Another plugin for DVD2SVCD: miniDVD & DVD authoring

[spuddog]

Hi
I've tried the plugin, haven't had much success. The question I have is can you still make svcd's after installing the plugin? I have a dvd burner, but I use svcd for tv programs less than 40~mins

Thanks

[jsoto]

I've tried the plugin, haven't had much success
Let me know which are the problems.

I have is can you still make svcd's after installing the plugin? Sure. I use SVCDs and/or DVDs..
Well, the plug (using the GUI) automatically changes some settings in D2S. If the encoding finished without any problems, it recovers the original ones (in your case, SVCD, I assume). But if something has been wrong may be you have to recover them manually. The settings to recover are:
A) the three executable paths:
Besweet (in audio tab)
Runbbmpeg (in bbmpeg tab)
vcdxbuild (in cd image tab)
B) Aspect ratio in conversion tab
C) In bitrate tab just click "Use default" (if you are not using D2SRoBa)
That's all.
jsoto

[spuddog]

jsoto
thank you for the reply
the reason I didn't go into the problems is because it doen't seem to be the same one each time.
I believe the main one is that infoedit is picking up the Extracted_audio_1.ac3 instead of the Extracted_audio_1_fixed.ac3
When I do it manual it seems to work. Also I have never been able to get
Imgtool to give me a good image.
as an aside I have read that infoedit and cce have problems, is this still the case?
Lastly, I am sorry if some these questions have been answer before, I try to read most of the posts and have had 99% of my questions answered there. I really appreciate the work of yourself and all of the other experts at doom9

[xp_eric]

@jsoto:

back from skiing and snowboarding :(

tested version 0.32. Option to not start DVD2SVCD is cool!
Two things seem to fail though when converting an AVI to DVD:

1) subtitle colors are not set anymore with values from ini file anymore.

settings in mdvdauth.ini:
Subs=3
Imgs=0
CDSize=4350
CopyVideoAttr=1

logfile shows:
mdvdauth: Executing: "E:\DVD2SVCD\mdvdauth32\copyifoattr.exe" -subsdef " " "h:\dvd\DVD\ROOT\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO"

mdvdauth: Finished Copy_IFO_ATTR -subsdef WITH ERROR: recovering from BUP..

2) no chapters are created anymore.

settings in mdvdauth.ini:
Celltimes=1
CellTimesFile=

logfile shows:
mdvdauth: Celltimes: does not exist.
mdvdauth: Calculating chapters using dvd chapters...
mdvdauth: Finished.

Eric

[jsoto]

@spuddog
The plugin uses Encoded_audio_1.ac3, not Extracted_audio_1.ac3.
Anyway, please post your mdvdauth_log.txt, just to see what happens
Imgtool to give me a good image. Manually?. Which version of ImgTool Classic are you using?
I have read that infoedit and cce have problems, Not really, Remux option in IFOedit does not work, but there is no problem in PAL authoring. There is a known problem in NTSC authoring (AFAIK, not related with CCE), but I'm a PAL user, so never pay attention to it.


@xp_eric
back from skiing and snowboarding Sorry...

Two things seem to fail though when converting an AVI to DVD: Oops, too many bugs...
Could you test this (http://www.iespana.es/jsoto/mdvdauth032b.zip) for me?
BTW, How do you get these settings?

Celltimes=1
CellTimesFile=

Manually or using the GUI?. The GUI is protected to generate these settings, I cannot get them using it. Anyway, I've changed mdvdauth.exe to do not force DVDchapters in this case.
jsoto

[xp_eric]

@jsoto:

BBTW, How do you get these settings?]
Celltimes=1
CellTimesFile=

Manually or using the GUI?.
manually as you know me. ;) At first I used the GUI to configure everything. When It didn't seem to work I manually edited it with these settings as they seemed the most logical to me.

How about the subtitle colors ? Did I (again manually edited) anything incorrect there ?

I'll test 32b tonight...

Eric

[jsoto]

@xp_eric

Sub colors: (& also precommand) had been broken, because I've quoted filenames (to allow blank spaces in the names). But using -subsdef or -precommand, there is no Ifo source file and a parameter " " was issued to copyifoattr. I hope it is fixed in 032b, but i didn't test it yet.

Celltimes=1 means an external file (CellTimesFile) should be used as chapters. Usually generated previously with IFOedit. I use it when not all Cells are chapters, so Chapters info extracted by D2S is only the chapter entry points, but not all Cell entry points. Not useful in AVI, unless you want to fix the chapters manually (remember, inside Celltimes.txt there are frame numbers, not seconds)

jsoto

[xp_eric]

@jsoto:

I used fixed chapters for AVI 2 DVD conversions until now (via settings in DVD2SVCD). Worked fine until now. The celltimes entries in the ini file are new so I'm not shure what to set them to to work as before.

Eric

[jsoto]

@xp_eric

Sub colors: (& also precommand): Did you test it?. I didn't, because I'm busy with other stuff..

Celltimes=1: Not really useful in AVI, use fixed chapters in D2S (CellTimes=0), as usual. As I said before, it is useful to me for FULL DVD backup (authoring with IFOEdit, and a lot of manual work).

jsoto

[xp_eric]

I was also busy : modding my xbox (and playing Prince of Persia after it worked !)

I tested version 0.32b but the results are quite the same as with 0.32 :

still no updated subtitle colors and no chapters after setting CellTimes=0

I'm off playing Project Gotham 2 now...

:D Eric

[andref4]

@josoto

I can´t download mdvdauth032! the mirror don´t work!

Please can you upload 032 and 032b to another mirror!?
Thanks

[jsoto]

@andref4
Sorry for the delay in answering, I was off-line during weekend.
I've tested the links just now and they work. I hope you've downloaded them. In any case I haven't any mirror.

jsoto

[andref4]

yes, links are working now!
thanks josoto

[jsoto]

mDVDAuth033.exe (http://www.iespana.es/jsoto/mDVDAuth033.exe) is out.
Some bug fixing and compatibility with next D2S version.

jsoto

[xp_eric]

Hi Jsoto,

I'll test version 0.33 together with the next D2S. I'm quite happy with the current (0.32) configuration. Have to do Matrix 3 and LOTR3 first ;)

Eric

[ErazorTT]

where can i download the "next" version and when will the next version come officially.
the last version is really old and has many bugs.

[jsoto]

Next D2S is under test. Be patient.

jsoto

[Barix]

I have a problem with A/V sync .. Of course the original AVI file is perfect.

In the final dvd image I have the audio who anticipates for about 1 sec the video.

Here my logs:

mdvdauth_log.txt:

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transcodeac3: starting transcodeac3 0.3.1 at 19:43:49

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transcodeac3: AudioFolder=D:\Movies\WIP= WorkingFolder=D:\Movies\WIP=

transcodeac3: SourceFolder=D:\Movies\WIP=

transcodeac3: Executing C:\Programmi\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\delayac3.exe -info D:\Movies\WIP\Extracted_audio_1.ac3

transcodeac3: Processing delay=0 gain=max ac3mod=3/2 from bitrate=384 to bitrate=384

transcodeac3: transcode=0 stereo=0 start=0 end=0

transcodeac3: Executing C:\Programmi\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\delayac3.exe -start 0 -fixcrc silence -same -startsplit 0 -endsplit 0 Extracted_audio_1.ac3

transcodeac3: Finished FIXING SOME ERRORS see delayac3_1.log. Audio & Video may be out of sync.

transcodeac3: RenameFile

transcodeac3: Renaming Extracted_audio_1_fixed.ac3 to Encoded_audio_1.ac3 in D:\Movies\WIP

transcodeac3: Finished OK.



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mdvdauth: starting mdvdauth at 01:54:51

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mdvdauth: AudioFolder=D:\Movies\WIP=, WorkingFolder=D:\Movies\WIP=,

mdvdauth: SourceFolder=D:\Movies\WIP=, ImageFolder=D:\Movies\WIP=



mdvdauth: Calculating chapters using fixed chapters of 60 secs.

mdvdauth: Fps=25 NumFrames=205975 MovieLength=02:17:19

mdvdauth: ChapterOffset=1500 LengthOfChapters=60

mdvdauth: Finished.



mdvdauth: Starting IfoEdit in D:\Movies\WIP

mdvdauth: at time 01:54:51

mdvdauth: Starting muxing at time: 01:55:08

mdvdauth: Finished IfoEdit at time: 02:14:23



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mdvdauth: Finished mdvdauth at time: 02:14:23

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delayac3_1.log:

[ac3info]
delayac3 version=0.27
Bitrate=384
Fsample=48.0
AC3mode=3/2
FileSize=395508480
BytesPerFrame=1536
TotalFrames=257492
FrameDuration=32.00
OriginalDuration=02:17:19.760
Rest= Error: There are uncomplete frames

[Fixedac3info]
NotFixedDelay=0.00
EstimatedFixedDuration=02:17:19.744
StartFramesAdded=0
EndFramesAdded=0

[FixedAndSplitac3info]
NotFixedDelay=48.00
EstimatedFixedAndSplitDuration=02:17:19.776
StartFramesAdded=0
EndFramesAdded=0

[ProcessingLog]
Time 00:00:00.000; Frame#= 1. Unsynchronized frame...FIXED.
Time 02:17:18.784; Frame#= 257463. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:18.816; Frame#= 257464. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:18.848; Frame#= 257465. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:18.880; Frame#= 257466. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:18.912; Frame#= 257467. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:18.944; Frame#= 257468. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:18.976; Frame#= 257469. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.008; Frame#= 257470. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.040; Frame#= 257471. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.072; Frame#= 257472. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.104; Frame#= 257473. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.136; Frame#= 257474. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.168; Frame#= 257475. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.200; Frame#= 257476. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.232; Frame#= 257477. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.264; Frame#= 257478. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.296; Frame#= 257479. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.328; Frame#= 257480. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.360; Frame#= 257481. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.392; Frame#= 257482. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.424; Frame#= 257483. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.456; Frame#= 257484. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.488; Frame#= 257485. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.520; Frame#= 257486. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.552; Frame#= 257487. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.584; Frame#= 257488. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.616; Frame#= 257489. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.648; Frame#= 257490. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.680; Frame#= 257491. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.712; Frame#= 257492. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED
Time 02:17:19.744; Frame#= 257493. Uncomplete frame. SKIPPED

[ProcessResults]
FixedDuration=02:17:18.752
Number of Errors= 32
Return Value= 1


delayac3_info_1.log:

[ac3info]
delayac3 version=0.27
Bitrate=384
Fsample=48.0
AC3mode=3/2
FileSize=395508480
BytesPerFrame=1536
TotalFrames=257492
FrameDuration=32.00
OriginalDuration=02:17:19.760
Rest= Error: There are uncomplete frames


I want to declare that I'm not a D2S expert.

I tried opening the avi and the MPV files in vdub and there are absolutely no delay between this 2 files.

IMHO the problem is due to the first error in the delayac3 log, but how to fix it? and how to re-author the dvd without recompressing the video? (I have all the intermediary files of course)

[jsoto]

IMHO the problem is due to the first error in the delayac3 log
Yes, but seems delayac3 skips too many frames...

Well, to recover your encode:
Option a)
1.- Try fixing Extracted_audio_1.ac3 with a different tool, like besliced or ac3fix.
2.- Rename fixed file to Encoded_audio_1.ac3
3.- Start D2S and recover from CD image.

Option b)
1.- Add 1 sec (or the needed delay) of silence at the begining of your fixed file (Encoded_audio_1.ac3). Simply "correct" the delay with ac3 delay corrector or with delaycut.
2.- Rename fixed file to Encoded_audio_1.ac3
3.- Start D2S and recover from CD image.

I would like to have the first 20-30 KBytes of your Extracted_audio_1.ac3, just to see what is hapening with delayac3.
Could you send them to me?

jsoto

[Barix]

Thanks. I will try repair the delay by hands .. I tried to process the extracted audio with besliced with the same result (same delay). Ac3fix (using his GUI) seems not work ..

[jsoto]

Thanks for the file, Barix.

The file is made of 30 KB of null bytes, so this is the problem because delayac3 can not detect how many bytes skips until the first good frame. Anyway, this file hangs delaycut, so it helps me to fix it. :)

jsoto

[Barix]

Thank you for the interest, Jsoto.

I used mDVDauth other 3 times withut any problem .. great program, very wonderful.

It's a great simplification of the (almost perfect) DVD2SVCD.

Very good work!

[Der Blob]

Hi jsoto!

It has been a long time since I used mdvdauth. My serious problem is that with 0.33 I never get a second or even third CD or mdvdauth hangs completely. Hours of encoding and then THIS! :mad: The program terminates normal, everything seems to be fine. Temp, Root and CD1, that's all I get in the DVD folder. Any ideas?

[jsoto]

@Der Blob

My apologies, I use mdvdauth in DVD mode, so I didn't notice I've broken mDVD. I'll look into it, but please post or send me mdvdauth_log.txt and also dvd2svcd_log.txt.
Hours of encoding and then THIS Do not delete any file, probably you will be able to recover from CD image and save your video encoding..


Do you have in your folder the following files?
bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
bbMPEG_Muxed_File02.mpg
bbMPEG_Muxed_File03.mpg


jsoto

[adge]

@jsoto
My apologies, I use mdvdauth in DVD mode, so I didn't notice I've broken mDVD.

I think the problem's here (in mdvdauth.au3):

if $mdvdauth = 1 then
FileAppend ($mdvdauthlog, @CRLF & "mdvdauth: Moving and renaming files..." & @CRLF)
RunWait ( @COMSPEC & " /C move VTS_01_4.VOB ..\..\CD4\VIDEO_TS", $WorkingDir & "\DVD\TEMP\VIDEO_TS", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait ( @COMSPEC & " /C rename VTS_01_4.VOB VTS_01_1.VOB", $WorkingDir & "\DVD\CD4\VIDEO_TS", @SW_HIDE)
sleep (500)
RunWait ( @COMSPEC & " /C move VTS_01_3.VOB ..\..\CD3\VIDEO_TS", $WorkingDir & "\DVD\TEMP\VIDEO_TS", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait ( @COMSPEC & " /C rename VTS_01_4.VOB VTS_01_1.VOB", $WorkingDir & "\DVD\CD3\VIDEO_TS", @SW_HIDE)
sleep (500)
RunWait ( @COMSPEC & " /C move VTS_01_2.VOB ..\..\CD2\VIDEO_TS", $WorkingDir & "\DVD\TEMP\VIDEO_TS", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait ( @COMSPEC & " /C rename VTS_01_4.VOB VTS_01_1.VOB", $WorkingDir & "\DVD\CD2\VIDEO_TS", @SW_HIDE)
sleep (500)
RunWait ( @COMSPEC & " /C move VTS_01_1.VOB ..\..\CD1\VIDEO_TS", $WorkingDir & "\DVD\TEMP\VIDEO_TS", @SW_HIDE)
FileAppend ($mdvdauthlog, "mdvdauth: Finished moving and renaming files..." & @CRLF)
endif


You're forever trying to rename VTS_01_4.VOB, when it should be _3, _2. Later the code finds no VTS_01_1.VOB in these directories, so deletes them. If the movie spanned 4 CD's, I think you'd see the 4th, but of course not many do.

I had noticed this, but I tend to use IFOEdit's split by chapters rather than mDVDauth's split; I find that VOBs split by size have navigation errors in the subsequent VTS_01_x's.

@Der Blob
jsoto's right, you don't have to repeat the hours of coding provided you haven't deleted any files. DVD2SVCD will allow you to recover (once mDVDauth is fixed) and will just rerun the last few minutes or so.

Adge

[Der Blob]

@ jsoto

Thanks for your reply! ;)

@ Adge

Hehe, I'm so stupid. I didn't think of this possibility. Thanks, anyway. :)

mdvdauth_log.txt
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transcodeac3: starting transcodeac3 0.3.0c at 02:29:46

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transcodeac3: AudioFolder=G:\DVD2SVCD= WorkingFolder=G:\DVD2SVCD=

transcodeac3: SourceFolder=G:\DVD2SVCD=

transcodeac3: Executing D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\delayac3.exe -info G:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3

transcodeac3: Processing delay=0 gain=max ac3mod=3/2 from bitrate=448 to bitrate=448

transcodeac3: transcode=0 stereo=0 start=0 end=0

transcodeac3: Executing D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\delayac3.exe -start 0 -fixcrc fix -same -startsplit 0 -endsplit 0 Extracted_audio_1.ac3

transcodeac3: Finished OK

transcodeac3: RenameFile

transcodeac3: Renaming Extracted_audio_1_fixed.ac3 to Encoded_audio_1.ac3 in G:\DVD2SVCD

transcodeac3: Finished OK.



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mdvdauth: starting mdvdauth at 03:20:48

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mdvdauth: AudioFolder=G:\DVD2SVCD=, WorkingFolder=G:\DVD2SVCD=,

mdvdauth: SourceFolder=G:\DVD2SVCD=, ImageFolder=G:\DVD2SVCD=



mdvdauth: Calculating chapters using fixed chapters of 60 secs.

mdvdauth: Fps=25 NumFrames=63525 MovieLength=00:42:21

mdvdauth: ChapterOffset=1500 LengthOfChapters=60

mdvdauth: Finished.



mdvdauth: Starting IfoEdit in G:\DVD2SVCD

mdvdauth: at time 03:20:48

mdvdauth: Starting muxing at time: 03:21:03

mdvdauth: Starting strip at time: 03:26:46

mdvdauth: Finished IfoEdit at time: 12:28:40



mdvdauth: Moving and renaming files...

mdvdauth: Finished moving and renaming files...



mdvdauth: Starting IfoEdit in G:\DVD2SVCD\DVD\CD1\VIDEO_TS

mdvdauth: at time 12:28:42

mdvdauth: Finished IfoEdit at time: 12:32:36



mdvdauth: Executing: "D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\copyifoattr.exe" -all "G:\DVD2SVCD\DVD\ROOT\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO" "G:\DVD2SVCD\DVD\CD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO"

mdvdauth: Finished Copy_IFO_ATTR -all WITH ERROR: recovering from BUP..



dvd2svcd_log.txt

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
Bitrate failed,0.00
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- 25.03.2004 02:28:54
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2SVCD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- F:\Filme\Test.avi
Initializing finished.

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- 25.03.2004 02:28:57
- Free on drive G: 3532.65 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Audio extraction finished.

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- 25.03.2004 02:29:42
- Free on drive G: 3396.93 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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- 25.03.2004 02:29:43
- Free on drive G: 3396.93 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: G:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\transcodeac3.exe" -core( -input "G:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "G:\DVD2SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "G:\DVD2SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -l 0db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )
Audio conversion of G:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 25.03.2004 02:30:34
- Free on drive G: 3261.20 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 1416877728
AudioSectors: 72404220
VideoPAPO: 20826612
ScanOffsetBytes: 76241
SeqAligningBytes: 4845526
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 8
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 1.00
PureMPEGStream: 1318725120.80
Seconds: 2551.36
CalcMPEGStream: 1318725120.80
Frames: 63534
CDSize: 680.00
Number of CDs: 2
Cut point 675.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 63534
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 2
Image Quality: 15
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: One Pass VBR
Q. Factor: 5
Min. bitrate: 1200
Max. bitrate: 2500
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (borders added, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("D:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
AVISource("F:\FILME\TEST.AVI",False)
ConvertToYUY2()
# -= AviSynth script by FitCD v1.1.2 =-
BicubicResize(688,416,0,0.6,2,0,636,352)
AddBorders(16,80,16,80)
Import("G:\DVD2SVCD\ResampleAudio.avs")
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 0.000
Video Encoding finished.

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- 25.03.2004 03:20:23
- Free on drive G: 2262.52 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\default.ini
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- 25.03.2004 03:20:26
- Free on drive G: 2262.52 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\default.ini
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- 25.03.2004 03:20:28
- Free on drive G: 2262.52 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\default.ini
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- 25.03.2004 03:20:31
- Free on drive G: 2262.52 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 0
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 675 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\fakebbmpeg.exe" "G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
-3 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: -3
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 675 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\fakebbmpeg.exe" "G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 25.03.2004 03:20:37
- Free on drive G: 2262.34 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
0.000 seconds G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
0.000 seconds G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing: G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File02.mpg
0.000 seconds G:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG_Muxed_File02.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 25.03.2004 03:20:46
- Free on drive G: 2262.34 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 1

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\mdvdauth.exe" --verbose --cue-file="G:\DVD2SVCD\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="G:\DVD2SVCD\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "G:\DVD2SVCD\VCDXBU~1.XML"
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- 25.03.2004 12:32:40
- Free on drive G: 0.05 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 1

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\mdvdauth.exe" --verbose --cue-file="G:\DVD2SVCD\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="G:\DVD2SVCD\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "G:\DVD2SVCD\VCDXBU~2.XML"
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- 25.03.2004 12:32:43
- Free on drive G: 0.07 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 1

CD image #3: CD_Image_File_CD3.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"D:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\mDVDauth\mdvdauth.exe" --verbose --cue-file="G:\DVD2SVCD\CD_Image_File_CD3.cue" --bin-file="G:\DVD2SVCD\CD_Image_File_CD3.bin" "G:\DVD2SVCD\VCDXBU~3.XML"
Image creation finished.

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- 25.03.2004 12:32:47
- Free on drive G: 0.10 mb
- Conversion done!
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Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I had to recover authoring in this case. The movie is short enough for one CD, but I enlarged it by raising the bitrate to ensure it wouldn't. As I said, authoring failed completely on this one.


bbMPEG Muxed_File00.mpg01
bbMPEG Muxed_File04.mpg

I have these two fake mpeg files.

[jsoto]

@adge
Thanks! . You find the main problem.

@Der Blob
Although the main problem has been pointed out by adge, seems you are also running out of space in your HD.

- Free on drive G: 0.05 mb

But, I'm not sure if this can be the cause of the error:
mdvdauth: Finished Copy_IFO_ATTR -all WITH ERROR: recovering from BUP..

So, please try mDVDAuth034.exe (http://www.iespana.es/jsoto/mDVDAuth034.exe) and let me know.

jsoto

EDIT: Uploaded.

[Der Blob]

@ jsoto

The HDD space wasn't the problem. I'll let you know if the new mdvdauth works. Thanks a lot! :D

[Der Blob]

Well, it works! :D
I had to recover multiplexing and cutting, though. The script was paused for some unknown reason. But many things need a second try sometimes. :D
Thanks again jsoto!

[jsoto]

mDVDAuth035.exe (http://www.iespana.es/jsoto/mDVDAuth035.exe) is out.
Chapter selection in GUI and ini. Celltimes can be automatically extracted from original IFO. In this way the authored VOBs can be the replacing title in VobBlanker (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73145) app, for 1:1 backup.
jsoto

[doktor motte]

:D first to reply.

Thnx again for the newest version, will give it a try.

Btw. Your link to v0.35 is wrong, it leads to v0.34.:confused:

But anyway i managed to download v0.35 by "modifying" your link.:cool:

[jsoto]

Your link to v0.35 is wrong, it leads to v0.34 Ooops, Link fixed. Thanks
jsoto

[Barix]

Hi Jsoto. From 0.34 version I get final movie which crashes PowerDVD 5.

If I try to open the dvd structure from hdd and/or form a dvd-r poewerdvd closes when opening the movie.

In the 0.35 you added also mkisofs support. Also mounting this iso image with daemon tools and opening it with powerdvd crashes it.

With Windvd 5 all works perfectly (sorry but I haven't tried with a stand-alone dvd-player.

What's happened? Movie created with mdvdauth 0.33 works good on powerdvd

Maybe it depends from d2sroba?? when I updated to 0.34 I started using d2sroba ...

I'm using DVD2SVCD 1.2.1 beta 3, d2sroba 3.4.4, and other micro-utilities are up to date ..

[jsoto]

Hi Barix,

Sorry, I need more info. Please post mdvdauth_log.txt and dvd2svcd_log.txt and clarify me these two questions:

Does PowerDVD crash with any DVD or only with a specific one?.
Does the same DVD work OK with mdvdauth033 (with same versions of D2S and D2SRoBa)?
Maybe it depends from d2sroba? I don't believe it.

jsoto

[Barix]

I think this problem is movie-related .. i tried another 2 movies without any problem.

I was converting a divx to dvd.

I converted it 3 or 4 times with mdvdauth 0.34 and 0.35 and d2sroba 3.2 -> 3.4.4

With each conversion of this divx I always get a dvd which hangs powerdvd, but which works perfectly with windvd and Gabest's media player classic.

Powerdvd simply exit after some seconds after loading the movie, before starting to play it.

With other divx's I obtain dvd's which gave no errors, so I'm satisfied and declare this problem depending of the original divx.

I no longer have the log files (sorry) so I hope this error doesn't reproduces .. if so I will post logs next time

[jsoto]

OK.
I'm focussed in DVD backups, and I've to confess I do not do many tests in the other features (avi, miniDVDs).

jsoto
EDIT:
BTW, I've a new web space, courtesy of geffroman, with no pop-ups,etc.
www.posunplugged.com/jsoto

[onesoul]

I am posting here although not sure I should do it at vobblanker thread.
About joining 2 dvd's with same menu: Reading the Vobblanker thread and mdvdauth thread gave me the idea of using the cell information chapter from the 1st dvd to author with your plugin the whole main movie (which I previously joined with Dvdshrink/Recode). Is it possible to do it?
I have 2 more questions whether is possible keep all 4 audio streams and where it is the cell information used or applied?

Thanks

[jsoto]

About joining 2 dvd's with same menu:
I never tried, but seems some users got it with VobBlanker and AddChapter. See VobBlanker thread and this one
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73909

keep all 4 audio streams:
No, mdvdauth (and also D2S) supports only two audio tracks. You can do it with manual authoring.

where it is the cell information used (Chapters group in mDVDauth GUI):
- For 1:1 backup, check Original IFO CellTimes. mDVDAuth will extract the Cells info from the ripped IFO
- For movie only backups, check Selected in DVD2SVCD, and then select in D2S CD image tab fixed chapters or DVD chapters, whichever you want.

jsoto

[Der Blob]

Hi jsoto!

Could you please implement a cd overlap function into mdvdauth? I miss this very useful thing that bbmpeg does. ;)

[jsoto]

@Der Blob,

Well, I'm focussed in DVDr media, and I have a lot of things to do, so, sorry, but I'm not going to code this, at least in a next future. It's not so easy, because mdvdauth currently splits in 700 MB VOBs directly with IFOEdit, and to do it, seems I've to change a lot the plugin. In any case, I'll keep it in mind.

But today you can use Frameselection. You will have to run twice D2S(or three times, one per CD) , but you will be allowed to cut the movie at one selected frame (chapter change, i.e.).

jsoto

[Der Blob]

Originally posted by jsoto
@Der Blob,

Well, I'm focussed in DVDr media, and I have a lot of things to do, so, sorry, but I'm not going to code this, at least in a next future. It's not so easy, because mdvdauth currently splits in 700 MB VOBs directly with IFOEdit, and to do it, seems I've to change a lot the plugin. In any case, I'll keep it in mind.

But today you can use Frameselection. You will have to run twice D2S(or three times, one per CD) , but you will be allowed to cut the movie at one selected frame (chapter change, i.e.).

jsoto

What a pity. But I'll try it with frame selection instead, thanks for the tip. ;)

[adge]

jsoto, I am a little puzzled by the default bitrate settings set up by mDVDauth GUI.

After the GUI has started DVD2SVCD (having selected miniDVD), the CD breakpoints are at 92, 138, 184, 230 and 276 minutes. This means that a movie of 90 minutes - not uncommon - will get a one-disc encoding at a mere 834Kb/s, if 685MB CD size is selected.

This makes for a very blocky movie in most cases: 92 minutes is IMHO too much for one CD.

My question is, what was wrong with the DVD2SVCD defaults, which amount to breakpoints at 76, 125 and 163 minutes? These give a max 76 minutes at a more respectable 1026Kb/s. After using the GUI I intervene and set DVD2SVCD back to the defaults, with a 685MB CD size setting, which has always worked for me.

I realize that you don't do much CD encoding any more but I wondered if there was some magic reason for these bitrate settings that escapes me.

Adge

[jsoto]

Hi adge,
Glad to meet you again.
I wondered if there was some magic reason for these bitrate settings that escapes me. No magic. I simply copied these values from D2SRoBa, but thinking a little on it, I believe it has no sense, because D2SRoBa uses its fantastic algorithm to optimize the size/quality. So seems for mDVDAuth it's better to leave the D2S defaults as they are or even more, change to a little lower, because CD size (685) is lower than in SVCD (800).

I'll change them in next release.

jsoto

[adge]

I simply copied these values from D2SRoBa, but thinking a little on it, I believe it has no sense, because D2SRoBa uses its fantastic algorithm to optimize the size/quality.
Even with D2SRoBa's fantastic algorithm, I would be very surprised if a 90 minute movie looked good on one disk. D2SRoBa gains a significant speed advantage by reliably setting constant quality, but it can't really hope to better CCE's 4-pass variable coding. Some of the passes supposedly redistribute the bandwidth where it's needed most, a trick D2SRoBa can't match with its single pass. You've got to get something for all that extra time!
So seems for mDVDAuth it's better to leave the D2S defaults as they are or even more, change to a little lower, because CD size (685) is lower than in SVCD (800).
I have never found a problem with D2S's defaults as they are, even taking into account the 685MB CD size. I have even pushed an 80 minute movie onto one CD - although admittedly below my normal quality expectations.I'll change them in next release.
Thank you.

Adge

[jsoto]

Even with D2SRoBa's fantastic algorithm, I would be very surprised if a 90 minute movie looked good on one disk.
Don't get it wrong. AFAIK, D2SRoBa does not use these values. Well, may be to force D2S to calculate the video bitrate, but it calculates the number of CDs required for a given Q.
jsoto

[xp_eric]

@jsoto

what should I choose as output type if I use mdvdauth for DVD authoring in the new version. DVD seems logical now you can set multiplexer and DVD author applications ?

I tried DVD2SVCD 1.2.23 build 1 with mdvdauth 0.35 but setting output type to DVD didn't start mdvdauth.exe

when setting output type to SVCD as I normally did with the previous version the aspect ratio of the DVD seems incorrect with a 16:9 AVI input.

Eric ;)

[jsoto]

@xp_eric
mdvdauth needs to work in XXX2SVCD mode (SVCD output).

About AVI resize, there are three situations:
- An exact 4:3 AVI (i.e. 640x480 pixels). You MUST select 4:3, no borders added
- An exact 16:9 AVI. (i.e. 640x360) You can select 16:9 encoded as 4:3 (borders added) or Anamorphic.
- Any other odd DAR: IMO, you need to manually adjust the avisynth script. May be my resizer calculator can help you.
http://www.posunplugged.com/jsoto/tools/aviresz.zip
BTW, probably resizing plugins like FACAR will do the job automatically, but I'm not using them, so I cannot guarantee you the result. In any case I recommend you to give FACAR a try, I know the author and he's a high quality oriented guy.

jsoto

[r6d2]

Originally posted by jsoto
In any case I recommend you to give FACAR a try,FACAR will do AVIs only if they have NTSC/PAL PAR, which is very, very unlikely. Typical AVIs are square pixel sources.

FitCD does, however, allow you to specify 1:1 PAR on a source.

[xp_eric]

@jsoto:
The AVI resize problems are caused by DVD2SVCD. It is already fixed according to the latest readme.txt.

I have one other problem with your latest version. Setting the colors of the subtitles when doing an AVI 2 DVD conversion seems to be broken. Although I can't quite figure out the correct settings in the ini file for AVI conversions. Your readme.txt seems to be a bit outdated for these new additions. I used the same settings as I used earlier (Subs=3, CopyVideoAttr=1, AVI=1) but the colors are not set...

Eric ;)

[jsoto]

@xp_eric

I'll look into it. I've a little frozen this development, but one bug must be fixed.

jsoto