HELP!!! I'm Frustrated...

[Manta1234]

Well... not yet... however I'm trying to encode some french movie with subtitles and just can't make it to work.

Here is what I did:

1. Used the robot4rip to rip the VOB, Audio and Subtitles as well creating the .d2v project files.

2. in GK, opened the project and the audio file (AC3) and configured GK as wanted.

3. on the preview window, clicked on Save & Encode

4. Selected the subtitles files.

5. clicked on Save & Encode again and started encoding.

However for some reason I only get the video + audio encoded. The subtitles, for some reason doesn't make it into the encoded file.

Any hints ? am I doing anything wrong ?

Thanks

[jggimi]

Welcome to Doom9's forum, Manta1234. I hope we're able to help you.

There are two things you can do to help us help you. :logfile: You'll find it in the working folder (where your .d2v, .avs, and .avi files are) with the name <movie>_Gknot.log. Copy and paste it in a reply.

:script: The .avs script generated by Gknot will also be of help to us. They're fairly lengthy because of all the comment lines beginning with "#" ... if you could leave those out it makes the scripts a little more readable.Thanks!

[Manta1234]

Thanks jggimi. Although I'm a newbie to video processing, I've been programing with Smalltalk and Java for quite awhile. You guys are doing great job.

I cleaned up all files and re-started a new encoding session. I thought maybe since I've been making lots of tests, I could have missed something or did something wrong.

Here are the files from the new session that I could already open. Maybe this will give you some idea in the meantime. Once GK finish to render the second pass I will post the rest of the log file.


.AVS File
SetWorkingDir("C:\Program Files\DIVX\Gordian Knot\")
LoadPlugin("mpeg2dec3.dll")

LoadPlugin("VSFilter.dll")

mpeg2source("C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.d2v")

crop(6,6,710,464)

# SUBTITLES
VobSub("C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun")


# RESIZING
LanczosResize(640,352)


.LOG File
11/25/2003 4:48:43 PM: Job " 1" started.

o Xvid - First Pass: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.avs
o Xvid - Second Pass: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.avs
o Mux Audio.
o Splitting final movie.
End of Job 1 ( 1).
_____________________________________________________________________

Gordian Knot -
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncXvid_All
Number: 1
Name: 1
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubModExe: C:\Program Files\DIVX\Gordian Knot\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe
NandubExe: C:\Program Files\DIVX\Gordian Knot\Nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.avi
AviMovie: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun_Movie.avi
AviCredits: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun_Credits.avi
MovieFS: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.avs
CreditsFS:
Log : C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.log
Stats: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.stats
Ecf : C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 0
CreditsStart: 126770
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 0
DeleteInterm.: 0
EnforceBitrate: 0
AntiShit: 0
Split final file at CD size:700

Calculator:
VideoSize: 1099661 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 0 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 259030 kbyte.
Overhead: 8348 kbyte.
AviSize: 1367040 kbyte (1335 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 1367040 kbyte (1335 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 1630 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 132489
FPS: 23.976
Duration: 132:6
Quality: 0.302 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.464 bits/(pixel*frame).
Resolution: 640 x 352

Audio 1:
Mode: Just Mux Source File.
SourceFile: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun AC3 T02 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
WavFile: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun AC3 T02 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.wav
Mp3File: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun AC3 T02 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3
Azid:
Lame:
Delay: 0
Interval: 1
Preload: 500
Mux: 1
Recalc: 1
DeleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.

4:48:43 PM: Audio 1, determined: 259030 kb
4:48:43 PM: Audio 1, calc: 0 kb
4:48:43 PM: Audio 2, calc: 259030 kb
4:48:43 PM: Audio 2, disabled, no recalc. - you probably want to add this track later.
4:48:43 PM: New Bitrate for Movie = 1630 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\Program Files\DIVX\Gordian Knot\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "Xvid - First Pass"
// $input "C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.avs"
// $output "C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\Temp\\DVD\\Projects\\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\\Under.The.Sun.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x64697678,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\Temp\\DVD\\Projects\\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\\Under.The.Sun_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

4:48:43 PM: Started Xvid - First Pass: C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun.avs


File List In Working Dir
------------------------
Under.The.Sun AC3 T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
Under.The.Sun AC3 T02 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
Under.The.Sun AC3 T03 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
Under.The.Sun.avs
Under.The.Sun.d2v
Under.The.Sun.idx
Under.The.Sun.sub
Under.The.Sun_firstpass.settings
Under.The.Sun_GKnot.log
Under.The.Sun_Movie.avi
Under.The.Sun_secondpass.settings
vdenc.log
vobsub.param

[jggimi]

Note that the script includes# SUBTITLES
VobSub("C:\Temp\DVD\Projects\UNDER_THE_SAND_VTS_01_PGC1\Under.The.Sun") There are two possibilities that I can think of. It might be one of these, or, it might be something else. But you don't have to run an encoding to check. You can open the .avs with VdubMod or any .avi player, and watch the video to see if the subs are correct. Pressing "Preview" from Gknot's Save&Encode window does the same thing. It saves a temporary .avs script and opens it with Windows Media Player 6.4. It may be possibly that since the file name has "." characters in it, this is confusing the VobSub() plugin for AviSynth, since the filename used in the plugin is designed to point to multiple files with different filetypes, and the "."s in the filename have caused the glitch.

Be sure you're pointing at the right folder and files. When I've created subs with VobSub, I usually put them in their own subfolder (to avoid confusion).

[manono]

And make sure that the .idx file actually has something in it (the timestamps). It might be 30-75 KB in size, and not just a couple of KB. Sometimes you think you have the subs, and all you get is an empty file.

[len0x]

I think there is a major bug in R4R regarding subs (in fact it's vobsub problem rather, you have to fix that by yourself as I found out developing GKIF4U).
IDX file always contains 0 for sub index meaning that if you ripped other than first chain of subs then you will not be able to see them by default. You have to manually edit idx file to set proper index or open that file in vobsub configure tool and change it there....