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

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC is a GUI that enables you to easily make DVDs from video files. It takes one, or more, video files and produces a dvd folder ready to be burned to a dvd disc that should play in any regular dvd player. FAVC uses several pieces of free software to accomplish its task.

Features:
Input video files and obtain a DVD folder ready to be burned to a DVD disc.
Automatic file recognition and analysis.
Automatically assigns correct bitrate based on disc size chosen.
Easy chapter creation.
AC3 Retention.
Uses Muxman (Via BatchMux) for DVD Authoring.
Automated Menu Generation for up to 8 Titles.

Requirements:
Must have Avisynth v2.56a or later installed. (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/avisynth2/Avisynth_257.exe?use_mirror=dfn)
Must have .NET framework Version 2 installed. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en)

Instructions:
Open FAVC. Choose your video files, configure the options and then click the generate button. Whilst processing, tasks will run on the task bar and can be watched. The main task is video encoding, which is done by QuEnc or HC. When everything is done you will have a dvd folder in the required directory.

Files:
http://download.videohelp.com/favc/FAVC_107.exe (32 bit) (self-extracting)
http://download.videohelp.com/favc/FAVC_107.zip (32 bit) (zip file)
http://download.videohelp.com/favc/FAVC_107_x64.exe (64 bit) (self-extracting)
http://download.videohelp.com/favc/FAVC_107_x64.zip (64 bit) (zip file)

Source:
http://download.videohelp.com/favc/FAVC_Source_107.zip Source Code (Really Messy!!!)

Homepage:
http://favcfavc.googlepages.com/home

Updates for v1.07:
Updated Aften, DGPulldown, HC, ImgBurn, MediaInfo, Mencoder, MKVToolnix, Muxman, twoLame and FFMpegSource
Improved HC Predictive Quantization Algorithm
Added support for mpg/vob files

Updates for v1.06:
Updated MediaInfo
Fixed HC speed button
Fixed plugin loading for FFmpegSource
Improved HC Predictive Quantization Algorithm

Updates for v1.05:
Updated HC, Wavi, MediaInfo
Improved HC Predictive Quantization Algorithm
A donate button (Christmas is coming and Mrs_Odwin wants lots of presents)
Incorporation of FFmpegSource

Updates for v1.04:
Vista Compatibility Fixed
Improved HC Predictive Quantization Algorithm
Minor GUI Fixes

Updates for v1.03:
New HC encoding mode - Quant Prediction by 2% samples

Updates for v1.02:
Updated twolame & Mediainfo
Small Code Clean
Added a shut down option
Replaced bepipe with wavi
Tweaked Audio handling

Updates for v1.01:
Simple menu preview
A fix for ac3 retention with mkv
A fix for chapter creation
Some slight (mostly not noticeable) menu improvements

Updates for v1.00:
Automated Menu Generation for up to 8 Titles

[DDogg]

Thanks for posting this work. It looks like a good concept for converting a batch of AVIs directly to a dvd image. I've only tried it once with 4 avis.

The result was a dvd image ready to burn except it only contained one of the avis. I have not spent enough time to know why the others were not included. When I get some time I will try to track the process and report back to you.

[Mr_Odwin]

Thanks for posting this work. It looks like a good concept for converting a batch of AVIs directly to a dvd image. I've only tried it once with 4 avis.

The result was a dvd image ready to burn except it only contained one of the avis. I have not spent enough time to know why the others were not included. When I get some time I will try to track the process and report back to you.

That would be a great help. :)
It's my first ever programming project so it's going to be a bit rough round the edges, but I'm using it myself so it meets my needs at least.
I recently updated it to include .vdr support so you can frameserve from vdub/vdubmod.

[DDogg]

Only had a few minutes to investigate, but it looks like there is a problem producing some of the mp2's - Some have 0 size- which cause mplex to fail - thus no MPGs are created.

"**ERROR: [???] Unable to read from C:\Documents and Settings\DDogg\Desktop\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title2.mp2."

Will try to dig deeper soon.

DD

/ADD - Seems to be failing on those avis with AC3 sound. Imo, you have to support ac3 for this work to be useful to many folks. Hope you will consider it. Wouldn't it actually save you a step or 2 since you just need to demux it, fix it then remux to the mpg?

Several things come to mind:

1> Add a "Do not delete files" tickbox - People may wish to build there own dvd from the files generated using DVD lab, etc.
2> When AC3 is present, keep it and mux it tickbox
3> Perhaps a few additional QuEnc options available? HQ/trellis/2pass - If these options would offer a better quality encoding, and if they would not throw you off your calculated required bitrate.
4> INI file that remembers the ntsc preference

[Mr_Odwin]

Only had a few minutes to investigate, but it looks like there is a problem producing some of the mp2's - Some have 0 size- which cause mplex to fail - thus no MPGs are created.

"**ERROR: [???] Unable to read from C:\Documents and Settings\DDogg\Desktop\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title2.mp2."

Will try to dig deeper soon.

DD

/ADD - Seems to be failing on those avis with AC3 sound. Imo, you have to support ac3 for this work to be useful to many folks. Hope you will consider it. Wouldn't it actually save you a step or 2 since you just need to demux it, fix it then remux to the mpg?

Several things come to mind:

1> Add a "Do not delete files" tickbox - People may wish to build there own dvd from the files generated using DVD lab, etc.
2> When AC3 is present, keep it and mux it tickbox
3> Perhaps a few additional QuEnc options available? HQ/trellis/2pass - If these options would offer a better quality encoding, and if they would not throw you off your calculated required bitrate.
4> INI file that remembers the ntsc preference


Files with ac3 work at my end. The app uses DirectShowSource to open the audio part of files. I chose that as AVISource was giving me problems with some avi files with vbr mp3. I'll certainly look into it more.
The other things you mention were kinda already in the back of my mind as things that would be an improvement.

:thanks:

[DDogg]

Files with ac3 work at my end. The app uses DirectShowSource to open the audio part of files. I chose that as AVISource was giving me problems with some avi files with vbr mp3. I'll certainly look into it more.
The other things you mention were kinda already in the back of my mind as things that would be an improvement.

:thanks: Thanks for getting back to me. You mentioned the ac3 works on your end ... two responses to that -

1> I'll need to arrange a method to get you a snip of the file/s that fail. Will contact you a download location via PM. Let me know if you are on dial-up.
2> I assume you mean "working on your end" as converting the ac3 to mp2. I was suggesting you detect the ac3, demux it, and directly remux it back to the pulldown mpv. I am thinking it is sort of a shame to lose the 5.1 soundtrack when it is available. I think there is another step in between, IIRC, to "fix" the ac3. I'm sure somebody here can provide that information. It has been a long while since I was on top of this stuff.

I think you may have a real winner here. Your program is so simple and functional that it is downright elegant. I really do hope you are open to continuing with it.

[ArchieX]

to "fix" the ac3. I'm sure somebody here can provide that information

Quick search on Google for AC3Fix.exe (13kb Command line) should help cure that part.

Archie

[Mr_Odwin]

Thanks for getting back to me. You mentioned the ac3 works on your end ... two responses to that -

1> I'll need to arrange a method to get you a snip of the file/s that fail. Will contact you a download location via PM. Let me know if you are on dial-up.
2> I assume you mean "working on your end" as converting the ac3 to mp2. I was suggesting you detect the ac3, demux it, and directly remux it back to the pulldown mpv. I am thinking it is sort of a shame to lose the 5.1 soundtrack when it is available. I think there is another step in between, IIRC, to "fix" the ac3. I'm sure somebody here can provide that information. It has been a long while since I was on top of this stuff.

I think you may have a real winner here. Your program is so simple and functional that it is downright elegant. I really do hope you are open to continuing with it.

I have a feeling that the problem is multi-channel audio rather than ac3 audio, and if so, I can work with that. A sample/snip of your failing vid would be great! I'm on broadband and can follow a link if you PM it, or you could send it to FAVCFAVC@googlemail.com

[DDogg]

Odd thing - before putting you through checking it out, I tried some tests on my other machines and had no problem on them. I uninstalled AC3filter on my machine and your program started working with no problem (other than no 5.1 audio in final output :) ). I suspect some type of conflict between other software allowing ac3 playback that is installed on my machine. Perhaps PowerDVD?

Speaking of PowerDVD, for some reason it chokes on your final output. I have to kill it with TM. Other DVD playback software has no problem. I verified this on several machines and suspect if will be like that for all using PowerDVD.

Any thoughts on keeping the AC3 sound? I notice you have studiously avoided comment so far :)

[Mr_Odwin]

Any thoughts on keeping the AC3 sound? I notice you have studiously avoided comment so far :)

I think it's a great idea and something that is on my list of things to implement. As far as I see it it would save time in the long run and obviously preserving the 5.1 element is desirable.
Everything you mentioned above has gone on my 'to do' list, just I appear to be really busy with real life at the moment. :(

The PowerDVD thing ... the dvdauthor xml file created uses jumppad and apparently some players have trouble with it, but none of mine do, and I currently don't have the dvdauthor skills to get around using it with a virtualmachine, or whatever it is.

[Matthew]

DDogg keeping AC3 involves a bit of grief unless one restricts PAL<->NTSC conversion options, especially with 23.976->25 fps. If one wants to be comprehensive about it then Soft Encode support is required.

Also, MuxMan 0.15 > DVDAuthor, although project file generation is more complex :)

[arthurfent2k]

Hm,nice work!

Would be great to be able to do a 352/576(480) DVD in order to store more :)

[Mr_Odwin]

Been a while as I've just submitted my thesis, my wife is having a baby soon (end of June), I just got a new job and we're moving to a new house because of the new job. Anyway ... v0.3.0.0 is out and I've tried to get a few things done.

Added:
i) Added config file to remember last used choices
ii) Additional QuEnc video encoding options made available
iii) Option of leaving temporary files undeleted

No ac3 retention yet as that's tricky, but I am getting closer.
Links of the first post have been updated.

[DDogg]

Thanks for this update. It makes the program much more flexible. As mentioned before, I hope you do continue the project when time allows. This is a good solution for many folks that don't want to be bothered with the details, and the resulting quality of the encoding is good.

The only major problem I have encountered is with the authoring. The resulting disks will literally not play on any of my HW players, nor my son-in-law's. As mentioned, they also crash PowerDVD on my system.

Have you taken a recent look at this problem?

[Fugdefino]

I've just tried converting a divx file. Six hours later and it's still stuck at "Analysing Video 0".

[Mr_Odwin]

That's strange as the analysing stage is just a quick pass over 250 frames (or less) using avisynth. It writes some results to a log file and then the encoding options are chosen based on that. Do you have avisynth installed and can it normally open the offending file?

[Fugdefino]

Yes, and I've tried several files now and same problem occurs with all of them.

[Mr_Odwin]

I've updated the links in the first post to to 0.4.0.0 and there should be some significant changes for the better (I hope). Amongst other things the muxing and authoring behaviour has been changed so it should be more compatible with dvd players. Guess it could throw up a load of different trouble though. :(
Still no ac3 retention, but it shouldn't throw a wobbly anymore when files with ac3 audio are the input.

[Mr_Odwin]

Updated links, Version 0.5.0.0 ahoy! AC3 retention is added, along with extra video resolutions.

[~bT~]

Ive just downloaded this, gonna give a try. Just wondering if it would be poss in future releases to add subtitle support pls? Thanx for the app.

[DDogg]

AC3 retention is added, along with extra video resolutions. Nice work as always, Mr_Odwin! I'm thinking FAVC may take the dual prize of being one of the best working solutions available as well as one of the most unappreciated (seemingly) application around :) You really have added some astounding functionality. I hope you continue this project.

[Holomatrix]

Seems like a handy little progy if I could get it to work :(

I get an error right off the bat;
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5055/favchb8.jpg
Any idea as to what I'm doing wrong? Just testing a little AVI file to NTSC DVD conversion. Thanks
Config.ini;
D:\FAVC Output
0
4
1
4
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0

[Mr_Odwin]

Seems like a handy little progy if I could get it to work :(

I get an error right off the bat;
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5055/favchb8.jpg
Any idea as to what I'm doing wrong? Just testing a little AVI file to NTSC DVD conversion. Thanks
Config.ini;
D:\FAVC Output
0
4
1
4
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0

Do you have avisynth v 2.56a or greater installed? It seems that the first file you are trying to convert isn't being read/opened correctly by avisynth. Does FAVC work correctly with any other avi files?

E.g. This file works perfectly on my computer using FAVC:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FVT1VQSV

[Holomatrix]

That was it. I was having an Avisynth issue. Thanks

[jethro]

Looks like a very nice program!


But:
Can somebody tell me why I get this error?

System.InvalidCastException: Conversion from string "29.969999" to type 'Double' is not valid. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.

Using defaults. This crash happens with every AVI file.

[Mr_Odwin]

Every avi file? Even the one I posted above?
Any chance you could post a piece of a clip that fails?
http://www.megaupload.com/ is easy to use, and I can access it at work, unlike rapidshare.

[jethro]

The crash happens with every AVI file no matter what (codec framerate) it is.
After video analysis is fininshed there's message notifying about occurence of "unhandled exception" with options to continue or quit.
Depending on framerate of the file the "conversion from string <framerate>" part changes accordingly (i.e. "25.000000", 23.976025" etc).

I downloaded and installed latest NET framework 2.0 but it didn't help.

Is it just me or has somebody else got this error too?

[Mr_Odwin]

Jethro, can you try this build of the exe please? Just replace the existing exe in the FAVC folder. If this causes trouble for anyone else then just say. All seems to work fine at my end.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8FDQTH6H

[jethro]

Thanks for helping.

The exe showed the same error, unfortunately.

I managed to resolve the problem by changing windows regional settings to English (US). Strangely, it was enough. It shows no error now. I think the problem with conversion was due to different decimal separator.
Now I can try to play with the app :)

[Mr_Odwin]

Thanks for helping.

The exe showed the same error, unfortunately.

I managed to resolve the problem by changing windows regional settings to English (US). Strangely, it was enough. It shows no error now. I think the problem with conversion was due to different decimal separator.
Now I can try to play with the app :)

What were your regional settings previously? In your previous regional settings are decimals normally a comma instead of a period? Why did you go down this route? Any clues?

[jethro]

Yes, it was comma. Most of European countries (I' ve checked just now) use comma.
As I did some (very) basic programming a while ago (and still do from time to time) I think I remembered a similar problem I had with converting strings to numbers.
NET framework seems to be retrieving somehow the windows regional settings and I just had a bit of luck to try changing them.

[jethro]

Just wanted to say that the program is working great and I am amazed that it is so easy now to make DVDs out of AVIs with your tool. The whole process always seemed complicated and time consuming to me to really get down to it.
Now it is one-button-only operation! :thanks:

[Mr_Odwin]

Thanks for the kind words. I've been further tinkering and I think the exe at the link below may work for your previous regional settings. Care to try it out for me?

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CM1LKZRO

[jethro]

Your tinkering was succesful :).

BTW:Megaupload doesn't work here most of the day (It says: All download slots for your country are taken). I like rapidshare with rapget program as it doesn't require visiting pages I don't want to visit, no needless waiting, no typing hard-to-recognize letters (vide: rapidshare).

[Mr_Odwin]

Links in the first post have been updated to the newest version of FAVC - 0.51. Because of recent developments with ImgBurn it is now possible to burn a DVD without first creating an iso file, saving much time. Also, TV overscan may optionally be accounted for; 16 pixels around the edge of the video will not be used if this is the case. (Works perfectly for my TV. :p)

[DDogg]

Download links are presently dead. If somebody has .051 complete at hand, would appreciate an alternate DL, or an email to ddog1953 at yahoo Com

[Mr_Odwin]

An e-mail from my old ISP this morning:
Hi James,

after monitoring your bandwidth over the past few days, your site is continuing to attract over 500MB of data transfer per day. I'm sorry to have to tell you we will be unable to continue to host your website based on your account type and level of traffic. It would appear that the majority of traffic is for the FAVC files, sadly we cannot provide a mirror service for this download.

You can still FTP and transfer your site to your chosen destination.

Regards
Steve

:(
It should be a temporary thing until I can get some more space sorted out. In the mean time here's a temporary location for 0.60 which has provisional support for mov, asf, wmv and avs files.

http://rapidshare.de/files/30230321/FAVC.exe.html

[DDogg]

I think this is actually good news. It clearly shows people are using this excellent program and the low amount of post activity is simply because it works so darn well and is not causing the normal "Wah! it don't work right!" posts.

Great job.

Here is a thought I had today. Some of the folks have puttered around with splitting the avs and using multiple instances of QEnc to encode and then reassemble. Sounds like nearly more hassle that is is worth, BUT

In your case it may be an interesting area as you are prebatching multiple encodes with the bitrates already calculated and then running the encodes sequentially. I wonder if it would be simple to launch 2 at a time (if a checkmark requested it)? As a point of reference, my machine (Pentium 930 Dual running at 4.5 gHz) will run 2 instances of QEnc using trimmed AVS's, each around 55 fps.

I have not thought this out in any detail and bring it up simply as a conversation point.

[Mr_Odwin]

I think this is actually good news. It clearly shows people are using this excellent program and the low amount of post activity is simply because it works so darn well and is not causing the normal "Wah! it don't work right!" posts.

Great job.

Here is a thought I had today. Some of the folks have puttered around with splitting the avs and using multiple instances of QEnc to encode and then reassemble. Sounds like nearly more hassle that is is worth, BUT

In your case it may be an interesting area as you are prebatching multiple encodes with the bitrates already calculated and then running the encodes sequentially. I wonder if it would be simple to launch 2 at a time (if a checkmark requested it)? As a point of reference, my machine (Pentium 930 Dual running at 4.5 gHz) will run 2 instances of QEnc using trimmed AVS's, each around 55 fps.

I have not thought this out in any detail and bring it up simply as a conversation point.


*Adds to ever-growing to-do list*
Thanks for the good comments.

I've now got some working links for 0.60 up in the first post.

[DDogg]

Tinkering around a little -

> Selected 2 avi's and specified 1/2 D1
> Manually stopped the encode that was auto started with title.bat
> Split your title.bat into 3 batch files
> Ran movie1.bat and movie2.bat at the same time - both encoded simultaneously at 95 fps each
> Seems do-able and the mpgs were ok, but the non video encoding steps may need to remain sequential as there was heavy I/O thrashing even on my striped arrays

[~bT~]

Just a quick question.
Is there any way of making QEnc to use a custom matrice?

PS> Cant wait to check the next release. Some of the mentioned features sound good.

[Mr_Odwin]

Just a quick question.
Is there any way of making QEnc to use a custom matrice?


Not currently that I know of, aside from editing the Title.bat file manually. Either it's beyond the scope of the application, being quite complicated for the average user, or I may add it via a secret/hidden advanced options tab.

[DDogg]

Speaking of keeping it simple but allowing advanced users extra features, I noticed you are thinking about allowing filters - The way JDobbs inplemented filter support is smart by proving a type in window for user input that appends to the script. If somebody doesn't know how to type in Undot().Deen() (or whatever), I'm not so sure they should be using filters anyway. Certainly it is a way to keep constant new filter support requests from coming at you.

[smok3]

does this include menu autobuilding as well?

well, my 1st try went like this:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'D:\!tmp\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt'.
File name: 'D:\!tmp\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt'
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path)
at 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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 0.60.0.0
Win32 Version: 0.60
CodeBase: file:///D:/!tmp/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
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************** 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]

Can you open your file using avisynth & AVISource()? Do you have Avisynth v2.56a or greater?

[smok3]

hmm, i thought i have the latest avisynth, will try reinstall of latest 2.56.

so is your program building menu as well or no?

edit: ok, seems like it is working now, it was old avisynth i guess, tnx for your help.

[Mr_Odwin]

No. It merely creates a dvd with a separate titleset for each avi input.

[smok3]

any plans to add simple menu as well? like:

play1 _
play2
play3
playall

white/grey font on black background should be fine (or some sort of template system even better, for example it would be cool if someone could build a template using html and the software would render the menu out of it..., just dreaming ;))

[Mr_Odwin]

It's a thought in the back of my mind, but at the same time I don't want FAVC to get too bulky and start to do complicated things badly. Not ruling it out though.

[smok3]

i understand,

if you change your mind; dvdstyler is the thing to check i think (uses external cli apps to do its job as well...), i would provide some help in this area, but my dvd knowhow is not good enough to understand what styler really does in the background.

what method do you use to detect if the source is interlaced? (i think a better way to handle this is to encode interlaced as interlaced at the end btw.)

[~bT~]

Not currently that I know of, aside from editing the Title.bat file manually. Either it's beyond the scope of the application, being quite complicated for the average user, or I may add it via a secret/hidden advanced options tab.Any chance of shedding more light on this pls?

[Mr_Odwin]

Any chance of shedding more light on this pls?

FAVC produces a Title.bat file in the Working Folder that looks something like this:


@Echo off
Title FAVC Video Conversion
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ******************* Encoding Video 0 ********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\QuEnc\Quenc.exe" -i "C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0.avs" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0.m2v" -b 8000 -maxbitrate 8000 -dc 8 -1 -nohq -vbr -noscene -notrell -nocgop -nointerlaced -noextreme -gopsize 18 -maxbframes 2 -nocmatrix -aspectratio 16:9 -mpeg2mux noaudio -silent -auto -close
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ******************* Encoding Audio 0 ********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\QuEnc\Quenc.exe" -i "C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0.avs" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0.mp2" -b 8000 -maxbitrate 8000 -dc 8 -1 -nohq -vbr -noscene -notrell -nocgop -nointerlaced -noextreme -gopsize 18 -maxbframes 2 -nocmatrix -aspectratio 16:9 -mpeg2mux novideo -audiocodec mp2 -audiobitrate 192 -silent -auto -close
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo *************** Muxing Video And Audio 0 ****************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\ImagoMPEG-Muxer\ImagoMPEG-Muxer.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0.m2v" "C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0.mp2" -o -mpg
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ********************* Authoring DVD *********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\DVDAuthor\dvdauthor.exe" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\dvd 0" -x "C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title.xml"

This is the whole video conversion process from avi to dvd.
Under where it says Encoding Video is the command line for QuEnc. You can add

-cmatrix "Path to xvid matrix file in txt or xcm format.txt"

to the command line. Save your changes in the Title.bat file and then double click on it. The process will commence using your custom matrices.

[~bT~]

Thanx alot!!!

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC 0.70 is now available and the links in the first post reflect this update. Simple multicore support has been added by generating multiple Avisynth scripts and adding trim commands to the end of them.

[DDogg]

FAVC 0.70 is now available and the links in the first post reflect this update. Simple multicore support has been added by generating multiple Avisynth scripts and adding trim commands to the end of them.
Multiple core (2) went well. Thanks very much for adding multicore support. 1/2 D1 showed 2 instances running at 90 fps. The 2 parts were recombined ok.

The bad news:


-----------------------------------------------------------------
! AVI to WAV 3.3 - 32-bit command line version, release 1.2 !
! Copyright (C) 1997-2001 m&g Software, Arminio_Grgic@Yahoo.com !
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Finding sound chunks - please wait ...Exception EConvertError in module avi2wav
cmd.exe at 0000578A.
'¡è' is not a valid integer value.

*********************************************************
******************** Fixing Audio 0 *********************
*********************************************************

Starting. Input file is D:\AVI Out\FAVC\FAVC\Working Folder 1\Title0Ex.ac3, outp
ut file is D:\AVI Out\FAVC\FAVC\Working Folder 1\Title0.ac3
ERROR: Cannot open D:\AVI Out\FAVC\FAVC\Working Folder 1\Title0Ex.ac3 for readin
g


/add: Looks like it is something to do with the specific avi file. I edited the same command line to point at another avi and it did not throw the exception. I'll do more testing.

/add2: Worked perfectly on another AVI file which brings up a question - Do you know if Avi2Wav has trouble with larger files? The first test Avi was 2.6 gigs in size.

[Mr_Odwin]

I have just tried to use avi2wav with a large avi file and can confirm that it balks. I'll have this fixed for the next release.

[DDogg]

I have just tried to use avi2wav with a large avi file and can confirm that it balks. I'll have this fixed for the next release. Thanks for the confirmation. Most folks will not encounter 2.6 g avi's. I was experimenting with one of my longer DVD's using 1 pass XVid at 80% quality which made the file really large. It was the first AVI I had close at hand.

I sent you a PM on another subject.

[Episodio1]

How much does it take to create a DVD from a 2h AVI (xvid+mp3)?

[Mr_Odwin]

How much does it take to create a DVD from a 2h AVI (xvid+mp3)?

How much what?

Download the program, load the video file, configure some very trivial options and then press the generate button. Depending on your options chosen, cpu speed, etc you'll have a dvd ready to be burned in a little while.

[Episodio1]

How long. ;)

Ok, thanks.

[insertdisk]

I just tried this on a .wmv that I could not get to sync up no matter how hard I tried with other programs. Nero would make the audio and video sync but the video was jerky.

This has done an excellent job. I look forward to the HC support.
Thanks for this tool.

[Mr_Odwin]

Cheers. Thanks should go to the authors of Avisynth and Mediainfo; they're the ones that have enabled wmv support.

[Grumpy Troll]

Hello,

Thanks for a great program. :thanks:

I have been looking for a converter for .avi files with MP3 audio. A couple of commercial ones available, but too expensive. Yours, free. Can't beat that. ;)

Converted a DivX file with MP3 audio with your program. Great results. took about four hours but not complaining. Works excellent in stand alone DVD player for TV. As stated before, really jerky when tested with Power DVD (OEM) but played better than expected on my stand alone player. :D

Looking forward to any and all updates, too.


Thanks a million,
Grumpy

[DDogg]

> 2 gig source problem seems fixed
slight oversizing problem with multiple episodes also seems fixed

Thanks!

[Grumpy Troll]

Hello again,

How about support for CCE Basic? It is commercial (around US$50.00) and it is fast and good.

Regards,
Grumpy

[sunburnedagain]

Kinda a noob question, I haven't encoded in awhile. :o You feed FAVC an encoded AVI (DivX Xvid) not just a post-processed AVI? What I mean by post-processed is deinterlaced+filters, cutting, etc, but still only Huffyuv compressed?

The audio it takes is only MP3 and ACM3?

I'm still getting a hang of the language, hopefully my question is clear enough. :D

[Grumpy Troll]

Kinda a noob question, I haven't encoded in awhile. :o You feed FAVC an encoded AVI (DivX Xvid) not just a post-processed AVI? What I mean by post-processed is deinterlaced+filters, cutting, etc, but still only Huffyuv compressed?

The audio it takes is only MP3 and ACM3?

I'm still getting a hang of the language, hopefully my question is clear enough. :D

Yes, a completely encoded, finished .avi such as you get with Auto Gordian Knot, Dr DivX, etc. Your archived ready for viewing .avi file. Just set up your paremeters for encoding and in a fiew hours you will get an image file for burning to disk or it will burn directly to disk for you. ;) It is a simple, straightforward program.

Sincerely,
Grumpy

PS
I had some problems at first but found out that if you change your TV standards (PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL) it works. :D
GT

[Myenjoyyourself]

I keep getting this exception error:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt'.
File name: 'C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt'
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path)
at 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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 0.70.0.0
Win32 Version: 0.70
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.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.

I installed avisynth 2.5.7 rc1 and deleted version 2.5.6 but it did not help. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Mr_Odwin]

Can you open the corresponding TitleInfo0.avs file in Working Folder 11 with virtualdub? What does the error message say, if there is one?

[DDogg]

For that matter, can you play the avi's you are trying to encode? Also, can you "play" (drag and drop) the Title0.avs in media player, or media player classic (it may take awhile to show video), or open/drag and drop in VDub?

[tyee]

I'm just starting to try out FAVC and I get the error window that usually comes up when the incorrect AVISynth version is wrong ( I have ver 2.57 installed).

When I try to play "title0info.avs" in MPC, AVISynth says it can't find the proper decompressor for fourCC XVID even though I can play that "spideytrailer.avi" XVID file fine on my computer. Anything come to mind??

[Myenjoyyourself]

OK
I have an avi file that plays fine in Windows Media Player that I want to burn on a dvd using Nero. The problem is Nero doesn't recognize the file type. So I downloaded FAVC, Avisynth 2.57 and .NET framework 2.0 to convert it into a file Nero would recognize.

I opened working folder 11, title0Info and this is there>

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\Decomb.dll")
AVISource("C:\Documents and Settings\stephanie\My Documents\My Videos\LC2_deutsch.avi", False)
ConvertToYV12()
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "Width()")
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "Height()", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "Framecount()", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "FrameRateNumerator()", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "FrameRateDenominator()", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "Round(Framerate()*1000)", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "GetParity()", True)
(Framecount>249)==true? SelectEvery(Floor(Framecount/50),0,1,2,3,4): nop()
WriteFile("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "IsCombed()", True)

When I try to use FAVC 0.70 to "Generate DVD" I get this error>

Unhandled exception error has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.

Could not find 'C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder0\Title0Info.txt'.


I'm not sure what this "VDUB" is that you speak of. I hope this post gives you some kind of idea of what I'm talking about. Cause I sure don't.:o

[Mr_Odwin]

The way that FAVC works is by running the above script through a program and the running of the script produces a text file with some required information in it - framerate, framecount, interlacing status, etc. If the script doesn't work (for whatever reason) then the text file isn't there and FAVC crashes. In the future I'll add some code that checks for the presence of the file so that it won't crash, but produce a warning/helpful error message.
If you have an avi file it is required that avisynth's avisource() function opens it correctly, if it doesn't then it is most likely a codec issue on your side. For example if you have an xvid file try uninstalling your xvid codec and reinstalling it. Or configure it correctly.
Virtualdub is a program that can open avisynth scripts. It will give you appropriate error messages if there are any.

[DDogg]

I'm just starting to try out FAVC and I get the error window that usually comes up when the incorrect AVISynth version is wrong ( I have ver 2.57 installed).

When I try to play "title0info.avs" in MPC, AVISynth says it can't find the proper decompressor for fourCC XVID even though I can play that "spideytrailer.avi" XVID file fine on my computer. Anything come to mind?? Suggest you go to this page and download and install the file at the very top. http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml After that, open windows media player (not classic) or VDub and verify the original avi and the title0.avs file will play.

[insertdisk]

OK
I have an avi file that plays fine in Windows Media Player that I want to burn on a dvd using Nero. The problem is Nero doesn't recognize the file type. So I downloaded FAVC, Avisynth 2.57 and .NET framework 2.0 to convert it into a file Nero would recognize.

I opened working folder 11, title0Info and this is there>

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\Decomb.dll")
AVISource("C:\Documents and Settings\stephanie\My Documents\My Videos\LC2_deutsch.avi", False)
ConvertToYV12()
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "Width()")
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "Height()", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "Framecount()", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "FrameRateNumerator()", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "FrameRateDenominator()", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "Round(Framerate()*1000)", True)
WriteFileStart("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "GetParity()", True)
(Framecount>249)==true? SelectEvery(Floor(Framecount/50),0,1,2,3,4): nop()
WriteFile("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder 11\Title0Info.txt", "IsCombed()", True)

When I try to use FAVC 0.70 to "Generate DVD" I get this error>

Unhandled exception error has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.

Could not find 'C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working Folder0\Title0Info.txt'.


I'm not sure what this "VDUB" is that you speak of. I hope this post gives you some kind of idea of what I'm talking about. Cause I sure don't.:o


I was getting the exact same message until I figured out that to load the avi file into FAVC you should choose the "select" button underneath the Source video files selection box and not the "+" button beside the video files selection box.

[Mr_Odwin]

I was getting the exact same message until I figured out that to load the avi file into FAVC you should choose the "select" button underneath the Source video files selection box and not the "+" button beside the video files selection box.

That shouldn't make any difference. The difference between the two buttons is that one clears the list before adding the files whilst the other appends files to the end of the current list. In the version that I'm working on there's a bit of a GUI overhaul and the select button is gone.

[tyee]

DDogg
Thanks for the suggestion. It works now that I installed XVID. Do you know why it didn't before?

tyee

[Miraelsol]

Great application!!! :thanks:
I've been using it for the last few weeks and it works great. I'm sure you have a long list of features you could add, but my humble suggestion would be to create some simple DVD menu that allows selecting which track to play.
Thanks again!

[Grumpy Troll]

Hello all,

Just my opinion as a user, not a knowlegeable coder or anything else.

I like FAVC because of it's simplicity and ease of use. It is simple, straightforward and does excactly what it is supposed to do, nothing else. No confusing setups to fumble through and waist hours with. Really elegant for a user such as myself.

DIKO is a complete program and comes in two versions, "free" and "Gold". Free is....free. Gold,costs around $30 US. I am using the free version. Works great, once I fumbled thru the setup. Has many features such as adding your own menus and support for subtitles. For me, it was a little confusing and difficult to set up. Once I figured out how to use the "help" files to setup (took about one hour and many mistakes on my part) it worked wonderfly. Still haven't got to "menu" adding but soon. Also supports several freeware encoders and CCE SP. It doesn't support CCE Basic, wish it would.

This is not an expert opinion, I'm not an expert. Just a semi-skilled user of these programs.

Sincerely,
Grumpy

[mael]

hey, nice tool
but it would be nice if the working folders would be in the TEMP directory or in another place (configurable).
i have a partition only for programs and there is no space for a DVD ;)

[Mr_Odwin]

hey, nice tool
but it would be nice if the working folders would be in the TEMP directory or in another place (configurable).
i have a partition only for programs and there is no space for a DVD ;)

It's a good idea and one I've considered before. It'll not be in the next release, but it's on my list of things to do.
The next release needs some bugs ironing out and then it'll be ready, before Christmas hopefully.

[Nick Less]

I keep getting this exception error:

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

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.

I installed avisynth 2.5.7 rc1 and deleted version 2.5.6 but it did not help. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
I'm getting the sme error and when i try to load the corresponding avs in vdub, i get the following error (http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9001/errorms1.jpg) :confused:


I understand that basically it's not a big problem and all it takes is changing the avs script a little bit, but is there a way for FAVC to do it automatically?

[Nick Less]

oh yes, another request - could it be possible to add the option to manually specify the output filesize and to output the files as a single mpg file? Since there's no support for subs yet, this would be great for simply importing the mpg into dvd authoring program.

[Mr_Odwin]

There is still no support for subtitles (it may be in the next release) but I have added an option to specify the output size. Currently FAVC will always author a dvd but you can choose to keep the temporary files and you should be able to import the relevant files from the "Working Folder" into an authoring application.

FAVC 0.80 is out (Check the first post for links). It seems like I've been working on it forever, and it's still not really where I wanted it to be. You can see that HC support is coming soon - but you can't use it in this release. Sorry for the tease. :p

The main movements are an overhauled GUI, and dvd authoring is now done by Muxman through BatchMux (Thanks Sir Didymus!).

[emazur]

Do you plan on allowing .ogm as input anytime soon? I've never used an AVI to DVD program before but noticed DIKO Gold supports ogm, but that version is not freeware. Fairuse Wizard outputs ogm that's why I like it

[arkoko]

Hi.
What is vdr files?
Is it Video Disk Recorder's by Klaus Schmidinger?

I have some captures (001.vdr, 002.vdr), but generated avs script does not working opening these files.

[Mr_Odwin]

Do you plan on allowing .ogm as input anytime soon? I've never used an AVI to DVD program before but noticed DIKO Gold supports ogm, but that version is not freeware. Fairuse Wizard outputs ogm that's why I like it

I've never used ogm files myself, but I'll look into it.

Hi.
What is vdr files?
Is it Video Disk Recorder's by Klaus Schmidinger?

I have some captures (001.vdr, 002.vdr), but generated avs script does not working opening these files.

The vdr file extension that FAVC supports is a frameserved file from VirtualDub. Apologies for the confusion.

[Dirk-Pitt]

I have a problem with FAVC 0.80, when I try to process an input file D:\temp\FILM.AVI at the beginning I have the following error : FAVC is unable to process the following files ...

When I look at FAVC\Working Folder 1\Title0Info.avs, I have this :

LoadPlugin("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\Decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\QTSource.dll")
ConvertToYV12()
WriteFileStart("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt", "Width()")
WriteFileStart("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt", "Height()", True)
WriteFileStart("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt", "Framecount()", True)
WriteFileStart("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt", "FrameRateNumerator()", True)
WriteFileStart("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt", "FrameRateDenominator()", True)
WriteFileStart("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt", "Round(Framerate()*1000)", True)
WriteFileStart("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt", "GetParity()", True)
(Framecount>249)==true? SelectEvery(Floor(Framecount/50),0,1,2,3,4): nop()
WriteFile("D:\WinTools\Video\FAVC\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.txt", "IsCombed()", True)
Trim(0,249)


It seems that the input file is missing in the AVS script, is it normal ?

Thanks in advance for your reply

[Mr_Odwin]

You seem to have found a small bug. Try renaming it to FILM.avi (lower case "avi").

[Dirk-Pitt]

You seem to have found a small bug. Try renaming it to FILM.avi (lower case "avi").
Ok, it's working now. Thx.

By the way, it seems that you have anther problem with accents ie at home, my folder was D:\Vidéo. The line is here in the script but there is a problem with the é char, something like char encoding ...

Anyway :thanks:

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC v0.90 is out. (Check the first post for links).

The main additions are HC may now be used for encoding and Multicore support is improved by using BatchMux (Muxman) to do the m2v merging during the authoring step.

[magicclue]

what am I DOING wrong?

I add an AVI
I click on generate and the popping up encoder says:
"error: height must be a multiple of 4"

I don't use any special resize etc.

[Mr_Odwin]

Can you give me some more details? What is the height/width of the original avi? What video encoding settings are you using (resolution especially)?

[Dr.Khron]

Ok, so I got an error the first time I went to use the program!

Its an AviSynth script error:

"ERROR, Script error: DirectShowSource does not have a named argument "ConvertFPS"


EDIT:
DOH! Nevermind, I just had an old version of AviSynth installed.

[Dr.Khron]

Is there a way to have FAVC do its analysis and produce the batch file, but NOT run it immediately? I didn't find an option for that.


Once again, cool program. I'm looking forward to playing with it more.

[magicclue]

Can you give me some more details? What is the height/width of the original avi? What video encoding settings are you using (resolution especially)?

Details:
Video: XVID 624x352 23.98fps 853Kbps [Video 0]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 145Kbps [Audio 1]

FAVC encoding settings:

Full D1, PAL
HC encoder "Balance" preset

FAVC starts analyzing, HC pops up and says: error height must be multiple of 4.
But I tried several videos and it did not work.

best regards.

[Edited]
This video also doesn't work.

Video: XVID 352x288 25.00fps 984Kbps [Video 0]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 44100Hz stereo 141Kbps [Audio 1]

FAVC says:
"FAVC is unable to process the following files:
U:Eigene Dateien\Tobias\Eigene Videos\Ausflug nach Lübeck.avi
Generally this problem occurs when the correct version of Avisynth (v.256a or greater),...


Any ideas?
Thanks!

[Dr.Khron]

FAVC isn't working for my PAL AVI files. (trying to make a NTSC DVD)

The video encodes just fine, but the audio synch is WAY off. Really far off.

I tried all four combinations of video and audio encoders:
QuEnc & QuEnc, QuEnc & Aften, HC & QuEnc, and HC & Aften.

It didn't work in any of these cases.

Looking at the BAT, I see that FAVC is using AVISynth to serve the input file to the audio transcoder. I'm not familiar with this technique, so I don't understand what all the line switches do.

The only thing I can think is that the audio needs to be fixed for the PAL to NTSC conversion. Is there a switch for that in AviSynth?

[Mr_Odwin]

Details:
Video: XVID 624x352 23.98fps 853Kbps [Video 0]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 145Kbps [Audio 1]

FAVC encoding settings:

Full D1, PAL
HC encoder "Balance" preset

FAVC starts analyzing, HC pops up and says: error height must be multiple of 4.
But I tried several videos and it did not work.

best regards.

[Edited]
This video also doesn't work.

Video: XVID 352x288 25.00fps 984Kbps [Video 0]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 44100Hz stereo 141Kbps [Audio 1]

FAVC says:
"FAVC is unable to process the following files:
U:Eigene Dateien\Tobias\Eigene Videos\Ausflug nach Lübeck.avi
Generally this problem occurs when the correct version of Avisynth (v.256a or greater),...


Any ideas?
Thanks!

FAVC should create a Title#.avs for each file it analyses (where) # is a number. If you open the avs file in virtualdub you can see what the width and height are that are being passed to HC, under File>File Information. Check that please.
Another possibility would be that you have checked the box that says user defined framerate conversion. Just go to the advanced tab and make sure that none of that stuff is checked.

For the second video it may be a foreign language thing - try getting rid of accents/non-english characters.

But, if it plays in Windows Media Player then FAVC should be able to convert it.



FAVC isn't working for my PAL AVI files. (trying to make a NTSC DVD)

The video encodes just fine, but the audio synch is WAY off. Really far off.

I tried all four combinations of video and audio encoders:
QuEnc & QuEnc, QuEnc & Aften, HC & QuEnc, and HC & Aften.

It didn't work in any of these cases.

Looking at the BAT, I see that FAVC is using AVISynth to serve the input file to the audio transcoder. I'm not familiar with this technique, so I don't understand what all the line switches do.

The only thing I can think is that the audio needs to be fixed for the PAL to NTSC conversion. Is there a switch for that in AviSynth?

Try going into the advanced scripting tab and ticking the box marked" Use DirectShowSource instead of AVISource". Alternatively, reload an avi into avimuxgui and remux it (same audio and video) - this remuxed avi file will likely be in sync after conversion.
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1338598#1338598

[Dr.Khron]

Thanks for the help.

Using the "Use DirectShowSource instead of AVISource" switch produces a SILENT DVD, with no audio at all. Whats wierd is that the AC3 file is 2 MB big, but contains nothing but silence. Weird.

Well, I'll try re-muxing the AVI files first, as you suggested.


EDIT:
Well, its just not working. No matter what I do, I can't get these files to synch up in the final DVD. That workaround I came up with for using AVI2DVD to do the sound and CCE to encode has produced the best results so far.

What exactly is AVIMuxGUI doing to the AVI files? The resulting files have been slightly smaller... If its not changing the audio delay, what could it be changing about the interleave?

[magicclue]

FAVC should create a Title#.avs for each file it analyses (where) # is a number. If you open the avs file in virtualdub you can see what the width and height are that are being passed to HC, under File>File Information. Check that please.

Not possible.
See picture.

[ryc0203]

Not possible.
See picture.

first of all sorry for my English, since I speak Spanish.

I had the same problem apparently happens for the regional configuration, in order that FAVC 0.9 works well the divider of thousands must be "," and the decimal one "."

Or simpler in regional configuration of windows selects English USA.

It work for my

Pd. FAVC is great, thanks Mr_Odwin

:thanks:

[Jiao]

Hi, FAVC is great! You get the simplicity of ConvertXToDVD and much better quality. I love free tools! Works perfectly. The only thing that's missing for it to really be perfect is subtitles support. Is there an ETA on that? :P Since I burn many Asian videos so I need to add subtitles.

[Mr_Odwin]

Not possible.
See picture.

What is the text in the avs file that is generated?


Hi, FAVC is great! You get the simplicity of ConvertXToDVD and much better quality. I love free tools! Works perfectly. The only thing that's missing for it to really be perfect is subtitles support. Is there an ETA on that? :P Since I burn many Asian videos so I need to add subtitles.

Subtitles are probably going to be in the next release. For single video dvds you could use the advanced scripting options - use the Textsub("subtitle file here") avisynth line in the "preceding the resize operation" box. You'll need to put the textsub dll (download from http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/) in your avisynth plugin folder too (typically C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins).

[magicclue]

What is the text in the avs file that is generated?

LoadPlugin("D:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\Decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\QTSource.dll")
Import("D:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCResize.avsi")
Import("D:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCStereo.avsi")

Try {
AVISource("D:\Filme\fertig\film.avi").EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
FAVCStereo(Last,Last)
}
Catch(Err_Msg) {
DirectShowSource("D:\Filme\fertig\film.avi",FPS=23.976,ConvertFPS=True).EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
FAVCStereoDSS(Last,Last)
}
ConvertToYV12()

ChangeFPS(24000,1001)

FAVCResize(Last,"PAL",0,1773000)

[Mr_Odwin]

It seems to be a regional problem that I'm working on. If you change the FAVCResize line to have parameters (Last,"PAL",0,1773) then it may work.
A cleaner but slightly more annoying method is to change your region to English (UK or USA) in your control panel.

[ryc0203]

It seems to be a regional problem that I'm working on. If you change the FAVCResize line to have parameters (Last,"PAL",0,1773) then it may work.
A cleaner but slightly more annoying method is to change your region to English (UK or USA) in your control panel.

Yes,
change region to English work fine, and only while FAVC works with the script, when it begins to codify the video you can change region to your country
:sly:

[eno]

I tried using FAVC back in December 2006. As I remember, the program was functioning like I had a two core cpu (two screens were shown). As my laptop is single core, I wasn't able to get FAVC to work properly. I'd like to give the new version a try if I can make it work as a single core cpu. Any suggestions. Thanks!

[Jiao]

Subtitles are probably going to be in the next release. For single video dvds you could use the advanced scripting options - use the Textsub("subtitle file here") avisynth line in the "preceding the resize operation" box. You'll need to put the textsub dll (download from http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/) in your avisynth plugin folder too (typically C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins).

Great that's very useful! I was also wondering how close are you to finishing the next release? I'd rather FAVC be released with small upgrades, but often than take longer adding large stuff. Can't wait!

[Dr.Khron]

Mr_Odwin-

Thank you for your excellent program.

Last week, I mentioned that FAVC was unable to properly process the audio when converting some PAL AVI files to NTSC DVD (the video encoding and pulldown seem to work perfectly). While FAVC is a much better program then AVI2DVD, the latter was able to correctly process the audio. (since I don't like how AVI2DVD muxes and authors, I used it to process the audio, and then I encoded the video separatley, and used batch MuxMan to build the VOBs)

Rather then just complain about a free program, I'd like to help. Here are the BeSweet cmd lines that AVI2DVD uses. If you can replicate the settings in the AVS file that FAVC feeds into Aften, then FAVC should be able to properly convert PAL files like the ones I have.

First it extracts the audio file.

Then it fixes it with BeSplit:

BeSplit.exe
-core( -input "...\EXTRACTED_AUDIO.MP3"
-prefix "...\Fixed_Audio"
-type mp3
-fix
-logfile "...\BeSplit.txt )


Then it transcodes it with BeSweet:

BeSweet.exe
-core( -input "...\Fixed_Audio01.mp3"
-output "...\AudioStream 1 MP3 2CH.ac3"
-logfile "...\BeSweet_AudioStream 1 MP3 2CH.ac3.txt" )
-ac3enc( -b 192 )
-boost( /b =1 /1=0.95 )
-ota( -r 25000 23976 )

I'm pretty sure that the resampling from 25 fps to 23.976 is the important part.

[Mr_Odwin]

It seems like you have found a bug Dr.Khron. The error is in the video encoding. I recently changed a lot of the internal code and this was something that obviously got passed me.

I'm releasing a bugfix and am updating the links in the first post. Please try this new release.

I tried using FAVC back in December 2006. As I remember, the program was functioning like I had a two core cpu (two screens were shown). As my laptop is single core, I wasn't able to get FAVC to work properly. I'd like to give the new version a try if I can make it work as a single core cpu. Any suggestions. Thanks!

FAVC should work just fine on a single core machine. I'm not sure what you mean by "wasn't able to get FAVC to work properly". Make sure you have installed AviSynth, the .NET Framework (Version 2) and any required codecs.

Great that's very useful! I was also wondering how close are you to finishing the next release? I'd rather FAVC be released with small upgrades, but often than take longer adding large stuff. Can't wait!

I work on this in my spare time and sometimes I have more than other times. So, unfortunately, predicting the time of a release is tricky.

[Jiao]

Small bug report.

I think I found the two core error. I'm also on a laptop, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but when you choose Speed for the HC encoder, it sets the cores to 2. All other settings (quality, balance) sets it correctly to 1.

And for QuEnc, it sets the cores to 2 for balance and speed and it's editable (I don't know if you intended for it to be editable because for HCEnc Quality and Balance, it isn't)

umm. AMD Turion x64, 1.8ghz, HP Pavillion Laptop, if you need to know.

[Mr_Odwin]

The thing with the cores is that it just runs two or more simultaneous instances of the video encoder. You don't actually need a dual core for this to work. The speed, balance, quality presets are the same on any computer regardless of the actual number of cores. I'm not sure if a single core machine would gain any benefit from running two instances of the video encoder, I gain a little with my Hyper-Threaded P4.

The number of cores for HC when 2-pass is used must be one. This is because of the way that HC stores its first pass information.

I think I'll change the QuEnc balance preset to use just one core.

[Mr_Odwin]

I've updated to 0.92 and what I hope is an end to problems with non-english language on Windows. If magicclue and ryc0203 (and anyone else with non-english windows regional settings) could test this for me, I'd appreciate it.

[ajcool]

i am having an error with the new version before it even starts encoding it says "unable to process error generally occurs with avi synth isn't install. i have 2.5.7 installed...

why is it doing this?

[Mr_Odwin]

Can you create an avisynth script for the offending file yourself?
Can you play the file in windows media player?
What is the filetype? How was it made?

Did previous versions of FAVC work with this file?

[ajcool]

yes i am encoding the file just fine with .91 and with the same file in .92 i get that error.

i can play it in media player its an xvid and i have xvid codec installed

[Mr_Odwin]

When just encoding this file can you show me the contents of the Title0Info.avs? (It should be in the FAVC folder, in the most recent working folder.)

[magicclue]

I've updated to 0.92 ...If magicclue..could test this for me..

At first sight it seems to work.:D

I have no time at the moment- perhaps after the weekend.
Thanks for your hard efforts!

[captbilly]

please help! i have the curent versions of avisynth and .net . i am copying avi movies off of disc to convert to dvd. after the movie is in the computer, i get this message when dvd decrypter or imgburn tries to open the file " first image file part is less than 2048 bytes in size." i don't know what to do, please help!

[Mr_Odwin]

please help! i have the curent versions of avisynth and .net . i am copying avi movies off of disc to convert to dvd. after the movie is in the computer, i get this message when dvd decrypter or imgburn tries to open the file " first image file part is less than 2048 bytes in size." i don't know what to do, please help!

Is this a problem with FAVC? Just DVD Decrypter isn't a part of the FAVC package, so I'm a little confused.
If it is a FAVC problem then can you describe to me the files that are produced in the most recent Working Folder.

[Jiao]

hi, still waiting for subs support :P lol j/k there's no rush.

Another feature I'd like to see is batch encoding support. I think HCEnc doesn't work very well when two of them are running in the same time. It often leads to weird things such as no video in my dvds. So, I sometimes I need to make many dvds so I want each to trigger the next after the current on is done...

Ok that's weird, the last 2 encodes ended up with no BUP file? [HCEnc highest quality and AC3 448kbps]
Ok I did a low quality HCEnc encode and it works fine. I'm going to try to reproduce the problem.

I did it again on balance and highest quality and it didn't generate any IFO or BUP files. I also tried with the CQ setting, and it produced an empty IFO.

But, I used IFOEdit to make the IFOs and it plays fine.. :/ I don't think I ever had this problem with .91
Oh, and the videos I'm trying to encode are very high quality HDTV (900x700 or something like that)

Another feature request, is there a way so that I can delay the audio just a little bit? I have a video that's slightly out of sync..

[cc979]

just been testing favc.92 tried quenc in speed preset and it runs two of quenc - i have a single core athlon64

is it a bug or a feature?

it did not do it in quality mode

its handy tool btw, cheers

[cc979]

my mistake, just noticed that speed mode defaults to 2 cores, and balanced and quality defaults to 1 core

[Mr_Odwin]

hi, still waiting for subs support :P lol j/k there's no rush.

Another feature I'd like to see is batch encoding support. I think HCEnc doesn't work very well when two of them are running in the same time. It often leads to weird things such as no video in my dvds. So, I sometimes I need to make many dvds so I want each to trigger the next after the current on is done...

Ok that's weird, the last 2 encodes ended up with no BUP file? [HCEnc highest quality and AC3 448kbps]
Ok I did a low quality HCEnc encode and it works fine. I'm going to try to reproduce the problem.

I did it again on balance and highest quality and it didn't generate any IFO or BUP files. I also tried with the CQ setting, and it produced an empty IFO.

But, I used IFOEdit to make the IFOs and it plays fine.. :/ I don't think I ever had this problem with .91
Oh, and the videos I'm trying to encode are very high quality HDTV (900x700 or something like that)

Another feature request, is there a way so that I can delay the audio just a little bit? I have a video that's slightly out of sync..

HC doesn't like to have two instances running if it is in two-pass mode. Two instances using constant quant should be fine though. If there are still authoring problems you could try looking at the log file that muxman leaves behind in the working folder.

If you want to delay your audio go to the advanced scripting tab and in the bottom box use the avisynth delayaudio(*seconds go here*) command. Eg.

delayaudio(0.05)

or

delayaudio(-0.4)

[twinkysaurus]

Just starting to use FAVC, and I'm getting "overflow" errors with an XviD movie with AC3 in it.

Using: AviSynth 2.5.7, .NET Frameworks 2, & FAVC 0.92

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4611/favcv092erroroq7.png

[Jiao]

Is it possible to set the bitrate to 9000?

[Mr_Odwin]

Just starting to use FAVC, and I'm getting "overflow" errors with an XviD movie with AC3 in it.

Using: AviSynth 2.5.7, .NET Frameworks 2, & FAVC 0.92

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4611/favcv092erroroq7.png

I need more details I'm afraid. What are your regional settings? When does the problem occur? Before video analysis or after?

Is it possible to set the bitrate to 9000?

Not at the moment - but it's probably a good idea for an option in the future. (Actually, for now, you could kill the conversion batch file and then go into the working files with a text editor and change all maximum bitrate settings yourself. Just restart the batch file and it'll all run but with the new settings)

[twinkysaurus]

I'm running on Default settings, but my DVD format is set to NTSC, and I've chosed HC as the encoder. Currently running on a low-end computer, if that matters.

The problem occurs after video analysis.

[cc979]

been using your tool its very handy, but is possible to use directshow input for audio

eg. i have a dolby encoded mp3 - its does decode into 5.1 in ffdshow audio - but it does work with favc it only detects it as 2 channel source

or maybe include a dolby decoder in favc

cheers

[Mr_Odwin]

If you mean that you have multichannel ac3 audio then there is an audio option to retain it - unless there is a good reason not to it should be "Retain if Present".
If it's something else then I'll look into it more.

[cc979]

If you mean that you have multichannel ac3 audio then there is an audio option to retain it - unless there is a good reason not to it should be "Retain if Present".
If it's something else then I'll look into it more.

no its a 2channel dolby encoded/dolby surround mp3

only i could do it was to extract the mp3 with virtualdubmod then i used behappy with directshow source using ffdshow set do decode dolby and make a new ac3 with aften, then replace the mp3 in the avi with the ac3 then use favc - so having a doldy decode or directshow audio source in your tool would be a lot quicker

cheers

[mrlithium]

Thanks, it works well, it'd be nice if the program gave an option for the working folder, for partition/drive space reasons.
Thats the one thing I thought really should be in here and made me take the time to make a post so you know that its important.

[Mr_Odwin]

Thanks, it works well, it'd be nice if the program gave an option for the working folder, for partition/drive space reasons.
Thats the one thing I thought really should be in here and made me take the time to make a post so you know that its important.

A custom working folder location is in the next release. The code has been written. I'm currently having some issues with subtitle support but I'm working on it. Having some problems with time availability too. :p

[davidk21770]

1st -- nice job :thanks:

Now...
When I make a DVD with multiple video files, I really find the way that the files are put on the DVD by muxman to be very clumsy to move through once you've finished the 1st video. Is there an "easy" edit of your scripts (MuxScript.mxp?) to make the files concatenated into a single video on the disk? Possibly with a chapter at the beginning of each individual video. (At least until you get menus up and working :devil: ).

[Mr_Odwin]

An easy option would be to for you to use muxman, with the files that are in the working folder after FAVC has finished. Just discard the dvd folder it produces and make your own.
But ... navigation should be fairly easy. Your dvd player should have on option to jump to a track/title. My dvd player gives this option when I press the 'display' button. A previous dvd player used a 'go to' button.

[davidk21770]

An easy option would be to for you to use muxman, with the files that are in the working folder after FAVC has finished. Just discard the dvd folder it produces and make your own.
But ... navigation should be fairly easy. Your dvd player should have on option to jump to a track/title. My dvd player gives this option when I press the 'display' button. A previous dvd player used a 'go to' button.D'oh. Never thought of jump to "title" being jump to track. This works for me, but unfortunately, not for my wife <sigh>.

As to muxman -- it's a little daunting in what you need to know about the raw details of a DVD for even a simple build. What I ended up doing with the last one for my wife was after favc finished, I used VideoRedo as a VOB->MPG converter and then another program to do the actual DVD build. Is there a muxman for novices anywhere?

[mrlithium]

Hi, i just did a conversion of 4 xvid full length movies into 1 4.37gb DVD, all the steps up until the final Mux worked as expected. the DVD came out to be 4.41GB not 4.37 so it didnt exactly fit...this led me to re-run the part of the script that encodes the audio in Aften for the 4th movie only, except i changed the bitrate from 224kbps to 160kbps to save enough space, and then re-ran the muxman section of the script and it reprocessed all the tracks and it fit...
But... the program produced a 0 byte long Video_TS.IFO file and therefore the disc wouldnt play.
I had to start a new Video_TS.IFO manually with PGCedit and and import the old VTS01_1.IFO files, which were fine for track 1, 2, and 3 but when I got to the 4th file It said "invalid PGCs in the domain of VTS 4: maximum number of valid PGCs: 63, Number of PGC's detected: 17494". strange, so I check the output that muxman displayed for track 4 and it responded with "Reference to non-existant scene "Segment_4_scn30" from PGC "VTS04_pgc1".". So I re-created an IFO file from the 4th track's VOB files with IFOedit and loaded that up into PGCedit and it accepted that, and it said it only had 29 cells. (29 chapters) as it should because the Chapter Times file for the 4th video only ever had 29 entries plus the movie was under 2:30:00 it was like 2:24:59 or something. In muxscript.mxp it has 30 entries for the 4th file and since the 4th VTS IFO file had an error saying scene 30 not found the ifo was incomplete [it was only 5kb at first before i recreated it]and it didnt produce any VIDEO_TS.IFO file(or VIDEO_TS.BUP) . i saved all my working folder if you want to ask me any questions. i'm comfortable enough doing things manually your tool just makes it so much easier, i can walk away for 5 hours and process automatically the steps of encoding, ripping and re-encoding the audio, muxing, authoring on as many tracks at once that i want. :thanks:
i guess the problem coulda been that I re-encoded the audio on the 4th file (but i just used the same script as you) or it could be the disc was NTSC. track 1,2,3 were NTSC but track 4 was PAL. and btw, the Working Folder 0 was only 4.14gb but then when the mux finished, the output folder turned out as 4.41gb is that normal for such a large increase?

[Thor263]

Thanks for developing this application - it's awesome. I do have a question though - how does FAVC decide the aspect ratio when encoding (4:3 or 16:9)? I'm asking because I was putting 4 similar AVIs together and it encoded 3 of them as 4:3 and one of them as 16:9.

[davidk21770]

I was having problems with audio synchronization until I tried directshowsource (as suggested herein). I now have perfect synchronization.

But, that setting seems to be the only one that I've used so far that doesn't stick -- ie., I have to choose it every time. (Just a suggestion for a future version :)).

[Mr_Odwin]

D'oh. Never thought of jump to "title" being jump to track. This works for me, but unfortunately, not for my wife <sigh>.

As to muxman -- it's a little daunting in what you need to know about the raw details of a DVD for even a simple build. What I ended up doing with the last one for my wife was after favc finished, I used VideoRedo as a VOB->MPG converter and then another program to do the actual DVD build. Is there a muxman for novices anywhere?

TMPGEnc DVD Author may be what you are looking for. It's not free though. Or maybe DVDStyler?


Hi, i just did a conversion of 4 xvid full length movies into 1 4.37gb DVD, all the steps up until the final Mux worked as expected. the DVD came out to be 4.41GB not 4.37 so it didnt exactly fit...this led me to re-run the part of the script that encodes the audio in Aften for the 4th movie only, except i changed the bitrate from 224kbps to 160kbps to save enough space, and then re-ran the muxman section of the script and it reprocessed all the tracks and it fit...
But... the program produced a 0 byte long Video_TS.IFO file and therefore the disc wouldnt play.
I had to start a new Video_TS.IFO manually with PGCedit and and import the old VTS01_1.IFO files, which were fine for track 1, 2, and 3 but when I got to the 4th file It said "invalid PGCs in the domain of VTS 4: maximum number of valid PGCs: 63, Number of PGC's detected: 17494". strange, so I check the output that muxman displayed for track 4 and it responded with "Reference to non-existant scene "Segment_4_scn30" from PGC "VTS04_pgc1".". So I re-created an IFO file from the 4th track's VOB files with IFOedit and loaded that up into PGCedit and it accepted that, and it said it only had 29 cells. (29 chapters) as it should because the Chapter Times file for the 4th video only ever had 29 entries plus the movie was under 2:30:00 it was like 2:24:59 or something. In muxscript.mxp it has 30 entries for the 4th file and since the 4th VTS IFO file had an error saying scene 30 not found the ifo was incomplete [it was only 5kb at first before i recreated it]and it didnt produce any VIDEO_TS.IFO file(or VIDEO_TS.BUP) . i saved all my working folder if you want to ask me any questions. i'm comfortable enough doing things manually your tool just makes it so much easier, i can walk away for 5 hours and process automatically the steps of encoding, ripping and re-encoding the audio, muxing, authoring on as many tracks at once that i want. :thanks:
i guess the problem coulda been that I re-encoded the audio on the 4th file (but i just used the same script as you) or it could be the disc was NTSC. track 1,2,3 were NTSC but track 4 was PAL. and btw, the Working Folder 0 was only 4.14gb but then when the mux finished, the output folder turned out as 4.41gb is that normal for such a large increase?

The problem may be a bug with my code, or with Batchmux's code. It's hard to say - I'll look into it more though.

Thanks for developing this application - it's awesome. I do have a question though - how does FAVC decide the aspect ratio when encoding (4:3 or 16:9)? I'm asking because I was putting 4 similar AVIs together and it encoded 3 of them as 4:3 and one of them as 16:9.

FAVC uses the aspect ratio provided by MediaInfo to determine 4:3 or 16:9 - anything over 1.74 is encoded as 16:9 (maybe with black bars). If there is a problem with a particular avi it is a problem with MediaInfo unfortunately.


I was having problems with audio synchronization until I tried directshowsource (as suggested herein). I now have perfect synchronization.

But, that setting seems to be the only one that I've used so far that doesn't stick -- ie., I have to choose it every time. (Just a suggestion for a future version :)).

Advanced settings don't stick as there is potential for some unwanted script settings sticking around - I'll probably add an option to overcome that.

[davidk21770]

As to muxman -- it's a little daunting in what you need to know about the raw details of a DVD for even a simple build. What I ended up doing with the last one for my wife was after favc finished, I used VideoRedo as a VOB->MPG converter and then another program to do the actual DVD build. Is there a muxman for novices anywhere?
TMPGEnc DVD Author may be what you are looking for. It's not free though. Or maybe DVDStyler?Thanks! I have a registered copy of TMPGenc DVD Author. I know that everyone raves about it, but IMO, it's MPEG conversion has more artifacts than others -- especially compared to what I get using the tools that you put together. I'll hunt around for DVDStyler.

[Mr_Odwin]

I've uploaded version 0.93 and updated the links in the first post. The biggest change is that subtitles are now supported. The srt file format is acceptable as input and the produced subs can be either soft or hard. Note that I have little use for subs, and therefore not much experience playing with them, so bug testing would be appreciated.

Other changes:
MediaInfo, Imgburn, HC & Muxman updated to latest versions
Presets account for single cores
Custom Working Folder location

[ricardo.santos]

Hi.
first i would like Mr Odwin for introducing sub capability in FAVC, i tested it a while back in its early stages it had some problems but as soon as i saw subtitle support i took it for a ride.

you said you didnt have much sub experience but let me tell you they look perfect, some prefer it with less/morre edges but they look perfect, audio/video/sub everything is in sync even when doing ntsc/pal conversion

video quality is good, simple and intuitive layout, on my first try everything went smooth, om my 2nd try quenc produced an error message but after clicking ok it carried on as normal, dvd was undersized by 180mg but nothing to worry about.

i just have a small request, the option for the user to "define" vertical subtitle position, the sub appear a bit high on screen (personal taste), but with DVDsubedit i could fix the position in 1 min.

i give it a 5 star rating even without menu support and subtitle position support.

Good Work Mr Odwin

[Mr_Odwin]

If you go into the FAVC folder, then into the subtitlecreator folder and open subtitle creator there is a profiles menu. The FAVC entries should be obvious. You can manage the profiles (including location on the screen) to your taste and then FAVC will use the altered ones in conversions. Please note that the order and location of the profiles is important. (i.e. FAVC PAL 4:3 should remain as profile 1.)

[jolson]

Hi,

I've been using DVD2SVCD for a while to resize/convert an AVI with AC3 audio + .srt subtitle to a DVD. All works well, apart from no support for italic/bold subtitles.

I understand this tool can take several AVI's, but if you start with only one AVI - are there anyway any advantages with FAC over using DVD2SVCD? Any disadvantages?

[Mr_Odwin]

Hi,

I've been using DVD2SVCD for a while to resize/convert an AVI with AC3 audio + .srt subtitle to a DVD. All works well, apart from no support for italic/bold subtitles.

I understand this tool can take several AVI's, but if you start with only one AVI - are there anyway any advantages with FAVC over using DVD2SVCD? Any disadvantages?

It's hard for me to say what the advantages are as I'm not an DVD2SVCD user. Maybe that speaks for itself - it's an alternative and if you like one you may not need to use the other. A possible disadvantage is that it requires the .NET Framework.
I can tell you what will happen in a typical FAVC 'single title' DVD. I'll assume that the avi has a framerate of 23.976 fps and that the destination is NTSC.

i) The Video is encoded with HC or QuEnc. (You can automate the splitting of the video into segments to enable a kind of dual-core support)
ii) Subtitles are converted from srt to sup via SubtitleCreator. (Italics and bold are supported by SubtitleCreator, as far as I'm aware.)
iii)The audio is encoded (ac3 via aften (or quenc) or mp2 via twolame (or quenc)).
iv) DGPulldown is used to perform pulldown on the video.
v) BatchMux is used to author the DVD - BatchMux uses Muxman.

There are a lot more options available but that's the crux of it.

I realise that a lot of work still goes into DVD2SVCD via users on this forum but perhaps an advantage of FAVC is that it is still being actively developed by me.

[DoctorRad]

When I try to encode with v0.93, I'm getting the following error almost immediately:

See 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 FAVCForm1.MediaInfo_Close(Int32 Handle)
at 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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 0.93.0.0
Win32 Version: 0.93
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/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:/Program%20Files/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.


Any idea what's going on? I'm using a P3 laptop running Win2k for this, any known compatibility problems?

Many thanks,

Dr. Matt...

[Mr_Odwin]

I'm sorry, I don't know what is going on there. There are no compatibility issues that I'm aware of.

[danielk68]

hi!
i have took a look at this nice app, and tried to manage
the subtitles issue, as you say via subtitle creator.

but i have found 2 problems
1. when i choose in the profile to change to font, it only allows
me to change to font but the script only has the western option.
my subtitles are in hebrew, and i need that this option be there.
2. i couldn't see anywhere where i can change the font color.

are these 2 issues are subtitle creator "bugs", or is there
anything that i can do?

thx in advanced
Daniel

(the colors option in at the top right of the form, doesn't apply
to the profile.

[Mr_Odwin]

The colors that are used for subtitles by FAVC are saved in two files - FAVCPalette.ifo and FAVCPalette.mxp, both in the SubtitleCreator folder. These files were created by exporting palettes from Subtitle Creator and they can be replaced by you with custom ones by using Subtitle Creator (File>Export Palette, and the colours option in at the top right of the form). Note that both files must contain the same palette and both files must not be renamed.
The script option is a font issue - find a font that supports what you need. A quick search through the fonts that I have there revealed that I had some Arabic ones. I assume that'll work. Try one of these fonts:
http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/hebfonts.htm

If that doesn't work then try asking in the subtitle forum, as I'm out of ideas.

[danielk68]

thx for your answers, very appreciated.

i couldn't do what you adviced to me(pallets options are nor saved
for me). i'll ask in subtitle creator forum.

thx:thanks:

[Kaonashi]

This is an excellent tool and the fact that it supports italic and bold makes me want to leave Avi2Dvd.

Unfortunately I'm having audio problems. I tried to convert an AVI file with a MP3 track and the resulting DVD has a slight delay on the audio. What can be the cause of this?

I'm using the latest FAVC.

[Mr_Odwin]

The problem is most likely vbr mp3 audio. Avisynth tends to struggle with this - and often the offending avis are badly made also.

Try going into the Advanced Scripting tab and ticking the box marked" Use DirectShowSource instead of AVISource". Alternatively, reload an avi into avimuxgui and remux it (same audio and video) - this remuxed avi file will likely be in sync after conversion.
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic...338598#1338598

[Kaonashi]

It seems to be working now. Thank you.

Have you ever considered adding support for other containers and/or other codecs?

[ookzDVD]

I have strange problem here,
the result video is rotated 180 degree.

[jolson]

...or maybe FlipVertical()...?

[Mr_Odwin]

I have strange problem here,
the result video is rotated 180 degree.

That is odd. I see that you have made quite a few posts on Doom9 so I'll assume that you are familiar with Avisynth.
In the Working Folder that is generated FAVC creates Title#.avs files for each video file that it is working with. If you can tell me what text is in the file that is associated with the video file that would be ideal.

[ookzDVD]

That is odd. I see that you have made quite a few posts on Doom9 so I'll assume that you are familiar with Avisynth.
In the Working Folder that is generated FAVC creates Title#.avs files for each video file that it is working with. If you can tell me what text is in the file that is associated with the video file that would be ideal.

Sure,


LoadPlugin("C:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\Decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\QTSource.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\VSFilter.dll")
Import("C:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCResize.avsi")
Import("C:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCStereo.avsi")
Import("C:\Downloads\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCFPS.avsi")

Try {
AVISource("C:\!VCD\briana\bbfw_scene1b.avi").EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
FAVCStereo(Last,Last)
}
Catch(Err_Msg) {
DirectShowSource("C:\!VCD\briana\bbfw_scene1b.avi",FPS=29.970,ConvertFPS=True).EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
FAVCStereoDSS(Last,Last)
}
ConvertToYV12()

ChangeFPS(30000,1001)

FAVCResize(Last,"NTSC",0,1292)


I also found that in the working dir there's .m2v file
and when I play the m2v, the video is flipped.

thank you.

[Mr_Odwin]

Is the video flipped when you open the avs file in Virtualdub?
As you can see from the file, there is nothing really going on there - just AVISource and some simple manipulation.
Do you have the latest Avisynth? I'd install 2.5.7 if you haven't already.

[ookzDVD]

Is the video flipped when you open the avs file in Virtualdub?
As you can see from the file, there is nothing really going on there - just AVISource and some simple manipulation.
Do you have the latest Avisynth? I'd install 2.5.7 if you haven't already.

The .avs is ok in virtualdub, i think it's quEnc's problem. :(
I'll try use HC, I'll post the result.

[ookzDVD]

The result with HC is still filpped :(

[ookzDVD]

I try my own created avi (xvid) and try favc it,
the result is ok, hmm... the problematic avi's fourcc is div3,
and the res. is 496x384.

[Mr_Odwin]

I did a forum search on "divx 3.11 video flipped" and the results suggested that it was a known problem. I would update my relevant codecs to the latest versions and if that doesn't work add "FlipVertical()" to one of the boxes in the advanced scripting tab (doesn't really matter which one).

[ookzDVD]

Ok, thank you for the info.
Btw, I also notice bad audio transfer, when i try avi (xvid+mp3) the audio is croppy. :(

[Mr_Odwin]

Ok, thank you for the info.
Btw, I also notice bad audio transfer, when i try avi (xvid+mp3) the audio is croppy. :(

I'm not sure why the audio would be croppy. What do you mean by croppy?

[Kaonashi]

I did a forum search on "divx 3.11 video flipped" and the results suggested that it was a known problem. I would update my relevant codecs to the latest versions and if that doesn't work add "FlipVertical()" to one of the boxes in the advanced scripting tab (doesn't really matter which one).

I'm also getting the flipped video on an XviD encoded file. I use ffdshow to play all my XviD encoded files. Could it be some problem there?

A suggestion: add a small box where the user can define the language code for the subtitles, so that they automatically load on a standalone DVD player.

[gonwk]

Hi Mr Odwin,

I have installed FAV0.93 on my laptop which has Windows 2000 and on my desktop which has Windows XP.

FAVC works fine on my Windows XP ... but it does Not even get going on Windows 2000. I get the ERROR saying "Unhandled exception has occured ..." when I look into the Details it says "SystemAccesViolationException" ...

I reinstalled FAVC and reinstalled my .NET 2.0 and even reinstalled my Aviusynth 2.5.7RC3 ... and NO GO!

Q: What is my probelm? Or FAVC does not work with Win 2000?

Thanks,
G!:thanks:

[Mr_Odwin]

I don't have Windows 2000, so it's difficult for me to say whether it works for it at all, or not. And it's incredibly difficult for me to iron out bugs that I can't replicate.
I'm sorry it's not working out for you on the laptop.

[gonwk]

Hi Mr. Odwin,

Thanks for your reply back ...

I am going to go ahead and upgrade to Win XP ... so no problem here ...

AND THANKS for a GREAT Program.

G!:)

[dubious buccaneer]

I was wondering - why does FAVC not support .mkv (and maybe also .ogm) files as input? I don't know about the internals but if AVISynth wrapping is used, can't this be done?

[Mr_Odwin]

There isn't much of a reason other than I've read that using Directshowsource() can be a little flaky sometimes.
I'll add mp4/mkv/ogm support (probably) in the next release. I'll have a closer look at how mediainfo handles these formats and proceed from there. Perhaps variable frame rates may prove problematic.
As an interim solution I'd hope (not tried it) that FAVC would process these files quite happily if the file extension was changed to wmv.

[~bT~]

Hi Mr_Odwin!

Will there be any future releases which will support CCE?

Cheers!

[Mr_Odwin]

To be honest, I doubt it. I don't have CCE, and I have no plans to purchase it.

[~bT~]

To be honest, I doubt it. I don't have CCE, and I have no plans to purchase it.
OK, no probs. BTW, can we just replace the old HC with new? Also MuxMan?

[Mr_Odwin]

That should work fine. As long as you rename HC to what the files are called now (so you'll be calling them 0.20 instead of 0.21)

[linx05]

In future versions, will you give us the option to use the programs we already have on our computer? HC encoder and ImgBurn are two of them.

[Mr_Odwin]

So that there aren't duplicate programs on your system, I assume?
I'll add it to my to-do list.

[~bT~]

In future versions, will you give us the option to use the programs we already have on our computer? HC encoder and ImgBurn are two of them.

I'd rather have it the way it is. Like Mr_Odwin said, I would need to rename HC. In DVD-RB it uses a diff name altogether.

[techreactor]

Never looked at this thread, its an interesting tool and was doing this manually all these days for creating miniDVD's. I have some Q's though:

- Does it support only VCD resolution (352x240/288) since I did not see an option to support SVCD resolutions (480x480/576). VCD are MPEG1 only.


:thanks:

[Mr_Odwin]

It only supports resolutions that are in the dvd spec, so that excludes 480x480/576. Muxman is used for authoring and it just doesn't allow it. 352x288 is VCD resolution but the dvd spec allows for this to be MPEG2 rather than just MPEG1.
More often than not I use Half-D1 (352x480/576) which is also MPEG2 and is a good compromise between speed and quality.

[techreactor]

It only supports resolutions that are in the dvd spec, so that excludes 480x480/576. Muxman is used for authoring and it just doesn't allow it. 352x288 is VCD resolution but the dvd spec allows for this to be MPEG2 rather than just MPEG1.
More often than not I use Half-D1 (352x480/576) which is also MPEG2 and is a good compromise between speed and quality.

okay thanks, but I have 1 more Q, if I select User defined resize under advanced scripting, what input does it take, is it avisynth resizers ??? and will this circumvent the "Video resolution" choosen under encoder options.

[Mr_Odwin]

The advanced scripting tab is all about you adding to the avisynth script. User defined resize means that no resizing takes place unless you input it. So, yes, it circumvents the "Video resolution" chosen under encoder options and you need to use Avisynth resizers.
But ... Muxman will still throw an error if you try and use a non-dvd type resolution.
:)

[Mr_Odwin]

I've released a new version (v0.94) and the updates are given in the first post of this thread.

[ricardo.santos]

FAVC UPDATE? lets check it out!

Thanks for the update,waiting for the menus to be enabled, when its updated it will to me the best avi to dvd freeware tool outhere.

[techreactor]

Thanks for the update but I also noticed that you cannot decrease the Bitrates below 4k and CQ value cannot be entered in decimals.

All this is required if you create a miniDVD unless you are dynamically adjusting the BR/Quants to meet the custom size values.

If not, is it possible to include these.

Also found that the following code in favcfps.avsi
Function FAVCFPS(clip clip, int num, int den) {
Try {
ConvertFPS(clip,num,den)
}
Catch(Err_Msg) {
ConverttoYUY2() - REMOVED
ConvertFPS(clip,num,den)
ConverttoYV12() - REMOVED
}
return(Last)
}

was giving error in avisynth (invalid arguments to ConverttoYUY2())

I changed the script to remove the convertto***() and added it in the title0.avs (before and after calling favcfps) to make it work.

[Mr_Odwin]

Good spot. Best to change the text in FAVCFPS.avsi to read:


Function FAVCFPS(clip clip, int num, int den) {
Try {
ConvertFPS(clip,num,den)
}
Catch(Err_Msg) {
clip = ConvertToYUY2(clip)
clip = ConvertFPS(clip,num,den)
ConvertToYV12(clip)
}
return(Last)
}




To hit minidvd size I would use the custom size feature. The average bitrate is adjusted for this, while the maximum bitrate can be higher.
I just arbitrarily chose the 4000 for the maximum bitrate as there's not really a reason to go much lower if the average bitrate is adjustable via custom sizing. However, if you want it then I can implement it.

[~bT~]

Thanx for the new version!

PS: This is minor request but can you pls add version numbers for future releases to the zip file?

Also, would it be possible to have another tab to view the script being created before sending it off to the encoder or just save the .avs for viewing in MPC or AVSp?

Cheers!

[rack04]

I get the following error when using the latest FAVC with HC and QuEnc. FWIW, I'm using AviSynth 2.5.6, build: Oct 28, 2005 [18:44:09]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-6.jpg

[~bT~]

Look above..

[Mr_Odwin]

I get the following error when using the latest FAVC with HC and QuEnc. FWIW, I'm using AviSynth 2.5.6, build: Oct 28, 2005 [18:44:09]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-6.jpg

The error wouldn't occur with Avisynth 2.5.7, but it is the same bug mentioned by techreactor above.
In the FAVC folder go into the Avisynth plugins folder and replace the text in FAVCFPS.avsi with what is in my post above.

bEnGaLi tHuG, your file renaming request is simple enough, but your second request is more tricky as the scripts are generated after the analysis step. We can do what you'vfe asked for, but it'll probably not be quickly forthcoming (added to my to-do list).

[techreactor]

Also, would it be possible to have another tab to view the script being created before sending it off to the encoder or just save the .avs for viewing in MPC or AVSp?

Cheers!

@BT, its already present, if you select the option to "Keep" temp files, goto your temp folder, open up the working folder, under it you will find a file named "title0.avs".

Open this avs file in MPC and you have your view.

[dubious buccaneer]

There isn't much of a reason other than I've read that using Directshowsource() can be a little flaky sometimes.
I'll add mp4/mkv/ogm support (probably) in the next release.
That's good... although, what I would also like to see, when mp4/mkv/ogm 's are supported, is their use also as the subtitle source, instead of me having to demux the subs first.

Oh, and another feature request: A rudimentary auto-generated menu for DVDs generated from several video files.

[~bT~]

@BT, its already present, if you select the option to "Keep" temp files, goto your temp folder, open up the working folder, under it you will find a file named "title0.avs".

Open this avs file in MPC and you have your view.

Yes, but that's only after it starts encoding rite?

[techreactor]

Yes, but that's only after it starts encoding rite?

If you choose to keep the temp file, you can stop the encoding, preview the script and then start the title.bat file (in temp folder) again, to start the encode.

[~bT~]

If you choose to keep the temp file, you can stop the encoding, preview the script and then start the title.bat file (in temp folder) again, to start the encode.

that can be a temp fix for now then. cheers!

[rack04]

I just ran a long conversion only to have the dvd authoring fail. Can someone please explain how to run the dvd authoring using batchmux? I still have the working folder from the encode.

[Mr_Odwin]

Go into the working folder and open the title.bat file in a text editor (eg. notepad) and then delete everything except the batchmux command. Save the file and then double click on it.
If it fails again, please let me have all the gory details.

[rack04]

Go into the working folder and open the title.bat file in a text editor (eg. notepad) and then delete everything except the batchmux command. Save the file and then double click on it.
If it fails again, please let me have all the gory details.

I did as you suggested but I'm still have some issues. When I re-ran the modified title.bat the output iso was 0 kb and I get the following error when trying to "build" and iso using ImgBurn.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-7.jpg

Here is the modified title.bat
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ********************* Authoring DVD *********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Program Files\FAVC\BatchMux\BatchMux.exe" -arglist "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\BatchMux.ini"
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ********************** Creating ISO *********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Program Files\FAVC\mkisofs\mkisofs.exe" -dvd-video -V "DVD_0" -udf -o "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Output\dvd 0.iso" "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Output\dvd 0"


Here is the BatchMux.ini
-d "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Output\dvd 0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp"
-l "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\FAVC\MuxMan"
-v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title0.m2v"
-a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title0.ac3"
-cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap0.txt"
-SEG2v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title1.m2v"
-SEG2a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title1.ac3"
-SEG2cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap1.txt"
-SEG3v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title2.m2v"
-SEG3a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title2.ac3"
-SEG3cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap2.txt"
-SEG4v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title3.m2v"
-SEG4a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title3.ac3"
-SEG4cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap3.txt"
-SEG5v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title4.m2v"
-SEG5a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title4.ac3"
-SEG5cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap4.txt"
-SEG6v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title5.m2v"
-SEG6a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title5.ac3"
-SEG6cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap5.txt"
-SEG7v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title6.m2v"
-SEG7a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title6.ac3"
-SEG7cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap6.txt"
-SEG8v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title7.m2v"
-SEG8a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title7.ac3"
-SEG8cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap7.txt"
-SEG9v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title8.m2v"
-SEG9a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title8.ac3"
-SEG9cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap8.txt"
-SEG10v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title9.m2v"
-SEG10a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title9.ac3"
-SEG10cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap9.txt"
-SEG11v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title10.m2v"
-SEG11a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title10.ac3"
-SEG11cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap10.txt"
-SEG12v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title11.m2v"
-SEG12a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title11.ac3"
-SEG12cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap11.txt"
-SEG13v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title12.m2v"
-SEG13a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title12.ac3"
-SEG13cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap12.txt"
-SEG14v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title13.m2v"
-SEG14a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title13.ac3"
-SEG14cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap13.txt"
-SEG15v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title14.m2v"
-SEG15a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title14.ac3"
-SEG15cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap14.txt"
-SEG16v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title15.m2v"
-SEG16a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title15.ac3"
-SEG16cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap15.txt"
-SEG17v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.m2v"
-SEG17a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.ac3"
-SEG17cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap16.txt"
-SEG18v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.m2v"
-SEG18a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.ac3"
-SEG18cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap17.txt"
-SEG19v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title18.m2v"
-SEG19a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title18.ac3"
-SEG19cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap18.txt"
-SEG20v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title19.m2v"
-SEG20a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title19.ac3"
-SEG20cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap19.txt"
-SEG21v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title20.m2v"
-SEG21a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title20.ac3"
-SEG21cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap20.txt"
-SEG22v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title21.m2v"
-SEG22a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title21.ac3"
-SEG22cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap21.txt"
-SEG23v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title22.m2v"
-SEG23a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title22.ac3"
-SEG23cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap22.txt"
-SEG24v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title23.m2v"
-SEG24a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title23.ac3"
-SEG24cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap23.txt"

Let me know what additional information you need.

[rack04]

Had to post a new reply due to post length.

Here is the MuxScript.log
MuxMan version 0.15R
Opened script file C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title0.m2v size = 68866779
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title0.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title1.m2v size = 137195247
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title1.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title2.m2v size = 115545594
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title2.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title3.m2v size = 132688644
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title3.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title4.m2v size = 131417660
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title4.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title5.m2v size = 137875433
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title5.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title6.m2v size = 119183683
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title6.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title7.m2v size = 129881322
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title7.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title8.m2v size = 46918665
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title8.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title9.m2v size = 138542216
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title9.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title10.m2v size = 59953066
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title10.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title11.m2v size = 140045267
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title11.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title12.m2v size = 131839358
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title12.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title13.m2v size = 129405209
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title13.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title14.m2v size = 148929512
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title14.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title15.m2v size = 85501939
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title15.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.m2v size = 120058192
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.m2v size = 123666067
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title18.m2v size = 103143656
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title18.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title19.m2v size = 123677167
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title19.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title20.m2v size = 133011245
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title20.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title21.m2v size = 136666304
expanded database to 300 entries.
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title21.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title22.m2v size = 76916118
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title22.ac3
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title23.m2v size = 103997478
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title23.ac3
expanded database to 400 entries.
expanded database to 500 entries.
expanded database to 600 entries.
expanded database to 700 entries.
expanded database to 800 entries.
expanded database to 900 entries.

10:52:09 Begin multiplex VTS01.
Title Segment List
Segment_1
Maximum audio duration 4850 fields.
Starting scene Segment_1_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 41AD2D7.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7166916, min: 425558 (lba 2032), max: 8412963 (lba 7838).
Shortest GOP has 18 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 4848, VOBU: 161, Sectors: 35380.

10:52:20 Begin multiplex VTS02.
Title Segment List
Segment_2
Maximum audio duration 9080 fields.
Starting scene Segment_2_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 82D6EEB.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7606567, min: 425558 (lba 997), max: 8380227 (lba 19219).
Shortest GOP has 18 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 9078, VOBU: 302, Sectors: 70314.

10:52:37 Begin multiplex VTS03.
Title Segment List
Segment_3
Maximum audio duration 8056 fields.
Starting scene Segment_3_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 6E315F6.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7235131, min: 458293 (lba 51502), max: 8380227 (lba 6618).
Shortest GOP has 20 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 8053, VOBU: 268, Sectors: 59329.

10:52:48 Begin multiplex VTS04.
Title Segment List
Segment_4
Maximum audio duration 9072 fields.
Starting scene Segment_4_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 7E8AB00.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7371714, min: 392823 (lba 68024), max: 8380227 (lba 3098).
Shortest GOP has 17 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 9070, VOBU: 302, Sectors: 68083.

10:53:01 Begin multiplex VTS05.
Title Segment List
Segment_5
Maximum audio duration 8848 fields.
Starting scene Segment_5_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 7D54638.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7482293, min: 392823 (lba 67351), max: 8380227 (lba 5000).
Shortest GOP has 25 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 8845, VOBU: 295, Sectors: 67390.

10:53:13 Begin multiplex VTS06.
Title Segment List
Segment_6
Maximum audio duration 8954 fields.
Starting scene Segment_6_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 837CFE5.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7745566, min: 502448 (lba 70591), max: 8380227 (lba 7608).
Shortest GOP has 20 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 8953, VOBU: 298, Sectors: 70613.

10:53:26 Begin multiplex VTS07.
Title Segment List
Segment_7
Maximum audio duration 8582 fields.
Starting scene Segment_7_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 71A993F.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7013816, min: 392823 (lba 40670), max: 8380227 (lba 33005).
Shortest GOP has 30 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 8580, VOBU: 286, Sectors: 61278.

10:53:37 Begin multiplex VTS08.
Title Segment List
Segment_8
Maximum audio duration 9072 fields.
Starting scene Segment_8_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 7BDD4E6.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7221969, min: 392823 (lba 4465), max: 8412963 (lba 52325).
Shortest GOP has 17 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 9070, VOBU: 302, Sectors: 66700.

10:53:50 Begin multiplex VTS09.
Title Segment List
Segment_9
Maximum audio duration 3776 fields.
Starting scene Segment_9_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 2CBEC05.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 6308284, min: 425558 (lba 604), max: 8380227 (lba 6075).
Shortest GOP has 23 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 3773, VOBU: 125, Sectors: 24236.

10:53:54 Begin multiplex VTS10.
Title Segment List
Segment_10
Maximum audio duration 9076 fields.
Starting scene Segment_10_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 841FC84.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7682089, min: 425558 (lba 2203), max: 8380227 (lba 8099).
Shortest GOP has 20 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 9073, VOBU: 302, Sectors: 70973.

10:54:05 Begin multiplex VTS11.
Title Segment List
Segment_11
Maximum audio duration 4152 fields.
Starting scene Segment_11_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 392CFA6.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7283083, min: 425558 (lba 1165), max: 8412963 (lba 26182).
Shortest GOP has 17 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 4150, VOBU: 138, Sectors: 30777.

10:54:12 Begin multiplex VTS12.
Title Segment List
Segment_12
Maximum audio duration 9060 fields.
Starting scene Segment_12_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 858EBCF.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7775040, min: 526102 (lba 71698), max: 8380227 (lba 41655).
Shortest GOP has 28 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 9058, VOBU: 302, Sectors: 71713.

10:54:31 Begin multiplex VTS13.
Title Segment List
Segment_13
Maximum audio duration 8944 fields.
Starting scene Segment_13_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 7DBB57A.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7428598, min: 392823 (lba 1660), max: 8412963 (lba 12435).
Shortest GOP has 30 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 8940, VOBU: 298, Sectors: 67625.

10:54:52 Begin multiplex VTS14.
Title Segment List
Segment_14
Maximum audio duration 8738 fields.
Starting scene Segment_14_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 7B69115.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7460492, min: 425558 (lba 644), max: 8412963 (lba 46005).
Shortest GOP has 12 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 8735, VOBU: 291, Sectors: 66358.

10:55:12 Begin multiplex VTS15.
Title Segment List
Segment_15
Maximum audio duration 10310 fields.
Starting scene Segment_15_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 8E07BE4.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7284358, min: 425558 (lba 10114), max: 8380227 (lba 32144).
Shortest GOP has 18 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 10308, VOBU: 343, Sectors: 76459.

10:55:27 Begin multiplex VTS16.
Title Segment List
Segment_16
Maximum audio duration 6614 fields.
Starting scene Segment_16_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 518A7EF.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 6548141, min: 392823 (lba 14159), max: 8380227 (lba 8587).
Shortest GOP has 20 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 6613, VOBU: 220, Sectors: 44094.

10:55:38 Begin multiplex VTS17.
Title Segment List
Segment_17
Maximum audio duration 8372 fields.
Starting scene Segment_17_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
P-STD buffer underflow by 3816 bytes at 10427684, sector 51731.
P-STD buffer underflow by 19430 bytes at 10430687, sector 51752.
SeqEnd at 727F14C.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 23246.
Bitrate - avg: 7232264, min: 425558 (lba 1393), max: 8412963 (lba 3134).
Shortest GOP has 30 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 8370, VOBU: 279, Sectors: 61640.
Video decoder buffer underflowed 2 times.
Check c:\muxman.log for details.

[Sir Didymus]

Hi rack04!

It seems your 17th encode created some heavy troubles to MuxMan. Buffer underflows may be originated by different causes, but usually they occur when using assets with timings or other parameters out of DVD specs.

May I ask which encoder did you adopt ?

Are you available to perform some simple testing to isolate the problem ? I want to see if a new BatchMux.ini - I will prepare it from the one you have posted - without the 17th segment is properly authored...

Cheers,
SD

By the way,
WOW - 24 segments... You are near to the record...
:)

OK. Please try with this BatchMux.ini file (it should produce a working DVD without the 17th segment...)


-d "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Output\dvd 0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp"
-l "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\FAVC\MuxMan"
-v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title0.m2v"
-a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title0.ac3"
-cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap0.txt"
-SEG2v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title1.m2v"
-SEG2a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title1.ac3"
-SEG2cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap1.txt"
-SEG3v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title2.m2v"
-SEG3a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title2.ac3"
-SEG3cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap2.txt"
-SEG4v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title3.m2v"
-SEG4a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title3.ac3"
-SEG4cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap3.txt"
-SEG5v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title4.m2v"
-SEG5a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title4.ac3"
-SEG5cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap4.txt"
-SEG6v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title5.m2v"
-SEG6a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title5.ac3"
-SEG6cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap5.txt"
-SEG7v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title6.m2v"
-SEG7a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title6.ac3"
-SEG7cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap6.txt"
-SEG8v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title7.m2v"
-SEG8a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title7.ac3"
-SEG8cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap7.txt"
-SEG9v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title8.m2v"
-SEG9a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title8.ac3"
-SEG9cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap8.txt"
-SEG10v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title9.m2v"
-SEG10a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title9.ac3"
-SEG10cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap9.txt"
-SEG11v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title10.m2v"
-SEG11a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title10.ac3"
-SEG11cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap10.txt"
-SEG12v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title11.m2v"
-SEG12a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title11.ac3"
-SEG12cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap11.txt"
-SEG13v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title12.m2v"
-SEG13a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title12.ac3"
-SEG13cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap12.txt"
-SEG14v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title13.m2v"
-SEG14a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title13.ac3"
-SEG14cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap13.txt"
-SEG15v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title14.m2v"
-SEG15a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title14.ac3"
-SEG15cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap14.txt"
-SEG16v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title15.m2v"
-SEG16a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title15.ac3"
-SEG16cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap15.txt"
-SEG17v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.m2v"
-SEG17a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.ac3"
-SEG17cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap17.txt"
-SEG18v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title18.m2v"
-SEG18a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title18.ac3"
-SEG18cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap18.txt"
-SEG19v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title19.m2v"
-SEG19a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title19.ac3"
-SEG19cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap19.txt"
-SEG20v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title20.m2v"
-SEG20a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title20.ac3"
-SEG20cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap20.txt"
-SEG21v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title21.m2v"
-SEG21a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title21.ac3"
-SEG21cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap21.txt"
-SEG22v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title22.m2v"
-SEG22a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title22.ac3"
-SEG22cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap22.txt"
-SEG23v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title23.m2v"
-SEG23a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title23.ac3"
-SEG23cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap23.txt"

[rack04]

Hi rack04!

It seems your 17th encode created some heavy troubles to MuxMan. Buffer underflows may be originated by different causes, but usually they occur when using assets with timings or other parameters out of DVD specs.

May I ask which encoder did you adopt ?

Are you available to perform some simple testing to isolate the problem ? I want to see if a new BatchMux.ini - I will prepare it from the one you have posted - without the 17th segment is properly authored...

Cheers,
SD

By the way,
WOW - 24 segments... You are near to the record...
:)

Thanks for the reply. I used HCenc to encode the 24 WMV 1080P Movie Trailers. Should I try running the title.bat for just the video encoding of Title17 and remuxing?

[Sir Didymus]

No. You should not re-encode anything...

You should:
1. Rename your BarchMux.ini file in BatchMux.old, in order to keep it off line...
2. Take the content of the code section in my previous post, and save it as a new BatchMux.ini file
3. Run title.bat (the one containing just the BatchMux authoring + ISO generation)...

I hope it is clear...
I edit my previous post, so I hope you can see the code section in it...

[rack04]

No. You should not re-encode anything...

You should:
1. Rename your BarchMux.ini file in BatchMux.old, in order to keep it off line...
2. Take the content of the code section in my previous post, and save it as a new BatchMux.ini file
3. Run title.bat (the one containing just the BatchMux authoring + ISO generation)...

I hope it is clear...
I edit my previous post, so I hope you can see the code section in it...

I tried what you suggested and still the same problem. You mention that 24 segments is alot. Could this be the problem?

[Mr_Odwin]

I've used more segments in the past and had no problems.
After reading a little about Buffer Underflows my suspicion is that you used QuEnc and there was a bitrate spike which made Muxman unhappy.
You could run the whole process again using QuEnc and lower the maximum bitrate (there's an option for this in the quenc tab) or run the process again and use HC, which tends to have less spikes.

[Sir Didymus]

Well, in principle the authoring should support up to 99 titles, but I carried out complete tests using up to 12 titles...

From your report, it seems that the authoring wrapper (BatchMux.exe) have prepared a correct BatchMux.mxp script, and it seems that MuxMan is actually trying to perform its job...

I suspect some singularity is present in the video and or audio assets you are working on (before encoding the video source is 1080P right ?)...

In the next hours I will do a simple test in order to use exactely the same BatchMux.in you originally posted, with some different video and audio assets.

If this test work it should demonstrate that the problem is related to the assets (video and or audio)... If it fails it will show that the problem is in the authoring stage...

Stay tuned...

Cheers,
SD

[Sir Didymus]

I've used more segments in the past and had no problems.
After reading a little about Buffer Underflows my suspicion is that you used QuEnc and there was a bitrate spike which made Muxman unhappy....
You could run the whole process again using QuEnc and lower the maximum bitrate (there's an option for this in the quenc tab) or run the process again and use HC, which tends to have less spikes.

Hi Mr_Odwin! It seems rack04 already sayd he used HCenc to encode his video... and the average bitrate used, looking at the logs, is something around 6.5 ~ 7.0 Mbps for all of the segments...

I agree it is quite high, but it should be easily accepted by the muxing engine...

@rack04
By the way, what is the bitrate (or the size, in bytes) of your audio assets ?

Could you please post a couple of filesizes, let's say of the first two audio files, just to have an idea...

[Mr_Odwin]

Hi Mr_Odwin! It seems rack04 already sayd he used HCenc to encode his video... and the average bitrate used, looking at the logs, is something around 6.5 ~ 7.0 Mbps for all of the segments...


Oops, I should have read more closely!

[Sir Didymus]

@rack04
OK. Just completed an experiment, replicating exactely your folder structure, and using the same BatchMux.ini that you have posted...

The video assets I have used have an average bitrate higher than 8 Mbps...

Everything is OK on this side of the sea...

So, it seems to me the problems are not related to the authoring itself (BatchMux or MuxMan) but rely on the video (and audio ?) assets, as it is suggesting Mr_Odwin...

However, I am still curious about what makes someones of your assets so critical.

Are you available/intrested in performing a little further test ?

I am quite convinced that if you try to use the following BatchMux.ini file:


-d "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Output\dvd 0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp"
-l "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\FAVC\MuxMan"
-v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.m2v"
-a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.ac3"
-cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap17.txt"


You should get again the same error.

If this happen, I would like to get a look at the original assets of your m2v and ac3 title17 files... - under the condition that these trailers have no copyright issues, of course... In this case, please get in touch with me via PM...

Cheers,
SD

[Mr_Odwin]

Thanks for the reply. I used HCenc to encode the 24 WMV 1080P Movie Trailers. Should I try running the title.bat for just the video encoding of Title17 and remuxing?

Are these the trailers you were converting?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx

There are 25 of them, in various flavours (720p,1080p). If these are the ones you were working with I can download and try to replicate your problem.

[Sir Didymus]

...If these are the ones you were working with I can download and try to replicate your problem.

Good spot...
I was browsing the same site just at the same time of your post... :)

By the way, I see all of these clips are encoded at 24fps. What is the conversion procedure adopted within FAVC to perform the framerate conversions (24 --> 29,97 or 24 -->25) ? Is DgPulldown by Neuron2 used someway ?

All the best,
SD

[Mr_Odwin]

The two that I've downloaded (can't download too much when I'm at work) are 23.976fps, and in that case a pulldown is performed by DGPulldown whether the destination is PAL or NTSC.

[rack04]

After reading a little about Buffer Underflows my suspicion is that you used QuEnc and there was a bitrate spike which made Muxman unhappy. You could run the whole process again using QuEnc and lower the maximum bitrate (there's an option for this in the quenc tab) or run the process again and use HC, which tends to have less spikes.

I used HCenc 0.21

I suspect some singularity is present in the video and or audio assets you are working on (before encoding the video source is 1080P right?)

Yes 1080P

By the way, what is the bitrate (or the size, in bytes) of your audio assets?

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-8.jpg

Are you available/intrested in performing a little further test?

Of course. Anything I can do that will help.

I am quite convinced that if you try to use the following BatchMux.ini file you should get again the same error.


MuxMan version 0.15R
Opened script file C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.m2v size = 123666067
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.ac3

08:02:19 Begin multiplex VTS01.
Title Segment List
Segment_1
Maximum audio duration 9134 fields.
Starting scene Segment_1_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 75EFE8F.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 6843437, min: 392823 (lba 22881), max: 8347492 (lba 4502).
Shortest GOP has 20 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 9133, VOBU: 304, Sectors: 63643.

08:02:32 Begin multiplex VMG.
08:02:32 End multiplex.

Success!

Are these the trailers you were converting?


The trailers that I'm converting can be download at here (http://www.drfoster.f2s.com/trailers_hd-dvd.shtml)

[Mr_Odwin]

And this batchmux.ini?


-d "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Output\dvd 0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp"
-l "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\FAVC\MuxMan"
-v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.m2v"
-a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.ac3"
-cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap16.txt"


(As title numbering is from 0 in FAVC this is the 17th segment.)

[rack04]

And this batchmux.ini?


-d "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Output\dvd 0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp"
-l "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\FAVC\MuxMan"
-v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.m2v"
-a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.ac3"
-cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap16.txt"


(As title numbering is from 0 in FAVC this is the 17th segment.)

This doesn't work. :(

MuxMan version 0.15R
Opened script file C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp
Accepted video C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.m2v size = 120058192
Accepted audio C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title16.ac3

08:25:10 Begin multiplex VTS01.
Title Segment List
Segment_1
Maximum audio duration 8372 fields.
Starting scene Segment_1_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
P-STD buffer underflow by 3816 bytes at 10427684, sector 51731.
P-STD buffer underflow by 19430 bytes at 10430687, sector 51752.
SeqEnd at 727F14C.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 23246.
Bitrate - avg: 7232264, min: 425558 (lba 1393), max: 8412963 (lba 3134).
Shortest GOP has 30 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 8370, VOBU: 279, Sectors: 61640.
Video decoder buffer underflowed 2 times.
Check c:\muxman.log for details.
Resulting DVD will probably not play smoothly.

[rack04]

Ok the problem is definatly in Title16. I ran the following BatchMux.ini and everything worked fine. I still don't know what the problem is with Title16 but at least we've narrowed down the problem.

-d "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Output\dvd 0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.mxp"
-l "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\MuxScript.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\FAVC\MuxMan"
-v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title0.m2v"
-a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title0.ac3"
-cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap0.txt"
-SEG2v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title1.m2v"
-SEG2a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title1.ac3"
-SEG2cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap1.txt"
-SEG3v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title2.m2v"
-SEG3a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title2.ac3"
-SEG3cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap2.txt"
-SEG4v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title3.m2v"
-SEG4a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title3.ac3"
-SEG4cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap3.txt"
-SEG5v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title4.m2v"
-SEG5a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title4.ac3"
-SEG5cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap4.txt"
-SEG6v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title5.m2v"
-SEG6a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title5.ac3"
-SEG6cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap5.txt"
-SEG7v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title6.m2v"
-SEG7a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title6.ac3"
-SEG7cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap6.txt"
-SEG8v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title7.m2v"
-SEG8a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title7.ac3"
-SEG8cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap7.txt"
-SEG9v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title8.m2v"
-SEG9a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title8.ac3"
-SEG9cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap8.txt"
-SEG10v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title9.m2v"
-SEG10a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title9.ac3"
-SEG10cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap9.txt"
-SEG11v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title10.m2v"
-SEG11a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title10.ac3"
-SEG11cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap10.txt"
-SEG12v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title11.m2v"
-SEG12a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title11.ac3"
-SEG12cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap11.txt"
-SEG13v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title12.m2v"
-SEG13a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title12.ac3"
-SEG13cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap12.txt"
-SEG14v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title13.m2v"
-SEG14a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title13.ac3"
-SEG14cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap13.txt"
-SEG15v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title14.m2v"
-SEG15a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title14.ac3"
-SEG15cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap14.txt"
-SEG16v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title15.m2v"
-SEG16a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title15.ac3"
-SEG16cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap15.txt"
-SEG17v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.m2v"
-SEG17a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title17.ac3"
-SEG17cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap17.txt"
-SEG18v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title18.m2v"
-SEG18a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title18.ac3"
-SEG18cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap18.txt"
-SEG19v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title19.m2v"
-SEG19a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title19.ac3"
-SEG19cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap19.txt"
-SEG20v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title20.m2v"
-SEG20a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title20.ac3"
-SEG20cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap20.txt"
-SEG21v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title21.m2v"
-SEG21a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title21.ac3"
-SEG21cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap21.txt"
-SEG22v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title22.m2v"
-SEG22a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title22.ac3"
-SEG23cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap22.txt"
-SEG23v "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title23.m2v"
-SEG23a1 "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\Title23.ac3"
-SEG23cellfr "C:\Program Files\FAVC\Working\Working Folder 0\TitleChap23.txt"


For anyone who want to test the file that giving problems is you can download it here (http://gspsf.vo.llnwd.net/o10/Serenity_1080p23.976_51_8Mbps.wmv). If there is any other information that I can pass along please let me know.

[Mr_Odwin]

With the file I can replicate the problem. It seems that HC really struggles with it! I used FAVC to create a single title DVD and I lowered the maximum bitrate from 9400 (failed)->8000 (failed)->7000 (Success!).
My suggestion would be to either run the entire project again with a lower maximum bitrate, or to re-encode just this particular file (try FAVC with a lower maximum bitrate and set the Disc Capacity as required) and then 'slot' it into the original working folder with the correct file name (Title16.m2v), and finally run the modified title.bat to author.

[Sir Didymus]

Serenity... Nice clip... :)

Your findings are very interesting, and not just because you confirmed the problems are independent from the authoring stage...

I just searched (again... sigh...) in the forum the recommendations from Hank315 - HC21 and Neuron2 - DgPulldown on the proper encoding settings to apply for MPEG2 material (GOP size, bitrate...) in order to be DVD compliant after the usage of DgPulldown.

It seems the procedure performed by FAVC have no issues, and the max GOP size values (of 30 fields, as in the log posted by rack04) are also OK.

So, no idea why the encoded clip of the Serenity trailer is so troublesome... :confused:

Cheers,
SD

[techreactor]

@MO, how do I choose the advanced settings of Quenc like QLB matrix etc, I cant see an option in the FAVC.

[Mr_Odwin]

Serenity... Nice clip... :)
Agreed!

It seems the procedure performed by FAVC have no issues, and the max GOP size values (of 30 fields, as in the log posted by rack04) are also OK. So, no idea why the encoded clip of the Serenity trailer is so troublesome... :confused:


Also agreed.

@MO, how do I choose the advanced settings of Quenc like QLB matrix etc, I cant see an option in the FAVC.

Currently there isn't one. I may incorporate it, but for now your only option is to stop the title.bat file when it starts, kill any encoding that's going on, and then manually edit the title.bat file to reflect the changes you want.

[techreactor]

okay, was doing that only and how about allowing MPEG1 encodes for VCD resolutions since as per DVD specifications "MPEG-1 is allowed only in 352x240 or 352x288 res"

[Mr_Odwin]

VCD resolution is already incorporated (via mpeg2), so I'm not sure what the advantage of allowing mpeg1 would be?

[techreactor]

for miniDVD and 1 CD encodes, you can get better quality with MPEG1 since the BR are extremely low.

[Mr_Odwin]

I'll add it to the list then. :)

[Mr_Odwin]

I've updated to 0.95 and changed the links accordingly in the first post of this thread.
The major addition of note is that FAVC now supports ogm, mkv and mp4 files via DirectShowSource(). AC3 retention is, of course, possible with ogm and mkv files.

[ricardo.santos]

Thanks for the update!

[djskribbles]

does FAVC use avisynth scripts? (i'm assuming it does). if so, whats the default resize filter FAVC uses?

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC does indeed use avisynth scripts. Depending on the resolution specified a different resizer is used.
720x576 = Lanczos
352x576 = Bicubic
352x288 = Bilinear

However, there is an advanced scripting tab where you can turn off FAVC's resizing and use whatever avisynth resizer you want to.

[rendez2k]

Hi Mr_Odwin - I've just tested FAVC as a new program and I'm loving it. Two options which would make it ideal fro my work flow would be the options to save out just the MPEG files (or MPV/MP2 files) and the ability to type in a target bitrate instead of size. Keep up the good work anyway!

Edit: Actually it looks as though you can set the max bitrate in the encoder options, so I'm assuming this will do what I need? Also, is there a way to donate or any plans for a 'gold' or 'pro' version for donating?

[rack04]

I get the following error when trying to use HCenc.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-9.jpg

Title0.avs has the following:
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\Decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\QTSource.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\VSFilter.dll")
Import("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCResize.avsi")
Import("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCStereo.avsi")
Import("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCFPS.avsi")
Import("C:\Program Files\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCSize.avsi")

DirectShowSource("C:\Documents and Settings\rackleyj\Desktop\Trailers\a_mighty_heart_h1080p.mp4",ConvertFPS=True)
FAVCSize()
ConvertToYV12()
FAVCStereoDSS(Last,Last)
Normalize()

ChangeFPS(24000,1001)

FAVCResize(Last,"NTSC",0,1778)

[Mr_Odwin]

How does the script open in virtualdub/mod?

[rack04]

Unfortunatly it doesn't open in VirtualDubMod v1.5.10.2 build 2542 but it does open in VirtualDub v1.6.18 build 24473. Anything else I can provide to figure this out?

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-10.jpg

[Mr_Odwin]

Unfortunatly it doesn't open in VirtualDubMod v1.5.10.2 build 2542 but it does open in VirtualDub v1.6.18 build 24473. Anything else I can provide to figure this out?

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-10.jpg

That's really confusing. VirtualdubMod can't open it but Virtualdub can?!? Obviously it made it through the analysis step, which means that avs2avi can open it, but then HC can't.
Are all your codecs/splitters up to date and behaving? That's my only suggestion.
I see that it's a trailer, can I download it from somewhere?

[rack04]

Yes it's another trailer. I enjoy tinkering with FAVC and these trailers are good since there easily downloaded. Here (http://images.apple.com/movies/paramount_vantage/a_mighty_heart/a_mighty_heart_h1080p.mov) is the .mov trailer. For the one I tested I used YAMB to mux into .mp4. I'll try running it with the .mov to see if that works.

[rack04]

Well the .mov makes it to HCenc. I guess the problem has to do with DirectShowSource.

[Mr_Odwin]

It works fine at my end. In my tray I have two Haali Media Splitters that show, one for audio, the other for video.

[rack04]

So did you try the .mov and .mp4?

[Mr_Odwin]

Just the mp4 actually. I remuxed it with the most recent build of Yamb (2.0) that I could find and the most recent version of mp4box too.
I found both by browsing around Kurtnoise13's site:
http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=

[rack04]

Just the mp4 actually. I remuxed it with the most recent build of Yamb (2.0) that I could find and the most recent version of mp4box too.
I found both by browsing around Kurtnoise13's site:
http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=

I tried to use the latest YAMB you linked to but I can't get it to remux to MP4.

[Mr_Odwin]

What I did:
i) Download the 1.6 Installer:
http://yamb.unite-video.com/Yamb-1.6.exe
ii) Download the newest build and extract over the install:
http://kurtnoise.free.fr/Yamb/Yamb-2.0_20070520.zip
iii) Download the latest build of mp4box and extract over the install:
http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=mp4tools/&file=MP4Box-0.4.3_20070518.zip

Then I just opened it up and used the mov file to create an mp4 file. It worked perfectly.

[rack04]

I found out the error I was having with Yamb-2.0_20070520. When you select a temp directory under the advance settings is it won't remux to mp4. I'm running FAVC now on the output and will report back. Thanks for you patience.

EDIT: I still have the same problem. DirectShowSource error in HCenc. Now I'm really confused. It works with QuEnc. Do you think it has anything to do with having CoreAVC installed?

[rendez2k]

Is there anyway to force closed GOPs (currently using HCEnc) as DVD-Lab prefers them?

[Mr_Odwin]

Stop the title.bat file when it starts and tweak the ini files in the Working Folder. When you're finished tweaking just restart the title.bat with a double click.

[rendez2k]

Stop the title.bat file when it starts and tweak the ini files in the Working Folder. When you're finished tweaking just restart the title.bat with a double click.

Many thanks. What command would I need to add? Also, can this be made a default option or have you nay plans to add it to the interface?

Also, posted a few bits a page back which may have been overlooked, mainly is there a way to save just the MPEG files (or MPV/MP2 files). I guess don't delete work files does this but its also a little unnecessary to run the author part.

Also, is there a way to donate or any plans for a 'gold' or 'pro' version for donating?

[Mr_Odwin]

Open a title#.ini, where # is a number and add

*CLOSEDGOPS

That's it!

The no authoring thing has been raised before so I'll add it to my to-do list.

There's no gold or pro version - everything I do goes into the free version that's released. I like free stuff, and use loads of it so FAVC is my way of giving back to the community.

[rendez2k]

Thanks Mr_Odwin - a fantastic free program and great support too! Just testing my first MKV file... FPS looked odd in the video analysis (0.097) part but I'll see what happens.

Edit: Although it worked great if you could add it to the encoder options it would make things a little easier, and any chance of a shutdown when complete option?

[~bT~]

I cant seem to extract the zip no matter what prog I use..

Any chance of just a normal zipped version pls?

[rendez2k]

Its an EXE file - maybe it got corrupt?

[~bT~]

I downloaded it 3 times but no luck..

[jolson]

Do you download it with Internet Explorer?

[jolson]

I tried, but only got "The bandwidth limit for this site has been exceeded."

[Mr_Odwin]

Hosting problems are sorted now. Try the new links in the first post.

[~bT~]

Do you download it with Internet Explorer?

I use FF2.

[~bT~]

Thank you sir!

Quick question.

Can we keep the old documents folder and just overwrite the rest?

EDIT: I guess not.

[Mr_Odwin]

Configuration files are generally not compatible between releases. I could work around it but it'd be very low on my priority list.

[jolson]

Hosting problems are sorted now. Try the new links in the first post.
Much better :D

[~bT~]

Configuration files are generally not compatible between releases. I could work around it but it'd be very low on my priority list.

nah its ok, i just copied and pasted my filter configurations to the new one. cheers anyway.

[dubious buccaneer]

Does the new version (v0.95) pick up subtitles from mkv's as well as audio and video tracks? What about chapter information? I'm guessing that it doesn't, because you're just using DirectShowSource()... Maybe when an mkv is selected, you could analyze which tracks it has, and add the subtitle tracks to the subs list in the DVD options pane. Then you can have the batch file extract them using mkvextract.

[rendez2k]

I tested two MKVs today and both have sound for the first minute (an exactly one minute!) then silence. Any ideas?

[Mr_Odwin]

I have no idea actually. It's very odd that it would be okay for the first minute and then go. Are the mkvs small enough to send to me, or are they freely/legally available somewhere for download?

Does the new version (v0.95) pick up subtitles from mkv's as well as audio and video tracks? What about chapter information? I'm guessing that it doesn't, because you're just using DirectShowSource()... Maybe when an mkv is selected, you could analyze which tracks it has, and add the subtitle tracks to the subs list in the DVD options pane. Then you can have the batch file extract them using mkvextract.

It doesn't. MKVs are a pain in the ass! Mediainfo doesn't work nicely with them (I have to extract the AC3 audio before it'll say whether it's dvd compliant or not) so I'm not sure if it detects subtitle streams, and I've never personally worked with subtitle tracks. I'll look into it. I know it's a pain, but for now you'll have to do it manually.

[rendez2k]

No, there over a 1gb - it was this weeks 24! TMPGEnc is fine with the audio....

[Mr_Odwin]

Can you show me the contents of the FAVC\Documents\Config.ini and FAVC\Documents\Advanced_Config.ini files? This lets me see all the settings that you use.

[rendez2k]

As requested:

E:\Temp
F:\Temp
False
True
5
True
False
False
True
True
True
False
False
True
False
True
False
4482
False
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
False
True
False
True
True
False
False
1
False
True
False
False
8000
True
False
True
False
False
6
False
0
True
False
False
1
False
True
False
True
False
4500
True
False
True
False
False
False
True
5
False
True
7
False
False
True
True
False

There appears to be no Advanced_Config.ini?

[dubious buccaneer]

MKVs are a pain in the ass! Mediainfo doesn't work nicely with them
You can use mkvinfo, part of mkvtoolnix... it's fast (i.e. does not parse the whole file) and lists the the different tracks. A bit of simple parsing on its output and you're in business. Then it's just:
mkvextract tracks "mymovie.mkv" 3:mysubsfile.srt
in the batch file.

(plus you might need to fiddle with subtitle charsets)

[mijbril]

Is this a problem with FAVC? Just DVD Decrypter isn't a part of the FAVC package, so I'm a little confused.
If it is a FAVC problem then can you describe to me the files that are produced in the most recent Working Folder.

I get the same error "first image file part is less than 2048". (apologies in advance for anything missing or if I'm posting the obvious)

Files in the working folder (0) are

Batchmux (Config settings)
Title (MS-DOS Batch file)
Title0 (avisynth script)
Title0 (Winamp media file)
Title0Info (avisynth script)
Title0Info (text file)
TitleChap0 (text file)
TitleInfo (MS-DOS Batch file)

[Mr_Odwin]

Just to let everyone know - it's a UK holiday this weekend so I'm staying with family until Monday evening, where I have limited internet access (and my wife tells me to not sneak away and be anti-social). I'll attempt to address all issues on my return to normal life.

[mijbril]

I get the same error "first image file part is less than 2048". (apologies in advance for anything missing or if I'm posting the obvious)

Files in the working folder (0) are

Batchmux (Config settings)
Title (MS-DOS Batch file)
Title0 (avisynth script)
Title0 (Winamp media file)
Title0Info (avisynth script)
Title0Info (text file)
TitleChap0 (text file)
TitleInfo (MS-DOS Batch file)

EDIT : sorted :)

[Mr_Odwin]

As requested:


There appears to be no Advanced_Config.ini?

No Advanced_Config.ini is fine - it just means that you're not playing with the advanced scripting tab. Your setti8ngs seem fine so I'm at a loss as to why it failed with the MKVs. Does twolame/FAVC create mp2 files that are longer than just a minute in the working folder?

You can use mkvinfo, part of mkvtoolnix... it's fast (i.e. does not parse the whole file) and lists the the different tracks. A bit of simple parsing on its output and you're in business. Then it's just:
mkvextract tracks "mymovie.mkv" 3:mysubsfile.srt
in the batch file.

(plus you might need to fiddle with subtitle charsets)

Thanks, I'll look into it. :)

EDIT : sorted :)

So, what was the issue/solution?

[techreactor]

just wondering does FAVC has .mp4 file support ??

[Mr_Odwin]

Yes it does.

[RussianPsycho]

@Mr_Odwin,

I may ask, when there is the menu support???

other one asks:
for example i have a DV-Pal interlaced video, does FAVC deinterlaced it or leave it interlaced???

thank you for that super programm!!!

cu :D

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC automatically deinterlaces but you can easily edit the batch file and script files before execution if you'd like to change this.

Menu support - probably in the next release. It's now supported in BatchMux so it's just setting aside the time to get it done.

[rendez2k]

No Advanced_Config.ini is fine - it just means that you're not playing with the advanced scripting tab. Your setti8ngs seem fine so I'm at a loss as to why it failed with the MKVs. Does twolame/FAVC create mp2 files that are longer than just a minute in the working folder?

After a quick test last night (using the retain AC3 setting) it appeared to generate a 1 minute AC3 file. I'll give it a better test tonight with the convert to MP2 option selected.

[gonwk]

Hi Mr. Odwin,:)

I tried FAVC 0.93, 0.94, 0.95 with both QuEnc and HCEnc on a test clip AVI and the following happens ...

1) I get Garbled Video with "Speed" and "Balance" settings.

2) I get a fair output only on "Quality" setting BUT the Video is BLUE !?!?!?

I leave all other choices as they are since I am not very savvy in Video stuff.

Q1: What is the probelm? Why BLUE Video?

Q2: Why the Speed & Balance Settings are not working for me?

FYI, I am running Windows XP, SP2.

Thanks,
G!:confused:

[gonwk]

Hi Mr. Odwin,:)

I just happen to see "soopafresh" little short guide and I Ticked the "UseDirectShowSource" under Advnaced Scripting and that solved my "BLUE" Video iamge ... And somehow now other 2 Speed & Balance settings are working also.

Since I am not that Technically savvy ... I don't know why that fixed my problem ... but it has ... annnnnd I am Fat, Dumb, and Happy.

BTW, is there a "GUIDE" for this wonderful tool anywhere!?!?

Thanks,
G!:stupid:

[Mr_Odwin]

The fact that ticking "Use DirectShow" worked for you probably means that it's codec related and not a fault on the side of FAVC. (The avisynth script should be identical for balance & quality.)
You can check this by opening the video you were converting in Virtualdub.
If that doesn't confirm it, you could upload a snippet/part of the clip so that I can examine it myself.

There's no guide available that I'm aware of.

[davidk21770]

Feature Request -- have you considered additional encoders -- Cinemacraft specifically?

Thanks :).

[gonwk]

Hi DavidK,

As Mr. Odwin had stated before ... I don't think is FAVC fault and I also don't think is HCEnc or QuEnc fault either ... since I use these 2 fine "Freeware" encoders in other GUI programs and they perform fine.

As far as CinemaCraft (CCE) the freeware version I CAN NEVER figure out how to work it or WHICH version I have to download since it is a Japanese site.

I wish I could get the darn thing to work ... so as I could compare CinemaCraft vs. HCEnc when using DVDRebuilder Freeware version.

Not to be steering away from FAVC ... since this is FAVC Thread and I don 't want anyone to get Mad at me ... may be You can PM me the right download URL ... or other helpful URLs.

Thanks,
G!:)

[Gooberslot]

I can't get this program to work. I tried an old divx 3.11 file and it seemed to work fine but every time I try an xvid file it crashes.

[rendez2k]

I can't get this program to work. I tried an old divx 3.11 file and it seemed to work fine but every time I try an xvid file it crashes.

Maybe its your codecs?

[Mr_Odwin]

Maybe its your codecs?

That's my thoughts. Show me the corresponding "faulty" AviSynth script and we can go from there. :)

[Mr_Odwin]

Hi Mr_Odwin,:)

I did what you asked me ... I opened my test AVI clip with VirtualDub 1.6.17, 1.7.1 and even with VDub MPEG2 ... since I am not at all Familiar with VDub's capability ... I was not sure what exactly you wanted me to see ...

Also, I like to mention I tried to snip a portion of my Test AVI Clip with VDub ... and it failed every time ... it gave me the Video A-OK ... but the sound was not there ... I tried "Direct Streaming" and also "Full Processing Mode" ... and saving as a new AVI and "No Luck".

So, I decided to take you upon your Generous offer and I am attaching a clip of my Test AVI Clip ... I clipped using a different tool ... more of "Dummy Proof" tool ...

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Thanks,
G!:)

The clip worked perfectly with FAVC at my end. :devil:
Although Virtualdub did say that the mp3 audio was "Truncated or invalid (16 bytes should be 30)".

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,

Thanks for taking the time out of your "Busy" schedule and ran a test on my clip ...

And btw, I loved your "Devil" Smily ...

THANKS AGAIN,
G!:)

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC v1.00 has finally been released and the links in the first post have been updated accordingly.
I've decided to make this the 1.00 release as Automatic Menu Generation for up to 8 Titles has been added. This has taken lots of work (for both myself and Sir Didymus) and was not a trivial thing. Perhaps down the line support for more than 8 Titles will be added, but for now this will have to suffice.
The menus generated are simple but I like them. (And that's what matters most. :p)

[rendez2k]

Can't wait to test it!

[Taurus]

FAVC v1.00 has finally been released and the links in the first post have been updated accordingly.
I've decided to make this the 1.00 release as Automatic Menu Generation for up to 8 Titles has been added. This has taken lots of work (for both myself and Sir Didymus) and was not a trivial thing. Perhaps down the line support for more than 8 Titles will be added, but for now this will have to suffice.
The menus generated are simple but I like them. (And that's what matters most. :p)

Thank you Mr_Odwin and Sir Didymus!
Just threw in a bunch of clips with different resolutions, different filesizes, different fourCC's, decoded everything with ffdshow, menu function enabled. Works fast and furious :p
My favourite App for now.

Cheers

Taurus

[DDogg]

Exciting news, Mr_Odwin. I've been looking forward to the auto menu ability. I figured you would get around to it if nobody hassled you :) Should be the icing on the cake.

I'm still thinking the ability to match the bitrate to the video complexity would be a good thing on multi title encodes. We discussed this once at some length. Have you given any more thought to it?

It is true this would require a 2% sample to be made on each source in advance of the real encode. Assuming all the sources are similar this would not be worth the trouble. If however, the source's complexity is dissimilar the result would better use the available bitrate by providing the more complex sources additional bandwidth and of course reducing the bandwidth on the lower complexity sources.

Whether it is worth the hassle I just don't know. It definitely falls into the bells and whistles category.

Great work and much appreciated. Thanks again.

DD

[Mr_Odwin]

Exciting news, Mr_Odwin. I've been looking forward to the auto menu ability. I figured you would get around to it if nobody hassled you :) Should be the icing on the cake.

I'm still thinking the ability to match the bitrate to the video complexity would be a good thing on multi title encodes. We discussed this once at some length. Have you given any more thought to it?

It is true this would require a 2% sample to be made on each source in advance of the real encode. Assuming all the sources are similar this would not be worth the trouble. If however, the source's complexity is dissimilar the result would better use the available bitrate by providing the more complex sources additional bandwidth and of course reducing the bandwidth on the lower complexity sources.

Whether it is worth the hassle I just don't know. It definitely falls into the bells and whistles category.

Great work and much appreciated. Thanks again.

DD

Distributing bitrate according to source complexity is on the to-do list in the first post. The list isn't in order of priority but I still don't know when I'll get to it. Adding menus fried my brain a bit so I think I'll tackle something less daunting first. :)

[Dkruskie]

Thanks Mr_Odwin been waiting for menu creation:)

[Mr_Odwin]

Just so no one is disappointed when they load up FAVC expecting it to make an amazing menu, I thought I'd give a little example of what to expect:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3888/cap001nu7.jpg

A static image with text where the image and text are customisable.

[rendez2k]

Well, just completed my first menu test - 4 US NTSC episodes to a PAL DVD. All went well and as you say, a simple but functional menu was produced (hopefully a few more customisable features will be added in the future?). One small issue - when the disc started, it was episode 4 that was initially selected, not 1!

[ricardo.santos]

Thanks to both of you for the update, will test it tonight.

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,

THANKS for version 1.00.

G!:thanks:

[tom942]

I tested your latest release (0.95) and hats off. A really great app :eek:.

I'll test new version as soon as I can. :thanks:

[Dkruskie]

I just done testing the new version..fantastic..works great.

[Mr_Odwin]

Well, just completed my first menu test - 4 US NTSC episodes to a PAL DVD. All went well and as you say, a simple but functional menu was produced (hopefully a few more customisable features will be added in the future?). One small issue - when the disc started, it was episode 4 that was initially selected, not 1!

I just spotted where the problem lies. It'll be fixed in the next release but if you want to do it yourself then go to "FAVC\Menu\PAL\# Title" then in all of the Buttons.mnu files (open in notepad) replace the following line
set ::menued::force_select_but 0

with

set ::menued::force_select_but 1

[rendez2k]

Many thanks - will test on my next encode. Can the text colour be changed anywhere if need be?

[smok3]

Mr_Odwin; it looks like (using eyes) that font is wider than it should be? (720 -> 768 issue?)

[Mr_Odwin]

That must be it (the stretching). The font used is plain old Verdana, not for any particular reason, and maybe your eyes just don't like it. In the future I'll add font selection to menu creation (along with several other tweaks) so you can pick a different one.

For now if you don't like the menu image (including text) then you can stop title.bat and edit the menu.avs file. Colour of text is easily changed, as is the font used. (Don't change subtitle positions though as that'll screw up the button placement.)

[rendez2k]

That must be it (the stretching). The font used is plain old Verdana, not for any particular reason, and maybe your eyes just don't like it. In the future I'll add font selection to menu creation (along with several other tweaks) so you can pick a different one.

For now if you don't like the menu image (including text) then you can stop title.bat and edit the menu.avs file. Colour of text is easily changed, as is the font used. (Don't change subtitle positions though as that'll screw up the button placement.)

Viewing menu.avs in say Media Player Classic appears to be a good way to test the look of the menu before a long encoding session. Could you maybe add a button to FAVC to be able to do this?

Also, maybe a 10 second countdown could be added to the FAVC conversion has started dialogue box with a continue, stop and maybe open destination directory/config file buttons to allow easy editing of ini/avs files?

[Mr_Odwin]

Viewing menu.avs in say Media Player Classic appears to be a good way to test the look of the menu before a long encoding session. Could you maybe add a button to FAVC to be able to do this?

Also, maybe a 10 second countdown could be added to the FAVC conversion has started dialogue box with a continue, stop and maybe open destination directory/config file buttons to allow easy editing of ini/avs files?

A menu preview button is forthcoming.
Your other idea is a good one. Currently there is a checkbox on the advanced tab that allows you to edit the avs files and the batch file (but this leaves out the menu.avs and HC ini files) and I don't like the editor that I've created so I think I'll remove it and go with your suggestion or something similar (no idea how to make a countdown. :scared:)

[rendez2k]

Thats my one good idea for this year then!

[rendez2k]

One other thought, not sure if its too advanced... would it be possible to have a few basic text alignment options - maybe some presets which put text across the bottom in a line (handy for some background images with graphics). Can the coloured selection strip be changed also?

[Grumpy Troll]

FAVC 1.0 is just what I've been looking for. Encodes with HC beautifully. Re encoding audio to AC3 is amazing. Now menus? Durn it. It works for me! Hasve to re do all of my videos I had. :thanks:

I really like it. Tried one conversion with 2 part movie. It was amazingly simple to set up and came out perfectly.

Read in prior post about getting more features added to menu creation. If it happens please keep it simple too.

Is there someone who could write a "help" file where someone like me can find answers without searching every post in the forum? Would help.

Thanks,
Grumpy

[damian_dimitri]

good morning,

thank you for the new release.
For simple people like me this is a dream come through

I have a noob request..lol.
Is it possible to add a resize option for the movie files? Soemthing like an input option for % resize.
I have no clue if it is much work or difficult, but i thought i just ask.

kind regards

D.

[r0lZ]

Thanks for this wonderful program! It is simple but powerful (especially thanks to the Advanced Scripting tab.)

Some suggestions:
- Support for 16:9 titles and menu. (The AR can be different for each title!)
- Shutdown when finished checkbox.
- Save and Load project. (Useful to do a first version of the DVD optimized for speed, and when the result is good, relaunch FAVC optimized for quality.)
- Option to generate the menu with thumbnails instead of titles.

And a question:
What's the meaning of "FAVC" ? ;)

[Mr_Odwin]

Thanks for this wonderful program! It is simple but powerful (especially thanks to the Advanced Scripting tab.)


High praise from the PgcEdit daemon! I didn't realise how great PgcEdit was until I started adding menu support and had to play around with buttons/color schemes/menu files.


Some suggestions:
- Support for 16:9 titles and menu. (The AR can be different for each title!)

Mixed title support should be working fine for Full-D1 encodes. the aspect ratio is picked up by Mediainfo and if it's greater than 1.74 a 16:9 ratio is used. However, 16:9 menus are not yet included. This should be changed in the future.


- Shutdown when finished checkbox.
- Save and Load project. (Useful to do a first version of the DVD optimized for speed, and when the result is good, relaunch FAVC optimized for quality.)
- Option to generate the menu with thumbnails instead of titles.


The first two should be easy enough to implement, the last one a little more difficult and time consuming, but doable. Of course, for now, you can do it yourself by editing the menu.avs and the relevant buttons.mnu file. (But this would be quite tedious for you too.)


What's the meaning of "FAVC" ? ;)

I originally started working on FAVC because I was using WinAVI Video Converter, and although it was fast and simple to use, the quality was lacking somewhat. I decided to make FAVC using only freely available applications to replace my use of WinAVI Video Converter. FAVC originally stood for "FreeAVI Video Converter". Now I think of it as "A Free AVI->DVD Video Converter".
I'm glad I made it because I use it for all of my encoding these days.

[r0lZ]

High praise from the PgcEdit daemon! I didn't realise how great PgcEdit was until I started adding menu support and had to play around with buttons/color schemes/menu files.Thanks!
(BTW, I've noticed the Buttons.mnu files in the installation folder! I wonder how you use them!)

Mixed title support should be working fine for Full-D1 encodes. the aspect ratio is picked up by Mediainfo and if it's greater than 1.74 a 16:9 ratio is used. However, 16:9 menus are not yet included. This should be changed in the future.OK, so I haven't tested your program with 16:9 source material yet. I'll do it soon.

The first two should be easy enough to implement, the last one a little more difficult and time consuming, but doable. Of course, for now, you can do it yourself by editing the menu.avs and the relevant buttons.mnu file. (But this would be quite tedious for you too.)I know, implementing the last request is time consuming, especially if you want to provide a GUI to select the thumbnail directly in the input file. I'm glad you consider doing it, but honestly it's not very important.

[Mr_Odwin]

(BTW, I've noticed the Buttons.mnu files in the installation folder! I wonder how you use them!)


FAVC uses BatchMux, which in turn uses Muxman for authoring. From the author of Batchmux, Sir Didymus:

For the static menus, assets needed are:
- one background image (.bmp)
- one menu description file (PgcEdit format for exported menus)
- one hilight asset (compiled, in the ifoedit sup format, or in the Scenarist sst format)


The buttons.mnu files are required by Batchmux, so I've had to examine them a little bit. I don't understand everything, but I understand how to move the buttons around, which is what I really needed to know. :)

[r0lZ]

Honestly, I don't know Batchmux. I learn every day how PgcEdit is used! Thanks.
And now, back to your work! You have much to do! ;)

[Sharikon]

I love this program. I have been using it exclusively now to build DVDs to watch on my portable player next to my computer while I "work".

I am learning as I go but I was wondering why it will only encode 16:9 if it's set at Full-D1. I would love to have 16:9 in half-d1 so I can fit as much as possible on a DVD. Since my DVD player only has a 7" screen it really doesn't matter much if it's half or full D1.

I tried to fix this myself so I didn't have to bug anyone. I debugged the vb code and that is where I found the half-d1 check before writing 4:3. I eliminated this code and told it to do 16:9 anyway but the result didn't end up being 16:9 . I think it's something to do with the FAVCResize2 function but since I don't know anything about AVSI I'm not getting very far.

Is this a hopeless quest? :)

[Pookie]

Mr Odwin - Great stuff. The app keeps getting better and better. Much better encoder than ConvertX as well.

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong (or I overlooked the answer in the thread), but I'm wondering about the timing for the "Batch File Has Been Created for You" popup. For a newbie, it might be confusing.

[rack04]

I have a very strange problem using the latest FAVC release. The output DVD only has audio for approximatly the first 1 minute of each epiosode. I'm in the process of another encode and will report results.

Update: Actually when I tried the conversion again using two episodes I only get 1 minute 16 seconds of AC3 audio for each episode. I have FAVC to set to "retain AC3" from both files, which are MKV container with AVC video and AC3 audio. Accoring to MPC the demuxed AC3 files are only 3:48 long but playback is faster than realtime. The files size of Title0ex and Tile1ex are 3,563 KB each. Sorry if I not explaining this well, but I'm will to provide all that is needed to get this fixed. Thanks.

[rendez2k]

I had this problem - not sure what cured it, but I re-installed FAVC.....

I have a very strange problem using the latest FAVC release. The output DVD only has audio for approximatly the first 1 minute of each epiosode. I'm in the process of another encode and will report results.

Update: Actually when I tried the conversion again using two episodes I only get 1 minute 16 seconds of AC3 audio for each episode. I have FAVC to set to "retain AC3" from both files, which are MKV container with AVC video and AC3 audio. Accoring to MPC the demuxed AC3 files are only 3:48 long but playback is faster than realtime. The files size of Title0ex and Tile1ex are 3,563 KB each. Sorry if I not explaining this well, but I'm will to provide all that is needed to get this fixed. Thanks.

[Mr_Odwin]

I love this program. I have been using it exclusively now to build DVDs to watch on my portable player next to my computer while I "work".

I am learning as I go but I was wondering why it will only encode 16:9 if it's set at Full-D1. I would love to have 16:9 in half-d1 so I can fit as much as possible on a DVD. Since my DVD player only has a 7" screen it really doesn't matter much if it's half or full D1.

I tried to fix this myself so I didn't have to bug anyone. I debugged the vb code and that is where I found the half-d1 check before writing 4:3. I eliminated this code and told it to do 16:9 anyway but the result didn't end up being 16:9 . I think it's something to do with the FAVCResize2 function but since I don't know anything about AVSI I'm not getting very far.

Is this a hopeless quest? :)

I'm afraid so! 16:9 is only dvd compliant in Full-D1. Using 16:9 anywhere else will cause Muxman to reject the file.
For 16:9 half-d1 you'd have to change the encoder aspect ratio commands and "FAVCResize2" to "FAVCResize" in the avs files. But then you'd have to use a different muxer as Muxman/Batchmux won't do it.



Perhaps I'm doing something wrong (or I overlooked the answer in the thread), but I'm wondering about the timing for the "Batch File Has Been Created for You" popup. For a newbie, it might be confusing.

The timing? What should happen when you click "Generate DVD" is:

1. A quick analysis pass
2. All needed files generated
3. Batch file (.bat file) started
4. Pop up announces this

If the terminology I use is confusing, or if it doesn't happen in the order above then please let me know and I'll attempt to rectify.

I have a very strange problem using the latest FAVC release. The output DVD only has audio for approximatly the first 1 minute of each epiosode. I'm in the process of another encode and will report results.

Update: Actually when I tried the conversion again using two episodes I only get 1 minute 16 seconds of AC3 audio for each episode. I have FAVC to set to "retain AC3" from both files, which are MKV container with AVC video and AC3 audio. Accoring to MPC the demuxed AC3 files are only 3:48 long but playback is faster than realtime. The files size of Title0ex and Tile1ex are 3,563 KB each. Sorry if I not explaining this well, but I'm will to provide all that is needed to get this fixed. Thanks.

Hmmm. It seems from your post and a previous post by rendez2k that there may be a problem with ac3 audio retention in mkv files. FAVC uses Mencoder to extract ac3 from mkvs. Is there a known issue with this?

[r0lZ]

I would love to have 16:9 in half-d1 so I can fit as much as possible on a DVD.
You might try to encode in half-D1, and modify the domain stream attributes of the final DVD with PgcEdit. (Right-click on any title of the titleset to modify, and select "Domain stream attributes".)
Of course, since 16:9 half-D1 is illegal, the result is not guaranteed!

[rendez2k]

rack04, you could also try re-installing your codecs. I'm currently using K-Lite, but the Community Codec Pack was my previous one.

[Mr_Odwin]

I've been playing around a bit this morning and I can confirm that the current way that Mencoder is used to extract ac3 from mkv causes issues.
The cli used to extract audio is

"Mencoder.exe" "xvid_ac3.mkv" -ovc copy -oac copy -of rawaudio -quiet -o "Title1Ex.ac3"

This seems to cause problems. I'll try different Mencoder builds to see if this has any effect. Otherwise, I'll use mkvmerge/mkvextract.

[rack04]

This seems to cause problems. I'll try different Mencoder builds to see if this has any effect. Otherwise, I'll use mkvmerge/mkvextract.

So can I just use mkvmerge/mkvextract to get the entire AC3 stream and run the mux again without having to process the whole encode?

EDIT: I used mkvmerg/mkvextract to extract the AC3 in each episode. I renamed the files to match the Mencoder AC3 extract (Title0Ex, Title1Ex). I modified the title.bat file to fix the audio but I can't get the title.bat to run. Any ideas?

@Echo off
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ******************** Fixing Audio 0 *********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Program Files\FAVC\AC3Fix\ac3fix.exe" "C:\Temp\Test\Title0Ex.ac3" "C:\Temp\Test\Title0.ac3"
Del "C:\Temp\Test\Title0Ex.ac3"
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ******************** Fixing Audio 1 *********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Program Files\FAVC\AC3Fix\ac3fix.exe" "C:\Temp\Test\Title1Ex.ac3" "C:\Temp\Test\Title1.ac3"
Del "C:\Temp\Test\Title1Ex.ac3"
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ******************** Fixing Audio 2 *********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Program Files\FAVC\AC3Fix\ac3fix.exe" "C:\Temp\Test\Title2Ex.ac3" "C:\Temp\Test\Title2.ac3"
Del "C:\Temp\Test\Title2Ex.ac3"
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ******************** Fixing Audio 3 *********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Program Files\FAVC\AC3Fix\ac3fix.exe" "C:\Temp\Test\Title3Ex.ac3" "C:\Temp\Test\Title3.ac3"
Del "C:\Temp\Test\Title3Ex.ac3"
Echo.
Echo *********************************************************
Echo ******************** Fixing Audio 4 *********************
Echo *********************************************************
Echo.
"C:\Program Files\FAVC\AC3Fix\ac3fix.exe" "C:\Temp\Test\Title4Ex.ac3" "C:\Temp\Test\Title4.ac3"
Del "C:\Temp\Test\Title4Ex.ac3"
Echo.

[Mr_Odwin]

What happens when you try to run it? It looks fine to me. Except, obviously, the authoring step is omitted.
The "fixing audio" step is minor really. If you rename your Title#Ex.ac3 audio files to Title#.ac3 then run the authoring step it will probably work fine.

[rack04]

What happens when you try to run it? It looks fine to me. Except, obviously, the authoring step is omitted.
The "fixing audio" step is minor really. If you rename your Title#Ex.ac3 audio files to Title#.ac3 then run the authoring step it will probably work fine.

The command window pops up and then immediatly closes. The only thing I can think of it that there is a typo in the file names. I've been known to do that in the past. I'll check when I get home. Thanks.

[Sharikon]

Mr_Odwin,

I believe I found a small error that hopefully is easy to fix. If you have a video that is 27:00 minutes long and you tell it to insert chapters every 3 minutes the MuxScript.mxp file will put a scene at 27:00 which causes it to crash. I've tried this on several files so I believe it isn't a problem with a particular file. If I delete the last scene in muxscript.mxp and rerun the batchmux command it works.

Item=Scene
{
Name=Seg1_Scn10
Scene Time=00:27:00:00
Uop=00000000
}

Here is the logfile error:

Reference to non-existant scene "Seg1_Scn10" from PGC "VTS01_Ttn1_Pgc1"

I made a change in the code that creates the titles and this seems to work pretty good. It just chops off the last minute in the calculation to ensure that it never inserts a chapter at the end of a movie.

For i = (NumericUpDown11.Value * 60) To ((Math.Floor(TitleFramecount(j) / TitleFramerate(j))) - 60) Step (NumericUpDown11.Value * 60)

If you like this solution then maybe you can release it into the next version.

[Mr_Odwin]

If you like this solution then maybe you can release it into the next version.

A problem, and the code to fix it - that's very nice of you.
:thanks:
It'll certainly make it into the next release.

(P.S. Congrats on understanding the mess that is the FAVC source code!)

[danielk68]

first i want to congratulate you, for this very nice and well
done application.

i have 3 questions / requests

1. where can i manage my subtitles style? like color, font
characterset ,position, etc..

2.there is any option now(or in the future) to manage
the titles styles of the menus/titles? bold, color ,underline etc...

3. if i have a 2 parts movies, does it join them to 1 part
or to 2 deferents parts with 2 menus entry?

if there are no options now, I'll be very glad if you could implement them in the future.

if you are going to work on the menus issue, it'll be nice to
think about the right to left position titles on the screen too.

as said before, a preview button will be very useful.
i have read somewhere that via the avs scrips it's possible
to manage subtitles and colors issues, but i don't know how
to do it.

thanks in advanced, and keep your wonderful work.
Daniel

[Hubbabub]

1. where can i manage my subtitles style? like color, font
characterset ,position, etc..

Maybe you can use DVDSubEdit to edit your subtitles
after FAVC have made the DVD files
http://download.videohelp.com/DVDSubEdit/


3. if i have a 2 parts movies, does it join them to i part
or to 2 deferents parts with 2 menus entry?

if there are no options now, I'll be very glad if you could implement then in the future.
I would also like to have that option :)

[Sir Didymus]

Honestly, I don't know Batchmux...


That's my fault, r0lZ, not yours...

BatchMux is a simple (sic...) wrapper application used to build a MuxMan script starting from a set of command line arguments, and to launch MuxMan with such script.

Many of the BatchMux arguments are based on parameters complying with the "PgcEdit standard" (e.g. the format of files describing menus, buttons, color schemes...).

I simply did not ask to you in advance if you had any objection in order to let me use the same file formats for some of the features adopted in PgcEdit.

Hem... At this stage of development... I really hope you haven't... :cool:

Seriously, please accept my apologies for that!

I though it was OK to adopt the formats you have defined in PgcEdit for many good reasons: your application is a real standard for Ifo (and Menu...) editing; the adopted file formats are completely open and easy to interpret; the file contents are then very easy to edit based on user's needs.

Cheers,
SD

[r0lZ]

No problem, Sir! You can use freely any part of PgcEdit, including the files it generates (as long as the file you distribute are not protected by copyright lows.)

However, although you consider that the files are complying with the "PgcEdit standard", I must confess that I haven't programmed PgcEdit with a real standard in mind. The format of some output file could be modified in future releases. I could, for example, add the information about multiple sets of menu buttons in the output. Anyway, for future compatibility, I should still support the current version, and the variables currently defined should still be present. Therefore, as long as you do not assume that the file format is completely rigid, everything should be fine. For example, do not assume that the lines will still be in the same order, as some new lines might be added in the future.

[Sir Didymus]

No problem, Sir!

...
However, although you consider that the files are complying with the "PgcEdit standard", I must confess that I haven't programmed PgcEdit with a real standard in mind.
...

That's how the best standards start up...


The format of some output file could be modified in future releases...

...for example, do not assume that the lines will still be in the same order, as some new lines might be added in the future.
of course, of course...

OFF TOPIC - SORRY FOR THE LITTLE DIGRESSION...


I could, for example, add the information about multiple sets of menu buttons in the output.

multiple set of buttons ?
animations ?
:rolleyes:
I will be absolutely happy of changing whatever parts of BatchMux when such feature will be in! I still have some unsolved needs to do some customisations to an old copy of Spiderman 2...

Cheers,
SD

[r0lZ]

multiple set of buttons ?
animations ?
:rolleyes:Well, unfortunately, I have NOT the intention to support multiple sets of buttons for now. This was only an example.
As I've said in another thread, supporting multiple sets of buttons is really not easy, from the programmer's point of view, but also for the user. There might be thousands of different sets in a single cell! How is it possible to manually edit them all?

OFF TOPIC - SORRY FOR THE LITTLE DIGRESSION...You're right. Sorry for squatting your thread, Mr_Odwin! I will not do it again! :)

[Mr_Odwin]

first i want to congratulate you, for this very nice and well
done application.

i have 3 questions / requests

1. where can i manage my subtitles style? like color, font
characterset ,position, etc..

2.there is any option now(or in the future) to manage
the titles styles of the menus/titles? bold, color ,underline etc...

3. if i have a 2 parts movies, does it join them to 1 part
or to 2 deferents parts with 2 menus entry?

if there are no options now, I'll be very glad if you could implement them in the future.

if you are going to work on the menus issue, it'll be nice to
think about the right to left position titles on the screen too.

as said before, a preview button will be very useful.
i have read somewhere that via the avs scrips it's possible
to manage subtitles and colors issues, but i don't know how
to do it.

thanks in advanced, and keep your wonderful work.
Daniel

I wrote this to you earlier in the thread. It's all I know.

The colors that are used for subtitles by FAVC are saved in two files - FAVCPalette.ifo and FAVCPalette.mxp, both in the SubtitleCreator folder. These files were created by exporting palettes from Subtitle Creator and they can be replaced by you with custom ones by using Subtitle Creator (File>Export Palette, and the colours option in at the top right of the form). Note that both files must contain the same palette and both files must not be renamed.
The script option is a font issue - find a font that supports what you need. A quick search through the fonts that I have there revealed that I had some Arabic ones. I assume that'll work. Try one of these fonts:
http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/hebfonts.htm

If that doesn't work then try asking in the subtitle forum, as I'm out of ideas.

As for your other questions. A small amount of menu customisation will be introduced. Not loads though. FAVC makes simple menus, and it has no aspirations to make fancy-pants ones!

If you have a two part movie then it will create 2 menu entries. This behaviour will not be changed anytime soon. A workaround for you would be to merge the avis using an external application like Virtualdub or create an avisynth script (and avs file) that merges them for you. Something like:

AVISource("Vid1") ++ AVISource("Vid2")

Then feed it to FAVC.

[manusse]

One question:
Do you publish your source code somewhere?

Cheers
Manusse

[Mr_Odwin]

One question:
Do you publish your source code somewhere?

Cheers
Manusse

Hi there. You can download the source here:
http://download.videohelp.com/favc/

Hope it's not too much of a mess for you. :)

[shadowhaze]

Mr Odwin - great program! :thanks: I've tried several different ones and I like this one the best.

Despite a lot of time reading articles, guides & forums, I'm having a hard time w/ avisynth & using it w/ FAVC. Please see the attache JPEG of the last FAVC tab. I think the scripts are correct, but I don't know where to put the Import command (should it be w/ the plugins directory?) or if I'm missing anything else. In fact, I don't even know what I'm supposed to do with the two new screens that now pop up after I hit "generate dvd".

I do know that what I have now doesn't work. I would very much appreciate your (or any one else's) help on this. Please keep in mind that when it comes to software (esp. editing batch files, ini files, etc), I'm a complete newbie.

Also, I have a couple requests as well. First, as someone else mentioned, please put a "shut down when finished" option. Second, please include some sort of easy to understand (i.e. step by step) manual for the avisynth/last tab options & other options. For example, I'd rather know how to change the current TV overscan setting myself than ask you for a dedicated menu options, but I just can't figure out what needs to be changed even after looking at the FAVC program files. [Where's the "banging your head against the desk" smily?]

Thanks again for the program and I look forward to your reply.

[Mr_Odwin]

Mr Odwin - great program! :thanks: I've tried several different ones and I like this one the best.

Despite a lot of time reading articles, guides & forums, I'm having a hard time w/ avisynth & using it w/ FAVC. Please see the attache JPEG of the last FAVC tab. I think the scripts are correct, but I don't know where to put the Import command (should it be w/ the plugins directory?) or if I'm missing anything else. In fact, I don't even know what I'm supposed to do with the two new screens that now pop up after I hit "generate dvd".

I do know that what I have now doesn't work. I would very much appreciate your (or any one else's) help on this. Please keep in mind that when it comes to software (esp. editing batch files, ini files, etc), I'm a complete newbie.

Also, I have a couple requests as well. First, as someone else mentioned, please put a "shut down when finished" option. Second, please include some sort of easy to understand (i.e. step by step) manual for the avisynth/last tab options & other options. For example, I'd rather know how to change the current TV overscan setting myself than ask you for a dedicated menu options, but I just can't figure out what needs to be changed even after looking at the FAVC program files. [Where's the "banging your head against the desk" smily?]

Thanks again for the program and I look forward to your reply.

The best way to show how FAVC uses the advanced scripting tab is to give an example script.
If you were to put "#Insert 1" in the top box, "#Insert 2" in the next box, "#Insert 3" in the next box, and so on. The following script would be produced (with slight variations for different input).


LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\Decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\QTSource.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\VSFilter.dll")
Import("C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCResize.avsi")
Import("C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCStereo.avsi")
Import("C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCFPS.avsi")
Import("C:\Documents and Settings\JAMES PIKE\My Documents\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins\FAVCSize.avsi")
#Insert 1
Try {
AVISource("C:\Video Samples\2min_ac3.avi").EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
FAVCStereo(Last,Last)
}
Catch(Err_Msg) {
DirectShowSource("C:\Video Samples\2min_ac3.avi",FPS=23.976,ConvertFPS=True).EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
FAVCStereoDSS(Last,Last)
}
FAVCSize()
ConvertToYV12()
#Insert 2
ChangeFPS(24000,1001)
#Insert 3
FAVCResize(Last,"NTSC",0,1667)
#Insert 4


Hope this helps.

[Mr_Odwin]

Version 1.01 has been released - check the first post!
MKV AC3 extraction should be fixed, and there's a preview button for the menu.

[rendez2k]

Menu preview works well! Will test MKV's on my next encode.

[rack04]

Version 1.01 has been released - check the first post!
MKV AC3 extraction should be fixed, and there's a preview button for the menu.

Thanks for the update. I will test the MKV AC3 extraction when I get home.

[rack04]

Well I can testify that MKV AC3 extraction works. Did you abandon Mencoder for the extraction of ac3 from mkv?

[Mr_Odwin]

Yes. FAVC now employs the use of mkvextract/mkvmerge.

[rack04]

On my last encode I noticed a typo in the menu heading. I found this entry in the menu.avs file so I changed it to what I had intended. When I re-ran the DVD autoring using a modified title.bat the menu heading remains unchanged. Am I missing something?

[Mr_Odwin]

You need to run the menu generation part of the title.bat again too. Or just open the menu.avs in Media Player Classic or Vdub. The menu bmp file needs to be over written.

[~bT~]

I have some .mkv files which I would like to convert to DVD.

Format : Matroska
Length : 700 MiB for 1h 14mn 48s 393ms

Video #0 : MPEG-4 AVC
Aspect : 672 x 288 (2.333) at 23.976 fps

Audio #0 : AC3
Infos : 6 channels, 48 KHz
Language : hi

Text #0 : UTF-8

Chapters #0 : chapters

After FAVC has done the analysis, its throwing an error that I don't have the codecs installed, but I do; CoreAVC & AC3Filter. The files can be played in MPC too.

Does anyone know what the problem may be?

[rack04]

Do you have Haali Media Splitter installed?

[Mr_Odwin]

Do you have Haali Media Splitter installed?

That would have been my question.

FAVC trys to open MKVs with DirectShowSource(). If it can't, then it throws an error. If you can successfully open your MKV with directshowsource() then there's something else going on. Let me know bEnGaLi tHuG.

[~bT~]

I cant open the .mkv file using DirectShowSource().

Should I install Haali Media Splitter?? Will it conflict with anything I already have installed?

EDIT: I installed the splitter, its opening the file using DirectShowSource(). Lets see if FAVC will convert it now :)

[~bT~]

After the analysis has been done. Does one need to close the command prompt window?
Reason I ask is, it was stuck on that window and didn't start encoding until I closed it.

Lets see if if the encode turns out OK now..

EDIT: Turned out beautiful! Cheers Mr_Odwin!

[holio]

Does FAVC support mp4? I read in another thread that it doesn't, but in the first post here mp4 is listed and I haven't found it mentioned after that.

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC supports mp4. It's a recent development so that's why you may have read elsewhere that it doesn't.

[holio]

When I load an mp4 and click generate dvd, a popup tells me that favc is unable to process the file. I have version 2.57 of avisynth, and that's the only suggestion given as to what might be wrong.
I've been able to convert the mpeg's to dvd files using dvdflick, and then to compress them with dvdshrink so that I can fit 3-4 hours of footage on a dvd-5 (the poor resolution isn't noticeably degraded). This method works well enough for me, but I'd especially like the ability to add a menu and to have the files loop back to the first title after playing the last. If I can't get these files to work in favc, then can I still get those two features using the programs contained in the favc folder?

[Mr_Odwin]

With mp4 files you need the correct directshow decoders for whatever video/audio is present eg. xvid/mp3, x264/aac (I use ffdshow), and you need an mp4 splitter (I use Haali's Media Splitter).
You can achieve what you want with the programs in the FAVC folder - but it's not a trivial exercise, as there would be lots of command line writing to do.

[shadowhaze]

The best way to show how FAVC uses the advanced scripting tab is to give an example script.
If you were to put "#Insert 1" in the top box, "#Insert 2" in the next box, "#Insert 3" in the next box, and so on. The following script would be produced (with slight variations for different input).



Hope this helps.

:thanks: It did help.
I meant to reply earlier, but I'm still struggling with avisynth scripts & filters (though I do have preliminary working script). Still I'd appreciate your thoughts on a couple of issues/questions.

1) Using the current script, encoding is painfully SLOW. I normally use the HC "quality" setting w/ "quality of encoding" set back to normal. With that (no resize or avisynth filters), the 1st pass avg. FPS is about 65 & takes about 9min for a 24 min avi. With my aviscript, it takes over 2 hours for the 1st pass at 4-5 FPS! Using the script in Virtual Dub & re-encoding back to avi, the process takes 5 times as long as it it did with just MSharpen in VD - so I know it's not FAVC. My system isn't the best (i.e. quad core duo 2 oc'd to 3.5GHz or even 4Ghz), but it's not bad: AMD AM2 Brisbane @ 2.93Ghz, 1GB of DDR2 @ 840Mhz using XP home.

My question is whether I should filter w/ Virtual Dub (source & output XVid) & then use FAVC, or would I get better quality using avisynth in FAVC? I'm also going to see if I can find better (faster) avisynth filters.

2) Right now my script has ConvertToYV12() before the smoothing and resharpening. Do I need that when using FAVC, does FAVC do that automatically, or do I even need that since I believe avi files are already in YV12?

3) Do you prefer HC or QuEnc for encoding (i.e. which do you think does a better job)?

Thanks again for the great program and all of your help.

P.S. Please don't forget about adding a "shut down when finished" option.

[Nick]

@Shadowhaze - my 2 pence worth:

1) XVID and MPEG2 are lossy codecs, therefore each time you encode with one, you lose quality. Even if the input and output videos are both in XVID, the use of filters necessitates a re-encode.
XVID --(filters)-> MPEG2 will always be better then
XVID --(filters)-> XVID ---> MPEG2
And yes, video filtering is a slow process I'm afraid.

2) Certain filters (Undot, Deen for example) require YV12 and IIRC QuEnc requires YV12 input. I am not sure about HC. At any rate, if the source is already YV12, no conversion will occur so removing this line will not speed up proceedings.

3) Which encoder another user prefers is unimportant. You're the one who'll be watching it. Both encoders have their respective strengths and weaknesses. Make a short test clip of the footage you're encoding and test for yourself. See which YOU prefer.

[shadowhaze]

Nick,

Thanks for your help

1) XVID and MPEG2 are lossy codecs, therefore each time you encode with one, you lose quality. Even if the input and output videos are both in XVID, the use of filters necessitates a re-encode.
XVID --(filters)-> MPEG2 will always be better then
XVID --(filters)-> XVID ---> MPEG2
And yes, video filtering is a slow process I'm afraid.

I was afraid of that. I hoped that if I kept the same bit rate or higher on XVID, the I wouldn't lose anything, but I guess that wrong (right?). As for the processing speed (*sigh*), I've think I've come up with a combination to replace vmToon which is really slow (but very good). I'm trying LimitSharpenFaster and FastLineDarken. So far it's about 3 1/2 times faster. I don't want to jack the thread, but any thoughts on which should be first in the chain?

2) Certain filters (Undot, Deen for example) require YV12 and IIRC QuEnc requires YV12 input. I am not sure about HC. At any rate, if the source is already YV12, no conversion will occur so removing this line will not speed up proceedings.

I think HC requires YV12 as well, but in any case, I might as well leave it in.

3) Which encoder another user prefers is unimportant. You're the one who'll be watching it. Both encoders have their respective strengths and weaknesses. Make a short test clip of the footage you're encoding and test for yourself. See which YOU prefer.

It's hard to tell, but I think HC does a better job. I know that w/ the previous version of QuEnc, the bit rate was off. It showed a much higher rate than it actually was, and I'd end up with too much extra space on the DVD. However, QuEnc does allow for multicore processing. I'm hoping to upgrade my system to a Penryn or Barcelona quad core along with 2 or 4GB of 1066Mhz DDR2 (or even faster DDR3 (Penryn)) in Dec. or Jan. That will definitely speed things up - especially with a good OC. :D

Thanks again for your advice. I'm continually surprised by just how complex all of this can be. Audio is pretty simple by comparison.

[Mr_Odwin]

The way that FAVC implements dual core support is just by splitting the script into separate parts and running the encodes simultaneously. At the moment you can't do this with HC and 2-pass encoding (you can do it with constant quantisation) because the stats (db) file is always stored in the HC folder, so simultaneous encodes would clash. Hank says this behaviour is changing in the next release of HC though, so that will no longer be the case.

Nick covered your questions so I'll not go over them again. Just a note that I'm no AVISynth expert, and I have no clue about your filter chain.

[r0lZ]

I have a .NET unhandled exception each time I start FAVC v1.01 (before the GUI is opened.)
Continuing anyway seems to be safe.

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidCastException: Conversion from string "False" to type 'Decimal' is not valid.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToDecimal(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToDecimal(String Value)
at FAVCForm1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.01
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
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:/Program%20Files/FAVC/TrackBar/TrackBar.DLL
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
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************** 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]

I have a .NET unhandled exception each time I start FAVC v1.01 (before the GUI is opened.)
Continuing anyway seems to be safe.

Config files generally aren't compatible between releases (something that I'll fix in the future). Delete config.ini in the FAVC\Documents folder; FAVC should reset to defaults and the error will go away.

Right, I'm off on my hols for a week, so I'll not be answering any queries until my return. (Pity the weather is awful in the UK at the moment. :( )

[r0lZ]

Yep, deleting the INI has solved the problem.
Thanks and good luck for the weather! (It is very bad in Belgium too!) :(

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,:)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for "FAVC 1.01".

I was wondering if you can make the "Menu" portion OPTIONAL ... if someone wants a Menu then they can Tick it ... if not ... then they just convert teh AVI to DVD and that is it.

Thanks,
G!:thanks:

[rendez2k]

Hi Mr_Odwin,:)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for "FAVC 1.01".

I was wondering if you can make the "Menu" portion OPTIONAL ... if someone wants a Menu then they can Tick it ... if not ... then they just convert teh AVI to DVD and that is it.

Thanks,
G!:thanks:

It is: under the first tab tick Menu Creation - No.

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

@ Rednez ... can I claim that I did not have my Glasses on or would it be Simpler to just Admit it :stupid:
THANKS Rednez ... I just missed it.

@ Mr_Odwin ... my apologies to you too for the "False Alarm".:thanks:

G!:rolleyes::D

[rendez2k]

Two quick questions....

1. Is there anyway to see each movies expected bitrate before encoding?

2. Can the encoder quick preset defaults (speed, balance, quality) be changed (such as number of passes and encoding quality?)

[Mr_Odwin]

1. Is there anyway to see each movies expected bitrate before encoding?

I'm afraid not.


2. Can the encoder quick preset defaults (speed, balance, quality) be changed (such as number of passes and encoding quality?)

They're hard-coded, so no to that as well. Unless you want me to change them and have good reasons behind your suggestions.

Probably not the answers you wanted!

[rendez2k]

Its mainly the trellis quant option - I was under the impression that this isn't a great option to use for time vs the amount of quality gain? Shame about the bitrate option - its nice to know when you've reached the limit for quality (in my case, I never like to go below 3000). Also, is there anyway to stop it resetting the DVD menu text when you add or remove a video?

[Mr_Odwin]

Also, is there anyway to stop it resetting the DVD menu text when you add or remove a video?

Not right now, but probably in the future. It's more difficult to implement than it sounds. :(

[rendez2k]

Well, non of these things are big things so its not the end of the world! Just keep up the good work with the rest of it (easy menu font selection would be nice next!)

Edit: One other thought about the bitrate question. Could you have a button the runs the video analysis part that will grab all the details, then bitrate could be calculated and worked out?

[ricardo.santos]

Hi Mr Odwin

I have a friend that when using FAVc on Vista the following message apperas:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.AccessViolationException: Tentativa de ler ou escrever na memória protegida. Isto é normalmente uma indicação de que existe outra memória danificada.
em FAVCForm1.MediaInfo_Get(Int32 Handle, Int32 StreamKind, Int32 StreamNumber, String& Parameter, Int32 KindOfInfo, Int32 KindOfSearch)
em FAVCForm1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
em System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
em System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
em System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
em System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
em System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
em System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
em System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
em System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
em System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
em System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/FAVC/FAVC.exe
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************** 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.

What can be causing this error message?

[rendez2k]

Is there a log kept somewhere? I'm trying to encode 4 AVIs and one of them must have an issue as the output is well under size.

[Mr_Odwin]

Hi Mr Odwin

I have a friend that when using FAVc on Vista the following message apperas:
What can be causing this error message?

Perhaps he is using the 32bit version when he should be using the 64bit. (The only difference is that the 64bit version of Mediainfo is included in the download package.)

Is there a log kept somewhere? I'm trying to encode 4 AVIs and one of them must have an issue as the output is well under size.

There is no log file kept. What sort of encoding settings are you using? How does the encoded dvd look when played? How much of an undersize are we talking about? Etc, etc ...

[shadowhaze]

One thing I've noticed about Aften is that it lowers audio at least -3db per channel for some reason (you can see this w/ aften gui). Still it seems to be the best ac3 convertor so I'd rather not use something else. Is there anyway to add a "+3db" gain option? Right now I demux the files, add 3db or so to audio (usually converting to wav), mux back together, and then run through FAVC.

Unfortunately, normalize often changes the mix and overall tone (whether when used in FAVC or elsewhere). In FAVC, surround channels get an unwanted boost and drown out the center channel.

This may be asking too much, and if so, no worries. FAVC's still my favorite authoring program (just needs a shutdown when finished option :D).

Thanks

[Boulder]

One thing I've noticed about Aften is that it lowers audio at least -3db per channel for some reason (you can see this w/ aften gui). Still it seems to be the best ac3 convertor so I'd rather not use something else. Is there anyway to add a "+3db" gain option? Right now I demux the files, add 3db or so to audio (usually converting to wav), mux back together, and then run through FAVC.Could it be that FAVC uses a certain value for dialog normalization which will cause a decrease in the overall volume? If dialnorm is set to -31, there will be no decrease.

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC passes the audio to Aften through the avisynth script and bepipe. Normalize() can be added to the script via the audio options and in the advanced script options you could add some Avisynth volume increase command (I don't know it offhand).

I'm not great with audio encoding, so any tweaks that would go down well are welcomed. I'm currently doing some work on the audio side of things so now would be the time to bring it up!

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC has been updated to 1.02, and the first post in this thread summarises the changes.

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,:)

THANKS for another GREAT Update.

G!:thanks::thanks::thanks:

[Taurus]

Thanks again to the FAVC man, Mr_Odwin.

Your work makes video life a little easier!

Cheers

Taurus

[r0lZ]

Thanks for the new version and particularly for the shutdown option!

[shadowhaze]

Thanks for the new version and particularly for the shutdown option!

I'll second that! FAVC just keeps getting better...

:thanks: Mr_Odwin for all your hard work.

[shadowhaze]

Could it be that FAVC uses a certain value for dialog normalization which will cause a decrease in the overall volume? If dialnorm is set to -31, there will be no decrease.

I understand what you mean about dialog norm set to -31, but if you click on the levels tab (Aften GUI), the highest setting is -3db - http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1692/aftenguise3.jpg Given the volume drop, that leads me to believe that you'll get at least a -3db drop even if dialnorm is set to -31. Thanks for the help, but this is getting OT. I'll search the audio threads for this.

FAVC passes the audio to Aften through the avisynth script and bepipe. Normalize() can be added to the script via the audio options and in the advanced script options you could add some Avisynth volume increase command (I don't know it offhand).

Thanks for the tips. I'll try some scripts and check elsewhere (sorry if my previous post was OT for the thread). One last question - The last advance scripting tab box "following the resize" is the correct place to put audio scripts, right?

[linx05]

Thanks for the latest version! One problem though, when I set all my options and close FAVC, it does not save them. This was done on a clean directory (removed the previous folder).

[r0lZ]

linx, I've noticed that with the old version also. The options are kept only when you convert really something.

[Mr_Odwin]

The options are kept only when you convert something.

That is the case. I can look into changing it though.

[linx05]

linx, I've noticed that with the old version also. The options are kept only when you convert really something.
Oh it has been a while since I've done one and I thought it was a bug.

That is the case. I can look into changing it though.
Thank you so much :)

[Fishman0919]

Would it be possible to add an option to keep the audio without converting if it is already AC3/DTS ?

[rendez2k]

Just encoded 3 x 55min AVIs and output is 2.71gb. I used HC Enc in speed settings (but full-d1, not half). Is this kind of output size normal for this much video? Can I find out the average bitrate?

[Mr_Odwin]

Would it be possible to add an option to keep the audio without converting if it is already AC3/DTS ?

AC3 Audio can be retained. There's an option for it on the Audio tab and the default setting is to retain it. DTS audio I've not thought about because it's generally rarer. I'll look into it.

Just encoded 3 x 55min AVIs and output is 2.71gb. I used HC Enc in speed settings (but full-d1, not half). Is this kind of output size normal for this much video? Can I find out the average bitrate?

You've discovered a dirty secret about FAVC. When HC is used in constant quant mode it changes FAVC's behaviour. It will nearly always undersize. To meet the requested size the maximum bitrate allowable is set to what is the average bitrate in all other modes. If the maximum bitrate is set higher than this then you run the risk of oversizing, which I think is worse.
I only use FAVC with constant quant when the total length of video is reasonably short.

If anyone has a suggestion on how to change this for the better I'm open to it.

[rendez2k]

Hmmm - that explains all the under sizes I've been getting anyway. So basically, the time I'm saving probably isn't worth it as the quality in theory could be horrible?!

[Mr_Odwin]

Once you get to about an hour of video the maximum bitrate will start dropping. (For a 4.37GB output)

[Boow]

The shutdown option does not seem to work for me. When I come back to my pc in the morning its still running.

here's the the shutdown part of the batch file.

shutdown -f -s -c "FAVC has completed its task."rd /s /q "E:\dvdtemp\Working Folder 0"

[Mr_Odwin]

The shutdown option does not seem to work for me. When I come back to my pc in the morning its still running.

here's the the shutdown part of the batch file.

shutdown -f -s -c "FAVC has completed its task."rd /s /q "E:\dvdtemp\Working Folder 0"

Oops. There should be a new line in there between " and rd. I'll fix it for the next release. This will arise when you ask to delete the working files and shutdown also. Neither will happen!

I didn't test the shutdown too extensively as it shut my computer down every time I did. :p

[Deusxmachina]

I've been trying the various all-in-one suites lately, and this by far has had the least amount of errors/problems. It just plain works.

I'm mainly wondering about the forced 4000 bitrate for full-D1. Is there a way to adjust that? I set other options to best quality/slow pass, etc, but it resets max bitrate to 4000 a few moments later. A lot of the time, I'd like to have the max at 2000.

I haven't had the success with HC other people have had. It tends to not like scene changes with noisy video. Whereas I flip on QuEnc, and it looks great. I can beat QuEnc a bit in size and quality with TMPGenc if I really try, but I'm getting lazy and using QuEnc and FAVC more and more.

As an aside, I don't know if people who say TMPGenc is slow are leaving the display window on or what, because the speed of all three of the above encoders are in the same ballpark to me. I would love to see a TMPGenc option added to FAVC since it has more settings than Quenc for those of us who don't like avisynth files, but FAVC is still an achievement regardless. Thank you.

[Mr_Odwin]

Why would you want to set the maximum bitrate (maximum, not average) lower than 4000 for full-d1!?!
I'll look into changing the minimum that I set, but for now you can edit the "Title.bat" batch file that is created in the working folder before it starts, by using the "Don't start batch file" checkbox in the advanced scripting tab.

[Deusxmachina]

Why would you want to set the maximum bitrate (maximum, not average) lower than 4000 for full-d1!?!

lol, I figured that question would get asked.

It's good to have options is why. If I'm just putting my favorite things onto one disc for convenience or for whatever other reason, 2000 can be plenty. It depends on the subject matter, obviously.

If the video is mainly talking heads, talking heads don't need much bitrate, and if there's a lot of movement for short periods, those short periods will macroblock some, but the bits saved with the 2000 cap can be spread throughout the rest of the video, making it look better for the other 99% of the time there's not heavy movement. This of course works better with 16:9 instead of full-screen.

It's just another tool to have in the toolbox is all. Plenty of people around here think a person is crazy for even going as low as 4000.

For those new to HC and using low (sub-2000 average) bitrates, so far I've found the Bach1 matrix much easier on the eyes than the default "mpeg." JAWOR1CD seems similar. Still playing around with the others. I don't know what my original problems with HC were from, maybe just the particular video I had, but I'm liking the look and filesize with HC and Bach1.

I want to say again how impressive FAVC is compared to the other all-in-ones I tried. Some would error seemingly for no reason, others wouldn't allow AC3 audio, or couldn't do multiple files, or couldn't make menus, or couldn't do custom filesizes, etc. With FAVC, I can set it and forget it.

[wg]

First off Mr Odwin I'd like to thank you for putting together a great bit of kit, I have used it for several weeks now with great results, until now, here's the problem. I'm creating a DVD of five parts, with a menu & subtitles(I've done this several times before with similar clips & had no problems). When FAVC is finished I am left with a destination folder containing a video ts ifo file of 0kb & a vts 01 1 file of 880,402kb, nothing more. I have kept the contents of the working folder & tried to re-activate the batch file as outlined on this forum , but unfortunately the result was the same. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Here is the MuxScript, the last line looks ominous, could this be the reason for the failure?

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 = 848442163
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 = 866140244
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 = 841868705
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 = 813881459
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 = 819722762
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"

04:20:54 Begin multiplex VTS01.
Title Segment List
Seg1
Encoded stream 20 is script stream 1.
Maximum audio duration 71450 fields.
Starting scene Seg1_Scn1 at 00:00:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn2 at 00:05:00:11, requested for 00:05:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn3 at 00:10:00:11, requested for 00:10:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn4 at 00:15:00:11, requested for 00:15:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn5 at 00:20:00:11, requested for 00:20:00:00
P-STD buffer underflow by 29502 bytes at 119721692, sector 409569.
End of video file
Bytes remaining in buffer = 29502.
Bitrate - avg: 5047204, min: 484072 (lba 0), max: 9448106 (lba 2383).
Shortest GOP has 22 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 71448, VOBU: 2382, Sectors: 440201.
Video decoder buffer underflowed 1 times.
Check c:\muxman.log for details.
Resulting DVD will probably not play smoothly.

[Mr_Odwin]

It appears that Muxman is very sensitive to bitrate spikes. I know it's a pain, but re-doing all the encode with a lower maximum bitrate would probably solve it.
If you were using QuEnc, try HC, and if you were using HC, try a maximum bitrate of 7000-ish.

[Sir Didymus]

Hi wg!

It seems you are suffering from a problem which is very similar to the one reported on page 10 of this same thread.

In synthesis, your assets in the first VTS (video ? audio ? subs ?) turn out as very indigested for Muxman.

May I ask what encoder did you use ?

You may want to try with a different encoder, or with the same encoder but reducing significantly the max bitrate...

Afraid if the suggestion appear as simplicistic and empirical...

Cheers,
SD

Edit: OOPS... posted while Mr_Odwin was replying... Nice the answer is mostly the same... :)

[wg]

Thanks for the quick replies. I've tried both HC & Quenc, same outcome on both occasions. I did notice though the temp folder produced by Quenc was slightly smaller. Could you explain how to change max bitrate, I'll then try another conversion overnight & report back the outcome. The strange thing is I have used similar files(Same bitrate, format etc) in the past, on one occasion putting only 4 clips on the disc(I thought this would have made the output abr higher) with no problems. But as you have said maybe its the max bitrate that's the problem.

Cheers!

[Mr_Odwin]

There's an option to lower it on both the HC and QuEnc tabs of FAVC. (Bottom left corner.)

[wg]

My glasses are in the post.

Cheers!

[Mr_Odwin]

I've released a new version.

After some of the discussion above with rendez2k I decided to add a new encoding mode for HC. The modes are now as follows:

1. 2-Pass Variable Bitrate - Two full passes of the video are performed. Maximum Bitrate is set in the HC tab of FAVC and the average bitrate is automatically determined by FAVC, based on disc capacity/output size. In general this should neither undersize, nor oversize, but it takes the longest time to complete.

2. Constant Quantization - One encoding pass of the video is performed at the quantization value set in the HC tab of FAVC. In order to meet the disc capacity/output size the maximum bitrate is set to what is normally the average bitrate. This will nearly always undersize, but it will generally take the least time to complete.

3. (NEW!) Predictive Quantization - Several 2% samples of the video are encoded to determine the quantization value that most closely approximates what should be the average bitrate (based on disc capacity/output size). Maximum Bitrate is set in the HC tab of FAVC. One encoding pass of the video is then performed at the determined quantization level. This will sometimes undersize, sometimes oversize and sometimes be just about right. This method can give similar results to 2-Pass Variable Bitrate, and the encoding time will generally be lower, but you take the risk of oversized output.

[Taurus]

3. (NEW!) Predictive Quantization
Nice, I always like to experiment with new toys!
Thanks Mr_Odwin for your distribution.

Cheers

Taurus

[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.

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,:)

THANKS for yet another Great Update!

G!:thanks:

[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.


------------
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.

[gus8511q]

also im suggesting to put in supported format in open file dialog the *.divx files

[Xproject187]

Thanx for the Great Program Mr.Odwin
But as of late when I select to Prevew a Menu it won't display!
It's never done this before,but now all of a sudden no matter which .jpg I select to use as a Menu-Background it displays as a Red X. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/MenuDisplayedasRedX.jpg
Don't know what I could have done to bring this about,but any help will be gretly apreciated.
~X~
M$ XPproSPII w/all Updates & Patches
NetFramework 2.0 & FAVC_104 Imgburn v.2.3.2.0
1Gig_DDR Gforce3_256MB

[Mr_Odwin]

You still have avisynth installed?

[Xproject187]

Yeah You know what Mr.Odwin I feel about dumb rite now :devil:!
Sorry to waste Your Time & in short "NO" I failed to install AVISYNTH.
You see I had to do a format & install due to a Slave Failing & upon reinstalling My programs I left out the upgraded Avisynth Pkg, I just clean forgot.
But after installing it all is back to Normal.
Thanx for the Heads Up "Good Lookin Out":thanks:

[Mr_Odwin]

Glad to be of assistance. :)

[wg]

Is it feasible using FAVC to combine both Pal & NTSC video to output a Pal DVD, hope the development is going well, is there anything new in the offing?

Thanks in advance.

[Mr_Odwin]

Is it feasible using FAVC to combine both Pal & NTSC video to output a Pal DVD, hope the development is going well, is there anything new in the offing?

Thanks in advance.

That would work absolutely fine.

Development is ongoing but always based on free time so it goes through up and down periods unforunately.

[MR Nice]

This is a cool program I've had problems with converting 23fps when I converted an NSTC movie in the past. And then watched the movie or TV episodes on my PAL DVD player the video ratio was crap and jerky. Since I have been using this program and converting NSTC TO PAL the movie's have been less jerky. The only thing missing from this great program is that you do not have enough control on making your own DVD menu's if you could create menu's like you can in Nero were you can add audio to your background image that you want, another thing that would be cool to if you could maybe reposition the text in the menu to the right and left and not just in the middle and also to able to change the font size in your menu. Here is a link for the example of a menu I did with Nero. http://img472.imageshack.us/my.php?image=78112450qe6.jpg

[Xproject187]

I've not been able to get Favc to work since way before My last post for help w/the Menu not displaying correctly but I've been too embarresed to ask for help(again),but please know that I've gone the extra mile this time,searching & trying different methods in an effort to get Favc up & working again.
However I continue to get this pop-up error that states: http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/FavcError.jpg
So far I've uninstalled & reinstalled NET2.0 & Avisynth / Quicktime / Real Player / Klite & Winamp in an effort to make sure I have all the Codecs that I would require installed & working,but I still can't figure it out:mad:
Now due to some threads I read,I think it might have to do with a damaged Avisynth install,but really I don't know.
Question
Is there a Avisynth Fixxer tool that would give Me a clean slate or is this question even relevant?
My Info;
F.I.C. AM35
Format & Clean Install XPproSPII w/all M$ Updates on 9/8/07
1 Gig of Corsair PC2700 DDR Sdram
LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H
WD25 00KS-00MJB0 SCSI Disk Device (232 GB)
NETFramework2.0 & Security Update(KB928365)
Klcodec335f / Avisynth_257 / FAVC_104
PS:We have 3 PC's on our LAN here at home & when I tried to cross check Favc on the Dell4550 in the livingroom it exhibited the exact same Issue.

UPDATE
You know I really have no Idea as to what just happened but after weeks of being unable to get Favc to work & just as soon as I posted for help the darn thing started working. Let me add that I did nothing that I had not already done many times before except for 1 thing & that's when I updated The Klite Codec pkg from version 335f to version "345f" & Favc fired rite up.
I'll tell You there must be a problem with that last Klite version(I guess)
Anyhow excuse the post.

[wg]

For the first time I have used the HC Predictive Quantization Algorithm setting, on 2 seperate files, both were approx 700mb, the other settings were balance. Both files were NTSC to NTSC. I also had 'use directshow source' selected, both files were also checked for sync issues using AviMux. The chapters were set at 3 min, & an srt sub file was used. I think you know what's coming next! Unfortunately both outputs were out of sync, I have never had this problem using 2 pass VBR, so I think there may be a problem with the predictive quant.

Thanks In Advance.

[Mr_Odwin]

For the first time I have used the HC Predictive Quantization Algorithm setting, on 2 seperate files, both were approx 700mb, the other settings were balance. Both files were NTSC to NTSC. I also had 'use directshow source' selected, both files were also checked for sync issues using AviMux. The chapters were set at 3 min, & an srt sub file was used. I think you know what's coming next! Unfortunately both outputs were out of sync, I have never had this problem using 2 pass VBR, so I think there may be a problem with the predictive quant.

Thanks In Advance.

Well, that's odd. I'll look into it more and see if I can reproduce the error.
How far out of sync are we talking? Have you tried the 2-pass VBR method on these files too? Is that output in sync?

[Adub]

Hello, just a thought.

Would it be possible to add an option where you can load your own chapter file? In conjunction with that "Every 5 Min." bit, which is nice, but what if you don't want it to be every 5 minutes? Thus the need for a custom chapters input.

Just a suggestion.

[Xproject187]

I've been going round & round trying to get Favc up & running again & I would be very-very greatfull if one of You guys could tell Me why it is I can't seem to get around what seems to be a Avisynth.dll issue after yet another clean Install lastnite 9-25-07.
All My files play fine in MPC but won't encode via Favc as it throws up an error that refers to Avisynth or a missing Codec.


Thanx for any consideration or direction
Bill

[Adub]

Your going to have to be a little more descriptive than that.
Do you have a screen shot of the error?

Do you have avisynth installed? If so, which version?

[Xproject187]

Forgot to repost My Info I've NET_2.0 & Avisynth 2.5.7 & FAVC_104 on a FIC AM35(AMD AthlonXP1700) w/1 Gigg of Corsair DDR & WinXPproSPII w/all M$ Updates,AGP Nvidia GEForce3 256mb with the 77.77_winxp2k_english_whql driver packag installed incase it matters.

Rite now I'm not sure of anything that I'm seeing within Favc & My PC, as in either case the issue either disappers & then comes back the following day,or I'll think I've found the problem & fixxed it only to find it's returned the next day.
Favc has in the past worked perfectly for Me & I've made over 30 DVD-5's with 3 movies & a menu on each,"With this PC".
But since My Format & Clean Install I've been getting an error stating that there was either a Codec missing or that the wrong version of Avisynth was installed & no matter how many times I would install Avisynth 2.5.7 it would still show the same error, kinda like the DLL wasnt getting put in properly
(this was after Mr.Odwin reminded Me to put the Avisynth.dll back into My OS)

Below is a ScreenShot of the error I've gotten in reguards to the Avisynth.dll/Codec not being installed,when I know darn well it was & is!
(Avisynth-codec-error) http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/Avisynth-codec-error.jpg

And here is a pic of the other error I'm getting (Favc's Config.ini error) http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/FavcsConfig.inierror.jpg
It has to do with the Config.ini file not being found when I launch Favc,but I think I've found the reason the Config.ini error popped up, It's because I choose to Pinn the Favc Icon to the start Menu & when Favc is launched that way I see that error everytime,unless of course I spill the entire contents of the Favc package into the My Documents Folder,but an easier fixx is to remove the Pinn to Start Menu Icon & run Favc from a shortcut on My Desktop & the Config.ini error goes away.
So anyway twice now it's turned out to be a mixx up caused by Me & to be honest with You I really don't know if I got it fixxed or not by removing the Pinn to Start Menu selection,but at this point the darn thing is working again & all I can do is runn it & hope that it will continue to work tommorow & that the errors I was seeing were due to Favc being Pinned to the start menu.
Can You beleive that?? I'd appreciate it if someone else who knows of this issue would explain to Me if this could be so.
Sorry for all the clutter but for real I'm having a hard time over here.
~X~

[Mr_Odwin]

First of all I would uninstall any codec packs as they can be nasty. Install ffdshow and the haali media splitter. (Should solve codec errors.)

Delete all of the FAVC installation and use a freshly extracted version.

The pinning to start menu could potentially cause problems I guess (I'd have to look into it further). Try right clicking on the FAVC.exe and create a shortcut, then pin that to the start menu.


Would it be possible to add an option where you can load your own chapter file? In conjunction with that "Every 5 Min." bit, which is nice, but what if you don't want it to be every 5 minutes? Thus the need for a custom chapters input.


You can use your own chapter files by manually replacing the ones that FAVC generates. This is made easier by using the "Don't start batch file" option on the advanced scripting tab. The chapter files are TitleChap0.txt, TitleChap1.txt, etc.

[Xproject187]

Thank You for the response Mr.Odwin & Merlin777;
As for the Codec Pk's I too had read that they can be nasty & cause issues within XP,but I was of the impression that the Klite codec pack was cool.
However I will follow Your instructions promptly.
Thanx Again.
~X~

[MR Nice]

I do like this program but its not very good at handling nstc 29.97fps to pal 25fps the video move very slow. Can you change anything in the options to make the picture motion less slow?:thanks:

[Dkruskie]

I do like this program but its not very good at handling nstc 29.97fps to pal 25fps the video move very slow. Can you change anything in the options to make the picture motion less slow?:thanks:


I've experienced any problem from 29.97 to 25 at all. I've done somewhere around 40 dvds without a hitch.

[Mr_Odwin]

I do like this program but its not very good at handling nstc 29.97fps to pal 25fps the video move very slow. Can you change anything in the options to make the picture motion less slow?:thanks:

Do the video and audio remain in sync throughout?

[MR Nice]

Hi, Yes video and audio do remain insync throughout. Its just the frame rate is slow moving converting 29.97fps to pal. When I converted to Avi nstc 23.976fps to pal 25fps the frame movement was near prefect. Could it have anything to do with not having all the avisynth plugins? if so I don't know how to add them.

[Mr_Odwin]

If the video and audio remain in sync then I'm not sure what you mean by slow moving framerate.

[MR Nice]

When I used your program to convert an avi file that was nstc 29.97 to pal. After then conversion finished and I played the dvd the picture is jerky and slow meaning when people was walking they were walking slow. Hope this helps

[MR Nice]

Mr Odwin is there any chance in the future you could add procoder3 compatiblity to favc?

[Xero_M]

I have a little problem...When i put mkv files to FAVC 1 or 2 files it do work perfect, when i put in 3 or more mkv files it give me a error msg, wrong avisynt,,,,,,,,, I did encode 3 divx(avi) files whit FAVC and it did work perfect.........Maybe a bug in Favc whit mkv files?

Mr_Odwin , hope you find whats wrong,,,Because FAVC have make it so easy for all of us to encode :)

[Mr_Odwin]

Mr Odwin is there any chance in the future you could add procoder3 compatiblity to favc?

Not likely. FAVC uses freeware, and I've not yet made an exception.

I have a little problem...When i put mkv files to FAVC 1 or 2 files it do work perfect, when i put in 3 or more mkv files it give me a error msg, wrong avisynt,,,,,,,,, I did encode 3 divx(avi) files whit FAVC and it did work perfect.........Maybe a bug in Favc whit mkv files?

Mr_Odwin , hope you find whats wrong,,,Because FAVC have make it so easy for all of us to encode :)

Do these files all process correctly if you use them on their own? (Can you successfully create 3 dvds, each with one mkv?)

[Xero_M]

Do these files all process correctly if you use them on their own? (Can you successfully create 3 dvds, each with one mkv?)


Yes i can create 3 dvds whit one file at the time ...

[wg]

On my last 3 encodes, no Video TS Bup File has been produced, & the Video TS Ifo File has had a value of 0kb. I deleted the folder containing FAVC & cleaned the the reg before extracting to a new folder, but to no avail, the outcome was the same. The files were Xvid both Pal & NTSC, I tried both encoders on normal encoding settings. Any Ideas?

[Mr_Odwin]

Try lowering the maximum bitrate (to 7000?). Muxman can be sensitive to spikes.

[wg]

Try lowering the maximum bitrate (to 7000?). Muxman can be sensitive to spikes.

Thanks, worked fine. Does this mean most authoring problems, or at least many of them, can be put down to a bitrate spike effecting Muxman, & can be fixed by simply lowering the bitrate?

Cheers!

[Sir Didymus]

Hi wg.

No, I would say definitely not always.

While I fully agree with the statement and the recommendation of Mr_Odwin, the step you are making is not supported by the logic or the experience.

If you are using a solid authoring sw (within FAVC the authoring engine is MuxMan, which is sensitive, but very solid, IMHO), then most part of the authoring problems depend on oddities in the source assets - i.e. video, audio, subs. Sometime these oddities are related only to the video asset(s), but not always. Sometimes the inconsistencies of the video asset(s), when present, are related only to bitrate spikes, but not always...

Cheers,
SD

[wg]

Hi wg.

No, I would say definitely not always.

While I fully agree with the statement and the recommendation of Mr_Odwin, the step you are making is not supported by the logic or the experience.

If you are using a solid authoring sw (within FAVC the authoring engine is MuxMan, which is sensitive, but very solid, IMHO), then most part of the authoring problems depend on oddities in the source assets - i.e. video, audio, subs. Sometime these oddities are related only to the video asset(s), but not always. Sometimes the inconsistencies of the video asset(s), when present, are related only to bitrate spikes, but not always...

Cheers,
SD

Thanks for the info.

Cheers!

[davidk21770]

Have you considered other input file types?
I'd like to use it for .TS files -- in my case, cable TV captures.

[Fishman0919]

This software work well at converting .ts file

http://www.svcd2dvd.com/HDTV2DVD/

uses ffmpeg... if I remember correct

[ironape2]

im trying to use FAVC and I am getting a mkvmerge.exe: unable to lovate libiconv.dll.

i tried reinstalling avisynth 2.58a and that file is nowhere to be found.

Any idea what I can do to fix this?

Thanks

[davidk21770]

This software work well at converting .ts file

http://www.svcd2dvd.com/HDTV2DVD/

uses ffmpeg... if I remember correctThat's what I'm using now. Yes it uses ffdshow and I read that it produced a 1 pass, CBR file (why I was interested in alternatives). BUT, I just double checked one of the DVDs that I produced with it and it's VBR :).

[rendez2k]

Any new updates in the works?

[wg]

First of all I would uninstall any codec packs as they can be nasty. Install ffdshow and the haali media splitter. (Should solve codec errors.)

Any particular versions, there are quite a few, is it usually safe to update these when a new version is released?

Thanks In Advance.

[Mr_Odwin]

Any new updates in the works?

There's always something on my to-do list, but no definite time of release.

Any particular versions, there are quite a few, is it usually safe to update these when a new version is released?

Thanks In Advance.

Just use the download link from here.
http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/

[wg]

If I use the 'encode as usual' option to lower an ac3 5 channel from 448kbs to 384(To give a bit extra to the video), will the re-encode be 5 channel or dropped to 2 channel.

Thanks In Advance.

[Mr_Odwin]

It will stay as 5 channels if your directshow ac3 decoder is configured to give out 5 channels.

[wg]

If the 'Volume Normalize' checkbox is selected on the FAVC audio options, is this the same as selecting the 'Normalize' option in the ffdshow volume options dialogue page(Does it just enable this option). I believe this can be used as a boost for low volume ac3 files.

Thanks In Advance.

[Mr_Odwin]

I expect it would be equivalent. But FAVC uses the Normalize() command in the avisynth script.

[valnar]

I just downloaded FAVC to give it a try. I'm comparing against DVD Flick, SVCD2DVD, The FilmMachine, etc. I don't want to edit AVISynth scripts any more to accomplish simple tasks.

So far, I can't use it at all. All the videos I attempt to import give me an error and FAVC recommends I use AVISynth to frameserve it into the program. I can do that, but why? With all the collections of freeware bundled with the program, can't it handle that itself?

I capture HDTV programs that are typically 720p or 1080i MPEG2 files saved in a .MPG container. Other programs that only support .AVI files can read these fine - I just need to force the extension issue. FAVC cannot.

I would prefer to use something that incorporates QUEnc, HC Enc or CCE. Any would be better than FFMPEG, which seems to be more common.

Any chance of modifying FAVC to support more imported formats?

-Robert

[ironape2]

Mr Odwin,

Sorry if this seems like a very stupid question but I cannot get FAVC to recognise my install of avisynth 2.58. I get the below error and honestly would appreaciate any help that you may offer.


"FAVC is Unable to process the following file
<file Location>
Generally this problem occures when the correct version of AVIsynth is not installed or the cooresponding codec is not installed."


Im trying to convert a MKV file to dvd format. The file plays fine in windows media player. What codec might it be talking about?

Thanks for your time

[Dkruskie]

Mr Odwin,

Sorry if this seems like a very stupid question but I cannot get FAVC to recognise my install of avisynth 2.58. I get the below error and honestly would appreaciate any help that you may offer.


"FAVC is Unable to process the following file
<file Location>
Generally this problem occures when the correct version of AVIsynth is not installed or the cooresponding codec is not installed."


Im trying to convert a MKV file to dvd format. The file plays fine in windows media player. What codec might it be talking about?

Thanks for your time

Avisynth 2.58 is very unstable at the moment. You should only use 2.57, then you should not have a problem with MKV file in FAVC.

[MilesAhead]

I'm new to playing around with AviSynth but looking at the FAVC produced scripts it would seem that idx/sub hard subbing could be supported with a VobSub() call instead of TextSub(). Any chance of adding idx/sub subtitle support to FAVC? I know I can check
"don't run the batch file" but I'm not quite sure where I should insert the VobSub() function calls, esp. with multiple input files. (Plus it would be cooler to just put a check mark next to idx/sub)

:cool:

[dvdfever]

Hi

You must be having a great time with your 1-year old toddler.First time I used FAVC and searched the forum for a guide because I need to write a AviSynth to open the .mkv files as this is the suggested step in the error message. It said it couldn't locate mkvext.ddl and then the charset.dll also. It suggusted that I either frameserve with AviSynth on VirtualDubMod ( I haven't any success ) or write a script for the .mkv to use the FAVC or re-install. It also said that I may not have the correct codev.

My Avisynth is version 2.5.7 and FAVC is a FAVC.exe file version 4.45.3.0. I don't want to give up on .mkv files. BTW the files names are a bit long like 10.19.07.Ratatouili.2007.REPACK.......

Thanks

[Yobbo]

Any chance of modifying FAVC to support more imported formats?

Yes I noticed the new Avisynth function "Ffmpegsource" that allows input of .flv & the likes. Can this be added to FAVC's automatic file recognition?

[dvdfever]

Hi Mr_Odwin,

I have taken your advise to uninstall the K-lite Codec Pack, Haail Splitter, the FAVC_104 and the ffshow. Then I reinstall everything back from the updated links from VideoHelp.com except for the Codec. I didn't get any error message regarding wrong codec etc. however I got a JITDebugging error message from you. It said that the config.ini could not be found in the path of E:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Documents\........
How do I put those command lines in to make it work. I have very little experience with using command as indicated. Thanks
:(

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

First of all I would uninstall any codec packs as they can be nasty. Install ffdshow and the haali media splitter. (Should solve codec errors.)

Delete all of the FAVC installation and use a freshly extracted version.

The pinning to start menu could potentially cause problems I guess (I'd have to look into it further). Try right clicking on the FAVC.exe and create a shortcut, then pin that to the start menu.



You can use your own chapter files by manually replacing the ones that FAVC generates. This is made easier by using the "Don't start batch file" option on the advanced scripting tab. The chapter files are TitleChap0.txt, TitleChap1.txt, etc.

[wg]

If I convert an NTSC file to Pal using FAVC & I want to add a subtitle, does this have to already be Pal, or will FAVC also convert the NTSC subtitle to Pal(I'm thinking how would it know), does it automatically assume the sub is the same format as the file & convert both?

Thanks in advance.

[MilesAhead]

If I convert an NTSC file to Pal using FAVC & I want to add a subtitle, does this have to already be Pal, or will FAVC also convert the NTSC subtitle to Pal(I'm thinking how would it know), does it automatically assume the sub is the same format as the file & convert both?

Thanks in advance.

Unless you have a need I would avoid framerate conversions.
When encoding avi=>dvd I stay with whatever it is. Then rely on the DVD player to convert during playback.

[ricardo.santos]

Favc will convert the subs to the correct(pal) timing, never had a single problem with framerate conversion in FAVC.

[Mr_Odwin]

I've been on holiday for the last week. My internet access is still restricted (at in-laws). I'll try to address all concerns on my return to normality.

[valnar]

My internet access is still restricted (at in-laws).

You hang in there. It'll be over soon. :D

-Robert

[clicq]

im trying to use FAVC and I am getting a mkvmerge.exe: unable to lovate libiconv.dll.

i tried reinstalling avisynth 2.58a and that file is nowhere to be found.

Any idea what I can do to fix this?

Thanks

I ran into a similar problem, and I think this may be the reason some people are having trouble with .mkv files. The mkv programs (mkvextract and mkvmerge) require dlls that aren't included with FAVC (at least on the x64 self extracting version, not sure about the others). The problem is easily solved though, by downloading and installing mkvtoolnix, and copying the dlls and mkvextract.exe and mkvmerge.exe files to the MKVtoolnix directory in the FAVC directory. You probably do not need to copy the .exe files, I did it anyway.

[Graigddu]

Could i just ask is there any possibility that a future version
will be able to run multiple instances of hc encoder
on the same file now that the new 0.22 version
has multiprocessor support.

can i also say keep up the good work, great program

Edit: should have mentioned that it was on 2pass variable i was hoping for multiple instances

[Mr_Odwin]

Could i just ask is there any possibility that a future version
will be able to run multiple instances of hc encoder
on the same file now that the new 0.22 version
has multiprocessor support.

can i also say keep up the good work, great program

Edit: should have mentioned that it was on 2pass variable i was hoping for multiple instances

This will almost certainly happen. I'm really struggling for development time at the moment, but incorporating the new version of HC is pretty much top of my list.

[gus8511q]

im available for testing beta versions of FAVC!!!

[G_M_C]

I've got a question: Can FAVC do MKV's with subs and most importantly: a DTS audio-track inside (and keeping the DTS intact/unchanged) ?

[Dkruskie]

I've got a question: Can FAVC do MKV's with subs and most importantly: a DTS audio-track inside (and keeping the DTS intact/unchanged) ?

I believe Favc only does ac3 and mp2 at the moment, as far as MKV's with subs I cant help ya there cause I dont use MKV sources.

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC would not retain the DTS audio-track, and it wouldn't extract the subs either.

[Xproject187]

I would like to know if there is a Language Selection Option within Favc that will allow Me to select between 2 languages within a MultiLingual avi.
I have a large avi file that's in Russian(#1) & English(#2) The bad thing is when I run it thru Favc it defaults to lang#1.Rus.
I tried to remove the Rus lang file/files by editing the avi file with a really cool tool named "SolveigMM AVI Trimmer" http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&id=VideoSplitter
It worked great on all My other avi files but when I run My MultiLingual avi file thru AVI Trimmer the resulting product is a output file that won't play in MPC & GSpot shows that it has a Corrupt AVI Header. Mind You the Original avi file don't have a Corrupt AVI Header & MPC as well as Favc has no problems playing or processing it what-so-ever!

Excuse My Noobness & if I left anything out let Me know & I'll promptly add it.
~X~

[Dkruskie]

I would like to know if there is a Language Selection Option within Favc that will allow Me to select between 2 languages within a MultiLingual avi.
I have a large avi file that's in Russian(#1) & English(#2) The bad thing is when I run it thru Favc it defaults to lang#1.Rus.
I tried to remove the Rus lang file/files by editing the avi file with a really cool tool named "SolveigMM AVI Trimmer" http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&id=VideoSplitter
It worked great on all My other avi files but when I run My MultiLingual avi file thru AVI Trimmer the resulting product is a output file that won't play in MPC & GSpot shows that it has a Corrupt AVI Header. Mind You the Original avi file don't have a Corrupt AVI Header & MPC as well as Favc has no problems playing or processing it what-so-ever!

Excuse My Noobness & if I left anything out let Me know & I'll promptly add it.
~X~

Maybe you should try AVI-Mux GUI. It will let you pick the audio you want and can save it as avi. Just add the avi file into AVI-Mux GUI and double click it and it will show your video and audio streams. Pick your video and the audio stream(make sure to uncheck the audio you dont want) and hit start. You also might want to click the settings button to make sure it's set for avi and maybe uncheck the split. Then you should be able to run it through FAVC.

[Xproject187]

Thanx Dkruskie that program AVI-Mux GUI worked like a charm & Im on My way.

[ookzDVD]

@Mr_Odwin,

First I want to thank you for your great application. 2 thumbs up!
I'm still waiting for your next release which support HCEnc 0.22
with multiprocessor support since 2 core cpu is getting common
in the market today :)

I'm also waiting for the batch support for multi DVD creation.

Thank you.

[Mr_Odwin]

I've released 1.05 - the first post has been updated accordingly.

[Dkruskie]

Thanks Mr_Odwin for an early x-mas present :) Been waiting for this .

[rendez2k]

Just donated! Sorry it can't be more but it is Christmas as you stated! Keep up the good work!

[ookzDVD]

I think the ffmpegsource.dll bundled in the latest 1.05 Exe package cause problem.
I have to replace it with un-rar the complete ffmpegsource.rar to the "\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins" to solve the problem. :)

[Mr_Odwin]

I think the ffmpegsource.dll bundled in the latest 1.05 Exe package cause problem.
I have to replace it with un-rar the complete ffmpegsource.rar to the "\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins" to solve the problem. :)

What sort of problem did you hit?

[ookzDVD]

My source is .avi (xvid).

While the diagnostic phase, 250 frames, the FAVC is failed to run,
there was pop-up windows tell me that the AVISynth is not the latest version... blabla....

But when I looked the working folder and try to play .avs with
MPC, I can find the problem is the ffmpegsource in the line #3,
even the plugin is not used (my source is .avi files),
but if the plugin is failed to be loaded, so the script is failed to
go to next line.

I solve this problem with extracting the ffmpegsource.rar package,
complete with the additional .dll files to the "\Windows\system"
folder and "\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins" folder.

[Dkruskie]

I did several small encodes and havent encountered this problem. All with xvid avi's. FAVC is running fine here.

[Mr_Odwin]

My source is .avi (xvid).

While the diagnostic phase, 250 frames, the FAVC is failed to run,
there was pop-up windows tell me that the AVISynth is not the latest version... blabla....

But when I looked the working folder and try to play .avs with
MPC, I can find the problem is the ffmpegsource in the line #3,
even the plugin is not used (my source is .avi files),
but if the plugin is failed to be loaded, so the script is failed to
go to next line.

I solve this problem with extracting the ffmpegsource.rar package,
complete with the additional .dll files to the "\Windows\system"
folder and "\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins" folder.

I'm not sure why that happens. I've included a Kurtnoise13 build of FFMpegSource in FAVC that doesn't need the dlls (statically linked).
I'll investigate further if there are more reports of this happening.

[Xero_M]

My source is .avi (xvid).

While the diagnostic phase, 250 frames, the FAVC is failed to run,
there was pop-up windows tell me that the AVISynth is not the latest version... blabla....

But when I looked the working folder and try to play .avs with
MPC, I can find the problem is the ffmpegsource in the line #3,
even the plugin is not used (my source is .avi files),
but if the plugin is failed to be loaded, so the script is failed to
go to next line.

I solve this problem with extracting the ffmpegsource.rar package,
complete with the additional .dll files to the "\Windows\system"
folder and "\FAVC\Avisynth Plugins" folder.


I did have the same problem like ookzDVD... it did work for me to , to put ffmpegsource.rar package in windows and in favc....

[Dkruskie]

I did a quick search of my comp for FFMpegSource.dll and I already had in my windows/system32 folder. That could be why I'm not having any problems with the new version of FAVC.

[Dkruskie]

Did some more testing with 105 and 104 and I'm noticing with 105 (with hc built in or multicore of 2) there is alot flickering with the samples in predictive quantization mode. Where as in 104 there is no flickering in the samples in predictive quantization . 105 is fine with constant quantization and 2 pass variable bitrate no flickering. So I think there is a with problem is the predictive quantization in 105.

[Mr_Odwin]

What do you mean by flickering in the samples?

[Dkruskie]

Here are samples from Favc 104 and 105 both are done with predictive quantization.

http://rapidshare.com/files/78687406/Samples.rar.html

[rendez2k]

I've got serious sound issues with 1.05. The first movie I tried had very distorted sound and the second set of 3 TV programs had sound that sounded like the chipmunks! Anyone else had issues? Whats changed with the sound processing in this version?

[ookzDVD]

I just downgrade to 1.04 since it was not able to finish the encoding job, the source are 2 avi files (disc1 and disc2 xvid) the first avi finished but the second avi somehow the job was stopped at 75%.

I've already retried the job, but the result was the same. :(

I cannot monitor the exact process, since I just leave the job
at night and see the working dir at the morning. :(

[Xero_M]

I just downgrade to 1.04 since it was not able to finish the encoding job, the source are 2 avi files (disc1 and disc2 xvid) the first avi finished but the second avi somehow the job was stopped at 75%.

I've already retried the job, but the result was the same. :(

I cannot monitor the exact process, since I just leave the job
at night and see the working dir at the morning. :(


I have the same problem...will change back to 1.04...

[Mr_Odwin]

I'm currently looking into these problems (they're not ignored). :(

[rendez2k]

I think my audio problem was caused by the ffdshow audio codecs. I've reset them all and re-done the encodes and it appears to be fine. Very odd... never had an issue before!

[MR Nice]

Hi, I been using favc for sometime and it's been great until now. I have a problem it converts the avi to dvd and makes the video_ts files, Video_ts dvd moive info 0kb, vts_01_1, vts_01_2, vts_01_3, vts_01_4, but when I try to check the convertion using nero showtime, or vlc player like I always have and they worked. I now get a message saying. Sorry the folder you have selected does not contain a valid dvd-video, svcd, or vcd structure. Please use the 'Media Function to browse and play the files from this folder. I don't know if there should be another video_ts folder or not. I tried old versions of favc and new and still get the same problem, the program is great and its a shame.

[Taurus]

Hi, I been using favc for sometime and it's been great until now. I have a problem it converts the avi to dvd and makes the video_ts files, Video_ts dvd moive info 0kb, vts_01_1, vts_01_2, vts_01_3, vts_01_4, but when I try to check the convertion using nero showtime, or vlc player like I always have and they worked. I now get a message saying. Sorry the folder you have selected does not contain a valid dvd-video, svcd, or vcd structure. Please use the 'Media Function to browse and play the files from this folder. I don't know if there should be another video_ts folder or not. I tried old versions of favc and new and still get the same problem, the program is great and its a shame.

Change the DVD destination and temporary files folder to existing folders you have manually created.
My first attempts shows the same behaviour as you described.
After changing the pathes all went well. :confused::p
Good Luck.

[Taurus]

Did some more testing with 105 and 104 and I'm noticing with 105 (with hc built in or multicore of 2) there is alot flickering with the samples in predictive quantization mode. Where as in 104 there is no flickering in the samples in predictive quantization . 105 is fine with constant quantization and 2 pass variable bitrate no flickering. So I think there is a with problem is the predictive quantization in 105.

I have to confirm Mr. Dkruskie observations.....
Same happens on my side.

[MR Nice]

Taurus I tried your theory but still I get the same message not a valid dvd I think it may have something to do with ffdshow video decoder or maybe the ffdshow audio. If not that then there should be three VIDEO_TS DVD MOVIE FOLDERS As well as the 4 vst_01_4 files..

[LongGone]

Sorry if I have missed any of these questions in my searches, but...
I'm using 1.04
I find that when I select HC and convert 4:3 Pal AVI to NTSC DVD with overscan protection on or off, I end up with large borders above and below the image. Looks a lot like letterboxing. Also, though I have the encoding set to Quality, it encodes quite rapidly (of course, I'm used to Tmpgenc... :) I believe QUEnc has the same problem, except for the speed. I haven't noticed this with 16:9 video in the past.

I'm thinking the HC encoder isn't reponding properly to the batch file that's being created- is this possible?

Also, I've had (and I don't remember when, at the moment) a complete 16:9 conversion work, but the ifo file is 0 bytes, so nothing recognizes it as a DVD- I think I saw a solution for this somewhere, but I can't remember where...

All in all, a great program, otherwise- Thanks for the enormous effort!

[Xproject187]

I've been using Favc for some time without any problems other than the ones I've brought on Myself, but this time I don't think it's my fault. You see I choose 3 Avi files & a Jpg for the menu background & I've ran them thru Favc 2 times the first time with all Favc's settings at default & the second time with the Advanced Scripting Setting (Use DirectShowSource For avi files instead of AviSource) enabled
However the end product is the same,a Video_TS folder thats Missing a file http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/FavcDidItAgain.jpg I was hoping that someone here has seen this issue & could point Me to resolution
NET_Framework_v2/ Avisynth257 /FAVC_102. 1 Gig of Ram/ 250Gig SATA WD

[Mr_Odwin]

It's hard to see what's going on there. Your pic is tiny! :)

[MR Nice]

Missing Files in Video_TS Folder

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I've been using Favc for some time without any problems other than the ones I've brought on Myself, but this time I don't think it's my fault. You see I choose 3 Avi files & a Jpg for the menu background & I've ran them thru Favc 2 times the first time with all Favc's settings at default & the second time with the Advanced Scripting Setting (Use DirectShowSource For avi files instead of AviSource) enabled
However the end product is the same,a Video_TS folder thats Missing a file http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...o_TSFolder.jpg
I was hoping that someone here has seen this issue & could point Me to resolution
NET_Framework_v2/ Avisynth257 /FAVC_102. 1 Gig of Ram/ 250Gig SATA WD

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Thats the same problem I keep getting there seems to be missing VIDEO_TS MOVIE files there should be three but there is only one with the other vts_01_1, vts_01_2, vst_01_3, vst_01_4 files. I know this because I used another program and it had all the correct files at the end of the convertion only the end result when using this program is not as good quality like your program produces.

[Xproject187]

It's hard to see what's going on there. Your pic is tiny! :)
LOL That's what She said:devil:
Yeah I spent over an hour uploading Screenshots trying to get it to display larger & I think I finally got it );> http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/FavcDidItAgain.jpg
Thanx for the post Mr Nice it adds precedence/credence to My issue
PS: I upgraded to FAVC_105 & it happened again (3rd try now) I also tried replacing the missing Bup_file manualy but I guess I didn't get it rite.
NET_Framework_v2/ Avisynth257 /FAVC_105. 1 Gig of Ram/ 250Gig SATA WD

[r0lZ]

There is only one missing file: VIDEO_TS.BUP. It's a copy of VIDEO_TS.IFO. But VIDEO_TS.IFO is empty, and that's abnormal too. Trying to burn that DVD will certainly fail or produce a coaster.

[Xproject187]

Yeah I saw that the VIDEO_TS.IFO file was 0KB in size at first glance & also via IfoEdit while I was trying to create My own BUP File. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/EmptyVIDEO_TSIFOFile.jpg
The good thing is I allways burn My DVDs to Slave disc first as a sort of test or in Imgburns Test mode to ensure that I don't produce a coaster & of course ImgBurn won't even start the Burn with this set of files since it finds a problem.
Thanx for the positive input/feedback .

[MR Nice]

Here my example of the convertion problems.
http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=presentation1sr3.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ooxy7.jpg

[Mr_Odwin]

In the working folder there will be a file called MuxScript.log. Are any errors or issues reported in there?

[MR Nice]

I could find file MuxScript.log. I did the log of the convertion and you will also find the working folder to if you click on the links hope this helps.

http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=31577204uc6.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=72814364hn8.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=42556004wg0.jpg




The only other thing that happens when I click generate to start the conversion ffdshow message come's up asking me to use ffdshow video decoder and ffdshow audio decoder if I dont select yes to use the video and audio decoders favc will not work. Also when I clicked advanced setting in favc directshow for Avi file box is not ticked and all the other box's in advanced scripting are not ticked. I did try ticking the directshow avi box but it made no difference at the end of the conversion.


http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=15744081ov9.jpg

http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lastie0.jpg

lasty the working folder.

http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=workingfolderup7.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mugn1.jpg

Thats all I have of the muxlog because when the conversion is complete the working folder is empty.

[Mr_Odwin]

Please paste all of the text contents from the MuxScript text document into a post on here.
(Last image.)

[MR Nice]

I know it says the log in c:/muxscript.log I looked and cannot find it I have two hard drives favc folder with the program in is on my c: drive and the destanation folder and working folder are on the d:/ drive. I tried to save some more of the muxscript but like I said before when the conversion is complete it automatically deletes that file so I had to screen print it before it emptyed the folder this is all I have.

http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=82907145em7.jpg

[Mr_Odwin]

Reduce the maximum bitrate to 8000, or lower if there are still problems.

[Xproject187]

In the working folder there will be a file called MuxScript.log. Are any errors or issues reported in there?
I've been unable to find this MuxScript.log since My install of Favc is/was set to delete the working files (My Bad)
I'll have to change that setting & run it again just to get to the log,but prior to doing so I'll Reduce the maximum bitrate to 8000 as You instructed. But to be honest with You I think it default's at 8000
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/FavcSettings1.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/FavcSettings2.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/FavcSettings3.jpg
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http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/FavcSettings5.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/FavcSettings6.jpg

[Xproject187]

Even though I received No errors during the Favc process, I did a Google on the No useable audio found for PGC & I was wondering if the issue I'm seeing has something to do with the pcthreadGC2.dll "again ?"
Thank You very much for Your time & support.


MuxMan version 0.15R
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Accepted audio C:\Documents and Settings\Xproject187\My Documents\Working Folder 0\Title2.ac3
Accepted image C:\Documents and Settings\Xproject187\My Documents\Working Folder 0\Background000000.bmp
Opened sub 1 file C:\Documents and Settings\Xproject187\My Documents\Working Folder 0\Menu.sst.
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22:33:01 Begin multiplex VTS02.
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22:36:48 Begin multiplex VTS03.
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Reference to non-existant scene "Seg3_Scn21" from PGC "VTS03_Ttn1_Pgc1"

[MR Nice]

Reduce the maximum bitrate to 8000, or lower if there are still problems. I did lowering the birtrate but the result was still the same. My theory is it could be something else I have installed that could be clashing with favc. I do use d2mp which coverts avi to dvd but I dont think it would clash with favc because d2mp and favc were both working fine until now, also I have a few versions of fame network installed but some are just dates.

[Mr_Odwin]

Even though I received No errors during the Favc process, I did a Google on the No useable audio found for PGC & I was wondering if the issue I'm seeing has something to do with the pcthreadGC2.dll "again ?"
Thank You very much for Your time & support.


MuxMan version 0.15R
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Accepted video C:\Documents and Settings\Xproject187\My Documents\Working Folder 0\Title0.m2v size = 1376025099
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I see the problem. FAVC has tried to set a chapter point after the end of the third file and Muxman is rejecting it.

Can you give me a screenshot of gspot/mediainfo with this file?

[Xproject187]

Allways glad to receive Your help,heres the jpg of the 3rd avi.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/Gspot3.jpg
PS:
Overnight I ran Favc again & this time I tried changing alot of the settings as per instructions I'd found/read in this very thread(pg.22-26) I selected the HC Encoder instead of QuEnc Encoder & then I replaced the pthreadGC2.dll & I lowered the Bitrate to 7000 as well as switching the Audio settings to
'Encode as Usual". I switched the AC3 Encoder to QuEnc rather than Aften & I even disabled the Pulldown.

Woke up this morning & still no joy, but I do have that Muxscript log if You need it?.

[MR Nice]

Xproject187, do you have AC3Filter audio codec installed on your pc? favc is working for me it just did not like the avi file I wanted to convert so I tried another avi and it woked fine the menu come on and the dvd worked. The avi file you are trying to convert to dvd, try a program called svcd2dvd the demo is free and it lets you convert your avi to dvd at least by trying it you can see if the file will convert. My theory on favc is it just did not like the avi. I checked the conversion that I did with the avi file favc did not like, it would play the video files when I selected one of them using nero or vlc player it just would not create the menu or the other 3 Video_ts files and I still don't know why.

[Mr_Odwin]

Allways glad to receive Your help,heres the jpg of the 3rd avi.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/Gspot3.jpg
PS:
Overnight I ran Favc again & this time I tried changing alot of the settings as per instructions I'd found/read in this very thread(pg.22-26) I selected the HC Encoder instead of QuEnc Encoder & then I replaced the pthreadGC2.dll & I lowered the Bitrate to 7000 as well as switching the Audio settings to
'Encode as Usual". I switched the AC3 Encoder to QuEnc rather than Aften & I even disabled the Pulldown.

Woke up this morning & still no joy, but I do have that Muxscript log if You need it?.

The pic indicates that the file is 1:40:06 long and FAVC is trying to put a chapter point at 1:40:00. This shouldn't be a problem, unless somehow the time of the m2v doesn't match.
Can you now please post a screenshot of the generated title2.m2v in gspot? Thanks in advance.

[Xproject187]

The pic indicates that the file is 1:40:06 long and FAVC is trying to put a chapter point at 1:40:00. This shouldn't be a problem, unless somehow the time of the m2v doesn't match.
Can you now please post a screenshot of the generated title2.m2v in gspot? Thanks in advance.

After 5 attemps to process the 3-avi's I had 5 working folders @ 4.GB each & once I read Your last post I'd decided to throw em all out just yesterday in apprehension of a work-around (My Bad). So I'll need to process em again & that will take another 4 hours so please bare with Me."Sorry Bout That !"
PS:Mr_Odwin this might be pertinent
Even though it's never caused a problem before,I use a tool named SolveigMM Video Splitter http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&id=VideoSplitter
it allows Me to cut off the ending credits & then I check for sync issues with AVIMux_GUI http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/divx__ac3.htm
I'll post a screenshot of the generated title2.m2v in gspot ASAP!

[Mr_Odwin]

That may indeed be pertinent. If somehow this means an incorrect length is reported to FAVC, it could possibly try to assign chapters to a time that doesn't exist. This would then cause Muxman to error out when the generated m2v doesn't have the same length.

You can use Virtualdub to cut off end credits from avi files. Just select and cut the frames you don't want then use Direct Stream copy as the video compression, source audio as the audio and save as a new avi.

[Xproject187]

Mr_Odwin I apoligize for taking so much of Your time with yet another error brought about by Myself,but You see because I've used the same tools & steps to make so many other compilations "without issue" I didn't think it could have been anything I had done. However once You said that Favc was reporting a file as one size & I knew I'd cut it down,thats when it rung a bell. So I'll start from scratch but this time I'll run Favc without cutting the avi's.
Thanx for the walk-thru of Virtualdub

[Dmp]

Just a quick message, been using FAVC for about a week, Mr_Odwin, great great great GREAT work, thanks a lot for this amazing tool. :D

[Xproject187]

Well of course needless to say it worked! :) http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/Xproject187/PC%20Pix/VIDEO_TSRedone.jpg
Yep all 3 avi files untouched in any way were processed by Favc without a problem. But I do find it kinda bothersome that after so many compilations in wich I've used exactly the same steps & tools failed to produce this issue even once in the past,but then again I guess this could be considered "that once" huh? None the less I owe You Thanx Mr.Odwin for helping Me thru Yet another issue brought about by Myself!:devil:
~Good Day~

[MilesAhead]

I don't think this is a flaw in FAVC but in case anyone runs into it, I thought I'd mention something I experienced. I had some divx5 .avi files to convert to dvd. 3 files with the only difference being that one had .mp3 audio instead of ac3. The one with the .mp3 audio wanted to process at around 12 fps per instance of QuEnc on my dual core machine when the normal speed is about 50+ per QuEnc instance.

I tried using HC instead, same slow performance. Just for chuckles I uninstalled the divx codec on my Vista machine, and bingo!! 50+ fps per QuEnc instance like usual. Strange!!! The same thing happened when I backed down to FAVC 1.04 so something was weird with the divx codec that didn't like .mp3 audio being there!

The other weird thing was that DVD Flick worked normally. Maybe flick uses its own decoding or something. Just FYI if anyone runs into slow processing on divx5 sources.

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC 1.06 released - info and links in first post.

[Dkruskie]

Thanks Mr_Odin for the update..testing it right now :)

[Taurus]

Thanks Mr_Odin for the update..testing it right now :)

I can second this :thanks:

@Dkruskie: Mr_Odwin is not the germanic god -> Odin :rolleyes::p

[Dkruskie]

I can second this :thanks:

@Dkruskie: Mr_Odwin is not the germanic god -> Odin :rolleyes::p

:lol:

didnt even realize my typo:rolleyes: when I posted.

[MR Nice]

FAVC 1.06 released - info and links in first post.

What changes have been made to this new version Favc?
in the future will there be any chance of beening able to play around with the menu creation a bit more like change the font size or the colour of the font when you place your own background picture in?

[Mr_Odwin]

What changes have been made to this new version Favc?
in the future will there be any chance of beening able to play around with the menu creation a bit more like change the font size or the colour of the font when you place your own background picture in?

Information about the new release is in the first post of this thread. Your menu creation requests may be implemented in the future.

[MR Nice]

cool mr odwin thanks again for your great program keep up the good work I am very greatful for the time you put into this program its been the best one around for converting 23.976 to 25.

[ricardo.santos]

Hi! thanks for the new version.

I have a question about DGPulldown in FAVC. When converting a long file to dvd FAVC spends a lot of time on that step, there's a option not to run it. In which circumstances should i not enable it?

from what i read on this page:
http://neuron2.net/dgpulldown/dgpulldown.html

when converting from pal to pal it isnt needed, should i disable it? so far i never had any playback problems with leaving it enabled.

Most of my encodes are from pal to pal.

Thanks

[rendez2k]

Can someone remind me what the different HC modes do - so the difference between constant quant and predictive in terms of function, quality and speed? If I use constant, what kind of value do I need to use?

[Mr_Odwin]

Hi! thanks for the new version.

I have a question about DGPulldown in FAVC. When converting a long file to dvd FAVC spends a lot of time on that step, there's a option not to run it. In which circumstances should i not enable it?

from what i read on this page:
http://neuron2.net/dgpulldown/dgpulldown.html

when converting from pal to pal it isnt needed, should i disable it? so far i never had any playback problems with leaving it enabled.

Most of my encodes are from pal to pal.

Thanks

For PAL to PAL pulldown shouldn't be used. FAVC should determine that it is not needed. In other cases it will save bitrate. Don't enable it if you prefer frame blending to pulldown when doing framerate conversions.

Can someone remind me what the different HC modes do - so the difference between constant quant and predictive in terms of function, quality and speed? If I use constant, what kind of value do I need to use?

Try this post:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1030136#post1030136

[rendez2k]

Thanks Mr Odwin

1. What kind of quant value should I be using? Whats the difference between say 1 and 4?

2. You say in 1.06 that you improved HC Predictive Quantization Algorithm - does this mean sizing is now more accurate?

[Dkruskie]

Finished my tests. 12 tests in all, and they all came out perfectly.

[vulture56]

Mr Odwin,
I am trying to use for the first time this software, but every moment I try to make a conversion, this errors happens:

Generally this problem occurs when the correct version of Avisynth (v.256a or greater)...

I have downloaded and installed this version of Avysinth. I saw that 'magicclue' had the same problem, and you said it might be beacuse of foreing language caracthers, bbut it's not the case here. I tried 5 videos, and all of them had the same problem.
I am from Brazil, and my windows is Brazilian, but there are no foreign caracthers at the files.

Thanks in advance.

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,:)

As usual THANKS A Bunch for the GREAT Freeware.:thanks:

Just a Q ... since I have been away for awhile and did not download v1.05 ... where in the world, can I get a copy of it!?!? I am just a junkie for "software" versions.

Thanks,

G!;)

[Taurus]

Try this: http://download.videohelp.com/favc/
Old Versions......

[wg]

Is it possible to create a widescreen menu with FAVC?

Thanks in advance.

[Mr_Odwin]

Not currently. But you can alter all the generated files of FAVC yourself to do this. Just read up on the cli of Batchmux and look at the Batchmux inis generated by FAVC to get an idea on how to do it.

[gonwk]

Hi Taurus,:)

THANKS!

G!:thanks:

[vulture56]

Mr Odwin,
I am trying to use for the first time this software, but every moment I try to make a conversion, this errors happens:

Generally this problem occurs when the correct version of Avisynth (v.256a or greater)...

I have downloaded and installed this version of Avysinth. I saw that 'magicclue' had the same problem, and you said it might be beacuse of foreing language caracthers, bbut it's not the case here. I tried 5 videos, and all of them had the same problem.
I am from Brazil, and my windows is Brazilian, but there are no foreign caracthers at the files.

Thanks in advance.

[Mr_Odwin]

Do you have the correct codecs installed to play these files?

[marioval]

I hate to ask such a stupid question but I just encoded an avi to dvd using favc with quenc. It came out horrible so I want to look at the log file but I don't see one. I looked in the output folder as I selected to not delete the finished files. I looked in the quenc folder where favc.exe resides. I looked in application data in documents and settings. Nothing. Where are the logs??

[Mr_Odwin]

There is no log file. The title.bat file shows the exact process gone through to create the dvd folder.

[marioval]

Does that window go away on its own when conversion is done?

[patelsiraj1]

Hi all...
I am a Big Fan of FAVC. Its a Great Piece of Software.
One thing i think missing is that when i select vcd resolution and after that when i select subtitles in DVD options tab, it defaults back to Full D1 resolution.The Half D1 resolution and VCD resolution remains greyed out. It would be Great if Mr.Odwin can allow the subtitles in VCD resolution and Half d1 resolution in the next version.Thanx in Advance....

[marioval]

Sorry but back to my previous topic. How can I see how long my conversion is taking if there is no log? I want to compare speed and quality to other apps.

[Mr_Odwin]

Manually time it, or edit the title.bat batch file yourself to create some sort of timestamp.

[MilesAhead]

I'd like to request an enhancement for the Temporary Files Folder and Destination DVD Folder. If the folder name is . (dot or some other wildcard symbol.. perhaps '*') then create the folders inside the folder containing the source file(s).

If I do several conversions then later I have to preview the flicks or look through the temp files to remember which one is which. Creating the output folders in the source folder would be a nice alternative. (I know I could set it manually but using a wildcard I could just leave the setting as the default.)

[vulture56]

Do you have the correct codecs installed to play these files?

Yeah, I guess so. I have some codec packs here, like K-Lite Mega.
I never had problems with codecs. I can't figure out what is going on.

[bmnot]

I posted on the video help forum because this isn't necessarily a bug and at the time the this forum was down. But I haven't had any response.

Here is my post (http://forum.videohelp.com/topic345383.html)

I do hope you can help.

[bmnot]

Just to let you know FAVC worked fully with all files (playable DVD). When I first wanted to convert my video file I chose not to use ImgBurn because I didn't have any disks at the time. I chose to use ImgBurn this time and it burnt to disk and all worked fine.

[bmnot]

I just tried to convert another video, same specifications again (720p.hdtv.x264 1.7gb .mkv video file), now this time FAVC did not generate a full DVD again.

Does anyone have any explanation for this? Quite frustrating as it takes around 3-4 hours to convert so it's not something I can quickly retry.

[Mr_Odwin]

Try reducing the maximum bitrate to something conservative like 7000, or even lower.

[bmnot]

I choose 'Quality' in the HC options 'optimized presents'.
Time isn't an issue. Quality over anything in my books. What will lowering the maximum bit-rate from 8000 to 7000 do and will it be noticeable? Also I crank up the AC3 bit-rate to 480. first time I tried it was on default, didn't work then anyway either.

Thank you for the response. I'll try that next time.

[locotus]

Hi, I was tryng to put 3 avis in one DVD, but the program set te average bitrate to 50, the result dvd, as you could imagine, was terrible. As far as I could guess so low bitrate could be considerer teoretically wrong. Perhaps I my self create the problem doing some codecs reinstall. But, anyhow seems to me that so low bitrate should be confirm before the process begin.

[Taurus]

Hi, I was tryng to put 3 avis in one DVD
Hmmh, how about some details about the duration of your avis?
Maybe you are trying to squeeze a bunch of hours of playback into one poor DVD?:p

[locotus]

Taurus:
Total playtime =05:10, 2 of them old b&w.

[Taurus]

Taurus:
Total playtime =05:10, 2 of them old b&w.
5h10m ?
To make this fit on DVD, you have to use a more modern codec like x264.
With mpeg2 you will get this:
If the sources are old, flickering and noisy you will get by chance one avi per one dvd in desirable quality.
Maybe you should try half D1 or VCD Quality if yuo are really in need to squeeze 5 hours of video into it.
And maybe lower the audio bitrate.

[locotus]

I get your point Taurus, but nevertheless, 50 as avr bitrate is not adecaute for any quality.

[Taurus]

I get your point Taurus, but nevertheless, 50 as avr bitrate is not adecaute for any quality.
That's sad and true:confused:
But without some samples and more infos on your workflow,
there is no chance to help or we might need a crystal ball:p

[Poopoo]

Hi there, is there an option to position the subtitles lower ?

Right now they're being drawn above the back borders. ConvertXtoDVD can properly position them inside the low black border, and they look nicer too.

[Mr_Odwin]

You can adjust the FAVC profiles in Subtitle Creator to your taste.
(Open Subtitle Creator from the FAVC folder and adjust the profiles via the profile menu.)

[r0lZ]

You can also use Jeanl's DVDSubEdit on the finished DVD to modify the subpics positions, colors, transparency, etc... Give it a try, it's an excellent (free) program!

[Poopoo]

Thanks rOlz, But i'll first try Mr_Odwin tip, i prefer making the adjust default so I don't have to edit with DVDSubEdit every time.

Mr_Odwin,

I see that there are 11 profiles, How do I know which one FAVC will use ?

TIA!

[ricardo.santos]

my 2 cents:

changing the subs position is in y opinion better done with dvdsubedit, there are 2.35.1 and 1.78.1 widscreen ratios, it will lok fine on one but not that good on the other.....

been there....

have a go with dvdsubedit

[Mr_Odwin]

The FAVC profiles are all prefixed with "FAVC".

[PINOBIRD]

Thank you for coding this excellent program, Mr_Odwin.
Works like a charm here.

[bmnot]

Thank you for coding this excellent program, Mr_Odwin.
Works like a charm here.
_____________________________

[bmnot]

I converted a 720p.BluRay.x264 mkv file but I can't hear any audio.

I'd greatly appreciate feed back.

[Adub]

Where did you get this mkv?

[Poopoo]

Hi, I suddenly have this problem with FAVC 1.0.6

Untill recently, this tool created a perfect DVD image, looking like this :


VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB

But now, all of a sudden it always produces this, it forgets creating IFO and BUP files, cannot play them on the PC and also not on a standalone.


VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB

Please, what could have gone wrong here ? :confused:

[marioval]

I'll be glad to provide and info needed if there is no cut and dry answer to my problem. I use favc 105 and it works wonderfully. I use HCenc with 2 cores and the "best" profile. I also add overscan border. Sometimes I add chapters and sometimes I dont. I keep the max bitrate at default 8000. Sometimes I use subtitles sometimes I dont. My problem is when I tried to use v106 with all the same settings. v105 output is fantastic but v106 output is very bad, unwatchable in fact. Was there any major changed from 105 to 106 that could have caused this? I am using avisynth 2.57a and .NET 2.0. If needed I will provide screenshots of the same project encoded with 105 and 106 so you can see the difference.

[Taurus]

I get your point Taurus, but nevertheless, 50 as avr bitrate is not adecaute for any quality.

Hi, I suddenly have this problem with FAVC 1.0.6

Untill recently, this tool created a perfect DVD image, looking like this :


VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB

But now, all of a sudden it always produces this, it forgets creating IFO and BUP files, cannot play them on the PC and also not on a standalone.


VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB

Please, what could have gone wrong here ? :confused:
My problem is when I tried to use v106 with all the same settings. v105 output is fantastic but v106 output is very bad, unwatchable in fact. Was there any major changed from 105 to 106 that could have caused this?

The same here @ some compilations. :confused: :mad:
Switched back to v104 and everything went smooth.

Ok, I can see you are online, Mr_Odwin, thanks anyway for your great tool!

[Mr_Odwin]

Hi, I suddenly have this problem with FAVC 1.0.6

Untill recently, this tool created a perfect DVD image, looking like this :


VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB

But now, all of a sudden it always produces this, it forgets creating IFO and BUP files, cannot play them on the PC and also not on a standalone.


VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB

Please, what could have gone wrong here ? :confused:

Try lowering the maximum bitrate (it's most likely a spike causing muxman to fail). This should be fixed with newer versions of HC.
There'll be a new version out soon that should address this.

I'll be glad to provide and info needed if there is no cut and dry answer to my problem. I use favc 105 and it works wonderfully. I use HCenc with 2 cores and the "best" profile. I also add overscan border. Sometimes I add chapters and sometimes I dont. I keep the max bitrate at default 8000. Sometimes I use subtitles sometimes I dont. My problem is when I tried to use v106 with all the same settings. v105 output is fantastic but v106 output is very bad, unwatchable in fact. Was there any major changed from 105 to 106 that could have caused this? I am using avisynth 2.57a and .NET 2.0. If needed I will provide screenshots of the same project encoded with 105 and 106 so you can see the difference.

Are you using predictive quantisation with HC? This may be the cause as there was a bug in the most recent version of HC. Try using two pass instead.

[marioval]

yes I use 2-pass, not predictive.

[Poopoo]

Hi, I suddenly have this problem with FAVC 1.0.6

Untill recently, this tool created a perfect DVD image, looking like this :


VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB

But now, all of a sudden it always produces this, it forgets creating IFO and BUP files, cannot play them on the PC and also not on a standalone.


VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB

Please, what could have gone wrong here ? :confused:

EDIT: Just to add some observations, it only happens when converting a DivX encoded AVI. When the HC encoding starts, the Divx tray icon appears as long as the encoding is going.
Image:
http://i31.tinypic.com/28v4o5s.jpg

EDIT 2: Some Divx files convert correctly, I have the same problem with 2 DivX conversions, so to conclude it's all about Divx but not ALL of them.

EDIT 3 : Small glitch? When during an encoding, you switch the "Shutdown" option in FAVC, it doesn't have any effect, it seems it only checks the value at encoding start, and changing it during an encode has no effect.

EDIT 4 : I contacted the author of HCEnc, and he told me HCEnc has nothing to do with that, it only generates an m2v file, the problem is clearly in the last step : BatchMux !

Try lowering the maximum bitrate (it's most likely a spike causing muxman to fail). This should be fixed with newer versions of HC.
There'll be a new version out soon that should address this.


I lowered the max bitrate from 8000 to 7000 and now it works ! :)
Could that be fixed soon ?

Tia !

[marioval]

I lowered my max bitrate from the default 8000 to 6000 and that solved my v106 problem

[Brent.M]

I lowered the bit-rate to 7000 and then tried 6000 but it still missed files out. But I don't understand how doing that would do anything?

I have to merge the vob files together with VobMerge and use TDA3 to create a DVD :'(

The video is 720p.hdtv.x264 matroska file is that has anything to do with anything. Does FAVC not Handle high quality video very well?

[Poopoo]

I just tried to convert an MKV, and AVS2AVI gave a bunch of errors, and the conversion stopped abruptly.

Using ConvertXtoDVD it works perfectly, even though there were errors in the original MKV.

AVS2AVI v1.39 (c) 2002-2004:
Christophe Paris, David Leatherdale, int21h, Moitah
http://www.avs2avi.org/

[matroska @ 0249D018]Ignoring seekhead entry for ID=0x1549a966
[matroska @ 0249D018]Ignoring seekhead entry for ID=0x1654ae6b
[matroska @ 0249D018]Ignoring seekhead entry for ID=0x114d9b74
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown entry 0x7373 in metadata header
[matroska @ 0249D018]Ignoring seekhead entry for ID=0x1941a469
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown entry 0x73a4 in info header
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x55aa - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x23314f - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x55ee - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0xaa - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x55aa - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x23314f - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x55ee - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0xaa - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x55aa - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x23314f - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0x55ee - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown track header entry 0xaa - ignoring
[matroska @ 0249D018]Unknown matroska file header ID 0x1941a469

[Mr_Odwin]

Try remuxing the mkv with mkvtoolnix.

[Poopoo]

Try remuxing the mkv with mkvtoolnix.

Hi Mr Odwin, I did, the result stayed the same, same error messages, encoding aborted.

[MilesAhead]

For those who would like an easy way to set the FAVC DVD Output folder, I wrote a little AutoIt3 script to hack the .ini file, then launch
FAVC.exe. You need AutoIt3 to compile the script, but it's free. Here's a link to the script:
http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=65586

[MR Nice]

Hi, Mr Odwin, I have a problem everytime I try to convert some avi files with favc I get this error message.

[img=http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3111/favcex1.th.jpg] (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=favcex1.jpg)

[jdycus]

When I try to use FAVC and Henc, I get to the point of burn, and then get this IMG Burn window which says: "Fix VTS Sectors Failed! Reason: could not find VIDEO_TS.BUP file. Do you want to continue anyway". When I look in the saved folder, there is no VIDEO_TS.BUP file and the ISO file is 0 bytes.

[Xproject187]

Hey Mr.Odwin:
I recently tried running an AVI thru Favc 2 times & both times the outcome's the same,!Good Sound But Very Narrow Dimensions! even if I change the setting (Use DirectShowSource For avi files instead of AviSource) "enabled"
The file plays fine in MPC "Good Sound & Normal Size" but after running it thru Favc & creating an ISO via IMGBurn it's as if it's been changed to Letterbox but twice as narrow. Now don't get Me wrong I like Letterbox but this is ridiculuosly small.
I ran it again only this time all by it's self & saved the Muxscript file incase it helps:
------- ------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------- ----------- ------------ ---------- ------------ -----
PS: I found another version of the avi file & ran it thru Favc & all turned out fine

[FrenziedMuffin]

I have encountered the same problem with the DVD not compiling right after everything is encoded.

Here is the solution that worked for me so far and I've done about 4 DVD's since I discovered it and they all work fine.

First I tried to lower the bitrate but I found that even with very low rates it would still not compile. I then thought it might be an issue with HC so I switched to QuEnc and set my bitrate to 7000. So far I havnt had a DVD not compile with these settings. Hope that helps!

It looks like there might be a bug with HC?

[jdycus]

Yes, I tried Qenc as well and didn't have the problem, but I wasn't very happy with the quality. Lowering the bitrate in HC didn't solve my problem either.

[syntagma]

I know this has been asked before in this thread, but I still can't get it to work.

Can someone tell me how I can adjust the position of subtitles when using FAVC? I have tried all kinds of settings in the subtitle creator (and saved the templates), but still the result is the same. Please tell me (step by step) how I can adjust the position of subtitles.

Thanks in advance!

[FrenziedMuffin]

I know this has been asked before in this thread, but I still can't get it to work.

Can someone tell me how I can adjust the position of subtitles when using FAVC? I have tried all kinds of settings in the subtitle creator (and saved the templates), but still the result is the same. Please tell me (step by step) how I can adjust the position of subtitles.

Thanks in advance!

I also tried saving the profiles via the subtitle program but I found that after closing the program it would default back to FAVC's settings even if you saved over the template or even made new template with the same name.

Here is how you do it at least this is how I did it and I can give you the numbers I used so you dont have to test yourself.

Go to FAVC folder > SubtitleCreator > Data
Open Profiles.xml in notepad
Scroll down to the two NTFC ones (if your using PAL I cant help you on the positions sorry)

For those you will see something like this:

<Profile Name="FAVC NTSC 4:3">
<Font Name="Trebuchet MS" Size="18" Style="Bold" Outline="5" />
<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="380" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="FAVC NTSC 16:9">
<Font Name="Trebuchet MS" Size="18" Style="Bold" Outline="5" />
<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="380" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />

Ok, so here is where you can change font, font size, style, border outline. The setting you see up top are my settings and I find them to work the best for my subtitles. The font I use is something I found online recommended to me for this very use and it works good (the font isnt rough it looks smooth). If you dont have my font I'm told that Verdana also works very well for subtitles.

Save the xml file and now you can open up the subtitle program to view the profiles they should be changed. It's pretty hard to tell via the program though you kind of have to do a convert and burn to see if it looks good on your TV.

Good Luck.

-------------

I also have a question though not one concerning FAVC totally but what is the AVS command FAVC uses for adding in the TV Overscan borders? I would like to increase the border size using the advanced tab if that is possible (pretty sure it is) if someone could point me in the right direction for the command it would be much appreciated thanks.

[Xproject187]

The idx1.file located within an avi container indexes/lists/reports all Chunks dynamics that are located within that avi container.
Then I cut the credits off of the beginning & the ending of the movie,resulting in an avi thats missing(for the lack of better words) Cells/K-Frames.Now I have a avi who's idx1.file indexes/lists/reports it as containing X amount of data,but the only problem is it's no longer there, because I cut it off ! No problem when it comes to playback on MPC but when I launch Favc one of the tools(MuxMan "I think") located therein won't complile corretly so in short it's the avi that's the offender Not Favc/MuxMan nor any of the compilation of tools for that matter!
But my question is this:
How can I cut out the credits & have the idx1.file correspond with the new file size so Favc can work with the edited avi ?
Or is there a tool that will "I guess" decompile & recompile the avi container & fix the idx1.file,or is there a way to edit the idx1.file so as to index/list/report the new file size correctly,thus allowing Favc/Muxman to work with the edited avi ? Because getting another version of the offending avi is not allways an option,plus when one is placing 3 avi's & a menu onto a DVD-5 cutting the begining & ending credits off of all 3 avi's can yeild in excess of 300MB which can go to video quality rather than credits.
Excuse this Noob if there's allready a tool/work-around for removing credits from an avi that doesn't offend Favc & it's compilation!
But it sure would be nice if there was a tool kinda like AVIMux_GUI that one could just run it thru &
Badda-Bing-Badda-Bang-Badd-Boom Forget About It!
~X~

[Xproject187]

Mr.Odwin not to come off like I know squat about this stuff :confused: "cause I don't" but after doing some reading on the MuxScript error Reference to non-existant scene "Seg3_Scn13" from PGC "VTS03_Ttn1_Pgc1
I can't help but ask: could PGCDemux be to blame for My errors rather than a damaged avi ?
I investigated a bit further and found that its not a problem with muxman, its the celltimes.txt created by PGCdemux (hello, jsoto). its creating an extra reference for chapters. for eg. in my case I had only 52 chapters in the source DVD but 53 entries in the celltimes.txt. I removed the last entry and there it was, muxed without an error.
PS: Thanks for an excellent program!

[shadowhaze]

I've used FAVC many times over the past couple years without any problems, but now I get a wavi error when I try to encoded more than one file at a time (see attached pic). If I close out of the error, everything proceeds as normal (pulldown, next file video encode, etc.). At first, I subsituted wavi v1.05 for 1.06 since the previous FAVC versions used it and worked fine. At first that seemed to work for single files, but now I'm getting the same error whether I encode one or several avis. The weird thing is that if I modify the title.bat file to just encoded audio & mux (the video's already encoded properly), I can encode audio. It's only when I go through the normal process. As it stands, I have to start FAVC, quickly modify the title.bat while HC runs to encode video & pulldown & then use a modified title.bat to encode audio & mux separately after the video encode & pulldown have finished.

Everything else on my PC works fine. Any thoughts???

Apart from that, there's one other thing I've noticed. In this case, I'm not sure if it's an FAVC issue or HC encoder. Although FAVC has a menu option, I still like to use GUIforDVDAuthor ("GUI"). It's been fine up until the latest version of FAVC which allows for mult-thread HC encoding (GREAT feature :thanks:). Now when I select the vob file in GUI, I get a warning about time codes. The scr time is correct, but the gop time is exactly 1/2 of the scr time. It's no big deal since GUI uses the scr time, but I thought you might want to know.

As always, thanks Mr_Odwin for a great program. There's so much flexibility (aviscripts, hardsubs, etc.), yet it is very easy to use.

[Xproject187]

After Much reading I decided that the incomplete Video_TS Folder I've been seeing is due to a damaged asset,or more precisely the IDX file located within.
You see it(the IDX file) list's KeyFrames(KFrames) that for one reason or another aren't there anymore. And of course there are a number of tools that will fix the IDX file issue, For instance here's one http://www.videohelp.com/tools/DivFix So anyway I took one of the avi's that's caused Favc to render a empty/incomplete Video_TS Folder in the past & I gave it a try.

I launched VirtualDub & placed a check mark in the option (ASK FOR EXTENDED OPTIONS AFTER THIS DIALOG) then I navigated to My problematic avi.
Once the extended options window opened up I selected to put a checkmark into the task "REDERIVE KEYFRAME FLAGS" & after about 15 minutes it was done so then I selected Direct Stream Copy from both the video/audio drop down menu & selected to save as an avi.
Then I ran the 3 avi files thru Favc & found that it rendered a complete Video_TS Folder ImgBurn ready.
Hope this helps.

[45tripp]

could you add an aspect range,
probably 1.55-1.75,
which will be pillarboxed and encoded to 16/9,
either optional or as the standard.

currently, anything under 1.75 dar get's a 4/3 letterbox treatment.


thanks

[MR Nice]

Hi, Mr Odwin I hope your still around I think your program is great and I have not had that many problems with it. I managed to sort out my problem me self. shadowhaze regarding your menu GUIforDVDAuthor, I use Favc to convert me avi's then when the vobs are created I use nero vision and delete only the menu favc created not the other vobs I retitled them ep 1, ep2 ect, then with the newest version of nero vision I can add a trimmed section of the avi for my new menu using a program called SolveigMM AVI Trimmer it will not effect the original avi so you can pretty much trimm any section you want then add it to nero vision. Once you have added your new menu click next it will then smart encode, it won't redo the vobs it will only add your new menu, it runs though the process fast then your done. Ive created some really great menu's this way and its fast and also very easy to do.

[alvarez]

Hello,

I've used FAVC many times over the past couple years without any problems, but now I get a wavi error when I try to encoded more than one file at a time (see attached pic).

Based on the nice error message, something seems to go wrong inside DirectShow - Wavi opens the AviSynth script, then AviSynth opens the media file using DirectShow, and deep inside there something goes wrong. You say that when you encode audio separately, it works fine - then maybe some poorly designed codec runs into trouble when opening multiple files the same time.

Have a nice day,

[shadowhaze]

Hello,

Based on the nice error message, something seems to go wrong inside DirectShow - Wavi opens the AviSynth script, then AviSynth opens the media file using DirectShow, and deep inside there something goes wrong. You say that when you encode audio separately, it works fine - then maybe some poorly designed codec runs into trouble when opening multiple files the same time.

Have a nice day,

:thanks: for the reply. I reinstalled the codecs (along with FAVC & Avisynth) and now Wavi works fine (but there's a new problem - see below). BTW, I use K-Lite Full Codec pack w/ "Lots of Stuff" installation". I've been using it with this installation configuration for a long time w/o any problems until now. I'm open to suggestions if you think there's a better codec pack or installation method.

Now, I can't get multicoreenc to work with HC. :mad:. This happened before I made any software changes/reinstallation. When I try to run HC w/ two threads (cores), the first section "part A" will work (HC screen shows encoding progress, frame rate, etc.), but the second section "part B" gets stuck on the opening screen (i.e. there's no frames being processed). In addition, The "part A" title cache (in the working folder) is the correct size (1/2 the file size), but the "part B" title cache is only 240kb or so. I can use two threads for QuEnc.

**After uninstalling AviSynth, my codec pack & FAVC, cleaning reg keys & re-installing them - everything now works. :D:D:D I still have no idea what went wrong since I made zero changes to my software other than the usual anti-virus/spyware updates. If you have some weird problems like I did, you might want to try uninstalling/reg clean (BE CAREFUL w/this)/reinstalling your codecs/avisynth & favc.

shadowhaze regarding your menu GUIforDVDAuthor, I use Favc to convert me avi's then when the vobs are created I use nero vision and delete only the menu favc created not the other vobs I retitled them ep 1, ep2 ect, then with the newest version of nero vision I can add a trimmed section of the avi for my new menu using a program called SolveigMM AVI Trimmer it will not effect the original avi so you can pretty much trimm any section you want then add it to nero vision. Once you have added your new menu click next it will then smart encode, it won't redo the vobs it will only add your new menu, it runs though the process fast then your done. Ive created some really great menu's this way and its fast and also very easy to do.

I agree that Nero Vision's a great way to create menus (very easy), but I only have Nero Vision Express 3 that came with Nero 6. I used to create menus with it, but it seemed to alter the vobs (there's no set option to skip encoding). That's why I moved to GUIforDVDAuthor. What version of Nero/Vision are you using? Vision 4 or 5 might be better built and able to handle authoring only. If I was wrong about Vision Express 3, then I'd definitely try it again.

I haven't tried changing the vob file names so I'll do that once I get everything running again (*mutters short prayer*). Do you need to change the .ifo & .bup file names to match the .vob file? What about the "Video_TS" .ifo & bup files -> delete those right?

Thanks again for replies and to Mr_Odwin as well.

[MR Nice]

I purchased nero 8 you click on nero vision, it then lets you add the vobs, next you can remove the favc menu and create your own menu, you can then either add a jpeg or a trimm clip from your avi so you can add video to your menu which I must say looks cool. It dont re-encode the vobs with this version of nero it just adds your new menu you created. When you start the en-codeing it does something called smart encoding. hope this helps

[shimrob]

I have used this great program of yours a few times: favc 1.06
It really has helped me a lot.
My question is which encoder is better, the QuEnc or the HC?
I tried them both in the highest quality and if I can remember correctly the Quenc took much longer, and the quality looked the same as the quicker HC one.
I thank you in advance for your help.

Sincerely,

Shim

[shadowhaze]

I have used this great program of yours a few times: favc 1.06
It really has helped me a lot.
My question is which encoder is better, the QuEnc or the HC?
I tried them both in the highest quality and if I can remember correctly the Quenc took much longer, and the quality looked the same as the quicker HC one.
I thank you in advance for your help.

Sincerely,

Shim

FYI - Check the forum rules on "what's the best...?" questions.

Personally, I like HC a lot. When I did some tests, it seemed to be the better encoder, but it's all subjective and everyone has their own favorite. I like the GUI and the fact you can use different matrices. That may also be possible with QuEnc (just not that familiar with it). My advice is to run a few tests w/ different setting and use your own judgment.

I do have some suggestions for each. First, use VBR 2 pass mode with either encoder for better results.
HC:
- The "balance" setting in FAVC used to set DC=9, but now sets DC=10. I'm sure Mr_Odwin has a reason for this, but I like DC=9 with "normal" encoding as my default settings.
- You can also raise the max bitrate a bit if you want as well, but I've had issues authoring w/ max rates over 8500 w/ HC.
- The default MPEG matrix works well, but you can try the others. For anime some matrices work a little better.
QuEnc:
- From what I've read, do not use Trellis Quant.
- Extreme & slow may give better results, but may not be worth the sacrifice in speed.

Hope this helps.

[staul62]

Hi, Mr Odwin, I have a problem everytime I try to convert some avi files with favc I get this error message.

[img=http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3111/favcex1.th.jpg] (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=favcex1.jpg)


Hi all,

I was also receiving this error and was coming up with all kinds of theories as to how my XP 64 installation and the associated codec issues were the root cause. And then....

I re-checked my AVS files and found a simple, dumb typo in the calling of the raw AVI files. D'oh.

So add this to the possible causes of the above mentioned error. Not the only cause, naturally.

Perhaps Mr Odwin could add a warning to the error message for we boneheads ;)

[MR Nice]

The error message in question on me picture says I dont have the lastest version of avisynth but I did and I also know what the problem was Favc just did not like the avi files because the avi I had the problem worked with another encoder. staul62 (dumb typo in the calling of the raw AVI files. D'oh) your wrong its has nothing to do with what your saying. It down to how the original file was convert into a avi. There should be a help notes for boneheads. lol

[staul62]

Hi Mr. Nice,

I'm not sure why you're saying I'm wrong since I am only describing what happened to me. I have the latest version of avisynth installed, I have the correct codecs installed. FAVC failed, displaying the same error message as you received. I then found and corrected a silly mistake in the avisource call in my AVS file and FAVC worked perfectly.

All that I'm offering here is another potential cause for the error message, not an explanation of what happened to you. My apologies if I gave that impression.

[shadowhaze]

Hi, Mr Odwin, I have a problem everytime I try to convert some avi files with favc I get this error message.

[img=http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3111/favcex1.th.jpg] (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=favcex1.jpg)

I had the same error at one point along w/ the other errors I posted above. Are you using AviSynth 2.5.8 Alpha 2 or the latest stable version (2.5.7)? If your using the Alpha version, that may be the problem. Try re-installing AviSynth 2.5.7. If you have a lot of AviSynth plugins like I do, don't forget to make a copy of the AviSynth plugin folder before unistalling just to be safe. ;) After unistalling, do a registry clean (be careful - make a back up of your registry or the changes b/4 deleting any reg keys) before re-installing 2.5.7.

If that doesn't work, then try uninstalling AviSynth, your codecs and, FAVC, reg clean & then re-install them. Hopefully that will work. Good luck.

[MR Nice]

staul62, It's ok there is no problem I was joking about. The problem I had was with the avi but its converted now, thats good point you made shadowhaze I never tried that one. Peace

[Thor263]

If anyone is having a problem encoding AVIs with AC3 audio where the average bitrate ends up to be much, much lower than it should be (for my example encode it ended up to be 32 -- as low as it can go -- yikes!), there seems to be a problem with the MediaInfo.dll (version 0.7.5.7) included in the FAVC package. I was able to load up the FAVC source into a debugger this weekend and discovered that MediaInfo would sometimes return a huge bogus bitrate for the AC3 -- which then in turn throws off the calculation for average bitrate. When I replaced the MediaInfo.dll with the newest version (0.7.7.0), the AC3 bitrate was correctly reported. The newest dll can be downloaded from http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net and can be copied into the MediaInfo folder in FAVC.

Hope this helps.

[MR Nice]

I had the same error at one point along w/ the other errors I posted above. Are you using AviSynth 2.5.8 Alpha 2 or the latest stable version (2.5.7)? If your using the Alpha version, that may be the problem. Try re-installing AviSynth 2.5.7. If you have a lot of AviSynth plugins like I do, don't forget to make a copy of the AviSynth plugin folder before unistalling just to be safe. ;) After unistalling, do a registry clean (be careful - make a back up of your registry or the changes b/4 deleting any reg keys) before re-installing 2.5.7.

If that doesn't work, then try uninstalling AviSynth, your codecs and, FAVC, reg clean & then re-install them. Hopefully that will work. Good luck.
Thanks for the info. shadowhaze

[MR Nice]

Hi, Mr Odwin, I know you must have a lot on in your life but, with you not beening around must on the message board does this spell the end for Favc?

[Mr_Odwin]

FAVC is not dead, just a bit sleepy right now.

[bloinkbork]

Hello--

I am really a novice at this but I love this program. I have used it for about 6 months now and it had been great--thank you very much MR. Odwin.

I am having a problem right now. I had to do a complete reinstall for my computer adn I reinstalled all the of the progrmas needs for FAVC but I am still not able to make a dvd file.


here are my error messages.




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************** Exception Text **************
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Working Folder 26\TitleInfo.bat' is denied.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamWriter.CreateFile(String path, Boolean append)
at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append, Encoding encoding, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append)
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)


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mscorlib
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Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.6.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.06
CodeBase: file:///G:/FAVC/FAVC/FAVC.exe
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
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System
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Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
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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.

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

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will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
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************** Exception Text **************
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'G:\DVDS\Temp DVD Files\Working Folder 0\TitleInfo.bat' is denied.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamWriter.CreateFile(String path, Boolean append)
at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append, Encoding encoding, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append)
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)


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Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.6.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.06
CodeBase: file:///G:/FAVC/FAVC/FAVC.exe
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
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TrackBar
Assembly Version: 1.0.2195.37365
Win32 Version: 1.0.2195.37365
CodeBase: file:///G:/FAVC/FAVC/TrackBar/TrackBar.DLL
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************** 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.





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************** Exception Text **************
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Working Folder 29\TitleInfo.bat' is denied.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamWriter.CreateFile(String path, Boolean append)
at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append, Encoding encoding, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append)
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)


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FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.6.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.06
CodeBase: file:///G:/FAVC/FAVC/FAVC.exe
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System.Drawing
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Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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System.Runtime.Remoting
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CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
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TrackBar
Assembly Version: 1.0.2195.37365
Win32 Version: 1.0.2195.37365
CodeBase: file:///G:/FAVC/FAVC/TrackBar/TrackBar.DLL
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Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
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************** 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.




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Thats it. Again thank you for any help you can provide.

[MR Nice]

Do you have Must have Avisynth v2.57a, or later, installed?
You must also have the NET framework Version 2 installed?
(re-installed all the of the programs needed for FAVC) What programs have you installed for Favc? Favc has all the programs it needs already in the installation process, the only other software you need is Net Framework 2.0. you might need some codecs, but, first download a program called avicodec run it then select the avi you are trying to convert it willl tell you information about the avi, and it will also tell you what video and audio codecs you need for avi file. Also do you have AC-3 audio codec installed? if not you will need that, and maybe Matroska-Pack-Full_1.1.2. Hope this helps.

[Pulp Catalyst]

i'm having trouble getting FAVC and AVI2ISO working, after extending research i noticed that there loading in x64 mode, i'm using windows x64 pro,

i think a lot of my problems are related to the fact that the executables are loading in 64 bit mode, when in fact they should be loading in 32Bit mode, does anybody know how to force a executable to load inside WoW64 (windows emulator), as i feel this will resolve the problems, because some of the .dll's are not 64 bit compliant, and i think there could be some problems relating to .dotnet framework aswell,

thanks,

[locotus]

Thor263

If anyone is having a problem encoding AVIs with AC3 audio where the average bitrate
ends up to be much, much lower than it should be (for my example encode it ended up to be 32
-- as low as it can go -- yikes!), there seems to be a problem with the MediaInfo.dll
(version 0.7.5.7) included in the FAVC package. I was able to load up the FAVC source
into a debugger this weekend and discovered that MediaInfo would sometimes return a
huge bogus bitrate for the AC3 -- which then in turn throws off the calculation for
average bitrate. When I replaced the MediaInfo.dll with the newest version (0.7.7.0),
the AC3 bitrate was correctly reported. The newest dll can be downloaded from
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net and can be copied into the MediaInfo folder in FAVC.

Hope this helps.

Since Thor263 posted the above, all my problems with FAVC are gone. Getting great results for 4/5 hours playing time with Hcenc, predictive Q. and the Notch matrix.

Thanks Thor263 for the advise and Mr_Odwin for the program.

[bloinkbork]

I mean I have .net framework and avisynth installed. Please forgive my inaccurate terms, I am a newbie at this.

[Pulp Catalyst]

well seems to me windows is having trouble accessing the file, access denied says it all really,

can you open the bat file in notepad?

other then that i can't think of any reason, the fact that access denied is showing, tells me either it's denied, or something thinks it's denied,

as for the "String maybeFullPath" perhaps there's too many characters in the path, or strange characters in the path,

apart from that i can't think of anything, perhaps try the same program on another machine, prefably a pc you haven't setup, just to see if it's something you may have caused when setting your PC up,

just a note, your not using x64 windows are you, as this requires FAVC x64 bit edition,

also C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Working Folder 29\TitleInfo.bat does seem unnecessarily too long, a short working path does eliminate path problems, say C:\FAVCWorkFolder\

sorry i couldn't be of more help, >net framework doesn't really give good clue shrouding errors,

[locotus]

Hi Mr. Odwin:

I'm tryng to see if its posible to do some batch encoding adding this lines to the title.bat in working folder 0, after setting two DVD and aborting the encode.

Echo *********************************************************
Cd c:\VIDEO_OUTPUT\Working Folder 1
start Title1.bat

Where c:\VIDEO_OUTPUT is the FAVC "temporary files folder", edited to change the sintaxis,
that was wrong, as you may guess I'm not very good this.
Up to now I just called this bat from another place in C and it's working as supossed.

[Hubbabub]

Thank you very much Mr_Odwin for the new FAVC version !

[ricardo.santos]

Thanks for the new version!

Any chance in the future of supporting "subtitle retention" when converting vobs?

[Weiguo]

I just want to tell you, ¡thanks a million! and encourage to keep on working on this great project. Sometimes We don't worry about the hard work,the problems and sufferings that originate from a project like this one. Very few occasions we worry about saying you thanks for your work, thanks to spaces like these we keep on being free without importing if really we are.

[Dkruskie]

Mr_Odwin for the new version

[marioval]

I look forward to trying the new version tonight. Does it happen to now support any subtitle other than .srt. Like perhaps .sub? Thanks again.

[tnynyn]

Just tried 1.07 and its crashing for me after I click "Generate DVD" no matter what option I try. Vista Business x64...heres the error msg:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
at FAVC.MediaInfo.MediaInfo_New()
at FAVC.MediaInfo..ctor()
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.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.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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.7.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.07
CodeBase: file:///C:/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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.


System:

AMD OPTERON 165 @ 2GHZ 1.35v 35c/50c (idle/load)
4GB DDR3200 @ DDR450 2.8v 3-4-4-8
8800GTS
250GB Seagate HD
Corsair HX520 PSU

ORTHOS/Memtest86 stable.

[MR Nice]

I so glad winxp updates will not be obsolete till 2014:p. I'll leave gettting vista for a while to many programs don't work with it. The down said is that every new tower, laptop you buy will have vista on it not winxp, so there's no choice if your buying a pc from a shop but,:devil: If you build your own pc just make sure it's powerful enuff for xp and vista so you have a choice to put either operating system on,:) because they stopped putting winxp on the machine from this year.:mad: Sorry I cannot help you with your q?

[PINOBIRD]

Just tried 1.07 and its crashing for me after I click "Generate DVD" no matter what option I try. Vista Business x64...heres the error msg:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
at FAVC.MediaInfo.MediaInfo_New()
at FAVC.MediaInfo..ctor()
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.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.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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.7.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.07
CodeBase: file:///C:/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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.


System:

AMD OPTERON 165 @ 2GHZ 1.35v 35c/50c (idle/load)
4GB DDR3200 @ DDR450 2.8v 3-4-4-8
8800GTS
250GB Seagate HD
Corsair HX520 PSU

ORTHOS/Memtest86 stable.

Looks to me you are using the 32bit version :)
You should try the 64bit version :p
Good Luck

[wg]

Thanks for the update Mr Odwin, much appreciated. I have used FAVC with great success using Windows XP, I have now added the latest Ubuntu (Hardy) to my box(Dual-Boot) & was wondering if FAVC would work well in this system using 'Wine', has anyone tried this?. I have tried DeVeDe on the Ubuntu system but I believe it is only cabable of CBR 1 pass, & I was not impressed with the quality.

Thanks in advance.

[tnynyn]

Looks to me you are using the 32bit version :)
You should try the 64bit version :p
Good Luck


Ahh thanks. Looks like the 64bit ZIP file is 32bit. I dl the 64bit EXE and it works now.

[PhilH]

I have been having a problem with the new version 1.07.

I have it set in the audio settings to retain the AC3 sound. (Retain if present)

When I start to create the DVD the software uses mkvextract to extract the AC3 file. After the video is encoded the software always seems to reencode the AC3 file to 2 channel.

If I use version 1.06 then the multichannel AC3 soundtrack is retained.

Hopefully someone can help me with this as some DVD's do not complete properly when using version 1.06.

Thanks in advance..

Phil

[MR Nice]

This the quickest avi converter around and also theres hardly any quilty loss to the video when you do a batch of avis. The only things that missing for me is more control of the menu creation, it would be good if you could add motion menus, chapters. Lastly only negative thing for me with this program is and alot of other converters is NSTC 23.976, 29 frames to PAL 25 frames is a little jerky. There is only one program out there that convert Nstc to pal perfect with no jerkyness in the video but the program taking two days to convert a batch of 4 avis were as Favc takes a lot less. Mr Odwin Favc is a great program dispite me little negative comments, its helped me a lot with converting stuff fast. I just hope when you become less sleepy you will return with a new Favc. Peace

[gizzin]

This is the best all in one converter, But it would be nice if there was more the 8titles for the menu creation, or maybe another page or something

[gus8511q]

i wonder if there is any way to make the subtitle stream #1 on by default. Also is there any way to give a name to the subtitle stream eg Greek ?

[Sir Didymus]

This is the best all in one converter, But it would be nice if there was more the 8titles for the menu creation, or maybe another page or something

Unfortunately this is not a limitation of FAVC but of the underlying authoring middleware (there is one program, "BatchMux", which generates the project scripts for MuxMan - the authoring engine of FAVC).

For the moment it is not possible to overcome the limitation you see. I planned to extend BatchMux in order to enable the production of more complex and general menues, but I have to say honestly that I don't see a good balance between the implementation difficultes and the real benefits for the average users... In other terms I had no strong motivations in the last months to work on these improvements.... However (just concerning BatchMux) the feature is still in the todo list... Another thing, then, would be the extension of FAVC in order to implement the feature... Here only Mr Odwin can comment about his willingness to further extend and improve FAVC...

Cheers,
SD

[gizzin]

Really, That's what I find to be the problem with all in one converters, there menu generators are shat. Convertx's is really good but there video quality is poop. I keep trying to tell them that 2pass is better than 1 pass for vbr but they don't listen (they use ffmpeg) and that HC is better. If convertx just used HC as there mpeg2 encoder than everything would be peachy. As an average user I find the need to have more 8 titles in my menus. If its not worth the time there's nothing I could say but oh well. Sir didymus you wrote batchmux? Also I think there's a problem with the audio if I click retain ac3 if possible, the output has no audio. If I click encode as usual the audio is there. The source is mp3 audio..

[Sir Didymus]

...Also I think there's a problem with the audio if I click retain ac3 if possible, the output has no audio. If I click encode as usual the audio is there. The source is mp3 audio..
If you click encode and the audio is there, it means that batchmux is working... :)

If the audio is mp3 it should be reencoded always before the authoring... Here (most probably) it is the process deciding not to reencode your mp3 audio which is behaving incorrectly... I mean, this is a control activity performed by FAVC...

Sorry but I can not help much more than this: you should ask to Mr. Odwin to fix this issue...


...Really, That's what I find to be the problem with all in one converters, there menu generators are shat...

Thanks for providing your comments on the subject!
Cheers,
SD

[conanmichi]

Hi thanks for FAVC, but I have one problem.

I use avisynth script, but I can't set the aspect ratio in FAVC 1.07 so my question. How can I set aspect ratio at 16:9 (maybe filter in avisynth?)

Thanks for help...

[rendez2k]

For the first time, I noticed an error with HCEnc yesterday, ERROR, source mismatch in pass 2 starting at frame: 0 - never seen this with any other app before. Any ideas? Something that FAVC is doing differently maybe?

[JohnMK]

Hi there folks,

I'm trying to encode PAL (avi container) source material into MPEG-2, converting to NTSC in the process. So I select NTSC in the application and the output ends up being 25.0 fps. Just in case the setting references SOURCE material (I can't see why that would make sense), I changed the setting to PAL. Still 25.0 fps output. Also, the program insists on converting the embedded 2-channel 192kbps AC3 audio, when that shouldn't be necessary. I tell the program to "Retain" the AC3 if possible. Clearly it must think it's not possible.

I've now duplicated the behavior on two computers of mine, one running Vista Business, the other XP Home, both 32-bit with avisynth 2.5.8 RC2. On both computers, DGPullDown seems to run for several seconds, if that's any help (I think Donald Graft's filter would be doing the PAL->NTSC conversion).

Can anybody tell me how I can get 29.97fps (I think I want interlaced too) material from my PAL source using FAVC? Ultimately I intend to use Nero Vision 4 or 5 for the DVD authoring, taking FAVC's output and dropping it into Nero. Naturally, it's important that my output not be transcoded by Nero Vision. My basic goal in using FAVC is to avoid Nero Vision's rather low quality MPEG-2 encoder. The other major goal is simplicity, which is what has attracted me to FAVC.

Thank you folks!

[Fishman0919]

I noticed that 1.07 is re-encoding the 5.1 DD tracks into DD 2 ch.

I did the same file with 1.06 and 1.07... 1.06 keeps the 5.1 DD but 1.07 re-encodes it to 2ch DD

It's extracts the audio at the begining like norm but after the video encoding it does the aften convert to 2 ch

[JohnMK]

Anybody know where I can find 1.06?

Edit: I found 1.06 at MajorGeeks.com. It seems to leave the AC3 in-tact without transcoding. Oddly enough, the resulting video files still play at 25.0 fps in my video players on my computer, but they also play just fine in my NTSC DVD players. Maybe there's nothing wrong with FAVC and something wrong with my interpretation of its output. Or maybe my DVD players handle PAL. I'll look into this.

[The4thDoctor]

Hello,

Anyone know if FAVC will support rm and rmvb files in future releases?

Thanks!

[Weiguo]

Anybody know where I can find 1.06?

You can download it from here and get other previous version.

http://download.videohelp.com/favc/Old_Version/

[EpheMeroN]

First time using FAVC it encoded a beautiful dvd from an .mkv file but it didn't detect and add the subtitles. Does FAVC only support certain types of subs?

Here's the info from Media Player Classic:

Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 704x480 (853:480) 23.98fps [Video]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch [Audio]
Subtitle: Advanced SubStation Alpha [Subtitle]

[Taurus]

Hi EpheMeroN
I dont know if FAVC can handle ssa subs. (No files for testing on my side.)
Maybe demuxing the subs beforehand and changing to txt subs will do it.
Of course you have to manually integrate them via FAVC\DVD Options\Subtitle Files.
Are this *.ssa or *.ass Subs?

[EpheMeroN]

Are this *.ssa or *.ass Subs?
Not sure. How can I manually demux the subs to find out? This is one of the first times I've dealt with the MKV container.

Okay. I just used this MKVExtractGUI program to take out the sub file. It has a *.ass extension.

FAVC only accepts .SRT subs though.

[EpheMeroN]

The latest release of FAVC is re-encoding the AC3 audio in my .mkv file even when I am telling FAVC to keep/use original AC3 instead of re-encoding it.

Also, for what it's worth, the re-encoded AC3 audio has shifted to the L channel terribly.

[~bT~]

^ same issue here.

[~bT~]

Not sure. How can I manually demux the subs to find out? This is one of the first times I've dealt with the MKV container.

Okay. I just used this MKVExtractGUI program to take out the sub file. It has a *.ass extension.

FAVC only accepts .SRT subs though.

use subtitle workshop to convert to srt.

[Hawkeye06]

Hello, I've been using FAVC for a few months now with great success. It's the best tool of its kind I've ever used, but I haven't been able to use it for the past few days. I tried encoding an avi file to DVD, and I got an error message. I think the error message said something about .NET framework, but I can't be sure. Since then, I've tried converting files I've converted successfully before, and I get this message:

Microsoft .NET Framework
Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.

Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.

Choices: Details, Continue (doesn't do anything), Quit

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.OverflowException: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
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: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.7.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.07
CodeBase: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Monika/Desktop/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
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:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Monika/Desktop/FAVC/TrackBar/TrackBar.DLL
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.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.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If it helps:
- I installed .NET framework 3.5 today, in hopes of fixing this. It didn't work.
- I updated to Windows XP SP3 today also.
- I re-downloaded AviSynth from the FAVC page.
- I'm using FAVC 1.07 32-bit (running 32-bit OS).
- I tried using FAVC 1.06 and also got a .NET framework error.

Any help or suggestions anyone can offer me would be greatly appreciated. I love using FAVC, but I just can't figure out what to do! Thanks.

[DoctorM]

I just discovered your software. I've been a long time user of Avi2Dvd and love it but it's been a long time between updates.

I'm really impressed with some of your features: preserving ac3 tracks, advanced scripting, multiple titles, predictive OPV: all very nice.

I know it's been asked, but I'd love to see CCE support as well.
Also, is there any reason Aften & QuEnc have been chosen as ac3 encoders while leaving out BeSweet (though I do prefer Soft Encode, but that seems to be falling out of use)?

Edit: Yikes, I forgot how slooow HCenc can be on it's best settings.

[DoctorM]

JohnMK: Just an off-the-top-of-my-head thought, but if your source was 25fps, FAVC would have used 25 to 29.97 pulldown to make it DVD compliant.

The video remains at the same speed as it originally was, but the DVD hardware telecines on the fly during playback to 29.97 in the same manner 23.976 video is telecined.
A PC would ignore the pulldown flags and progressively play back at 25fps.

Edit: Yup there is a bug in 1.07.
My project was set to keep the ac3 audio.
The track was AC3 2.0 192kps audio.
The script window says "Found PCM audio: 6 channels, 48000 Hz, 16bits, 5550.544708 seconds...."
For whatever reason it's misidentifying AC3 audio as "Microsoft WAVE Signed 16-bit little-endian 48000 Hz 5.1-channel, and reencoding to AC3.

Grab v1.06 until it's fixed. ( http://download.videohelp.com/favc/Old_Version/ )

[Brewskie]

Hi, is it possible now that VOBs are supported that we might also have the choice of which audio stream if there is more than one? :)

Thanks for your consideration,
br3wski3

[JohnMK]

JohnMK: Just an off-the-top-of-my-head thought, but if your source was 25fps, FAVC would have used 25 to 29.97 pulldown to make it DVD compliant.

The video remains at the same speed as it originally was, but the DVD hardware telecines on the fly during playback to 29.97 in the same manner 23.976 video is telecined.
A PC would ignore the pulldown flags and progressively play back at 25fps.


Thank you, DoctorM.

The output is playable on every DVD player I try (several Sonys, a Pioneer Elite Blue Ray DVD player, and a few others). You're absolutely correct.

[JohnMK]

Edit: Yikes, I forgot how slooow HCenc can be on it's best settings.

I get between 200-300 fps on my quad core using FAVC's "best" HCenc setting. Quad cores are practically proletariat these days.

[DoctorM]

Yeah, and I'm still plugin' on an old Athlon 32bit O/C'd to 3400+ speeds. I really need to get off my lazy ass and build a new system.
But comparatively CCE seems to be 2-3x faster. I don't care what CPU you have, that's nothing to sneeze at.

[OnmyojiOmn]

I've just discovered FAVC. I'm getting this exception, regardless of settings I use or what I use for input. It occurs with either encoder, both mkv and avi files, etc. I'm running XP x64, and both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of FAVC throw the exception. I have AviSynth 2.57 and .NET 2.0 SP1 installed.

Edit: replacing MediaInfo.dll with version 0.7.7.5 fixed the problem. Corrupted download, I guess?

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
at FAVC.MediaInfo.MediaInfo_New()
at FAVC.MediaInfo..ctor()
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.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.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: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///D:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.7.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.07
CodeBase: file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Omni/Desktop/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///D:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///D:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///D:/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: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///D:/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: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///D:/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:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Omni/Desktop/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.




Thanks

[PINOBIRD]

The log file is from the 32bit version.
Are you shure you are using the correct version?

[OnmyojiOmn]

The log file is from the 32bit version.
Are you shure you are using the correct version?
I tried both, same error.

[OnmyojiOmn]

Another problem. I'm trying to burn mkv files with softsubs in ass format. I demuxed the subs and converted them to srt with Subtitle Workshop, and everything seemed to go fine but there's no sign of the subs on the DVD.

BatchMux.ini:

-d "E:\Temp\dvd 2\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\MuxScript.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\MuxScript.log"
-muxman "D:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\FAVC\MuxMan"
-palette "D:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\FAVC\SubtitleCreator\FAVCPalette.mxp"
-v "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title0.m2v"
-a1 "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title0.ac3"
-s1 "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleSub0.sup"
-cellfr "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleChap0.txt"
-SEG2v "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title1.m2v"
-SEG2a1 "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title1.ac3"
-SEG2s1 "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleSub1.sup"
-SEG2cellfr "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleChap1.txt"
-SEG3v "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title2.m2v"
-SEG3a1 "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title2.ac3"
-SEG3s1 "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleSub2.sup"
-SEG3cellfr "E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleChap2.txt"
-SEG4v"E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Background000000.bmp
-SEG4vidmode 4:3
-SEG4s1"E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Menu.sst"
-SEG4hlstart 00:00:00:00
-SEG4hldurat 00:00:00:00
-SEG4hlmnu "D:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\FAVC\Menu\NTSC\3 Title\Buttons.mnu
-SEG4hlcsm "D:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\FAVC\Menu\Highlight_Scheme.csm"
-hcn1

MuxScript.log:

MuxMan version 0.16.6
Opened script file E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\MuxScript.mxp
Accepted audio E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title0.ac3
Opened sub 1 file E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleSub0.sup.
Accepted audio E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title1.ac3
Opened sub 1 file E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleSub1.sup.
Accepted audio E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Title2.ac3
Opened sub 1 file E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\TitleSub2.sup.
Opened sub 1 file E:\Temp\Working Folder 2\Menu.sst.
expanded database to 300 entries.
No useable audio found for PGC "VMG_Lu1_Pgc1"

20:07:46 Begin multiplex VTS01.
Title Segment List
Seg1
Encoded stream 20 is script stream 1.
Maximum audio duration 85718 fields.
Starting scene Seg1_Scn1 at 00:00:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn2 at 00:05:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn3 at 00:10:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn4 at 00:15:00:00
Starting scene Seg1_Scn5 at 00:20:00:00
SeqEnd at 4702BBDC.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 7020485, min: 425558 (lba 40978), max: 8412963 (lba 110177).
Shortest GOP has 12 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 85715, VOBU: 2857, Sectors: 612755.

20:11:21 Begin multiplex VTS02.
Title Segment List
Seg2
Encoded stream 20 is script stream 1.
Maximum audio duration 85720 fields.
Starting scene Seg2_Scn1 at 00:00:00:00
Starting scene Seg2_Scn2 at 00:05:00:00
Starting scene Seg2_Scn3 at 00:10:00:00
Starting scene Seg2_Scn4 at 00:15:00:00
Starting scene Seg2_Scn5 at 00:20:00:00
SeqEnd at 4051D769.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 6384900, min: 425558 (lba 40893), max: 8412963 (lba 178455).
Shortest GOP has 15 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 85718, VOBU: 2857, Sectors: 557300.

20:13:10 Begin multiplex VTS03.
Title Segment List
Seg3
Encoded stream 20 is script stream 1.
Maximum audio duration 85722 fields.
Starting scene Seg3_Scn1 at 00:00:00:00
Starting scene Seg3_Scn2 at 00:05:00:00
Starting scene Seg3_Scn3 at 00:10:00:00
Starting scene Seg3_Scn4 at 00:15:00:00
Starting scene Seg3_Scn5 at 00:20:00:00
SeqEnd at 451C77DD.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 6840104, min: 425558 (lba 40926), max: 8445698 (lba 291777).
Shortest GOP has 17 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 85720, VOBU: 2857, Sectors: 597046.

20:15:18 Begin multiplex VMG.
Menu Segment List
Seg4
Encoded stream 20 is script stream 1.
Maximum audio duration 0 fields.
new graphics buffer size 414720.
graphics buffer size 1036800.
Starting scene Seg4_Scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 26EED.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 2651556, min: 2651556 (lba 0), max: 2651556 (lba 0).
Shortest GOP has 2 fields, longest GOP has 2 fields.
Fields: 30, Still fields: 28, VOBU: 1, Sectors: 81.
20:15:19 End multiplex.


All of the input files exist. You can see MuxMan finds the sup files. Why aren't the subs ending up on the DVD?

Thanks

[Sir Didymus]

@OnmyojiOmn:

from the MuxMan log everything seems OK.

If you can send to me [sir_didimus (at) libero (dot) it] one of your sup assets, for instance TitleSub0.sup, I can look further into the issue.

Most probably, restarting your project by using sst assets instead of sup would be benefical (but this is just a conjecture)...

Cheers,
SD

[MilesAhead]

Seems FAVC 1.07 is still getting problems with bitrate spikes. Esp. when trying to encode a DVD from 2 .avi files seems like the chances of success are much higher if I encode one file at 1/2 DVD5 size and do the same with the second. Then author the 2 titles to one DVD manually. Usually the .avi has a subtitle which makes it more problematic to try appending the .avi files together first. That's why I've done it the "hard way" by hard subbing each title.

I wish there was some diagnostic that tells you the max safe bitrate to use instead of trial and error. I'm using HC with best profile. When I used QuEnc the crashes came after video processing completed(muxman I expect) but these are causing HC to crap out during video processing. I notice the framerate seems to drop way down to 17 or 12 fps instead of 40+ on the 2nd pass during problematic encoding.

[gus8511q]

why i cant get ac3 5.1 audio ? i have video files with ac3 5.1 sound, but the favc gives me dvd with ac3 2.0 sound. Why?

[DoctorM]

Probably the same bug everyone else has encountered. The most recent version re-encodes all audio tracks even if you tell it not to.
Grab v1.06 until it's fixed. ( http://download.videohelp.com/favc/Old_Version/ )

[gus8511q]

the version 1.06 doesnt have this bug? will get 5.1 sound?

[MysticE]

Anybody know where I can find 1.06?

Edit: I found 1.06 at MajorGeeks.com. It seems to leave the AC3 in-tact without transcoding. Oddly enough, the resulting video files still play at 25.0 fps in my video players on my computer, but they also play just fine in my NTSC DVD players. Maybe there's nothing wrong with FAVC and something wrong with my interpretation of its output. Or maybe my DVD players handle PAL. I'll look into this.
Drop one of the VOB's into GSpot and see what it says. In Nero Showtime for me I also get 25fps with NTSC encodes. I believe it's just the pulldown. In GSpot it says 3:2, NTSC, 720 X 480.

[IVaN_000]

How does FAVC remember settings, like Destination DVD Folder, or Working Files: Keep/Delete ?

I searched trough Windows Registry with no results. And I couldn't find any .INI in my drives.

[IVaN_000]

Please ignore my previous post, already found a Config.ini in FAVC\Documents.

[DoctorM]

How much donations do you need to start adding CCE functionality? Maybe we can pass the hat around here.

[gizzin]

Just use HC its better quality anyways.

[DoctorM]

Interesting comment. What's your source for that, gizzin?

Btw, I did test HC bit more. It's not as slow as I initially thought. The problem is that it launches with a process priority of 'low'.

Is there any way to change that setting to normal (or higher)?
Yes, I know I can do it manually, but every pass (or test for quantization) resets the priority to low.

[Xproject187]

After much searching I still can't find a post that I recall reading quite awhile back! That post Sugjested a particular location for Optimal-Placement of the files generated by Favc.Now I know alot of You are probably saying just place them in C:\ but I recall the post stating something to the effect of :

By placing the (Temporary File Folder onto C:\ ) & the (Destination DVD Folder onto D:\) it removes any I/O Bottleneck that might occur.

Now these are My words & then only to the best of My recolection so please clear up this issue for Me and any other Noobs.
Thanx for any Help & or Direction
~X~

[DoctorM]

@Xproject187: Stands to reason. Set up like that, data is being read from one drive and written to a different one.
However ymmv depending on your drive interface type, drive types/speed, drive configuration, and if your have actual separate physical drives (NOT partitions on the same drive.)

If you have one drive partitioned into C: and D:, forget it, it won't make a difference.

[Deusxmachina]

I just use two different folders, same drive. Main thing is probably just not having everything go into the same folder.

[Xproject187]

The Master on My Primary IDE is a 80GB 7200 RPM Seagate Barracuda in UDMA Mode 5 @ 53% free!.
And the Slave is a 80GB 5400 RPM WD Protégé WD800AB also in UDMA Mode 5.
On My Secondary IDE I have a 80GB 7200 RPM WD Caviar Blue WD800JB in UDMA Mode 5 set as Master & a LITE-ON LH-20A1H DVD±RW/RAM in UDMA Mode 5 set as Slave, Each Hard drive has 1 NTFS Partition & seated on 80-Wire Ribbons.

In reference to the Bottleneck it is My understanding that data can only flow up or down a ribbon in one direction at a time !
So if the Working Folder & the Output Folder are both on C:\ Then the Bottleneck would occur because the process(Favc) would be trying to write Data to the Output Folder & read instructions from the Working Folder all on the same ribbon!!:eek:

While Favc is writing data to the Output Folder it is getting it's instructions from the Working Folder & because the Dataflow can only travel in one direction at a time it would cause the write data to delay or wait as the instructions were being sent from the Working Folder

So even though Favc's programs may be ready to write to the Output Folder on C:\ it would need to wait untill it was done reading the data(instructions) in the Working Folder first so it would be a sort of wait game,as instructions would have to wait to be sent untill data being written was completed from the last set of instructions & back & forth this would go on & on untill it was done.

But if the read data was comming in on one ribbon(IDE 0) & the write data was going out on another ribbon (IDE 1)then its supposed to result in no wait states(Bottleneck)


Please know that this is all just My understanding of somthing I read a while back so I cant point to any links & also remember that I was asking for clarification on the subject
~X~

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

Greetings to you Mr_Odwin ... long time no see. BTW, THANKS for your FAVC 1.07 (64-bit).

Here is my problem ... I am running Vista Home Premium 64-bit. And I am using FAVC 1.07 Zipped format (Portabelish).
I just installed AviSynth 2.5.8RC4a ... and I know my laptop already has the .NET Framework on it ... since it alerted me when I tried installing the "NetFx64" which is 64-bit .NET Framework.

But I keep getting an Error Code as follow "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)."

Now my laptop is a Virgin laptop ... meaning I have no Codecs loaded on it yet ... but I thought FAVC has all needed Codecs and Programs conatained within itself.

Any Help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

G!:)

[Mr_Odwin]

You need to install codecs.

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,

THANKS!

Can anyone recommend a SAFE package to install that will not cause me any problems.

As I have been reading too many Codec packs installation will lead to more of a problem ...

I already have installed FFDSHOW ... what do you guys recommend ...

- K-Lite Full Package
- CCCP package

Or something else!

Thanks,

G!:)

[gonwk]

Hi Mr_Odwin,:)

Can you on the first page where you post your NEW FAVC versions ... also add a LINK for the BEST CODECS that you recommend which works with FAVC ... that might solve lot of the folks (including me ) problems.

May be Recommend a Codec that you know works BEST with VISTA x64.

Thanks,

G!:thanks:

[toology]

A big hello to the author and congratulations on an extremely useful program!

I have a small question: how do i change the subtitle codepage? I tried to change the option in Subtitle Editor but it doesn't seem to remember settings. Then I tried to manually edit it's settings file but that didn't work either.

I need to use the CP 1250 because the subtitles contain Serbian Latin character. I would also like to point out that this is not the default codepage of my Windows XP, so I guess that is why it's not chosen by default.

[Amart]

I've been going through the thread, and have found a few people who have had a problem similar to mine but they were either old or not quite the same.

Normally I dont have any problems with the program, but every once and a while where I will convert say 5 files and the dvd size that is left comes out to 0k. After this happens, I go back and convert every file until I find the file causing the problem.

Currently my preferred method HC video, QuEnc MP2. I try changing the audio and video settings around but the result is still the same.

I went in and removed most of the code from the title.bat, leaving the ISO Creation bit. and I get this error:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\shows\test\Working Folder 8>"C:\Documents and Settings\Adminis
trator\Desktop\cdutil\favc-1.07\FAVC\mkisofs\mkisofs.exe" -dvd-video -V "DVD_8" -udf -o "C:\Documents and Sett
ings\Administrator\Desktop\shows\test\dvd 8.iso" "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\shows\test\d
vd 8"
mkisofs: No error. Faild to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
mkisofs: Can't open VMG info for 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\shows\test\dvd 8/'.
mkisofs: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures.
mkisofs: Unable to make a DVD-Video image.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\shows\test\Working Folder 8>

I've tried running through vdub, uncompressing the audio/video, thinking it might be a codec problem but even the 40gig file did not help. I tried lowering bit rate from 8000 all the way down to 4000. The file size is 350 megs. I've used 1.06 and 1.07, my pref is to lean to 1.06 as I havent had little hiccups with it yet.

I know I am probably missing some key info on this to help troubleshoot, but does anyone know what is going on where this only happens once and a while?

Thanks much in advance!

[gonwk]

Hi Amart,

Just out of curiosity ... what OS are you running?
Also I assume you are running FAVC 32-bit ... right!?!

G!:)

[Amart]

Hi Amart,

Just out of curiosity ... what OS are you running?
Also I assume you are running FAVC 32-bit ... right!?!

G!:)

I'm running XP64, with FAVC x64 :)
Intel Kentsfield (quad core) with 4 gigs of ram.

[staul62]

Hi Amart,

I'm running exactly the same (OS/FAVC) configuration and had the same problem in the past. I will wrack my brains to try to remember my solution but I suspect it involved a software upgrade. Are you definitely using the newest HCEnc in your FAVC setup?

Good luck!

[Amart]

I will check that now.

I tried a new encode with a known working file and the non working file. From what it looks like, the non working file is missing files out of the VIDEO_TS folder.

Non Working:
10/12/2008 20:01 0 VIDEO_TS.IFO
10/12/2008 20:03 4,112 VTS_01_0.BUP
10/12/2008 20:03 4,112 VTS_01_0.IFO
10/12/2008 20:03 1,073,739,776 VTS_01_1.VOB
10/12/2008 20:02 1,073,739,776 VTS_01_2.VOB
10/12/2008 20:02 133,507,072 VTS_01_3.VOB
6 File(s) 2,280,994,848 bytes
Working:
10/12/2008 19:22 12,288 VIDEO_TS.BUP
10/12/2008 19:22 12,288 VIDEO_TS.IFO
10/12/2008 19:22 22,528 VIDEO_TS.VOB
10/12/2008 19:22 32,768 VTS_01_0.BUP
10/12/2008 19:22 32,768 VTS_01_0.IFO
10/12/2008 19:22 1,073,739,776 VTS_01_1.VOB
10/12/2008 19:21 1,073,739,776 VTS_01_2.VOB
10/12/2008 19:21 61,614,080 VTS_01_3.VOB
8 File(s) 2,209,206,272 bytes

Is this some error with the mux?

[staul62]

I think it's a problem in HCEnc, which then causes the mux not to complete properly. Again, this is relying on memory at this point. The empty VIDEO_TS.IFO file is exactly what I was getting.

[Amart]

I just tried QuEnc with Quality Presets.
It seems to have done less then HC :(

10/12/2008 21:55 0 VIDEO_TS.IFO
10/12/2008 21:55 1,073,739,776 VTS_01_1.VOB
10/12/2008 21:55 215,840,768 VTS_01_2.VOB
3 File(s) 1,289,580,544 bytes

I'm thinking its not a codec issue because I would vdub the file into an uncompressed file, and even without audio to see if that was an issue. I've done this before and it seems to have worked but now I'm just stumpped. I dont know enough about muxing to get any productive testing done.

What I have done is used the program SUPER, and re-encoded from xvid to divx, I dont know if that really matters but I was able to make a single episode dvd iso and it does play.

I would rather not do this because I'm sure the quality is going to suffer in the long run. So I will keep fiddling around with this, would love some input if anyone happens to have some!

/mini touchdown dance

[gonwk]

Any reason why the "non-working" VTS_01_3.VOB file is twice as large as the working one!?!?

G!:)

[Amart]

VIDEO_TS.BUP - Missing
VIDEO_TS.IFO - 0k

The size of the vobs are related to the size of the avi I would assume. They are two different files :)

So it looks like, what ever is creating these, authoring them, is failing somewhere.
From the title.bat, it looks like batchmux.exe is the program used to author the dvd.
I dont know how to rewrite the ini file to make it work.
Is Batchmux.exe a freeware program or was it written for FAVC?

[Sir Didymus]

BatchMux is a small program used to create a MuxMan .mxp script. (Hem... I am the author of this program...).

Actual authoring is performed by MuxMan, feeding it with the script created by BatchMux.

You can freely play by changing the .mxp script and launching manually the MuxMan authoring.

You may find details on how BatchMux work here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=116297

MuxMan is described in the mpucoder site:
http://www.mpucoder.com/Muxman/versions.shtml

Please consider that the newer version of BatchMux (1.3) is not backward compatible with the one adopted within FAVC. In any case, in my experience, the reasons for failures of the authoring stage should be looked up elsewhere. For instance, inconsistent subpicture files, asset of video with bitrate spykes, inconsistent audio assets.

In my experience, when the source assets (audio, video, subpictures) have no issues, then the authoring stage will not fail.

This type of problems has been discussed many other times, also in this same discussion thread.

Cheers,
SD

[toology]

I'll just mention my problem again since it looks like it got buried.:) Anyone have an idea how to change subtitle codepage in FAVC? I tried changing it in Subtitle Creator included with FAVC but it didn't work. Thanks in advance!

[staul62]

Sir Didymus, my thanks to you for your part in FAVC - an oft-used favourite.

Amart, I do now recall that bit-rate spikes were the central issue when this happened to me. I got over it by upgrading FAVC (and the offending HCEnc) but you might also try reducing your maximum bit-rate.

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

I am still having problem with FAVC .. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 ... and none of the FAVC 1.06 and 1.07 64-bit are working for me ...

I wonder if Mr_Odwin has built a "Trouble.log" into FAVC ... which I can post back here for you guys to look at!

Thanks,

G!:)

[Helper]

Hi,

I thank you for your great product. I was looking at the HCEnc that comes with the system and noticed in the misc folder it has some matrix#.dll where # is 1 thru 4 and these dll files raise bitrate at dark scenes. I do a lot of night races and want to try these because of some noise I am seeing on the dark skies, but do not see an option to include this anywhere in FAVC. How can I use this if it is possible?

Thanks for any help..

[Taurus]

Hi,

I thank you for your great product. I was looking at the HCEnc that comes with the system and noticed in the misc folder it has some matrix#.dll where # is 1 thru 4 and these dll files raise bitrate at dark scenes. I do a lot of night races and want to try these because of some noise I am seeing on the dark skies, but do not see an option to include this anywhere in FAVC. How can I use this if it is possible?

Thanks for any help..
The ReadMe included in misc folder explains everything very well.
If the checkbox is greyed out you have to delete HC.ini or edit HC.ini as described in the readme and restart HCGui
1.Caution, deleting the ini file will reset your settings to zero.
So dont blame me :)
Better to experiment with the Adaptive Quantization and the Luminance Gain in settings 1 and 2.
2.Caution, the choosen matrix.dll is rearranging any matrix you choose, so be aware of negative influences.

[Helper]

The ReadMe included in misc folder explains everything very well.
If the checkbox is greyed out you have to delete HC.ini or edit HC.ini as described in the readme and restart HCGui
1.Caution, deleting the ini file will reset your settings to zero.
So dont blame me :)
Better to experiment with the Adaptive Quantization and the Luminance Gain in settings 1 and 2.
2.Caution, the choosen matrix.dll is rearranging any matrix you choose, so be aware of negative influences.

I thank you for the information. I know this can be done in hcenc gui, but I was wondering can I access any of these things from in FAVC? I do not see an Luminance Gain or matrix add on. Do any of the other matrix have this built in? Would I just add the things I want to the hc.ini and then FAVC will find it and incorporate it? I dont know the individual program real well so I do not know all the steps the FAVC is doing, thus the reason I use it to create an image to be burned.

THanks again..

[Taurus]

I thank you for the information. I know this can be done in hcenc gui, but I was wondering can I access any of these things from in FAVC? I do not see an Luminance Gain or matrix add on. Do any of the other matrix have this built in? Would I just add the things I want to the hc.ini and then FAVC will find it and incorporate it? I dont know the individual program real well so I do not know all the steps the FAVC is doing, thus the reason I use it to create an image to be burned.

THanks again..
In "Advanced Settings" place the checkmark @ "Don't start batch file".
FAVC will do all the configuring and halt on after creating the batch.
Now, if my memory serves me well, you can edit the batch and/or HC.ini.
When your done, just start the batch manually and off you go...
I'm too lazy to try by myself, so good luck.

[Helper]

In "Advanced Settings" place the checkmark @ "Don't start batch file".
FAVC will do all the configuring and halt on after creating the batch.
Now, if my memory serves me well, you can edit the batch and/or HC.ini.
When your done, just start the batch manually and off you go...
I'm too lazy to try by myself, so good luck.

Thank you very much for the information. I will give it a try using the luminance option you mentioned.

Have a great day..

[Xproject187]

every once and a while where I will convert say 5 files and the dvd size that is left comes out to 0k.
this only happens once and a while?

Thanks much in advance!




In my experience, when the source assets (audio, video, subpictures) have no issues, then the authoring stage will not fail.

This type of problems has been discussed many other times, also in this same discussion thread.

Cheers,
SD
I'm a novice but I can hardly sit back & not add to this topic when I too went thru this same issue & after alot of reading & redo's I noticed every time My output resulted in a 0kb file or incomplete folder it was due to a damaged asset. People might quickly point to Vista as the probable culprit or maybe even Favc & many times Vista is a problem but try this!
Load the problematic asset into "Avidemux" if You see a prompt saying something about mapping the audio then select Yes & proceed. You'll most likely see a prompt to Re-index the asset select Yes!! If for some reason You don't get the prompt to re-index then You should select it from the drop down menu & proceed to set the Video to copy & set the Audio to MP3Lame then save!! Thats what works for Me :) If all else fails try getting ahold of different copy of the Problematic Asset.
PS: I use Avidemux 2.4 GTK+ but there are other version located at the link below & below that is a Avidemux thread here at Doom9 that might help.
http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/download.html

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=126164
!!!Good Luck!!!
~x~

[Xproject187]

On a few occasions a question has arose that no doubt would of been nice to know the answer to.
Allow Me to set the senario;
I pick 3 avi files to place on a DVD-5, I run the 3 avi's thru Favc,but because I walked away from My PC My lil girl(6yrs) shuts the PC off !!
So of course the process didn't complete!!
However because I opted to keep Favc's working files I can see that a majority of the script was indeed completed, "I'd say approximately 90%".
So My question is as follows:
Can I some how edit the Script/Batch file so that Favc can pick up where it was cut off at ?
If so which file is it? (MuxScript.mxp) ?
Because that's alot of work to throw out & redo.

[toology]

I'll answer my own questions for the sake of other people with similar problems.

In order to change subtitle codepage for non english letter one has to edit the settings.xml file in the FAVC/SubtitleCreator/Data folder. The correct setting for Serbian and similar languages is to change CodePage from 0 to 1250.

[18fps]

Hello Mr Odwin, thank you for a great program!

I had a few questions / askings(?) about it:
1) Could it be made to accept files or paths with accented characters?
2) Does it handle / recognizes audio delays within avi files? With an old version I had an audio delay problem on the resulting DVD, and after controlling the avi file on AVI-MUX-GUI I found there was this delay, that I had to apply manually.
3) There is some way to add more than one str subtitle to the same movie?

Thank you for your patience...

[Deusxmachina]

I don't care about retaining DTS audio or converting it to 6-channel AC3, (actually, I do), but does anyone else have problems converting DTS audio? My video comes out fine, but the audio sounds like it's in slow-motion. If I'm missing a codec or something, I don't know which one.

[MysticE]

Hello Mr Odwin, thank you for a great program!

I had a few questions / askings(?) about it:
1) Could it be made to accept files or paths with accented characters?
2) Does it handle / recognizes audio delays within avi files? With an old version I had an audio delay problem on the resulting DVD, and after controlling the avi file on AVI-MUX-GUI I found there was this delay, that I had to apply manually.
3) There is some way to add more than one str subtitle to the same movie?

Thank you for your patience...
With AVI-Mux GUI you simply 'Start' (save) a new avi. The delay will now be gone. No need to make manual adjustments.

[Deusxmachina]

I don't care about retaining DTS audio or converting it to 6-channel AC3, (actually, I do), but does anyone else have problems converting DTS audio? My video comes out fine, but the audio sounds like it's in slow-motion. If I'm missing a codec or something, I don't know which one.

My bad on the above. I was thinking of a different scenario that does that, making slow-motion audio. What FAVC does with my DTS files is the audio is fine, but the video looks like it's 15fps.

[davsim]

Thank you for this very useful tool.

I wanted to keep using FAVC 1.07, but retain the original ac3 audio, so I use the following method:

1. In the Advanced Scripting tab, check "Don't start batch file".

2. In Working Folder 0, edit Title.bat to delete the entire "Encoding Audio 0" section (wavi.exe/aften.exe command).

3. Copy the "Title0 T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" audio file and rename it Title0.ac3.

4. Run Title.bat.

In all my testing so far, it seems to work correctly with no sync issues.

Before I arrived at that simple solution, I tried choosing the "Encode as usual" option with Aften once with a 5.1 track and the resulting audio moved the center channel to the right speaker and there was no sound from the center channel. I'm not sure if that channel shift was due to an Aften bug or an error in the FAVC encoding flags/settings sent to Aften.

---

As well as SD sources, I also tried converting a 720P MPEG2 HDTV recording to DVD. From the resulting output, FAVC seemed to do the downconversion and framerate conversion automatically and correctly, but I'm wondering if the FAVC built-in settings will always work for downcoverting all standard HD sources or do I need some additional Avisynth scripting?

In this case, in the Advanced Scripting area, I added ColorMatrix(mode="Rec.709->Rec.601"). Is that necessary or redundant? Does FAVC already do that?

I also used LimitedSharpenFaster resizing as a "User Defined Resize" to get the closest match for the grain in the source, since the default resized output from HC Enc was a little too smooth and muddy with this particular source.

Are there any additional lines I would need for downconverting 720P or 1080i that are not automatically determined by FAVC?

Thanks for your advice.

[MR Nice]

Mr odwin, are you still updating Favc? or is it on the back burner for now?

[sadsack]

I tried converting a sample of PAL to NTSC - worked great. However, I'm bedeviled trying to independently change the SUP subtitles to SRT for FAVC to accept. Any chance of getting the subtitle option to accept .SUP ?

[DoctorM]

SUP is a useless format with few conversion options available.
Rip with Vobsub. IDX/SUB is common, convenient, and it is easier to convert.

[sadsack]

I was only asking if FAVC will ever accept .SUP subtitles, rather than only .SRT files. FAVC uses Subtitle Creator and Muxman which both use .SUP files, so I wonder why FAVC won't. Or perhaps FAVC could be made to accept .SUB files? Those are easy for we layman to convert to from .SUP format (rather than to SRT which requires manual checking).

The other option is to demux the FAVC generated VOB, and remux with the subtitles. I tried that with Muxman but at least the first couple subtitles are missing (possibly more, I didn't cross check the entire VOB). Any reason why this is happening?

[Hodag]

I have started to get a strange error when converting files to DVD format with FAVC. I have been using the HC encoder for video and the AC3 format for audio.

Several times now I have gotten DVDs that work great until I am a few minutes from the end of the file, then the sound goes out (video is fine). There is sound on the AVI that I convert and if I rerun the conversion with ConvertX then I get a working DVD with sound for the entire time. However, I much prefer FAVC.

Can somebody suggest a reason why this is happening?

If Mr. Odwin is reading this, thanks for a great program. Once suggestion though, and that would be to make the text color on the menus variable. I know you can pick it because I see the color code in the batch files, but it would be nice to have at least a few colors to choose from because sometimes the default does not look good if you have a custom screen background image.

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

I have a laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium, SP1, 64-bit on it.

I have tried "FAVC 1.07" both the 32-bit and 64-bit version and it keeps crashing.

1) Crashes when I try to use it.

2) Crashes when I try to close the FAVC.

Problem #1: gives me the following error message

"Windows Command Processor has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."

BTW, the Windows never offers a solution or anything!!!

FAVC crashes on Muxing up I think ... since in my Working folder I do see the Video conversion portion.


Problem #2: gives me the following error message

"FAVC has stopped working. Windows is collecting more information about the problem. This might take several minutes ..."

FYI, I used to use FAVC earlier versions on my XP SP2 with no gltiches what-so-ever ... so I know for a fact it is VISTA issue or 64-bit issue ... since my buddy claims it works for him kind of in 32-bit Vista.

Q1: What causes these problems?


Q2: How can I FIX these problem?

BTW, same friend that I mentioned above ... suggested to me to change my "Bitrate" from 8000 (FAVC default) to 4000 and use QuEnc instead of Aften (FAVC default) for Audio Conversion. This combo at least gave me an output even though it does still give a warning splash screen which I bypass and ignore. At least this way the converted Video and Audio gets Muxed up.


Thanks,

G!:)

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

I don't know what in the world I just did to my laptop that FAVC 1.07 64-bit works in my Vista Home Premium 64-bit perfectly. The only thing that I did today was download the called for Windows update ... but looking over the list I did not see anything that would un-jink the FAVC program ... so, I am puzzled ... but what the heck I ain't looking the gift-horse in the mouth ...

Now I also upgraded my Comodo Firewall and my Antivirus stuff. I am not sure if that helped.

I ran the "FAVC 1.07 (x64)" as is not even with Admin Rights or in XP Compatibility mode ... and I even used 8000 Bitrate and Aften as my Sound Encoder and it worked "PERFECTLY".

I wanted to share this info with folks that might have had similar problem as mine ... FAVC not working for no apparent reason!

Thanks,

G!:)

[xaero]

FAVC still re-encodes my 6channel ac3 to 2channel ac3 despite me choosing the option of keeping the original 6channel ac3.

how do i fix this?

[DoctorM]

FAVC still re-encodes my 6channel ac3 to 2channel ac3 despite me choosing the option of keeping the original 6channel ac3.

how do i fix this?
Use version 1.06.
It's a known bug in 1.07.

Speaking of which. I had an interesting thing happen.
Using HC to encode on one-pass with prediction, MuxMan failed to author because of excessive bitrate. (Bitrate was set to 8600kbps max and the audio was 384kbps).

Because I had FAVC set to delete files as it goes, I ended up with neither a DVD nor the raw video and audio files.

On the second go, I let it keep the files... and they authored fine in DVD Lab, just not MuxMan.

[MR Nice]

All I can say is anyone bites the dust, I think Mr odwin has put this one to bed. Great program never had any problem's with version 1.06. I did try 1.07 to many issues with that so I stuck with 1.06.

[MilesAhead]

All I can say is anyone bites the dust, I think Mr odwin has put this one to bed. Great program never had any problem's with version 1.06. I did try 1.07 to many issues with that so I stuck with 1.06.

I hope not. The 64 bit version of this app kicks ass on my quad core. Hope Mr O sticks with it.

[Brent.M]

I lowered the bit-rate to 7000 and then tried 6000 but it still missed files out. But I don't understand how doing that would do anything?

I have to merge the vob files together with VobMerge and use TDA3 to create a DVD :'(

The video is 720p.hdtv.x264 matroska file is that has anything to do with anything. Does FAVC not Handle high quality video very well?

OK with 1.06 twice it has successfully generated 2 DVDs. I selected 'keep working files'.

I had the bit rate at 9800 too.:)

[MilesAhead]

It's difficult to judge by a few results. My experience is any version of FAVC is less prone to crap out if you encode a single file. If I can I append files to a single file. Also it seems like a crap shoot. You can set the bitrate up and "get away with it" for a few runs, but then it's back to crash city. The only stable config I've found is set the max bitrate to 4000. For most stuff that seems to work well. otoh I don't have 50" + plasma tv either. So it doesn't have to be perfect.

[Brent.M]

Yes, It is a case of randomness work/notwork.

The last successful DVD I did had 1 .mkv and 1 .avi file

Tried doing another DVD yesterday with 2 .avis and it only had the following in VIDEO_TS folder:

VIDEO_TS
VTS_01_1
VTS_01_2
VTS_01_3

I require best possible quality.
As a video/audio noob FAVC is perfect for me. It's a shame I'll have to search for something else/method to use. Can't keep crossing my finger time I hit 'Generate DVD'.

[MysticE]

It's difficult to judge by a few results. My experience is any version of FAVC is less prone to crap out if you encode a single file. If I can I append files to a single file. Also it seems like a crap shoot. You can set the bitrate up and "get away with it" for a few runs, but then it's back to crash city. The only stable config I've found is set the max bitrate to 4000. For most stuff that seems to work well. otoh I don't have 50" + plasma tv either. So it doesn't have to be perfect.
That defeats the entire purpose of using a high quality encoder. You may as well just use DVD Flick. At least then you'll have the bitrate needed for fast action.

@ Brent.M

Originally Posted by Brent.M View Post
I lowered the bit-rate to 7000 and then tried 6000 but it still missed files out. But I don't understand how doing that would do anything?

I have to merge the vob files together with VobMerge and use TDA3 to create a DVD :'(


Just make sure you save your working files. You can then use the free and tiny ReJig to author your final DVD. And don't forget to also use the TitleChap0.txt file to get all your chapters.

http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/ReJig-Screenshot-80723.html

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Other-VIDEO-Tools/ReJig.shtml

[Brent.M]

Cool OK, thanks. It could have been from a HDD problem, not sure until I do another. Would have deleted me post if you hadn't of responded.

I have a Dual Core CPU. HCenc auto picks up that I have one right?


Tried using FAVC 1.06 twice today with a .mkv but the video & audio was 2x as fast and not understandable sounding.

mkv file info:
General
Complete name : *******
Format : Matroska
File size : 1.09 GiB
Duration : 41mn 46s
Overall bit rate : 3 746 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-04-02 02:51:05
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.3.0 ('Freak U') built on Oct 7 2008 20:39:59
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 41mn 43s
Bit rate : 3 205 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 3 359 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.145
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1123tw
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=3359 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 41mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz


Have done similar if not identical quality matroskas in the past using the same settings. I wouldn't say "no problem" as it's pot luck. 70% of the time it produces a DVD.

There was mention of lowering the video Bierate to 7000 due Muxman can be possibly being sensitive to spikes. Didn't resolve anything anyway.

FAVC 1.07 supposedly has problems retaining AC3 audio.

[MysticE]

Try using a recent ffdshow build and the Haali splitter.

[Brent.M]

Will do.


Did a test convert yesterday for the hell of it and it worked. As far as I can tell it is exactly the same spec mkv. Exactly. It's odd how it works when it wants to.

Only difference this time is I selected 'Balance' from usual 'Quality' preset in HC options. Bitrate 7000 as usual. Not sure 7000 helps because I have done a mkv convert before at 9400.

Also didn't have FFDshow or Halii installed. Again that doesn't mean anything because I have had successful converts with them installed.

General
Complete name : *******

Format : Matroska
File size : 1.09 GiB

Duration : 41mn 49s
Overall bit rate : 3 740 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-04-09 02:53:57
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.3.0 ('Freak U') built on Oct 7 2008 20:39:59
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 41mn 47s
Bit rate : 3 199 Kbps


Nominal bit rate : 3 353 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.145
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1123tw
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=3353 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 41mn 49s

Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

[Deusxmachina]

That defeats the entire purpose of using a high quality encoder. You may as well just use DVD Flick. At least then you'll have the bitrate needed for fast action.


I disagree. Depends what you're doing, though. I tend to throw a whole bunch of stuff on a single DVD mainly for portability reasons, and with a max of 4000 they can look "great" even though a file info program will show they highest bitrate is maybe 2000 or even around 1500.

If I put those same files into, say, ConvertxtoDVD, they definitely look worse because the encoder is worse. I can't remember what I didn't like about DVD Flick, but it had faults or was missing things compared to FAVC. Whether the encoder it uses isn't as good, I don't remember, because I didn't like other things about it.

Point is, regardless of bitrate, I'd rather use Quenc or HC (and FAVC) than various other encoders out there because they do a better job, so there's something to be said about that. Bitrate definitely isn't everything.

[MilesAhead]

That defeats the entire purpose of using a high quality encoder. You may as well just use DVD Flick. At least then you'll have the bitrate needed for fast action.

@ Brent.M


I don't know what "bitrate needed for fast action" means, but typically FAVC running on 4 cores will give more than double the fps output of Flick running multi-threaded. That's why the unix guys liked fork() so much.

Besides, I'm not stopping your from setting it to 8000. Go for it. I'm just relating my experience. I have no way to know what the exact nature of the bitrate spike problem is with FAVC. All I know it that it's been there for quite awhile. Mr_Odwin doesn't seem to be around anymore the shed more light on the problem.

I'm not a believer in "one piece of software does all" anyway. Esp. on video conversion freeware it's often the case that a converter that works great on certain types of input will often choke on others. To expect one converter to do it all is kind of naive.

[Hodag]

Anybody know how the path FAVC\Menu\Preview\Preview.avs get installed? I had to reinstall FAVC after a crash and now that path and file do not appear. I have FAVC\MENU with a NTSC and PAL folder, but no Preview folder so menu previews do not work any longer.

What files am I missing?

[Hodag]

Nevermind, I fixed the problem. For the sake of others with the same issue:

The .EXE installer does not create all the folder content, but the .ZIP installer does. Using the ZIP install over the existing EXE install cured the bug.

I suspect the problem is caused because the EXE install does not create the empty Preview folder beneath Menu, and the menu preview code does not have the ability to create a new folder on its own.

[Stanley_A]

A question guys.
Is there a way to bypass the AC3Fix step?
I want to retain the AC3 track I have but bypass the AC3Fix step.

Thanks in advance.

[Deusxmachina]

Best fix so far is to use version 1.6, as far as I know. 1.6 won't input I think vob files, but oh well.

[Stanley_A]

Another question.
How can I add the HC "AVSRELOAD" & "LOSSLESS" parameters to the process?

(For example, in the DVD Rebuilder ini
HC_AVSRELOAD=1
HC_LOSSLESS=1)

Thanks.

[MysticE]

I don't know what "bitrate needed for fast action" means, but typically FAVC running on 4 cores will give more than double the fps output of Flick running multi-threaded. That's why the unix guys liked fork() so much...
You've missed the point entirely. I wasn't talking about conversion speeds (that's a noob concern), I was referring to high action video footage. An average video bitrate of 4000 (VBR encode) may be fine, but if you check the actual bitrate on playback you'll see it is lower when nothing much is happening but during action sequences it is much higher, hitting 8+Mb/s. These higher bitrates are needed to avoid the common artifacts that occur during high action, blockiness/pixilation/ghosting, whatever folks tend to call them. I guess it doesn't matter much with the quality compromised Xvids that most are concerned with, but with a high quality source handcuffing the encoder to a max of 4000 isn't something I (and many others) would ever do.

[Xperience]

Recently i'm using FAVC 1.07 for encoding .mkv files to normal VOB files that goes on a DVD9 for my normal dvd player.

Everything goes very well. But when i look at the result there are no subs in it.
I add them in DVD Options menu into the program.
Box Hard subtitles not checked.
Sub is a .srt file.

So thing is everything (encoding) goes well. Also inserting a sub srt file is accepted by the program.
Result Good looking movie but without a sub. When i press subtitles on the remote control of my dvd player it says it has one but it won't show. Same thing on the PC. I can select a sub but no show.

Anyone can tell me what i maybe do wrong ?

Thanks!

[MilesAhead]

You've missed the point entirely. I wasn't talking about conversion speeds (that's a noob concern), I was referring to high action video footage. An average video bitrate of 4000 (VBR encode) may be fine, but if you check the actual bitrate on playback you'll see it is lower when nothing much is happening but during action sequences it is much higher, hitting 8+Mb/s. These higher bitrates are needed to avoid the common artifacts that occur during high action, blockiness/pixilation/ghosting, whatever folks tend to call them. I guess it doesn't matter much with the quality compromised Xvids that most are concerned with, but with a high quality source handcuffing the encoder to a max of 4000 isn't something I (and many others) would ever do.

I get the point exactly, which is to slyly insult via innuendo. Too bad you're not very capable at the practice, otherwise you'd be in government. Anyway, I would say most of my experience has been with FAVC or other encoders, if you put the max even at 9000, and let it calculate, it will set it around 4000 and change for a 2 hour .avi. This breathing space is myth afaics.

[Stanley_A]

I have a question.
I'm trying to convert an avi (divx) file to DVD.
The avi is 720x416 (Display aspect ratio 1.731).
The final video with FAVC was 4:3 letterbox.
So I tried with ConvertXtoDVD and the resulting video was 16:9.

Why is this happening with FAVC? Is there a way I can fix this? Maybe modify something? I'd like FAVC to output 16:9. Thanks in advance.

[DoctorM]

AVI2DVD (http://torrents.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1182296) allows you to override 16x9 or 4x3, but I don't see any way to do it with FAVC. That's a good question.

It sounds like your problem is that you have an anamorphic AVI which is non-standard (AVI's should always have an aspect ratio of 1:1).
You could try remuxing into an MKV container (Google up MKVMerge). It allows you to set the display aspect ratio (which FAVC should then recognize).

[Adub]

(AVI's should always have an aspect ratio of 1:1)

This is an incorrect statement. An Display AR of 1:1 would result in a square. Did you mean Pixel AR?

[DoctorM]

This is an incorrect statement. An Display AR of 1:1 would result in a square. Did you mean Pixel AR?

If you are nitpicking, then yes, I misspoke (mistyped). (He said DAR first which threw me.)

He is shooting for a 2.05128:1 DAR and needs a PAR of 1.77:1 but really can't get there with an .avi container (assuming the video's original source was NTSC).

(Yes, I also know that mp4modifier can set the aspect ratio of avi files, but many players (and assumingly FAVC) do not recognize whatever it tweaks).

But back on topic, if Stanely_A just drops his file into MKVMerge, sets the video "Display width/height" to 852 & 416, and resave the file, FAVC should handle it just fine.

[Stanley_A]

Thanks everyone.
I did it with mp4modifier and FAVC did recognize the tweaks.
And the resulting videos were 16:9.

[DoctorM]

Ok, that surprised me, but great. Mp4modifier is a much easier answer.

[kaothan]

I have tried many video files . The works were good.
Thanks

[DennyJA]

Hi

I have problem with FAVC, with some avi.files he do this (http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9127/ds9as.png) to picture instead of normal AS. I don't know where the error is can somebody help me pls.

[Dkruskie]

Its looks like the video resolution is set for full D1 try setting it for half D1. This usually works better for tv episodes.

[MysticE]

Its looks like the video resolution is set for full D1 try setting it for half D1. This usually works better for tv episodes.
Not true and irrelevant.

[IVaN_000]

Is FAVC still in development?

I can't make it work in Windows 7 x64. I've used it before in Vista x64 with no problems. I get the following message:

"FAVC is unable to process the following files:

C:\somedir\somefile.avi

Generally this problem occurs when the correct version of AviSynth is not installed (v2.56a or greater), or the corresponding codec is not installed.
Alternative approaches include creating an AviSynth script yourself and opening it in FAVC, or frameserving from VirtualDub to FAVC."


It's FAVC x64 v1.07. I've already tried with different versions of AviSynth and codecs, with always the same error message. Version.avs works fine in VirtualDub.

Is somebody using it in Windows 7? What combination are you using?

[staul62]

This may not be your problem but I have had the same error in the past if I had a typo in my AVISource file.

If that fails, I may soon be testing in Win7 32 bit.

[IVaN_000]

Thanks for your response. After I get that error, FAVC creates only 2 files in "Working folder 0": TitleInfo.bat, and Title0Info.avs.

The .avs file opened in VirtualDubMod gives the following error:

"Avisynth open failure:
Script error: there is no function named "WriteFileStart"
(C:\Users\Ivan\some directory\some file.avi, line 19)"

The .bat file when executed runs for a fraction of a second, like this:


*********************************************************
******************* Analysing Video 0 ************************
*********************************************************


AVS2AVI v1.39 (c) 2002-2004:
Christophe Paris, David Leatherdale, int21h, Moitah
http://www.avs2avi.org/

Source:
* Filename: "C:\Users\Ivan\some directory\Working Folder 0\Title0Info.avs"
* FourCC: None (RGB32)
* Frames: 240
* Resolution: 924x56
* Frame rate: 24.000 FPS
Compressor:
* No Recompression
Destination:
* Format: Null
* Pass 1/1: Finished in 00:00:00.265 (905.66 FPS)
* Frames: 240 (240 keyframes)
* Size: 47.37 MB

C:\Users\Ivan\some directory\Working Folder 0>_


The .avi file is 697 MB, 640x272 pixels, encoded with xvid. I tried with diferent files with the same results. I'm no AviSynth expert, so I'll check tomorrow the results in my other PC with Windows XP x86 (where it works fine) to compare results. Any help is welcome, and sorry for my poor English.

[staul62]

Hi,

If it happens on more than one file then it's not likely to be a typing error by you. However, I see you have the following:

C:\somedir\somefile.avi

and

"Avisynth open failure:
Script error: there is no function named "WriteFileStart"
(C:\Users\Ivan\some directory\some file.avi, line 19)"

Should there be a space in the file name?

I will be interested to hear your results under XP.

Steve

[IVaN_000]

Hi Steve. Actually, there's no "C:\somedir\somefile.avi", it was just an example. "C:\Users\Ivan\some directory\some file.avi" is the right one.

I didn't have the time today to test under XP, maybe tomorrow. I'll let you know.

The line "there is no function named "WriteFileStart"" makes me think it's an AviSynth problem. Is that function part of some plugin?

[staul62]

I don't know enough about AviSynth to be able to answer that. It sounds like you may be right though.

I look forward to hearing if a file that doesn't work on Win7 works on XP. Also, perhaps you should post the .avs file here - some better eyes than mine may have an answer!

[MR Nice]

I don't know enough about AviSynth to be able to answer that. It sounds like you may be right though.

I look forward to hearing if a file that doesn't work on Win7 works on XP. Also, perhaps you should post the .avs file here - some better eyes than mine may have an answer!


You can get FAVC to work on Win7, Just find an XP emulator it works with a lot of programs, that will not work on vista, or win7. :p

[DoctorM]

Has anyone figured out what it is in v1.07 that causes ac3 to be re-encoded when it shouldn't be?

[Bill_B]

I've been using FAVC for many months on XP and Vista 32-bit but have a new PC running Windows 7 64-bit and can't install FAVC.

AVISynth 2.57 installed OK.

Microsoft .NET Ver 2 won't install (error msg says not supported by this version of Windows).

I'm using FAVC_107_x64.

Anay help much appreciated.

[XhmikosR]

.NET Framework 2.0 is already in Windows 7; no need to install it.

[Bill_B]

I still can't get v107, x64 or x32, to install in Win7. After a bit of mucking around it seems to install but throws up lots of error messages about install files that won't open. The partial install goes to a "Virtual Space" hidden folder, not to the Program files/FAVC folder where it's told to install to.

I've also looked for an "XP emulator" as mentioned above by MR Nice, but no joy there.

Appreciate it if somebody who's installed in Win7 OK could give me the benefit of their knowledge. Thanks in advance.

[MR Nice]

I still can't get v107, x64 or x32, to install in Win7. After a bit of mucking around it seems to install but throws up lots of error messages about install files that won't open. The partial install goes to a "Virtual Space" hidden folder, not to the Program files/FAVC folder where it's told to install to.

I've also looked for an "XP emulator" as mentioned above by MR Nice, but no joy there.

Appreciate it if somebody who's installed in Win7 OK could give me the benefit of their knowledge. Thanks in advance.

Try this http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Hope this helps

[Bill_B]

Try this http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Hope this helps

Thanks MR Nice, but I've already looked at this Microsoft offering - it requires Win7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultmate editions. I've got Home Premium.

I thought that perhaps you were referring to a third-party XP emulator.

Has anybody intstalled v.107 under Win 7 Home Premium? Thanks.

[magicclue]

I thought that perhaps you were referring to a third-party XP emulator.

Has anybody intstalled v.107 under Win 7 Home Premium? Thanks.

try VirtualBox (free from Sun)

I've not tried with emulator. Also I dumped favc.
I went on with multiAVCHD, AVCHDCoder, RipBot264


you can also try:
D2MP

[MilesAhead]

Has anybody intstalled v.107 under Win 7 Home Premium? Thanks.

Keep searching because I know I've seen links for a FAVC fix to work with W7. I'm not sure what the modification is.

[DoctorM]

Keep searching because I know I've seen links for a FAVC fix to work with W7. I'm not sure what the modification is.

Reinstalling XP.:rolleyes:

[ChickenMan]

I run Win 7 Ultimate 32bit and just installed FAVC v107. I downed the favc_107.exe 32bit file, ran it & it asked where to extract files to, gave a folder. I then ran the favc.exe and all is working working fine here after loading an xvid avi. I had Avisynth 2.58 installed prior via another program. All 8 cores running fine with HCEnc using my i7, then Aften kicked in, followed by Pulldown on all 8 parts & finally Muxman did its job. Final DVD played back okay as expected.

[Merlin Biggs]

Recently i'm using FAVC 1.07 for encoding .mkv files to normal VOB files that goes on a DVD9 for my normal dvd player.

Everything goes very well. But when i look at the result there are no subs in it.
I add them in DVD Options menu into the program.
Box Hard subtitles not checked.
Sub is a .srt file.

So thing is everything (encoding) goes well. Also inserting a sub srt file is accepted by the program.
Result Good looking movie but without a sub. When i press subtitles on the remote control of my dvd player it says it has one but it won't show. Same thing on the PC. I can select a sub but no show.

Anyone can tell me what i maybe do wrong ?

Thanks!

I'm having the same trouble but with avi files. Sometimes the subs work sometimes not. Can't figure out why. In all cases the originals will play fine with subs in VLC

[Merlin Biggs]

I'm having the same trouble but with avi files. Sometimes the subs work sometimes not. Can't figure out why. In all cases the originals will play fine with subs in VLC

Did a reboot - now it works!

[Caution]

Got a little problem with using FAVC and I'm not really able to isolate where the problem is occurring. It causes, what I'd describe, little frame jumps at certain parts of HCenc/Quenc-encoded MPEG streams. It only happens when MulticoreEnc is selected and only on H264 sources, it seems.

This video, an FAVC encode of mine, shows an example of what I mean.
http://www.opendrive.com/files/6151316_Tdxkj_8e61/HL2Dancer.mp4 MP4 (H.264) 576x352 25fps 19-seconds 378KB

The frame problem only happens at the points where the m2v streams have been joint. Hence, the more threads I select in FAVC options the more jumps that occur in the video.

Windows 7 Premium x64
i7 920
Avisynth 2.6.0a2 (had the issue with Avisynth 2.5.8, too)

[MilesAhead]

Reinstalling XP.:rolleyes:

It works fine on Vista. Both 32 bit and 64 bit. I don't know what the issue is on W7.

edit: Well I suppose I shouldn't say "fine" as that implies it's totally consistent. I do get on occasion an incomplete mux/authoring for some strange reason. I'm avoiding discarding working files because sometimes I do have to author from the audio and video manually. It just quits with no error msg. I've taken to using AVStoDVD since I get consistent good results, it's more versatile on input, accepting .m2ts files as well as .mkv, and it doesn't crap out with an incomplete authoring job. Doesn't run quite as fast as FAVC on a quad core but it gets it done in just a bit longer than the video run time.

But afa refusing to install or not starting the job, none of that. It runs HCenc or quenc, on the video, processes the audio, but it's almost like at times it doesn't properly update the .ifo file during the authoring step. Strange.

It is a bit finicky. Too bad it looks like there's no fixes on the way.

[Caution]

Sorted my issue (two posts up).
I used Win7DSFilterTweaker to stop Windows 7 using its Media Foundation H264 decoder. FAVC has been perfect with CoreAVC.

[Attack]

Hi,

love the program, it has served me well.

Now with a recent project I need to alter the menu a bit more. I've already altered the background image, but what I'd really like to do is change the text to left-align, alter the highlight colour on selection and bump down the heading a bit (there's a logo on the background).
I see that it creates an AVS script to create the image (in the preview folder) and I could alter that, but that won't affect the actual creation (or does it?) and even so, buttons would still be out of place.

Now if I am browsing and understanding the directories correctly, I need to fix the Buttons.mnu file corresponding to my amount of choices, with the last one in the list being the "Play All" - not too hard considering the clearly labelled x and y. But where's the avs template for the background creation? Or is that generated via the mnu file?

Cheers for the help.

[rwal99]

I have been using FAVC for a year or so - very nice package! One odd thing popped up the other day, though. I was creating a
dvd of an avi file that was exactly 140:00 minutes long with chapters to be set at ten minute intervals. TitleChap0.txt ended
up with 14 timestamps. However, Muxman went south because of not being able to find the 15th segment. I edited TitleChap0.txt,
removed the last line and then all was well. Also, every once in a while, I get an error message about a problem with the audio
stream (can't remember what it is off-hand) and I found that putting *AVSRELOAD in the titlex.ini file got rid of the problem.
Would it be possible to get an option to automatically place *AVSRELOAD in the ini file? Right now, I manually edit it in before
firing off the bat file.

[rwal99]

Another odd occurrence with favc. I was trying to use avi files from a Danish source. Files with that character 'o with a slash
through it' (Alt+0248 from Character Map) in the filename caused TitleInfo.bat to fail during the avs2avi check (the results
vis-a-vis FourCC, dimensions and frame rate were quite comical). Changing the weird characters to just 'o' in the filename
cured the problem, though.

[MilesAhead]

What I've found lately is trying to process .mkv that has pillars results in totally scrambled video. Seems to work pretty well with 16x9 .mkv sources but now and then I get strange things like frames out of sequence. Weird. That's using HC multi-instance. It's a shame because it's incredibly fast considering it's downsizing to NTSC dvd. Unfortunately to be sure you got a good encode you pretty much have to watch the entire film on a stand-alone using a test burn.

[killerhex]

anyone having trouble with wavi.exe when i use FAVC it says wavi encounters a problems and stops working

[DoctorM]

I recently reinstalled some codecs and now I'm having FAVC audio problems.

When it gets to a line like:
"C:\FAVC\Wavi\wavi.exe" "D:\Temp\Working Folder 0\Title0.avs" - | "C:\FAVC\Aften\aften.exe" -b 256 - "D:\Temp\Working Folder 0\Title0.ac3"

Ffdshow is called to decode the audio, but my default ffdshow audio profile is for 6-channels audio.

As a result all 2-channel input is converted to 5.1 DD. It's the same profile I've always used, but it never did that before.

I blacklisted wavi.exe in ffdshow, but that's not really the right answer.

I have no interest in changing my default ffdshow profile or switching it every time I use FAVC.

Anyone know what I've got set wrong?

[Xproject187]

I to use Windows7 & I can't get Favc to work correctly either.
I read somewhere that the problem is due 2 Win7 loading encoders that don't work with Favc.

I found a tweak tool that's supposed to allow me to set Windows so that it'll stop using the problematic encoders, but I don't know how to set it.

So to anyone who's gone thru this & made it work, could you please be good enuf to
post a short walkthru, explaining how to configure the tool.

[ValorSolo]

This worked very well for me on XP, but no so much on Win7. I tried 32 and 64 bit flavors.
Not really a big problem though. I'm running 4 machines with XP and only 1 with Win7.
My Win7 machine is my HTPC, so I wasn't intending to do much video work with it anyways.

Anyhow, thanks for a great app. The quality is actually better than ConvertXtoDVD, for me.
And the encoding times and quality are better than DVDFlick.

[Cyber-Mav]

doesnt work for me, here is error i get:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
at FAVC.MediaInfo.MediaInfo_New()
at FAVC.MediaInfo..ctor()
at FAVC.FAVCForm1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.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.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: 2.0.50727.5448 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FAVC
Assembly Version: 1.7.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.07
CodeBase: file:///C:/Temp/FAVC/FAVC.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
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: 2.0.50727.5447 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
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: 2.0.50727.5446 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
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: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
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: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
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:/Temp/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.

[DoctorM]

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried manually updating all the components?

I know I'm still using 1.06 because of the problem with AC3 being unnecessarily re-encoded, but there are a lot of pieces from the mpeg encoders to imgburn that have all had many updates since the last FAVC versions.

Edit: Went and did this myself plus some other refinements including a fix for the 1.07 AC3 bug.

Is there interest in me posting this version or just the fix for the bug?

[MilesAhead]

Mostly I've tried updating HCenc. It seems like if I don't use Best Profile DC prec 10 I can't predict results. Also multi-thread enabled seems to be a disaster. It can produce some good results using HC one instance per core but I find if the output DVD will have a high bit rate, I'm better off just using QuEnc 0.75 alpha CBR 8500 one pass multi-threading enabled.. afa speed/quality trade-off. The QuEnc developer popped by a few months back but that's the last I've heard. It seems the 0.75 alpha distributed with AVStoDVD is the newest that can be had.

It's too bad FAVC never got perfected. It had a lot of potential.

[DoctorM]

As I put in the edit of my last post, I've been updating the components myself.
I tried downloading AVStoDVD 2.4.2 which seems to be the very last version, but QuEnc is still 0.7.2.0 in that. Do you have a link to a newer version?

Edit: I take it back. The file properties say it is 7.2, but it is clearly 7.5. Thanks for the heads up.

[DoctorM]

Has anyone else found v1.07's algorithm for HCQP quantization prediction to be worse than the 1.06 one? I get a lot of "Algorithm Failed to Converge. Running Full 2-pass Encode."

[DoctorM]

Apparently, I'm the only one that still uses FAVC, so here is a gift to you all.

(link at bottom)

It's a custom version of FAVC, based on v1.07 x64, but with component updates and some other tweaks and fixes including working under Windows 7.
If you find any problems, please let me know.

__FAVC v1.07 x64 Dr.M Custom Edition__

-Fixed a bug that caused all AC3 to be re-encoded.
-Code modified to use HC Encoder .25.
-Updated components as available favoring x64 versions.

Downgraded: MediaInfo 0.7.6.1 x64

Updated: Aften 0.0.8, Decomb to 5.2.4, FFMpegSource to 1.21, NicAudio to 2.0.6, VSFilter (DirectVobSub) to 2.41.322, DGIndex to 1.5.8, HC Encoder to .25, ImgBurn to 2.5.8.0, mencoder to 37199, mkisofs to 3.01a22, mkvtoolnix to 6.9.1, Muxman to 0.16.8, twoLAME to 0.3.13, QuEnc to 0.75 alpha.

_Other Notes_

To avoid unnecessary processing or channel changes to your audio, I recommend you keep a second audio filter installed. Use one for normal everyday use and one for encoding.

For example, for normal playback I use ffdshow, which is set to output 5.1 channels, and occasionally other tweaks. If FAVC used it, a stereo source will be modified and output as 5.1 with only 2 channels active.

To fix this I added Wavi.exe to the "Don't use ffdshow in" list (under ffdshow's audio decoder configuration/DirectShow control).

With ffdshow blocked LAV Audio Decoder activates instead. I don't use LAV audio for anything else, and I have it configured with every option disabled and only the output formats checked.

Additionally, to avoid missing subtitles, text subtitles must be in ANSI format to be properly recognized. They can be converted using 'Save As' under Notepad. You may also want to do a search and replace to convert ♪ to <s M/> so you have notes.

Edit: Updated to v1.1. Now includes SubtitleCreator 2.2. (I was under the mistaken impression that 2.2.2 was newer.)

Now for .SRT subtitles <s M/> is still double quarter note but <s m/> is a single half note. I believe 2.3 uses single quarter note instead, but I've never had much success with that version so I didn't use it.
FAVC x64 v1.07 DrM Custom v1.1 (http://forum.videohelp.com/attachments/25611-1402283427/FAVC%20x64%20v1.07%20DrM%20Custom%20v1.1.rar)

[Caution]

Nah. Still using FAVC and love it.

One issue. With HCenc^n I can not have more than 8 instances of HCenc encoding at the same time. The 9th instance's info exclaims: "ERROR, can't open dbs file, invalid path?"

If the 9th instance starts when one of the preceding ones have already finished there is no issue. Only 8 can run at one time. This is with both custom and original 1.07v