AutoFitCD and D2SCCD Plugin

[RB]

Hi,

AutoFitCD v1.5 is out. This is a plugin for DVD2SVCD that will provide you with most accurate cropping and resizing, optionally (macro)block and TV overscan optimized. Saves bitrate and can speed up encoding.

Download AutoFitCD v1.5 (http://www.caranthir.de/files/autofitcd.zip)

You'll also need the famous FitCD tool, get it here: http://d.moyon.free.fr/CCE/FitCD_v112.zip

EDIT
Please note : AutoFitCD is designed to work with FitCD 1.1.2, I'm sorry to say that there will be no updates for newer FitCD versions. Anyway, the source code is included and free so if somebody wants to update it to support the latest FitCD, please go ahead!

Previous messages on this topic can be found at http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43944 (thread is now closed).

Screenshot can be found here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=269858#post269858).

Here is the readme.


AutoFitCD Crop and Resize Plugin for DVD2SVCD v1.5 by RB
========================================================

Release : 1.5
Date : Friday, August 29, 2003


1. What's this?
2. How to install
3. Usage
4. Known issues
5. Help!
6. Freeware
7. Notes
8. History


1. What's this?
---------------

AutoFitCD is a plugin for DVD2SVCD (see
http://www.dvd2svcd.org) that seamlessly integrates FitCD, the
most powerful MPEG resizing and cropping utility (see
http://shh.dvdboard.de/) with DVD2SVCD. Black borders are
automatically cropped before resizing and you'll get all the
advantages of FitCD such as super accurate cropping and block
optimized resizing, optionally optimized for TV overscan,
without having to edit the AVISynth script in DVD2SVCD
manually. Overall, this will allocate more bitrate to the
actual motion area and can speed up encoding by as much as 10%.


2. How to install
-----------------

Simply run AutoFitCDSetup.exe and follow the instructions.
AutoFitCD requires FitCD, get it first from
http://shh.dvdboard.de/. The plugin, Readme and source code
will be installed to a AutoFitCD subdirectory in your DVD2SVCD
installation folder. Note that this plugin supports both
AVISynth 2.0.x and 2.5.x but you need to reinstall it after
switching AVISynth versions.

Please also read the FitCD documentation.


3. Usage
--------

Start DVD2SVCD, go to the Frameserver tab and select "AutoFitCD
Detect Borders" from the Avisynth Setup dropdown. Now go to the
Conversion tab, load the AVI/IFO/DVD and click "Go! - Preview
video". There will be lines indicating where AutoFitCD detected
black borders. Click "New Frame" until the motion area is
properly detected. If it is an overall very dark movie and the
motion area is not being well detected, lower the Borders
Threshold value at the bottom of the preview window (0-255,
default is 25).

Now click the "AutoFitCD >>" button in the preview window and
FitCD will be launched with all the correct settings (motion
area and borders detected during the preview, source and target
aspect ratio etc.). The preview window will automatically
update to reflect the optimized cropping and resizing
calculated by FitCD.

Note that there are two modes of operation. If your screen
resolution is lower than 1024x768, FitCD will run in a separate
window ("Standalone"). The only settings we are interested in
are the ones in the lower "MPEG Resizing" and "AviSynth Script"
area. If your screen resolution is 1024x768 or higher, FitCD
will be run in "Plugin" mode, meaning that the controls in the
above mentioned area will appear in the DVD2SVCD preview window
below the video preview, making it much more convenient to work
with the preview and FitCD controls. You can force either
Plugin or Standalone mode by editing the "Plugin" value in the
[FitCD] section of AutoFitCD.ini. 0 means Standalone, 1 means
Plugin and -1 is automatic depending on screen resolution (the
default).

You can now change settings in FitCD and the preview will
automatically update accordingly (note that the destination
resolution combo box in FitCD will be disabled unless you
switch the DVD2SVCD level to 'Advanced' on the Misc. tab). The
"Save custom AVS" (Standalone)/"Edit AviSynth Script" (Plugin)
button need only be used if you want to save a manually edited
AVISynth script, all other changes in the GUI are automatically
transferred to DVD2SVCD (for instance, try modifying the TV
overscan setting and watch the video preview). Note that if you
change some setting in the FitCD GUI, any manual modifications
you made to the AVISynth script will be lost.

If you are satisfied with the results, close the preview window
and start your encode (Go - Rip and convert/Start conversion).

Note that on the Frameserver Tab, the selected setup is now
"FitCD", which is the (relevant parts of) the AVISynth script
generated by FitCD. Note that this setup cannot be used for any
other movie but the one you have currently loaded, make sure to
start over with "AutoFitCD Detect Borders" for every new movie.


4. Known issues
---------------

- Requires DVD2SVCD 1.1.0 build 1 or later
- Tested with FitCD v1.1.2 only (the latest version as of
writing this), but should work with older/newer versions.


5. Help!
--------

For suggestions, bug reports and general discussion, please
register at http://forum.doom9.org and post to the following
thread: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44445

If you feel like you absolutely need to contact me directly,
again register at http://forum.doom9.org and send member RB
(me) a private message.


6. Freeware
-----------

AutoFitCD is freeware and source is released under GPL. It is
based on the AutoCrop AVISynth plugin by Glenn Bussell
available at http://www.videofringe.com/autocrop/. Thanks,
Glenn!


7. Notes
--------

Setup adds two AVISynth script sections, [AVISYNTH_AutoFitCD
Detect Borders] and [AVISYNTH_FitCD] to the default
DVD2SVCD.INI file. If you use multiple INI files, copy and
paste these sections to the other INI file(s), start DVD2SVCD
and load the INI file on the Misc. tab. Now go to the
Frameserver tab and select the AutoFitCD Detect Borders
Avisynth setup. Click the "..." button to the right of the
second line and modify the INI path to point to the INI file
you just loaded. You only need to do this once for each INI.

The AutoFitCD plugin uses an extended version of the original
AutoCrop plugin's parameter list, the first six parameters are
new so the original parameter list is shifted by six and I
modified a few defaults. You can still modify the original
AutoCrop parameters by editing DVD2SVCD.INI, see the Readme in
the download at http://www.videofringe.com/autocrop/.


8. History
----------

29/08/2003 v1.5

- added support for DVD2SVCD 1.2.1 build 1 and newer


12/05/2003 v1.4a

- improved detection of source video parameters for
AVI sources (AVI2SVCD)
- when PAL (source) is unchecked and PAL (destination)
is being checked/unchecked in AutoFitCD preview,
'NTSC To PAL' option in DVD2SVCD is now automatically
checked/unchecked accordingly


25/03/2003 v1.4

- Added support for AVISynth 2.5
- Bug fixed in 1.3c would sometimes still show up. Now
definitely fixed.


17/03/2003 v1.3c

- Fixed: sometimes, when Aspect ratio was set to
"Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)" in DVD2SVCD,
FitCD would calculate an incorrect cropping area which
resulted in a distorted image.


04/03/2003 v1.3b

- Removed support for AVISynth 2.5. It didn't work.
Once DVD2SVCD supports AVISynth 2.5, I'll add it
back in and do it right.
- Added: warning message when closing the preview
window without having clicked the AutoFitCD
button.


28/02/2003 v1.3a

- Added: Support for AVISynth 2.5. Untested.
- Fixed: AVISynth script was not properly written to
dvd2svcd.ini on random occasions.
Sorry for this.


26/02/2003 v1.3

- Added: FitCD Plugin/Standalone mode
- Added: when DVD2SVCD Deinterlace mode is set to "Keep
Interlaced", vertical crop round-to in FitCD is
automatically set to 4 as recommended by the
FitCD author.


03/02/2003 v1.2

- Fixed: sometimes the [AVISYNTH_FitCD] section in
dvd2svcd.ini was not updated properly.


29/01/2003 v1.1

- Fixed: anamorphic source was not properly detected
unless DVD2SVCD level was set to Advanced
- Changed: improved usability, better integration of
FitCD, realtime preview


24/01/2003 v1.0

- First release

_____________________________________________________________
Germany, May 2003

[RB]

Hi,

D2SCCD v1.3d is out, a plugin for DVD2SVCD that will let you use pictures from your movies for the Change CD picture, add audio to the title picture and more.

Previous messages on this topic can be found at http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40374 (thread is now closed)

Download D2SCCD v1.3d (http://www.caranthir.de/files/d2sccd.zip)

Here's the readme (screenshot below):


DVD2SVCD Change CD Picture (D2SCCD) 1.3d by RB
==============================================

Release : 1.3d
Date : Monday, May 12, 2003


1. What's this?
2. How to install
3. Settings
4. Known issues
5. Help!
6. Freeware
7. History


1. What's this?
---------------

D2SCCD is an utility you can use with DVD2SVCD (see
http://www.dvd2svcd.org) to dynamically generate "Change CD
Pictures" during DVD2SVCD's conversion process.

With D2SCCD installed, if you set up DVD2SVCD to use a Change
CD Picture, then for each (but the last, of course) CD image
file DVD2SVCD builds, D2SCCD will create a Change CD Picture
from either the last movie frame on the current CD or the
first movie frame on the next CD (see 2. How to install). It
will also put some configurable text on that picture. All you
need to do is to install D2SCCD as described below, configure
it, and your CD image files created by DVD2SVCD will use this
"movie based" Change CD Picture.

To make a long story short, the visual effect of this is that
at the time the current CD has finished playing, the movie
pauses and your custom "Need next CD" text is being displayed.

This is something I wanted for my SVCDs for a long time. It's
a pity we have to change CDs most of the time, I think this
makes it a little more bearable :-)

D2SCCD can also "fix" DVD2SVCD's handling of Title and Last CD
pictures and add audio to your Title pictures, see
"3. Settings", below.


2. How to install
-----------------

Simply run D2SCCDSetup.exe and follow the instructions. The
plugin, Readme and source code will be installed to a
D2SCCD subdirectory in your DVD2SVCD installation folder.


3. Settings
-----------

---Preview---

The Preview frame provides a preview as to how a a
dynamically generated Change CD picture with text will look
like.

---Text Settings---

Enter the text you want to place on each generated Change CD
picture. Note that as shown in the default Text Setting, you
can use the %d token to insert the next CD number at runtime.
For instance, for a 3 CD movie, if you enter "Need CD %d,
please..." in the Text box, you'll see

Need CD 2, please...
Need CD 3, please...

on your screen when you play the movie and it's time to
change CDs. If the text is too long to fit into a single
line, it will be wrapped automatically. You can force a line
break using an '\n' in your text (example: Please insert disk
%d...\n\nCome on, get up!)

Click "Font..." to choose a different font for the text,
check "Drop Shadow" to add a drop shadow effect to the text.

---Picture Frame---

Select which frame from the film to use for the Change CD
pictures. This can be either the last frame on the current CD
or the first on the next CD. If you want to use the latter,
you should uncheck "CD Overlap seconds" on the bbMPEG tab in
DVD2SVCD, otherwise the "movie paused" effect is gone when
the Change CD picture is displayed because the picture will
be actually a few frames back.

If you want a specific first/last picture frame, just use
Frame Selection in DVD2SVCD and split at the desired frame.

Note that D2SCCD will generate Change CD pictures only if you
actually check "ChangeCD pic." on the CD Image tab in
DVD2SVCD.

---Configuration---

[ ] Integrate with DVD2SVCD

This needs to be checked for D2SCCD to be called by
DVD2SVCD during the CD image creation process so D2SCCD
can do its work. If you put D2SCCD in the wrong directory
(i.e. not a directory inside the DVD2SVCD folder), this
option will be unavailable.

Checking this option will actually change the 'VCDXBuild'
path on DVD2SVCD's CD Image tab to point at D2SCCD.
D2SCCD does it's work and then in turn calls VCDXBuild to
generate images. As you may guess, this also means that
D2SCCD is only useful if you mark the 'VCDXBuild' radio
button in DVD2SVCD - CD Image tab.

[ ] Handle Title Picture/Handle Last CD Picture

This is a "fix" for DVD2SVCD's somewhat strange handling
of Title and LastCD pictures. DVD2SVCD does some resizing
and adds borders around the pictures which most of the
times screws up the pictures aspect ratio and well, looks
not so well. So if you check "Title picture" and/or
"LastCD pic." on DVD2SVCD's CD Image tab and check the
appropriate boxes in D2SCCD, D2SCCD will also take over
the task of generating the Title/LastCD MPEG stills from
the pictures you pointed at in DVD2SVCD. For best
results, use 768x576 pictures for PAL SVCDs and 640x480
pictures for NTSC SVCDs. Images should be true color and
must be in the Windows Bitmap (.BMP) format.

[ ] Add Audio to Title Picture

This let's you play an MPEG-2 audio file while the Title
picture is being displayed. While the audio plays, press
either Next, Play, Return or key 1 on your remote to
start the main movie. By default, the audio is played
once and then after a 5 seconds delay the main movie
starts automatically.

For this to work, 'Title picture' has to be checked in
DVD2SVCD on the CD Image tab and the audio file name must
exist with the same file name as the Title picture, but
an .MP2 extension. For example, if your Title picture in
DVD2SVCD is C:\Program
Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultTitlePicture.bmp, then the expected
audio file name is C:\Program
Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultTitlePicture.mp2. It doesn't harm
if you check this option but the audio file doesn't
exist, just audio won't be added to the Title picture
then.

Note that the audio file needs to be really an MP2 (MPEG
Layer 2 Audio) file, it cannot be some other format
renamed to *.mp2. You can use BeSweet that comes with
DVD2SVCD to convert your favorite audio file to MP2.

You may want to lower the CD sizes on DVD2SVCD's Bitrate
tab a little bit (just type it in) if you plan on using
larger audio files (~ more than 500 kB) because DVD2SVCD
is unaware of the audio file addition which may result in
slightly too large CD image files.

[ ] Loop infinitely

As you may guess, this plays the title audio forever
in a loop. Press either Next, Play, Return or key 1
on your remote to start the main movie.

---MPEG Stills Quality (kB)---

This controls the maximum size (and thus quality) of the
various Title/Last CD/Change CD MPEG "picture" stills
generated by D2SCCD (still frames on SVCDs are not really
pictures but special MPEG Still Picture streams). Leave this
at maximum quality (200 kB) unless you get slightly too large
CD image files. The MPEG stills will be usually smaller, but
never larger than what you specify here.

[ ] Hacked (force 480p)

Force MPEG stills horizontal display size to be 480
- standards say 540 or 720 but some DVD/SVCD players
screw up with these values (check this if you are using
the "VCD Header Trick" plugin).



Click OK to save your custom settings. Of course you can
re-configure D2SCCD this way at any time.

D2SCCD will log it's activities to file
D2SCCD_MJPEGTools_log.txt in the directory where the bin/cue
files are created. Tile/Change CD/Last CD Pictures (converted
to JPEG) generated by D2SCCD can be found in the 'Muxed'
folder of the current encode.


4. Known issues
---------------

- picture quality will not be optimal for Win9x/ME users.
Sorry, no fix for this unless I find some free high quality
image resizing code so I no longer have to use StretchBlt()
(Win9x/ME does not support the HALFTONE stretch blit mode
which produces high quality images in NT/2000/XP).


5. Help!
--------

For suggestions, bug reports and general discussion, please
register at http://forum.doom9.org and post to the following
thread:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=251082#post251082

If you feel like you absolutely need to contact me directly,
again register at http://forum.doom9.org and send member RB
(me) a private message.


6. Freeware
-----------

D2SCCD is freeware. No strings attached. D2SCCD was basically
written by "plugging it into" the DVD2AVI source code and also
uses Smalleranimal's free jpeglib library
(http://www.smalleranimals.com/jpegfile.htm). Source code for
D2SCCD is included and released under GPL. The MJPEGTools
included with D2SCCD are not written by me, they are a Win32
compilation of the MJPEG/Linux tools
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpeg), the binaries included
here can be found at ftp://ftp.vcdimager.org/pub/mjpegtools/.


7. History
----------

12/05/2003 v1.3d

- Fixed: when set to handle title and last CD picture,
created title and last CD picture in NTSC format
even though DVD2SVCD performed a NTSC to PAL
conversion.


22/04/2003 v1.3c

- Reverted to MJPEGTools v1.6.0 because some people
reported problems obviously caused by v1.6.1


04/03/2003 v1.3b

- Added "Hacked" option to set MPEG stills horizontal
display size to 480 (check this if you are using the
"VCD Header Trick" plugin).


26/02/2003 v1.3a

- Updated MJPEGTools to v1.6.1


29/01/2003 v1.3

- Added: D2SCCD now better coexists with other
VCDXBuild plugins. Install any other plugin
first and then start d2sccd.exe and simply
click OK.

- Fixed: Title and Last CD pictures were not anamorphic
when handled by D2SCCD and you created an
anamorphic SVCD


09/01/2003 v1.2

- Added: Title audio looping is now optional
- Added: Change CD Text can now be multiple lines
- Added: warning when title audio file cannot be found
- Changed: Title audio file is now expected in
non-multiplexed MP2 format (*.mp2)


17/12/2002 v1.1

- Added: handling of Title/Last CD pictures
- Added: option to add audio to Title picture
- Added: MPEG Stills quality setting
- Added: Integrate with DVD2SVCD option (you no
longer need to change the VCDXBuild path in
DVD2SVCD manually)

- Fixed: %d token was sometimes replaced by the
number 2 in the .INI file when clicking OK
- Fixed: preview was sometimes not properly repainted


13/12/2002 v1.0

- First release on Friday the 13th... :-)

_____________________________________________________________
Germany, April 2003

[onesoul]

Thank you, your plugins are great :)

[winxi]

It´s Tool Time!

[onesoul]

@winxi
You can delete your posts. This problem has also happened to me 3 or 4 times. :)

[winxi]

Thank you for the hint, onesoul:cool:!

I hope, that nobody minds that the beginning of this thread is quite off topic ;).

greets, winxi

[RB]

Here's something you may found useful: if you installed AVISynth 2.07 or use the latest version of DVD2SVCD released today (it updates AVISynth to 2.07), edit line 8 of section [AVISYNTH_AutoFitCD Detect Borders] in dvd2svcd.ini as follows:

8=AddBorders(0,^BorderTop,0,^BorderBottom,$A0A0A0)

or use a color of your choice for the last parameter (like HTML color code). This will give you a better idea of what the real movie borders are because the borders that are added just to make the preview look nice will be in a different color.

@DVD2SVCD: I hope you don't mind me stealing the "Repaint frame" button in the preview window :) in the new version, but since it's always disabled, I thought it was OK.

[jorel]

RB ,
thank you very much,it all is amazing!
:cool:

[RB]

@markrb: Thanks for making this sticky. BTW, I had attached a screenshot for each plugin and they doesn't show up yet. Is there something wrong with them?

[NateDawg11]

Okay I've got d2sccd 1.3 working now with vcd header 0.4 and my images are being made, and the movie plays fine, I just have one problem left. My Title and Last CD pics are the correct one's, but my change cd pic is still the little white hand and cd. Im not getting the last frame of the first disk.
Also its probly just my standalone dvd player but my title change and last cd pics don't show up on my standalone dvd player
(Panasonic RV32) but they do on my computers dvd.

Here is a look at my last rips log file:


WNASPI32.DLL 4.71.1.0
--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/02/2003 8:26:20 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.1.1 build 2
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing
Initializing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/02/2003 8:26:26 PM
- DVD2AVI
--------------------------------------------------------
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:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[D:\DVD Rips\Analyze This\VTS_01_1.vob,D:\DVD Rips\Analyze This\VTS_01_2.vob,D:\DVD Rips\Analyze This\VTS_01_3.vob,D:\DVD Rips\Analyze This\VTS_01_4.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/02/2003 8:28:14 PM
- Free on drive C: 23076.84 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
--------------------------------------------------------
Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: -84 ms
Audio extraction finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/02/2003 8:30:30 PM
- Free on drive C: 22792.87 mb
- AUDIO conversion
--------------------------------------------------------

Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -ota( -d -84 ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/02/2003 8:50:20 PM
- Free on drive C: 22650.87 mb
- Converting Pictures
--------------------------------------------------------
Converting: C:\Documents and Settings\HughFrogger\My Documents\My Pictures\10068157.bmp
Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
Converting: C:\Documents and Settings\HughFrogger\My Documents\My Pictures\10068157.bmp
Finished converting pictures
--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/02/2003 8:50:42 PM
- Free on drive C: 22648.75 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
--------------------------------------------------------

Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 1663691176
AudioSectors: 151794384
VideoPAPO: 23420088
ScanOffsetBytes: 178477
SeqAligningBytes: 11343218
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 8
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 900.00
PureMPEGStream: 1476955001.20
Seconds: 6240.33
CalcMPEGStream: 1476955001.20
Frames: 148731
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 2
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 148731
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Avg. Bitrate: 1893
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (borders added, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,360,0.0,0.6)
AddBorders(0,60,0,60)
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.440
Video Encoding finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 2:51:48 AM
- Free on drive C: 21212.35 mb
- Video Pulldown
--------------------------------------------------------
Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 2:55:28 AM
- Free on drive C: 19812.63 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TitlePicture.bmp.mpg"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 2:55:35 AM
- Free on drive C: 19812.59 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\ChangeCDPicture.bmp.mpg"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 2:55:42 AM
- Free on drive C: 19812.55 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\LastCDPicture.bmp.mpg"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 2:55:49 AM
- Free on drive C: 19812.52 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 0
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
3016 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: 3016
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

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

--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 3:04:37 AM
- Free on drive C: 18225.00 mb
- Determining length of audio
--------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
3046.478 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
3187.252 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 3:05:31 AM
- Free on drive C: 18225.00 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
--------------------------------------------------------
- No. of chapters to create: 19

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\D2SCCD\d2sccd.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBU~1.XML"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 3:10:12 AM
- Free on drive C: 17264.61 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
--------------------------------------------------------
- No. of chapters to create: 16

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\D2SCCD\d2sccd.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBU~2.XML"
CD-Image creation finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 02/02/2003 3:14:29 AM
- Free on drive C: 16928.24 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
--------------------------------------------------------


Hopefully you have some anwers for me you guys always seem to be helpful, and many of us appreciate all your hard work.
Thanks again

NateDawg11

[Forseti]

If it is an overall very
dark movie and the motion area is not being well detected,
lower the Borders Threshold value at the bottom of the preview
window (0-255, default is 40).

Call me crazy/blind, but I can't seem to find this value anywhere. If you could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. The movie I'm trying to convert isn't being detected well at all since it's so dark.

Also, when one goes to encode the movie, should the "aspect ratio" setting be set to "4:3 [No borders, encoded as 4:3]" even if the movie is 16:9? I don't remeber D2SVCD defaulting to that setting before, but now it does everytime with the AutoFitCD plugin. Or should I still leave it as "16:9 [Borders Added, Encoded as 4:3" if it is a 16:9 movie?

BTW, thanks for the great tools/plugins man!

[winxi]

@Forseti:
It should appear in the preview screen, left from the Sho DVD2SVCD button. Make sure to use the latest version of the plugin.

greets, winxi

[emilius256]

You can edit DVD2SVCD.INI and change as follow
[AVISYNTH_AutoFitCD Detect Borders]
0=# -= AutoFitCD Script by RB. Must be used in Preview mode only. =-
1=DVD2SVCDIniPath=!DVD2SVCDIniPath
2=FitCDExePath=!FitCDExePath
3=BorderThreshold=^b_threshold
4=LoadPlugin(!AutoFitCD.dll)
5=ConvertToYUY2()
6=AutoFitCD(DVD2SVCDIniPath, FitCDExePath, ^TargetWidth, ^TargetHeight, ^BorderTop, ^BorderBottom, threshold=BorderThreshold)
7=BicubicResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight, 0.0, 0.6)
8=AddBorders(0,^BorderTop,0,^BorderBottom)
!DVD2SVCDIniPath=F:\Video\DVD2SVCD\dvd2svcd.ini
!FitCDExePath=F:\Video\FitCD_v112\FitCD.exe
!AutoFitCD.dll=F:\Video\DVD2SVCD\AutoFitCD\AutoFitCD.dll
^b_threshold=40
so you can modify the BorderThreshold value directly in DVD2SVCD Frameserver tab.
For the aspect ratio you have to choose the right aspect ratio, if your movie is 16/9 choose 16/9 border added encode as 4/3, if your movie is 4/3 choose 4/3 no borders encoded as 4/3.
HTH

[Forseti]

Hmmm, that was really weird. I went and checked my DVD2SVCD.ini file, and i was mising quite a few lines in it (under the autofitCD area). I just uninstalled DVD2SVCD and deleted the plugins. Then did a reinstall of both, and it works fine now, and the "threshold" box is now there.

[RB]

@NateDawg11:
Can you please post the first .XML file?

@Forseti:
Also, when one goes to encode the movie, should the "aspect ratio" setting be set to "4:3 [No borders, encoded as 4:3]" even if the movie is 16:9? I don't remeber D2SVCD defaulting to that setting before, but now it does everytime with the AutoFitCD plugin.

That shouldn't happen. Are you still having this problem after the reinstall?

@emilius256:
Please don't edit the [AVISYNTH_AutoFitCD Detect Borders] section! With the latest version of the Plugin, you can modify the borders threshold in the preview window.

[emilius256]

Sorry RB, i didn't see it.
Thank you.

[Forseti]

Originally posted by RB


That shouldn't happen. Are you still having this problem after the reinstall?

Yes, it may just be the new version of DVD2SVCD, who knows. Whenever I load up the .ifo though it automatically goes to "4:3 no borders added, encoded as 4:3" No biggie though.

[NateDawg11]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RB
[B]@NateDawg11:
Can you please post the first .XML file?

@Forseti:

Okay Here it is I have to cut it in half and paste it into 2 post it is too many characters to fit into a single post.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE videocd (View Source for full doctype...)>
- <!-- SVCD created with DVD2SVCD ver. 1.1.1 build 2
-->
- <!-- Download DVD2SVCD: http://dvd2svcd.doom9.net
-->
- <videocd xmlns="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/1.0/" class="svcd" version="1.0">
<option name="svcd vcd30 mpegav" value="false" />
<option name="svcd vcd30 entrysvd" value="false" />
<option name="relaxed aps" value="false" />
<option name="update scan offsets" value="false" />
- <info>
<album-id>ANALYZE_THIS</album-id>
<volume-count>2</volume-count>
<volume-number>1</volume-number>
<restriction>0</restriction>
</info>
- <pvd>
<volume-id>ANALYZE_THIS</volume-id>
<system-id>CD-RTOS CD-BRIDGE</system-id>
<preparer-id>HughFroggers Release</preparer-id>
</pvd>
- <filesystem>
- <folder>
<name>EXTRA</name>
- <file src="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBuild_Script_1.xml" format="form1">
<name>DVD2SVCD.XML</name>
</file>
- <file src="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\SVCDInfo.txt" format="form1">
<name>SVCDINFO.TXT</name>
</file>
</folder>
</filesystem>
- <segment-items>
<segment-item src="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TITLEP~1.MPG" id="segment-titlepicture" />
<segment-item src="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CHANGE~1.MPG" id="segment-changecd" />
</segment-items>
- <sequence-items>
- <sequence-item src="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\BBMPEG~1.MPG" id="sequence-00">
<entry id="entry-chapt-01">0.000</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-02">221.050</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-03">330.160</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-04">456.280</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-05">520.350</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-06">648.640</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-07">756.120</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-08">988.980</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-09">1379.870</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-10">1475.470</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-11">1637.300</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-12">2016.550</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-13">2103.600</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-14">2209.370</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-15">2390.380</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-16">2538.570</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-17">2623.830</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-18">2866.690</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-19">3008.840</entry>
</sequence-item>
</sequence-items>
- <pbc>
- <!-- chapter-00 is the titlepicture
-->
- <selection id="chapter-00" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<next ref="chapter-01" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="chapter-01" />
<wait>5</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="segment-titlepicture" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-01" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-00" />
<next ref="chapter-02" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="sequence-00" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-02" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-01" />
<next ref="chapter-03" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-02" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-03" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-02" />
<next ref="chapter-04" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-03" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-04" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-03" />
<next ref="chapter-05" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-04" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-05" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-04" />
<next ref="chapter-06" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-05" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-06" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-05" />
<next ref="chapter-07" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-06" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
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<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-07" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-06" />
<next ref="chapter-08" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
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<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-08" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-07" />
<next ref="chapter-09" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-08" />
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<select ref="chapter-02" />
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<select ref="chapter-04" />
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<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
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<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-09" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-08" />
<next ref="chapter-10" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-09" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-10" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-09" />
<next ref="chapter-11" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-10" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />

[NateDawg11]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RB
[B]@NateDawg11:
Can you please post the first .XML file?

@Forseti:

2nd half of xml

</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-11" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-10" />
<next ref="chapter-12" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-11" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-12" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-11" />
<next ref="chapter-13" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-12" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
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<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-12" />
<next ref="chapter-14" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
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<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
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<next ref="chapter-15" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
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<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
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<bsn>1</bsn>
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<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
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<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-16" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-15" />
<next ref="chapter-17" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-16" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-17" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-16" />
<next ref="chapter-18" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-17" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-18" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-17" />
<next ref="chapter-19" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-18" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="chapter-19" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-18" />
<next ref="ChangeCD" />
<return ref="end" />
<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-19" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
- <selection id="ChangeCD" rejected="false">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-19" />
<next ref="chapter-00" />
<return ref="end" />
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="segment-changecd" />
<select ref="chapter-01" />
<select ref="chapter-02" />
<select ref="chapter-03" />
<select ref="chapter-04" />
<select ref="chapter-05" />
<select ref="chapter-06" />
<select ref="chapter-07" />
<select ref="chapter-08" />
<select ref="chapter-09" />
<select ref="chapter-10" />
<select ref="chapter-11" />
<select ref="chapter-12" />
<select ref="chapter-13" />
<select ref="chapter-14" />
<select ref="chapter-15" />
<select ref="chapter-16" />
<select ref="chapter-17" />
<select ref="chapter-18" />
<select ref="chapter-19" />
</selection>
<endlist id="end" rejected="true" />
</pbc>
</videocd>

Thanks again

[badbert]

RB, first of all, thank you very much for the plugin. I have read countless number of your posts. And since this is the first time I have posted directly to you, I will take the time to thank you personally for your great work around here!! People like you are the reason this Forum is so popular, Real People, with real knowledge, that are friendly enough to answer people who don't know any better.

Now on to the question, LOL!

I am an AVI2SVCD user. I have only done a couple of DVD encodes, usually just for test purposes. I have done hundreds of AVI2SVCD encodes Using D2S. I have developed my own technique, which first of all uses D2S as a front-end for AVIsynth. I then modify the AVS, to use in VDUB. Creating a Quantizer2 DIVX 5/WAV(AC3) file, that is already resized and filtered accordingly. I then feed the "Prepped" AVI file into D2S. I use the following script...

[AVISYNTH_BLANK]


This gives me speeds usually in excess of 2.0. Allowing a 6 pass, 2 hour movie to encode in 6 hours (Dual MP1600s). A final perfection to this Method, would be to crop the black bars from the prepped file, encode, and then add the black bars back. The problem with this is that when I use your script, it resizes the file. Is there a way to make it just cut the black borders and not resize?

[RB]

@NateDawg11:
Can't see anything wrong with the XML (I thought maybe I have a bug in my parser). There should also be two files D2SCCD_MJPEGTools_log.txt and D2SCCD_VCDXBuilder_log.txt. Can you post them please?

@Forseti:
The new D2S build doesn't behave this way for me, it works like the previous version. It also cannot be the AutoFitCD plugin because when you start D2S and click the CD button, the plugin is not even loaded or active in any way. And it definitely starts happening after you installed AutoFitCD?

@badbert:
Well, in the preview, you have the "black borders" info printed on the clip, like

"Film pixel 714x552, 4 left border, 12 top border"

Just make a Crop() command out of this and don't forget to add an appropriate AddBorders() for the MPEG2 encode. Does this answer your question?

[RB]

New version 1.2 of AutoFitCD is out. I suggest anyone uses the new version because it fixes a potential bug.

[Forseti]

Originally posted by RB
@Forseti:
The new D2S build doesn't behave this way for me, it works like the previous version. It also cannot be the AutoFitCD plugin because when you start D2S and click the CD button, the plugin is not even loaded or active in any way. And it definitely starts happening after you installed AutoFitCD?

Yea, I was obviously out of it yesterday, hehe. This morning I realized the movie I was encoding was in fact a widescreen letterbox movie (doh!) so of course DVD2SVCD is going to select "4:3 No Borders Added, Encoded as 4:3" Sorry for the confusion.

[NateDawg11]

Originally posted by RB
@NateDawg11:
Can't see anything wrong with the XML (I thought maybe I have a bug in my parser). There should also be two files D2SCCD_MJPEGTools_log.txt and D2SCCD_VCDXBuilder_log.txt. Can you post them please?


I've deleted the old movie files, but encoded another lastnight with the same result, It doesn't seem like a problem in d2svcd, but more like in d2scccd, just wont make the change cd pic the last frame of first disk with my special logo., And like in my previous post my standalone player wont show the title, change, or last cd pic. That I dont know why it should, becasue the pic mpg header is also re written to vcd standard so it should show up.
Any way here are some of my files.

D2SCCD_MJPEGTools.log:

Saving JPEG file c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00_ChangeCD.jpg

Creating "Change CD" SVCD MPEG still with command lines:

jpeg2yuv -f29.97 -Ip -L0 -n1 -j c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\BBMPEG~1.JPG | mpeg2enc -a2 -f7 -nn -o c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\ccd.m2v -T200
mplex -f7 -o c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\change~1.mpg c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\ccd.m2v


Creating SVCD MPEG still with command lines:

jpeg2yuv -f29.97 -Ip -L0 -n1 -j c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\BBMPEG~2.JPG | mpeg2enc -a2 -f7 -nn -o c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\tmp.m2v -T200
mplex -f7 -o c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\titlep~1.mpg c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\tmp.m2v

INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Parsing & checking input files.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Image dimensions are 704x480
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Movie frame rate is: 29.970030 frames/second
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Non-interlaced/progressive frames.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Frame size: 704 x 480
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Now generating YUV4MPEG stream.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Processing non-interlaced/interleaved c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\BBMPEG~1.JPG, size 154212.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Selecting SVCD Stills output profile
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SVCD high-resolution stills selected.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Encoding MPEG-2 video to c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\ccd.m2v
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Horizontal size: 704 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Vertical size: 480 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Aspect ratio code: 2 = 4:3 display
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame rate code: 4 = 30000.0/1001.0 (NTSC VIDEO)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Bitrate: 2500 KBit/s
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Field order for input: none/progressive
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Sequence unlimited length
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Search radius: 16
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP SIZE RANGE 1 TO 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting colour/gamma parameters to "NTSC"
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Progressive format frames = 0
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Buffering 11 frames

INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING 3DNOW and EXTENDED MMX for QUANTIZER!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING MMX for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame start 0 I 0 0
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame end 0 318.36 318.36 1.0 1.02
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Splitting sequence this GOP start
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 0
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/02/04 19:06:14 $)
INFO: [mplex] File c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\ccd.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 video streams 0 MPEG audio streams and 0 AC3 streams
INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing stills stream!
INFO: [mplex] Selecting SVCD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Stills Stream e1: high-resolution SVCD stills.
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e1
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 704
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 2500000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 225280 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 2547200
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 2788800
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 2788800
INFO: [mplex] Sectors = 106 Video delay = 63600 Audio delay = 63600
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e1: buf= 235520 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] STREAM e1 completed @ 0.
INFO: [mplex] Multiplex completion at SCR=27600.
INFO: [mplex] Video e1: buf= 132649 frame=000000 sector=00000045
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e1
INFO: [mplex] Video Stream length: 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Sequence headers: 1
INFO: [mplex] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Pictures : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Groups : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. I Frames : 1 avg. size102871 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. P Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. B Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. D Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Average bit-rate : 0 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Peak bit-rate : 0 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
INFO: [mplex]
INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.


INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Parsing & checking input files.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Image dimensions are 704x480
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Movie frame rate is: 29.970030 frames/second
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Non-interlaced/progressive frames.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Frame size: 704 x 480
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Now generating YUV4MPEG stream.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Processing non-interlaced/interleaved c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\BBMPEG~2.JPG, size 120684.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Selecting SVCD Stills output profile
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SVCD high-resolution stills selected.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Encoding MPEG-2 video to c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\tmp.m2v
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Horizontal size: 704 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Vertical size: 480 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Aspect ratio code: 2 = 4:3 display
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame rate code: 4 = 30000.0/1001.0 (NTSC VIDEO)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Bitrate: 2500 KBit/s
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Field order for input: none/progressive
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Sequence unlimited length
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Search radius: 16
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP SIZE RANGE 1 TO 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting colour/gamma parameters to "NTSC"
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Progressive format frames = 0
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Buffering 11 frames

INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING 3DNOW and EXTENDED MMX for QUANTIZER!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING MMX for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame start 0 I 0 0
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame end 0 443.47 443.47 1.1 1.09
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Splitting sequence this GOP start
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 0
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/02/04 19:06:14 $)
INFO: [mplex] File c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\tmp.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 video streams 0 MPEG audio streams and 0 AC3 streams
INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing stills stream!
INFO: [mplex] Selecting SVCD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Stills Stream e1: high-resolution SVCD stills.
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e1
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 704
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 2500000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 225280 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 2547200
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 2788800
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 2788800
INFO: [mplex] Sectors = 106 Video delay = 63600 Audio delay = 63600
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e1: buf= 235520 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] STREAM e1 completed @ 0.
INFO: [mplex] Multiplex completion at SCR=28200.
INFO: [mplex] Video e1: buf= 129885 frame=000000 sector=00000046
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e1
INFO: [mplex] Video Stream length: 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Sequence headers: 1
INFO: [mplex] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Pictures : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Groups : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. I Frames : 1 avg. size105635 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. P Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. B Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. D Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Average bit-rate : 0 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Peak bit-rate : 0 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
INFO: [mplex]
INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.



-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Creating SVCD MPEG still with command lines:

jpeg2yuv -f29.97 -Ip -L0 -n1 -j c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\BBMPEG~3.JPG | mpeg2enc -a2 -f7 -nn -o c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\tmp.m2v -T200
mplex -f7 -o c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\lastcd~1.mpg c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\tmp.m2v

INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Parsing & checking input files.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Image dimensions are 704x480
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Movie frame rate is: 29.970030 frames/second
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Non-interlaced/progressive frames.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Frame size: 704 x 480
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Now generating YUV4MPEG stream.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Processing non-interlaced/interleaved c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\BBMPEG~3.JPG, size 120684.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Selecting SVCD Stills output profile
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SVCD high-resolution stills selected.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Encoding MPEG-2 video to c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\tmp.m2v
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Horizontal size: 704 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Vertical size: 480 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Aspect ratio code: 2 = 4:3 display
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame rate code: 4 = 30000.0/1001.0 (NTSC VIDEO)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Bitrate: 2500 KBit/s
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Field order for input: none/progressive
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Sequence unlimited length
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Search radius: 16
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP SIZE RANGE 1 TO 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting colour/gamma parameters to "NTSC"
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Progressive format frames = 0
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Buffering 11 frames

INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING 3DNOW and EXTENDED MMX for QUANTIZER!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING MMX for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame start 0 I 0 0
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame end 0 443.47 443.47 1.1 1.09
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Splitting sequence this GOP start
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 0
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/02/04 19:06:14 $)
INFO: [mplex] File c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\tmp.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 video streams 0 MPEG audio streams and 0 AC3 streams
INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing stills stream!
INFO: [mplex] Selecting SVCD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Stills Stream e1: high-resolution SVCD stills.
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e1
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 704
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 2500000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 225280 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 2547200
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 2788800
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 2788800
INFO: [mplex] Sectors = 106 Video delay = 63600 Audio delay = 63600
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e1: buf= 235520 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] STREAM e1 completed @ 0.
INFO: [mplex] Multiplex completion at SCR=28200.
INFO: [mplex] Video e1: buf= 129885 frame=000000 sector=00000046
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e1
INFO: [mplex] Video Stream length: 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Sequence headers: 1
INFO: [mplex] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Pictures : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Groups : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. I Frames : 1 avg. size105635 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. P Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. B Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. D Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Average bit-rate : 0 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Peak bit-rate : 0 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
INFO: [mplex]
INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.



-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[NateDawg11]

D2SCCD_VCDXBuilder_log:


**************************************************************



**************************************************************


I no expert but this doesn't seem right, all asteriks.

[VILLA21]

Originally posted by RB
New version 1.2 of AutoFitCD is out. I suggest anyone uses the new version because it fixes a potential bug.

We just have to install it over the old version?

[RB]

Originally posted by NateDawg11
Saving JPEG file c:\progra~1\dvd2svcd\movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00_ChangeCD.jpg


Can you check if that file actually exists? If so, is it the expected change CD picture? Honestly, I can't see what's going wrong. All the files seem to be generated successfully. Please try using just D2SCCD without the VCD Header plugin. To do so, set the VCDXBuild path on the CD image tab to the original vcdxbuild.exe (in the VCDImager directory of DVD2SVCD), then run d2sccd.exe, make sure "Integrate with DVD2SVCD" is checked and klick OK.

Also, do the Title/Last CD/Change CD pics show up on your standalone if you do not use D2SCCD but just the VCD Header plugin? And BTW, doesn't the RV32 support SVCD without any tricks?

About D2SCCD_VCDXBuilder_log: this is to be expected because the VCD Header plugin does not log the VCDXBuild messages to stdout/stderr.

@VILLA21:
Yes, just install over the previous version.

[winxi]

Try to turn PBC (Playback Control) on on your player by pressing the menu button on your remote if it is supported. They pics will show up then.

winxi

[NateDawg11]

Okay, I've just encoded 2 at the same time with 2 different computers. One using d2sccd and vcdheader and one only using d2sccd.
The bbmpeg00_change cd pic is being created as an jpg image but not as a mpg movie file, the changecp pic with little hand and cd is being made as the mpeg and then inserted into the movie.
Im no expert ,but it looks like cce is encoding the wrong picture to mpeg and then when vcdheader comes around and does its thing it inserts it into the movie with an mpeg 1 header.

Hopefully this will shead more light into whats going on.

As far as my standalone panasonic rv32 player is concerned, I think its just a piece of crap. Its only advertised as having vcd, with its special features being windows media embedded and 192kb audio capable.
As far as its PBC options there is no button on the remote or menu option to togle pbc into different settings, but when I play my SVCD's with the altered header the message on the display is PBC ON
so I think by default PBC is on for my player.
The funny thing is I will get a millisecond of my title, change and last cd pic to display then it goes black for the 3 seconds that its supposed to show for. Then my movie starts.
So it looks like the player has the capability to play the pictures, it just doesn't wanna play them longer then .1 of a second.

Any Way thats my situation as of now.
Let me know what ya think

thanx

[NateDawg11]

In my previous post I mentioned I did 2 movies at the same time, one with both d2sccd and vcdheader working together and one with merly d2sccd and vxdbuild.
The one with only d2sccd and vxdbuild made my change cd pic display the proper insert next disc... text that I customized it for, but It didn't show the last frame of the first disk.
So Its pretty much narrowed down to the vcd header plugin is causing the change cd pic to be messed up. The thing is I need the vcd header trick to make the movies play on my machine.
So I hope there is a resolve to this becasue I like the idea of using d2sccd to make my change cd pics.

Thanks guys let me know what ya think

NaTeDaWg:cool:

[dacow]

How do you configure those plugins together? I've never tried but to my mind the way it could work is that you edit vcdheader.ini and point vcdxbuild to d2sccd's executable.

[NateDawg11]

d2sccd 1.3 I beleive, RB made it intelligent Its got an entry in d2sccd ini that points it to vcd header.
I'll try editing the ini ,but I thought I tried it before, but I cant remember so Ill try again.

[NateDawg11]

re editing vcd header ini didn't work just created a looop, where d2sccd directs it to vcd header and vcd header directed it back to d2sccd, and it didn't run vcd header at all.

Starting to think there isn't a resoulution for this, maybe it will work with the next release of d2sccd.

[RB]

Originally posted by NateDawg11
The one with only d2sccd and vxdbuild made my change cd pic display the proper insert next disc... text that I customized it for, but It didn't show the last frame of the first disk.


What does that mean? It showed a different frame, a black background or something else?

Also, to help you understand better what's going on, here's how D2SCCD generates the Title/Change/Last CD MPEG stills: first the pictures for these stills are saved as JPEG files. Then the JPEG files are converted to MPEG stills and these MPEG stills simply overwrite the Title/Change/Last CD MPEG stills created by DVD2SVCD/CCE in the Video folder.

So, if you don't get the expected Change CD picture when using the VCD header plugin in addition, the only reason for this I can think of is that the VCD header plugin again creates new (VCD compliant?) MPEG stills based on DVD2SVCD's default pictures that overwrite the D2SCCD generated ones.

About the pictures showing up only for a millisecond or so: does this happen when you use D2SCCD and VCDHeader or just D2SCCD?

And in any event, what happens when you do not use D2SCCD but only VCDHeader? Do the pictures show up?

@dacow:
Can you shed some light on this? Also, the way I designed D2SCCD to work with other plugins is that you install any other plugin first (that is, put the path to the other plugin in the VCDXBuild path on the CD image tab), then run d2sccd.exe, make sure "Integrate with DVD2SVCD" is checked and click OK. This way D2SCCD will run first and then instead of calling VCDXBuild, it will call the other plugin.

[dacow]

VCDHeader takes VCDXBuild.xml, scans it for MPG file pointers - there are two types - sequence-item and segment-item. Sequence-item is bbMPEG_Muxed_File*.mpg and Segment-items are WhateverYouSpecifyCDPicture.mpv. (Please, notice it takes .MPV file for input.). For each item it executes TMPG conversion procedure. Then fixes VCDXBuild.xml so it produces VCD2.0-compliant CD and launches VCDXBuild.

--cya

[RB]

Ok, so it is like I said: VCDHeader overwrites MPEG stills created by D2SCCD with the DVD2SVCD default still pictures. Any chance you could do the conversion from the .MPG rather the .MPV files?

[dacow]

Unfortunately TMPGEnc doesn't understand these MPG files, at least ones created by dvd2svcd. Maybe it will read those created by d2sccd. I will give it a try and if so I will release a new version with a switch in INI letting you use MPG instead of MPV.

--cya

[NateDawg11]

looks like im outta luck on using d2sccd for now anyway, but thats not a big problem. Maybe you guys will figure it out in a later release of d2sccd.

As far as the title/change/last cd pic and my player, It always shows up for only a milisecond and then goes black for 3 seconds then the movie starts, it happens when I use both plugins together and it happens when I only us vcd header. A few of the backups Ive made the picture doesn't even show up for that milisecond its just black the whole time. So I dont know whats goin on there.

What I think I'll do for now is use the vcdheader plugin only for now.


What does that mean? It showed a different frame, a black background or something else?

The text shows up and the frame behind it is all black. I'll give it a few more test runs to be sure.

Thanks Guys appreciate the help.

[RB]

Here's a test version of d2sccd.exe: http://64.33.11.249/files/d2sccd_test.zip

Replace d2sccd.exe with the new version and let me know if that fixes any of your problems.

About the Change CD frame being black: are you sure that movie wasn't actually cut at a black frame?

[NateDawg11]

Ya I was thinking that myself, and im just running some tests to make sure, Ill do 2 or 3 rips to be sure, but Im thinking thats what probly happend, thanks RB.

Just a general question, do you think these plugins will eventually be integrated into a release of dvd2svcd, or will they always be extra addons??

[RB]

Originally posted by NateDawg11
Just a general question, do you think these plugins will eventually be integrated into a release of dvd2svcd, or will they always be extra addons??

You'll have to ask DVD2SVCD ;). But honestly, I think it's better to leave them as separate plugins as it is. They are certainly sort of advanced features.

[NateDawg11]

I dont know what you did, but it appears to have worked, my header has been re-written to mpeg 1 and the change cd pic seems to be intact.

Ill do a few more rips and keep you posted, too bad I cant enjoy them until I get a new player that can play the title change and last pic.

I dont have any pbc settings that I can change, whenever I play an svcd with an mpeg 1 header it says pbc play on my display thats about it. No remote settings.

Thanks whatever you did seems to have worked.

I expect it will be in release 1.4 or d2sccd:)

L8R
NateDawg

[winxi]

@some moderator:
I think, the Q&A
Q64: How can I avoid encoding the TV overscan area and therefore save some bitrate that would be wasted because my TV is not able to show this area?
should be updated, since there is a much easier way right now with the plugin.

winxi

[winxi]

@RB:
I have a suggestion for a possible future release of d2sccd, referring to this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40170).
It is possible to have the movie end but the music continue. Saves most bits too!
You could integrate this feature sober with your plugin by doing the following:

->search in the log for the besweet - commandline of the last Frame selection, i.e. FS5:

"C:\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Movies\TV\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\Movies\TV\Encoded_audio_1_FS5.mp2" -logfile "C:\Movies\TV\Encoded_audio_1_FS5.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -2lame( -e -b 160 -m s ) -split( -start 8050.68 -end 8437.04 )

->change it to the following:

"C:\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Movies\TV\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\Movies\TV\credits.mp2" -logfile "C:\Movies\TV\credits.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -2lame( -e -b 160 -m s ) -split( -start 8437.05 )

->run it and then multiplex the mp2 to mpg

->create a dynamical "change cd" pic also for the last CD, but without the user specified text

->edit the xml to play the generated "last change cd" pic with your encoded audio and then at least the original last cd picture, if checked.

I think, this would be a real proper solution and be interesting for lots of people, since the credits sometimes last for up to 10 minutes and there are most bits allocated to them :mad:.

greets, winxi :cool:

[RB]

Originally posted by NateDawg11
I dont know what you did, but it appears to have worked, my header has been re-written to mpeg 1 and the change cd pic seems to be intact.

Ill do a few more rips and keep you posted, too bad I cant enjoy them until I get a new player that can play the title change and last pic.


Great. So the still pictures still show up for only a split second on your player? Too bad, I'm afraid I can't do anything about this.

Yes, new version will be out soon.

@winxi:
Sounds interesting but I'm afraid that at the time I start implementing such "very advanced" features (got another suggestion by PM) this goes on and on and eventually gets out of hand. I think right now it's a good time for a feature freeze :) Plus I currently don't have much spare time left to work on the plugins. Sorry.

[winxi]

Thanks anyway! :cool:

[Blur]

Hi RB, can i use this with other plugins? I use the Convolution 3d plugin with most of my avi to svcd encodes and i'd like to use it with your AutofitCD plugin.

I've been working with my dvd2svcd.ini file trying to add something that will make both plugins work together but no luck so far. Heres my original script:

[AVISYNTH_Convolution3D-BicubicResize]
0=LoadPlugin(!Convolution3D.dll)
1=Convolution3D(^3D_Matrix_Choice, ^3D_Spacial_Luma_Threshold,^3D_Spacial_Chroma_Threshold, ^3D_Temporal_Luma_Threshold,^3D_Temporal_Chroma_Threshold, ^3D_Temporal_Influence, 0)
2=BicubicResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight,^b_value,^c_value)
3=AddBorders(0,^BorderTop,0,^BorderBottom)
!Convolution3D.dll=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\convolution3d\Convolution3D.dll
^3D_Matrix_Choice=1
^3D_Spacial_Luma_Threshold=8
^3D_Spacial_Chroma_Threshold=16
^3D_Temporal_Luma_Threshold=8
^3D_Temporal_Chroma_Threshold=8
^3D_Temporal_Influence=2.8
^b_value=0
^c_value=0.6

I guess i don't need the BicubicResize part because your script covers that but i'd like to use the Convolution 3d part. Can this be done? If so can you please help me to find out how to do it.

Thanks for any help.

[RB]

Currently, you will have to edit the AVS script in the FitCD window and then click the "Save custom AVS" button to do this. For this example, you'll have to add the LoadPlugin(...) and Convolution3D(...) lines (preferably after the resize/addborders) but you'll have to use "real" values, not the "^" placeholders. Remember that your changes will be lost every time you change an option in the FitCD GUI as this resets the AVS script. So you should close FitCD immeadiately after clicking the "Save custom AVS" button.

But thanks for asking, I'll think about an easier way to "merge" the FitCD cropping/resizing with other filter plugins.

[Blur]

Thanks very much RB, that suggestion worked.

[RB]

New versions of plugins are out. As usual, download from links in first two posts in this thread.

[RB]

I accidentaly deleted the AutoFitCD screenshot in the first post and can't get it back. Here is how v1.3 and up looks like.

[RB]

Fixed v1.3a is out.

[Roadsplat]

RB

Just tried your newest version of D2SCCD. For some reason it is giving me the same problem I had with the previous version. The change cd pic is still the little white hand.I'm not getting the last frame of the first disk.

I had downloaded the test version you had posted awhile back and that was working fine but the new version is not working. I see NateDawg11 had encountered the same problem. Any ideas of what I should do? Should I just continue to use the test version you posted?

Thanks for any info.

RC

[RB]

OK, yes, I made two changes in the test version and removed one in the new as I thought the other fixed it. I'll put it back in and upload v1.3b shortly.

[plasmannc]

Hi RB;

First I love the D2SCCD plugin that I dl'd the other day. I have found one problem to date that I would like to bring to your attention.

The other day I used DVDtoSVCD to convert a DVD that resulted in a three disk SVCD set. D2SCCD was installed properly and active.

After completion at the end of disk one the hand holding a CD to change disk graphic appeared. This is the default image used in DVDtoSVCD. At the end of the second disk however was the last frame with the "Please inset..." overlay text from D2SCCD.

Any idea what happened?

Thanks

Added: Should have read some of the other posts first and would have seen this has been reported. Still it gave me the chance to thank you for a fine plug-in

[Buttfreak]

RB - love your plugin - hope you don't mind answering a couple of questions:

1. Is there anyway of disabling the "dynamically generated Change CD picture" but keeping the "Add Audio to Title Picture"

I know this goes against the main purpose of the program, but I have spent a lot of time putting together my change CD pics and want to use these, however, I love having music during my title screen. Alternatively, could you describe how you create a still MPEG stream but with audio. I've tried muxing my still MPEG with MP2 audio in bbMPEG but without a lot of luck.

2. Tried using a pre-encoded title picture (title.mpg) overnight but the process crashed as "EFOpenError Cannot open file title.mpg.avs" which makes sense cause the AVS for that file shouldn't exist! I think I've seen this error posted elsewhere but for the life of me I can't find it. So apologies in advance if someone's already answered this.

Thanks again

/Buttfreak

[winxi]

Hello Buttfreak!
Some time ago I wrote my own very little tool to add audio to the titlepic in addittion to the change cd pics of rb. You can use this one to only add audio to the title pic without d2sccd. For this purpose you have to install it as described in the readme, but at point 3 there is a difference. The second line of the batch file shouldnt be

´path of d2sccd´ %*

but

´path of vcdxbuild´ %*

You should also note, that the audio file has to be a multiplexed mp2-auido (*.mpg), otherwise it won´t be added.

Btw, there is no way to join mpeg stills and audio. They have to be played separately. Take a look at your first xml-file to get an idea of how it works.

To your second question:
If you choose an *.mpg as titlepic, i think you should turn off d2sccd completely, because dvd2svcd itself wont convert a *.mpg!

download editxml here (http://free.pages.at/winxi/editxml.zip)

greets, winxi

[RB]

@plasmannc:

Are you using the VCD Header Trick plugin? If so, that's most likely why, if not, please post the contents of D2SCCD_MJPEGTools_log.txt found in the default folder for the encode. Also, in your Muxed folder, there should be two files, bbMPEG_Muxed_File00_ChangeCD.jpg and bbMPEG_Muxed_File01_ChangeCD.jpg. Are they there and look OK?

@Buttfreak:

Try what winxi suggested, this should work.

@winxi

There's no reason to turn off D2SCCD when using MPEGs for title/last CD pictures. D2SCCD leaves these pre-made MPEGs alone, even if you check "Handle title/last CD picture" in D2SCCD.

[RB]

OK, new D2SCCD version is out. Those using the VCD Header plugin should check the new "Hacked" option. Roadsplat, let me know if that fixes anything.

I also released AutoFitCD v1.3b, no major changes, see the Readme.

[Buttfreak]

Originally posted by winxi
Some time ago I wrote my own very little tool to add audio to the titlepic in addition to the change cd pics of rb. You can use this one to only add audio to the title pic without d2sccd.

Hey Winxi,

Thanks for answering. I've read a lot of your posts and it's truly an honor and a privilege to have you help me with this!

Thanks also for the editxml program - I've downloaded it and am about to use it. Could you please define the parameters %1 through %6 for me. I want to use this functionality (adding audio to a title pic) but outside the DVD2SVCD system.

/Buttfreak

[winxi]

Hi Buttfreak!

First of all i have do disappoint you, editxml wont work out of DVD2SVCD. It´s a plugin for the great dvd2svcd, that´s why it needs a xml-file generated by dvd2svcd. But out of dvd2svcd, you can simply use a SVCD author programm (for example TSCV) to create full menus (or titlepics) with background audio. I´m sorry, editxml was only designed for dvd2svcd-xml´s for the purpose to automated add audio to the title pic with keeping chapters etc... :)

Now to the parameters: %1 - %6 are the parameters called by dvd2svcd with the vcdxbuild - executable. %6 for example is the path of the xml-file. You see that editxml has to be called with two parameters. The first is the path of the xml, the second is the path of your audiofile (*.mpg). The line

c:\programs\dvd2svcd\d2sccd\d2sccd.exe %1 %2=%3 %4=%5 %6

calls d2sccd (or in your case vcdxbuild) like dvd2svcd would do it, after the xml has been changed with the line

c:\programs\dvd2svcd\editxml\editxml.exe %6 f:\dvdrip\audio.mpg

Instead of "%1 %2=%3 %4=%5 %6" you should better use %*, which simply means all parameters.

Hope this helps, winxi

[Buttfreak]

Thanks for the quick reply winxi! I sorta figured editxml needed to be called from within DVD2SVCD.

The reason I asked is that I like to encode my SVCDs anamorphically, "tricking" SVCD and the encoder by choosing 4:3 no borders even though I have a 16:9 source. I find I get a much better picture on my standalone DVD player/widescreen TV. If I do this, however, DVD2SVCD will create a 4:3 title picture, which (of course) I don't want, I want a 16:9 title picture (1024x576 in PAL). And, ideally, I'd like music with this title picture...which is where your plugin comes in.

If you have any thoughts on this, I'd appreciate your help again. I'll also have a look at the software you recommended.

Thanks again

/Buttfreak

[winxi]

In this case i think you can use editxml. I think you should try to create the titlepic mpeg still yourself to get what you want. For this purpose you can use mjpegtools together with VCDEasy as GUI. Download VCDEasy and try it out, most settings are self explaining. Than choose your self generated MPEG Still (*.mpg) as titlepic, DVD2SCD will leave it as it is. Also install editxml as described in the readme (but with vcdxbuild - path instead of d2sccd - path) and i think you will get what you want.

greets, winxi

[Buttfreak]

Thanks again. DVD2SVCD will now not run on my machine anymore (don't know why) so I went with your earlier suggestion and successfully created a still image with audio using TSCV. I just wish I could do it in a command-line/stand-alone program environment instead of only as part of a all-in-one package.

Speaking of which, DVD2SVCD was able to extract .ac3 audio from some .avi files I got off the web (VirtualDub and BeSweet would fail). However, on inspecting the log I couldn't find the command line DVD2SVCD uses to perform this particular step. Does anyone know what command/program that is (sorry if this question should be in the basic forum).

Thanks

[RB]

AutoFitCD 1.3c is out. Fixed a bug. Here is the change log from the Readme:


8. History
----------


17/03/2003 v1.3c

- Fixed: sometimes, when Aspect ratio was set to
"Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)" in DVD2SVCD,
FitCD would calculate an incorrect cropping area which
resulted in a distorted image.

[Mastro]

RB first of all thank for your work, it is great. I only need some help to understand how to better use your plugin AutoFitCD
:confused:
It works, but can not figure out why I get some unexpected results. DVD2SVCD version is 1.1.2.
Before installing I was using simplerisize() and separetefields() for deinterlace video. I have learned that to get a good videeo the picture in preview must look streched. With your plugin, it looks perfect, the border are just right, but the final video is high 1/3rd of the available space and is squezeed down. If I enable any of the deinterlace option in DVD2SVCD I get dividion by zero error.
If I do that befor the preview it is fine, of course I have not checked the intelace filed on autoFitCD.
In order to get the right display format and size, I have to uncheck or check both anamorphic fields on your GUI.
The result is ok, bu the cce gets really slow. With my pentium 2.4 it usually encodes the svf file at 1.1-1.2; now it is at 0.8-0.95. I was instead expecting a speed improvement.
Can anybody help and explain what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks
Mastro

[RB]

Hmm, yes, AutoFitCD does not seem to work with the SeparateFields and VerticalReduceBy2 deinterlacing options. Sorry, there is no easy fix for that. Use another deinterlacing option or better "Keep interlaced". Make sure to select these before you do Go - Preview Video.

[Mastro]

:D
Ok no problem. I was infact able to get a good encoding with telecide option. What is it in general better, in terms of speed and quality: keep interlaced or telecide?
I will make sme more trial and will post the results.
Regards
Mastro

[RB]

I'd recommend "Keep interlaced". This will be fastest and provide best quality.

[MAGOG]

This is the log:




Saving JPEG file d:\interv~2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File-subbed00_ChangeCD.jpg

Creating "Change CD" SVCD MPEG still with command lines:

jpeg2yuv -f25 -Ip -L0 -n1 -j d:\INTERV~2\BBMPEG~1.JPG | mpeg2enc -a2 -f7 -np -o d:\INTERV~2\ccd.m2v -T200
mplex -f7 -o d:\INTERV~2\CHANGE~1.MPG d:\INTERV~2\ccd.m2v

INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/JPEG2YUV] Parsing & checking input files.
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/JPEG2YUV] Image dimensions are 704x576
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/JPEG2YUV] Movie frame rate is: 25.000000 frames/second
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/JPEG2YUV] Non-interlaced/progressive frames.
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/JPEG2YUV] Frame size: 704 x 576
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/JPEG2YUV] Now generating YUV4MPEG stream.
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/JPEG2YUV] Processing non-interlaced/interleaved d:\INTERV~2\BBMPEG~1.JPG, size 195766.
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Selecting SVCD Stills output profile
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] SVCD high-resolution stills selected.
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Encoding MPEG-2 video to d:\INTERV~2\ccd.m2v
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Horizontal size: 704 pel
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Vertical size: 576 pel
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Aspect ratio code: 2 = 4:3 display
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Frame rate code: 3 = 25.0 (PAL/SECAM VIDEO / converted FILM)
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Bitrate: 2500 KBit/s
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Field order for input: none/progressive
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Sequence unlimited length
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Search radius: 16
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] GOP SIZE RANGE 1 TO 1
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Setting colour/gamma parameters to "PAL B/G"
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Progressive format frames = 0
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] Buffering 11 frames

INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] SETTING 3DNOW and EXTENDED MMX for QUANTIZER!
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION!
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] SETTING MMX for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION!
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPEG2ENC] GOP LENGTH = 0
INFO: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPLEX] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/02/04 19:06:14 $)
**ERROR: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPLEX] File d:\INTERV~2\ccd.m2v unrecogniseable!
**ERROR: [/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DVD2SVCD/D2SCCD/MPLEX] Unrecogniseable file(s)... exiting.



Hoping in help, tks in advance, ciao!

[RB]

Download the latest version of D2SCCD (see my signature), install and try again.

[MAGOG]

With new version it works perfectly!
Tnks!
Ciao!

[jorel]

Originally posted by RB
Download the latest version of D2SCCD (see my signature), install and try again.

RB :)
can you enumerate the versions?
example:
D2SCCD1.3b.zip

is possible?
thanks!
!

[RB]

AutoFitCD v1.4 with support for AVISynth 2.5 is out. Also fixed the fix from the last release :). Download from link in sig.

[arlsair]

Can you host also the old AutoFitCD for Avisynth 2.0x.
Avisynth 2.5 is still beta and some plugins aren`t ported yet.

[RB]

This version supports both AVISynth 2.0.x and 2.5.x. The installer checks the AVISynth version and installs the apropriate AutoFitCD plugin DLL. Reinstall AutoFitCD after switching AVISynth versions.

[arlsair]

Ups. Ok, next time I read the readme.
Thanks

[RB]

OK :)

[jethro_f85]

RB, Thanks for the great D2SCCD util; really gives a good "polished" look to the videos!

Is there an easy way to make the Change CD pic show for some configurable amount of time, say 3 seconds, instead of endless? I see where the WAIT is set to -1 in the XML file but can't figure out how to change this on the fly. This would be helpful for when playing VCDs (I use the VCDHeader plugin too) in a DVD changer - then it would display the Change CD pic when using a single DVD player (though for only a few seconds) but when using a DVD changer it would automatically move on to play the next VCD.

What do you think? Is this easily done?

[winxi]

Hello!
I´m quite sure that this can be easily done. The '<wait>-1</wait>' under 'selection id="ChangeCD' stands for playing the titlepic infinite. You can change it to an integer value between -1 and 254. If you want to play it only 3 sec., change it to 3 for example (after the conversion is done). Now search the dvd2svcd - log for the corresponding commandline. e.g.:

"F:\DVDRip\DVD2SVCD\D2SCCD\d2sccd.exe" --verbose --cue-file="F:\DVDRip\PERDIT~1\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="F:\DVDRip\PERDIT~1\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "F:\DVDRip\PERDIT~1\VCDXBU~1.XML"

and change it to

"F:\DVDRip\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\vcdxbuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="F:\DVDRip\PERDIT~1\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="F:\DVDRip\PERDIT~1\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "F:\DVDRip\PERDIT~1\VCDXBU~1.XML"

Then execute it. You have to do this for every cd of your encode, except the last one. But make sure you have 'don´t delete any files' checked under the misc - tab before you start the process.

greets, winxi

[jethro_f85]

Thanks for the replay winxi.

I've tried exactly that and it doesn't seem to work properly. The changeCD pic shows for the proper 3 seconds but then instead of ending the CD (and having my changer automatically advance to the next as desired) it jumps back usually to chapter 8 or so on the current CD.

Any ideas?

[winxi]

Hello!

Try the following: under '<selection id="ChangeCD" rejected="false">' add this line: '<timeout ref="ChangeCD" />' and change '<next ref="chapter-00" />' to '<next ref="end" />'.
Maybe it works for your player.

greets, winxi

[da_SPiN]

Hi RB,

I have the same problem mentioned some times before... My change CD pic is the dvd2svcd default one. I am using version 1.3b. I couldn't find a solution reading the posts above, but probably my english is just not good enough... The picture (bbMPEG_Muxed_File00_ChangeCD.jpg) is created but not included on the CD. Any help would be much apreciated as this idea really rocks! congrats on this plugin...

SPiN

[vascosaavedra]

Hi.
When using AutoFitCD to detect borders, there are some setting I think are not OK.

Using as source a Blade II Avi with 640x352 (widescreen???)
at 23.976 fps (NTSC???) it detects a PAL Source and does not check the anamorphic checkbox.

What do you think are the best settings if I want to watch the converted SVCD in an 16:9 TV ?

Using AutoFit CD does the rules to the aspect ration are the same?

I think that the right settings are:

In Source :
- Uncheck Pal
- Check Anamorphic

In Destination
- Check SVCD
- Check Anamorphic


In DVD2SVCD check in aspect ratio
- Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)

Are this the best setting for viewing in a 16:9 TV ??

Tank you very mutch for your answers ...

[plasmannc]

Been a while since I did a DVD rip. Just completed one using DVD2SVCD with the D2Sccd plugin installed (Version 1.3B) I previously noted that on a multi disc set that CD1 still has the DVD2SVCD default "change disk hand" while the other discs have the "please change etc" text generated bt D2Sccd.

On this latest rip I had the same thing again.

I did not see anything in other posts addressing what is happening and how to fix it (or at least I did not recognize it) and was hoping RB or another user might be able to offer some help.

I really like the plugin and it spices up the SVCD created.

Thanks to all. :)

[RB]

@da_SPiN, plasmannc:

I've just uploaded D2SCCD v1.3c, reverted back to MJPEGTools v1.6.0. Please download (see signature) and try again. This should fix the problem.

[RB]

@vascosaavedra:

I agree AutoFitCD has sometimes problems setting up the correct parameters if your source is AVI. I'll work on that and soon release a new version.

For your particular movie, I'd suggest you uncheck PAL for both destination and source. Also, there's no such thing as "Anamorphic AVIs" (at least I never heard of it), so uncheck Anamorphic for Source and check it for Target. Be aware though that only very few DVD players can play anamorphic SVCDs and you will loose quality anyway because your AVI needs to be vertically upsampled for anamorphic display. Better don't check Anamorphic for target and in DVD2SVCD encode as "4:3 (no borders, encoded as 4:3)".

[vascosaavedra]

I've encode two svcds of the same avi (a 23.976fps avi),
one to a NTSC Svcd and another for a PAL svcd (i've checked fitcd Destination PAL and checked Dvd2svcd NTSC TO PAL).

My philips 28pw6006 shows mutch better the PAL svcd than the NTSC svcd.

My question is :
Checking this two checkboxes (in FITCD and in DVD2SVD) is all its necessary to convert from NTSC to PAL ?

I must say that it produced a very good quality svcd.

Thanks for you answers...:)

[tristate]

D2SCCD:

When using the convert NTSC to PAL option in AVI2SVCD, D2SCCD makes a disc with and NTSC Title pic , PAL movie and PAL change disc pic.

it reads the svcdinfo.txt file and gets NTSC from the line:

- Video format: PAL (Converted from NTSC)

Just a niggle for people whose tele wont sync to 60hz.

Thanks for the brilliant plugin tho.

[RB]

Doh! Thanks for reporting this, I'll fix it.

[RB]

I have uploaded v1.3d which fixes this problem.

[RB]

AutoFitCD v1.4a with some small improvements is out. History:

12/05/2003 v1.4a

- improved detection of source video parameters for
AVI sources (AVI2SVCD)
- when PAL (source) is unchecked and PAL (destination)
is being checked/unchecked in AutoFitCD preview,
'NTSC To PAL' option in DVD2SVCD is now automatically
checked/unchecked accordingly

[RB]

Hmm, the title of this thread got magically changed somehow :). Mods, can we agree on "AutoFitCD and D2SCCD Plugin"? Because this thread is about two plugins, not just AutoFitCD. Thanks.

[winxi]

Mods, can we agree on "AutoFitCD and D2SCCD Plugin"?
done.

[Milehigh]

Hi,

I use DVD2SVCD with Cinema Craft Encoder 2.5, Daemon Tools 3.29 and CDRWIN 5.02.000. Recently added FitCD and AutoFitCD and I’m feeling my way through after studying the instructions, guides, and forums.

I apologize but despite my research I’m not fully grasping what the various settings are actually doing to the image data, and as a result my final SVCD never reflects the cropping/framing as seen in the AutoFitCD/FitCD preview.

My goal, shameful as it is, is to figure out how to crop off the left and right of a 16:9 DVD and yield a simulated pan-and-scan SVCD with a “full screen” 4:3 image with no horizontal bars (simulated “Pan-and-Scan”).

Note 1): Without using AutoFitCD/FitCD, yes, D2S will yield Pan-and-Scan type 4:3 backups with no horizontal bars of some DVDs using the Aspect Ratio command in the Conversion tab, provided (I think) that there is a “Full Screen” option in the original DVD’s viewing menu. For example, this worked with “Ice Age”. Other DVDs, such as the Stargate Special Edition, backup as 16:9 with horizontal bars top and bottom no matter what Aspect Ratio settings are used in D2S.

Note 2): I’ve read in another Pan-and-Scan thread (DVD Authoring > “How to do pan&scan (actually just scan)”) that “CCE has a checkbox so that middle 540 pixels (out of 720) is to be displayed”, which is what I’m after (I think), but I can’t figure out how to invoke this command with CCE’s operations imbedded in the D2S process, if that’s possible.

Going back to the Stargate example, for a screenshot of the FitCD settings from this attempt please see http://www.jessesmithmusic.com/images/fitcd-settings.jpg

With these settings, the AutoFitCD/FitCD preview looked like just what I wanted. A “full screen” 4:3 picture with no horizontal bars. But the resulting SVCD is a zoomed-in picture with horizontal bars, though apparently slightly thinner bars. Why the result should be different from the preview, I don’t understand. And the quality of the image is poor – lacking the clarity of a “normal” backup.

So – my question is: Is it possible, and if so, what are the best settings to use with AutoFitCD/FitCD, to crop off the left and right sides of a 16:9 DVD image to yield a “Full Screen” 4:3 image with no black bars on top or bottom or left and right (simulated Pan-and-Scan)?

Finally, the following is the D2S log from the Stargate attempt.

Thanks – for the great programs and informative forum discussions.

Milehigh

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/20/2003 11:39:16 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.1.3 build 2
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing
Initializing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/20/2003 11:39:20 PM
- DVD2AVI
--------------------------------------------------------
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:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\VTS_01_1.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\VTS_01_2.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\VTS_01_3.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\VTS_01_4.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\VTS_01_5.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\VTS_01_6.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\VTS_01_7.vob]
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/20/2003 11:44:42 PM
- Free on drive C: 21677.46 mb
- Frameselection
--------------------------------------------------------
Frameselection 1: 0 - 95193
Frameselection 2: 95194 - 186963

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/20/2003 11:50:13 PM
- Free on drive C: 21677.46 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
--------------------------------------------------------
Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Audio extraction finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/20/2003 11:57:29 PM
- Free on drive C: 21261.00 mb
- AUDIO conversion
--------------------------------------------------------

Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\Encoded_audio_1_FS1.mp2" -logfile "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\Encoded_audio_1_FS1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s ) -split( -start 0 -end 3970.34534534535 )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.


Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\Encoded_audio_1_FS2.mp2" -logfile "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\Encoded_audio_1_FS2.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s ) -split( -start 3970.38705372039 -end 7797.92292292292 )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 12:21:25 AM
- Free on drive C: 21082.51 mb
- Converting Pictures
--------------------------------------------------------
Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Title, Change, and CD Label Images\stargate-title-4-3.bmp
Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Title, Change, and CD Label Images\stargate-change-4-3.bmp
Finished converting pictures
--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 12:21:36 AM
- Free on drive C: 21080.75 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
--------------------------------------------------------

Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 770491988
AudioSectors: 93276064
VideoPAPO: 10490436
ScanOffsetBytes: 110124
SeqAligningBytes: 6998992
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 300.00
PureMPEGStream: 659616368.00
Seconds: 3834.58
CalcMPEGStream: 659616368.00
Frames: 91770
CDSize: 740.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 735.00
StreamSectors: 770491988
AudioSectors: 96748120
VideoPAPO: 10436652
ScanOffsetBytes: 114233
SeqAligningBytes: 7260129
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 300.00
PureMPEGStream: 655932850.13
Seconds: 3977.39
CalcMPEGStream: 655932850.13
Frames: 95194
CDSize: 740.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 735.00
StreamSectors: 770491988
AudioSectors: 93276064
VideoPAPO: 10490436
ScanOffsetBytes: 110124
SeqAligningBytes: 6998992
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 300.00
PureMPEGStream: 659616368.00
Seconds: 3834.58
CalcMPEGStream: 659616368.00
Frames: 91770
CDSize: 740.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 735.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 91770
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Avg. Bitrate: 1376
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
Import("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\RESAMP~1.AVS")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1\Mpeg2dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
# -= AviSynth script by FitCD v1.1.2 =-
BicubicResize(480,480,0,0.6,97,55,540,370)
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.690
Video Encoding finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:23:23 AM
- Free on drive C: 19782.76 mb
- Video Pulldown
--------------------------------------------------------
Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC_FS1.mpv" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC_FS1.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:25:39 AM
- Free on drive C: 19158.52 mb
- Video Pulldown
--------------------------------------------------------
Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC_FS2.mpv" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC_FS2.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:28:07 AM
- Free on drive C: 18530.64 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\TitlePicture.bmp.mpg"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:28:11 AM
- Free on drive C: 18530.60 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\ChangeCDPicture.bmp.mpg"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:28:15 AM
- Free on drive C: 18530.58 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:28:17 AM
- Free on drive C: 18530.58 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 0
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 735 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\bbMPEG_Muxed_File_FS1.mpg"
Offset in Seconds: 0
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 735 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\bbMPEG_Muxed_File_FS2.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:42:24 AM
- Free on drive C: 17063.08 mb
- Determining length of audio
--------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
3970.403 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
3827.566 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\stargate-new\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:44:06 AM
- Free on drive C: 17063.07 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
--------------------------------------------------------
- No. of chapters to create: 29

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\VCDXBU~1.XML"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:48:50 AM
- Free on drive C: 16318.65 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
--------------------------------------------------------
- No. of chapters to create: 26

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\STARGA~2\VCDXBU~2.XML"
CD-Image creation finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 5/21/2003 7:53:07 AM
- Free on drive C: 15574.58 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
--------------------------------------------------------

[RB]

Here is how to convert a 16:9 source to 4:3 PanScan ("full screen") using AutoFitCD. First, you may want to make sure you have the latest AutoFitCD installed (see sig).

Then on the Conversion tab, make sure Aspect Ratio is set to "16:9 (borders added, encoded as 4:3)". Bring up the preview and complete the borders detection, click "AutoFitCD >>". Your preview should now look like this (http://home.t-online.de/home/340044300675/PanScan/letterboxed.jpg). Note I'm doing PAL so that's why PAL is checked automatically and resolutions are different.

Don't mess with any settings now but simply click the up arrow which I have marked in red in the above picture until you get a "full screen" picture so the preview now looks like this (http://home.t-online.de/home/340044300675/PanScan/panscan.jpg). Done. Click "Close" and encode.

Note that if your source is 2.35:1 anamorphic (i.e. 16:9 anamorphic with black bars already in the video), it is clear that by doing this, you get worse quality because you are vertically upsampling the video.

[Milehigh]

Hi, RB,

Thanks for your moderating. I’ve learned so much from your posts and I feel “unworthy” taking up your time with this.

I’m not getting the results your images convey. I must be missing some basic point. At the risk of being found out to be a complete moron, let me show you what’s happening right at Step 1.

Following your instructions to the letter, AutoFitCD detects the borders of the horizontal bars … but never zooms in. My “Preview Video” image is not the zoomed-in square of your first image post, but rather a "letterboxed" image in the center with the horizontal bars.

Preview Video image capture is here (http://www.jessesmithmusic.com/images/preview-video-5-22-03.jpg)

Resulting FitCD settings image capture is here (http://www.jessesmithmusic.com/images/FitCD-settings-5-22-03.jpg)

Does it matter that I’m loading D2S with a previously ripped IFO? But this is the same result I got when operating from the original DVD. AutoFitCD would show me the letterboxed image within a 4:3 rectangle, detect the borders of the letterboxed image, but the result was never zoomed in as you show.

As a result, before posting my inquiry, I ended up toying with the numerical values in FitCD on a trial-and-error basis trying to yield a 4:3 rectangle with no borders in the preview window. I never was able to remove them completely, and the resulting image quality was poor as in your comment about upsampling the video.

Not to bypass your AutoFitCD entirely, but wouldn't it stand to reason that there would be standard numerical values that could be plugged into the "Film pixel" and "Resize" windows of FitCD to render a 4:3 result with no borders from a 720x480 source? If so, I can find no reference to it in the guides or forums.

Milehigh

[RB]

You seem to be doing everything right, but apparently you didn't play with the up arrow I put the spot on in my first screenshot. Read my previous post, the up/down arrows are there for you too, it's just that for me AutoFitCD is integrated into the preview window (you seem to be running a low screen resolution) so I see only the lower part of the FitCD screen.

The location of the IFO does not matter and unfortunately there is no magic formula because it depends on whether or not there are black bars in the video and how big they are.

Well, in your particular case, the movie actually seems to be 4:3 already, it originally already has 104 pixels of black bars on top and bottom. IOW, the studio already converted it from 16:9 anamorphic to 4:3 letterboxed for this DVD. DVD2SVCD should have automatically selected "4:3 (encoded as 4:3, no borders)" for the Aspect ratio when you loaded the IFO. So it was not correct to set this to "16:9..." as I suggested (you shouldn't change that setting manually anyway).

It makes absolutely no sense to try to get a full screen image from this, you'll have to blow it up vertically almost by a factor of 2, it will look bad and it will crop way too much from left and right.

[Milehigh]

Gotcha. So, if the DVD doesn't already include a 4:3 (Pan-and-Scan type "Full Screen") viewing option for those who want to watch the film that way (such as included on the Ice Age DVD), forget about creating your own, because you'll have to scale the image up too much from the 4:3 letterboxed source.

Come to think of it, this explains why I see the "Full Screen" viewing option on more kiddie DVD menus (Ice Age, Grinch) than grown-up DVDs (Stargate). Most youngsters would rather see a full screen than the theatrical release with black bars ... while producers of grown-up DVDs are offering this option less and less (it seems to me) as they feel more and more of the audience would consider a "Full Screen" option an insulting or disagreeable alternative.

Thanks, RB!

[RB]

Originally posted by Milehigh
Gotcha. So, if the DVD doesn't already include a 4:3 (Pan-and-Scan type "Full Screen") viewing option for those who want to watch the film that way (such as included on the Ice Age DVD), forget about creating your own, because you'll have to scale the image up too much from the 4:3 letterboxed source.

Well, you could make your own PanScan version as I had outlined above, but again this makes sense only if the source is anamorphic and has roughly an 1.85:1 aspect ratio, that is, no or only small black horizontal borders already in the video.

BTW, here is a nice link: http://www.dvdweb.co.uk/information/anamorphic.htm

[r6d2]

Hi RB,

Before anything, thanks for a bunch of useful tools.

I don't know if this topic has appeared already (the search engine does not let you look for too short words as "%d"), but I think it would be great if D2SCCD would allow you to say something like "Please insert disk %d/%n", where n is the number of CDs the movie will fit in...

Just an idea.

Best regards,

[Milehigh]

Hi, r6d2,

Check this out:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=40374&highlight=insert+disk+number

Milehigh

[RB]

@r6d2: unfortunately, that will be not easy to do. Maybe I'll look into it in the future. Sorry.

@Milehigh: that's the old, closed thread. Why are you referring to it?

[r6d2]

Originally posted by Milehigh
Hi, r6d2,

Check this out:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=40374&highlight=insert+disk+number

Milehigh

Hi Milehigh,

You pointed me to the old thread, I read it throughly and could not find anything similar to my question. Sorry, would you mind being more specific?

(Maybe I did not express myself clearly enough, it is the "%n" part which is my "nice to have").

Regards,

[r6d2]

Originally posted by RB
@r6d2: unfortunately, that will be not easy to do. Maybe I'll look into it in the future. Sorry.

@Milehigh: that's the old, closed thread. Why are you referring to it?
@RB,

Thanks for a prompt response. Well, I thought it could be done. When D2SCCD runs bbMPeg already did its cutting and you could use the CD count from it (I mean, at least counting the bbMPEG_Muxed_File* files).

Thanks anyway for pleasing us with your good work.

Regards,

[doom9_diver]

Hi all together

I got another question: I wanted to encode an avi to SVCD. Everything went all right, but at a certain point the picture got black with an red message saying "AVI Source: failed to decompress frame 41479 (error 100)". I got several proggies to check the avi and i ran it through VDub with no result. The check-programs say that there is no error at all. Using WinMP everything is all right. I noticed that at frame 41479 the picture fades to black and a second later back (so its a "cut" between the next sceen). Could this be the problem?

Thanks a lot

diver

[vascosaavedra]

Your avi has bad frames.
You need to correct them before you convert your avi to svcd.
Take a look at http://screw.wz.cz/avidef/AVIDeFreezer%20Tutorial.htm

[doom9_diver]

Thanks vascosaavedra

I´ll give it a try. Does this method freeze the picture f of this frame or does it really correct it?



diver

[puddy]

I'm caputring CVD video 352x480 with Huffy codec. I'm bringing it
into DVD2SVCD and want to use your plugin to "black-out" the
overscan area without doing any resizing.

The video is already the size I need. I don't want to add a black overscan area and then resize the whole thing down to 352x480 again. I just want to black-out the overscan area.

Basically, I want the end result to look exactly the same as the original except that in the overscan area there will be no wasted, unviewable video, it will just be black. This will save some bitrate but yet preserve the quality of the original video (no resizing would be done at all).

Maybe I just need an avisynth guru to type out 2 lines of code that would do what I need instead of using the plugin?

Keep in mind, this is NTSC interlaced TV captures and I want to keep them interlaced. I grab two kids cartoon tv shows, edit them and end up with about 45 mins of video. With the overscan taken off and optimized with all the great other tools automatically built into DVD2SVCD, I get great results. I burn using Nero's SVCD template and turn off SVCD compatibility.

But up to this point my results just have a black overscan area added with the original video resized down so that when I watch the SVCD I'm actually able to see the old overscan area video on the screen. That is kind of neat, but unnecessary and just recudes the quality of the video because it has been resized just slightly (makes it even more blurry).

Ideas?

Thanks so much everyone!

Puddy

[r6d2]

Originally posted by puddy
I'm caputring CVD video 352x480 with Huffy codec. I'm bringing it
into DVD2SVCD and want to use your plugin to "black-out" the
overscan area without doing any resizing.

The video is already the size I need. I don't want to add a black overscan area and then resize the whole thing down to 352x480 again. I just want to black-out the overscan area.

I don't know if I get exactly what you need, so I will give you 2 answers.

Case A: All 352x480 has useful video you want to keep.

In this case, two points: (1) If the video is the size you need, and you want to retain it all, you will not be able to display it all without resizing, since only about 430 lines are visible on the screen, maybe less. And you have 480 lines in the source. (2) Even if you would manage to find a resolution which would keep all your video, sorta (16+352+16)x(24+480+24) it probably would not keep the aspect ratio.

So, my advice is to resize to 480x480, have FitCD add the overscan (3 if you want to make sure you get it "all" on the screen, 2 to lose a little), and voila.

Select "no cropping" in cropping mode, it will retain all your film pixel 352x480.

If you use a good resizer, you should not loose quality. In this case, since you are increasing, Bicubic or Lanczos would do.

Case B: You just want to keep the visible video, the same as the original TV broadcast.

I guess you can do this with FitCD, but I don't know how. In these cases I use Use Gerti67's script SemiAutoCropandResize, available here:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55641

See recommended parameters for CVD in the readme. It will blank all you cannot see, keeping the rest the same.

It is worth to note that Avisynth resizers do nothing if source and target dimensions are the same, so don't worry about the resize line in the script. It won't affect quality.

[puddy]

Originally posted by r6d2

1. If the video is the size you need, and you want to retain it all, you will not be able to display it all without resizing, since only about 430 lines are visible on the screen, maybe less. And you have 480 lines in the source.

Thanks for your reply. But I don't think you understand what I want to do. I do not want to retain it all. There is no need to retain it all since I can't see the overscan area.

If I were just watching the show on TV I wouldn't see this overscan video, why would I want to see it when I watch it on my SVCD? I am going to watch the SCVD on a regualar TV, not on a computer monitor.

I just want to black-out the overscan area. I do not want to change the size or retain the original video that was in the overscan area.

Does that make it more clear?

Thank you again for your time in helping my out, I really apprecaite it. :)

NOTE: While I was typing this, r6d2 edited his message and actually managed to figure out what I was trying to say on his own. Thank you. Looks like your "Case B" is the one I need.

Puddy

[RB]

I needed to updated the AutoFitCD plugin to properly support DVD2SVCD 1.2.1 build 1 and newer. Please download new version from link in my signature and reinstall the plugin if you are using DVD2SVCD 1.2.1 build 1 or newer.

[r6d2]

Hi guys,

Does any of you know how the "Compression" indicator is calculated in FitCD? The FitCD readme states that numbers about 36 are top quality and that values above 42 must be avoided. But which is the logic of this?

So far I've found that if you move the target resolution and multiply the target bps/block by the compression index obtained (denominator part), you get a constant value which only depends on the cropping of the source.

Thanks in advance. (Hope not too much off-topic).

[andref4]

Hi RB,

I´ve found a bug in autofitcd 1.5 with pal related material! when I press the next frame button more than one time and than the autofit button, the output source becam ntsc XXXx480 resolution. But see your PM BOX! I wrote youn a message in german because my english is´nt the best.

I´ve encoded 3 avi pal movies an all became shitty 720x480 resolution with 25fps. :mad:
With autofitcd 1.4x andf lower version there is no bug and all is fine. but the older version´s donßt work with dvd2svcd 121b2.

[r6d2]

Originally posted by r6d2
Does any of you know how the "Compression" indicator is calculated in FitCD?
Please don't bother. I figured it out.

I have always thought that it would be great if FitCD had a compression indicator based not only on geometry and time, but also on the compressibility of the material.

Now I know where shh gets his 36 magic number, so I can build on top of that ;)

Best regards,

[andref4]

Originally posted by andref4
Hi RB,

I´ve found a bug in autofitcd 1.5 with pal related material! when I press the next frame button more than one time and than the autofit button, the output source becam ntsc XXXx480 resolution. But see your PM BOX! I wrote youn a message in german because my english is´nt the best.

I´ve encoded 3 avi pal movies an all became shitty 720x480 resolution with 25fps. :mad:
With autofitcd 1.4x andf lower version there is no bug and all is fine. but the older version´s donßt work with dvd2svcd 121b2.

RB,

is there any solution to fix this???

[RB]

Thanks for the report. I'm investigating this and will post a new version ASAP if necessary.

[RB]

I'm unable to replicate this. Anyone else is having this problem?

[Pierre C]

Hello,
Upon hitting Autofitcd in the preview window of avi2svcd, I get the message "Error 193 running Fitcd". I've reinstalled dvd2svcd and autofitcd but without change.
dvd2svcd is 1.2.1 build 3. Both fitcd and autofitcd are the latest.
What's wrong?
Thank you,
/Pierre

[RB]

It means that the FitCD.exe it's trying to run is not a valid Win32 application. On the Frameserver tab, select "AutoFitCD Detect Borders" and find the line starting with "FitCDExePath=". Make sure it points to FitCD.exe.

[Pierre C]

Thanks RB. The path was right.
However, now I've noticed the following things:
- Autofit cd setup doesn't add the 2 sections [AVISYNTH_AutoFitCD
Detect Borders] and [AVISYNTH_FitCD] in the dvd2svcd.ini file but in the avisynth.ini file. Dvd2svcd.ini is edited with this line: Avisynth Setup=AutoFitCD Detect Borders
- The dvd2svcdinipath in the frameserver tab points by default at avisynth.ini. Note that the avisynth.ini (as edited by autofitcd) says: !DVD2SVCDIniPath=C:\Program\DVD utilities\DVD2SVCD\avisynth.ini
- I tried editing the ini files manually, putting the sections back from avisynth.ini into dvd2svcd.ini, with an edited DVD2SVCDIniPath. When I start DVD2SVCD again, the avisynth.ini is again edited as before (only the [AVISYNTH_AutoFitCD Detect Borders] section this time), still pointing at avisynth.ini
- If I erase this section from avisynth.ini, the autofitcd option disappears from the frameservertab. If I keep the section but with an edited path, the option is still there and the dvd2svcdinipath is right.
In any case, the error 193 is still there.

I don't know if all these informations are useful or pertinent. I'm pretty much a beginner, please bare with me :) However, something doesn't seem right. What do you think?
Hope it's the right thread for all this, I don't want clog it with this kind of stuff if it's not the place.

/Pierre

[RB]

Please do not mess with the INI files and sections. It's OK the way it is, although "!DVD2SVCDIniPath=C:\Program\DVD utilities\DVD2SVCD\avisynth.ini" may look confusing to you. It is allright.

So waht does it say for FitCDExePath? Does it point to a valid FitCD.exe file? What OS are you running? Have you installed FitCD at all (get it from http://shh.dvdboard.de/ )?

[Pierre C]

Hi RB,
Okay, I reinstalled again so the ini files are back they were. It's just that several posts earlier in the thread mentionned the dvd2svcd.ini and the readme says that the 2 sections are added to dvd2svcd.ini
Anyway, I use XP home. Fitcd is installed.
The path reads "!FitCDExePath=C:\Program\DVD utilities\FitCD\FitCD.exe" which is the correct path. Note that the .exe file doesn't appear by default when I click the "..." button to check the path. I have to set "all files" for it to appear.
Thank you again for your help.
/Pierre

[RB]

Can you start FitCD.exe manually? Are you by any chance running DVD2SVCD in some Win9x compatibility mode?

[Pierre C]

FitCD runs normally. Used it manually yesterday and the result was perfect. No compatibility mode for DVD2SVCD.
/Pierre

[RB]

Sorry, I'm out of ideas. The error 193 should occur only if FitCDExePath points to, well, not an EXE. What version of AVISynth are you running?

[Pierre C]

I tried both I think. I'm in 2.5 right now but I'll change back to 2.08 to make sure.
Otherwise, I'll just keep on manually :)
Thanks for your help.
/Pierre

[stef_newbee]

trouble using autofitcd
First of all, sorry for my poor english.

I'm using dvd2svcd 1.1.3 and autofitcd 1.5.

I select autofitcd detect borders, and then go to the previex window. Borders are properly selected, so I click the "Autofitcd >>" button.

Then Fitcd is loaded and the parameters of avisynth setup change to "Fitcd" , and the preview windows displays an error: "you need to select the autofitcd detect borders setup first"

What's wrong?
Thank you for your answers.

[ss]

I love autofit CD and D2SCCD plugins but it seems to me that D2SCCD does not work with TMPGEnc. I have tried making XVCD(704x480) and XSVCD(704x480). Instead of inserting chnage CD custom text, it inserts DVD2SVCD hand symbol.

Does anybody know if it is supposed to work with TMPGEnc and also with VCD option.

Thanks in advance.

[r6d2]

Originally posted by ss
Instead of inserting chnage CD custom text, it inserts DVD2SVCD hand symbol.

Does anybody know if it is supposed to work with TMPGEnc and also with VCD option.
I haven't tested it, but AFAIK it should. Are you sure you replaced the VCDXBuild executable with the D2SCCD exe on the CD Image Tab?

Does it work when you do SVCDs? Maybe it is a VCD limitation?

[ss]

I didn't know that I had to replace the exe file in the CD image tab. In the instructions it just says to run the file and select the DVD2SVCD.

Anyway I will try changing the EXE files and see if it works.

[r6d2]

From the readme:

---Configuration---

[ ] Integrate with DVD2SVCD

This needs to be checked for D2SCCD to be called by
DVD2SVCD during the CD image creation process so D2SCCD
can do its work. If you put D2SCCD in the wrong directory
(i.e. not a directory inside the DVD2SVCD folder), this
option will be unavailable.

Checking this option will actually change the 'VCDXBuild'
path on DVD2SVCD's CD Image tab to point at D2SCCD.
D2SCCD does it's work and then in turn calls VCDXBuild to
generate images. As you may guess, this also means that
D2SCCD is only useful if you mark the 'VCDXBuild' radio
button in DVD2SVCD - CD Image tab.
General advice: try reading at least the readmes to the end. :rolleyes:

[ss]

It does not work with TMPGEnc. I just encoded XVCD and still it has DVD2SVCD default change CD picture.

I changed vcdxbuild.exe to D2sccd.exe manually and had the VCDxbuild ticked in CD image tab.

It would be nice if it could work with TMPGEnc.

[ss]

Did some more tests to see why it does not work. It seems to me that if DVD2SVCD is not installed in program files folder then DVD2CCD would not work but if it is installed in program fles folder it works. Not sure why that limitation exists. I also use DVD2KVCD plugin along with autofit CD and DVD2CCD.

[r6d2]

It has worked for me with TMPGEnc. Maybe it is a MPEG-1 limitation? What are you using?

[ss]

I am making KXVCD, yes I am using Mpeg1. I haven't tried Mpeg2 yet. Did your work without having it under program files folder.

[r6d2]

Originally posted by ss
Did your work without having it under program files folder.
Yes.

[jeffnguyen23]

.

[m3taPT]

Originally posted by RB
(get it from http://shh.dvdboard.de/ )?

This URL stopped working a while ago.

Alternative in http://shh.sysh.de/fitcd.html

[_wrathchild_]

Originally posted by Pierre C
Hello,
Upon hitting Autofitcd in the preview window of avi2svcd, I get the message "Error 193 running Fitcd". I've reinstalled dvd2svcd and autofitcd but without change.
dvd2svcd is 1.2.1 build 3. Both fitcd and autofitcd are the latest.
What's wrong?
Thank you,
/Pierre

(Maybe a little late reply but it might help some people out)

I've had the same problem.
Then searched for this error on Google and found some tech forum topic in which someone said: "I also had problems with MySQL 3.x after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2. MySQL would not start as a service on Windows XP. I got the following error: "Error 193: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.". There is a perfect solution at MySQL's Lists Archive page. For some reason, if the path to the MySQL server executable contains spaces, then the registry entry pertaining to this path has to be edited so that it has quotes around it. The strange thing is that I never got this error prior to installing Service Pack 2!"

After I read that I moved FitCD from G:\DVD Software\FitCD_v112 to C:\FitCD , changed the FitCD path in AutoFitCD_25.ini and it worked again.

[Happygolucky]

I had to do a complete system reinstall due to a crashed hard drive. I have the latest DVD2SVCD installed, latest AVISynth, and FitCD and AutoFitCD. Everything is installed in default directories, with AutofitCD installed under the DVD2SVCD folder and FitCD is located in the AutofitCD folder (that's how I had it before). I've checked all the ini files and the paths to everything seem fine.

However, when I have frameserver set to AutofitCD Detect Borders and go to Preview, things look OK until I click the AutofitCD button. It looks like the FitCD portion (resolution is 1280x1024 so FitCD is not a seperate window, though I've run in that mode too and there is no difference in problem) is different than it used to be, plus the movie preview only contains an AVISynth error because the line "DirectShowSource("")" is, as you can see, empty.

DirectShowSource: Could not open as video or audio

Video returned: "DirectShowSource: couldn't open file: An object or name was not found."

(C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\TEMP\preview.avs,line 4)

For some reason the line is not getting populated with the filename so nothing is being displayed. The FitCD window is also jumbled around and isn't the same as it was previously. It looks like FitCD itself has been changed and it is a newer version than I had previously, and I can not locate the version I used that had no problem.

Anyone else seeing this? Any ideas on what I can do to fix it?

[onesoul]

You must use fitcd v1.1.2

Get it here (http://pwp.netcabo.pt/onesoul/fitcd_v112.zip)

cheers

[jorel]

excuse me.

why not the last FitCD v1.2.4 form August, 3rd 2004 ?

http://shh.sysh.de

[manolito]

Because it does not work, and RB seems to have no intention to update AutoFitCD (see first post in this thread).

Cheers
manolito

[Happygolucky]

Originally posted by onesoul
You must use fitcd v1.1.2

Get it here (http://pwp.netcabo.pt/onesoul/fitcd_v112.zip)

cheers Thank you!!! That works perfectly.

[gdenehy]

Hi,
I want to always add Undot and Deen to my scripts, but I have to manually add them everytime because AutofitCD erases them during its working. Is there a part in the 'Detect Borders' script that I can add these things to so that it goes into the FitCD script automatically?

Greg

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

I see that the last post here was in 2005 ... so ... I am not expecting an answer, but I will try ...

Q1: The URL to download AutoFitCD 1.5 is not working?

Q2: Is AutoFitCD 1.5 same as FitCD 1.28?

Thanks,
G!:confused:

[Nick]

Yeah. The link is dead. Thanks for the notification. I have mailed the author of the plugin and hopefully we can get that one solved.

As for your second question - AutoFitCD is a plugin to automate the use of FitCD with DVD2SVCD. So if that is what you're trying to do, you need both the AutoFitCD file and FitCD.

Unfortuately AutoFitCD has not been updated for a couple of years and the FitCD version it works with is 1.1.2 - an old version which takes a heck of a lot of finding nowadays.

[gonwk]

Hi Nick,

Thanks for your reply ...

I am actually not very well versed in different programs ... but I am learnign slowly and always willing to experiment more.

I was wondering with the way things are going right now, AVI (XviD, DivX) and so forth ... I wonder if anyone bothers with VCD or SVCD anymore ... or may be they are still useful !?!?!

I was just curious about these programs and I wanted to play around with them and may be I would find some use for them somewhere in my new toy stuff.

I think I came across AutoFitCD ... while I was looking for some "Freeware' to fix my store bought foreign movie ... which I believe it must have been recorded off of satellite and the Audio and Video are out os sync ... and this problem is not constant throughout the movie ... it is slow some places by a little and more somewhere else and then A-OK some other places ... to make a long story short ... I found a program called "DelayCut" by jsoto ... that helped me in one of my steps to fix my video ...

I plan to make a Tutorial of some sort and post it on few of the forums that I asked the Q and noone could help me ... may be someone else be able to use my method which I just made up from reading pages and pages of other people's pointers ... this way there one central location to this fix.

Thanks again,
G!

[jolson]

I plan to make a Tutorial of some sort and post it on few of the forums that I asked the Q and noone could help me ... may be someone else be able to use my method which I just made up from reading pages and pages of other people's pointers ... this way there one central location to this fix.
OK, you'd had half a year now for completing the tutorial... ;)