Feature request: Use frame selection for .avi files too

[Zoltan]

Dear DVD2SVCD,

I may have gone blind but even though I have read through the readme.txt and the forum I still could not find info on how to use this cooool feature of RC3 or RC4 for avi files (avi2svcd instead of dvd2svcd). Without this, I still need an NLE tool (I usually use VDub, UMS or Premiere etc.) just for cutting the first+last couple of frames of my analog captures and it takes 30+ minutes and double space on my harddrive even if I do not re-encode the stream.

If we follow Microsoft's terminology, a Release Candidate must not have new features, but this is to ask whether you can implement this by RTM? Or, even better, someone could tell me how to select frames for avi files?

Thanks in advance,
Z

[markrb]

Please give the guy a minute. Frame selection for DVD's isn't even in a released version yet.
I know you are excited, but breath, breath.

Mark

[Zoltan]

OK, I completely understand. In the meantime I got me 2 x 120 GB IDE drives...

Seeing DVD frame selection feature I just got curious to know whether it was planned for avis or not.

Regards,
Z

[jruben4]

I agree - I love the frame selection in 1.1.0 b1. Right now with my home movie AVIs I have to trim them in premiere - and since I can't figure out how to adjust the output quality to 100% (it's set at 95% for some reason) it takes hours to save the trimmed AVI. Once this is available in AVI2SVCD I can skip that whole step.

-J

[Zoltan]

jruben4,

I tried Premiere too, but now I use VDub and it's easier and faster for this purpose.

In case of an MJPEG input, I use PicVideo respectively, pls note the advanced tick box in the File open dialog: I'll let you have VDub use its own MJPEG routines and that's more stable...

Select the range and create output with "Direct stream copy" option (Video menu). It will not re-encode the stream. Exporting a 60 min video with Direct stream copy takes cca. 30 minutes for me. Re-encoding (aka "Full processing mode") the same stuff could be over 60 mins depending on the quality setting in the codec. Do not re-encode, even if you need VDub specific filters, since Avisynth can load those. More details can be found on this topic in the upmost sticky thead.

Another reason why I use VDub: CCE does not like mono streams and my earlier captures were all mono. The latest VDub build (1.4.11) can convert the audio stream to stereo correctly (in contratry to some previous builds that have copied the mono stream the the right side and te left one remained deaf)

P.S.: ULead MSP6 has a "Smart export" feature as well. That does not do re-encode either.

Hope this helps,
Z