AVStoDVD Support Thread

[MrC]

Hi aiannar974,

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

:)

Bye

[Sjakko]

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]

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]

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

[MilesAhead]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@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]

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

[MilesAhead]

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

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<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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Thanks for your ongoing work on this, MrC!

[MrC]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[hlrsnd]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

- 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]

@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]

@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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]
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<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
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<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
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<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
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[MrC]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.