SVCD2DVD v1.5 _RELEASED_

[ChrissyBoy]

The first public release is finished.

Let me outline some of the features:

Name change
There is a name change to the application. It will be called SVCD2DVD and starts with version 1.5 Why? Well this is to ease some of the confusion over the free version & the version for donators. So SVCD2DVDMPG is the free version & SVCD2DVD replaces the "plus" version.

Technical improvments
There are some technical improvments. DOS boxed are no longer spawned, so it is a much "cleaner" application. Errors are shown on the log screen and a log file is produced on each run with detailed info. This will help pinpoint any issues with rogue mpegs. There is a CPU load indicator & "in progress" bar. Both of these enable you to see that the application is doing something & not just hanging.

Menus
Finally Menus. A new application, DVD MenuMaker, has been written. It has the ability to run on its own but is currently best suited to be launched from SVCD2DVD. After setting up the VTSs for your DVD you launch DVD MenuMaker and design your menu.

I have included 100 backgrounds with the install but you are encouraged to improve these or make your own in your favourite graphics program to achive that professional look - dropshadows, button areas, light effects, banner/watermarks etc. Once such a background is loaded up you can edit, resize, change text, fonts & colours of your button text and arrange them as you please.

Button text is anti-aliased by default - no more jaggy text on your buttons!

The menus is encoded & used by SVCD2DVD.

Have a look at the Walkthrough

And see the website for download details.

[bubbz]

exciting stuff looks great chrissyboy, can't wait to get my hands on it...

[notski]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cant wait!!!
i think ill have a look on the site every 5 mins or so this weekend
or is this update automatically from the update-menu in the + version?

[ChrissyBoy]

This will be a new install

[notski]

so tomorrow it is??
will i only see it with the update (where i always enter my email+serial)?

[ChrissyBoy]

It will be sometime over the weekend. I haven't decided how I'm going to roll it out yet. Most likely it will be a new page where you enter your serial.

I'll let you know.

[iooi]

This sounds so good.
Looking forward to getting to grip with it..

[D-an-W]

So THIS is the one you meant CB...

Nice work m8y!!!

[semi]

Hmmm, can't get it to work though. "Unexpected exception handle" or something... I get the error message in swedish, and then two choices: close or ignore. Seems to be something with the .net thingy.

The first line:

System.InvalidOperationException: Kategorin finns inte. (category does'nt exist)
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.CounterEx ists(String machine, String category, String counter)
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.Initialize()
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.NextSample()
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.NextValue()
at d.b(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr idEven

[ChrissyBoy]

Whats your operating system?

[semi]

win xp pro

[ChrissyBoy]

swedish version?

[semi]

yes .net thingy too

[ChrissyBoy]

Its looking for the CPU performance counter:

cpuCounter.CategoryName = "Processor";
			cpuCounter.CounterName = "% Processor Time";
			cpuCounter.InstanceName = "_Total";

and i suspect its called something else in swedisg (or ither non english OS version for that matter)

I'll have to disable it......

When will the update be released? approximately...

[djmobius]

I had a difficult time getting to the download page. It wouldn't accept my serial number and I was convinced I had entered it properly.

Eventually (30 minutes later) I realized my serial number was a negative number! It was difficult to spot because in the email the serial number follows an equal sign. These tired OLD eyes just didn't see it.

So a tip for the rest of you, the "-" IS part of the serial number.

Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Best,

DJmobius

[ChrissyBoy]

@semi,

well i think i've sorted it - but without installing the Swedish Version of XP i can't be 100% . Would you like to do an update and let me know.

CB

[semi]

yep, where do I get it?

sorry Got the update. Working

[semi]

hmmm, not working. It looks okay but nothing happens, does'nt actually rip the bin files. When I tried mpegs, then I get the error message "Not a valid mpg file"

[iooi]

Tried going to update page and the latest version showing after entering my email and serial no is.
SVCD2DVDMPG+.exe Version: 1.0.1322.16071
Not seeing any 1.5 version ?
Tried auto update as well and that only takes me to the version above.

Sorted now..

[london]

hi chris. its looks goooOooood on here, but how and where do i get it?

[philmcp]

ChrissyBoy,

Are you the creator of SVCD2DVD? I'm only asking because I paid via PayPal this morning to get the + version but I haven't received any emails with a serial number yet.

Just wondering,

philmcp

[New Version 1.5]

Hi,

the new version is really great !!! Good work Chrissy,

but I'm still missing a real great feature in the new version: Choosing cpu priority for this program.
When working on the PC it would be very nice if the SVCD2DVD-program could be set to a lower task priority.


Dirk

has anyone had any issues with the new menu system? i made my menu background in Photoshop and exported it as a high quality JPEG, but it came out looking very blurry (as well as the text i put in with the new svcd2dvd prog)... I'm sure it shouldn't look this way... any suggestions?

[amciotola]

I love the look of the new program, but I have not been able to fully try it out to see how the new menu system works. I'm having an issue with the bin files not ripping. I get to the point where I click on START, then nothing happens.

I'm running XP home (en) with all the latest updates. The system is a celeron 1.8ghz with 640RAM. I had no problems running the older version of SVCD2DVD on it.

I'm also using a background I created in photoshop.

Any ideas?

Annette

[ChrissyBoy]

amciotola: make sure you have no hyphens in either the filenames of the bins or indeed anywhere in the path to those bins. (its a bug which I'm working on)

after seeing the menu come up blurry I figured the reason must have been because my svcd source is in ntsc, and i chose the pal menu system (like an *idiot*!). So I redid the whole dvd, only to find out that when I chose PAL this time around, the menu looked even worse!
as I mentioned before (under the username "guest") I created my menu in Photoshop and exported as a high quality JPEG, adding the text in DVD MenuMaker. Does anyone know if I would be better off using BMP files instead?

[amciotola]

make sure you have no hyphens in either the filenames of the bins or indeed anywhere in the path to those bins.

No I don't, actually:

C:\LoisClark\DVD1\lncs4ep1.bin

I converted the bin to mpg manually and am trying now from the mpg directly and it seems to be working.

Annette

[ChrissyBoy]

What dimensions are you using in photoshop?