Batch Convert AVI/OGM/MKV to DVD (anime)

[aktee]

wowow you got it wrong.
Wheter or not you put the ",false", CCE will NEVER NEVER encode your audio, if you followed my guide.
In step 3, look at the first picture.. You can clearly see that the box for "audio file" is not checked. Hence, CCE will never encode audio, even without the ",false". ",false" will only disable audio for AVISYNTH, because it does not support DTS audio. In your case it won't make any difference..


Now here's a couple question.
1) What is your source FPS.
If it's already 29.976, you applied pulldown for nothing.. that might be why it is out-of-sync


2) How is the encoded files? 1 file for video and 1 file for audio, or is it multiplexed?
There's a reported sync problem that video players have problems when playing non-muxed content.. happens to me too. Try merging audio+video and check again


3) How did you know it was out of sync?
While playing on the comp>> Watching the whole video or Dragging the location bar?
or
While playing on the DVD?


BTW.. using VirtualDub defies the whole concept of this tutorial.. Using this method is supposed to be "automated"...

[Ekin]

Yeah you're right...the ",false" was for Avisynth...

1) Ok the following info are from Gspot:

Video:
Runtime: 0:21:35 (32,369 fr)
x:y: 512x384 (1.33:1) [=4:3]
Bitrate: 943 kb/s
FPS: 25.000
Qf: 0.192 bits/pixel

Audio:
Name: ac3 (0x2000) Dolby Laboratories, Inc
Bitrate: 192 kb/s (96/ch, stereo) CBR
Fs: 48000Hz

2) The encoded file are in 2 separate files. I used CCE to batch encode all the video files. Using Virtual Dub to demux all ac3 audio. Then used Besplit to fix the ac3 files. Finally authored in Scenarist

3) I notice out of sync when watched on my Phillips DVD Player

Yes, I know using Virtual Dub in this process would defines this whole tutorial, but then I have no other ways to do it since the audio are in ac3.

P.S. Do you think it is possible if CCE can handel ac3 audio ? Let say in your guide Step 3. Instead of uncheck the audio, why not check the audio and let CCE work with the ac3 ?? Just curious...I wonder if it works or not...if so..then I wonder what format would the audio will be in ?? maybe mp2 ??

[aktee]

I'm not so sure, never tried it out myself.. Too many people complaining about it, so I just use BeSweet =|..

It's out of sync because of the framerate..
That's an PAL framerate. I never tried PAL DVDs (I never had PAL content..).

Just Disable the Pulldown part.

As for extracting AC3 instead of converting it to MP2, I'm still searching for a command-line tools that does that.

[Ekin]

aktee: I'll try it tonight when I get home from work....

Yes, my sources are PAL. But if I disable pulldown then authoring would be in PAL format, hence I am in NTSC region...that would be a problem. So I guess I'll stick to what works for me....

Thanks

[aktee]

aktee: I'll try it tonight when I get home from work....

Yes, my sources are PAL. But if I disable pulldown then authoring would be in PAL format, hence I am in NTSC region...that would be a problem. So I guess I'll stick to what works for me....

Thanks

Sorry man, I just don't have the material to test PAL-to-NTSC conversion.. I just did the basics here..

[faeriedust66]

Hi Aktee,

First, I'd like to thank you for your very consice tutorial. It was very helpful to me, despite being a TTM - a total techno-moron. However, I did meet a snag while following your instructions. You know when we're testing the Avisynth Frameserving Script, and you tell us to open "testing.avs" with our video player? When I do that, a message saying "Script error: there is no function named 'convertToYV12'" comes up. Did I do something wrong/neglect to do something? I'd really appreciate your help!

Thanks a lot!

A

[aktee]

ConvertToYV12... Means you are using Quenc, right?

Be sure you have the latest version - Avisynth 2.5 I guess.

And, do you have the () at the end?
ConvertToYV12()



Thanks for your comments man =).

[ilgoga]

atkee, I followed your tutorial and installed all the programs and codecs. when I got to the part where you have to test the script i get an error on my media player: AVISource autodetect: couldn't open file. Error code:2 (K:\testing.avs, line 1). Any idea why I'm getting this error? Thanks in advance.

[aktee]

You made a mistake in the first line (the line starting with AVISource)

Can you tell me what you wrote?
Also, tell me the full path to the video.
They should be the same

(If your video is located at K:\omg.avi, the line should be AVISource("K:\omg.avi") or something like that....)

[ilgoga]

aktee, after reading your reply I corrected my mistake. I had copy/pasted what you had in your tutorial and changed the path, but didn't change the movie file name( you had naruto1, mine is Naruto_1). The bad news is now i get this error when testing the script: AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor four fourcc xvid. (K:\testing.avs,line1). I guess I have the wrong xvid codec installed. Which do you recommend? I'd also like to ask if when you say to save the script as testing.avs do you mean after you click file and "save as" in the notepad window delete *.txt (which is what comes up) and type in testing.avs? You also say dont forget the AVS extension. You mean the .avs after testing right? Thanks for the help.

[aktee]

Bad Xvid codec.. hmm..
Hard to say, I just use the latest K-Lite Codec Pack.. There's a link in the tutorial.

And, yes, you got it right about the *avs thing =).

try the latest codec and we'll see about it.

BTW, where did you get your naruto from? Is it Toriyama world? AonE?

[ilgoga]

Ok aktee, I'm gonna try the k-lite pack and see what happens. As for my Narutos, I bought eps 1-40 already on dvd. My downloaded eps are Anbu-AonE/AonE 41-144 and Dattebayo 144-151. Thanks again

[ilgoga]

aktee, I got the codec installed and have done everything else in the tut. To open the mainencoding.bat file with notepad I opened notepad and dragged the file in. Was that right? Now is the next step just opening the mainencode.bat file? When I did that a command line window opened up and I guess the videos were encoding. If so, will that make an image for me to burn? What folder will it be in? Thanks again.

[aktee]

It will not make an image, it will only output m2v and mp2 files for each episode..

You then gotta author, and burn..

but the last 2 part (Author and burning) is not included in my tutorial.

Hope it works..

Don't forget to test your video before authoring/burning!

[jiminma50]

Ok... forgive me for being the newbie (well, sorta) ... I tried your step-by-step tutorial, and got as far as making the AVS file in notepad... I tried to open it in MediaPlayer, and this is what I get:


So I'll give you all the information I can think of.



I'm using a FujiFinePix F700 Digital camera that takes AVI movies (which play fine on my computer when using WindowsMediaPlayer)

Here is the AVS code:

AVISource("G:\Jimmys movies for grandparents\Additional Footage\DSCF2706.AVI")
LanczosResize(660,440)
AddBorders(30,20,30,20)
ConvertToYUY2()

I can't think of anything else you might need to get me past this stage of the tutorial... I'm dying to get the results everyone here is bragging about!

Basically, I have about 100 movies (8-15sec AVI each) that I would like to convert to DVD (Mpeg)...and then author them all onto a DVD. My problem is that TMPGEnc doesn't seem to handle these AVI's... I get great video (as far as I can tell)...but only about 2 seconds of sound.

Thanks for the help
Jim

[aktee]

=| .

You got that from a camera..

that's an MJPG file. Motion Jpeg.. hmm hmm...

I'm going to be straight honest with you: I never dealt with MJPG files, but since you got 100 of those, I can't help but to help you (hmm).

But I cannot do anyuthing without the material. If possible, could you upload just 1 AVI somewhere so I could download and experiment on it?

While you are searching for a host or something, try this..

Instead of..
AVISource("G:\Jimmys movies for grandparents\Additional Footage\DSCF2706.AVI")

Use:

DirectShowSource("G:\Jimmys movies for grandparents\Additional Footage\DSCF2706.AVI",fps=29, audio=false, pixel_type="YUY2")



I hope you will get the results everyone here is bragging about =\...

--
edit:
if, by any chance, DirectShowSource works, well... good!
if the video plays chunky (or flunky, I don't know the right word), try 23.976, or 24, or 25, and if nothing really works, try 30.
if, it works with anything other than 23 and 29, add the code "ChangeFPS(23.976) or ChangeFPS(29.976)".
If neither of those works well with 29 (or 29.976), disable Pulldown in the batch.


phew, I hope you understood that, cause No way I'm re-reading that =))). just' kidding.

[jiminma50]

=| .

Instead of..
AVISource("G:\Jimmys movies for grandparents\Additional Footage\DSCF2706.AVI")

Use:

DirectShowSource("G:\Jimmys movies for grandparents\Additional Footage\DSCF2706.AVI",fps=29, audio=false, pixel_type="YUY2")



I hope you will get the results everyone here is bragging about =\...

--
edit:
if, by any chance, DirectShowSource works, well... good!
if the video plays chunky (or flunky, I don't know the right word), try 23.976, or 24, or 25, and if nothing really works, try 30.
if, it works with anything other than 23 and 29, add the code "ChangeFPS(23.976) or ChangeFPS(29.976)".
If neither of those works well with 29 (or 29.976), disable Pulldown in the batch.


phew, I hope you understood that, cause No way I'm re-reading that =))). just' kidding.

LOL WOW...talk about a quick response... well, I tried the above code and got this:



I'll upload the file and give you the link in the next post.

Thanks again for the speedy reply! (PS: I've got over 28gigs of little movies of my son, I just want to put 100 of them on a DVD for his grandparents who live in another state)

[aktee]

my bad, I read the old version of the manual.
DirectShowSource("G:\Jimmys movies for grandparents\Additional Footage\DSCF2706.AVI",fps=29, audio=false")

just like that..

NP about the fast response. I'm bored and this topic is notified =).

[jiminma50]

Now I get this:

[aktee]

Bahahahahaha.

Man, sometime I should just slow down on the typing.

Sorry - My bad for your waste of time.
DirectShowSource("G:\Jimmys movies for grandparents\Additional Footage\DSCF2706.AVI",fps=29, audio=false)

for some dumb reason, I forgot to remove the " after the word "false"...

try that =(.

[jiminma50]

Hey, no problem, your not waisting my time! I'm learning from your mistakes LOL (Thats the way I learn best)

Ok, now all I get is a black screen that plays for 17 seconds. I PM'd you with the link to one of my movies.

[aktee]

Heyhey!

Yeah I just received the link, already downloaded, already tested.

This is my script.

DirectShowSource("D:\NarutoDVD\batch\DSCF4760.AVI",fps=29, audio=true)
LanczosResize(660,440)
AddBorders(30,20,30,20)
ConvertToYV12()


Funny kid you got btw.

The video starts fine... but it becomes chunky (or flunky, hmm), with fast-pace actions..

I'm going to tweak it a little more.

[aktee]

Wohoo! I gotta start by saying that it was chunky because I was dual-burning DVD's... When it finished, it went smoothly. Hmm........ LOL.

Okay I noticed it will go WAAYY faster if you remove the audio. You won't need audio in the avisynth anyway because we will use Besweet to extract it directly from the AVI.

Sorry for the "YV12" thing, I was testing with Quenc.. hmm hmm.

so this is my final script.

DirectShowSource("D:\NarutoDVD\batch\DSCF4760.AVI", fps=29.970, audio=false)
BicubicResize(660,440)
AddBorders(30,20,30,20)
ConvertToYuy2()



You said you got a black screen... uh oh..
Please tell me that you have Windows XP
If yes, WOHOO.

It not, hmmm...

anyway, if you do and you still got a black screen, try installing the K-Lite Codec Pack that I mentionned in the tutorial. You will need FFDShow or something like that..

[jiminma50]

He's my world LOL the first word he ever learned was "Cheeese" LOL daddy's been takin pics and movies ever since. I see what you mean...VERY chunky...and no sound either...but at least I can see results now

Thanks again for all this help... I never knew what FRAMESERVING was before (still don't quite understand it yet, but I'm stubborn)

This is exactly the way I wanted to learn how to encode... I've used TMPGEnc for awhile now, making XVCD's (learned that from TechTV), but I wanted to learn a command line way that would allow me to work on ALL my videos... not just one at a time.

[aktee]

I have not tried to convert yet, only frameserve.. Since I'm dual-burning, encoding is very risky for my burner's buffer..

Can you try to encode, manually (by opening CCE), just 1 AVS..

and check if it's Chunky.

I'll just wait for this burn to be complete, and i'll try with Quenc.
ConvertToYUY2 Is a major slow-down. Quenc only encodes at YV12 (which is very convenient!). It will take more time to encode.. but will remove the chunky-ness.

It's at 50%, should be complete in 8mins..

I'm glad you want to learn how to frameserve and things =). I had 250 episodes to encode... haha I feel the pain =).


anyway I'll try to find something.

But can you give me the specs of your comp? =|.

[jiminma50]

I have not tried to convert yet, only frameserve.. Since I'm dual-burning, encoding is very risky for my burner's buffer..

Can you try to encode, manually (by opening CCE), just 1 AVS..

and check if it's Chunky.

I'll just wait for this burn to be complete, and i'll try with Quenc.
ConvertToYUY2 Is a major slow-down. Quenc only encodes at YV12 (which is very convenient!). It will take more time to encode.. but will remove the chunky-ness.

It's at 50%, should be complete in 8mins..

I'm glad you want to learn how to frameserve and things =). I had 250 episodes to encode... haha I feel the pain =).


anyway I'll try to find something.

But can you give me the specs of your comp? =|.

Ok... now it seems my computer needs a marriage counslor!!!! LOL


As for my machine...

AMD 1700 Duelie (overclocked to 1.875ghz)
XP pro
ATi AIW 9000

Anything else?

[jiminma50]

Oh, and as for CCE... I haven't even gotten that far in the tutorial yet...no clue how to use it.

[aktee]

HAHAHA nice one.

Hey, are we using the same video?
hmmm...

Can you copy/paste what you wrote? Seems like you forgot an " somewhere to disable the video..

Where did you got your codecs from?

[jiminma50]

Ok...tried QuEnc...but comes up "Can't find fourcc mjpg"

[jiminma50]

HAHAHA nice one.

Hey, are we using the same video?
hmmm...

Can you copy/paste what you wrote? Seems like you forgot an " somewhere to disable the video..

Where did you got your codecs from?

this is what I've been working on...same camera and file as the one I UL'd to you...but longer (17 seconds)

This is my AVS text:

DirectShowSource("G:\Jimmys movies for grandparents\Additional Footage\DSCF2700.AVI",fps=29.970, audio=false)
BicubicResize(660,440)
AddBorders(30,20,30,20)
ConvertToYuy2()