Frequently recurring erroneus result with D2sroba & DVD2SVCD

[mochevolete]

I'm getting very frequently a total unsatisfactory and erroneus result with D2sroba and DVD2SVCD.
The strange thing is that I have the same problem with two different PCs, PIV 2800 and an AMD Sempron 2800+ sk 754, so can't be HW related.
I'm trying to convert several DivX in DVD format, but this issue occurs very often, about 1 out of 3 videos.
The result is the following:
http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/646/cap0kv.jpg

that's the D2sroba log:

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D2SRoBa v3.60, by Tylo
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- WIN_XP - AutoIt 3.0.101.0
- 2005-08-07 19:14:33
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- Output type : DVD
- CD size : 4440
- Threshold Q : 35
- Sample size : 1.0%
- Adjust estimated : 1.2%
- Cond. sizing pass : Yes (Encode if opv sz < -2.5%, or > 0.0% oversize, or Q > 40)
- Cond. filtering : If configured, and estim. Q reaches above Threshold Q
- Run mode : Normal
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- Waiting for CCE window ...
- Detected a CCE encode window
- Detected the movie encode window - shutting down
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- 2005-08-07 19:30:20
- Project dir: D:\MyWorks\
- Avisynth setup: LanczosResize
- Configured cond. filter: D:\Programmi\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs
- D2S ver. 1.2.2.3, CCE ver. 2.50.1.0
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- Movie length : 02:08:44 (193112 frames, 25 fps)
- D2S audio select : 224 + 0 kbps
- D2S video calc. : 4487 kbps, 1 CDs
- Select ranges : every 1200, select 12 frames
- Sample frames : 1932
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Calculations:
- 1 CD: video_br=4487 (4487) audio_br=224+0 video_sz=4332467720 fill=100% cbr=0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using num CDs : 1
- Target mpv br : 4487 (max 9000) kbps, size=4332467720 bytes
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Search for Q:
- Sample enc. Q=35 : 4869 kbps, err=8.5%, size=4701836201, sample sz=47039788
- Sample enc. Q=40 : Skipped. Restarting search with cond. filter
- Sample enc. Q=35 : 749 kbps, err=-83.3%, size=724010473, sample sz=7243404
- Sample enc. Q=6 : 1107 kbps, err=-75.3%, size=1069403879, sample sz=10698912
- Switch to binary search
- Sample enc. Q=20 : 849 kbps, err=-81.1%, size=820009127, sample sz=8203828
- Sample enc. Q=0 : 1405 kbps, err=-68.7%, size=1356663776, sample sz=13572820
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- Determined Q : 1 = Round(0 + (-68.7 - 1.2)/-1.#IND)
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- 2005-08-07 19:33:25
- Start movie OPV encoding (Q 1)
- OPV pass result: 14.8% on target, 663 kbps (640563900 / 4332467720) Speed: 4.49
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- 2005-08-07 20:02:11
- Start VBR sizing pass (4487 kbps)
- Sizing pass result: 15.7% on target, 703 kbps (679058136 / 4332467720) Speed: 4.46
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2005-08-07 20:31:08
- Recover DVD2SVCD: Muxing
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- 2005-08-07 20:36:29
- D2SRoBa successfully finished
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I can easily anticipate when the file will be like the pic above and heavily undersized, because the CCE windows shows and average bitrate of 0,7Mbs instead of 4/5Mbs

I searched the forum for a possible solution without finding one

any idea ? :helpful:

:)

[ralphthedog]

I reckon your conditional filter script might have an error in it, that seems to be where things go wrong in your log file.

Try playing the offending .avs script(in your conversion folder?) in windows media player, if you see black with red writing....it's busted.

[mochevolete]

thanks for reply,

I see three .avs files:
AviSynth_Script_file.avs
D2SRoBa.avs
ResampleAudio.avs

the firts two, open the actual .avi correctly, the third says "The script's return value was not a video clip"

I have 4 files named D2SRoBa_Q0/6/21/36.mpv, all four looks the same; half of the screen is green, with the red lines on the lower part
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7704/cap21ts.jpg

I'm a little surprised to see that this is not a frequent error :confused:
I get this issue very often, even with the old PC, I've tried three version of D2sroba, 3.50, 3.66 and the last 3.78, with no changes at all

:(

[r6d2]

This is the script ralphthedog is refering to:

D:\Programmi\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs
D:\Programmi\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs.true

Give them a look. One should be empty, the other one should only contain:

Undot().Deen()

(Of course you have to make sure both Undot() and Deen() are properly installed.)

Regards,

[mochevolete]

This is the script ralphthedog is refering to:

D:\Programmi\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs
D:\Programmi\DVD2SVCD\Tylo\RoBaConditional.avs.true

Give them a look. One should be empty, the other one should only contain:

Undot().Deen()

(Of course you have to make sure both Undot() and Deen() are properly installed.)

Regards,
yes, the first one is empty, the second one has the text you've mentioned, both wasn't in the plugins folder...

BTW tonight I've converted another video with no problems... :confused:

[Manngo]

Conditional filtering is not always used. Just have a look at RoBa. You can even turn it off completly.

[mochevolete]

well, I putted those plugins, undot & deen, in the plugins folder, and the last video that produced those errors, went fine.. now.. :)
Now I have to wait if the erroneus result will come up again..

:)

[r6d2]

The error you were experiencing was probably due to those filters (Undot & Deen) not being available. The image reported back to DVD2SVCD was empty (probably an AVISynth error message or plain garbage) and thus the low bitrate observed in the DSroba log.

You should not experience the same problem again.

Regards,