AVStoDVD Support Thread

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I'm really grateful for the replies it helps a lot. Can I use avstodvd to keep the output at hi-def instead of converting down to standard dvd ? I'm assuming that's selecting dvd 9 from the dvd size menu ?

[manono]

Can I use avstodvd to keep the output at hi-def instead of converting down to standard dvd ?

DVD video, whether from the original DVD9 or shrunk down to DVD5 size, isn't Hi-Def. Read 'What Is DVD' so you'll understand better:

https://www.videohelp.com/dvd

If you mean that you want to keep the original quality of the source DVD9, then you have no use for AVS2DVD to begin with.

[Seeker47]

Thanks for your reply.

Sometimes I have a project with 3 hours or longer runtime. The end result is going to be a dvd that is noticeably larger than a DVD-9, since I strive to retain a very good PQ. I mean, like say 10 Gb. to 15 Gb.

Have you tried to reduce the minimum video bitrate? 'Preferences'/'Video', then select 500 kbps as 'Lower Avg BitRate'.



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But that won't serve my goal of maintaining a high level of picture quality, at least in terms of what the dvd standard can support. I don't mind if the end product must be divided amongst 2 or 3 DVD-5s, or even a couple of DVD-9s. My bitrate "target" is generally not to dip below about 6000, and preferably for 7000 or higher, if possible. If I can't do that, maximizing the PQ, then I might as well just leave the large sourcefile on a portable HDD, and hope I can play it from the WD Live. (I recently got a second of these, with about three-years-later firmware, that can play some formats the earlier one could not. I'll have to see if PAL is still a problem though, because I get a lot of PAL material. Or, some of that should be playable on the Oppo Blu-Ray.) But often I'd much rather have the discs. And as I mentioned, the subs must be applied before any division takes place.

One way or another, with these much longer items, I want to find a straightforward way to divide them -- post subs integration -- much as I used to do for an under-9Gb VIDEO_TS folder with Shrink or Fab. That is to say, a program that won't lock up attempting to load something larger than that.

I take it then that giving AVS an ability to output multiple, divided-content discs is not going to be feasible ?

[theewizard]

i think the current discussion, is in the wrong thread

i think these posters should be authoring blu ray discs

then they would not be trying to make avi2dvd do something it was never intended to do

yes dvd std supports 7k bitrate , using commercial industry grade encoders for 2 hr movies

but trying to do 3>4 hours of video at this bitrate with a2d is not going to fit on std dvd's

either cut the source into pieces and encode each piece as one dvd
or
switch to authoing BD discs

[_MrC_]

@Seeker47

I see your request. Give me some time to consider it, even if it is a bit out of the scope of AVStoDVD, as theewizard has rightly written.

Are you sure there are no tools around the web (other than DVDShrink and DVDFab) that already have that capability?

Why DVDShrink and DVDFab have issues in doing that? Have you already asked for support to their authors?



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[manono]

Are you sure there are no tools around the web (other than DVDShrink and DVDFab) that already have that capability?

As perhaps you know, VobBlanker can easily split DVDs into pieces. There's even a guide that covers how to do that:

http://download.videohelp.com/jsoto/guides/VobBlanker/splitdvd9/index.php

The guide is for splitting a DVD9, but it can easily be adapted to splitting a DVD, no matter what size, into however many pieces are required. Just make sure there are lots of chapters already to make the splitting easier.

[_MrC_]

As perhaps you know, VobBlanker can easily split DVDs into pieces. There's even a guide that covers how to do that:

http://download.videohelp.com/jsoto/guides/VobBlanker/splitdvd9/index.php

The guide is for splitting a DVD9, but it can easily be adapted to splitting a DVD, no matter what size, into however many pieces are required. Just make sure there are lots of chapters already to make the splitting easier.

Thanks manono, that was exactly the purpose of my request: finding the right tool to do the job.

@Seeker47

please have a look to VobBlanker and see if it suits to your needs.



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[Seeker47]

As perhaps you know, VobBlanker can easily split DVDs into pieces. There's even a guide that covers how to do that:

http://download.videohelp.com/jsoto/guides/VobBlanker/splitdvd9/index.php

The guide is for splitting a DVD9, but it can easily be adapted to splitting a DVD, no matter what size, into however many pieces are required. Just make sure there are lots of chapters already to make the splitting easier.

Thanks manono, that was exactly the purpose of my request: finding the right tool to do the job.

@Seeker47

please have a look to VobBlanker and see if it suits to your needs.



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Thanks to _MrC_ and Manono. I'll give this a try.

Shrink remains a great and useful program, but development on it ceased years ago. So it is what it is. Though I would also like to get into AVCHD for Blu-Ray at some point, I don't have a BR burner installed at present, and I'm far from done with dvd. With a number of 4.5 hour items that were recorded to my standalone DVDR, there was no problem splitting them out to three-disc sets, while having a lot of control over how they were done. (Chapters, edits, divide points.) I was just looking for something like that facility, for discs made on the computer.

[davexnet]

Hi MrC,
even with your latest 2.70 release, using trim and/or saving the project and reusing,
the chapters disappear. Same as I mentioned earlier - To get the chapters to appear, I deselected and re-selected
"auto chapters setup"
thanks,
Dave

[kakakka]

Hi

I am new at this, but I really wanted to convert some of my mkvs into dvd so I could watch it on my tv. I already tried using the program for a video with no subs, and it worked really great. But my main problem right now is the subtitles.

I did my first try: They look great when I played them on the computer, but when I played them for my tv, the subs go under the screen, I cannot read them. I did this three times, but they all go into failure. Can someone help me with this? I tried searching for solutions online and here, but the results don't match my problem.

[davexnet]

I have the same problem with my rear projection TV.
Use this button in the AVStoDVD preferences to set the height of the subs:


Then save the preferences (lower left).

[_MrC_]

Hi MrC,
even with your latest 2.70 release, using trim and/or saving the project and reusing,
the chapters disappear. Same as I mentioned earlier - To get the chapters to appear, I deselected and re-selected
"auto chapters setup"
thanks,
Dave

You are right! Try this hotfix.



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[kakakka]

I have the same problem with my rear projection TV.
Use this button in the AVStoDVD preferences to set the height of the subs:


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Then save the preferences (lower left).

Ah, I just looked, and they are at the very bottom! Thanks, I'll try it now.

EDIT: I just tested this twice. There's an improvement from the first batches, but they're still buried down. I used 145 below and 175. Both produce same results.

[davexnet]

Hi MrC,
even with your latest 2.70 release, using trim and/or saving the project and reusing,
the chapters disappear. Same as I mentioned earlier - To get the chapters to appear, I deselected and re-selected
"auto chapters setup"
thanks,
Dave

You are right! Try this hotfix.



Bye

Thanks MrC,
I'm trying it now, let you know if I find anything -

Dave

EDIT - the problem still occurs!

[Seeker47]

MKVs -- packed with various items -- continue to seriously confuse AVS (or one of its program modules), leading the job to bomb out prior to the authoring phase getting underway. The latest example I've run into is an eight-part docu series. I could send you the logs, though I expect you must have seen this before. And they won't tell us anything useful, in any case. Luckily, this was in English, and any necessary titles info was already hard-coded into the video. I simply tossed all the resulting (extra ?) audio tracks and subs, retaining just the .m2v and .ac3 resources for each disc of two episodes, and each was then completed satisfactorily. (Oh, wait -- it seems one episode per disc always seemed to want an indexing .d2v file, as well.) So, no way were these going to be simply "set 'em and forget 'em" automated jobs. (Should they be ??)

It's no big deal, but this seems to be becoming 'standard procedure' for most of the MKVs that come my way . . . .

I don't know whether I'm still getting chapters, as mentioned by davexnet, because I haven't been paying attention to that aspect. But I'll take a look.

[_MrC_]

I'm trying it now, let you know if I find anything -

Dave

EDIT - the problem still occurs!

Probably I am missing something. These are my steps.

Let me know what are the differences with your procedure.



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[_MrC_]

MKVs -- packed with various items -- continue to seriously confuse AVS (or one of its program modules), leading the job to bomb out prior to the authoring phase getting underway. The latest example I've run into is an eight-part docu series. I could send you the logs, though I expect you must have seen this before. And they won't tell us anything useful, in any case. Luckily, this was in English, and any necessary titles info was already hard-coded into the video. I simply tossed all the resulting (extra ?) audio tracks and subs, retaining just the .m2v and .ac3 resources for each disc of two episodes, and each was then completed satisfactorily. (Oh, wait -- it seems one episode per disc always seemed to want an indexing .d2v file, as well.) So, no way were these going to be simply "set 'em and forget 'em" automated jobs. (Should they be ??)

The log files and one problematic uploaded mkv would help a lot.



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[davexnet]

I'm trying it now, let you know if I find anything -

Dave

EDIT - the problem still occurs!

Probably I am missing something. These are my steps.

Let me know what are the differences with your procedure.



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Perhaps it something to do with the saved project then. I'll see if I can recreate and send you the project file.
thanks -
Dave

Here's a project file. When this file is opened, no chapters show up in the title/edit/chapters tab,
but the chapters can clearly be seen at the bottom of the project file.

[Seeker47]

MKVs -- packed with various items -- continue to seriously confuse AVS (or one of its program modules), leading the job to bomb out prior to the authoring phase getting underway. The latest example I've run into is an eight-part docu series. I could send you the logs, though I expect you must have seen this before. And they won't tell us anything useful, in any case. Luckily, this was in English, and any necessary titles info was already hard-coded into the video. I simply tossed all the resulting (extra ?) audio tracks and subs, retaining just the .m2v and .ac3 resources for each disc of two episodes, and each was then completed satisfactorily. (Oh, wait -- it seems one episode per disc always seemed to want an indexing .d2v file, as well.) So, no way were these going to be simply "set 'em and forget 'em" automated jobs. (Should they be ??)

The log files and one problematic uploaded mkv would help a lot.



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Hi _MrC_,

O.K., see PM.

[Incidentally, I did have chapters on another very recent project . . . . ]

[_MrC_]

@davexnet

ok, bug catched! It was in the project load routine. Try this hotfix.

@Seeker

give me some time to download and test.



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[davexnet]

@davexnet

ok, bug catched! It was in the project load routine. Try this hotfix.




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MrC,
Hotfix good!
thanks,

Dave

[kakakka]

Hello

Just dropping by and say I fixed my problem already (though I wasted 3 disc to get there). I extracted the sub files (.ass) from the mkv and made and .srt, then convert it to sup using subtitle creator. I am so hyped now! Anyway, just sharing it here.

[davexnet]

MrC,
I know AVStoDVD gives a warning if there is not enough space on the "DVD output path" .
What about the "DVD assets path" ? I have it pointing to a separate partition and a project bombed out
earlier today - from lack of space (it actually went to 0 bytes free)
thanks -
Dave

[_MrC_]

@kakakka

thanks for sharing your solution. Could you please upload the ass file, to understand why AVStoDVD has not handled it correctly (ass->srt->sup)?

@dave

good point, I will add a disc space check also for DVD Asset path and Temp File path.



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[loster]

I'm curious as to why you removed Quenc from your program. I was never a fan of it i had issues with speed and video quality but it did seem to be just as good as ffmeg. Have there been significant improvements to ffmpeg or were there bugs in Quenc?

[_MrC_]

@loster

both of those reasons: see this Doom9 thread for more details



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[soneca]

_MrC_,

Could add an option to enable(turn on) subtitles, to avoid always enabled via remote control.

Thanks.

[_MrC_]

@soneca

for authored subtitles, it is not possible, because BatchMux (the wrapper to the authoring sw MuxMan) does not have that capability.

You can anyway use the 'Hard encoding' option from 'Edit Title'/'Subtitles'.



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[manono]

Could add an option to enable(turn on) subtitles, to avoid always enabled via remote control.

It's easy enough to have them always turned on using PGCEdit on the finished DVD.

[Seeker47]

@soneca

for authored subtitles, it is not possible, because BatchMux (the wrapper to the authoring sw MuxMan) does not have that capability.

You can anyway use the 'Hard encoding' option from 'Edit Title'/'Subtitles'.



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Does SubtitleCreator remain your best option, for a subtitle module ? I know a couple of the other subs programs seemed to have been discontinued, but . . . .