo.santos]

...It may look smaller because it's more text, but it's not....

No, i understand what you mean, but the size is really different, i paused the dvd and compared the sizes.

I'll upload some screenshots.

[r0lZ]

I agree. I have forced SC, just to test, to use very small fonts by typing a long text. SC arranges always to place the text in the defined area.

IMO, it's a feature, not a problem. But I agree that it should provide a function to calculate automatically, and optionally use the "best fit" font size. Currently, it is easy to verify if there are lines too long, but you have to do it manually, and that's not suitable for FAVC, I suppose.

[ricardo.santos]

here's the screenshots:

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6809/01jq3.jpg

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/6500/02rp5.jpg

r0lz i don't mind editing the sub before hand, what should i do, is there a limite of caracheters per line before SC resizes?

[Mr_Odwin]

Okay, I see it now. A possible solution:

Open the SubtitleCreator.exe that is bundled with FAVC and then open your problematic srt file. Select a subtitle that is shrunk.
Then go to Profiles>Manage Profiles. Change the Font size of the FAVC profile that is being used during the encode (should be obvious from the names). Click OK. Then Profile>Apply Profile and select the profile you just adjusted. Keep shrinking the text size until it is all satisfactory.

[ricardo.santos]

At the moment i can´t test it, but if i understand correctly i have to do the following to each video:

1- find the longest line in the srt file

2- open that line in SC to see what is the lowest size Subtitle Creator will aplly

3- Modify the template to the value of the previous step.

I can "live" with that :)

thanks r0lz and Mr_Odwin

[r0lZ]

SC has an option to highlight the lines that are too long. It's nicely done, as the intensity of the highlight color informs you of the importance of the problem.

Furthermore, if you tick also the option to issue a warning in case of errors, when you generate the SUP file, SC removes all subpics that are short enough from the GUI, and you will immediately see the remaining errors.

[DSP8000]

Mr_Odwin, tnx for providing a very nice application.
Can you please add support for interlaced encoding with HC?
I know i can edit the batch file, but it is more elegant if you put all of the HC options in the FAVC GUI. Also, auto file detection (interlaced/progressive) doesn't hurt as well.

Tnx. again, :)

[Mr_Odwin]

Mr_Odwin, tnx for providing a very nice application.
Can you please add support for interlaced encoding with HC?
I know i can edit the batch file, but it is more elegant if you put all of the HC options in the FAVC GUI. Also, auto file detection (interlaced/progressive) doesn't hurt as well.

Tnx. again, :)

FAVC does have some automatic video detection (progressive, interlaced, telecined) but then it makes everything progressive. In the dim and distant future I may add interlaced encoding, but until then it's batch file editing for you.

[gus8511q]

why when im encoding with quenc the target dvd file is below 4.500 giga (almost 2.5-3.0 giga)? it is possible to get 4.500 giga file?

[rendez2k]

This was discussed a few posts back:

It sounds like the material is saturated - no more bitrate can be used, as it's already doing the best it can possibly do with a smaller bitrate. Anything else would just be padding for the sake of it. If it looks fine when you play the DVD don't worry about it.
As a test you could use the new HC Predictive Quant mode and see what Q-value it ends up choosing. If it is close to 1 then you're getting all you can out of it.