MenuShrink 2.2 is here!

[jeanl]

MenuShrink Version 2.0 is here!
EDIT MenuShrink Version 2.2 is also here! See below! (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=657468#post657468)

MenuShrink is a small application that turns large motion menus into tiny still
menus with or without audio. Menus can usually be shrunk down to 5% to 10% of
their original size, while keeping full functionality.

Version 2.0 has the following main new features:

New Preview mode allows you to visually select which image to use in each menu.
The output DVD are more compliant than before. The remaining problems with highlights not showing on some DVD players have been fixed.
Cells with "non-functional" buttons are now skipped.
There's an new panel to set the path to your favorite apps.

along with many improvements and bug fixes.
Get the new version at the usual place:
http://www.videohelp.com/~menushrink/

Here's the change log.

UI:

Added selection with video preview for the still frame.
MenuShrink remembers which frames were manually selected for the last processed DVD.
MenuShrink can reload the last opened DVD.
Added tool buttons and a path panel to set them up.
Added support for messages in french.
Added better command-line support. Pass video_ts.ifo and you open the full DVD. Pass vts_01_0.vob and only that VTS is marked for processing.
If the VTSM_C_ADT table isn't correct to begin with, MenuShrink no longer crash.
The VTS selection panel has been improved.

Engine:

MenuShrink now produces more compliant single-VOBU cells in no-audio mode.
In audio mode, the audio is no longer clipped when the buttons appear late in the menu.
MenuShrink now picks the smallest frame for transition clips (menu intros/outros).
MenuShrink now squashes and attempts to skip cells that have non-functional buttons (either tiny buttons, or buttons that all have NOP commands).

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug in the pack identification routine that caused an audio pack to be mistaken for a navpack in Godzilla!!!
Fixed a problems with tools when the path to the DVD folder had spaces in it.
Occasional highlight delay has been fixed.
The few remaining problems with highlights not showing on some DVD and some players have been ironed out.


Here's the thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91414&goto=nextoldest) for
version 1.0.

Enjoy!
jeanl

[lelo108]

First!!
i love you man

Je t'aime lol
tu es trop fort!
merci beaucoup pour ce taff!!!

[jeanl]

Originally posted by lelo108
First!!
i love you man

Je t'aime lol
tu es trop fort!
merci beaucoup pour ce taff!!!
!!! LOL! :D
I'm laughing my ass off over here! Next thing we know, this thread's going to be censored for obcenity! But keep it coming man!! LOL!
Tout le plaisir est pour moi, by the way ;)
jeanl

[jsoto]

I like much your manual still selection. Easy to use.
Good work, jeanl !!

jsoto

[jeanl]

Originally posted by jsoto
I like much your manual still selection. Easy to use.
Good work, jeanl !!

jsoto
Thanks jsoto! I haven't included your color-enabled log yet (I ran into problems, didn't find the time to solve them) but I really want to. That makes the log sooo much more readable. I'll keep you posted...
Jeanl

[blutach]

Congratulations jean from one of your hardworking "beta testers" LOL

BTW: Your link to the thread for MS 1.0 is wrong (was also wrong at DD but was fixed :))

Regards

[Whitespliff]

I get version 1 when I d/l from your site, already had that one ;)

[jeanl]

Originally posted by Whitespliff
I get version 1 when I d/l from your site, already had that one ;)
This happens sometimes if you don't refresh... When you get to the download page (not the main page), hit F5 (or refresh your browser). Then you'll get version 2.0

jeanl

[Whitespliff]

Strange, I delete my tempory files (along with history & cookies) almost daily so it should have given me the new page.
Stupid mistake on my part :rolleyes:
Tnx

[jeanl]

It's a bit scary though... I wonder if a lot of people will get version 1.0 instead of 2.0 and wonder what the heck is wrong!
Anybody knows how to avoid the problem on my side (can I do something on the web page to make sure this does not happen?).
jeanl

[CoNS]

Put the version number in the file name...?

And delete http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/Binaries/index.html and stick to direct links to the files.

[jeanl]

Originally posted by CoNS
Put the version number in the file name...?

And delete http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/Binaries/index.html and stick to direct links to the files.
yes yes yes... I put the version number in the files, and deleted the old one (so people might get an error, but won't get the old version).
The intermediate page allows me to see the number of downloads. I don't know how to do that otherwise (I don't like such intermediate pages myself!).
jeanl

[blutach]

Bug in Log??

Any one else get this?

I press save and I got a run time error so I re-processed. Save again, and nothing in log. Had to copy and paste manually.

Regards

[jeanl]

OK that problem was solved. If you run into it, download version 2.04 from the web, here (http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/Binaries/MenuShrink2.04.zip)...

Thanks blutach :)
jeanl

[Whitespliff]

Originally posted by jeanl
It's a bit scary though... I wonder if a lot of people will get version 1.0 instead of 2.0 and wonder what the heck is wrong!
Anybody knows how to avoid the problem on my side (can I do something on the web page to make sure this does not happen?).
jeanl I think: <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"> does just that (add it in your header).

Hope this helps

[jeanl]

Originally posted by Whitespliff
I think: <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"> does just that (add it in your header).

Hope this helps
Excellent! I'll put it there! Thanks a bunch...
jeanl

[daehkcid]

Mec, ca sera cool si on pouvait editer les menus! Il ne manque que ca!

[jeanl]

Originally posted by daehkcid
Mec, ca sera cool si on pouvait editer les menus! Il ne manque que ca!
Translation: "dude it would be cool if we could edit menus. That's the only thing missing"

Answer: Mec, it would be cool if you wrote in english for the rest of us on this forum ;).

To edit menus, you have PgcEdit's menu editor, which is absolutely fabulous! You can change almost EVERY aspect of your menus. There's really not much to add to that.
But what did you have in mind anyway???
jeanl

[arsmori]

Originally posted by jeanl
But what did you have in mind anyway???My guess: a simpler PgcEdit menu editor, a freeware MenuEdit, with fries... and mayonnaise.
Superb app btw, just shrunk 8½ criterion ed. menu from 280MB to 7 MB, I love it.:cool:

Originally posted by jeanl
Mec, it would be cool if you wrote in english for the rest of us on this forum ;).Ahh, ze assimilated expats, ze are zeu worsteuh francophobez.:sly:
(j/k, I know I know, international forum, intelligibility! rules! aux armes etc.)

[jeanl]

Originally posted by arsmori

Ahh, ze assimilated expats, ze are zeu worsteuh francophobez.:sly:
(j/k, I know I know, international forum, intelligibility! rules! aux armes etc.)
You have me rolling on the floor here! :) :). Don't want to go into politics here, but I live in the states and believe me, I'm far from assimilated (like many US citizens I know!!!).
Anyway, thanks for the good words! A plus! ;)
jeanl

[mpucoder]

Assimilation is inevitable. Resistance is futile. We (the U.S.) are the Borg.

[jeanl]

See?! THere! And I didn't want to go into a political discussion!
:D :D :D
jeanl

[DnGermany]

Just wanted to say thanks for a great tool. I've used it on several films, and it works very well. The preview function is a great addition to the program, as before I had to restore and try again at a different % on the slider for the menu picture. :-)

[jeanl]

Thanks DnGermany!
jeanl

[arsmori]

Hey jean, I notice that sometimes, for some reason, animated menus cells alternate sharp and slightly blurred frames.
While imperceptible in sequence, this is quite noticeable when those frames are isolated due to the fuzzy writing.
I can't catch this in MenuShrink™ tiny preview window though, and have to go the empirical way to get the goodies.
Is there a way to maximize that window that I haven't found, or can you add this?
It would be suuuper :)

[jeanl]

Originally posted by arsmori
Hey jean, I notice that sometimes, for some reason, animated menus cells alternate sharp and slightly blurred frames.
While imperceptible in sequence, this is quite noticeable when those frames are isolated due to the fuzzy writing.
I can't catch this in MenuShrink™ tiny preview window though, and have to go the empirical way to get the goodies.
Is there a way to maximize that window that I haven't found, or can you add this?
It would be suuuper :)
MenuShrink™ I LIKE that!!! :)

You can resize the preview window at will (and menushrink remembers the size from run to run). Give it a shot! MenuSHrink only uses an I-frame for the menu, but I've seen cases (probably with interlaced material) where the still menu seemed to "oscillate" between two frames on my standalone. I"m not sure that's what you mean though...

jeanl

[arsmori]

Hey, me again :D (woopie doo!) I was trying to shrink Carnival Of Souls (R1 criterion) menu. It has a lot of text stills in it (essays, interviews verbatim, etc.) and when accessing those in the shrinked menu, Media Player Classic and DVD Tray Player hang. They're the kind of still with 3 buttons (backward, index and forward) and as soon as I select one of those buttons the player freeze. I'm too lazy to test on a standalone, but obviously something is not kosher. I finally shrinked the menu with VobBlanker by manually selecting the large cell only, witch give me the same final size result, but it's tedious :(
Originally posted by jeanl
MenuShrink™ I LIKE that!!! :)Sounds a bit too much like one of McDonald's next Chapter 11 meals, don't you think?

[jeanl]

Originally posted by arsmori
Hey, me again :D (woopie doo!) I was trying to shrink Carnival Of Souls (R1 criterion). It has a lot of text stills in it (essays, interviews verbatim, etc.) and when accessing those in the shrinked menu, Media Player Classic and DVD Tray Player hang. They're the kind of still with 3 buttons (backward, index and forward) and as soon as I select one of those the player freeze. I'm too lazy to test on a standalone, but obviously something is not kosher.

Which version are you using? If you're using version 2.05 or later, I know that something I changed (in the VOBU_SRI area) to fix something on one user's standalone makes mediaplayerclassic hang on some menus (not quite sure yet which ones and why). I need to fix that in the next beta. Can you go back and check 2.04 and see if you get the same problem?
You'll find it here:
http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/Betas
Let me know!
Thanks!

[arsmori]

Originally posted by jeanl
Which version are you using? If you're using version 2.05 or later, I know that something I changed (in the VOBU_SRI area) to fix something on one user's standalone makes mediaplayerclassic hang on some menus (not quite sure yet which ones and why). I need to fix that in the next beta. Can you go back and check 2.04 and see if you get the same problem?
You'll find it here:
http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/Betas
Let me know!
Thanks! I was using v2.07 and yes v2.04 fix this :cool:
Btw, do I have to delete the MenuShrink folder in my 'Application Data' profile folder when I change versions?

[jeanl]

Originally posted by arsmori
I was using v2.07 and yes v2.04 fix this :cool:
Btw, do I have to delete the MenuShrink folder in my 'Application Data' profile folder when I change versions?
no you don't have to delete anything... All this stuff is backwards compatible, so to speak. You can hardly say that 2.04 "fixes" the problem in 2.07 ;), as 2.07 came after 2.04!
Anyway, 2.08 will fix that, I just need to go back and take a look at what I changed in the VOBU_SRI and figure out exactly what it is that mediaplayerclassic does not like! I'll keep you posted.

Jeanl

[arsmori]

Got a big one!
Eddie Izzard: Circle - R1

Do I get a cookie?

[jeanl]

Originally posted by arsmori
Got a big one!
Eddie Izzard: Circle - R1

Do I get a cookie?
you have to show your goods! Post an screenshot of the main panel!
jeanl
P.S. Haven't seen "circle", but I love Eddie Izzard!

[arsmori]

I did, just need to wait a bit for an admin to authorize my attachment.

[jeanl]

Originally posted by arsmori
I did, just need to wait a bit for an admin to authorize my attachment.
To post images, I find the easiest solution is to host them on Image Shack (http://www.imageshack.ws/), and use the tag they provide in your post. That way you don't have to wait for an admin to authorize it!
jeanl

[jeanl]

People,
I've put MenuShrink 2.08 in the Betas directory, http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/Betas/ . It fixes the VOBU_SRI bug that caused mediaplayerclassic to hang, and it also fixes a small problem that sometimes prevented MenuShrink from restoring a backup.

Still a beta, so use with relative caution (although there isn't that much different from 2.0, really!).
jeanl

[jeanl]

Originally posted by arsmori
Got a big one!
Eddie Izzard: Circle - R1

Do I get a cookie?
You do get a cookie, you're #8 on the record list (http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/);

Well done Bruce!
jeanl

[blutach]

Originally posted by jeanl
People,
I've put MenuShrink 2.08 in the Betas directory, http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/Betas/ . It fixes the VOBU_SRI bug that caused mediaplayerclassic to hang, and it also fixes a small problem that sometimes prevented MenuShrink from restoring a backup. Thanks jean.

Regards

[jeanl]

MenuShrink Version 2.1 is here!


Version 2.1 has the following main new features:

The VTSM_C_ADT table is now fixed if it was incorrect to begin with. DVD Shrink should no longer complain in such (rare) cases.
The LOG is now in color. This will make it much easier to see warnings and errors. Thanks jsoto!!
MenuShrink is more clever than before when it comes to skipping "useless" menus.

along with a couple bug fixes.
Get the new version at the usual place:
http://jean.laroche.free.fr/MenuShrink/
Make sure to refresh the download page to get version 2.1!

Here's the change log.

UI:

The LOG now has color, which makes it much easier to see warnings and errors. Thanks jsoto!
Cells that were not referenced in the original DVD are now flagged in the log.

Engine:

MenuShrink now fixes the VTSM_C_ADT when it's not correct to begin with. This fixes problems related to DVD Shrink complaining when opening menu-shrunk DVDs with incorrect VTSM_C_ADT tables.
In those rare cases where the button definition changes in the middle of a cell, MenuShrink now uses the last buttong definition, which is more likely to be the right one.
MenuShrink now updates some of the navpack's VOBU_SRI pointers, which fixes a problem one user encountered on his DVD recorder.
If all the commands in a menu are NOPs or LinkNextProgram, MenuShrink will "kill" the cell (the menu is essentially a useless "intro"). This makes for better menu navigation.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug in the save log routine that sometimes caused garbled output.
Fixed a bug that prevented restoring some backup files in some weird cases.
Fixed a bug that caused menus to not show when animated highlights were present (very rare). This was the case for example for Spiderman 1. MenuShrink now only keeps the first subpic unit it finds in the menu.


Enjoy!
jeanl

[arsmori]

Now with more smartytool goodness!
The more MenuShrink think and work for me, the more food I can gobble up in front of the set watching ze damn movies.
Thanks jean :)

[jeanl]

Originally posted by arsmori
Now with more smartytool goodness!
The more MenuShrink think and work for me, the more food I can gobble up in front of the set watching ze damn movies.
Thanks jean :)
boy, now I'm going to be responsible for your bad eating habits! No food in front of the TV arsmori! Bad boy, bad boy!
:D
jeanl

[blutach]

I do hope that log is in blue jean!

Thanks for new version :)

Regards

[jeanl]

Originally posted by blutach
I do hope that log is in blue jean!

Thanks for new version :)

Regards
as blue as ever man! With a bit of green, and hopefully no red!
Jeanl

[dirio49]

Great job, jean
love the log
tory

[jeanl]

Originally posted by dirio49
Great job, jean
love the log
tory
you have jsoto to thank for that! He's the one who figured out how to put color to it. It helps a whole lot IMHO...
Buth thanks nonetheless! :)
Jeanl

[dirio49]

i just wanted to say thanks for the new version
tory

P.S. Sorry If I mistaked about the log( I already complimented josto for a job well done)

[blutach]

@jean

You might like to change the title of this thread to let users know that the new version has been released.

Regards

[jeanl]

Originally posted by blutach
@jean

You might like to change the title of this thread to let users know that the new version has been released.

Regards
You're right, good idea. Thanks.
Jeanl

[Whitespliff]

I get a 504 Gateway Timeout error, this has been happening all week now :(
Some mirrors perhaps?

EDIT: this happens sometimes, perhaps there are simply too many people d/l (it is a great program after all :D )

[jeanl]

Originally posted by Whitespliff
I get a 504 Gateway Timeout error, this has been happening all week now :(
Some mirrors perhaps?
You do? It's working just fine for me right now???? :confused:

I don't have a mirror setup right now... I'm not too sure how to set one up... I could ask at videohelp I guess. If you can't find a solution, I"ll email it to you, just pm me your email...
Jeanl

[Whitespliff]

Damn, I thought I just edit my post but you're too fast again :D