AVStoDVD Support Thread

[hlrsnd]

Wow, looks great. Thanks. I'll check it out later.

Now using Windows 7 RC. I'll let you know if that causes any problems.

[manolito]

Thanks for the new version!

One thing I noticed on my 1024x768 display: The menu editor has a hard coded resolution which makes it unusuable on my display. It simply is too large vertically, I cannot access the buttons at the bottom of the editor window.

Cheers
manolito

[wg]

Thanks for the new one, keeps getting better & better.

Cheers!!

[MrC]

Thanks guys for the kind words! ;)

Now using Windows 7 RC. I'll let you know if that causes any problems.

Thanks, it would be a very useful feedback.

One thing I noticed on my 1024x768 display: The menu editor has a hard coded resolution which makes it unusuable on my display. It simply is too large vertically, I cannot access the buttons at the bottom of the editor window.


You mean using the 4:3 DAR Menu, don't you? Yeah, I know it. I have the same problem, my display is 1280x768, but I usually make 16:9 menus... ok ok it is not a valid workaround... What do you think having the possibility to slide the icons group from bottom to right window side?

;)

Bye

P.S. I have released the 2.2.0 2 days ago and I have already found a bug: when encoding 5.1 AAC tracks to 5.1 AC3 tracks, channels mapping is wrong. Correct mapping should be 2-1-3-4-6-5. Shame on me.

[hlrsnd]

I haven't had time to really use 2.2.0 yet but I made a sample 3 minute DVD using an Avisynth script as an input, running Windows 7 RC 32 bit, and everything worked fine. Thanks.

It appears the default AVStoDVD script always includes a line to resize the video to 720x480 even when the video is already that size. Any point in checking the video size and not including that line if it's already ok? Will trying to resize something already that size make any difference in speed or quality? Just wondering.

[MysticE]

P.S. I have released the 2.2.0 2 days ago and I have already found a bug: when encoding 5.1 AAC tracks to 5.1 AC3 tracks, channels mapping is wrong. Correct mapping should be 2-1-3-4-6-5. Shame on me.
I've had similar problems, I'd assumed it was my system. I've taken to converting the audio first with Xvid4PSP (Aften based).

[MrC]

I've had similar problems, I'd assumed it was my system. I've taken to converting the audio first with Xvid4PSP (Aften based).

I will fix it with 2.2.1. Right now you can edit the AVS script and adjust manually the GetChannel function.

What about the file(s) drag&drop onto AVStoDVD executable?

;)

Bye

[MrC]

It appears the default AVStoDVD script always includes a line to resize the video to 720x480 even when the video is already that size. Any point in checking the video size and not including that line if it's already ok? Will trying to resize something already that size make any difference in speed or quality? Just wondering.

I do not think that there is any speed or quality difference. But some AviSynth guru can better clarify.

BTW I agree that it is reduntant: a product of my laziness in optimizing the code. :rolleyes:

;)

Bye

[MysticE]

I will fix it with 2.2.1. Right now you can edit the AVS script and adjust manually the GetChannel function.

What about the file(s) drag&drop onto AVStoDVD executable?

;)

Bye
Very nice, I can now drop the file right on the Desktop icon.

[Filbert]

AVStoDVD 2.2.0 Final is (finally)
- Added a backup Audio encoding routine (ffmpeg based) if main routine fails. Thanks to Filbert @forum.doom9.org


Thanx for new version. There is still an error in the audio backup routine:
<30.06.2009 10:17:50>
Problems encountered during Title 1 AUDIO encoding operations.
START (BACKUP) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "F:\WORK\Test-Videos\[Source]\testrun.mov" -y -vn -ar 48000 -ab 1536k C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\user\Eigene Dateien\DVD_4_testrun.wav"
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<30.06.2009 10:17:54>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS.
I think the quote sign is missing at the beginning of the destination path, as the routine itself seems to work.

Greets, Filbert

[MrC]

There is still an error in the audio backup routine

:o

Looks like that 2.2.1 is pressing...

Workaround: use a Output Folder without *space* chars.

;)

Bye

[MysticE]

Seems I got a problem with latest build. It's not reading the runtime right.

Note the runtime disparity. I tried it with 3 different files. The auto bitrate (QUenc) was set to AVG: 7930, MAX: 9000. Wrong for 1:27 minutes. I let it run it completed, and I ended up with a 2.09GB DVD. What it did was create an oversized file that was then transcoded to an undersized one. It showed the correct runtime and played, but note the details of one VOB.

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 49mn 20s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2316 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 7945 Kbps

Went back to the previous Alpha and everything was correct. AVE: 6533, MAX 9000. The resulting DVD now came in at 4.32GB.

Here's the bad log:


<6/30/2009 6:22:57 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Doed.avi
Info: XviD - 968 kbps - 624x336 - DAR 1.857 - 25 fps - Progressive - 1:27:42 hours - 131551 frames
Audio: C:\Doed.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 134 kbps - VBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 1:27:42 hours
Subs: C:\Doed.srt
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.16]
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<6/30/2009 6:22:57 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Doed.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,7,0,7)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Doed.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Audio = Audio.EnsureVBRMP3Sync()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<6/30/2009 6:22:57 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4149.1 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\Doed_latest_0_Doed.avs" -o "G:\AVStoDVD\Doed_latest_0_Doed.m2v" -b 7930 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 16:9 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<6/30/2009 7:04:38 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: G:\AVStoDVD\Doed_latest_0_Doed.m2v (4974.3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8065 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 25 fps - Progressive - 1:27:42 hours - 131551 frames
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<6/30/2009 7:04:38 PM>
START TRANSCODING OPERATIONS
ReJig Parameters: -size 4149 -o "G:\AVStoDVD\Doed_latest_0_Doed.ReJig.m2v" -i "G:\AVStoDVD\Doed_latest_0_Doed.m2v" -auto -close -quiet
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<6/30/2009 7:06:39 PM>
END TRANSCODING OPERATIONS
Transcoding executed on File: G:\AVStoDVD\Doed_latest_0_Doed.m2v (1824.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 2953 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 25 fps - Progressive - 1:27:42 hours - 131551 frames
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<6/30/2009 7:09:51 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: G:\AVStoDVD\Doed_latest_0_Doed.m2v (1824.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 2953 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 29.97 fps - Progressive - 1:27:41 hours - 157701 frames
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<6/30/2009 7:11:36 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: G:\AVStoDVD\Doed_latest_0_Doed.ac3 (240.9 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 1:27:42 hours
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I also could not Hard Code the subs, it went to Quenc for a second then on to audio encoding.

Went back to the previous Alpha and all worked well. Here's that log:

<6/30/2009 4:12:49 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Doed.avi
Info: XviD - 968 kbps - 624x336 - DAR 1.857 - 25 fps - Progressive - 1:27:42 hours - 131551 frames
Audio: C:\Doed.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 134 kbps - VBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 1:27:42 hours
Subs: C:\Doed.srt
[]
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<6/30/2009 4:12:49 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\VSFilter.dll")
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Doed.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,7,0,7)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)
Video = Video.TextSub("C:\Doed.srt")

Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Doed.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Audio = Audio.EnsureVBRMP3Sync()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<6/30/2009 4:12:49 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4107.4 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\DOED_N_ALPHA_0_Doed.avs" -o "G:\AVStoDVD\DOED_N_ALPHA_0_Doed.m2v" -b 6548 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 16:9 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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Here's a SS of the new build:

[MrC]

@MysticE

Fixing a bug in the bitrate calculation routine has generated another bug, only for NTSC setting. Anyway, ReJig shrinking seems to be a little bit too aggressive. I suspect that QuEnc sometimes does a heavy bitrate padding. Waiting for 2.2.1, if you have time, repeat that project using HCenc.

;)

Bye

[MysticE]

No hurries the Alpha is fine.
repeat that project using HCenc.

Makes no difference, the too high bitrate is already chosen (I assume based on the wrong/short runtime, shows as 1:13 instead of 1:27). And if I choose to burn subs with HCenc it also crashes.

[Filbert]

Hi MrC,

just two other things that might be corrected if I'm not wrong (mainly for PAL-DV Sources):

1. For interlaced sources shouldn't it be "Video = Video.ConvertToYV12 (interlaced=true)" instead of "Video = Video.ConvertToYV12"?
2. Adding Borders and resizing shouldn't be necessary (Video = Video.AddBorders(24,0,24,0)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)) as it's already correct size. Maybe it's adjusted because the pixelratio 720:576 is 5:4 and the aspectratio should be 4:3. If I feed my DVD recorder (Panasonic DMR E65) with DV (via Firewire, digital copy) there's no adding of borders/resizing. Same with commercial DVD authoring program (Sonic DVDit).

Not that important as I can correct this by editing the script, but maybe you agree...

Thanx, Filbert

[drjake]

When trying to use the preview window for the Menu editing Function, I get an Error 445 Object doesn't support this action message. Any suggestions on how to fix this.

[toology]

I have a small feature request. In my case the only guaranteed non stuter way of converting 23.976 to PAL is a speedup to 25 fps. Could you add an option to do that for us that have pulldown issues? Thanks!

[MrC]

For interlaced sources shouldn't it be "Video = Video.ConvertToYV12 (interlaced=true)" instead of "Video = Video.ConvertToYV12"?

You are correct. And update is simple. ;)

Adding Borders and resizing shouldn't be necessary (Video = Video.AddBorders(24,0,24,0)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)) as it's already correct size. Maybe it's adjusted because the pixelratio 720:576 is 5:4 and the aspectratio should be 4:3. If I feed my DVD recorder (Panasonic DMR E65) with DV (via Firewire, digital copy) there's no adding of borders/resizing. Same with commercial DVD authoring program (Sonic DVDit).

Your explanation goes in the right way: if DAR is 1.25 then AddBorders is added. Unfortunately many DV files have a wrong DAR flag (instead of 1.333/1.778 they have 1.25) or no flag at all. But, generally speaking, I have to trust what MediaInfo reads.

When trying to use the preview window for the Menu editing Function, I get an Error 445 Object doesn't support this action message. Any suggestions on how to fix this.

Do you get the same error by using the Preview Clip window from the main window?
Do you have a directshow compatible codec installed (like ffdshow)?

I have a small feature request. In my case the only guaranteed non stuter way of converting 23.976 to PAL is a speedup to 25 fps. Could you add an option to do that for us that have pulldown issues? Thanks!

That's curious: in early AVStoDVD releases (up to 1.1.3) there was the possibilty to choose fps upsizing method (ChangeFPS, ConvertFPS or Pulldown), but I removed it because, theoretically speaking, the best way is Pulldown. Will go in ToDo list with low priority.

;)

Bye

[toology]

Thanks man! Any tool I used that encoded with HCenc gave me skipping and jitter, so I finally gave up and started speeding up video.

[hlrsnd]

I wanted to let you know, MrC, that I successfully encoded an 89 min, 20 title NTSC DVD using Windows 7 32-bit RC. All files were Avisynth scripts joining, fading, etc., avi files. Everything worked great. Thanks. Looking forward to the next version.

[drjake]

Do you get the same error by using the Preview Clip window from the main window?
Do you have a directshow compatible codec installed (like ffdshow)?


I get the error with both preview windows. I do have FFDSHOW installed.

[MrC]

@drjake

from AVStoDVD help section:

The Internal Player uses DirectShow ActiveMovie Library (quartz.dll), distributed with DirectX since release 8. To function properly, installed codecs must be compatible with ActiveMovie (like ffdshow).

NOTE 1: if you cannot see any preview (i.e. image stays gray while playback is running), please check your Video Decoder Configuration (see FFDShow configuration example)

NOTE 2: if you get program crashes or system instability, please try the following (keep the order):
- check your video and audio codecs
- toggle off "Unload DirectShow ActiveMovie library at runtime" in Preferences - Misc
- select "Use External Player" in Paths Settings Tab.


Instability may be caused by: lots of codec installed (remove some of them), ffdshow unstable builds (use only stable ones) or broken DirectShow libraries (reinstall MS DirectX).

;)

Bye

[rendez2k]

I've been playing with the menu editor again (not used it for a while to be honest!).... a couple of quick questions.

1. In a text only menu, if I change the size/font of one menu item, can I apply it to all?

2. Is it possible to save a menu layout?

3. Can text be left/right aligned?

4. I assume the highlight colour can't be changed yet?

The whole app is becoming very accomplished. Its looking great!

Edit: Also, what are the different options for the AC3 encoder? Any better than others? Had issues with a movie file yesterday where the audio sounded 'speeded up'

[Filbert]

I just found out that I now can send video files straight from my video editor to AVStoDVD (thanx to the added drag & drop / extended CL support). Thanx for that :)

Small bug:
If I add a demultiplexed mpeg file (file.mpv + file.ac3) and the audio file is named wrong (eg fille.ac3) than the saved project file is empty. Of course the project then has no sound as the files are not corresponding, but the project file shouldn't be empty I think. If I rename the audio file to the correct name and re-add then the project file is okay. I found this one when adding 14 demultiplexed video/audio files and one audio file was named wrong.
This also happens when just removing an existing audio track in the "Source Titles" window -> empty project file.

Greets, Filbert

[MrC]

I've been playing with the menu editor again (not used it for a while to be honest!).... a couple of quick questions.

1. In a text only menu, if I change the size/font of one menu item, can I apply it to all?

2. Is it possible to save a menu layout?

3. Can text be left/right aligned?

4. I assume the highlight colour can't be changed yet?

The whole app is becoming very accomplished. Its looking great!

Edit: Also, what are the different options for the AC3 encoder? Any better than others? Had issues with a movie file yesterday where the audio sounded 'speeded up'

1. Yes, you can: click on the lock icon before making changes to title properties.
2. No, but it is in the ToDo list. Anyway you can manually add/edit templates in the folder \AVStoDVD\Menu\Templates
3. No, I will add
4. No, not yet, but same as 2.
5. Thanks! That's because of your suggestions!
6. Generally speaking, Aften is better than QuEnc and Wavi is faster than ffmpeg. So best choice is Wavi+Aften. Use others options only if you have problems.

Small bug:
If I add a demultiplexed mpeg file (file.mpv + file.ac3) and the audio file is named wrong (eg fille.ac3) than the saved project file is empty. Of course the project then has no sound as the files are not corresponding, but the project file shouldn't be empty I think. If I rename the audio file to the correct name and re-add then the project file is okay. I found this one when adding 14 demultiplexed video/audio files and one audio file was named wrong.
This also happens when just removing an existing audio track in the "Source Titles" window -> empty project file.

Thanks, there was a bug in the Save Project routine (at least one audio track was requested). Will be fixed with 2.2.1.

;)

Bye

[MrC]

P.S. I have released the 2.2.0 2 days ago and I have already found a bug: when encoding 5.1 AAC tracks to 5.1 AC3 tracks, channels mapping is wrong. Correct mapping should be 2-1-3-4-6-5. Shame on me.

I have made more investigations (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=148178) and I found out that as a matter of fact Aften does not need any 5+1 channel remapping, whatever the source is, while QuEnc needs GetChannel(1,3,2,5,6,4) adjustement.

Please take note that:
- all releases make wrong (5.1) AAC->AC3, DTS->AC3 audio conversions
- releases 2.1.3 / 2.1.4 / 2.2.0 make wrong (5.1) AC3->AC3 when using Aften. No errors if AC3 audio track is retained.

If you want to manually adjust this error, you must edit AviSynth script.

Sorry for this annoying drawback.

:o

Bye

[wg]

Has the 'No DVD Menu' option been removed from the latest version?

[MrC]

Has the 'No DVD Menu' option been removed from the latest version?

No, it doesn't. 'No Menu' is the default choice, overridden if you select 'DVD Menu Wizard'.

;)

Bye

[wg]

No, it doesn't. 'No Menu' is the default choice, overridden if you select 'DVD Menu Wizard'.

;)

Bye

Thanks for the swift reply, missed that, haven't been following the forum as closely as I should have been recently.

[Flux]

How I can do PAL 4% speed up for audio? I tried using this, but it doesn't work for audio.

Video = Video.AssumeFPS(25)
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,6,0,6)
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,576)

Audio = Audio.AssumeFPS(25,sync_audio=true)
Audio = Audio.SSRC(48000)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

[toology]

Perhaps you should encode audio separately, I believe eac3to GUI has the option for speedup. You can even use HDConverttoX, it has audio only option.

[MrC]

@Flux

what is exactly your purpose? Why do you have to speed up audio? Remember that only video, not audio, has frames.

;)

Bye

[Flux]

I have a PAL TV, so it doesn't like DVD frame rates 23.976 or 29.97. The problem is that audio will go out of sync and it need to be speed up by ~ 4%, if video is turned to 25 fps. I'm not sure about adding extra frames to get 25 fps, because TextSub doesn't seem to like it. Texts are "pulsing" every second or so and minor stuttering is annoying too. Only speed up would work, but it is kinda "hard" to extract audio, process it with audio editor and then put it back to AVStoDVD. I'm just a lazy butt and wonder if there is easier way to do it.

[MrC]

Theoretically speaking, if you have a 23.976 fps source and you have to convert to PAL DVD, the correct way to do is:

- convert video to mpeg2 staying at 23.976 fps
- apply pulldown to 25 fps (dgpulldown IS the tool)
- convert audio to ac3/mp2/wav/dts without any speed change
- author to DVD

(that's AVStoDVD path, of course).

Where do your issues come out? Do you have same problem as toology reported?

;)

Bye

[Flux]

When letting to do DGpulldown for 23.976 -> 25, video has "pulse" effect every 9th frame or something like that. It is most noticeable with hard encoded bright subtitles. This happens for original built-in movie subtitles too (ending credits for example).

This GIF animation shows the pulse effect. It is a bit slower actually, but couldn't time it right for GIF.
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/kst/testi.gif

[MrC]

If DGPulldown creates that pulse effect (BTW it should not, maybe neuron2, the author, can help us to understand why), you should go with ChangeFPS/ConvertFPS. Take a look at AviSynth documentation for AssumeFPS/ChangeFPS/ConvertFPS differences and be careful if your source is not progressive (see end of AviSynth doc page).
AssumeFPS is generally to be avoided because:

The AssumeFPS filter changes the frame rate without changing the frame count (causing the video to play faster or slower). It only sets the framerate-parameter
If sync_audio is true, it also changes the audio sample rate by the same ratio, the pitch of the resulting audio gets shifted.

It means that you risk to change audio sample rate, going out of DVD-Video spec. Instead by using your script:

Audio = Audio.AssumeFPS(25,sync_audio=true)
Audio = Audio.SSRC(48000)

assuming that your input file has already 48000 Hz audio rate, you are speeding up audio (from 48000 to 48000*25/23.976) and then speeding down it (from 48000*25/23.976 to 48000): no sample rate change change and out of sync guarantee.

;)

Bye

[MrC]

Release 2.2.1 is out (http://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/)

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'Import Chapters' option to 'Title Edit'/'Chapters' (IfoEdit CellTimes format supported)
- Added 'Force PlayAll Selection' option to DVD Menu Wizard
- Added 'Text Alignment' options to DVD Menu Editor
- Added 'Toolbar Position' customization ('Standard' or 'Floating') to DVD Menu Editor
- Added text output (debug purpose) to A2DSource.avsi function
- Changed DVD Menu Background and PlayAll image files format: from jpg to bmp
- Improved DVD Menu Editor graphical items handling with mouse
- Improved AviSynth script generation routine (fixed 5.1 channels audio mapping issue, Audio source brought to script top)
- Improved log activity
- FFmpeg updated to r19159
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.19

Happy conversions! Post here any issues or suggestions.

;)

Bye

[rendez2k]

Possible small bug: set my DVD title to left aligned and in the preview it centres - not tried a full output yet.

[OAKside]

Thanks again for all the updates and hard work on AVStoDVD, MrC! I've used The FilmMachine and FAVC in the past, but AVStoDVD has taken over so-to-speak for a while now.

I noticed a trend in my logs pointing to a problem since installing ~2.2.0. Seems to calculate bitrate wrong, ends up creating video file over 5 GB, ReJig always needed to transcode. Many times even the transcode would end up slightly too big, which was my first alert to this problem. Reverted to AVStoDVD 2.1.4 and (even with HCenc 0.2.4 beta) no longer see these problems in logs.

Has this been verified and/or fixed in 2.2.1? Maybe I missed it in the search.

<7/2/2009 8:59:13 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4242.3 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Output\AVSD\OMG_0_OMG.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Output\AVSD\OMG_0_OMG.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Output\AVSD\OMG_0_OMG.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Output\AVSD\OMG_0_OMG.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 7374
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 70
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<7/2/2009 10:40:51 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: C:\Output\AVSD\OMG_0_OMG.m2v (5248.4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 7429 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 1:40:26 hours - 144490 frames
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<7/2/2009 10:40:51 PM>
START TRANSCODING OPERATIONS
ReJig Parameters: -size 4242 -o "C:\Output\AVSD\OMG_0_OMG.ReJig.m2v" -i "C:\Output\AVSD\OMG_0_OMG.m2v" -auto -close -quiet
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<7/2/2009 10:45:26 PM>
END TRANSCODING OPERATIONS
Transcoding executed on File: C:\Output\AVSD\OMG_0_OMG.m2v (4241.8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6003 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 1:40:26 hours - 144490 frames
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PS - Donated! (Robert M., USA)

PPS - I made an icon (http://oakside24.deviantart.com/art/AVStoDVD-97285461) for AVStoDVD a while back (a hobby of mine).

[MrC]

@rendez2k

yes, you are right, DVD Title alignment is working only in Edit Mode. Will fix it. Thanks! Thumbs label alignment is OK.

@OAKside

your issue (NTSC bitrate calculation bug) with 2.2.0 is known (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1301613#post1301613). Please check release 2.2.1 because it should have been fixed now.
Thanks for the donation! And the Vista style icon looks very beutiful! Good job!

;)

Bye

[OAKside]

your issue (NTSC bitrate calculation bug) with 2.2.0 is known (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1301613#post1301613). Please check release 2.2.1 because it should have been fixed now.
Thanks for the donation! And the Vista style icon looks very beutiful! Good job!
Nice! I thought I'd read that about the bitrate issue, but it was a bit further back then I searched. Installing 2.2.1. And thanks (about the icon)!

[Richardw322]

MrC, why the change on menu background from jpg to bmp? It's easier to find jpg than bmp, at least for me.

[MrC]

MrC, why the change on menu background from jpg to bmp? It's easier to find jpg than bmp, at least for me.

Do not worry, jpg is still supported. I have only changed the provided templates image format from jpg to bmp. Maybe the change log is not that clear.

;)

Bye

[Richardw322]

Another question, I like to back up my DVDs and put the original away and use the backup. My DVD player wont read DVD+R DL disks, so I have to shrink to DVD5. I can use DVDshrink, but I lose the menu. Could I rip the main movie only and then use that plus AVItoDVD to build a DVD5 with menu? Would I rip to one big VOB with DVDDecripter?

[ohmy]

Hi!

I'm new to DVD creation, and wanted to find a free, usable solution. Now I see there are no simple solutions, but AVStoDVD is getting closer.
If I can have some suggestions:

I'm using AVStoDVD 2.2.1 and trying to create a simple DVD with no menus from PAL DV videos. The DV tape has been copied into multiple files
(every scene change means a new file), so a 70 min DVD can include more than 50-100 files.

This gives two problems:
1. If the number of files is bigger than 99, AVStoDVD writes an "out of range" error.

2. The bigger problem is Muxman, which is muxing the sound and video. It seems, that it cannot mux more than 64 file, so I got this error after the successful encoding
of 77 file:
-- PGC "VMG_Lu1_Pgc1" Pre command group has 154 commands, maximum is 128.

And the job is cancelled after that.
I used Muxman gui, to add all the audio and video files, and it created the DVD, but I couldn't find where to add chapters and strangely the audio was out of sync.


After a week I found the solution to my problem, and created the DVD. I had to make 3 big file from the 99 small one using Virtualdub. On the DVD each file means a new DVD title, is there an option to change this?
I can only see chapters/title.


3.
MediaInfo bug:
GSpot recognises the correct dar: 16/9.
MediaInfo GUI seems to recognise it too: 16/9.
But in AVStoDVD MediaInfo couldn't recognise the correct aspect ratio, so AVStoDVD tried to make 4/3 video.

I had to manually delete all Video.AddBorders(24,0,24,0) rows, and alter the VideoAspectRatio: 0 to VideoAspectRatio: 1.

If MediaInfo is not reliable (and I think it's not), an option would be good to change the aspect ratio for ALL files in one step
manually before DVD creation.



4.
I searched for a day, which encoder, HcEnc or QuEnc gives better quality at highest DVD bitrates. I'm still not sure. So gave it a try. I set HcEnc OVP option in preferences, locked the
bitrates, than pushed the OK button. But after the START button, QuEnc was used. I looked at the avs script file, and it had HcEnc written in it. Still QuEnc was used.

HcEnc worked only after I pushed "save as defaults" in the preferences dialog. It's confusing.


5.
While having unsuccessful tries in DVD creation, I was too lame to find how AVStoDVD can be stopped. While it's easy to accidentaly push stop in QuEnc, or HcEnc and have a bad DVD because of it,
AVStoDVD doesn't have a Stop option. I always had to kill it Task Manager.


Other than these issues, your program seems to do the job, and it's better than other solutions. Thanks! :)

[OAKside]

MrC,

One of the only things that bothers me about 2.2.x (vs 2.1.4) is the new Adv. Project Settings (+Settings).
I like to keep temp/work files, now I always need to remember to click +Settings and uncheck both "Delete" boxes.
Is there any way to save the +Settings preferences, or even just start AVStoDVD with the +Settings options open?

[manolito]

@Richardw322
AVStoDVD is a great piece of software, but for backing up your DVDs it is certainly not your first choice.
I can use DVDshrink, but I lose the menu.
What??
DVDShrink has two modes of operation, the first mode will transcode the whole DVD including all menues, and the second mode lets you create "your own" DVD. In this mode you can add only the title sets you need, but you will lose the menues.

If you do not like the quality of DVDShrink in mode #1 then your alternative is DVDRebuilder which reencodes your source DVD from scratch (as opposed to DVDShrink which is a Compressed Domain Transcoder). The free version combined with the HC encoder is hard to beat in terms of quality vs. price...

Cheers
manolito

[MrC]

@Richardw322

using DVD-RB (as suggested by manolito) is the best choice to preserve menues and keep a good quality. If you want to use AVStoDVD you have to extract video, audio and subs with ReJig, save the chapter position (txt) with IfoEdit and load everyting into AVStoDVD.
BTW, I plan to add DVD structure parsing capability to next releases (for example to grab some titles/streams or part of them), so stay tuned. ;)

@OAKside

what do you think saving the +Settings last selection in the registry?

@ohmy

hi and welcome here! First of all, thanks for your kind words and suggestions. Let's go with the sequence.

1. 2. The limit of 99 titles is set by BatchMux. We should address your request to Sir Didymus (the author), but he is very busy in the last months...

3. It's strange that MediaInfo GUI says that your DV file as a 16:9 DAR, while AVStoDVD does not. They use same MediaInfo DLL. Could you please send me a short DV sample? No plan to add changing the aspect ratio for all files in one step (generally speaking, I should do that for *every* settings, that's mean tons of code lines...)

4. Are you sure you have changed the encoding preferences before starting a new project?

5. I agree with you. A general stop button could help. I will put it the ToDo list.

;)

Bye

[Richardw322]

Manolito, Thanks for the advise, I want only the main movie, and a menu. (The hell with the stupid promos, and I( don't use spanish or french or subtitles at all) Looks likek a pain with AVItoDVD, so I'll look at DVDRebuilder.

MrC looks like it would be fun once to learn, but a PITA. Sigh, install and learn another program....

Thanks guys!!

[OAKside]

what do you think saving the +Settings last selection in the registry?Exactly, that sounds great. :)