AVStoDVD Support Thread

[Alba Ra]

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]

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]

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

[jksmurf]

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

[MrC]

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]

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]

@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]

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

[jksmurf]

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

Wiill try other comments.

Cheers,

k.

[eSkRo]

i used AVStoDVD_226_Install.exe

and it installed flawless!

im on XP PRO x86...


-peace-

[jksmurf]

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]

@ jksmurf:
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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]

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

k.

[eSkRo]

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

[mikenadia]

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]
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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)
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<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]

@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]

@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]

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]

@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]

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]

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]

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]

@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]

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.

[MilesAhead]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]
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<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$$.m2v (4057.8 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3253 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 2:55:26 hours - 252372 frames
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<2/26/2010 3:29:08 PM>
START PULLDOWN OPERATIONS
DGPulldown Parameters: "C:\Users\katheeja\Documents\DVD_0_SivaKaasi - Bo$$.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"

<>

<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
<>

[Nick]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

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

;)

Bye

[ljpp]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@leoliver

Where did you get the source AVI file?

[leoliver]

@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]

Cool. Thanks for the link.

[MrC]

@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]

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]

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]

@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]

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

[MrC]

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]

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]

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

Great! Thanks for the overview. I'll fix up the tutorial when I get home.