RC 6 Released

[ChrissyBoy]

2.0 RC 6 - Released 15 March 2005

+ Images as menu buttons. Use DVD covers/screenshots etc as your buttons
+ Verify option for NeroBurner in Burning Settings.
+ New audio pass-through options. More control over leaving the source audio untouched.
* AVI2DVD encoding massively improved in quality.
* PAL2NTSC encoding improved.
! Undersized file size on avi encoding fixed.
! Several other bugs which were flagged are now fixed.

[Predat0r]

I seem to have a small problem using pictures in place of button text. The error only happens when trying to use movie posters. Here is my error message.


See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid.
at x3284ccece41ee22b.x6739eebcfbcd1c0e.x953bb94197f25 c77()
at x3284ccece41ee22b.x6739eebcfbcd1c0e.x8838bd3bfba5c 2f7(Object xe0292b9ed559da7d, EventArgs xfbf34718e704c6bc)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Mes sage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Mess age& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage (Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(M essage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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SVCD2DVD
Assembly Version: 2.0.1900.25463
Win32 Version: 2.0.1900.25463
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/BadgerSoft/SVCD2DVD%202%20BETA/SVCD2DVD.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
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DevComponents.DotNetBar
Assembly Version: 4.7.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.7.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/BadgerSoft/SVCD2DVD%202%20BETA/DevComponents.DotNetBar.DLL
----------------------------------------
AxInterop.CodeLock
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/BadgerSoft/SVCD2DVD%202%20BETA/AxInterop.CodeLock.DLL
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.xml/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.xml.dll
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Accessibility
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/accessibility/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------
Interop.CodeLock
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/BadgerSoft/SVCD2DVD%202%20BETA/Interop.CodeLock.DLL
----------------------------------------
Interop.QuartzTypeLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/BadgerSoft/SVCD2DVD%202%20BETA/Interop.QuartzTypeLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Design
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.design/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.design.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.


Thanks in advance.

[ChrissyBoy]

Wow! How did that slip through???? Thanks for the heads-up.

I have resolved it now and re-uploaded the Installer.

New build numbers:

FULL: 2.0.1900.34616
DEMO: 2.0.1900.34810


Thanks again.

[Predat0r]

Geez, that was quick. Thanks.

Works fine now.

[ChrissyBoy]

Can you confirm it is resolved?

[Predat0r]

Confirmed. Works great. Thanks again.

[britincanada]

Nice update

? is it me i carnt get the camara icon to work when viewing a movie in the preview window ? does it work and what does it do



allso theres no background image folder in RC6

cheers

[ChrissyBoy]

camera icon: is disabled in this release. It is to grab frames from your assets but it is a bit temperamental at the moment so I disabled it. No background ship with these RC builds…. You can download them from the website.

[britincanada]

Thanks for the fast reply

never seen the camera icon: in the last 5r

i carnt have been lookin lol

good work keep it up

[bransholme]

Well Done Chrissyboy!, This version is the best yet, The AVI encoding quality seems much better, It still seems to struggle a little with dark scenes, with blacks appearing with slightly blocky with a greenish tint. Still damn good for the money tho.

[britincanada]

Just made a few dvds 2 moves per dvd

with background /menu jpegs/ music

works ok
but noticed that the encodeing menu gets stuck on 56.5% all the time but after a min or two the svcd2dvd alert pops up saying 100% complete

and everything is fine

[bransholme]

AVI sample uploaded to ftp in folder "bransholmeAVI" for you to look at chrissyboy. Please ignore the sound being out of sync as I quickly cut a short section with virtualdub and the original source had vbr mp3 audio, I have authored the sample too and included all logs.
On a computer screen you cannot really see the pixellation and green tint, it is also fine on my kids 14in TV, but it is clear to see on a larger screen TV. It often seems like artifacts leftover from the previous scene.

[ChrissyBoy]

Thanks. I will take a look.

[skyheartblue]

Hello mate,
When do think subtitles will be supported within your super tool?

TnX!
JB

[ChrissyBoy]

Hi,

I have stated elsewhere that this will be included (unless there is a technical issue) in a version after 2.0 is finally released. i.e v2.1 or thereabouts. FYI, other new features are batch processing, subtitles, motion menus...

[skyheartblue]

Hi,

I have stated elsewhere that this will be included (unless there is a technical issue) in a version after 2.0 is finally released. i.e v2.1 or thereabouts. FYI, other new features are batch processing, subtitles, motion menus...

OK thanks mate!
Looking forward for those.

JB

[GASPOWEREDPORCHMONKI]

Nice 1 Crissy m8, Top Job as always

May I ask a couple off Question about future releases

On the menu bit, can we have Sub Menus IE you click the pic for the film and then a Sub menu will open, this way we can put in detail about the film, Release, rating ect and then can play from there.

Also a selectable end size instead of the default 4.37GB as this burns almost upto the edge of the disc and may cause problem, if we had it down to say 4.3GB we can also add covers to the disc??

Also maybe an option to pause the process for whatever reason and then continue again

Please bear in mind I know nothing about the ins and outs off this software and if I talk Cr@p please excuse me

Regards

GAS

[Predat0r]

AVI sample uploaded to ftp in folder "bransholmeAVI" for you to look at chrissyboy. Please ignore the sound being out of sync as I quickly cut a short section with virtualdub and the original source had vbr mp3 audio, I have authored the sample too and included all logs.
On a computer screen you cannot really see the pixellation and green tint, it is also fine on my kids 14in TV, but it is clear to see on a larger screen TV. It often seems like artifacts leftover from the previous scene.

If you want to cut an avi with vbr mp3 audio then use virtualdub-mp3-freeze. It keeps the audio synced.

[ChrissyBoy]

bransholme: I have looked at the sample you sent. I can process it without the issues you mention but it may have knock on effects with size estimation... would you like to try the fix? Email me if so.

[bransholme]

chrissyboy, ive sent u a PM with my email addy

[gealto2]

No sooner have I test RC6 then I see RC7 is posted already.

RC6 is a GREAT improvement over RC5 for me. My already correctly sampled 48 KHz mpeg-1's are now processed almost twice as fast. Thanks so much for this improvement. I don't remember seeing the "do not process if already 48KHz checkbox before, but I could be wrong.

No more unstability on my maching, no more crashing.

Two issues remain minor problems.

1. One of my DVD players (apex) plays the DVD's with a squeezed vertical size. There is a small letterbox effect, with black areas about 1/8 the the screen height top and bottom. DVD Lab Pro does not create files with this effect. I can zoom in for this player, but then lose a little on the horizontal, and there is a small distortion.

2. Menues occasionally don't work properly occasionally, requiring rebooting the DVD players.

I'm now using mostly newly created files that are recorded in an mpeg-1 DVD complaint mode, with video sampling at 1 MBPS. This lets me put four or five movies on each DVD, a great savings.

Thanks Crissyboy, great job.

Gealto2