Overscan + Encoding Programs

[Unlucky_Owl]

So in the last two days i have read so many things on how to fix overscan my head hurts... stupid anime and movies being overscanned by my stupid tv.

I have some of my video files in avi which I can use the fitcd program to make an avisynth script to fix it but others are in .mp4 . Is there a way to make an avisynth script run with an .mp4?

I have tried using Super and DrDivx to convert the file from Mp4 to Avi, Drdivx washed out the picture quality and Super just gives me stuttering audio and video.

The anime is ran at 704 x 396 and the movies are in 640 x 272.

Im computer savvy but only just learning about video encoding and dvd authoring (400 gigs of Hdd space fills quickly).

So any suggestions, I like using the Fitcd method as its simple but these mp4 files are doing my head in.

[guns1inger]

What is your problem with FitCD and the .mp4s ? If FitCD won't load a video you can always enter the resolution in by hand and adjust the script before saving.

[Unlucky_Owl]

Upon trying to playback the file to test if the overscan correction works it tells me

"DirectShowSource: Could not open as video or audio.

Cannot play back the file. The format is not suported."

etc

Which is weird to the extreme.

The script is


# -= AviSynth v2.5.8.0 script by FitCD v1.2.8 =-
DirectShowSource("E:\Video\D Gray Man\[Order]_DGray-man_-_02_[v2][A23CAD6F].mp4")
BicubicResize(672,384,0,0.6,0,2,704,392)
AddBorders(24,48,24,48)
#Trim(0,33309).FadeOut(150)

[jagabo]

Install Haali Media Splitter. I believe that will allow FitCD to open MP4 files.

[Unlucky_Owl]

Thanks, Installing Haali fixed my problem.

[Unlucky_Owl]

Ok i can now use avisynth with .mp4 files BUT I wish to use the avisynth scripts to convert my mp4 files to .vob to burn to dvd.

When trying to use super it does not let me keep the same resolution, fps etc as the mp4. The No Change option is available when converting to Vob.

Which is bad when im trying to convert using the script to fix my overscan problems. And when i use the "stream video no encode option" i end up getting a vob of over 2 gigs.

File Stats, Unaltered with no Avisynth script overscan removal:

SUPER © - Multimedia Analysis Box (by http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net )
Analyzing the source file [Order]_DGray-man_-_03_[EB53FCBB].mp4

General #0
Complete name : E:\Video\D Gray Man\[Order]_DGray-man_-_03_[EB53FCBB].mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format/Info : ISO 14496-1 Base Media
Format/Family : MPEG-4
File size : 183 MiB
PlayTime : 23mn 9s
Bit rate : 1104 Kbps
StreamSize : 337 KiB
Encoded date : UTC 2006-10-21 01:47:01
Tagged date : UTC 2006-10-21 01:47:01

Video #0
Codec : H.264
Codec/Info : H.264 (3GPP)
PlayTime : 23mn 9s
Bit rate : 910 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 396 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.133
StreamSize : 151 MiB
Encoded date : UTC 2006-10-21 01:47:01
Tagged date : UTC 2006-10-21 01:47:10

Audio #0
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio
PlayTime : 23mn 9s
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize : 31.8 MiB
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2006-10-21 01:47:07
Tagged date : UTC 2006-10-21 01:47:10

How can I convert my avisynth altered mp4 files to vob for burning without messing around with the ratios and resolution.

[olyteddy]

Is it perhaps that 396 pixels is not a DVD compliant height?

[Unlucky_Owl]

The thing is that if I change resolution it stretches the video and I dont know how to fix the resolution without making the overscan a problem again...

Wish this wasnt so complex

Is there a program that is simple to use to convert avisynth scripted avis/mp4s to vob that doesnt put my head through so much confusion?

[rickydavao]

You might want to give FAVC a try. It'll open pretty much any AVI-type file (mp4, mkv, ogg, etc.) as long as you have Haali and ffdshow installed (to support the applicable audio and video codecs for your mp4, etc. files), and has automatic overscan support. You can encode to D1, half-D1 and quarter-D1 resolutions, specify the target output size, batch encode multiple files to a target output size, and you can also quite easily add any of your own encode-specific avisynth filters to a specific encode, and preserve that filter list for future encodes (AND even modify each individual script in the batch before it starts encodng!). I use it with HC for video encoding and Aften for the audio (both included with FAVC) for all of my anime encodes ... it's the only program I've found that does batch, overscan, custom avisynth, quickly and easily and the quality is excellent. You can encode to separate audio and video files for importing into your favourite authoring program, or you can let FAVC multiplex them for you and even create a simple menu. Might want to give it a try

[Unlucky_Owl]

The Program looks good, but im getting an error.

Getting

FAVC is unable to process the following files:

E:\ bla blah\ blah blah\ title.mp4

Generall this problem occurs when the correct version of avisynth is not installed ( 2.56a or greater), or the corresponding codec is not installed.

I installed the latest version of Avisynth this morning so I know that isnt the problem.

Any ideas?

[Mr_Odwin]

It's not ideal, but input an avisynth script that you know works into FAVC, instead of the mp4. Just the basic:

DirectShowSource("E:\Video\D Gray Man\[Order]_DGray-man_-_02_[v2][A23CAD6F].mp4")

Don't do any resizing, let FAVC do that.

[guns1inger]

If you use FitCD to create the script with the right borders for your overscan area then you will get correctly sized output.

[Unlucky_Owl]

The weird thing is though that FAVC wont accept the avisynth script or the mp4 file it just comes up with the error regardless of which i end up trying.

[guns1inger]

Use HCEnc to encode the avisynth script

[Unlucky_Owl]

Upon Loading the script into HCgui, the one that comes include with FAVC. It still comes up saying error loading Avisynth script, Directshowsource: Could not open as video or audio.

[Mr_Odwin]

Does the script work in HCEnc or Virtualdub or Media Player Classic?
If it does then it would be odd for it not to work in FAVC.

[Unlucky_Owl]

Now that is extremely weird... it was working two hours ago in WMP 11 and KMPlayer now it works in neither...

[Mr_Odwin]

From earlier we can assume that you have the Haali media splitter installed (perhaps check it's doing mp4, not doing just mkv files). If you have the correct codecs installed everything should work fine. I use recent builds of ffdshow and set it to decode h264/avc.

[Unlucky_Owl]

By the looks of it i just installled ffdshow and the two seem to be conflicting against each other. Im going to uninstall both in a second and do reinstall. Which should i install first?

UPDATE

After uninstalling the ffdshow and Haali, i installed ffdshow It runs the script but the sound and video are out of sync by about 3 seconds. Uninstalling ffdshow and only installing Haali I can not get the script working with the mp4 files. I even double checked to make certain .mp4 was selected.

[Mr_Odwin]

I have both installed. Haali to split, ffdshow to decode.
The script may encode to perfect sync even if when played in a media player it seems off.

[Unlucky_Owl]

Well i dont have Haali installed right now but i can still use the scripts.

So i might try without it atm.

[Unlucky_Owl]

Ok I ran one episode through FAVC and it seemed to have worked, apart from it funnily only saying 8 minutes running tim in Vlan player.

Ill report back in the morning about how it does after i do a big batch of encoding.

Thanks

[Unlucky_Owl]

Seems to have worked Great. No sync problems with the dvd, only missing half a letter on the left.

Thanks for all the help