Resizing + Converting + ???

[dark_necrofear]

G'Day everyone,

Okies this is my problem. I have a tv episode which is subtitled and im looking to create a DVD with 5 episodes on it. The problem is i am experiencing the problem of the subtitles being cut-off, which is a common problem i am told. I have been able to find out how to add borders using VitrualDub, which i have been able to do. This is where my problems start, i would like to now encode my file with the new border settings. I dont want to convert it to an avi, as the file size is gigantic. I want it to retain its 180MB file size (DivX Codec). I have tried using the frameserve to create an mpeg-1, and have been able to open the file, but when i go to output the new file, it errors saying "file is not supported" (i am using TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress).

Please, can someone help me?

Regards

Mick Koch

[guns1inger]

Try using avisynth instead (it's faster, sometime 2 - 3 times faster). Download fitCD from the tools section, and use it to create your avisynth script. Set the border to 2 blocks. Load the avs file into tmpgenc instead of the avi and see how you go. If tmpgenc can't read avs or Vdub frameserver files, then get an encoder that can.

[dark_necrofear]

Okies i was able to create the file i wanted, and was able to put them onto a DVD in the manner i wanted, but now i have another problem: the sound is out of wack. I did read about this problem, but i was hoping not to have to deal with it. Basically the audio does not match up with the timing of the subtitles and video. Does anyone know what causes this? Is there a quick-fire way to fix it? Im so so so close to buying a divX player and simply watching them that way.

Any help?

Cheers

Mick Koch

[guns1inger]

variable bitrate MP3 audio is the problem (does mp3 really have anything going for it ?) and the fix is simple. Open the avi in virtualdub, find the audio stream and in full processing mode save the stream as an uncompressed wav file. Convert this to AC3 seperately, then use this audio when authoring.

[dark_necrofear]

G'Day All,

Well in the end i bought a DixX player, and it didnt solve my problem, so i guess its back to this pain-staking task. Okies i was able to create the AC3 file, but i have another issue. How do i use this AC3 audio file with the video file i have? It allows me to insert WAV audio, but i cant find the option to let me use this new AC3 file. Am i able to create my new divx file with the AC3 audio file using VirtualDub, or do i need to use another program to complete this?

My plans for this newely created file is to create a dvd using this. Now, can i be 100% sure that when i create my dvd, that all audio and video will work fine??? I have had to throw out many DVDs because i get one thing fixed, and another problem arises. Saying that, its very much worth it.

Just out of curiosity, if i was to backup my movies onto a DVDR, but encode the disc as a SVCD or VCD, would this fix my problem, or would it make no difference at all? I have been able to create a VCD with a standard CDR and it works fine, without having to convert the sound to AC3, but obviously i would like to backup onto DVDR. So, is it the DVDR's fault the sound is out of sync, or the fact that i am encoding the files to DVD format?

Cheers

Mick Koch

[dark_necrofear]

G'Day y'all,

Well i have found a solution, which doesnt involve mucking around too much with my divx files. Buy a divx player. I said in one of my other posts the divx player wasnt working, but thats because i had the aspect ratio set on 16:9 instead of 4:3. All i need to do is add the black border around the outside of the movies, back them up onto a dvd, and play em in the divx player. Its just WAY too much effort to make a proper DVD out of em, so the divx player is the easier way out.

The only sorta pain in the butt is the fact i have to encode over 100+ avi's with the black border. Is there anyway to perform a batch process of this using VirtualDub?

Cheers

Mick Koch

[dark_necrofear]

nope, the divx solution does not work. The audio and video are still out of sync!!! okies, i guess i have to go back to splitting the sound and converting it to AC3. Once i have done this, how do i then create a divx file with the new audio?

Cheers

Mick Koch

[dark_necrofear]

Good News everyone,

I have fixed it all up. After heaps of reading here on the forums, i was able to find out how to fix it all. Once i had extracted the .wav files from the movies, i was then able to add a border to the movies using the resize filter, and was able to convert the file to divx compression. I then added the audio .wav file, and converted that to an MP3 compression with a cbr (constant bit rate) of 112K. This has worked fantastically for me.

Cheers to everyone who posts on these forums. Fantastic stuff.

C ya

Mick Koch

[aznphellaz]

hey, did you put naruto episodes on DVD ? because i have the same problem, my sub is cut off. Have you been able yo keep the 180mb filesize ?

[dark_necrofear]

G'Day aznphellaz,

Yep i was able to solve the problem. I am able to put the newely encoded files onto a Data DVD, but have not tried a DVD with menus and whatnot. What you have to do is add a resize filter to the .avi. The encoded .avi was 640x480, with a border of 40x80 around the outside, which was perfect for Naruto. Then, i selected DivX as the compression. This will fix your sub-cut issue. You will no doubt then have sound-sync issues, as i found out. To fix this, u need to extract the .wav from the original .avi, and use this .avi when encoding. Also, change the compression to MP3 112 k/b 48000 mhz. This works 110% for me.

Hope this helps. There are thousands of tutorials and other posts on this forum, so have a look.

Cheers

[trooper11]

i burn alot of naruto to dvds as well and i ran into the same problem

it doesnt quite make sense, since the video is in 640x480, that should be the perfect size for 4:3 tvs, yet after converting its clearly off.

now what I did instead of making a border was to use TMPGEnc Express. I first split the audio and video of the source files, then took the video files and loaded them up. Then I added a filter to each one to resize the video to 590x420. When I do that, the resulting video fits perfectly on the screen. i only came to this res from trial and error really.

i wonder if doing it this way is differnt then adding a border in vdub?

[dark_necrofear]

G'Day All,

Yep, i agree with you trooper11. It doesnt make sense that subtitles would be cut off, but for some reason, just does. Essentially what u r doing in TMPGEnc Express is exactly the same as what i am doing with VDub. What i do is keep the video size as 640x480, but i add a 40x80 border, so when it is viewed on TV, you are actually viewing a 600x400 image. The black border is not viewable, as this is the section of the movie that is cut off.

I have been able to re-encode all my naruto episodes this way, put them onto a Data Disk DVD (29 episodes per DVD), and they all work perfectly. Does TMPGEnc Express have a job control (queue) mechanism, because its a MUST have if you are going to re-encode all 150+ naruto episodes.

Cheers

Mick Koch

[guns1inger]

It actually makes perfect sense if you consider that the subs were put on for PC viewing, not TV viewing. There is no overscan on a PC.

[trooper11]

dark_necrofear,

are you just renencoding xvids and putting them as xvids onto dvds for viewing or are you talking about converting them to mpeg2 files? if its mpeg2, how are you getting 29 per disc? i usually stick to 9 eps per disc for something like a 2400 bitrate.

[dark_necrofear]

g'day trooper11,

I am re-encoding them as divx. The file size of single episode naruto eps (not specials) is around 150-180MB.

[trooper11]

what dvd player do you use for your divx/xvid playback?