Problems with CCE in AVI2DVD mode

[Kristijan]

Hi all,

Long time user of DVD2SVCD and CCE SP 2.5 and thought I'd upgrade to the latest and greatest 2.7...This is where my problem lies.

I have a 720MB AVI file which I would like to convert to an MPV so I can burn it through DVD-Lab. Now I have a few of these AVI's and I'd like the MPV to be around 920MB and the AC3 around 140MB.

The problem I'm having is after conversion, which for some reason only takes 1 hour ends up over 1GB in size. The AC3 however is 140MB, so that's not a problem.

Can someone with more expeirence see where I'm going wrong and figure out why such the big file size, and why this process takes only 1 hour when in the past it used to take around 5.

I've tried playing around with the bitrate min. max. avg. but I've had no luck. I've never had to mess with them in 2.5.

Below is my dvd2svcd_log.txt

WNASPI32.DLL 4.71.2.0
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- 5/02/2006 12:40:59 PM
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2DVD ver. 1.2.3 build 1
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Initializing
- C:\My.Movie.001.avi
Initializing finished.

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- 5/02/2006 12:41:01 PM
- Free on drive C: 62918.42 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Checking C:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio extraction finished.

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- 5/02/2006 12:41:52 PM
- Free on drive C: 62781.09 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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- 5/02/2006 12:41:54 PM
- Free on drive C: 62781.08 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.ac3" -payload -logfile "C:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" )
Audio conversion of C:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 5/02/2006 12:42:06 PM
- Free on drive C: 62643.76 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 771537788
AudioSectors: 113876
VideoPAPO: 11949768
ScanOffsetBytes: 0
SeqAligningBytes: 0
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 759474140.00
Seconds: 2.00
CalcMPEGStream: 759474140.00
Frames: 0
CDSize: 740.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 736.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 0
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 8
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 2000
Max. bitrate: 8000
Avg. Bitrate: 7200
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)

If this is any help, below are my PC specs;

AMD X2 Dual Core 3800+
2GB RAM
Giga-Byte K8NSC

Any help is much appreciated.

Regards,
-Kristijan

[Nick]

thought I'd upgrade to the latest and greatest 2.7...This is where my problem lies.

Damn right it is :)
CCE 2.7 is not supported in DVD2SVCD, I'm afraid.

[Kristijan]

Well that pretty much sums it all up, thanks Nick :)

So is 2.5 the last version that is supported by DVD2SVCD? The only issue I had with 2.5 would be it constantly freezing. When it did work though, I had no issues. What is the last version supported by DVD2SVCD?

I thought it was dodgy RAM, so I went out and got some new RAM. Didn't help at all. I might run a memory tester and see how that pulls up.

Any other things I can check which would cause it to freeze?

Cheers,
-Kristijan

[manolito]

The latest supported version of CCE is 2.67. Have a look here: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=742745#post742745

CCE 2.50 has a well known CRC bug that makes it prone to crash on Athlon systems. I remember reading about a patch for CCE 2.50 that turns off CRC checking.

Cheers
manolito

[Kristijan]

manolito,

Your correct about the patch, but I cannot find it. I know the filename (Cinema_Craft_Encoder_2_50_SP_CRC_Patch.zip) but all the links I have tried no longer exist.

Does anyone have this patch handy so I can give it a try.

Cheers,
-Kristijan

[manolito]

Didn't you get my PM?

Cheers
manolito