AVStoDVD release 2.1.1 (October 2008)

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

AVStoDVD release 1.1.3 is available.

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.5.3
- Added support to multi core CPU (max 4) by using MultiCoreEnc.exe (available only to QuEnc)
- Added "Settings/System Preference" tab
- Added "DefaultEncodingQuality", "DefaultVideoMaxBitRate", "DefaultAudioBitRate" preferences in AVStoDVD.ini
- Added AviSynth Normalize() audio function in AVS Script
- Revised encoder selection criteria (1): HCenc and CCE SP can be used only for "Very High Quality" encoding
- Revised encoder selection criteria (2): QuEnc is automatically used when choosing "High Quality" or "Standard Quality" encoding
- Revised Audio Time length detection thru MediaInfo

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Bye
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MysticE · Dismembered Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Location: United States

Thanks for the update and your continuing work on a great app.

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

Small bug report for release 1.1.3: to correctly use the multithread capability, you have to rename the file "\AVStoDVD\Plugins\MultiCoreEnc_.exe" into "\AVStoDVD\Plugins\MultiCoreEnc.exe".

It is a debug relic...

Bye
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_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

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

Bye
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MysticE · Dismembered Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Location: United States

Is the Preview now working right, does it show in the correct AR?

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

In AVStoDVD comments section I have read this warning:

panther50 · Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: United States

MultiCoreEnc fails to initialize.

fl-ikwkm-xvid_avstodvd.log

panther50 · Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: United States

Experimented with program settings.
Default Settings:Encoding Profile Quality-High Quality(Normal Encoding Speed),Select CPU Cores 2,get error multicore encoder will not initialize.
Change default Select CPU Cores to 1 and program initializes QuEnc ,program executes full cycle to produce satisfactory DVD compliant folder.

Change default Encoding Profile Quality to Very High Quality(Low Encoding Speed),keep Select CPU Cores at 2,program executes HCEnc,runs through full cycle to produce satisfactory DVD compliant folder.

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

Thanks for the feedback. Let me do some checks.

Did you get same error with release 1.1.3 and multicore enabled?

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GideonK · Member Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Location: NJ, United States

version 1.2.0 gives the following info message after avstodvd has been installed but before avisynth is being installed, (version 1.1.3 does not):
Windows File Protection
Files that are required for Windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain system stability, Windows must restore the original versions of these files. Insert your product CD-ROM now.

I inserted my installation DVD and windows recovered the original files.
are you installing old versions of system files on top of new ones? if not, what's going on here?

Also, error on line 1 of avs script. seems to work only after I install FFdshow (or a diferrent xvid codec)
I thought the installation package contains a codec pack because there is no mention of prerequisite codecs.

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

Release 1.2.1 is available.

Change log:

- Lots of minor bugs fixed
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.5.5
- Added required software presence check during start-up
- Removed MultiCoreEnc as QuEnc multithread wrapper because of several "Access Violation" error reports

Bye
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_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

A beta release of AVStoDVD 2.0.0 is available to download and test (...only for the brave )

Change log (quite long):

- GUI redesigned
- Added possibility to add more titles to one DVD
- Added log activity window in main form
- Mouse right-click menus enabled in main form
- Added a new more configurable 'Title Edit' form
- New and configurable Video Encoding Profiles setup (see Help for more details)
- Added CQ prediction calculation and 1-pass VBR encoding with HCenc
- Added support to SubRip (srt) text-based subtitles (using "SubtitleCreator", included in AVStoDVD installer package)
- Added possibility to hard-encode subtitles (using "VobSub" AviSynth plugin (VSFilter.dll), included in AVStoDVD installer package)
- Added 'AudioAmplify' shortcut in 'AviSynth Script Edit' window (now in 'Title Edit' form)
- Added split between 'temporary process' and 'AVStoDVD working' files classification
- Added check on m2v output filesize. If bigger than target, added a transcoding step using ReJig
- Added audio AC3 fixing step when AC3 track is demuxed from the original input file (using "AC3Fix", included in AVStoDVD installer package)
- Added prompt to save project when exiting from AVStoDVD
- Added possibility to make PayPal donations
- AVStoDVD settings are now stored in the Windows Registry (removed AVStoDVD.ini configuration file)
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.6.2
- ImgBurn updated to 2.4.0.0

As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome.

:wink:

Bye
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ricardouk · Member Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Location: PORTUGAL

Hi!
just tested(no install version), added some titles, one with subs, another without, one hardvcoded, another selectable.

It processed the videos with no problems, cant see anything wrong with it except for the fact that it selects 1 pass with Quenc even when i select 2 pass with HCenc, i select 2 pass with HCenc to be the default mode but it still l uses quenc 1 pass mode.

Apart from that dont see anything wrong with it, like the detail when editing titles where the users can switch bettween titles to edit them.

The GUi seems a bit pale

, but as long the "core" works its not an issue to me.

Nice work
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_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

ricardouk · Member Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Location: PORTUGAL

_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

A new beta build of AVStoDVD 2.0.0 is available to download and test.

Change log:

- GUI improved
- ImgBurn updated to 2.4.1.0
- Added built-in Preview form (no more external preview player)
- Added customizable skins

As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome.

Bye
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_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

AVStoDVD Skins available on SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197340& ... _id=272668

Only one skin added... Any contributions are welcomed!

Bye
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_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

A new beta build of AVStoDVD 2.0.0 is available to download and test.

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.6.3
- Batch encoding (Jobs list) has come back

As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome.

Bye
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_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

AVStoDVD 2.0.0 Final is available to download

Change log (quite long, includes changes from release 1.2.3, most of them have been included in 2.0.0 betas):

- GUI redesigned
- Added possibility to add more titles to one DVD
- Added log activity window in main form
- Mouse right-click menus enabled in main form
- Added built-in Preview window (uses DirectShow ActiveMovie library quartz.dll)
- Added customizable skins
- Added a new more configurable 'Title Edit' form
- Added configurable Video Encoding Profiles setup (see Help for more details)
- Added CQ prediction calculation and 1-pass VBR encoding with HCenc
- Added support to SubRip (srt) text-based subtitles (using "SubtitleCreator", included in AVStoDVD installer package)
- Added possibility to hard-encode subtitles (using "VobSub" AviSynth plugin (VSFilter.dll), included in AVStoDVD installer package)
- Added 'AudioAmplify' shortcut in 'AviSynth Script Edit' window (now in 'Title Edit' form)
- Added split between 'temporary process' and 'AVStoDVD working' files classification
- Added check on m2v output filesize. If bigger than target, added a transcoding step using ReJig
- Added audio AC3 fixing step when AC3 track is demuxed from the original input file (using "AC3Fix", included in AVStoDVD installer package)
- Added prompt to save project when exiting from AVStoDVD
- Added possibility to make PayPal donations
- Improved AVStoDVD project log file
- Revised bitrate calculation routine and DVD-5/DVD-9 default sizes
- AVStoDVD settings are now stored in the Windows Registry (removed AVStoDVD.ini configuration file)
- HCenc updated to 0.23
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.6.4
- ImgBurn updated to 2.4.1.0

As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome.

Bye
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_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

AVStoDVD release 2.1.0 available to download

Change log:

- Added simple DVD Menu editing and building (static and motion customizable thumbnails)
- Added multiple file selection in 'Add' Common Dialog window
- Added autoselect Audio and Subs files if they have same name as Video
- Added 'HCenc Advanced Configuration' option (AQ, Lumgain, Matrix, Profile) in 'Title Edit'/'Video'
- Added an option to quickly lock the Video Encoding Profiles
- Added 'Custom DVD Size' storing
- Added main AVStoDVD form position storing upon exit
- Added 'Restore default Settings' in main form menu
- Improved bitrate calculation routine
- Improved use of BatchMux (many thanks to Sir Didymus for his help)
- Improved use of API BrowseForFolder
- Improved log activity
- Removed internal check on DVD drive status before burning (ImgBurn does the stuff by itself)
- ImgBurn updated to 2.4.2.0
- MediaInfo updated to 0.7.7.4
- BatchMux updated to 1.1
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_MrC_ · member Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Location: Italy

AVStoDVD release 2.1.1 is available to download

Change log:

- Some bugs fixed
- Added 'Video Minimum Avg BitRate' in 'Settings'/'AudioVideo'. Lower value allowed is 1000 kbps. Default is 2500 kbps.
- Added 'Default Subs Language' in 'Settings/Authoring&Burning'
- Added 704x576 (PAL) and 704x480 (NTSC) as recognized compliant DVD Video resolution (now retained, not re-encoded)
- Added 'DV Source' auto detection in 'Title Edit'/'Video'
- Added frame capturing and saving (bitmap) feature in 'Clip Preview'
- Added frames selection customization to DVD Menu thumbnails (static and motion)
- Added 'GridSnap' feature (grid visualization and snap objects to grid) in DVD Menu Editor
- Change