AVStoDVD Support Thread

[Sir Didymus]

Cool...

I am very happy you feel BatchMux is suitable for the usage in AVStoDVD...

I planned to ask for such feature in the future, but you have been faster...

Please feel free to get in touch with me (in the public forum, the Italian one, or this one, or via PM) for any contribution or information I can provide on the matter...

In the meanwhile, may I ask to you to evaluate the possibility to keep BOTH authoring engines available for the users ?

I can easily provide good (objective) reasons for adopting MuxMan insted of Mplex/DvdAuth, however sometimes there are conditions where some glitches - more or less severe - in the input assets lead to fail the authoring job.

In these (rares... ) circumstances the availability af a valid authoring alternative can be useful, IMHO...

Cheers,
SD

[DarkNite]

I actually use CCE and 2-pass VBR when I feel the bitrate would be a little low for my liking. It results in higher quality, and since I paid for CCE why not have the option to use it?

[MrC]

Originally Posted by DarkNite

I actually use CCE and 2-pass VBR when I feel the bitrate would be a little low for my liking. It results in higher quality, and since I paid for CCE why not have the option to use it?

Have you made any comparison between HCenc and CCE video quality? You will be very surprised...



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[MysticE]

Originally Posted by MrC

@MysticE

Since the next release, I will replace DVDAuthor with MuxMan/BatchMux. That means multiplexing m2v+ac3 step is no more necessary. Will removing "Muxed MPEG2 Stream" choice cause you any troubles or may I do it?



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Actually Muxed MPEG2 Stream is the Output choice I always use for the files I convert, but I guess I can simply rename the resultant VOB or continue to use 1.1.1.

[MrC]

Originally Posted by MysticE

Actually Muxed MPEG2 Stream is the Output choice I always use for the files I convert, but I guess I can simply rename the resultant VOB or continue to use 1.1.1.

If I may ask: what is the purpose to have one .mpg file instead of two .m2v+.ac3 files? I mean, if you play them with MPC, it will automatically append the audio; if you feed them to a DVD authoring program, you should be able to feed both video and audio.... so, why having one .mpg file only?



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[MrC]

AVStoDVD release 1.2.0 is available.

Change log:

- Sobstituted DVDAuthor package with MuxMan/BatchMux for authoring purpose
- HCenc is now the default "Very High Quality" encoder (included in installer)
- HCenc updated to 0.22
- QuEnc is the default "High and Standard Quality" encoder
- DGPulldown is now always used to upsize fps
- Removed support to CCE SP
- Removed "Muxed MPEG2 Stream" output
- Removed support to txt-based subs and added support to Scenartist/IfoEdit compatible subs.
- Revised "DC Precision" calculation routine
- Revised progress bar management in Progress Status Window
- Updtated Shutdown function: now it works from Win95 to Vista
- Added possibility to select Burning Drives not identified as "capable" to burn DVD
- Added check on Output Folder filesystem to prevent overcoming 4 GB limit
- Added Software Info (required software check) in Settings/System Window
- Moved HCenc Quant Matrix combobox to Settings Window

As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome. There are quite a lot of changes... bugs are for sure waiting to be discovered...



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[Dkruskie]

Thanks for the update MrC

[MrC]

Originally Posted by Dkruskie

Thanks for the update MrC

Everything's working? Any comments?



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[buzzqw]

not my comment, but look at http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AVStoDVD , the most recent user seems have some problem

BHH

[rendez2k]

I've got an issue too:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3.../AVS_error.jpg

Clicked OK and left encoding going and DVD creation fails at the end.

[MrC]

Originally Posted by buzzqw

not my comment, but look at http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AVStoDVD , the most recent user seems have some problem

BHH

That's the reason of my question...

Originally Posted by rendez2k

I've got an issue too:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3.../AVS_error.jpg

Clicked OK and left encoding going and DVD creation fails at the end.

Could you please post/email me the log file? Have you tried with HCenc? Same problem?

Thanks for the feedback.



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[G_M_C]

Removed support to CCE SP

Why ? I use it, and on my dual-core system i get the best results/speed with it (and i've got lots of custom matrices to use with it).

[rendez2k]

Originally Posted by MrC

Could you please post/email me the log file? Have you tried with HCenc? Same problem?

Just testing HC now with the same source but I got no initial AviSynth error.... Heres the log from the first encode. Authoring failed.

<19/11/2007 07:50:15>
JOB START
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<19/11/2007 07:50:15>
JOB SETTINGS
Source Video file: D:\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS.avi
Source Audio file: D:\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS.avi
MPEG2 Video Encoder: QuEnc
MPEG2 Encoding Options: High Quality (Normal Encoding Speed)
MPEG2 Advanced Options: Auto GOPs - Progressive
DVD Video Format: PAL
DVD Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
DVD Video BitRate: 4706 (4706) kbps
DVD Audio Format: AC3
DVD Audio BitRate: 192 kbps
DVD Audio Language: EN - English
DVD Chapters Interval: 5 min
DVD Label: CONTROL_DVDS
Delete temp process files: Yes
Save Log file: Yes
Output Folder: D:\Temp\CONTROL_TEST
DVD Size: 4200 MB
DVD Output Setup: ISO UDF Image
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<19/11/2007 07:50:15>
SOURCE FILES
Video: D:\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS.avi
Info: AVI (XviD) - 1456 kbps - 640x352 - 16:9 - 25 fps - PPF - 1:57:01 hours - 175538 frames
Audio: D:\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS.avi
Info: AVI (AC3) - 192 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 1:57:00 hours
Subs:
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<19/11/2007 07:50:15>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Video = DirectShowSource("D:\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS.avi", convertfps=true, audio=false)
Audio = DirectShowSource("D:\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS.avi", video=false).Normalize()
AudioDub(Video, Audio)
ConvertToYV12
AddBorders(0,4,0,4)
Lanczos4Resize(720,576)

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<19/11/2007 07:50:15>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
QuEnc Parameters: -i "C:\DOCUME~1\ROBINE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.avs" -o "D:\Temp\CONTROL_TEST\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.m2v" -b 4706 -maxbitrate 4706 -1 -hq -novbr -scene -aspectratio 16:9 -nointerlaced -mpeg2mux noaudio -dc 9 -priority 5 -auto -close
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<19/11/2007 09:14:15>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: D:\Temp\CONTROL_TEST\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.m2v (2065351294 Byte)
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<19/11/2007 09:14:15>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
QuEnc (Audio) Parameters: -i "C:\DOCUME~1\ROBINE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.avs" -o "D:\Temp\CONTROL_TEST\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.ac3" -priority 5 -1 -nohq -novbr -mpeg2mux novideo -audiocodec AC3 -audiobitrate 192 -auto -close
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<19/11/2007 09:26:39>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Created File: D:\Temp\CONTROL_TEST\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.ac3 (168516096 Byte)
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<19/11/2007 09:26:39>
START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS
BatchMux Parameters: -d "D:\Temp\CONTROL_TEST\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD\VIDEO_TS" -mxp "C:\DOCUME~1\ROBINE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.mxp" -l "C:\DOCUME~1\ROBINE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.mxp.log" -muxman "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan" -v "D:\Temp\CONTROL_TEST\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.m2v" -vidmode LB -a1 "D:\Temp\CONTROL_TEST\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.ac3" -a1lang en -a1ext 0 -celltc "C:\DOCUME~1\ROBINE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\CONTROL_DVDS_AVStoDVD.mxp.txt"
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<19/11/2007 09:55:59>
JOB COMPLETED.
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[MrC]

@rendez2k

Thanks for the log file.
One question: have you installed on your system .NET Framework? The issue seems to come from MultiCoreEnc (wrapping QuEnc) which is written in VB NET....

@G_M_C

Yes CCE SP support ended. As said before, I would push AVStoDVD users to switch to HCenc for very high quality encoding. Give a try to HCenc, you will be surprised by speed and quality. Or stay with AVStoDVD 1.1.3.



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[rendez2k]

Pretty sure I have .NET Framework 2 or 3

[MrC]

Originally Posted by rendez2k

Pretty sure I have .NET Framework 2 or 3

Ok, let's move ahead, if you will.

1. What Avisynth release do you have installed?

2. Did you have same error using release 1.1.3 (with multicore enabled - remember to rename file \AVStoDVD\Plugins\MultiCoreEnc_.exe to \AVStoDVD\Plugins\MultiCoreEnc.exe)?

3. Release 1.2.0: open AVS Script Window, uncheck "Automatic Script", and delete ".Normalize()" from end of line 2. Start encoding.

Thanks for the debug.



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[Filbert]

I've got probs with 120 too. After installation it refuses to start with an (in my case german) error message (rough translation): "Run-time Error 481: Invalid picture".
Previous versions worked ok, the error appears on 3 different PCs.

Thanks in advance, Filbert

[Edit] Just found out that windows wants to replace some files in the Windows directory with the ones from the original XP-CD (after installation of AVS120). Then it works ok. So some ".dll" or other files you install there seem to be incompatible with some XP installations.

[rendez2k]

[Edit] Just found out that windows wants to replace some files in the Windows directory with the ones from the original XP-CD (after installation of AVS120). Then it works ok. So some ".dll" or other files you install there seem to be incompatible with some XP installations.[/QUOTE]

I had that issue too on a UK English XP SP2 install

[MrC]

Originally Posted by Filbert

I[Edit] Just found out that windows wants to replace some files in the Windows directory with the ones from the original XP-CD (after installation of AVS120). Then it works ok. So some ".dll" or other files you install there seem to be incompatible with some XP installations.

Could be 2 old VB6 ActiveX (OCX). In the next release I will add the "Overwrite only if newer" check to the installer package for those files.

In the meanwhile I have removed 1.2.0 installer package from SourceForge page. There is still the No_Install package available for testing. Very, very sorry...

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[MrC]

Originally Posted by rendez2k

I've got an issue too:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3.../AVS_error.jpg

Clicked OK and left encoding going and DVD creation fails at the end.

Back on the topic. Some more troubleshooting

Did you try changing AVS Source method? Go to Settings/Encoding/AVS Source Filter and select "AVISource".

Same error?

Another (mayve silly) question: do you have DirectX 9 installed?

:wink:

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