What is ReAuthorist?

[turtle]

my bad

[aquabubble]

I just want to say guys, if you are going to use a beta version, you need to promise me that you will let me know when something goes wrong. There have been certain people that have tried out the beta, say "durr... it don't wurk" and then don't let me know so I don't know what is wrong nor how to fix it. Then they go round badmouthing it - that's bad karma in my books since it's not yet a public release. :mad:

So, by getting the beta it is on the understanding that some things may not work quite right, and you accept this possibility with a smile on your face. I want you to make a committment to me that you will help me to make the tool better. :)

Oh, and for bugreports for the betas, please email me directly rather than using the forums. This is until the public release is ready.

[nlphillips]

Originally posted by aquabubble
I just want to say guys, if you are going to use a beta version, you need to promise me that you will let me know when something goes wrong.

So, by getting the beta it is on the understanding that somethings may not work quite right, and you accept this possibility with a smile on your face. I want you to make a committment to me that you will help me to make the tool better. :)



Whether some things work correctly or not quite so is not an issue... and if I do get something going wrong then I will certainly inform you of it. I've just read so much about this cool new tool that I'm dying to give it a go for myself..... not that I've actually got a burner yet (still waiting for it to be delivered)

Good job I've got large HD's

Thanks Aquabubble
:cool:

[waldok]

Believe me guys, I'm part of the lucky reauthorist testers and I can tell this program would put all official well-paid beta testers on the dole for it is really well written and has very few bugs.
I'm using it all the time and it works like a charm (sometimes I report small bugs too, although often the bug comes from my own mistakes).

This is a really great program, and it certainly is ready to be released to the masses. Now Aqua, what are you waiting for ? :D
Lots of crap go out as so-said releases on the market (no, no, I won't tell names..huh ? OK for 50 dollars I'll tell some :D ) and your software is definitely a major piece in the reauthoring process. I repeat : What are you waiting for ? You will not be able to solve all the possible bugs before releasing, plus you'll get more feedback from more users onces it is released, so go ahead, pal, don't be shy :p

Keep up the good work !

Waldok:cool:

[brashquido]

RA's public release is completely at Aquabubble's discretion. If he hasn't released it, there will be a reason. Remember Aquabubble has many beta testers, who knows what others have found. I'd recommend beta testers have a read of the limitations section of the readme file that accompanies the beta as a guess of what Aquabubble is trying to get implemented before a public release is offered (this is purely my assumption).

Anyway, although the general feel seems to be that RA is ripe for a public release, the best way we as beta testers can support Aquabubble is to use it in as many varying ways as possible, and report any quirks, bugs, crashes or otherwise to the e-mail address he provided in the readme file. Don't forget to send in any suggestion you might have too :) . Other than that, just try and keep RA bug discussion between yourself and Aquabubble as he has requested in this thread.

[turtle]

just to let everyone know i totally understand what beta testing is. i do a lot of dvd backing up, and am looking forward to testing your new tool, reauthorist. i will not get upset if and when it doesnt work right, or look down on it, but i will report any problems i have. i would like to test it out so that the public release can be sped up a bit. thanks.

-turtle

[waldok]

Brashquido,

I hope you noticed that I was a bit "humoristic" here. (see the smileys). I was just joking a bit about the well-known difficulty authors seem to have to consider their software "ready to use" and satisfactory. Far from me to try to tell Aquabubble what he should or should not do.
(Gee, I hate having to explain this...)

Waldok:cool:

[toolman2k]

reauthorist works very well..but only with non seamless branching titles.......is there an easy way to check a title for this ? that way you save yourself many hours of work........

[brashquido]

Sorry waldok,

I wasn't meaning to sound critical, I believe RA is mature enough for a public release too. Just wanting to make sure we are giving Aquabubble the support he's requesting. That's all :) .

@toolman2k

I found this in the Scenarist guide:

Before we start the operation let's get back to VOB ID demuxing for a second: Select the first VTS set in the DVD structure view, then right click to start up IfoEdit. Then have a look at the section marked in red:
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/images/ifoedit/ifoedit-usesvobid.gif
For each PGC there's a (uses VOB_IDs: ) section. If a number is listed in multiple PGCs them I'm afraid you'll have to go the hard way (seamless branching titles are the most popular ones requiring processing by VOB ID). If one VOB ID is used in almost all PGCs but at the end and it's only a very short clip, then don't bother demuxing by VOB ID, just add it to each PGC when you are reauthoring in Scenarist.

[toolman2k]

thanks alot brashquido!

[toolman2k]

hi all, is it possible to do multiangle with reauthorist ?

if yes, then how?

im doing k19 now, which has 2 angles for some chapters......so i checked all angles on the movie vts in dif4u.....is that correct ?

[ShaneZ]

Originally posted by toolman2k
hi all, is it possible to do multiangle with reauthorist ?

if yes, then how?

im doing k19 now, which has 2 angles for some chapters......so i checked all angles on the movie vts in dif4u.....is that correct ?

If you are doing a multi-angled project, to the best of my knowledge RA does not currently support that. It would have to be ripped by VobID and currently RA supports ripping by PGC only.

Well, after reading Aqua's post I stand corrected.

:D

[aquabubble]

RA can handle multi-angle projects, but it is restricted to where the angles are throughout the PGC. So if your title has only a few cells where there are multiple angles then it will need to be done by vobid. :)

[69Mws]

Originally posted by aquabubble
I just want to say guys, if you are going to use a beta version, you need to promise me that you will let me know when something goes wrong. There have been certain people that have tried out the beta, say "durr... it don't wurk" and then don't let me know so I don't know what is wrong nor how to fix it. Then they go round badmouthing it - that's bad karma in my books since it's not yet a public release. :mad:

So, by getting the beta it is on the understanding that some things may not work quite right, and you accept this possibility with a smile on your face. I want you to make a committment to me that you will help me to make the tool better. :)

Oh, and for bugreports for the betas, please email me directly rather than using the forums. This is until the public release is ready.

Oh you don't have to point that explicitly out to report bugs. I'm sure I'll do that (ok, I speak for me right now, if others don't do that, it's their own fault....)

I already saw what this tool is capable of and wanna do some more testing on my own and sure report bugs, as far as I bump into them.

I'm also doing lots of backups and this week I'll have lot more time, 'cause I'm on vacation and don't have to work :D :devil:

Greetz
69Mws

P.S.: 69mws@myrealbox.com :)

[jerschwab]

Any chance there will be a "check" by Reauthorist telling us if it can't do the DVD? I'm not very good at reading IFO's at the moment, but am having lots of fun with these programs despite that!

[GlenC]

Hi,

I would think this is a job for dif4u, but I may be wrong.

Glen.

[dssgorila]

I need help someone I finally got all my stuff working i did final destination fine, Im doing harry potter 2 r1, all the encoding went fine which by the way has excellent quality with 6 passes. Well my problem is when i import the Reauthorist script in scenarist i get this error

Warning This Video [ G:\MOVIES TO DO\Harry Potter 2\VTS01\VTS__01_P01.16~9_1.MPV.M2V ] has different duration.

Error The scene ( VTS_01_PGC_01, VTS01_vobid05_cellid19 ) timecode ( 02:31:34:16 ) is bigger than video duration.

Error Importing failed

What should i do i Try to compile it and scenarist freezes

[toolman2k]

Originally posted by dssgorila
I need help someone I finally got all my stuff working i did final destination fine, Im doing harry potter 2 r1, all the encoding went fine which by the way has excellent quality with 6 passes. Well my problem is when i import the Reauthorist script in scenarist i get this error

Warning This Video [ G:\MOVIES TO DO\Harry Potter 2\VTS01\VTS__01_P01.16~9_1.MPV.M2V ] has different duration.

Error The scene ( VTS_01_PGC_01, VTS01_vobid05_cellid19 ) timecode ( 02:31:34:16 ) is bigger than video duration.

Error Importing failed

What should i do i Try to compile it and scenarist freezes

if im correct all your files that you use in reauthoring (encoded or not) hsould be named .MPV ...so try renaming your .MPV.M2V to just .MPV and try again, maybe that helps.

[Eyes`Only]

Toolman2k: Wow that's very incorrect. Being a PAL person, you have no idea how to do an NTSC title it seems! *.MPV.M2V is the correct format.

We appreciate the will to help others, but please do not guess at things and only offer advice when you're 99%+ sure of your answer. You could really screw his troubleshooting procedures up and send him down hours of experimenting and testing for no good reason!

[toolman2k]

Originally posted by Eyes`Only
Toolman2k: Wow that's very incorrect. Being a PAL person, you have no idea how to do an NTSC title it seems! *.MPV.M2V is the correct format.

We appreciate the will to help others, but please do not guess at things and only offer advice when you're 99%+ sure of your answer. You could really screw his troubleshooting procedures up and send him down hours of experimenting and testing for no good reason!

why the heck is that ? why does NTSC uses 2 extensions? i mean mpeg2=mpeg2 whether its PAL or NTSC.....so no need to use two extensions i think. or is that just the way dif4u+reauthorist works with NTSC titles ?

[Eyes`Only]

Pulldown. Get yerself an NTSC title if you want to become more familiar, or read a guide and don't skip the NTSC parts :D

In short: CCE makes a .mpv file. We run pulldown on that, creating a *.MPV.M2V file. Why do we choose that extension? We only have 2 choices.. MPV and M2V right? well the original video is already M2V, and the video we have to pulldown is MPV, so there go the options for single extension. Unless of course, we name the pulldown file <blahblah>-pulled.MPV or something. We just decided MPV.M2V fit the bill, and makes sense because it shows you what the original filename was too.

[aquabubble]

Originally posted by dssgorila
Warning This Video [ G:\MOVIES TO DO\Harry Potter 2\VTS01\VTS__01_P01.16~9_1.MPV.M2V ] has different duration.

Error The scene ( VTS_01_PGC_01, VTS01_vobid05_cellid19 ) timecode ( 02:31:34:16 ) is bigger than video duration.

Error Importing failed

What should i do i Try to compile it and scenarist freezes

Hmmm... this is an interesting one! If RA finds a scene in the IFO that is past the end of the movie, it should move it to 0.4 seconds before the end. Therefore, the only times when I would expect to see this error is if the mpv.m2v file doesn't exist or there was a problem with the encoding or pulldown steps.

Of course, I'm not ruling out a potential bug so please could you email me the ReAuthorist.SCP file and the ReAuthoristlog.txt to let me check? The email address is in the readme.txt

Ta

[influenza]

Well mentioning bugs:

WOuld it be a bug that reauthorist doesn't use wav files while reauthoring?

I have this title (concert) that has an uncompressed pcm (wav) file and a dts track. Using reauthorist the script created only contains the dts track.

(method used doitfast4u-> docc4u ->reauthorist)

[aquabubble]

@influenza - sorry to tell you that PCM audio is not currently supported by RA. You will have to manually add the WAV to Scenarist after importing the SCP for now I'm afraid.

[influenza]

It wasn't a big problem adding it manually. ge=reat tools make you lazy though :sly:

I just wanted to give some feedback.

So far your program works fine.

It would be great if there's vobid authoring support in the future. But on the other hand, my scenarist skills would drop very fast I guess:p

[dssgorila]

Aquabubble i sent you the scripts
Thanks

[Zainal]

I'd really appreciate being able to beta test this great program. I've been using the version, that someone posted could be found on MIRC. Anyways so far I've had any problems beyond what I've inflicted, but if something does pop up I'll make sure to tell ya about it.
Here's my email shymac@earthlink.net

[JoBob]

I'd like to get onto the beta list if possible or I would appreciate it if someone would send me the latest version.
Locke1402@aol.com

[EsT]

I would also like to give a try to this software..

email me : est_x@oninet.pt

[69Mws]

I have a little problem with new RA Beta and new DoCCE4U.

DoCCE4U names the outputfiles with ....mpv.m2v

When I press the Author Button in RA, the Script points to .mpv instead of mpv.m2v

Example:
- File created by DoCCE4U: VTS__01_P01.16~9_1.mpv.m2v

- Line from Script:
Item=Video
{
Place Holder=No
Comment=
Name=VTS01\VTS__01_P01.16~9_1
Resolution=PAL
Drop Type=Non-drop frame
Data Start Time=00:00:00;00
Data End Time=01:36:01;13
File=K:\super_troopers_demux\VTS01\VTS__01_P01.16~9_1.MPV

It doesn't matter whether I press the AuthorButton before encoding or afterwards. Tested it both ways.

Greetz
69Mws

[shoarthing]

Aquabubble - Hi - would be grateful for a beta.

Thanks


- shoarthing@operamail.com

[Eyes`Only]

Aquabubble:

I think you should start a "Post Here to Beg for ReAuthorist Beta" thread so ppl stop cluttering up this thread (though it is probably already too late, this thread is pretty much tainted now) :mad:

[VampHuntD]

Hey Aqua,
I'm glad to see this project in work. I hope it is going well. Currently I back up movies to the best of my ability but being able to do full backups would be awesome. From what I hear about this project it works great. Any chance that you could use another tester?

Feel free to email me if so at neo_guardian2@yahoo.com

Good luck in this project!

[1977]

Hi Aqua,

Reading about your tool makes me very anxious! I would love to be able to use/test it. Promise to tell you of any problems I stumble on to!

Any chance I can get a copy too?

(sorry to clutter up the forum, but there little to talk about a product I haven't been able to use before ;) )

Thanx in advance!

rpellicaan@yahoo.com

[dssgorila]

You people that want Reauthorist, havent searched for it if you read this whole thread you would know where to get it. EyesOnly is right this thread was supposed to be for troubleshooting. Search IRC and you find what your looking for :)

[VampHuntD]

sorry about that. I went on irc right after and found what I wanted, didn't think it would be there but I didn't notice how long ago this thread was started either..

[fourtyfour]

servus...

Hi Aquabubble:

Did you received my last 2 emails?

Bugreports for RA

[DVDHack]

Why not just post a beta somewhere? :o

[brashquido]

Because then it wouldn't be a beta now then would it :p

[DVDHack]

Now that's the Microsoft approach to life. Do you work for M$?

[brashquido]

If I worked for Micro$oft, I would've copied all the ideas/tools on this forum, called them DoItQuick4U, CCEDone4U and ReAuthor-it. Then sued everyone here for having products with similar names and function :p . So, no I don't work for Microsoft.

[Eyes`Only]

LOL! Good comeback, Brash!

[dssgorila]

lol

[EcchiNut]

Aquabubble I'd love a copy as well:

cybph@yahoo.com

[XCPU]

I am proud of that if I could get the Reauthorist beta, may I get one?

Thank you very much!! I am looking forward that moment...

xcpu@hotmail.com

[aquabubble]

Right!

Finally I've got 5 minutes where I can sort this thread out. I am closing this since it has now served its purpose. All information that people require should be in here. Apologies to all those that have requested the beta and are still waiting - due to time pressures I have not got around to adding you to any list yet. Since I now have plenty of very generous and helpful people, I have decided to no longer accept any more requests for beta testers. However, as a gesture of goodwill I will try to add all those that have given me the necessary details to my list.

Please please please no more begging! :)

I intend to move discussion to a new thread giving you an update of where RA is up to. You'll be pleased to hear that my final version is almost ready and a guide is soon to be made available.