Help!!! (rc4)

[dvd2svcd]

Get Release Candidate 4 (http://www.dvd2svcd.org/D2S110B1RC4.zip). No new stuff will be added, only bugfixes. This is the full bundle. This gotta be the last RC.

The subject should attract a moderator or two :D Sorry. Anyhuu please, if you want, betatest the above, thanks. Any major bugs post them in this thread, but I beg of you, make as sure as you can that it is infact a bug :cool:

[hitch]

Great "subject". I'm no moderator, but I think you should be striked for making me laugh so hard my stomach hurts.:D About time folks regained their sense of humour in here.

On you mark, get set, test...And they're off.

[titvs]

Hello DVD2SVCD :)

I'm testing your beta release with 3 dvd's so far (only one chpater). Everything works fine with default settings and normal VBR mode (with subtitles, of course, you know me ;)).
I've tested also the new RoBa mode but it's not working perfectly. In these 3 DVD's i tested, only onde was successfully converted. CCE comes up with this error message:

cce_encoding_init() failed

Here is part of my log file (they are big now :p):

Trying to load the DVD
Trying to load the DVD
No need to authenticate (was already) - OK.
Key found: E713B7964B
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- 13-10-2002 17:05:19
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.1.0 build 1 BETA 3
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 13-10-2002 17:05:21
- Analyzing subtitles
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Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x24 Language: English
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x25 Language: Italiano
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x26 Language: Español
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x21 Language: Italiano
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x22 Language: Español
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x23 Language: Portugues
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x20 Language: English

Executing subtitle selection/verification.
Subtitle selection/verification accepted.
1 subtitle streams selected.
Saving Subtitles ini file
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- 13-10-2002 17:06:43
- Free on drive C: 19828.95 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_7.vob

Ripping: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
Ripping finished. Speed: 4330

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- 13-10-2002 17:07:35
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\Movie\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\Movie\VTS_01_1.vob]
Framerate: 25000
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 13-10-2002 17:07:47
- Free on drive C: 19613.23 mb
- Extracting the subtitles.
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Subtitle extraction finished. Extracted these subtitles:
SVCD Stream no: 1 Language: Portugues Num. of subs: 44

Saving Subtitle Timecodes.
Permanent subtitles.
Saving Subtitles ini file
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- 13-10-2002 17:08:08
- Free on drive C: 19611.51 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: -280 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 13-10-2002 17:08:23
- Free on drive C: 19599.27 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\DVD2SV~1\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\DVD2SV~1\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -ota( -d -280 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 13-10-2002 17:09:15
- Free on drive C: 19592.13 mb
- Converting Pictures
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Converting: C:\DVD2SVCD110Beta3\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
Finished converting pictures
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- 13-10-2002 17:09:21
- Free on drive C: 19591.34 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 833937188
AudioSectors: 7727300
VideoPAPO: 12798432
ScanOffsetBytes: 8018
SeqAligningBytes: 509614
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 812893819.73
Seconds: 272.28
CalcMPEGStream: 812893819.73
Frames: 6682
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 6682
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 2
Image Quality: 10
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: RoBa Multipass VBR (a mix between 1-pass and multipass encoding)
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Q. Factor: 5
Avg. Bitrate: 2230
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (borders added, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\DVD2SV~1\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\DVD2SV~1\AVISYN~1.DLL")
mpeg2source("C:\DVD2SV~1\Movie\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,432,0.0,0.6)
AddBorders(0,72,0,72)
AvisynthSubtitler("C:\DVD2SV~1\Movie\subs\","permsubs.txt")
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 0.680
Video Encoding finished.


Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 833937188
AudioSectors: 7727300
VideoPAPO: 12798432
ScanOffsetBytes: 8018
SeqAligningBytes: 509614
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 812893819.73
Seconds: 272.28
CalcMPEGStream: 812893819.73
Frames: 6682
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 795.00
StreamSectors: 1666479976
AudioSectors: 7785400
VideoPAPO: 25694064
ScanOffsetBytes: 8018
SeqAligningBytes: 509614
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 8
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 300.00
PureMPEGStream: 1632482871.73
Seconds: 274.28
CalcMPEGStream: 1632482871.73
Frames: 6682
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 2
Cut point 795.00
StreamSectors: 2497628364
AudioSectors: 7841176
VideoPAPO: 38568132
ScanOffsetBytes: 8018
SeqAligningBytes: 509614
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 12
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 600.00
PureMPEGStream: 2450701411.73
Seconds: 276.28
CalcMPEGStream: 2450701411.73
Frames: 6682
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 3
Cut point 795.00
StreamSectors: 3327382352
AudioSectors: 7899276
VideoPAPO: 51420564
ScanOffsetBytes: 8018
SeqAligningBytes: 509614
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 16
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 900.00
PureMPEGStream: 3267544863.73
Seconds: 278.28
CalcMPEGStream: 3267544863.73
Frames: 6682
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 1197
Cut point 795.00
StreamSectors: -732231976
AudioSectors: 75667116
VideoPAPO: -12514788
ScanOffsetBytes: 8018
SeqAligningBytes: 509614
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4792
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 359100.00
PureMPEGStream: -795906728.27
Seconds: 2666.28
CalcMPEGStream: -795906728.27
Frames: 6682
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 1198
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 6682
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 2
Image Quality: 10
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: RoBa Multipass VBR (a mix between 1-pass and multipass encoding)
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Q. Factor: 5
Avg. Bitrate: -2389
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (borders added, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\DVD2SV~1\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\DVD2SV~1\AVISYN~1.DLL")
mpeg2source("C:\DVD2SV~1\Movie\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,432,0.0,0.6)
AddBorders(0,72,0,72)
AvisynthSubtitler("C:\DVD2SV~1\Movie\subs\","permsubs.txt")
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Please note the negative value in the Avg. Bitrate. Maybe this is the problem. I have attached the complete log.
Hope i can continue helping you in the developing of this great program.
You're the man ;)

Titvs (aka tito ;))

[dvd2svcd]

Yes, the RoBa method is quite unstable. All I can suggest is try using CCE 2.62 safemode, I believe Bach has had the most success with this. All in all I'd stick with the 4 pass VBR.

Edit:
Yes, it is definatly not good with a negative Bitrate. Maybe I should disable RoBa and do some testing on it. (btw, roba is actually not meant for chapters, but complete dvd's, otherwise I fear as in your case that it will fail)

[UltimateDBZ]

Thanks for the new beta, D2S, I'll be doing my own wave of testing starting here shortly :)

[titvs]

Ok, i'll try to full encode one of those problematic DVD's and see if it goes succesfully.
Other thing, did you take a look at that Taxi 2 data regarding another subs issue?
Well, i have a workaround for those weird DVD's: use of textsub.vdf and a SSA file :p Just to check ;)

Best regards,

Titvs

[dvd2svcd]

Yes, I think I did, it is some time ago though, and my ram is not what it used to be.

[chainsaw135]

i just downloaded the new beta:) i'm going to do a full ntsc movie tonight so i'll post back if i notice anything out of the ordinary.

Edit: ok its 8:34 pm here i'm starting the first movie with the beta
the movie i'm doing first off is called "Frailty" btw its a very good movie, a bit strange which in my eyes is always nice:D

[dvd2svcd]

@chainsaw135
OT: Strange... If you want strange but very cultish, try Donnie Darko :)

[Labersack]

I really like the 'use frame selection'. Its perfect for the conversion of DVB-Streams.
Thanks.
edit: Very handy feature... but: (I know, free pie...) ;)
Only a suggestion:
Is it posible to expand the 'rip only' to 'rip & frame selection only'?
If I do batch encoding I can't select the frames before starting the batch, so I have to do it after evry movie seperatly and my batch won't finish alone.

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by Labersack
Is it posible to expand the 'rip only'? If I do batch encoding I can't select the frames before starting the batch, so I have to do it after evry movie seperatly and my batch won't finish alone.Good idea and done, so it'll be in the release version.
Originally posted by Bach
yes mate. Please, disable my method, or put it under a new level such like "caution: use only by your own risk. Don't ask me anything about it!". I don't want to see this forum with a bug repport storm.
;) This has also been done.

[markrb]

I had to pipe in on Donnie Darko. Strange, but great movie. Real life brother and sister, play the brother and sister.

A quick neat note on that movie. The actor was on a talk show when he told the following story about his friends.


Warning: Don't read on if you wish to see this movie spoiler in post.
He said that at a premiere his friends where suppose to meet him afterwards. At the end of the movie after the main character dies one friend bent over to the other and in all seriousness said "I don't think he will be able to meet us now." His bud thought he really died. True story. Dumb friend. Great movie. Slow and plodding, but with so many layers of meaning.

Was produced by Drew Barrymore.

Mark

[matrix]

Just finish my first movie with the new version.
Great. No problems at all. I didn't use anything special, just the unfilter. Changed only the filesize, and the max and min bitrates.
It's really great to have the option to see where to cut it. Love it.
I encoded this movie 2 times before, with the previous ver. And each time, ended up with a very big file. (never happened before). Bbmpeg would mux the first part, then I'd get an error. Something about floating point. Couldn't do it manually because the file was way too big. Both times. Second time it was a little smaller, but got the same error.
Anyway, with this version I finally have it done.
I'll do some more testing in the time to come.
Great program, great features, great work. Thank you.

[chainsaw135]

Originally posted by dvd2svcd
@chainsaw135
OT: Strange... If you want strange but very cultish, try Donnie Darko :)

Read some reviews on it at amazon.com and it looks really good will be picking that one up this week:D

On another note, i did frailty last night it worked without a problem and so i dont have much to report on that note looking forward to the new release:cool:

[hoozdapimp]

Originally posted by Labersack
I really like the 'use frame selection'. Its perfect for the conversion of DVB-Streams.
Thanks.
edit: Very handy feature... but: (I know, free pie...) ;)
Only a suggestion:
Is it posible to expand the 'rip only' to 'rip & frame selection only'?
If I do batch encoding I can't select the frames before starting the batch, so I have to do it after evry movie seperatly and my batch won't finish alone.


i was just going to come on here and ask the same thing but it seems you beat me to it...thanks for implementing that too dvd2svcd, should be very useful.

[mrbass]

just dl b2 at work...then see this b3 post.

As we know from experience most newbies won't be changing default settings let alone advanced.
Does anyone agree to these default settings? I admit there's little difference in changing these
settings so perhaps it's a moot point and to no avail.

Is there anywhere on earth people can still purchase 74min (740MB) cds? I haven't seen any at stores/online for about a year now. Default all to 800 perhaps. Then again leave it the way it is otherwise newbies wouldn't know the versatility. I personally do 1cd,2,3,4,5,6cd in the bitrate settings. If it ain't broke don't fix it?

VCD-Settings.ini and SVCD-Settings.ini
How about DVD-Settings.ini could Fletch perhaps come up with a nice template of settings to be included perhaps? Perhaps next release then.

cce advanced settings
default should be Intra DC decision should be 8 or AUTO.
since SVCD are 2.6Mbps or less.
"Specify the bit precision of the DC coefficient of the intra-block in Intra DC precision in the video settings screen. One of 8, 9 and 10 bits can be set here.

In general the optimum settings cannot be determined since changes depend on the details of the picture and movement intensity. For pictures with intensive movement and fine bumps, a low number of bits is appropriate. For smooth pictures with little movement, a higher number of bits is appropriate. A low number of bits may be specified for use at a , and a high number of bits may be specified for use at a high bitrate.

When Auto is selected, the precision varies according to quantization scale.For details, refer to the guides on MPEG-2. "


Linear quantizer scale default should be [b]unchecked
"Setting quantization scale type
There are two types of quantization scales: linear and non-linear. Linear quantization scale is a method used for MPEG-1, where the quantization scale is allocated linearly. To set the linear quantization scale, select Linear quantization scale in the video settings screen. However, the nonlinear quantization scale is recommended unless there is a special reason."

default audio bitrate 128 bump to either 192 or 224

Will be experimenting a bunch with it in a couple of hours when I get home.

[needle]

I have enjoyed very much your new beta version of d2s. However I have two comments about subtitles.

When you select several subtitles, the end time code of the last bitmap for at least one the sub files is wrong.
For instance, the last lines of two sub files for an encoded chapter using the last d2s beta are:
en200088.bmp 00:12:25,43 00:12:26,34 136 40 284 488
es100088.bmp 00:12:25,43 01:59:59,89 104 40 300 488

In the current version the subtitles with start time code smaller than four seconds are trimmed and
do not appear in the sub file because some standalone players cannot display them. Looking ahead, it
would be convenient to include them in the sub file since they do not make any harm when using Winsubmux
as subtitle muxer and in some moment might appear a program that shows subtitles on computers.

Needle

[dvd2svcd]

@needle: You're right on both accounts. I will fix it now.

EDIT:
Fixed.

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by mrbass
Is there anywhere on earth people can still purchase 74min (740MB) cds? I haven't seen any at stores/online for about a year now. Default all to 800 perhaps. Then again leave it the way it is otherwise newbies wouldn't know the versatility.Hmm, maybe I should just add 900 to the dropdown list and let that be.

Originally posted by mrbass
VCD-Settings.ini and SVCD-Settings.ini
How about DVD-Settings.ini could Fletch perhaps come up with a nice template of settings to be included perhaps? Perhaps next release then.I'll see what I can do. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the most DVD author programs multiplex and cut in appropiated places?

Originally posted by mrbass
cce advanced settings
default should be Intra DC decision should be 8 or AUTO.
since SVCD are 2.6Mbps or less.
"Specify the bit precision of the DC coefficient of the intra-block in Intra DC precision in the video settings screen. One of 8, 9 and 10 bits can be set here.You're probably right albeit I can't see any difference in then video (so no harm done ;))

Originally posted by mrbass
Linear quantizer scale default should be unchecked
"Setting quantization scale type
There are two types of quantization scales: linear and non-linear. Linear quantization scale is a method used for MPEG-1, where the quantization scale is allocated linearly. To set the linear quantization scale, select Linear quantization scale in the video settings screen. However, the nonlinear quantization scale is recommended unless there is a special reason."I don't know what Custom Technology deems as special reasons, I do know though that I like the default setting better, so that'll stay as is.

Originally posted by mrbass
default audio bitrate 128 bump to either 192 or 224The new default is 192

[mrbass]

Originally posted by dvd2svcd
Hmm, maybe I should just add 900 to the dropdown list and let that be.
yea but that'd help people know the option existed for 90min but the way I see it is you either do 740, 800, or 900 and not mix match cd sizes but anywayz no biggie.

I'll see what I can do. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the most DVD author programs multiplex and cut in appropiated places?
yea but fletch seems to have gotten it good. 4600 I believe in the bitrate tab, etc. Most will obviously just try ifoedit but if the main movie isn't under 4.7GB or whatever then resort to reencoding it via dvd2svcd or rempeg2 I suppose.

The new default is 192 [/B]

Are you triple sure? (if so I'm an idiot) I've installed b1, b2, b3 and each time wiped out completely the whole dir and dvd2svcd.ini ...each time it has 128 audio and audio downsample checked.

oh yea...-shutdown and -exit work perfect now for rip only...also the dvd authentication problems seem to have vanished.

[dvd2svcd]

@Bass: What I meant was, 192 is now the default (as in I just changed to 192 as the default 15 minutes ago ;))

[mrbass]

oh.duh....gotcha...you should say in b4 it's default. Like the frame selection rip only thing too. I had no idea if it was in b3..but now I know it's in b4...gotcha.

[dvd2svcd]

Gotcha too. All that I post here in which I say things has been fixed/changed is in Beta 4.

[mrbass]

when I rip only and select new default folder...then I hit "cancel" it adds it to the dvd2svcd.bat file. Perhaps it shouldn't add it till one hits ok. I get multiple entries in there. Yes I know it's my fault but just before I hit OK sometimes I want to double check a parameter, etc. If it's too hard to fix ..forget about it.

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by mrbass
when I rip only and select new default folder...then I hit "cancel" it adds it to the dvd2svcd.bat file. Perhaps it shouldn't add it till one hits ok. I get multiple entries in there. Yes I know it's my fault but just before I hit OK sometimes I want to double check a parameter, etc. If it's too hard to fix ..forget about it. Will fix it hard :)

[ux-3]

after reading the suggestions of mrbass, perhaps among the deinterlace options, the could be one with "keep interlaced", to the effect to apply no deinterlacing, to shut off zigzag and to shut of progressive frame.

Once I get a chance, I'll see if the field order bug is gone...

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by ux-3
after reading the suggestions of mrbass, perhaps among the deinterlace options, the could be one with "keep interlaced", to the effect to apply no deinterlacing, to shut off zigzag and to shut of progressive frame.

Once I get a chance, I'll see if the field order bug is gone... You must be reading my mind, I was just experimenting with it. All that is needed is unchecking "progressive" in CCE advanced settings. Maybe this should be the default value, it seems to me that the outcome doesn't suffer even when the input is progressive.

[ux-3]

Well, according to the cce manual, zigzag should be off as well when encoding interlaced material.

I would like to have this setting, because I tend to forget my changed settings in the advanced menu. So when I do a regular progframe dvd, I mess it up, cause I have the stuff set for "keep interlaced" without seeing it.

The other related problem, which might be worth considering is that field order bug: The auto setting still didn't work properly in the last 109b3, I posted that a while ago. When I was having it on auto, Star Trek was occasinally strobing, aparently from reversed order. When setting it to B, all was fine. If this is a more common occurance, then error reports will flow in plenty when this "keep interlaced" is newbie-available.

[mrbass]

- Resize method:

It's blank in SVCDInfo.txt
It'd be handy to know if one used SimpleResize or BiCubic to compare quality. This was also with 1.0.9b3 and the lastest beta...guess I just never noticed it.

[dvd2svcd]

Yes, I know. The problem is that the AvisynthScript is so much more flexible in the new version. Maybe I should just put the entire avisynth script into the txt file.

[mrbass]

yea I vote to throw in the avisynth script used into SVCDInfo.txt

I know I brought this up before (you can't kill me twice see double jeopardy movie)..anwayz..
'Instead of Use ChangeCD Picture on All CD's'
how about
'EndofSetCD Pic'
1) many times I cut off credits of last chapter and my wife is like wtf is that the whole movie? I'm like yes. Or she thinks it's a 3 SVCD set instead of when it's really only 2 SVCD set.
2) If I put the Use ChangeCD on all cd's then they think it's a 3SVCD set when it's really only 2 SVCD set. (I cut and copied part of point 1)
3) this most likely is no longer never since Frame Selection cutting. Like leave 10 seconds of credits so one knows it's ended.
4) Once in a blue river, the last cd might be scratched and they don't know if it made it to the end of the movie. Of course this is rememdied by using ChangeCD pic on all cd's but see point 1 and 2.
5)my momma told me it never hurts to ask for surely thou shalt be rebuked and spit upon

Title picture
ChangeCD Pic
EndofSetCD Pic

[jorel]

Originally posted by hitch
Great "subject". I'm no moderator, but I think you should be striked for making me laugh so hard my stomach hurts.:D About time folks regained their sense of humour in here.

On you mark, get set, test...And they're off.

oh yes.......I'm no moderator.......for making me laugh so hard..too!

:D :D :D :D :) :p

thanks dvd2svcd master!;)

i try every prog that i found to convert my dvds.
no one other have the quality of dvd2svcd....and it's simple to use!
:cool: is the best.

[hoozdapimp]

so i noticed you added "surround2" to the besweet dropdown menu...this is indeed the updated version of dolby prologic 2 correct? i remember the last thread you mentioned to download resource hacker and do the edit ourselves, but is this fully implemented now? is there any other special things we need for pro logic II besides this setting?

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by hoozdapimp
so i noticed you added "surround2" to the besweet dropdown menu...this is indeed the updated version of dolby prologic 2 correct? i remember the last thread you mentioned to download resource hacker and do the edit ourselves, but is this fully implemented now? is there any other special things we need for pro logic II besides this setting? Yes, Surround2 is fully implemented (no need for any hacking). Just keep the output as Stereo.

[edwinver]

I think I found a bug in the vertical position of subtitles. When using cvd-subtitles it doesn't matter what Y-pos I set the subtitles-tab, winsubmux always muxes my subtitles at a standard position (I don't really know if this changes per DVD (I've tried about 4 or 5 now, both NTSC and PAL), but it's probably the standard position (-1)). When I look at the subtitle-ini (I don't recall the actual filename) the Y-position is correct, but the .srt en .txt files produced all have the incorrect Y-position.

I really hope this can be fixed in an upcoming release :D :D :D

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by edwinver
I think I found a bug in the vertical position of subtitles. When using cvd-subtitles it doesn't matter what Y-pos I set the subtitles-tab, winsubmux always muxes my subtitles at a standard position (I don't really know if this changes per DVD (I've tried about 4 or 5 now, both NTSC and PAL), but it's probably the standard position (-1)). When I look at the subtitle-ini (I don't recall the actual filename) the Y-position is correct, but the .srt en .txt files produced all have the incorrect Y-position.

I really hope this can be fixed in an upcoming release :D :D :D Post you DVD2SVCD.INI file here please (I did test the subs pretty much so I am a little surprised that there's a bug)

[dvd2svcd]

AVI2SVCD doesn't work unless you have a suitable audio decompressor (for avisynth). This has been fixed in Beta 4.

[seewen]

There's a little problem in DVD2SVCD 1.1.0 build 1 BETA 3 when I try to Convert a DivX --> SVCD. When I hit the "preview" button DVD2SVCD says "Cannot open file ..DVD2SVCD\TEMP\preview.d2v".

And there's nothing in the DVD2SVCD\TEMP\ directory (no ".d2v" neither ".avs").


An other problem comes when you try to convert a DivX-Ac3 file. This is in fact an Avisynth's problem , maybe it comes from my computer:

When you Convert a DivX-Ac3 file, there's no problem till Video Encoding. And at this moment, it fails. The problem, by me, is in the *.avs script. I have to add "AVISource("....\....avi",false). If i don't add it, Avisynth says "ACM failed to suggest a compatible PCM format" . The sames append if I try to "preview" in DVD2SVCD 1.09.3.

Thanks for reading my horrible english ;-)

[dvd2svcd]

@seewen: Both problems fixed, thanks for the .d2v bug, I hadn't seen that until now.

[dvd2svcd]

Beta 4 is online. The link is in my first post of thread.

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by ux-3
Well, according to the cce manual, zigzag should be off as well when encoding interlaced material.

I would like to have this setting, because I tend to forget my changed settings in the advanced menu. So when I do a regular progframe dvd, I mess it up, cause I have the stuff set for "keep interlaced" without seeing it.

The other related problem, which might be worth considering is that field order bug: The auto setting still didn't work properly in the last 109b3, I posted that a while ago. When I was having it on auto, Star Trek was occasinally strobing, aparently from reversed order. When setting it to B, all was fine. If this is a more common occurance, then error reports will flow in plenty when this "keep interlaced" is newbie-available.

Three things must be set to maintain the interlaced setting:
1. Uncheck ZigZag scanning order (CCE Advanced Settings)
2. Uncheck Progressive Frames (CCE Advanced Settings)
3. Select 4:3 (No Borders) as the aspect ratio (Conversion tab)

I'll add the above setting to the list of Deinterlacers as "Keep Interlaced"

[mrbass]

beta 4...128 audio is still default. vstrip is default rather than internal routines. VCDImager rather than VCDXBuild. CCE 5 passes rather than 4.
Bitrate Max. 2500 and Max. Avg 2500 (or did it switch when I quickly switch to TMPGEnc and back again?). Everyone will get the "The difference between Max. Bitrate and Max. Avg is less than 120. CCE might fail." warning. I thought beta 3 Max. Avg 2350?
If any are meant to be defaults then that's fine just pointing them out.

btw: use frame selection with batch ripping 'rip only' works great. Thanks for adding that. It's a real boon to all of us batch rippers. Is then anyway to enable us to type the paticular frame to go to in the 'Current Frame' box. I want to go to frame 150. But if I drag the slider one notch it's frame 358. That's a lotta single clicks to get to frame 150. Then again I just hit Play and stop so I guess that works just fine so forget about it.

[dvd2svcd]

All the values you have now is the same as you had in Beta 3 because there is no installation in beta 4 (just the zipped program), and dvd2svcd doesn't change the values which already exiists in the dvd2svcd.ini file, that only happens at the installation if the value doesn't exist in the ini file. That btw goes for all the values. The only way to see the new default values will be when I make the big bundle installation (upon release). But, remember to uninstall the old version then.

Just hit < or > for 1 frame or << or >> for 10 frames.

Upon re-reading this post I found it to sound arrogant which wasn't my intention so I edited it, sorry about that

[dvd2svcd]

@Bach: Cool, I didn't know that. Thanks :)

[jorel]

@ dvd2svcd

i'm a newby but convert with 109b3
and 110b1pre22(unfilter).
unfilter is fantastic,better than sharp...
don't use unfilter no more?
if can be used,how i can do it?
thanks in advance!

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by jorel
@ dvd2svcd

i'm a newby but convert with 109b3
and 110b1pre22(unfilter).
unfilter is fantastic,better than sharp...
don't use unfilter no more?
if can be used,how i can do it?
thanks in advance!
Clixomano and I have made a new sticky here: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35746 If you read that you should get an idea of how to add unfilter. Also read the readme.txt file in which I have described what I have been doing in this version.

[edwinver]

I'm not sure if B4 has fixed my problem, but here's my DVD2SVCD.INI for the PAL DVD I was trying to convert. Everything worked fine, but Y-pos of my subtitles, which I set to 416 (as you can see in my DVD2SVCD).

[Executables]
PVA Executable=
vStrip Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\vStrip\vStrip.exe
DVD2AVI Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe
BeSweet Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe
MadPlay Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\MADPlay\madplay.exe
MPEG51 Executable=
CCE Executable=C:\Program Files\Custom Technology\Cinema Craft Encoder SP\cctsp.exe
VFAPI Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VFAPI\Reader\VFAPIConv-EN.exe
TMPGEnc Executable=
Pulldown Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe
SubMux Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\winsubmux\WinSubMux.exe
bbMPEG Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe
I-Author Executable=
VCDImager Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDImager.exe
VCDXBuild Executable=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe
CDMage Executable=
RunPerCDImage Executable=
RunFinal Executable=
MPG2Dec DLL=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\MPEG2DEC2.dll
InverseTelecine DLL=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\InverseTelecine\Donald Graft\decomb.dll
Subtitle DLL=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth Subtitler.dll
BMP Loader DLL=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth BMP Loader.dll
Title Picture=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\cover10.gif
Change CD Picture=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
[Folders]
PVA Folder=C:\movie\
DVD2AVI Folder=C:\movie\
vStrip Folder=C:\movie\
Audio Folder=C:\movie\
CCE Folder=C:\movie\
TMPGEnc Folder=C:\movie\
Pulldown Folder=C:\movie\
bbMPEG Folder=C:\movie\
I-Author Folder=C:\movie\
Subpictures Folder=C:\movie\Subs
[Settings]
XPos=199
YPos=175
FirstRun=0
UsePVA2SVCD=0
UseDVD2SVCD=1
UseAVI2SVCD=0
UseMPEG1=0
UseMPEG2=1
Convert to Canopus codec=0
Convert to Divx4=0
Use Frameselection=0
New Default Folder=0
Anamorphic Aspect=1
DVD2SVCD Level=1
UseDVDRip=1
UsevStrip=0
UseInternalRip=1
Eject DVD=0
iDCT=0
DVD2AVI Pause=0
Luminance Gain=0
Luminance Offset=0
Audio1Downsampling=0
Audio2Downsampling=0
Audio1BitRate=7
Audio2BitRate=3
tooLame Mode=0
Autodetect Azid Gain=1
Folder Structure Source=
Folder Structure Video=
Folder Structure Audio=
Folder Structure Muxed=
Folder Structure Subs=Subs
Intra=8,16,20,22,24,24,24,24,16,16,20,22,24,24,24,24,20,20,22,24,28,28,28,28,22,22,24,24,28,28,28,28,24,24,24,24,32,32,32,32,24,24,24,24,32,32,32,32,28,28,28,28,32,32,32,32,28,28,28,28,32,32,32,32
NonIntra=16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16
Matrice Preset=CCE 2.62 Smooth (CG etc.)
Use deafult Matrice=0
LFEDownmixLR6Ch=-3
LFEDownmixLFE6Ch=0
CenterDownmix6Ch=0
SurroundDownmix6Ch=0
DynamicCompression6Ch=1
StereoDownmixType6Ch=0
RearChannelFiltering6Ch=0
DialogNorm6Ch=0
LFEDownmixLR2Ch=-3
LFEDownmixLFE2Ch=0
CenterDownmix2Ch=-1
SurroundDownmix2Ch=-1
DynamicCompression2Ch=1
StereoDownmixType2Ch=0
RearChannelFiltering2Ch=0
DialogNorm2Ch=0
No Audio Conversion=0
Flip Vertival=0
Add ResampleAudio=1
Resize To=0
Use CCE=1
Use TMPGEnc=0
CCE Safe Mode=0
NoOfpasses=4
CCE Image Quality=17
CCE Anti noise value=2
CCE Anti noise=1
CBR=0
One Pass VBR=0
Multi Pass VBR=1
RoBa Multi Pass=0
CCE Bias=20
CCE Field Order=2
Progressive=1
Auto Intra DC=0
DVD Compliant=0
Restrict auto I frame insertion=0
Close all GOPs=0
Intra DC=0
M GOP=3
MN GOP=5
SEQ Header=1
Constrained Parameter Set=1
TMPGEnc Rate Control Mode=1
TMPGEnc Motion search precision=4
TMPGEnc Field Order=2
Frames pr spread=50
Spread=40
OffsetFixed CQ Value=80
Use fixed CQ Value=0
DC component precision=2
Output YUV data as Basic YCbCr not CCIR601=0
Use floating point DCT=1
No motion search for still picture part by half pixel=1
Soften block noise=0
Soften Intra=35
Soften NonIntra=35
TMPGEnc GOP I Pictures=1
TMPGEnc GOP P Pictures=4
TMPGEnc GOP B Pictures=3
TMPGEnc SEQ Headers=1
TMPGEnc Max frames in GOP=0
TMPGEnc Close GOPs=0
TMPGEnc Detect Scene Change=1
Enabled Padding=0
TMPGEnc VBVBuffer=0
Dont Delete Files=1
Create VAF=1
QFactor=30
Linear quantizer scale=0
Zigzag scanning order=1
Use2Streams=0
Pri1Audio1=28
Pri1Audio2=28
Pri2Audio1=-1
Pri2Audio2=-1
Sub1=80
Sub2=139
Sub3=-1
Sub4=-1
Sub5=-1
Sub6=-1
Sub7=-1
Sub8=-1
Azid Gain Offset=6
SubOutputPalette0=clBlack
SubBlendPalette0=0
SubOutputPalette1=clWhite
SubBlendPalette1=15
SubOutputPalette2=$001E1E1E
SubBlendPalette2=15
SubOutputPalette3=clBlack
SubBlendPalette3=15
Rip subtitles=1
Min. Delay. Between Subtitles=100
Resize Subtitles=100
SVCD subtitles=0
CVD subtitles=1
Permanent subtitles=0
PAL Y-Pos=416
NTSC Y-Pos=416
bbMPEG MPEG1=0
bbMPEG VCD=0
bbMPEG MPEG2=0
bbMPEG SVCD=1
bbMPEG DVD=0
bbMPEG VBR=1
bbMPEG Pad VCD=0
bbMPEG Write PEC=1
bbMPEG Add Scan Offsets=1
bbMPEG Align Sequence Headers=1
bbMPEG Use Private Stream 2=0
bbMPEG Computed Bitrate=1
bbMPEG TimeStamps=0
bbMPEG Pulldown=2
bbMPEG MuxRate=0
bbMPEG Pack Size=2324
bbMPEG Packets Pack=1
bbMPEG Video Buffer=230
bbMPEG Audio 1 Buffer=4
bbMPEG Audio 2 Buffer=4
bbMPEG videoDelay Adjustment=180
bbMPEG audioDelay Adjustment=180
bbMPEG audio1Delay Adjustment=180
Use MPEGAV=0
MinsHigh1=50
MinsHigh2=76
MinsHigh3=100
MinsHigh4=125
MinsHigh5=163
NumCd1=1
NumCd2=1
NumCd3=2
NumCd4=2
NumCd5=3
NumCd6=3
CDSize 1=740
CDSize 2=800
CDSize 3=740
CDSize 4=800
CDSize 5=740
CDSize 6=800
MaxBitrate=2530
MinBitrate=300
MaxAvg=2230
MinAvg=1600
Adjust Audio Bitrate=1
Use Min. Avg.=0
Force Film=0
Movie Offset=2
CDOverlap=5
UseCDOverlap=1
FixedChapters=0
DVDChapters=1
PBCType=0
Data Preparer=dvd2svcd
Use I-Author=0
Use VCDImager=0
No images=0
Use VCDXBuild=1
Length of Chapters=300
Use TitlePicture=0
Use ChangeCD Picture=1
Use ChangeCD Picture on All=0
Use EntrySVD=0
Save XML=1
Save Movie Info=1
ProcessPriority=1
SmartDeinterlace Mode=2
SmartDeinterlace Treshold=10
SmartDeinterlace Denoise=1
SmartDeinterlace Blend=0
SmartDeinterlace Fast=1
Edit Avisynth Script file=0
Use CDMage=0
RunPerCDImage=0
RunPerCDImage Params=
RunFinal=0
RunFinal Params=
Automatic Shutdown=1
Avisynth Setup=SimpleResize
[AVISYNTH_SimpleResize]
0=LoadPlugin(!SimpleResize.dll)
1=SimpleResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight)
2=AddBorders(0,^BorderTop,0,^BorderBottom)
!SimpleResize.dll=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\SimpleResize\SimpleResize.dll

This is (a part of) one of my .sub files :

nl100001.bmp 00:01:46,45 00:01:49,68 384 72 160 442
nl100002.bmp 00:02:09,93 00:02:11,44 248 40 228 442
nl100003.bmp 00:02:16,05 00:02:18,28 320 40 192 442
nl100004.bmp 00:02:18,97 00:02:20,72 264 40 220 442
nl100005.bmp 00:02:21,81 00:02:23,48 272 40 216 442

And these subtitle positions are also in my .txt (subtitle)files.

*The version I used here is B3 (not the latest B4)

[dvd2svcd]

@edwinver: Ok, now I know what you mean. Well, the thing is that there is 26 lines of difference between the preview subtitle pos and the actual subtitle pos when played on a standalone dvd. So I add 26 to the Y-Pos you select in the preview. That way the position should be the same on both Preview and TV.

[dvd2svcd]

Originally posted by Bach


there are some (few) show_music DVD's which are interlaced AND anamorphic, so that to use 4:3_no_borders is a big no no, unless the standalone DVD player is able to play anamorphic SVCD. I`m sure on these cases you can use

interlacedresize(480,360)
addborders(0,60,0,60)

instead of 4:3 and keep the source interlaced. Interlacedresize is a feature of tom's simpleresize.dll. Well, now I have tried InterlacedResize, but that was no success, all I got was a _very_ shaky picture. Have you had success using it?

[seewen]

I wanted to change something in the "AddBorders" line:

AddBorders(0,^BorderTop,0,^BorderBottom)


the value of ",^BorderTop" and "^BorderBottom" are usually the same for me. SO i made this changes:

AddBorders(0,^btbb_value,0,^btbb_value)


so i just have to fill one parameter ;-) (I know, i'm lazy ;-) ). But it doesn't work very well... In DVD2SVCD, when I choose my script, and i want to fill the "AddBorders" parameters, the "parameter value box" open with 2 times ^btbb_value (I expected 1 only)... But if i change the value of the first one, it replace both in DVD2SVCD main frame, but in the "parameter value" box the 2 ^btbb_value doesn't have the same value (the second keep the default value) ..

----

Something else: I tried this piece of code:

1=LanczosResize(^tw_value,^th_value)
2=AddBorders(16,^btbb_value,16,^btbb_value)
...
^th_value=544
^btbb_value=(576-^th_value)/2


I was thinking "so i just have to fill the Target_Height, and the bottom/top_border will be automatically calculated, for PAL movies". But when i select this script, the value showed in DVD2SVCD mainframe=

2=AddBorders(16,(576-^th_value)/2,16,(576-^th_value)/2)


I'm sure that's not a bug, but i just wanted to know if it where [easily] possible to implement this sort of automatism ?


Thanks for reading

P.S.
maybe i should have post this message in the Dvd2SVCD's beta thread..