Trahald
9th February 2004, 07:11
Well.. soon what i am about to type may be obsolete with features that will someday be added to dvddecrypter and sceneaid being finalized. but i figure.. heck with it.. in the mean while i'll type up this cheat sheet
so here goes
The Abyss SE NTSC-- cheat sheet --
Abyss is a seamless branching aka Seamless multi-story disk. You have the option to play the theatrical version or to play the special edition. It saves space by using common vobids for both versions but unique parts come with separate vobids which are weaved together to provide seamless playback. Scenarist doesnt support this, but what we are going to make will play nearly seamlessly on most standalones (perfect on softwareplayers).. so you may notice a small pause. It has no real extras (just slideshows in the menus).
1. Fire up doitfast4u. It will tag 2 of the 4 main movie PGCs. We already know we need to do vobid for seamless branching dvds so we pick Demux by vobid.
2. Make sure you use dvd2avidg version. Its in the avseditor options. important when doing vobid demux
3. Setup your normal options. dont have it linked to encode, though. just prepare the assets. Hit doit
4. Hopefully you are a vip contributor because vobid and subs are slow as heck on the stable version. Beta is lightning fast. Proceed when its done
5. All the vobids have different audio delays so we have to fix that. This step will be easier when hopefully dvddecrypter gives the delays on vobid demux. Currently it does not. For now.. i did this:
a. Start up DvdDecrypter. Switch to File Mode. I used a different directory than my doif4u files. In settings under file mode, make sure split by vobid is set to on. select the main vts vobs (vts_04_x.vob except vts_04_0.vob) and decrypt.
b. Make a script similar to this one line and put it in a batch file 'for %%x in (*.VOB ) do dvd2avicli -FO=0 -CS=2 -TN=0 -DD=2 -IF[%%x] -OF[%%x] -exit' (i got this from OxP's seamless branching guide. i put a copy of dvd2avicli into my drive path (c:\windows) so i wouldnt have to use the path in the script. ) execute the .bat(batch file) .. it will demux all your audios (2 in this case) for every vobid and include the delay value (it also makes .d2v files but we arent going to use them). Again make sure we are doing this part in a separate folder from your doitfast4u files.
c. run ac3correcter (in the dif4u install dir) on every ac3 file. i did the t01 (stream 1 or x80) first, then used a batch renamer to add the x80 so i would be able to tell it was the first stream. then i did the t02 (stream 2 or x81) files and also renamed them
d. now you have audio files with the delays taken out
6. Now make a cce vobid chapter file using ifoupdate, the non-film option(also make scenarist vobid chapter files while your there, we'll need them later). load your ccedata.txt into batchccews. then load the corresponding cce chapter file for each vobid and update each one. then encode.
7. then wait
8. Heres the second part that will be better in the future. for now we will have to build the scenarist script manually. In the future, scenaid will do it for us.
a. Open a new scenarist project(open scenarist using RB's Sceneimport. Defaults are fine, just make sure you set default to drop frame in the menu (as mentioned in the t2 guide). also set vts sets to 4 when it asks.
b. drop all your video assets onto the track editor. right click the yellow folder at the top of the track list and pick sort by name. then add your audios (the ac3 delay corrected ones, not the ones doitfast4u made) to all your tracks(vobids). also load in your corresponding vobid chapter files using import chapter menu option.
c. Right click your vts4 folder in the scenario editor and hit make title. make 4 total. Refering to your ifo lay your first 2 pgcs (title 1 and title2) refer liberally to OxP's T2 guide. you basically lay the tracks in vobid order going back and forth between the 2 titles.. you have to lay them in number order (in other words dont lay vobid 6 before you lay vobid 5.) oxps guide explains more. once your done you can lay title3 and 4 one at a time since scenarist now knows the vobid order we want.
d. now import all of your 3 subs to each corresponding vobid(track)
e. i have a 720x480 bmp picture file that i use for certain scenarist projects. make one with mspaint and drop that onto your other 3 vts set folders in the scenario editor. you wont be using those vts sets.. they are just place holders.
f. compile
9. Now just copying your vts4 vob files into your doitf4u video_ts folder. ifoupdate (normal mode and dont copy sub tables) and your done
notes: Dont deselect the audios in doitfast4u. Even though we dont use the ones it makes, we need it to factor in the size into its final calculations. Using the dvd2avicli to make the ac3's still results in perfect synced audio (without correcting the delays the sound is waaayy off on many of the vobids)
so here goes
The Abyss SE NTSC-- cheat sheet --
Abyss is a seamless branching aka Seamless multi-story disk. You have the option to play the theatrical version or to play the special edition. It saves space by using common vobids for both versions but unique parts come with separate vobids which are weaved together to provide seamless playback. Scenarist doesnt support this, but what we are going to make will play nearly seamlessly on most standalones (perfect on softwareplayers).. so you may notice a small pause. It has no real extras (just slideshows in the menus).
1. Fire up doitfast4u. It will tag 2 of the 4 main movie PGCs. We already know we need to do vobid for seamless branching dvds so we pick Demux by vobid.
2. Make sure you use dvd2avidg version. Its in the avseditor options. important when doing vobid demux
3. Setup your normal options. dont have it linked to encode, though. just prepare the assets. Hit doit
4. Hopefully you are a vip contributor because vobid and subs are slow as heck on the stable version. Beta is lightning fast. Proceed when its done
5. All the vobids have different audio delays so we have to fix that. This step will be easier when hopefully dvddecrypter gives the delays on vobid demux. Currently it does not. For now.. i did this:
a. Start up DvdDecrypter. Switch to File Mode. I used a different directory than my doif4u files. In settings under file mode, make sure split by vobid is set to on. select the main vts vobs (vts_04_x.vob except vts_04_0.vob) and decrypt.
b. Make a script similar to this one line and put it in a batch file 'for %%x in (*.VOB ) do dvd2avicli -FO=0 -CS=2 -TN=0 -DD=2 -IF[%%x] -OF[%%x] -exit' (i got this from OxP's seamless branching guide. i put a copy of dvd2avicli into my drive path (c:\windows) so i wouldnt have to use the path in the script. ) execute the .bat(batch file) .. it will demux all your audios (2 in this case) for every vobid and include the delay value (it also makes .d2v files but we arent going to use them). Again make sure we are doing this part in a separate folder from your doitfast4u files.
c. run ac3correcter (in the dif4u install dir) on every ac3 file. i did the t01 (stream 1 or x80) first, then used a batch renamer to add the x80 so i would be able to tell it was the first stream. then i did the t02 (stream 2 or x81) files and also renamed them
d. now you have audio files with the delays taken out
6. Now make a cce vobid chapter file using ifoupdate, the non-film option(also make scenarist vobid chapter files while your there, we'll need them later). load your ccedata.txt into batchccews. then load the corresponding cce chapter file for each vobid and update each one. then encode.
7. then wait
8. Heres the second part that will be better in the future. for now we will have to build the scenarist script manually. In the future, scenaid will do it for us.
a. Open a new scenarist project(open scenarist using RB's Sceneimport. Defaults are fine, just make sure you set default to drop frame in the menu (as mentioned in the t2 guide). also set vts sets to 4 when it asks.
b. drop all your video assets onto the track editor. right click the yellow folder at the top of the track list and pick sort by name. then add your audios (the ac3 delay corrected ones, not the ones doitfast4u made) to all your tracks(vobids). also load in your corresponding vobid chapter files using import chapter menu option.
c. Right click your vts4 folder in the scenario editor and hit make title. make 4 total. Refering to your ifo lay your first 2 pgcs (title 1 and title2) refer liberally to OxP's T2 guide. you basically lay the tracks in vobid order going back and forth between the 2 titles.. you have to lay them in number order (in other words dont lay vobid 6 before you lay vobid 5.) oxps guide explains more. once your done you can lay title3 and 4 one at a time since scenarist now knows the vobid order we want.
d. now import all of your 3 subs to each corresponding vobid(track)
e. i have a 720x480 bmp picture file that i use for certain scenarist projects. make one with mspaint and drop that onto your other 3 vts set folders in the scenario editor. you wont be using those vts sets.. they are just place holders.
f. compile
9. Now just copying your vts4 vob files into your doitf4u video_ts folder. ifoupdate (normal mode and dont copy sub tables) and your done
notes: Dont deselect the audios in doitfast4u. Even though we dont use the ones it makes, we need it to factor in the size into its final calculations. Using the dvd2avicli to make the ac3's still results in perfect synced audio (without correcting the delays the sound is waaayy off on many of the vobids)