D2SRoBa 3.80 Released

[bobwillis]

Tylo,

I thought I'd try v3.4.6 today. I found that it doesn't close the initial CCE encode.

D2SRoBa hangs at this point:

- Waiting for CCE window ...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down

"CCE SP Trial Version" window displays:
Are you sure you want to cancel encoding?

The buttons Yes or No are displayed.
I have to manually click Yes in order to continue.

Regards,
Bob

[DDogg]

Bob,2.5 or else? If 2.5, do you have the add resample checked?

[bobwillis]

Hi DDogg,

v2.67.00.23 and I have 'resample audio' checked as normal - it prevents my XP1800+ from crashing during the CCE encode (usually I get an avisynth error without it checked).

BTW, v3.4.4 was ok, but it did seem to take a while (about a minute)to shut the CCE window if there was a lot of applications running.

Regards,
Bob

[DDogg]

running check with 2.5, seems OK. Now will do one with .23 trying to verify.

Yep, replicated with CCE .23 happens at the shutdown phase of D2S. Like you said, pressing yes allows the normal sequence to start. Damn revisionist bugs :)

OK, tylo quietly put 3.4.7 up to fix this. Thanks, tylo!

[NuroPreak]

Looks at this.. i ended up having a 4cd movie rip ..

CDsizes looking at the muxed mpg files
CD1: 760MB
CD2: 760MB
CD3: 515MB
CD4: 180Kb >> doesn't have anything on it only black screen

the thing that i don't get why doesn't d2sroba makes it so that all disks are completly filled i'm trying this one again and see if i get same results ;)

--------------------------------------------------------
D2SRoBa v3.4.7, by Tylo
--------------------------------------------------------
- WIN_XP - AutoIt 3.0.101.0
- 2004-04-18 00:34:49
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- Output type : SVCD
- CD size : 800
- Number of CD's : auto
- Sample percent : 1.0
- Auto Q / Max Q : 30 / 60
- Adjust % : 1.0
- Cond. sizing pass : Yes (Transcode if opv sz > 0% oversize, and Q <= 35)
(Encode if opv sz < 0% undersize, or Q > 35)
- Audio after video : Yes (9% of video, min 224 kbps)
- Cond. filtering : If avisynth configured, and estim. oversize < 8% for Num CDs-1
- Adjust max br : Yes (total: 2754, max avg offset: 250 kbps)
- Clean previous : Yes
- Run mode : Normal
--------------------------------------------------------
- Waiting for CCE window ...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-04-18 01:05:14
- Project dir: E:\RIPPEN\Source\
- Config file: E:\RIPPEN\Source\DVD2SVCD.INI
- Avisynth ini: C:\Program Files\AVI2SVCD\avisynth.ini
- Avisynth setup: [BicubicResize], cond. filter: None
- D2S ver. 1.2.1.3, CCE ver. 2.50.1.0
--------------------------------------------------------
- Movie length : 01:52:13 (168338 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 224 + 0 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 1740 kbps, 3 CDs
- Select Ranges : every 1500, select 15 frames
- Sample frames : 1695
--------------------------------------------------------
Calculations:
- 1 CD: video_br=420 (420) audio_br=224+0 video_sz=353509800 fill=100% cbr=0
- 2 CD: video_br=1080 (1080) audio_br=224+0 video_sz=909025200 fill=100% cbr=0
- 3 CD: video_br=1740 (1740) audio_br=224+0 video_sz=1464540600 fill=100% cbr=0
- 4 CD: video_br=2280 (2400) audio_br=224+0 video_sz=1919053200 fill=95.5% cbr=0
--------------------------------------------------------
Computing target number of CDs:
- Sample max BR : 2530 (adjusted for 3 CDs)
- Sample encode : Q=30: 1925 kbps, err=?%, size=1621055413, sample sz=16322452
- Estim. oversize : 10.6% for 3 CDs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using num CDs : 4
- Target mpv BR : 2280 (max 2530) kbps, size=1919053200 bytes
--------------------------------------------------------
Search for Q:
- Sample encode : Q=23: 2157 kbps, err=-5.4%, size=1815671620, sample sz=18282048
- Sample encode : Q=19: 2278 kbps, err=-0.1%, size=1917665578, sample sz=19309028
- Determined Q : 18 = Round(19 + (-0.1 - 1.0)/1.3)
- Reduced CD size : 766 (fill = 95.5%)
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-04-18 01:14:42
- Start movie OPV encoding (Q 18)
- OPV pass result: 101.1% on target (1939591044 / 1919053200) Speed factor: 0.47
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-04-18 05:13:48
- Start transcoding (Requant 98.94%)
- Transcoding pass: 99% on target (1900066302 / 1919053200) Speed factor: 36.22
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-04-18 05:16:56
- Executing: C:\Program Files\AVI2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe -core( -input "E:\RIPPEN\Audio\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "E:\RIPPEN\Audio\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "E:\RIPPEN\Audio\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -C 0db -S 0db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )
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- 2004-04-18 06:05:40
- Recover DVD2SVCD

[tylo]

Hehe. It doesn't seem that we get a frozen version before a v3.5.0, with NuroPreak as tester. ;) Well, I can see what is going wrong, but not why.

- Movie length : 01:52:13 (168338 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 224 + 0 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 1740 kbps, 3 CDs

Before D2S starts, D2SRoBa writes the timebands to DVD2SVCD\SVCD.ini file. So for 800 CD sizes, you should find in the Bitrate tab: 1CD -> 0-92 mins, 2CD -> 92-138 mins. I.e. in this case, D2S should have calculated bitrate for 2 CDs, and not 3. The actual bitrate is about right for 2 CDs (not sure). I presume you haven't fiddled with the timebands (but even then it should't have calced this bitrate).

As mentioned before, I get the number of CDs directly from the .d2s file, "Number of images" key in [Settings] section, and the calculated bitrate from "AvgBitrate" in the [MovieInfo] section.

NuroPreak's machine is quite slow (at least three times slower encoding than mine). This can cause some delays when files are written, and syncronization probs in some ways.

[NuroPreak]

Originally posted by tylo
NuroPreak's machine is quite slow (at least three times slower encoding than mine). This can cause some delays when files are written, and syncronization probs in some ways.

Hahah sponsor me please.. i'm only a poor student!! :)

anyway i had a look and guess what avg bitrate tab was checked in bitrates so i :rolleyes: and i loaded the original config.. and i think that is what caused this problem, having still the old config in i used for 4-pass vbr.

[manolito]

Got a reproduceable problem with D2SRoBa 3.47 and CCE 2.50 here. The new "more robust" method to enter text into CCE windows does not work on my machine (WinXP Pro German version). The first time D2SRoba starts CCE for the first sample run the "Open File" window stays open forever, D2SRoba does not enter any text into the window.
BTW version 3.44 works just fine.

Cheers
manolito

[DDogg]

3.4.7

Although I never use it, the dvddecryper plugin of d2sroba seems to not function in some tests I was doing. There are no ripped vobs in the working dir. It launches dvd2avi, but no further action takes place. This is the last line in the d2s log:

"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCDBeta\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVIdg.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -OM=0 -EXIT -OF=[D:\matrix\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[

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@manolito - I can't reproduce your replicatable on on english XP. Maybe that will help pinpoint it.

[tylo]

@manolito: Ok, I can revert to the previous way I did it. Is the title of the CCE open file dialog "Öffnen" or "Open" in German WinXP?

@ddogg: the dvddecrypter plugin is completely independent of D2SRoBa, so it must be a config problem. Install D2SRoBa again.

Btw: why not use it? dvddecrypter plugin has worked flawlessly for more than a year for me, and it is in general safer and faster than internal ripping.

[DDogg]

@ddogg: the dvddecrypter plugin is completely independent of D2SRoBa, so it must be a config problem. Install D2SRoBa again. Not dissing it, tylo. Anything of yours has a special place with me for sure :). Its just that ANY method other than the internal method of ripping is non supported in the DVD2SVCD general forum. You personally get all the joy of supporting it :)

Reason is folks can do dumb stuff, like I just did, and have no file splitting on which breaks D2S. Also, many other setting can be changed, some of which seem to have caused problems before.

Let's do this. Any mod that sees a question about it just move it to the advanced section as it is an advanced function.

tylo, another edit, I can't get it to work. dvd2avi always fails. I wonder if the parameters being delivered has become messed up in these test versions I am using?

"Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCDBeta\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVIdg.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -OM=0 -EXIT -OF=[D:\matrix2\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[
EFOpenError Cannot open file D:\matrix2\DVD2AVI_Project_file.d2v

[tylo]

Good point. My post may have sounded like I was kind of offended by you not using the dvddecrypter plugin - not at all, but thanks, ddogg. :)

On the other matter, the previous test version *sometimes* wrote that truncated DVD2AVIdg log line too (just checked a few logs) - but it still worked fine. Haven't used the last test version yet.

[manolito]

@tylo
The title of the CCE open file dialog in German WinXP is "Öffnen".

Cheers
manolito

[maSp]

Beside a little question: Is there any reason for d2sroba to be installed in the start menue of %HOMEPATH% instead of %ALLUSERSPROFLE%?

[DDogg]

<hopefully the final version><snicker><big grin - promise> :)

[manolito]

So far 3.48 looks pretty much like the final version to me. The CCE open file dialog works like a charm now, and I especially like the option to use ReJig instead of Requant. Great... and a big Thank You to Tylo again!

[DDogg]

I had to delete my ini to get the transcoder option to ungray.

[tylo]

Well, ddogg, you got right (naturally). :D This time I was lazy and didn't make a new version number. In order to use ReJig.exe, you must download v3.4.8 again.

[DDogg]

<chuckling> Well you actually have to do one more now because "3.5.0" just sounds right :)

[NuroPreak]

Originally posted by DDogg
<chuckling> Well you actually have to do one more now because "3.5.0" just sounds right :)

ah ill post one of my errors :p no really everything seems to be working smooth since 2.4.8 ;)

[Holomatrix]

We'll you might want to give yourself a little more recognition on your plugin "D2SRoba v3.50 - DVD2SVCD Plugin [SVCD] by TYLO the Great" :) and make the link on your plugin to your home page a hyperlink. There 3.5.0 :)

[manolito]

@tylo

Just one small request for the final version 3.50:
When using CCE 2.66+ with EclCCE 1.8+, CCE alway runs minimized. I have not found a way to run CCE in a normal window other than going back to EclCCE 1.7b.

Call me a control freak, but I really like to see the encoder window during the encode. D2S also runs most of the helper applications minimized, but CCE is run in a normal window. Maybe you could add another line in D2SRoba.ini?

Cheers
manolito

[DDogg]

tylo, I don't know if this is possible so bear with me. Do you have a way of detecting what the last "state" of CCE was? What I mean is, whether it was minimized or not. If you do, then mimicking the last state would address manolito's request (I think). A user that wanted to see it could de-minimize it and it would stay that way till the user minimized it again.

[tylo]

@DDogg: nope, i'm afraid that's not possible. However, This has bugged me a little bit myself sometimes, so here's what I'll do:

- Add another entry in the ini file: minimize. It may have three values: 0, 1, 2. 0=no, 1=yes, 2=when D2SRoBa log window is minimized. (applies also to Rejig).

Easy, peasy.

DDogg, when I have you here, first read the thread about "ECL manual" in the CCE forum. I actually did that tool before I tried jdobbs DVD-RB, but I realize now that it may not be easy to apply it with DVD-RB because the main movie is splittet into cells in the ECL file. I could maybe make a front-end that put them together again (for the RoBa estimation in order to find a proper Q). Also the 'Dynamically assign Cell bitrates' must be off (we want to find a Q that produce one bitrate).
Don't want to bother jdobbs at this time about it, but it would be real nice to have added OPV to DVD-RB. I will release the tool this weekend anyhow. Bedtime.

[Venom_IL]

How about "auto num of CD's, but only use up to X CD's"

e.g. for cases you simply want the program to decide between 1 and 2 CD's, and you don't want 3 or more in any circumstance

Worry not, one day I'll run out of strange ideas :D

[DDogg]

tylo, I would like to PM, or perhaps IM, a bit on the subject of the dvd-rb plugin. Before the release if this is possible for you.

Oh, re the new INI parameter, I really like 2, that deals with it very elegantly for me. Nicely thought out.

[Fugdefino]

Ok, I've just installed D2SROBA 3.5, but it keeps stopping after doing a sample encode. I've tried both with a set number of cds selected and ? selected. When selecting ? mode, I receive no cd selection window. D2SROBA just stops. I'm using CCE 2.5. Here's my log:

--------------------------------------------------------
D2SRoBa v3.50, by Tylo
--------------------------------------------------------
- WIN_XP - AutoIt 3.0.101.0
- 2004-04-30 21:13:24
--------------------------------------------------------
- Output type : SVCD
- CD size : 800
- Number of CD's : 3 (max 32)
- Sample percent : 1.0
- Adjust % : 1.0
- Cond. sizing pass : Yes (Transcode if opv sz > 1.0% oversize, and Q <= 40)
(Encode if opv sz < 2.5% undersize, or Q > 40)
- Cut last image : If opv sz > 0.3% oversize, and opv sz < 1.0% oversize
- Audio after video : Yes (128 kbps)
- Adjust max br : Yes (total: 2756, max avg offset: 120 kbps)
- Clean previous : Yes
- Run mode : Normal
--------------------------------------------------------
- Waiting for CCE window ...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-04-30 21:15:35
- Project dir: H:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
- Config file: H:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2SVCD.INI
- Avisynth ini: H:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\AVISYNTH.INI
- Avisynth setup: [GammaCorrect], cond. filter: None
- D2S ver. 1.2.1.3, CCE ver. 2.50.1.0
--------------------------------------------------------
- Movie length : 01:47:11 (160790 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 128 + 0 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 2450 kbps, 3 CDs
- Select Ranges : every 1200, select 12 frames
- Sample frames : 1608
--------------------------------------------------------
Calculations:
- 3 CD: video_br=2450 (2450) audio_br=128+0 video_sz=1969677500 fill=100% cbr=0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using num CDs : 3
- Target mpv BR : 2450 (max 2628) kbps, size=1969677500 bytes
--------------------------------------------------------
Search for Q:
- Sample encode : Q=20:

[Fugdefino]

Well, I've just resinstalled it, but now I have another problem. Check out the screenshot below:

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v132/Spaceboy60/cdselection.jpg

Any idea what the problem is?

[thewonderer]

2.67.0.09 cce failed to shutdown with 3.5 of d2sroba... using dvd2svcd 1.2.1. the shutdown cce dialog box appeared (yes/no).

thought you might like to know. i installed latest cce sp 2.67.0.27 and this closes fine and continues....

hope this is of use

Martin

[DDogg]

Fugdefino, does it work ok for you in other modes? Try auto or 2 disk and let us know. tylo normally disappears on the weekend around here, but reappears during the workweek. I think he has a real life :)

[Fugdefino]

Originally posted by DDogg
Fugdefino, does it work ok for you in other modes? Try auto or 2 disk and let us know. tylo normally disappears on the weekend around here, but reappears during the workweek. I think he has a real life :)

Well, it's actually working ok with some other avi files I've tested.

The avi file I'm having problems with is one I joined in VirtualDubMod. I can encode the two file seperately ok, although for some reason when I encode the 2nd part in ? mode, it automatically starts encoding, rather than presenting me with a cd selection box.

[DDogg]

Ah, gotta love them damn Avi's. 90% of all problems reported in these forums are because of them. You may want to see the post in the main forum about avis. I did a poor job of explaining it, but you may find using a simple avisynth script using Avisource wrapped with Link2, MakeAVIS, or VFAPI will allow you to better use the source in A2D. Although saving in VDub, especially to huffy if you have the HD room, should have worked just fine for you.

[thewonderer]

When using d2sroba.. i noticed that bbmpeg starts up and produces one large .mpg why does it do this when i'm creating dvd's not svcd... surely once the .mpv and ac3 are done i can just multiplex them to vobs...?....

thanx

martin

[DDogg]

I answered this in your post in basic. It has nothing to do with D2SRoBa. Where did you get that idea? When "noimages" are selected in the CD Image tab, D2S muxes the resulting files. Just create a blank batch file with one line "REM do nothing" (no quotes) and save it as RunbbMPEG.BAT. Go to the multiplexer tab and change the path from RunbbMPEG.exe to RunbbMPEG.bat. No more muxing and you will be left with your elementary streams.

This is a feature I had wanted to get in, but it did not happen on this version. I wanted a Elementary Streams Only button. Maybe next time.

[FredThompson]

Is there a way to set a truly custom destination filesize? IOW, use D2SRoBa to make the best quality possible in a file no larger than some user-specified size?

[r6d2]

Originally posted by FredThompson
Is there a way to set a truly custom destination filesize? IOW, use D2SRoBa to make the best quality possible in a file no larger than some user-specified size? Yes, use DVD mode and change the output media size to what you want. Don't forget to check the muxing options.

[FredThompson]

Please elaborate on that. I'm very familiar with DVD2SVCD but have never used D2SRoBa. There must be something which should be obvious but I see no DVD mode in D2SRoBa. I'd like to use it with non-IFO/VOB source if possible.

[r6d2]

Originally posted by FredThompson
Please elaborate on that.Sorry, I was in a hurry and expressed myself poorly.

I assume you want to end up with a MPEG-2 file with certain size. Correct me if I'm wrong.

1. Start DVD2SVCD, set DVD mode output. Close DVD2SVCD.

2. Start D2Sroba. Set media size to what you want. D2Sroba will start DVD2SVCD again and set media size to what you entered.

3. In DVD2SVCD, CD Image tab, select no images. In Multiplexer tab, change bbMPEG parameters to MPEG-2 by double clicking on it.

4. Encode.

As a result, you'll end up with one single MPEG-2 muxed ready to burn DVD compliant stream (and both elementary streams if you want to author them).

Hope this helps.

[FredThompson]

Yes, I would like to make an MPEG2 of a specified size. D2SRoBa seems to only support sizes from its drop-down picklist, correct? I'm looking for a way to specify the exact size.

For example, I have a 420M VOB which must be shrunk to 342M. That's too large a difference for DVDShrink to be useful. I have been using ProCoder at DDogg's suggestion. However, I'd like to test RoBa, CCE 2.66x 4-Pass and ProCoder to see how they shape up. (A pro editor buddy swears by CCE 2.66x 4-pass.)

My hope is D2SRoBa could be used to encode to a user-defined size, not just the drop-down list sizes which appear to be based on recordable media.

Is this possible?

[DDogg]

Fred, you are gonna just slap yourself :) Just type in the number you want. I'm waiting for your Argggghhhh :)

[FredThompson]

Uuuuuhhhh....SLAP!!!!

[Fugdefino]

I've just tried converting an AVI file to SVCD. Everything went fine, except I've been left with 3 mpg files rather than 2. The second mpeg is only 720 MB, yet a 3rd one of 120 KB has been created. Here's my log:

- 2004-05-06 15:12:20
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- Output type : SVCD
- CD size : 800
- Number of CD's : 2 (max 32)
- Sample percent : 1.0
- Adjust % : 1.0
- Cond. sizing pass : Yes (Transcode if opv sz > 1.0% oversize, and Q <= 40)
(Encode if opv sz < 2.5% undersize, or Q > 40)
- Cut last image : If opv sz > 0.3% oversize, and opv sz < 1.0% oversize
- Audio after video : Yes (9% of video, min 128 kbps)
- Adjust max br : Yes (total: 2754, max avg offset: 120 kbps)
- Clean previous : Yes
- Run mode : Normal
--------------------------------------------------------
- Waiting for CCE window ...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-05-06 15:14:04
- Project dir: H:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
- Config file: H:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\SVCD.INI
- Avisynth ini: H:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\AVISYNTH.INI
- Avisynth setup: [GammaCorrect], cond. filter: None
- D2S ver. 1.2.2.1, CCE ver. 2.50.1.0
--------------------------------------------------------
- Movie length : 01:17:27 (116180 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 224 + 0 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 2450 kbps, 2 CDs
- Select Ranges : every 1200, select 12 frames
- Sample frames : 1164
--------------------------------------------------------
Calculations:
- 2 CD: video_br=2410 (2450) audio_br=224+0 video_sz=1399969000 fill=98.5% cbr=0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using num CDs : 2
- Target mpv BR : 2410 (max 2530) kbps, size=1399969000 bytes
--------------------------------------------------------
Search for Q:
- Sample encode : Q=20: 2388 kbps, err=-0.9%, size=1387684263, sample sz=13903120
- Sample encode : Q=19: 2401 kbps, err=-0.4%, size=1394961682, sample sz=13976032
- Sample encode : Q=18: 2414 kbps, err=0.2%, size=1402353285, sample sz=14050088
- Determined Q : 16 = Round(18 + (0.2 - 1.0)/0.5)
- Reduced CD size : 790 (fill = 98.5%)
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-05-06 15:18:46
- Start movie OPV encoding (Q 16)
- OPV pass result: 101% on target (1413443592 / 1399969000) Speed factor: 1.02
- Oversized: Cutting last CD image off by 1%
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-05-06 16:34:32
- Executing: H:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe -core( -input "H:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "H:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "H:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -l 0db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -ota( -r 23976 25000 ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-05-06 16:47:43
- Recover DVD2SVCD
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-05-06 19:11:30
- D2SRoBa successfully finished
--------------------------------------------------------

[tylo]

Yes, this is a small bug, but can easily be avoided. Edit D2SRoBa.ini and set cut_per_over=2.0 (at least higher that the cond. sizing pass oversize limit). Recover and start from muxing.

When the encode is "maxed out" as yours is (using max average bitrate), the CD size is reduced, and you won't get a full size image. This is correct. However, it should't have cut off the oversize part of the last image, because in this case there is room on the CD for it.

In general (when not "maxed out"), when using cond. oversize limit=1.0%, as you are, you may get too big last image to burn. Set it to 0.0 (it will kick in the transcoder which is fast, and you won't loose quality anyway).

[Fugdefino]

Thanks, worked perfectly.

[DDogg]

tylo, can you look at this post (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=489469#post489469) please.

[DDogg]

tylo, dvd2svcd, In dvd mode when using D2SRoBa and Frame-selection there is a major problem in my opinion. D2SRoBa sets the size of the file in the bitrate tab, but Frame-selection does not use this size. I'm not sure whose problem it is, but it is a major problem and IMO one of you, or both, need to address it. I brought it up several times but neither of you seemed to notice. If the user does not notice and manually change the size in the frame-selection tab, the encode of course gets all messed up.

/Add: I think d2s plans to address this in the next build.

[tylo]

Yep. It's probably my mistake. I haven't addressed frame selection in dvd mode at all. Currently I update the [FrameSelection0]/CDSize, and [Settings]/bbMPEGCDSize keys in the project file before recovering. However, bbMPEG is not used with DVDs, so there's probably another key that must be updated. I'll take a look at it when there is time.

[DDogg]

I'm just trying to get you guys to mutually address it :) It is one of those things that is really not either's specific problem. Just something that needs coordination between you guys. Another is that stupid "calc bitrate as max" thing. I hope it will be removed. Are you un-checking it? It will sure foul up a lot of things if left checked.

[DDogg]

Another bitchy post. Who dreamed up this cut last image thing? I would like to know so I can shoot him :D Could somebody please explain why this is in a wonderful program like D2SRoBa? I truly must not understand its purpose. I hope setting 'cut_per_over=0.0' will put a stake in the heart of this vile creature that sneaked into polite society :)

"Oversized: Cutting last CD image off by 4.4%" - What kinda nut would want this? <big grin here to disguise my true feelings, nah!>

[tylo]

Hehe. Well, I think it was me, and you're not the first to bitch about it. You must set 'cut_per_over=20' or a higher number than you can ever expect to oversize to get rid of it. The reason I wanted it, was to avoid a sizing pass on oversizing. By cutting off e.g. 1% of the movie, you are likely to only cut off some credits (if you haven't already with frame selection). That way you could still fit the first images onto the CD, and ignore the cutoff.

Now that we have transcoder for resizing, that is really no big issue anylonger, so I'll drop the whole matter in the next release. :)

About the "calced bitrate as max", I can't see the big point of it. Actually, D2SRoBa could be started in multipass mode. (Just change the mode after D2S has come up. It will work nicely. In the next relase I will set D2S automatically to multipass, instead of OPV. In that way "calc bitrate as max" is no issue.