AVStoDVD Support Thread [Archive] - Page 2

MysticE

8th October 2009, 22:54

Well I installed this version:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/

Ran this File through it.

Complete name : C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.45 GiB
Duration : 1h 51mn
Overall bit rate : 1 863 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-21 08:05:15
Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-21 08:05:15

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 51mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 660 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 12.0 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.099
Stream size : 1.29 GiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1169M ab85c9b

Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-21 02:57:21
Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-21 08:06:26

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 51mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 200 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 296 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 159 MiB (11%)
Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-21 08:06:16
Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-21 08:06:26

Again chapters were off. The last chapter hit at about the 1:28 minute mark. The amount of chapters seemed correct @ 23, but they also seemed to be only 4 min. long (i have it set @ 5 min.)

Here's the only log I had.

<10/8/2009 1:19:44 PM>
START PROCESS
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<10/8/2009 1:19:44 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: PU_6C_SM 222
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: G:\AVStoDVD
Save Log file: Yes
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

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<10/8/2009 1:19:44 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4
Info: AVC - 1660 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 1:51:27 hours - 160342 frames
Audio: C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4
Info: AAC LC - 199 kbps - VBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:51:27 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.21]
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<10/8/2009 1:19:44 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Crop(16,0,-16,0)
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,79,0,79)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<10/8/2009 1:19:44 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3988 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5002
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<10/8/2009 4:00:26 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v (3989.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5043 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 1:51:21 hours - 160186 frames
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<10/8/2009 4:00:26 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
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<10/8/2009 4:07:01 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v (3989.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5038 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:51:27 hours - 160344 frames
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<10/8/2009 4:07:02 PM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.avs" - | "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 - "G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.ac3"
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<10/8/2009 4:10:53 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.ac3 (357.2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:51:27 hours
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<10/8/2009 4:10:53 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"

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<10/8/2009 4:16:41 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: G:\AVStoDVD\PU_6C_SM 222_0 (4436.8 MB)
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<10/8/2009 4:16:41 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.2
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Could not find these:

-cellfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\PU_6C_SM 222_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"

I rebooted and started again. I checked the chapters in the preview and they go to the end at 5 min intervals. Will report back in a few hours.

hlrsnd

8th October 2009, 23:49

@MrC: I appreciate your work. Keep it up. Thanks.

MrC

9th October 2009, 15:59

@MysticE

wait, could you try with this "exe-only" update:

http://avstodvd.googlepages.com/AVStoDVD_222_Fix_091009.7z

;)

Bye

MysticE

9th October 2009, 20:28

@MysticE

wait, could you try with this "exe-only" update:

http://avstodvd.googlepages.com/AVStoDVD_222_Fix_091009.7z

;)

Bye
Well I'll give it a shot as rebooting and resetting defaults did not cure the problem.

MysticE

10th October 2009, 06:40

Alright, tried the new EXE, Got these pop ups. But it turns out there was a properly chaptered DVD created (go figure).

Here's the AVS log.

<10/9/2009 3:29:44 PM>
START PROCESS
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<10/9/2009 3:29:44 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: P6C newEXE
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: G:\AVStoDVD
Save Log file: Yes
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

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<10/9/2009 3:29:44 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4
Info: AVC - 1660 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 1:51:27 hours - 160342 frames
Audio: C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4
Info: AAC LC - 199 kbps - VBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:51:27 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.21]
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<10/9/2009 3:29:44 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\PU_6c_SM.mp4", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Crop(16,0,-16,0)
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,79,0,79)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<10/9/2009 3:29:44 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3988 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5002
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<10/9/2009 6:12:15 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v (3989.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5043 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 1:51:21 hours - 160186 frames
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<10/9/2009 6:12:15 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
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<10/9/2009 6:19:03 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v (3989.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5038 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:51:27 hours - 160344 frames
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<10/9/2009 6:19:03 PM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.avs" - | "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 - "G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.ac3"
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<10/9/2009 6:24:28 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.ac3 (357.2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:51:27 hours
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<10/9/2009 6:24:29 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt"

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<10/9/2009 7:23:01 PM>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS!

CHECK FOLLOWING FILES FOR MORE DETAILS:

AVSTODVD LOG FILE <G:\AVSTODVD\P6C NEWEXE_0.LOG>
BATCHMUX LOG FILE <G:\AVSTODVD\P6C NEWEXE_0_BATCHMUX.LOG>
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<10/9/2009 7:23:04 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.2 Fix build 091009
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Here's the BatchMux log.

BatchMux version --> 1.3
Destination Folder --> G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0\VIDEO_TS
MuxMan Script File --> C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_MuxMan.mxp
MuxMan Log String --> -l "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_MuxMan.log"
Folder of the MuxMan executable --> C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan
Check presence of MuxMan.exe --> PASSED
Segment #1 - Video File #1 --> G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v
Checking asset for importing as --> M2V, M1V, MPV
Video Coding Mode --> MPEG-2
Video Resolution (Nominal) --> (720x480)
MPEG-2 Aspect Ratio (DAR) --> 16:9
Video Frame Rate --> 29,97 fps
Video Bitrate (Nominal, Kbps) --> 8789
VBV Buffer Size (Kbyte) --> 224
Segment #1 - Video Display Mode --> LB
Segment #1 - Audio #1 File #1 --> G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.ac3
Segment #1 - Audio Lang Code #1 --> en
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Cells --> 23
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Programs --> 23
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM_MuxMan.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Chapters --> 23
Started preparation of --> MUXMAN SCRIPT
Completed preparation of --> MUXMAN SCRIPT
MuxMan RunString --> -run
Strings (local stack - bytes) --> 814
Time Codes (local heap - bytes) --> 841
Static memory usage % --> 1.26
Starting MuxMan Authoring with --> LOW task priority
MuxMan Authoring --> COMPLETE
Printing out --> MUXMAN LOG

-- MuxMan version 0.15R
-- Opened script file C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\P6C newEXE_0_MuxMan.mxp
-- Accepted video G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.m2v size = 4182867311
-- Accepted audio G:\AVStoDVD\P6C newEXE_0_PU_6c_SM.ac3
--
-- 18:24:32 Begin multiplex VTS01.
-- Title Segment List
-- Seg1
-- Maximum audio duration 400866 fields.
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn1 at 00:00:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn2 at 00:05:00:07, requested for 00:05:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn3 at 00:10:00:09, requested for 00:10:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn4 at 00:15:00:12, requested for 00:15:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn5 at 00:20:00:09, requested for 00:20:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn6 at 00:25:00:02, requested for 00:25:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn7 at 00:30:00:04, requested for 00:30:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn8 at 00:35:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn9 at 00:40:00:09, requested for 00:40:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn10 at 00:45:00:07, requested for 00:45:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn11 at 00:50:00:06, requested for 00:50:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn12 at 00:55:00:02, requested for 00:55:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn13 at 01:00:00:04, requested for 01:00:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn14 at 01:05:00:04, requested for 01:05:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn15 at 01:10:00:14, requested for 01:10:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn16 at 01:15:00:02, requested for 01:15:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn17 at 01:20:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn18 at 01:25:00:12, requested for 01:25:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn19 at 01:30:00:05, requested for 01:30:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn20 at 01:35:00:14, requested for 01:35:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn21 at 01:40:00:10, requested for 01:40:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn22 at 01:45:00:00
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn23 at 01:50:00:10, requested for 01:50:00:00
-- SeqEnd at F9517D6B.
-- Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
-- Bitrate - avg: 5565026, min: 458293 (lba 0), max: 9820579 (lba 1751284).
-- Shortest GOP has 5 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
-- Fields: 400865, VOBU: 12769, Sectors: 2271581.
--
-- 18:31:02 Begin multiplex VMG.
-- 18:31:02 End multiplex.

Segment memory resources --> RELEASED
Local Stack memory --> RELEASED
File i/o structures --> DEALLOCATED

Tired of messing with it. From now on I'll be outputting as elementary streams and using Simple DVD Creator to finish.

MrC

10th October 2009, 11:43

But it turns out there was a properly chaptered DVD created

Ok, thanks for the debug.

:)

Bye

Richardw322

10th October 2009, 16:34

Just downloaded the new 2.2.2, and I was wondering, should I uninstall 2.2.1 first, or can I just install 2.2.2 over 2.2.1? BTW great work on this program!!

EDIT
I just went to the home page, and the link still says 2.2.1, even though it downloads 2.2.2

MrC

10th October 2009, 21:21

Just downloaded the new 2.2.2, and I was wondering, should I uninstall 2.2.1 first, or can I just install 2.2.2 over 2.2.1?

It is surely better to uninstall a previous release and then install the new one.

I just went to the home page, and the link still says 2.2.1, even though it downloads 2.2.2

Thanks! Just updated it.

;)

Bye

minda76

13th October 2009, 08:00

Hi,

Thanks for a new nersion, but i can't create NTSC DVD, i always get BatchMux error "is not a legal mpeg2" or something like that. Here is the log files:

<2009.10.12 23:52:11>
START PROCESS
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<2009.10.12 23:52:11>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\DVD1
Save Log file: Yes
Delete Temp Process Files: No
Delete Working Files: No
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

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<2009.10.12 23:52:11>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\DVD\10000 BC.ts
Info: VC-1 - 15677 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps - Progressive - 1:48:55 hours - 156699 frames
Audio: C:\DVD\10000 BC.ts
Info: AC3 - 640 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:48:55 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.21]
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<2009.10.12 23:52:11>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Temp\AVStoDVD_222_NoInstall\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\DVD\10000 BC.ts", CacheFolder = "C:\Windows\Temp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\DVD\10000 BC.ts", CacheFolder = "C:\Windows\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2009.10.12 23:52:11>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4046,9 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5194
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 0
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2009.10.13 03:50:01>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.m2v (4042,2 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5229 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps - Progressive - 1:48:49 hours - 156543 frames
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<2009.10.13 03:50:01>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29,97 -inplace -bff
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<2009.10.13 09:23:17>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.m2v (4042,2 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5229 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps - Progressive - 1:48:49 hours - 156543 frames
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<2009.10.13 09:23:17>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC.avs" - | "C:\Temp\AVStoDVD_222_NoInstall\Aften\aften.exe" -b 384 - "C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.ac3"
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<2009.10.13 09:27:39>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.ac3 (299,2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:48:55 hours
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<2009.10.13 09:27:39>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\DVD1\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Temp\AVStoDVD_222_NoInstall\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.ac3"
-a1lang ru
-cellfr "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC_MuxMan.txt"

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<2009.10.13 09:30:08>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS!

CHECK FOLLOWING FILES FOR MORE DETAILS:

AVSTODVD LOG FILE <C:\DVD1\DVD_0.LOG>
BATCHMUX LOG FILE <C:\DVD1\DVD_0_BATCHMUX.LOG>
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<2009.10.13 09:30:08>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.2
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BatchMux version --> 1.3
Destination Folder --> C:\DVD1\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS
MuxMan Script File --> C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp
MuxMan Log String --> -l "C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.log"
Folder of the MuxMan executable --> C:\Temp\AVStoDVD_222_NoInstall\MuxMan
Check presence of MuxMan.exe --> PASSED
Segment #1 - Video File #1 --> C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.m2v
Checking asset for importing as --> M2V, M1V, MPV
Video Coding Mode --> MPEG-2
Video Resolution (Nominal) --> (720x480)
MPEG-2 Aspect Ratio (DAR) --> 16:9
WARNING - Frame Rate Code 1 not allowed for DVD.
Video Frame Rate can not be established.
Proceeding by setting it to 29,97 fps.
Video Bitrate (Nominal, Kbps) --> 8789
VBV Buffer Size (Kbyte) --> 224
Segment #1 - Video Display Mode --> LB
Segment #1 - Audio #1 File #1 --> C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.ac3
Segment #1 - Audio Lang Code #1 --> ru
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC_MuxMan.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Cells --> 11
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC_MuxMan.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Programs --> 11
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_10000 BC_MuxMan.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Chapters --> 11
Started preparation of --> MUXMAN SCRIPT
Completed preparation of --> MUXMAN SCRIPT
MuxMan RunString --> -run
Strings (local stack - bytes) --> 606
Time Codes (local heap - bytes) --> 409
Static memory usage % --> 0.77
Starting MuxMan Authoring with --> LOW task priority
MuxMan Authoring --> COMPLETE
Printing out --> MUXMAN LOG

-- MuxMan version 0.15R
-- Opened script file C:\Windows\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp
-- Rejected sp r/fr C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.m2v
-- Accepted audio C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.ac3
-- No video file declared

Segment memory resources --> RELEASED
Local Stack memory --> RELEASED
File i/o structures --> DEALLOCATED

Is there a bug?

MrC

13th October 2009, 12:54

The bug is here:

<2009.10.13 03:50:01>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\DVD1\DVD_0_10000 BC.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29,97 -inplace -bff
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There is a comma instead of a dot. I will fix it in the next release. Anyway a possible workaround is to change your international settings, using dot as decimal separator instead of comma.

Thanks for the bug report.

;)

Bye

MysticE

13th October 2009, 23:38

Tried 2 AVI/Xvids @ 23.97, both came out fine, chapters correct.

Shadowmeph

14th October 2009, 06:20

I am fairly noobish to Video editing , and to be honest the only software I have used on a regular bases is Virtual dub and convertx2dvd. I tried to make a DVD from a couple of TV episodes ( avi files) that I downloaded using this guide "AVI to DVD guide" (http://www.doom9.org/) it is a good guide but not noob friendly . I am pretty sure that I followed the guide to a Tee but it turned out to be a fail, I had no sound and was unable to figure out how to add the sound in and burn it to a dvd.
I have only used the AVSto DVD twice and both times the AVStoDVD release 2.2.2 on my windows 7x86 Operating system freezes, but if I let it be it unfreezes it self and works. The other thing is that it burned the dvd without any problems but when I looked at the program itself it was showing that it was still only half way through hehe. not to sure what that is all about. Other then that the program is fast and does its job perfectly ( be sides those two things).
I am always downloading my TV episodes and burning them and will keep using this good free program thank you for all of your hard work :).

MysticE

15th October 2009, 23:59

I like the new options, fade and sharpen. Nice touch. And the +settings pane stays open now. :thanks:

Shadowmeph

16th October 2009, 00:19

I like the new options, fade and sharpen. Nice touch. And the +settings pane stays open now. :thanks:

what I didn't even see those options I will have to look again :)

MilesAhead

16th October 2009, 05:24

MrC I've been doing video conversions and burning for a few years, but I've just started burning double layer DVDs, and I'm also new to AVStoDVD. I'm just wondering if it's a fluke or an issue, as I authored my first DVD9 using AVStoDVD. When I tried to burn with Imgburn I got "no suitable cell for layer break" type message. It suggested some numeric ranges and I manually plugged in a number and it seems to have burned ok. I'm just curious what AVStoDVD does afa layer break information or if there's an option or line I can add to AviSynth script to avoid having to manually add this(or perhaps it was just this particular bunch of titles.. the DVD had 6 titles, sort of an "episodic" DVD .. perhaps the cause of the issue?)

I've tried looking on the web but it seems nebulous if Dual Layer vs Double Layer is a distinction without a difference so I'm confused at this point.

Thanks for the program. I've used both QuEnc and HC in the past quite a bit and the way you have it set up with the bit rate ranges is a novel approach. :)

MrC

16th October 2009, 13:06

@MilesAhead

AFAIK there is no way to generally predict what is the best cell to choose as DVD-9 layer break. It depends from the video footage you are burning. Fortunately ImgBurn has a very handy feature (Create Layer Break Position) by which you can directly select the more convenient (for you) cell before burning. More info at ImgBurn forum section (http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=4643).

I'm happy you like the bitrate-oriented approach to the encoder selection: I know it can be a little confusing at the beginning, but I think it is a good way to find a compromise between speed (QuEnc CBR) and quality (HCenc VBR). Probably the future implementation of HCenc 0.24 (it has its own, very effective, predictive mode) will cause QuEnc to be "pushed" towards very high bitrate only, or maybe removed at all.

;)

Bye

MilesAhead

16th October 2009, 23:01

Thanks for the reply. I'll experiment but it looks like the newest Imgburn can handle it ok. btw, I like to write small utilities for Windows myself.. esp. small hotkey gizmos. They work kind of like the old Dos TSRs that popped a window up over what you are doing. They are all fully enabled "donation ware." I hope you find one or two useful: http://www.favessoft.com/hotkeys.html

At least if you are running Vista or 7 they look good anyway. :)

Richardw322

17th October 2009, 19:14

I have a question related to dual layer disks. I have an older DVD player and tried burning a DVD 9 disk using Verbatum DVD+DL disk. The resulting DVD played fine in the computer, but not in the DVD. I asked on the IMG forum and they said to check if dual layer was supported in the DVD manual, and it didn't list that disk format. BUT I know the DVD plays factory DVD9 disks. How does that happen? How could a I make a disk LIKE a factory DVD9 disk so the player would read it? At the moment, it can't even detect a disk is in the drive!

MilesAhead

17th October 2009, 22:50

You could try setting the Book Type. I know where it is in Imgburn. On the Write page before you start the write there should be a button in the lower right hand corner. Select the appropriate tab for your burner. The setting drop down I believe has DVD-ROM for DVD5 discs and DVD9 or something like that(I can't look without putting a disc in) for double layer. See Imgburn guides for more info.

MilesAhead

17th October 2009, 23:15

afa burning DVD Double Layer with Imgburn and layer break.. I reset chapters to default 5 minutes, used custom Disc size and set to 8000 MB and authored. Imgburn automatically suggested a couple of layer breaks when loading the VIDEO_TS folder. Seems like all went well. :)

MysticE

17th October 2009, 23:52

Richardw322

17th October 2009, 23:59

Thnaks for the type, MilesAhead. I followed one guide that never mentioned the book type. When I checked the other 2 that deal with dual layer disks, they both say to check to make sure it's set to DVD ROM. I am going to give it a try. I wonder if II should do that with DVD 5 disks too?

Richardw322

18th October 2009, 01:27

MrC

18th October 2009, 13:52

@MysticE

Ok

@Richardw322

Do you have the possibility to check the DVD+DL that plays fine on your PC on other standalone DVD players? BTW you should address the question to the proper doom9 forum section (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=60).

;)

Bye

Richardw322

18th October 2009, 15:20

No not really. Don't have another in the house!! Everyone else plays on computer. Also, it was just a thought here, I am really doing fine with DVD5, and really shouldn't "rock the boat"

On second thought, maybe I will ask for another opion. I tried in the IMGBURN forum, and the conclusion was my DVD player is not compatible. Don't buy it as it plays factory DVD9. I don't really need it, there is a HTPC connected, but it bugs me.

Thanks for the link, MrC

MysticE

19th October 2009, 07:35

Well, tried it with the book type set and same thing. DVD player just says no disk, but it plays fine in the computer. I would like to make DVD9 disks with AVStoDVD, anyone have any ideas? Or is it just the disk player? Funny thing it reads factory DVD9 disks though.
I would say it's the player. DL burning is still a bit of a crap shoot as is player compatibility. My older JVC and newer Philips play my DL burns, my older Pioneer does not. Also many folks use these types of apps to convert Xvid movies. The quality has been compromised and there is really nothing gained by going DL. The average 100 minute or so Xvid movie doesn't even have to fill a DVD-5 to maximize the quality. If the source is a pristine Blu-Ray rip that's when you want to maximize your bitrate and probably go DL.

Richardw322

19th October 2009, 23:08

Mystice, that's what I got over in the DVD burning are, it's the player. As I make a lot of TV episode disks from shows I recorded, it would have been nice to make 1 DVD9 rather than 2 DVD5's. No biggie. In fact, I am making one tonight, and using 2.2.2 for the first time. (to get back on topic)

Mike_111

22nd October 2009, 14:47

MrC

22nd October 2009, 20:23

@Mike_111

you should not be surprised that a 720p movie is (decoded and) encoded slowly, even on a quad core. It depends from a lot of factors: installed codecs, system cleanliness, other tasks running in background, etc. You may improve AVStoDVD speed by selecting a different AVS resizer (i.e. BilinearResize) and edit the default encoding settings (toggle on '+Settings'/'Edit encoder command parameters at runtime').

Take note that usually HCenc is faster than QuEnc in multicore systems.

BTW, where did you get that mkv footage?

;)

Bye

MilesAhead

22nd October 2009, 21:45

AVStoDVD 2.2.2 is really slow for me (first time I tried AVStoDVD). Just ~25fps with a 2.66GHz Core2Quad and default settings, I tried to convert a 40min 720p MKV (H264+AC3) with QUenc (~24fps) and HCenc (15fps@1-pass) as a test. RipBot264 and DVDRebuilder work with normal speed for me (Win7 Home Premium 64bit). Any ideas what I can do to speed it up or narrow down what causes the slow encoding?

One test isn't out and out proof, but I did a DVD-RB Pro conversion on my quad with HC 0.23 HC 0.24 May beta and HC 0.24 Sept. beta. I deleted all intermediate files between tests and used the same source with the same settings, 4 instances of HC 2 pass best profile.

The first 2 runs the video processing time was 55 minutes. But the Sept. 0.24 HC beta came in at 50 minutes. I couldn't see any qualitative difference. For @10% speed up it may be worth some copying and renaming. ;)

edit: the other consideration is running 4 instances of HC will be with multi-threading disabled, whereas with AVStoDVD you will be running a single instance with mult-threading enabled if you're on a multi-core. So mileage may vary a bit on that score. Still, I doubt the new HC will be slower in that scenario.

loekverhees

22nd October 2009, 22:21

Mike_111

22nd October 2009, 22:21

you should not be surprised that a 720p movie is (decoded and) encoded slowly, even on a quad core. It depends from a lot of factors: installed codecs, system cleanliness, other tasks running in background, etc. You may improve AVStoDVD speed by selecting a different AVS resizer (i.e. BilinearResize) and edit the default encoding settings (toggle on '+Settings'/'Edit encoder command parameters at runtime').

Take note that usually HCenc is faster than QuEnc in multicore systems.
Thanks for your reply! I'll try it again with the improvements you suggested. I guess I was just surprised because almost everything I did before on this PC (encoding from DVD to H264 2-pass, 720p H264 to 576p H264 2-pass and DVD9 to DVD5 HCenc 2-pass) was more than twice as fast.

BTW, where did you get that mkv footage?
I just used that file as a test case for AVStoDVD. It's from my Battlestar Galactica Season 1 HDDVD, encoded to 720p for the old HTPC.

Richardw322

22nd October 2009, 23:23

Just a quick report, the other night I used 2.2.2 to encode a DVD(5) and it worked flawlessly. Great program MrC!!

MrC

23rd October 2009, 09:09

I have a 23.976 fps source video. In AVStoDVD, I set the output to NTSC. But when AVStoDVD is almost finished, it gives an error message saying that the framerate is not DVD compliant. I checked the framerate and it was still 23.976 fps indeed (so not pulldowned to 29.97 fps). Why is it not pulldowned?

To better understand the cause, please post the complete log file.
Just a guess: what decimal separator is setup in your system? If it is "," change it to "."

I'll try it again with the improvements you suggested.

Let me know the results. Your test on brand new HW/OS is very important for me, because I usually develop AVStoDVD on an old PC (Athlon XP 1800+ with XP Pro) and debug it on a early Core2 duo... :o

Just a quick report, the other night I used 2.2.2 to encode a DVD(5) and it worked flawlessly. Great program MrC!!

Thanks for the report. Very appreciated.

;)

Bye

loekverhees

24th October 2009, 09:20

To better understand the cause, please post the complete log file.
Just a guess: what decimal separator is setup in your system? If it is "," change it to "."
Ah, thanks. Changing the decimal separator to "." did the trick.

MysticE

25th October 2009, 00:58

Ah, thanks. Changing the decimal separator to "." did the trick.
MrC

FWIW I am using this as you originally suggested:
@MysticE

wait, could you try with this "exe-only" update:

http://avstodvd.googlepages.com/AVStoDVD_222_Fix_091009.7z

;)

Bye
No problems with 23.97.

minda76

25th October 2009, 12:45

Thanks for the new version :)

MrC

25th October 2009, 14:29

Release 2.2.3 is out. Mainly bugfixes and routines updates, plus a new, very rough, tool to join similar source titles.

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'Join Source Titles (AVS file)' new tool
- Changed default DVD burning speed from 2x to 4x
- Improved support to DGIndex Project files
- Improved Authoring routine
- Improved AviSynth script generation routine (resizing section)
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.23

;)

Bye

aiannar974

27th October 2009, 01:16

Hello - I could not get the join to work. came back with an error reading avisyth.txt

MrC

27th October 2009, 08:46

Hi aiannar974,

did you try more than once? Did you try with different files? Do you always get the same error?

:)

Bye

Sjakko

27th October 2009, 17:15

Hi MrC. I'm new to AVStoDVD and am trying to feed it a target bitrate. That works just fine when I use Quenc CBR 1-pass or HCEnc VBR 2-pass, but not for the HCEnc OPV 1-pass profile; the bitrate of the video it produces is way off. Is it supposed to work that way, or is this a bug?

Filbert

27th October 2009, 18:53

Hello MrC,

would it be possible to save the paths in the project file as relative paths? So I could simply copy my project directory and continue work elsewhere with my portable device.

Greetings, Filbert

aiannar974

28th October 2009, 00:26

MilesAhead

28th October 2009, 05:19

Sorry if this has been mentioned but thread search isn't finding it. I set the default properties for minimum audio bitrate of 224 but every time I see the command window during audio processing it says 192.

Filbert

29th October 2009, 09:49

Maybe a small bug in the menu editor:

If I enter a label text and force a new line, then the second line is lost when I reload the project. If I look at the project file the line break is saved there as a true line break instead of some sort of code:
...
BackgroundAudioPath:
TitleText: Line1
Line2
TitleFontName: Arial
...

Greets, Filbert

MrC

29th October 2009, 11:41

Hello Mr. C - Yes I tried more than once and with different files, but al files were recored with the same camera and in the same format. it says the avs file was succesfully created, do you want to replace existing files with it and i said yes, the error is "can't find AVSInfo.txt", then error reading .avs file trial #5. I tried to just add the avs file also but got the same read error.

Anthony

Hi Anthony, the problem is not releated to the 'Join Title' function but to the AviSynth script info reading routine, that somehow cannot output the info file AviSynt.txt within a reasonable time. May I ask you if your system is fast (new) or slow (old)?
Anybody else have the same problem?

Hi MrC. I'm new to AVStoDVD and am trying to feed it a target bitrate. That works just fine when I use Quenc CBR 1-pass or HCEnc VBR 2-pass, but not for the HCEnc OPV 1-pass profile; the bitrate of the video it produces is way off. Is it supposed to work that way, or is this a bug?

Hi Sjakko, it is supposed to work that way: OPV 1-pass is a Q-predictive technique that aims to fill the output space you have put in your project. BitRate is a secondary output, so it can be inaccurate. OPV 1-pass is a good compromise between quality and speed.
If you want to exactly target the BitRate you should use CBR 1-pass or VBR 2-pass.

Hello MrC,

would it be possible to save the paths in the project file as relative paths? So I could simply copy my project directory and continue work elsewhere with my portable device.

Greetings, Filbert

Hi Filbert, no, it is not possible. Anyway you can easily edit the project a2d file (it is a text file) and sobstitute the paths.

Sorry if this has been mentioned but thread search isn't finding it. I set the default properties for minimum audio bitrate of 224 but every time I see the command window during audio processing it says 192.

Are you sure you have set the new Preferences *before* adding the title and going to see the audio properties?

Maybe a small bug in the menu editor:

If I enter a label text and force a new line, then the second line is lost when I reload the project. If I look at the project file the line break is saved there as a true line break instead of some sort of code:
...
BackgroundAudioPath:
TitleText: Line1
Line2
TitleFontName: Arial
...

Greets, Filbert

Yes, it is a bug. Thanks for the report! I will fix it ASAP.

;)

Bye

MilesAhead

1st November 2009, 00:23

Are you sure you have set the new Preferences *before* adding the title and going to see the audio properties?

Yes. I set the audio to 224 as default. Every job since then the command windows shows 192. I check the setting after it's done. The default is still 224.

edit: I did another run. It looks like if I use the Lock Button to do HC enc 2 pass I get the 224 audio. It must be when QuEnc is used that it gives 192 even though set to 224.

MrC

1st November 2009, 21:07

@MilesAhead

by "command window" what do you exactly mean? The dos window showing Aften ac3 encoding progess? If you set 224 kbps in the Preferences and you see 224 in 'Title Edit'/'Audio', then Aften should run using that bitrate... something is missing to me. Could you post (or send by email) a log file?

;)

Bye

MilesAhead

1st November 2009, 22:28

Ok, I'll try to duplicate it by encoding a clip later today.

MilesAhead

1st November 2009, 23:10

I think I see what is happening. It looks like if you convert from another audio format, such as .mp3, it honors the minimum bitrate.

But it seems if the audio is already .ac3, even if the bitrate is below the minimum, it is just muxed in with no processing if
"preserve compliant ac3 audio" option is checked.

here's a log from the clip with .mp3 audio

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<11/1/2009 4:41:42 PM>
START PROCESS
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<11/1/2009 4:41:42 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 639/4450 MB (14%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: TestClip
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out
Save Log file: Yes
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

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<11/1/2009 4:41:42 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\DVD\TestClip.avi
Info: DivX 5 - 1014 kbps - 640x352 - DAR 1.818 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 10:09 minutes - 14625 frames
Audio: C:\DVD\TestClip.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 32 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 10:10 minutes
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.23]
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<11/1/2009 4:41:42 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\DVD\TestClip.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\DVD\TestClip.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,4,0,4)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<11/1/2009 4:41:42 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 618.1 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip_0_TestClip.avs" -o "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0_TestClip.m2v" -b 8500 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 16:9 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<11/1/2009 4:46:44 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0_TestClip.m2v (618 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8572 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 10:09 minutes - 14610 frames
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<11/1/2009 4:46:44 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0_TestClip.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
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<11/1/2009 4:47:14 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0_TestClip.m2v (618 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8565 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 10:09 minutes - 14622 frames
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<11/1/2009 4:47:14 PM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip_0_TestClip.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 224 - "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0_TestClip.ac3"
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<11/1/2009 4:47:35 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0_TestClip.ac3 (16.3 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 224 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 10:10 minutes
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<11/1/2009 4:47:36 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0_TestClip.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0_TestClip.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip_0_TestClip_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip_0_TestClip_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip_0_TestClip_MuxMan.txt"

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<11/1/2009 4:47:42 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip_0 (643.4 MB)
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<11/1/2009 4:47:43 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.3
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==============================================

The same clip but I used AviDemux to convert the audio to
ac3 192

==============================================
<11/1/2009 4:53:20 PM>
START PROCESS
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<11/1/2009 4:53:20 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 636/4450 MB (14%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: TestClip2
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out
Save Log file: Yes
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

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<11/1/2009 4:53:20 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\DVD\TestClip2.avi
Info: DivX 5 - 1014 kbps - 640x352 - DAR 1.818 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 10:09 minutes - 14625 frames
Audio: C:\DVD\TestClip2.avi
Info: AC3 - 192 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 10:09 minutes
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.23]
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<11/1/2009 4:53:20 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\DVD\TestClip2.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\DVD\TestClip2.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,4,0,4)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<11/1/2009 4:53:20 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 618.1 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.avs" -o "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.m2v" -b 8500 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 16:9 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<11/1/2009 4:58:24 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.m2v (618 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8572 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive - 10:09 minutes - 14610 frames
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<11/1/2009 4:58:24 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
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<11/1/2009 4:58:53 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.m2v (618 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8565 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 10:09 minutes - 14622 frames
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<11/1/2009 4:58:53 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\DVD\TestClip2.avi" -acodec copy "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.ToFix.ac3"
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<11/1/2009 4:59:04 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.ac3 (14 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 192 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 10:09 minutes
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<11/1/2009 4:59:04 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip2_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip2_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip2_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0_TestClip2.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip2_0_TestClip2_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip2_0_TestClip2_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\TestClip2_0_TestClip2_MuxMan.txt"

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<11/1/2009 4:59:11 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\DVD\AVStoDVD_Out\TestClip2_0 (641 MB)
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<11/1/2009 4:59:11 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.3
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I haven't done test runs yet with HC but maybe you can tell from this if the "preserve ac3" setting is supposed to keep the audio regardless of bitrate or it's supposed to process if below the minimum. I guess a case could be made for either setting. :)

MrC

2nd November 2009, 23:00

That's right, if you leave "Keep DVD-Compliant Audio" on, then audio will be taken as-it-is, without reconversion, thus without changing the bitrate.

;)

Bye

Flux

4th November 2009, 15:21

How I can change some default settings in AVS script? For example, I want to use Spline36 instead Spline16, AssumeFPS(25) instead DG pulldown and add hard-coded subtitles before resize (subtitles look fat by default). There is also ConvertToYV12() even if video is already YV12. Don't know it that conversion degrade quality or reduce speed in this case, but I remove it everytime just to be sure.

These can be done manually but it is quite annoying to change them for each video. :(

Is it possible to do PAL 4% speed-up for audio inside AVS script which AVStoDVD accepts? For now, I convert audio tracks with audio editor and it is quite annoying task.

sunfish

4th November 2009, 18:01

I have an Intel dual core setup. IS there any way to make AVStoDVD run at 100% CPU instead of the 70-75% average?

p.s. running at 100% at low priority is perfectly fine.

MrC

4th November 2009, 21:57

I want to use Spline36 instead Spline16

What do you think about to have a external txt file that contains the list of AVS Resizers? Or a win registry key?

AssumeFPS(25) instead DG pulldown ...
Is it possible to do PAL 4% speed-up for audio inside AVS script which AVStoDVD accepts? For now, I convert audio tracks with audio editor and it is quite annoying task.

Nope. AssumeFPS is not correct: it change the speed rate of the video footage, requiring audio speed-up. That's mean altering the clip.

add hard-coded subtitles before resize (subtitles look fat by default).

Arguable. Inserting TextSub before Resize would cause subs to be resized as well, loosing the good resolution they have now. Any other users opinion?

There is also ConvertToYV12() even if video is already YV12. Don't know it that conversion degrade quality or reduce speed in this case, but I remove it everytime just to be sure.

It does not. It is simply not applied.

I have an Intel dual core setup. IS there any way to make AVStoDVD run at 100% CPU instead of the 70-75% average?

p.s. running at 100% at low priority is perfectly fine.

Are you referring to QuEnc or HCenc? If QuEnc, it is no longer developed, so you have to give up hope. If HCenc, you can address your request to its father, hank315 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=137666).

;)

Bye

Flux

5th November 2009, 08:33

What do you think about to have a external txt file that contains the list of AVS Resizers? Or a win registry key?

Nope. AssumeFPS is not correct: it change the speed rate of the video footage, requiring audio speed-up. That's mean altering the clip.

Arguable. Inserting TextSub before Resize would cause subs to be resized as well, loosing the good resolution they have now. Any other users opinion?

I found resize setting from registry which seems to work. For those who are too afraid to touch registry could benefit from txt file or custom resize option.

Some prefer AssumeFPS for smoother playback. Just a thought, if you could give alternative option for frame rate conversion without using external program like audio editor.

Anamorphic DVDs have narrow image by default which will be widened to the correct aspect ratio. Now AVStoDVD puts hard-coded subtitles to that narrow image so subtitles will expand and look fat. Maybe I could use narrow font for subtitles to correct this, but then it again requires work outside AVStoDVD. Although I have noticed that subtitles look better, if source video has high resolution and vice versa.

MrC

8th November 2009, 13:18

Some prefer AssumeFPS for smoother playback. Just a thought, if you could give alternative option for frame rate conversion without using external program like audio editor.

I do not like it very much, anyway, you can try to edit the AVS script, remove the #DGPulldown comment and add at the end of the script (after AudioDub) this line:

AssumeFPS("pal_film",true).ResampleAudio(48000)

Let me know

;)

MrC

Flux

11th November 2009, 15:32

Thanks, MrC. It seems to work. Does AVStoDVD sync 24 fps subtitles automatically to 25 fps when frame rate is converted to 25 fps? First I used 25 fps synced subtitles and they were wrong, but 24 fps ones were synced properly.

From some reason DVD subtitles don't work, at least Media Player Classic HC has gray subtitles menu, so I use hard-coded ones.

MrC

11th November 2009, 22:19

AVStoDVD does not any fps conversion with subs. What subs format are you using? If SRT (text based), be careful they are formatted as ANSI and not UNICODE text. Otherwise SubtitlesCreator (used to do srt2sup) reject them.

;)

Bye

Flux

12th November 2009, 09:01

That is weird. I checked finished DVD with DGindex and it showed 25.000 fps when original was 23.976 fps. Subtitles are timed properly and they were for 24 fps.

Yes, I use SRT format for subtitles. Should try supported formats then.

MrC

14th November 2009, 15:13

AVStoDVD release 2.2.4 is out (https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd/AVStoDVD%202.2.4/AVStoDVD_224_Install.exe/download).

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'Copy Title Settings' in Title Edit Section
- Added AVS Resize Filter 'Spline64Resize' (see help section for more details about filter choice)
- Added possibility to insert custom AVS Resize Filter in 'Preferences'/'Encoding'
- Added "-pad 0" to Aften command line to avoid initial 5 ms delay
- Changed Misc option 'Change ffdshow Mixer Output to same as input' to 'Adjust ffdshow Mixer Output at runtime' (mixer is adjusted to match required channels when needed and not when AVStoDVD starts/ends)
- Improved AviSynth script reading properties routine
- Improved log activity (added Preferences list)
- Improved support to VFR (Variable Frame Rate) video
- FFMpegSource updated to 2.12 (A2DSouce.avsi updated accordingly)
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.24

A lot of polishing and just one big news (in bold) for users that love multi titles DVDs.

;)

Bye

hlrsnd

14th November 2009, 22:22

I see that the new 2.2.4 still uses HC Encoder 0.23. Is the latest 0.24 beta not good enough yet? Any advantages to using it, or things to avoid if using it? Thanks.

Yobbo

14th November 2009, 22:22

Thanks for your ongoing work on this, MrC!

MrC

15th November 2009, 09:29

I see that the new 2.2.4 still uses HC Encoder 0.23. Is the latest 0.24 beta not good enough yet? Any advantages to using it, or things to avoid if using it? Thanks.

Simply I have not yet tested 0.24 beta enough to make sure that update is 100% risks free. Anyway, you can rename hcenc024.exe to hcenc.exe and overwrite the exe (0.23) that comes with AVStoDVD. Any feedback on compliance will be appreciated. :)

Thanks for your ongoing work on this, MrC!

You're welcome! Sometimes I feel like an old rock in the big HD sea...

;)

Bye

MilesAhead

22nd November 2009, 21:50

I've been using the Oct. 20 HC 0.24 beta and the only difference I've noticed is it seems to run a bit faster on my quad core. I did an identical DVD-RB project using 0.23 then using the Oct. 20 0.24 and noted the elapsed time for video processing. The DVD-RB scenario is multiple instance rather than multi-thread though. I haven't done any timings with AVStoDVD but the output looks fine.

MrC

23rd November 2009, 13:42

Thanks for the HCenc 0.24 beta testing. As soon as Hank will consider it stable and publish some documentation about the new feats, I will think about to support it.

;)

Bye

nosnoop

11th December 2009, 09:55

AVStoDVD release 2.2.4 is out (https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd/AVStoDVD%202.2.4/AVStoDVD_224_Install.exe/download).

Thanks for an excellent tool.

Any chance that you could implement Unicode support?
Right now, any unicode character in the file name would cause error in reading the file; and I would love to have unicode support in srt files too. TIA.

MrC

11th December 2009, 10:47

Unicode support in SRT subs (conversion from Unicode/UTF-8 to ANSI) will be supported in the next release (I hope to throw it out before Christmas).

Instead unicode chars in the filename is really a big issue: all the thirtd part sw used by A2D should support it and unfortunately they do not.

:)

Bye

8Detonation8

13th December 2009, 20:42

hlrsnd

13th December 2009, 20:55

Conversion with this program takes way too much time. I counted about 6 hours, while ConvertXtoDVD takes about 2-3 hours for one movie. Even giving a little sharper picture quality. Big issue which needs improvement.

Check your settings. They make a big impact on how long it takes. Two pass takes twice as long, maybe more. Old versions of ConvertX didn't even offer that feature; not sure if it does now since I don't use it.

MrC

14th December 2009, 14:03

Conversion with this program takes way too much time. I counted about 6 hours, while ConvertXtoDVD takes about 2-3 hours for one movie. Even giving a little sharper picture quality. Big issue which needs improvement.

Highly arguable. Default settings maximize quality and not speed. Post here your system specs and a A2D log file and I will suggest you some hints to increase speed.

;)

Bye

8Detonation8

14th December 2009, 15:25

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
2,0GB Ram
NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GT

I deleted the log file, but here are the settings I used.

AVS Source Filter - DirectShowSource
AVS Resize Filter - Lanczos4Resize
Setup Video Profiles - 1. QuEnc CBR 1-pass
AC3 Audio Encoder - FFmpeg+Aften
Enable MultiThread Encoding ON
Keep DVD Compliant Video ON
Keep DVD Compliant Audio ON

hlrsnd, ConvertXtoDVD now has Two-pass encoding option, Multicore support and about 15 resize filters.

MrC

14th December 2009, 17:31

6hr encoding with 'QuEnc CBR 1-pass' profile? What kind of footage are you converting to DVD? Supposing that your footage lasts 2 hours, it means that you are going with 8-10 fps.

Hints to speed up:
- Use LinearResize
- Select 'Half-D1' or 'VCD' as video resolution
- Assuming you are still using QuEnc, toggle on 'Edit Encoder Command Parameters at runtime' and change '-hq' with '-nohq'.

Afterward, do not complain about quality...

;)

Bye

8Detonation8

15th December 2009, 18:53

MKV, 720p, x264, Bluray rip. About 4,37GB. Movie length is about 106 min. I want the best possible quality, so, i'm not going to change any quality settings. Was just wondering about such a big conversion time gap between the two programs.

MrC

16th December 2009, 12:06

It means that QuEnc is encoding at about 7-8 fps (6 hours enc time - 108 min footage). It is really too slow: my system (Core2 duo T8300 @2.4 Ghz) not far from yours, with same settings (720p, QuEnc CBR 1-pass, DirectShowSource, Lanczos4Resize) goes at about 30-35 fps, resulting in less than 2 hours to encode a 106 min footage.

Check the directshow filters installed. Too many can arise conflicts. I suggest to use ONLY ffdshow and haali as mp4/mkv splitter.

;)

Bye

MrC

21st December 2009, 22:20

AVStoDVD release 2.2.5 is available to download (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/). With a brand new (very simple indeed) homepage.

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added capability to read Chapters positions from media file that contains that info
- Added 'Use Source Chapters List' option in 'Preferences'/'Authoring Burning'
- Added automatic VOB indexing when input files is a DVD info file (ifo)
- Added possibility to demux Audio streams when processing multi Audio tracks titles
- Added 'NicAudio.dll': an AviSynth plug-in to open MPEG Audio/AC3/DTS/LPCM and other uncompressed formats (thanks to Nic/Dimzon/IanB/Tebasuna)
- Added Text (Subtitles) info reading using MediaInfo.dll
- Added possibility to demux Subtitles streams (SubRip SRT and VobSub IDX/SUB format) when processing Matroska contaneirs with Subs
- Added support to Unicode and UTF-8 text format for SubRip SRT Subtitles
- Added support to MKVExtract (if already installed - not included in AVStoDVD Installer package) to demux audio and subs from Matroska containers
- Added PgcDemux 1.2.0.5 to AVStoDVD Installer package
- Improved video and audio demuxing in 'Parse DVD' section (now using PgcDemux instead of DGIndex)
- Improved 'Title'/'Add Title' routine
- Updated 'A2DSouce.avsi' to support NicAudio's filters
- Updated AVStoDVD Homepage (migration from Googlepages to Google Sites)
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.25

Any feedback is welcomed, as usual.

;)

Bye

hlrsnd

22nd December 2009, 03:30

Thanks for 2.2.5.

I recently completed a project in 2.2.4, using mjpeg and DV sources from my own camera and camcorder. It took 100 minutes to complete. Any advantages/bugfixes which would make it worthwhile to redo in 2.2.5? It seems ok now.

I also tried it (2.2.4) using the latest HCEnc 0.24 from 11/27/09 and couldn't tell any difference.

Richardw322

22nd December 2009, 04:53

- Added 'NicAudio.dll': an AviSynth plug-in to open MPEG Audio/AC3/DTS/LPCM and other uncompressed formats (thanks to Nic/Dimzon/IanB/Tebasuna)

If I already have AVISYNTH installed, would I still get this plug in?

MrC

22nd December 2009, 13:37

@hlrsnd

No, you do not have to run your project again. There are no improvements on DV encoding with 2.2.5

@Richardw322

NicAudio is not provided with standard AviSynth installation. Anyway you have to do nothing: nicaudio.dll is located in A2D Lib folder and its use is transparent to the user or to other apps.

;)

Bye

Richardw322

22nd December 2009, 23:57

@Richardw322

NicAudio is not provided with standard AviSynth installation. Anyway you have to do nothing: nicaudio.dll is located in A2D Lib folder and its use is transparent to the user or to other apps.

;)

Bye

Then I don't have to copy it to the AVISynth plugin folder? Great!!
:thanks:

AMED

30th December 2009, 07:28

Is there any reason why the Bias in HCenc v0.23 is set to 50 ?

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9661/hcenc.png

According to the pdf

*BIAS
parameter bias (range 0 – 100) type integer
Status not required
Default 0
Example *BIAS 30
This command tweaks the compression curve, 0 means full VBR (Variable BitRate), 100 tends to
CBR (Constant BitRate).

is there something wrong with the default?

flebber

30th December 2009, 13:47

Hi

Using your program for the first time today and I have had a lot of success its simple but configurable also. I had one question and one bug report.

Can I manually add in any avisynth filters in the editor?

I have had success with file types except for flv. Should I attempt to convert to other format like d2v be using AVStoDVD?

This was the error log

<30/12/2009 11:36:47 PM>
START PROCESS
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<30/12/2009 11:36:47 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 16
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: Burn DVD
DVD Label: Trading basics Mod 1 & 2
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 1.04
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<30/12/2009 11:36:47 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\Tutorial\Investment\Beggining Trading - Informedtrades\Module 1 Technical Analysis Basics\Technical Analysis Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Technical Analysis.flv
Info: Sorenson H263 - 65 kbps - 320x240 - DAR 1.333 - 10 fps (CFR) - - 2:54 minutes - 1742 frames
Audio: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\Tutorial\Investment\Beggining Trading - Informedtrades\Module 1 Technical Analysis Basics\Technical Analysis Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Technical Analysis.flv
Info: MPEG-2 Audio layer 3 - 64 kbps - CBR - 22050Hz - 1ch - 2:54 minutes
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.25]
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<30/12/2009 11:36:47 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\Tutorial\Investment\Beggining Trading - Informedtrades\Module 1 Technical Analysis Basics\Technical Analysis Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Technical Analysis.flv", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\Tutorial\Investment\Beggining Trading - Informedtrades\Module 1 Technical Analysis Basics\Technical Analysis Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Technical Analysis.flv", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.ConvertFPS("pal_video")
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(352,288)
Video = Video.Tweak(0,1,0,1.5)
Video = Video.Sharpen(0.5,MMX=false)

Audio = Audio.SSRC(48000)
Audio = Audio.ConvertToMono

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<30/12/2009 11:36:47 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 172.8 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\Trading basics Mod 1 & 2_0_Title_01_Technical Analysis Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Technical Analysis.avs" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Trading basics Mod 1 & 2_0_Title_01_Technical Analysis Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Technical Analysis.m2v" -b 8329 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 4:3 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<30/12/2009 11:37:01 PM>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\FAMILY\MY DOCUMENTS\TRADING BASICS MOD 1 & 2_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
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<30/12/2009 11:37:01 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.5
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PS is there any reason I shouldn't use hcenc 0.24 with your program?

MrC

1st January 2010, 21:54

Is there any reason why the Bias in HCenc v0.23 is set to 50 ?

Bias is not fixed but calculated using following formula:

Bias = Int(VideoAvgBitRate / 1000)) * 10

rationale is that if bitrate is high, the compression curve should go towards CBR (high Bias), otherwise the curve should go VBR (low Bias).

;)

Bye

MrC

1st January 2010, 22:00

Can I manually add in any avisynth filters in the editor?

Yes, you can. Just make sure that the AVS script has consistency (check it using the Preview Clip feature).

I have had success with file types except for flv.

Have you have installed flvsplitter? And a good directshow codecs suite like ffdshow?

PS is there any reason I shouldn't use hcenc 0.24 with your program?

I have not fully tested 0.24 but some users assert that there are no issues just replacing the executable.

;)

Bye

Adub

6th January 2010, 04:02

MrC,
Thanks for your great program, I have used it with great success in the past.

I have a few problems though.

For one, my settings are not saved from session to session using the latest version (2.2.5).

Also, in my attempt to convert my Transformers 2 Blu-ray .m2ts file, I am having a number of issues converting audio. For one, if I select the main DTS-HD track and encode using WAVI+AFTEN the encode fails.

If I use FFMPEG+AFTEN I only get the first 25 minutes of audio or so and then the rest of the movie is silent.

Also, if I try to use one of the AC3 tracks as a source, HCenc just hangs and and uses a constant ~15% CPU. And I am pretty sure that it is not using FFMpegAudioSource to index, as I don't see a .cache file created at all. Additionally, if I load the script created using one of the AC3 tracks as a source file into MPC, it also hangs and just uses ~15% of the CPU.

I'm trying to convert several of my Blu-ray's to DVD, and as this is the most feature full program available, I was hoping to use it. However, these issues are causing some serious problems that may force be to do it all manually (which I really don't want to do).

Edit: Here is the log of what I thought to be a successful encode, but it has the problem with the audio failing at ~25min:
<1/4/2010 8:41:10 PM>
START PROCESS
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<1/4/2010 8:41:10 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: D:\Multimedia\Output
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 384
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<1/4/2010 8:41:10 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\Multimedia\temp\Transformer 2\00003.m2ts
Info: AVC - 0 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:29:52 hours - 215615 frames
Audio: D:\Multimedia\temp\Transformer 2\00003.m2ts
Info: DTS-HD - 0 kbps - VBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:29:53 hours - Track 0
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.25]
<>

<1/4/2010 8:41:10 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("D:\Multimedia\temp\Transformer 2\00003.m2ts", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("D:\Multimedia\temp\Transformer 2\00003.m2ts", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<1/4/2010 8:41:10 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3904.4 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0_00003.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3642
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<1/5/2010 12:01:19 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0_00003.m2v (3906.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3670 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:29:44 hours - 215401 frames
<>

<1/5/2010 12:01:19 AM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0_00003.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
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<1/5/2010 12:08:50 AM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0_00003.m2v (3906.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3666 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:29:53 hours - 215616 frames
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<1/5/2010 12:08:51 AM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg (WAV) Parameters: -i "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003.avs" "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003.wav"
Aften (AC3) Parameters: -pad 0 -b 384 "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003.wav" "D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0_00003.ac3"
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<1/5/2010 3:17:21 AM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0_00003.ac3 (70.1 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 25:32 minutes
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<1/5/2010 3:17:22 AM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0_00003.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0_00003.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\DOCUME~1\Merlin\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_00003_MuxMan.txt"

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<1/5/2010 3:26:05 AM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: D:\Multimedia\Output\DVD_0 (4074.9 MB)
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<1/5/2010 3:26:05 AM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.5
<>

MrC

6th January 2010, 14:29

Hi Adub,

first of all thanks for the kind words and for using A2D. Let's approach the issues, as I believe they are not impossible to solve.

About save settings: do you mean Preferences? Are you sure you have saved them by checking the lower left option box? You can verify the preferences saving by looking at the following reg key:
HKLM\Software\AVStoDVD

About DTS-HD audio, I have to admit that I am not very used at BD to DVD encoding. Anyway, here you are some suggestions:

1. I'm sure you have already installed ffdshow as DTS audio decoder, haven't you?
2. Have you tried DTS to AC3 conversion with QUENC profile?
3. When you select the other AC3 sources, try do demux them instead of directly encoding using FFMpegSource
4. Use always the 'Preview Clip' function: it saves you time and if there are AviSynth errors, they are displayed.

Let me know ;)

Bye

MrC

Adub

7th January 2010, 04:34

Ah, just realized about the lower left hand corner "Preferences" option. Thanks for that.

Yes, I have FFDShow installed with the DTS audio decoder enabled. I realized that I have a semi old (NOV 09) build, so I'm updating to the latest to see if that helps.

The problem with this source is that the AC3 tracks are all foreign languages, so I don't really need them anyways.

I will use the Preview Clip function from now on.

I'm attempting another try with the options that you suggest + the newer FFDShow build, and I will report back.

Edit: Preview works. Both Audio and Video. Playback is choppy, but it works.

Adub

7th January 2010, 19:38

Okay, a temporary report.

The DTS-HD audio encode failed using Wavi+AFTEN. I managed to take a screen shot which I will post when I get back home later today.

One thing I may try is disabling DTS in FFDShow so that A2DAudioSource uses NicDTS instead. This may or may not fix it, but I will follow any suggestions that you have after I have posted a screenshot of the error.

MrC

7th January 2010, 21:44

One thing I may try is disabling DTS in FFDShow so that A2DAudioSource uses NicDTS instead.

Good idea. :cool:

And do not forget to try QuEnc as audio encoder.

:)

Bye

Adub

8th January 2010, 03:46

Here is the error that I encountered ealier:

http://mirror.adubvideo.net/wavierror.png

Oh, and disabling the ffdshow decoder cause AVStoDVD to hang. Apparently, NicDTSSource doesn't like loading a .m2ts file as a source, which is understandable.

I'm going to try using libavcodec as the decoder and then maybe Quenc.

MrC

8th January 2010, 09:18

Oh, and disabling the ffdshow decoder cause AVStoDVD to hang. Apparently, NicDTSSource doesn't like loading a .m2ts file as a source, which is understandable.

Yes, NicAudio filters accept audio only streams. You should say to AVStoDVD to demux the DTS stream when loading the input file (check the option box on the lower left side of the audio selection window).

;)

Bye

Adub

9th January 2010, 00:43

Yeah, I thought of that after I posted the previous response.

I've got an encode with Quenc running back home, so I'll see how that turns out and test with NicDTSSource.

Adub

9th January 2010, 20:37

Okay, so the Quenc trick works with DTS-HD. Yey! One Blu-ray to DVD conversion down!

Now, I'm trying my Dark Knight Blu-ray. Several problems so far.

1) When extracting the main AC3 source, FFMPEG gets 88.06 seconds into the audio track, and then just sits there, eating CPU cycles.
2) When I attempt to extract the main TRUEHD track, I get the following error:
http://mirror.adubvideo.net/truehderror.png

I'm updating my FFDShow build (fixes an error with ffmpeg-mt) and then I'll try using AC3 loaded directly (no demux). I expect that this will work just fine.

Adub

10th January 2010, 03:46

Okay, even using the AC3 source, it fails. Here is the error.

http://mirror.adubvideo.net/ac3error.png
After I close the crash window, it says: "ERROR: Could not write to standard output"

After I close the main cmd window, FFMPEG comes up and tries to give the audio stream a try, and then proceeds to pause at around 85~88 seconds.

Something definitely fishy is going on here.

MrC

10th January 2010, 14:00

The first successful attempt with QuEnc was done demuxing the DTS-HD track or reading the container as it is? What about trying again with QuEnc on the Dark Knight Blu-ray?

:)

Bye

glisoni

10th January 2010, 15:57

AVStoDVD release 2.2.5...
Change log:
...
- Added Text (Subtitles) info reading using MediaInfo.dll
- Added possibility to demux Subtitles streams (SubRip SRT and VobSub IDX/SUB format) when processing Matroska contaneirs with Subs
- Added support to Unicode and UTF-8 text format for SubRip SRT Subtitles
- Added support to MKVExtract (if already installed - not included in AVStoDVD Installer package) to demux audio and subs from Matroska containers
...
Any feedback is welcomed, as usual.

Hi, MrC...

I found your great program just recently as I was searching for something to convert my hd.mkv to DVD for my parents to watch on their dvd player...and your program is GREAT. Fast (one hour per 720p movie), no bugs found so far, stable, predictable (meaning you get what you set it to make)...

One thing that was missing (for me) is ability to demix subs from mkv and put them into dvd (I do this, mix my subs into mkv, so a don't have to worry about them later...).

A now, you say you made that too!! WHOA!!!

But, I can't find where to 'activate' this feature...as it doesn't work 'out of the box'...

Using title info, I get all the sub streams, but how to select one (or more of them) into DVD?

Also, DTS audio track was not processed, but that is not my first concern now...Subs are what I need...

Great work MrC, keep it coming....

Goran

MrC

10th January 2010, 20:26

glisoni

10th January 2010, 20:50

glisoni

10th January 2010, 20:58

Hi glisoni,

when dealing with mkv having subs, AVStoDVD prompts an small option window showing the selectable subs. BUT following conditions must be fulfilled:

- source file is a matroska container
- vobsub/UTF-8 subs tracks are present
- 'mkvextract.exe' file is detected in the system (path is taken from reg key 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\mkvmergeGUI\GUI\installation_path')

Do you get that subs option window?

;)

Bye

Well,

I fixed the 3. issue, but still no success. It does register external subs, if they are in the folder, but embedded are not detected...

This is the log:

'21:16:35' AVStoDVD Release 2.2.5 loaded!
'21:16:35' AviSynth 2.5.8 is installed.
'21:16:35' ImgBurn is installed ("D:\util\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe").
'21:16:35' MKVExtract is installed ("D:\util\video_tools\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract.exe").
'21:16:35' New AVStoDVD Project started!
'21:16:49' MediaInfoLib - v0.7.25 initialized.
'21:16:49' Title 1 "F:\movie\OK\.HD_720\Pandorum\Pandorum.mkv" added.
'21:17:46' Subs "F:\movie\OK\.HD_720\Pandorum\1\Pandorum_Trac.srt" added to Title 1.

I added the sub file manually...

Any ideas?

G

Adub

10th January 2010, 21:52

MrC
Quenc was used on the container as-is. I will try using Quenc encoding from the container as-is on the TrueHD track. If that fails, I will try with the AC3 track.

It's odd that Quenc can handle any of these sources, but ffmpeg and wavi+aften fail...

MrC

11th January 2010, 13:59

@glisoni

You do not get any option windows, don't you? One possible cause could be the UTF format of the embedded subs: only UTF-8 is accepted so far. Could you copy&paste here the mediainfo of your mkv (subs section)?

@Adub

yes, you are right, it is quite odd... QuEnc is a ffmpeg spinoff... It could be Wavi having problem with DTS-HD tracks.

;)

Bye

glisoni

11th January 2010, 20:14

@glisoni

You do not get any option windows, don't you? One possible cause could be the UTF format of the embedded subs: only UTF-8 is accepted so far. Could you copy&paste here the mediainfo of your mkv (subs section)?

Bye

MrC,

I'm not geting the option window for sub, you're wright...here's the complete log (maybe you can get more insight from it):

Format : Matroska
File size : 4.37 GiB
Duration : 1h 48mn
Overall bit rate : 5 792 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-01-06 20:18:00
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.9.8 ('C'est le bon') built on Aug 13 2009 12:49:06
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 47mn
Bit rate : 4 912 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 5 153 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.294
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=0 / bitrate=5153 / 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
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 48mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Language : English

Text
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : Serbian

It is UTF-8 as you see....

G

MrC

12th January 2010, 12:34

glisoni

12th January 2010, 20:30

@glisoni

bug found: subs selection window comes out only when subs tracks are 2 or more. If you will, have a try with this preview of 2.2.6 release (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_226_Alpha_100112.7z) (exe only, extract and overwrite in AVStoDVD main folder).

;)

Bye

MrC,

so far so good, it detected the subtitle track, and is demuxing it.
But, when I tried 'edit title' app crashed on me ('index out od bounds - runtime error 35600' error), or any other option from context menu.

Goran

MrC

13th January 2010, 14:41

My bad, I forgot to add a .ico file required for Aften advanced options.

New preview (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_226_Alpha_100113.7z)

;)

Bye

veco

13th January 2010, 19:02

I' have been using your application to convert avi to dvd. It seems that the mux always gives an error but movie cames out good.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for everything.

Log anf jpg included.

Vitor

QuadraQ

14th January 2010, 04:53

Hi all,

I've been using AVStoDVD to create DVD's of some off-air recordings of some of my favorite shows. The last time I used it was in June, and I'm finally getting around to creating some DVD from my recordings again.

Anyway I upgraded to the latest release 2.2.5 and went about doing what I did before. I use HCenc 023 to create the video files in a DVD compatible format, demux the AC3 audio, and grab the subtitles using CCExtractor.

Once HCenc is done I can usually fit three episodes on one DVD (4.7 GB). The total file size of the three m2v files, ac3 files, and srt files I created is about 3.94 GB leaving plenty of room for AVStoDVD to create motion menu clips, and put it all together. So I did this and had it output to a DVD folder structure which I then burn using Nero.

Here's the problem: The total size of the output folder is 2.16 GB which is smaller than the original files! AVStoDVD appears to have passed through the m2v files since they were already DVD compliant as it should. But for some reason each episode only contains about 21 minutes of video when it should be about double that. Everything (the video, audio, and subtitles) works perfectly for those 21 minutes, but then it just cuts off. It looks like the second VOB file is missing, e.g. "VTS_01_1.VOB" is there, but "VTS_01_2.VOB" is not. Also I notice that at the final step when the muxman progress is displayed, it gets to 50% and then, suddenly jumps to 100% and AVStoDVD tells me the process completed successfully, even though it did not. I'm pretty sure that the problem has to do with this last step.

I'm willing to send you anything you need to help figure this out, but I'm really frustrated here. I never had any problems with AVStoDVD before, and I'm hoping I can get things back up and running. Thanks in advance.

MrC

14th January 2010, 13:39

@veco

let's wait for attachments approval

@QuadraQ

1st question: why don't you use AVStoDVD to do all the steps from source files to DVD?

2nd question: if you feed directly MuxMan with your footage (m2v+ac3+sup), do you get same issue?

Moreover a log file could surely help.

;)

Bye

QuadraQ

14th January 2010, 19:07

@QuadraQ

1st question: why don't you use AVStoDVD to do all the steps from source files to DVD?

2nd question: if you feed directly MuxMan with your footage (m2v+ac3+sup), do you get same issue?

Moreover a log file could surely help.

;)

Bye

1) I'm using some specific things in the AVS script that help avoid some stuttering problems when the second third graphics are placed on screen. It also allows me to break up the job into parts, instead of one long process.

2) I've always used AVStoDVD to do this... I see that it has a GUI, so I'll give it a shot and let you know the results.

The log file and the project file are attached in a zip. Thank you.

QuadraQ

14th January 2010, 19:38

OK I tried loading in one of my m2v files with the corresponding ac3 file. I tried also adding the srt file, but muxman doesn't support that type, so you must be doing some conversion there. With just the video and audio it worked fine, creating both the first and second VOB files which played fine using Nero's DVD player software. All of the video and audio were there.

I used version 0.16.6 to do this test since that's the latest version. (Updating the muxman in AVStoDVD's folder for it was one of the first things I tried, but it didn't help. I still have the original version of muxman AVStoDVD installed available.)

UPDATE: OK I restored the original 0.15R version of muxman that comes with AVStoDVD and tried the same test (again just the video and audio) and it gave me this error at the end:

---------------------------
Multiplex operation halted
---------------------------
Failed to open vob file C:\Users\My Name\Videos\Temp Files\DVD\VTS_01_1.VOB, multiplex pass 2
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

However when I check the directory, the two vob files are there (along with the ifo file) and contain all the video and audio content.

QuadraQ

15th January 2010, 04:17

FOLLOWUP: I was able to get things working by first muxing the m2v and ac3 files using ImagoMPEG-Muxer. Then I pull the resulting mpg files in and add the srt files. Now it's outputing correctly with all the video, audio, and subtitle content. I burned the DVD and tested it and everything was good. So the problem must be related to the differences between a single mpg file and the separate m2v and ac3 files.

Separate question: Whenever I use srt files created using CCExtractor 0.53 I get the following error message when building the DVD directory in AVStoDVD:

---------------------------
Illegal characters encountered!
---------------------------
Subtitle contains illegal characters, e.g. non closing brackets <. Please fix before continuing!
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

I usually get it twice for each title I add to the project. I click OK to dismiss it, and the end result appears to be working fine despite the error messages. Do I need to convert the srt format to something else? What problems could result from illegal characters? I could attach a sample srt file if that would be helpful.

MrC

15th January 2010, 14:00

Muxman accepts subs in 2 different format: IfoEdit (.sup) or Scenarist (.sst). When you have a SubRip Text (.srt) format, AVStoDVD converts it to .sup and then author it. You can do that step manually using SubtitlesCreator, a sw that comes with AVStoDVD package. Be careful to setup the screen layout (font, size, position). If your srt file has problems, then SubtitlesCreator should inform you about that.

If CCExtractor supports IfoEdit (sup) output format, you should use that option instead to convert them to srt.

What happens if you feed the m2v+ac3 (not muxed) to AVStoDVD without the srt?

;)

Bye

gizzin

15th January 2010, 16:04

You think you could add deadzone quantization to the hc options? Or I way I can use it with your program? Thanks for your time.

QuadraQ

15th January 2010, 17:01

What happens if you feed the m2v+ac3 (not muxed) to AVStoDVD without the srt?

The first thing I tried was to remove the srt files from each title. I thought since I was getting the error messages, they might be the reason for the vob files cutting off prematurely. However they had nothing to do with it, because feeding in just the m2v files with their ac3 counterparts alone, gave me identical results sans subtitles. The vob still cut out at exactly the same place.

Conversely when I tried the already muxed mpg files, I added the srt files as well - after all removing them hadn't helped before, so I might as well include them. Sure enough the vob files came out correctly and even included the subtitles correctly.

Whatever is causing the error when converting the srt files, the program seems to be compensating for it in a way that doesn't hinder muxman at all. I'd just like to know more specifically what's going on, and be able to eliminate the error messages, because they halt the process until I click OK. I'm also worried that even though everything seems OK with the subtitles, that perhaps problems I haven't encountered yet, could show up eventually.

BTW I want to thank you for creating such a useful, and easy to use program. :)

MrC

15th January 2010, 17:53

@gizzin

deadzone quantization is from HCenc 0.24 beta only, and I have not yet added support to 0.24 beta. Anyway, if you want to use 0.24 you can and you can edit its command parameter by toggling on the 'Edit command parameters at runtime' advanced option.

@QuadraQ

Have you tried to analyse the srt file with SubtitlesCreator? Any errors report?

Could you setup CCExtractor to output subtitles in sup format? One conversion is better than two....

;)

Bye

veco

15th January 2010, 19:23

@MrC
Please help me about mux error.
Should I send the attachments again?
Thanks. Vitor ( Veco)

MrC

15th January 2010, 21:17

@veco

your previous attachments are still waiting for mods approval. You can either upload them on mediafire.com or copy&paste the log file directly here.

;)

Bye

flebber

15th January 2010, 22:43

I have a suggestion, however if this option exists and I just can't find it I do apologise.

As I had 12 smaller files in queue to make a DVD the other day I found that I could not edit the avisynth script and apply to all clips in DVD queue (only for that 1 DVD). I found your option to copy but that then meant I had to copy from clip1 to clip 2 clip 2 to clip 3 etc.

An apply script to all files in queue would have been awesome. Or similar.

veco

16th January 2010, 14:44

@MrC
I Think my attachmentes are already aprroved.

My LOg :
<13-01-2010 16:46:06>
START PROCESS
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<13-01-2010 16:46:06>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: F:\AVIDVD
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8000
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: PT - Portuguese
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: H: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55N 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 8x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<13-01-2010 16:46:06>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: G:\0_FILMES\Star Trek 2009\Star Trek 2009.avi
Info: XviD - 1083 kbps - 640x272 - DAR 2,353 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:07:03 hours - 182772 frames
Audio: G:\0_FILMES\Star Trek 2009\Star Trek 2009.avi
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:06:50 hours
Subs: G:\0_FILMES\Star Trek 2009\Star Trek 2009.srt
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.25]
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<13-01-2010 16:46:06>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("G:\0_FILMES\Star Trek 2009\Star Trek 2009.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("G:\0_FILMES\Star Trek 2009\Star Trek 2009.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,44,0,44)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<13-01-2010 16:46:06>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3912,1 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 4305
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<13-01-2010 17:23:37>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.m2v (3913,6 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4339 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:06:55 hours - 182589 frames
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<13-01-2010 17:23:37>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 25 -inplace -bff
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<13-01-2010 17:29:16>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.m2v (3913,6 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4335 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 Pulldown) - 2:07:03 hours - 182954 frames
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<13-01-2010 17:29:16>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "G:\0_FILMES\Star Trek 2009\Star Trek 2009.avi" -acodec copy "F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.ToFix.ac3"
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<13-01-2010 17:30:45>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.ac3 (406,4 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:06:50 hours
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<13-01-2010 17:30:47>
START SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS
SubtitleCreator Parameters: "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.srt" -p2 -i"C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"
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<13-01-2010 17:31:03>
END SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.sup (4,4 MB)
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<13-01-2010 17:31:03>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.ac3"
-a1lang en
-s1 "F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009.sup"
-s1lang pt
-cellfr "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_Star Trek 2009_MuxMan.txt"

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<13-01-2010 17:34:23>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: F:\AVIDVD\DVD_1 (4421,7 MB)
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<13-01-2010 17:34:24>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.5
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Thanks everything

Vitor

katzenjoghurt

16th January 2010, 16:54

MrC

16th January 2010, 19:18

@veco

honestly I cannot understand where you are getting the error: from the screenshot and the log file, everything is ok. Are you worried by the "stop" icon? Do not mind, it only means that muxing step is not required. BTW, where did you get that avi?

@flebber

good suggestion, will put in ToDo list ;)

@katzenjoghurt

directshow filter issue? Have you installed ffdshow?

;)

Bye

katzenjoghurt

16th January 2010, 19:59

@katzenjoghurt

directshow filter issue? Have you installed ffdshow?

;)

Bye

It sure is... I'll try reinstalling. :)

edit: No... still choppy. :(

flebber

17th January 2010, 04:59

I am having trouble with audio encoding. It aborts with error to review log. I am not understanding the log error.

Edit: I am trying again now with quenc as audio encoder instead of wavi and aften.
2nd Edit : Quenc was succcessful
<17/01/2010 2:49:56 PM>
START PROCESS
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<17/01/2010 2:49:56 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 3011/4450 MB (68%)
DVD Output Setup: Burn DVD
DVD Label: Insanitary
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 1.04
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<17/01/2010 2:49:56 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary.mpg
Info: MPEG-2 Video - 8129 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.333 - 25 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 43:00 minutes - 64522 frames
Audio: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary.mpg
Info: PCM - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 43:01 minutes
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.25]
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<17/01/2010 2:49:56 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\dfttest.dll")

# Video is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary.mpg", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary.mpg", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
dfttest()
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<17/01/2010 2:49:59 PM>
START VIDEO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
Target Video FileSize: 2501.1 MB
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary.mpg" -vcodec copy -ss 00:00:00.000 -vframes 64521 "C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary_0_Insanitary.m2v"
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<17/01/2010 2:54:31 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary_0_Insanitary.m2v (2457.6 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8048 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.333 - 25 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 43:00 minutes - 64521 frames
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<17/01/2010 2:54:32 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary.mpg" -acodec copy -ss 00:00:00 -aframes 120977 "C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\Insanitary_0_Insanitary.ToFix.wav"
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<17/01/2010 2:54:44 PM>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\FAMILY\MY DOCUMENTS\INSANITARY_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
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<17/01/2010 2:54:44 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.5
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katzenjoghurt

17th January 2010, 09:42

It sure is... I'll try reinstalling. :)

edit: No... still choppy. :(

Indeed... no choppyness in Vista.
But when encoded under Win7 with avs2dvd the result's always choppy.
At least in the first 10minutes of the movie.
It's much smoother afterwards...

What might I have done wrong?

MrC

17th January 2010, 15:05

@flebber

Audio is already DVD compliant (PCM 48kHz). AVStoDVD does not encode it, but it tries to demux audio (using FFMpeg). For some reason FFMpeg fails to demux audio and gives an error (while video demuxing process ends successfully).

It makes no sense to me (in this situation) that QuEnc works instead Wavi+Aften do not, because none of them are used...

Since FFmpeg fails to demux, I suggest you to set AVStoDVD to re-encode audio to AC3 (use 256 kbps if you want to preserve quality).

@katzenjoghurt

take a look at this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=146910) about Tool for changing preferred DirectShow filters in Windows 7.

;)

Bye

katzenjoghurt

17th January 2010, 16:50

@katzenjoghurt

take a look at this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=146910) about Tool for changing preferred DirectShow filters in Windows 7.

Hum... I set H264 to ffdshow in 64bit and to AVCcore in 32bit.

It's still choppy.

By the way... should I install ffdshow 64bit AND 32bit?
Only 32bit? Only 64bit?

MrC

17th January 2010, 21:15

@katzenjoghurt

I'm running out of ideas (I do not have win7). Let's try again:

1. If your OS is xx bit you should install the ffdshow xx bit version.
2. Remove (temporarly) AVCcore.
3. Make sure you have installed Haali Media Splitter.

Do any other win7+a2d users have same issues?

Bye

;)

Bye

gizzin

17th January 2010, 23:13

I don't know what's wrong...

Since switching to Windows 7 I never had luck encoding an mkv to DVD with avs2dvd.

Tried out the new version... still... no luck.

I always end up with choppy output.

Sometimes it's just at the beginning of the movie and smooth after 10 minutes.

Used HCEnc... forced QUenc...

The movies are always choppy.

Framerate of the mkv is 23.976.

This is the exact same problem I had (I use vista 32bit). The only way to fix it is to use ffmpegsource as the filter. We never got to the core of the problem.

katzenjoghurt

18th January 2010, 14:10

This is the exact same problem I had (I use vista 32bit). The only way to fix it is to use ffmpegsource as the filter. We never got to the core of the problem.

Hey gizzin!
Thx.

I will try this when I'm at home.

I just need to install ffmpegsource or do I have to set it up somehow/somewhere?

edit: Okay... I see. It's just a dll...
Hm... what to do with it?

MrC

18th January 2010, 22:49

Hm... what to do with it?

Go to 'Preferences'/'Encoding' and select 'FFMpegSource' as 'AVS Source Filter'. Save Preferences, if you want. Then load your mkv.

;)

Bye

katzenjoghurt

19th January 2010, 10:31

Ahhh!

I'll try this out tonight and report. :)
Thx, MrC.

katzenjoghurt

19th January 2010, 20:21

Yipp.
It's fine now. :)

I hope the Win7 issue is no too bad news for you, MrC.
At least the workaround for users seems to be simple. :)

MrC

20th January 2010, 13:48

@katzenjoghurt

I'm glad to hear that you have fixed it.

I will put this workaround in the FAQ section I'm writing right now.

;)

Bye

QuadraQ

25th January 2010, 06:50

@QuadraQ

Have you tried to analyse the srt file with SubtitlesCreator? Any errors report?

Could you setup CCExtractor to output subtitles in sup format? One conversion is better than two....

The output options in CCExtractor doesn't list sup format. The available options are:

.srt
.sami
.txt (transcript, no timing)
.raw
.dvdraw
.bin (native CCExtractor format)

I don't suppose any of those options would work?

When I open the srt file in SubtitleCreator v2.2 I get an unhandles exceptions with the following details:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
at SubtitleCreator.Subtitle.RemoveFormatting(String line)
at SubtitleCreator.PreviewForm.CheckOneSubtitle(ListViewItem lvi)
at SubtitleCreator.PreviewForm.CheckSub(Int32 Index)
at SubtitleCreator.PreviewForm.DisplaySubtitles()
at SubtitleCreator.PreviewForm.OpenSubtitleFile(String FileName)
at SubtitleCreator.PreviewForm.selectSubtitleFileClick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at SubtitleCreator.PreviewForm.selectMySubtitleFileClick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.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: 2.0.50727.4200 (NetFxQFE.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
SubtitleCreator
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/AVStoDVD/SubtitleCreator/SubtitleCreator.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)
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: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)
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: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
DShowNET
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.1
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.1
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/AVStoDVD/SubtitleCreator/DShowNET.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4016 (NetFxQFE.050727-4000)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
ListViewEx
Assembly Version: 1.0.2297.19690
Win32 Version: 1.0.2297.19690
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/AVStoDVD/SubtitleCreator/ListViewEx.DLL
----------------------------------------
SubtitleCreator.resources
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/AVStoDVD/SubtitleCreator/en/SubtitleCreator.resources.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.

After I click Continue though everything seems to be in order.

Alba Ra

25th January 2010, 10:26

I just wanted to try AVStoDVD but encountered several hickups that I didn't like that much.

1. When loading an Avisynth script a new script is created. AVStoDVD does not recognize the video as 16:9 so it will add it as 4:3. Switching in Title Edit to 16:9 will automatically add bars (to a 16:9 video stream). So I have to manually change the Resize options (which have been reverted later when I've added an audio stream).

2. I can only add one audio stream!? Is that true?

This audio issue is the real reason I quit the application. Else it looked good especially the (albeit flawed) ability to use Avisynth scripts to feed streams.

MrC

25th January 2010, 13:55

@QuadraQ

well, if sup is not supported by CCExtracton, then go with srt (as you have done yet).

You have said that after the error msg, SubtitlesCreator loads the srt file. Is it displayed correctly? Can you see all the subs?

@Alba Ra

what is the Display Aspect Ratio (DAR) of your avs file? Remember that AviSynth script does not have any DAR flags, so DAR is equal to clpi.Width/clip.Height.

So far only one audio track is supported. Multi audio tracks feat is in the ToDo list.

;)

Bye

Alba Ra

25th January 2010, 16:28

I want to create a DVD from the original VC-1 stream (1920x1080). I created (as basically described in this thread by Jeremy Duncan (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=147977)) a Matroska file (with a DAR of 16/9), a Graph file and a AviSynth script. It opens alright in VirtualDub.

For AVStoDVD I tried two ways. First by resizing the HD stream inside of my original script to NTSC values (720x480), then by leaving the HD unchanged in size (i.e. 1920x1080). Both times AVStoDVD adds the video as 4:3. That can fortunately relatively easily be amended by manually editing the internal script used to open AVS files.

As for adding multiple audio tracks: when can that be expected to be implemented. What are you programming with? I see the language is VB6 but what program?

MrC

25th January 2010, 17:01

If your script ends with a 720x480 image, then input DAR is 1.5 and output DAR will be 4:3. Letterboxing is added.

If your script ends with a 1920x1080 image, then input DAR is 1.778 and output DAR will be 16:9. No letterboxing.

Why don't you feed directly AVStoDVD with your VC-1 stream?

About multiple audio tracks feat, I hope to implement it by the end of QTR1. Language is VB6. What do you mean by "program"?

Alba Ra

25th January 2010, 18:02

For some reason I didn't think of feeding the VC-1 stream. In your case this might be just the solution for this.

As for "program" - VB6 needs to be compiled, doesn't it? I mean, you may write the code using Windows' own notepad but in the end it'll have to be compiled. I wanted to know whether you work with an IDE or whether you write the code directly (say, with Notepad++, as I do) and use what compiler!? I haven't used VB yet but this would an as good as any opportunity to learn this language (as I am supposed to be able to)...

MrC

26th January 2010, 11:56

I'm using VB internal IDE. I can't imagine the difficulties in using an external editor (even as good as Notepad++) without commands autocompletion and context help...

BTW I suggest you to learn a more modern and complete language (there is the .NET family).

:)

Bye

Alba Ra

26th January 2010, 17:26

Oh, I do know some C# with .NET (it's this dependency that I don't like but it was part of my training), C++ (but never done GUI programming with that), I'd like to learn Python and Haskell. But it seems that for stand-alone, .NET-independent GUI programming a lot still use VB.

MrC

27th January 2010, 15:37

Release 2.2.6 is available to download (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/).

Change log:

- Added 'Aften Advanced Configuration' options (Pad, DRC, BWFilter) in 'Title Edit'/'Audio'
- Added FAQ section in Help file
- Added check on durations of output vs input audio/video streams
- Added 'Copy Thumbs Graphic Properties' feature to DVD Menu Editor
- Added 'Acid Compass' DVD Menu template
- Improved support to VFR (Variable Frame Rate) video
- Removed Wave PCM audio stream retaining: too many issues with FFMpeg (de)muxing
- Revised Splash Screen layout
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.26

Let me know

;)

Bye

MadRat

28th January 2010, 09:11

Thanks for the software MrC, I'm looking forward to trying it out.

jksmurf

28th January 2010, 17:22

Hmm. I get "runtime error '9':" Subscript out of range with 2.2.6 No Installer. 2.2.5 was fine.

MrC

29th January 2010, 12:42

Hmm. I get "runtime error '9':" Subscript out of range with 2.2.6 No Installer. 2.2.5 was fine.

Where/when do you get that error?

Did you use a new folder for 2.2.6 or did you overwrite the old 2.2.5?

;)

Bye

jksmurf

30th January 2010, 00:18

Where/when do you get that error?When I start by clicking the AVStoDVD.exe file.
It's the No_Install version

Did you use a new folder for 2.2.6 or did you overwrite the old 2.2.5?.

I tired both actually. Same error. Is there a log I can pass you to help?

Thanks,

k.

MrC

30th January 2010, 09:10

@jksmurf

Try to erase the reg key HKLM\Software\AVStoDVD

Do you have same issue using the Installer version?

Can you replicate on another PC?

Any other user is getting the same error?

;)

Bye

ChickenMan

30th January 2010, 10:05

I installed the Installer version over the top of 2.2.5. Installed fine and working fine here in Windows 7 32bit. :)

jksmurf

30th January 2010, 12:21

Try to erase the reg key HKLM\Software\AVStoDVDConfirm that does not work

Wiill try other comments.

Cheers,

k.

eSkRo

30th January 2010, 14:39

i used AVStoDVD_226_Install.exe

and it installed flawless!

im on XP PRO x86...

-peace-

jksmurf

31st January 2010, 06:46

Do you have same issue using the Installer version?Yes, I can now confirm I do have the same issue using the installer. Windows Vista 32 Home Premium.
Can you replicate on another PC?Works OK on a WinXP Machine.

but now there's another twist - a newly downloaded 225 no-install no longer works either ??

btw noticed a small typo "inistalled" (i.e. missing the "n") on the uninstaller message ... minor issue!

k.

eSkRo

31st January 2010, 08:24

@ jksmurf:
----------
I'm suspecting corrupted Windows registry due to invalid entries that exist
because of software you are no longer using,
or an improper software installation or removal.

i'm not a BIG fan of Registry Cleaners but in your case,
i would try one and clean out Windows Registry...

try Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.6 --> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Registry-Tweak/Eusing-Free-Registry-Cleaner.shtml

jksmurf

31st January 2010, 08:30

Thanks esKro, I did try CCleaner (not a fan of cleaners either ) restarted PC etc etc - no joy. Really odd.

k.

eSkRo

31st January 2010, 08:34

try Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.6 --> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/R...-Cleaner.shtml

mikenadia

2nd February 2010, 19:00

I must do something wrong but I do not know what.
Output duration shorter than input. in 2.2.6, I had a warning telling me that (i clicked on Yes for test purposes: did not have that warning in 2.2.5 but same results).
The input is a Trimmed VOB from a DVD file. It plays OK in PowerDVD for the input duration.
Here is the log.
<02/02/2010 12:50:37 PM>
START PROCESS
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<02/02/2010 12:50:37 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 156/4450 MB (4%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8701 5D24
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<02/02/2010 12:50:37 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\test.m2v
Info: MPEG-2 Video - 1410 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 2:33 minutes - 3674 frames
Audio:
Info:
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>
<02/02/2010 12:50:37 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\test.m2v", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.LeakKernelBob(1,7,false,false)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)
Video = Video.SeparateFields().SelectEvery(4,1,2).Weave()

Return Video
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<02/02/2010 12:50:37 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 155 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_1_test.avs" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output\DVD_1_test.m2v" -b 8500 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 16:9 -interlaced -tff -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<02/02/2010 12:52:55 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output\DVD_1_test.m2v (40.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8500 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 39 seconds - 958 frames
<>
<02/02/2010 12:52:55 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output\DVD_1_test.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 25 -inplace -tff
<>
<02/02/2010 12:53:00 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output\DVD_1_test.m2v (40.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8500 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 Pulldown) - 39 seconds - 959 frames
<><02/02/2010 12:53:18 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_1_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output\DVD_1\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_1_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_1_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output\DVD_1_test.m2v"
-vidmode LB
<>
<02/02/2010 12:53:26 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output\DVD_1 (41.2 MB)
<>
<02/02/2010 12:53:26 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6

small typo in log: "Preferences";Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1 and Chapthers Interval: 5
Thanks in advance.

MrC

2nd February 2010, 21:36

@mikenadia

in 2.2.6 I have added a duration congruency check, that's the reason of the new warning.

For some reason, QuEnc encoding stops after 39 seconds. Have you tried with HCenc profiles? Have you used the 'Preview Clip' function to verify if the video is decoded and played correctly (directshow approach)?

Thanks for the typo reports.

;)

Bye

mikenadia

2nd February 2010, 22:11

@MrC
Thank you for your quick answer. Great program.
Preview clip shows me 1000 frames and I am able to jump forward (frame by frame) from frame number 958 till 1000.Everything looks OK.
HC also takes only 959 frames.
DGindex finds 3678 frames (3678 coded and Playback and No errors in d2v), which is slightly different from AVStoDVD (3674 frames).
Hc is able to encode the input source using DGindex 1.5.7 and encoded the 3678 frames.
The input file is problematic. It is a trimmed version from a file that gave me other problems.
Edit1: Solved. The file had to be indexed with DGindex 1.5.7 (the DGdecode.dll from DVD-RB seems to be the issue).
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1370075#post1370075

Thanks a lot.

Edit2: on an unrelated note and purely cosmetics.
In the "Encoding" tab ( in the Audio-video Tab, the video minimum bitrate has been left at 2500) ,if I go to change HC-1pass preferences (lower bitrate from 6000 to 2000 (has to be smaller than 2500) and then go to HC-2pass preferences (without clicking on OK: just with the mouse), the higher bitrate is 2000 (while the lower stays at 2500) I have " Error runtime 383: "Text" property is read-only". I do not understand why the minimum bitrate of one is taken as maximum bitrate for the second one (same thing if I choose Quenc and then HC-1pass).

mikenadia

3rd February 2010, 20:26

The file is still problematic.
What I did: I used DVD-Decrypter to get the "File-No splitting" (preprocessed with VOBlanker ) VOB. I will go to the unprocessed if needed.
I indexed that file with DGindex 1.5.7. HC does not hang now.I used HC to trim that file to the same 3678 frames.
I fed that to AVStoDVD and now Preview, Quenc and HC all give me 1879 frames.
So I decided to fed the original preprocessed VOB ( 3Gb).And I have that error (that disappear quickly because it is in the "Info" line of HC (last 5 sec).
Error loading Avisynth script, Change FPS: Ratio must be less than 10 for linear access; Set LINEAR=False
Problem in Line 9 of the avs file.
If I fed HC with a simple avs (using DGindex 1.5.7 to index the 3Gb VOB), no error : Everything is OK.
This is the avs file and the ini file.
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\ffms2.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = FFAudioSource("C:\test-TAXI2\Output\VTS_01_1.VOB", track = -1, cachefile = "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\A2DFFA_" + String(Rand()) + ".cache")
Video = FFVideoSource("C:\test-TAXI2\Output\VTS_01_1.VOB", track = -1, cachefile = "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\A2DFFV_" + String(Rand()) + ".cache", seekmode = 0)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)
Video = Video.ChangeFPS("pal_video")
Video = Video.LeakKernelBob(1,7,false,false)
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,50,0,50)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)
Video = Video.SeparateFields().SelectEvery(4,1,2).Weave()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

*INFILE C:\test-TAXI2\Output\DVD_11_VTS_01_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Output\DVD_11_VTS_01_1.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\test-TAXI2\Output\DVD_11_VTS_01_1.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 6000
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*INTERLACED
*TFF
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2

Thanks in advance.

On a unrelated note, it seems that if I fed a small VOB file (40 Mb) (just to have a DVD_Structure) and I keep the output size to DVD-5 (default) , I cannot get HC (only Quenc). Setting the output to "Custom" solves the issue.

Edit: The PAL"output" works only if saved as Default Preferences.

MrC

3rd February 2010, 21:31

@mikenadia

best approach in this situation is to feed AVStoDVD with the DGIndex project file (d2v), since this one is not problematic.

In the "Encoding" tab ( in the Audio-video Tab, the video minimum bitrate has been left at 2500) ,if I go to change HC-1pass preferences (lower bitrate from 6000 to 2000 (has to be smaller than 2500) and then go to HC-2pass preferences (without clicking on OK: just with the mouse), the higher bitrate is 2000 (while the lower stays at 2500) I have " Error runtime 383: "Text" property is read-only".

Thanks for the bug report. I will fix it ASAP.

I do not understand why the minimum bitrate of one is taken as maximum bitrate for the second one (same thing if I choose Quenc and then HC-1pass).
On a unrelated note, it seems that if I fed a small VOB file (40 Mb) (just to have a DVD_Structure) and I keep the output size to DVD-5 (default) , I cannot get HC (only Quenc). Setting the output to "Custom" solves the issue.

See Help/FAQ/Q3.5

;)

Bye

glisoni

12th February 2010, 21:42

Hello, MrC.

Since my previous post, I made many fine encodes, thanks to your fine program.

Now, I have two remarks:
1. Detecting embedded subs works well now, but extracted subs are UTF-8. This maybe OK for English subs, but for CP1250 that I use (Serbian language) this is bad. Subs are not displayed correctly, because Subtitle Creator is not decoding this UTF-8 to CP1250. I still have to manually open the sub file, and to save it as regular ASCII actually, sys default, which is CP1250 for me). Olny then, Subtitle Creator will encode subs with correct characters.

2. Recently, I tried to convert .mp4 file with aac audio track, and video was fine, but I got no audio (quenc was set for audio).

Any ideas what happened?

Goran

MrC

13th February 2010, 21:57

Hi Goran,

1. AVStoDVD has its own routine to convert UTF to ASCII. If you have problems, maybe it can be improved. Could you please send me a .srt file (still in UTF format), to understand what's the problem?

2. Log file needed

;)

Bye

glisoni

14th February 2010, 09:12

MrC,

subtitle file is uploaded. Hope it won't take to long for it to get approved...I also added a print-screen with a line of text for better understanding. Marked character should be š (s with a little hat in form of letter v)

Regarding the second problem, the aac issue, I'll make one encode this evening, and post logs...

BR
Goran

MrC

15th February 2010, 23:20

@glisoni

yes you are right, the UTF2ANSI routine has to be "improved" ;)

While waiting for next AVStoDVD release, use the Windows Notepad as converter.

;)

Bye

MilesAhead

21st February 2010, 03:37

MilesAhead

23rd February 2010, 06:58

The other subtitle thing I notice is ifo/sup subs, it created selectable subs, but it seems to ignore the .ifo file. The colors are distored just as when authoring with no .ifo file. I can use PgcEdit to correct the colors easily enough but it would be cool if that wasn't necessary.

Not that I'm complaining. I'm getting some really good quality DVD9 output! :)

MrC

23rd February 2010, 18:26

Anyone end up with both a hard-coded and a soft subtitle? I used an .mkv with UTF-8 stream English subs. AVStoDVD detected the embedded subs. Asked me to select the stream and save the file. I saved it to movie.srt. Done processing, I have a small hard-coded or "burned in" English sub, and a selectable sub that's about 1 1/2 times the size of the burned in sub, displayed below it. Choice is either small sub or double sub. Strange.

I cannot exactly understand if it is a problem: have you choosen to hard-encode the subs or not? :confused:

The other subtitle thing I notice is ifo/sup subs, it created selectable subs, but it seems to ignore the .ifo file. The colors are distored just as when authoring with no .ifo file. I can use PgcEdit to correct the colors easily enough but it would be cool if that wasn't necessary.

Take note that sup format already contains the graphical info (it is a bitmap-type subtitle format). If you want to change colors/font/etc. you have to re-encode the sup.

I'm getting some really good quality DVD9 output! :)

:cool:

Bye

MilesAhead

23rd February 2010, 20:57

I cannot exactly understand if it is a problem: have you choosen to hard-encode the subs or not? :confused:

No. But I got a small hard-coded sub and a large selectable one. As I said, if you turn subs off, you get the small hard coded sub. If you turn them on, you get both. I demuxed the video and played just the video stream in a player to verify the subs were burned in. The hard sub checkbox was not checked.

Take note that sup format already contains the graphical info (it is a bitmap-type subtitle format). If you want to change colors/font/etc. you have to re-encode the sup.

It's a file pair. There's an .ifo and a .sup. For example if you use DVDSubEdit to load a .sup, it will immediately pop open another dialog for you to load the .ifo part of the subtitle pair.

I got similar results with SVCD2DVD and DVDAuthorGui if I only have the .sup file. Which leads me to believe the .ifo file has some color conversion or other information that's needed.

edit: FAVC only supports .srt files, but I looked through the produced scripts and batch files. I calls SubtitleCreator and uses both the output .ifo and .sup files in the muxing. The .ifo must be there for a reason.

edit2: in case anyone else is using BDSup2Sub.. you can export the palette in text format for PgcEdit. After DVD created you can load in PgcEdit, then load the palette. That will give you an idea how the original colors were. You can still then change white subs to yellow or whatever if you want. It just helps avoid guessing which color in the CLUT goes to which part of the subtitle.

It is pretty fast to make the change. I'm just kind of curious why so many authoring programs seem to ignore the .ifo component or what the issue is.

MrC

24th February 2010, 17:48

No. But I got a small hard-coded sub and a large selectable one. As I said, if you turn subs off, you get the small hard coded sub. If you turn them on, you get both. I demuxed the video and played just the video stream in a player to verify the subs were burned in. The hard sub checkbox was not checked.

Do you still have the log file?

It's a file pair. There's an .ifo and a .sup. For example if you use DVDSubEdit to load a .sup, it will immediately pop open another dialog for you to load the .ifo part of the subtitle pair.

I got similar results with SVCD2DVD and DVDAuthorGui if I only have the .sup file. Which leads me to believe the .ifo file has some color conversion or other information that's needed.

edit: FAVC only supports .srt files, but I looked through the produced scripts and batch files. I calls SubtitleCreator and uses both the output .ifo and .sup files in the muxing. The .ifo must be there for a reason.

edit2: in case anyone else is using BDSup2Sub.. you can export the palette in text format for PgcEdit. After DVD created you can load in PgcEdit, then load the palette. That will give you an idea how the original colors were. You can still then change white subs to yellow or whatever if you want. It just helps avoid guessing which color in the CLUT goes to which part of the subtitle.

It is pretty fast to make the change. I'm just kind of curious why so many authoring programs seem to ignore the .ifo component or what the issue is.

Again, sup format already contains the subs graphical info, while srt format does not (just text and timestamps). That's the reason because FAVC (and AVStoDVD) uses an external ifo file for palette info.
I do not know how DVDSubEdit (or other sw) manage sup files, maybe they do a sort of reconversion using the ifo graphical info.
Anyway BatchMux (MuxMan wrapper used by AVStoDVD) accepts only sup (or sst) files... thus sup remuxing with another ifo is up to you. Or if you want to automate the process, we could add it as new AVStoDVD feat.

;)

Bye

ummus

28th February 2010, 11:40

Sir, I have converted an AVI movie file into DVD VOB files. But, the audio is not matching with video. Why Sir?
The log details are here.
<2/26/2010 12:45:21 PM>
START PROCESS
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<2/26/2010 12:45:21 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\katheeja\Documents
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: G:\
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2/26/2010 12:45:21 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: F:\New Folder\Movies\Tamil\SivaKaasi - Bo$$.avi
Info: XviD - 1687 kbps - 640x288 - DAR 2.222 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:55:36 hours - 252625 frames
Audio: F:\New Folder\Movies\Tamil\SivaKaasi - Bo$$.avi
Info: MPEG-1/2 L3 - 128 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 2:58:49 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.25]
<>

<2/26/2010 12:45:21 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("F:\New Folder\Movies\Tamil\SivaKaasi - Bo$$.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("F:\New Folder\Movies\Tamil\SivaKaasi - Bo$$.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,36,0,36)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2/26/2010 12:45:21 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4056 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3229
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2/26/2010 3:29:08 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.m2v (4057.8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3253 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:55:26 hours - 252372 frames
<>

<2/26/2010 3:29:08 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 25 -inplace -bff
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<2/26/2010 3:36:30 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.m2v (4057.8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3250 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 Pulldown) - 2:55:36 hours - 252877 frames
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<2/26/2010 3:36:31 PM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.avs" - | "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -pad 0 -b 192 - "C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.ac3"
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<2/26/2010 3:40:26 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.ac3 (241.2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 192 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 2:55:36 hours
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<2/26/2010 3:40:26 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\katheeja\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$_MuxMan.txt"

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<2/26/2010 3:48:14 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0 (4411.2 MB)
<>

<2/26/2010 3:48:14 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.5
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Nick

28th February 2010, 13:51

ummus - please pm me with clarification of what this "SivaKaasi - Bo$$.avi" file is and how you obtained it.
As per forum rule 6, we do not help with movies downloaded from p2p etc here and the format of this filename sets alarm bells ringing.

shaban55

1st March 2010, 22:25

Dear MrC,

I have just finished my first encodings with your tool and want to thank you thoroughly! Once configured the tasks just run smoothly through. The menu creation is just fabulous for a free tool!

I have many years of experience with avi and mkv encoding and DVD backup from virtualdub to Handbrake but with your tool and Hcenc I discovered the charm of DVD creation, mainly from my miniDV tapes.

I would like to contribute by feeding back some experiences that I collected with the versions 2.2.5 and 2.2.6.

I was not happy with 2.2.6 at all because I ran into the runtime error 383 described in the post from 3rd February.
With around 2.5h of material to encode the 2.2.6 chose Quenc. When I changed manually to Hcenc 2pass the output size calculation went down to only 2,2 GB.
The same happened when I exchanged one of the titles from the initial list for another.

I finally realized that the calculation of output size was stable when I did changes manually title by title, but with copying the properties from one title to the other it crashed and could not be restored. Maybe a "recalculate output size" function would be helpful.

The last thing I did was an 18 hours encode of a full 4450MB DVD with 11 titles from miniDVD. logfile and projectfile attached. I was very astonished that unexplainably the DVD is only 3,3 GB big!? :confused:

As this is my first post on that topic I hope it was not too confused.

Kind regards and AVStoDVD for the future (with Hcenc 0.24?)

ljpp

2nd March 2010, 10:11

Is there a way to adjust the HC Encoder Matrix that is being used? I recorded a lot of sports events from the Olympics, hockey of course, and since the games can be 3+ hours long, the bitrate will be quite low on a DVD-R single layer.

I would presume that switching the MPEG matrix to QLB might do some good? The source material is a bit grainy (shitty DVB SD broadcast), so a bit of blur would most likely reduce artefacts.

MrC

2nd March 2010, 14:15

With around 2.5h of material to encode the 2.2.6 chose Quenc. When I changed manually to Hcenc 2pass the output size calculation went down to only 2,2 GB.
The same happened when I exchanged one of the titles from the initial list for another.

I finally realized that the calculation of output size was stable when I did changes manually title by title, but with copying the properties from one title to the other it crashed and could not be restored. Maybe a "recalculate output size" function would be helpful.

The "recalculate output size" routine is already present. If you can clarify better the error (log files, screenshots, etc.), it would be easier to find a solution.

The last thing I did was an 18 hours encode of a full 4450MB DVD with 11 titles from miniDVD. logfile and projectfile attached. I was very astonished that unexplainably the DVD is only 3,3 GB big!? :confused:

:eek::eek::eek: 18 hours on a DVD-5 !!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

Bitrate is too low to manage even for a very good mpeg2 encoder as HCenc.

Try to stay under 6 hour of video footage on a DVD-5, and maybe select Half-D1 as output video resolution.

kind regards and AVStoDVD for the future (with Hcenc 0.24?)

Yep, HCenc 0.24beta will be supported. Now I'm working on multi audio support.

;)

Bye

MrC

2nd March 2010, 14:16

ljpp

2nd March 2010, 16:42

Go to 'Title Edit'/'Video', toggle off 'Auto Video Setup' and click on 'HCenc Advanced Options'.Bye

Damn, nicely hidden from stupid noobs like me! :devil: And now I see a bunch of matrices I have never heard of...Bitrates are going to be 3000-ish, and hockey is very demanding material to encode.

I recall QLB from the past - can anyone hint how would these others perform on sports?

shaban55

3rd March 2010, 19:11

Hi MrC

and thanks for the speedy answer.

The "recalculate output size" routine is already present. If you can clarify better the error (log files, screenshots, etc.), it would be easier to find a solution.

The recalculation of output size seems to work constantly in the background which is absolutely fine. I thought I had spotted some manual actions which make this routine crash. I'll try to reproduce it and will report again. I think the 2.2.5 is more stable than the 2.2.6 in that regard.

:eek::eek::eek: 18 hours on a DVD-5 !!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

No, no, no thats a misunderstanding! I meant that the encoding took 18 hours! I encoded around 2.5 hours of material. When you look at the attached project file, it clearly states that the size of the DVD is 4450 MB. However the end product had only 3.2 GB! So the compression was by far too strong. That was my question. I dont want to repeat that lenghty process and get the same stuff in the end again.
Sorry, I have to learn to describe more precisely.

Kind regards and thanks again.
:confused:

MrC

3rd March 2010, 21:44

No, no, no thats a misunderstanding! I meant that the encoding took 18 hours! I encoded around 2.5 hours of material. When you look at the attached project file, it clearly states that the size of the DVD is 4450 MB. However the end product had only 3.2 GB! So the compression was by far too strong. That was my question. I dont want to repeat that lenghty process and get the same stuff in the end again.
Sorry, I have to learn to describe more precisely.

Ok, I have got the 18 hours misunderstanding. Anyway, from the log file, you have encoded 12 titles of 20 minutes each. Tot video time is more than 4 hours... still too much.

Try to load less titles (2 hours and half are enough) and retry the project.

;)

Bye

ljpp

4th March 2010, 22:01

I recall QLB from the past - can anyone hint how would these others perform on sports?

Quoting myself, as I re-encoded with QLB.

Overall the quality was improved great with QLB vs. MPEG, encoding the olympic hockey finals + extras totalling about 3h15min. The macro-blockyness was reduced and the overall image was smoother.

On the negative side, there is a rather heavy ringing artefact on high contrast edged (namely player vs. ice surface). The artefact exists already in the shitty SD DVB source material, but encoding using QLB seems to make it even rougher - or it stands out more in the otherwise smooth-ish image.

leoliver

5th March 2010, 00:48

I've been using various releases of AVStoDVD for over a year.
I did have #225 installed, which I last successfully used about 2-months ago.
I decided to encode another video , so I updated to #226 before starting. After updating , I tried to use the "Menu Editor" to change to another template. When I then received this error message ........" ---------------------------
AVStoDVD
---------------------------
Warning! Image 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\MenuPage1.bmp' cannot be found or is invalid!AVStoDVD default image will be loaded.
---------------------------
OK
--------------------------- " I have never had this problem before, and repeated attempts gave the same error message.
So I decided to proceed with the job , and a few seconds after clicking on "Start" I received a error message that the process was being aborted. I tried again , and used a different video , but the process always aborts.
I then uninstall-ed version# 226 , and installed version#224, with the same outcomes. After UN-installing #224 , I installed #225 and received the same "Menu Editor " error and the same process aborted, a few seconds after starting.
Below is a copy of the log-file of my last process aborted job.

" <3/4/2010 5:25:25 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<3/4/2010 5:25:25 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 1365/4450 MB (31%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: test
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: C:\output
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 0
DVD Burning Drive: E: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B C102
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<3/4/2010 5:25:25 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\input\test\TonyRobbins2006.avi
Info: XviD - 708 kbps - 320x240 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 21:44 minutes - 39109 frames
Audio: C:\input\test\TonyRobbins2006.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 128 kbps - CBR - 44100Hz - 2ch - 21:44 minutes
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.25]
<>

<3/4/2010 5:25:25 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\input\test\TonyRobbins2006.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\input\test\TonyRobbins2006.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(352,240)

Audio = Audio.SSRC(48000)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<3/4/2010 5:25:25 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 1322.3 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\test_2_TonyRobbins2006.avs" -o "C:\output\test_2_TonyRobbins2006.m2v" -b 8500 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 4:3 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
<>

<3/4/2010 5:25:30 PM>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <C:\OUTPUT\TEST_2.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<3/4/2010 5:25:30 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.5
<> "

My computer is a Win Xp Pro Sp3 .

Guest

5th March 2010, 00:53

@leoliver

Where did you get the source AVI file?

leoliver

5th March 2010, 04:01

@leoliver

Where did you get the source AVI file?

From: http://www.ted.com/

It's a very interesting web-site with discussions on topics in a very in-depth fashion . There are a lot of TED videos posted on You-Tube.
My Church has a TED night every Monday , in which we watch a TED video on You-Tube and then have a group discussion about the video's topic.
I think that TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Development.

The video was orginally a MP4 video, but I re-encoded it to .avi container, codec: Xvid with MP3 audio for stand alone player compatablity reasons.

Guest

5th March 2010, 05:25

Cool. Thanks for the link.

MrC

5th March 2010, 09:46

@leoliver

it could be a codec issue. Can you play the AVI with WMP? Can you play the AVI with AVStoDVD 'Preview Clip' function?

;)

Bye

shaban55

5th March 2010, 13:50

Try to load less titles (2 hours and half are enough) and retry the project.

Bye

Thanks, again!

My problem was not the video quality which is still acceptable because these are lectures from a congress. My question is why the full capacity of the DVD was not used? The given size in the project file was 4450 MB while the final size of the DVD was only 3,2 GB. Are there any hints in the logfile what went wrong. I have done a previous encode with 5 hours on one DVD5 which went well.

:confused:

Another choice I do not yet fully understand is the "DVD compliant audio". This was changed from 2.2.5 to 2.2.6, where ac3 is no longer accepted to be DVD compliant. What is the background? As far as I know ac3 is a standard audio format for DVDs. The only choice for "DVD compliant audio" in 2.2.6 seems to be PCM wave with 1536bps?

Sorry for repeated questions...:stupid:

MrC

5th March 2010, 17:20

My problem was not the video quality which is still acceptable because these are lectures from a congress. My question is why the full capacity of the DVD was not used? The given size in the project file was 4450 MB while the final size of the DVD was only 3,2 GB. Are there any hints in the logfile what went wrong. I have done a previous encode with 5 hours on one DVD5 which went well.

As I said before, HCenc seemed to have hard time to manage such low bitrates (take a look at your log file).

Another choice I do not yet fully understand is the "DVD compliant audio". This was changed from 2.2.5 to 2.2.6, where ac3 is no longer accepted to be DVD compliant. What is the background? As far as I know ac3 is a standard audio format for DVDs. The only choice for "DVD compliant audio" in 2.2.6 seems to be PCM wave with 1536bps?

As a matter of fact it is exactly the opposite: since release 2.2.6 (DVD compliant) AC3 retaining is still present, while I have removed (DVD compliant) PCM wav retaining...

:)

Bye

leoliver

6th March 2010, 06:05

@leoliver

it could be a codec issue. Can you play the AVI with WMP? Can you play the AVI with AVStoDVD 'Preview Clip' function?

;)

Bye

I could play the file with WMP 11, with Nero decoders , also with HC-MPC , but not with AVStoDVD 'Preview Clip' function.
But I think the problem started , when I updated to #2.2.6 without UN-installing #2.2.5 . During the up-date, AVStoDVD detected AviSynth 2.5 and the Haali Media Splitter.
But I don't think AVStoDVD was able to "sync" with them, after up-dating. Falling back to version 2.2.5 didn't solve the problem either.
So UN-installed version 2.2.5 , and both AviSynth 2.5 and the Haali Media Splitter . I the downloaded another copy of version
#2.2.6 , and while installing I also selected to re-install new copies of both AviSynth 2.5 and the Haali Media Splitter.
After doing so I found that AVStoDVD was once more functioning correctly on my computer! And I selected to use FFDShow with AVStoDVD.

Here is a copy of sucessful AVStoDVD job...........

"<3/5/2010 9:59:39 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<3/5/2010 9:59:39 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 1365/4450 MB (31%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: Tony Robbins
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: C:\output
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B C102
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<3/5/2010 9:59:39 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\input\test\TonyRobbins2006.avi
Info: XviD - 708 kbps - 320x240 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 21:44 minutes - 39109 frames
Audio: C:\input\test\TonyRobbins2006.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 128 kbps - CBR - 44100Hz - 2ch - 21:44 minutes
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>

<3/5/2010 9:59:39 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\input\test\TonyRobbins2006.avi", CacheFolder = "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\input\test\TonyRobbins2006.avi", CacheFolder = "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(352,240)

Audio = Audio.SSRC(48000)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<3/5/2010 9:59:39 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 1322.3 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006.avs" -o "C:\output\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006.m2v" -b 8500 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 4:3 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
<>

<3/5/2010 10:09:07 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: C:\output\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006.m2v (1322.2 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 8500 kbps - 352x240 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 21:43 minutes - 39070 frames
<>

<3/5/2010 10:09:08 PM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006.avs" - | "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 192 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "C:\output\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006.ac3"
<>

<3/5/2010 10:13:20 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DAudioSource: FFmpegSource2 (cache off)
Created File: C:\output\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006.ac3 (29.9 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 192 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 21:44 minutes
<>

<3/5/2010 10:13:21 PM>
START DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
DVD Menu settings: Style 0, DAR 1, Titles Format 1, Video BitRate 6000, Menu Pages 1, Menu Titles 1
<>

<3/5/2010 10:14:53 PM>
END DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File (Menu Page 1): L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_MenuPage1.bmp (1 MB)
<>

<3/5/2010 10:14:54 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\output\Tony Robbins_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "C:\output\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006.m2v"
-vidmode 4:3
-a1 "C:\output\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_TonyRobbins2006_MuxMan.txt"
-SEG2v "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_MenuPage1.bmp"
-SEG2vidmode LB
-SEG2s1 "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_Menu.sst"
-SEG2s1dmode WIDE_LB
-SEG2hlmnu "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_MenuPage1_Buttons.mnu"
-SEG2hlcsm "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Menu\Highlight_Scheme.csm"
-hcn "L:\AVStoDVD temp folder\Tony Robbins_0_BatchMux.hcn"
<>

<3/5/2010 10:22:16 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\output\Tony Robbins_0 (1379.9 MB)
<>

<3/5/2010 10:22:17 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<> "

Adub

7th March 2010, 19:39

MrC

8th March 2010, 14:07

WOW!

AFAIK this is the first AVStoDVD guide on the web! :thanks: for your effort!

Some considerations:

Step 3: After selecting Video Profile, to fix it you must click on the lock icon
Step 12: Multithread encoding is "on" by default
Step 15: I would add the possibility to see HighLights links by toggling on the "HL Links" button. It could be handy to understand DVD menu navigation.
Step 18: Save the project before START! It saves a huge amount of time if something goes wrong.

Great job indeed!

:cool:

Bye

eon_designs

8th March 2010, 17:25

Just been using the latest download of AVStoDVD - when I add an M2TS file along with subs. As soon as I hit start the HCenc window opens and then just hangs. When I view taskmanager it says that the application is not responding.

Running win 7 64 bit.

Here is a copy of the log file

<08/03/2010 16:13:04>
START PROCESS
<>

<08/03/2010 16:13:04>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\Desktop\AVSOutput
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Spline16Resize
Video Resolution: 1
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: hp CDDVDW TS-H653R 0E00
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 0
<>

<08/03/2010 16:13:04>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: I:\N\00012.m2ts
Info: AVC - 20580 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:57:03 hours - 168564 frames
Audio: I:\N\00012.m2ts
Info: PCM - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 1:57:04 hours
Subs: I:\TsMuxer_Converted_Subs_ANSI.srt
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>

<08/03/2010 16:13:04>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\VobSub\VSFilter.dll")
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("I:\N\00012.m2ts", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\Desktop\AVSTemp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("I:\N\00012.m2ts", CacheFolder = "C:\Users\Desktop\AVSTemp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline16Resize(720,480)
Video = Video.TextSub("I:\TsMuxer_Converted_Subs_ANSI.srt")

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<08/03/2010 16:14:19>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc OPV 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3964.7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Desktop\AVSTemp\DVD_0_00012.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Desktop\AVSTemp\DVD_0_00012.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\Desktop\AVSOutput\DVD_0_00012.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Desktop\AVSTemp\DVD_0_00012.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*CQ_MAXBITRATE 1
*BITRATE 4735
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<08/03/2010 16:14:34>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <C:\USERS\DESKTOP\AVSOUTPUT\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<08/03/2010 16:14:34>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<>

Adub

8th March 2010, 19:44

MrC

8th March 2010, 22:55

Just been using the latest download of AVStoDVD - when I add an M2TS file along with subs. As soon as I hit start the HCenc window opens and then just hangs. When I view taskmanager it says that the application is not responding.

Running win 7 64 bit.

Does the 'Preview Clip' works?

You can find some troubleshooting items at Help/FAQ/Video section.

;)

Bye

Adub

9th March 2010, 05:57

Okay, I have added everything except for "lock video profile" as your program specifically says "NOT recommended". What does this option do?

eon_designs

9th March 2010, 10:37

Does the 'Preview Clip' works?

You can find some troubleshooting items at Help/FAQ/Video section.

;)

Bye

Nope - Clip preview just shows a completely white box

MrC

9th March 2010, 13:43

Nope - Clip preview just shows a completely white box

And what about the FAQ?

;)

Bye

eon_designs

9th March 2010, 17:25

Hello - looked through the FAQ's

none of them helped. I did, however, check that ffdshow was correctly set (it was) - still unable to get past the not responding part?

Not to worry - just un-installed everything (Avisynth, AVStoDVD and Haali) and reinstalled them all again - seems to be working again?

Adub

9th March 2010, 19:03

In the future, try creating your own script with the M2TS file as a source, and then load the script into something like Media Player Classic. If there is a problem in the decoding chain, it should be displayed when you try to play the script.

davidcw

11th March 2010, 19:47

Hey, Mr.C, remember how I was encoding a bunch of Blurays with AVStoDVD? Well, I finally had the time to write a guide here: Convert Blurays to DVD with AVStoDVD (http://adubvideo.net/how-to/convert-bluray-dvd-avstodvd).

If I made any mistakes, or gave incorrect information, please let me know and I'll fix it.

Thanks for the wonderful little program!
Adub

When converting Blu-Ray disc or HD cameras files to standard definition I add the ColorMatrix.dll to
the AVS script to correct for the different color matrix used.

To quote from the ColorMatrix v2.3 Manual "It will cause a slight color distortion, which looks like a change in brightness (it's not really a change in brightness, the colors are just slightly off)."

I add the following plugin at the start of the AVS script:

LoadPlugin("c:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\ColorMatrix.dll")

And add after: Video = Video.ConvertToYV12

Video = Video.ColorMatrix(mode="Rec.709->Rec.601")

davidcw

Adub

11th March 2010, 20:08

@davidcw
Hmm...You may have a point there. The funny thing is, I did not do this, and I could have sworn that my output was just fine. I will have to check my DVD's when I get back home.

There does seem to be some debate about colorspaces. I read a thread once that detailed it quite well. Let me see if I can find it.

archaeo

13th March 2010, 02:18

I'm getting an error when using Avs2Dvd 2.26, coming through HCenc and Avisynth, that states:
"Error: GetChannel: Attempted to request a channel that doesn't exist"

I can't seem to find the problem. Any idea on what it is about? audio, video?

Adub

13th March 2010, 06:20

My guess is actually audio. What's your source?

archaeo

13th March 2010, 15:28

It's 'the Descent', bluray. The primary video stream is approx 21GB. The audio (as reported by tsmuxer) is a choice of either AC3 640kbps 6 channel, or LPCM 6144kbps, 7.1 channel

Quick question, maybe related?: I had Haali and avisynth already installed through another program folder (BDRebuilder), so I opted not to reinstall those programs when installing AVStoDVD. I didn't want to possibly mess up those working programs. So all I installed was the AVStoDVD package and the activeX controls... Was this the correct choice, since I already had avisynth and haali installed? I didn't want to install avisynth over a previous version...

EDIT: I have avisynth v 2.57 installed.. This should be OK?

8ternity

13th March 2010, 17:00

Hello,

I have version 2.2.6 installed on a Windows 7 x86 edition and i have ffmpeg crashed during the conversion after the Henc 2-pass.

I have ffdshow clsid 3615 version installed, avisynth 2.5.8 stable, etc.

I convert an m2ts (dts audio french, 720p and 1080p movies) i try to convert in a dvd.

settings are henc 2pass, avs source: Tried (A2Dsource, DirectshowSource) and AC3 option (Wavi+Aften).

can someone help me please?

edit: i try right now update for the ffmpeg 0.5.1 version and try if it's ffmpeg crashed is due to an old version.

MrC

13th March 2010, 20:05

@archaeo

about audio issue, do select AC3 6 channels track because 8 channels are not supported. The avisynth error message is caused by the directshow audio filter that must be properly configured (mixer out settings: 3/0/2+LFE) to decode the 6 channels track. If you install ffdshow, then AVStoDVD will do the "dirty" job for you, but if you are using other AC3 decoders (like AC3Filter), you have to setup it by yourself.

You do not have to reinstall avisynth and haali, if they are already found on your system.

@8ternity

please post the log file, because I cannot exactly understand where's the problem. Audio demuxing step, I guess. Have you tried to force audio encoding (toggle off 'Keep dvd compliant audio')?

;)

Bye

Adub

13th March 2010, 21:19

Actually, that sounds very similar to an issue that I had while processing Blurays and demuxing. The way that I solved it (as Mr. C suggested) was to use Quenc for my audio processing. Again, I cover this in my guide (http://adubvideo.net/how-to/convert-bluray-dvd-avstodvd).

archaeo

14th March 2010, 03:44

OK, success - thanks.
...but for some reason whenever I select HCencoder, it always goes to Quenc for the video encoding :confused:

So, to force it to go to HCenc, I removed Quenc from the folder, and voila - it went to HCenc, and it is now encoding!
Kind of weird though, how it kept defaulting to Quenc...

8ternity

14th March 2010, 04:35

@archaeo

@8ternity

please post the log file, because I cannot exactly understand where's the problem. Audio demuxing step, I guess. Have you tried to force audio encoding (toggle off 'Keep dvd compliant audio')?

;)

Bye

- For the toggle off "Keep dvd compliant audio" not i have not try but i will right now.

Question about ffmpeg, did it's okay that i have upgrade the ffmpeg version? Did i can cause another issue when install a newer version?

Here some logs file of my latest conversion that i have no audio converted.

Movie #1, Try #1

<2010-03-13 01:09:07>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-03-13 01:09:07>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DE_PERE_EN_FLIC
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: M: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-03-13 01:09:07>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC.m2ts
Info: AVC - 9775 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:46:48 hours - 153651 frames
Audio: E:\DVD\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:46:48 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>

<2010-03-13 01:09:07>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC.m2ts", convertfps=true, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-03-13 01:09:07>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4005,7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "D:\Temp\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC_0_DE_PERE_EN_FLIC.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE D:\Temp\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC_0_DE_PERE_EN_FLIC.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC_0_DE_PERE_EN_FLIC.m2v
*LOGFILE D:\Temp\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC_0_DE_PERE_EN_FLIC.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5243
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2010-03-13 01:10:10>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <E:\DE_PERE_EN_FLIC_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<2010-03-13 01:10:10>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<>

Process has been aborder due to ffmpeg crashed. I will try another conversion with the things to unchecked, but can you follow up about if my update of ffmpeg can cause error or it's okay.

Thank you for your answer and help.

8ternity

8ternity

14th March 2010, 17:29

HI,

Here the second try log.

<2010-03-13 22:40:33>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-03-13 22:40:33>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: 2012
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: G:
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: M: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-03-13 22:40:33>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD\2012.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5371 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:37:49 hours - 227037 frames
Audio: E:\DVD\2012.m2ts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:37:49 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>

<2010-03-13 22:40:33>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\DVD\2012.m2ts", CacheFolder = "G:\TEMP")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\DVD\2012.m2ts", CacheFolder = "G:\TEMP")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-03-13 22:40:33>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3804 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE G:\2012_1_2012.m2v
*LOGFILE G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3370
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2010-03-14 01:21:33>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\2012_1_2012.m2v (3805,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3396 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:37:39 hours - 226812 frames
<>

<2010-03-14 01:21:33>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "G:\2012_1_2012.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
<>

<2010-03-14 01:37:32>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: G:\2012_1_2012.m2v (3805,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3392 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:37:49 hours - 227038 frames
<>

<2010-03-14 01:37:32>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg (WAV) Parameters: -i "G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012.avs" "G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012.wav"
Aften (AC3) Parameters: -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 "G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012.wav" "G:\2012_1_2012.ac3"
<>

<2010-03-14 04:02:22>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\2012_1_2012.ac3 (107,2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 33:28 minutes
<>

<2010-03-14 09:42:11>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "G:\TEMP\2012_1_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "G:\2012_1\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "G:\TEMP\2012_1_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "G:\TEMP\2012_1_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "G:\2012_1_2012.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "G:\2012_1_2012.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "G:\TEMP\2012_1_2012_MuxMan.txt"

<>

<2010-03-14 09:48:50>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: G:\2012_1 (4013,9 MB)
<>

<2010-03-14 09:48:50>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<>

The audio was missing on the project. It have pass and not have been crashed with ffmpeg, probably due to my update for the latest version of ffmpeg.

I was having a warning that audio lench is like 30min, and movie was more than 2hours. i click ok to continue for having a complete log.

MrC

14th March 2010, 20:18

...but for some reason whenever I select HCencoder, it always goes to Quenc for the video encoding :confused:...

That's an old old story. Have a look at Help/FAQ/Video/Q3.5

;)

Bye

MrC

14th March 2010, 20:31

archaeo

14th March 2010, 21:02

That's an old old story. Have a look at Help/FAQ/Video/Q3.5

;)

Bye

ah yes.... thank you. Should read FAQ first :stupid:

One more question related to encoders, please: Is it possible to choose a custom matrix in either Quenc or HCenc? I've tried to modify the matrix choices in both, but it keeps defaulting back to the MPEG std.

thanks!

8ternity

15th March 2010, 03:13

@8ternity

Let's try to make some order.

About FFmpeg update. You can. But results can be unpredictable: I usually test the updated sw for a while before releasing them into AVStoDVD.

Movie #1 Try #1: from the log file, FFmpeg did not crash, because FFmpeg was not used. There's a problem in decoding video source. Have you installed Haali and ffdshow?

Movie #2 Try #1: yes, ffmpeg+aften had a problem in encoding audio track. Why have you changed from default wavi+aften to ffmpeg+aften as AC3 encoder? If also wavi+aften fails you can try with QuEnc. Many users had success in converting blu-ray audio using QuEnc (right Adub ;) ).

;)

Bye

Hi MRC,

About ffmpeg, i reset to default.

About Try #1: Yes i have ffdshow clsid rev 3316 installed. i have also try rev 3222. Mastroka haali was installed, i was using for ripbot264 all thoes softwares.

Movie #2: I was changed because i was trying to find what's the trouble. I was sucessfully convert over 15 movies in the previous version 2.2.4 but i was let over 2 month to re-use again and have made the update.

Normally with ver 2.2.5 i was using has default but with 2pass with HCencc because the quality video was a little bit more clean has the 1pass with QuENC.

I have reinstall version 2.2.5 and let everything has default but use it in 2pass.

If i have another crashed, i will post log info. After that, i will try my older version 2.2.4 to check if it's an update the trouble.

For info, i was using Windows 7 professional x86 edition.

Thanks for replies. :thanks:

8ternity

15th March 2010, 07:30

Hi MRC.

after another tries, here the result and log file.

The conversion has been completed but the exported dvd has no audio.

Here the log file:

<2010-03-14 22:15:27>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-03-14 22:15:27>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: MILLENIUM
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: G:
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: M: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-03-14 22:15:27>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts
Info: AVC - 6355 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:32:42 hours - 219907 frames
Audio: E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts
Info: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:32:42 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>

<2010-03-14 22:15:27>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts", CacheFolder = "G:\TEMP")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts", CacheFolder = "G:\TEMP")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-03-14 22:15:27>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3474,7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE G:\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.m2v
*LOGFILE G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3181
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*NOSMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2010-03-15 01:59:36>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.m2v (3475,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3201 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:32:42 hours - 219909 frames
<>

<2010-03-15 01:59:36>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "G:\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
<>

<2010-03-15 02:14:07>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: G:\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.m2v (3475,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3201 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:32:42 hours - 219686 frames
<>

<2010-03-15 02:14:07>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts" -acodec copy "G:\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.ToFix.dts"
<>

<2010-03-15 02:17:23>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: G:\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.dts (838,9 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:35:26 hours
<>

<2010-03-15 02:17:23>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "G:\MILLENIUM_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "G:\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "G:\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM.dts"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_0_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"

<>

<2010-03-15 02:22:23>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: G:\MILLENIUM_0 (3559,9 MB)
<>

<2010-03-15 02:22:24>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<>

I will try version 2.2.4 to see if it's okay.

Thank You.

ron spencer

15th March 2010, 16:07

Is it possible to NO re-encode audio? On my media server I often make MKVs (movie only) of my BluRays, but I convert all audio to AC-3 448, which is fine for DVD. Can I choose no audio re-code? I did not see this in the options. If not it would be a good option.

thks

MrC

15th March 2010, 16:54

@archaeo

you can change the HCenc matrix in 'Title Edit'/'Video'/'HCenc advanced options', but it resets to MPEG at every new project.

@8ternity

Movie #1 Try #1: what does the Preview Clip window say? It is useful to understand if you have a problem in the directshow decoding chain.

Movie #2 Try #2: Muxman has rejected the kept DTS audio track. Try to re-encode it using QuEnc as AC3 encoder.

@ron spencer

Yes, it is. It is the default option, if the audio track is DVD compliant. See 'Preferences'/'AudioVideo'/'Keep DVD compliant audio'.
Are you really living in the isle of Sodor? Do you know Thomas?

;)

Bye

ron spencer

15th March 2010, 18:59

Ahhhhhhhhhhh.....thank you!!!

You know, I have always wanted someone to pickup that I had "Sodor" listed!!! You are the only one..yes I know Thomas (through my young son)...

Never tried your proggy before...hope it will be fun!!!

:p:p

MrC

15th March 2010, 20:56

So I deserve a hurray from the Fat Controller! My son is a big Thomas & Friends fan too... even if in Italy is not very popular.

I hope you will have fun with A2D. Any improvements suggestions is always welcome!

;)

Bye

8ternity

16th March 2010, 01:37

@8ternity

Movie #1 Try #1: what does the Preview Clip window say? It is useful to understand if you have a problem in the directshow decoding chain.

Movie #2 Try #2: Muxman has rejected the kept DTS audio track. Try to re-encode it using QuEnc as AC3 encoder.

I have uninstall everything and let the avisynth version that your installer, but left ffdshow 3316rev, clsid generic team, left haali matroska too.

I have set as defaut your suggestions and make an preview, it's works! :p So i just start a new conversion and let you know when it's done if everything is okay.

Thanks for your time :)

archaeo

16th March 2010, 01:59

@archaeo

you can change the HCenc matrix in 'Title Edit'/'Video'/'HCenc advanced options', but it resets to MPEG at every new project.

Bye

Many thanks! And kudos to you for a nice program :thanks:

8ternity

16th March 2010, 04:36

Hello MRC,

After conversion has done, the export movie still have no sound in the builded movie. I've include two logs in this post (job and saved log after project done).

<2010-03-15 20:33:39>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-03-15 20:33:39>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: MILLENIUM
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: G:
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 2
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: M: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-03-15 20:33:39>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts
Info: AVC - 6355 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:32:42 hours - 219907 frames
Audio: E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts
Info: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:32:42 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>

<2010-03-15 20:33:39>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts", CacheFolder = "G:\TEMP")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts", CacheFolder = "G:\TEMP")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-03-15 20:33:39>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3474,7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE G:\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.m2v
*LOGFILE G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3181
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2010-03-15 23:10:17>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.m2v (3475,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3201 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:32:42 hours - 219909 frames
<>

<2010-03-15 23:10:17>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "G:\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
<>

<2010-03-15 23:24:36>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: G:\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.m2v (3475,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3201 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:32:42 hours - 219686 frames
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<2010-03-15 23:24:36>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts" -acodec copy "G:\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.ToFix.dts"
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<2010-03-15 23:27:54>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: G:\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.dts (838,9 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:35:26 hours
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<2010-03-15 23:27:54>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "G:\MILLENIUM_2\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "G:\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "G:\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM.dts"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_2_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"

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<2010-03-15 23:32:49>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: G:\MILLENIUM_2 (3560 MB)
<>

<2010-03-15 23:32:49>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<>

Saved Log

'20:32:05' AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6 loaded!
'20:32:05' AviSynth 2.5.8 is installed.
'20:32:05' ImgBurn is installed ("C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe").
'20:32:05' New AVStoDVD Project started!
'20:32:23' Current Preferences saved as default.
'20:33:04' MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26 initialized.
'20:33:04' Title 1 "E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts" added.
'20:33:39' AVStoDVD Project started.
'20:33:39' Title 1 video encoding operations started.
'23:24:36' Title 1 video encoding operations ended successfully.
'23:24:36' Title 1 audio encoding operations started.
'23:27:54' Title 1 audio encoding operations ended successfully.
'23:27:54' DVD authoring operations started.
'23:32:49' DVD authoring operations ended successfully.
'23:32:49' AVStoDVD Project ended successfully.

I really dont know why im not having sound in the exported project.

Did i need to uninstalled all versions of ffdshow, haali, etc. and try the ones included in your installer?

Thank You,
8

MrC

16th March 2010, 11:42

@8ternity

When you enter 'Preferences' to select QuEnc as AC3 encoder, go to 'AudioVideo' Tab and toggle off 'Keep DVD compliant audio'. In that way, DTS track will be re-encoded using QuEnc and not retained (and refused by Muxman).

;)

Bye

8ternity

16th March 2010, 13:45

8ternity

16th March 2010, 19:38

Does exaclty the same thing. No audio on the exporter project.

MrC

16th March 2010, 20:10

Does exaclty the same thing. No audio on the exporter project.

Could you post the log file of this last try?

:)

Bye

8ternity

17th March 2010, 00:42

Could you post the log file of this last try?

:)

Bye

- Conversion Log
- Saved Log

Conversion Log:

<2010-03-16 08:44:50>
START PROCESS
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<2010-03-16 08:44:50>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: MILLENIUM
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: G:
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 384
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: M: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<2010-03-16 08:44:50>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts
Info: AVC - 6355 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:32:42 hours - 219907 frames
Audio: E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts
Info: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:32:42 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
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<2010-03-16 08:44:50>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts", CacheFolder = "G:\TEMP")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts", CacheFolder = "G:\TEMP")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2010-03-16 08:44:50>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3474,7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE G:\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.m2v
*LOGFILE G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3181
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-03-16 11:21:12>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: G:\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.m2v (3475,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3201 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:32:42 hours - 219909 frames
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<2010-03-16 11:21:12>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "G:\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
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<2010-03-16 11:35:07>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: G:\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.m2v (3475,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3201 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:32:42 hours - 219686 frames
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<2010-03-16 11:35:07>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts" -acodec copy "G:\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.ToFix.dts"
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<2010-03-16 11:38:24>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: G:\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.dts (838,9 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:35:26 hours
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<2010-03-16 11:38:24>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "G:\MILLENIUM_3\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "G:\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "G:\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM.dts"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MILLENIUM_MuxMan.txt"

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<2010-03-16 11:43:46>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: G:\MILLENIUM_3 (3560 MB)
<>

<2010-03-16 11:43:46>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<>

Saved Log:

'23:59:11' AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6 loaded!
'23:59:11' AviSynth 2.5.8 is installed.
'23:59:11' ImgBurn is installed ("C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe").
'23:59:11' New AVStoDVD Project started!
'23:59:20' MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26 initialized.
'23:59:20' Title 1 "E:\DVD\2012.m2ts" added.
'23:59:23' DVD Size changed from DVD-5 to DVD-9
'23:59:31' Title 1 "E:\DVD\2012.m2ts" removed.
'23:59:53' MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26 initialized.
'23:59:53' Title 1 "E:\DVD\MILLENIUM.m2ts" added.
'00:01:41' DVD Size changed from DVD-9 to DVD-5
'00:03:01' AVStoDVD Project started.
'00:03:01' Title 1 video encoding operations started.
'02:55:48' Title 1 video encoding operations ended successfully.
'02:55:48' Title 1 audio encoding operations started.
'02:59:04' Title 1 audio encoding operations ended successfully.
'02:59:04' DVD authoring operations started.
'03:04:42' DVD authoring operations ended successfully.
'03:04:42' AVStoDVD Project ended successfully.
'08:44:50' AVStoDVD Project started.
'08:44:50' Title 1 video encoding operations started.
'11:35:07' Title 1 video encoding operations ended successfully.
'11:35:07' Title 1 audio encoding operations started.
'11:38:24' Title 1 audio encoding operations ended successfully.
'11:38:24' DVD authoring operations started.
'11:43:46' DVD authoring operations ended successfully.
'11:43:46' AVStoDVD Project ended successfully.

MrC

17th March 2010, 12:07

I fear that you have toggled off 'keep dvd compliant audio' but you have not refreshed your project. I suggest you to:

- Start AVStoDVD
- Change Preferences (save as default, if you wish)
- Add input files
- Verify in 'Title Edit'/'Audio' that 'keep dvd compliant audio' is off
- Start to encode

;)

Bye

8ternity

18th March 2010, 02:51

I've try, samething.
Now i really don't know what to do.

Is there a program can be incompatible or create an confusion with AVStoDVD ? :confused:

ron spencer

20th March 2010, 00:41

I am getting an error with audio (from a HD mkv I made with AC3 448).

Error says

Getchannel: Attempted to request a channel that did not exist:

line is:

Video = DirectShowSource("U:\MEDIA\High Def Movies\test.mkv", fps=23.976, convertfps=true, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("U:\MEDIA\High Def Movies\test.mkv", video=false)
Audio = Audio.GetChannel(1,3,2,5,6,4)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

mpucoder

20th March 2010, 01:24

@8ternity: Can you post the MuxMan log (G:\TEMP\MILLENIUM_3_MuxMan.log)? I'm curious as to why the audio is not being muxed, as 768kbps DTS is acceptable (unless the channel assignments are not SD_DVD)

MrC

20th March 2010, 13:40

@ron spencer

AVStoDVD uses a directshow approach to decode media file. So the user has to setup its decoding filters (like ffdshow) correctly: in this situation you are trying to decode/encode a 5.1 channels audio, so your filter output mixer must be set properly. If you are using ffdshow it must be set: 3/0/2+LFE.

AVStoDVD usually takes care of that, assuming you have installed ffdshow. The user has to do it manually when: a) there is another AC3 filter or b) QuEnc is used. I think b) is your case, because there is the GetChannel(1,3,2,5,6,4) call. In fact QuEnc has a channels mapping bug that must be handled with GetChannel.

Concluding:
1. Use ffdshow as AC3 filter and Wavi+Aften as AC3 encoder: no need to setup mixer
or
2. Use any AC3 filter or QuEnc as AC3 encoder: setup mixer before start AVStoDVD project

@mpucoder

If 8ternity did not select to keep temporary files, then the MuxMan log is gone. Anyway he is not the only user (http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/318135-No-Audio-when-converting-MKV-to-DVD-using-AVStoDVD?p=1970765) that is complaning about DTS track rejects.

I fear that, since FFmpeg throws out a lot of error messages during DTS demux, that audio tracks are somehow bad or badly muxed.

Thanks for your fantastic MuxMan. :)

;)

Bye

ron spencer

20th March 2010, 18:04

thanks!!!

what are those temp files made in C:\ ?

they are named like:20_16_28_59

and contain:

CMpeg4Splitter::BreakConnect() Enter

MrC

20th March 2010, 18:44

what are those temp files made in C:\ ?

they are named like:20_16_28_59

and contain:

CMpeg4Splitter::BreakConnect() Enter

Nothing made by AVStoDVD...

:confused:

Bye

ron spencer

21st March 2010, 01:13

well...that was some Corel POS that I had not gotten rid of...wonder why those files were made when your proggy ran? In any case I got rid of it..sorry

Have you thought about adding an HC dialog for bias?

MrC

21st March 2010, 16:58

Have you thought about adding an HC dialog for bias?

Do you mean put bias setting in HCenc Advanced Options? As a matter of fact bias is dynamic, output of following formula:

Bias = Int(VideoBitRate[Mbps]) x 10

;)

Bye

Adub

22nd March 2010, 03:29

Mr.C, have you tested this on 64-bit?

I just installed Win 7 64-bit, and when I try to preview the input file, A2D hangs.

I am running 64-bit Avisynth from JoshyD.

MrC

22nd March 2010, 11:26

Mr.C, have you tested this on 64-bit?

I just installed Win 7 64-bit, and when I try to preview the input file, A2D hangs.

I am running 64-bit Avisynth from JoshyD.

Not yet. In fact AVStoDVD claims to be a 32-bit software which supports Windows XP/2000/Vista.

BTW, have a look at Help/FAQ/General/Q1.5 because W7 takes control of directshow filters.

;)

Bye

Adub

22nd March 2010, 19:01

Ah, okay then.

Then I have a quite obvious feature request:
* Support for 64-bit.

A number of filters have already been converted to support 64-bit already, so there is some hope for AVStoDVD.

deank

23rd March 2010, 16:42

Hey there... my 1st post here :)

I guess it is kind of a bug-report when trying the menus:

Background = ImageSource("C:\avs2dvd\Menu\Templates\Menu in Black\Background.bmp",fps=29,97,start=0,end=0)
..
PlayAll = ImageSource("C:\avs2dvd\Menu\Templates\Menu in Black\PlayAll.bmp",fps=29,97,start=0,end=0).Lanczos4Resize(104,32)

For some reason the framerate is written using a comma and not a decimal sign (dot), so the Preview and menu-background generation refuses to work :)

Dean

MrC

23rd March 2010, 17:44

@deank

welcome here and thanks for the bug report (already known, right now the only workaround is to setup "." as decimal separator instead of ","). Next release will have a fix.

;)

Bye

MrC

23rd March 2010, 17:48

For the brave only, here (https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd_alpha_beta/AVStoDVD%202.3.0%20Alpha%20100323/AVStoDVD_230Alpha100323_NoInstall.7z/download) you are 2.3.0 *very* alpha release.

Change log:

- Added multi audio tracks encoding and authoring capability
- Added 'AVS DownSize Filter' and 'AVS UpSize Filter' options in 'Preferences'/'Encoding' (removed 'AVS Resize Filter')
- Added *PULLDOWN command in HCenc to directly convert NTSC footage from 23.976 to 29.97 fps
- Added DVD Menu highlights colors customization
- Added check on DVD Folder size vs DVD Assets size
- Changed Video Encoding Profile "HCenc OPV 1-pass" to "HCenc VBR 1-pass" (using internal HCenc 0.24 quantizer predictor)
- Changed default HCenc LUMGAIN option from "0" to "1"
- Improved handling of 50 and 59.94 fps based video footage
- Improved support to UTF-8 subtitles format (.srt)
- Improved DTS audio track support
- HCenc updated to 0.24 beta 16-02-2010
- FFmpeg updated to r22140
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.29

have fun and report any new bug.

;)

Bye

Adub

24th March 2010, 03:21

Okay, ignore my 64-bit request for now. I've thrown in the towel and gone with 32-bit for now. I'll download and test the latest AVStoDVD.

MilesAhead

24th March 2010, 21:10

I did a downsize and an upsize conversion with QuEnc and an upsize conversion with HCenc one pass. I didn't encounter any issues. I like the twin sizer drop down boxes. Now I can set my sizers as default and forget it.

Only request on subtitles would be some adjustment to subtitle font sizes at least. Tahoma 18 is just huge. On some conversions with soft subs I would get artifacts at the bottom of the screen with the same color as the sub so it must be a side effect of the large subs. I changed the .xml settings to 16 and especially hard subbed the subtitles come out nicely.
But that's no biggie. Once changed it's set until I update the app.

On the HC lumen setting change, I haven't looked at the output on a stand-alone yet.

The only other issue can be a bit tricky is the audio processing. If I use the default aften settings and there's an error, the command window hangs. To proceed requires the manual intervention of clicking the close button, then the audio will be processed and all with be well... but if you are doing it unattended, like watching a movie, it will just hang there forever until you notice and click the mouse. If there was a way to detect the hang and revert to plan B audio processing that would eliminate popping in just to see if the audio conversion hung. One could just leave it with confidence.

Thanks for the update. One positive side effect I did notice, on my dual core sometimes when the video encoder is going to be QuEnc, after starting the processing, it would often take like 10 minutes before QuEnc would pop up. The drive is churning away doing something. On the Quad QuEnc would pop up nearly instantly.

Now QuEnc seems to pop up quickly on the dual core too. Don't have a clue why.

Adub

24th March 2010, 22:26

Just reporting that I did a successful convert of an avi to dvd (no menu) using hcenc 1 pass last night. It only took 45 min!

MrC

25th March 2010, 15:20

Only request on subtitles would be some adjustment to subtitle font sizes at least. Tahoma 18 is just huge. On some conversions with soft subs I would get artifacts at the bottom of the screen with the same color as the sub so it must be a side effect of the large subs. I changed the .xml settings to 16 and especially hard subbed the subtitles come out nicely.
But that's no biggie. Once changed it's set until I update the app.

It's on my ToDo list (already for a long time, as a matter of fact) :)

The only other issue can be a bit tricky is the audio processing. If I use the default aften settings and there's an error, the command window hangs. To proceed requires the manual intervention of clicking the close button, then the audio will be processed and all with be well... but if you are doing it unattended, like watching a movie, it will just hang there forever until you notice and click the mouse. If there was a way to detect the hang and revert to plan B audio processing that would eliminate popping in just to see if the audio conversion hung. One could just leave it with confidence

Main problem is to predict if Aften will hang, or why Aften sometime is hanging. Any hint is appreciated.

Thanks for the update. One positive side effect I did notice, on my dual core sometimes when the video encoder is going to be QuEnc, after starting the processing, it would often take like 10 minutes before QuEnc would pop up. The drive is churning away doing something. On the Quad QuEnc would pop up nearly instantly.

Now QuEnc seems to pop up quickly on the dual core too. Don't have a clue why.

The reason could be that FFMpegSource is selected (going down in the A2DSource function tree: AVISource->DirectShowSource->FFMpegSource). FFMpegSource needs to index the source before starting to sequentially read it. It takes time.

AVISource and DSS instead don't do indexing, so they are faster, even if sometimes inaccurate.

For sure AviSynth experts could explain much much better...

Just reporting that I did a successful convert of an avi to dvd (no menu) using hcenc 1 pass last night. It only took 45 min!

Thanks for the feedback! I agree that HCenc VBR 1-pass is amazing.

;)

Bye

MilesAhead

25th March 2010, 19:07

It's on my ToDo list (already for a long time, as a matter of fact) :)

Main problem is to predict if Aften will hang, or why Aften sometime is hanging. Any hint is appreciated.

I don't know what's up with aften, but I notice the last line output is always "cannot write to standard error." Don't know why that would be. It's not predicting if it will hang, but realizing it has, and killing it, then moving on.

The reason could be that FFMpegSource is selected (going down in the A2DSource function tree: AVISource->DirectShowSource->FFMpegSource). FFMpegSource needs to index the source before starting to sequentially read it. It takes time.

AVISource and DSS instead don't do indexing, so they are faster, even if sometimes inaccurate.

I never change that from the default. It's always A2DSource. It's just weird.

Adub

25th March 2010, 19:35

@MilesAhead
I think you may be misunderstanding something. A2Dsource is a "smart script". Basically, it keeps trying to load your source through a variety of filters (Avisource, then Directshow, then FFmpegsource).

If one filter fails to open your source, then it moves to the next one. What appears to be happening for you is that your source is not being opened by Avisource or Directshow, and thus is using FFmpegsource.

What is your source? If you wanted to be able to use Directshow right off the bat, you may need to setup FFDShow such that it can decode your source properly.

MilesAhead

26th March 2010, 22:52

@Adub I see what you are saying. I thought it was some glitch because the same input would act differently depending on the PC. It's probably due to different settings in Shark's codecs on the 32 bit machine.

Last time I updated Shark's I probably changed the setting.
Seems to be working well.

MrC

29th March 2010, 14:16

I'm making some research about DTS tracks compliance to DVD standard.

Is it true that DVD compliant DTS tracks must have a resolution of 16 or 20 bits, while DTS-ES (24 bits resolution, often used in BluRay) is not DVD compliant? Any audio experts can help?

Thanks a lot

:)

Bye

shreeit

29th March 2010, 22:40

I am trying to create DVD with multiple episodes. I was able to add all the episodes and noticed dvd contains all the episodes but I had few issues, please help:

1. Episode 4 came out first in DVD instead of sequence.
2. No clickable DVD title. (no DVD title).

I am using latest version. I am impressed with the output quality from at least mkv file.

Thanks,

Shreeit

Adub

30th March 2010, 04:39

In what order did you add your episodes?

Also, are you creating a menu? Is that what "no clickable DVD title" means? You want a menu?

shreeit

30th March 2010, 06:11

Yes I want menu. I select all 4 togather

Adub

30th March 2010, 21:10

To enable a menu, you may want to take a look at step 13 of one of my guides: http://adubvideo.net/how-to/convert-bluray-dvd-avstodvd

It was originally written to support Blu-ray conversions, but the menu process will be generally the same.

knopper09

5th April 2010, 01:40

Is there still any chance on CCE support in future?
I think it wouldnt be a problem because CCE takes AviSynth scripts!

ron spencer

5th April 2010, 02:32

can you add in the proper avisynth script to ensure HD colorimitry is converted to SD colorimitry properly?

would would need ColorMatrix and use:

Video = Video.ColorMatrix(mode="Rec.709->Rec.601") # Convert HD colorimitry to SD colorimitry...add interlaced=true if need

maybe also add msharpen for HD to SD as well:

Video = Video.Msharpen(8,60,true,false,false)

the colormatrix before converttoyv12 and resize video commands and then msharpen after resize....perhaps call these "HD to SD" option/radio button for user to click...could be useful as many now convert their HD to SD as well.

:thanks:

MrC

5th April 2010, 20:16

Is there still any chance on CCE support in future?
I think it wouldnt be a problem because CCE takes AviSynth scripts!

Well, I have discontinued the CCE SP support since release 1.2.0 (November 2007) and I do not plan to re-add it because it is not a free sw. Sorry. :)

can you add in the proper avisynth script to ensure HD colorimitry is converted to SD colorimitry properly?

would would need ColorMatrix and use:

maybe also add msharpen for HD to SD as well:

the colormatrix before converttoyv12 and resize video commands and then msharpen after resize....perhaps call these "HD to SD" option/radio button for user to click...could be useful as many now convert their HD to SD as well.

I must admit that I am not a HD expert. Some questions:

1. Do all mpeg2 HD sources have the "wrong" colorimetry?

2. If not, how can it be detected?

3. Reading from ColorMatrix description (http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/externalfilters/colormatrix.htm):
In case you captured something or you have a XviD/DivX (both are encoded Rec.601 coefficients), and you want to encode it to mpeg-2 using CCE (which assumes Rec.709 coefficients), you should use the following script (progressive material)

ColorMatrix(clip, mode="Rec.601->Rec.709")

What do QuEnc/HCenc assume? Rec.601? Are we sure?

4. Why are you suggesting to add (by default) a sharpen filter when downscaling? From my experience, sharpening is good when upscaling (lanczos does that trick very well).

BTW thanks for the inputs: posts like this are the best way to help AVStoDVD to grow.

:cool:

Bye

ron spencer

5th April 2010, 22:08

I have been making SD from my HD stuff for a while and have found that a sharpen after downsizing looks good...but again can be made a radio option.

as for a colorimity is concerned, a number of people (manono???) have stated that you need to convert it properly from HD to SD.

Also:

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Colorimetry

If the colorimetry information is not stored in the header (as with DivX/XviD for example), it is not really possible to tell which colorimetry is used to create it. All that you can do is assume Rec.601 is used for SD content and Rec.709 is used for HD content, and hope that the assumption is correct. In this case, you can't use the hints parameter of ColorMatrix, but you need to give the conversion explicitly using the mode parameter.

So perhaps two radio buttons for HD to SD conversions

ron spencer

6th April 2010, 02:58

also...what about permitting user to set max bitrate? Always greyed out. It is true that you can edit command line parameters before you run (tick box), but that also opens up the parameters for muxman...maybe two options here as well; one for editing hc and one for muxman as well as in gui for max bitrate.

MrC

6th April 2010, 13:08

Mmmh, before implementing new feats, I would like to fully explore the rationale behind them. Adding new feats is great, but only if they are really useful and they do not create confusion in users mind (first of all, mine...).
Thus, Ron, please, if you have time, help me to find answers to questions 1-2-3.

About MSharpen, since it could be useful to improve anime encoding too, I will add it to my ToDo list.

About max bitrate: see reg key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AVStoDVD\DefaultVideoMaxBitRate
If key does not exist, create it manually (string type).

;)

Bye

ron spencer

6th April 2010, 16:25

Hey...thanks!!!

remember my comments are for converting HD to SD, which your proggy does very well...much better than the manual ways I have been doing.

so:

Do all mpeg2 HD sources have the "wrong" colorimetry?

HD sources can be MPEG, H264, VC-1...colorimitry for HD is always Rec.709.

see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._709

ITU-R Recommendation BT.709, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 709 or BT.709, standardizes the format of high-definition television, having 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio. The first revision of the standard was published in 1990.

Rec. 601 is SD, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._601

ITU-R Recommendation BT.601, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 601 or BT.601 (or its former name, CCIR 601,) is a standard published by International Telecommunication Union - Radiocommunications sector (formerly CCIR) for encoding interlaced analogue video signals in digital form. It includes methods of encoding 525-line 60 Hz and 625-line 50 Hz signals, both with 720 luminance samples and 360 chrominance samples per line. The color encoding system is known as YUV 4:2:2. For a pair of pixels, the data are stored in the order Y1:Cb:Y2:Cr, with the chrominance samples co-sited with the first luminance sample.

The Rec. 601 signal can be regarded as if it is a digitally encoded analog component video signal, and thus includes data for the horizontal and vertical sync and blanking intervals. Regardless of the frame rate, the luminance sampling frequency is 13.5 MHz. The luminance sample is at least 8 bits, and the chrominance samples are at least 4 bits each.

As far as your second question is concered (note the colormatrix documentation is wrong in some cases: a good discussion is at http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/317739-Colorimetry?p=1967409) according to the specifications ALL HD material will be REC. 709. Interestingly enough, DVD can be either (rare to find 709 though). HCenc does not flag the colorimitry, so it is better to let AVISynth do it.

As far as question 3, I never use Qenc so not sure, but really, who cares what the encoders assume or flag (if they do at all). Specify it explicity in AVISynth to take care of the issue. Is this not better anyway?

So if you want to expand you program to include HD to SD conversion, then, in my humble opinion as I am not a programmer, is to have two extra buttons for colormatrix and msharpen. As I said before, I have been using this method for ages now and the output is fantastic, quite often BETTER than the commercial DVD of the same movie.

As far as max bitrate, why not make it an option to change as opposed to a reg entry?

Cheers, and thanks for the consideration.

MrC

7th April 2010, 17:12

Ok ron, you have persuaded me. :)

Please confirm following statements:

1. It seems that only DGIndex and GSpot can read the mpeg2 colorimetry standard
2. DGIndex names "BT.601" as "BT.470-2"
3. Colorimetry flag is not always specified (DGIndex puts a *), so it is pratically impossibile to always detect in advance the colorimetry itself

Thus no auto ColorMatrix, just an option button in the AviSynth Tab (as you suggested) to change colorspaces.

On a side note, MediaInfo has a "colorimetry" parameter, but unfortunately it is actually Chroma Subsampling (i.e. 4:2:0) and not ITU-R Recommendation.

;)

Bye

ron spencer

7th April 2010, 19:43

You will need to verify with neuron2 your dgindex comments, but I believe they are correct...maybe PM him.

You are right there is no way to test for sure what colorimitry is, but I assume all HD sources follow "the rules". In any case I always do this for my HD to SD conversions and my anecdotal evidence, at least on my 50" Samsung plasma, is very compelling.

Remeber, this is an add-on feature to your great program...probably best just to have two checks/buttons to add this. Then it is up to the user to change.

Thanks again for the consideration of this feature...again I am not a programmer so I can only complain LOL!!!!

:):)

ron spencer

8th April 2010, 13:18

I also notice that when you give a DVD label a name, there is a number attached to it (folder name).

For example, if I label (first page of your GUI) the DVD "Test", it will make a folder called "Test_0" Why is this? Can we make it just "Test"

Adub

8th April 2010, 20:55

It's there in case you have multiple compilations with the same name. It's actually saved my bacon on several occasions. Is it really that hard to delete the number?

ron spencer

9th April 2010, 03:20

ok..I see

Sharc

9th April 2010, 18:41

.... HCenc does not flag the colorimitry, so it is better to let AVISynth do it.....

HCGUI 0.24 => Tab Settings2 => colorimetry (with pulldown menu)
What is it good for then?

Don_Genaro

10th April 2010, 21:13

First, thanks for the great software, it's my favorite when converting to dvd.

But I want to upgrade to Blu-Ray, and it would be nice if you could make an AVStoBlu-Ray program, that could generate mpg2 streams comtabible with Tmpgenc Authoring Works and h264 streams compatible with multiAVCHD. I don't know if HCenc cant create HD streams but it wold be nice to use the same procedures that avsTOdvd uses to create dvd, but for blu-ray mpeg2.

:thanks:

MrC

11th April 2010, 14:02

Hi Don_Genaro,

first of all thanks for the kind words. About upgrading AVStoDVD to BD, I must admit that it is an intriguing idea, but I fear that it will be impossible in the short-medium term. In these days (I have 2 little kids who are really time-consuming pearls) I'm already in trouble in supporting AVStoDVD and making some small development steps.

BTW, AVStoDVD is an open source project: anybody can start from my code and expand it to support BD or anything else.

;)

Bye

Marvel

16th April 2010, 00:30

Hey MrC just wanted to say thanks for making this really great free software, i can finally move away from dvd2svcd :). But there's just one thing missing for me CCE support, i really wish you would put this back in. For me its the fastest mpeg2 encoder and gives the best results.

Cheers M

MrC

16th April 2010, 10:00

@Marvel

thanks for your good opinion. About CCE, support to it has been discontinued since release 1.2.0 (November 2007) because I have chosen to support only free software, and I have no plan to reintroduce it. Sorry.

;)

Bye

gizzin

17th April 2010, 06:17

cce support would be a good addition, even though it isn't free.

Adub

17th April 2010, 21:56

Yes, but the author said that he will only support free software. Ergo, CCE support will not be added. Besides, HCenc is freakin' fantastic.

Marvel

18th April 2010, 11:46

Hey MrC ME again :D, I seem to be having trouble with audio after converting a .mkv to dvd.

If i have dvd compliant audio ticked the end result has no sound,

then if i untick compliant dvd audio and encode audio to ac3 448 the process just hangs until i close the cmd promt window, avstodvd carrys on after this and there is audio in the resulting dvd files but because of the errors i dont know if everything is ok :P (Thats with wavi + aften)

I tried changing to ffmeg+aften but this resulted in audio errors also. Sound went off after 5mins in

I'm now trying mp2 as output audio so hopefully that will work for me. Anyway after all that i was wanting to make a feature request, would it be possible to have a recover mode so avstodvd will just pick up from a certain point like video or audio encoding, because at the moment everytime i make a settings change i have to go through the whole process again. Which is annoying because the video is fine

M.

MrC

18th April 2010, 18:04

@Marvel

You may try with QuEnc as audio converter as well. BTW, to understand better what's the problem, can you copy&paste here the log files of your trials?

About recover mode, here you are a workaround: delete the log file (i.e. test_0.log) and the audio file with error (test_0.ac3) and leave the video file (test_0.m2v). Next time you start the project (test), you will be asked to keep the video file (test_0.m2v). Easy, isnt'n it?

;)

Bye

Rosetta

20th April 2010, 13:23

Hi MRC, I have a .sup tsMuxer extracted with a mt2s. When I add in the movie AVStoDVD I recognize the file and I can copy to perfection. But when playing the movie the subtitles are not displayed. You think I can be doing wrong. Thanks

MrC

20th April 2010, 20:28

Hi Rosetta,

unfortunately BluRay sup are not 100% compliant with DVD sup. I may suggest you following (not so confortable) steps:

- convert BD sup to sub/idx using BDSup2Sup
- convert sub/idx to DVD sup using Sub2Sup or VSConv (the latter is included with A2D package)
- check the resulting sup with SubtitleCreator (with A2D package as well)

Any other suggestion is welcome

;)

Bye

qyot27

22nd April 2010, 23:51

About three weeks ago I used AVStoDVD to author a showcase disc of stuff and it went great (worlds better than my struggling with dvdauthor-centric solutions for months), so I'm very grateful. In testing other files with it recently, I ran across a couple things that present some problems. I'm only using already-encoded MPEG-2/AC3 files, with the 'Keep DVD Compliant Video/Audio' options selected so no transcoding is supposed to be going on. I'm using the 2.3.0 alpha 100323 version.

*I was relieved to see that 352x240/352x288 resolution files are accepted and actually kept at their resolution, but even though I know they're compliant (all files are encoded with the newest HCenc 0.24 beta, and the VCD-resolution/CIF stuff uses the exact same features as the Full D1 files, except for the average and max bitrates being set to 2000kbps), they still get re-encoded instead of passed through.

*If the video and audio track order are switched, it fails to identify the audio correctly and aborts. mplex from MJPEGTools isn't affected by this because it always puts video first. But mplex1 (from here: http://members.aon.at/johann.langhofer/mplex1.htm) puts the audio track first. Even tcmplex (which I mention because its logging messages are very close to those of mplex1, although I'm unsure of what the connection between them is) puts the video track first. It has to do with the 'map' parameter passed during the audio demux step. I'm guessing that's for those cases where the file has more than one audio track? If that's the case, is there a way to specify use of it only when the file has more than one audio track?

The command used for mplex:
mplex -f8 -V in.m2v in.ac3 -o out.mpg

The command used for mplex1:
mplex1 in.m2v in.ac3 out.mpg

I've uploaded the logs from AVStoDVD and source .mpg samples (a Full D1 mplex-muxed file as a successful control example, a Full D1 mplex1-muxed file, and two VCD-resolution/CIF files, one muxed with mplex and the other with mplex1), just in case you need them.

http://www.mediafire.com/?yomwjc2jngn

knopper09

23rd April 2010, 13:52

Yes, but the author said that he will only support free software. Ergo, CCE support will not be added. Besides, HCenc is freakin' fantastic.

yes thats true! So it should not be included, but only supported for those who have CCE.
From my experience i can also tell that it is definitely faster than all other encoders, because its written in assembly!
And i also think nearly everyone here knows how to get it for free, its only one small dll file. No one would really ay 2000 bucks for an MPEG2 Encoder. That’s the point!

So support would in AVStoDVD would be fine!

MrC

24th April 2010, 21:05

qyot27

25th April 2010, 02:25

@qyot27

About the 1st issue, the A2D routine that check if a clip is dvd compliant reads the 'Video'/'Standard' MediaInfo tag. If that tag is PAL or NTSC, then the routine goes ahead to check width, height and fps, otherwise it stops deducing that the clip is not dvd compliant. Unfortunately, even if it is surely a NTSC dvd compliant clip, MediaInfo says that your 'test-vcd-mplex.mpg' is not following the NTSC standard. I can improve my routine, but it would be much much better if MediaInfo would recognize your clip properly.
Ok, that makes sense. I've asked about it on the Mediainfo thread, so hopefully it'll be fixed.

About the 2nd issue, you are right, I have already found some containers in which the audio track is mapped as first track and video as second one. When using audio direct stream copy (keep compliant audio) there are some problem in passing to ffmpeg the correct tracks map. I can add a workaround to this occasional anomaly by promting the user to edit the ffmpeg command line, if the adv option 'edit command params at runtime' is on, of course. What do you think?
What about basing the command on the # of audio tracks? I would assume that files with the audio track first usually have only 1 audio track, not multiple ones. Therefore, if it detects only one audio track, regardless of track position, to just leave the map parameter out.

Unless this would have other consequences to the rest of the authoring process, anyway. Files that have more than one audio track in the positions before the video, or other 'weird' configurations of audio (like track 1 and track 3 are audio, track 2 is video or something) would probably still be affected, though.

MrC

25th April 2010, 17:24

What about basing the command on the # of audio tracks? I would assume that files with the audio track first usually have only 1 audio track, not multiple ones. Therefore, if it detects only one audio track, regardless of track position, to just leave the map parameter out.

Good point. That should cover 99% of the cases.

:thanks: for the suggestion

Bye

8ternity

1st May 2010, 18:44

HI Mrc.

Im having to audio on the exported project. I used Qenc audio decoding and also Qenc for video deconding. I have updated ffmpeg because the version stock with avstodvd is crashing on 2pass conversion. With the update of ffmpeg, it has been resolved and 2pass video conversion complete verry well. But my exported project contain no audio.

Source audio is DTS from an m2ts 720p movie.

<2010-05-01 00:41:14>
START PROCESS
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<2010-05-01 00:41:14>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: IMAGINARIUM
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: G: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<2010-05-01 00:41:14>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts
Info: AVC - 6593 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:02:38 hours - 176606 frames
Audio: E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:02:38 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
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<2010-05-01 00:41:14>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts", convertfps=true, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2010-05-01 00:41:14>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 2988,8 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3407
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-05-01 03:38:36>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.m2v (2989,8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3429 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:02:38 hours - 176607 frames
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<2010-05-01 03:38:36>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
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<2010-05-01 03:50:43>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.m2v (2989,8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3429 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:02:38 hours - 176427 frames
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<2010-05-01 03:50:43>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts" -acodec copy "E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.ToFix.dts"
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<2010-05-01 09:04:43>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_0_imaginarium.dts (656,3 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:00:46 hours
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<2010-05-01 09:04:47>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
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<2010-05-01 09:04:47>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<>

<2010-05-01 09:06:32>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-05-01 09:06:32>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: IMAGINARIUM
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 2
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: G: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<2010-05-01 09:06:32>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts
Info: AVC - 6593 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:02:38 hours - 176606 frames
Audio: E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:02:38 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>

<2010-05-01 09:06:32>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts", convertfps=true, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2010-05-01 09:06:32>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 2988,8 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.avs" -o "E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.m2v" -b 3407 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 16:9 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 8 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<2010-05-01 11:05:22>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.m2v (2988,6 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3407 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:02:38 hours - 176607 frames
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<2010-05-01 11:05:22>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
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<2010-05-01 11:34:37>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.m2v (2988,6 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3407 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:02:38 hours - 176429 frames
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<2010-05-01 11:34:37>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\DVD\imaginarium.m2ts" -acodec copy "E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.ToFix.dts"
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<2010-05-01 11:39:42>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.dts (1323,7 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 2:02:35 hours
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<2010-05-01 11:39:42>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_1_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_1_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_1_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium.dts"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\IMAGINARIUM_1_imaginarium_MuxMan.txt"

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<2010-05-01 11:41:39>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD\IMAGINARIUM_1 (3067,2 MB)
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<2010-05-01 11:41:40>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
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MrC

2nd May 2010, 15:25

@8ternity

Some DTS tracks taken from BD are not DVD compliant (i.e. ES-DTS tracks @24bit, see this post (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1387102#post1387102)). Today Alpha has a fix to handle that: no DTS-ES retaining, but conversion to AC3.
Let me know if that is your case.

What ffmpeg version have you found more stable and replaced the A2D one?

;)

Bye

MrC

2nd May 2010, 15:28

A new 2.3.0 Alpha is available to download (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain).

Change log from previous Alpha:

- Added check on bitrate spikes causing DVD Authoring failure (from BatchMux log file)
- Added 'Resolution' as Audio Media Info
- Changed default Interlaced Encoding field order from BFF to TFF.
- Improved handling of input MPEG2 Video stream (ask for automatic indexing, ask for changing Video Standard at runtime)
- Improved support to DTS-ES audio track
- HCenc updated to 0.24 beta 04-04-2010
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.30

Please, as usually, report any bug.

;)

Bye

Filbert

2nd May 2010, 21:47

A new 2.3.0 Alpha is available
Change log from previous Alpha:
- Changed default Interlaced Encoding field order from BFF to TFF.

Thanks for new version. This might be a problem as AVStoDVD doesn't seem to recognize some DV-Sources. So in the "Auto Video Setup" DV-Source is unchecked and now Interlaced Encoding is Top Field although DV should always be Bottom Field.
(2.2.6. didn't recognize the DV too, but as there was BFF default for interlace encoding I didn't recognize it either).

Greets, Filbert

GENERAL INFO
PathName: H:\Test-Videos\[Source]\testrun.mov
FileName: testrun
FileExt: mov
FileSize: 69,8 MB
Container Format: QuickTime
Video Tracks: 1
Audio Tracks: 2
Text Tracks: 0

VIDEO INFO
Time: 19 seconds
Compression: DV
BitRate Mode: CBR
Avg BitRate: 24442 kbps
Min BitRate: 0 kbps
Max BitRate: 0 kbps
Resolution: 720x576
Display AspectRatio: 1.333
Pixel AspectRatio: 1.067
FrameRate Mode: CFR
FrameRate: 25 fps
Frame Count: 481
ScanType: Interlaced

MrC

3rd May 2010, 17:51

@Filbert

I would say 2 improvements:

- recognition of DV input file -> automatic selection of 'DV source', 'Interlaced encoding' and 'BFF'
- in 'Title Edit'/'Video', upon manual 'DV source', automatic selection of 'Interlaced encoding' and 'BFF'

;)

Bye

Filbert

3rd May 2010, 19:59

I would say 2 improvements:
- recognition of DV input file -> automatic selection of 'DV source', 'Interlaced encoding' and 'BFF'
- in 'Title Edit'/'Video', upon manual 'DV source', automatic selection of 'Interlaced encoding' and 'BFF'

That would be ideal... :thanks:

Greets, Filbert

Flux

5th May 2010, 15:11

Here is Avisynth script:

LoadPlugin("G:\AVStoDVD\Lib\ffms2.dll")

Audio = FFAudioSource("G:\testi\big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi", track = -1, cachefile = "F:\DVD\Temp\A2DFFA_" + String(Rand()) + ".cache")
Video = FFVideoSource("G:\testi\big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi", track = -1, cachefile = "F:\DVD\Temp\A2DFFV_" + String(Rand()) + ".cache", seekmode = 0)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,576)

Audio = Audio.Normalize()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

If I add "AssumeFPS(25,true).SSRC(48000)" as last line and remove "#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS" line, Avisynth throws "FFAudioSource: The index does not match the source file" red line error in Preview and Edit mode.

How I should use PAL 4% speed-up with FFMpegSource?

MrC

5th May 2010, 20:47

@Flux

We already had a similar discussion here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1306189#post1306189) and I strongly suggested you avoid AssumeFPS.SSRC (out of sync issue) and use ResampleAudio instead (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1341937#post1341937).

You can solve the FFAudioSource error using DSS for audio. I mean:

LoadPlugin("G:\AVStoDVD\Lib\ffms2.dll")

Audio = DirectShowSource("clip.avi", video=false)
Video = FFVideoSource("G:\testi\big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi", track = -1, cachefile = "F:\DVD\Temp\A2DFFV_" + String(Rand()) + ".cache", seekmode = 0)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,576)

Audio = Audio.Normalize()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
AssumeFPS("pal_film",true).ResampleAudio(48000)

Or use DSS for video as well.

;)

Bye

qyot27

6th May 2010, 01:11

Using SSRC to resample the audio back to the proper frequency doesn't do speed adjustments to it - it remains at the speed that AssumeFPS took it to. I just tried it using a 23.976fps file and a copy of Pearl Jam's "Jeremy". I did AssumeFPS(29.97,sync_audio=true).SSRC(48000,fast=false), and the resultant 48000Hz Wave file was most definitely sped up, and still in sync with the video.

bagheera1

9th May 2010, 02:21

On the Encoding tab, could we have an "Import AVS" option along with avisource, directshowsource, a2dsource.

I mostly have scripts ready and don't need the automatic resizing and audio import that goes on in the avisynth edit tab.
(sometimes I forget to delete everything but a single import line)

Thanks for a very usefull program.

MrC

9th May 2010, 17:46

@qyot27

I made some trials with AssumeFPS and SSRC/ResampleAudio some time ago (23.976 to 25 fps conversion) and ResampleAudio kept the A/V synch. Anyway if SSRC works from your side, then go with it. ;)

@bagheera1

have you tried to add your AVS file directly in main window as input title?

;)

Bye

bagheera1

9th May 2010, 22:22

I use to do that, but I've lost my script too many times. (if you edit the script, the go back to the audio tab and change the bitrate, script is reverted back to the default for which ever input source filter is selected in the encoding preferences)

An "Import AVS as source" would save me a bunch of selecting and deleting text, but if it is a pain in the but to implement, I'll somehow manage to go on living without it.

MrC

10th May 2010, 09:04

@bagheera1

there's something I'm missing.

1. I'm suggesting to add the avs file as input title in main window, not to copy&paste the avs script in 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth'. If you add the avs file as input, then Import() is used. Eventually other avisynth filters are added to reflect the preferences/project settings.

2. Talking about script editing in 'Title Edit' section. If you edit the script ('Auto AVS Script' is off and text become red), then go back to the audio tab and change the bitrate, script simply cannot revert back. It remains modded and red.

Please clarify your request, because I think that the solution is already there.

;)

Bye

Sjakko

10th May 2010, 23:43

Quick question: is it possible to create a menu based on chapters and not on titles? I have a music concert and I want to create a menu containing 1 title per song, but leave the whole concert intact. By intact I mean not cutting it up into many titles (1 title per song). I'd prefer not to cut it up, because I just want to be able to watch the whole concert from beginning to end without noticing the inevitable audio gap during title transition caused by the cutting. Cutting up the concert is just the dirty way anyway.

Thanks!

Sjakko

bagheera1

11th May 2010, 01:04

I do add the avs file in the main window. it shows up in the edit window as:

____________________________
Video = Import("D:\Video\movie\movie--simple-avisource.avs")
Audio = Import("D:\Video\movie\movie--simple-avisource.avs")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,24,0,24)
Video = Video.Spline16Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

____________________

my video is allready the size I want, 704 x 480, so I dont need the resize.
I then delete the unwanted lines to get:

_______________
Import("D:\Video\movie\movie--simple-avisource.avs")
________________

then I change the audio bitrate from 448 to 192, and the script goes back to:
________________
Video = Import("D:\Video\movie\movie--simple-avisource.avs")
Audio = Import("D:\Video\movie\movie--simple-avisource.avs")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,24,0,24)
Video = Video.Spline16Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
___________________

this behavior has been like this for as long as I can remember.
I thought it was by design.

oh yea, the keep compliant check boxes on the audio/video tab of the preferences has no effect on this behavior.

MrC

11th May 2010, 11:35

@bagheera1

sorry, I really cannot replicate the issue: if I edit the script (by deleting the AddBorders line), it becomes red and then any kind of changes (Video/Audio/Subs/Chapters) will not reset the script back. What release are you using? Do use the latest Alpha, which will become Final within few days.

A suggestion: use VerticalResize command (94%) to have the AddBorders filter removed. Unfortunately AVS files DAR is exactly W/H and not a separate flag, like other containers have.

@Sjakko

right now it is not possible, as you have already discovered. It is an old feat request (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1298053#post1298053) that I have delayed in the hope that BatchMux would include in a earlier release. Since more a year has passed without news, I will put it in the AVStoDVD ToDo list.

;)

Bye

Sjakko

11th May 2010, 12:27

winmaster

12th May 2010, 01:53

Hello

AVStoDVD is a fantastic application, however I am having audio issues with it. I am attempting to create a DVD from an MPEG-4 file, but the resulting DVD has no sound. I tried several settings until it finally gave me an error. Could you please tell me how to resolve this problem? I am running Windows 7 64 bit. My log files are attached (there are too many to embed).

I apologize if this is a stupid question that I should already know the answer to, but AVStoDVD is more hardcore than what I'm used to and this is a difficult thread to read entirely.

Thanks!

MrC

12th May 2010, 14:24

Hi winmaster,

from your log files, video is always frameserved by FFVideoSource and audio output has always 1 instead of 2 channels. Usually these behaviours are determined by (unproper) codecs. Since you have Windows7:

1. Download and install ffdshow (last stable release (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/Official%20releases/generic%20build%20%28stable%29/ffdshow_beta7_rev3154_20091209.exe/download))
2. Point n°1 is not enough because Windows 7 uses its own DirectShow filters. Download and install 'Windows7 Preferred Filter Tweaker' and select ffdshow for all (available) video and audio filters.
3. Retry with your project, using the 'Preview Clip' feature before starting to encode (to save time).

Let me know

Bye

nevragain

13th May 2010, 15:13

I Have a bug report. It seems that the bit-rate control was slightly off. I ended up with an mpeg-2 too large to fit on a single layer DVD even though I selected dvd-5 as the target.
I was attempting to remove black bars from a letter boxed source and get it to fit on a single dvd as I recorded on high quality on my dvd recorder (aprox 9000 cbr). I would suggest that you decrease the size of the dvd-5 preset as it appears too large.
<5/12/2010 10:03:08 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<5/12/2010 10:03:09 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: MPEG2 File
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Close all applications and shutdown system

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E:\
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<5/12/2010 10:03:09 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: K:\recorder\totally spies the movie.mpg
Info: MPEG-2 Video - 9056 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 1:24:12 hours - 151421 frames
Audio: K:\recorder\totally spies the movie.mpg
Info: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 1:24:12 hours
Subs:
[]
<>

<5/12/2010 10:03:09 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = A2DVideoSource("K:\recorder\totally spies the movie.mpg", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("K:\recorder\totally spies the movie.mpg", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)
Video = Video.LeakKernelBob(1,7,false,false)
Video = Video.Crop(6,58,-6,-64)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480,0,8,0,-8)
Video = Video.SeparateFields().SelectEvery(4,1,2).Weave()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<5/12/2010 10:03:09 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4218.7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 7005
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*INTERLACED
*TFF
*BIAS 70
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 2
*LUMGAIN 1
*NOSMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<5/13/2010 7:19:35 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: FFmpegSource2 (cache off)
Created File: K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.m2v (4220.2 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 7065 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 1:24:07 hours - 151268 frames
<>

<5/13/2010 7:19:37 AM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "K:\recorder\totally spies the movie.mpg" -acodec copy "K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.ToFix.ac3"
<>

<5/13/2010 7:26:21 AM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.ac3 (231.3 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 1:24:12 hours
<>

<5/13/2010 7:26:21 AM>
START MUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.m2v" -vcodec copy -i "K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.ac3" -acodec copy -f vob "K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD_0_totally spies the movie.mpg"
<>

MrC

13th May 2010, 16:27

@nevragain

log file is missing last lines, where there is the size of the resulting mpg file.

BTW, have you tried to select 'DVD Folder' as output? Looking at the filesize of m2v/ac3 files, I am quite sure that resulting VIDEO_TS/AUDIO_TS will fit into a DVD-5.

;)

Bye

nevragain

13th May 2010, 17:10

MrC

13th May 2010, 20:13

Hmm that's the entire log file present in the folder. Windows reports the size of the muxed file as 4.40 GB (4,725,637,120 bytes). I attempted to author the elementary streams using DVAuthorGUI and imgburn stated that the resulting folder would not fit on a dvd+r. I prefer to author manually but I will give dvd folder a try but I wanted the DVD to not have a menu.

The log file should have the mpg filesize and a line showing AVStoDVD release number at the end of it.

Take note that the muxed mpg size could be higher than the elementary m2v+ac3 sizes.

I do not know how DVAuthorGUI works, but you can easily use AVStoDVD to author the DVD (by MuxMan). And menu is not mandatory, as a matter of fact, by default, no menu is created.

;)

Bye

madestmax

14th May 2010, 08:44

I'm a newbee at this.

You're program has made it very easy for me. I was trying to use [spam], and didn't even know where to start. Now I'm down to four programs that I use. AVStoDVD, WINAVI, DVD Shrink, and [spam]. Though the last takes to long. When I try to adjust the audio or try to clean up a cam, it can take anywheres from 6 to 24 hours.
WINAVI will adjust the Audio in 30 minutes from 50% to 200%. I just wish that AVStoDVD would allow me to adjust the audio and trim also. I'm not worried about cleaning the cams. By the time [spam] is done the DVDrip is out.

Thanks again for a great useful program.

nevragain

14th May 2010, 14:02

The log file should have the mpg filesize and a line showing AVStoDVD release number at the end of it.

Take note that the muxed mpg size could be higher than the elementary m2v+ac3 sizes.

I do not know how DVAuthorGUI works, but you can easily use AVStoDVD to author the DVD (by MuxMan). And menu is not mandatory, as a matter of fact, by default, no menu is created.

;)

Bye

Thanks for your patient help. I'm authoring using muxman now. Also I used shut down when completed but found the computer hung at the bios screen and once I moved the mouse it booted like normal. This is most likely a hardware problem but I though I'd tell you any way. Muxman created a disc too large to fit on a DVD I will re run with a smaller target size 4300MB.

MrC

14th May 2010, 15:55

Muxman created a disc too large to fit on a DVD I will re run with a smaller target size 4300MB.

Could you please send me (email: avstodvd@gmail.com) the log file? Your case would be the first one with a serious oversize problem.

;)

Bye

MrC

14th May 2010, 16:51

AVStoDVD 2.3.0 Final is available to download (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/).

Change log (from 2.2.6):

- Added multi audio tracks encoding and authoring capability
- Added 'AVS DownSize Filter' and 'AVS UpSize Filter' options in 'Preferences'/'Encoding' (removed 'AVS Resize Filter')
- Added 'Export Chapters' feat in 'Title Edit'/'Chapters' (IfoEdit and OGG formats supported)
- Added *PULLDOWN command in HCenc to directly convert NTSC footage from 23.976 to 29.97 fps
- Added DVD Menu highlights colors customization
- Added check on DVD Folder size vs DVD Assets size
- Added check on bitrate spikes causing DVD authoring failure (from BatchMux log file)
- Added 'Resolution' as Audio Media Info
- Changed Video Encoding Profile "HCenc OPV 1-pass" to "HCenc VBR 1-pass" (using internal HCenc 0.24 quantizer predictor)
- Changed default HCenc LUMGAIN option from "0" to "1"
- Changed default Interlaced Encoding field order from BFF to TFF.
- Improved handling of 50 and 59.94 fps based video footage
- Improved support to input MPEG2 video footage (ask for automatic indexing, ask for changing Video Standard at runtime)
- Improved support to input DV video footage
- Improved support to UTF-8 subtitles format (.srt)
- Improved support to DTS and DTS-ES audio track
- HCenc updated to 0.24 beta 04-04-2010
- FFmpeg updated to r22815
- ImgBurn updated to 2.5.1.0
- Haali Media Splitter updated to 1.10.120.15
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.32

;)

Bye

nevragain

14th May 2010, 20:57

Unfortunately I already deleted the muxman log.

MrC

14th May 2010, 21:56

Unfortunately I already deleted the muxman log.

I meant the AVStoDVD log of the project with 'DVD Folder Structure' as output (if you have run it).

:)

Bye

nevragain

14th May 2010, 22:20

Oh my mistake I used muxman by itself not avs2dvd. I didn't run it so there's no log for the avs2dvd > folder.
Update
Second encoding seems to have encoded correctly with the log including the lines that were missing last run. I don't know why this would happen but it did I'm authoring now but it looks correctly sized.

bagheera1

15th May 2010, 00:42

@bagheera1

sorry, I really cannot replicate the issue: if I edit the script (by deleting the AddBorders line), it becomes red and then any kind of changes (Video/Audio/Subs/Chapters) will not reset the script back. What release are you using? Do use the latest Alpha, which will become Final within few days.

A suggestion: use VerticalResize command (94%) to have the AddBorders filter removed. Unfortunately AVS files DAR is exactly W/H and not a separate flag, like other containers have.

I just tried the new release and it eliminated the reappearing script issue I was having. But, I dont know what you mean by "VerticalResize command (94%)".

I did notice an error in the Prefrences/system info window.
It correctly identifies my CPU and Speed, but says "-1 MB Ram",
and the operating system as Windows 2003 sp2, when it is WinXP64 sp2 (I think the OS description is normal though)

MrC

15th May 2010, 13:48

@nevragain

let me know if it ends properly ;)

@bagheera1

you can find the Vertical Resize command button in 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth'. Just play a little bit with it. For further info press F1 on that window.
About the uncorrect RAM and OS detection, do not mind, it is just a label. Probably I have to update the quite old (32 bit only) system diag routine to support latest 64 bit hardware and software configurations.

;)

Bye

nevragain

15th May 2010, 23:17

Ok the result was perfect filling the disc to 98% according to imgburn. Encode looks great even on the large lcd I use. Thanks very much you saved me from having to create my own script and I learned that ffmpeg can demux from an mpeg 2 program stream.
Oh for the authoring I meant DVDauthorGUI not DVauthorGUI.

hlrsnd

20th May 2010, 02:54

Hello, a question about the new 2.3.0. I noticed that according to GSpot, it encodes my 640x480 progressive Canon camera avi's as interlaced. I prefer them to stay progressive and simply be resized to the correct 720x480 (I'm in the US). Version 2.2.6 kept them as progressive.

Is the intent to make everything interlaced? Is there any way to force the program to work as it used to? Maybe I'm missing something here.

Thanks again for the great program, btw. It works even faster now that I've substituted the SSE4 version of HCEnc.

hlrsnd

20th May 2010, 03:31

Here is some additional info about my previous post, that progressive video is encoded as interlaced according to GSpot. The log file states that this was supposed to be encoded as progressive:

*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 6156
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 4:3
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2

GSpot indicates this is encoded as interlaced, TFF. (Does it make sense that progressive video would be TFF? I thought TFF/BFF was only for interlaced).

Elsewhere in the same project, I have some mini DV footage which is correctly picked up as interlaced. Log file indicates that this should be encoded as interlaced:

*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 6156
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 4:3
*INTERLACED
*BFF
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2

GSpot agrees that this is encoded as interlaced, BFF.

So, either AVStoDVD somehow didn't encode progressive as it was supposed to, or GSPot is wrong. In the past, GSpot has always agreed with what was supposed to happen in the encodes. Suggestions?

qyot27

20th May 2010, 04:49

Take one of the .VOB files that's supposed to be progressive and open it in DGIndex. Press F6. What does the 'Frame Type' field say?

But in any case, it's in HCenc, because that's what's doing the encoding (and as I use HCenc separately of AVStoDVD, I know what its configuration files look like) - the new betas allow both *PROGRESSIVE and *TFF to be set, to help compatibility with some players (at least, that's how I understand it). The .ini you posted first contains both of them, but the video should still register as progressive, or mostly progressive, in DGIndex.

MrC

20th May 2010, 10:03

@hlrsnd

if GSpot detect that stream as interlaced, it makes a mistake. Use the more reliable Mediainfo. Progressive mpeg2 streams accept the fields order flag (TFF or BFF), so do not bother. The reason why I (and hank, author of HCenc) have added that flag is exactly in qyot27 post (thanks).

See here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1390626#post1390626) for more details.

;)

Bye

nevragain

21st May 2010, 03:54

I have another question, It seems that the option to keep dvd compliant video is grayed out in the latest version. I would like to be able to author the mpegs from my dvd recorder without re-encoding. As far as I know these files should be dvd compliant.

MrC

21st May 2010, 08:25

@nevragain

'Keep dvd compliant video' is grayed only if the input video stream is not compatible with the DVD video standard (PAL/NTSC) you have choosen in Preferences.

If that matches, could you please post here a screenshot of main AVStoDVD form after you have added your mpeg2 clip? Or better, save the project (.a2d file) and copy&paste here the content.

;)

Bye

hlrsnd

21st May 2010, 12:41

nevragain

21st May 2010, 19:36

Ok I've started with a blank project, selected NTSC as the output TV standard and added an ntsc compliant mpeg elementary stream. Despite this I'm still encountering the same issue. Does the use of DGIndex affect this issue?
**********************
** Project Settings **
**********************

Project_PathName: K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD.a2d
Output_Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents
EditEncoderParams: 0
DeleteTemp: 1
DeleteWorking: 1
MultiThread: 1
DVD_Label: DVD
Post_Process: Show Progress Status window (default)
Output_Size: 4450
DVD_Size: DVD-5
Output_Setup: DVD Folder
Video_Standard: NTSC

*************
** Title 1 **
*************

[General]
TitleName: ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie
TimeTrimmed: 5052
InputVideoPathName: K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie.d2v
InputVideoDescription: DGIndex - 6814 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 1:24:12 hours - 151419 frames
InputAudioPathName1: K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie.ac3
InputAudioDescription1: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 1:24:12 hours - External
InputAudioTrackNum1: 0
InputSubsPathName:

[MediaInfo]
PathName: K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie.d2v
FileName: ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie
FileExt: d2v
FileSize: 4267862465
Format: D2V
VideoTracksCount: 1
AudioTracksCount: 1
TextTracksCount:
Time: 5052347
VideoTime: 5052347
VideoCompression: DGIndex
VideoBitRateMode: VBR
VideoAvgBitRate: 6814297
VideoMinBitRate:
VideoMaxBitRate:
VideoWidth: 720
VideoHeight: 480
VideoDAR: 1.778
VideoPAR: 1.185
VideoStandard: NTSC
VideoFrameRateMode: CFR
VideoFPS: 29.97003
VideoFrameCount: 151419
VideoScanType: Interlaced
VideoScanOrder: TFF
AudioID(1,0):
AudioTime(1,0): 5052448
AudioCompression(1,0): AC3
AudioAvgBitRate(1,0): 384000
AudioBitRateMode(1,0): CBR
AudioChannels(1,0): 2
AudioSampleRate(1,0): 48000
AudioResolution(1,0):
AudioLanguage(1,0):
AudioDelay(1,0):
ChaptersList:

[Video]
VideoAutoSetup: 1
VideoIsToBeKept: 0
VideoProfile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
VideoHCencAQ: 1
VideoHCencLumgain: 1
VideoHCencMatrix: MPEG
VideoHCencProfile: BEST
VideoResolution: 1
VideoAspectRatio: 1
VideoDVSource: 0
VideoInterlacedEncoding: 1
VideoFieldOrder: TFF
VideoCloseAllGOPs: 0
VideoBitRate: 6864
VideoAutoBitRate: 1

[Audio]
AudioAutoSetup1: 1
AudioIsToBeKept1: 1
AudioFormat1: 0
AudioChannelsMode1: 2.0
AudioLanguage1: EN - English
AudioBitRate1: 384
AudioNormalize1: 0
AudioFixAC31: 1
AudioAftenPad1: 0
AudioAftenDRC1: 5
AudioAftenBWFilter1: 0

[Subs]
SubsAutoSetup: 1
SubsLanguage: EN - English
SubsHardEncode: 0

[AVS]
AVSAutoSetup: 1
AVSAutoScript:
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\DGIndex\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = MPEG2Source("K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie.d2v")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie.ac3", CacheFolder = "K:\avs2dvd temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
AVSScript:
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\DGIndex\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = MPEG2Source("K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie.d2v")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\ts mov crp dvd5 bitrate_0_totally spies the movie.ac3", CacheFolder = "K:\avs2dvd temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
AVSCrop: 0
CropDx: 0
CropSx: 0
CropUp: 0
CropDo: 0
AVSVerticalResize: 0
VResize: 100
AVSDeInterlace: 0
DeIntThreshold: 10
AVSTrim: 0
FrameStart: 0
FrameEnd: 151408
AVSTweak: 0
Hue: 0
Saturation: 1
Brightness: 0
Contrast: 1
AVSSharpen: 0
Sharpness: 0
AVSDelayAudio: 0
AudioDelay: 0
AVSAmplifyAudio: 0
AudioAmplify: 1
AVSFadeIO: 0
FadeIOFrames: 0

[Chapters]
ChaptersAutoSetup: 1
ChaptersList: 9000 18000 27000 36000 45000 54000 63000 72000 81000 90000 99000 108000 117000 126000 135000 144000

AVStoDVD Release 2.3.0 - by MrC
AVStoDVD Job <K:\recorder\ts mov crp dvd-5\DVD.a2d> created on date 5/21/2010 2:33:06 PM

MrC

21st May 2010, 20:32

@nevragain

bug found in release 2.3.0: NTSC dvd compliant stream are not kept (PAL is OK). Thanks for the report.

It seems that a 2.3.1 release is needed sooner than I was planning...

;)

Bye

nevragain

22nd May 2010, 01:37

Thank you for your attention to this issue, I await your update and will test once released.

rendez2k

22nd May 2010, 22:33

I left my PC encoding a 720p MKV tonight. I've come back to find aften had crashed? Anyone else had this? Should MKVs convert OK? I'm running Win 7 64bit if that makes a difference.

QuEnc appears to have taken over now.

MrC

23rd May 2010, 08:04

I've come back to find aften had crashed?

As usual, please post the log file

Should MKVs convert OK?

Sometimes there are some problems with Wavi+Aften when processing long 5.1 AAC/DTS-ES tracks, mainly if they are secondary audio tracks. Switching to QuEnc is often a good workaround.

I'm running Win 7 64bit if that makes a difference.

Take a look at Help/FAQ/General/Q1.5

;)

Bye

winmaster

23rd May 2010, 17:05

MrC:

Thank you for your help. My videos now have audio as they should.

whiskey

26th May 2010, 09:36

Recently discovered this program and must say, so far I love it... thx Keep up th great work !

whiskey

30th May 2010, 07:17

Recently discovered this program and must say, so far I love it... thx Keep up th great work !

...and I'm back with the issue, no idea whats causing it, was working fine so far but not anymore

ERROR DURING OPERATIONS ('Generate AviSynth script file' Section): 0 -

<2010-05-30 00:59:19>
START PROCESS
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<2010-05-30 00:59:19>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4480/4480 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\New folder
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: AVISource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 1
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 0
DVD Burning Drive: F: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D DE04
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<2010-05-30 00:59:19>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\Ond.avi
Info: XviD - 814 kbps - 624x336 - DAR 1,857 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:42:56 hours - 148089 frames
Audio 1: D:\Ond.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 124 kbps - VBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 1:42:56 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
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<2010-05-30 00:59:19>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("D:\Ond.avi", CacheFolder = "E:")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("D:\Ond.avi", CacheFolder = "E:")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,7,0,7)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

Audio = Audio.EnsureVBRMP3Sync()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2010-05-30 00:59:19>
ERROR DURING OPERATIONS ('Generate AviSynth script file' Section): 0 -
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<2010-05-30 00:59:19>
PROCESS ABORTED.
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<2010-05-30 00:59:19>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.0
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Basically enocder wont even start anymore and i get this error message in log :confused:

trabanom

31st May 2010, 16:16

Hi there, I'm having problems with special characters in portuguese language using 2.3.0. For exemple: "é", "á" and so on had change to "?". I tryed to change language to PT but nothing happend.
I open SubtitleCreator and convert it manualy using defaut configuration and get the same result. After change "select character encode" in "formatting" menu to "Latin 1" it works perfect. How can I set AVstoDVd to work with Latin 1?

Thanks.

MrC

1st June 2010, 21:04

@whiskey

I would say to trace back your actions to understand what you did to make AVStoDVD unworkable... but I am sure you have already done it (have you? ;) ).
Quick workaround could be to uninstall AVStoDVD, saying to remove registry entries, and then reinstall it.
A suggestion: before starting your project, use the 'Preview Clip' feat: if preview works, 99.9% the project will work too.

@trabanom

what AVStoDVD release are you using? If your subs are in srt UTF-8 format, latest release (2.3.0) correctly handles that format, preserving special chars. If you are already using 2.3.0 and/or your subs are not srt, then send me the subs file (avstodvd@gmail.com).

;)

Bye

MrC

2nd June 2010, 13:31

@trabanom

your subs file is a ANSI format srt. Right now AVStoDVD does not handle special chars from ANSI files (next release will do). Simple workaround: open your srt files with Notepad and "save as" UTF-8 format. That's all.

;)

Bye

nevragain

2nd June 2010, 16:02

Quick related question what about UTF-16?

trabanom

3rd June 2010, 02:50

MrC

3rd June 2010, 11:37

Quick related question what about UTF-16?

Not supported. If anybody finds a UTF16->ANSI or UTF16->UTF8 conversion function (better if written in VB ;) ), please share it.

:)

Bye

TechiePatriot

11th June 2010, 22:21

I updated AVS2DVD to the new version 2.3.0 today. I have been using AVS2DVD for creating menu based DVD's. I was taking some MPG2 streams I made from capturing some old VHS tapes to make a DVD with (I'm using Pinnacle Studio 11). But both the 2.2.5 and 2.3.0 version seem to be hosing up the menu playback. I can create the menu fine and it has the 3 videos on it. But when I generate the DVD structure and select a menu option two of the options are playign the same video. For the one that seems hosed it starts to play it for about 2 seconds then it switches to playing one of the other videos. Does anyone know if there are some "glitches" in the menuing?

Note: I'm new to all this kind of stuff.

Thanks,

MrC

13th June 2010, 16:44

TechiePatriot

15th June 2010, 03:03

Hi TechiePatriot,

first of all, welcome here.

Just 2 quick questions to better understand the problem:

1. Have you tried to burn the DVD and play the disc in a standalone DVD player? Same issue?

2. What operating system are you using?

3. Do you still have the log file generated by AVStoDVD? If yes, please post it.

Let me know

;)

Bye

1)
I was able to burn the DVD and the Menu and DVD worked fine. It looks like it just won't work in PowerDVD (V7.3).

2)
I am using WinXPSP2

3) Log:
<6/14/2010 5:34:56 PM>
START PROCESS
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<6/14/2010 5:34:56 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 3
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: Lana1
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: O:\Temp\DVD
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 1
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H LL06
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<6/14/2010 5:34:56 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape1\Vacation06172001.d2v
Info: DGIndex - 6294 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (BFF) - 30:56 minutes - 55635 frames
Audio 1: M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape1\Vacation06172001 Tc0 L2 2ch 48 224 DELAY 0ms.mp2
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 - 224 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 30:56 minutes - External
Subs:
[A2DInfo.avsi]
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<6/14/2010 5:34:56 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\DGIndex\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = MPEG2Source("M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape1\Vacation06172001.d2v")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape1\Vacation06172001 Tc0 L2 2ch 48 224 DELAY 0ms.mp2", CacheFolder = "R:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<6/14/2010 5:34:56 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 1711.6 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001_1.avs" -o "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001.m2v" -b 7736 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 4:3 -interlaced -bff -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<6/14/2010 6:19:04 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001.m2v (1711.9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 7736 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (BFF) - 30:54 minutes - 55579 frames
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<6/14/2010 6:19:04 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape1\Vacation06172001 Tc0 L2 2ch 48 224 DELAY 0ms.mp2" -acodec copy "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001_1.ToFix.mp2"
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<6/14/2010 6:19:09 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001_1.mp2 (49.6 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 - 224 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 30:56 minutes
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<6/14/2010 6:19:09 PM>
TITLE 2 SOURCE FILES
Video: M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape2\Vacation2008.d2v
Info: DGIndex - 6292 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (BFF) - 30:59 minutes - 55740 frames
Audio 1: M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape2\Vacation2008 Tc0 L2 2ch 48 224 DELAY 0ms.mp2
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 - 224 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 30:59 minutes - External
Subs:
[A2DInfo.avsi]
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<6/14/2010 6:19:09 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\DGIndex\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = MPEG2Source("M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape2\Vacation2008.d2v")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape2\Vacation2008 Tc0 L2 2ch 48 224 DELAY 0ms.mp2", CacheFolder = "R:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<6/14/2010 6:19:09 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 1715.3 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008_1.avs" -o "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008.m2v" -b 7736 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 4:3 -interlaced -bff -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<6/14/2010 7:10:21 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008.m2v (1715.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 7736 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (BFF) - 30:58 minutes - 55684 frames
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<6/14/2010 7:10:21 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Tape2\Vacation2008 Tc0 L2 2ch 48 224 DELAY 0ms.mp2" -acodec copy "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008_1.ToFix.mp2"
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<6/14/2010 7:10:26 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008_1.mp2 (49.7 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 - 224 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 30:59 minutes
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<6/14/2010 7:10:26 PM>
TITLE 3 SOURCE FILES
Video: M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Vacation08102009\Vacation08102009.d2v
Info: DGIndex - 8500 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 14:32 minutes - 26145 frames
Audio 1: M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Vacation08102009\Vacation08102009 T80 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
Info: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 14:32 minutes - External
Subs:
[A2DInfo.avsi]
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<6/14/2010 7:10:26 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\DGIndex\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = MPEG2Source("M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Vacation08102009\Vacation08102009.d2v")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Vacation08102009\Vacation08102009 T80 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3", CacheFolder = "R:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced = true)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<6/14/2010 7:10:26 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 804.2 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009_1.avs" -o "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009.m2v" -b 7736 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 4:3 -interlaced -tff -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<6/14/2010 7:36:58 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009.m2v (804.4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 7736 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.333 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 14:31 minutes - 26119 frames
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<6/14/2010 7:36:58 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "M:\_PinnacleProjects\Vacations\Vacation08102009\Vacation08102009 T80 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" -acodec copy "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009_1.ToFix.ac3"
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<6/14/2010 7:37:03 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009_1.ac3 (39.9 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 14:32 minutes
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<6/14/2010 7:37:03 PM>
START DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
DVD Menu settings: Style 0, DAR 0, Titles Format 1, Video BitRate 6000, Menu Pages 1, Menu Titles 3
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<6/14/2010 7:37:09 PM>
END DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File (Menu Page 1): R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_MenuPage1.bmp (1 MB)
Created File: R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Menu.ac3 (0.3 MB)
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<6/14/2010 7:37:09 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001.m2v"
-vidmode 4:3
-a1 "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001_1.mp2"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_01_Vacation06172001_MuxMan.txt"
-SEG2v "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008.m2v"
-SEG2vidmode 4:3
-SEG2a1 "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008_1.mp2"
-SEG2a1lang en
-SEG2cellfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008_MuxMan.txt"
-SEG2progfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008_MuxMan.txt"
-SEG2chapfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_02_Vacation2008_MuxMan.txt"
-SEG3v "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009.m2v"
-SEG3vidmode 4:3
-SEG3a1 "O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009_1.ac3"
-SEG3a1lang en
-SEG3cellfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009_MuxMan.txt"
-SEG3progfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009_MuxMan.txt"
-SEG3chapfr "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Title_03_Vacation08102009_MuxMan.txt"
-SEG4v "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_MenuPage1.bmp"
-SEG4vidmode 4:3
-SEG4a1 "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Menu.ac3"
-SEG4s1 "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_Menu.sst"
-SEG4s1dmode LB
-SEG4hlmnu "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_MenuPage1_Buttons.mnu"
-SEG4hlcsm "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_HighlightScheme.csm
-hcn "R:\Temp\Vacations1_0_BatchMux.hcn"
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<6/14/2010 7:43:29 PM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4458.5 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0.2% oversize
vs Assets Size: 4371.9 MB -> OK
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<6/14/2010 7:43:29 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: O:\Temp\DVD\Vacations1_0 (4458.5 MB)
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<6/14/2010 7:43:29 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.0
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MrC

15th June 2010, 05:02

I was able to burn the DVD and the Menu and DVD worked fine. It looks like it just won't work in PowerDVD (V7.3).

Thus you have to complain with PowerDVD author... ;) What about Media Player Classic?

From the log file, everything is OK.

:)

Bye

MrC

17th June 2010, 16:38

A new 2.3.1 (very very) Alpha has been released (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_231Alpha100617_NoInstall.7z). No help file, no installer available.

Change log:
- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'DVD Subs Font' in 'Preferences'/'AuthoringBurning': allows change of font name, format and size for authored subs.
- Added 'Use PAL SpeedUp for NTSC-film to PAL' in 'Preferences'/'Encoding' (AssumeFPS() is used instead of DGPulldown to upsize fps)
- Added 'Save general Settings at program Exit' in 'Preferences'/'Misc' ('DVD Size', 'Output Setup', 'Advanced Project Settings' can be stored in the Windows Registry)
- Added 'MSharpen' AviSynth filter (by Donald Graft) in 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth'
- Added 'ColorMatrix' AviSynth filter (by Wilbert & Tritical) in 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth'
- Added 'SubsExtension' option in 'Title Edit'/'Subtitles'
- FFmpeg updated to r23107
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.33

Any report is appreciated.

;)

Bye

shreeit

27th June 2010, 14:50

I am using AVStoDVD 2.3.0 Mat release, which as HCenc beta. With the new version of AVStoDVD, my mkv to DVD conversion failed. This is due to HCenc. (I am trying to use HCenc vbr 2 option). Soon AVStoDVD started, I noticed HCenc process is not responding. and failed in few sec. ANy suggestion? thanks

MrC

27th June 2010, 19:32

@shreeit

some more details such as:

1. Operating System used
2. DirectShow codecs installed
3. Is Haali Media Splitter installed?
4. Does the problem happen only with 2.3.0 (with HCenc 0.24beta) or with 2.2.6 (with HCenc 0.23) too?
5. Copy and past AVStoDVD log file here

Have you read the Help section carefully? The FAQ can help you a lot.

;)

Bye

shreeit

27th June 2010, 23:55

OS = WinXP SP3
HaaliSplitter installed.

I installed everything came in installation packege.

The Log file is as follows

<6/27/2010 8:45:28 AM>
START PROCESS
<>

<6/27/2010 8:45:28 AM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: F:
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: AVISource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB00
DVD Burning Speed: 8x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<6/27/2010 8:45:28 AM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: G:\tmg-bb-720p-x264.mkv
Info: AVC - 3287 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:34:44 hours - 222615 frames
Audio 1: G:\tmg-bb-720p-x264.mkv
Info: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 2:34:44 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<6/27/2010 8:45:28 AM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = AVISource("G:\tmg-bb-720p-x264.mkv", audio=false)
# 'AVISource' replaced with 'DirectShowSource' for AC3 audio support
Audio = DirectShowSource("G:\tmg-bb-720p-x264.mkv", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,88,0,88)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<6/27/2010 8:45:28 AM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3816.4 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Temp\DVD_1_tmg-bb-720p-x264.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Temp\DVD_1_tmg-bb-720p-x264_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE F:\DVD_1_tmg-bb-720p-x264.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Temp\DVD_1_tmg-bb-720p-x264.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3448
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<6/27/2010 8:45:46 AM>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <F:\DVD_1.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<6/27/2010 8:45:46 AM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.0
<>

rendez2k

28th June 2010, 11:39

I've just tried converting an MKV to PAL DVD. What I've found is that the resulting disc has slight pauses every few seconds. I assume this is to do with converting 23->25 fps? Any ideas how to avoid this?

MrC

28th June 2010, 12:59

@shreeit

please reply to questions 2. and 4.

Instead of starting the project, click on the 'Preview Clip' icon. If there is any AviSynth error message in the screen, please report it here. Thanks. ;)

@rendez2k

Yes, it could be. New 2.3.1 Alpha has the option to use NTSC->PAL 4% speed up using AssumeFPS instead of DGPulldown. Just activate 'Preferences'/'Use PAL SpeedUp for NTSC-film to PAL' before adding your mkv to the project.

Let me know

:)

Bye

rendez2k

30th June 2010, 07:54

@rendez2k

Yes, it could be. New 2.3.1 Alpha has the option to use NTSC->PAL 4% speed up using AssumeFPS instead of DGPulldown. Just activate 'Preferences'/'Use PAL SpeedUp for NTSC-film to PAL' before adding your mkv to the project.

Let me know

:)

Bye

Well I tested it with a few samples. It doesn't have the larger pauses every few seconds but it doesn't seem perfectly smooth either.

MrC

30th June 2010, 11:17

Well I tested it with a few samples. It doesn't have the larger pauses every few seconds but it doesn't seem perfectly smooth either.

Well, something better is better than nothing... take note that the 23.976->25 fps pulldown causes a very small jerk in video playback (every 0.5 seconds one field is repeated), not a large pause every few seconds, so maybe the cause is not (only) the pulldown effect.

Could you provide a small clip sample?

;)

Bye

rendez2k

30th June 2010, 14:01

Well, something better is better than nothing... take note that the 23.976->25 fps pulldown causes a very small jerk in video playback (every 0.5 seconds one field is repeated), not a large pause every few seconds, so maybe the cause is not (only) the pulldown effect.

Could you provide a small clip sample?

;)

Bye

No problem! I'll send you something when I get home tonight.

MrC

1st July 2010, 13:35

@rendez2k

thanks for sending the sample clip. It seems that the stuttering issue is caused by the 'convertfps=true' flag in the DirectShowSource call. Removing it, or using FFMpegSource, along with the NTSC->PAL 4% speed option on, video playback is smooth. Please confirm if it works for you as well.

As a matter of fact, 'convertfps=true' should be used when video framerate is variable (VFR). From the next release, I will add this flag only if it is really necessary.

;)

Bye

shreeit

1st July 2010, 16:01

@Mrc:

The error:

AVIFileSource: Couldn't open file 'G:\tmg-bb-720p-x264.mkv'
(C:\Temp\AviSynthP.avs, Line 1)

2. DirectShow codecs installed -Yes
3. Is Haali Media Splitter installed? - Yes
4. Does the problem happen only with 2.3.0 (with HCenc 0.24beta) or with 2.2.6 (with HCenc 0.23) too?

Yes. I did not have problem in past.

Guest

1st July 2010, 16:38

@shreeit

Read and follow forum rules, especially rule 6.

@all

Do not respond further to shreeit's issue.

shreeit

1st July 2010, 17:12

Ok ..How about this..

@Mrc:

The error:

AVIFileSource: Couldn't open file 'G:\abc.mkv'
(C:\Temp\AviSynthP.avs, Line 1)

2. DirectShow codecs installed -Yes
3. Is Haali Media Splitter installed? - Yes
4. Does the problem happen only with 2.3.0 (with HCenc 0.24beta) or with 2.2.6 (with HCenc 0.23) too?

Yes. I did not have problem in past.

rendez2k

1st July 2010, 17:52

MrC

1st July 2010, 20:22

Great news. You will get same results if you force DirectShowSource and remove the 'convertfps=true' option from the AviSynth script.

The authoring error is caused by a chapter flag positioned out of max time. Your small mkv has a chapter flag just at the very end. Using AssumeFPS, output time will be a little shorter than input time, so Muxman is complaining about that last chapter flag. Of course it is a situation to be handled, and in the final 2.3.1 release it will be fixed. Right now you can simply delete the last chapter flag (see Chapters tab).

Thanks for the test report

;)

Bye

whiskey

4th July 2010, 00:48

Hi !

Small problem here, was trying to do some dvds using my mkv files for the 1st time today and I got issues with audio encoding, could somebody pinpoint the problem for me if possible ?

I've noticed this "Is There A Creator_1.ToFix.ac3" but not sure what does it mean ? Fixing bad frames ?
<2010-07-03 17:07:52>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-07-03 17:07:52>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 4
DVD Size: 4481/4480 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: E:\New folder
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 1
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 0
DVD Burning Drive: F: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D DE04
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-07-03 17:07:52>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\01 - Is There A Creator.mkv
Info: AVC - 3126 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1,778 - 29,97 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 44:32 minutes - 80092 frames
Audio 1: D:\01 - Is There A Creator.mkv
Info: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 44:32 minutes - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<2010-07-03 17:07:52>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("D:\01 - Is There A Creator.mkv", CacheFolder = "E:")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("D:\01 - Is There A Creator.mkv", CacheFolder = "E:")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-07-03 17:07:52>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 958,8 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\DVD_0_Title_01_01 - Is There A Creator.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\DVD_0_Title_01_01 - Is There A Creator_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\New folder\DVD_0_Title_01_01 - Is There A Creator.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\DVD_0_Title_01_01 - Is There A Creator.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3010
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2010-07-03 18:12:25>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: E:\New folder\DVD_0_Title_01_01 - Is There A Creator.m2v (959,6 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3033 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 29,97 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 44:29 minutes - 80013 frames
<>

<2010-07-03 18:12:25>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "D:\01 - Is There A Creator.mkv" -acodec copy "E:\New folder\DVD_0_Title_01_01 - Is There A Creator_1.ToFix.ac3"
<>

<2010-07-03 18:28:04>
Problems encountered during Title 1 AUDIO encoding operations.
START (BACKUP) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "D:\01 - Is There A Creator.mkv" -map 0:1 -y -vn -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 384k "E:\New folder\DVD_0_Title_01_01 - Is There A Creator_1.ac3"
<>

<2010-07-03 18:28:14>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 AUDIO (TRACK 1) ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <E:\NEW FOLDER\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<2010-07-03 18:28:14>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.0
<>

EDIT

I have discovered that FFmpeg
produces temporary log with errors on ac3 stream "non monotone timestamps" message , no idea what that means tho :S

MrC

4th July 2010, 11:40

@whiskey

your mkv has very probably a badly encoded audio track. Where did you get it?

;)

Bye

Bellona

6th July 2010, 00:02

Hello MrC. I love your program. :D

I just wanted to report that when building menus from a template in an existing project file, AVStoDVD seems to reference "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD" for the menu's assets, such as images, even if that wasn't the install directory. On 64-bit Windows, for example, the default install directory would be "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD", but it's looking in the wrong directory for menu assets. When building a menu from scratch, it works as expected.

whiskey

6th July 2010, 00:58

@whiskey

your mkv has very probably a badly encoded audio track. Where did you get it?

;)

Bye

Problem solved ! Had to demux files encode ac3 to mp3 remux and then AVS did the job !:)

MrC

9th July 2010, 15:33

MrC

9th July 2010, 15:46

AVStoDVD release 2.3.1 is out (https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd/AVStoDVD%202.3.1).

Change log (from release 2.3.0):

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'DVD Subs Font' in 'Preferences'/'AuthoringBurning': allows change of font name, format and size for authored subs.
- Added 'Use PAL SpeedUp for NTSC-film to PAL' in 'Preferences'/'Encoding' (AssumeFPS("pal_film") is used instead of DGPulldown to upsize fps)
- Added 'Save general Settings at program Exit' in 'Preferences'/'Misc' ('DVD Size', 'Output Setup', 'Advanced Project Settings' can be stored in the Windows Registry)
- Added 'MSharpen' AviSynth filter (by Donald Graft) in 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth'
- Added 'ColorMatrix' AviSynth filter (by Wilbert & Tritical) in 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth'
- Added 'SubsExtension' option in 'Title Edit'/'Subtitles'
- Improved frame rate conversion ('convertfps=true' DSS flag only for VFR video). 'A2DSource.avsi' function updated accordingly.
- FFmpeg updated to r23107

Please report any comment/suggestion/bug as usual

;)

Bye

nevragain

10th July 2010, 16:56

The ntsc reencoding bug seems to be resolved. Thanks very much for fixing the bug I encountered.
Ok I'm doing more testing and on my laptop the program seems to freeze when I attempt to edit the menu. I have set the firewall to allow both ffmpeg and avs2dvd full privileges. ffmpeg is just sitting there with no processor utilization.

MrC

11th July 2010, 19:26

The ntsc reencoding bug seems to be resolved. Thanks very much for fixing the bug I encountered

You're welcome! :)

Ok I'm doing more testing and on my laptop the program seems to freeze when I attempt to edit the menu. I have set the firewall to allow both ffmpeg and avs2dvd full privileges. ffmpeg is just sitting there with no processor utilization.

Is this a new issue for 2.3.1 or same for previous releases?

;)

Bye

8ternity

12th July 2010, 03:31

Hello, i've got an error from 2.3.0, 2.3.1, i install and uninstall everything and it's give me an error:

"Process aborted during 'Generate AviSynth script file' Section. Error code: 0"

I used avysinth and haali from other applications "ripbot264" and bd rebuilder and it works well but AVStoDVD can't convert an m2ts to DVD like i does in the past.

I have Windows 7 64bit edition, what i do wrong?

thanks.

QUESTION: i change windows 7 defaut notepad for Notepad2.exe version, did the avisynth generate script used notepad.exe ?

MrC

12th July 2010, 14:56

@8ternity

what about release 2.2.6 (you were using it here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1396458#post1396458))?

Could you copy and paste here the log file?

;)

Bye

Bellona

12th July 2010, 16:16

@Bellona

That's quite strange because the code associated to that button does not contain reference to default Program Files folder. Are you sure the "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD" is not reported in the a2d file you are trying to load?

It was my fault. I had either codecs or a version of Haali that was causing Wavi/Aften to crash, and through the process of uninstalling and reinstalling software to find a solution, I ended up installing AVStoDVD to the wrong location, and from there made the A2D project, and later reinstalled it somewhere else. My A2D project file still had the old locations, of course.

Everything is working fine now, though.

Bellona

12th July 2010, 17:33

On an unrelated note, I found what might be an issue with 2.3.1.

When using DirectShowSource exclusively, the automatically generated script contains a syntax error. Here's an example script that gets generated:

Video = DirectShowSource("input", fps=23.976, convertfps=true,
audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("input", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.ConvertFPS("ntsc_video")

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

The video line is split apart, resulting in "audio=false)" to occupy a new line. It works fine if I manually edit the avisynth script.

MrC

12th July 2010, 19:26

Bellona

12th July 2010, 19:51

@Bellona

thanks for the bug report. BTW, just to add more details, the error occurs only when DirectShowSource is selected AND input video framerate mode is not constant (i.e. VFR).

May I ask you why are you using DirectShowSource instead of A2DSource? Any issue with the latter?

;)

Bye

My VFR source is mostly 23.976 fps, with only some of it being 29.970 fps. I've found that importing it at 119.880 fps, and then using Donald Graft's FDecimate to 23.976 fps, and letting HCEnc apply pulldown worked the best of the things I've tried so far.

By setting it to use only DirectShowSource, it's easy to edit the automatically generated script. Here would be my example edit:

Video = DirectShowSource("input", fps=119.880, convertfps=true, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("input", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.FDecimate(23.976)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

It works well in my case, but I'm open to suggestions of course. For everything else, I still use A2DSource and default settings.

8ternity

13th July 2010, 03:13

@8ternity

what about release 2.2.6 (you were using it here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1396458#post1396458))?

Could you copy and paste here the log file?

;)

Bye

2.3.1 log

'22:03:12' AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1 loaded!
'22:03:12' AviSynth 2.5.8 is installed.
'22:03:12' ImgBurn is installed ("C:\Program Files (x86)\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe").
'22:03:12' MKVExtract is installed ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe").
'22:03:12' New AVStoDVD Project started!
'22:03:18' MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32 initialized.
'22:03:18' Title 1 "E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" added.
'22:03:28' AVStoDVD Project started.
'22:03:28' Process aborted during 'Generate AviSynth script file' Section. Error code: 0

and 2.2.6 try:

The conversion start well with AD2video; AC3 to 448kbps; and i found a difference in AVStoDVD from 2.2.6 to 2.3.1 is the 2.2.6 version has only one filter and 2.3.1 has two, you know the one AVS Resize filter, did you think is that option make the project defective?

8ternity

14th July 2010, 00:19

2.2.6;

Conversion Done after 1:47:09 hours;
NO AUDIO ON OUTPUT;

<2010-07-13 08:30:19>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-07-13 08:30:19>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Resize Filter: Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6000
Video Profile Level 2: 6000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliat Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
Chapthers Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH08LS20 2.00
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-07-13 08:30:19>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD_PENDING\LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2ts
Info: AVC - 4872 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:32:51 hours - 133582 frames
Audio: E:\DVD_PENDING\LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2ts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:32:51 hours
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.26]
<>

<2010-07-13 08:30:19>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\DVD_PENDING\LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2ts", CacheFolder = "E:\Temp")
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\DVD_PENDING\LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2ts", CacheFolder = "E:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-07-13 08:36:40>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc OPV 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3337,8 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*CQ_MAXBITRATE 2.654
*BITRATE 5026
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-07-13 09:51:35>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2v (3529,1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5356 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:32:46 hours - 133450 frames
<>

<2010-07-13 09:51:35>
START TRANSCODING OPERATIONS
ReJig Parameters: -size 3337 -o "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.ReJig.m2v" -i "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2v" -auto -close -quiet
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<2010-07-13 09:54:29>
END TRANSCODING OPERATIONS
Transcoding executed on File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2v (3336,8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5063 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:32:46 hours - 133450 frames
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<2010-07-13 09:54:29>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -bff
<>

<2010-07-13 10:13:19>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2v (3336,8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5058 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:32:51 hours - 133581 frames
<>

<2010-07-13 10:13:19>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\DVD_PENDING\LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2ts" -acodec copy "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.ToFix.dts"
<>

<2010-07-13 10:16:09>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.dts (1002,3 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:32:48 hours
<>

<2010-07-13 10:16:10>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.dts"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "E:\Temp\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0_LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE_MuxMan.txt"

<>

<2010-07-13 10:19:47>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_NOUVEAU_PROTOCOLE_0 (3407,6 MB)
<>

<2010-07-13 10:19:48>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.2.6
<>

MrC

14th July 2010, 13:56

@8ternity

release 2.2.6 had a known bug about DTS-HD audio tracks.

But, why are you using different sources: 'Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9' with 2.3.1 attempt and 'LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE.m2ts' with 2.2.6 attempt? This is creating a bit confusion, isn't it?

Could you please post the 2.3.1 project log file of 'Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9'? I mean the output log file not the input one.

:)

Bye

nevragain

14th July 2010, 18:11

Is this a new issue for 2.3.1 or same for previous releases?

;)

Bye
I don't know I have never used your program before on my laptop.

It does take a long time on my desktop but this is probably just because my desktop is quite old.

8ternity

15th July 2010, 04:04

@8ternity

Could you please post the 2.3.1 project log file of 'Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9'? I mean the output log file not the input one.

:)

Bye

And here the log

'22:57:21' AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1 loaded!
'22:57:21' AviSynth 2.5.8 is installed.
'22:57:21' ImgBurn is installed ("C:\Program Files (x86)\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe").
'22:57:21' MKVExtract is installed ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe").
'22:57:21' New AVStoDVD Project started!
'22:58:34' Current Preferences saved as default.
'22:58:37' New AVStoDVD Project started!
'22:58:59' MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32 initialized.
'22:58:59' Title 1 "E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" added.
'22:59:08' AVStoDVD Project started.
'22:59:08' Process aborted during 'Generate AviSynth script file' Section. Error code: 0
'22:59:19' New AVStoDVD Project started!
'23:00:20' MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32 initialized.
'23:00:20' Title 1 "E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" added.
'23:00:34' AVStoDVD Project started.
'23:00:34' Process aborted during 'Generate AviSynth script file' Section. Error code: 0

Complete log:

<2010-07-14 22:59:08>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-07-14 22:59:08>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: LE_MISSIONNAIRE
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: False
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH08LS20 2.00
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-07-14 22:59:08>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 11627 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:29:55 hours - 129487 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 1:29:55 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<2010-07-14 22:59:08>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", CacheFolder="E:\Temp", VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", CacheFolder="E:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-07-14 22:59:08>
ERROR DURING OPERATIONS ('Generate AviSynth script file' Section): 0 -
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<2010-07-14 22:59:08>
PROCESS ABORTED.
<>

<2010-07-14 22:59:08>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1
<>

MrC

15th July 2010, 10:04

@8ternity

just a quick try: go to Win International Settings and put "." as decimal separator instead of ",".

Let me know

;)

Bye

8ternity

15th July 2010, 17:57

@8ternity

just a quick try: go to Win International Settings and put "." as decimal separator instead of ",".

Let me know

;)

Bye

You know what? At my work my programmation company ask me to set that international setting decimal for a dot in both tab configs. My compagny paid and get programmed a software for selling auto parts a complete solutions programmed with .Net framework.

So for your recommandation, it has resolved my issue. I've can think before to try this...

:thanks: and :thanks: and :thanks: again! :p

EDIT: I have an problem with ripbot264 while i change the setting for decimal to ".". I will try something to change to English (United-States) instead of French (Canada) to see if both are ok and let you know.

8ternity

15th July 2010, 20:15

Hi Mrc,

After complete conversion, exported output has only 4minutes. When the remux step start it ask me if i want to continue even if 4 minutes of movie, i check YES for every questions to have the log.

Here the log:

<15/07/2010 1:30:57 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<15/07/2010 1:30:57 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: LE_MISSIONNAIRE
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH08LS20 2.00
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<15/07/2010 1:30:57 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 11627 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:29:55 hours - 129487 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 1:29:55 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<15/07/2010 1:30:57 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", CacheFolder="E:\Temp", VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", CacheFolder="E:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<15/07/2010 1:30:57 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4073 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 6333
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<15/07/2010 2:49:28 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.m2v (4126.6 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6462 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:29:55 hours - 129489 frames
<>

<15/07/2010 2:49:28 PM>
START TRANSCODING OPERATIONS
ReJig Parameters: -size 4072 -o "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.ReJig.m2v" -i "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.m2v" -auto -close -quiet
<>

<15/07/2010 2:49:32 PM>
END TRANSCODING OPERATIONS
Transcoding executed on File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.m2v (187.2 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6164 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 4:16 minutes - 6158 frames
<>

<15/07/2010 2:49:32 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -tff
<>

<15/07/2010 2:49:38 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.m2v (187.2 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6166 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 4:16 minutes - 6150 frames
<>

<15/07/2010 3:07:27 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" -acodec copy "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000_1.ToFix.ac3"
<>

<15/07/2010 3:09:42 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000_1.ac3 (288.1 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 1:29:55 hours
<>

<15/07/2010 3:09:42 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6_00000_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr

<>

<15/07/2010 3:09:50 PM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 204.6 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 95.4% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4414.8 MB -> Warning!
<>

<15/07/2010 3:09:50 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\LE_MISSIONNAIRE_6 (204.6 MB)
<>

<15/07/2010 3:09:50 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1
<>

Saved log:

'13:30:47' AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1 loaded!
'13:30:47' AviSynth 2.5.8 is installed.
'13:30:47' ImgBurn is installed ("C:\Program Files (x86)\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe").
'13:30:47' MKVExtract is installed ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe").
'13:30:47' New AVStoDVD Project started!
'13:30:51' MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32 initialized.
'13:30:51' Title 1 "E:\BLURAY\Le Missionnaire FRENCH AC3 DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" added.
'13:30:57' AVStoDVD Project started.
'13:30:57' Title 1 video encoding operations started.
'15:07:27' Title 1 video encoding operations ended successfully.
'15:07:27' Title 1 audio encoding operations started.
'15:09:42' Title 1 audio (Track 1) encoding operations ended successfully.
'15:09:42' DVD authoring operations started.
'15:09:47' Warning! DVD Folder filesize (204.6 MB) is much lower than the total Assets filesize (4414.8 MB).
'15:09:50' DVD authoring operations ended successfully.
'15:09:50' AVStoDVD Project ended successfully.

MrC

15th July 2010, 21:42

8ternity

15th July 2010, 22:52

For some reason ReJig (a requantizer software used to shrink a oversized mpeg2 elementary stream) failed and probably crashed before ending its job.

I would suggest you to go to 'Preferences'/'Encoding' and select 'HCenc VBR 2-pass' and then select 'Lock video profile'. Then restart your project from scratch. 2-pass profile should be more bitrate accurate, with no need to invoke ReJig.

;)

Bye

I've made a test, i just finish the conversion with theses changes: change for HEnc VBR 1 Pass but with DirectShow encoder and the project has been sucessfully done. I have 4,37GB file size, its look good.

Can this help you?

Also: Thanks for your helping solutions, it's appreciated.

8ternity

8ternity

16th July 2010, 23:12

I've convert a movie with HCenc 2pass;

2012 took from my bluray bd9 ripp to dvd;

crashed here the log:

<15/07/2010 11:57:31 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<15/07/2010 11:57:31 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 8100/8100 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: Burn DVD
DVD Label: 2012
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH08LS20 2.00
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<15/07/2010 11:57:31 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD\2012.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5371 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:37:49 hours - 227037 frames
Audio 1: E:\DVD\2012.m2ts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 2:37:49 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<15/07/2010 11:57:31 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD\2012.m2ts", fps=23.976, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD\2012.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<15/07/2010 11:57:31 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 6112.4 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\2012_0_2012.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\2012_0_2012_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0_2012.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\2012_0_2012.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5415
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<16/07/2010 2:41:14 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0_2012.m2v (6087.3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5430 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:37:49 hours - 227037 frames
<>

<16/07/2010 2:41:14 AM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\DVD\2012.m2ts" -acodec copy "E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0_2012_1.ToFix.dts"
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<16/07/2010 2:43:55 AM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0_2012_1.dts (1703.4 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 2:37:44 hours
<>

<16/07/2010 2:43:55 AM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\2012_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\2012_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\2012_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0_2012.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0_2012_1.dts"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\Temp\2012_0_2012_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "E:\Temp\2012_0_2012_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "E:\Temp\2012_0_2012_MuxMan.txt"

<>

<16/07/2010 7:58:46 AM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 6212.3 MB
vs Estimated Size: 8100 MB -> 23.3% undersize
vs Assets Size: 7790.8 MB -> Warning!
<>

<16/07/2010 7:58:54 AM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0 (6212.3 MB)
<>

<16/07/2010 7:58:54 AM>
START DVD BURNING OPERATIONS
ImgBurn (DVD) Parameters: /mode isobuild /buildmode device /src "E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0\VIDEO_TS" /dest F: /volumelabel "2012" /speed 4x /erase /testmode no /verify no /noimagedetails /start /waitformedia /close
<>

<16/07/2010 8:13:53 AM>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING DVD BURNING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <E:\DVD-TEMP\2012_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<16/07/2010 8:13:53 AM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1
<>

whiskey

20th July 2010, 03:20

I have a small question why sometimes when I try to re encode mkv file with 2 pass HCenc somehow program starts with 1pass Quenc and constant bitrate ?

8ternity

24th July 2010, 03:03

Hello Mrc!

I've got an video speed up when i convert some m2ts video files with dts audio. The output projects video is speed up, like in fast foward. It's not super high fast foward but you can see difference and know the movie is not properly converted.

What i can do to get this resolved?

I have checked Lanczos resized. Did its that filter changes the speed? Did this filter is the best or which one is the best for quality?

flebber

24th July 2010, 05:50

Lancosresize doesn't change speed, quality is subjective but my preference is spline36resize or blackmanresize

simonb1975uk

24th July 2010, 11:20

Is there a limit to the size of the .m2ts file that avstodvd can handle? I'm trying to convert the blu-ray of Transformers 2 to DVD and every time I open the .m2ts file I get an error that says 'Error 9 then on the following line it says 'subscript out of range'. The blu-ray was ripped to my pc using anydvd.

8ternity

24th July 2010, 15:06

Lancosresize doesn't change speed, quality is subjective but my preference is spline36resize or blackmanresize

Perfect. I will try and add theses filters to AVStoDVD ans convert it back.

EDIT: i've convert and add the filter Spline36Resize and the quailty is better. All the most artifacts compression is gone and the quality is verry good.

Thanks you!

8ternity

25th July 2010, 02:50

No audio output on that project:

I think it's a DTS-HD source like we talk in that post:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1417490#post1417490

How can i resolve this?

<2010-07-24 20:36:34>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-07-24 20:36:34>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: LEON_MAC
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 4000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: False
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<2010-07-24 20:36:35>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\DVD_PENDING\LEON MAC.m2ts
Info: AVC - 4999 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:32:12 hours - 132776 frames
Audio 1: E:\DVD_PENDING\LEON MAC.m2ts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:32:12 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<2010-07-24 20:36:35>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD_PENDING\LEON MAC.m2ts", fps=24, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\DVD_PENDING\LEON MAC.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2010-07-24 20:36:35>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3346.1 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 5074
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-07-24 21:06:33>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC.m2v (3349.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5114 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:32:12 hours - 132777 frames
<>

<2010-07-24 21:06:33>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -tff
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<2010-07-24 21:15:01>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC.m2v (3349.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5114 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:32:12 hours - 132642 frames
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<2010-07-24 21:15:01>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\DVD_PENDING\LEON MAC.m2ts" -acodec copy "E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC_1.ToFix.dts"
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<2010-07-24 21:24:33>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC_1.dts (995.2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:32:09 hours
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<2010-07-24 21:24:33>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC_1.dts"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "E:\Temp\LEON_MAC_0_LEON MAC_MuxMan.txt"

<>

<2010-07-24 21:44:30>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 3414.9 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 23.3% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4344.7 MB -> Warning!
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<2010-07-24 21:44:30>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\LEON_MAC_0 (3414.9 MB)
<>

<2010-07-24 21:44:31>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1
<>

MrC

26th July 2010, 14:26

Friends (mainly 8ternity), I'm currently on vacation until next week. I'm just having a quick look in a internet cafè. Please, do wait few days for troubleshooting and continue to explore the problems (and the help section) by yourself.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

28th July 2010, 15:41

Mr.C

I see in the beginning of this thread someone asked if CCE could be implemented.

Any idea if you are planning to and if so, could you look at the new CCE SP3?

TIA :thanks:

nevragain

28th July 2010, 23:56

I believe that support for CCE was dropped some time in the past. I think that the author stated that he wised to only support free software.

MrC

1st August 2010, 20:55

MrC

1st August 2010, 20:57

Hello Mrc!

I've got an video speed up when i convert some m2ts video files with dts audio. The output projects video is speed up, like in fast foward. It's not super high fast foward but you can see difference and know the movie is not properly converted.

What i can do to get this resolved?

Video can only be speeded up if you are converting from NTSC-film to PAL and you have toggled on the new feat 'Preferences'/'Encoding'/'NTSC->PAL speedup' (default is off). Have you? if not, please post the project log file.

:)

Bye

MrC

1st August 2010, 21:01

MrC

1st August 2010, 21:04

Mr.C

I see in the beginning of this thread someone asked if CCE could be implemented.

Any idea if you are planning to and if so, could you look at the new CCE SP3?

TIA :thanks:

Hi, there, Mr. Monte.

No way to reintroduce CCE support. More info at Help/FAQ/Video/Q3.7 (thanks nevragain).

;)

Bye

8ternity

4th August 2010, 02:53

As previous project, MuxMan has rejected the DTS track. Try to force AC3 re-encode.

I'm thinking of removing DTS tracks retention... really to many issues with new DTS-HD tracks...

;)

Bye

Hi Mrc,

Perfect. Thanks for reply and hope you enjoy your vacancy! Im already on it right now, it's my second week, so take your time, we need vacancy :p

Thank You,

8ternity

EDIT: A question, i use XWindows Dock for my Windows 7 for shorcust and saw that the icon is under a low resolution. I just would like to know if you had one in high resolution available or i can help you design one! I like designing in Photoshop.

http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/th_avstodvd_icon_in_dock-1.jpg (http://s480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/?action=view&current=avstodvd_icon_in_dock-1.jpg)

--end--

MrC

4th August 2010, 12:47

I just would like to know if you had one in high resolution available or i can help you design one! I like designing in Photoshop.

Sometimes ago OAKside created this high res icon (http://oakside24.deviantart.com/art/AVStoDVD-97285461) for Vista, but feel free to experiment and design a new one!

:cool:

Bye

8ternity

5th August 2010, 03:22

Tel me what you think about theses 3 versions:

They are in PNG, i just need to resize and took a .ICO converted for my photoshop x64 CS4/CS5!

Version #1:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/th_AVSTODVD_ICON.png (http://s480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/?action=view&current=AVSTODVD_ICON.png)

Version #2:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/th_AVSTODVD_ICON-version2.png (http://s480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/?action=view&current=AVSTODVD_ICON-version2.png)

Version #3:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/th_AVSTODVD_ICON-version3.png (http://s480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/?action=view&current=AVSTODVD_ICON-version3.png)

Splash Screen example:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/AVStoDVD_Splash.jpg

Let me know what you think about theeses design.

EDIT: i can't see the thumbsnails... you must click on every link.

MrC

5th August 2010, 20:23

Very very nice! Last one is wonderful! Great job!

May I use this pics in the app/installer/website? Of course you will be ack'ed.

;)

Bye

8ternity

6th August 2010, 00:04

Fell free to use!! :-)

Question, what is Ack'ed ? "Hacked" ? Sorry im french canadian and some words and sentense that i don't know.

Here here the .ICO file compatible for any version of Windows, including Vista/7! I also resized the logo to be a little bigger.

EDIT: here the download of the .ICO file
http://cid-10f449f32e80d9b2.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/AVStoDVD%5E_v3b.rar

I build everything myself in photoshop and i could modifiy everything.

8ternity

6th August 2010, 02:06

Also, during the conversion, your program used the slash image and resize it to a little one, resized more smallest then the splash image. The image show distorsion about the minimise the image. I can design another one and try to design another one.

Can you set another one and i could make another image, different from the splash screen?

EDIT: Question: Did i need to check an option to activate subtitle importation from a m2ts avchd file? It has 3 subtitles on the m2ts and none in the exported dvd. It says "Subtitles not present" in the title edit. It's not only one movie, but all of them. If i remember, if i used an mkv has a source, subtitles has sucessfully imported, but i am not sure at 100%.

MrC

6th August 2010, 17:14

Ack'ed = Acknowledged

Please feel free to design a new splash screen image: graphics stuff can be improved as well as code... I am a bit devoted to original splash image, but a new astounding image can win my heart... at least in the Progress Status window.

About subs extraction from input files, take a look to the Help file. From Help/How to use it/Main Window/Source Titles Section:
If source file contains more than 1 Subtitles track, AVStoDVD will ask for track selection, with the option (mandatory) to demux it. This option is avaliable only for Matroska containers and only if MKVExtract (part of MKVToolnix package) is found in the current system.

Bye

MrC

whiskey

6th August 2010, 17:55

Weird question but how do I end up with 5.1 audio track on NTSC DVD converted from mp4 720p files that contain 2.0 AAC LC track ? Finished overnight queqe and trying to solve this mystery 0_o

MrC

6th August 2010, 21:07

Weird question but how do I end up with 5.1 audio track on NTSC DVD converted from mp4 720p files that contain 2.0 AAC LC track ? Finished overnight queqe and trying to solve this mystery 0_o

Help/FAQ/Audio/Q4.1

;)

Bye

8ternity

6th August 2010, 22:53

Ack'ed = Acknowledged

Please feel free to design a new splash screen image: graphics stuff can be improved as well as code... I am a bit devoted to original splash image, but a new astounding image can win my heart... at least in the Progress Status window.

About subs extraction from input files, take a look to the Help file. From Help/How to use it/Main Window/Source Titles Section:

Bye

MrC

Did you have dimension of the box for the progress status window?

I will work on your splash screen when having free times when baby will sleep. :rolleyes:

whiskey

7th August 2010, 00:12

Help/FAQ/Audio/Q4.1

;)

Bye

Holly smokes i cant even find that :confused:

8ternity

7th August 2010, 05:41

Holly smokes i cant even find that :confused:

When AVStoDVD is open;

Go to Help; Content;
Tab; FAQ > Audio > Q4.1

8ternity

7th August 2010, 06:38

@Mrc:

Here Splash Screen V2:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/AVStoDVD_Splash_v2.jpg

Splash Screen V3:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/AVStoDVD_Splash_v3.jpg

Splash Screen V4:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/AVStoDVD_Splash_v4.jpg

Splash Screen V4-C: (Corrections + Font title change)
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/AVStoDVD_Splash_v4c.jpg
- Corrected the lines appear under and bellow the movie film (red and white line) erased.
- Change the font title

Question: When you said;

I am a bit devoted to original splash image, but a new astounding image can win my heart... at least in the Progress Status window.

Did you mean the first version that i've made or the one is currently used in your software right now? If the original has right now, take a look at the version 4!! :)

Thanks!

whiskey

7th August 2010, 10:09

MrC

7th August 2010, 20:36

Mkay in faq it says when I have source 5.1 and end up with 2.0 to change the settings to default one (on screen) In my case its the opposite I have 2.0 files and end up with 5.1 my settings in ffdshow were 2.0 should I change em back to 5.1 ? little bit confused

You have to be sure that the directshow audio mixer is setup properly. In your case the setup mixer should be set as "stereo" (in ffdshow it is 2/0/0).

If you have more than one AC3 decoder installed (i.e. ffdshow and AC3Filter) you should setup correctly both of them. Or better, do use just only one...

If the mixer side is ok, please post the project log file.

;)

bye

MrC

7th August 2010, 20:50

@8ternity

well mate, you are doing a damn good job! v4 is simply fantastic. I do believe I will adopt it as main splash screen! v2 is good too, more elegant I would say. I could put it into the Progress Status window.

May I ask you to resize (redesign actually)
- v4 to 640x480 px
- v2 to 280x224 px taking away the text?

Many, many thanks for your time. It is really appreciated.

;)

Bye

P.S. Would you like to design some new DVD Menu Backgrounds as well?

8ternity

9th August 2010, 02:49

@MRC:

Here the two version with the dimensions has you need.

http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/AVStoDVD_SLASH_V2_280x224.jpg

http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/AVStoDVD_SPLASH_V4_640x480.jpg

8ternity

9th August 2010, 23:36

@MRC:

Question: Did we can bypass the sampling process with HCenc before converting? Did we have obligated to use that fonction? Sometimes it took over 20-25 minutes depending of the m2ts source DVD5 or DVD9.

MrC

10th August 2010, 12:50

@8ternity

are you meaning the sampling pass performed if 'HCenc VBR 1-pass' profile is selected? If yes, it is mandatory to find the correct quantization values to be used afterward.

If you want more speed you can select 'QuEnc CBR 1-pass' as encoding profile.

;)

Bye

8ternity

10th August 2010, 23:11

@MRC:

are you meaning the sampling pass performed if 'HCenc VBR 1-pass' profile is selected? If yes, it is mandatory to find the correct quantization values to be used afterward.

If you want more speed you can select 'QuEnc CBR 1-pass' as encoding profile.

Yes... ok i understand. Normally i took the other one, but we had encoured problem with conversion in previous discussion so it's why we used that one. I just remember that we use normally the QuENC CBR process, but we had problems with it, it's why we switch to HCenc 2-PASS.

Here the answer that you give: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1417894#post1417894 --

8ternity

11th August 2010, 02:45

4 Movies crashed in audio conversion.

<2010-08-10 20:45:35>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-08-10 20:45:35>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: TOUT_UN_PAPA
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 3000
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 9000
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 TN02
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-08-10 20:45:35>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Wolrds Greatest Dad FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5606 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:38:40 hours - 141959 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Wolrds Greatest Dad FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 1:38:32 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<2010-08-10 20:45:35>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Wolrds Greatest Dad FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", fps=23.976, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Wolrds Greatest Dad FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2010-08-10 20:45:35>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4083.3 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\TOUT_UN_PAPA_4_TOUT_UN_PAPA.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\TOUT_UN_PAPA_4_TOUT_UN_PAPA_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\TOUT_UN_PAPA_4_TOUT_UN_PAPA.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\TOUT_UN_PAPA_4_TOUT_UN_PAPA.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5785
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-08-10 21:33:59>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\TOUT_UN_PAPA_4_TOUT_UN_PAPA.m2v (4083.6 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5827 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:38:40 hours - 141958 frames
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<2010-08-10 21:33:59>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\BLURAY\Wolrds Greatest Dad FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" -acodec copy "E:\DVD-TEMP\TOUT_UN_PAPA_4_TOUT_UN_PAPA_1.ToFix.ac3"
<>

<2010-08-10 21:34:00>
Problems encountered during Title 1 AUDIO encoding operations.
START (BACKUP) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\BLURAY\Wolrds Greatest Dad FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" -map 0:1 -y -vn -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 384k "E:\DVD-TEMP\TOUT_UN_PAPA_4_TOUT_UN_PAPA_1.ac3"
<>

<2010-08-10 21:42:54>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 AUDIO (TRACK 1) ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <E:\DVD-TEMP\TOUT_UN_PAPA_4.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
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<2010-08-10 21:42:54>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1
<>

<2010-08-10 14:17:29>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-08-10 14:17:29>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: THIRST
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 4000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-08-10 14:17:29>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Thrist FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 6600 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:14:06 hours - 192930 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Thrist FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 2:14:06 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<2010-08-10 14:17:29>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Thrist FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", fps=23.976, audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Thrist FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2010-08-10 14:17:29>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3898.5 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_THIRST.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\THIRST_0_THIRST_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0_THIRST.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\THIRST_0_THIRST.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 4064
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-08-10 15:45:30>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0_THIRST.m2v (3909.7 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4102 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:14:06 hours - 192929 frames
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<2010-08-10 15:45:30>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_THIRST_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0_THIRST_1.ac3"
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<2010-08-10 17:48:54>
Problems encountered during Title 1 AUDIO encoding operations.
START (BACKUP) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
QuEnc (AC3) Parameters: -i "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_THIRST_1.avs" -o "E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0_THIRST_1.ac3" -priority 5 -1 -nohq -novbr -mpeg2mux novideo -audiocodec ac3 -audiobitrate 448 -auto -close
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<2010-08-10 18:05:50>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0_THIRST_1.ac3 (429.7 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 2:14:06 hours
<>

<2010-08-10 18:05:50>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0_THIRST.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0_THIRST_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_THIRST_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_THIRST_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "E:\Temp\THIRST_0_THIRST_MuxMan.txt"

<>

<2010-08-10 18:13:18>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4438.1 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0.3% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4339.5 MB -> OK
<>

<2010-08-10 18:13:18>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\THIRST_0 (4438.1 MB)
<>

<2010-08-10 18:13:19>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1
<>

Edit:One of them is resolved. I uncheck "uncompliant dvd audio"!

Mr. Monte

11th August 2010, 10:07

Is there a setting to "copy audio" instead of re-encoding..or is that not possible due to the fact we are splitting it up in 1 gig VOB files?

MrC

11th August 2010, 12:46

4 Movies crashed in audio conversion

But log files are 2... and only first has failed...

BTW in the first one project, FFmpeg has both refused to demux the AC3 track and to encode it (as backup routine). I would suggest to run the m2ts thru TsRemux and fix it or extract the required video/audio streams.

;)

Bye

MrC

11th August 2010, 12:47

Is there a setting to "copy audio" instead of re-encoding..or is that not possible due to the fact we are splitting it up in 1 gig VOB files?

If the audio is DVD compliant, it is already copied (demuxed, not re-encoded). For more details, see the Help section.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

11th August 2010, 13:47

MrC

11th August 2010, 16:44

Not following..sorry for the ignorance. I'm converting a MKV with 5.1 DTS audio. I'm pretty sure DTS is allowed (compliant) . Iv'e checked and unchecked the box for adjust ffdshow mixer, but it still takes my 6 channel down to 2 channel.

1. Not all DTS tracks are DVD compliant. I.e. 24 bit resolution DTS tracks are not DVD compliant (thus AVStoDVD re-encodes it).

2. Mixer: have you installed AC3Filter too, other than ffdshow? If yes, uninstall it.

3. What is your operating system? If W7, than install Preferred Filter Tweaker and select ffdshow as AC3 decoder.

4. Post the project log file

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

11th August 2010, 16:57

1. Not all DTS tracks are DVD compliant. I.e. 24 bit resolution DTS tracks are not DVD compliant (thus AVStoDVD re-encodes it).

thanks..that solves that mystery..yes my DTS was 24 bit

2. Mixer: have you installed AC3Filter too, other than ffdshow? If yes, uninstall it.

Yes, do I have to uninstall it..since I use if for other SW..os there a way to make your interface ignore it?

3. What is your operating system? If W7, than install Preferred Filter Tweaker and select ffdshow as AC3 decoder.

Windows 7..I will look for the tweaker program (if I do this, can I not unistall AC3filter?

4. Post the project log file

;)

Bye

Thanks! :thanks:

MrC

11th August 2010, 17:19

Windows 7..I will look for the tweaker program (if I do this, can I not unistall AC3filter?)

Yes, that's the best solution

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

11th August 2010, 17:25

O.k...found Filter Tweaker 3.0
I ran it, but see no AC3 option
ffdshow is selected for all others except WMV1,2,3 and WMVA

Again..i see no AC3

Thanks

MrC

11th August 2010, 19:41

Thus the remaining option is to setup both AC3Filter and ffdshow mixer as 5+1 output.

(I have no W7 system, so I can only quote other AVStoDVD+W7 users experience in this thread or outside (http://adubvideo.net/how-to/setup-proper-decoding-chain-windows-7) Doom9).

;)

Bye

8ternity

12th August 2010, 22:33

But log files are 2... and only first has failed...

BTW in the first one project, FFmpeg has both refused to demux the AC3 track and to encode it (as backup routine). I would suggest to run the m2ts thru TsRemux and fix it or extract the required video/audio streams.

;)

Bye

I Know, i have erased the first 2 conversions. I was thinking about configurations i've mist to set in the settings..

How does we fix an m2ts? Did txmuserGUI has a settings to check for errors?

Thanks!

MrC

13th August 2010, 12:31

How does we fix an m2ts? Did txmuserGUI has a settings to check for errors?

Just open TsRemux (http://www.videohelp.com/download/TsRemux0212.exe), load your m2ts file, select the streams you want to keep and then remux to output file.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

13th August 2010, 16:39

ggtop

13th August 2010, 21:28

MrC

14th August 2010, 12:42

Could someone please assist me in getting 6 channel audio from a 6 channel audio source?

I've tried the Win7Tweaker, no AC3 option.

I have AC3 installed, but have watched the toolbar during the audio encoding phase (FFMpeg) and AC3 is not loaded

I have went into FDSHOW Audio Encoder, mixer and tried same as input and 3/0/2 option..still 2 channel. Also, after the AVSto DVD process, if I go BACK and check FFDSHOW audio encoder options..it's back to 2/0/0 in the mixer option...even after changing it prior.

A screenshot of what I'm supposed to do would help.

I'm running Win7

TIA

If you have left on the 'Preferences'/'Misc'/'Adjust ffdshow Mixer Output at runtime' (default is on), then AVStoDVD will change mixer accordingly to project settings.

Please follow these steps:

- Uninstall AC3Filter and any other AC3 directshow decoder other than ffdshow
- Open AVStoDVD
- Make sure that 'Preferences'/'Misc'/'Adjust ffdshow Mixer Output at runtime' is on
- Setup your AVStoDVD project
- Make sure that 'Title Edit'/'Audio'/'Channels Mode' is '5.1' (it should be, if input title has 5+1 audio)
- Run the project
- Copy and paste here the project log file

;)

Bye

MrC

14th August 2010, 12:52

Hi MrC,

I don't know if it has been reported earlier but version 2.31 crashes on my W7 64bit when I enable the checkbox "Use External player" on the Paths tab in preferences I get an error Run-Time Error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument.

BTW Works fine on my other machine with XP SP3

ggtop

Thanks for the W7 bug report. I must force myself to install W7... and add W7 to the supported OS list...

That routine checks if the reg key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Gabest\Media Player Classic\ExePath
is present and has a value. If not, it checks the reg key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AVIFile\shell\open\command
probably W7 default avi player reg key is a bit different...

:rolleyes:

Bye

ggtop

14th August 2010, 13:04

Value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Gabest\Media Player Classic\ExePath is C:\Program Files\Media Player Classic - Home Cinema\mpc-hc64.exe.

Is there an .ini file I could manually set this value?

ggtop

MrC

14th August 2010, 14:46

Mr. Monte

14th August 2010, 17:36

- Copy and paste here the project log file

;)

Bye

Where is that stored?
If you talking about the Operations log..no real data there

MrC

14th August 2010, 21:00

Where is that stored?
If you talking about the Operations log..no real data there

In the output folder there is a .log file.

Bye

Mr. Monte

14th August 2010, 21:44

In the output folder there is a .log file.

Bye

Here you go..still 2 channel. I even looked at teh Edit-> Audio and it ID'd as 5.1 (greyed out)

<8/14/2010 9:56:29 AM>
START PROCESS
<>

<8/14/2010 9:56:29 AM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: Test before ac3 uninstalled
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\Doug\Videos
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 2500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 1
PAL SpeedUp: False
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: G: MATSHITA BD-MLT UJ240AS 1.10
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 1
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<8/14/2010 9:56:29 AM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Users\Doug\Videos\The Usual Suspects\The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.mkv
Info: AVC - 4390 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:46:04 hours - 152585 frames
Audio 1: C:\Users\Doug\Videos\The Usual Suspects\The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 1:46:04 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<8/14/2010 9:56:29 AM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("C:\Users\Doug\Videos\The Usual Suspects\The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.mkv", fps=23.976, audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("C:\Users\Doug\Videos\The Usual Suspects\The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.mkv", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,88,0,88)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<8/14/2010 9:56:29 AM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4009.5 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\Doug\Videos\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 5285
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<8/14/2010 11:10:22 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: C:\Users\Doug\Videos\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.m2v (4014.3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5328 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:46:04 hours - 152585 frames
<>

<8/14/2010 11:10:22 AM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg (WAV) Parameters: -i "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_1.avs" "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_1.wav"
Aften (AC3) Parameters: -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_1.wav" "C:\Users\Doug\Videos\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_1.ac3"
<>

<8/14/2010 12:01:18 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: C:\Users\Doug\Videos\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_1.ac3 (339.9 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 1:46:04 hours
<>

<8/14/2010 12:01:18 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Users\Doug\Videos\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Users\Doug\Downloads\AVStoDVD_231_NoInstall\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "C:\Users\Doug\Videos\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Users\Doug\Videos\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0_The Usual Suspects 1995 720p.DTS.BluRay_MuxMan.txt"

<>

<8/14/2010 12:09:33 PM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4442.9 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0.2% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4354.2 MB -> OK
<>

<8/14/2010 12:09:33 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Users\Doug\Videos\Test before ac3 uninstalled_0 (4442.9 MB)
<>

<8/14/2010 12:09:33 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1
<>

ggtop

15th August 2010, 11:50

No ini file, but there is a reg key for AVStoDVD as well ;)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AVStoDVD

and you can edit (create new if it does not exist) the string 'PreviewerPathName'

Or you can simply select the 'Previewer Player Path' using the form 'Preferences'/'Paths' and then 'Save current Preferences as default'

;)

Bye

P.S. your HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Gabest\Media Player Classic\ExePath string is with or without ""?

There is no reg key for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AVStoDVD

I manually created it and also PreviewerPathName under it. I entered exact the same value as for ExePath (there are no quotes). Then I execute AVStoDVD with admin rights but no luck. It still crashes when hitting the checkbox.
I cannot enter the value manually into Preview Player Path unser Pref/Path because the textbox is disabled as long as the checkbox is not set :)

ggtop

MrC

15th August 2010, 18:08

@Mr. Monte

let's wait for AC3Filter uninstalled test. :)

Before uninstalling AC3Filter, if you load the mkv into GraphEdit and press 'Render Media File', what does the audio path say?

@ggtop

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AVStoDVD key is created at first Preferences 'save as default' or if a DVD Menu is created. Of course I'm talking about W2k, XP or Vista. W7 is still a mystery to me ;)
I cannot enter the value manually into Preview Player Path unser Pref/Path because the textbox is disabled as long as the checkbox is not set
my dear... of course... I remember some old bios asking you to press F1 to continue when no keyboard was found during bootstrap...

If you cannot solve the reg key issue, please wait for next release with the GUI bugfix. BTW thanks for reports.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

15th August 2010, 18:41

@Mr. Monte

let's wait for AC3Filter uninstalled test. :)

Before uninstalling AC3Filter, if you load the mkv into GraphEdit and press 'Render Media File', what does the audio path say?

AC3 Filter - damn..never used the graphedit SW. So, is it AC3Filter that is resetting FDShow to 2/0/0? If so, can I fix it WITHOUT removing AC3Filter?

Thanks for your help..I like learning

MrC

16th August 2010, 16:40

So, is it AC3Filter that is resetting FDShow to 2/0/0?

No, never said that. ffdshow mixer is reset to 2/0/0 by AVStoDVD at the end of the encoding process, IF at the beginning it was at 2/0/0 AND if the 'Preferences'/'Misc'/'Adjust ffdshow at runtime' is on.

If so, can I fix it WITHOUT removing AC3Filter?

Yes, by setting AC3Filter mixer to 5+1.

BTW if you use GraphEdit and render your mkv, you will get what decoder you are using (ffdshow or AC3Filter). Example:
https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/GraphEdit.png

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

16th August 2010, 16:59

Worked..THANKS!

ggtop

17th August 2010, 10:36

MrC

17th August 2010, 12:41

I found regkeys under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AVStoDVD,
HKEY_USERS\...\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AVStoDVD
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AVStoDVD

Entering the value manually lets AVStoDVD crash as soon as I hit the preferences button.

W7 is also mysterious to me...

All other keys in the A2D branches seem to look fine..OutputPath, LocalAppDataPath etc.

Thanks for the W7 registry report. I suspect that W7 redirect HKLM\SOFTWARE\AVStoDVD to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AVStoDVD.

BTW I'm planning to install a virtual machine to test W7 interactions with AVStoDVD ASAP. Until that, I cannot declare that W7 is supported.

;)

Bye

ggtop

18th August 2010, 10:14

No need to hurry.. I have 2 machines running XP left :)

And I have another problem.
I want to convert my avis (DV) to DVD.
I'm only testing in the moment and use short clips.

I made a DVD with motion menu yesterday at home (XPSP3). Worked fine
Today I tried to do exactly the same on the other machine (XPSP3), but it didn't work ???
QuEnc created a 0kb .m2v for the menu and then muxman fails.

I didn't find a log for QuEnc but the .avs file for the menu seems to be OK.

ggtop

Edit: I found that QuEnc fails if "enable multithread.." is checked. I have a P4 3.4 GHz...
Edit2: But QuEnc stills fails on creating the motion menu m2v ???

MrC

18th August 2010, 12:21

@ggtop

if you try to run the menu avs file with VirtualDub or MPC, does it work?

Any differences in codecs on the 2 machines?

QuEnc should not crash depending to the multithread on/off. Moreover multithread is activated IF option is on AND if more cores/cpus are detected.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

18th August 2010, 12:37

BTW I'm planning to install a virtual machine to test W7 interactions with AVStoDVD ASAP. Until that, I cannot declare that W7 is supported.

;)

Bye

BTW, I'm running W7 with HCenc with no issues. i've ised Menu's once and worked fine.

ggtop

18th August 2010, 14:02

This doesn't make sense to me either.

I just made a DVD with 1 clip and motion menu on W7 64bit (Intel Centrino Duo). I used HCEnc 2 pass (for the title).

As AVS Source I use AviSource because I installed Cedocida DV Codec and that's a VfW Codec. AviSource uses VfW, right?

Everything's fine.

This configuration is exactly the same on my other machines.

I tried different settings earlier on my P4 3.4GHz (Hyperthreading?) under XP SP2:
- Title encoding ALWAYS works with HCEnc
- Title encoding ONLY works with QuEnc if "Enable Multithreading" is disabled

- MotionMenu encoding NEVER works with QuEnc (menu.avs plays fine with MPC-HC, so I assume it's not codec-related)

I also uninstalled and reinstalled AVStoDVD...

My third machine runs XP SP3 on an old AMD Athlon 2400+. Everything fine there (except encoding time :rolleyes:)

ggtop

MrC

18th August 2010, 15:40

- Title encoding ONLY works with QuEnc if "Enable Multithreading" is disabled
- MotionMenu encoding NEVER works with QuEnc (menu.avs plays fine with MPC-HC, so I assume it's not codec-related)

Probably there is a sort of incompatibility between QuEnc and your system multithread encoding. Is P4 Hyperthread troubling QuEnc? Maybe.

By default, I have left multithread encoding always ON during menu creation step. Next release will adapt to Advanced Option setting.

My third machine runs XP SP3 on an old AMD Athlon 2400+. Everything fine there (except encoding time :rolleyes:)

Well, my 1800+ still rocks...

;)

Bye

ggtop

18th August 2010, 19:01

How do you enable Multithreading for Quenc?
Via Commandline or in AviSynth?

Is there a way for me in the current release to disable it?

ggtop

ggtop

19th August 2010, 16:49

Hi Mrc,

I don't think it's a bug, but it is a little annoying. I just created a test DVD with 1 title and used FadeIn/Out via avisynth option. And I selected motion menu. In this case the fading also appears on the menu page. This doesn't look nice when all thumbnails come up slowly from black.

Do you feel encouraged to change this behaviour? Maybe it would be an good idea to take the part of the video beyond selected fade-in time...

ggtop

BTW No issues with QuEnc under Win7 64bit & Centrino Duo.

MrC

19th August 2010, 20:20

How do you enable Multithreading for Quenc? Via Commandline or in AviSynth?

Via cmdline (-trellis)

Is there a way for me in the current release to disable it?

Unfortunately it is not possible. But 2.3.2 is not so far...

I don't think it's a bug, but it is a little annoying. I just created a test DVD with 1 title and used FadeIn/Out via avisynth option. And I selected motion menu. In this case the fading also appears on the menu page. This doesn't look nice when all thumbnails come up slowly from black.

Do you feel encouraged to change this behaviour? Maybe it would be an good idea to take the part of the video beyond selected fade-in time...

Well, it's really not a bug, since menu thumbs take the corresponding title avs script as it is (just size is adjusted).

Somebody would say that remove a fading effect is good and somebody would say it is bad. I think that leaving it is better than removing it at all.

I would prefer to give the option to tweak the thumb avs script during DVD Menu editing. What do you think?

No issues with QuEnc under Win7 64bit & Centrino Duo.

Thanks for the feedback. It would be great if anybody else with a P4 HT could give us a feedback on motion menu creation as well. :)

;)

Bye

ggtop

20th August 2010, 09:17

I would prefer to give the option to tweak the thumb avs script during DVD Menu editing. What do you think?

That's OK. Would it be possible that customize dialog pops up right after starting (and after the "normal" encoder params)? So I don't have to get up at night :)

Thank you for your great app and for your continous work on it.

When will 2.3.2 be released. I want to bore my family with weddings and birthday parties :p

ggtop

MrC

20th August 2010, 12:02

@ggtop

do you mean the dialog windows to edit the cmd parameters? Ok, I will put in the ToDo list.

2.3.2 is almost ready. Just some beta testing with my set of sample clips. Probably next week it will be out.

;)

Bye

ggtop

20th August 2010, 20:52

do you mean the dialog windows to edit the cmd parameters? Ok, I will put in the ToDo list.

That's what I meant. Maybe you should think about an upgrade for your 1800+. Your sample files will encode a lot quicker then and 2.3.2 comes earlier :)

ggtop

MrC

21st August 2010, 13:09

Maybe you should think about an upgrade for your 1800+. Your sample files will encode a lot quicker then and 2.3.2 comes earlier :)

LOL

Well, my usual PC, where I do most of A2D development, is a core2 duo centrino T8300. The Athlon 1800+ is used mainly as printer and files server. Anyway I'm seriously considering to upgrade it, because even latest web flash apps run slooooowly...

;)

Bye

ggtop

23rd August 2010, 15:41

Hi MrC,

I just encoded a small video with 1 subtitle: I had a .srt file in my folder and A2D detected it automatically on inserting the video. Cool :). But the subtitle stream is disabled by default. Is there a setting (that I am missing) that enables this.

I know that I can edit it with PGCEdit afterwards...

ggtop

Yobbo

24th August 2010, 01:41

MrC, love your GUI!

Just a little problem I ran into. I am loading about ~50 short avi clips and am wanting to output a basic DVD with chapters at start of each clip. No problem! But if I want to apply some extra avisynth filtering to them ALL, I must apply my script to each clip manually? There is no "Apply To All" option?

I am also interested in last poster's question, about subs ON by default!

Thank you MrC!

ggtop

24th August 2010, 08:26

Hi Yobbo,

there's a button "Copy settings from title X" on the title Edit Screen. Look in the help file.

ggtop

Yobbo

24th August 2010, 10:14

Hi Yobbo,

there's a button "Copy settings from title X" on the title Edit Screen. Look in the help file.

ggtop

YEP noted that, ggtop! The thing is, you can apply settings to another title - NOT TO ALL OTHER TITLES! :(

That's why I suggested an "Apply To All" button! :)

(EDIT: If you have a large number of clips you are compiling to DVD (from same source, say), and want to apply same settings to them ALL... how do you do it?? There is no "Global" setting!?)

Mr. Monte

24th August 2010, 12:08

Using AVStoDVD 2.3.1

If I select a MKV, right click to edit title and remove audio track. Then click start to encode (using HcEnc) i get a argument error in the HcEnc info line and the process aborts.

If I do th esame exact steps, but DO NOT remove audio...works fine

Reason I attempted to remove audio is that a good majority of my BluRay MKV's have 24-bit DTS. I've had a good many AVStoDVD encodes with faulty audio in the finished product.

I Have found:

MKVExtract the DTS track from the MKV
Use EAC3to and convert and downmix to 16 bit AC3
Use Rejig and DVD Author the M2V & AC3 file

My final project works flawlessly in a DVD HW Player.

Also, in AVStoDVD 2.3.1, if I highlight th eDVD output size box at bottom right and try to edit the setting (change from 4450 to say 4000), so I can leave room for my converted AC3...the GUI will not allow me to change that setting

Thanks :thanks:

MrC

24th August 2010, 13:02

But the subtitle stream is disabled by default. Is there a setting (that I am missing) that enables this.

Unfortunately BatchMux (the wrapper to Muxman) does not allow to customize that option. You should address the request to Sir Didymus (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=116297).

MrC, love your GUI!

Just a little problem I ran into. I am loading about ~50 short avi clips and am wanting to output a basic DVD with chapters at start of each clip. No problem! But if I want to apply some extra avisynth filtering to them ALL, I must apply my script to each clip manually? There is no "Apply To All" option?

First of all thanks for the kind appreciation.

Right now there's no "Apply to all" option, just copy from one title to another. I will add this feat request to the ToDo list. ;)

Using AVStoDVD 2.3.1

If I select a MKV, right click to edit title and remove audio track. Then click start to encode (using HcEnc) i get a argument error in the HcEnc info line and the process aborts.

Yep, there's a bug. Will fix in next release. Thanks for the report.

Also, in AVStoDVD 2.3.1, if I highlight th eDVD output size box at bottom right and try to edit the setting (change from 4450 to say 4000), so I can leave room for my converted AC3...the GUI will not allow me to change that setting

To change the output DVD size you must choose 'Options'/'Disc size'/'Custom Size' from the main window menu or toolbar.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

24th August 2010, 13:31

Thanks for a speedy reply and a great GUI

Any idea why the audio conversion with the applications your GUI is using has issues with DTS 24-bit tracks and EAC3to (with Arcsoft DTS decoder) does not?

abyss616

24th August 2010, 16:18

MrC

24th August 2010, 16:33

Any idea why the audio conversion with the applications your GUI is using has issues with DTS 24-bit tracks and EAC3to (with Arcsoft DTS decoder) does not?

Please do not generalize.

AFAIK Aften (AC3 audio encoder used by default by AVStoDVD) has troubles when dealing with intermediate wave files larger than 4GB. This appens, i.e., when a source file has 6 channels and is longer than 2 hours:
768 kbps x 6 channels / 8 bit/byte x 7200 s = 4147200 kB

Thus AVStoDVD should not have troubles in re-encoding DTS 24bit streams shorter than 2 hours.

Next release will fix this "6 ch - 2 hours" issue.

;)

Bye

MrC

24th August 2010, 16:38

I have a similar question (I think) that he had, just in a different way.

Please see this thread: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=156357

Is it possible to do what I want in your program?

Exactly the same. ;)

The "no audio" issue has been introduced (my bad) since release 2.3.0 (multi audio support). If you dowload and use release 2.2.6 you won't get any error.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

24th August 2010, 22:01

Please do not generalize.

AFAIK Aften (AC3 audio encoder used by default by AVStoDVD) has troubles when dealing with intermediate wave files larger than 4GB. This appens, i.e., when a source file has 6 channels and is longer than 2 hours:
768 kbps x 6 channels / 8 bit/byte x 7200 s = 4147200 kB

Thus AVStoDVD should not have troubles in re-encoding DTS 24bit streams shorter than 2 hours.

Next release will fix this "6 ch - 2 hours" issue.

;)

Bye

Thanks again..eagerly await the next release :thanks:

Yobbo

24th August 2010, 23:00

Right now there's no "Apply to all" option, just copy from one title to another. I will add this feat request to the ToDo list. ;)

Thanks a lot, MrC! It is an important feature for me, eg when tweaking an avisynth script and wanting it applied to ~50+ clips! Similarly, when I have a handful of mono clips I want to make 2-channel, I have to edit audio properties for each clip, because there is no "global" setting that is applied across all the clips (or am I mistaken?).

Thanks again, keep up the great work with AVStoDVD!

8ternity

25th August 2010, 19:42

Report an conversion issue.

- Before starting the conversion, i uncheck AUDIO DVD Compliance

When the conversion of audio has give the error, i close the error, try another conversion method and project output is okay. Sounds is there.

Here log for knowing purpose ;-)

<2010-08-25 08:05:58>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-08-25 08:05:58>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: MILLENIUM3
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 4000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200S 1.60
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-08-25 08:05:58>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Millenium 3 FRENCH AC3-448 1080P FF DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 6852 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:27:17 hours - 211880 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Millenium 3 FRENCH AC3-448 1080P FF DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 2:27:17 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<2010-08-25 08:05:58>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Millenium 3 FRENCH AC3-448 1080P FF DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", fps=23.976, audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Millenium 3 FRENCH AC3-448 1080P FF DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2010-08-25 08:05:58>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3846.2 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3651
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2010-08-25 10:16:04>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3.m2v (3848.3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3676 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:27:17 hours - 211880 frames
<>

<2010-08-25 10:16:04>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_1.ac3"
<>

<2010-08-25 13:35:34>
Problems encountered during Title 1 AUDIO encoding operations.
START (BACKUP) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\BLURAY\Millenium 3 FRENCH AC3-448 1080P FF DVD9.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" -map 0:1 -y -vn -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 448k "E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_1.ac3"
<>

<2010-08-25 13:42:45>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_1.ac3 (472 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 2:27:17 hours
<>

<2010-08-25 13:42:45>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_MuxMan.txt"
-progfr "E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_MuxMan.txt"
-chapfr "E:\Temp\MILLENIUM3_0_MILLENIUM3_MuxMan.txt"

<>

<2010-08-25 13:49:54>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4423.4 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0.6% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4320.3 MB -> OK
<>

<2010-08-25 13:49:54>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\MILLENIUM3_0 (4423.4 MB)
<>

<2010-08-25 13:49:55>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.1
<>

MrC

26th August 2010, 08:41

That's exactly the approach that will be used in the next release: skip Wavi+Aften (or FFmpeg+Aften, or QuEnc) and go directly with FFmpeg (only) if input audio track is 5+1 and time is more than 2 hours.

;)

Bye

ggtop

26th August 2010, 09:52

Unfortunately BatchMux (the wrapper to Muxman) does not allow to customize that option. You should address the request to Sir Didymus (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=116297).

I posted in this thread, but SD wasn't around a while. Let's wait if he can implement that in BatchMux. Deank, author of MultiAVCHD, is in contact with mpucoder for the same issue (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1428829#post1428829).

I think SD also come from Italy. Maybe he is your neighbor and we have more luck when you just knock on his door :)

ggtop

Mr. Monte

27th August 2010, 12:05

Is there an option or can there be one added to "Copy Audio"?
For instance:

If Audio is AC# and 16 bit
then offer "copy audio" option
else
pass to FFmpeg/aften

Thanks

MrC

27th August 2010, 12:45

@ggtop

I know SD quite well and in the late months he has been very busy for his job. Last time I contact him he told me that BatchMux is not discontinued but its development will be very slow. Unfortunately BatchMux is not open source...

;)

Bye

MrC

27th August 2010, 12:46

Is there an option or can there be one added to "Copy Audio"?
For instance:

If Audio is AC# and 16 bit
then offer "copy audio" option
else
pass to FFmpeg/aften

Thanks

I have not understood: there is already the 'keep DVD compliant audio' feat. Or are you meaning something else?

:confused:

Bye

MrC

27th August 2010, 12:49

AVStoDVD release 2.3.2 Alpha 100827 is available to download (https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd_alpha_beta/AVStoDVD%202.3.2%20Alpha%20100827/).

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- New Splash Screen and Icons available (many thanks to 8ternity). See 'Graphics' folder.
- Revised 'Preferences' Tabs content and layout. Icons updated accordingly.
- Added 'Force FFmpeg when temp WAV is > 4GB' in 'Preferences'/'Audio' (auto switch to FFmpeg when temporary audio file is larger than 4GB).
- Added 'Select Splash Screen' in 'Preferences'/'Misc'
- Added AviSynth frameserving capability check both in 'Edit Title' and before Title encoding.
- HCenc updated to 0.24 beta 13-08-2010
- FFmpeg updated to r24623

As usual let me know if there are any issues

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

27th August 2010, 13:41

I have not understood: there is already the 'keep DVD compliant audio' feat. Or are you meaning something else?

:confused:

Bye

My bad..I was unaware that it did not re-encode audio if the curretn audio track conformed. Please except my apologies

Thanks,

8ternity

28th August 2010, 23:52

Great. Hope to see the new version with graphics changes :)

flebber

29th August 2010, 13:26

ggtop

29th August 2010, 19:41

AVStoDVD release 2.3.2 Alpha 100827 is available...
As usual let me know if there are any issues

Hi MrC,

I just tested the new release a bit...until it crashed :p
I could select an external player now on Win7 64bit (default path was "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe".
But on running the menu wizard the first time I got a message like "text property is read-only" an when hitting "Run Editor" there was another msg "with block not set" or something similar. A2D crashed. But now it seems to work...

When creating a motion menu there are no thumbnails. I only can see the button highlighting.
And I hoped that a could get a chance to edit the avs file before the menu will encoded but couldn't find such an option.

ggtop

MrC

29th August 2010, 20:45

@ggtop

thanks for testing the new Alpha and report back your impressions.

About menu, do you get same error running 2.3.1 release? I fear that you have made too many changes to AVStoDVD reg key. I suggest you to manually delete all reg key associated to AVStoDVD (*) and then run again your project with 2.3.2 Alpha.

About thumbs avs file editing, it is still in the ToDo list ;)

;)

Bye

(*)
After some tests with W7, finally I have met the weird redirections for both *important* paths (i.e. 'Program Files') and *important* registry locations (i.e. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE). If UAC is set to standard user, then any write attempt to HKLM is redirected to HKCU/Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\[opt]Wow6432Node\AVStoDVD.
In 2.3.2 final, HKLM\Software\AVStoDVD will be replaced by HKCU\Software\AVStoDVD, which is considered *editable* by W7 too.

ggtop

29th August 2010, 21:38

About menu, do you get same error running 2.3.1 release? I fear that you have made too many changes to AVStoDVD reg key. I suggest you to manually delete all reg key associated to AVStoDVD (*) and then run again your project with 2.3.2 Alpha.

What do you mean with changes? I only tried to change values regarding "external player" in 2.3.1 and I set them back.
Now I have both versions installed. 2.3.1 in the standard folder and 2.3.2 in an other folder. Shouldn't I do that?
I'll test it on XP tomorrow.

About menu, do you get same error running 2.3.1 release?
You're right. Thumbnail videos are not there in 2.3.1. But I'm pretty sure it worked before...as I said earlier I'll test on XP tomorrow.

ggtop

MrC

29th August 2010, 22:18

What do you mean with changes? I only tried to change values regarding "external player" in 2.3.1 and I set them back.
Now I have both versions installed. 2.3.1 in the standard folder and 2.3.2 in an other folder. Shouldn't I do that?

If you just edited one reg value and bring it back, then it's OK ;)

I have suggested you to reset the AVStoDVD reg key because the error you get could be caused by a strange/wrong reg key value.

Thanks again for your tests and feedbacks.

:)

Bye

ggtop

30th August 2010, 21:44

I have suggested you to reset the AVStoDVD reg key because the error you get could be caused by a strange/wrong reg key value.

I did so on W7 64bit and everything is fine again. I assume this has happened because the way these 2 versions access the registry has changed. I noticed this because I couldn't open prefs in 2.3.1 after changing the external player in 2.3.2 Alpha. Motion Menu Encoding works in both versions with a "clean" registry.

I have a question regarding Button Generator. You led the user create buttons with any size, but when inserting them into the layout the dimensions have to be a multiple of 4. Don't the buttons get deformed when doing so? Wouldn't it be better to check for the correct dimension also when creating?

ggtop

8ternity

31st August 2010, 03:28

Hi Mrc!!

2.3.2 beta is looking good for the stability. I have the 4th conversion in a batch process. Each conversion is faster than before. In less than 1 hour, i convert an m2ts 9GB into a dvd in 1 pass (avergage 77,7 fps) with DirectShowSource Spline36Resize.

Question: What is the better quality filter? For now, i prefer Spline36Resize, not listed in defaut then Lanczos. I research for the better fiter for the quality.

Thanks for your hard work!! :p

flebber

31st August 2010, 03:47

My preference is for spline36resize or the blackman filter

8ternity

31st August 2010, 06:02

OUps.... i break the ice!

I've got an error:
Microsoft Visual C++

avs2avi.exe;

It's crashed with that movie, but project exported sucessfully.

<2010-08-31 00:04:53>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-08-31 00:04:53>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: CORALINE
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 2500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: False
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: True
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 TN02
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-08-31 00:04:53>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Coraline 2009 720p FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5214 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:40:35 hours - 144718 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Coraline 2009 720p FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 640 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 1:40:36 hours - Internal
Subs:
[]
<>

<2010-08-31 00:04:53>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Coraline 2009 720p FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", fps=23.976, audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Coraline 2009 720p FRENCH AC3 720P DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-08-31 00:05:35>
TITLE 1 AVISYNTH FRAMESERVING CHECK
Check passed successfully.
<>

<2010-08-31 00:05:35>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4030.9 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\CORALINE_0_CORALINE.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\CORALINE_0_CORALINE_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\CORALINE_0_CORALINE.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 5602
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2010-08-31 00:49:07>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE.m2v (4067.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5693 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:40:35 hours - 144717 frames
<>

<2010-08-31 00:49:07>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "E:\Temp\CORALINE_0_CORALINE_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD_2.3.2\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE_1.ac3"
<>

<2010-08-31 00:52:14>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE_1.ac3 (322.4 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 1:40:36 hours
<>

<2010-08-31 00:52:14>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\CORALINE_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\CORALINE_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\CORALINE_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD_2.3.2\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0_CORALINE_Chapters.txt"

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<2010-08-31 00:58:27>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4476.6 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0.6% oversize
vs Assets Size: 4389.8 MB -> OK
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<2010-08-31 00:58:27>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\CORALINE_0 (4476.6 MB)
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<2010-08-31 00:58:28>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 Alpha build 100826
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MrC

31st August 2010, 08:28

I have a question regarding Button Generator. You led the user create buttons with any size, but when inserting them into the layout the dimensions have to be a multiple of 4. Don't the buttons get deformed when doing so? Wouldn't it be better to check for the correct dimension also when creating?

Good suggestion. Will do.

Thanks!

;)

Bye

MrC

31st August 2010, 08:57

I've got an error:
Microsoft Visual C++

avs2avi.exe;

It's crashed with that movie, but project exported sucessfully

That's related to the new 'AviSynth FrameServing Check' routine: before starting to encode the title, I have added a small check to see if the title can be properly read by AviSynth (all required codecs and splitters are installed, source filter is suitable, etc.).
Avs2Avi is used for this purpose. Sometimes I have noticed that it crashes, so the check routine is performed max 3 times before giving a negative result. There's still the annoying msg that Avs2Avi has crashed.

What do you think? Is it better to put the AviSynth check as an optional step (new checkbox in 'Misc' preferences) or live with an occasional Avs2Avi error msg?

;)

Bye

ggtop

31st August 2010, 09:07

In 2.3.2 the audio bitrate in "Edit Title" isn't set correctly. It is always 448 instead of the value in prefs.

ggtop

burfadel

31st August 2010, 09:37

Hi Mrc!!

Question: What is the better quality filter? For now, i prefer Spline36Resize, not listed in defaut then Lanczos. I research for the better fiter for the quality.

Lanczos4 is the filter option, not Lanczos. The only difference between the two is the number of taps that the filter uses. Actually setting to use Lanczos filter with 4 taps should be identical output to Lanczos4, although that may not be the case (haven't tested it). If it is different its an Avisynth anomaly. Anyways, Blackmanresize is supposedly similar to Lanczos but produces less artifacts. Spline36resize is similar but probably better than blackmanresize.

If you want quality, use:
Spline64resize <-- Corrected my error as per MrC's post below, I was thinking of Blackmanresize :)
Spline64reize should provide the optimal quality out of the provided settings, and also spline36resize and blackmanresize, for both upsizing and downsizing.

MrC

31st August 2010, 11:18

@ggtop

From 'Help'/'How to use it'/'Edit Title Window'/'Audio'/'Audio BitRate':

Default value and available options are based upon setup in Preferences - Encoding [in 2.3.2 -> Audio] and selected Audio Format.
Exception: if source audio stream has more than 2 channels and its BitRate is higher than Preferences BitRate, then the former will be used (to preserve quality).

Another exception is if MediaInfo detects 0 kbps as input audio track bitrate.

@burfadel

from 'Help'/'How to use it'/'Preferences Window'/'Encoding'/'AviSynth UpSize and DownSize Filter':

Available options are:
- "BilinearResize"
- "BicubicResize"
- "Lanczos4Resize"
- "Spline16Resize"
- "Spline64Resize"

My friends, please, do use help... maybe sometimes it is inaccurate (improvement is always possible), but I spent a lot of time in writing it... take just a little time for it.

;)

Bye

ggtop

31st August 2010, 11:28

Default value and available options are based upon setup in Preferences - Encoding [in 2.3.2 -> Audio] and selected Audio Format.
Exception: if source audio stream has more than 2 channels and its BitRate is higher than Preferences BitRate, then the former will be used (to preserve quality).

I don't want to steal your time, but this behaviour is new. In my files audio is PCM (1536 kbps) and I want to convert to AC3. Of course it has a higher bitrate as it is uncompressed...:rolleyes:

ggtop

MrC

31st August 2010, 11:44

@ggtop

you, thief, are very useful indeed! AVStoDVD grows just because of guys like you.

Next release will have following rationale to go with highest bitrate:
IF (InputAudioTrackBitrate = 0 OR InputAudioTrackBitrate > PreferencesAudioBitrate) AND InputAudioChannels > 2 THEN OutputAudioBitRate = MaxAvailableBitRate

If your file is a 2ch PCM, it will get AC3 192 kpbs (or whatever you set in Preferences), if it is a 5+1 PCM (very rare), it will get AC3 448 kbps. What do you think?

;)

Bye

ggtop

31st August 2010, 11:53

If your file is a 2ch PCM, it will get AC3 192 kpbs (or whatever you set in Preferences), if it is a 5+1 PCM (very rare), it will get AC3 448 kbps. What do you think?

This would be fantastic :)

burfadel

31st August 2010, 14:42

If your file is a 2ch PCM, it will get AC3 192 kpbs (or whatever you set in Preferences), if it is a 5+1 PCM (very rare), it will get AC3 448 kbps. What do you think?

That sounds great!

I also have some strangeness in regards to audio. If the input is a mkv file it works fine, however if the input is mp4 the encoded DVD ends up having no audio. There is a 192Kbps AC3 audio stream, but its silent!

I've tried changing the audio from Wavi+Aften to FFMpeg+Aften and Quenc, but nothing works in that regard. I did manually check with Wavi+Aften, it seems Wavi fails to read the avs input, upon which the command window has to be manually exited. It then uses ffmpeg and the audio works fine (mostly?)...

It doesn't matter whether the mp4 file has AAC audio or MP3 audio, both seem to fail!...

I'm not sure what the cause of the issue is, I'm on Windows 7 x64. I don't have any issues with media playing etc with these files. I don't know whether it was something to do with Haali (which I have since removed) having muffed a Windows setting or whether it is another related issue...

Has anyone else experience that? any suggestions for a workaround I could try?

MrC

31st August 2010, 16:35

8ternity

1st September 2010, 04:32

Anyways, Blackmanresize is supposedly similar to Lanczos but produces less artifacts. Spline36resize is similar but probably better than blackmanresize.

Personnally i've test both "Blackman Resize" and also "Lanczos" and i prefer "Spline36Resize". Less artifacts, les mosaics in black pictures, more fast also.

I will left it Spline36Resize, i think is a better rendal. I've found in the last month a webpage with all AviSynth filters comparaison with images comparaison and found the one i used but it couln'd be the same for every movie.

What do you think? Is it better to put the AviSynth check as an optional step (new checkbox in 'Misc' preferences) or live with an occasional Avs2Avi error msg?

;)

Bye

Personnally, i was prefer to set an checkbox. Whenever if this step is crashed, exported output get all done and complete. I was using more batch file from the version 2.3.2 get more stable at this point for me.

If you think that avs2avi.exe crashed can cause faillure to conversion, you can set an parentese "Default=yes" or "no" on commentary in the checkbox title.

What did you think about that?

Thanks!! :p

burfadel

2nd September 2010, 04:44

@burfadel

Just some thought:

1. Haali is necessary, ffdshow too. Are you sure that W7 is using them? Check it with Windows 7 Preferred Filter Tweaker.
2. Using Preview, do you have sound?
3. Any chance to try on a WinXP machine?

;)

Bye

There is no sound with previewing, regardless of whether its with a file where there isn't sound on the output DVD, or those input files where the sound works perfectly!

I have tried the preferred filter tweaker, and the ffdshow merit, reinstalling the latest haali (14 Aug 2010 version), latest ffdshow build etc, no luck...

I don't have an XP machine I could try it on, but if its not an issue anyone else is experiencing its probably something screwy on my computer. Strange thing is though, every other programme and media player plays these files fine. I even tried the latest DVDstyler (v1.8.2 beta 2), and that worked fine with these files... I much prefer to use avstodvd though as the video quality is much, much better IMO.

As a workaround I batch convert the files in Goldwave then encode manually to DVD compliant AC3 which then works fine.

Goldwave can utilise system filters when opening files, hence why you can open the sound from mkv, mp4 files etc.

8ternity

3rd September 2010, 23:03

@burfadel ::::

ffdshow; Download the CLSID revision.
Remove any Klite codecs pack, or other codec packages if installed. It's making some confusions.

- Update your chipset, audio, motherboads drivers for the latest.
- Update directx of windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/directx
clic to Download DirectX
"Latest DirectX Downloads for Gamers "

You should resolve a lot of knowing troubles.

burfadel

3rd September 2010, 23:46

I have been using XhmikorR's ffdshow builds, currently 3556. I'll download CLSID's 3556 and see if that makes any difference. In terms of Directx etc, I always download the latest redist when it comes out, I'll reinstall it. Despite the Intel chipset drivers not being real drivers (just inf files) I still download them and have them handy if needed, currently Intel Chipset 9.1.2.1008, and Intel AHCI 9.6.4.1002. Using Realtek R2.51, AC3filter 1.63b, reclock (NOT enabled for anything except mpc-hc playback), Lame mp3 ACM 3.98 (only installed after I noticed the issue), Haali's 14 Aug, latest Real Alternative, QT Lite 4.

I'll try CLSID's build, play around with a few things and see if I can get it to play nice...!

8ternity

4th September 2010, 00:43

No problem. I've seen some issues regarding XXL ffshow rev in the past. I've using all the time clsid. After installing ffdshow clsid, try this.

- Go in AVStoDVD; In Preferences; Avisynth;
- Select AVS Source Filter; DirectShowSource.
- Restart AVStoDVD;

Normally, preview is showed with an avisynt script. I can't have a project get done with A2Dsource.

Good luck!

Question: What is your Windows 7 languages and country configurations?

burfadel

4th September 2010, 03:11

Still no luck, although I found something which doesn't make much sense to me. On playback, ac3filter loads (nothing strange there), and shows there is audio playing, but there is no sound. Its literally only this app that I have aproblem with audio. The ac3filter doesn't apply to the encoding and decoding process, only to the playback preview. The Windows 7 language and country is set to English, Australia.

MrC

4th September 2010, 11:25

If you have installed ffdshow, then AC3Filter is redundant: uninstall it and retry.

;)

Bye

burfadel

4th September 2010, 22:23

I'll give that a go, but is AC3filter really redundant? It doesn't decode the audio, its an audio processor. If playing in MPC-HC for example, its still the internal decoders that decode the audio (such as the AAC decoder etc), its only there for the audio processing as I like the sound enhancement of setting artificial surround (stereo widener), and its quality of 2 to 5.1 channel conversion.

burfadel

4th September 2010, 22:59

I removed AC3filter but still no luck. I then reinstalled it, and noticed something in the start menu for AC3filter that I hadn't noticed before (since I usually keep my start menu tidy...). It was a tiny reg file called 'Clear filter cache', it contains the following:

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\ActiveMovie\Filter Cache]
(the - removes the current content of that key)

Removing the contents of that reg key using the about reg file worked perfectly, all the files that the audio didn't work with before now work.

I don't think it was AC3filter that caused the issue, since the issue was still there when it was uninstalled.

I should point out it was only the processing stuff in ac3filter I was using, in its config I set ac3filter to only be used with PCM, then put it in MPC-HC external filter list, and set its merit has 'prefferred'.

Then setting the audio in ac3filter as 24 bit, 192000 hz (same setting as windows is set to and the audio decoder, 4db of surround, a little DRC, equaliser, etc.

I just prefer the quality of sound from ac3filter processing than ffdshow audio processing (processing only, that is still using the MPC-HC decoders) can be enabled by selecting 'ffdshow audio processing' in the it in the same external filters list in MPC-HC as where ac3filter can be set.

I also prefer the quality of the 2 to 5.1 channel etc converter in ac3filter.

Anyways, problem is solved, thanks for the help! If anyone else has a similar issue, try copying and pasting the above into a .reg file and run it, it worked for me :)

MrC

5th September 2010, 08:41

@burfadel

thanks for sharing your experience and the issue solution. Good job!

To clearly understand if AC3Filter is in the decoding chain or not, and if yes, where it is, you can use GraphEdit and render your input file.

;)

Bye

burfadel

5th September 2010, 10:24

I don't know why the activemovie cache registry entry caused that problem, but I ran through everything I had and everything is running perfectly! Apparently its recreated automatically, and also from using google I found it to be the solution for those having other issues too, such as DVD's not playing in WMP etc... (anything filter and activemovie related I guess)!

rippn

8th September 2010, 02:03

Trying to convert a 720p DTS mkv, video is perfect, and appears to demux the DTS track fine as I see the separate file in the working folder, however it get's near the finishing stage and I get this error: "warning! errors found during audio track demuxing." I say ok to proceed, however there is no sound in the finished video and of course the video is undersized due to the missing audio. Any ideas around this?

Log:

<9/7/2010 3:32:33 PM>
START PROCESS
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<9/7/2010 3:32:33 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: ISO UDF Image
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Temp
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 2
PAL SpeedUp: False
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: True
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203N SB02
DVD Burning Speed: 8x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<9/7/2010 3:32:33 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Users\me\Videos\blah.mkv
Info: AVC - 5330 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 25 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:39:12 hours - 148804 frames
Audio 1: C:\Users\me\Videos\blah.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:39:12 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
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<9/7/2010 3:32:33 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Users\me\Videos\blah.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Temp\Working", VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Users\me\Videos\blah.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Temp\Working")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,88,0,88)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<9/7/2010 3:32:37 PM>
TITLE 1 AVISYNTH FRAMESERVING CHECK
Check passed successfully.
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<9/7/2010 3:32:37 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3263.9 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Temp\Working\DVD_0_blah.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Temp\Working\DVD_0_blah_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Temp\Working\DVD_0_blah.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 7964
*BITRATE 4600
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<9/7/2010 5:05:12 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah.m2v (3265.3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4633 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:39:12 hours - 148804 frames
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<9/7/2010 5:05:12 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah.m2v" -srcfps 25.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -tff
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<9/7/2010 5:10:39 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah.m2v (3265.3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4633 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:39:12 hours - 178385 frames
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<9/7/2010 5:10:46 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Users\me\Videos\blah.mkv" -acodec copy "C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah_1.ToFix.dts"
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<9/7/2010 5:37:12 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah_1.dts (1070.7 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:39:09 hours
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<9/7/2010 5:37:12 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Temp\Working\DVD_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Temp\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Temp\Working\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Temp\Working\DVD_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah_1.dts"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Temp\DVD_0_blah_Chapters.txt"

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<9/7/2010 5:44:03 PM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 3333.5 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 25.1% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4336 MB -> Warning!
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<9/7/2010 5:44:03 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Temp\DVD_0 (3333.5 MB)
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<9/7/2010 5:44:03 PM>
START ISO IMAGE BUILDING OPERATIONS
ImgBurn (ISO) Parameters: /mode isobuild /buildmode imagefile /src "C:\Temp\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS" /dest "C:\Temp\DVD_0.iso" /volumelabel "DVD" /overwrite yes /noimagedetails /start /close
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<9/7/2010 5:45:19 PM>
END ISO IMAGE BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File: C:\Temp\DVD_0.iso (3334.1 MB)
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<9/7/2010 5:45:19 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 Alpha build 100826
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MrC

8th September 2010, 09:19

rippn

8th September 2010, 09:30

@rippn

Muxman has rejected the demuxed DTS track: probably it is not strictly DVD compliant, even it seems to be (DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit). One solution is to force re-encoding to AC3: go to 'Title Edit'/'Audio' and toggle off 'Keep DVD compliant audio'.

;)

Bye

Thanks for your quick response, will give that a try, and thanks for the great program, use to use convertxtodvd, but the quality is day and night different.

One more quick question, I was trying to use this program to convert a PAL dvd to NTSC, but it seems the program forces PAL and I can't seem to change it even if default is NTSC, is there a way around this?

Thanks again!!

MrC

8th September 2010, 10:49

One more quick question, I was trying to use this program to convert a PAL dvd to NTSC, but it seems the program forces PAL and I can't seem to change it even if default is NTSC, is there a way around this?

Be sure you have set 'NTSC' in 'Preferences'/'Video'/'DVD Video Standard', then 'Save current Preferences as default', then start the new Project. Steps sequence is important.

;)

Bye

rippn

8th September 2010, 11:45

Be sure you have set 'NTSC' in 'Preferences'/'Video'/'DVD Video Standard', then 'Save current Preferences as default', then start the new Project. Steps sequence is important.

;)

Bye

Yeah I had it set that way, what I did wrong was I clicked through the prompt at the beginning that says the source material is PAL would you like change the output to pal or keep it NTSC, second run worked like a charm, thanks again. I plan on sending a donation, keep up the great work!

:thanks:

MrC

8th September 2010, 12:48

I plan on sending a donation, keep up the great work!

Thanks to you

:)

Bye

MrC

10th September 2010, 16:06

AVStoDVD release 2.3.2 Alpha 100910 is available to download (https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd_alpha_beta/AVStoDVD%202.3.2%20Alpha%20100910/).

Change log from 2.3.1:

- Some bugs fixed
- New Splash Screen and Icons available (many thanks to 8ternity). See 'Graphics' folder.
- Added 'Select Splash Screen' in 'Preferences'/'Misc'
- Added 'Force FFmpeg when temp WAV is > 4GB' in 'Preferences'/'Audio' (auto switch to FFmpeg when temporary audio file is larger than 4GB).
- Added AviSynth frameserving capability check both in 'Edit Title'
- Added 'Run Title AviSynth FrameServing Check at runtime' option in 'Advanced Settings' (default Off)
- Added 'Frame Aspect Ratio' as Video Media Info
- Moved 'Enable MultiThread Encoding' from 'Advanced Settings' to 'Preferences'/'System'
- Revised 'Preferences' Tabs content and layout. Icons updated accordingly.
- Changed Windows Registry Directory used to store Preferences (from HKLM to HKCU).
- Improved AviSynth script generation routine (resizing section)
- Improved 'Copy Title Settings' in Title Edit Section (copy one-to-many).
- Included in Help section links to source codes to all GPL/LGPL 3rd party software distributed.
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.35
- FFmpeg updated to r24623

Just 2 things: back to HCenc 0.24 april beta (sometimes august beta hangs at the end of encoding) and changed program used to make frameserving check (from Avs2Avi to FFmpeg).

;)

Bye

ggtop

10th September 2010, 21:31

About thumbs avs file editing, it is still in the ToDo list ;)

Hi MrC,

just tested the new alpha with my small DV project and motion menus. Everything was fine except that I hoped I could manually change the avs. Which position does it have on your list? :rolleyes:

Many thanks for your work

ggtop

Yobbo

10th September 2010, 23:39

Improved 'Copy Title Settings' in Title Edit Section (copy one-to-many)

Mega-thanks, mr friend! :)

MrC

11th September 2010, 13:08

@ggtop

2.3.2 Final will contain only bugfixes of this Alpha. Next release will have thumb avs script editing. Don't give up hope.

@Yobbo

you're welcome!

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

11th September 2010, 17:31

Just 2 things: back to HCenc 0.24 april beta (sometimes august beta hangs at the end of encoding) and changed program used to make frameserving check (from Avs2Avi to FFmpeg).

;)

Bye

I'm assuming this indicates a compatibility or encoder issue with HCEnc. Has Hank commented on it and will he be releasing a new beta?

Thanks

Mr. Monte

11th September 2010, 17:34

Just noticed hank released the final 024 yesterday. Can you put that in your alpha 232 for testing or final 232?

Thanks

MrC

11th September 2010, 19:15

You can easily copy the 0.24 final release in \AVStoDVD\HCenc folder. Just delete current HCenc.exe and rename HCenc_024.exe to HCenc.exe. That's all.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

11th September 2010, 19:57

MrC,

Thanks quite aware and I already have..was just curious if you or a tester determined the reson for the lock-up near end of encoding (I never had those symptoms) and if it was a encoder issue, did Hank correct it. if it was not a encoder issue, what with the April release fixes it?

Thanks again for your tool

MrC

11th September 2010, 22:31

AFAIK that issue happened only on my old Athlon 1800+ with august beta (april beta was ok, so, for safety, I went back). I did inform hank about that issue and... 0.24 Final does not hang anymore. Surely AVStoDVD 2.3.2 final will include HCenc 0.24 final.

;)

Bye

ggtop

12th September 2010, 01:28

2.3.2 Final will contain only bugfixes of this Alpha. Next release will have thumb avs script editing. Don't give up hope.

:p Thanks

harnarn

12th September 2010, 15:34

Have tried it several times now during weekend on Robin Hood (2010) and woks quite nice gives a couple of small errors. but not something to complain about...

Mr. Monte

12th September 2010, 17:57

Well, if their are errors, it would be nice to post them before the final

MrC

12th September 2010, 18:17

Have tried it several times now during weekend on Robin Hood (2010) and woks quite nice gives a couple of small errors. but not something to complain about...

Could you please have a look at latest 2.3.2 Alpha and report back if there are still errors? If yes, could you please elaborate (as Mr. Monte has already pointed out)?

Thanks in advance

;)

Bye

harnarn

13th September 2010, 13:05

Could you please have a look at latest 2.3.2 Alpha and report back if there are still errors? If yes, could you please elaborate (as Mr. Monte has already pointed out)?

Thanks in advance

;)

Bye

No probs m8
i'm doing a enc of ironman 2 now and will return with feedback..
cheers

1. couldn't with your app find and extract subs ...( error during mkvextract cycle ..ok in previous release)
have to use mkvextract as stand alone and then your app found the subs without you selecting add subs option.
2. Avisynth couldn't frameserve the in-putted mkv-file..

<2010-09-13 14:48:36>
START PROCESS
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<2010-09-13 14:48:36>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: ISO UDF Image
DVD Label: Iron Man 2
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: E:\encode\Matroska
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 5000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 1
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: True
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 384
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Arial 14pt
Chapters Interval: 10
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: SAMSUNG DVDWBD SH-B083L SB00
DVD Burning Speed: 2x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<2010-09-13 14:48:36>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv
Info: AVC - 12410 kbps - 1920x816 - DAR 2,353 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:04:39 hours - 179321 frames
Audio 1: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.3.dts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 2:04:35 hours - External
Subs: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Track3.srt
[]
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<2010-09-13 14:48:36>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp", VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.3.dts", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using AssumeFPS() to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,112,1972,0,112,1972)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,576)
Video = Video.Sharpen(0.2,MMX=false)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

AssumeFPS("pal_film", sync_audio=true).ResampleAudio(48000)
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<2010-09-13 14:54:29>
TITLE 1 AVISYNTH FRAMESERVING CHECK
Error! Title 1 cannot be frameserved by AviSynth.
Warning skipped by user.
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<2010-09-13 14:54:29>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3922 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\Iron Man 2_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\Iron Man 2_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\encode\Matroska\Iron Man 2_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\Iron Man 2_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 4399
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-09-13 14:55:57>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <E:\ENCODE\MATROSKA\IRON MAN 2_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
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<2010-09-13 14:55:57>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 Alpha build 100910
<>

MrC

13th September 2010, 15:18

@harnarn

there's a decimal separator bug (see AddBorders(0,112,1972,0,112,1972) command) to be solved with 2.3.2 final.

Workaround: select "." as decimal separator in International Settings instead of ","

;)

Bye

MrC

13th September 2010, 15:25

Or download this hotfix (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_232Alpha100913_exe_only.7z)

;)

Bye

harnarn

13th September 2010, 16:21

Or download this hotfix (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_232Alpha100913_exe_only.7z)

;)

Bye

Thanks m8 the hot fix did start up the encode sequence...
still the first list item is not working still can't find subs in mkv must use standalone mkvectract to get it to fint it...

MrC

13th September 2010, 17:25

still the first list item is not working still can't find subs in mkv must use standalone mkvectract to get it to fint it...

Does it work with 2.3.1 release?

:)

Bye

harnarn

13th September 2010, 19:30

Does it work with 2.3.1 release?

:)

Bye
Yes it did ..
first a popup asking for witch audiostream ..and then ( after choosing and closing down of popup) a second popup with the subs apear ...

harnarn

13th September 2010, 19:36

Iron man 2 finish
<2010-09-13 17:13:52>
START PROCESS
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<2010-09-13 17:13:52>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: E:\encode\Matroska
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 5000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 1
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: True
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 384
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Arial 14pt
Chapters Interval: 10
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: SAMSUNG DVDWBD SH-B083L SB00
DVD Burning Speed: 2x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<2010-09-13 17:13:52>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv
Info: AVC - 12410 kbps - 1920x816 - DAR 2,353 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:04:39 hours - 179321 frames
Audio 1: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 2:04:39 hours - Internal (Track 0)
Subs: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Track3.srt
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.35]
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<2010-09-13 17:13:52>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp", VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using AssumeFPS() to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,112,0,112)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

AssumeFPS("pal_film", sync_audio=true).ResampleAudio(48000)
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<2010-09-13 17:13:52>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3922 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 4399
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-09-13 19:16:48>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v (3763 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4430 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:59:32 hours - 179319 frames
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<2010-09-13 19:16:48>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS FOR LARGE AUDIO TRACKS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.avs" -y -vn -acodec ac3 -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 448k "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3"
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<2010-09-13 20:27:51>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3 (383,1 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:59:32 hours
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<2010-09-13 20:27:52>
START SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS
SubtitleCreator Parameters: "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.srt" -p2 -i"C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"
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<2010-09-13 20:28:06>
END SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.sup (4 MB)
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<2010-09-13 20:28:06>
START DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
DVD Menu settings: Style 0, DAR 1, Titles Format 0, Video BitRate 6000, Menu Pages 1, Menu Titles 1
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<2010-09-13 20:28:06>
END DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File (Menu Page 1): E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_MenuPage1.bmp (1,2 MB)
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<2010-09-13 20:28:06>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-s1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.sup"
-s1lang en
-s1ext 1
-cellfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-SEG2v "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_MenuPage1.bmp"
-SEG2vidmode LB
-SEG2s1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0_Menu.sst"
-SEG2s1dmode WIDE_LB
-SEG2hlmnu "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MenuPage1_Buttons.mnu"
-SEG2hlcsm "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_HighlightScheme.csm
-hcn "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_BatchMux.hcn"
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<2010-09-13 20:31:25>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4237,4 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 4,8% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4151,3 MB -> OK
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<2010-09-13 20:31:25>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_0 (4237,4 MB)
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<2010-09-13 20:31:25>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 Alpha build 100913
<>

General
Complete name : I:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 29mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 4 932 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 29mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 385 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.423
Stream size : 911 MiB (89%)

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 29mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 93.0 MiB (9%)

Text
ID : 32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Duration : 28mn 51s
Video delay : 9s 320ms

Menu

Picture QA superb but no sound not in TMT2 , not in MPHC , WMP but full functionality in dvd menues..

Used wawi+aften as encode
gonna change to ffmpeg-aften
full report later

MrC

13th September 2010, 20:29

harnarn

13th September 2010, 20:52

Please post the complete log file, including the audio and authoring sections.

About subs, let me make some research because from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 there are no changes in subtitles detection and choose routine.

Thanks for the reports

;)

Bye

Sorry about last post wrong log file have edit it now..
i will in the setup use only pre demuxed audio+sub tracks to see
if this change any thing on audio out put

Full report tomorrow...
cheers

harnarn

14th September 2010, 06:02

General
Complete name : I:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 29mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 4 932 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 29mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 385 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.423
Stream size : 911 MiB (89%)

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 29mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 93.0 MiB (9%)

Text
ID : 32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Duration : 28mn 51s
Video delay : 9s 320ms

Menu

<2010-09-13 21:53:51>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-09-13 21:53:51>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: ISO UDF Image
DVD Label: DVD.a2d.ironman
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: E:\encode\Matroska
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 5000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 1
PAL SpeedUp: 1
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: True
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Arial 11pt
Chapters Interval: 10
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: SAMSUNG DVDWBD SH-B083L SB00
DVD Burning Speed: 2x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-09-13 21:53:51>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv
Info: AVC - 12410 kbps - 1920x816 - DAR 2,353 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:04:39 hours - 179321 frames
Audio 1: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.3.dts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 2:04:35 hours - External
Subs: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Track3.srt
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.35]
<>

<2010-09-13 21:53:51>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp", VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.3.dts", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using AssumeFPS() to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,112,0,112)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

AssumeFPS("pal_film", sync_audio=true).ResampleAudio(48000)
<>

<2010-09-13 21:53:51>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3922 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 4399
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-09-13 23:56:24>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v (3763 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4430 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:59:32 hours - 179319 frames
<>

<2010-09-13 23:56:24>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS FOR LARGE AUDIO TRACKS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.avs" -y -vn -acodec ac3 -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 448k "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3"
<>

<2010-09-14 01:26:23>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3 (383,1 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:59:32 hours
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<2010-09-14 01:26:24>
START SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS
SubtitleCreator Parameters: "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.srt" -p2 -i"C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"
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<2010-09-14 01:26:38>
END SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.sup (4 MB)
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<2010-09-14 01:26:38>
START DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
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<2010-09-14 01:27:44>
END DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
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<2010-09-14 01:27:44>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-s1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.sup"
-s1lang en
-s1ext 1
-cellfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-SEG2v "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_MenuPage1.bmp"
-SEG2vidmode LB
-SEG2s1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_Menu.sst"
-SEG2s1dmode WIDE_LB
-SEG2hlmnu "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_MenuPage1_Buttons.mnu"
-SEG2hlcsm "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_HighlightScheme.csm
-hcn "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD.a2d.ironman_1_BatchMux.hcn"
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<2010-09-14 01:33:01>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4237,4 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 4,8% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4151,3 MB -> OK
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<2010-09-14 01:33:01>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1 (4237,4 MB)
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<2010-09-14 01:33:02>
START ISO IMAGE BUILDING OPERATIONS
ImgBurn (ISO) Parameters: /mode isobuild /buildmode imagefile /src "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1\VIDEO_TS" /dest "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1.iso" /volumelabel "DVD.a2d.ironman" /overwrite yes /noimagedetails /start /close
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<2010-09-14 01:35:59>
END ISO IMAGE BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD.a2d.ironman_1.iso (4238 MB)
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<2010-09-14 01:35:59>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 Alpha build 100913
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All worked well ...one minor glitch subs was totally out of sync ( maybe no speed up to PAL was preformed)
And like i wrote yesterday the audio and subs was added by the manual option and pre demuxed...
Cheers

MrC

14th September 2010, 11:09

Ok, thanks again for the report.

Still cannot understand why no subs selection is popping up with latest Alpha.

About 23.976->25 speedup, there is no way to do it at runtime with SubtitleCreator, because the option is not avaliable in command line. BTW there is in SubtitleCreator GUI, so you can change framerate of your srt offline and then add the mod srt to AVStoDVD.

Or try with PAL speedup off. DGPulldown usually does its jobs quite well.

;)

Bye

qyot27

14th September 2010, 15:19

One thing I thought of concerning automatically detecting audio tracks when adding a plain .m2v file:

Could the dialog to choose between multiple audio streams allow priority changing of the tracks? In the cases I was dealing with the other day, there are three files,
16.9 23.976 moviename.m2v
16.9 23.976 moviename - Stereo.ac3
16.9 23.976 moviename - Surround Sound.ac3
If I add the .m2v, the audio selection dialog pops up and lists the two .ac3 files. Stereo is the one that is checked (I would guess because it comes first alphabetically). But I want the Surround Sound track to be the first audio track, so I have to deselect Stereo, select Surround, and then manually add the Stereo track with the Add Audio Track function. If I select both in the other dialog, Stereo is the first audio track.

Is there a way to add a couple of priority buttons to the dialog to move the tracks up or down? That way both could be added at once - in the user's desired order - without having to choose one that might not be automatically selected and then have to use the Add Audio Track function later.

MrC

14th September 2010, 16:56

Is there a way to add a couple of priority buttons to the dialog to move the tracks up or down? That way both could be added at once - in the user's desired order - without having to choose one that might not be automatically selected and then have to use the Add Audio Track function later.

Good point, to put in the ToDo list.

What about 2 new options in 'Title'/'Audio Track' -> 'Move up' or 'Move down' to change order after tracks selection?

;)

Bye

harnarn

14th September 2010, 16:58

Good point, to put in the ToDo list.

What about 2 new options in 'Title'/'Audio Track' -> 'Move up' or 'Move down' to change order after tracks selection?

;)

Bye

And one more thing if possible adding more then one subtitle

larrylumbo

14th September 2010, 19:34

qyot27

15th September 2010, 01:11

Good point, to put in the ToDo list.

What about 2 new options in 'Title'/'Audio Track' -> 'Move up' or 'Move down' to change order after tracks selection?

;)

Bye
That would be good too.

For that matter, having 'Move Up' and 'Move Down' as regular button options on the main window to rearrange Titles after loading would be awesome. Right-clicking - like what's currently possible - would definitely get rather tiring after a while, and not everybody uses keyboard shortcuts or at least not prolifically. Something as vital as track ordering needs buttons, IMO. I didn't even realize there were keyboard shortcuts until a few minutes ago (or an option for it in the right-click menu, but I blame that on not being as observant as I should, or just plain forgetting it was there).

Although, for the main window, maybe a total of 5 options would be better - Move Up, Move Down, Move to Top, Move to Bottom, and Move to # (to move the Title to any arbitrary position in the list; for those cases where the Top/Bottom options throw it way too far, and it would be uncomfortable to keep having to click Up/Down to get it into position). I know I'd definitely get use out of that, I pretty regularly author discs with 30 or 40 titles to them - and for one showcase disc, I actually had to deal with 70. That one was actually the first real disc I used AVStoDVD for.

I guess the only issue with additional buttons for all of that would be where to fit them in on the main window, in such a way that it's still able to fit the screen (I'm making the basic assumption that the targeted screen size is 1024x768 or similar vertical resolution). Perhaps a single new button to bring up a dialog meant strictly for track ordering, which then has all those Move options available, would be a more suitable choice.

Since this is turning into a general suggestion post, there were a few other non-related ones that I'd thought of:
Using Matroska .xml chapters with the 'Import Chapters' function. It can read them just fine if you give it an MKV file that has chapters (because MediaInfo reads the chapter times instead?), but if the chapters are in that format and the file you give to AVStoDVD is MPEG-2, it takes several steps to convert that format properly over to a Celltimes file. Being able to use the .xml itself (as gotten from mmg's Chapter Editor or from mkvextract chapters file.mkv > chapters.xml) would eliminate all those extra steps.
In the menu editor, the ability to change the font, size, and weighting (bold, italic, etc.) settings across ALL the Text items instead of having to go and do it one-by-one, or needing to edit the Template file itself to change those settings. I felt like I was getting a cramp in my hand because I had to constantly deal with this for some discs I was authoring the other day.
Also with the menu, the size of the backgrounds in the Templates is 720x405. I don't know how the menu generation steps go (and thus I could be completely off here), but wouldn't text labels and so forth on the menus be clearer if the size of the backgrounds were the same size as the standard being used? Since it's 16:9, that would be 848x480 for NTSC and 1024x576 for PAL (or just go with 1024x576 and for NTSC, just resize down to 848x480 at generation time before doing any more overlaying of text/buttons/etc.). I bring this up because on some projects I thought that the non-background elements looked a tad blurry, and I don't know if that's because they were overlayed onto the background at 720x405 and then rescaled up to 720x480/576 or if it was just the set of options (font/size/weight) I used on them. If that is the way it gets done, then having the backgrounds at 1024x576/848x480 would only necessitate a resize in the horizontal direction, and hopefully, better-looking text/images. If that isn't how it happens, then feel free to correct me.
Yet again with the menu, it would be nice to have some auto-alignment functions so that the labels themselves are easier to manage in relation to the background and to each other. For this (or the font/size/weight options) it might be beneficial to allow selecting more than one label at a time. Having the grid and axis overlays help, but that still requires editing the x,y positions manually or dragging the stuff around by eye - and then there's still no guarantee the items will be aligned to each other.

harnarn

15th September 2010, 06:22

Encode of video and (predemuxed ) audio went really good.
but no subpicture in vob after encode???

As previous mentioned, don't use PAL speedup was not god.
the vid becomes so to say like, the fps is missing 1 frame/sec, stuttering and has always been so for me with this app..therefore i always use pal speed up, gives super result.
even better flow then the original...

So any suggestions how to is appreciated...

<2010-09-14 22:17:38>
START PROCESS
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<2010-09-14 22:17:38>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: ISO UDF Image
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: E:\encode\Matroska
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Lanczos4Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 5000
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 1
PAL SpeedUp: 1
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: True
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Arial 10pt
Chapters Interval: 10
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: SAMSUNG DVDWBD SH-B083L SB00
DVD Burning Speed: 2x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
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<2010-09-14 22:17:38>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv
Info: AVC - 12410 kbps - 1920x816 - DAR 2,353 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:04:39 hours - 179321 frames
Audio 1: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.3.dts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 2:04:35 hours - External
Subs: E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\Iron.Man.2.2010.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.sst
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.35]
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<2010-09-14 22:17:38>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp", VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\Newsbin\newsbin.png\Iron Man 2 2010 1080p BluRay x264 DTS WiKi\iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.3.dts", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using AssumeFPS() to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,112,0,112)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

AssumeFPS("pal_film", sync_audio=true).ResampleAudio(48000)
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<2010-09-14 22:17:38>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3922 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 4399
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX HVSBEST
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 3
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2010-09-15 00:21:21>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v (3763,4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4431 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:59:32 hours - 179319 frames
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<2010-09-15 00:21:21>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS FOR LARGE AUDIO TRACKS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.avs" -y -vn -acodec ac3 -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 448k "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3"
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<2010-09-15 01:51:02>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3 (383,1 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:59:32 hours
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<2010-09-15 01:51:02>
END SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.sup (0,1 MB)
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<2010-09-15 01:51:02>
START DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
DVD Menu settings: Style 0, DAR 1, Titles Format 1, Video BitRate 6000, Menu Pages 1, Menu Titles 1
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<2010-09-15 01:52:09>
END DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File (Menu Page 1): E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_MenuPage1.bmp (1,2 MB)
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<2010-09-15 01:52:09>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-s1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki.sst"
-s1lang en
-s1ext 1
-cellfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_iron.man.2.2010.1080p.bluray.x264.dts-wiki_Chapters.txt"
-SEG2v "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_MenuPage1.bmp"
-SEG2vidmode LB
-SEG2s1 "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2_Menu.sst"
-SEG2s1dmode WIDE_LB
-SEG2hlmnu "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_MenuPage1_Buttons.mnu"
-SEG2hlcsm "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_HighlightScheme.csm
-hcn "C:\Users\Mikael\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_BatchMux.hcn"
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<2010-09-15 01:55:18>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4232,3 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 4,9% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4147,7 MB -> OK
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<2010-09-15 01:55:18>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2 (4232,3 MB)
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<2010-09-15 01:55:19>
START ISO IMAGE BUILDING OPERATIONS
ImgBurn (ISO) Parameters: /mode isobuild /buildmode imagefile /src "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2\VIDEO_TS" /dest "E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2.iso" /volumelabel "DVD" /overwrite yes /noimagedetails /start /close
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<2010-09-15 01:58:03>
END ISO IMAGE BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\encode\Matroska\DVD_2.iso (4232,9 MB)
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<2010-09-15 01:58:03>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 Alpha build 100913
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Mediainfo on vob1

General
Complete name : I:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 28mn 37s
Overall bit rate : 5 002 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 28mn 37s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 454 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.430
Stream size : 912 MiB (89%)

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 28mn 37s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 91.7 MiB (9%)

Encode of video and (predemuxed ) audio went really good.
but no subpicture in vob after encode???

As previous mentioned don't use PAL speedup was not god.
the vid becomes so to say like the fps is missing 1 frame/sec, stuttering and has always been so for me with this app..therefore i always use pal speed up, gives super resolute.
even better flow the original...

Iron.Man.2.2010.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.sst

st_format 2
Display_Start non_forced
TV_Type PAL
Tape_Type NON_DROP
Pixel_Area (2 576)
Display_Area (0 2 719 574)
Color (9 3 4 3)
Contrast (15 15 15 0)
E2 (0 0 255 ===)
E1 (255 0 0 ===)
PA (0 0 0 ===)
BG (255 255 255 ===)
Directory .
#####################################################
SP_NUMBER START END FILE_NAME
1 00:00:08:24 00:00:11:05 Been a while since I was up here in front of you.
2 00:00:11:07 00:00:14:06 Maybe I'll do us all a favour and just stick to the cards.
3 00:00:17:05 00:00:19:19 There's been speculation that I was involved in the events that occurred
4 00:00:19:21 00:00:21:05 on the freeway and the rooftop...
5 00:00:21:07 00:00:24:05 Sorry, Mr Stark, do you honestly expect us to believe that
6 00:00:24:07 00:00:27:18 that was a bodyguard in a suit that conveniently appeared,
7 00:00:27:20 00:00:30:10 despite the fact that you sorely despise bodyguards?
8 00:00:30:12 00:00:31:14 Yes.
9 00:00:31:16 00:00:36:03 And this mysterious bodyguard was somehow equipped
10 00:00:36:05 00:00:39:12 with an undisclosed Stark high-tech powered battle...
11 00:00:39:14 00:00:41:11 I know that it's confusing.
12 00:00:41:13 00:00:44:23 It is one thing to question the official story, and another thing entirely
13 00:00:45:00 00:00:48:02 to make wild accusations, or insinuate that I'm a superhero.
14 00:00:50:24 00:00:54:03 I mean, let's face it, I'm not the heroic type.
15 00:00:54:05 00:00:56:08 A laundry list of character defects,
16 00:00:56:10 00:00:59:03 all the mistakes I've made, largely public.
17 00:00:59:05 00:01:00:19 The truth is
18 00:01:05:13 00:01:07:10 I am Iron Man.
19 00:01:17:19 00:01:18:22 Ivan.

MrC

15th September 2010, 12:59

And one more thing if possible adding more then one subtitle
It is already in the ToDo list ;)

In the newest alpha, my last two conversions
HCenc 0.24 hangs and wavi hangs both when finishing.
please post the log file of the project with problems.

Although, for the main window, maybe a total of 5 options would be better - Move Up, Move Down, Move to Top, Move to Bottom, and Move to # (to move the Title to any arbitrary position in the list; for those cases where the Top/Bottom options throw it way too far, and it would be uncomfortable to keep having to click Up/Down to get it into position).
Will think about that

Using Matroska .xml chapters with the 'Import Chapters' function. It can read them just fine if you give it an MKV file that has chapters (because MediaInfo reads the chapter times instead?), but if the chapters are in that format and the file you give to AVStoDVD is MPEG-2, it takes several steps to convert that format properly over to a Celltimes file. Being able to use the .xml itself (as gotten from mmg's Chapter Editor or from mkvextract chapters file.mkv > chapters.xml) would eliminate all those extra steps.
Good suggestion. I will add xml chapter format support to the ToDo list.

In the menu editor, the ability to change the font, size, and weighting (bold, italic, etc.) settings across ALL the Text items instead of having to go and do it one-by-one, or needing to edit the Template file itself to change those settings. I felt like I was getting a cramp in my hand because I had to constantly deal with this for some discs I was authoring the other day.
Take a look at the 'Lock' icon ;)

Also with the menu, the size of the backgrounds in the Templates is 720x405. I don't know how the menu generation steps go (and thus I could be completely off here), but wouldn't text labels and so forth on the menus be clearer if the size of the backgrounds were the same size as the standard being used? Since it's 16:9, that would be 848x480 for NTSC and 1024x576 for PAL (or just go with 1024x576 and for NTSC, just resize down to 848x480 at generation time before doing any more overlaying of text/buttons/etc.). I bring this up because on some projects I thought that the non-background elements looked a tad blurry, and I don't know if that's because they were overlayed onto the background at 720x405 and then rescaled up to 720x480/576 or if it was just the set of options (font/size/weight) I used on them. If that is the way it gets done, then having the backgrounds at 1024x576/848x480 would only necessitate a resize in the horizontal direction, and hopefully, better-looking text/images. If that isn't how it happens, then feel free to correct me.
The menu resolution is 720x405 for 16:9 to keep a wysiwyg approach to menu building: every elements will have exactly the same input and output resolution.
Take note that rescaling of 405 to 480/576 is only temporary, because final visualized height will be again 405 pixels.

Yet again with the menu, it would be nice to have some auto-alignment functions so that the labels themselves are easier to manage in relation to the background and to each other. For this (or the font/size/weight options) it might be beneficial to allow selecting more than one label at a time. Having the grid and axis overlays help, but that still requires editing the x,y positions manually or dragging the stuff around by eye - and then there's still no guarantee the items will be aligned to each other.

If you have already used the 'SnapGrid' feature, you would have noticed that it is just aimed to align the object to the grid. Does it cover your request?

Thanks for all the improvement suggestions. Very appreciated. :)

Encode of video and (predemuxed ) audio went really good.
but no subpicture in vob after encode???
Verify the sst subtitle, because it seems to be only 0.1 MB sized. Is it a Scenarist format sub file?

;)

Bye

harnarn

15th September 2010, 13:45

yes it was a Iron.Man.2.2010.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.sst and it was choosen from within add subtilestab..( original .srt was 0,121mb and sst is 0,107MB and u have an part of file in post above)
But never mind this.. i dl a app called SubMagic, witch is written in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and this one did the magic on open up .srt and is super easy to use ( for saving back to srt) now i have to do a final encoding after re-edit the srt and saving it to 25fps witch it did like a clock....
Because i have a feeling what the global settings for subs in avstodvd is not working properly i have reduce font to 6pt and arial to see if the output is changed in to a smaller text size on encode...

rippn

15th September 2010, 15:52

Not sure if this was mentioned, but also an option to have a sub default to on would be nice, I just did a conversion of ip man 2 and had to hard code the subs so they would be on upon insertion of the disk.

MrC

15th September 2010, 16:28

qyot27

16th September 2010, 03:42

Take a look at the 'Lock' icon ;)
Ah, I see now. Took a couple tries to figure out how to use it properly, though.

Take note that rescaling of 405 to 480/576 is only temporary, because final visualized height will be again 405 pixels.
'Final visualized height' meaning the resolution on playback? I was thinking in terms of the menu acting as regular anamorphic video does, which would mean the menu is stored at the typical 480/576 height and resized horizontally on playback, rather than vertically*.

*depending on the TV/DVD player, of course.

Like I said I wasn't sure if any perceived blurriness was a result of whatever goes into generating the menu or the text settings I was using. The text items seemed to appear crisp (albeit a tad thin-lined) on my little 13" CRT set, but on the HDTV in our living room I remember it looking rather blurred (and I do admit this could well be from what the DVD player is doing - I can't remember if I have it set to upscale to 1080p or not).

If you have already used the 'SnapGrid' feature, you would have noticed that it is just aimed to align the object to the grid. Does it cover your request?
The SnapGrid option still relies on dragging the item around, though. It may snap into place while it drags, but alignment to other elements is still accomplished by eyeballing it. I meant an option similar to what image editing tools like Photoshop or GIMP have, where pressing a single button will make all selected elements centered against the background and/or equidistant (or other various alignments) from each other without any human interaction beyond choosing the right button to push.

What I'm describing is something like this:
http://www.kirupa.com/motiongraphics/align.htm

larrylumbo

16th September 2010, 14:43

In the newest alpha, my last two conversions
HCenc 0.24 hangs and wavi hangs both when finishing.

The same video in 2.3.1, which has hcenc 0.24 also hangs after encoding is finished.

All the conversions are fine during playback.

I usually install codecs as needed, when reinstalling my os on one of my computers, I thought I would just install CCCP. Before installing individual codecs this was the pack I used to use, which was a few years ago.
I have never had a process hang on me and I use avstodvd on a daily basis. I didnt figure it out until after my initial post.
I just removed CCCP and went back to individual codecs and everything is back perfect. I am not sure what the deal was all my settings are the same in ffdshow compared to the control panel ffdshow in CCCP.
Keep up the great work !

MrC

16th September 2010, 19:08

@qyot27

your suggestion to implement a "Photoshop like" aligning feat is surely challenging. I will think about that, but, please, consider that I'm not a programmer (better, I'm not a programmers team), AVStoDVD is just an hobby... so it could take looong time. ;)

@larrylumbo

thanks for the report. Since AVStoDVD relies a lot on properly configured directshow decoding chains, I always suggest to get rid of codecs pack and install *only* ffdshow stable releases.

;)

Bye

harnarn

16th September 2010, 19:56

I have done several encodes now with your app but 1 thing still eludes me.Sub global settings
In your program folders under subtitlecreator is a couple of .xml sheets witch totally overrules the global settings .
After changing these values i can alter the font size, font but not get ride of outline so this scratchy looking subs after encode are nice and clean i like always to have Arial normal caption as result.
if you take a look at subcreator gui u can ad a transparent option to outline setting so the outline tearing of subs goes away .

Can you make an xml sheet for this so i can use it ??
cheers

MrC

17th September 2010, 10:51

harnarn

17th September 2010, 13:05

@harnarn

AVStoDVD (re)creates the \SubtitleCreator\Data\Profiles.xml at runtime (for safety), so no way to edit it. Best option would be to have the possibility to customize subs format in the GUI: already in the ToDo list. Current workaround: open your srt file with SubtitleCreator, edit it as you like, save it as sup file. Then load the sup file into AVStoDVD.

Let me know

;)

Bye
Thanks for info will try this out ...
but editing the .xml is possible u must edit both in subcreatorfolder but the only thing i don't knew is parameterset for outline-transparency=true ..
cheers

AirZonk!

20th September 2010, 08:40

The same video in 2.3.1, which has hcenc 0.24 also hangs after encoding is finished.
All the conversions are fine during playback.

Greetings fom Germany, same Problem here.

After the HCenc 24 is finished (100%) a windows message popup "the mpeg2 encoder wont work anymore"

After i close this message the work goes on. The result is a dvd that works perfect, no problems. I think there is only a problem at closing the mpeg2 encoder...

Avisynth 2.58
Haalisplitter from 14.08.2010
ffdshow from 19.09.2010
Avs2dvd 2.3.2 Alpha from 10.09.2010
Windows 7 64Bit

Any idea?

EDIT:

Ok,found a solution.
it was a problem with HCenc 0.24...
Hank did a 0.25beta release that fixes this problem. U can get it here:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/HC

Version history:
HC025 beta
I've found a source which always hangs at the end, the encode finishes OK but HCenc will not close.
If you want to use it with the HC024 release, just rename this new HC025 beta.

Ill test it!

MrC

20th September 2010, 19:21

@AirZonk!

thanks for the info. Please let us know what's the result of your test.

;)

Bye

AirZonk!

20th September 2010, 19:24

It works! ;)

Hank Releases an New bugfixed Final, 0.25:
http://hank315.nl/files/HC_025/HC025.zip

Mr. Monte

24th September 2010, 21:21

Can someone assist me please. Something has changed on my PC where AVStoDVD (231 or 232 alpha) fails when starting the encode (with HC0.24 or 0.25). Here is the log file

<9/24/2010 4:15:57 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<9/24/2010 4:15:57 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\Doug\Videos
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 6500
Video BitRate Max: 9000
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: True
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: G: MATSHITA BD-MLT UJ240AS 1.10
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<9/24/2010 4:15:57 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\Flash Gordon 1980 720p BluRay\Flash.Gordon.1980.720p.BluRay.mkv
Info: AVC - 4105 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:51:27 hours - 160508 frames
Audio 1: D:\Flash Gordon 1980 720p BluRay\Flash.Gordon.1980.720p.BluRay.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 1:51:27 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.35]
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<9/24/2010 4:15:57 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("D:\Flash Gordon 1980 720p BluRay\Flash.Gordon.1980.720p.BluRay.mkv", fps=24, audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("D:\Flash Gordon 1980 720p BluRay\Flash.Gordon.1980.720p.BluRay.mkv", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,88,0,88)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<9/24/2010 4:15:57 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3988 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_5_Flash.Gordon.1980.720p.BluRay.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_5_Flash.Gordon.1980.720p.BluRay_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\Doug\Videos\DVD_5_Flash.Gordon.1980.720p.BluRay.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_5_Flash.Gordon.1980.720p.BluRay.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5002
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<9/24/2010 4:18:33 PM>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <C:\USERS\DOUG\VIDEOS\DVD_5.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<9/24/2010 4:18:33 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 Alpha build 100910
<>

TIA :)

AirZonk!

25th September 2010, 07:08

Try the hotfix Version from 13.09.2010 (only exe)... I had the same Problem, this Version fixed it. ;)

https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_232Alpha100913_exe_only.7z

MrC

25th September 2010, 09:23

@Mr. Monte

what do you get if you use the 'Title'/'AviSynth FrameServing Check' command?

;)

Bye

P.S. Queens rock forever!

Mr. Monte

25th September 2010, 11:41

@Mr. Monte

what do you get if you use the 'Title'/'AviSynth FrameServing Check' command?

;)

Bye

P.S. Queens rock forever!

All three attempts failed
Error 70 Permission Denied

Also when I try to encode HCEnc GUI pops up and in the info line:

Can't process AVS
FFAudio Source, can't decompress

tom942

25th September 2010, 14:27

Hello MrC,

First of all, thank you for your software :).

I've been searching through the whole thread, but I haven´t found anything related to it. Excuse me if this has been reported before.

I started to use your software (2.3.1) to convert NTSC avi's to PAL with the speedup option.

The video is converted without problems to 25 fps (outstanding HC:) ), but the sound sometimes work and others, doesn´t.

So I have uninstalled AVStoDVD, FFDshow anda AC3Filter. Then I have installed FFDshow and AVStoDVD again. And everything was the same, without working properly :(.
So I was looking at what could be wrong, and finally I saw on the title info that the audio was marked just as a "Direct Stream Copy" instead of being re-encoded to 25 fps. I "fixed" it by unticking "Keep DVD compliant audio".

Could you look how to fix it?.

I've got the log with the encode that works properly, but if you want I can repeat the encode with the "bug".

Also I've seen in the log in "Preferences" sectionthis: "PAL Speedup: -1" when I also seen "PAL Speedup: True". Is this just a comestic bug?.

Regards and thank you in advance :).

MrC

25th September 2010, 22:20

@ Mr. Monte

there's something wrong in your decoding chain. Please check your codecs. Moreover the project avs script you have posted have a DirectShowSource call, instead the error you are now reporting is from FFMpegSource: please do not change AVS Source Filter while trying to understand what's wrong. Do not forget to download the 2.3.3 Alpha hotfix.

@tom942

first of all welcome there and thanks for using AVStoDVD and reporting back your experience.
I assume that your source title has a AC3 audio track, right? By default AVStoDVD keeps DVD compliant AC3 track. So far I have left to the user the duty to check if a audio track must be kept or not: of course if you are using the 'PAL SpeedUp' feat, the audio source track must be re-encoded and not kept. I can add a msg warning about that in title load routine.

'-1' or 'true' values are boolean variables not converted to integer in the log routine. In the latest 2.3.2 alpha the cosmetic bug has been fixed.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

26th September 2010, 06:44

Mr. C,

Where do you get 233 Alpha hotfix? i went to your homepage and it's not there. I went back in this thread and only saw 2.3.2 hotfix on page 77. How do I fix my decoding chain? What would be the best way? i have nothing but FFDSHOW and Halli loaded. No codec packs and using Win7Tweaker all are set to FFDSHOW. Is there a program or script to reset all to default?

Mr. Monte

26th September 2010, 07:44

O.k..using graphedit, I was able to find out that on MKV's with AC3 or DTS, FFDSHOW was NOT decoding audio (video was fine). However, MKV's were associated with Windows Media Player, so they played fine.

I was able to correct the issue by REINSTALLING AC3Filter. however, why was FFDSHOW unable to decode? I looked at the FFDSHOW decoder setup and AC3 and DTS were set to libdts and lib52?

TIA

MrC

26th September 2010, 12:43

@Mr. Monte

of course I was referring to 2.3.2 alpha hotfix. Sorry for the typo.

If ffdshow was not able to decode AC3/DTS audio, you have made the right choice to reinstall AC3Filter. To understand why ffdshow is not working with AC3 and DTS you should address the question to the authors (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120465).

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

26th September 2010, 12:57

Thanks..I posted a assistance post over at clsid FFDSHOW thread.

tom942

26th September 2010, 13:34

Yes, it was an AC3 stream. It is the tipical AVI with an XviD and one or two AC3 streams. I forgot to write it down. Sorry :(.

I thought that if I tick "Pal speedup" in "Preferences", both, audio and video, were reencoded without user interaction. The warning, as you said, would be useful :), or even do the change the soft itself, without user interaction, what do you think?.
A thing that I don´t understand was that I tried an AVI with a length over 2 hours 30 minutes, and the video and audio were enconded without me doing anything :confused:.

Greetings :).

MrC

26th September 2010, 18:20

I thought that if I tick "Pal speedup" in "Preferences", both, audio and video, were reencoded without user interaction. The warning, as you said, would be useful :), or even do the change the soft itself, without user interaction, what do you think?

I think that a couple of msg boxes will be added :)

A thing that I don´t understand was that I tried an AVI with a length over 2 hours 30 minutes, and the video and audio were enconded without me doing anything

Please elaborate a little bit more...

;)

Bye

tom942

26th September 2010, 21:11

Please elaborate a little bit more...

;)

Ok. I tried a movie with exactly a 2:46:30 length. I added the AVI (with an XviD stream and a AC3 stream), and the soft, automatically speed up the video and the audio to PAL, without modifying anything by me, I mean without unticking "Keep DVD Compliant audio".

Why this time the audio was not marked "Direct Stream Copy" and was properly re-encoded?. That's what I don´t understand :).

Greetings :).

MrC

27th September 2010, 09:31

@tom942

oh, my dear, I have already made that change in latest 2.3.2 alpha release... I'm becoming old... please be patient.

;)

Bye

tom942

27th September 2010, 11:52

@tom942

oh, my dear, I have already made that change in latest 2.3.2 alpha release... I'm becoming old... please be patient.

;)

Bye

Young padawan, hahaha :).

Ok, I'll try the alpha. It seems that I'm asking you things that seem to be already fixed in it :).

Thank you and greetings :).

shreeit

29th September 2010, 21:12

Hi

I am using latest alpha-beta version to convert mkv to DVD. The latest version solved 6 ch. audio encoding problem but it takes long time to encode. Please check following log. I have WinXP Pro as my OS

Thanks,

Shreeit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<9/26/2010 10:29:47 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<9/26/2010 10:29:47 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: abc
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: F:
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: False
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: True
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB00
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<9/26/2010 10:29:47 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: G:\tmg-abc.mkv
Info: AVC - 2869 kbps - 1280x532 - DAR 2.406 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:49:29 hours - 244057 frames
Audio 1: G:\tmg-abc.mkv
Info: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 2:49:29 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.32]
<>

<9/26/2010 10:29:47 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("G:\tmg-abc.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Temp", VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("G:\tmg-abc.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,94,0,94)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<9/26/2010 10:29:54 PM>
TITLE 1 AVISYNTH FRAMESERVING CHECK
Check passed successfully.
<>

<9/26/2010 10:29:54 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3759.2 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Temp\abc_0_tmg-abc.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Temp\abc_0_tmg-abc_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE F:\abc_0_tmg-abc.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Temp\abc_0_tmg-abc.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3101
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<9/27/2010 3:46:23 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: F:\abc_0_tmg-abc.m2v (3738.4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3121 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 2:48:28 hours - 242594 frames
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<9/27/2010 3:46:23 AM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "F:\abc_0_tmg-abc.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -tff
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<9/27/2010 3:54:38 AM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: F:\abc_0_tmg-abc.m2v (3738.4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3121 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:48:28 hours - 242350 frames
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<9/27/2010 3:54:38 AM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS FOR LARGE AUDIO TRACKS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Temp\abc_0_tmg-abc_1.avs" -y -vn -acodec ac3 -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 448k "F:\abc_0_tmg-abc_1.ac3"
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<9/27/2010 6:37:48 AM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: F:\abc_0_tmg-abc_1.ac3 (539.6 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 2:48:23 hours
<>

<9/27/2010 6:37:48 AM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Temp\abc_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "F:\abc_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Temp\abc_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Temp\abc_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "F:\abc_0_tmg-abc.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "F:\abc_0_tmg-abc_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "F:\abc_0_tmg-abc_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "F:\abc_0_tmg-abc_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "F:\abc_0_tmg-abc_Chapters.txt"

<>

<9/27/2010 6:46:01 AM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4378.3 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 1.6% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4277.9 MB -> OK
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<9/27/2010 6:46:01 AM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: F:\abc_0 (4378.3 MB)
<>

<9/27/2010 6:46:01 AM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 Alpha build 100826
<>

MrC

29th September 2010, 22:21

@shreeit

I suppose you are referring to audio encoding time: about 2h40min. Surely ffmpeg (encoder for large 5+1 audio tracks) is not a lightning bolt... Some improvement could be achieved by adding the "-thread n" command option (to be tested).

BTW, what is your configuration (CPU, RAM, etc.)?

;)

Bye

shreeit

1st October 2010, 18:04

Pentium D 2.8 GHz
2 GB RAM
WinXP Pro SP3

MrC

1st October 2010, 21:56

Thus a multithread approach could save you some time. Next release will include that improvement in ffmpeg audio encoding.

;)

Bye

shreeit

3rd October 2010, 15:03

Thanks

MrC

12th October 2010, 11:29

Release 2.3.2 Final is available to download (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/home).

Change log from 2.3.1

- Some bugs fixed
- New Splash Screen and Icons available (many thanks to 8ternity). See 'Graphics' folder
- Added 'Select Splash Screen' in 'Preferences'/'Misc'
- Added 'Force FFmpeg when temp WAV is > 4GB' in 'Preferences'/'Audio' (auto switch to FFmpeg when temporary audio file is larger than 4GB)
- Added AviSynth frameserving capability check in 'Menu/'Title'
- Added 'Run Title AviSynth FrameServing Check at runtime' option in 'Advanced Settings' (default Off)
- Added 'Frame Aspect Ratio' as Video Media Info
- Moved 'Enable MultiThread Encoding' from 'Advanced Settings' to 'Preferences'/'System'
- Revised 'Preferences' Tabs content and layout. Icons updated accordingly
- Changed Windows Registry Directory used to store Preferences (from HKLM to HKCU)
- Improved AviSynth script generation routine (resizing section)
- Improved 'Copy Title Settings' in Title Edit Section (copy one-to-many)
- Improved handling of mpeg2 and d2v source titles
- Improved multithread audio encoding when using FFmpeg
- Included in Help section links to source codes to all GPL/LGPL 3rd party software distributed.
- HCenc updated to 0.25
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.35
- FFmpeg updated to r24623
- ImgBurn updated to 2.5.2.0

As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome

;)

Bye

harnarn

12th October 2010, 15:01

MrC

12th October 2010, 16:28

Short question ..what is the update changing (from 2.3.2 alpha) except HcEnc 0.25 witch i have done manually..
Just curious..
cheers

These ones (minor changes):

- Improved handling of mpeg2 and d2v source titles
- Improved multithread audio encoding when using FFmpeg

;)

Bye

8ternity

12th October 2010, 23:12

Could you give me the image size for the installer? I will build another one of your choice from the two version you want.

Question: Why you didnt set my splash screen in default ? You dont want to replace the original one?

8ternity ;-)

MrC

13th October 2010, 14:58

Could you give me the image size for the installer? I will build another one of your choice from the two version you want.

There are 2 images:
164x314 (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_Splash_164x314.bmp)
150x57 (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_Splash_150x57.bmp)

Thanks again for the support. It is very appreciated, mate.

Question: Why you didnt set my splash screen in default ? You dont want to replace the original one?

Just because the original splash image is commonly associated with AVStoDVD on the web. But I think to make yours as default for a big release change (i.e. 3.0.0)

;)

Bye

AirZonk!

15th October 2010, 07:41

Thx, all works fine now.

Specially the convert from 23,976 mkv to 25fps dvd works since one of the last versions (i think its 2.3.1)absolutly stutterfree...

rippn

15th October 2010, 07:46

MrC

15th October 2010, 08:26

Anyone else experiencing issues with converting DTS to 6 channel AC3, no matter what settings I do, and what version I try (.1 or .2) it converts to 2 channel. Any suggestions if you aren't experiencing this? Thanks in advance.

1. Check your DTS filter output mixer settings
2. Post here the AVStoDVD project log file

;)

Bye

ron spencer

16th October 2010, 18:51

thanks for this new version!!!

have not used for a while...all seems good!!!

however, how does one change DC Prec for HCenc to 10 in your GUI? or do I need to goto the hc ini file and manually do this. If I have missed it in the GUI, sorry. If it is not there, maybe it could be?

thanks again!!!!

MrC

17th October 2010, 16:03

Hi ron,

DC precision is set at runtime by following criteria (VB code copy&paste, it is quite clear):

Select Case .VideoBitRate
Case Is > 6000
DC_Precision = "10"
Case Is > 4000
DC_Precision = "9"
Case Else
DC_Precision = "8"
End Select

If you want to change it, you have to toggle on 'Edit Command Parameters at runtime'.

;)

Bye

ron spencer

17th October 2010, 16:56

thank you!!!

appreciate it

whiskey

18th October 2010, 01:46

I'm not sure if it affects end ruslts in any way, so far all DVDs work fine but converting avi files (2nd pass) results in this error in HCenc INFO bar ERROR large source mismatch found in pass 2 starting at frame 0, count 1 frames

Just thought I'll bring that up here, also have one more question ! is there any way to add more custom menu themes/ background ? Never tried anything since always use the black one included with installation, otherwise top notch software !

rippn

18th October 2010, 07:58

1. Check your DTS filter output mixer settings
2. Post here the AVStoDVD project log file

;)

Bye

Where do I find my DTS filter output mixer settings? I checked ffdshow but couldn't find it in there, anywhere ese I should be looking? Thanks for your help.

Adub

18th October 2010, 08:17

In this case, it may be that ffdshow IS you dts filter. Looking at the FFDshow Audio settings section, check your mixer setup. If it set to 2-channel output, that is your problem.

If DTS is disabled in your FFDShow setup, then you will have to find your alternate DTS decoder's settings.

MrC

18th October 2010, 19:15

I'm not sure if it affects end ruslts in any way, so far all DVDs work fine but converting avi files (2nd pass) results in this error in HCenc INFO bar

If you get no visual errors, I would not worry about. If you do, you can try to switch AVS Source Filter from A2DSource to FFMpegSource.

Just thought I'll bring that up here, also have one more question ! is there any way to add more custom menu themes/ background ? Never tried anything since always use the black one included with installation, otherwise top notch software !

Of course you can add more themes. Just create a new folder in \AVStoDVD\Menu\Templates and use same files configuration as other original themes. Moreover I would suggest you to share your custom themes to all user, if you wish. ;)

Where do I find my DTS filter output mixer settings? I checked ffdshow but couldn't find it in there, anywhere ese I should be looking? Thanks for your help.

I forgot there's a FAQ about that: see Help\FAQ\Audio\Q4.1

;)

Bye

ron spencer

19th October 2010, 01:22

Hey MrC

Forgot how much fun your program is....

I notice that when I convert my HD mkvs from personal video collection (server) to DVD, your gui inserts colormatrix in the wrong spot. My understanding is that it needs to be BEFORE the converttoyv12 statement. Your gui places it after the resize statement.

What do u think?

rippn

19th October 2010, 10:07

I forgot there's a FAQ about that: see Help\FAQ\Audio\Q4.1

;)

Bye

Perfect, looks like that was the issue, should have checked the faq, thanks much!

MrC

19th October 2010, 11:04

I notice that when I convert my HD mkvs from personal video collection (server) to DVD, your gui inserts colormatrix in the wrong spot. My understanding is that it needs to be BEFORE the converttoyv12 statement. Your gui places it after the resize statement.

I would leave the colormatrix call after the converttoyv12 because colormatrix requires YUV2 or YV12 colorspace.

BUT I will move every video filter before resizing, which is always better.

Thanks for the suggestion

;)

Bye

ron spencer

19th October 2010, 11:24

that is strange, because when I use colormatrix and put it before the convert2yv12 I get no error when running....but I did check:

http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/externalfilters/colormatrix.htm

and you are right. Thanks!!!

Note though, that when you say: "BUT I will move every video filter before resizing, which is always better."

sharpening, as in digital photo imaging, should ALWAYS be the last part of the workflow, including after resizing...so msharpen should remain after the resize.

ron spencer

20th October 2010, 11:03

MrC

20th October 2010, 12:41

sharpening, as in digital photo imaging, should ALWAYS be the last part of the workflow, including after resizing...so msharpen should remain after the resize.

Sounds reasonable. Will do. :)

also, as a suggestion, could you make it so there is a registry entry to make the defaults for AQ and lumgain in HCenc? I always use 2 for each, this way one can leave this for all projects and never have to worry about forgetting it.

Do you mean reg keys that are updated each time the user select an advanced HCenc setting, or "phantom" reg keys the user has to edit manually?

;)

Bye

flebber

20th October 2010, 12:44

also, as a suggestion, could you make it so there is a registry entry to make the defaults for AQ and lumgain in HCenc? I always use 2 for each, this way one can leave this for all projects and never have to worry about forgetting it.

thanks!!!

You can save the encoder preferences as I use HC with AQ 2 Lum 2 as well by ticking the checkbox at bottom left of settings when you are editing.

It says something similar to " Accept these settings as default"

ron spencer

20th October 2010, 15:20

Sounds reasonable. Will do. :)

Do you mean reg keys that are updated each time the user select an advanced HCenc setting, or "phantom" reg keys the user has to edit manually?

;)

Bye

phantom I think.... that way one could leave the automatic setting always checked and never have to worry

qyot27

20th October 2010, 18:46

HCenc defaults to AQ 2 anyway. Has since sometime during 0.24. You'd still need to adjust LUMGAIN, though.

ron spencer

20th October 2010, 22:09

HCenc defaults to AQ 2 anyway. Has since sometime during 0.24. You'd still need to adjust LUMGAIN, though.

yes you are right...just nice to be able to adjust all and leave "forever"

flebber

20th October 2010, 23:12

yes you are right...just nice to be able to adjust all and leave "forever"

See my post above you can

ron spencer

21st October 2010, 01:04

See my post above you can

I see no such thing, except under preferences, which does not keep the HC params in question

ron spencer

21st October 2010, 01:05

HCenc defaults to AQ 2 anyway. Has since sometime during 0.24. You'd still need to adjust LUMGAIN, though.

AVS2DVD passes 1 to override HCenc default...just checked it

MrC

22nd October 2010, 11:06

What do you think about something like that?

https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/HCenc_options.png

;)

Bye

ron spencer

22nd October 2010, 11:53

sure...is nice!!!

Noticed one other thing...if one makes custom changes to the AVISynth tab, and then you go to another tab, the changes you made in the AVISynth tab "reset" to defaults. That is, what you entered is gone.

cheers!!!

MrC

22nd October 2010, 20:21

Noticed one other thing...if one makes custom changes to the AVISynth tab, and then you go to another tab, the changes you made in the AVISynth tab "reset" to defaults. That is, what you entered is gone.

Do you mean the 'Title Edit' form tabs? That's strange, because I cannot replicate it. Could you specify the issue step by step?

:confused:

Bye

ron spencer

22nd October 2010, 22:30

Do you mean the 'Title Edit' form tabs? That's strange, because I cannot replicate it. Could you specify the issue step by step?

:confused:

Bye

well I checked...still was a problem for me...so I tried the good old reinstall.

works fine. must have been a transient problem

flebber

24th October 2010, 07:47

I received this error after Hcenc had finished encoding and AVS2DVD was about to burn image.

Error stated length 00:00:00 was shorter that expected 01:19:38 .

This is the log.
<24/10/2010 4:25:28 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<24/10/2010 4:25:28 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: Burn DVD
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: FFMpegSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 1.04
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<24/10/2010 4:25:28 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\Snow White\Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.MKV
Info: AVC - 0 kbps - 720x528 - DAR 1.364 - 25 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:19:45 hours - 119643 frames
Audio 1: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\Snow White\Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.MKV
Info: AAC LC - 0 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 1:19:45 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.35]
<>

<24/10/2010 4:25:28 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\ffms2.dll")

Audio = FFAudioSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\Snow White\Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.MKV", track=-1, cachefile="C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\A2DFFA_" + String(Rand()) + ".cache")
Video = FFVideoSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\Snow White\Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.MKV", track=-1, cachefile="C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\A2DFFV_" + String(Rand()) + ".cache", seekmode=0)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,6,0,6)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<24/10/2010 4:25:28 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4112.4 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_Snow White & The Seven Dwarves_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 7208
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 4:3
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 70
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 2
*LUMGAIN 2
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<24/10/2010 5:44:16 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.m2v (3925.9 MB)
<>

<24/10/2010 5:44:26 PM>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\FAMILY\MY DOCUMENTS\MY VIDEOS\DVD_2.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<24/10/2010 5:44:27 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2
<>

MrC

24th October 2010, 16:07

I received this error after Hcenc had finished encoding and AVS2DVD was about to burn image.

Error stated length 00:00:00 was shorter that expected 01:19:38

It seems that MediaInfo (0.7.35) has detected 0 seconds video duration. Could you check with a standalone MediaInfo?

;)

Bye

MrC

24th October 2010, 20:19

@flebber

see here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/forums/forum/700796/topic/3894449) if it may help.

;)

Bye

gautxori

30th October 2010, 11:48

I would be very thankful if all the application windows could fit in a 1024x768 screen: "Menu Editor" is 774 pixels high...

Great program, BTW.

Bellona

30th October 2010, 16:29

Which version of FFDShow should we be using with AVStoDVD 2.3.2? Was it tested using a particular version?

The FFDShow Tryouts website (http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/download.php) lists rev3154 as the "official" version, but the latest versions go up to rev3611 at the time of this post.

MrC

30th October 2010, 19:11

@gautxori

thanks for the kind words. I know that Menu Editor is a bit tall (my std res is 1280x768), I will try to steal some pixels everywhere to best fit it.

@Bellona

I usually avoid to use ffdshow not stable release. I have perfomed all my tests using official beta 7.

;)

Bye

Bellona

30th October 2010, 19:14

@Bellona

I usually avoid to use ffdshow not stable release. I have perfomed all my tests using official beta 7.

;)

Bye

Thanks MrC!

abyss616

2nd November 2010, 00:34

MrC

3rd November 2010, 21:10

This only happened within the last week or so and I use this program often - what's going on?

If before *something* everything was ok, you should understand what's that *something* and try to reverse back. I could only guess:

- codec updates
- AviSynth broken
- "invasive" software installation
- replacement of FFmpeg with a newer release

but I have no crystal ball...

;)

Bye

abyss616

4th November 2010, 05:11

As far as I can figure, there was no *something* that would have changed anything. Since this, I have reinstalled AVStoDVD (same crashes), replaced ffmpeg.exe and HCenc.exe with no differences. I'm also getting "avs2avi.exe has stopped working" when editing the menu as well. So encoding with quenc gives me no errors, but encoding with HCenc does (only once finishing the encode). Editing menu items causes ffmpeg to crash no matter what.

Can't think any changes that would cause it to stop working all of the sudden. Avisynth works fine in VirtualDub and I haven't updated any codecs. TIA.

harnarn

6th November 2010, 07:51

Hi friends..
Avs2DVD have worked flawless for me every time ..
but now then i start up a project and want to use meny editor ..NADA..
i have added a videofile+audio and a srt sub and done all settings like before and saved as a a2xx.file then i start up the meny editor it gives a error
http://lulzimg.com/i8/f6402f26.jpg

and then after ok the editor does nada..
any idea

MrC

6th November 2010, 12:48

harnarn

6th November 2010, 13:00

@harnarn

some questions:

1. Have you ever used Menu Editor without issues? Even with latest 2.3.2?
2. What is a2xx.file?
3. Have you already tried to unistall AVStoDVD (and clear AVStoDVD reg key) and install it again?

;)

Bye

Thanks for replay .
1.I have unistalled the latest version and reinstalled 2.3.2 and then it worked as before.
2. a2xx.file i didn't remember the exact name but it's the prodject file..
3. I will now try to reenc the same movie again,,If it don't work i will return with a logfile..

Okies have now tried it out but a bluescreen was the out come of this and after reboot the same behaviour like before..

trying to edit video properties gives following message
picture1 (http://lulzimg.com/i8/6f5c9c92.jpg)

And then trying to open menymanager
Picture 2 (http://lulzimg.com/i8/f6402f26.jpg)

MrC

6th November 2010, 16:55

harnarn

6th November 2010, 19:13

If I have understood correctly, you get no errors the first time you add a title, then, after saving the .a2d project and reload it, you are getting errors.

Correct?

;)

Bye

P.S. Where did you get the file you want to convert?

So far this is what i have done ..
1. Uninstalled 2.3.2 latest
2.Installed the 2.3.2 alpha build 100913 with hotfix
3.manually installed HcEnc 0.25
4.Started up a new project with output of muxed mpeg2, worked like a clock
5. Reloaded the same project but did change to dvd5 folder output, after this tried to open menu wizard and "error 35603 Invalid key".. after this press ok on error dialogue popup window..
menu wizard starts up but u can't do anything with it, u can tick the alternative boxes but as soon u press run editor "runtime error 91 Object variable or with block variable not set", then pressing ok on error popup application shuts (AVS2DVD)down .completly

MrC

6th November 2010, 22:50

Thanks for the complete feedback.

Could be a bug in the load project routine? Could be. May you send me the .a2d file by email (avstodvd@gmail.com)?

;)

Bye

harnarn

6th November 2010, 23:26

Thanks for the complete feedback.

Could be a bug in the load project routine? Could be. May you send me the .a2d file by email (avstodvd@gmail.com)?

;)

Bye

On it's way

Big Vern

7th November 2010, 17:37

I've been using this tool for a while now with no problems, even used it today. I just tried to use it again, and it come up with this error:-

runtime error "9": subscript out of range

They only thing I have done since last use was uninstall firefox browser, cos it was freezing my PC under windows 7 64 bit and replaced with safari. Could that be the cause, if not, any ideas?

Regards........

MrC

7th November 2010, 23:00

it come up with this error:-

runtime error "9": subscript out of range

When exactly does this message come out?

Have you already tried to uninstall AVStoDVD and reinstall it again?

;)

Bye

Big Vern

8th November 2010, 07:13

When exactly does this message come out?

Have you already tried to uninstall AVStoDVD and reinstall it again?

;)

Bye

The error appears as soon as I click the AVStoDVD.exe file.

I uninstalled and re-installed the program and even tired the no-installer version, same thing.

*EDIT* I re-installed Firefox, now the damn thing works!?!?!?

freemanvn

11th November 2010, 11:31

how to add 2 subtitles or more into AVStoDVD,please help me,thx...

MrC

11th November 2010, 13:43

how to add 2 subtitles or more into AVStoDVD,please help me,thx...

AVStoDVD supports only one subtitle so far. BTW multi subs is in the ToDo list.

;)

Bye

leoliver

14th November 2010, 23:52

MrC

15th November 2010, 13:43

Just wanted to say that it's been over a year now since I've had any problems with AVStoDVD . The new builds just keep getting better.
By the way , are there any new AVStoDVD releases planned anytime soon ?
Keep up the good work !

Thanks for the encouragement, leoliver, very appreciated.

Yes, release 2.3.3 is almost ready. Just few days.

;)

Bye

Sjakko

15th November 2010, 13:53

Hi MrC. Any news about a chapters based menu? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1398879#post1398879)

:thanks:

MrC

15th November 2010, 20:23

Hi MrC. Any news about a chapters based menu? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1398879#post1398879)

Unfortunately no news so far. And no news on the horizon. There's too much code to be written and my current free time is so small.

And Sir Didymus is still missing...

;)

Bye

abyss616

16th November 2010, 07:11

I am having problems with FFmpeg Encoder that have just started recently. When I try to edit the menu, the second window will pop up and generate the first thumbnail. Then a box will pop up that says "FFmpeg video converter has stopped working." I close it out and then the second thumbnail will generate and the error window pops up again. This will continue for each title I have on the DVD. The menu generates fine and I can edit all the elements.

The FFmpeg error message also pops up when using HCEnc as my video encoder, but only after completing each title.

This only happened within the last week or so and I use this program often - what's going on? Thanks.

(a screencap of what pops up in a separate window when generating thumbnails is attached).

Any other insight into what my problem might be? Everything was working perfectly and it just stopped working. I installed it on another Windows 7 x64 computer i have and I get the same errors: FFmpeg encoder crash when I try to generate thumbnails for a menu. It also happens when ECenc finishes encoding a movie.

Crash analysis:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ffmpeg.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4c545e5e
Fault Module Name: bass_mpc.dll_unloaded
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4383b424
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 003c2be0
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ffmpeg.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4c545e5e
Fault Module Name: bassAudio.dll_unloaded
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 47da3274
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 01652be0
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: avs2avi.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 40eb0522
Fault Module Name: avss.dll_unloaded
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4bf450b7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00392be0
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: dbf0
Additional Information 2: dbf0418f7dbf43757e8b77f50f0722bc
Additional Information 3: d2a2
Additional Information 4: d2a2686e6ed50b721b240794915eb590

Thanks.

Phishstx

17th November 2010, 23:29

I am alos receiving the run-time 9 error subscript out of range. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to latest version. Program worked flawlessly for months until this past week with no rhyme or reason it wont execute. Just shows runtime error upon double clicking icon.
I have cleared the registry using ccleaner also to no avail. I can run it un xp mode but prefer not to as it was never required before and also it encodes 100 times slower.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
~Erik

MrC

18th November 2010, 13:43

@Phishstx

When exactly do you get that error msg?

BTW, to reset everything:

1. Uninstall AVStoDVD
2. Locate folder "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD" and manually delete it
3. Locate registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AVStoDVD" and manually delete it
4. Re-install AVStoDVD

;)

Bye

Phishstx

19th November 2010, 00:20

@MrC
Thanks for the fast response. I have tried to reset as you outlined and resulted with the same error. The issue occurs when clicking the .exe file to launch AVStoDVD. The program does not launch into the gui at all and I immediately recive the runtime 9 error.
Hopefully this is a bit more clearer, the program did work corrclty a few weeks ago so I'm thinking its a win 7 issue, but I was hoping it might be AVStoDVD related before opening that can of worms.
Thanks again,
E

MrC

19th November 2010, 11:38

@Phishstx

ok, good luck with Win(worm)7 investigation

;)

Bye

trabanom

19th November 2010, 23:02

I had a AMD 3.2Ghz X4 CPU and it took 45 minutes to create a DVD from 4x 350Mb files.
Now I have a 3.0 X6 CPU and still spend 45 minutes to do the same job.
Does 0.2Ghz make so many difference that a X6 = X4 ?

Soichiro

20th November 2010, 06:49

Hi,

I'm having the same problem as Phishstx, with the "Runtime error 9: Subscript out of range". It happens every time I try to open AVStoDVD. It was the first time I've installed AVStoDVD on this computer. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, tried installing an older version, and tried with the no_installer version. Nothing makes it work. I get the same error every time. I've tried running a registry cleaner and restarting and what not to no avail. Please assist.

trabanom

21st November 2010, 03:27

I dont know if it is the subtitle file or this new version:
<21/11/2010 00:09:12>
START PROCESS
<>

<21/11/2010 00:09:12>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 4
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: ISO UDF Image
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: Motion Menu
Output Folder: Q:\dvd_temp
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Language: EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: N: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B DL13
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<21/11/2010 00:09:12>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: M:\Stargate Atlantis Season 5\move1.avi
Info: XviD - 989 kbps - 640x368 - DAR 1,739 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 43:17 minutes - 62278 frames
Audio 1: M:\Stargate Atlantis Season 5\move1.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 132 kbps - VBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 43:17 minutes - Internal
Subs: M:\Stargate Atlantis Season 5\move1.srt
[]
<>

<21/11/2010 00:09:12>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("H:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("M:\Stargate Atlantis Season 5\move1.avi", CacheFolder="Q:\dvd_temp", VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("M:\Stargate Atlantis Season 5\move1.avi", CacheFolder="Q:\dvd_temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576,0,4,0,-4)

Audio = Audio.EnsureVBRMP3Sync()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<21/11/2010 00:09:16>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 1011,2 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1.m2v
*LOGFILE Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3265
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<21/11/2010 00:23:27>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1.m2v (1011,7 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3290 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 43:14 minutes - 62214 frames
<>

<21/11/2010 00:23:27>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 25 -inplace -tff
<>

<21/11/2010 00:24:00>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1.m2v (1011,7 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3287 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 Pulldown) - 43:17 minutes - 62338 frames
<>

<21/11/2010 00:24:06>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1_1.avs" - | "H:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 192 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1_1.ac3"
<>

<21/11/2010 00:24:29>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1_1.ac3 (59,5 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 192 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 43:17 minutes
<>

<21/11/2010 00:24:29>
START SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS
SubtitleCreator Parameters: "Q:\dvd_temp\DVD_0_Title_01_move1.srt" -p2 -i"H:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"
<>

<21/11/2010 00:24:42>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <Q:\DVD_TEMP\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<21/11/2010 00:24:42>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2
<>

ggtop

22nd November 2010, 12:08

I'm not a mod, but ...PREAIR.avi doesn't sound like you legally own the movie.

ggtop

Nick

22nd November 2010, 15:00

@trabanom
Per the forum rules please do not bring problems processing such content here.
A quick edit of the post to remove dubious filenames only confirms your guilt!

Strike issued.

MrC

22nd November 2010, 15:49

@Soichiro

please give me more info, such as OS name, OS bit version, if you have checked and installed all the required software in the Installer routine, if you can visualize the splash screen, if you can visualize main form, if you can try with another PC (another OS). Any additional info could be useful.

@trabanom

it seems an issue of bad formatted srt subtitle file. First, where did you get that file? Second, if you open it manually with SubtitleCreator, what error do you get?

;)

Bye

Soichiro

22nd November 2010, 16:59

MrC: The OS on the computer in question is Windows 7 64-bit. I have all the required software installed. However, when I try to load the program, I don't even reach the splash screen. I simply get a message saying, "Run-time error '9': Subscript out of range", and when I click "OK" (which is my only option), the program simply closes. However, I can apparently run it on my Windows 2003 Server (also 64-bit). That doesn't particularly help me since that computer is 1000 miles away, but it will hopefully help track down the problem somewhat.

trabanom

22nd November 2010, 17:25

@trabanom
Per the forum rules please do not bring problems processing such content here.
A quick edit of the post to remove dubious filenames only confirms your guilt!

Strike issued.

I'm guilt of trying to save my collection because my disck had blown out inside the dvdplayer, had seen this before but never believe it could happen to me. I had to by a new player and went to by a new disk (dvd) when i discovery that i can only by a boxset. What should i do with the other 4 dvd's that come in the box? Sale then separate? It is against law anyway - it is written that no disk can be sale without the boxset.
So i download the this first 4 to create this dvd.
It was my mistake not to clear the name of the file, sorry its done - i guild.
The question here is that AVStoDVD (2.3.2) is not working for me as it should be. This night i'll try to unisntall this version an install last one.

trabanom

22nd November 2010, 17:29

@trabanom

it seems an issue of bad formatted srt subtitle file. First, where did you get that file? Second, if you open it manually with SubtitleCreator, what error do you get?

;)

Bye

I crate the srt file on Subtitleworkshop myself. Before uninstall 2.3.2, i'll try to open on Subtitlecreator to see any kind of bad format.

trabanom

23rd November 2010, 01:27

The SRT file open in SubtitleCreator without any error message. I saved as... and change the name and extention but it did not work. I uninstall 2.3.2 and install 2.3.0. It works perfect.
Another thing is why the new X6 spend the same time as X4 CPU to do the same job? I´m getting 46% to 58% CPU load. the multi-thread flag is on. Do your multi-thread system work fine?

Nick

23rd November 2010, 12:25

I cannot help but notice this discussion is continuing despite previous warnings.

@trabanom
The rights and wrongs of why you downloaded these files is not the point here. This has been discussed many times here and the rules are clear and well documented.

@all
We do not tolerate asking for, or offering help with downloaded copyright material.
Please cease discussion of these files.
Final warning.

8ternity

24th November 2010, 00:07

Hi Mrc,

Here an error to my project, had no sounds on exportation.

<2010-11-23 01:31:00>
START PROCESS
<>

<2010-11-23 01:31:00>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: ECHELON_CONSPIRACY
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Spline36Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7241S 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2010-11-23 01:31:00>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Echelon Conspiracy FRENCH DTS LIMITED 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 3983 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:45:17 hours - 151460 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Echelon Conspiracy FRENCH DTS LIMITED 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:45:17 hours - Internal
Subs:
[]
<>

<2010-11-23 01:31:00>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Echelon Conspiracy FRENCH DTS LIMITED 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", fps=23.976, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Echelon Conspiracy FRENCH DTS LIMITED 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2010-11-23 01:31:00>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3192.2 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 7964
*BITRATE 4239
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2010-11-23 03:00:22>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY.m2v (3193.9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4269 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:45:17 hours - 151459 frames
<>

<2010-11-23 03:00:23>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "E:\BLURAY\Echelon Conspiracy FRENCH DTS LIMITED 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts" -acodec copy "E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_1.ToFix.dts"
<>

<2010-11-23 03:03:16>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_1.dts (1136.4 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:45:14 hours
<>

<2010-11-23 03:03:16>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_1.dts"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0_ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_Chapters.txt"

<>

<2010-11-23 08:12:10>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 3267.3 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 26.6% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4330.3 MB -> Warning!<>

<2010-11-23 08:12:10>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\ECHELON_CONSPIRACY_0 (3267.3 MB)
<>

<2010-11-23 08:12:10>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2
<>

Let me know if you need something else.

P.S. i had 3 movies does the same error "target size output" on the batch process.

One of them is ok for the sounds output.

MrC

24th November 2010, 06:57

@Soichiro

please take note that Windows 7 is still not fully supported by AVStoDVD (see readme.txt file). I suspect there's something in the win7 64bit registry management I am missing, simply because I do not have it installed, so I cannot check. Sorry, but so far I can only give suggestions and not solutions on that issue. Anyway next release will have a more robust errors handling during AVStoDVD startup.

@8ternity

Hi there, are you doing? About the audio issue, please refer to Help/FAQ/Audio/Q4.4

;)

Bye

nikniknik

28th November 2010, 21:41

Hi.

Using FAVC and was having an audio sync problem, so I was looking around for another free video software program and found yours. Unfortunately, this program does the same thing so maybe you can give me some insight on what may be causing this. It is fine until about half way through the video when the audio goes out of sync and gets progressively worse up to the end. I tried the evalution copy of ConvertXtoDVD with the same file and there was no such problem. Any idea on why this is happening?

Also, as in FAVC, it does not recognize text inside of parentheses or brackets. What do you need to do to remedy this?

Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

MrC

29th November 2010, 04:17

Using FAVC and was having an audio sync problem, so I was looking around for another free video software program and found yours. Unfortunately, this program does the same thing so maybe you can give me some insight on what may be causing this. It is fine until about half way through the video when the audio goes out of sync and gets progressively worse up to the end. I tried the evalution copy of ConvertXtoDVD with the same file and there was no such problem. Any idea on why this is happening?

Please post the AVStoDVD project .log file, to better understand the problem.

Also, as in FAVC, it does not recognize text inside of parentheses or brackets. What do you need to do to remedy this?

What text are you addressing to?

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

29th November 2010, 20:43

Yes, release 2.3.3 is almost ready. Just few days.

;)

Bye

Mr. C,

Any further details on 2.3.3?

Thanks for all your hard work :thanks:

nikniknik

30th November 2010, 23:18

[QUOTE=MrC;1460890]Please post the AVStoDVD project .log file, to better understand the problem.

**********************
** Project Settings **
**********************

Project_PathName: C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\magera1.a2d
Output_Folder: C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\AVStoDVD TEST FOLDER
EditEncoderParams: 0
DeleteTemp: 1
DeleteWorking: 1
FrameServingCheck: 0
DVD_Label: DVD
Post_Process: Show Progress Status window (default)
Output_Size: 4450
DVD_Size: DVD-5
Output_Setup: ISO UDF Image
Video_Standard: NTSC

*************
** Title 1 **
*************

[General]
TitleName: Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6)
TimeTrimmed: 3485
InputVideoPathName: C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6).avi
InputVideoDescription: DivX 5 - 994 kbps - 704x396 - DAR 1.778 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (BFF) - 58:04 minutes - 104444 frames
InputAudioPathName1: C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6).avi
InputAudioDescription1: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 128 kbps - CBR - 2ch - 48000Hz - 58:04 minutes - Internal
InputAudioTrackNum1: 0
InputSubsPathName: C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6).srt

[MediaInfo]
PathName: C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6).avi
FileName: Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6)
FileExt: avi
FileSize: 494200492
Format: AVI
VideoTracksCount: 1
AudioTracksCount: 1
TextTracksCount:
Time: 3484952
VideoTime: 3484952
VideoCompression: DivX 5
VideoBitRateMode:
VideoAvgBitRate: 994853
VideoMinBitRate:
VideoMaxBitRate:
VideoWidth: 704
VideoHeight: 396
VideoDAR: 1.778
VideoPAR: 1.000
VideoFAR: 1.778
VideoStandard:
VideoFrameRateMode: CFR
VideoFPS: 29.970
VideoFrameCount: 104444
VideoScanType: Interlaced
VideoScanOrder: BFF
AudioID(1,0): 1
AudioTime(1,0): 3484667
AudioCompression(1,0): MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
AudioAvgBitRate(1,0): 128000
AudioBitRateMode(1,0): CBR
AudioChannels(1,0): 2
AudioSampleRate(1,0): 48000
AudioResolution(1,0):
AudioLanguage(1,0):
AudioDelay(1,0): 0
ChaptersList:

[Video]
VideoAutoSetup: 1
VideoIsToBeKept: 0
VideoProfile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
VideoHCencAQ: 1
VideoHCencLumgain: 1
VideoHCencMatrix: MPEG
VideoHCencProfile: BEST
VideoResolution: 1
VideoAspectRatio: 1
VideoDVSource: 0
VideoInterlacedEncoding: 1
VideoFieldOrder: BFF
VideoCloseAllGOPs: 0
VideoBitRate: 8808
VideoMaxBitRate: 9000
VideoAutoBitRate: 1

[Audio]
AudioAutoSetup1: 1
AudioIsToBeKept1: 0
AudioFormat1: 0
AudioChannelsMode1: 2.0
AudioLanguage1: EN - English
AudioBitRate1: 192
AudioNormalize1: 0
AudioFixAC31: 1
AudioAftenPad1: 0
AudioAftenDRC1: 5
AudioAftenBWFilter1: 0

[Subs]
SubsAutoSetup: 1
SubsLanguage: EN - English
SubsExtension: 1
SubsHardEncode: 0

[AVS]
AVSAutoSetup: 1
AVSAutoScript:
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6).avi", CacheFolder="C:\Users\NAGOLF~1\AppData\Local\Temp", VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6).avi", CacheFolder="C:\Users\NAGOLF~1\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true)
Video = Video.LeakKernelBob(0,7,false,false)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)
Video = Video.SeparateFields().SelectEvery(4,0,3).Weave()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
AVSScript:
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\LeakKernelDeint.dll")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6).avi", CacheFolder="C:\Users\NAGOLF~1\AppData\Local\Temp", VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\Magerarenai Onna ep01 (704x396 DivX6).avi", CacheFolder="C:\Users\NAGOLF~1\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true)
Video = Video.LeakKernelBob(0,7,false,false)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480)
Video = Video.SeparateFields().SelectEvery(4,0,3).Weave()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
AVSCrop: 0
CropDx: 0
CropSx: 0
CropUp: 0
CropDo: 0
AVSVerticalResize: 0
VResize: 100
AVSDeInterlace: 0
DeIntThreshold: 10
AVSTrim: 0
FrameStart: 0
FrameEnd: 104445
AVSTweak: 0
Hue: 0
Saturation: 1
Brightness: 0
Contrast: 1
AVSSharpen: 0
Sharpness: 0
AVSDelayAudio: 0
AudioDelay: 0
AVSAmplifyAudio: 0
AudioAmplify: 1
AVSFadeIO: 0
FadeIOFrames: 0
AVSColorMatrix: 0
ColorMatrixSource: 0
ColorMatrixDest: 0
AVSMSharpen: 0
MSharpenThreshold: 10
MSharpenStrength: 100

[Chapters]
ChaptersAutoSetup: 1
ChaptersList: 9000 18000 27000 36000 45000 54000 63000 72000 81000 90000 99000

AVStoDVD Release 2.3.2 - by MrC
AVStoDVD Job <C:\Users\Nagolfing\Desktop\PLAYLIST FOLDER\Magerarenai Onna\magera1.a2d> created on date 11/28/2010 8:28:37 AM

What text are you addressing to?

Text such as (this text) or [that text] will not show up on the subtitles.

Thanks.

MrC

1st December 2010, 04:21

@nikniknik

Before going further with troubleshooting, could you please clarify where did you get the AVI and SRT files?

Bye

nikniknik

1st December 2010, 05:10

@nikniknik

Before going further with troubleshooting, could you please clarify where did you get the AVI and SRT files?

Would you like a link?

MrC

1st December 2010, 06:54

Would you like a link?

Only if it is legal

:)

Bye

MrC

1st December 2010, 16:38

AVStoDVD release 2.3.3 is available to download (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain)

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'HQDN3D' AviSynth denoising filter (by Loren Merritt) in 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth'
- Added possibility to customize Menu Editor thumbnails AviSynth scripts
- Added possibility to save HCenc advanced option settings in registry
- Added new 'FatCow', 'Crystal' and 'Viva Vista' skins (many thanks to JhonJ)
- Added new 'Black' splash screen (many thanks to JhonJ)
- Revised AviSynth video filters position criteria in AVS Script generation routine
- Improved frame rate conversion ('FrameRate' option added to 'A2DSource.avsi' function).
- Improved log activity (DVD Menu section)
- Improved errors handling
- VSFilter updated to 2.39.5.2
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.36

Comments and suggestions as usual.

;)

Bye

ggtop

2nd December 2010, 10:53

Thanks for the new version.
Just installed it and found a bug when hitting the button for DVD Subs Font under preferences on a system with no printers installed: Run-time error '482': Printer error

AVStoDVD crashes...

ggtop

Taurus

2nd December 2010, 11:28

Thanks a lot, MrC.

MrC

2nd December 2010, 11:36

found a bug when hitting the button for DVD Subs Font under preferences on a system with no printers installed: Run-time error '482': Printer error

AVStoDVD crashes...

Thanks for the report. I will add an error handling routine to that control.

;)

Bye

8ternity

4th December 2010, 00:01

I like the Viva Vista theme! I shoud create an Windows 7 Theme for my windows 7! I will try to work on this soon!
What you think about that MrC ?

ThaDraGun

4th December 2010, 01:46

Was hoping someone here could help.
I'm trying to make a dvd of video clips for a friend. The very first time it didnt work so I updated AVStoDVD and all the other applications it asks to install I ok'd.
Now it completed sucessfully (still had 2 errors that I bypassed saying output time was not as long as original or something) but other then that no errors reported by AVStoDVD.
I tried it out and at the beginning of every clip everyone sounds like a chipmunk, then aprox 10 sec into the clip (every one is different) there is no sound at all. I tried it again changing no settings just incase it was just some glitch and it did the exact same thing.
They are all .MP4 videos and all different lengths. 96 clips in total. 1:53:11 hours total.

I tried copy/paste the log but it was too long.. I tried to attach it but the file was too big so I had to upload it to google doc instead.

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-NyowLcjubuMGQ5ZGIxYjYtYTFlZC00YjkzLThlODctN2FmZjVmM2ZhMTNm&hl=en&authkey=CKWhz_UI

Any Ideas how to fix it?
Thanks

nevragain

4th December 2010, 05:17

Two Questions
It is possible to edit the ends off of a video in avs2dvd? If for example I accidentally leave a few blank frames at the beginning or end.
It is possible to turn off Trellis Quantization? My computer is so old I'm getting 2 FPS.

MrC

4th December 2010, 15:24

I like the Viva Vista theme! I shoud create an Windows 7 Theme for my windows 7! I will try to work on this soon!
What you think about that MrC ?

Yes, JohnJ did a damned good job! As every supporter so far ;)
And a new skin icons set by you would be very appreciated.

It is possible to edit the ends off of a video in avs2dvd? If for example I accidentally leave a few blank frames at the beginning or end.

Yes it is. Just go to 'Edit Title'/'AviSynth' and use 'Trim' command.

It is possible to turn off Trellis Quantization? My computer is so old I'm getting 2 FPS.

Trellis in QuEnc 0.75 Alpha is not really used as Trellis, but it was a quick&dirty way to use a current control to activate multithread encoding. Surely DGZ, in the upcoming release of QuEnc, will fix that.

BTW, my friend, do consider upgrade your system.... ;)

Was hoping someone here could help.
I'm trying to make a dvd of video clips for a friend. The very first time it didnt work so I updated AVStoDVD and all the other applications it asks to install I ok'd.
Now it completed sucessfully (still had 2 errors that I bypassed saying output time was not as long as original or something) but other then that no errors reported by AVStoDVD.
I tried it out and at the beginning of every clip everyone sounds like a chipmunk, then aprox 10 sec into the clip (every one is different) there is no sound at all. I tried it again changing no settings just incase it was just some glitch and it did the exact same thing.
They are all .MP4 videos and all different lengths. 96 clips in total. 1:53:11 hours total.

I tried copy/paste the log but it was too long.. I tried to attach it but the file was too big so I had to upload it to google doc instead.

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-NyowLcjubuMGQ5ZGIxYjYtYTFlZC00YjkzLThlODctN2FmZjVmM2ZhMTNm&hl=en&authkey=CKWhz_UI

Any Ideas how to fix it?
Thanks

A 96 titles project :eek::eek::eek: Remember that limit is 99...

From the log file everything seems fine. Could you please upload one of the mp4 somewhere to test it?

;)

Bye

MrC

4th December 2010, 18:22

Would you like a link?

From the link and the log file you sent me by PM, it seems it is OK.

About the issue, there is a strange thing that can explain the out of synch: output video is long 58.01 and audio is 58.04. Probably video decoding/encoding failed somewhere.

Please try again the project using DirectShowSource instead of A2DSource (you can set in 'Preferences'/'Video').

Better if you use latest AVStoDVD release (2.3.3)

Let me know

;)

Bye

P.S. Remove the 'no PM' setting because I cannot reply directly to yours

nevragain

4th December 2010, 23:38

Thanks I was hoping for a gui for editing maybe add it in the next version. Turns out the 2fps was due to the encoder freezing not an old computer. Looks the source file had issues.

ThaDraGun

9th December 2010, 04:18

A 96 titles project :eek::eek::eek: Remember that limit is 99...

From the log file everything seems fine. Could you please upload one of the mp4 somewhere to test it?

;)

Bye

Thanks for the reply. My internet has been down so I was just finally able to get one of the videos uploaded. I picked a short one so the file was small to download.

I tried making a disc with only 4 titles and the same sound problem happened

I use AVStoDVD all the time to make movies with .mkv, .avi with no problems. Only these files are giving me problems.

http://rapidshare.com/files/435726602/VID00091.MP4
(I hope this works. Ive never uploaded anything to rapidshare before.)

MrC

10th December 2010, 20:56

@ThaDraGun

Haali Media Splitter is not capable to handle that mp4. You have to download (http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/files/MP4%20Splitter/MP4%20Splitter%201.0.0.3/mp4splitter_20050310.7z/download) and install mp4splitter by Gabest (unzip packed file and run regsvr32.exe mp4splitter.ax from win console).

Let me know

Bye

MrC

ThaDraGun

10th December 2010, 21:08

ThaDraGun

10th December 2010, 23:23

Sorry, don't understand how to install those files. When I extract it gives me "MP4Splitter.ax" what do I do with it.

I think I figured it out.
Put it in system32 folder then go to run and type
"regsvr32.exe mp4splitter.ax"

I do that and it gives me an error and it says that mp4splitter.ax may not be compatible.

Im using windows 7 x64

I also tried in command prompt (ran as administrator) and same error.

MrC

10th December 2010, 23:27

I'm currently running with WinXP. Maybe some Windows7 64bit users can give us some hints how to install mp4splitter. Or you can google a little bit.

;)

Bye

qyot27

11th December 2010, 00:38

Haali worked fine here, but I'm also on XP. Haali version is Nov 21 2010, ffdshow-tryouts rev3631 (Nov 12 2010, clsid), and the working script is below. The resizer is a matter of preference (I chose Bilinear for speed reasons only), as could be the use of SSRC.

DirectShowSource("VID00091.MP4",fps=30,convertfps=true)
BilinearResize(720,480)
SSRC(48000,fast=false)
AssumeFPS(29.97,sync_audio=true)
SSRC(48000,fast=false)

Alternately, you could always remux those MP4s to MKV using mkvtoolnix and then give the MKV to AVStoDVD. Still a good idea to make sure you're using the latest version of Haali, though.

MilesAhead

11th December 2010, 04:36

I think I figured it out.
Put it in system32 folder then go to run and type
"regsvr32.exe mp4splitter.ax"

I do that and it gives me an error and it says that mp4splitter.ax may not be compatible.

Im using windows 7 x64

I also tried in command prompt (ran as administrator) and same error.

With Windows 64 bit, the 64 bit stuff goes in System32 and the 32 bit stuff goes in SysWow64. :)

Try copying to C:\Windows\SysWow64 and running regsvr32 on it from there.

If that doesn't work, try putting it in the same folder as the program that's calling it instead of a system folder, if possible.

ThaDraGun

11th December 2010, 04:50

Haali worked fine here, but I'm also on XP. Haali version is Nov 21 2010, ffdshow-tryouts rev3631 (Nov 12 2010, clsid), and the working script is below. The resizer is a matter of preference (I chose Bilinear for speed reasons only), as could be the use of SSRC.

Alternately, you could always remux those MP4s to MKV using mkvtoolnix and then give the MKV to AVStoDVD. Still a good idea to make sure you're using the latest version of Haali, though.

I think I have the latest version of Haali. I just downloaded from their site (version 1.10.348.15)
I installed it and tried it again and same sound problem.

I think I'll try to change to MKV instead.
Ive never used mkvtoolnix before.. is there a way to throw all the clips in there and it'll do them one after another.
I dragged and dropped them all in the window and it looked like everything was going ok, but then it made it all into one file.. but multiple titles. AVStoDVD didnt like that.

qyot27

11th December 2010, 17:01

What audio decoder are you using? That would have more of an impact, honestly. And that's what it sounds like to me. It may be that Windows' AAC decoder doesn't like Haali. The solution to that would be to make sure that ffdshow is in a high enough priority to be chosen over Windows' own decoders. I don't know if this still requires a third-party tool to accomplish or whether ffdshow itself can be used to do this (I'm also firing blind here since I don't have access to Win7 at all, and Vista doesn't have this problem from what I've experienced).

Anyway, yeah, you can set mkvmerge to do batch jobs. Add the file, then go to the Muxing menu and select 'Add to job queue'. Then, File->New to clear it out, add the second file, and repeat. For 96 files that'll get kind of tedious, though. There is a shortcut, however, which will take the tediousness out of clicking around the GUI and inputting each file into the queue manually.

Since this is Windows 7, you should be able to select all of those MP4 files, and then use the Alternate right-click menu to copy their filenames (hold down Shift while right clicking, and choose the 'Copy Path' option). Paste this into a plain .txt document using Notepad. Now, bring up the Replace dialog (Ctrl+H for a shortcut) and tell it to Replace All instances of .mp4 with .mkv" " (yes, the quotation mark-space-quotation mark is necessary). At the bottom of the document, hit Enter twice and paste the filenames again. This time, when you bring up Replace, tell it to change .mp4 to .mp4" (again, quotation mark necessary, although there's just one of them this time).

At the top of the document, type mkvmerge -o " and then hit Enter a couple times so that the .mkv filenames are spaced down. Save the .txt document. Right now it should look like this (shortened for brevity; the C:\Users\Documents\whatever file paths will be whatever they really are on your setup):
mkvmerge -o "

C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0001.mkv" "
C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0002.mkv" "
C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0003.mkv" "

C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0001.mp4"
C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0002.mp4"
C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0003.mp4"

Now, create another new text file and open it, but leave it blank for now. If you have OpenOffice, great. If you don't, download it from here (http://www.openoffice.org/). Anyway, what you want to do is open the .txt file with all the filenames in it in OpenOffice's spreadsheet program (do this through the right-click->Open With... menu or whatever it is in Win7). It may show up with a proper 'OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet' or 'OpenOffice.org Calc' name or just as 'scalc'. 'scalc' more likely if you have to go and tell it where scalc.exe is (should be C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\scalc.exe).

When it tries to open the file, you'll see a dialog appear. Click OK, and it'll open the file in the spreadsheet. Now, select all of the .mkv entries and cut/paste them to the top of column B. Then cut/paste all the .mp4 entries to the top of column C. Finally, click on the mkvmerge entry and use the drag feature to duplicate it down until there's a mkvmerge entry to match every .mkv and .mp4 entry.

Now, select the last .mp4 entry, hold Shift, and then press Ctrl+Home. This should select all of the entries with text in them. Now, either Copy (Edit->Copy or Ctrl+C) the entries, and paste them into that blank .txt file you'd created and should have open. You'll notice that there's a bunch of tabs in the document. To get rid of these, copy one of them, open the Replace dialog, and paste it into the Find field. Leave the Replace field empty. Then tell it to Replace All. So, now it should look like:

mkvmerge -o "C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0001.mkv" "C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0001.mp4"
mkvmerge -o "C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0002.mkv" "C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0002.mp4"
mkvmerge -o "C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0003.mkv" "C:\Users\Documents\whatever\VID0003.mp4"

That's it. Save the file and give it a .bat extension. Then just double-click on the .bat file and mkvmerge will mux all of the MP4 files to MKV automatically.

killerhex

12th December 2010, 21:49

does it matter which avisynth source fileter i choose for mkv to dvd encoding

MrC

13th December 2010, 13:59

does it matter which avisynth source fileter i choose for mkv to dvd encoding

See 'Help'/'How to use it'/'Preferences Window'/'AviSynth'/'AviSynth Source Filter'

;)

Bye

8ternity

16th December 2010, 04:40

Hi MrC!

Is there a way to include an update in Avstodvd to auto set the audio delai like ConvertXtoDVD does? I necessary need to check manually audio delay.

Thanks! ;-)

MrC

16th December 2010, 12:35

Is there a way to include an update in Avstodvd to auto set the audio delai like ConvertXtoDVD does? I necessary need to check manually audio delay.

Never installed ConvertXtoDVD. How does that feat work?

;)

Bye

8ternity

17th December 2010, 05:16

Never installed ConvertXtoDVD. How does that feat work?

;)

Bye

seriously i don't know. Here a capture of the log hidden in application data. I know some programs does autodetect the audio delay and set automaticly. BDtoAVCHD does it too. VSO ConvertXtoDVD does it like too. I don't know how it works..

2010-12-15 22:38:39 Info Total size 1668 Mb., Target size DVD5 4300 Mb., Occupation 38.80%
2010-12-15 22:38:39 Info Conversion completed in 00:39:36
2010-12-15 22:38:39 Info Rendering rate: 2.43 x Realtime
2010-12-15 22:38:39 Info DVD duration (incl. menus) 01:36:03 (~ 5763 sec.) - rendering time 00:39:36
2010-12-15 22:38:39 Info Generated duration 5763.68 sec., expected 5764.18 sec.
2010-12-15 22:38:39 Info 1426 subtitles frames encoded in subtitle stream #2
2010-12-15 22:38:39 Info 1370 subtitles frames encoded in subtitle stream #1
2010-12-15 22:38:39 Info P-SDT buffer Underflow 1 times, 1260 bytes peak
2010-12-15 22:38:23 Info Chapter #20 start at 95:0.194
2010-12-15 22:36:43 Info Chapter #19 start at 90:0.395
2010-12-15 22:34:40 Info Chapter #18 start at 85:0.095
2010-12-15 22:32:37 Info Chapter #17 start at 80:0.295
2010-12-15 22:30:51 Info Chapter #16 start at 74:59.995
2010-12-15 22:28:56 Info Chapter #15 start at 70:0.196
2010-12-15 22:27:06 Info Chapter #14 start at 65:0.396
2010-12-15 22:25:21 Info Chapter #13 start at 60:0.096
2010-12-15 22:23:39 Info Chapter #12 start at 55:0.297
2010-12-15 22:21:50 Info Chapter #11 start at 49:59.997
2010-12-15 22:20:00 Info Chapter #10 start at 45:0.197
2010-12-15 22:18:08 Info Chapter #9 start at 40:0.398
2010-12-15 22:16:22 Info Chapter #8 start at 35:0.098
2010-12-15 22:14:06 Info Chapter #7 start at 30:0.298
2010-12-15 22:11:35 Info Chapter #6 start at 24:59.998
2010-12-15 22:08:57 Info Chapter #5 start at 20:0.199
2010-12-15 22:06:06 Info Chapter #4 start at 15:0.399
2010-12-15 22:03:04 Info Chapter #3 start at 10:0.099
2010-12-15 22:01:03 Info Chapter #2 start at 5:0.300
2010-12-15 21:59:03 Info Stream #2 - Audio sync at 160.00 ms: 1823.71 ms added
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Output Stream #4 (SUBTITLE) - dvdsub, 64 kb/s
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Output Stream #3 (SUBTITLE) - dvdsub, 64 kb/s
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Audio settings: Automatic With DTS -> AC-3 conversion
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Output Stream #2 (AUDIO) - ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, 448 kb/s
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Output Stream #1 (VIDEO) - mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 32:27 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 5587 kb/s, pulldown: 23.976 -> 29.97 Fps
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Video processing: Spline (VSO) resampler (1280*720)->(720*480) 4 threads
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Chapter sequences require 0 b. temp space
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- ************ Source file #1 END DETAILS ************
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info SUBTITLE Stream #4 : Subtitle: pgssub
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info SUBTITLE Stream #3 : Subtitle: pgssub
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info AUDIO Stream #2 : Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 640 kb/s
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info VIDEO Stream #1 : Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 FPS
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Audio/Video file with 4 stream(s) - Playback order:1 - Queue:0
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Logical file: E:\BLURAY\The Experiment FRENCH AC3 1735ms 720P AF DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts - 1 file(s) 4.37 Gb.
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- *********** Source file #1 BEGIN DETAILS ***********
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Video bitrate 0/5587/8768 Kbps (min/avg/max)
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info OUTPUT ==> Resolution: FULL D1 [720*480], Format: NTSC, Aspect ratio: 16:9
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- *
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- ======================= TITLESET #1 =======================
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- *
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info 4 Stream(s) found - est. duration 01:36:04.175, reference 01:36:04.175
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Opening file "E:\BLURAY\The Experiment FRENCH AC3 1735ms 720P AF DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts"
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [x] Multicore support in resize
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Project size 4.17 Gb. (313.19 Mb. audio - 3.85 Gb. video)
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [ ] Don't fix audio gaps
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [ ] Engine Log
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [ ] 2-pass encoding
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info Encoding preset: MP (Medium Projects)
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- ****************** Encoding begin *******************
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- **************** Menu settings end ******************
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [x] Don't create title menu for single video
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [ ] Return to title menu after titleset playback
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [x] Skip root menu initially
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [x] Play titles one after the other
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [ ] Loop playback
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [x] Auto-start playback
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info No menu generated
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- *************** Menu settings begin *****************
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- **************** Burn settings end ******************
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info No default writer set
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [x] Delete DVD folder after burn complete
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [ ] Don't eject disc or open DVD folder in explorer, after burn complete
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info SAO setting: Automatic
2010-12-15 21:59:02 Info [ ] Burn result to DVD / as ISO file in working folder
2010-12-15 21:59:02 ---- **************** Burn settings begin ****************
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [ ] Don't fix audio gaps
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [ ] Engine Log
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [ ] 2-pass encoding
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info Encoding preset: MP (Medium Projects)
2010-12-15 21:58:30 ---- ****************** Encoding begin *******************
2010-12-15 21:58:30 ---- **************** Menu settings end ******************
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [x] Don't create title menu for single video
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [ ] Return to title menu after titleset playback
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [x] Skip root menu initially
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [x] Play titles one after the other
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [ ] Loop playback
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [x] Auto-start playback
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info No menu generated
2010-12-15 21:58:30 ---- *************** Menu settings begin *****************
2010-12-15 21:58:30 ---- **************** Burn settings end ******************
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info No default writer set
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [x] Delete DVD folder after burn complete
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [ ] Don't eject disc or open DVD folder in explorer, after burn complete
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info SAO setting: Automatic
2010-12-15 21:58:30 Info [ ] Burn result to DVD / as ISO file in working folder
2010-12-15 21:58:30 ---- **************** Burn settings begin ****************
2010-12-15 21:58:10 Info 36 Menu templates loaded.
2010-12-15 21:58:10 Info BURN: No disc in drive.
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info BURN: 2 graveur(s) trouvé(s)
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info BURN: DLL chargée "C:\Program Files (x86)\VSO\ConvertX\4\vso_hwe.dll" [4.0.13.476]
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info BURN: Using Advanced SPTI interface
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info Supported instruction set: sse4
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info Maximum number of threads detected: 4 - parallelize up to 4
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info Tuning Performances for AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor with 4 core(s) CPU
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info System default language : Français (France)
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info User default language : Français (Canada)
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info Version : 4.1.7.343
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files (x86)\VSO\ConvertX\4\ConvertXtoDvd.exe
2010-12-15 21:58:08 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP MCE (Build 2600: Service Pack 2)
2010-12-15 21:58:04 ---- ******************** Log session start 2010-12-15 21:58:04.873 PID 6328********************

MrC

17th December 2010, 21:35

8ternity

18th December 2010, 04:46

Well, there's already the audio delay info read by MediaInfo (CTRL-I on the source title, Audio section). But right now it is not used, just read. Could you please verify if the audio delay detected by MediaInfo on your m2ts is same as CX2D (1823.71 ms I guess from the log file)?

It would be quite easy to implement an auto audio delay fix. We should just validate if MediaInfo audio delay is reliable.

;)

Bye

The Source was an MKV BD5 that i've reconvert in DVD for my brother to be readable on his dvd. So here the Source of ConvertXtoDVD has imported for conversion.

General
ID : 1
Complete name : E:\BLURAY\The Experiment FRENCH AC3 1735ms 720P AF DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 4.37 GiB
Duration : 1h 36mn
Overall bit rate : 6 508 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=48
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 468 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.247
Stream size : 3.76 GiB (86%)
Writing library : x264 core 104 r1683 62997d6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5468 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / nal_hrd=vbr

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Video delay : 1s 750ms
Stream size : 440 MiB (10%)
Language : French

Text #1
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Language : French

Text #2
ID : 4609 (0x1201)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Language : English

And here the Exported project that ConvertXtoDVD exported:

General
Complete name : E:\DVD-TEMP\00000\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 55mn 32s
Overall bit rate : 2 577 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Duration : 55mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 078 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 8 768 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan order : 2:3 Pulldown
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.251
Stream size : 826 MiB (81%)

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 55mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 178 MiB (17%)

Text #1
ID : 32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding

Text #2
ID : 33 (0x21)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding

Menu

I had another project that i used ConvertXtoDVD about the audio delay. I will give you the other source and exported in my next reply.

Let me know if you need someting else.

8ternity!

MrC

18th December 2010, 09:23

Basically what I would know, assuming that CX2D is doing a good job in auto adjust delay, is the correlation with MediaInfo delay reading. Maybe on more source titles.

Thanks!

;)

Bye

oribani

21st December 2010, 05:41

First, THANK YOU for your software.

I am trying to migrate away from FAVC, not the least because AVSTODVD seems to support .m4v which I am trying to handle right now.

I have two .m4v files I'd like to put on one single layer DVD disc. One file is ~900MB and one file is ~1.2GB. When I add them to the same project, the size is around 6.5GB, and the size indicator at the bottom of the AVSTODVD screen goes red to tell me about the size problem. I just assumed as long as I told it I wanted a 4.7GB size final image that it would down-sample the files as needed... I believe that's what FAVC has been doing for me. However, the end result was that the size was not adjusted to fit at all - the size remains the same 6.5GB which I can't fit on my DVD of course.

So how do I get AVSTODVD to downsample my files? Is it a problem of .m4v sources? If so, any tips on software to convert to the right format first? Or did I miss some critical settings? Do I have to know more about how to set the bitrates? Any tips on how to do that? I thought AVSTODVD would be smart enough to auto-adjust the bitrates based on my target size. No?

Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your generous efforts to create this software.

oribani

21st December 2010, 07:02

I have two .m4v files I'd like to put on one single layer DVD disc. One file is ~900MB and one file is ~1.2GB. When I add them to the same project, the size is around 6.5GB, and the size indicator at the bottom of the AVSTODVD screen goes red to tell me about the size problem.

I also noted that when this project was done building, the progress status screen told me that although video and audio encoding were completed, the "Mux Video/Audio" was red (not completed?). I tested the finished product by mounting the image and it seemed fine, so maybe the project didn't require any video/audio mux? Is this normal?

Thanks again. (If there's a better place to ask for support like this, please let me know - sorry if I goofed it up.)

MrC

21st December 2010, 16:20

First, THANK YOU for your software.

You are welcome :)

So how do I get AVSTODVD to downsample my files? Is it a problem of .m4v sources? If so, any tips on software to convert to the right format first? Or did I miss some critical settings? Do I have to know more about how to set the bitrates? Any tips on how to do that? I thought AVSTODVD would be smart enough to auto-adjust the bitrates based on my target size. No?

AVStoDVD adjusts video bitrate to fit the DVD size, UP TO the lower avg bitrate limit. Default is 2500 kbps but it can be customized in 'Preferences'/'Video'.

I also noted that when this project was done building, the progress status screen told me that although video and audio encoding were completed, the "Mux Video/Audio" was red (not completed?). I tested the finished product by mounting the image and it seemed fine, so maybe the project didn't require any video/audio mux? Is this normal?

The red signal in the Progress window simply means that the step is not required.

On a side note: take some time to read the Help file (press F1 everywhere) because it contains these and other useful info about AVStoDVD

;)

Bye

oribani

24th December 2010, 01:27

AVStoDVD adjusts video bitrate to fit the DVD size, UP TO the lower avg bitrate limit. Default is 2500 kbps but it can be customized in 'Preferences'/'Video'.

Thanks for pointing this out. It wasn't totally obvious to me, but I'm certainly not an expert. (makes sense after you point out how it works, but it's not immediately obvious on its own.... maybe a tooltip when you hover over the size calculation could help point newbs to the lower avg bitrate setting?)

I'm really stuck on one minor issue, though. I found that reducing the lower avg bitrate (I think you might want to say "DOWN TO" instead) obviously reduced the size of my DVD output, except that the calculated size will not go down below 4451MB (whereas the DVD-5 size is 4450MB), even if I set the lower avg bitrate to the bottom (500).

Is this a limitation of my sources? Is there something else I'm missing? When the project finishes, will it really be exactly 4451MB and I'll be out of luck? Or will I be able to squeeze that onto a single layer DVD even if it's just 1MB oversize?

The red signal in the Progress window simply means that the step is not required.

Ah, OK. To me, I think big red signs like that usually indicate FAILURE conditions, which in this case causes confusion because it isn't a failure. You might want to consider something more along the lines of greyed-out or some text to indicate that the process was skipped because it was not needed. Just a friendly suggestion. :-)

take some time to read the Help file (press F1 everywhere) because it contains these and other useful info about AVStoDVD

FWIW, I reviewed the help file for the video settings page, and that help information wasn't really aimed at helping people like me who don't understand the point that you have to adjust the lower avg bitrate setting to fit more data into a single layer DVD output.

So, although I appreciate and accept a pointer to RTFM, what I think would help more newb-ish people like me is more of a howto. In fact, I looked for one linked from the AVStoDVD homepage and searched on the internet and didn't really see much (which is surprising since I believe this is great software that isn't exactly new).

I'm not saying you should go out and write one - you've already done your part. But information like this would be really helpful if it was published somewhere....

Anyway, I hope you might have feedback on my problem above, and again, THANK YOU very kindly for your great software.

MrC

24th December 2010, 11:12

I'm really stuck on one minor issue, though. I found that reducing the lower avg bitrate (I think you might want to say "DOWN TO" instead) obviously reduced the size of my DVD output, except that the calculated size will not go down below 4451MB (whereas the DVD-5 size is 4450MB), even if I set the lower avg bitrate to the bottom (500).

How many video footage hours are you going to insert in a DVD-5?

So, although I appreciate and accept a pointer to RTFM, what I think would help more newb-ish people like me is more of a howto. In fact, I looked for one linked from the AVStoDVD homepage and searched on the internet and didn't really see much (which is surprising since I believe this is great software that isn't exactly new).

I'm not saying you should go out and write one - you've already done your part. But information like this would be really helpful if it was published somewhere....

As I often say, AVStoDVD is an open project: many users have already given their contribution about avisynth functions and graphical stuff. If anybody want to write a complete guide to AVStoDVD, they are welcome.

Frankly speaking, I "just" have the time to add new functionalities, update the help file and make some troubleshooting on the forums.

Ah, OK. To me, I think big red signs like that usually indicate FAILURE conditions, which in this case causes confusion because it isn't a failure. You might want to consider something more along the lines of greyed-out or some text to indicate that the process was skipped because it was not needed. Just a friendly suggestion. :-)

Ok, I will put a tooltiptext to better explain the icons purpose. Thanks for the suggestion.

;)

Bye

Taurus

24th December 2010, 16:02

Yeah, the red signs led me to believe somethings wrong with my encodes in my last life :confused::p.
But I got used to it, although it's not my logic.
Greyed out would be more sophisticated.
Thanks MrC for looking into this.

And a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
To you.

qyot27

24th December 2010, 20:21

FWIW, I reviewed the help file for the video settings page, and that help information wasn't really aimed at helping people like me who don't understand the point that you have to adjust the lower avg bitrate setting to fit more data into a single layer DVD output.
At the most basic level, bitrate is the amount of data that gets read (or by extension, stored) per second. An 'average' bitrate means that the encoder will try to target X particular datarate as an average. Lowering or raising it makes the output files smaller or bigger, respectively. I will now do a basic explanation of the math behind it.

The reason is this: kbps, one of the standard units of measurement for bitrate, stands for kilobits per second. Eight kilobits (kB) = one kilobyte (KB), because eight bits = one byte.

So, all one has to do to figure out how large the files they encode will be is to take the length of the video in seconds and multiply it by the datarate (if you multiply by kilobit, then you have to then divide by 8 to get the number in KBs).

In that example, a 150-minute (2½ hour) video is 9000 seconds. You know that a single layer DVD can hold 4.26 GB (4260 MBs or 4,260,000 KB), so you set the equation up and solve to get the datarate. Like so:

4260000 / 9000 = ~473

473 is the rate in kilobytes. So multiply this by 8 = it becomes 3784kbps. 3784kbps is the maximum constant bitrate the disc can handle for a movie of that length (and this includes the audio, so if you want/need just the video's bitrate by itself, subtract the audio bitrate from that number; there's also some container overhead to account for; if you round the total rate down by a couple dozen to a hundred kbps it should be okay). Now, the encoders used typically are going to be using a variable bitrate, which means that the rate will fluctuate over time based on how complex the source is. If it doesn't need all of those bits, then they aren't used and the rate drops (thus the minimum threshold). On the flip side, if it needs more in certain areas it can do so (the maximum threshold). The average bitrate setting tries to balance these two thresholds out over the entire length of the movie, so all those peaks and depressions ultimately result in the average you specified.

In my case, I calculate the maximum constant rate the disc can take for the movie I want to put on it, and set that as the maximum rate. I then make the average bitrate equal to or below the maximum. Since I do all my encoding in HCenc prior to ever giving it to AVStoDVD, I can see how large the output files really are (and HCenc is extremely good with its bit allocation and encoding quality, so even if you set X to be the maximum and average rates, it doesn't mean it'll necessarily ever need that much - I frequently prepare myself and my HCenc profiles for a movie to take up almost an entire layer of a DVD-5 and when all is said and done, many times the output files are a gig or gig-and-a-half smaller, with no real visual loss because it didn't need all those extra bits).

oribani

24th December 2010, 21:29

How many video footage hours are you going to insert in a DVD-5?

About 5 hours 39 minutes. Is there an absolute limit in this regard? It says 4451MB for ALL bitrates from 500 to 1500. Hmmm.

As I often say, AVStoDVD is an open project: many users have already given their contribution about avisynth functions and graphical stuff. If anybody want to write a complete guide to AVStoDVD, they are welcome.

Right. I wish I had the expertise to do that. I hope someone else does.

Frankly speaking, I "just" have the time to add new functionalities, update the help file and make some troubleshooting on the forums.

And you deserve all the credit in the world for that!!

Ok, I will put a tooltiptext to better explain the icons purpose. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks for taking it seriously. :)

oribani

24th December 2010, 21:48

At the most basic level, bitrate is the amount of data that gets read (or by extension, stored) per second. An 'average' bitrate means that the encoder will try to target X particular datarate as an average. Lowering or raising it makes the output files smaller or bigger, respectively. I will now do a basic explanation of the math behind it.

Three things:

1) WOW! Thanks for the details! I did in fact understand at a basic level that bitrate affects how much video can be stored in a certain container. But what I didn't think about was the math. It's cool to actually learn the math, so thank you!

2) As I mentioned, I *did* understand at least the basic concept of the relationship between bitrate and output size. More what I had a problem with was understanding this particular tool and the fact that it does not auto-adjust this for you. The name of the setting on the video preferences page is obscure enough to a relative newb not to be very obvious that this is a limiting factor. I'm just saying that anything to make that more obvious could be helpful. :)

3) Using your very helpful math, I see that my videos, which total at just about 5:40, or 20400 seconds, should fit in at around 1670bps. But AVStoDVD keeps calculating my output size as 4451MB no matter if I set the lower avg bitrate to 1500 or 500. So there must be a problem there...

MrC

24th December 2010, 23:17

@oribani

wait wait, my friend, the problem is that estimated output size is 4451 MB instead of 4450 MB? Are you really worried about that? It is just an approximation "error"... go ahead and do not mind.

BTW, as a suggestion of mine, if you care about video quality, do not lower too much the viedo bitrate. Around 1500 kbps is really low, even for a good mpeg2 encoder as HCenc. You should move to more efficient algorithms, like xvid or x264 (mpeg4).

If you want to stay with mpeg2 nevertheless, then lower the resolution from Auto/Full-D1 to Half-D1 or VCD (see 'Preferences'/'Video'). More details in the Help section.

;)

Bye

oribani

25th December 2010, 06:50

wait wait, my friend, the problem is that estimated output size is 4451 MB instead of 4450 MB? Are you really worried about that? It is just an approximation "error"... go ahead and do not mind.

That was my question - I wasn't sure if that was something to worry about or not. OK, so it's not. Great!

(er, but on a side note, the size calculation is still in red because it is larger than the DVD-5 maximum size... if this is only an approximation and 1MB is not really a concern, maybe it should only be in red unless the difference is greater?)

BTW, as a suggestion of mine, if you care about video quality, do not lower too much the viedo bitrate. Around 1500 kbps is really low, even for a good mpeg2 encoder as HCenc. You should move to more efficient algorithms, like xvid or x264 (mpeg4).

Yeah, I'm aware I'm getting dangerously low, don't like it too much, but I want to get these files on the same DVD. I really don't mind using Xvid if that's a way to preserve better quality, but, and forgive the naive question, does that mean I can't use AVStoDVD?

If you want to stay with mpeg2 nevertheless, then lower the resolution from Auto/Full-D1 to Half-D1 or VCD (see 'Preferences'/'Video'). More details in the Help section.

Ohhhh. Really? OK. That's a nice tip. I did read the help file for that section, but the details were more about how the settings operate, but not so much about what those mean as to the quality vs. size issue as you are hinting at here (at least to a newb).

Well, when I'm done encoding on the AUTO setting, maybe I can try Half-D1 and compare the results.

THANKS AGAIN for your most valuable time and effort!

oribani

25th December 2010, 06:53

Yeah, I'm aware I'm getting dangerously low, don't like it too much, but I want to get these files on the same DVD. I really don't mind using Xvid if that's a way to preserve better quality, but, and forgive the naive question, does that mean I can't use AVStoDVD?

Oh, wait I'm not 100% sure, but does using Xvid instead of mpeg2 mean it won't be a "normal" DVD that is playable in a standalone player? Yeah, then for me, that's not what I'm trying to do this time.....

qyot27

25th December 2010, 14:51

If you use Xvid then it can't be authored as a DVD, just a data disc. Limited, of course, by the particular features and resolutions the hardware player supports (i.e. DivX profiles).

And I've found that the size AVStoDVD gives for DVD-5 actually undershoots the real size of a single layer by quite a bit, due to the size difference between metric kilobytes and binary kilobytes (or kibibytes, if you prefer). Windows reports things in the binary format, but it seems that the size meter in AVStoDVD has the two fused together (it seems to use metric reporting, but the bar fills using binary, or something like that). I don't know if this is intentional or not, but if you adhere to what AVStoDVD reports is the full size, you actually get ~50MB or so of leeway, IIRC. I noticed this because I'd always give TMPGEnc DVD Author 4.26 GBs of data (4.26 as Windows reports) and it would more or less fill up the layer completely, and work fine when burned. I try to give that same amount to AVStoDVD, and it says I'm over the DVD-5 limit.

oribani

26th December 2010, 22:23

If you use Xvid then it can't be authored as a DVD, just a data disc. Limited, of course, by the particular features and resolutions the hardware player supports (i.e. DivX profiles).

Speaking of which, what exactly does it mean to use Half-D1 or VCD instead of Auto/Full-D1? Do Half-D1 and VCD still play in as many standalone DVD players as Full-D1? What's the real difference? Is it just resolution size or something more fundamental?

And I've found that the size AVStoDVD gives for DVD-5 actually undershoots the real size of a single layer by quite a bit

I just finished building my DVD with 1500 lower avg bitrate for 5:40 of video and you're right. My final output image fit easily on a single layer disc, so the estimated 4451MB wasn't a worry.

Although I guess you're asking to have more accuracy, for me, I am relieved and wanted to report that my project succeeded perfectly (although haven't watched the whole thing yet, but sampled it and it looks OK... not sure about actual video quality, but it is at least watchable).

qyot27

27th December 2010, 03:15

Speaking of which, what exactly does it mean to use Half-D1 or VCD instead of Auto/Full-D1? Do Half-D1 and VCD still play in as many standalone DVD players as Full-D1? What's the real difference? Is it just resolution size or something more fundamental?
It's the resolution. Full D1 is 720x480 or 720x576, Half D1 is 352x480 or 352x576, VCD is 352x240 or 352x288. The 480/240 resolutions are for countries that use NTSC (generally, North America and Japan), the 576/288 are for those that use PAL (pretty much everywhere else in the world).

All those resolutions are part of the DVD standard (352x240 was inherited from the VCD standard), so any standalone DVD player should be fine with them. The part that it gets hazy is that most listings of the standard say that 352x240 is valid only for MPEG-1, but in practice I've never found a hardware player that fails to play MPEG-2 at that resolution.

oribani

27th December 2010, 20:43

It's the resolution. Full D1 is 720x480 or 720x576, Half D1 is 352x480 or 352x576, VCD is 352x240 or 352x288. The 480/240 resolutions are for countries that use NTSC (generally, North America and Japan), the 576/288 are for those that use PAL (pretty much everywhere else in the world).

THANK YOU for the good explanation (again!). OK, so maybe that's something to consider for the amount of video I'm trying to fit on a single DVD.

A related question, though... if I create a disc at Half-D1 with a better bitrate, but when viewing it, I use the television's stretch feature to pull the image up to full screen, will it look even worse than a lower bitrate at full resolution? Will it look similar? Any ideas?

Thanks everyone for such excellent help!

qyot27

28th December 2010, 16:25

THANK YOU for the good explanation (again!). OK, so maybe that's something to consider for the amount of video I'm trying to fit on a single DVD.

A related question, though... if I create a disc at Half-D1 with a better bitrate, but when viewing it, I use the television's stretch feature to pull the image up to full screen, will it look even worse than a lower bitrate at full resolution? Will it look similar? Any ideas?

Thanks everyone for such excellent help!
With a smaller resolution, less bitrate would be needed to store the image well, so 1500kbps @ Half D1 would probably look 'better' than 1500kbps @ Full D1, in terms of artifacts introduced by the compression format, like mosquito noise or macroblocking.

In exchange, it'll look softer since it's being stretched more than the Full D1 image is*. Even though Half D1 is stored at 352x480, the aspect ratio flags used - 4:3 or 16:9 - ensure it looks correct on a display or in a software player, so long as the software player or DirectShow filters used support the flagging. Hardware players have to treat them the same as Full D1, since 4:3 and 16:9 are the same display ratios regardless of what the video is really stored at.

*using VCD would look even softer, since it has to be scaled even more than Half D1. 1500kbps would probably be more than enough for VCD (I usually do 2000kbps, but that's likely overkill for that res in most cases too), but you'd have to deal with the quality of the hardware scalers in your player or HDTV, if that's relevant. VCD looks quite acceptable on my little 13" analog TV, at any rate. It'd probably look more or less okay on any analog TV, but on digital TVs it depends heavily on the scalers. The only restriction of the VCD resolution is that it can only be stored as 4:3 - widescreen content has to be letterboxed.

oribani

29th December 2010, 00:26

With a smaller resolution, less bitrate would be needed to store the image well, so 1500kbps @ Half D1 would probably look 'better' than 1500kbps @ Full D1, in terms of artifacts introduced by the compression format, like mosquito noise or macroblocking.

In exchange, it'll look softer since it's being stretched more than the Full D1 image is.

Thank you again for your patient explanations!

OK, then maybe I'll try it and see how different Half-D1 comes out compared to my Full D1 result.

THANKS A LOT to you and Mr. C!!!!

8ternity

31st December 2010, 00:23

HI Mrc.

Is there an way to move the title name in the General tab in settings of the movie? When i put dvd label, it still use the label of the filename. I need to click on movie settings and change the name there. When we put 6 movies in batch and change the name everywhere, i could help to move it in the advanced project settings OR to put a checkbox and we need to check it to use the same name for movie folder for exportation.

What you think about that suggestion?

MrC

31st December 2010, 09:45

8ternity

3rd January 2011, 06:49

Hi 8ternity,

I do not have fully understood. Currently the DVD Label can be setup in 'Advanced Project Settings', while Title Name (used during encoding for temporary files names and used in DVD Menu Titles) can be setup in 'Edit Title'/'General' and it is specific for each input title. What exactly do you suggest to change?

;)

Bye

Sorry for my bad english explanation.

#1: I use AvsToDVD to convert m2ts HD movies into DVD FILE export; i use it also to convert 1 to 5 titles. All filename is 0000.m2ts!

#2: When i put in the 'Advanced Project Settings' the "DVD label" name ex.: "THE LAST DAYS"; AVSTODVD export the movie folder named "0000_0" and job2 "0000_1".

I need to goes manually in the "View/Edit Title Settings" and copy/paste the Title into the "General" > 'General Info' and Title name and paste it there, for all each project.

I not used menu for all my encoded projects. So when i does 5 movies, i need to goes all the time in the movie view/edit title settings to put the folder exportation project to get the title of my movie wich is converted.

..Edit:And for the question:
What exactly do you suggest to change?

I suggestion to add the View/Edit Title Settings "Title Name" into the preferences in the Advanced Project Settings OR put a checkbox after the Title Name for using the DVD title has also the dvd title.

Did you more understand with that? Sorry, when it goes too technical, i've difficulty to explain well in english.

Have a wonderfull and happy new year! :thanks:

8ternity----

MrC

3rd January 2011, 15:24

Are you talking about a multi-titles (single) project or a batch of projects?

If the first, the output DVD files (m2v/ac3) should be named as:

THE LAST DAYS_0_Title_01_0000.*
THE LAST DAYS_0_Title_02_0000.*
...
THE LAST DAYS_0_Title_nn_0000.*

If the latter, the output DVD files should be named as:

THE LAST DAYS_0_0000.*
THE LAST DAYS_1_0000.*
...
THE LAST DAYS_n_0000.*

Thus I cannot fully understand yet... better if you send me the project log file...

About the suggestion, would it be ok to add 2 buttons near 'Title Name' in 'Edit Title'/'General' to import from/export to 'DVD Label' in 'Advanced Project Settings'?

;)

Happy New Year to you as well!

8ternity

8th January 2011, 07:12

Sorry For long time for the reply.

I've done another test..

Im just need to wait for batch queues tests to give you the confirmation. I will also try the latest 2.3.3 version and let you know the results for batch queue movies conversions.

8ternity

8th January 2011, 07:55

Hi MRC,

im working on the windows 7 icon package and i've got an question. Did you think you can update avstodvd to get a better skin quality for Windows Vista/Win7 users? I've convert some icon from windows 7 pack and quality for 32x32x256 is weird.

If you could had autodetection for windows version and set icon package for windows viata/7 it could be nice!

What you think about that idea?

If you can upgrade to 32x32xRVBA and also offer option to resize also to 48x48xRVBA!

Look the difference!
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/icons_comparison.jpg?t=1294469909

I will put on hold my work for icons package for 32x32x256 and wait for your news and if you want, i can work on a theme in DEFAULT for windows vista/win7!

8ternity

8ternity

8th January 2011, 19:36

Here the skin preview for the Windows 7 skin theme for the main program. I need to get done the batch icons theme too.

http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/AVStoDVD_Windows7_Skin-8ternity.jpg

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MrC

8th January 2011, 23:39

Good idea. No problem in W7/Vista detection. Send me the skin suite to test.

Thanks for the suggestion and great support

;)

Bye

8ternity

9th January 2011, 00:46

Hi Mrc!

Good idea. No problem in W7/Vista detection. Send me the skin suite to test.

EDIT: PM SENDED! I send you the URL to download the package i've start to build! Check your PM, and give me some news about it or if you need something else!

Are you talking about a multi-titles (single) project or a batch of projects?

What is strange, with the version 2.3.3 either if in batch or single conversion, it works normally so i had the proper title. So im gonna leave like this, and if i've got another time in the next release, i will let you know with logs!

...would it be ok to add 2 buttons near 'Title Name' in 'Edit Title'/'General' to import from/export to 'DVD Label' in 'Advanced Project Settings'?

Yes, if you ca do it, go for it! :thanks:
8ternity

End of editing: 2h30am here!

MrC

9th January 2011, 14:01

@8ternity

thanks in advance for the hard work! I would have tons of users like you!

I will carefully analyse the icons sets you sent me. Take note that upcoming AVStoDVD release (2.3.4, almost ready) will include only default skin and default DVD menu template. All others skins (including the wonderful sets you have already created) and templates will be moved to a separate section in AVStoDVD SourceForge page, to give them the proper evidence and the possibility to add other skins/templates without new official releases.

If the W7/Vista package will be ok, I will add it as default set for W7/Vista users.

;)

Bye

8ternity

9th January 2011, 18:54

Let me know when your check it and if you are satisfy! :) If you need more icons, like the balance i not convert it, i don't know if your program use it, and told me witch quality and size you need, or send me a .zip file with the one you need.

EDIT: Just before release and officialize the theme, let me know,i just finished to insatll my template and i will change one or two icons. I will send you here an preview of what it look like and it's verry nice!!

8ternity---

laeee

18th January 2011, 02:00

Chipmunk sounds - continued. I have not seen an answer to the “chipmunk sound” problem – last input was on page 84 of the forum. I am new, so I had to wait 5 days before I could post). I have experimented a bit. I have a PC with Windows 7 32 bits, and a PC with Windows XP, SP3. I loaded AVSTODVD ver 2.3.3 on both machines. I have one .mp4 file that works fine on the XP machine, but does not render the sound properly on Win 7 (chipmunk sound for a few seconds, then silence). Any more insight to a fix?

8ternity

18th January 2011, 05:36

@Laeee---

Try this:

■ Update latest version of DirectX
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en?WT.mc_id=MSCOM_DLC_PF_111SXX02933
■ Update latest driver of motherboard/sound driver;
■ Uninstall current version of ffdshow;
■ Try to download latest version of ffdshow clsid revision
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/SVN%20builds%20by%20clsid/generic%20builds/ffdshow_rev3721_20110107_clsid.exe/download

Reboot everything...

Retry!

MrC

18th January 2011, 23:11

@Laeee

in addition to 8ternity suggestions, have a look to Help/FAQ/General/Q1.5

;)

Bye

laeee

19th January 2011, 14:05

RE Chipmunk sounds: As 8ternity suggested, I checked my DirectX version, it was OK, I use DriverMax to keep my drivers up to date and there were no new updates available. I uninstalled FFDShow & reinstalled it. I also re-installed AVSTODVD. None of these helped. Next, per MrC and the FAQ, I installed the Preferred Filter Tweaker. I changed every option from Microsoft to FFDShow – I got a couple of warnings about Microsoft things may not work, and ignored them. When the disk completed, I used VLC media player (since Windows Media Player did not recognize the disk) and it worked! The filters seem to be the issue in Windows 7! Tonight I may reset all of the filters & be a bit more selective on the ones I switch to FFDShow. Thanks to all for the help!

8ternity

20th January 2011, 03:23

It's not necessary a fail of windows 7 but only a better compatibiliy to read hd contents from bluray, hddvd and HD contents. It's a good thing that windows has think about that and had codecs for hd contents.

MrC

23rd January 2011, 08:48

New Year's gift:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd_addons

Many thanks to JohnJ

;)

Bye

8ternity

26th January 2011, 15:48

Hi Mrc:

Did you check the icon pack i've send you?

MrC

26th January 2011, 21:16

Hi 8ternity,

not yet, sorry... in these days I'm working on 2.3.4 release final testing, probably out by tomorrow.

;)

Bye

MrC

27th January 2011, 17:25

Release 2.3.4 is available to download (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/)

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'Auto Adjust Delay' option in 'Preferences'/'Audio'
- Added 'Auto Adjust Delay' option in 'Title Edit'/'Audio' (adjustment is done during Audio encoding step)
- Added 'Copy Title Name to DVD Label' command button in 'Title Edit'/'General'
- Added FFmpeg as 'AC3 Audio Encoder' in 'Preferences'/'Audio'
- Added 'Fix SRT' routine for authored subtitles (mandatory, at runtime)
- Added Channels number and BitRate check after Audio encoding. Upon failure, backup Audio encoding routine (FFmpeg based) is started
- Added tooltips to Progress Status Window icons
- Added Drop Shadows customization for 'Play All' and 'Arrows' buttons in DVD Menu Wizard
- Added (again!) ImagoMPEG-Muxer to multiplex AC3 and MP2 Audio streams (instead of FFmpeg)
- Moved all Skins but 'Default' as add-on packages at AVStoDVD SourceForge webpage
- Moved all Menu Templates but 'Menu in Black' as add-on packages at AVStoDVD SourceForge webpage
- Added 'Canny_Suite_100_by_JohnJ' (33 new Menu Templates) as add-on package at AVStoDVD SourceForge webpage (many thanks to JohnJ)
- Removed 'cachefile' command when FFMpegSource is used as 'AVS Source Filter'
- Improved DVD burning success detection (ImgBurn log parsing)
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.41
- Haali Media Splitter updated to 1.10.348.15
- ImgBurn updated to 2.5.5.0

Suggestions and feedbacks are always welcome

;)

Bye

Fishman0919

28th January 2011, 05:27

Thank You MrC !!!

MrC

28th January 2011, 22:23

SourceForge links are broken. I will try to fix them shortly. Meanwhile use following links:

AVStoDVD 2.3.4 Installer Package (http://www.mediafire.com/?pq5wb0l4gkrl0wp)
AVStoDVD 2.3.4 NoInstall Package (http://www.mediafire.com/?ouvwp4qzmadaafd)
AVStoDVD 2.3.4 Source Code (http://www.mediafire.com/?1mcboh339j4r83j)

;)

Bye

8ternity

29th January 2011, 07:17

Hi 8ternity,

not yet, sorry... in these days I'm working on 2.3.4 release final testing, probably out by tomorrow.

;)

Bye

Great, i need to finalised some detailed about some icon i think i need to change and i need some days off to retake some energy.... my backbain is drainning all my energy!..

8ternity

29th January 2011, 14:51

Hi Mrc!

I've had an issue about audio has been missing over like the first 15minutes, after that the audio start and it has been a lot desync.

Here the log:

<2011-01-29 01:23:33>
START PROCESS
<>

<2011-01-29 01:23:33>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DEATH_RACE_2
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Spline36Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 6500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7241S 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2011-01-29 01:23:33>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Death Race 2 FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5081 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:40:17 hours - 144281 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Death Race 2 FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: DTS - 768 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 24bit - 1:40:17 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.41]
<>

<2011-01-29 01:23:33>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\BLURAY\Death Race 2 FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", CacheFolder="E:\Temp", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\BLURAY\Death Race 2 FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", CacheFolder="E:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

Audio = Audio.DelayAudio(600)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2011-01-29 01:23:33>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4031.8 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5620
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2011-01-29 02:16:02>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2.m2v (4032.9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5661 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:40:17 hours - 144278 frames
<>

<2011-01-29 02:16:02>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "E:\Temp\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2_1.ac3"
<>

<2011-01-29 02:20:33>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2_1.ac3 (353.4 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:50:17 hours
<>

<2011-01-29 02:20:33>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\DEATH_RACE_2_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\DEATH_RACE_2_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\DEATH_RACE_2_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0_DEATH_RACE_2_Chapters.txt"

<>

<2011-01-29 02:25:00>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4440.6 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0.2% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4386.3 MB -> OK
<>

<2011-01-29 02:25:00>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\DEATH_RACE_2_0 (4440.6 MB)
<>

<2011-01-29 02:25:00>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.4
<>

MrC

29th January 2011, 22:57

@8ternity

what about the Preview Clip section? Does the audio play correctly?

;)

Bye

8ternity

5th February 2011, 15:35

@8ternity

what about the Preview Clip section? Does the audio play correctly?

;)

Bye

No. It does not played. I need to pass it more than 20 minutes, after that the audio is playing but too much desync.

Samething when i click add to search a video; and play in the open box to preview the movie does the same.

Media player play wells the dts audio track; but windows media player 12 not play the dts audio track.

here the source mediainfo;

General
ID : 1
Complete name : E:\BLURAY\Death Race 2 FRENCH DTS 720P F DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 4.36 GiB
Duration : 1h 40mn
Overall bit rate : 6 218 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Duration : 1h 40mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 081 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.230
Stream size : 3.65 GiB (84%)
Writing library : x264 core 104 r1683 62997d6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5081 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / nal_hrd=vbr

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Duration : 1h 40mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 755 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Stream size : 541 MiB (12%)
Language : French

Text
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Language : French

MrC

5th February 2011, 20:20

No. It does not played. I need to pass it more than 20 minutes, after that the audio is playing but too much desync.

Looks like there are some problems in the directshow decoding chain for DTS. What does GraphEdit say if you feed it with your m2ts file?

Did you try to switch from A2DSource to FFMpegSource? If not, try it, but be patient because FFMS needs to create the file index.

;)

Bye

8ternity

6th February 2011, 03:07

What does GraphEdit say if you feed it with your m2ts file?
Bye

What does this mean? Sorry... i've not really understand whats graphedit..

I has the version 3711 of ffdshow clsid revision. I will update it and reboot and retry everything. It's not the first time i say that ffshow revisions add trouble with some video and audio issue.

MrC

6th February 2011, 14:02

What does this mean? Sorry... i've not really understand whats graphedit..

Donwload GraphEdit (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/GraphEdit)
Open it and select 'File'/'Render Media File'. Select your m2ts file.
Report back the decoding paths that GraphEdit shows.

I has the version 3711 of ffdshow clsid revision. I will update it and reboot and retry everything. It's not the first time i say that ffshow revisions add trouble with some video and audio issue.

I usually use only ffdshow stable releases. Last one should be beta 7 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/Official%20releases/generic%20build%20%28stable%29/ffdshow_beta7_rev3154_20091209.exe/download).

;)

Bye

8ternity

6th February 2011, 19:06

Hi Mirc,

I've uninstall version 2.3.4 and get back to 2.3.3. and everything are okay. Samething for Death Race 2!

http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/graph_result1.jpg

Thanks... So it work in preview now with 2.3.3 release!

houston

8th February 2011, 10:53

Hey

i got a problem...
I dont get any pictures if i try to preview a track inside of a2d :(
But the audio is playing.

any solutions?

br
houston

MrC

8th February 2011, 13:50

@houston

see Help/FAQ/GUI/Q2.2

;)

Bye

8ternity

9th February 2011, 00:04

@MrC:

Didi i need to give you something more about the issue on the version 2.3.4? I'Ve try with "ffmpeg", "directshow" and also "A2D"... it's make this to all of my projects and any files in m2ts.

Thanks!

8ternity

9th February 2011, 04:33

@MrC:

I had a suggestion for the batch window. Did is possible to attached the window to the other window when we move it to the other window, and when we move the main window, the batch window move it too like IMBGURN does it for the status window.

What you think about that?

Ohh i forgot something else... please wait before release the icons has the defaut one, i need to arranged the contrast on some ones, and re-arranged someones.

:thanks:

MrC

9th February 2011, 10:34

@8ternity

So, no luck with Preview Clip using FFMpegSource? That's quite strange, because FFMpegSource does not use a directshow approach. Are you sure you are having problems with all m2ts files?

About Jobs List window positioning, no problem, I will do. OK for icons as well.

Thanks

;)

Bye

houston

9th February 2011, 11:17

Hey

i got a problem...
I dont get any pictures if i try to preview a track inside of a2d :(
But the audio is playing.

any solutions?

br
houston

Just thought about to look nto the faq myself ... then looking here and get the advice ... Shame on me :)
But thanks, now it works :)

8ternity

9th February 2011, 16:48

@MrC:

I was having this issue with 3 movies on 3, so i've not tester with more of this one. I need to finish some conversion and after that reinstall 2.3.4 version and try a different movies excluding the 3 i've already done.

I've show you the GraphEdit on the movie in question, and with 2.3.3 version it pass like a charm!

EDIT: Theme pack finished. PM sent. Thanks. Hope to see theses icon has the new defaut, i just cant wait to see comments of avstodvd users :) it's just my little contribution to your great work and support!

leoliver

10th March 2011, 18:16

MrC

10th March 2011, 20:42

Can I use DirectVobSub(VSFilter.dll) to add external sub-titles , when I'm using AVStoDVD to convert a .avi to DVD ?
Or would I have to use another program to add the external sub to a .avi before using AVStoDVD to make a DVD ?
Thanks.

What is exactly your purpose and your input subtitle file format? AVStoDVD supports directly SRT, SUP and SST format. Just click on 'Edit Title'/'Subtitles'/'Add Subtitles' (or type CTRL-S).

;)

Bye

leoliver

11th March 2011, 18:08

What is exactly your purpose and your input subtitle file format? AVStoDVD supports directly SRT, SUP and SST format. Just click on 'Edit Title'/'Subtitles'/'Add Subtitles' (or type CTRL-S).

;)

Bye

The subs are SRT. I'll try the actions you mentioned. Thanks.

MrC

1st April 2011, 19:09

AVStoDVD release 2.4.0 beta 110401 is available to download
(https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd_alpha_beta/AVStoDVD%202.4.0%20Beta%20110401)

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added multi subtitles tracks encoding and authoring capability
- Added support to VobSub subtitles (idx/sub)
- Added support to SubStation Alpha subtitles (ssa/ass)
- Added order tracking during Audio/Subs tracks selection
- Added possibility to open background image from DVD Menu Editor to default image viewer/editor
- Added possibility to use custom images for DVD Menu Thumbnails (Static Menu only)
- Added graphical support to 32bit icons using VB resource library (DLL ActiveX)
- Moved all .ico files to single .dll file for Skins
- Changed 'Default' Skin (thanks to 8ternity for new suite). Old 'Default' is now called 'Classic'.
- Changed 'Default' Splash Screen (thanks to 8ternity). Old 'Default' is now called 'Classic'.
- Changed default authored subtitles format from 'Tahoma 18pt Bold' to 'Tahoma 18pt'
- Added 'Menu Templates Path' option in 'Preferences'/'Paths'
- Removed 'Local AppData Path' option in 'Preferences'/'Paths' (discontinued)
- Improved 'Fix SRT' routine for authored subtitles
- Added MKVtoolinx 4.5.0 to AVStoDVD Installer package
- FFmpeg updated to r28671
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.42

As usual, please provide feebacks and comments about this beta release.

;)

Bye

8ternity

2nd April 2011, 02:43

Hi Mrc!

I just saw the beta release on Videohelp.com! I just download it and take a look of new exciting theme and give you some news about it ASP.

I can't wait 2min to finished to download it! :devil: :devil:

Thanks! :)

8ternity

2nd April 2011, 03:15

Hey Mrc,

Did you had the dimensions for the image on the installer for you program? I can design one for the new release when it's will coming out from beta?

I Will design it from the splash screen i've design.
Also, i need to update the shadow of the icon in the splash screen, i doesnt like it, i need to look more natural. I know how to correct it.

And that splash screen is the official one on the next release?

Just an update; in the splash screen, put the text in black for the release version and beta build text.

Thanks.

**Edit**: new splash attached to this post.
- Fixed the shadow with a real shadow (perspective effect, guassian blur effect, 85% oppacity.
- Updated the titles AVStoDVD font tunned to fine/precised effect.
- Ice/Polar background
- Lightings storm effect in both side of the icon/movie image
***end***

MrC

2nd April 2011, 08:58

Did you had the dimensions for the image on the installer for you program? I can design one for the new release when it's will coming out from beta?

Vertical image: 164x314 px
Horizontal image: 150x57 px

And that splash screen is the official one on the next release?

Yes, it is ;)

Just an update; in the splash screen, put the text in black for the release version and beta build text.

It should be already black, isn't it?

**Edit**: new splash attached to this post.
- Fixed the shadow with a real shadow (perspective effect, guassian blur effect, 85% oppacity.
- Updated the titles AVStoDVD font tunned to fine/precised effect.
- Ice/Polar background
- Lightings storm effect in both side of the icon/movie image
***end***

Thanks for your great support! Very appreciated

:)

Bye

8ternity

2nd April 2011, 23:00

Vertical image: 164x314 px
Horizontal image: 150x57 px

Great, i will design it for you as soon as possible.

It should be already black, isn't it?

No it was in white. But when i unstall the older version, i say yes to keep registry setting in the registry of windows. Did to keep that registry keys keep that white title? I don't think so it must be in the programmation itself of avstodvd?

Thanks for your great support! Very appreciated

It's a pleasure! I like your software and use it every week. If i can help in a way, i help for small things like that. Also i like to photoshop somes things, design publicity, business card, etc.

I let you know when your image in the setup is ready.

8ternity

8ternity

2nd April 2011, 23:22

Hi Mrc!

Here all the images for installer!

John_J

3rd April 2011, 23:14

Hi there!

I'm glad to see another new release of AVStoDVD. I haven't tested it so far, but changelog looks promising ;)

Hope to see AVS script support for DVD menu backgrounds one day...

Change log:

- Added graphical support to 32bit icons using VB resource library (DLL ActiveX)

I've began to update icon packs back to 32bit color depth, but I always get default icons for all buttons. Am I missing some dlls or do you only support a icon dll now?

Cheerio,
JohnJ

PS: I also collected some new ideas for menu backgrounds. If I got enough input, I'll create a new template pack.

MrC

4th April 2011, 13:10

Hope to see AVS script support for DVD menu backgrounds one day...

It is coming... keep the hope. ;)

I've began to update icon packs back to 32bit color depth, but I always get default icons for all buttons. Am I missing some dlls or do you only support a icon dll now?

If Icons.dll file (.ico container, ActiveX DLL resource library) is found, it is used, otherwise .ico files (if present) are loaded.

I also collected some new ideas for menu backgrounds. If I got enough input, I'll create a new template pack.

Great! Eager to see them! :cool:

;)

Bye

John_J

4th April 2011, 21:35

It is coming... keep the hope. ;)

Awesome...I already got a script from an earlier project ready to provide an example/tutorial.

..., otherwise .ico files (if present) are loaded.

And those single icon files (still) have to be 8bit?

-JohnJ

MrC

5th April 2011, 12:56

And those single icon files (still) have to be 8bit?

Yep, 32bit support is only thru resource dll.

;)

Bye

John_J

5th April 2011, 13:13

Yep, 32bit support is only thru resource dll.

Aaahh...I got it. Is there a simple way to create such ressource dlls without Visual-Studio/-Basic/... for testing purposes?

EDIT: I used Resource Hacker, but icons doesn't really look like 32bit (missing alpha channel). Should I send you a sample?

-JohnJ

Manji

5th April 2011, 17:46

Hi - great app but having an issue now with bottom green screen. Please see image:

http://i.imgur.com/VuJoD.jpg

Source is PAL mp4 converting to NTSC. Using latest beta. Any ideas? thanks

8ternity

5th April 2011, 22:49

Hi Mrc,

Still having a audiodelay issue in the beta release! No sound until 12minutes. It look like that the sound is desync of 12 minutes. Like the past release.

The project is this one:

<2011-04-04 23:54:06>
START PROCESS
<>

<2011-04-04 23:54:06>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: GAME_OF_DEATH
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Spline36Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language (Primary): FR - French
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): FR - French
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7241S 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2011-04-04 23:54:06>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Game of Death 2010 FRENCH AC3 1100ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 6506 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:25:57 hours - 123647 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Game of Death 2010 FRENCH AC3 1100ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:25:56 hours (601100 ms delay) - Internal
[]
<>

<2011-04-04 23:54:06>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Game of Death 2010 FRENCH AC3 1100ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Game of Death 2010 FRENCH AC3 1100ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

Audio = Audio.DelayAudio(601.1)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2011-04-04 23:54:06>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4088,8 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 6651
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 70
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2011-04-05 00:46:27>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH.m2v (4089 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6700 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:25:57 hours - 123645 frames
<>

<2011-04-05 00:46:27>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "E:\Temp\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH_1.ac3"
<>

<2011-04-05 00:48:30>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH_1.ac3 (307,5 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:35:58 hours (0 ms delay)
<>

<2011-04-05 00:48:30>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0_GAME_OF_DEATH_Chapters.txt"

<>

<2011-04-05 00:51:54>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4445,7 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0,1% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4396,5 MB -> OK
<>

<2011-04-05 00:51:54>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\GAME_OF_DEATH_0 (4445,7 MB)
<>

<2011-04-05 00:51:54>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.0 Beta build 110401
<>

8ternity

5th April 2011, 22:55

Another one...

<2011-04-05 00:51:54>
START PROCESS
<>

<2011-04-05 00:51:54>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Spline36Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language (Primary): FR - French
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): FR - French
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7241S 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2011-04-05 00:51:54>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\Kill Speed 2010 TRUEFRENCH AC3 800ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5033 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:48:03 hours - 155442 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Kill Speed 2010 TRUEFRENCH AC3 800ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:48:02 hours (600800 ms delay) - Internal
[]
<>

<2011-04-05 00:51:54>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Kill Speed 2010 TRUEFRENCH AC3 800ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\Kill Speed 2010 TRUEFRENCH AC3 800ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2011-04-05 00:51:54>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4001 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5177
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2011-04-05 01:51:19>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000.m2v (4002,4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5214 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:48:03 hours - 155442 frames
<>

<2011-04-05 01:51:20>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "E:\Temp\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000_1.ac3"
<>

<2011-04-05 01:53:42>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000_1.ac3 (346,2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:48:03 hours (0 ms delay)
<>

<2011-04-05 01:53:42>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0_00000_Chapters.txt"

<>

<2011-04-05 01:56:32>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4438 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0,3% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4348,6 MB -> OK
<>

<2011-04-05 01:56:32>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\KILL_SPEED_800MS_AUTODELAY_0 (4438 MB)
<>

<2011-04-05 01:56:33>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.0 Beta build 110401
<>

MrC

6th April 2011, 10:08

I used Resource Hacker, but icons doesn't really look like 32bit (missing alpha channel).

That's another VB6 limit: even if forced to accept 32bit icons, alpha channel is completely indigestible... It is converted to black.

:rolleyes:

Bye

MrC

6th April 2011, 10:10

Hi - great app but having an issue now with bottom green screen. Please see image:

http://i.imgur.com/VuJoD.jpg

Source is PAL mp4 converting to NTSC. Using latest beta. Any ideas? thanks

Have you installed Haali Media Splitter? If yes and it does not work, try to use 'FFMpegSource' instead of 'A2DSource' in 'Preferences'/'AviSynth'.

;)

Bye

MrC

6th April 2011, 10:22

Hi Mrc,

Still having a audiodelay issue in the beta release! No sound until 12minutes. It look like that the sound is desync of 12 minutes. Like the past release.

From MediaInfo reading:

Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Game of Death 2010 FRENCH AC3 1100ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:25:56 hours (601100 ms delay) - Internal

Thus AVStoDVD applies following AviSynth command:

Audio = Audio.DelayAudio(601.1)

If MediaInfo reading is wrong and actually there is no audio delay in source file, the result is exactly a (huge) out-of-sync.

To avoid AVStoDVD to adjust (fake) audio delay, be sure that 'Edit Title'/'Audio'/'Auto Delay Audio' is off.

To fix these MediaInfo mis-readings, I can add a consistency check on delay amount: if more than i.e. 5 seconds, than a warning can pop up.

;)

Bye

John_J

6th April 2011, 13:20

That's another VB6 limit: even if forced to accept 32bit icons, alpha channel is completely indigestible... It is converted to black.

I've got two more links for you, maybe it's helpful ;) :

1. Displaying Alpha (32bit) Icons with ImageLists (http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/vb/code/controls/ImageList/Displaying_Alpha_%2832bit%29_Icons_with_ImageLists/article.asp)

2. XP icons for VB6 programs (http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vbarchiv.net%2Fworkshop%2Fworkshop_92-xp-icons-fuer-vb6-programme.html&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8)

-JohnJ

MrC

6th April 2011, 22:27

WARNING!

There's a bug in the delay detection routine: AVStoDVD is using the MediaInfo 'Audio'/'Delay' stream tag, instead correct tag is 'Audio'/'Video Delay'.

PLEASE DE-ACTIVATE 'Preferences'/'Audio'/'Auto Adjust Delay' WHEN USING RELEASES 2.3.4 AND 2.4.0 beta 110401

A new beta will be soon available.

Bye

Manji

6th April 2011, 22:35

That did it, thanks! I'll use ffmpeg for audio as well since wavi was causing process aborts (could not find audio in mp4).
Loving the speed - flying at 325fps with i7

8ternity

9th April 2011, 03:31

From MediaInfo reading:

Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\Game of Death 2010 FRENCH AC3 1100ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:25:56 hours (601100 ms delay) - Internal

Thus AVStoDVD applies following AviSynth command:

Audio = Audio.DelayAudio(601.1)

If MediaInfo reading is wrong and actually there is no audio delay in source file, the result is exactly a (huge) out-of-sync.

To avoid AVStoDVD to adjust (fake) audio delay, be sure that 'Edit Title'/'Audio'/'Auto Delay Audio' is off.

To fix these MediaInfo mis-readings, I can add a consistency check on delay amount: if more than i.e. 5 seconds, than a warning can pop up.

;)

Bye

THere is a made a error with the mediainfo release, the mediainfo GUI is reading this "1s 100ms" has seen on this mediainfo code:

General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : E:\BLURAY\Game of Death 2010 FRENCH AC3 1100ms 720P DVD5.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 4.36 GiB
Duration : 1h 25mn
Overall bit rate : 7 270 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 1h 25mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 6 506 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.294
Stream size : 3.96 GiB (91%)
Writing library : x264 core 112 r1867 22bfd31
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=6506 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 1h 25mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 1s 100ms Stream size : 236 MiB (5%)
Language : French

Mediainfo GUI version 0.7.43.

I was using mediainfo from a long time, i'Ve not seen during the last 3 months error in reading the audio delay. I use it for a while with ripbot264 and apply the audio delai from the mediainfo gui reading. Can mediainfo source and GUI could had difference.

MrC

9th April 2011, 22:52

@8ternity

WARNING!

There's a bug in the delay detection routine: AVStoDVD is using the MediaInfo 'Audio'/'Delay' stream tag, instead correct tag is 'Audio'/'Video Delay'.

PLEASE DE-ACTIVATE 'Preferences'/'Audio'/'Auto Adjust Delay' WHEN USING RELEASES 2.3.4 AND 2.4.0 beta 110401

A new beta will be soon available.

Bye

;)

Bye

8ternity

9th April 2011, 23:40

Yes i know, just want to let you know the mediainfo GUI from the source.

MrC

10th April 2011, 17:44

Oki

:)

Bye

mike23

22nd April 2011, 11:54

Assume I have an *.avi video. Now I want tto convert it so that I get an *.iso file which contains a DVD structure ready to burn.

How can I do this?

Ok, I loaded the source video into AVStoDVD.

But when I want to click menu

Options->Output Setup

then the "ISO UDF image" is greyed out/disabled.

Why?

How else can I create an *.iso image?

Mike

MrC

22nd April 2011, 15:25

@mike23

install ImgBurn (included in AVStoDVD Installer package) and that option will be enabled.

For more info see Help/FAQ/Burning/Q7.1

;)

Bye

MrC

22nd April 2011, 16:07

Fishman0919

22nd April 2011, 20:14

mike23

23rd April 2011, 06:37

install ImgBurn (included in AVStoDVD Installer package) and that option will be enabled.

I have both installed AVStoDVD and ImgBurn but ImgBurn is not linked in AVStoDVD.

I want a two-step manual process rather than a one-step-automatic process. I have a computer with a fast quad core cpu for converting but with a bad DVD burner device and a weak computer with a good DVD burner.

Furthermore I prefer to have control over what is burned.

So I like to convert at first an *.avi. The result was a *.m2v file which seems to contain the DVD structure. Am I correct here? Can I somehow peek into this big archive? I expected a VIDEO_TS folder

When I copied this big file to the other computer and try to burn it with ImgBurn it does NOT accept this type of file.

"Invalid or unsupport file format".

So I cannot burn *.m2v files with ImgBurn? I though *.m2v would be the intermediate file for burning.

How does the whole process work otherwise?

Mike

MrC

25th April 2011, 20:26

@mike23

if you are getting a m2v file (and probably a ac3 file as well), you have chosen 'Elementary MPEG2 Streams' as 'Output Setup'. To get VIDEO_TS/AUDIO_TS folders, select 'DVD Folders' instead.

;)

Bye

8ternity

29th April 2011, 03:33

Hi Mrc:

Did you get the installer images that i've made for the setup installer?

MrC

29th April 2011, 10:03

Hi Mrc:

Did you get the installer images that i've made for the setup installer?

Of course: new beta release installer already contains those images.

Thanks!

:cool:

Bye

Big Vern

30th May 2011, 10:57

AVStoDVD 2.4.0 beta 110422 is available to download
(https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd_alpha_beta/AVStoDVD%202.4.0%20Beta%20110422/)
Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'Display errors messages at runtime' option in 'Preferences'/'Misc'
- Changed Installer images according to new 'Default' Splash Screen (thanks to 8ternity)
- Improved 'Auto Adjust Delay' routine
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.44

;)

Bye

I have been using this version and keep getting this error message:-
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1056/unled1wx.jpg

Any ideas what is causing that?

Regards........

*EDIT* Forgot to mention, this only happens when I run HC in 1 pass mode, if I do 2 passes it works fine!

Also, I am running Windows 7

whiskey

1st June 2011, 05:58

Hi I'm using 2.4.0 release (non beta)

My encode stops pretty much at the end when it comes to subtitles embedded into mkv file, this is the last part from the log

START SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
ANSI format conversion routine applied
SRT fixing routine applied (0 lines fixed)
SubtitleCreator Parameters: "C:\DVD\DVD_0_clash.of.empires.srt" -p4 -i"C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"
<>

<5/31/2011 10:52:36 PM>
CHECK LOG FILE <C:\DVD\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.

Program displays message that process was aborted and I have no clue why... anybody any ideas :confused:

MrC

1st June 2011, 21:10

@ Big Vern & whiskey

please post the full failed project log file to understand more

;)

Bye

whiskey

2nd June 2011, 07:16

@ Big Vern & whiskey

please post the full failed project log file to understand more

;)

Bye

<6/1/2011 10:49:32 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<6/1/2011 10:49:32 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4480/4480 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\DVD
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 1
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 0
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 1
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 10
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: hp CDDVDW TS-L633R 0300
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<6/1/2011 10:49:32 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.mkv
Info: AVC - 4214 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:49:10 hours - 157216 frames
Audio 1: C:\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 24 bit - 1:49:10 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
Subs 1: C:\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia_EN.srt
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.44]
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<6/1/2011 10:49:32 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\DVD", FrameRate=24, VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia\Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\DVD")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

Audio = Audio.Normalize()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<6/1/2011 10:49:32 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4014.8 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5141
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<6/2/2011 12:50:47 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.m2v (4016 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5178 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:49:10 hours - 157216 frames
<>

<6/2/2011 12:50:47 AM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -tff
<>

<6/2/2011 12:54:25 AM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.m2v (4016 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5178 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:49:10 hours - 157057 frames
<>

<6/2/2011 12:54:26 AM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia_1.ac3"
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<6/2/2011 1:03:06 AM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia_1.ac3 (349.8 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:49:10 hours (0 ms delay)
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<6/2/2011 1:03:07 AM>
START SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
ANSI format conversion routine applied
SRT fixing routine applied (0 lines fixed)
SubtitleCreator Parameters: "C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.srt" -p4 -i"C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"

in program this pops up just after audio encoding

"process aborted during title 1 subs (track 1) encoding operations"

check log file for more info

MrC

2nd June 2011, 21:29

whiskey

2nd June 2011, 22:39

MrC

4th June 2011, 15:36

No error messages at all, it opened up nice and i was able to see all the text lines

Could you send me the original srt file by email (avstodvd@gmail.com)?

Thanks

:)

Bye

8ternity

7th June 2011, 22:13

Hi Mrc,

First use of v 2.4.0; got an error while click "Browse and open a m2ts file".

When click "Open" to the selected m2ts file; AVStoDVD gives that error:

Error 11
Division by zero

Click "OK"
After...
Warning! Failed to initialize Project and compute output DVD size! Check your settings.

After that the video was added, but can i continue and try to convert it?

THanks.

MrC

8th June 2011, 13:03

When click "Open" to the selected m2ts file; AVStoDVD gives that error:

Error 11
Division by zero

Click "OK"
After...
Warning! Failed to initialize Project and compute output DVD size! Check your settings.

It could be that Mediainfo has detected 0 fps as source m2ts framerate. Is that the case (see source file video info)?

;)

Bye

laserfan

13th June 2011, 21:41

Hey MrC I just found your program (!) and it appears amazingly easy for me to make DVDs from my homebrew BD discs-with-menus!

In my first attempt I told AVStoDVD to stop after the 1st title (of 6 total) and it appears there is no way to resume the operation again, am I right? When I tried to run the project again, the program started anew with Title 1, giving it a new name i.e. _1_ where the 1st one I'd made was _0_. Any way to start again with the next title?

I had interrupted the process to check the quality of the MPEG2 720x480 vs the original 1920x1080. It is downright amazing... :)

MrC

14th June 2011, 16:01

Hi laserfan and welcome there

The way to resume the process is not very "clear", but there is: just delete the project log file (i.e. DVD_0.log) and leave all already encoded DVD assets files (m2v, ac3, sup). When you start the project again (use same DVD and Titles names), AVStoDVD will ask you if you want to overwrite or keep them.

;)

Bye

laserfan

14th June 2011, 18:09

The way to resume the process is not very "clear", but there is: just delete the project log file (i.e. DVD_0.log) and leave all already encoded DVD assets files (m2v, ac3, sup). When you start the project again (use same DVD and Titles names), AVStoDVD will ask you if you want to overwrite or keep them.
This appears to be working, many thanks! I suggest you add this to your [excellent] Help file, possibly on the Progress Status Window page.

Maybe my search methods were faulty, but I couldn't find anything about this anywhere before.

MrC

14th June 2011, 19:19

This appears to be working, many thanks! I suggest you add this to your [excellent] Help file, possibly on the Progress Status Window page.

Maybe my search methods were faulty, but I couldn't find anything about this anywhere before.

Ok, good suggestion, let's uncover this "easter egg"

;)

Bye

laserfan

14th June 2011, 22:09

Hey my DVD looks great, but AVStoDVD did not incorporate the original chapter marks despite that I had checked "Use Source Chapters List". Instead I got 5min chapter interval. I don't see anywhere (among the temp files) that it extracted any chapter info from my BD to use. What about this--should it work? Using 2.4.0 from 27May2011.

Also, it seems odd to me that "TempPath" contains a bunch of small files, but then OutputPath gets all the intermediate video/audio files as well as the final DVD titleset output. It would be most welcome if the Muxman output could be directed to a drive Other Than the same drive as the files it reads from. Would speed things up a lot, as well as limit disc "thrashing".

laserfan

14th June 2011, 23:37

BTW MrC owing to the "easter egg" I've been able to fix my chapter marks and re-run the project, and I found a glitch you might want to fix. My chapter list included a "zero" celltime, e.g.
0
4971
16851
28788
39234
40401

which AVStoDVD happily accepted (in the Edit Title>Chapters>Import Chapters tab) but then MuxMan refused to run--it aborted with no indication in any of the logs as to why. Since I'd noticed earlier that I couldn't hand-enter a 0 into a chapter location, on a whim I deleted the 0 celltime chapter for every Title, and MuxMan happily ran thereafter. I guess it inserts a zero chapter on its own without needing (or wanting!) to be told.

In my previous post I'd assumed that the "use source chapter" failure was a bug: is it instead the case that AVStoDVD chapters need to be hand-entered as I've done?

MrC

15th June 2011, 11:41

@laserfan

about chapters, AVStoDVD can use source file chapters if they are detected by MediaInfo. Does MediaInfo read the chapters list from your BD stream? Chapter flag at "0" frame cannot be accepted by MuxMan: I have to handle that. Thanks for pointing out that GUI bug.

About temp folder for DVD asset files, that's already an improvement in the long ToDo list. BTW thanks for the suggestion.

;)

Bye

laserfan

15th June 2011, 13:53

about chapters, AVStoDVD can use source file chapters if they are detected by MediaInfo. Does MediaInfo read the chapters list from your BD stream?Well, apparently it does not; how would I go about determining this? Where in AVStoDVD would I be shown this info (or the logs)?

I downloaded the GUI for MediaInfo 0.7.44 as you use that dll, and it shows no chapters in any m2ts stream, or even if I open the .clpi file (and yes there are BD chapters therein of course). It seems MediaInfo maybe only sees mkv or IFO chapters, but not BD?

MrC

15th June 2011, 14:55

Well, apparently it does not; how would I go about determining this? Where in AVStoDVD would I be shown this info (or the logs)?

Right click on the source title, then 'View Title Info' (or use CTRL-I). You will get the MediaInfo readings.

I downloaded the GUI for MediaInfo 0.7.44 as you use that dll, and it shows no chapters in any m2ts stream, or even if I open the .clpi file (and yes there are BD chapters therein of course). It seems MediaInfo maybe only sees mkv or IFO chapters, but not BD?

You should ask to Zenitram, MediaInfo author.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=96516&highlight=mediainfo

;)

Bye

laserfan

15th June 2011, 16:32

Of course, right-clicking on a couple of .m2ts files from several BDs I have on hand here do not show any Chapter information listed.

So it seems this feature doesn't work, unless I misunderstand how to load a BD Title into the program, because if I select an .m2ts file from a BDMV to use it as a "Source Title", the m2ts file doesn't know anything about chapters--chapter info for BDs is contained in the clpi file.

:confused:

BTW this also "doesn't work" not just for BD but also for DVD. If I use MediaInfo GUI to load a DVD .IFO file, it knows there are chapters therein. But if I try to load the .IFO title into AVStoDVD, it insists on indexing the VOBs first (into .d2v) and the custom chapters are lost:

From MediaInfoGUI:
Complete name : E:\DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_0.IFO
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Program
File size : 32.0 KiB
Duration : 27mn 49s
Overall bit rate : 157 bps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Duration : 27mn 49s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 27mn 49s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Language : English

Menu
Duration : 27mn 49s
00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:02:34.133 : Chapter 2
00:12:54.666 : Chapter 3
00:18:41.699 : Chapter 4
00:26:58.299 : Chapter 5
List (Audio) : 0

After adding to AVStoDVD:
GENERAL INFO
PathName: E:\DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_0.d2v
FileName: VTS_05_0
FileExt: d2v
FileSize: 1024 MB
Container Format: D2V
Video Tracks: 1
Audio Tracks: 1
Text Tracks: 0

VIDEO INFO
Time: 27:51 minutes
Compression: DGIndex
BitRate Mode: VBR
Avg BitRate: 6594 kbps
Min BitRate:
Max BitRate:
Resolution: 720x480
Display AspectRatio: 1.778
Pixel AspectRatio: 1.185
Frame AspectRatio: 1.5
Standard: NTSC
FrameRate Mode: CFR
FrameRate: 29.97 fps
Frame Count: 50091
Scan Type: Progressive
Field Order: 2:3 Pulldown

AUDIO INFO (Track 0)
ID: 0 (0x0)
Time: 27:51 minutes
Compression: AC3
BitRate Mode: CBR
Avg BitRate: 384 kbps
Channels: 6
SampleRate: 48000 Hz
Resolution:
Language:
Delay:

MrC

16th June 2011, 13:01

BTW this also "doesn't work" not just for BD but also for DVD. If I use MediaInfo GUI to load a DVD .IFO file, it knows there are chapters therein. But if I try to load the .IFO title into AVStoDVD, it insists on indexing the VOBs first (into .d2v) and the custom chapters are lost

Good suggestion for improving chapters retaining feat.

:thanks:

Bye

laserfan

16th June 2011, 13:36

Good suggestion for improving chapters retaining feat.

:thanks:
Thanks for confirming the "retaining chapters from Sources" does not work for all sources! Apparently not many folks [tried to] use this feature or I'd have found more postings about it.

Dunno if you want to add "chapters from BD" to your list of enhancements but AFAIK that will require eac3to and ChapterGen as MediaInfo doesn't seem to do it.

Anyway now I know to separately use "Import Chapters" for each title.

8ternity

17th June 2011, 23:07

Hi Mrc,

here samething with another project.

2.4.0 original release:

the error:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/2011-06-1718h04_46.png

After click "ok";
click to "Edit Movie Info" to set the title and delay if delay present; another error.
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr165/8ternity/Other/2011-06-1718h09_04.png

mediainfo log:

General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : E:\BLURAY\Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules FRENCH AC3 1080P F.AVCHD\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 4.36 GiB
Duration : 1h 39mn
Overall bit rate : 6 275 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=60
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 1h 39mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 505 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.111
Stream size : 3.87 GiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 112 r1867 22bfd31
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5505 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 1h 39mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 319 MiB (7%)
Language : French

Text
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : 144
Language : French

MrC

19th June 2011, 14:35

What happen if you try to remux the m2ts with tsRemux, leaving only the audio/subs tracks you need?

I've received another warning about division by zero, but the cause was a framerate detected as "0" by MediaInfo. That's should not be the same issue as yours.

Bye

8ternity

20th June 2011, 03:23

Hi Mrc,

That movie was encoded with Ripbot264 1.16.4 and re-expoted in AVCHD format with TsMuxerGUI. It not gonna change if i set to m2ts; AVCHD is the same format has the m2ts file?

I'Ve try another movie, samething. Version 2.3.4 is ok! Everything pass.

Let me know if i can help more than this.

**EDIT**

Tested re-muxed in m2ts with txmuser without subtitles; samething.
Also updated ffdshow clsidd rev3871 to 3881; samething.

MrC

20th June 2011, 16:30

I'Ve try another movie, samething. Version 2.3.4 is ok! Everything pass.

Ok, let me check. I will give you a 2.4.1 Alpha for testing.

;)

Bye

8ternity

22nd June 2011, 14:31

LEt me know with a "PM" when your alpha is ready. I will test it.

THanks.
:thanks:

8ternity

28th June 2011, 23:23

MrC

29th June 2011, 12:52

The issue has neen resolved but i found that the image quality is not has the preview stable version 2.3.4!

The fast mouvement is a little bit saccaged sometimes. I seen some desinterlaced lines on caracters mouvements; saccaged a little bit in some action scene.

I use same settings then before. DirecShow; 2-pass; Sline36Resize; etc.

Fine with the issue. :)

About the output quality: could you please send me the log files from 2.3.4 and 2.4.1 Alpha projects that show different quality?

;)

Bye

laserfan

29th June 2011, 13:25

I use same settings then before. DirecShow; 2-pass; Sline36Resize; etc.
Sorry if this has been asked before... The couple times I've used this software it has worked brilliantly, though I was surprised that it defaults to 1-pass and still manages to hit the bitrate target effectively (necessary as my BD-to-DVD conversions were for discs with 6 TV episodes thereon). Can I assume 2-pass will be even better re-encoding to MPEG2, and more accurate still with fitting-episodes-to-DVD, and at what speed penalty? Twice as slow? Ten times?

8ternity

29th June 2011, 20:32

I will post you the first log; i second will follow when i will finished all conversions.

AVStoDVD 2.4.1 Alpha;

<2011-06-28 10:12:03>
START PROCESS
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<2011-06-28 10:12:03>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: THE_REBOUND
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Spline36Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language (Primary): FR - French
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): FR - French
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7241S 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
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<2011-06-28 10:12:03>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5765 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1,778 - 0 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:34:38 hours - 136150 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:34:38 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[]
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<2011-06-28 10:12:03>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.ConvertFPS("ntsc_video")
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<2011-06-28 10:12:03>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4053,8 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5988
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<2011-06-28 12:06:35>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND.m2v (4053,4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6037 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 0 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:34:32 hours - 170017 frames
<>

<2011-06-28 12:06:35>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND_1.ac3"
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<2011-06-28 12:08:43>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND_1.ac3 (303,3 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:34:38 hours (0 ms delay)
<>

<2011-06-28 12:08:43>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-palette "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_0_Palette.txt"
-v "C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\ST3PH4NE\Videos\THE_REBOUND_0_THE_REBOUND_Chapters.txt"

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<2011-06-28 12:11:37>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4441,4 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0,2% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4356,7 MB -> OK
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<2011-06-28 12:11:37>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_0 (4441,4 MB)
<>

<2011-06-28 12:11:37>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1 Alpha build 110624
<>

ynamojn

30th June 2011, 08:03

It seems that encoding 5.1 DTS to 5.1 AC3 using wavi+aften will give 2.0 AC3 audio. Is this not possible or am I making mistake in preference? I have choose AC3 with 448 kbps bit rate. I assume with 448 kbps you will get 5.1 AC3 if the input is 6 channels.

MrC

30th June 2011, 13:03

@laserfan

yes, theoretically 2-pass VBR encoding will give you a better result than 1-pass VBR, mainly using low bitrates (i.e. <3000 kbps). Encoding time should increase about 70-80% than 1-pass VBR.

@8ternity

if you have some frames screenshots that show quality difference, that would be great. Otherwise, log files are enough ;)

@ynamojn

take a look at Help/FAQ/Audio/Q4.1

;)

Bye

laserfan

30th June 2011, 13:19

@laserfan

yes, theoretically 2-pass VBR encoding will give you a better result than 1-pass VBR, mainly using low bitrates (i.e. <3000 kbps). Encoding time should increase about 70-80% than 1-pass VBR.
Many thanks for your careful reply, and thanks again for this excellent software, which somehow has flown under my radar for a long time now.

Next time I need to use it I am gonna send you a contribution. I promise. :)

broxburn

30th June 2011, 16:26

Windows 7 64bit.
XviD1.2.1 or 1.32.

Selecting QuEnc (no problem with HcEnc) the conversion freezes as soon as the QuEnc window pops up (Not Responding in Task Manager).
Single or multi-thread.
If I choose multithread I get four instances of QuEnc not responding.
I found that if I changed the fourCC code of the AVI to DX50 there is no problem.
If I was to simply run QuEnc from the subfolder it creates the mpeg file OK.

( I found that FAVC displays the same behaviour, but put it down to being older and not supported recently).

MrC

30th June 2011, 19:22

@laserfan

thank you very much in advance

@broxburn

have you installed Windows 7 Preferred Filter Tweaker and selected XviD as default decoder?

Bye

MrC

broxburn

30th June 2011, 19:39

It worked - many thanks.

8ternity

1st July 2011, 01:30

Here the second log (2.3.4 version):

<2011-06-30 18:19:35>
START PROCESS
<>

<2011-06-30 18:19:35>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: THE_REBOUND
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Spline36Resize/Spline36Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Language: FR - French
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7241S 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Save General Settings: 0
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
<>

<2011-06-30 18:19:35>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5765 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:34:38 hours - 136150 frames
Audio 1: E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:34:38 hours - Internal
Subs:
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.41]
<>

<2011-06-30 18:19:35>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2011-06-30 18:19:35>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4053,8 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5988
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2011-06-30 19:06:29>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND.m2v (4034,9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6003 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:34:38 hours - 136148 frames
<>

<2011-06-30 19:06:29>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND_1.ac3"
<>

<2011-06-30 19:08:37>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND_1.ac3 (303,3 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6ch - 48000Hz - 16bit - 1:34:38 hours
<>

<2011-06-30 19:08:37>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_1_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_1_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "E:\Temp\THE_REBOUND_1_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-v "E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND_1.ac3"
-a1lang fr
-cellfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1_THE_REBOUND_Chapters.txt"

<>

<2011-06-30 19:11:53>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4422,3 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0,6% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4338,1 MB -> OK
<>

<2011-06-30 19:11:53>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP\THE_REBOUND_1 (4422,3 MB)
<>

<2011-06-30 19:11:53>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.3.4
<>

ynamojn

1st July 2011, 10:10

@ynamojn

take a look at Help/FAQ/Audio/Q4.1

;)

Bye

Thanks. I got it now. Another question, this is just confirmation. Suppose the source is 24 bit DTS, then it will not be retained?

MrC

1st July 2011, 14:55

@8ternity

see source title info readings:

AVStoDVD 2.3.4 (MediaInfo 0.7.41)
Video: E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5765 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1,778 - 23,976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:34:38 hours - 136150 frames

AVStoDVD 2.4.1 Alpha (MediaInfo 0.7.44)
Video: E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Info: AVC - 5765 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1,778 - 0 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:34:38 hours - 136150 frames

Thus AVStoDVD 2.4.1 Alpha does not apply 2:3 pulldown command when encoding with HCenc.

Do you have the possibility to copy&paste here the full MediaInfo 0.7.44 (advanced mode) report?

@ynamojn

No, it will not (FAQ/Audio/Q4.4)

;)

Bye

8ternity

2nd July 2011, 04:57

Here the advanced log took with 0.7.44.

General
Count : 277
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : General
Kind of stream : General
Stream identifier : 0
ID : 1
ID : 1 (0x1)
Count of video streams : 1
Count of audio streams : 1
Video_Format_List : AVC
Video_Format_WithHint_List : AVC
Codecs Video : AVC
Audio_Format_List : AC-3
Audio_Format_WithHint_List : AC-3
Audio codecs : AC3
Audio_Language_List : French
Complete name : E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Folder name : E:\BLURAY\The Rebound FRENCH AC3 720P AFF DVD5.AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM
File name : 00000
File extension : m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
Format/Extensions usually used : m2ts
Commercial name : BDAV
Codec : BDAV
Codec : BDAV
Codec/Info : Blu-ray Video
Codec/Extensions usually used : m2ts
File size : 4688658432
File size : 4.37 GiB
File size : 4 GiB
File size : 4.4 GiB
File size : 4.37 GiB
File size : 4.367 GiB
Duration : 5678601.711111
Duration : 1h 34mn
Duration : 1h 34mn 38s 602ms
Duration : 1h 34mn
Duration : 01:34:38.602
Overall bit rate : 6605362
Overall bit rate : 6 605 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35500000
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps
Stream size : 191972997
Stream size : 183 MiB (4%)
Stream size : 183 MiB
Stream size : 183 MiB
Stream size : 183 MiB
Stream size : 183.1 MiB
Stream size : 183 MiB (4%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.04094
File creation date : UTC 2011-06-26 21:18:40.871
File creation date (local) : 2011-06-26 17:18:40.871
File last modification date : UTC 2011-06-26 21:19:32.437
File last modification date (local) : 2011-06-26 17:19:32.437

Video
Count : 193
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Video
Kind of stream : Video
Stream identifier : 0
ID : 4113
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format/Url : http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
Commercial name : AVC
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Internet media type : video/H264
Codec ID : 27
Codec : AVC
Codec : AVC
Codec/Family : AVC
Codec/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Codec/Url : http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
Codec profile : High@L4.0
Codec settings : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Codec settings, CABAC : Yes
Codec_Settings_RefFrames : 3
Duration : 5678590
Duration : 1h 34mn
Duration : 1h 34mn 38s 590ms
Duration : 1h 34mn
Duration : 01:34:38.590
Bit rate mode : VBR
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5765000
Bit rate : 5 765 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 25000000
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1280
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720
Height : 720 pixels
Pixel aspect ratio : 1.000
Display aspect ratio : 1.778
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Frame count : 136150
Resolution : 8
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan type : Progressive
Interlacement : PPF
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.261
Delay : 600000.000
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 10mn 0s 0ms
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 00:10:00.000
Delay, origin : Container
Delay, origin : Container
Stream size : 4178682491
Stream size : 3.89 GiB (89%)
Stream size : 4 GiB
Stream size : 3.9 GiB
Stream size : 3.89 GiB
Stream size : 3.892 GiB
Stream size : 3.89 GiB (89%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.89123
Writing library : x264 - core 114 r1924 08d04a4
Writing library : x264 core 114 r1924 08d04a4
Writing library/Name : x264
Writing library/Version : core 114 r1924 08d04a4
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5765 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Buffer size : 3125000

Audio
Count : 167
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Audio
Kind of stream : Audio
Stream identifier : 0
ID : 4352
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : AC-3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Codec : AC3
Codec : AC3
Duration : 5678624
Duration : 1h 34mn
Duration : 1h 34mn 38s 624ms
Duration : 1h 34mn
Duration : 01:34:38.624
Bit rate mode : CBR
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448000
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Channel positions : 3/2/0.1
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Samples count : 272573952
Frame count : 177457
Resolution : 16
Resolution : 16 bits
Bit depth : 16
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay : 600000.000
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 10mn 0s 0ms
Delay : 10mn 0s
Delay : 00:10:00.000
Delay, origin : Container
Delay, origin : Container
Delay relative to video : 0
Video0 delay : 0
Stream size : 318002944
Stream size : 303 MiB (7%)
Stream size : 303 MiB
Stream size : 303 MiB
Stream size : 303 MiB
Stream size : 303.3 MiB
Stream size : 303 MiB (7%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.06782
Language : fr
Language : French
Language : French
Language : fr
Language : fra
Language : fr
dialnorm : -31
dialnorm/String : -31 dB
bsid : 8
dialnorm_Average : -31
dialnorm_Average/String : -31 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -31
dialnorm_Minimum/String : -31 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -31
dialnorm_Maximum/String : -31 dB
dialnorm_Count : 2

8ternity

2nd July 2011, 05:00

@8ternity

Thus AVStoDVD 2.4.1 Alpha does not apply 2:3 pulldown command when encoding with HCenc.

Do you have the possibility to copy&paste here the full MediaInfo 0.7.44 (advanced mode) report?

Bye

I've not update to 0.7.44 from a long time ago, so i had the same version installed in my system. But i saw that you had a mediainfo.dll in a folder into AVStoDVD installed folder..

MrC

2nd July 2011, 13:17

I've not update to 0.7.44 from a long time ago, so i had the same version installed in my system. But i saw that you had a mediainfo.dll in a folder into AVStoDVD installed folder..

Yes, mediainfo.dll is just the library. AVStoDVD 2.4.1 Alpha has release 0.7.44. From AVStoDVD short info string, it seems that 0.7.44 has trouble with your m2ts, while 0.7.41 has not.

If you install MediaInfo 0.7.44 with GUI, you may check (Advanced mode) if the framerate reading is really 0 fps.

Let me know

:)

Bye

8ternity

3rd July 2011, 04:41

MrC

3rd July 2011, 21:38

@8ternity

probably it is better if we continue using PMs, because you are the only 2.4.1 Alphs user...

;)

Bye

jandor

5th July 2011, 23:35

@MrC

Congratulations! Excellent software.
He entered in my list of the best.

8ternity

7th July 2011, 23:52

Everything is fine right now regarding all our previous issues with the 2.4.1 alpha 110624 and more; due to 'coma' correction.

:thanks: and :thanks: and what?..... another :thanks: :p

soneca

8th July 2011, 22:51

Thank you for this great software!:)
What would be the method to get the subtitles from blu-ray?
I extracted and converted to the subtitle idx/sub using BDSup2Sub to be accepted by AVStoDVD but the result has been that below.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p305/soneca1/Forum/KMP-DVD09-55-02.jpg

8ternity

10th July 2011, 17:11

I will test the latest alpha tonight and tomorrow and let u know.

:thanks:

8ternity

10th July 2011, 17:19

CAn i ask you a suggestion.

Could you offer a magnetic option like in "IMGBURN" for the batch queue box, so when we magnetic on the avstodvd.exe frame, both box magnetic and align on each other like IMGBURN does.

It will be great to attach on the bottom; on the left or right side of the frame so it can stay align and magnetic to the main program will be great.

8ternity

8ternity

10th July 2011, 17:21

Soneca: Big mommas 3 movie :devil::devil::devil: :p

soneca

10th July 2011, 18:45

Only a movie extra for testing ...:rolleyes:
Have you ever had this problem with subtitles?

MrC

10th July 2011, 21:31

@8ternity

good "magnetic" suggestion. Will put in the ToDo list. ;)

@soneca

idx/sub subtitles carry the colors palette info inside them (idx file). The palette info is transferred by SubtitlesCreator during idx/sub to sup conversion. Then Muxman uses the sup file. Somewhere in the encoding/authoring chain (BDSup2Sub, SubtitlesCreator, BatchMux, Muxman) the palette configuration is messed up.
BTW in the latest 2.4.1 Alpha (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_241Alpha110706_exe_only.7z) (actually just one AVStoDVD.exe file) there is the option (see 'Preferences'/'Authoring') to customize/force the authored subtitles color. Let me know if that new option solves your issue.

;)

Bye

soneca

10th July 2011, 23:11

Hi MrC,

Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately the problem continues with the new version.:(

8ternity

11th July 2011, 03:35

Only a movie extra for testing ...:rolleyes:
Have you ever had this problem with subtitles?

I was error with all bluray m2ts video converted into DVD. I remember MrC refered me to the FAQ, but i don't know if it was available..

VSO ConvertXtoDVD has bugs too with the subtitles imported from m2ts files, when playback, a lot of subtitles freezed, not complete, etc.

Check with MrC if he support it or not, but i was submit that issue last year (version before 2.3).

@MRC:

Report that the video quality 23.976fps with the latest alpĥa, everything is back to normal. Quality is great, fluid mouvements on camera mouvements and caracters mouvements.

Alpha # 110705 version 2.4.1
#1

Also.... installer 2.4.0 is just awesome the new image i've design, im proud of my work. ;-)

Sparktank

12th July 2011, 03:24

Hello. I think this is my first time posting in this thread?
Anyway, really enjoy this program and default back to this where CCE fails.
HCenc is tops. I always struggle whether to use CCE or HCenc lol.
I really like how this program handles subtitles and chapters.
I've tried ConvertXtoDVD (which uses Lanzcos and doesn't offer Spline; although I do not know about their more recent updated version) but when I found out about Spline16/36/64, I've never looked back at using Lanzcos for downsizing (especially after learning more about AviSynth and resizers).

I don't know if this has been brought up before, I tried to do a search but couldn't find anything. I remember slightly the topic has been brought up before.

After reformatting my XP-32bit computer, I've installed all the codecs (Haali, K-Lite, etc). I installed MKVtoolnix v4.9.1 (latest as of today: June 11, 2011) and used MKVextract 2.2.2.5 (it doesn't install, you just extract to MKVtoolnix installed directory).
However, when installing Stable Release 2.4.0, it says that MKVtoolnix isn't installed and suggests installing v4.5.0. (I chose not to)
And when starting the program it tells me that MKVextract is not installed and ripping subtitles from MKV's will not be available.
Q: Is there anyway to get AVStoDVD to recognize the newer versions of MKVtoolnix? (beyond v4.5.0)

Aside from dealing with subtitles from inside an MKV file, is there any other cause for concern having issues with AVStoDVD and MKVtoolnix latest versions installed??
If there isn't too much concern, I'll stick with the latest version of MKVtoolnix as they come out.

Everything else about AVStoDVD is wonderful!
Thank you so much for your work :)

8ternity

12th July 2011, 04:04

...
After reformatting my XP-32bit computer, I've installed all the codecs (Haali, K-Lite, etc). I installed MKVtoolnix v4.9.1 (latest as of today: June 11, 2011) and used MKVextract 2.2.2.5 (it doesn't install, you just extract to MKVtoolnix installed directory).

Just a comment; you doesnt need k-lite codec pack. You just need to used "ffdshow clsid rev" it does the same and it'S this softwares that all softwares used right now (Ripbot264, AvstoDVD, HDConvertToX, etc..).

You may had confusion with other softwares when using both (K-Lite, and ffdshow).

Sparktank

12th July 2011, 04:45

Well, I've been using K-Lite for a long time.
For other programs (media players, as most media players have crappy internal codecs).

The problem is not K-Lite, it never has been.
I've had K-Lite and AVStoDVD installed together for the longest time and never had an issue.
I go through all the advanced options so there's no confusion with the programs running.

However, the issue is that AVStoDVD does not recognize MKVtoolnix versions higher than 4.5.0.

I've also got other codecs installed that have higher merit than K-Lite (no problems with all these installed).

I've also been following A2D for awhile now and whenever a newer version was released, I would update some of the internal programs (ffmpeg, now ffmpeg-git builds) and none of those produced any problems. Even updated mediainfo when ever that had an update. No problems there either.

However, right now the only issue is MKVtoolnix.

So the question remains: What impact does using MKVtoolnix 4.9.1 have when using A2D? (As of right Stable 2.4.0, it does not recognize MKVtoolnix higher than 2.5.0)

MrC

12th July 2011, 08:45

Hi MrC,

Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately the problem continues with the new version.:(

Could you send me the idx/sup files? Use avstodvd@gmail.com

;)

Bye

MrC

12th July 2011, 08:49

So the question remains: What impact does using MKVtoolnix 4.9.1 have when using A2D? (As of right Stable 2.4.0, it does not recognize MKVtoolnix higher than 2.5.0)

I don't know, I have remained with release 4.5.0. Let me check.

Thanks for the compatibility report

;)

Bye

MrC

12th July 2011, 09:16

@Sparktank

could you please try this 2.4.1 Alpha preview (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_241Alpha_110712_exe_only.7z)?

;)

Bye

Sparktank

12th July 2011, 20:30

Alright, will give it a go and update later. :)

Edit: Success!
2.4.0 Stable log (with MKVtoolnix 4.9.1)
'12:38:09' AVStoDVD Release 2.4.0 loaded!
'12:38:09' AviSynth 2.5.8 is installed.
'12:38:09' ImgBurn is installed ("C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe").
'12:38:09' Warning! MKVExtract is NOT installed. Audio and Subs tracks demuxing from MKV disabled.
'12:38:09' New AVStoDVD Project started!

2.4.1 Alpha log (with MKVtoolnix 4.9.1)
'12:39:45' AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1 Alpha build 110712 loaded!
'12:39:45' AviSynth 2.5.8 is installed.
'12:39:45' ImgBurn is installed ("C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe").
'12:39:45' MKVExtract is installed ("C:\Program Files\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe").
'12:39:45' New AVStoDVD Project started!

Works on both of my computers: Windows XP no SP (have not got around to installing MS updates :/ just the essentials to get it to work with movies)(x86) and Vista SP2 (x86)

I have not tested anything, just started the program to see if it gave warnings.
But eventually will get around to using the program (love the custom menus!).
Will report if anything goes wrong.

Thanks for the update!
Time to play with my blurays now lol

jandor

14th July 2011, 00:05

@MrC

1) Very good the resource to change the color of the subtitle (version 2.4.1 Alpha).
Glad you could also develop a resource to move the subtitle onto the base of the screen.

2) The subtitles inserted cannot be reproduced by my DVD Player LG DV497H
All subtitles compatible: SubRip (.srt / .txt), SAMI (.smi), SubStation Alpha (.ssa/.txt), MicroDVD (.sub/.txt), SubViewer 2.0 (.sub/.txt),
TMPlayer (.txt), DVD Subtitle System (.txt), IDX/SUB.

3) In my case, I can only play the subtitle on the PC.

Thanks!

MrC

14th July 2011, 10:53

@jandor

1. Do you mean to customize subs position? It is already in the ToDo list ;)

2. Are you sure you have toggled on the subs on your TV remote control?

;)

Bye

jandor

14th July 2011, 12:37

@MrC

1. Do you mean to customize subs position? It is already in the ToDo list ;)OK.

2. Are you sure you have toggled on the subs on your TV remote control?
Yes, I always try to activate them by remote control. This also did not work.
They are also not shown in "Preview" by AVStoDVD.
I am trying to reproduce them via USB, perhaps be that. I did not record in DVD.

MrC

14th July 2011, 20:20

I am trying to reproduce them via USB, perhaps be that. I did not record in DVD.

Do burn a DVD disc, my friend. :rolleyes:

;)

Bye

jandor

16th July 2011, 04:16

Do burn a DVD disc, my friend. :rolleyes:

It worked.

Thanks!

broxburn

18th July 2011, 14:51

I noted one references to the error 'Cannot find 'C\..\avsinfo.txt' - but I cannot locate the solution.
I'm getting this when attempting to merge VOB files into one Title.

Intel Core I5 Windows 7 64 bit.

This is a PAL DVD movie that I am saving as NTSC.
If I leave it as PAL, there is no error.

I gave up on the merging of the VOB files (I had wanted to exclude the last, small one, because it was just credits).
I used DVD shrink in Re-author mode to edit it then opened the IFO in AVStoDVD instead and converted it without any problems.

katzenjoghurt

28th July 2011, 15:04

Hm... any idea why AVStoDVD (noinstall) keeps freezing randomly on my machine?
(Sometimes while saving a project (next time - after restart - it works) or when hitting the Start button, ...)
I know it's pretty vague... but I can't give much more information than: "suddenly freezes randomly".

Any idea anyway?

Also I have a similar problem as broxburn above... though it's HCEnc which won't work (freeze), while QuEnc does.

My Win7 filter setup: http://www.picspace.de/image/9889.jpeg

8ternity

3rd August 2011, 22:22

Hi Mrc,

Suggestion: Did you can set an option of avstodvd windows like muxman and dos windows can stay minimised in the tray or task bar. When i play a game or work in photoshop, all windows pup'pups when i work with other programs. Grrrr!! :devil:

Thanks!
8ternity

MrC

6th August 2011, 13:15

MrC

6th August 2011, 13:16

John_J

7th August 2011, 21:08

Hi MrC,

I think I've found a bug in the latest AVStoDVD release. If you add two audiostreams (multichannel & 2ch), select the 2ch audiostream and hit "View/Edit Title Settings", A2D creates following error message:

http://i53.tinypic.com/33k7ng7.png

You can close this window, but it pops up over and over again...

BTW: Is there a reason why A2D defines this 2ch audio as multichannel or it is part of this bug ?

@Sparktank

could you please try this 2.4.1 Alpha preview (https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/AVStoDVD_241Alpha_110712_exe_only.7z)?

Regarding MKVextract...

A2D v2.4.0 proofs the following registry entry (as specified in source code):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\mkvmergeGUI\GUI

A2D v2.4.1 Alpha looks at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MKVtoolnix

...and here we got a third possibility ;) (I'm using MKVToolNix zip archive):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\mkvmergeGUI\GUI

Maybe you should check all three (I hope there aren't any more) possible entries for the correct path.

Cheerio,
JohnJ

MrC

9th August 2011, 20:00

@John_J

endless loop... must be fixed asap. Thanks for the bug report :)

About registry entries, good suggestion. I will update the mkvextract routine with all the 3 possibilities.

;)

Bye

8ternity

16th August 2011, 23:18

Edit:

Check your mail.

Thanks.

MrC

17th August 2011, 13:02

AVStoDVD 2.4.1 is available to download (http://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd/AVStoDVD%202.4.1/AVStoDVD_241_Install.exe/download).

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'DVD Assets Path' option in 'Preferences'/'Paths'
- Added possibility to customize subtitles color in 'Preferences'/'Authoring'. Limited to authored (not hard-encoded) subtitles, using '-palette' flag in BatchMux
- Added icons legend to Progress Status window
- Added official support to Windows 7 32bit
- Changed max displayed subtitles (embedded in source titles, like mkv or m2ts) from 10 to 100
- Improved source titles drag&drop into main window routine
- Improved source chapters detection routine (now it works for IFO files)
- Improved MKVExtract detection routine
- Improved IDX/SUB subtitles demuxing in 'DVD Parse' section
- MKVtoolnix updated to 4.9.1
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.47

@8ternity: I will reply to you ASAP

;)

Bye

8ternity

18th August 2011, 13:38

Hi MRc,

Perfect, im in waiting.. i need to convert my project. :-) Let me know if you need something else.

Thanks.

shreeit

19th August 2011, 01:17

Hi:

I need help. I am trying to convert MKV (made from BD) to DVD. I am getting two issues.

1. No Audio
2. The DVD file size almost half..

I attached log. I have latest version (2.4.1) and running WIN7 64

<8/18/2011 2:56:21 PM>
START PROCESS
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<8/18/2011 2:56:21 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\temp\Videos
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: hp DVDRAM GT30L mP06
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
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<8/18/2011 2:56:21 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Users\temp\Downloads\xyz.mkv
Info: AVC - 2802 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:25:07 hours - 208983 frames
Audio 1: C:\Users\temp\Downloads\xyz.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 2:25:07 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.47]
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<8/18/2011 2:56:21 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Users\temp\Downloads\xyz.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp", FrameRate=24, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Users\temp\Downloads\xyz.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,88,0,88)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<8/18/2011 2:56:21 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 2726 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_xyz.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_xyz_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_xyz.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 7964
*BITRATE 2626
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<8/18/2011 5:38:32 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz.m2v (2727.4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 2642 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 2:25:07 hours - 208983 frames
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<8/18/2011 5:38:32 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -tff
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<8/18/2011 5:44:20 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz.m2v (2727.4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 2642 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:25:07 hours - 208772 frames
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<8/18/2011 5:44:21 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Users\temp\Downloads\xyz.mkv" -acodec copy "C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz_1.ToFix.dts"
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<8/18/2011 5:49:13 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz_1.dts (1566.4 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 2:25:03 hours (0 ms delay)
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<8/18/2011 5:49:14 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-palette "C:\Users\temp\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_Palette.txt"
-v "C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz_1.dts"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2_xyz_Chapters.txt"

<>

<8/18/2011 6:04:57 PM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 2802.1 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 37.0% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4293.8 MB -> Warning!
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<8/18/2011 6:04:57 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Users\temp\Videos\DVD_2 (2802.1 MB)
<>

<8/18/2011 6:04:57 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1
<>

MrC

19th August 2011, 10:04

@shreeit

Muxman has refused the retained DTS audio track. You have to force re-encoding to AC3: go to 'Edit Title'/'Audio', toggle off 'Auto Audio Setup' and 'Keep DVD compliant Audio' and then select AC3 as 'Audio Format'. Restart your project.

;)

Bye

ggtop

24th August 2011, 13:56

@MrC
I encountered a problem with the latest version 2.41.
I have a DV project with about 20 files. After importing them into the project I change the title name from e.g. "scenes'20070405 13.50.28" to" 05.04.2007 13:50" because I also want to have this title name in the menu. AVStoDVD stops right before audio encoding of this title should start. I get an error message (...look at the log...) but there is nothing obvious. After doing some tests I noticed that you pass the title name as part of the filename to the encoder and in my case a file with ":" shall be created. And this leads to an error in the end.

Can you please have a look?

ggtop

MrC

24th August 2011, 15:53

@ggtop

workaround: use the label "05.04.2007 13:50" only in the DVD Menu Editor and not in 'Edit Title'/'General'/ section.

In the next release I will add a chars check (\/:*?"<>| banned) in the 'Edit Title'/'General'/'Titlename' textbox

;)

Bye

ggtop

24th August 2011, 16:55

Thank you for your quick reply. To use the labels instead is what is wanted to try next.

But I wonder what is the edit title textbox is good for?
You extract the original titlename from the filename so you can 100% sure it is valid. So it would be good it AVStoDVD would use the original title internally for temp files and so on and the edited name for the label. Or you change the behaviour of the textbox to read-only, because who would need a titlename that has to be changed a second time for the label...

ggtop

shreeit

24th August 2011, 20:27

@MrC..Sorry one more time..I am trying to understand and learn..You suggested Muxman refuse to retain audio track. I used tool with two .mkv files. Boths files had DTS 6.1. File1 is success and file2 is half the size of actual .mkv file and no audio.

file1 log__________________________

<8/23/2011 3:31:34 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file1.mkv
Info: AVC - 3014 kbps - 1280x560 - DAR 2.286 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:17:52 hours - 198340 frames
Audio 1: C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file1.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 24 bit - 2:17:52 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.47]
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<8/23/2011 3:31:34 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file1.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file1.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,80,0,80)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<8/23/2011 3:31:34 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3883.3 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_file1.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_file1_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_file1.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3938
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<8/23/2011 5:49:13 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1.m2v (3885 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3965 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:17:52 hours - 198339 frames
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<8/23/2011 5:49:14 PM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -threads 2 -i "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_file1_1.avs" -y -vn -acodec ac3 -ac 6 -ar 48000 -ab 448k "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1_1.ac3"
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<8/23/2011 6:43:56 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1_1.ac3 (441.8 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 2:17:52 hours (0 ms delay)
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<8/23/2011 6:43:56 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-palette "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_Palette.txt"
-v "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0_file1_Chapters.txt"

<>

<8/23/2011 7:00:58 PM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4427 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0.5% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4326.8 MB -> OK
<>

<8/23/2011 7:00:58 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_0 (4427 MB)
<>

<8/23/2011 7:00:58 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1
<>

file2 log (failure)_________________________________________________________

<8/23/2011 7:48:02 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<8/23/2011 7:48:02 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\xyz\Videos
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: hp DVDRAM GT30L mP06
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<8/23/2011 7:48:02 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file2.mkv
Info: AVC - 2802 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:25:07 hours - 208983 frames
Audio 1: C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file2.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 2:25:07 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.47]
<>

<8/23/2011 7:48:02 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file2.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp", FrameRate=24, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file2.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,88,0,88)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<8/23/2011 7:48:02 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 2726 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_file2.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_file2_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_file2.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 7964
*BITRATE 2626
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 30
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<8/23/2011 10:31:13 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2.m2v (2727.4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 2642 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 2:25:07 hours - 208983 frames
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<8/23/2011 10:31:13 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -tff
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<8/23/2011 10:36:59 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2.m2v (2727.4 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 2642 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 2:25:07 hours - 208772 frames
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<8/23/2011 10:37:00 PM>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Users\xyz\Downloads\file2.mkv" -acodec copy "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2_1.ToFix.dts"
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<8/23/2011 10:45:46 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2_1.dts (1566.4 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 2:25:03 hours (0 ms delay)
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<8/23/2011 10:45:47 PM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-palette "C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_1_Palette.txt"
-v "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2_1.dts"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1_file2_Chapters.txt"

<>

<8/23/2011 11:02:19 PM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 2802 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 37.0% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4293.8 MB -> Warning!
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<8/23/2011 11:02:19 PM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Users\xyz\Videos\DVD_1 (2802 MB)
<>

<8/23/2011 11:02:20 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1
<>

8ternity

25th August 2011, 00:20

Hi Mrc,

Related to last issue, i take out the subtitles and everything is okay for the conversion. I was only had that subtitle, no srt. I can even convert it, look like they are corrupted.

THanks :--)

MrC

25th August 2011, 13:10

@ggtop

I will think about that :)

@shreeit

in project #2, force DTS track encoding to AC3: go to 'Edit Title'/'Audio', toggle off 'Auto Audio Setup' and 'Keep DVD-compliant audio'.

@8ternity

you are welcome

;)

Bye

shreeit

25th August 2011, 21:48

@MrC. I uncheck 'Keep DVD-compliant audio' from preference/audio menu. Can't find go to 'Edit Title'/'Audio', toggle off 'Auto Audio Setup'

I noticed I got warning/error by ffmeg.exe

Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s161e, 48000 Hz, 6 channels, s16 4608 kb/s
Incompatible sample format 's16' for codec 'ac3', autoselecting format 'flt' [ac3 @07c097e0] No channel layout specified. The encoder will guess the layout, but might be incorrect

MrC

25th August 2011, 22:11

Can't find go to 'Edit Title'/'Audio', toggle off 'Auto Audio Setup'

Right click on the source title, click on 'Edit Title', select 'Audio' tab, toggle off 'Auto Audio Setup', toggle off 'Keep DVD compliant audio'. C'mon just be a little more intrepid when you wander within AVStoDVD GUI ;)

I noticed I got warning/error by ffmeg.exe

Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s161e, 48000 Hz, 6 channels, s16 4608 kb/s
Incompatible sample format 's16' for codec 'ac3', autoselecting format 'flt' [ac3 @07c097e0] No channel layout specified. The encoder will guess the layout, but might be incorrect

Do not worry, leave ffmpeg follow its path.

;)

Bye

shreeit

26th August 2011, 02:48

Thanks. Everything came out perfact. Thanks again...

Sjakko

3rd September 2011, 15:04

Hi, small remark:

I was trying to get a DVB recording to DVD. I pulled it through ProjectX (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ProjectX) to remove any errors first. It gave me a m2v and a mp2 file which I threw at AVStoDVD. But on authoring I kept getting the following error:

"Warning! Errors found during Title 1 Audio Track 1 encoding. Do you want to start Backup Audio encoding routine (FFmpeg based)? [YES/NO]"

To be clear this happened when AVStoDVD tried to do an audio stream copy (ffmpeg "-acodec copy" parameter). I went to investigate and it turns out that the error is caused by the fact that my source audio file has the word "error" in its path.

I assume this behavior is intentional, but it can have side-effects, like in my case where I wanted to keep original audio quality but the audio stream was encoded. Maybe this behavior can be smartened a bit so there's no unnecessary encoding when a stream copy can be done. Maybe the warning could be clearer too; I didn't know that by pressing YES I was choosing for an encode instead of a stream copy.

Sjakko

4th September 2011, 15:19

@whiskey

1. Open the srt file with Notepad
2. Save it with ANSI format
3. Open the new srt with SubtitleCreator (it comes with AVStoDVD package)
4. Report here the error message from SubtitleCreator (if any)

;)

Bye
Hi MrC,

I have the same problem as Whiskey. I think the problem is a typing error in the SubtitleCreator parameters AVStoDVD provides. See, there's no space between the "-i" and the IFO path parameter!

SubtitleCreator Parameters: "C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.srt" -p4 -i"C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"

MrC

5th September 2011, 13:08

MrC

5th September 2011, 13:09

Hi MrC,

I have the same problem as Whiskey. I think the problem is a typing error in the SubtitleCreator parameters AVStoDVD provides. See, there's no space between the "-i" and the IFO path parameter!

SubtitleCreator Parameters: "C:\DVD\DVD_0_Clash.Of.Empires.Battle.For.Asia.srt" -p4 -i"C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"

That's exactly how SubtitleCreator works

;)

Bye

Sjakko

5th September 2011, 14:25

To better understand, could you please post the complete project log file?

;)

Bye

Absolutely:
<5-9-2011 15:01:49>
START PROCESS
<>

<5-9-2011 15:01:49>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 1217/4450 MB (27%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD
Delete Temp Process Files: No
Delete Working Files: No
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 1
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: I: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223F SB03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<5-9-2011 15:01:49>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v
Info: MPEG-2 Video - 2987 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 51:31 minutes - 77275 frames
Audio 1: H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.mp2
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 - 256 kbps - CBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 51:31 minutes (0 ms delay) - External
Subs 1: H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.srt
[]
<>

<5-9-2011 15:01:49>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

# Video is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Video = A2DVideoSource("H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v", CacheFolder="F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP", FrameRate=25, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.mp2", CacheFolder="F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<5-9-2011 15:01:49>
START VIDEO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
Target Video FileSize: 1100,6 MB
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v" -vcodec copy "F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v"
<>

<5-9-2011 15:02:28>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v (1094,2 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 2987 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 51:31 minutes - 77275 frames
<>

<5-9-2011 15:02:28>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.mp2" -acodec copy "F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_1.ToFix.mp2"
<>

<5-9-2011 15:02:51>
START (BACKUP) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -threads 2 -i "H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.mp2" -y -vn -acodec mp2 -ar 48000 -ab 256k "F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_1.mp2"
<>

<5-9-2011 15:03:24>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_1.mp2 (94,3 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 - 256 kbps - CBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 51:31 minutes (0 ms delay)
<>

<5-9-2011 15:03:24>
START SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
SRT fixing routine applied (0 lines fixed)
SubtitleCreator Parameters: "F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.srt" -p2 -i"C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"
<>

<5-9-2011 15:03:34>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 SUBS (TRACK 1) ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <F:\WERKMAP\AVSTODVD\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
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<5-9-2011 15:03:34>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1
<>

As you can see, it uses the BACKUP audio encoding routine after a stream copy fails. I suspect the cause is the word "ERROR" in the mp2's path (I know, it's weird, please read on).

Now below the exact same project, only now I renamed 1 character in the source folder:

The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS
instead of
The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS

And now the audio stream copy succeeds! The log:

<5-9-2011 15:04:13>
START PROCESS
<>

<5-9-2011 15:04:13>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 1217/4450 MB (27%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD
Delete Temp Process Files: No
Delete Working Files: No
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 1
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: I: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223F SB03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<5-9-2011 15:04:13>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v
Info: MPEG-2 Video - 2987 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 51:31 minutes - 77275 frames
Audio 1: H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.mp2
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 - 256 kbps - CBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 51:31 minutes (0 ms delay) - External
Subs 1: H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.srt
[]
<>

<5-9-2011 15:04:13>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

# Video is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Video = A2DVideoSource("H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v", CacheFolder="F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP", FrameRate=25, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.mp2", CacheFolder="F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<5-9-2011 15:04:13>
START VIDEO DEMUXING OPERATIONS
Target Video FileSize: 1100,6 MB
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v" -vcodec copy "F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v"
<>

<5-9-2011 15:04:56>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.m2v (1094,2 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 2987 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Interlaced (TFF) - 51:31 minutes - 77275 frames
<>

<5-9-2011 15:04:56>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "H:\Caps\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS\The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.mp2" -acodec copy "F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_1.ToFix.mp2"
<>

<5-9-2011 15:05:04>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_1.mp2 (94,3 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 - 256 kbps - CBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 51:31 minutes (0 ms delay)
<>

<5-9-2011 15:05:04>
START SUBS ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
SRT fixing routine applied (0 lines fixed)
SubtitleCreator Parameters: "F:\Werkmap\AVStoDVD\_TEMP\DVD_0_The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse.srt" -p2 -i"C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\SubtitleCreator\Examples\VTS_01_1.IFO"
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<5-9-2011 15:05:15>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 SUBS (TRACK 1) ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <F:\WERKMAP\AVSTODVD\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<5-9-2011 15:05:15>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1
<>

That's exactly how SubtitleCreator works

;)

Bye

Could you take a look at one of the above logs which also demonstrates the srt problem? It seems to create the .sup files in both cases just fine though. I checked them with SubtitleCreator.

I can provide you with temporary files for both cases above if you want. Thank you!

MrC

6th September 2011, 11:41

As you can see, it uses the BACKUP audio encoding routine after a stream copy fails. I suspect the cause is the word "ERROR" in the mp2's path (I know, it's weird, please read on).

Now below the exact same project, only now I renamed 1 character in the source folder:

The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRXRS
instead of
The BBC One Sessions - Amy Winehouse_NO_DVB_ERRORS

And now the audio stream copy succeeds!

Yep, there's a bug in the ffmpeg log parsing routine: currently if there is the word "error" in the log file, whatever position, then the audio demuxing step is considered failed. Just have to fix it. Thanks for the bug report.

Could you take a look at one of the above logs which also demonstrates the srt problem? It seems to create the .sup files in both cases just fine though. I checked them with SubtitleCreator.

I can provide you with temporary files for both cases above if you want. Thank you!

What does SubtitleCreator say when you load your srt with it? Any errors messages? If not, please send me the srt file (avstodvd@gmail.com).

;)

Bye

Sjakko

6th September 2011, 12:19

Yep, there's a bug in the ffmpeg log parsing routine: currently if there is the word "error" in the log file, whatever position, then the audio demuxing step is considered failed. Just have to fix it. Thanks for the bug report.
Thank you!

What does SubtitleCreator say when you load your srt with it? Any errors messages? If not, please send me the srt file (avstodvd@gmail.com).
No errors. I don't know what exactly goes wrong, because a perfectly good .sup file seems to be created during the AVStoDVD process. I can take the sup file AVStoDVD just generated (but gave me an error on), put it in the same AVStoDVD project instead of the srt and the whole authoring process goes without a hitch. So the sup generating in itself doesn't seem to be faulty.

You've got mail.

MrC

7th September 2011, 12:57

No errors. I don't know what exactly goes wrong, because a perfectly good .sup file seems to be created during the AVStoDVD process. I can take the sup file AVStoDVD just generated (but gave me an error on), put it in the same AVStoDVD project instead of the srt and the whole authoring process goes without a hitch. So the sup generating in itself doesn't seem to be faulty.

You've got mail.

The (fake) error is probably due to the 'DVD Asset Path' and 'Temp Files Path' having the same value in your Preferences. It is obviously a bug to be fixed but, as workaround, you can give different paths to these 2 variables.

;)

Bye

Sjakko

7th September 2011, 13:06

Great! That fixed it. Thanks.

8ternity

8th September 2011, 13:43

Hi mrc,

Did you had instruction regarding custom dvd menu templates (background, button, etc.) to customisez a dvd menu in default? I want to check for creating a theme menu, starting to play with that to create one menu for testing.

MrC

9th September 2011, 16:12

@8ternity

you can start having a look at the 'Templates - Readme.txt' file under '\AVStoDVD\Menu\Templates' folder. Then you can download some custom templates from here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd_addons/More%20Templates/) and get some hints.

I hope you will share your creations with us. ;)

Thanks in advance

;)

Bye

ggtop

10th September 2011, 11:12

Hi all,

right now I'm converting some dozens DV tapes to DVD and always wondered why the preview doesn't work although the final DVD / encoded file works fine.
My setup is Windows 7 64bit, Cedocida DV codec installed, AVS Source Filter: AviSource().

I did some research and found that I have to use all involved components in the same "environment". Because I have 32bit Avisynth installed it loads the 32bit cedocida VfW codec with AviSource() enabled, I also have to use 32bit MPC-HC for preview. And that was the culprit, because my default preview player path pointed to the 64bit version. After installing the 32bit version in parallel and changing the path everything works fine.

ggtop

MrC

12th September 2011, 21:53

@ggtop

thanks for sharing your experience

;)

Bye

ggtop

13th September 2011, 22:11

Like I said before I have some DV tapes to convert to DVD. I find it nice to have the titles fading in/out. The default is 0.4 sec. I searched for it in the registry but it seems to be hard coded. Would it be possible to store this value in the registry/prefs so one wouldn't have to change it on every title?
Another thing is that the default gets displayed as 0,4 on my language settings (German) and that is invalid for the check...

ggtop

MrC

14th September 2011, 13:08

@ggtop

good suggestion about default AVS parameters to be stored in the registry (probably I will add that already in the next release) and thanks for the decimal separator bug report.

;)

Bye

ggtop

14th September 2011, 16:38

Hi MrC,

I just encoded a project, but it failed to encode on 1 of 4 menu pages, so that the file size for this asset is 0 kb which led to an muxing error. I was asked whether I want to keep the temp files. They are still there but not the avs files. Is there a way to resume the menu creation and the muxing?

Thank you

ggtop

MrC

14th September 2011, 19:58

Hi ggtop,

yes, there is a way: delete the project log file from your Output Folder, then start again your project (assuming you have saved it ;) ). You will be asked if you want to keep the DVD asset files. Then, if you want to take a look at the menu avs script, go to the Temp Folder just before AVStoDVD asks you to keep or delete the asset files.

Let me know

;)

Bye

ggtop

14th September 2011, 23:00

decimal separator bug report

BTW The check is also executed when clicking cancel. It should only disable the checkbox in that case. But this is only cosemtic...

ggtop

ggtop

14th September 2011, 23:08

delete the project log file from your Output Folder, then start again your project (assuming you have saved it ;) ). You will be asked if you want to keep the DVD asset files.

Great, you saved my day ;-)
I did like you told me and it worked exactly how I desired. I was prompted for each asset to overwrite or to keep. I only agreed to the previously failed asset file and A2D continued to mux. Output is fine ;-)

I think this happened because I had my laptop under heavy i/o and QuEnc din't get the path and the input file passed in a certain time so stupid windows told me QuEnc isn't working properly and has to be closed/debugged...

Many many thanks

Keep up your very very appreciated work & support

ggtop

MrC

15th September 2011, 15:14

BTW The check is also executed when clicking cancel. It should only disable the checkbox in that case. But this is only cosemtic...

Yeah, you are right, it is part of the bug.

;)

Bye

Shablagoo

30th September 2011, 02:52

What does it mean when I'm asked to create a Layer Break position? I've been trying to burn dual-layer DVDs, and I got no clue what this step's asking me.

I made a DVD that had one glitch, a hiccup/stutter, and I'm wondering if this Layer Break had something to do with it. I don't want any hiccups.

ggtop

30th September 2011, 10:16

Hi Shablagoo,

you may want to read the guides at the IMGBURN forum:

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showforum=4

A DL (double layer) has 2 layers in which the data is written. The layer break is the point where the laser of your drive goes from one to the other layer. Mostly there are multiple options to choose that point. Some drives are quicker than others...and you also have the option to make it seamless but that is not by default and not all stand-alones can handle that.

Since this is a very basic question I suggest to simply use the search function at doom9. There are propably thousands of threads dealing with this topic.

And welcome to the forums.

ggtop

Sparktank

1st October 2011, 06:52

AVStoDVD (Temp/Assets folders) and CCleaner (Custom "Include" directories)

So for the past couple days, I've encountered a problem. It's been fixed. But thought I should share this anyway. (In case someone else gets the problem in the future)

In the program settings for A2D, I've set the Temp/Assets folder to custom locations.
(And this has been working fine in the past)

But I also use CCleaner to clean my computer of junk files and decided to "Include" the Temp/Assets folders to CCleaner.
I like to keep the files until I'm completely satisfied with the project. (Or save them to reuse them for later, just in case).
When I'm happy with the project results, I clean the folders.
I used to do this manually, until I added the folders to CCleaner.

Now here's where the problem comes in...

The options (for CCleaner) for custom folders ask you whether you want "files only", "files and subfolders" or "files, subfolders and the folder itself"
I chose "files and subfolders", thinking it meant scan the files and subfolders.
But it actually deletes the files and the subfolders.

When the assigned Temp/Assets folders are deleted and you run A2D, A2D can't find the folders.
Unlike some programs, it doesn't re-create the Temp/Assets folders by default.
Since it doesn't recreate them, it can't find the designated folders; thus, it really has no place to store the Temp/Asset files.
And when this happens, it can't Frameserve properly.

Solution:
I always check to see if it frameserves properly before encoding.
With the Temp/Assets folders deleted, it gives you an error notification, instantly.
Simply create the assigned folders again and it should be fixed.

>.< This took me awhile to troubleshoot lol. I went through so many uninstalls/reinstalls/older versions/betas for A2D, MKVtoolnix, AVISynth, etc.
It wasn't until I re-installed A2D and did a CClean, that it dawned me to check CCleaner's settings. And voila, it was there. >.>
^_^" I changed it from "files and subfolders" to "files only".
Also had to add each folder, both Temp and Assets, into the "Include" list in CCleaner.
And things are back to normal!!
*happy dance*

On a side note:
MKVtoolnix updated to version 5.0.0.
FFmpeg updated to FFmpeg-N-32754-g936d4d4
MediaInfo upated to 7.50
>Note: Before updating any of the files, please read the "ChangeLog" to the designated program to see if it's at all pertinent to your desires.
In some cases, you don't really need to update (as some changes might be just a simple bug for a different operating system).
>>Note: Be sure to use the right FFmpeg builds before replacing (sherpya/FFmpeg Win32 binary Builds by Gianluigi Tiesi), as this could lead to various problems.
>>>Note: The current updates for FFmpeg (sherpya), the author has noted that time is limited to fully test for bugs, so use at own discretion.
>>>>Note: If updates seem to cause problems, default back to original installed files.

And the above updates seem to be compatible with the latest stable release of A2D 2.4.1 (August 16th, 2011).

(I always try and replace the original installed files with updated files. This seems to work without too much trouble, except sometimes for MKtoolnix. Thankfully, MrC has fixed this problem :D)
(_Backup folders are created in case of complications).

And that's about all I wanted to report, lol.
Didn't really mean for it to be too extensive :rolleyes:

MrC

1st October 2011, 21:28

@Sparktank

thank you for the complete report about your experience with AVStoDVD and interaction with other software. Thanks also for reporting the compliance with the new MKVtoolnix, FFmpeg and MediaInfo releases.

In the next AVStoDVD release I will add a consistency check on the Temp/Asset default folders, with the prompt to create them if not found.

;)

Bye

jmac698

5th October 2011, 01:08

MrC,
I have some good news for you. A music video fan has been trying to create a DVD with PCM audio tracks. In trying to help I tried every program I could find, none of them would let me either mux an m2v with pcm or author a DVD with PCM.
Yours was the only one which provided an option for "wav". Thanks for this! However, when opening an audio track, files of type wav are not shown. If I pick *.* I can force it to load, but I haven't yet tested if it really works.
The suggestion is to include *wav in the file mask if indeed this really works.
I do have another request, I'd like to support adding closed caption files (in .scc format) if possible, then it would be the only free authoring program I know that supports CC, and/or pcm data.
From what I gather, this requires the ability to mux user data into the mpeg, and finally to set a flag in the output IFO.
Thanks.

MrC

5th October 2011, 13:21

@jmac698

not sure about the "file mask" you are referring to. If you add your m2v video file, then press 'Title'/'Audio Track'/'Add Audio Track', wav type files are already included in the filter list, and you can pick them up.

About SCC subs, I'm not familiar with them. I've found some info here (http://www.theneitherworld.com/mcpoodle/SCC_TOOLS/DOCS/SCC_TOOLS.HTML), but I do not have any SCC sample. Could you provide one?

;)

Bye

jmac698

5th October 2011, 13:44

MrC,
The SCC file is quite simple. Here's one:

Scenarist_SCC V1.0

00:00:08:19 9420 9420 94ae 94ae 13f4 13f4 9723 9723 a8ce c152 52c1 544f 5229

00:00:09:02 9420 9420 9452 9452 97a2 97a2 43c8 494c c452 45ce 8080 20c1 5245 20d0 5245 4349 4fd5 d380

00:00:09:20 9420 9420 94f4 94f4 97a2 97a2 544f 20c8 d5cd c1ce cb49 cec4 ae80 942c 942c 942f 942f

00:00:13:04 9420 9420 94ae 94ae 9470 9470 97a2 97a2 5745 20d3 c154 49d3 46d9 204f d552 2049 cece c154 4520 c445 d349 5245 942c 942c 942f 942f

00:00:15:15 9420 9420 94ae 94ae 9454 9454 9723 9723 544f 20ce d552 54d5 5245

00:00:15:28 9420 9420 9470 9470 9723 9723 c1ce c420 43c1 5252 d920 4fce 204f d552 20c2 4c4f 4fc4 4c49 ce45 942c 942c 942f 942f

00:00:18:15 9420 9420 94ae 94ae 94f2 94f2 97a2 97a2 54c8 524f d5c7 c820 4fd5 5220 d052 4fc7 45ce d9ae 942c 942c 942f 942f

So what does it say? (SRT file)

1
00:00:10,167 --> 00:00:13,868
(NARRATOR)
CHILDREN ARE PRECIOUS
TO HUMANKIND.

2
00:00:13,934 --> 00:00:16,567
WE SATISFY OUR INNATE DESIRE

3
00:00:16,634 --> 00:00:19,100
TO NURTURE
AND CARRY ON OUR BLOODLINE

In ccd format:

SCC_disassembly V1.2
CHANNEL 1

00:00:08:19 {RCL}{RCL}{ENM}{ENM}{1308}{1308}{TO3}{TO3}(NARRATOR)
00:00:09:02 {RCL}{RCL}{1404}{1404}{TO2}{TO2}CHILDREN{} ARE PRECIOUS_
00:00:09:20 {RCL}{RCL}{1508}{1508}{TO2}{TO2}TO HUMANKIND._{EDM}{EDM}{EOC}{EOC}
00:00:13:04 {RCL}{RCL}{ENM}{ENM}{1500}{1500}{TO2}{TO2}WE SATISFY OUR INNATE DESIRE{EDM}{EDM}{EOC}{EOC}
00:00:15:15 {RCL}{RCL}{ENM}{ENM}{1408}{1408}{TO3}{TO3}TO NURTURE
00:00:15:28 {RCL}{RCL}{1500}{1500}{TO3}{TO3}AND CARRY ON OUR BLOODLINE{EDM}{EDM}{EOC}{EOC}

jmac698

5th October 2011, 13:54

Some tech stuff, this is added per frame to mpg user data.
closed caption file format (.scc) which consists of the time code followed on the same line by a sequence of sets of 4 HEX codes representing the actual closed captioning data that will be added to the picture header user_data. This is CEA 608 standard. Only two codes per frame. user data field will start with 02 09

Another way
Up to 30 codes in each GOP. The first bytes in the user data field will be 43 43 01 f8 9e

MrC

6th October 2011, 22:08

@jmac698

very interesting, thanks for the tech info ;) I would like to have some free time to write a parsing library for SCC format... but... have you already used the SCC Tools (http://www.theneitherworld.com/mcpoodle/SCC_TOOLS/DOCS/SCC_TOOLS.HTML) command line utils? Do they work properly? If yes, it would be much more easier to use "ccasdi.exe" to convert scc to srt and then return to standard path (srt to sup conversion with SubtitleCreator).

Of course, by that method, we would lose all formatting info contained in scc (if any).

;)

Bye

jmac698

7th October 2011, 00:39

I agree, there's already good tools to prepare CC and convert to SCC. All you need to support is muxing the SCC into MPG - there's hardly any parsing to do.
I have a feeling you are not understanding CC - these are not subs, they are never turning into bitmaps, just pure hex data put into the mpg stream. It's the TV only which displays them. The dvd player doesn't (usually) understand them, but puts the data into the video signal untouched.

You also have to set a flag in the IFO file.

I have never gotten CC to work in DVD. IFOedit doesn't let me set the flag, and ccmux didn't seem to work.

MrC

7th October 2011, 20:10

I have a feeling you are not understanding CC - these are not subs, they are never turning into bitmaps, just pure hex data put into the mpg stream. It's the TV only which displays them. The dvd player doesn't (usually) understand them, but puts the data into the video signal untouched.

You also have to set a flag in the IFO file.

I have never gotten CC to work in DVD. IFOedit doesn't let me set the flag, and ccmux didn't seem to work.

Probably I have not :) As I told you I am not familiar with CC. I have to spend some time to deepen a little bit. But, what is the real benefit to use CC instead of standard DVD subs? The possibility to equip single mpg files other than DVD structures? Wouldn't be easier to go with Matroska in these days?

;)

Bye

jmac698

7th October 2011, 21:08

Aha, I see you are from Italy. Let me explain the importance of CC in some countries. Well, for USA it is a requirement for all TV's to show these kind of captions. It's primary use is for the hearing impaired people, however it is also quite popular for those who want to read another language (for example reading english and hearing it also). It is sent on TV programs, you can also record into mpg. This is put on DVD for some reason too; it's cheaper to keep it the way it is, if the source already had CC, and to prevent importing of DVD, because CC is not decodable in Europe.
I want it because I have no other way to create this signal.

rendez2k

11th October 2011, 16:00

OK, I have some sort of audio issue with one of my MKVs. I get Process aborted during title 1 audio (track 1) encoding operations.

Can't see anything odd with the file though? Any ideas? Fresh install of AVS and most settings on default. Codec issue maybe?

<11/10/2011 15:21:34>
START PROCESS
<>

<11/10/2011 15:21:34>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\FPAPER_PAL_DVD
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 1
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 256
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt Bold (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-218L 1.03
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
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<11/10/2011 15:21:34>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\Downloads\Incoming\FPaper 720p.mkv
Info: AVC - 5663 kbps - 1280x544 - DAR 2.353 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:27:14 hours - 125505 frames
Audio 1: D:\Downloads\Incoming\FPaper 720p.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:27:14 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.47]
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<11/10/2011 15:21:34>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("D:\Downloads\Incoming\FPaper 720p.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Temp", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("D:\Downloads\Incoming\FPaper 720p.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using AssumeFPS() to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,88,0,88)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)

AssumeFPS("pal_film", sync_audio=true).ResampleAudio(48000)
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<11/10/2011 15:21:34>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3445.9 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_FPaper 720p.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_FPaper 720p_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\Robin\Videos\DVD_0_FPaper 720p.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_FPaper 720p.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 7964
*1PASS
*BITRATE 5757
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<11/10/2011 15:52:01>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\Users\Robin\Videos\DVD_0_FPaper 720p.m2v (3260.3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5486 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 25 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:23:40 hours - 125506 frames
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<11/10/2011 15:52:01>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_FPaper 720p_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 1536 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "C:\Users\Robin\Videos\DVD_0_FPaper 720p_1.ac3"
<>

<11/10/2011 15:53:57>
START (BACKUP) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -threads 8 -i "D:\Downloads\Incoming\FPaper 720p.mkv" -y -vn -acodec ac3 -ar 48000 -ab 1536k "C:\Users\Robin\Videos\DVD_0_FPaper 720p_1.ac3"
<>

<11/10/2011 15:53:59>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 AUDIO (TRACK 1) ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <E:\FPAPER_PAL_DVD\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
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<11/10/2011 15:53:59>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1
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MrC

12th October 2011, 13:18

@jmac698

ok, I will put CC support in my ToDo list

@rendez2k

source title audio track should be DVD compliant (DTS @16bit) and AVStoDVD should have kept it without re-encoding. Instead Aften+Wavi started with 1536 kbps bitrate setting (wrong, not supported by AC3). Have you changed anything in 'Edit Title'/'Audio'?

;)

Bye

rendez2k

12th October 2011, 13:32

Sir Didymus

12th October 2011, 16:04

...
You also have to set a flag in the IFO file.

I have never gotten CC to work in DVD. IFOedit doesn't let me set the flag, and ccmux didn't seem to work.

Jmac, did you ever try using AVS2DVD (current release) and feeding it with a m2v file with the user data containing CC information?

I feel it should work!

I mean, if you make a suitable (off line) preparation of the m2v assets, by using the SCC tools, the closed caption information should be - in theory - kept unaltered by the AVS2DVD operations and by the underlying muxing engine (MuxMan). This should also take care of the VBV potential issues raised elsewhere.

Concerning the setting of the IFO flags, this operation should be also NOT NECESSARY, since the IFO files are produced directly by MuxMan, at the end of the muxing stage, in a way that makes these files consistent with the input assets. In other terms, if the m2v assets contains CC, MuxMan should detect this situation and should produce (together with the other files) also suitable IFO files.

jmac698

13th October 2011, 00:15

Sir,
Thanks! That's the best answer I've had. I will try again. It sounds like if I use muxman directly I can do it. I did look at muxman but found no mention of cc or user data. I had one hope that usiing ifoedit to set the flag would only be enabled if the input stream actually had cc data, so that would make more sense.

laserfan

13th October 2011, 14:09

@jmac698 I've not followed this thread very carefully, so maybe you have reasons for wanting to keep CC, but you do know don't you that a tool called CCextractor will readily convert closed captions to .srt files, which you can use to make conventional DVD subtitles.

MrC

13th October 2011, 14:27

@rendez2k

could you please post a screenshot of 'Edit Title'/'Audio' tab? I would like to understand how AVStoDVD has messed up the audio section of that mkv title...

@Sir Didymus

welcome back there, my friend!

;)

Bye

rendez2k

13th October 2011, 14:40

@rendez2k

could you please post a screenshot of 'Edit Title'/'Audio' tab? I would like to understand how AVStoDVD has messed up the audio section of that mkv title...

Sure! Posted my settings also just in case. Could the MKV be damaged? I've run another couple of MKVs through with no issue.

http://i51.tinypic.com/35jmsld.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/11vr229.jpg

Sir Didymus

13th October 2011, 15:57

@MrC
Thanks for the welcome... I have been totally absorbed by some personal and professional duties in the last months/years, but I am still following - in a more or less continuous way - the AVS2DVD developments, at least as a "silent" users...
:cool:

@laserfan
Your suggestion is an excellent shortcut, however IMHO there are still very valid reasons and use cases for adopting CC in the DVD production. CC can be (optionally) showed TOGETHER - I mean, simultaneously - with a given subtitle stream. For instance, for hearing impaired people the CC is an optimal solution in order to preserve the original DVD content, including the original subtitles. There are no other ways, AFAIK, to present simultaneously two streams of subtitles: one - the classical subpictures - based on bitmaps, and the second - the CC - which is based on pure textual information...

Cheers,
SD

MrC

14th October 2011, 13:13

@rendez2k

I'm trying to replicate the issue with the sample files in my library, but I cannot. Do you have the possibility to upload somewhere a portion of the mkv?

@Sir Didymus

actually no big improvements in the past months... just some more encoding options and GUI maquillage. No progresses on the authoring side. I'm waiting for BatchMux native support to nested chapters menus :p

;)

Bye

Sir Didymus

14th October 2011, 15:13

Ho, ho...
:scared:

Sigh... I think I have to admit very frankly that I completely missed to make whatever improvement to the BatchMux frontend...

I an not in the position to ensure anything... Please consider that the topic is much more complex than it may appear at a first glance...

However, from an old PM discussion, I remind that the pending relevant improvements, from the authoring support side, are:

1. To save the BatchMux echo into a log file instead of using the stdout
2. To add audio/subs submenus for the language selection
3. To add chapters submenus, in order to select the chapters

Is the above list still complete?

Cheers,
SD

rendez2k

14th October 2011, 16:38

Whats the best way to make a sample of an MKV? And how long would you need?

MrC

14th October 2011, 21:05

@Sir Didymus

I'm sure the topic is absolutely complex and I know (and appreciate) the scrupulous way you have developed BatchMux. No hurry, take your time, when the update will be ready, we will be here. ;) And, sure, from my side the list is complete. I don't know if other users would require anything else... :)

@rendez2k

I would use Avidemux:

- load the mkv
- trim the first minute
- select Copy Video and Audio (default)
- select MKV as output format
- save

Avidemux could eventually fix mkv muxing errors (if any).

;)

Bye

rendez2k

14th October 2011, 21:31

8ternity

15th October 2011, 03:05

Im Back after two weeks.
Just change all my pc!

Hope to continue and see differences! Back with a 6 cores, new motherboard, 16gb ddr3!

shreeit

16th October 2011, 03:33

I got .mkv file made from BD. The DAR is 2.353. When I convert to DVD program change DAR to 16:9. Is it possible to keep DAR 2.353?

Thanks,

Shreeit

MrC

16th October 2011, 19:35

@rendez2k

thanks, I will test the sample ASAP

@shreeit

2.353 DAR is not DVD compliant.

;)

Bye

MrC

18th October 2011, 15:20

rendez2k

18th October 2011, 17:40

jmac698

22nd October 2011, 14:15

@laserfan
I have no interest in reading the CC whatsoever :) I wanted to create a known test signal for experimenting with VBI capture...

Shablagoo

28th October 2011, 22:28

Hello there. I'm frustrated. I keep getting the "output video duration shorter than expected" error and I don't know why. As soon as I get the error, I choose not to continue, who would?, and I click 'no' which aborts the whole thing. I'm working with an MKV file, but I've also gotten the error with an mp4 video. Here's the log.

<10/28/2011 11:05:19 AM>
START PROCESS
<>

<10/28/2011 11:05:19 AM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 8100/8100 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: Burn DVD
DVD Label: Biutiful
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\Alex\Desktop\AVStoDVD\OUTPUT
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20L NC08
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<10/28/2011 11:05:19 AM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: F:\Cinematic Adventures\Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release)\Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release).mkv
Info: AVC - 2010 kbps - 1280x696 - DAR 1.839 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:28:09 hours - 213124 frames
Audio 1: F:\Cinematic Adventures\Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release)\Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release).mkv
Info: AAC LC - 0 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 2:28:09 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.47]
<>

<10/28/2011 11:05:19 AM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("F:\Cinematic Adventures\Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release)\Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release).mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Alex\Desktop\AVStoDVD\TEMP", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("F:\Cinematic Adventures\Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release)\Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release).mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Alex\Desktop\AVStoDVD\TEMP")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,12,0,12)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<10/28/2011 11:05:19 AM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 7384.7 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\Users\Alex\Desktop\AVStoDVD\TEMP\Biutiful_0_Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release)_1.avs" -o "F:\Cinematic Adventures\Biutiful_0_Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release).m2v" -b 6969 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 16:9 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<10/28/2011 3:01:32 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: FFmpegSource2 (cache off)
Created File: F:\Cinematic Adventures\Biutiful_0_Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release).m2v (4096 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 7027 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:22:05 hours - 118095 frames
<>

<10/28/2011 3:01:32 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "F:\Cinematic Adventures\Biutiful_0_Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release).m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97 -inplace -tff
<>

<10/28/2011 3:10:01 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: F:\Cinematic Adventures\Biutiful_0_Biutiful 2010 720p BRRip x264 RmD (HDScene Release).m2v (4096 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 7020 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:22:10 hours - 118211 frames
<>

<10/28/2011 4:11:28 PM>
CHECK LOG FILE <C:\USERS\ALEX\DESKTOP\AVSTODVD\OUTPUT\BIUTIFUL_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<10/28/2011 4:11:33 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1
<>

whiskey

29th October 2011, 13:04

Hi got movie in mkv plus separate subs in two files idx and sup (if not mistaken) I can add them in program but end result on dvd is horrible, subs wont fit on screen they appear in bottom right corner (cut off) and have blue color with white outline. Same thing happened with totally other movie that had subs in same external format, no clue what to do :S

MrC

31st October 2011, 14:02

@Shablagoo and whiskey

before going forward with troubleshooting, where did you get the mkv you are trying to convert?

;)

Bye

Marvel

2nd November 2011, 15:34

@rendez2k

bug found, it is releated to the combination of PAL-SpeedUp and DTS track. Next release will fix it. Now, as workaround, go to 'Preferences'/'Audio' and toggle off 'Keep AC3/DTS/MP2 DVD Compliant Audio', save as default and restart your project.

;)

Bye

hmm I've been having countless audio failed errors since installing and no matter how many different setting setups I try I couldn't figure it out! I use the pal speed up function and use mkvs usually with dts audio. I wonder if this has been my issue :D

jmac698

5th November 2011, 19:20

MrC,
Regarding the feature request for CC, I found two tools which do this and at least one has source. It seems compatible with muxman as well. I haven't tried the methods yet but I can tell you if they work; in that case you have some simple binaries you can just call from your GUI and it's done. Should be simple.

MrC

7th November 2011, 20:06

@jmac698

ok, let me know your progresses

;)

Bye

8ternity

8th November 2011, 02:44

Hi Mrc,

Can you plan in to do list to save batch process when you save the current project? I had sometimes for some reasons to reboot computer in remote and i want to save batch but doesnt supported yet.

Also, the magnetic suggestion for the batch windows ;-) *Already replied that you put in to do list*

Thanks :-)

MrC

8th November 2011, 20:32

rippn

12th November 2011, 11:12

Having an issue when trying to create a dvd from 2 separate xvids. Here are my logs. I have tried with different xvids and different numbers of xvids with the same issue. Any help would be appreciated.

<11/12/2011 2:14:19 AM>
START PROCESS
<>

<11/12/2011 2:14:19 AM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 2
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: ISO UDF Image
DVD Label: SOA_S4_D1
DVD Menu: Motion Menu
Output Folder: D:
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Agency FB 16pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: F: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203N SB02
DVD Burning Speed: 8x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 1
<>

<11/12/2011 2:14:19 AM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: M:\!Sons of Anarchy\Season 4\401 - Out.avi
Info: XviD - 1141 kbps - 624x352 - DAR 1.773 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 59:04 minutes - 84992 frames
Audio 1: M:\!Sons of Anarchy\Season 4\401 - Out.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 147 kbps - VBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 59:04 minutes (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.47]
<>

<11/12/2011 2:14:19 AM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("M:\!Sons of Anarchy\Season 4\401 - Out.avi", CacheFolder="D:\Temp", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("M:\!Sons of Anarchy\Season 4\401 - Out.avi", CacheFolder="D:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480,0,0,0,-0)

Audio = Audio.EnsureVBRMP3Sync()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<11/12/2011 2:14:22 AM>
TITLE 1 AVISYNTH FRAMESERVING CHECK
Check passed successfully.
<>

<11/12/2011 2:14:22 AM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 2337.4 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out.m2v
*LOGFILE D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5531
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<11/12/2011 2:39:11 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out.m2v (2337.8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5571 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 59:04 minutes - 84992 frames
<>

<11/12/2011 2:39:11 AM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 192 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_1.ac3"
<>

<11/12/2011 2:40:15 AM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_1.ac3 (81.1 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 192 kbps - CBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 59:04 minutes (0 ms delay)
<>

<11/12/2011 2:40:15 AM>
TITLE 2 SOURCE FILES
Video: M:\!Sons of Anarchy\Season 4\402 - Booster.avi
Info: XviD - 905 kbps - 624x352 - DAR 1.773 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 46:52 minutes - 67435 frames
Audio 1: M:\!Sons of Anarchy\Season 4\402 - Booster.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 128 kbps - VBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 46:52 minutes (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.47]
<>

<11/12/2011 2:40:15 AM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("M:\!Sons of Anarchy\Season 4\402 - Booster.avi", CacheFolder="D:\Temp", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("M:\!Sons of Anarchy\Season 4\402 - Booster.avi", CacheFolder="D:\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480,0,0,0,-0)

Audio = Audio.EnsureVBRMP3Sync()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<11/12/2011 2:40:18 AM>
TITLE 2 AVISYNTH FRAMESERVING CHECK
Check passed successfully.
<>

<11/12/2011 2:40:18 AM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 1854.7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster.m2v
*LOGFILE D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 5531
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<11/12/2011 3:00:07 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster.m2v (1854.9 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5571 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 46:52 minutes - 67433 frames
<>

<11/12/2011 3:00:07 AM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 192 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_1.ac3"
<>

<11/12/2011 3:00:37 AM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_1.ac3 (64.4 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 192 kbps - CBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 46:52 minutes (0 ms delay)
<>

<11/12/2011 3:00:37 AM>
START DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
DVD Menu settings:
Style: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1
Titles Format: 1
Template: Menu in Black
Max Titles Page: 4
Enable Play All: 1
Force Play All: 0
Background Audio: 0
Max Thumbs Row: 2
Thumb Image Source: 0
Thumb Frame Position: 10%
HL Frame Format: 0
HL Selection Color: 8
HL Play Color: 3
Menu Video BitRate: 6000 kbps
Motion Menu Duration: 15 seconds
Thumb Drop Shadow: 2
Play All Shadow: 2
Arrows Shadow: 0
<>

<11/12/2011 3:01:10 AM>
END DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File (Menu Page 1): D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_MenuPage1.m2v (0 MB)
<>

<11/12/2011 3:01:10 AM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "D:\SOA_S4_D1_0\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-palette "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Palette.txt"
-v "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_Chapters.txt"
-SEG2v "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster.m2v"
-SEG2vidmode LB
-SEG2a1 "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_1.ac3"
-SEG2a1lang en
-SEG2cellfr "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_Chapters.txt"
-SEG2progfr "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_Chapters.txt"
-SEG2chapfr "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_Chapters.txt"
-SEG3v "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_MenuPage1.m2v"
-SEG3vidmode LB
-SEG3s1 "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Menu.sst"
-SEG3s1dmode WIDE_LB
-SEG3hlmnu "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_MenuPage1_Buttons.mnu"
-SEG3hlcsm "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_HighlightScheme.csm
-hcn "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_BatchMux.hcn"
<>

<11/12/2011 3:01:30 AM>
Process aborted during DVD AUTHORING operations!

Check following files for more details:

AVStoDVD log file <D:\SOA_S4_D1_0.log>
BatchMux log file <D:\SOA_S4_D1_0_BatchMux.log>
<>

<11/12/2011 3:01:33 AM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.1
<>

BatchMux version --> 1.3
Destination Folder --> D:\SOA_S4_D1_0\VIDEO_TS
MuxMan Script File --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_MuxMan.mxp
MuxMan Log String --> -l "D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_MuxMan.log"
Folder of the MuxMan executable --> C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan
Check presence of MuxMan.exe --> PASSED
Palette File --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Palette.txt
Default Palette --> SUCCESSFULLY REDEFINED
Segment #1 - Video File #1 --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out.m2v
Checking asset for importing as --> M2V, M1V, MPV
Video Coding Mode --> MPEG-2
Video Resolution (Nominal) --> (720x480)
MPEG-2 Aspect Ratio (DAR) --> 16:9
Video Frame Rate --> 29,97 fps
Video Bitrate (Nominal, Kbps) --> 8789
VBV Buffer Size (Kbyte) --> 224
Segment #1 - Video Display Mode --> LB
Segment #1 - Audio #1 File #1 --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_1.ac3
Segment #1 - Audio Lang Code #1 --> en
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_Chapters.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Cells --> 12
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_Chapters.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Programs --> 12
Segment #1 - Timeframe file --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_01_401 - Out_Chapters.txt
Segment #1 - Total Nr of Chapters --> 12
Segment #2 - Video File #1 --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster.m2v
Checking asset for importing as --> M2V, M1V, MPV
Video Coding Mode --> MPEG-2
Video Resolution (Nominal) --> (720x480)
MPEG-2 Aspect Ratio (DAR) --> 16:9
Video Frame Rate --> 29,97 fps
Video Bitrate (Nominal, Kbps) --> 8789
VBV Buffer Size (Kbyte) --> 224
Segment #2 - Video Display Mode --> LB
Segment #2 - Audio #1 File #1 --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_1.ac3
Segment #2 - Audio Lang Code #1 --> en
Segment #2 - Timeframe file --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_Chapters.txt
Segment #2 - Total Nr of Cells --> 10
Segment #2 - Timeframe file --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_Chapters.txt
Segment #2 - Total Nr of Programs --> 10
Segment #2 - Timeframe file --> D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_Title_02_402 - Booster_Chapters.txt
Segment #2 - Total Nr of Chapters --> 10
Segment memory resources --> RELEASED
Local Stack memory --> RELEASED
File i/o structures --> DEALLOCATED

MrC

13th November 2011, 22:19

Hi rippn,

there's something wrong with the DVD Menu creation:

<11/12/2011 3:01:10 AM>
END DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File (Menu Page 1): D:\Temp\SOA_S4_D1_0_MenuPage1.m2v (0 MB)
<>

Do you get any errors during Menu creation routine?

;)

Bye

rippn

14th November 2011, 04:25

Hi rippn,

there's something wrong with the DVD Menu creation:

Do you get any errors during Menu creation routine?

;)

Bye

Do you mean when running through the wizard? Not that I'm aware of. I run the wizard, then go to the editor, change the titles and disc menu text, then exit the editor, is there a step I'm missing?

rippn

14th November 2011, 07:20

So I attempted several changes to the menu options and still getting the error. So I went and downloaded the Beta release (2.4.0 build 110422) and over wrote my AVStoDVD directory which kept all my settings. Again attempted the same DVD and this time it worked with no problem. It appears the new version is failing when "generating dvd background" then it is supposed to launch quenc, which is working properly in the beta release. Any ideas? Was a fresh install required for 2.4.1?

MrC

14th November 2011, 23:19

Was a fresh install required for 2.4.1?

See Help/FAQ/General/Q1.7:

Q1.7 When I download a new release, should I uninstall a previous installed one?
A: Yes, that's a better choice.

;)

Bye

MrC

22nd November 2011, 16:49

AVStoDVD release 2.4.2 is available to download (https://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd/files/avstodvd/AVStoDVD%202.4.2).

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added possibility to edit source titles media info ('Title'/'Edit Source Title Info')
- Added a consistency check on special chars to main window 'DVD Label' and 'Title Edit'/'General'/'Title Name'
- Added custom values saving in (and loading from) Windows Registry from 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth'
- Added 'Bias' and 'DC Precision' options in 'Title Edit'/'Video'/'HCenc Advanced Options'
- Improved backup Audio encoding routine (FFmpeg based)
- Improved input titles format checking routine
- Wavi updated to 1.06m
- FFmpeg updated to 32754
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.50

;)

Bye

Sparktank

22nd November 2011, 21:22

Awesome! Thanks for the update :)

soneca

23rd November 2011, 03:33

Thanks MrC! :cool:

8ternity

23rd November 2011, 05:05

Thanks!!!

Did you change something in the programmation of icon's resolution. Look like more sharp.

Also, nice image in installer :D i verry like it! :D

Marvel

24th November 2011, 13:53

Thanks MrC your works appreciated here :D.

I was just wondering whats the best media player to have installed? I don't have windows media player 12 installed cos it messes with my music folder which I don't like!! So for music I use MusicBee and normally have vlc for my video playback but with this combo I'm having problems converting mkv to dvd (no audio or audio errors) So after reading the FAQ I installed FFDshow and this fixed the probs I was having. So I guess my question is whats the best setup Ie media players and filters? should I stick with vlc + FFDshow or go for a mediaplayer that has filters avstodvd can use? I like the cleanest sytem possible :D (think I have OCD).

Whats everyone else doing???

Hope its ok posting this here

Cheers M.

MrC

25th November 2011, 14:15

@Marvel

I suggest Media Player Classic Home Cinema (http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/)

;)

Bye

8ternity

22nd December 2011, 23:45

I personnally use:

- PowerDVD 11
and also

- Media Player Classic (first version of media plassic classic home cinema).

I like powerdvd11 because we can listen everything. Also VIDEO_TS folder (drag'n'drop); m2ts HD, divx, xvid, everhing excel FLV.

Fishman0919

23rd December 2011, 17:33

Big Vern

25th December 2011, 12:00

Trying to ocnvert a few of my blu-ray to mkv rips back to DVD for my Daughters new TV with a built in DVD player.

AVSTODVD is aborting the process after 50% of first pass in HCenc. Says please check the log, I have look at log, there is no error message.

<25/12/2011 10:51:53>
START PROCESS
<>

<25/12/2011 10:51:53>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 3999/4000 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: H:\DVD
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 384
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 10
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116D 1.09
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<25/12/2011 10:51:54>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\WDTV Box\Anuvahood.mkv
Info: AVC - 2817 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:28:50 hours - 127794 frames
Audio 1: D:\WDTV Box\Anuvahood.mkv
Info: AC3 - 384 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:28:50 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.50]
<>

<25/12/2011 10:51:54>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("D:\WDTV Box\Anuvahood.mkv", CacheFolder="D:\AVS assets", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("D:\WDTV Box\Anuvahood.mkv", CacheFolder="D:\AVS assets")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<25/12/2011 10:51:54>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3675.7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "D:\AVS assets\DVD_0_Anuvahood.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE D:\AVS assets\DVD_0_Anuvahood_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE D:\AVS assets\DVD_0_Anuvahood.m2v
*LOGFILE D:\AVS assets\DVD_0_Anuvahood.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 5785
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 60
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<25/12/2011 10:54:21>
CHECK LOG FILE <H:\DVD\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<25/12/2011 10:54:21>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.2
<>

Any ideas please?

Sjakko

4th January 2012, 00:47

Hi MrC,

I have a bunch of MPEG2 files with 160kbps mp2 audio I'd like to put on DVD losslessly. But AVStoDVD insists on doing a full audio encode instead of a Direct Stream Copy. I think the DVD specification supports 160kbps audio. Would you think about adding 160kbps audio Direct Stream Copy support?

Thanks,

Sjakko

dado023

11th January 2012, 02:37

can it open *.vob files?

Taurus

11th January 2012, 23:15

can it open *.vob files?
Yes we can!
Reading the ? Help and search for "vob" in the Help will give you some hints.
But better practice: Open the coresponding ifo file to avoid lags and other trouble with your vobs.
And of course: They must be copyrightprotectedfree :D
And why don't you try to open your vobs with AVStoDVD?
Is there an error message?

dado023

12th January 2012, 00:17

got it,... drag and drop for *.vob wont work, but Add tittle works fine

thanks for the response Taurus :)

Sparktank

13th January 2012, 00:27

Can I request a feature for some sort of bit allocation for the opening/end credits?

Or is there a custom AVS function I can add in manually?
An average of 2-2.5mbps would suffice for credits.

abyss616

13th January 2012, 01:35

@MrC: When you tell the program to encode a 720x480 file in 16:9 format, why does it crop 36 pixels off the top and bottom? In the Avisynth tab, it resizes it (720,480,0,-36,0,36 - something to that effect, going off memory).

MrC

13th January 2012, 10:56

@Big Vern

some trials:
- uninstall and reinstall AviSynth
- uninstall every kind of codecs pack and use only ffdshow stable releases
- use QuEnc CBR 1-pass encoding profile

@Sjakko

will do

@dado023

that's strange: from my side drag and drop works with vobs

@Sparktank

please elaborate a little bit more your request

@abyss616

there's no general rule: it depends on the input file width, height and DAR.

;)

Bye

Sparktank

13th January 2012, 23:08

@Sparktank

please elaborate a little bit more your request

I remember using an old, dated program, AutoGK.
It had a function in the hidden options to change the bitrate for the end credits to allow the rest of the video to have a little bit more bit allocation.

Basically, tell the program to encode a certain section at a lower bitrate.
For example, if the end credits start at 1:26:21 and ends at the end of the file (let's say 1:29:01) and you want to that window of time to be encoded at a CBR of 2mbps, this would allow the rest of the movie to allow more room for bit peaks.

End credits are, normally, white text on black background. Unless they're they're fancy like in Star Trek (2009) or have credits scrolling by on one side and outtakes/bloopers on the opposing side (like most Jackie Chan movies).

Usually I notice that frames with large sections of text require more bit allocation. (While watching the movie on Cyberlink's PowerDVD and on-screen "Information" enabled, it shows the bitrate fluctuating as the movie plays; or even playing a movie back with FFDshow set as the default decoder and OSD enabled with bitrate showing).

If we make the entire end credits (based on start time and end time of the credits) a CBR, or even lower it to an average bit rate, this would help a little bit for movies that are closer or beyond 2 hours.

Cinema Craft Encoder has similar bit rate allocation as AutoGK, but more advanced, of course.

I hope that helps a little more.

I can look up some documentation on "bit rare allocation" if that helps.

MrC

16th January 2012, 22:02

@Sparktank

ok, got it. That sounds interesting.

Solution 1
Two different encoding parts (m2v), to be joined by Muxman during the authoring step.

Solution 2
Use the *ZONE command from HCenc. You can already use it by "Edit encoder command parameters at runtime".

Let me think about it and verify the result of encoding @2mbps a standard credit footage.

Thanks for the suggestion

;)

Bye

Sparktank

16th January 2012, 22:25

@MrC

That'd be wonderful!
Looking forward to results.

If I can think of anything, I'll update.

abyss616

19th January 2012, 03:36

@abyss616

there's no general rule: it depends on the input file width, height and DAR.

Every 720x480 file that I set to encode at 16:9 gets the following line added to the avisynth tab:

Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480,0,36,0,-36)

That cuts off the top and bottom 36 pixels. I manually edit each file so that it says Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480).

MrC

20th January 2012, 12:55

Every 720x480 file that I set to encode at 16:9 gets the following line added to the avisynth tab:

Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480,0,36,0,-36)

That cuts off the top and bottom 36 pixels. I manually edit each file so that it says Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480).

There are multiple cases for 720x480 resolution:

Input file DAR 4:3
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480,0,66,0,-66)

Input file DAR 16:9
*no resizing*

Input file DAR 1:1
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480,0,36,0,-36)

If you take a DAR 1:1 input file and set the flag to 16:9, that is what you are actually doing, your output will be horizontally streched. Is that what you really want?

;)

Bye

abyss616

20th January 2012, 16:52

If it means that the top and bottom 36 pixels are cut off, I guess that I do. Maybe I'll stop resizing the 16:9 input files in my avisynth script down to 720x480 and leave them as is. Everything I had read said to make them 720x480 resolution.

ThaDraGun

26th January 2012, 14:25

Having a problem creating a DVD. I have been using this program for a while now and havent changed any of the settings.

I'm getting an error after a could seconds:
'unsupported compression method'

Somthing get changed some how? I installed another dvd creator program so that maybe is why Im having problems now? I installed Aimersoft DVD Creator.

LOG:

<26/01/2012 8:44:05 AM>
START PROCESS
<>

<26/01/2012 8:44:05 AM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4449/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: F:\DVDs
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Video Resolution: 1
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 1
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Bell MT 9pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: H: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C SB06
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<26/01/2012 8:44:05 AM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\Movies\New folder\Movie.mkv
Info: AVC - 5174 kbps - 1280x536 - DAR 2.388 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:57:08 hours - 168504 frames
Audio 1: E:\Movies\New folder\Movie.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 24 bit - 1:57:08 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.50]
<>

<26/01/2012 8:44:05 AM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\Movies\New folder\Movie.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\MARCEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\Movies\New folder\Movie.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\MARCEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,92,0,92)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<26/01/2012 8:44:05 AM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 3964.5 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\MARCEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_Movie.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\MARCEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_Movie_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\Marcel & Julia\Videos\DVD_0_Movie.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\MARCEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_Movie.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 4732
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

MrC

26th January 2012, 17:47

Looks like a splitter/codecs issue. Try to remove the software you have recently installed and restore Haali Media Splitter and ffdshow (or whatever directshow codecs you were using).

;)

Bye

Cyber-Mav

1st February 2012, 16:11

doesnt work for me, says VB6 common controls not found.

MrC

4th February 2012, 19:01

doesnt work for me, says VB6 common controls not found.

Did you install them? They are included in AVStodVD Installer package, but NOT in NoInstall package (see ReadMe_NoInstall.txt).

;)

Bye

Cyber-Mav

6th February 2012, 15:41

Did you install them? They are included in AVStodVD Installer package, but NOT in NoInstall package (see ReadMe_NoInstall.txt).

;)

Bye

ahh i used the no install package,. let me try the other one.

8ternity

22nd February 2012, 17:44

Hi Mrc,

I had an issue with AVStoDVD. Audio encoding has failed, same over ffmpeg process.

Here what you need:

<2012-02-22 11:27:44>
START PROCESS
<>

<2012-02-22 11:27:44>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 4
DVD Size: 8099/8100 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: Season 6
DVD Menu: Motion Menu
Output Folder: E:\DVD-TEMP
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: DirectShowSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Spline36Resize/Spline36Resize
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 3
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 0
DVD Audio Language (Primary): FR - French
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): FR - French
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: G: ATAPI iHAS124 B AL0S
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<2012-02-22 11:27:44>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\--= Complete =--\Dexter.S06E01.avi
Info: XviD - 1330 kbps - 624x352 - DAR 1.773 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 52:37 minutes - 75693 frames
Audio 1: D:\--= Complete =--\Dexter.S06E01.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 32 kbps - CBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 52:37 minutes (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.50]
<>

<2012-02-22 11:27:44>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("D:\--= Complete =--\Dexter.S06E01.avi", fps=23.976, audio=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = DirectShowSource("D:\--= Complete =--\Dexter.S06E01.avi", video=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480,0,0,0,-0)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<2012-02-22 11:27:44>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 1799.7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "E:\Temp\Season 6_1_Title_01_Épisode 1.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE E:\Temp\Season 6_1_Title_01_Épisode 1_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\Temp\AVStoDVD\Season 6_1_Title_01_Épisode 1.m2v
*LOGFILE E:\Temp\Season 6_1_Title_01_Épisode 1.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 4782
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<2012-02-22 11:40:58>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: E:\Temp\AVStoDVD\Season 6_1_Title_01_Épisode 1.m2v (1800.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4817 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 52:36 minutes - 75691 frames
<>

<2012-02-22 11:40:58>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -threads 6 -i "E:\Temp\Season 6_1_Title_01_Épisode 1_1.avs" -y -vn -acodec ac3 -sample_fmt flt -ac 2 -ar 48000 -ab 448k "E:\Temp\AVStoDVD\Season 6_1_Title_01_Épisode 1_1.ac3"
<>

<2012-02-22 11:40:59>
PROCESS ABORTED DURING TITLE 1 AUDIO (TRACK 1) ENCODING OPERATIONS.

CHECK LOG FILE <E:\DVD-TEMP\SEASON 6_1.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<2012-02-22 11:40:59>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.2
<>

mediainfo

General
Complete name : Dexter S06_ep1.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 561 MiB
Duration : 52mn 37s
Overall bit rate : 1 489 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.3 Fr | www.virtualdub-fr.org || (build 2550/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2550/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 1
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 52mn 37s
Bit rate : 1 330 Kbps
Width : 624 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.253
Stream size : 501 MiB (89%)
Writing library : XviD 62

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 52mn 37s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 32.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 55.1 MiB (10%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 110 ms
Writing library : LAME3.97

can you help me with that please?

Thanks! :)

Sparktank

23rd February 2012, 14:36

Audio encoding has failed, same over ffmpeg process.

Why not use eac3to to encode your audio first?
and then AVStoDVD will automatically copy the audio over.
or re-rip the source to audio better than 32 kbps.

Also I notice your logs contain non-standard characters in their names, that could also lead to problems for a lot of programs.

Characters with accents can often lead to many problems with Windows environments.
É is not very Windows friendly for most programs.

I'd suggest renaming everything to very basic names with nothing fancy.

If É is very common, no matter what you do, a simple google search will show the proper way to remove different languages from your keyboard.

Most often the letter "É" is from a keyboard shortcut programmed to use French characters over North American characters. This can be fixed by going into the Control Panel > Languages > and removing/deleting/disabling stuff that's not North American English.

When working with most conversions, my basic principle is that every name must be as short as possible, including file names and folder names. this ensures less errors, as windows is... well just windows lol.

Aside from switching all foreign characters to standard English characters, I'd highly recommend using eac3to to convert your audio to AC3 for AVStoDVD before starting your next project.

You might even need to update/install MP3 decoding filters.

MP3 decoding requires either official LAME MP3 system decoder filters to be installed...

Or, "FFDshow Audio" to be configured to handle MP3 audio.
Either way works fine.
FFDShow would be easier as it does updates more often than official "LAME" releases.

...If FFDShow does not handle LAME MP3 after initial installation, configure it to do so.
Also to handle the usual "Raw Audio - Compatible" etc.

FFDshow on its own or by K-Lite Codec Packs is updated constantly.

LameACM is only good if the source is encoded with Lame MP3; which, yours has been: 3..97.

Lame is currently updated to 3.99.

gobbleman

24th February 2012, 14:26

Hi MrC

I have a HD NTSC movie that I want to mux with PAL audio and subtitles.
I want to make a PAL DVD using the 4% speedup, so the video only needs to be resized, right?
So I encoded a 10Mb fragment (obtained using mkvmerge) with output set to Elementary MPEG2 streams.

Looking at the logfile I can see that the result has a different framerate and number of frames.

Q1. Why is DGPulldown used?

Q2. Why does the number of frames differ after encoding, and after DGPulldown?

Thank you very much for this brilliant program, and keep up the great work.

<11-Feb-12 02:35:51 PM>
START PROCESS
<>

<11-Feb-12 02:35:51 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 81/4450 MB (2%)
DVD Output Setup: MPEG2 Streams
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: D:\_MyDocs\Movies\_AVStoDVD
Delete Temp Process Files: No
Delete Working Files: No
Edit Command Parameters: Yes
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
PAL SpeedUp: 1
Video Resolution: 1
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 8500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 1
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: X: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40 LL01
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 1
<>

<11-Feb-12 02:35:51 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\_MyDocs\Movies\_Disney\_Ready\PINOCCHIO\Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p\Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001.mkv
Info: AVC - 1095 kbps - 968x720 - DAR 1.344 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:23 minutes - 2000 frames
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.50]
<>

<11-Feb-12 02:35:51 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("D:\_MyDocs\Movies\_Disney\_Ready\PINOCCHIO\Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p\Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Temp", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using AssumeFPS() to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,3,0,3)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,576)

Return Video

AssumeFPS("pal_film", sync_audio=true).ResampleAudio(48000)
<>

<11-Feb-12 02:35:57 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 81.1 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Temp\DVD_0_Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Temp\DVD_0_Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE D:\_MyDocs\Movies\_AVStoDVD\DVD_0_Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Temp\DVD_0_Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 8500
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 4:3
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 80
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 100
<>

<11-Feb-12 02:38:55 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: D:\_MyDocs\Movies\_AVStoDVD\DVD_0_Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001.m2v (59.8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6064 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.333 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:23 minutes - 1998 frames
<>

<11-Feb-12 02:38:55 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "D:\_MyDocs\Movies\_AVStoDVD\DVD_0_Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001.m2v" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 25 -inplace -tff
<>

<11-Feb-12 02:38:56 PM>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: D:\_MyDocs\Movies\_AVStoDVD\DVD_0_Pinokkio.1940.x264.BDRip.720p (1)-001.m2v (59.8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6059 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.333 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 Pulldown) - 1:23 minutes - 2002 frames
<>

<11-Feb-12 02:38:56 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.2
<>

MrC

26th February 2012, 21:12

@8ternity

have you tried with 'Wavi+Aften' as AC3 encoder setup?

@gobbleman

wow, you have found a bug with the AviSynth script generation when 'PAL speedup' is selected AND audio is not present. I will surely fix it in the next release. Thanks! ;)

As workaround you can edit the AviSynth script ('Edit Title'/'AviSynth') by replacing:

Return Video

AssumeFPS("pal_film", sync_audio=true).ResampleAudio(48000)

with

AssumeFPS(Video, "pal_film")

About your questions: of course DGPulldown must not start if 'PAL speedup' is selected. Frames are higher after pulldown because they are inserted to convert framerate without altering the time length.

;)

Bye

8ternity

3rd March 2012, 23:36

@8ternity

have you tried with 'Wavi+Aften' as AC3 encoder setup?

No. I've try with HenC 2pass; wich normally everything pass. I remember that Wavi+After has not worked well on many project with avi files; i used HenC Locked has recommended previously by you last year (starting to 2.3.2 version).

I've used Nero Vision Xtra 'latest' to resolve my issue for the moment. I can try later with same files this week to let you know if you need that i test to resolve the issue, or for knowledges, up to you. :)

THanks.

MrC

3rd March 2012, 23:45

No. I've try with HenC 2pass; wich normally everything pass. I remember that Wavi+After has not worked well on many project with avi files; i used HenC Locked has recommended previously by you last year (starting to 2.3.2 version).

Wait, wait, HCenc 2-pass is a video encoding profile, we are speaking about AC3 audio encoder selection: 'Wavi+Aften' instead of QuEnc.

;)

Bye

Disapearer

5th March 2012, 14:42

Hi MrC

Discovered your nifty piece of software after having issues with Avi2DVD. Searched around and various recommendations led me to AVS2DVD.

My problems with Avi2DVD stemmed with various files going out of sync when converted to an ISO. I've run the same files through AVS2DVD and am pleased to see there are no issues with synching, but there are issues with the picture quality that I've not had with Avi2DVD.

It seems movement causes distortion in the picture with horizontal streaking lines appearing around the edges of objects/characters moving. I've run it through both QuEnc and HCenc but the same problem occurs.

There's a few too many posts to go through every one and see if others have had this problem, but a quick scan through and I can't see anything. The fact that it doesn't appear to be a common complaint leads me to think that it might be easily fixable?

Any ideas or help would be most appreciated.

Many thanks

manolito

5th March 2012, 19:02

This certainly sounds like combing artifacts from an interlaced source. If your source is interlaced, you have to decide if you want to keep it interlaced or if you want to deinterlace it before encoding.

I don't have AVStoDVD installed ATM, but I remember that it offers the possibility to edit the AVS script, so you can add a deinterlacer to the script.

Cheers
manolito

MrC

5th March 2012, 22:46

As Manolito says, your issue may be caused by an interlaced footage wrongly encoded. BTW AVStoDVD properly handles interlaced sources, if they are detected as interlaced.

Do you have still the project log file? Please post it here. If you don't, could you post the MediaInfo report of your source title?

;)

Bye

Disapearer

6th March 2012, 18:30

Ignore.

manolito

7th March 2012, 01:10

Video: C:\Torrents\Eastbound\Episode 1\eastbounds03e01.mkv
You won't get any help here for downloaded sources...:readrule:

Cheers
manolito

Disapearer

7th March 2012, 09:07

Ignore my previous (now removed) email with my apologies.

Hopefully you'll forgive my foolishness and allow me to try again!

So, following on from my initial email, the issue I'm having seems to occur on all files (avi & mkv) and is not specific to any individual files.

Here's the log from a (different) file that had the problem:

<04/03/2012 16:55:33>
START PROCESS
<>

<04/03/2012 16:55:33>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4449/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: ISO UDF Image
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Converted\AIB
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C SB01
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<04/03/2012 16:55:33>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi
Info: XviD - 3999 kbps - 1280x528 - DAR 2.424 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:27:44 hours - 126337 frames
Audio 1: C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:27:44 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.50]
<>

<04/03/2012 16:55:33>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi", CacheFolder="C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp", FrameRate=24, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi", CacheFolder="C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,96,0,96)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<04/03/2012 16:55:33>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: QuEnc CBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4080.7 MB
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_0_AIB_1.avs" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_0_AIB.m2v" -b 6503 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -trell -aspectratio 16:9 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 10 -priority 5 -auto -close
<>

<04/03/2012 16:55:46>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_0_AIB.m2v (1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6222 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1 seconds - 34 frames
<>

<04/03/2012 16:55:46>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_0_AIB.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 25 -inplace -tff
<>

<04/03/2012 16:55:47>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_0_AIB.m2v (1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6298 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 Pulldown) - 1 seconds - 34 frames
<>

<04/03/2012 16:55:52>
CHECK LOG FILE <C:\CONVERTED\AIB\DVD_0.LOG> FOR MORE INFO.
<>

<04/03/2012 16:55:52>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.2
<>

Thank you again.

MrC

8th March 2012, 13:55

@Disapearer

I'm not sure what's now the problem: "horizontal streaking lines appearing around the edges of objects/characters moving" or the very short output file?

OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6222 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1 seconds - 34 frames

?

Bye

Disapearer

8th March 2012, 14:43

@Disapearer

I'm not sure what's now the problem: "horizontal streaking lines appearing around the edges of objects/characters moving" or the very short output file?

?

Bye

Hi Mr C

Sorry, I'm a bit clueless when it comes to these sorts of things, that was possibly one conversion I abandoned early on (I have several of these in the same folder, thought the first would be the one to use!).

Please see what I hope is the correct version below and, yes, the issue is still the picture, and from looking at a site that had pics of interlacing I believe that is the issue:

<04/03/2012 18:20:38>
START PROCESS
<>

<04/03/2012 18:20:38>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4449/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Converted\AIB
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 8500
Video Profile Level 2: 2500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: D: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C SB01
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<04/03/2012 18:20:38>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi
Info: XviD - 3999 kbps - 1280x528 - DAR 2.424 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:27:44 hours - 126337 frames
Audio 1: C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi
Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:27:44 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.50]
<>

<04/03/2012 18:20:38>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi", CacheFolder="C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp", FrameRate=24, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi", CacheFolder="C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,96,0,96)
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,576)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<04/03/2012 18:20:38>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4080.7 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_AIB.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_AIB_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_AIB.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 6503
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 70
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
<>

<04/03/2012 19:55:52>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB.m2v (3959.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6354 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:27:44 hours - 126337 frames
<>

<04/03/2012 19:55:52>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB.m2v" -srcfps 24.000 -destfps 25 -inplace -tff
<>

<04/03/2012 20:05:55>
END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown executed on File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB.m2v (3959.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6354 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 Pulldown) - 1:27:44 hours - 126336 frames
<>

<04/03/2012 20:05:55>
START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi" -acodec copy "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB_1.ToFix.ac3"
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<04/03/2012 20:07:59>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB_1.ac3 (281.1 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:27:44 hours (0 ms delay)
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<04/03/2012 20:07:59>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Converted\AIB\DVD_2\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-palette "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_Palette.txt"
-v "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB_Chapters.txt"

<>

<04/03/2012 20:23:59>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4315.6 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4449 MB -> 3.0% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4240.2 MB -> OK
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<04/03/2012 20:23:59>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Converted\AIB\DVD_2 (4315.6 MB)
<>

<04/03/2012 20:24:06>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.2
<>

Thanks for your time.

MrC

8th March 2012, 23:28

@Disapearer

well, source footage should be progressive, not interlaced:

TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Converted\AIB\AIB.avi
Info: XviD - 3999 kbps - 1280x528 - DAR 2.424 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:27:44 hours - 126337 frames

and AVStoDVD has encoded it as progressive, preserving the field order/setup of the source:

END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Videos\DVD_2_AIB.m2v (3959.1 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6354 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 24 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:27:44 hours - 126337 frames

Are you sure that source footage is ok? Do you have the possibility to upload a small portion of it somewhere (i.e. mediafire.com)?

;)

Bye

Disapearer

9th March 2012, 13:48

@Disapearer

well, source footage should be progressive, not interlaced:

and AVStoDVD has encoded it as progressive, preserving the field order/setup of the source:

Are you sure that source footage is ok? Do you have the possibility to upload a small portion of it somewhere (i.e. mediafire.com)?

;)

Bye

Hi Mr C

I'm not entirely sure how to take a small portion of footage out (I'd need to figure out how) but it is an issue with all files it seems, not just one, and as I mentioned in my original message the piece of software I have been using produces a perfect picture, it was just having a few audio synching issues that I couldn't solve on certain files. (So basically the files themselves are fine).

Did you want a sample to see a visual of what I'm talking about? Perhaps I can find a pic of something that looks similar?

MrC

9th March 2012, 17:41

Did you want a sample to see a visual of what I'm talking about? Perhaps I can find a pic of something that looks similar?

You can easily use VirtualDub or Avidemux to crop some seconds of footage.

;)

Bye

Disapearer

10th March 2012, 16:52

You can easily use VirtualDub or Avidemux to crop some seconds of footage.

;)

Bye

Okay, so I was checking the files to see what footage I could use, and I checked the ISO through VLC.... and it was fine!

Burnt the ISO to disc, checked the disc through VLC, and that was fine too!

As soon as a play it in the blu-ray player through the TV, that's when the image problem begins. I've mucked about with the settings on both the player and TV but can't seem to fix the picture issue, and now I'm completely puzzled why it's occurring.

Any ideas? I'm completely lost (and out of my depth, tech-wise!).

Cheers.

MrC

11th March 2012, 23:16

It could be that your BD player does not welcome mpeg2 footage with pulldown. In your case pulldown has been applied by AVStoDVD (thru DGPulldown) to change framerate from 24fps to 25fps.

Take a look to your player manual (or any related forum) to verify this guess.

If the guess is correct, as workaround you can go with the AssumeFPS approach. Add to the end of your project AviSynth script the following line:

AssumeFPS("pal_film", sync_audio=true).ResampleAudio(48000)

;)

Bye

Disapearer

12th March 2012, 19:38

MrC

13th March 2012, 13:51

Ops, sorry, I forgot to tell you to force audio re-encoding: go 'Edit Title'/'Audio' and toggle off 'Keep DVD compliant audio'.

;)

Bye

Disapearer

13th March 2012, 23:13

Ops, sorry, I forgot to tell you to force audio re-encoding: go 'Edit Title'/'Audio' and toggle off 'Keep DVD compliant audio'.

;)

Bye

Yes! That worked a treat, thanks very much. I also took your advice and dug the blu-ray player manual out, messed around with the Progressive settings, and figured out how to fix it that way too.

So thanks for your help, I would have been totally flummoxed without it, and thanks for a great piece of software!

Cheers.

Sjakko

27th March 2012, 18:21

This probably has been asked before, but is there a way to save multiple sets of Preferences, let's call it Profiles? If not, this is a feature request.

A second request: please create an option to keep all external windows minimized. Like encoders, demuxers and command windows.

MrC

29th March 2012, 13:56

This probably has been asked before, but is there a way to save multiple sets of Preferences, let's call it Profiles? If not, this is a feature request.

Ok, nice request. As workaround you can play with the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AVStoDVD

A second request: please create an option to keep all external windows minimized. Like encoders, demuxers and command windows.

Already in the ToDo list.

Thanks for the inputs.

;)

Bye

Mr. Monte

3rd April 2012, 20:21

So a new AVStoDVD may be in the horizons? :)...thanks

MrC

4th April 2012, 12:49

So a new AVStoDVD may be in the horizons? :)...thanks

Yes, a new alpha should be out in April. But do not expect major changes.

;)

Bye

Sjakko

16th April 2012, 22:48

@Sjakko

right now it is not possible, as you have already discovered. It is an old feat request (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1298053#post1298053) that I have delayed in the hope that BatchMux would include in a earlier release. Since more a year has passed without news, I will put it in the AVStoDVD ToDo list.

Hi MrC,

2 years on, may I boldly ask if you want to consider putting this request (a chapters menu) a little higher on the infamous ToDo list? I like AVStoDVD very much but I'm really missing being able to create a DVD chapter menu (song list) for the music concerts I get from DVB and put on DVD. I'm more than happy to donate!

1 more request:
When having multiple titles with varying average bitrates, would it be possible to encode them at a fixed compression factor, so as a percentage of the original bitrate, instead of a fixed bitrate for all titles? Let me explain why. I have 14 PAL DVB recordings that need to go on 1 DVD and need encoding because their total filesize is more than DVD5. Despite the fact they're episodes from the same series and recorded from the same channel, their average bitrates vary quite a bit (1800-3000Kbps). After AVStoDVD does its encoding they all come out at about 1900Kbps. That means the compression factors vary quite a bit too (63-105%). That shows in the output quality. To get a more constant output quality, wouldn't it in this case be better to take a fixed compression factor instead of a fixed bitrate?

Sjakko

MrC

17th April 2012, 13:16

@Sjakko

you are perfectly right: AVStoDVD ToDo list has become way long, new items stack before I can complete old ones. To be honest, AVStoDVD is a 5-years old project, quite mature and my free time is getting more and more little to make new big changes. Within few days I will release a 2.5.0 Alpha with some nice shallow improvements (a startup preferences tutorial, GUI languages translation support).

About chapters menu support, waiting for BatchMux upgrade may be vain, but frankly speaking, I see no other possibilities in the mid term.

About fixed compression encoding strategy, it could be interesting by a theoretical point of view. It could depends a lot on input file quality, that should be quite constant. And what happen if, i.e., title 1 has 600 kbps bitrate and title 2 has 6000 kbps bitrate? Would they be converted to 300 kbps and 3000 kbps? The 600 kbps title probably has already been compromised, so going down to 300 would generate a mess, while going up to an average of, i.e., 2500 kbps may preserve something.

;)

Bye

Sjakko

18th April 2012, 01:18

Hi MrC,

Thank you for your answer. I appreciate your help and support. For the chapter menu, we'll have to wait for Batchmux then. And for the 2nd problem I created my own script.

Thanks again for your time.

Sir Didymus

18th April 2012, 08:48

Hi Sjakko, hi MrC,

I would like you to understand that the relevance of the menu chaptering feature is 100% understood. What to say... The missed upgrade of the authoring engine in the last couple of years is clearly a fault from my side...

I am following as a "silent reader" the developments of AVS2DVD, and I recently promised to get a look on the matter, at least to start the design phase for this additional feature of BatchMux, but all sorts of personal troubles prevented me to collect the needed spare time to proceed on the related developments...

It's not easy, but it's also not so complex as it may appear... And (personally speaking) it is also very interesting from the technical point of view...
However I did not "disappear", so let's continue keeping this feature in the todo list... OK?
:-)

Sjakko

18th April 2012, 10:02

Hi Sir Didymus,

Good to hear! I hope this can one day be implemented because AVStoDVD is the only tool that serves my needs. Other tools are either expensive, labor-intensive, have poor input support, give poor output quality, are not very configurable or lack even basic functionality or any combination of these.

Thank you too,

Sjakko

MrC

18th April 2012, 13:03

@Sir Didymus

nice to hear from you! I can understand the difficulties in updating BatchMux, that is already excellent tool. Anyway, I'm sure that sooner or later you will come back to us with some news, and I will be there for beta testing and finally implement the new feats into AVStoDVD.

Thanks

;)

Bye

techreactor

19th April 2012, 07:15

Yes, a new alpha should be out in April. But do not expect major changes.

;)

Bye

@MrC

Is there a possibility to introduce options so that the complete encoding/ Authoring can be done in small projects. for eg:

In the morning:
Encode Video (Check)
Encode Audio (Check)
Author (unCheck)

Now in the evening:

Encode Video (Check- Completed)
Encode Audio (Check - Completed)
Author (Check - Processing)

This will give flexibility in terms of splitting the effort/time.

Also are you planning to release the beta with newer versions of the supporting tools and the FFMpeg 0.10.x and do you have any plans to include 64bit versions ?

MrC

19th April 2012, 14:32

techreactor

20th April 2012, 10:59

@techreactor

I have not clearly got your suggestion. Could you please elaborate a bit more? Thanks ;)

About new tools version, you will find a MediaInfo update. 64bit upgrade is not possible for Visual Basic 6. I should to translate the whole code to a more evoluted programming language, but the effort is too big at this time.

;)

Bye

I want to split the work done by AVStoDVD,

for eg. I want to encode the Video at 10AM, Encode Audio at 12PM and then Author both of them at 2PM if one cannot spare 2-3 hrs for the whole process to finish in one go.

therefore I was wondering if such option can be made available.

MrC

20th April 2012, 18:07

Got it. Yes it could be implemented. May I ask what is the reason behind this feat request. Availability of the PC only in some hours?

;)

Bye

movieman99

21st April 2012, 05:29

Hello Mr. C,

I tried to make a DVD from an .mkv file. The video is fine but there is no sound on the DVD. I'm using Verbatim DVD-R discs and AVStoDVD Release 2.4.2. The log is below. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

<4/15/2012 12:15:55 AM>
START PROCESS
<>

<4/15/2012 12:15:55 AM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: Burn DVD
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: Static Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\Joe\Videos
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline64Resize
PAL SpeedUp: 0
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 0
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 448
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 0
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 18pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: ASUS DRW-24B1ST a 1.04
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Save Log file: 1
Display errors messages: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust ffdshow mixer: 1
Save General Settings: 0
<>

<4/15/2012 12:15:55 AM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: G:\Movie.mkv
Info: AVC - 9153 kbps - 1920x1080 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:42:44 hours - 147792 frames
Audio 1: G:\Movie.mkv
Info: DTS - 1536 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 24 bit - 1:42:44 hours (0 ms delay) - Internal
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.50]
<>

<4/15/2012 12:15:55 AM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("G:\Movie.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp", FrameRate=23.976, VFR=false)
Audio = A2DAudioSource("G:\Movie.mkv", CacheFolder="C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
#Using DGPulldown/HCenc to upsize FPS
Video = Video.Spline64Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
<>

<4/15/2012 12:15:55 AM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 1-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4020.9 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_Movie.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_Movie_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_Movie.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*1PASS
*BITRATE 5472
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*PULLDOWN
*BIAS 50
*DC_PREC 9
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<4/15/2012 2:51:37 AM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie.m2v (4002.5 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5485 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive (2:3 Pulldown) - 1:42:44 hours - 147791 frames
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<4/15/2012 2:51:37 AM>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_Movie_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 448 -pad 0 -dynrng 5 -bwfilter 0 - "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie_1.ac3"
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<4/15/2012 2:54:20 AM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
A2DAudioSource: DirectShowSource
Created File: C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie_1.ac3 (329.2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 6 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:42:44 hours (0 ms delay)
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<4/15/2012 2:54:21 AM>
START DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
DVD Menu settings:
Style: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1
Titles Format: 1
Template: Menu in Black
Max Titles Page: 12
Enable Play All: 1
Force Play All: 0
Background Audio: 0
Max Thumbs Row: 4
Thumb Image Source: 0
Thumb Frame Position: 10%
HL Frame Format: 0
HL Selection Color: 5
HL Play Color: 0
Menu Video BitRate: 6000 kbps
Motion Menu Duration: 15 seconds
Thumb Drop Shadow: 2
Play All Shadow: 2
Arrows Shadow: 0
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<4/15/2012 2:55:25 AM>
END DVD MENU BUILDING OPERATIONS
Created File (Menu Page 1): C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_MenuPage1.bmp (1 MB)
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<4/15/2012 2:55:26 AM>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_BatchMux.ini"
BatchMux ini file:
-d "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2\VIDEO_TS"
-mxp "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_MuxMan.mxp"
-l "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_MuxMan.log"
-muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan"
-prio LOW
-palette "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_Palette.txt"
-v "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie.m2v"
-vidmode LB
-a1 "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie_1.ac3"
-a1lang en
-cellfr "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Movie_Chapters.txt"
-SEG2v "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_MenuPage1.bmp"
-SEG2vidmode LB
-SEG2s1 "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2_Menu.sst"
-SEG2s1dmode WIDE_LB
-SEG2hlmnu "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_MenuPage1_Buttons.mnu"
-SEG2hlcsm "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_HighlightScheme.csm
-hcn "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_BatchMux.hcn"
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<4/15/2012 3:05:02 AM>
CHECK DVD SIZE
DVD Folder (actual) Size: 4418.8 MB
vs Estimated Size: 4450 MB -> 0.7% undersize
vs Assets Size: 4332.7 MB -> OK
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<4/15/2012 3:05:02 AM>
END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
Created Folder: C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2 (4418.8 MB)
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<4/15/2012 3:05:02 AM>
START DVD BURNING OPERATIONS
ImgBurn (DVD) Parameters: /mode isobuild /buildmode device /src "C:\Users\Joe\Videos\DVD_2\VIDEO_TS" /dest E: /volumelabel "DVD" /speed 4x /erase /testmode no /verify no /noimagedetails /start /waitformedia /close /log "C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_2_ImgBurn.log"
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<4/15/2012 3:20:48 AM>
END DVD BURNING OPERATIONS
Created DVD: 'DVD' in drive E: ASUS DRW-24B1ST a 1.04
Average Write Rate: 5,445 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 8,608 KB/s (6.2x)
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<4/15/2012 3:20:48 AM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.4.2
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