file size problem

[MadeIn1983]

hey guys!

first of all: GK rules! :)

until now, i never really had any problems encoding my stuff with GK.
however, recently i tried to encode a film and decided to put in on two cds (2 x 698 mb) as i wanted to have two languages.

the problem: the file came out far too big!! instead of approx 1.4 gig, i got 2.5 gig (=4cds)!

-i use GK 0.33.1
-the film in question is "The Village", 1h 43min 23s (103min 23s)
-i chose the divx 5 codec (i think it's 5.21)
-i wanted 2 cds of 698mb size
-i checked "split final into cds"
-my bits/(pixel*frame) value was 0.210
-compressibility check returned 49.2% of 0.426

can anyone tell me what i did wrong?
until now i always managed to get the desired filesize. why not this time?

please help me.
thank you very much

regards

[jggimi]

:logfile:

[MadeIn1983]

right.
i already "feared" you'd request my logfile. the problem was, i had already deleted it.

so i had GK do the whole encoding again this morning with pretty much the same results. file size this morning: 2.1gb :(

this time i have the logfile ;)
here it is:

23.06.2005 06:50:55: Job "village - village.avi" started.

o DivX5-First Pass: E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.avs
o Mux Audio.
End of Job 1 (village - village.avi).
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gordian Knot
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD4_Single
Container: Audio-Video Interleave (AVI)
Number: 1
Name: village - village.avi
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubModExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.avi
AviMovie: E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village_Movie.avi
AviCredits: E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village_Credits.avi
MovieFS: E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.avs
CreditsFS:
Log : E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.log
Stats: E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.stats
Ecf : E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 0
CreditsStart: 0
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 0
DeleteInterm.: 0
EnforceBitrate: 0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 1219178 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 97702 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 96794 kbyte.
Overhead: 15828 kbyte.
AviSize: 1429504 kbyte (1396 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 1429504 kbyte (1396 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 1572 k(=1024)Bits/s
Frames: 155076
FPS: 25.000
Duration: 143:23
Quality: 0.272 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.426 bits/(pixel*frame).
Resolution: 672 x 352

Audio 1:
Mode: Just Mux Source File.
SourceFile: E:\DVD\Projects\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\VIDEO_TS Track 1 English DELAY 0ms.mp3
WavFile: E:\DVD\Projects\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\VIDEO_TS Track 1 English DELAY 0ms.wav
Mp3File: E:\DVD\Projects\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\VIDEO_TS Track 1 English DELAY 0ms_1.mp3
OggFile: E:\DVD\Projects\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\VIDEO_TS Track 1 English DELAY 0ms.ogg
OggQuality: 0.200
OggLanguage: English
Azid:
Lame:
Delay: 0
Interval: 1
Preload: 500
Mux: 1
Recalc: 1
DeleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
Mode: Just Mux Source File.
SourceFile: E:\DVD\Projects\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\VIDEO_TS Track 2 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.mp3
WavFile: E:\DVD\Projects\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\VIDEO_TS Track 2 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.wav
Mp3File: E:\DVD\Projects\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\VIDEO_TS Track 2 Deutsch DELAY 0ms_1.mp3
OggFile: E:\DVD\Projects\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\VIDEO_TS Track 2 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.ogg
OggQuality: 0.200
OggLanguage: English
Azid:
Lame:
Delay: 0
Interval: 1
Preload: 500
Mux: 1
Recalc: 1
DeleteWav: 1

06:50:55: Audio 1, determined: 97702 kb
06:50:55: Audio 1, calc: 97702 kb
06:50:55: Audio 2, determined: 96794 kb
06:50:55: Audio 2, calc: 96794 kb
06:50:55: New Bitrate for Movie = 1572 k(=1024)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5 Single Pass"
// $input "E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.avs"
// $output "E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("E:\\Eigene_Videos\\THE_VILLAGE\\village.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\Eigene_Videos\\THE_VILLAGE\\village_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

06:50:55: Started DivX5-Single, Quality: E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.avs
08:18:32: Finished DivX5-Single, Quality: Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes, 37 seconds.
08:18:32: Trying to open Log-file.
08:18:32: Success: Log-file open.
08:18:32: Encoded: 155076 Frames.
08:18:32: Speed: 29.498 Frames per Second.


Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5 Append"
// $input "E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village_Movie.avi"
// $output "E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("E:\\Eigene_Videos\\THE_VILLAGE\\village_Movie.avi",0,0);
VirtualDub.RemoveInputStreams();
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("E:\\DVD\\Projects\\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\\VIDEO_TS Track 1 English DELAY 0ms.mp3",0x00000202,1);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetVolume();
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetCompression();
VirtualDub.stream[1].SetSource("E:\\DVD\\Projects\\VIDEO_TS_VTS_01_PGC1\\VIDEO_TS Track 2 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.mp3",0x00000202,1);
VirtualDub.stream[1].SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.stream[1].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
VirtualDub.stream[1].SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.stream[1].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.stream[1].SetVolume();
VirtualDub.stream[1].SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\Eigene_Videos\\THE_VILLAGE\\village.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

08:18:32: Started Muxing Audio.: E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village_Movie.avi
08:21:32: Finished Muxing Audio.: Duration: 2 minutes, 59 seconds.

08:21:32: Done.
08:21:32: Movie = E:\Eigene_Videos\THE_VILLAGE\village.avi
Total Encoding Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes, 37 seconds.
23.06.2005 08:21:32: Job "village - village.avi" finished.
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[jggimi]

You are trying to use GK in "single pass" mode. Don't. Use multiple passes.

For further info, I would have sent you to the DivX5 User Guide -- but DIvX Networks has pulled the link from where it used to be on their site, and I cannot find it.

For GK mutlipass setup, see http://www.doom9.org/gknot-main3.htm

[MadeIn1983]

ok...
i'll do a multipass then.

however, until now, i never had problems with single pass movies.
and as i was going for 2 cds i figured i could save the extra time.

but one more pass should be no problem.

also it turns out i have been using the "predecessor" of the guide you sent me the link to.

thank you very much :thanks: