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

[cathead]

crzsnwbdr

Another problem I find is with my Final Fantasy Advent Children Movie. It's in two parts, at 55min. and 47min. How do I calculate the bitrates correctly?



merge those two files together that way you only have to find out the bitrates for a single file instead of two. use virtualdub to merge the files together. ---> https://www.videohelp.com/virtualdubedit.htm

[aktee]

You don't have to merge the file.

Just do 55 + 47 = 102 min

And in the Bitrate calculator, just put 1 episode of 102 minutes.

[crzsnwbdr]

Hey Aktee,

I don't exactly know what you're talking about when you say output. But the files it gave me were:

Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 48.mpg
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 49.mpg
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 50.mpg
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 51.mpg
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 48.m2v
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 49.m2v
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 50.m2v
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 51.m2v
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 48.mp2
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 49.mp2
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 50.mp2
Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 51.mp2

Here's the specs for my Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 50.mpg "encoded":

General
Complete name : C:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 50.mpg
File size : 422 MiB
Format : MPEG 2 multiplexer
Overal BitRate : 2472 Kbps
PlayTime : 23mn 52s

Video #0
Codec : MPEG Video 2
Bit rate mode : VBR
Width : 720
Height : 480
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 29.97
Delay : 178

Audio #0
Codec : MPEG Audio 1 layer 2
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channels : 2
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Delay : 178
Video0 delay : 0

I used the MediaInfo to get that. They each have almost exactly the same information except for the bitrates. (2897 Kbps, 3181 Kbps, 2472 Kbps, 2705 Kbps) Does that help in any way to solve my problems? Also, would Quenc or the other processes help?

[aktee]

Ok.
Did you open the MPG file when watching the video? or the M2v?

Also, can you try with Quenc, just one episode?

It seems like people have problems with FFMPEG. Including me (video converting is fine, it's the Mplex part). Sometime it works, sometime not. Hmmmmmmm..

[crzsnwbdr]

Hey, I opened the .mpg with my Windows Media Player; and had audio-sync problems. Then I tried it with my Divx; and had video jumping problems. And sure, I'll try it with Quenc.

[kodaikun]

Just when I thought it was good.....

I used Quenc, with the updated batches, and made some changes in switches, like the -1 instead of -2, removing -hq, etc. and tried my luck on the annoying Bleach episodes that have been tormenting me for so long. I converted Bleach 34 and was amazed that it WORKED! Converted, played with no errors! Woo-Hoo!

So I set my batch for the next few eps and they all failed! ARGH!! I got the "Unable to open file for reading" errors.

Here is my Quenc batch file:

::QUENC Encoding Batch Generator!
@echo off

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::
:: Lines beginning with 2 colons are comment line. They are ignored,::
:: so you can safely copy this. ::
:: Change the value after the equal sign ::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::

:: Pulldown file? (yes if your videos are 23.976fps, no if your videos are 29.970fps)
@set applypulldown=yes

:: Resize type (Bicubic, Lanczos, Lanczos4).
@set resize=Lanczos

:: Resize Value (Fullscreen is 660, 440 - Widescreen is 660, 330)
@set width=660
@set height=440

:: AddBorders Value (Fullscreen is 20, 30 - Widescreen is 75, 30)
@set topbottom=20
@set leftright=30

:: Audio Bitrate (The one you chose when calculating)
@set audiobitrate=192

:: Path for source videos (The video you want to encode should reside in there)
@set sourcevideo=c:\avisource

:: Video Bitrate (The Bitrate calculated in step 2)
@set bitrate=2415

:: Path to your encoder. Select QUENC.exe
@set quenc=c:\Program Files\Quenc\quenc.exe

:: Path for DVD2SVCD (The folder where DVD2SVCD is located)
@set dvd2svcd=c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::
:: DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!! ::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::

:: Define variable path for programs that is included with DVD2SVCD
@set besweetdir=%dvd2svcd%\besweet
@set besweetexe=%besweetdir%\besweet.exe
@set pulldown=%dvd2svcd%\pulldown\pulldown.exe
@set mplex=%dvd2svcd%\dvdauthor\mplex.exe
@set encodedvideo=%sourcevideo%\EncodedVideo

echo Generating Batch, tutututut - please be patient.
echo ::MAIN ENCODING BATCH > mainencoding.bat
echo @echo off >> mainencoding.bat

MKDIR %encodedvideo%\Batch

for %%x in (*.avi) do (
echo.AVISource^("%sourcevideo%\%%x"^)
echo.%resize%Resize^(%width%,%height%^)
echo.AddBorders^(%leftright%,%topbottom%,%leftrigh t%,%topbottom%^)
echo.ConvertToYV12^(^)
) > "%%~nx.avs"

if %applypulldown%==yes (
for %%x in (*.avi) do (
echo."%quenc%" -i "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.avs" -o "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.m2v" -b %bitrate% -maxbitrate 8000 -dc 10 -2 -mpeg2 -hq -vbr -noscene -nocgop -interlaced -gopsize 12 -maxbframes 2 -aspectratio 4:3 -mpeg2mux noaudio -auto -close
echo."%pulldown%" "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.m2v" "%encodedvideo%\encoded%%~nx.m2v" -run -exit
echo."%besweetexe%" -core^( -input "%sourcevideo%\%%~nx.avi" -output "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.mp2" -logfilea "%besweetdir%\BeSweet.log" ^) -ssrc^( --rate 48000 ^) -toolame^( -m s -b %audiobitrate% ^)
echo."%mplex%" -f 8 -o "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.mpg" "%encodedvideo%\encoded%%~nx.m2v" "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.mp2"
echo.DEL "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.m2v"
) > "batch_for_%%~nx.bat"
) ELSE (
for %%x in (*.avi) do (
echo."%quenc%" -i "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.avs" -o "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.m2v" -b %bitrate% -maxbitrate 8000 -dc 10 -2 -mpeg2 -hq -vbr -noscene -nocgop -interlaced -gopsize 12 -maxbframes 2 -aspectratio 4:3 -mpeg2mux noaudio -auto -close
echo."%besweetexe%" -core^( -input "%sourcevideo%\%%~nx.avi" -output "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.mp2" -logfilea "%besweetdir%\BeSweet.log" ^) -ssrc^( --rate 48000 ^) -toolame^( -m s -b %audiobitrate% ^)
echo."%mplex%" -f 8 -o "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.mpg" "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.m2v" "%encodedvideo%\%%~nx.mp2"
) > "batch_for_%%~nx.bat"
)


for %%x in (*.avi) do (
echo.CALL "%encodedvideo%\batch\batch_for_%%~nx.bat"
) >> mainencoding.bat

for %%x in (*.avi) do (
MOVE "%sourcevideo%\%%~nx.avs" "%encodedvideo%"
MOVE "batch_for_%%~nx.bat" "%encodedvideo%\batch"
)

move "mainencoding.bat" "%encodedvideo%\batch"

echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo Batch Creation Finished! hehe - Now you just have to open MainEncoding.bat !!
pause

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::
:: END OF BATCH ::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::

Here is my encode batch file:

"c:\Program Files\Quenc\quenc.exe" -i "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach - 35.avs" -o "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach - 35.m2v" -b 2415 -maxbitrate 8000 -dc 10 -1 -mpeg2 -vbr -noscene -nocgop -interlaced -gopsize 12 -maxbframes 2 -aspectratio 4:3 -mpeg2mux noaudio -auto -close
"c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach - 35.m2v" "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\encodedBleach - 35.m2v" -run -exit
"c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\besweet.exe" -core( -input "c:\avisource\Bleach - 35.avi" -output "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach - 35.mp2" -logfilea "c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\BeSweet.log" ) -ssrc( --rate 48000 ) -toolame( -m s -b 192 )
"c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\dvdauthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -o "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach - 35.mpg" "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\encodedBleach - 35.m2v" "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach - 35.mp2"
DEL "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach - 35.m2v"
pause

The pause is there so I can see the errors (if any) Duh.

Can you see any problems?

[aktee]

kodaikun>>>

what gives the "Unable to open file for reading" errors? Quenc or the rest?

be sure that the @set sourcevideo=c:\avisource is correct. we never know, with excitement, you can easily forget that =||||.

[kodaikun]

Quenc isn't giving me any errors, however, I think it's output is what's doing it, I'm trying it again, and this time I'll copy the error. See if that clarifies it more. All my files are where they are supposed to be. Believe me, I've checked several times. I'll add to this post once it's done.

It's still slower than FFMPEG, but what good is speed if it doesn't work? LOL!

[aktee]

Ok.

Really? I think Quenc is faster than FFMPEG. I personally remove -hq switch, since I'm not visual enougth to see the difference.

[crzsnwbdr]

Ok, I used Quenc for my Fullmetal Alchemist - Episode 48.avi, and it changed it to a correct .mpg with everything in sync (video-audio). So now i'm running Quenc on each of them individually, because I don't feel like dealing with the batch encoding. But now I want to know, what is the point of "pulldown"ing to 29.7 fps? Because, as of now, the Quenc leaves my videos the same (23.9 fps). Should I change it before burning them onto dvd's? If so, what's the difference?

[kodaikun]

Ok, to see the error I'm getting, look at crashspyro's post on the previous page - I get the "Unable to read from C:\avisource\encodedvideo\bleach35.mp2"

I don't see a bleach35.mp2 file - so that could explain why it can't read from it. So something isn't being done correctly......

I removed the DEL line in the batch, and opened the m2v file with media player classic and it played no problem - obviously no sound though. But it DID open. Same with encodedbleach35.m2v. What can I do from here? This is apparently a problem with besweet - since this is where the problem happens.

Ok, just checked the logfile that besweet keeps, here's the last attempt's logfile:

Logging start : 10/08/05 , 15:21:06.

c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input c:\avisource\Bleach35.avi -output c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.mp2 -logfilea c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\BeSweet.log ) -ssrc( --rate 48000 ) -toolame( -m s -b 192 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : c:\avisource\Bleach35.avi
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.mp2
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] | A/V Delay found : 0msec
[00:00:00:000] +------ Shibatch -----
[00:00:00:000] | Source Sample-Rate: 11.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Dest. Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Attenuation : 0.0db
[00:00:00:000] +------- MP2ENC ------
[00:00:00:000] | Bitrate method : CBR
[00:00:00:000] | MP2 bitrate : 192
[00:00:00:000] | Channels Mode : Stereo
[00:00:00:000] | Error Protection: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------

That's it.

Right now I have the following in the encodedvideo folder relating to Bleach episode 35:

bleach35.avs
bleach35.m2v
encodedbleach35.m2v
bleach35.mpg (0 bytes)

Here's the batch file:

"c:\Program Files\Quenc\quenc.exe" -i "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.avs" -o "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.m2v" -b 2415 -maxbitrate 8000 -dc 10 -1 -mpeg2 -vbr -noscene -nocgop -interlaced -gopsize 12 -maxbframes 2 -aspectratio 4:3 -mpeg2mux noaudio -auto -close
"c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.m2v" "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\encodedBleach35.m2v" -run -exit
"c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\besweet.exe" -core( -input "c:\avisource\Bleach35.avi" -output "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.mp2" -logfilea "c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\BeSweet.log" ) -ssrc( --rate 48000 ) -toolame( -m s -b 192 )
"c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\dvdauthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -o "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.mpg" "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\encodedBleach35.m2v" "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.mp2"
pause

[aktee]

crzsnwbdr>>

You need to Pulldown to 29.97. DVD needs to be 29.97. If you try at 23.976, your DVD Authoring program will tell you that it is an illegal file..

kodaikun>>
Well that's messed up...
Hmmmmm..
Can you open notepad, paste the following, and save as *.bat?

"c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\besweet.exe" -core( -input "c:\avisource\Bleach35.avi" -output "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.mp2" -logfilea "c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\BeSweet.log" ) -ssrc( --rate 48000 ) -toolame( -m s -b 192 )
pause

If it doesnt work, try posting a screenshot of the error message or something.

hmm.. strange.

[kodaikun]

No error, but it doesn't transcode anything.... here's the besweet log - note that I just had done an episode of Tsubasa , which had worked....

Logging start : 10/08/05 , 20:00:43.

C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input C:\AviSource\Tsubasa04.avi -output C:\AviSource\EncodedVideo\Tsubasa04.mp2 -logfilea C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\BeSweet.log ) -ssrc( --rate 48000 ) -toolame( -m s -b 192 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\AviSource\Tsubasa04.avi
[00:00:00:000] | Output: C:\AviSource\EncodedVideo\Tsubasa04.mp2
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] | A/V Delay found : 0msec
[00:00:00:000] +------ Shibatch -----
[00:00:00:000] | Source Sample-Rate: 44.1KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Dest. Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Attenuation : 0.0db
[00:00:00:000] +------- MP2ENC ------
[00:00:00:000] | Bitrate method : CBR
[00:00:00:000] | MP2 bitrate : 192
[00:00:00:000] | Channels Mode : Stereo
[00:00:00:000] | Error Protection: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:25:00:217] Conversion Completed !
[00:25:00:217] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 191kbps
[00:04:15:000] <-- Transcoding Duration

Logging ends : 10/08/05 , 20:04:58.


BeSweet v1.5b26 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)
Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter
Using Ogg Vorbis v1.0 dlls (http://www.vorbis.com).
Using Shibatch.dll v0.24 by Naoki Shibata & DSPguru (shibatch.sourceforge.net).
Using MP2enc.dll v1.129 (23/5/2002), Engine 1.129 .

Logging start : 10/08/05 , 20:08:06.

c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input c:\avisource\Bleach35.avi -output c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.mp2 -logfilea c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\besweet\BeSweet.log ) -ssrc( --rate 48000 ) -toolame( -m s -b 192 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : c:\avisource\Bleach35.avi
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.mp2
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] | A/V Delay found : 0msec
[00:00:00:000] +------ Shibatch -----
[00:00:00:000] | Source Sample-Rate: 11.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Dest. Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Attenuation : 0.0db
[00:00:00:000] +------- MP2ENC ------
[00:00:00:000] | Bitrate method : CBR
[00:00:00:000] | MP2 bitrate : 192
[00:00:00:000] | Channels Mode : Stereo
[00:00:00:000] | Error Protection: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------

I altered what you had listed, and changed the 35 to 36 - and that also didn't work. I changed it then to 37, and that started encoding the audio for Bleach37. The AVI for both play just fine, could it be an AVI file problem?

EDIT - Ok, I'm really confused now. I went back to my originals, and copied the Bleach - 35.avi file to my avisource directory. Altered the batch to account for the different filename, and it started converting the audio. Ok, so I renamed the file to bleach35.avi, made the change to the batch, and it didn't work. So I renamed the file back to Bleach - 35.avi - made the change to the batch and it worked again........ Are you confused also? So my question is, can you give me the mplex command to run, so I don't have to re-encode this mess again?

[Syco54645]

well atkee has inspired me to do some programming. i have made some perl scripts (they run in windows, dont worry) that do a few useful things. i have made a front end for them in vb, i know it isnt a real language, but perfect for making a front end. it isnt done yet, but should make all of this very easy. all but 2 of the scripts are done then i just have to finish the front end.

as a sneak peak i will say that one of the scripts reads in an srt file. it then splits the text that doesnt fit on a tv screen to 2 lines. it is currently hard coded for tohoma size 20, but i can easily make that into an ini type thing, i just need input as to what doesnt fit on tvs (an example line of text, and the font style and size and all that junk). i am looking forward to completing this little project to see if others find it useful.

-Syco54645

[aktee]

kodaikun>>
I can note that that audio source of bleach36 is... 11 instead of 44.1
Pretty sure that can be a problem.
But about the renaming thing.. all I can say is "WTF"
Here is the MPLEX Command.

"c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\dvdauthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -o "%%%% PATH TO OUTPUT MPEG %%%%%%" "%%%%PATH TO VIDEO%%%%%" "%%%% PATH TO AUDIO %%%%%%"

Of course replace for correct paths. =|.

[aktee]

well atkee has inspired me to do some programming. i have made some perl scripts (they run in windows, dont worry) that do a few useful things. i have made a front end for them in vb, i know it isnt a real language, but perfect for making a front end. it isnt done yet, but should make all of this very easy. all but 2 of the scripts are done then i just have to finish the front end.

as a sneak peak i will say that one of the scripts reads in an srt file. it then splits the text that doesnt fit on a tv screen to 2 lines. it is currently hard coded for tohoma size 20, but i can easily make that into an ini type thing, i just need input as to what doesnt fit on tvs (an example line of text, and the font style and size and all that junk). i am looking forward to completing this little project to see if others find it useful.

-Syco54645

Yeah, that is useful. I know alot of friends who modified their SRT file for that. Man I wanna see that Front-End =)))))))

[kodaikun]

Aktee -

Ok, Quenc is working when I test the audio portion first, so that is good, however, is there any way to speed it up? It took close to 4 hours to convert 2 episodes of Bleach - compare that to FFMPEG's 5 or 6 in the same amount of time.

I've removed the -extreme, -hq, and changed the -2 to -1.

If I can't get more speed, I'll just rely on this when FFMPEG won't work. Which, for some reason, seems to be on all of these Bleach episodes.....

[Syco54645]

well atkee has inspired me to do some programming. i have made some perl scripts (they run in windows, dont worry) that do a few useful things. i have made a front end for them in vb, i know it isnt a real language, but perfect for making a front end. it isnt done yet, but should make all of this very easy. all but 2 of the scripts are done then i just have to finish the front end.

as a sneak peak i will say that one of the scripts reads in an srt file. it then splits the text that doesnt fit on a tv screen to 2 lines. it is currently hard coded for tohoma size 20, but i can easily make that into an ini type thing, i just need input as to what doesnt fit on tvs (an example line of text, and the font style and size and all that junk). i am looking forward to completing this little project to see if others find it useful.

-Syco54645

Yeah, that is useful. I know alot of friends who modified their SRT file for that. Man I wanna see that Front-End =)))))))

you got to see it in your email. at least the main page of it. i have since finished the second page and it makes the vdub script (just for ripping the audio) automatically. next is the avs script, but now i need to do some linear algebra. i am looking to have this out next week some time, but dont hold me to that as i have a spanish exam coming up as well.

-Syco54645

[aktee]

Aktee -

Ok, Quenc is working when I test the audio portion first, so that is good, however, is there any way to speed it up? It took close to 4 hours to convert 2 episodes of Bleach - compare that to FFMPEG's 5 or 6 in the same amount of time.

I've removed the -extreme, -hq, and changed the -2 to -1.

If I can't get more speed, I'll just rely on this when FFMPEG won't work. Which, for some reason, seems to be on all of these Bleach episodes.....

Hmm I don't understand why quenc is being slower than ffmpeg => they are supposed to be the same thing, it's based on the libav thing.
Can you paste your quenc switches?

[kodaikun]

Here's the call for Quenc:

"c:\Program Files\Quenc\quenc.exe" -i "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.avs" -o "c:\avisource\EncodedVideo\Bleach35.m2v" -b 2415 -maxbitrate 8000 -dc 10 -1 -mpeg2 -vbr -noscene -nocgop -interlaced -gopsize 12 -maxbframes 2 -aspectratio 4:3 -mpeg2mux noaudio -auto -close

[gadgetguy]

Removing -extreme does not necessarily mean it won't be used. You should change it to -noextreme to make sure it's disabled.

[aktee]

OOOOOOOOOO.
OMFG!
Yeah listen to gadgetguy's.

What happens when removing the option is, instead of disabling it, it uses the last option used, when you used the GUI.

I'll add this to the batch, thanks gadgetguy.

[Syco54645]

good news for those of you that care, the program now makes the avs files for avi's (with hard and soft subs). the script is rather trivial and i will have it working for mkv and ogm in a matter of minutes (just 2 elsif branches to get it to work).

-Syco54645

edit: ok so now it works for avi, mkv and ogm files. i will compile a list of what i have in it so far and people can let me know what else i need to include in it.

[Syco54645]

For anyone that is burning to see what i have gotten done so far on this, here are some screen shots

Begin Transmission



this is the first tab that you see, nothing too special, it just sets up the subs to be fixed. you also tell the program if it has subs or not and if they are internal (burnt in) or external. if external then it effects how the avisynth scripts are created.



this is the second tab where you tell the program where the files are that you would like to batch. you also set up the type of files to be batched here. this tab is used to set up the virtual dub job creator and the avisynth script creator (both of which are coded, they just need to output files rather than to the console).



this next pic just shows that i am idiot proofing my code. also notice that the execute button is disabled.



this picture shows that it tells the video attributes so that you can verify them before you hit execute (which is now enabled).



this last screen shot displays that i have the dos redirection working. it is slow at the moment, but i am hoping to fix that. if not it is ok because alot of info wont be displayed to it once i have the scripts going to the file instead of stdout.

this ends this informative transmission of Journey in Syco54645's frontend

this basically notes all of the things that i have in it so far. encoder options are not in there right now as the only encoder that i use is cce and i cant get it to support batching (aktee please help me!!!!!!!!!!). for audio i want to have besweet to have the option to transcode it to 48 from 44.1 and also to have the option to have either mp2 or ac3 audio. i still have yet to mess with other video encoders so i cannot say what will go on the tab for video encoders. any feeback (positive or negative) would be greatly appreciated

-Syco54645

edit: forgot to mention that yes it does hide the dreaded black box of doom!!!!(aka dos prompt). and i also forgot to mention that i will add the pulldown set up info to the second tab. right now i am thinking that you will have to know what framerate the video is in. you will also have to know what sample rate the audio is in. if anyone knows of a program that can report that for me (command line only) please let me know. but since this is a batch, i am thinking that you will not be running 3 different frame rate files through it at one time.

[aktee]

Hey.
Why do you want a besweet option to transcode 48 to 44.1? We want it to 48, don't forget it's for DVD =). As for the AC3 or MP2 thing, Don't worry, I have the code ready.

Anyway, in the e-mail you sent, you said that we should go our different way, and merge, right? =)

In my program, which doesn't have any GUI, everything is automated.
That is, the program:
-check if the video is 23.976, so it applys Pulldown
-check the size of the video. if it's widescreen or fullscreen
-check how many audio sources is in there
-check how many subs source in ther
-create the avisynth script
-create the vdub script
-create the batches.

It work by simply opening the video with my program. Confirugation are done via an INI file.



So my suggestion for your program:
-Make it simpler, way simpler.
-Make it so the program automatically detecs the video settings. You can do that with MediaInfo, it's quite complete.

By the way.. VB should be "enought" for things like that..

[Syco54645]

i said to 48 from 44.1 i just checked to make sure that i did it. i may have stated it backwards somewhere, but i dont see where.

as far as simplification goes, the project hasnt even had a full 12 hours of work on it yet. this is just the beginning. i will look into using media info for figuring out what the video is like. the program looks like it will serve my needs which is the main reason why i am making it, i just thought that i would make it so that others could use it. well i am going to bed

thanks for the input. and look out for another email in the next week (provided i can work on it at all).

-Syco54645

[kodaikun]

Ok, I changed my switches to -noextreme and -nohq, and it DOES seem faster. Haven't run the whole thing yet, so I don't know the end result yet.

Any idea why some videos will not encode the audio with besweet? What I've started doing is run a test batch command to start encoding the audio for the episode I'm on. If it works, I run the batch needed to do the whole deal. If it DOESN'T.... well, I just stare at the screen begging WHY WON'T YOU WORK??????

Using mediainfo, the audio type, codec, etc is the same for one that does work and one that does not.

[aktee]

ok. tell me the result.
what I noticed is that, besweet fails for no goddamn reason sometimes.. just like that =|.

else, try manually with the GUI..

[kodaikun]

Ok, you've converted me...... converted. LOL!

Quenc is great if you use the switches for noextreme, and nohq. Nice and fast, and so far looks good.

NOW, I just need to figure out what to do with the Besweet problem, I've tried and tried Bleach episodes 40-51 and none with transcode the audio! I check the logs, and there are no errors, it just doesn't transcode! I've tried removing / reinstalling DVD2VCD, even got Besweet by itself with the GUI - but it says AVI are not supported input sources......

Any ideas where to go next? I really want to get these eps converted.

[aktee]

=)

you forgot to add VobInput.dll like it says in the guide =) that's why AVI are not supported input sources.

http://besweet.notrace.dk/VOBInput.zip