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6th March 2009, 18:28 | #743 | Link |
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brilliant program,
but the one thing i did notice which other programs does not cause, is the amount of strain that was put on my output hard drive, rejig, multiplexing, and DGPulldown were the 3 steps that put massive strain on my F drive, but my E drive wasn't really doing much work, it's a shame that the demand on one hard drive couldn't be spread over 2 hard drives more efficiently, i have used a lot of these types of program, and this one is the worse when it came to straining my one drive, perhaps if the processes can't be tuned any further to help this issue, then maybe some kind of I/O throttling maybe in order, because man, my F drive (output folder) aged by at least 3 month after doing one film, great program though, 4.5 stars for sure, would be 5 stars if it went a bit easier on my hard drive, (the noise from my drive did not sound healthy) tried FAVC, Avi2ISO, film machine, and Diko, and this one (in my opinion) gave me the best results, and was running perfectly with 3rd party tools it used, and also credit has to be given to the final output size, 4.31GB, couldn't really ask for much better then that, thanks, Last edited by Pulp Catalyst; 6th March 2009 at 18:39. Reason: re-write, |
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i've done 2 films so far, for the 2nd film i swapped the temp folder and output folder over, i have noticed an increase in speed, not much, but some, the folder that takes most of the work (not sure which folder is used the most in the high read and write usage temp or output folder) is now been put to my SATA drive,
i have noticed after doing 2 films, that both films seem to have very small black bars added (top and bottom has it) just to see if this can be avoided , i have converted both off the same films with ConvertxtoDVD, and these were OK, no added black bars were added, so i think there may be a Auto Cropping error, or something, not sure why, but i thought i should share my experience thus far, did some cross comparisons of the quality of the image, from both programs (AVStoDVD & Convertxtodvd), and AVStoDVD does win hands down, however, tried to convert one of the films from NTSC to PAL, and the output was not good, very jumpy playback, and no sound at all, the quality of the image was nice, but the playback speed was jumpy (sorry can't think of a better word). although not a big problem, as most DVD players will playback PAL fine anyway, only televisions can some times be picky that's all, but from my experience NTSC > PAL or PAL > NTSC is never perfect anyway, although i've never seen it as bad as what AVStoDVD produced, i hope i'm not offending, i thought it's best to share ones experience rather then be silent, objectivity can be a good thing right? |
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@Pulp Catalyst
first of all thanks for your comments and suggestions. Let's go thru the items. 1. "amount of strain that was put on my output hard drive" You are the very first user that complains about that issue! BTW I can understand that, since CPU are becoming faster and faster, encoding time is no more the bottleneck, while hard drive I/O could become. A good compromise is to set the output folder (more used) to your fastest drive and temp folder to another one. 2. "small black bars added" It depends from the DAR (Display Aspect Ratio) of source video. Does the output has the image distorted? No? Adding black bars (letterboxing) is correct. For more details you should post the AVStoDVD output log file 3. "NTSC > PAL" To downsize FPS (from 29.97 to 25), AVStoDVD uses AviSynth function ChangeFPS(25). If you get jerkiness, you can try editing the AVS Script (go to 'Title Edit'/'AviSynth') and sobstitute ChangeFPS(25) with ConvertFPS(25). Again, for more help, you should post the log file, which contains a lot of info about source video file and about encoding. Bye |
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sorry about that,
here's the log, my aim was to leave it as NTSC, not sure why DGPulldown was run, <06/03/2009 17:54:19> START PROCESS <> <06/03/2009 17:54:19> DVD SETTINGS DVD Titles number: 1 DVD Video Standard: NTSC DVD Chapters Interval: 5 min DVD Menu: Static DVD Menu DVD Size: 4435/4435 MB (100%) DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder Delete Temp Process Files: Yes Delete Working Files: Yes Edit Command Parameters: No Save Log file: Yes Output Folder: E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD <> <06/03/2009 17:54:19> TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES Video: D:\High School Musical 3 Senior Year (2008).avi Info: XviD - 2228 kbps - 720x384 - DAR 1.875 - 23.976 fps - PPF - 1:56:42 hours - 167896 frames Audio: D:\High School Musical 3 Senior Year (2008).avi Info: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 1:56:39 hours Subs: [MediaInfoLib - v0.7.10] <> <06/03/2009 17:54:19> AVISYNTH SCRIPT Import("D:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi") Video = A2DVideoSource("D:\High School Musical 3 Senior Year (2008).avi", CacheFolder = "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD") Video = Video.ConvertToYV12 #Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS Video = Video.AddBorders(0,10,0,10) Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480) Return Video <> <06/03/2009 17:58:26> START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS Encoding Profile: HCenc OPV 1-pass Target Video FileSize: 3951.2 MB HCenc Parameters: -ini "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.HCenc.ini" HCenc ini file: *INFILE F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.avs *AVSRELOAD *OUTFILE E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.m2v *LOGFILE F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.HCenc.log *MAXBITRATE 9000 *CQ_MAXBITRATE 3.126 *BITRATE 4733 *PROFILE BEST *ASPECT 16:9 *PROGRESSIVE *BIAS 50 *DC_PREC 9 *MATRIX MPEG *AQ 1 *LUMGAIN 0 *SMP *PRIORITY IDLE *WAIT 2 <> <06/03/2009 18:55:28> END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS Created File: E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.m2v (4289.1 MB) OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 5228 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - PPF - 1:56:35 hours - 167728 frames <> <06/03/2009 18:55:29> START TRANSCODING OPERATIONS ReJig Parameters: -size 3951 -o "E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.ReJig.m2v" -i "E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.m2v" -auto -close -quiet <> <06/03/2009 19:07:17> END TRANSCODING OPERATIONS Transcoding excuted on File: E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.m2v (3950.8 MB) OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4815 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 23.976 fps - PPF - 1:56:35 hours - 167728 frames <> <06/03/2009 19:21:07> END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS DGPulldown executed on File: E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.m2v (3950.8 MB) OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 4810 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 29.97 fps - PPF - 1:56:42 hours - 209867 frames <> <06/03/2009 19:21:07> START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS FFmpeg Parameters: -i "D:\High School Musical 3 Senior Year (2008).avi" -acodec copy "E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.ToFix.ac3" <> <06/03/2009 19:23:30> END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS Created File: E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.ac3 (373.8 MB) OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 448 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 6ch - 0 seconds <> <06/03/2009 19:23:40> START DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS BatchMux Parameters: -arglist "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_BatchMux.ini" BatchMux ini file: -d "E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0\VIDEO_TS" -mxp "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_MuxMan.mxp" -l "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_MuxMan.log" -muxman "D:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\MuxMan" -prio LOW -v "E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.m2v" -vidmode LB -a1 "E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01.ac3" -a1lang en -cellfr "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01_MuxMan.txt" -progfr "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01_MuxMan.txt" -chapfr "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Title_01_MuxMan.txt" -SEG2v "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Menu.bmp" -SEG2vidmode LB -SEG2s1 "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Menu.sst" -SEG2s1dmode WIDE_LB -SEG2hlmnu "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_Buttons.mnu" -SEG2hlcsm "D:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Menu\Highlight_Scheme.csm" -hcn "F:\VIDEOFINISHED\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0_BatchMux.hcn" <> <06/03/2009 19:38:00> END DVD AUTHORING OPERATIONS Created Folder: E:\VIDEOTEMP\AVStoDVD\High School Musical 3 (Senior Year) 2008_0 (4417.2 MB) <> <06/03/2009 19:38:00> Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.1.4 <> |
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You may want to try BDSup2Sub
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8th March 2009, 15:36 | #749 | Link |
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@Pulp Catalyst
1. Where did you get that AVI? It has a NTSC 23.976 fps source to be pulldown (AVStoDVD did that, see DGPulldown section) to NTSC 29.97 fps. If source video is smooth, then output mpeg2 jerkiness is very very strange. 2. DAR is 1.875 and not 1.778. If source image is not distorted, applying small black bars (10 pixels) up and down is correct. @marius1 Just to be sure, have you switched on the subtitles when you have played the DVD? Bye |
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Ok. AVStoDVD takes SUP subtitles "as they are" without changes and mux them with video and audio.
Maybe you have to adjust them for DVD. I do not know BDSup2Sub, but it could be a good idea to give it a try. Bye |
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So in other words, if I'm doing something wrong with AVStoDVD (ie. AVStoDVD does do BD SUP properly) then I'd love to figure this out. If AVStoDVD cannot handle BD SUP files properly yet, then I will start playing with some of the programs listed in the stickies. thanks. |
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I have downloaded your SUP file and feeded into BDSup2Sup, without success: the sw recognizes only 1.195 seconds with no text. You should address the issue directly to BDSup2Sup authour, because I fear that is the only viable solution right now. SubtitleCreator should be upgraded to support BD subs very soon. Let's wait. Bye |
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Got an odd little problem with the latest build. I use AVStoDVD to convert a lot of music videos. In the past many were PAL WS 4:3 VOB's stripped from Promo DVDs. I convert them to 16:9 NTSC. Lately I've been grabbing x264 rips and converting with no problems.
I recently grabbed a couple of PAL VOB's and both have audio sync problems when converted. Here's the details: Format : MPEG-PS File size : 204 MiB Duration : 3mn 36s Overall bit rate : 7 915 Kbps Video ID : 224 (0xE0) Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@Main Format settings, Matrix : Default Duration : 3mn 36s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 7 109 Kbps Nominal bit rate : 8 300 Kbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 576 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16/9 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Standard : PAL Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Scan type : Interlaced Scan order : Top Field First Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.801 Audio ID : 128 (0x80) Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Duration : 3mn 36s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 256 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz ================================= Format : MPEG-PS File size : 170 MiB Duration : 4mn 5s Overall bit rate : 5 803 Kbps Writing library : encoded by TMPGEnc (ver. 2.524.63.181) Video ID : 224 (0xE0) Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@Main Format settings, Matrix : Default Duration : 4mn 5s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 5 144 Kbps Nominal bit rate : 8 000 Kbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 576 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4/3 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Standard : PAL Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.772 Writing library : TMPGEnc 2.524.63.181 Audio ID : 128 (0x80) Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Duration : 4mn 5s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 256 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz I have tried Quenc and HCenc. I have tried with keep compliant audio steams and without. Here's the log from the 2nd one: <3/13/2009 11:38:00 AM> START PROCESS <> <3/13/2009 11:38:00 AM> DVD SETTINGS DVD Titles number: 1 DVD Video Standard: NTSC DVD Size: 183/4435 MB (4%) DVD Output Setup: MPEG2 File Delete Temp Process Files: Yes Delete Working Files: Yes Edit Command Parameters: No Save Log file: Yes Output Folder: C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD <> <3/13/2009 11:38:00 AM> TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES Video: C:\Documents and Settings\Johnny\My Documents\Downloads\M Vids\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW.vob Info: MPEG-2 Video - 5452 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1.333 - 25 fps - PPF - 4:05 minutes - 6139 frames Audio: C:\Documents and Settings\Johnny\My Documents\Downloads\M Vids\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW.vob Info: AC3 - 256 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 4:05 minutes Subs: [MediaInfoLib - v0.7.10] <> <3/13/2009 11:38:00 AM> AVISYNTH SCRIPT Video = DirectShowSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Johnny\My Documents\Downloads\M Vids\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW.vob", convertfps=true, audio=false) Video = Video.ConvertToYV12 #Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,480,0,66,0,-66) Return Video <> <3/13/2009 11:38:07 AM> START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS Encoding Profile: HCenc OPV 1-pass Target Video FileSize: 176 MB HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.HCenc.ini" HCenc ini file: *INFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.avs *AVSRELOAD *OUTFILE C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.m2v *LOGFILE C:\DOCUME~1\Johnny\LOCALS~1\Temp\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.HCenc.log *MAXBITRATE 9000 *CQ_MAXBITRATE 2.07 *BITRATE 6000 *PROFILE BEST *ASPECT 16:9 *PROGRESSIVE *BIAS 60 *DC_PREC 9 *MATRIX MPEG *AQ 1 *LUMGAIN 0 *SMP *PRIORITY IDLE *WAIT 2 <> <3/13/2009 11:40:18 AM> END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS Created File: C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.m2v (184.6 MB) OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6405 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 25 fps - PPF - 4:05 minutes - 6144 frames <> <3/13/2009 11:40:18 AM> START TRANSCODING OPERATIONS ReJig Parameters: -size 175 -o "C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.ReJig.m2v" -i "C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.m2v" -auto -close -quiet <> <3/13/2009 11:40:23 AM> END TRANSCODING OPERATIONS Transcoding excuted on File: C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.m2v (174.7 MB) OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6064 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 25 fps - PPF - 4:05 minutes - 6144 frames <> <3/13/2009 11:40:33 AM> END PULLDOWN OPERATIONS DGPulldown executed on File: C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.m2v (174.7 MB) OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6066 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 29.97 fps - PPF - 4:05 minutes - 7364 frames <> <3/13/2009 11:40:33 AM> START AUDIO DEMUXING OPERATIONS FFmpeg Parameters: -i "C:\Documents and Settings\Johnny\My Documents\Downloads\M Vids\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW.vob" -acodec copy "C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.ToFix.ac3" <> <3/13/2009 11:40:37 AM> END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS Created File: C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.ac3 (7.5 MB) OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 256 kbps - CBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 0 seconds <> <3/13/2009 11:40:37 AM> START MUXING OPERATIONS ImagoMPEG-Muxer Parameters: "C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.m2v" "C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.ac3" -o <> <3/13/2009 11:40:48 AM> END MUXING OPERATIONS Created File: C:\TEMP\AVStoDVD\HOT_CHiCKS_iN_DA_MiX-DVDR-2009-DmW_0_Title_01.mpg (186 MB) <> <3/13/2009 11:40:48 AM> Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.1.4 <> When watching the audio conversion DOS screen I notice it says 6 channel which these are not. I believe in the past I was was using a pre-Aften version. Note both these are properly converted with ConvertXtoDVD3. |
13th March 2009, 23:29 | #760 | Link |
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@ Pulp Catalyst
No, you cannot. You have to merge them with another tool (i.e. VirtualDub) and then feed the resulting AVI into AVStoDVD @MysticE If you have already tried with and without "Keep DVD Audio" and if your source vob is originally in sync, then you can try to: - remove the "fix AC3 errors" flag from the Settings - edit the AVS script and sobstitute #Using DGPulldown to upsize FPS with Video=Video.ChangeFPS(29.97) (video could be more jerky) - use a previous AVStoDVD release (i.e. 2.1.0) that used VirtualDubMod as audio demuxer instead of FFMpeg - send me a sample of the vob Let me know Bye |
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