very small audio

[subic_hasher]

Hi all

Ok I have a small problem "forgive the pun"

I have converted a 1.36 gig AVI file to DVD, when finished all the vobs files came up to 1.69 gig ??

This happen the other day with a different file of the same size so not thinking much of it I didn't worry than I set DVD2SVCD up on a mates pc did the same AVI and it was over 3 gig in size then when I compared then on the my DVD player his was in Digital "Digital light on amp turned on" and mine "the small one wasn't. So I assumed the difference must be something to do with the audio...


I checked the file size's and the in the folder after it had completed and this is what ive got, if it helps

Encoded_audio_1.mp2 179,248 KB
Extracted_audio_1.ac3 418,246 KB
Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv 1,532,530 KB
Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv 1,532,530 KB
MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg 1,778,050 KB


Im Using DVD2SVCD 1.2.2 build 3

heres the LOG FILE.... any idea what ive doing wrong here i use to use the program daily but have been away from it for about a year and have only reinstalled it recently...


WNASPI32.DLL 0.0.0.0
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- 20/09/2004 1:08:16 PM
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
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Initializing
- G:\File.avi
Initializing finished.

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- 20/09/2004 1:08:18 PM
- Free on drive G: 38577.50 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Audio extraction finished.

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- 20/09/2004 1:09:09 PM
- Free on drive G: 38169.03 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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- 20/09/2004 1:09:12 PM
- Free on drive G: 38169.03 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: G:\dvd Riping\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "G:\dvd Riping\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "G:\DVDRIP~2\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "G:\DVDRIP~2\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -l 0db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 48000 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of G:\dvd Riping\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 20/09/2004 1:22:47 PM
- Free on drive G: 37993.94 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 4546875788
AudioSectors: 186082680
VideoPAPO: 67551012
ScanOffsetBytes: 275052
SeqAligningBytes: 17481083
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4275485957.33
Seconds: 7649.98
CalcMPEGStream: 4275485957.33
Frames: 183368
CDSize: 4350.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4346.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 183368
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 1
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: One Pass VBR
Q. Factor: 60
Min. bitrate: 800
Max. bitrate: 4471
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
AVISource("G:\BT\FILE~1.XVI\FILE~1.AVI",audio=false)
ConvertToYUY2()
Import("C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs")
LanczosResize(558,480)
AddBorders(81,0,81,0)
Import("G:\dvd Riping\ResampleAudio.avs")
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.510
Video Encoding finished.

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- 20/09/2004 2:47:49 PM
- Free on drive G: 36448.97 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "G:\dvd Riping\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "G:\dvd Riping\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv" -prog_frames p
Video pulldown finished.

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- 20/09/2004 2:52:01 PM
- Free on drive G: 34952.34 mb
- Multiplexing Audio and Video
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Executing MPlex. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -o "G:\dvd Riping\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg" "G:\dvd Riping\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv" "G:\dvd Riping\Encoded_audio_1.mp2"
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- 20/09/2004 2:55:19 PM
- Free on drive G: 33215.91 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: G:\dvd Riping\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg
7646.542 seconds G:\dvd Riping\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 20/09/2004 2:56:29 PM
- Free on drive G: 33215.91 mb
- Authoring DVD
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Executing DVDAuthor. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\dvdauthor.exe" -x "G:\dvd Riping\DVDAuthor.xml"
Image creation finished.

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- 20/09/2004 3:01:15 PM
- Free on drive G: 31479.03 mb
- Conversion done!
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Thanks everyone

[Manngo]

Hi and welcome here!

Please read Rule 6 here (http://forum.doom9.org/forum-rules.htm)!
Next time please avoid posting anything, that can refer things like that, becouse we do not help in this case. Sorry.

Manngo

[subic_hasher]

Hi

Very sorry, I did read and was aware of this rule but I do own a copy of it and choose not to mention any names in my explanation in case people thought I was breaking rule 6 ("which im not") but stupid me didn't think that it was present in the log file, my mate created the avi from the DVD in front of me in an attempt to teach me how to create AVI' s and I thought I would try and convert it back to DVD and then this happened..

I have removed all relevant terms and should be fine now..

Again sorry

[Manngo]

the problem is with video.
You are doing 1 pass VBR.
go to 'encoder' tab and select multipass VBR.
Number of passes can be 3 or 4. It will make.
Under CCE options (pop-up) uncheck 'DVD compliant'
go to 'bitrate' tab and set max bitrate eg. 9000.

Run the project again.

A hint:
you can also use the 5.1 Chaneel ac3 stream in your DVD, which is present in the avi. Just have a look at 'audio tab'. Right now you are downmixing it to stereo.

[Nick]

Also, by the look of your log it appears you have altered the "max bitrate" setting in the bitrate tab. In your log it reads as 4471. Up this to 9000.

[jsoto]

by the look of your log it appears you have altered the "max bitrate" setting in the bitrate tab. In your log it reads as 4471 Yeah, it seems, but IMO not true. Seems to me DVD2SVCD logs in this parameter the calculated average bitrate.

EDIT: I cannot see anything wrong in the log... May be D2SRoBa_log.txt could help, please post it.

jsoto

[Nick]

Just checked up a few logs I had and indeed you're right. Max Bitrate actually logs Avg. Bitrate :confused:
I'd actually never noticed that in all the years I've been using the software :eek:

Assuming D2SRoBa was used, the log looks fine. However, no mention is made of this, in which case Manngo is right here.

[jsoto]

Assuming D2SRoBa was used, the log looks fine. However, no mention is made of this You are right, no mention of D2SRoBa, and there isn't the log "Restarting from Muxing...", so seems D2SRoBa is not used. What has confussed me is the Avisynth script.

So, I also conclude Manngo is right here.

jsoto

[johnnyquid]

Try looking at the length of the audio file while besweet is running or any other tool that will read the extracted audio file. The length (time) should match the length (time) of the video file. If it does not then you will have a problem.

For what is it worth, I have had problems with converting camcorder tapes converted to avi files. In my case the extracted audio is in wav format and is too small. It seems to happen when the audio is more than one chunk (as reported by virtualdub). To get around this, I extract the wav file using virtualdub using the Extracted_audio_1.wav filename and then restart avi2svcd at the audio encoding step. You might be able to do something similar.