No matter what - black borders left & right...

[batucada]

After converting more than 20 DVD’s with DVD2SVCD (v. 1.1.0b1) I thought that I was getting quite used to how this great app. is working.

Till the other day… Suddenly every encoded file comes out with black borders left & right (se the attached screenshot). :mad:
Not matter what aspect ratio is chosen in the conversion tab, all encodings look like a 4:3 picture in a 16:9 frame. Seems like the original picture (in this specific case an anamorfic 16:9 DVD, the godfather part 2) is squashed into a 4:3 format by DVD2SVCD and borders are added to fill the rest of the 16:9 screen.

To get sure that the problem isn’t software player related I’ve burned the bin file that DVD2SVCD created to a CD-r and played it on my standalone DVD player (pioneer NS-DV88) but the borders to the left & right hang about.



I’ve tried to manually edit the Avisynth script but the result remains. I’ve reinstalled DVD2SVCD and tried older versions but did not succeed.
Even DVD’s what I’ve ripped with excellent result earlier now have the same borders after a retry.

Looks it might be a configuration problem with my hardware or a conflict caused by some other software. But before reinstalling the whole system - I'm hoping there is someone who experienced the same problem and is willing to help. Thank you in advance! :)

I'm running:
Compaq Presario 7126EA
256m RAM
GeForce 3 grafic card
Win XP home edition
DVD2SVCD v 1.1.0 b1

http://hem.bredband.net/dormar/TGF.jpg

[chainsaw135]

Post your log file.

[batucada]

Tanx for the fast reply chainsaw135!
Here is the logfile:

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
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- 2002-11-26 17:43:29
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.1.0 build 1
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 2002-11-26 17:43:38
- Free on drive C: 19440.27 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_1.vob
- D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_2.vob
- D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_3.vob
- D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_4.vob
- D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_5.vob
- D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_6.vob
- D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_7.vob
- D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_8.vob

Ripping: D:\DVD rip\VTS_02_1.vob
Ripping finished. Speed: 3026

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- 2002-11-26 17:45:09
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[C:\SVCD encoding\video\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\SVCD encoding\vob\VTS_02_1.vob]
Framerate: 25000
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 2002-11-26 17:46:05
- Free on drive C: 19048.18 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: C:\SVCD encoding\audio\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: -264 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 2002-11-26 17:47:41
- Free on drive C: 18944.18 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\SVCD encoding\audio\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\SVCD encoding\audio\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\SVCDEN~1\audio\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\SVCDEN~1\audio\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -ota( -d -264 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\SVCD encoding\audio\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 2002-11-26 17:49:32
- Free on drive C: 18814.35 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 771186864
AudioSectors: 7662228
VideoPAPO: 11827404
ScanOffsetBytes: 7950
SeqAligningBytes: 505267
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 1.00
PureMPEGStream: 751184011.33
Seconds: 270.00
CalcMPEGStream: 751184011.33
Frames: 6625
CDSize: 740.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 735.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 6625
Anti Noise Filter: 2
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: CBR
Avg. Bitrate: 2230
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\SVCDEN~1\video\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,576,0.0,0.6)
AddBorders(0,0,0,0)
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 0.550
Video Encoding finished.

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- 2002-11-26 17:58:39
- Free on drive C: 18185.41 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 2002-11-26 17:58:45
- Free on drive C: 18185.40 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 2002-11-26 17:58:51
- Free on drive C: 18185.40 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 2002-11-26 17:58:56
- Free on drive C: 18185.40 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 735 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\SVCD encoding\mux\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 2002-11-26 17:59:26
- Free on drive C: 18106.86 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: C:\SVCD encoding\mux\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
262.560 seconds C:\SVCD encoding\mux\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 2002-11-26 17:59:39
- Free on drive C: 18106.86 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 1

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\SVCDEN~1\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="C:\SVCDEN~1\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "C:\SVCDEN~1\VCDXBU~1.XML"
CD-Image creation finished.

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- 2002-11-26 17:59:52
- Free on drive C: 18026.03 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
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[markrb]

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)

This might be your problem. Try switching it to 16:9 borders added encode as 4:3.
Your players don't seem to support the 16:9 tag of CCE.

Also play the ripped VOB files in WinDVD and see if there is anything wrong with them.


Mark

[batucada]

Thank you Bach! That made it! You spared the last of my remaining braincells! :p
You're right, i took my alias from the brazilian sambaterm (just love the sound of the word).
Tanks again!