MeGUI Couldn't Determine Source Type

[micheal81]

I did a search, but really couldn't find anything that helped. If I overlooked it, then please point me to it. What do you do when MeGUI's AVS Script Creator can't determine the source type of the DVD? I've been using MeGUI for a while and only recently had this problem. I'm using the most up to date version of MeGUI and the video is NTSC. Do I need to somehow manually determine the source type? How do I do that? Any help would be appreciated.

[[ReX]]

Afaik you have to use (in MeGUI) Tools > DG Indexer > D2V Creator. Then you can load the D2V project with AVS Script Creator.

[micheal81]

;1354560']Afaik you have to use (in MeGUI) Tools > DG Indexer > D2V Creator. Then you can load the D2V project with AVS Script Creator.

Thanks for the reply. I know that already though. I've been using MeGUI for a while and have had many successful encodes. I always use D2V Creator. When done, it then automatically opens the AVS Script Creator and loads the d2v file. Usually when I push the analyze button it detects the source type fine, but this time it didn't.

[Inspector.Gadget]

What do you do when MeGUI's AVS Script Creator can't determine the source type of the DVD?

Do it manually. Use DGIndex directly, and determine whether force film or honor pulldown flags is appropriate (see DGIndex manual). If the latter, then step through sections of the source frame-by-frame to look for 3:2 hard telecine pattern or interlacing.

[micheal81]

What do I use to step through it? Virtualdub? How I tell if it's 3:2 hard telecine pattern or interlaced? The DG Index log says:

Stream Type: MPEG2 Program
Profile: main@main
Frame Size: 720x480
Display Size: [not specified]
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 [3]
Frame Rate: 29.970030 fps
Video Type: NTSC
Frame Type: Progressive
Coding Type: B
Colorimetry: BT.470-2 B,G*
Frame Structure: Frame
Field Order:
Coded Number: 153445
Playback Number: 2
Frame Repeats: 0
Field Repeats: 0
VOB ID: 3
Cell ID: 1
Bitrate:
Bitrate (Avg):
Bitrate (Max):
Audio Stream: 80: AC3 3/2 320
Audio Stream: 81: AC3 2/0 192
Timestamp: 1:25:04
Elapsed: 0:03:41
Remain: FINISH
FPS:
Info:

Can I use this to figure it out?

I'm going to do some more searching while I see if there are anymore responses. Thanks for the help.

[Inspector.Gadget]

You can do it in DGIndex, virtualdub, whatever you'd prefer. The DGIndex log tells you only about flags. Save a project file with it and then look at the last line: if it's 95% or greater film, then re-do the project with force film enabled, else leave as is and handle any hard telecine or deinterlacing with the appropriate filters (which you'll need to set by hand in MeGUI if source detection fails).