Output file not specified size in some occasions

[Hironimo]

Hi

I did a number of conversions and all 15 files were sized correctly to the size I set, except one.
There does not seem to be any noticable difference: same length, same settings, same general content type - but still the resulting file size is 227 instead of 233 mb.

Its no big problem, but I wondered about the reasons.
Can you tell them to me? (See log Below)

I've got another question:
Whats the compressibility value? The more the better? Is 100% max?

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[17.06.2005 15:25:09] AutoGK 2.09b
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] OS: WinXP (5.1.2600).2
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Job started.
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Input dir: K:\FATHER_OF_THE_PRIDE\VIDEO_TS
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Output file: K:\FATHER_OF_THE_PRIDE\Father of the Pride - 10.avi
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Output codec: XviD
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Audio1: English AC3 6ch
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Subtitles: none
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Format: .AVI
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Target size: 233Mb
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Custom resolution settings: fixed width of 720 pixels
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Custom audio settings: CBR MP3 with bitrate: 128Kbps
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Started encoding.
[17.06.2005 15:25:09] Demuxing and indexing.
[17.06.2005 15:25:26] Processing file: K:\FATHER_OF_THE_PRIDE\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
[17.06.2005 15:25:26] Source aspect ratio: 16:9
[17.06.2005 15:25:26] Source resolution: 720x480
[17.06.2005 15:25:26] Found NTSC source.
[17.06.2005 15:25:27] Analyzing source.
[17.06.2005 15:26:28] Source is considered to be FILM.
[17.06.2005 15:26:28] Output will contain 29768 frames
[17.06.2005 15:26:28] Decoding audio.
[17.06.2005 15:27:04] Normalizing audio.
[17.06.2005 15:27:11] Encoding audio.
[17.06.2005 15:28:39] Picking up autocrop parameters.
[17.06.2005 15:28:39] Audio1 size: 19,857,408 bytes (18.94 Mb)
[17.06.2005 15:28:39] Overhead: 353,536 bytes (0.34 Mb)
[17.06.2005 15:28:39] Video size: 224,107,264 bytes (213.73 Mb)
[17.06.2005 15:28:39] Running compressibility test.
[17.06.2005 15:30:40] Duration was: 2 minutes 1 second.
[17.06.2005 15:30:40] Speed was: 17,10 fps.
[17.06.2005 15:30:41] Compressibility percentage is: 123,22
[17.06.2005 15:30:41] Using sharper matrix
[17.06.2005 15:30:41] Chosen resolution is: 720x416 ( AR: 1,73 )
[17.06.2005 15:30:41] Predicted comptest value is: 92,54
[17.06.2005 15:30:41] Running first pass.
[17.06.2005 15:47:21] Duration was: 16 minutes 40 seconds
[17.06.2005 15:47:21] Speed was: 29,74 fps.
[17.06.2005 15:47:21] Expected quality of first pass size: 95,74
[17.06.2005 15:47:21] Running second pass.
[17.06.2005 16:09:03] Duration was: 21 minutes 41 seconds
[17.06.2005 16:09:03] Speed was: 22,87 fps.
[17.06.2005 16:09:03] Job finished. Total time: 43 minutes 54 seconds
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[unskinnyboy]

[17.06.2005 15:30:41] Compressibility percentage is: 123,22

Codec maxed out. With your current settings you can't get the filesize anymore higher. If you really want to hit 233 MB, don't do MP3, keep the AC3 6Ch.

Compressibility percentage is a matter of personal taste, but more than 80 and you start loosing the advantages of MPEG-4 compression.

[jeremyakozan]

I had a file come out too big. I was aiming for 700 Mb to put it on a CD but it came out to like 703. If I can cut off the end of the credits I should be able to reduce file size by a couple Mb.

I dont mind throwing away the credits. Is there a way to just cut off the last couple Megabytes of the file??

-Jeremy

[unskinnyboy]

I had a file come out too big. I was aiming for 700 Mb to put it on a CD but it came out to like 703. If I can cut off the end of the credits I should be able to reduce file size by a couple Mb.

I dont mind throwing away the credits. Is there a way to just cut off the last couple Megabytes of the file??

-Jeremy
Yup. Check the section called 'Splitting AVIs into multiple parts' under this (http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/virtualdub_procedures.htm) guide. Use the same technique to cut off the credits. Just imagine that you are splitting the movie into the main movie and credits.

As a side note, unless your CD-Writer is antique, it should be able to write 703 MB with ease using the 'overburn' feature of your CD burning software (e.g: Nero). Check here (http://www.vladd44.com/other/overburn.php) for a visual guide.

[jeremyakozan]

thx, that helps alot for that one.

on my new project it keeps ending up as 1 gig or more when i specify 700 Mb output, ive tried it twice and it just wont keep it that small.

anything i can do about this??

-Jeremy

[jggimi]

....on my new project it keeps ending up as 1 gig or more...

anything i can do about this??:logfile:

[jeremyakozan]

I didnt save to logfile from before when it came out to 1 gig

But I just ran it again and its still too big, not by as much, but still it never seems to obey the specified output size

and the second pass is really wierd on this one, last time it actually ran the whole second pass

it used to come out perfectly every time before i got this new version, is there any place to get an older version?

It came out to almost 780 Mb and it looks fantastic but no audio. - buggy



[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] AutoGK 2.09b
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] OS: WinXP (5.1.2600).2
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Job started.
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Input file: VTS_03_PGC_01_1.VOB
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Output file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\machinist\VTS_03_PGC_01_1.avi
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Output codec: XviD
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Audio1: Audio Stream 0 AC3
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Subtitles: none
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Format: .AVI
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Target size: 700Mb
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Started encoding.
[6/19/2005 4:19:48 PM] Demuxing and indexing.
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\machinist\VTS_03_PGC_01_1.VOB
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\machinist\VTS_03_PGC_01_2.VOB
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\machinist\VTS_03_PGC_01_3.VOB
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\machinist\VTS_03_PGC_01_4.VOB
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\machinist\VTS_03_PGC_01_5.VOB
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Source aspect ratio: 16:9
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Source resolution: 720x480
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Found NTSC source.
[6/19/2005 4:23:38 PM] Source seems to be pure FILM.
[6/19/2005 4:23:39 PM] Output will contain 140575 frames
[6/19/2005 4:23:39 PM] Decoding audio.
[6/19/2005 4:33:26 PM] Normalizing audio.
[6/19/2005 4:37:56 PM] Encoding audio.
[6/19/2005 4:56:48 PM] Picking up credits information.
[6/19/2005 4:56:48 PM] Credits start frame: 173466
[6/19/2005 4:56:48 PM] Credits quality percentage: 1
[6/19/2005 4:56:48 PM] Credits greyscale option activated.
[6/19/2005 4:56:48 PM] Audio1 size: 94,994,064 bytes (90.59 Mb)
[6/19/2005 4:56:48 PM] Overhead: 5,623,040 bytes (5.36 Mb)
[6/19/2005 4:56:48 PM] Video size: 633,386,096 bytes (604.04 Mb)
[6/19/2005 4:56:48 PM] Running compressibility test.
[6/19/2005 5:08:33 PM] Duration was: 11 minutes 43 seconds
[6/19/2005 5:08:33 PM] Speed was: 10.00 fps.
[6/19/2005 5:08:33 PM] Compressibility percentage is: 99.20
[6/19/2005 5:08:33 PM] Chosen resolution is: 720x304 ( AR: 2.37 )
[6/19/2005 5:08:33 PM] Predicted comptest value is: 78.90
[6/19/2005 5:08:33 PM] Running first pass.
[6/19/2005 7:59:10 PM] Duration was: 2 hours 50 minutes 37 seconds
[6/19/2005 7:59:10 PM] Speed was: 13.73 fps.
[6/19/2005 7:59:11 PM] Expected quality of first pass size: 79.70
[6/19/2005 7:59:11 PM] Running second pass.
[6/19/2005 7:59:15 PM] Duration was: 3 seconds
[6/19/2005 7:59:15 PM] Speed was: 36081.88 fps.
[6/19/2005 7:59:15 PM] Job finished. Total time: 3 hours 39 minutes 27 seconds
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-Jeremy

[jggimi]

[6/19/2005 7:59:11 PM] Running second pass.
[6/19/2005 7:59:15 PM] Duration was: 3 seconds
[6/19/2005 7:59:15 PM] Speed was: 36081.88 fps.Looks like an abnormal failure of VdubMod. Check your System Event logs for this time period, and see if the system or the application reported any errors.

[jeremyakozan]

that wierd 2nd pass problem only happened once, I dont really care about it. The thing that is really frustrating is output file size.

I always specify 1 CD (700 Mb) But for some reason it rarely ends up that way. It always likes to give me a 1 gig file. It happened again today on a new movie.

This problem only started when I got this new version 1.96 and 2.09b

Does anyone know how to make it always come out to the right size.

Or can I get an older version before 1.96?

Heres the log for Groundhog Day it gave me a 1 gig file again



[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] AutoGK 2.09b
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] OS: WinXP (5.1.2600).2
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Job started.
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Input file: VTS_01_PGC_01_1.VOB
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Output file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\groundhog\VTS_01_PGC_01_1.avi
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Output codec: XviD
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Audio1: Audio Stream 1 AC3
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Subtitles: none
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Format: .AVI
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Target size: 700Mb
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Started encoding.
[6/20/2005 11:11:30 AM] Demuxing and indexing.
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\groundhog\VTS_01_PGC_01_1.VOB
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\groundhog\VTS_01_PGC_01_2.VOB
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\groundhog\VTS_01_PGC_01_3.VOB
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\groundhog\VTS_01_PGC_01_4.VOB
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\groundhog\VTS_01_PGC_01_5.VOB
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Processing file: C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Pallazzio\Desktop\Rips\groundhog\VTS_01_PGC_01_6.VOB
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Source aspect ratio: 16:9
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Source resolution: 720x480
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Found NTSC source.
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Source seems to be pure FILM.
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Output will contain 145393 frames
[6/20/2005 11:15:44 AM] Decoding audio.
[6/20/2005 11:26:02 AM] Normalizing audio.
[6/20/2005 11:29:12 AM] Encoding audio.
[6/20/2005 11:49:58 AM] Picking up credits information.
[6/20/2005 11:49:58 AM] Credits start frame: 177063
[6/20/2005 11:49:58 AM] Credits quality percentage: 1
[6/20/2005 11:49:58 AM] Credits greyscale option activated.
[6/20/2005 11:49:58 AM] Audio1 size: 97,662,456 bytes (93.14 Mb)
[6/20/2005 11:49:58 AM] Overhead: 5,815,680 bytes (5.55 Mb)
[6/20/2005 11:49:58 AM] Video size: 630,525,064 bytes (601.32 Mb)
[6/20/2005 11:49:58 AM] Running compressibility test.
[6/20/2005 12:06:03 PM] Duration was: 16 minutes 4 seconds
[6/20/2005 12:06:04 PM] Speed was: 7.54 fps.
[6/20/2005 12:06:04 PM] Compressibility percentage is: 55.59
[6/20/2005 12:06:04 PM] Chosen resolution is: 608x336 ( AR: 1.81 )
[6/20/2005 12:06:05 PM] Predicted comptest value is: 61.30
[6/20/2005 12:06:05 PM] Running first pass.
[6/20/2005 2:59:51 PM] Duration was: 2 hours 53 minutes 44 seconds
[6/20/2005 2:59:51 PM] Speed was: 13.95 fps.
[6/20/2005 2:59:51 PM] Expected quality of first pass size: 62.65
[6/20/2005 2:59:51 PM] Running second pass.
[6/20/2005 7:06:17 PM] Duration was: 4 hours 6 minutes 25 seconds
[6/20/2005 7:06:17 PM] Speed was: 9.83 fps.
[6/20/2005 7:06:17 PM] Job finished. Total time: 7 hours 54 minutes 47 seconds
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[len0x]

Faq Q 6.14

[jeremyakozan]

Aaaahhhh

thanks len0x

its bold and just kinda jumps out at you, sorry i didnt check that first


-Jeremy