D2SRoBa 3.80 Released

[Boulder]

Originally posted by tylo
@Boulder: D2S forces GOP N/M=4 on DVD output, because Scenarist requires it. However, DVDAuthor and possibly others do not (so it's kind of a bug). FYI, the latest internal beta test version allow you to set GOP N/M=5, so the next release will too.


Thanks, a kind person already helped me out:) I never knew that N/M=5 wouldn't be DVD compliant..

[xp_eric]

@Tylo:
I started using D2SRoBa in combination with DVD2SVCD and mDdvdAuth to create DVDs. The problem is that mDdvdAuth uses the SVCD mode of DVD2SVCD and thus D2SRoBa is thinking a SVCD is created. Can I force D2SRoba to DVD mode despite the SVCD setting of DVD2SVCD and if not which settings should I use?

DVD2SVCD settings are :
output file type : SVCD
resize to : DVD (720 x 480/576)
CCE GOP sequence : M=3 N/M=4

Eric ;)

[Venom_IL]

it worked :)

[DDogg]

As I feared, the setup of d2sroba's conditional filter with the latest build borks up the resizing filters on a NEW DVD2SVCD install [maybe ok on an existing installation]. At least it happened twice for me. This is very frustrating and is the reason I had the strongest possible reservations about d2sroba altering the standard dvd2svcd filters [to no avail]. If this is true the whole build needs to be pulled down *now* or it is going to be a freaking nightmare [replaced with d2s122b2a.zip]. Here is what I was left with after the initial install. At the bottom of this post I've placed a correct replacement avisynth.ini file you can copy and paste as a quick fix.



[AVISYNTH_SimpleResize]
0=Import(!RoBaConditional.avs)
1=LoadPlugin(!SimpleResize.dll)
2=ConvertToYUY2().SimpleResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight)
!SimpleResize.dll=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCDNew\Avisynth2.5 Plugins\SimpleResize\SimpleResize.dll
3=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)
!RoBaConditional.avs=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCDNew\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs

[AVISYNTH_BilinearResize]
0=BilinearResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight)
1=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)

[Global]
AVIReader=AVISource(!filename,audio=false)
MPEG2Reader=MPEG2Source(!filename)
MPEG1Reader=DirectShowSource(!filename)

[AVISYNTH_BicubicResize]
0=Import(!RoBaConditional.avs)
!RoBaConditional.avs=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCDNew\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs
[AVISYNTH_LanczosResize]
0=Import(!RoBaConditional.avs)
!RoBaConditional.avs=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCDNew\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs

So, if any of you need a new avisynth.ini file for a fresh installation , try this one:

[AVISYNTH_SimpleResize]
0=LoadPlugin(!SimpleResize.dll)
1=ConvertToYUY2().SimpleResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight)
2=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)
!SimpleResize.dll=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCDNew\Avisynth2.5 Plugins\SimpleResize\SimpleResize.dll

[AVISYNTH_BilinearResize]
0=BilinearResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight)
1=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)

[AVISYNTH_BicubicResize]
0=BicubicResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight,^b_value,^c_value)
1=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)
^b_value=0.0
^c_value=0.6

[AVISYNTH_LanczosResize]
0=LanczosResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight)
1=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)

[AVISYNTH_D2SRoBa BicubicResize w/Conditional Filter]
0=Import(!RoBaConditional.avs)
1=BicubicResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight,^b_value,^c_value)
2=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)
!RoBaConditional.avs=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs
^b_value=0.0
^c_value=0.6

[AVISYNTH_D2SRoBa LanczosResize w/Conditional Filter]
0=Import(!RoBaConditional.avs)
1=LanczosResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight)
2=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)
!RoBaConditional.avs=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs

[AVISYNTH_D2SRoBa BiLinearResize w/Conditional filter]
0=Import(!RoBaConditional.avs)
1=BilinearResize(^TargetWidth,^TargetHeight)
2=AddBorders(^BorderLeft,^BorderTop,^BorderRight,^BorderBottom)
!RoBaConditional.avs=C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs

[Global]
AVIReader=AVISource(!filename,audio=false)
MPEG2Reader=MPEG2Source(!filename)
MPEG1Reader=DirectShowSource(!filename)



/Add: Note: Seems the problem is caused on a new installation because the avisynth.ini is not built until the first run of D2S. I guess d2sroba does not find what it expects when adding the conditional filters as the only thing in the avisynth.ini at that stage is just SimpleResize.

/Add2: OK, problem dealt with. See http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81317

People that download the d2s122b2a.zip build will not have this problem.

[tylo]

Thanks to dvd2svcd, a solution to this problem is present. Yes DDogg, you did predict trouble when I tickered with the avisynth.ini file :o, but I am afraid this particular problem is unrelated to whether D2SRoBa modified existing, or added new avisynth setups. (D2SRoBa shouldn't have written to the avisynth.ini file if it didn't exist, which lead dvd2svcd to believe that you upgraded from a previous version, and therefore didn't create a new avisynth.ini - I think). I am planning to make a new build within a few weeks, which fixes this, and it may also include some minor improvements.

[DDogg]

... and it may also include some minor improvements. Hard to believe it could get any better than it is :)

[cw_uk]

i have a question or maybe a request for future versions. does anyone know how exactly D2SRoba knows where to find the D2SRoba.ini as with dvdrips it seems to know exactly where to find it but if you trick DVD2SVCD in to running in batch mode with D2SRoba and .avi files it always seems to default to the programs install dir. maybe as a request as an advanced option you could be able to configure where its to store it somehow. :)

[Venom_IL]

but is there a way to use requant instead of rejig on d2sroba3.6? the latter sometimes cuts my movies (the transcoded movie just stops at a certain pont of the movie which is not the end) so i'd like to try requant

do i simply change rejig_exe=C:\programs\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\ReJig.exe to rejig_exe=C:\programs\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\dist\Requant.exe in the ini? :confused:

[jorel]

hy tylo and all! ;)
.(talking to myself) :rolleyes: today seems my "blond" day to do questions...

..excuse me if my question is irrelevant:
from tylohome: http://home.tiscali.no/tylohome/
" D2SRoBa - DVD2SVCD Plugin v3.60
This plugin makes DVD2SVCD/CCE produce the same quality as a 4-5 pass VBR encoding, with only one single encoding pass (OPV). Instead of configuring number of CDs for time intervals, you simply specify a quality (Threshold Q - default 36, lower means better). The plugin decides how many CDs are needed to produce at least the specified quality.
...
- Quality based one-pass VBR encoding with CCE"

ok and works very fine for me! ;)

now the dumb question:
have a way to use D2SRoBa with 4 or 5 multipass VBR? how?
i know that don't need but i'm only curious...(and maybe stup too) :o

thanks! :)

[tylo]

@cw_uk: Late answer, but better than none! If you start D2SRoBa -d2s:"SomeDir\dvd2svcd project file.d2s" -run, it will currently look for D2SRoBa.ini where the 'TargetFolder' key points in the [Filenames] section of the .d2s file. If you are faking a batch run, the 'TargetFolder' key will be empty (I think), so you'll have to fill it in yourself. I guess I should simply look for D2SRoBa.ini in "SomeDir" (the same dir as where the .d2s file is placed).

@Venom_IL: Yes. But make sure you use the Requant.exe version released with D2SRoBa, because that understands the same command line arguments as ReJig.exe.

@jorel: Hehe. Well, you're not stupid so I guess you're just curious. Nope, with the current v3.60 you cannot do multipass, because it sets OPV encoding mode just before it starts the main CCE encoding. It does that also before DVD2SVCD is started, so I could have left out doing it again when the CCE encoding starts. But it was done intentionally in case users changed the encoding mode in DVD2SVCD (just as you want to). Ok, so I could have made an option that D2SRoBa does not set OPV mode, but you would probably be the only one to use that :D, or?

[jorel]

i was only curious and like i wrote, D2SRoBa is cool and give great results. but if you do a new option that D2SRoBa does not set OPV mode....i can swear that i use it, believe me. :p
time for encode is not a problem ..D2SRoBa give me perfect size choosed this is the best cos i'm searching quality/perfect size when encoding! ;)

thank you so much! :)

[tylo]

Ok, there's a new (maintainance) version: v3.61 (http://home.tiscali.no/tylohome/files/D2SRoBa361.exe)
It is not well tested, and it is using the latest beta of AutoIt3, but it seems to work OK.

- You can now cancel AutoIt from tray, and it will close log windows and dvd2svcd (if running).
- Readded option to use jonny's estimation fix. Default off! (manually enable by editing ini file).
- Checks that dvd2svcd is not already running on startup.
- Allows you to run in multipass vbr mode (not tested). After starting and dvd2svcd is up, go to encoder tab and set multipass mode. Please report. Will not work with CCE 2.50.
- Log windows follows smoothly dvd2svcd when moving.

Have not fixed the conditional filter setup conflict with dvd2svcd, yet, but use dvd2svcd's guideline.

Enjoy.

[jsoto]

@jorel,
You can force a second pass encode in D2SRoBa. This will give you a fully accurated size and will increase a little bit the quality of the encode (mainly at high Qs). More than two passes, seems to me useless.

jsoto

[jorel]

thanks tylo and jsoto ! :)
2 magnific and friendly guys that are always close to help and teach.
:cool: who knows never be afraid cos have lots to give!
thank you so much! ;)

i'm doing tests and will post later(tomorrow)! ;)

[tylo]

I made the regular multipass available because it was just to comment out a few lines of code.

But, as jsoto said, by forcing a sizing pass (set both 'Limit %' to 0, or set 'Q over' to 0) will give 2 passes, which is better than a regular 2-pass multipass encode, because the OPV pass (quality bound) creates a much better starting point for the next "sizing" pass, than the first MPV pass (which is size bound) does.

Now, if I added an option that let you set number of sizing passes, that would theoretically give the ultimate quality of what CCE can produce. It is actually easy to do, but again, probably pointless because the quality gain you'd get in having multiple "sizing" passes is only theoretical.

[tylo]

Yet another update: D2SRoBa v3.62 (http://home.tiscali.no/tylohome/files/D2SRoBa361.exe)
- Added gui field for number of sizing passes for CCE 2.67 (for fun).
- Fixed a bug that sometimes left a temp file in the TEMP dir.
:cool:

[jorel]

thanks again tylo! :)

the link is pointing to hxxp://home.x/tylo/D2SRoBa361.exe
the installer and when i run shows as D2SRoBa361!
can you help (again)? ;)

[buzzqw]

try http://home.tiscali.no/tylohome/files/D2SRoBa362.exe ;)

BHH

[jorel]

yes, works and came faster.
thank you buzzqw.
:)

[tylo]

And another update: D2SRoBa v3.63 (http://home.tiscali.no/tylohome/files/D2SRoBa363.exe)
- Improved GUI. Select Sizing pass 'Conditional', 'On', or 'Off'

I will try to update my project page with this one. Please check that it works as expected.

:)

[jorel]

tylo

first: thanks you very much for that new version! :)
second: you're fast :eek: to encrease D2sRoBa features! (thanks too)
last: great...and with CCE266 (i'm still with 98se) :D (thanks too-again)

best regards! :)

[jsoto]

First try with 3.63, Sizing pass encode=1. OK.

--------------------------------------------------------
D2SRoBa v3.63, by Tylo
--------------------------------------------------------
- WIN_XP - AutoIt 3.0.103.0
- 2004-09-15 01:19:18
--------------------------------------------------------
- Output type : SVCD
- CD size : 3600
- Number of CD's : 1 (max 32)
- Threshold Q : 36
- Sample size : 1.0%
- Adjust estimated : 1.2%
- Cond. sizing pass : 1 (Encode)
- Cond. filtering : No
- Audio after video : No
- Adjust max br : No
- Run mode : Normal
--------------------------------------------------------
- Waiting for CCE window ...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-09-15 01:29:52
- Project dir: F:\DVDreina\
- Avisynth setup: BicubicResize_DVD_16_9_panscan10v3_720x576
- Configured cond. filter: None
- D2S ver. 1.2.2.3, CCE ver. 2.66.1.7
- Setting low process priority
--------------------------------------------------------
- Movie length : 01:37:19 (145993 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 384 + 384 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 4287 kbps, 1 CDs
- Select ranges : every 1500, select 15 frames
- Sample frames : 1470
--------------------------------------------------------
Calculations:
- 1 CD: video_br=4287 (4287) audio_br=384+384 video_sz=3129359955 fill=100% cbr=0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using num CDs : 1
- Target mpv br : 4287 (max 8000) kbps, size=3129359955 bytes
--------------------------------------------------------
Search for Q:
- Sample enc. Q=18 : 2959 kbps, err=-31%, size=2160199404, sample sz=21820196
- Sample enc. Q=13 : 3676 kbps, err=-14.3%, size=2683970784, sample sz=27110816
- Sample enc. Q=9 : 4530 kbps, err=5.7%, size=3306852252, sample sz=33402548
- Sample enc. Q=10 : 4251 kbps, err=-0.8%, size=3103688808, sample sz=31350392
--------------------------------------------------------
- Determined Q : 10 = Round(10 + (-0.8 - 1.2)/6.5)
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-09-15 01:34:17
- Start movie OPV encoding (Q 10)
- OPV pass result: 102.3% on target, 4387 kbps (3202782392 / 3129359955) Speed: 1.22
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-09-15 02:54:22
- Start VBR sizing pass (4287 kbps)
- Sizing pass result: 100% on target, 4285 kbps (3128279124 / 3129359955) Speed: 1.25
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-09-15 04:12:28
- Recover DVD2SVCD: Muxing
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-09-15 04:31:39
- D2SRoBa successfully finished
--------------------------------------------------------


jsoto

[cw_uk]

Originally posted by jorel
hy tylo and all! ;)
.(talking to myself) :rolleyes: today seems my "blond" day to do questions...

..excuse me if my question is irrelevant:
from tylohome: http://home.tiscali.no/tylohome/
" D2SRoBa - DVD2SVCD Plugin v3.60
This plugin makes DVD2SVCD/CCE produce the same quality as a 4-5 pass VBR encoding, with only one single encoding pass (OPV). Instead of configuring number of CDs for time intervals, you simply specify a quality (Threshold Q - default 36, lower means better). The plugin decides how many CDs are needed to produce at least the specified quality.
...
- Quality based one-pass VBR encoding with CCE"

ok and works very fine for me! ;)

now the dumb question:
have a way to use D2SRoBa with 4 or 5 multipass VBR? how?
i know that don't need but i'm only curious...(and maybe stup too) :o

thanks! :)

even later reply (been busy lately) :thanks:. finally i know where to look for it now i had looked everywhere lol :)
*nice one on the new d2sroba versions.

EDIT: is it atall possible for d2sroba to shut down cce/dvd2svcd before dvd2svcd trys its first encode it may be able to put an end to this problem (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79187).

[tylo]

Hi, cw_uk. Well, my first reaction is that it's not easy for D2SRoBa to fix this problem. D2SRoBa waits for CCE coming up and stay for more than 8 seconds. How does dvd2svcd complain about CCE not beeing ready? Does it issue a message box?. I could have shut down CCE and dvd2svcd immediately after CCE comes up if I checked that there were no short cce jobs (Title picture, change cd picture, etc) before the main encode.
A shot in the dark could be to try to use Normal process prority (assuming you're using Idle), to make CCE load the script faster.

[cw_uk]

thxs for the fast reply :). the problem is that the script it loads has a delayed reaction when first loading, dvd2svcd expects a near enough immediate response and will only wait a limited time before giving up with the following..

Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
Cannot load CCE project file. Retry #1
Cannot load CCE project file. Retry #2
Cannot load CCE project file. Retry #3
Cannot load CCE project file. Retry #4
Error cannot load CCE project file. Giving up.

at which point the script finishs loading but by then is completely useless. the one way around it i have been told is that when cce is called you can ctrl,alt,delete and raise cce to high when its loading the script this is a bit useless when wanting to use batch processing though. :( i have yet to test this or try out running it in normal yet as i lost a hdd recently and that contained the only avi's i had at the time.

[tylo]

D2SRoBa v3.70 Released. Enjoy.
:cool:

[pacohaas]

to make this PERFECTLY clear :rolleyes:, if i want to ALWAYS do a VBR sizing pass, i should uncheck Conditional and Encode, correct? Also is there any (quality) harm in doing this if the OPV is extremely over or undersized, or will it always (however slightly) help the quality while fitting onto the correct # of cd's?

[tylo]

Encode = CCE VBR sizing pass
Transcode = Requant or Rejig transcoding

Check 'Encode', uncheck 'Transcode', uncheck 'Conditional', will always do a CCE VBR sizing pass, and never transcode.

NB: With both 'Encode' and 'Transcode' unchecked, no sizing pass will take place!

It will never do harm to do a VBR sizing pass, even if it is 'extremely' over or undersized (which shouldn't happen anyway). It is more optimal that the OPV pass is 'close' to the target, and the sizing pass is sligthly adjusting.

[rajkhand]

When the audio after video is selected always the program stops and gives following message.

Encoding Audio. Filename: D:\Movies\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\BeSweetLater.bat" -core( -input "D:\Movies\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "D:\MOVIES\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "D:\MOVIES\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -C 0db -S 0db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
BeSweet failed to execute. Please verify your Audio tab.

What is wrong? Am I doing something wrong?

Regards

[tylo]

@rajkhand: From another log I saw from you, you use Windows 98 but have a fast PC. Win98 is well six years old software, and I don't have any PC with that. Upgrade to Win2K or XP! Having said that, I thought the BeSweetLater.bat script should be compatible with Win98, but apparently not.

[jorel]

Originally posted by tylo
@rajkhand: From another log I saw from you, you use Windows 98 but have a fast PC. Win98 is well six years old software, and I don't have any PC with that. Upgrade to Win2K or XP! Having said that, I thought the BeSweetLater.bat script should be compatible with Win98, but apparently not.

hy tylo.
first...thank you very much again! :)
i'm using 98SE Portuguese BR and never had any problems and you know that i use D2S-RoBa for "everything". i still don't test that pretty new version but all others works perfect!
fragments of log from my last(fresh)encode:
--------------------------------------------------------
D2SROBA v3.63, by Tylo
--------------------------------------------------------
- WIN_98 - AutoIt 3.0.103.0
- 2004-09-25 06:14:51
--------------------------------------------------------
- Output type : DVD

... :cool:

[manolito]

Just tested version 3.70, I've got a few suggestions:

The "Threshold Q" entry box is not greyed out when I select a fixed number of CD's. Why not?
/Edit/
Oops, I just saw that "Threshold Q" determines if the Conditional Filter should kick in or not. But if "Use cond. filter if configured" is unchecked, the "Threshold Q" option should still be greyed out.
/End Edit/

The mouseover tooltips in the GUI behave erratically. Mostly they don't show at all, and sometimes a tooltip for a different topic pops up.
/Edit/
It seems that the tooltips do pop up if the D2SRoBa GUI does NOT have the focus, but they don't if it has the focus. Version 3.50 has the same behavior.
/End Edit/

IMHO the entry box for the number of CCE resizing passes does not belong in the GUI. It almost never makes sense to use more than one pass, and for those few who really need that option, an INI file entry would certainly be sufficient.

Any chance to bring back the "Delete previous sample files" option? Sometimes after the sample runs have completed and I am happy with the resulting Q, I really have to interrupt encoding and reboot a different OS for some other things I have to do before going to bed, and then it is very nice to be able to restart the encode without doing the test runs all over again.

Cheers
manolito

[cw_uk]

i forgot to mention a bug i discovered (if you could call it that) in the older version. if you selected anything more then 1 subtitle stream it didnt take this in to account in size prediction and with 3 to 4 subtitle streams it would end up being 30-40mbs oversized.

[rajkhand]

BeSweetLater.bat not executing.

Initially my DOS environment was at default and it was giving me out of environment space in DOS when executing the bat file, then I increased the environment with the following line in my config.sys file

shell=command.com /e:4096 /p

and also added the following line in system.ini

[NonWindowsApp]
CommandEnvSize=4096

But still I alway encounter the problem, so there has to be some setting which is not proper on my machine. Is DVD2SVCD expects some error value return from the bat file? Like when the actual besweet exe file executes does it return some value after completion?

Thanks

[jorel]

Originally posted by cw_uk
i forgot to mention a bug i discovered (if you could call it that) in the older version. if you selected anything more then 1 subtitle stream it didnt take this in to account in size prediction and with 3 to 4 subtitle streams it would end up being 30-40mbs oversized.
older means 3.50 version?
i did 2 encodes with 2 audios and 2 subs without problems!
is posted in the forum: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82204
then..don't seems a bug. post your log file! ;)

[tylo]

D2SRoBa v3.72 Released. :cool:

@manolito: thanks for constructive suggestions.
@cw_uk: target size/bitrate is not computed by d2sroba.
@rajkhand: simply uncheck 'Audio after video' - it's not vital.
@jorel: thanks for your input.

[rajkhand]

I found out the problem BUT NO SOLUTION TO RESOLVE IT.

Somehow due to some setting on my machine any batch file with > 121 characters of command line fails to execute.

If I try to execute it from the RUN command promt it gives me the error "A device present on your system is not functioning" If the commandline is < 121 characters everything works!

I require help from a win98SE/DOS Guru.

thanks

[tylo]

Default line length for command.com on Win95/98 is 127. You can extend it to max 250 by:

shell=c:\windows\command.com /e:4096 /u:250 /p

[manolito]

Just did an encode with version 3.72. Everything worked flawlessly, can't think of anything else to ask for. Time for version 3.50 to retire...

Thanks very much, Tylo.


Cheers
manolito

[Venom_IL]

happened to me once during a batch (thankfully it was the last file :) )

here are the logs


--------------------------------------------------------
D2SRoBa v3.73, by Tylo
--------------------------------------------------------
- WIN_XP - AutoIt 3.0.103.0
- 2004-10-01 14:33:03
--------------------------------------------------------
- INI file : C:\programs\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\D2SRoBa.ini
- Output type : SVCD
- CD size : 800
- Number of CD's : auto (max 32)
- Threshold Q : 36
- Sample file size : 1.0% (delete previous: Yes)
- Adjust estimated : 1.2%
- Sizing pass : Encode (1 pass) if opv pass < -2.5% from target, or Q > 40
Transcode (Requant) if opv pass > 0.0% above target, and Q <= 40
- Cond. filtering : If configured, and estim. oversize for Num CDs-1 is below 25%
- Audio after video : Yes (9% of video, min 160 kbps)
- Adjust max br : Yes (total: 2754, max - avg offset: 300 kbps)
- Run mode : Batch execute
--------------------------------------------------------
- Restarting F:\DVD2SVCD\3\dvd2svcd project file.d2s
- Waiting for CCE window...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-01 15:16:31
- Avisynth setup: BilinearResize_nosideborders
- Configured cond. filter: C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs
- D2S ver. 1.2.2.3, CCE ver. 2.67.0.23
- Setting process priority 1
--------------------------------------------------------
- Movie length : 01:35:17 (142942 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 224 + 0 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 2056 kbps, 2 CDs
- Select ranges : every 1500, select 15 frames
- Sample frames : 1440
--------------------------------------------------------
Calculations:
- 1 CD: video_br=972 (972) audio_br=160+0 video_sz=694698120 fill=100% cbr=0
- 2 CD: video_br=2088 (2088) audio_br=192+0 video_sz=1492314480 fill=100% cbr=0
- 3 CD: video_br=2530 (3204) audio_br=224+0 video_sz=1808216300 fill=80.4% cbr=1
--------------------------------------------------------
Computing target number of CDs:
- Sample max br : 2562 (adjusted for 2 CDs)
- Sample enc. Q=36 : 2011 kbps, err=?%, size=1437679584, sample sz=14522016
- Estim. oversize : 106.9% for 1 CDs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using num CDs : 2
- Target mpv br : 2088 (max 2562) kbps, size=1492314480 bytes
--------------------------------------------------------
Search for Q:
- Sample enc. Q=34 : 2054 kbps, err=-1.6%, size=1468629360, sample sz=14834640
- Sample enc. Q=32 : 2102 kbps, err=0.7%, size=1502731692, sample sz=15179108
- Sample calc Q=33 : 2078 kbps, err=-0.5%, using (br(Q32) + br(Q34))/2
--------------------------------------------------------
- Determined Q : 32 = Round(33 + (-0.5 - 1.2)/1.1)
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-01 15:22:52
- Start movie OPV encoding (Q 32)
- OPV pass result: 101.1% on target, 2110 kbps (1508635888 / 1492314480) Speed: 0.86
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-01 17:13:33
- Executing: "C:\programs\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\dist\Requant.exe" -level 98.92 -o "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\Encoded_Video_CCE_PAL.mpv" -i "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\Encoded_Video_CCE_PAL.oversz.mpv" -auto -close
- Transcoding (sizing) pass: 100% on target, 2087 kbps (1492015319 / 1492314480) Speed: 6.79
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-01 17:27:44
- Executing: C:\programs\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe -core( -input "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\Encoded_audio_1.mp2.wav" -output "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -ota( -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 48000 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m j )
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-01 17:36:48
- Recover DVD2SVCD: Muxing
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-01 18:12:04
- D2SRoBa successfully finished
--------------------------------------------------------




- 01/10/2004 17:37:05
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2SVCD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing
WARNING! You seem to be using "Norton Unerase Protection" and
you want to delete the temporary files created by dvd2svcd.
This can cause DVD2SVCD problems. Even though DVD2SVCD deletes
the temporary files, Norton doesn't, therefore DVD2SVCD
might run into diskspace problems. I suggest that you stop the
"Norton Unerase Protection" Service.
-
Initializing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 17:37:05
- Free on drive F: 4716.28 mb
- Restarting from: Muxing and Cutting
--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 17:37:08
- Free on drive F: 4716.28 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 17:37:11
- Free on drive F: 4716.28 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 17:37:14
- Free on drive F: 4716.28 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 17:37:16
- Free on drive F: 4716.28 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 5
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 5 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of F:\DVD2SVCD\3\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2955 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: 2960
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 5 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 18:04:51
- Free on drive F: 3079.16 mb
- Determining length of audio
--------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing: F:\DVD2SVCD\3\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2957.952 seconds F:\DVD2SVCD\3\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: F:\DVD2SVCD\3\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
2757.120 seconds F:\DVD2SVCD\3\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 18:07:10
- Free on drive F: 3079.13 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
--------------------------------------------------------
- No. of chapters to create: 50

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="F:\DVD2SVCD\3\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="F:\DVD2SVCD\3\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\VCDXBU~1.XML"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 18:09:44
- Free on drive F: 3068.13 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
--------------------------------------------------------
- No. of chapters to create: 46

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Programs\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="F:\DVD2SVCD\3\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="F:\DVD2SVCD\3\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "F:\DVD2SVCD\3\VCDXBU~2.XML"
Image creation finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 01/10/2004 18:11:59
- Free on drive F: 3057.16 mb
- Conversion done!
--------------------------------------------------------


as you can see the line "Detected a CCE encode window" appears twice in the log which indicates the fact that i had to manually maximize CCE in order to give d2sroba "another opportunity" to recognize it which it took and continued the process flawlessly from there

cce has been encoding for almost an hour before i maximized it so i figure my assumption that d2sroba missed the shutdown was not premature

maybe disabling the neat yet not necessary feature of automated CCE minimization would solve this... i forget - could you do that by ticking off "hide shutdown button in progress window" in eclCCE ? i'd simply try it but CCE minimization hasn't been a stable feature for me, sometimes it minimizes, sometimes it doesn't :confused:

[tylo]

D2SRoBa v3.76 Released.

@Venom_IL: You completely lost me. :D

1. "Detected a CCE encode window" appears for every job (ChangeCD picture, main move...). Multiple messages is not an error.
2. CCE is launced by DVD2SVCD in normal state always. Did you minimize CCE just after CCE launched it - Why? D2SRoBa is supposed to shut it down right away. In any case, D2SRoBa detects minimized windows just as well as normal ones.
3. There is nothing called "automated CCE minimization" in EclCCE. You can hide the "auto shutdown button" (recomended), but it has nothing to do with minimizing windows.

EclCCE will open CCE minimized if EclCCE itself is launched minimized. And D2SRoBa launches EclCCE minimized if the D2SRoBa log window is minimized :p

[Daneel]

Hi,

I'm new to this program and have a problem that hopefully is simple to fix but I've wasted a good 4 hours on it now so I'd really appreciate some help.

I'm trying to turn a XviD + AC3 avi file into a MPEG2 + AC3 DVD. I started of using a pack with D2SRoBa 3.60 in it but on getting an error I tried the 3.76 version. Unfortunately I get the same error.

About 5 minutes into the process I get this:

Error (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dsiddiky/error.png)

After a couple of attempts I watched the working directory and saw the vaf file being created for a few seconds, then being deleted. I don't understand the program well enough to work out what the problem is so I hope someone here can help me out.

Thanks

[Daneel]

This is what is in the log:

--------------------------------------------------------
D2SRoBa v3.76, by Tylo
--------------------------------------------------------
- WIN_XP - AutoIt 3.0.103.0
- 2004-10-08 07:34:34
--------------------------------------------------------
- INI file : I:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\D2SRoBa.ini
- Output type : DVD
- CD size : 4464
- Sample file size : 1.0% (delete previous: Yes)
- Adjust estimated : 1.4% (accuracy tweak: Yes)
- Sizing pass : Encode (1 pass) if opv pass < -2.5% from target, or Q > 40
Transcode (ReJig) if opv pass > 0.0% above target, and Q <= 40
- Cond. filtering : No
- Run mode : Normal
--------------------------------------------------------
- Waiting for CCE window, or 'Ripping done' message box...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-08 07:40:59
- Copying D2SRoBa.ini to project dir i:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
- Avisynth setup: LanczosResize
- D2S ver. 1.2.2.3, CCE ver. 2.67.0.27
- Setting process priority 1
--------------------------------------------------------
- Movie length : 02:36:05 (234149 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 384 + 0 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 3903 kbps, 1 CDs
- Select ranges : every 1200, select 12 frames
- Sample frames : 2352
--------------------------------------------------------
Calculations:
- 1 CD: video_br=3903 (3903) audio_br=384+0 video_sz=4569417735 fill=100% cbr=0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using num CDs : 1
- Target mpv br : 3903 (max 8000) kbps, size=4569417735 bytes
--------------------------------------------------------
Search for Q:
- Sample enc. Q=20 :



I think I may have some of the settings wrong in DVD2SVCD, is there a guide somewhere that tells me what the should be for use with D2SRoBa?

[tylo]

D2SRoBa v3.77 released
- Support for CCE 2.67.0.27+ Retail + future EclCCE versions (likely).

Daneel, it looks like you also use CCE retail, so this should fix your problem. Look here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83526

[Daneel]

Originally posted by tylo
D2SRoBa v3.77 released
- Support for CCE 2.67.0.27+ Retail + future EclCCE versions (likely).

Daneel, it looks like you also use CCE retail, so this should fix your problem. Look here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83526

Thanks very much for that, it seems to have solved the problem.

Just one quick, probably really stupid, quesiton. What setting should be used in DVD2SVCD when using your program, CBR, 1 pass VBR or multipass VBR?

I'm guessing 1 pass VBR but I still can't find a newbie's guide to D2SRoBa that tells you such things.

[cw_uk]

Originally posted by Daneel
Thanks very much for that, it seems to have solved the problem.

Just one quick, probably really stupid, quesiton. What setting should be used in DVD2SVCD when using your program, CBR, 1 pass VBR or multipass VBR?

I'm guessing 1 pass VBR but I still can't find a newbie's guide to D2SRoBa that tells you such things.

Originally posted by tylo
v3.74. Please update.
improved: Computes 'Adjust %' value into the sample estimation directly.
changed: Starts DVD2SVCD in VBR multipass mode - forces D2S to calculate accurate BR.
added: Keeps old D2SRoBa_log files.

thats posted from an old change log so you dont need to set that d2sroba takes care of it.

@tylo nice work on the latest release works like a charm,:D i have a small request due to it now opening dvd2svcd in vbr thats how it saves the SVCDInfo.txt eg. - Avg. bitrate: 1753 is there any way to convert that to a Q factor i can normally tell just by the Q factor whether its a keeper anything below 30 etc. :confused:

[cw_uk]

i seem to be running in to some trouble with d2sroba not taking notice of how many cds i set, i know for a fact i set this to 2 cds as i upped the res to 720x576 after noticing the movie was 2 hours long.


--------------------------------------------------------
D2SRoBa v3.77, by Tylo
--------------------------------------------------------
- WIN_XP - AutoIt 3.0.103.0
- 2004-10-17 23:23:03
--------------------------------------------------------
- INI file : D:\Encoding Folder\Baron\Source\D2SRoBa.ini
- Output type : SVCD
- CD size : 800
- Number of CD's : 1 (max 32)
- Sample file size : 5.0% (delete previous: Yes)
- Adjust estimated : 1.2% (accuracy tweak: Yes)
- Sizing pass : Encode always (1 pass)
- Cond. filtering : No
- Audio after video : No
- Adjust max br : Yes (total: 2754, max - avg offset: 300 kbps)
- Run mode : Batch execute
--------------------------------------------------------
- Restarting D:\Encoding Folder\Baron\Source\dvd2svcd project file.d2s
- Waiting for CCE window...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-18 04:56:46
- Avisynth setup: Adaptative Filter
- D2S ver. 1.2.2.3, CCE ver. 2.67.0.27
- Setting process priority 0
--------------------------------------------------------
- Movie length : 02:01:09 (181747 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 112 + 96 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 1568 kbps, 2 CDs
- Select ranges : every 300, select 15 frames
- Sample frames : 9090
--------------------------------------------------------
Calculations:
- 1 CD: video_br=672 (672) audio_br=112+96 video_sz=610669920 fill=100% cbr=0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using num CDs : 1
- Target mpv br : 672 (max 2546) kbps, size=610669920 bytes
--------------------------------------------------------
Search for Q:
- Sample enc. Q=119 : 1057 kbps, err=57.3%, size=961416864, sample sz=48668888
- Sample enc. Q=200 : 876 kbps, err=30.4%, size=796123503, sample sz=40301400
--------------------------------------------------------
- Determined Q : 200 = Round(200 + (30.4/0.3)) with 1.2% adjustment.
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-18 05:40:47
- Start movie OPV encoding (Q 200)
- OPV pass result: 134.9% on target, 906 kbps (823525952 / 610669920) Speed: 0.34
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-10-18 11:34:07
- Start VBR sizing pass (672 kbps)

[tylo]

My work is killing me these days, so please forgive my sporadic answering.
Note that when running batch, D2SRoBa picks up the ini file originally copied to the destination folder when you prepared for the batch. Thats why it doesn't use the current settings. This is how it should be, IMO. That is also how DVD2SVCD works (batch jobs works independently of current settings in DVD2SVCD).

On your earlier question, you'll have to use the D2SRoBa_log.txt file to inspect the Q used (there are no convertion BR<->Q). I think I will go back to set DVD2SVCD in OPV mode when it starts in order to save the Q in SVCDInfo.txt. For a workaround, each time DVD2SVCD is started, goto Encoder tab and set OPV mode - it will then work as it used to.

[Miras]

Batch not work :(

dvd2svcd batch.bat
@ECHO OFF
@REM DVD2SVCD Batch Control
"D:\DivX\!SOFT!\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\d2sroba.exe" -d2s:"E:\DVD\1\dvd2svcd project file.d2s" -run -exit
"D:\DivX\!SOFT!\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\d2sroba.exe" -d2s:"E:\DVD\2\dvd2svcd project file.d2s" -run -exit


"dvd2svcd_log.txt"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-12-14 01:27:21
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing
-
Initializing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-12-14 01:27:22
- Free on drive E: 18244.39 mb
- Restarting from:
Saving Subtitles ini file
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-12-14 01:27:25
- Free on drive E: 18244.35 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
--------------------------------------------------------
I/O error 103 Odmowa dostêpu
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-12-14 01:29:06
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing
-
Initializing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2004-12-14 01:29:06
- Free on drive E: 18244.35 mb
- Restarting from:
Saving Subtitles ini file

No D2SRoBa window... :confused:

[funboy]

Hi all, sorry if this is posting to the wrong place but it seems to most appropriate.

Since upgrading to 3.77/3.78, whenever I run a avi to dvd job, after the CCE window has been detected dvd2svcd is closed but CCE continues with all encoding and after CCE is finished nothing happens anymore...and i dont get any error messages either.. I had never had this problem before. I have uninstalled everything and reinstalled older version without any luck.

I have even tried it on another computer with version 3.78 and i get the same thing there...

Anyone got any suggestions???

Thanks in advance