DVD2SVCD and QuEnc 0.70

[manolito]

DGZ just released a new version of QuEnc which I highly recommend. Unfortunately he also changed the command line interface so it will not work with DVD2SVCD any more. The -mpeg2 parameter has been removed, and QuEnc bombs out with a "bad parameter" error when it encounters this parameter.

I hope this will be fixed in the next version of QuEnc. Until then you can download a small wrapper which just removes the -mpeg2 parameter from the command line. Get it at http://scifi.pages.at/manolito/DVD2SVCD/QuEnc_D2S.exe

Usage:
Copy the file into your QuEnc folder. Point D2S to this file instead of QuEnc.exe.

And remember that you have to set up QuEnc via the GUI before using it with D2S. You must set the codec (MPEG2 or MPEG1), VBR (or uncheck it for CBR), under "Advanced" you have to set the mux profile to "no audio", and for interlaced encodings make sure you have the field order set correctly.


Cheers
manolito

[petermarina]

Hey, your file is reported by my anti-virus (AntiVir) to contain BDS/CWZ.1 Backdoor server programme... What the ^@%@? Anyone had the same experience?

[manolito]

AntiVir is famous for false alarms, and this is one of them. Just checked the file online at www.virustotal.com, and only AntiVir, CAT-QuickHeal and Ewido had problems with it. The other 22 scanners did not find anything.

If you are paranoid, you can use the following batch file instead.
rem Save as D2S_QuEnc.bat
rem Copy into your QuEnc folder
rem Edit last line and enter path to QuEnc.exe
@echo off
set CMDLIN=
:loop
if !%1==! goto execute
if not %1==-mpeg1 if not %1==-mpeg2 set cmdlin=%cmdlin% %1
shift
goto loop
:execute
start /WAIT Your_Path\QuEnc.exe%CMDLIN%

Just remember to enter the full path to the QuEnc executable in the last line of the batch file.

Cheers
manolito

[petermarina]

Thanx dude, will try that asap. www.virustotal.com is down? I can't get to it.

[manolito]

www.virustotal.com is down? I can't get to it.Yes, I cannot connect to them, too. But http://virusscan.jotti.org/ still works...

Cheers
manolito

[Rod]

My workaround is a little convoluted but I let DVD2SDVD run, then I manually open Quenc and use as input file the AviSynth_Script_file.avs file it created in the Video folder. For the output file I type in driveletter:\foldername\video\Encoded_Video_QuEnc_NTSC.mpv and let it run.
Then I open the dvd2svcd.txt file created earlier and copy the remaining command lines with MPLEX, DVDAuthor only after Quenc to a txt file that I give a bat extension. Running the bat file then executes was DVD2SVCD was going to do.
The only thing missing is making an ISO file. You can run something that makes the ISO file or I inserted into the bat file something like "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\mkisofs.exe" -o "driveletter:\foldername\DVDImage.iso" -publisher "DVD2SVCD" -volid "" -dvd-video "driveletter:\foldername\DVD-Files"

[manolito]

Hi Rod,

I'm afraid that all the time you spent with your workaround was wasted. A couple of days ago DGZ released QuEnc v. 0.71, and this version is completely compatible with DVD2SVCD again. No more need for a workaround!

Cheers
manolito



P.S. Could a mod please close this thread, it is obsolete now

[Nick]

Done.

Thread closed