AVStoDVD Support Thread [Archive] - Page 7

MrC

15th July 2008, 16:30

Release 2.1.0 Alpha build 080715 (http://avstodvd.googlepages.com/AVStoDVD_210Alpha080715_NoInstall.7z)

Only "NoInstall" package.

Change Log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added simple DVD Menu editing and building (only widescreen format)
- Added an option to quickly lock the Video Encoding Profiles
- Added adaptive quantization to HCenc encoding (AQ 1)
- Added 'Custom DVD Size' storing
- Added main AVStoDVD form position storing upon exit
- Added 'Restore default Settings' in main form menu
- Improved use of BatchMux (many thanks to Sir Didymus for his help)
- Improved use of API BrowseForFolder
- Improved log activity
- Removed internal check on DVD drive status before burning (ImgBurn does the stuff by itself)
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.7.2

;)

Bye

Sir Didymus

15th July 2008, 17:15

After a couple of quick test runs, it looks nice, very nice!!!.

:)

Cheers,
SD

rendez2k

15th July 2008, 18:09

A really good menu editor for a first beta! I need to play more and I've had one crash so far in the editor but its a good start. One small point is that I have to add 1 title at a time - ideally I'd like to be able to select multiple videos in one go to add. Also, if I save a menu I assume it overwrites the original? Maybe a 'save as' would be better?

What are you're plans and future features for the editor before I start suggesting things :-)

rendez2k

15th July 2008, 18:31

For people interested in adding custom initialisations to the encodes based on HCenc, Darksoul71 has just released a very interesting wrapper for HCenc. See here the details:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139277

However I did not perform any test on my own (at least up to this moment...) of AVStoDVD + HCWrap...

Cheers,
SD

Appears to work on my limited test: just running an encode with normal profile :-)

rendez2k

15th July 2008, 19:36

Alpha doesn't appear to be holding custom disc size on program restart

MrC

16th July 2008, 07:59

One small point is that I have to add 1 title at a time - ideally I'd like to be able to select multiple videos in one go to add

Good suggestion, even if it is not related to DVD Menu Editor but to main form.

Also, if I save a menu I assume it overwrites the original? Maybe a 'save as' would be better?

The "Save and Exit" button is releated only to current project DVD Menu settings, not to the template. Templates can be modified (or added) manually going to \AVStoDVD\Menu\Templates folder.

What are you're plans and future features for the editor before I start suggesting things :-)

Just 2 to begin: support to motion menu and background audio. Btw, feel free to request new features. My free time is the main limitation... :)

Alpha doesn't appear to be holding custom disc size on program restart

Do not confuse "DVD Size" with "Custom DVD Size". AVStoDVD stores only last typed "Custom DVD Size". When you restart AVStoDVD, "DVD Size" is always set to 'DVD-5' (like default "Ouput" is always 'DVD Folder Structure'), but if you select 'Custom', you will be prompted with last inserted "Custom DVD Size".

Hint: you can select "DVD Size" also by right-clicking on its Status Bar section.

Hope to have understood what you meant and have answered.

:)

Bye

rendez2k

16th July 2008, 08:21

Thanks for the answers! Motion menus would be brilliant. With regards to adding more than one title at a time, would drag and drop from windows explorer onto the title list be an option? After a night of testing, I guess the main things with the menu editor would be

- drag and drop interaction - so to move or delete something you could literally click and drag (maybe with some simple align tools?). I didn't really like the default layout when I added 6 titles. It put five thumbnails across the top and one underneath. I would have had to manually re-align them to get 3 at the top and 3 at the bottom. What about some quick layout templates if not?
- the option not to have the play all button (don't like/use them myself!)
- the option to have text only menus (so far, DVDforger excels in this but I'm sure AVStoDVD will catch up!)
- can the font be changed for all objects in one go?

I've not tested a full DVD yet so I'm not sure how the highlights work - preview doesn't appear to show them? Are the highlight colours changeable?

Also, if I design a template (say for a TV series) can I reuse it in the future (if its only saved to the current project)?

I'm sure I'll come up with more clever ideas given time (I like a good menu editor!)

rendez2k

16th July 2008, 08:44

Also, just had that error again when I tried to edit the DVD title

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i37/rendez2k/AVS_error-1.jpg

Sir Didymus

16th July 2008, 09:59

...
- the option not to have the play all button (don't like/use them myself!)
...

Ouch! This suggestion (assuming MrC accept to implement it in the future) have an impact on the DVD navigation --> it implies to change BatchMux. However, it seems very useful to me... Added to the todo list for BatchMux... THANKS FOR THE GOOD IDEA!

MrC

16th July 2008, 13:16

- drag and drop interaction - so to move or delete something you could literally click and drag (maybe with some simple align tools?)

Not simple, VB6 is not very user-oriented, but I can try to manage it.

I didn't really like the default layout when I added 6 titles. It put five thumbnails across the top and one underneath. I would have had to manually re-align them to get 3 at the top and 3 at the bottom

What do you think about adding an option to set default maximum Thumbs for each row in 'Settings'/'DVD Menu'?

- the option not to have the play all button (don't like/use them myself!)

After Sir Didymus implementation in BatchMux, we can talk about it

- the option to have text only menus (so far, DVDforger excels in this but I'm sure AVStoDVD will catch up!)

Do you really like text only menus? Mmmh, IMO the result is not worth the effort... let's wait if other users ask for them.

- can the font be changed for all objects in one go?

Now the only way to do it is to go to template folder (i.e. "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Menu\Templates\Blue Rain"), open file "Label.ini" and manually modify [Thumbnails] environs.

I've not tested a full DVD yet so I'm not sure how the highlights work - preview doesn't appear to show them? Are the highlight colours changeable?

Also, if I design a template (say for a TV series) can I reuse it in the future (if its only saved to the current project)?

Preview Mode displays only a static image that shows output DVD Menu. I hope, when I will implement motion menu, to make Preview Mode more "real".

Also, if I design a template (say for a TV series) can I reuse it in the future (if its only saved to the current project)?

The possibility to save current edited layout as a new template is surely a good improvement. Btw, you can already do that going to templates folder and manually modding the settings.
I suggest you to copy&paste one template-folder (i.e. "Blue Rain") and then mod the newly created folder.

Also, just had that error again when I tried to edit the DVD title

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i37/rendez2k/AVS_error-1.jpg

I cannot open the image. Please fully upload it or send it by email.

:)

Bye

rendez2k

16th July 2008, 13:31

The maximum thumbs per row option would help a lot! As for text menus, sometimes I like to do a menu in PhotoShop and just add simple text links in the menu but maybe thats a personal thing! Can the frame for the thumbnail be chosen?

The other points are all fair comments!

I've tired again with the image here:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4741/avserror1ak7.jpg

MrC

17th July 2008, 13:16

Also, just had that error again when I tried to edit the DVD title

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i37/rendez2k/AVS_error-1.jpg

Does the error appear when you click on "Edit Mode"? Elsewhere? Does it appear always or sometimes?

Bye

rendez2k

17th July 2008, 13:20

Does the error appear when you click on "Edit Mode"? Elsewhere? Does it appear always or sometimes?

Bye

Just sometimes. I did make it happen when I tried to edit some other titles and clicking on the background. Tested on 2 machines and both the same.

wg

19th July 2008, 00:56

Would it be possible in a future release to incorporate the 'Lumgain' option available in HCenc, I believe this can help eliminate blockiness & pixelation in dark scenes. I tried to set this feature manually, but it goes back to the default 0 when HCenc is closed. I realise your busy implementing the menu options at the moment MrC, but it would be a nice feature to see on a future release, if it's possible to do.

Thanks in advance.

ricardo.santos

19th July 2008, 09:14

Hi MRC

Why doesnt AVS2DVd offer 2 pass Quenc conversions? Why just the 1 pass option?

Also default options are not being saved, i select 2 Hcenc pass and save it as default but upon loading i see Quen 1 pass option as been autoselected, wouldnt it be better that video title encoding options would be the default ones selected in the main menu?

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8730/avs2dvd01gs1.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9730/avs2dvd02xq3.jpg

Also why not autoselecting subtitles if they have the same name as the movie/clip?

great job with AVS2DVD, users can now submit skins and dvd menus for it. Nice.

tried it 2 times and had no problems apart from the ones i mentioned

MrC

20th July 2008, 09:07

Would it be possible in a future release to incorporate the 'Lumgain' option available in HCenc, I believe this can help eliminate blockiness & pixelation in dark scenes. I tried to set this feature manually, but it goes back to the default 0 when HCenc is closed. I realise your busy implementing the menu options at the moment MrC, but it would be a nice feature to see on a future release, if it's possible to do.

Thanks in advance.

What about adding an option box (we shall call it "Advanced HCenc configuration") in 'Title Edit/Video' to open a form to customize some HCenc parameters, like AQ, Lumgain, Matrix, etc.?

;)

Bye

rendez2k

20th July 2008, 09:17

Hi MRC
Also default options are not being saved, i select 2 Hcenc pass and save it as default but upon loading i see Quen 1 pass option as been autoselected, wouldnt it be better that video title encoding options would be the default ones selected in the main menu?

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8730/avs2dvd01gs1.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9730/avs2dvd02xq3.jpg

I think this is the same question I had - heres the answer:

AVStoDVD selects the best profile looking at the bitrate. In 'Settings'/'Video' you can customize the (3) bitrate levels for the (3) video profile.

For more explanations, see the Help section (press F1) or read this post in AVStoDVD forum @Sourceforge

MrC

20th July 2008, 09:24

Why doesnt AVS2DVd offer 2 pass Quenc conversions? Why just the 1 pass option?

Do you refer to 2pass VBR encoding with QuEnc? I strongly believe that HCenc is better in VBR encoding than QuEnc, so I do not think that a "QuEnc VBR 2-pass" could be a great improvement in AVStoDVD capabilities.

Also default options are not being saved, i select 2 Hcenc pass and save it as default but upon loading i see Quen 1 pass option as been autoselected, wouldnt it be better that video title encoding options would be the default ones selected in the main menu?

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8730/avs2dvd01gs1.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9730/avs2dvd02xq3.jpg

That's really a neverending story. As I explained some posts ago, in 'Settings'/'Encoding' you DO NOT set default video encoding profile. You DO set bitrates levels for the 3 video profiles that AVStoDVD autoselect just based upon the bitrates levels.

Thus, if your goal is to freeze, for example, profile "HCenc VBR 2-pass" forever, you have to select it in 'Settings'/'Encoding' and then click on the "lock" button (it is present since 2.1.0 Alpha). You will see that 'higher bitrate level' will become 9000: now AVStoDVD will autoselect 'HCenc VBR 2-pass' when bitrates are between 2500 and 9000 (in other words, always).

If you will you can customize the 3 profile with bitrates levels you prefer.

Is it really so confusing? I think it is a smart way to let AVStoDVD do the "righter" choice depending from output bitrate...

Also why not autoselecting subtitles if they have the same name as the movie/clip?

Good suggestion! Will put in my ToDo list.

great job with AVS2DVD, users can now submit skins and dvd menus for it. Nice.

Thanks! I's a way to "invite" users to expand AVStoDVD's features...

;)

Bye

MrC

20th July 2008, 09:26

Just sometimes. I did make it happen when I tried to edit some other titles and clicking on the background. Tested on 2 machines and both the same.

Found it. It was a bug in DVD Menu Editor items managing. A new Alpha is almost ready... stay tuned!

;)

Bye

rendez2k

20th July 2008, 09:31

Is it really so confusing? I think it is a smart way to let AVStoDVD do the "righter" choice depending from output bitrate...

I actually think it is confusing for new users. Most people don't read manuals and I think people expect it to work like most other encoding software - as in you select the encoder and options and hit save and thats the default. I'd personally like to see a more traditional method of encoder selecting as I 99% of the time like to use HCenc 2 pass.

Anyway, looking forward to the new alpha :D

wg

20th July 2008, 09:47

What about adding an option box (we shall call it "Advanced HCenc configuration") in 'Title Edit/Video' to open a form to customize some HCenc parameters, like AQ, Lumgain, Matrix, etc.?

;)

Bye

Brilliant, really looking forward to this, & thanks for the quick response.

Cheers!

Rogi

20th July 2008, 10:23

What about adding an option box (we shall call it "Advanced HCenc configuration") in 'Title Edit/Video' to open a form to customize some HCenc parameters, like AQ, Lumgain, Matrix, etc.?

;)

Bye

That would be really useful.

MrC

23rd July 2008, 08:35

Available AVStoDVD 2.1.0 Alpha 080722 (http://avstodvd.googlepages.com/AVStoDVD_210Alpha080722_NoInstall.7z).

Change log (since last Alpha):

- Added multiple file selection in 'Add' Common Dialog window
- Added autoselect Audio and Subs files if they have same name as Video
- Added 'HCenc Advanced Configuration' option (AQ, Lumgain, Matrix, Profile) in 'Title Edit'/'Video'
- Added direct access to 'Settings'/'DVD Menu' from DVD Menu Editor (faster way to change settings)
- Added 'Default Max Thumbs per Row' option in 'Settings'/'DVD Menu'
- Added 'TV Overscan' and 'Center Axis' display in DVD Menu Editor
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.7.4
- BatchMux updated to 1.1

:)

Bye

rendez2k

23rd July 2008, 08:53

Available AVStoDVD 2.1.0 Alpha 080722 (http://avstodvd.googlepages.com/AVStoDVD_210Alpha080722_NoInstall.7z).

Change log (since last Alpha):

- Added multiple file selection in 'Add' Common Dialog window
- Added autoselect Audio and Subs files if they have same name as Video
- Added 'HCenc Advanced Configuration' option (AQ, Lumgain, Matrix, Profile) in 'Title Edit'/'Video'
- Added direct access to 'Settings'/'DVD Menu' from DVD Menu Editor (faster way to change settings)
- Added 'Default Max Thumbs per Row' option in 'Settings'/'DVD Menu'
- Added 'TV Overscan' and 'Center Axis' display in DVD Menu Editor
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.7.4

:)

Bye

Brilliant! Just given it a very quick test and I'm liking the thumbs per row option, HC options and overscan display lines - good work! I'll give it a full test later....

MrC

23rd July 2008, 09:22

Brilliant! Just given it a very quick test and I'm liking the thumbs per row option, HC options and overscan display lines - good work! I'll give it a full test later....

Wow! Your feedback are as fast as light! Btw, please download again the 080722 build, because the first upload was partially broken.

:)

Bye

rendez2k

23rd July 2008, 09:29

Wow! Your feedback are as fast as light! Btw, please download again the 080722 build, because the first upload was partially broken.

:)

Bye

Just happened to be on the internet and bored at work!

rendez2k

24th July 2008, 19:09

My full test went well and found no obvious issues so far - good work! So hopefully the next job is to add new menu features :-)

MrC

24th July 2008, 19:32

My full test went well and found no obvious issues so far - good work! So hopefully the next job is to add new menu features :-)

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, very next steps will be: a better Editor GUI, locking labels properties (change one -> change all), anchoring labels to thumbs, motion menu (only thumbs). Then: drag&drop, templates saving and text only menus.

;)

Bye

rendez2k

24th July 2008, 19:35

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, very next steps will be: a better Editor GUI, locking labels properties (change one -> change all), anchoring labels to thumbs, motion menu (only thumbs). Then: drag&drop, templates saving and text only menus.

;)

Bye

Sounds wonderful! Its becoming my only app for DVD conversions :-)

rendez2k

25th July 2008, 21:10

A few more small usability thoughts. Could you add that double clicking on a title opens the edit title options and could the average bitrate for all videos be shown in the status bar (so you can quickly see if you've added too much video data)? Also, can you change the encoding options for all titles at once?

MrC

28th July 2008, 14:57

Could you add that double clicking on a title opens the edit title options

Yes. :) Btw, have you tried to right-click on it?

could the average bitrate for all videos be shown in the status bar (so you can quickly see if you've added too much video data)?

Not sure: to look at video bitrate, you have only to open 'Edit Title' form. Status bar is already so crowded...

Also, can you change the encoding options for all titles at once?

Very hard. Titles could be very different (aspect ratio, video/audio retaining, subs). Changing one option for all means to create a complex control routine to check every title... sorry, sometimes I am very lazy.... :p

;)

Bye

wg

28th July 2008, 19:58

I'm using the latest Noinstall beta, I changed the SubtitleCreator profile xml document in the Subtitlecreator data folder[Font-Tahoma to Verdana, size 18 to 16, bold to regular. I also slightly altered the subtitle position] Unfortunately nothing appears to have changed in the output dvd, the subtitle size seems the same. I have used this method to change the profiles when using FAVC & have had no issues. Do I need to do something else to change the profile when using AVStoDVD. On a more upbeat note thanks for so quickly incorporating the HCenc advanced options into AVStoDVD.

Thanks in advance.

MrC

28th July 2008, 21:18

I'm using the latest Noinstall beta, I changed the SubtitleCreator profile xml document in the Subtitlecreator data folder[Font-Tahoma to Verdana, size 18 to 16, bold to regular. I also slightly altered the subtitle position] Unfortunately nothing appears to have changed in the output dvd, the subtitle size seems the same. I have used this method to change the profiles when using FAVC & have had no issues. Do I need to do something else to change the profile when using AVStoDVD. On a more upbeat note thanks for so quickly incorporating the HCenc advanced options into AVStoDVD.

Thanks in advance.

You just did what it is needed...
The only reason that comes to my mind is that there are 8 profiles:

AVStoDVD PAL 4:3 Full-D1
AVStoDVD PAL 4:3 Half-D1
AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Full-D1
AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Half-D1
AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3 Full-D1
AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3 Half-D1
AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9 Full-D1
AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9 Half-D1

Are you sure you have edited the right one?

Ah, you did not setup hard-encoded sub, did you?

;)

Bye

wg

29th July 2008, 10:33

You just did what it is needed...
The only reason that comes to my mind is that there are 8 profiles:

AVStoDVD PAL 4:3 Full-D1
AVStoDVD PAL 4:3 Half-D1
AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Full-D1
AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Half-D1
AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3 Full-D1
AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3 Half-D1
AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9 Full-D1
AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9 Half-D1

Are you sure you have edited the right one?

Ah, you did not setup hard-encoded sub, did you?

;)

Bye

Here is a copy of my edited profile:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>

<Profiles>

<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 4:3">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="450" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 16:9">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="440" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="380" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="370" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
</Profiles>

I have just tried another encode & the subs are still the same, they have not changed to my selection(Pal 16:9). Also the subtitle settings I have deleted from the profile are still shown in Sub Creators profile list? On my first attempt I only edited the pal 16:9 full D1 entry, & obviously that didn't work either. Even if I change the 'Distance To Top Border' setting the subs do not move. The settings are the same as I have set in FAVC, but for some reason they appear higher up, more towards the centre of the screen when encoded using AVStoDVD. The subs are selectable not hard encoded.

Thanks in advance.

MrC

29th July 2008, 13:12

@wg

please do not alter so much the profiles.xml file that comes with AVStoDVD! You have removed 4 profiles. AVStoDVD needs to have all above 8 profiles when calling SubtitlesCreator.

This is the original profiles.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>

<Profiles>

<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 4:3 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="450" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 4:3 Half-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="36" DistanceToTopBorder="450" Width="280" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="200" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="4" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="430" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="125" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="3" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Half-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="36" DistanceToTopBorder="430" Width="280" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="250" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="5" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="370" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3 Half-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="36" DistanceToTopBorder="370" Width="280" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="200" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="4" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="350" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="125" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="3" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9 Half-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="36" DistanceToTopBorder="350" Width="280" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="250" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="5" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
</Profiles>

If you want to make subs for a PAL 16:9 Full-D1 configuration, and you want to change the font from Tahoma 18pt to Times New Roman 10pt, your profile.xml will become:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>

<Profiles>

<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 4:3 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="450" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 4:3 Half-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="36" DistanceToTopBorder="450" Width="280" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="200" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="4" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="430" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="125" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="3" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Half-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="36" DistanceToTopBorder="430" Width="280" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="250" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="5" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="370" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="100" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="2" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 4:3 Half-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="36" DistanceToTopBorder="370" Width="280" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="200" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="4" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="350" Width="560" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="125" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="3" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
<Profile Name="AVStoDVD NTSC 16:9 Half-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="36" DistanceToTopBorder="350" Width="280" />
<Stretch Horizontal="100" Vertical="250" />
<LineHeight Value="100" />
<Formatting Lines="5" Wrap="True" VerticalAlignment="3" VerticalFont="False" />
</Profile>
</Profiles>

Please take note that profile 3 has been changed.

Let me know

;)

Bye

wg

29th July 2008, 16:54

Originally Posted by MrC View Post
@wg

please do not alter so much the profiles.xml file that comes with AVStoDVD! You have removed 4 profiles. AVStoDVD needs to have all above 8 profiles when calling SubtitlesCreator.

The only values I changed originally were:

<Profile Name="AVStoDVD PAL 16:9 Full-D1">

<Window DistanceToLeftBorder="80" DistanceToTopBorder="450" Width="560" />

I left every thing else as it was, I edited nothing except that shown.
This had no effect on the output it stayed the same, as did the version I last submitted, which also stayed the same. When I edit the xml profile it is having no effect on the output, it is staying the same as it was? Could it somehow be deferring to the default setting?

Thanks in advance.

MrC

29th July 2008, 20:08

@wg

Check if you have a profile.xml file in your "c:\documents and settings\youruser\Application Data\SubtitleCreator" folder. If you have, that one overrides the profile.xml file in "c:\program files\avstodvd\SubtitleCreator\data", so you have either to delete the first one or to edit it.

Btw, to test if changing font settings has effect, use font and size "very" different from the default: Verdana 16pt is not much different from Tahoma 18pt...

I have no profile.xml in AppData folder and I tried with Times New Roman 10pt and it works as now as when I implemented subs routine in AVStoDVD.

;)

Bye

wg

29th July 2008, 20:36

@wg

Check if you have a profile.xml file in your "c:\documents and settings\youruser\Application Data\SubtitleCreator" folder. If you have, that one overrides the profile.xml file in "c:\program files\avstodvd\SubtitleCreator\data", so you have either to delete the first one or to edit it.

Btw, to test if changing font settings has effect, use font and size "very" different from the default: Verdana 16pt is not much different from Tahoma 18pt...

I have no profile.xml in AppData folder and I tried with Times New Roman 10pt and it works as now as when I implemented subs routine in AVStoDVD.

;)

Bye

I'm using the Noinstall version so I have no folder in App Data, I'm going to delete the folder I have AVS installed in, clean the reg, & extract afresh. I'll then edit the xml file as discussed & do an encoding. I will report the result tomorrow.

Thanks for the interest MrC

MrC

30th July 2008, 08:16

I'm using the Noinstall version so I have no folder in App Data, I'm going to delete the folder I have AVS installed in, clean the reg, & extract afresh. I'll then edit the xml file as discussed & do an encoding. I will report the result tomorrow.

Thanks for the interest MrC

AVStoDVD does not put any files in the User AppData folder by itself. Instead SubtitleCreator, when used to modify profiles by its GUI, do create a *secondary* profiles.xml in the AppData folder.

So please, after cleaning, be sure you do have only the *primary* profiles.xml in "c:\program files\avstodvd\SubtitleCreator\data" and no *secondary*profiles.xml "C:\Documents and Settings\youruser\Local Settings\Application Data\SubtitleCreator" (in previous message I posted the wrong path: there is also "\Local Settings\")

:)

Bye

wg

31st July 2008, 13:18

So please, after cleaning, be sure you do have only the *primary* profiles.xml in "c:\program files\avstodvd\SubtitleCreator\data" and no *secondary*profiles.xml "C:\Documents and Settings\youruser\Local Settings\Application Data\SubtitleCreator" (in previous message I posted the wrong path: there is also "\Local Settings\")

That was it, once I had edited that file also, the subs were as I wanted, thanks again MrC. I also used the menu creation for the first time using 3 titles, the result was great. One request! could you add png files to the list of usable image files. I tend to use these for background menu image as it is the default of vlc player & to me seems better than jpg.

Thanks in advance.

MrC

31st July 2008, 16:48

That was it, once I had edited that file also, the subs were as I wanted, thanks again MrC. I also used the menu creation for the first time using 3 titles, the result was great. One request! could you add png files to the list of usable image files. I tend to use these for background menu image as it is the default of vlc player & to me seems better than jpg.

Thanks in advance.

Great about subs! ;)

About png files, I am sorry but VB6 does not support them... :rolleyes:
Btw, AVStoDVD could load the png, convert it to bmp (with AviSynth) and then use the bmp. Will put in ToDo list.

;)

Bye

rendez2k

6th August 2008, 16:53

Three minor issues with latest Alpha. Making the DVD menu 2 rows across caused the thumbnails to go too high, putting them over the title. Secondly, after burning with ImgBurn, AVStoDVD always reports burning failed even though it completed. Not a big issue. And last, one slightly annoying thing is that if I edit the titles how I want them then make a change to the menu the titles reset and I have to re-edit them.

Any updates on new versions :D

MrC

6th August 2008, 21:42

Making the DVD menu 2 rows across caused the thumbnails to go too high, putting them over the title.

Should be fixed in next release. I have made some work to optimize automatic thumbs disposition.

Secondly, after burning with ImgBurn, AVStoDVD always reports burning failed even though it completed. Not a big issue.

Indeed, it is not little. Did you have same problem with previous releases? I have made no changes to burning check section... :confused:
A log file could help to understand the problem.

And last, one slightly annoying thing is that if I edit the titles how I want them then make a change to the menu the titles reset and I have to re-edit them.

Yes, it is supposed that first you choose template and then you edit it. ;) If I remember correctly, TDA (surely a good benchmark) works in the same way.

Any updates on new versions :D

Well, before your report, I was planning to release a new alpha tomorrow... It should be last alpha: I would like to release 2.1.0 "Final" within days and then go on vacation for some time.

;)

Bye

rendez2k

6th August 2008, 22:48

I only tried the DVD writing in the alphas. I'll need to run another test to get the log file. What it might be, is that I have 2 DVD writers. I know a least once I put blank media in my other drive and changed this actually in ImgBurn. It may have caused AVS to think it hadn't burnt?

And, it may be the case with TDA but I want AVS to be better :D

MrC

7th August 2008, 07:58

From http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1167594#post1167594

I like the menu creation its really what I wanted in all in one encoder. Except that its only in widescreen (what about fullscreen :) ), maybe you could also include a generic black background. You should make the advanced settings more universal, instead of having to have to edit them for each video. Is there anyway I could change the bitrate to lower than 2500 so I can include more video, HC does exceptionally well at lower bitrates. Also the dc precision should probably be 9, not 8... Otherwise Mr.C very good job I like the app. One last thing can I replace muxman with the latest version?

I'd be also happy to beta test it throughly, Im already running one right now!

4:3 aspect ratio: I had a similar discussion privately with Sir Dydimus and he had your opinion. IMO 4:3 is becoming obsolete. I don't know if the effort (take care of vertical height, new highlight masks, new templates, etc.) is worthy... let's wait for other users opinions.

When you say "advanced settings", do you refer to Title Edit window? General settings can be set in 'Settings' (see icon on the toolbar), title settings can be changed in 'Title Edit'.

Right now, no way to reduce minimum avg bitrate below 2500 kbps. If you want to put more material on a DVD you could make a "larger" DVD with AVStoDVD and then shrink it with DVDShrink. But stay updated with next releases... ;)

You can surely overwrite Muxman.exe 0.15R with 0.16.6. I did not update it mainly because I really do not like the annoying new splash msgbox...

;)

Bye

MrC

7th August 2008, 08:26

I only tried the DVD writing in the alphas. I'll need to run another test to get the log file. What it might be, is that I have 2 DVD writers. I know a least once I put blank media in my other drive and changed this actually in ImgBurn. It may have caused AVS to think it hadn't burnt?

No, it should not. DVD burning completion check is very simple: if the file [drive:]\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO exists and its size is more than 0 then burning is considered successful, otherwise not. A possible cause of "fake fail" is if you toggle on the ImgBurn GUI option to eject DVD after burning.

And, it may be the case with TDA but I want AVS to be better :D

Thanks for the high opinion, but, you know, TDA is a commercial sw with a team of professional programmers behind. AVStoDVD is only a poor open source GUI with only one amateur programmer... well, it is not true: there are also Doom9 supporter guys! :D ;)

Joking apart, your help is very appreciated.

:)

Bye

rendez2k

7th August 2008, 08:49

The only options I've got set in ImgBurn are do not eject after burn and verify - maybe enough to upset AVS?

gizzin

7th August 2008, 09:51

I can almost guarantee you that people will say 4:3 menu. Most people don't have widescreen tvs because they are generally the bigger screen tvs. A 16:9 menu however doesn't look that bad on a 4:3 screen. I wouldn't concern yourself with the menu system its great! One thing I noticed though is the text overlaps the thumbnails, if theres too much text? When I mean advanced settings, I meant HC advanced options like lumgain, you should have the choice of making the settings universal or for each video. I also noticed that the playback has small stutters in it also but wouldn't that be due to muxman? Having the bitrate to whatever you want is a must<<-- !!!!!

MrC

7th August 2008, 10:37

The only options I've got set in ImgBurn are do not eject after burn and verify - maybe enough to upset AVS?

Will check if "verify" is an issue.

;)

Bye

MrC

7th August 2008, 10:45

I can almost guarantee you that people will say 4:3 menu. Most people don't have widescreen tvs because they are generally the bigger screen tvs. A 16:9 menu however doesn't look that bad on a 4:3 screen. I wouldn't concern yourself with the menu system its great!

Ok. Btw, people with 4:3 TV will surely buy a 16:9 TV next time. ;)

One thing I noticed though is the text overlaps the thumbnails, if theres too much text?

I would leave user to adjust that. It would be quite simple to automatically check if there is object overlapping, but how to manage it? Move obects? Which one? And where?

When I mean advanced settings, I meant HC advanced options like lumgain, you should have the choice of making the settings universal or for each video.

That would mean put HCenc advanced settings as default choice in 'Settings'. Will think about it.

I also noticed that the playback has small stutters in it also but wouldn't that be due to muxman?

Really? For every encoded DVDs? If true it would be a big issue! I moved from DVDAuthor to Muxman to avoid stuttering... :scared:

;)

Bye