AVStoDVD Support Thread

[theewizard]

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[littlebase22]

Hey hows it going. Im running into a little problem with audio. The audio is sped up like the chipmunks and is silence for most of the file. I thought I fixed the problem by picking the ffmpeg(safemode) option but when I made a folder structure it didnt sync the audio like the wavi+aften option would. Also I picked every option and the same result chipmunk audio. This never happened before. I added the spline36resize to the script a blur 0,1.20 but before I ever did anything like that I never had this problem. Heres my project log and script.

<1/6/2015 7:38:48 PM>
START PROCESS
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<1/6/2015 7:38:48 PM>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: NTSC
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4450/4450 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: MPEG2 Streams
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: C:\Users\user\Desktop\1.20
Delete Temp Assets Files: Yes
Delete Temp Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

PREFERENCES

MultiThread: 1
AVS Video Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS Audio Source Filter: A2DSource
AVS UpSize/DownSize Filter: Lanczos4Resize/Spline36Resize
Frame Adjust Strategy: 1
PAL SpeedUp: 0
NTSC SlowDown: 0
Video Resolution: 0
Video BitRate Min: 2500
Video BitRate Level 1: 6500
Video Profile Level 2: 4500
Video BitRate Max: 8500
Keep DVD Compliant Video: 1
AC3 Audio Encoder: 3
Force FFmpeg for Long Audio: 1
DVD Audio Format: 0
DVD Audio BitRate: 192
Keep DVD Compliant Audio: 1
Normalize Audio: 0
Auto Delay Audio: 1
DVD Audio Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Audio Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Primary): EN - English
DVD Subs Language (Secondary): EN - English
DVD Subs Font: Tahoma 16pt (255,255,255)
Chapters Interval: 5
Use Source Chapters: 1
DVD Burning Drive: E: MATSHITA DVD+-RW UJ-875S D200
DVD Burning Speed: 4x
Auto Erase DVD RW: 1
Unload ActiveMovie library: 0
Adjust DirectShow Filters at runtime: 1
Save General Settings: 0

SYSTEM INFO

Processor Name: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz
Operating System: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (64 bit)
AviSynth is installed: YES (release 2.5.8)
LAV Filters is installed: YES (release 0.63.0)
ffdshow is installed: YES (release 1.2.4422)
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<1/6/2015 7:38:48 PM>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: C:\Adownloader\downloads\Raw 8-24-98\wwe37077017_TheHighwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS24 1998typem3u8_4500.mp4
Info: AVC - 4352 kbps - 1280x720 - DAR 16:9 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Progressive - 1:29:44 hours - 161363 frames
Audio 1: C:\Adownloader\downloads\Raw 8-24-98\wwe37077017_TheHighwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS24 1998typem3u8_4500.mp4
Info: AAC LC - 93 kbps - VBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 1:29:44 hours (0 ms delay)
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.69]
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<1/6/2015 7:38:48 PM>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("C:\Adownloader\downloads\Raw 8-24-98\wwe37077017_TheHighwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS24 1998typem3u8_4500.mp4", CacheFolder="C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp", FrameRate=29.97, VFR=false)
# Audio is frameserved by AviSynth just for Preview and Edit purposes.
Audio = A2DAudioSource("C:\Adownloader\downloads\Raw 8-24-98\wwe37077017_TheHighwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS24 1998typem3u8_4500.mp4", CacheFolder="C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12()
Video = Video.Blur(0,1.20)
Video = Video.Spline36Resize(720,480)

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<1/6/2015 7:38:48 PM>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4238 MB
Encoding Parameters: -ini "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_wwe37077017_ TheHighwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS241998typem3u8_45 00.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_wwe37077017_T heHighwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS241998typem3u8_450 0_1.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE C:\Users\user\Desktop\1.20\DVD_wwe37077017_TheHigh waytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS241998typem3u8_4500.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_wwe37077017_T heHighwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS241998typem3u8_450 0.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 6603
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*TFF
*BIAS 70
*DC_PREC 10
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 1
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*DBPATH C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp
*WAIT 2
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<1/6/2015 9:45:25 PM>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Video Source Filter: A2DSource (DirectShowSource)
Created File: C:\Users\user\Desktop\1.20\DVD_wwe37077017_TheHigh waytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS241998typem3u8_4500.m2v (4239.3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 6611 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 16:9 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1:29:38 hours - 161201 frames
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<1/6/2015 9:45:25 PM>
DIRECTSHOW AUDIO MIXER OPERATIONS:
No mixer adjustment required at runtime.
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<1/6/2015 9:45:25 PM>
DIRECTSHOW AUDIO MIXER OPERATIONS:
ffdshow mixer ON restored to '0'
ffdshow mixer setting restored to '16'
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<1/6/2015 9:45:25 PM>
START FFMPEG (SAFE MODE) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1) - Trial 1/2
FFmpeg Parameters: -threads 2 -i "C:\Adownloader\downloads\Raw 8-24-98\wwe37077017_TheHighwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS24 1998typem3u8_4500.mp4" -vn -acodec ac3 -ar 48000 -ab 192k -y "C:\Users\user\Desktop\1.20\DVD_wwe37077017_TheHig hwaytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS241998typem3u8_4500_1.a c3"
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<1/6/2015 9:46:43 PM>
END AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1)
Created File: C:\Users\user\Desktop\1.20\DVD_wwe37077017_TheHigh waytoHellsfinalstopbeforeS241998typem3u8_4500_1.ac 3 (123.2 MB)
OUTPUT AUDIO INFO: AC3 - 192 kbps - CBR - 2 ch - 48000 Hz - 16 bit - 1:29:44 hours (0 ms delay)
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<1/6/2015 9:46:43 PM>
Log file created by AVStoDVD Release 2.8.0
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[manolito]

Hi littlebase22,

Looks like your audio does not get transcoded by DirectShow at all, so safe mode is invoked. I noticed that you have ffdshow and LAVFilters installed in parallel. I do not think that this is illegal, but it could sure confuse AVStoDVD.

I suggest that you create a filter graph with your current setup, make a screen shot and post it here. (Under 'Codecs / Build DirektShow Filters Graph')

Or you decide which one of the two filter packages you really want to use and uninstall the other one. I recommend to use LAV Filters.


Cheers
manolito

[LMotlow]

DirectShow doesn't seem to work well with mp4 IMO. Never did for me. I used FFMS2. A piece of the original mp4 was posted in an earlier thread, showed Variable Frame Rate and audio at 48006 instead of 4800. Don't know if that matters. I didn't have a sync problem.

[littlebase22]

Thanks manolito heres the graph.


I was just going to edit my original post. I got the audio working I just forced ffdshow but there seems to be like a couple second delay in the audio. I didn't know I didn't need both ffdshow and lavfilters and since you reccomnd lav I select that and uninstall ffdshow. Whats causing the delay?

[manolito]

Your graph does show some problems IMO. Audio does not go through the LAV splitter, it gets processed by ffdshow directly. For video there is the Microsoft DTV-DVD decoder before the ffdshow decoder, looks suspicious to me.

Several things you could do:
Force FFMpegSource for audio instead of the default A2DSource as LMotlow suggested. This will completely circumvent DirectShowSource for audio

Run the "Preferred DirectShow Codecs" setup (only works if you run AVStoDVD as an admin). Set everything to LAV.

If you want to use LAV, make sure that not only ffdshow, but also the Haali splitter is completely uninstalled.


On my machine MP4 audio (AAC) get processed just fine by DirectShowSource, but I do not use directshowsource.dll. I use DSS2Mod instead, and combined with LAV Filters even problematic sources are handled well.


Good luck
manolito


P.S.
If you want to try DSS2Mod, PM me for instructions

[TohM]

Hi,

After not using this tool for a long time, I installed the latest version of AVS2DVD today and tried to author a DVD. The source material are two .MKV files generated by mkvmerge from .TS transport streams. The original streams are HD recordings from an Enigma 2 system on a Topfield TF7700HDPVR. I clean them up using TS Doctor, then use mkvmerge to wrap them into an .MKV container which is finally storaged on straightforward Blu-ray data discs.

From time to time I like to convert those HD files into SD DVDs which can be played from any DVD player / computer drive, so I tried to achieve this today. The process started off nicely, but after a many and partly VERY long recoding phases the main window of AVS2DVD reappeared, indicating that the process had been aborted. However, I cannot find any reasons in the log files. Can anyone see the reason for aborting in the attached log files?

Thanks,

TohM

[manolito]

Looks like Muxman has a problem with the reencoded files, maybe the old Out-of-Range chapters issue again...

Having the Muxman.log file would be nice. You get this file only if you uncheck the "Delete temporary DVD assets" and "Delete Working Files" options.

(I guess you know how to resume the conversion without doing the video conversion again... Just delete the log file but keep he .m2v files. Restart the project with the same settings as before, when A2D asks if you want to overwrite the .m2v files, say no)


Cheers
manolito

[_MrC_]

@TohM

from the log file, you have both ffdshow and LAV Filters installed. Basically they do the same thing (directshow decoders), but together they may mess up the decoding flow.

BTW the issue should not be caused by that decoders redundancy. Do you have the possibility to recover the Muxman.log file (as manolito suggested) and/or upload the 2nd mkv title somewhere to test it?



Bye

[_MrC_]

Hotfix to remove the misleading warning message reported here.

Just download, unzip and overwrite the AVStoDVD.exe file from release 2.8.0



Bye

[mike252]

Thanks for the Hotfix.

[JohnnyBob]

.avi
no audio track found

[mail2tom]

Hotfix to remove the misleading warning message reported here.

Just download, unzip and overwrite the AVStoDVD.exe file from release 2.8.0



Bye

Thanks. Missed the support thread for my query.

[_MrC_]

@JohnnyBob

1. Upgrade to 2.8.0 release

2. Add your AVI

3. Use the 'Codecs'/'Build DirectShow Filters Graph' command

4. Take the screenshot of the resulting graph and post it here



Bye

[TohM]

@ manolito, _MrC_:

Thank you for your input. This is becoming increasingly mysterious ... I have now tried to author a DVD from a much smaller video; for no apparent reason, the process sometimes completes, sometimes it doesn't.

1. For some reason, the program no longer offers to re-use the existing demuxed files, although they are present in the DVD output folder; instead it starts creating new files with an incremented number whenever I start another test.
2. Every other time or so, MuxMan aborts half-way through the authoring process.

I have attached the three log files; maybe they contain some useful information which I am missing.
If necessary, I could create a much smaller .mkv file for testing, which I could then upload somewhere, if someone can recommend a suitable repository.
Thanks,
TohM

[theewizard]

If I understand correctly, . You have ts files from the recorder
Why are you making mkv files to use, you may like storing and playing mkv files on your PC ?
But you can just use the original ts files to author a DVD
Mkv is the most troublesome format I have ever dealt with, I avoid them, I will not use them in any of my own conversions
If somebody brings me an mkv file If at all possible I will unwrap/demux it , before attempting dvd re_encoding
I won't load mkv files into AvsToDvd, if I have choice to do otherwise

[JohnnyBob]

@JohnnyBob

1. Upgrade to 2.8.0 release

2. Add your AVI

3. Use the 'Codecs'/'Build DirectShow Filters Graph' command

4. Take the screenshot of the resulting graph and post it here



Bye

using your new 2.8.0 portable with the .avi ...

no codec graphics, also failed frame serving check
attempting to preview or convert with AVStoDVD aborts, no audio track found
VLC media player won't play it either, no audio track found

clue: it came with "Lite x264 Codec Pack.exe" (12,288 KB)" which wouldn't install (errors), although others report it works Ok
any way to find some bona fide codecs that work?
could it be my older system (XP SP3 with .NET 2.0)?

thanks!

[manolito]

@ JohnnyBob

Your DirectShow filter setup is broken big time. Basically I do not help anyone who has installed a Codec Pack. Try to get rid of the codec pack (which often does not work, that's just one of the problems with codec packs).

You only need either one of the following:
1. Haali Splitter plus ffdshow, also FLVSplitter for FLV files
or
2. LAV Filters

Use a tool called "FilMerit" to check the integrity of your DirectShow filters.

If you are on Win7 or Win8.x you also need to set up your preferred DirectShow Filters and make sure you either use ffdshow or LAV Filters.

Oops, just saw that you use WinXP. This is no problem at all, I also use XP and got AVStoDVD working perfectly...

Only after you successfully did this you should come back for help...



Cheers
manolito

[manolito]

@ TohM

It still looks like Muxman cannot author the encoded source files, it refuses to author the VMG.

I am not a BatchMux specialist, so let's wait for MrC. But one thing you should definitely correct is that you still have ffdshow and LAV Filters installed in parallel. You have to uninstall one of them. This is probably the reason that audio demuxing of track #1 is failing and A2D switches to ffmpeg safe mode. No idea if this somehow triggers the Muxman failure, but certainly worth a try.

And yes, you should upload a smaller file which shows the error. ZippyShare or SendSpace are two free hosters which work without opening an account. ZippyShare is faster.


Cheers
manolito

[_MrC_]

@TohM

I have noticed that you still have both ffdshow and LAV Filters installed. Please uninstall one of them (I would suggest to uninstall ffdshow).

The error in the last project happens during DVD finalization (creation of VIDEO_TS.ifo file): all the assets have been accepted by Muxman. That's quite curious. Do you get the same error without creating the DVD Menu?

To have AVStoDVD re-use the existing assets (m2v, ac3, sup) you just have to delete the DVD folder and the .log file.



Bye

[JohnnyBob]

@ JohnnyBob

Your DirectShow filter setup is broken big time. Basically I do not help anyone who has installed a Codec Pack. Try to get rid of the codec pack (which often does not work, that's just one of the problems with codec packs).

You only need either one of the following:
1. Haali Splitter plus ffdshow, also FLVSplitter for FLV files
or
2. LAV Filters

Use a tool called "FilMerit" to check the integrity of your DirectShow filters.

If you are on Win7 or Win8.x you also need to set up your preferred DirectShow Filters and make sure you either use ffdshow or LAV Filters.

Oops, just saw that you use WinXP. This is no problem at all, I also use XP and got AVStoDVD working perfectly...

Only after you successfully did this you should come back for help...



Cheers
manolito

The codec pack did not install, and I also did a system restore, so it should be gone. Sorry but I don't have the technical expertise to understand your other comments.

I provided the codecs graphic screenshot using the latest AVStoDVD 2.8.0 version as instructed by the Mr C, and look forward to his reply, or from anyone who can help. Thanks.

P.S. an afterthought...

Without any instructions to the contrary, I extracted the portable AVStoDVD version 2.8.0 into its own new folder, but have not uninstalled any of the former 2.7.2 version components. Should I? The portable 2.8.0 version automatically adopted all my prior settings and preferences from 2.7.2. Is that bad?

P.P.S.
Hearing nothing from here, I assumed it was bad, so unininstalled my former AVStoDVD 2.7.2 and all associated components that I could remember. This was a dirty process, but believe I got rid of most of it. Then upon starting my new 2.8.2 portable it began with the proper startup screen where I selected some important settings. Then it warned me that I needed AviSynth and ffdshow/LAV Filters which I had just uninstalled because they came with 2.7.2. So I guess I must go googling and find them to reinstall. That means the portable AVStoDVD version isn't really portable/independent. Right? When I started this I realized it would be difficult...it is.

P.P.P.S.
AviSynth 2.5.8 seems right so got it. LAV Filters also seems right from scrutinizing some recent comments above, but it's horribly complicated with a zillion technical settings. I checked a few of the LAV Filter boxes which seemed right, offhand, but how are we really supposed to know what's best? I ain't no phucking genius with this stuff...

P.P.P.P.S. progress...?

P.P.P.P.P.S.
Nope, it still fails. FrameServe check fails, says AviSynth can't do it. The project appeared to start OK, no error messages (or they flashed by too quickly to see), but it quit/aborted after a couple of minutes. Log file attached. Now, I REALLY have no hint how to proceed. AviSynth and Lav Filters are installed. ffdshow is *not* installed. It just won't work...

bottomline... also went thru the FilMerit nonsense and fixed 16 Cyberlink filters, so FilMerit now says everything is OK. But the portable AVStoDVD 2.8.0 still refuses to work, same results as above. I tried a small simple .avi clip too (the windows "clock"), to rule out that my movie .avi is bad, but it also fails the same way. It just don't work folks!!!

I quit.

Obviously the portable version doesn't work, so I deleted it, uninstalled everything, reset all variables (hopefully), and then installed the install version. It still refused to convert the simple windows "clock" avi clip, saying the width or edges must be even, or some such nonsense. However it accepted my movie .avi project for processing. I won't know the result until it completes sometime tomorrow. The installed version is obviously working different than the portable version. With the portable version it brought up the Lav Filters in a command window to start the project processing, which soon aborted. With the installed version it brought up HCenc 0.26 beta 05-03-2011 window to begin the project processing, which is same as the old 2.7.2 version (iirc). So fingers crossed...

It completed after about 35 minutes but was obviously not functioning correctly with a bitrate of only about 195. There were several error messages including the following. The result was indeed a proper DVD structure but obviously only a tiny fraction of what the size should be. It wouldn't play on any player. So it appears that the 2.8.0 version is a totally buggy mess, and I'll have to go back to 2.7.2 if I want to convert anything in future. You can quote me on that, if you wish.

[JohnnyBob]

I looked but could find no mention... does AVDtoDVD 2.8.0 require .NET above 2.0? I only have .NET 1.1 and 2.0 installed on this XP computer. I installed .NET 2.0 because I knew AVStoDVD 2.7.2 required it, otherwise have no need for it. Higher versions of .NET make this XP SP3 box slow and klunky. Any other unmentioned requirements such as Silverlight?

[manolito]

I installed .NET 2.0 because I knew AVStoDVD 2.7.2 required it

Who gave you this idea?

Since AVStoDVD is programmed in VB6, it does not need .NET Framework to run, and all needed DLLs and OCXs are provided with the installer package.

Cheers
manolito

[JohnnyBob]

I installed .NET 2.0 because I knew AVStoDVD 2.7.2 required it

Who gave you this idea?

Since AVStoDVD is programmed in VB6, it does not need .NET Framework to run, and all needed DLLs and OCXs are provided with the installer package.

Cheers
manolito

Mr C confirmed that .NET 2.0 was a requirement of one of the modules or supporting programs when I first tried AVStoDVD a year or two ago. I tried it both ways, with/without .NET 2.0, and AVStoDVD 2.7.2 definitely needs it! Read back and I'm sure you can find it...
[Search for .NET in the following thread: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/358789 ; Mr C confirmed the .NET 2.0 requirement in post #9 therein]

Can Mr C, or someone knowledgable please respond about the .NET (or any other special) requirements for AVStoDVD 2.8.0? Thanks.

[_MrC_]

@JohnnyBob

1. The 'NoInstall' package is actually... a 'NoInstall' package... not a 'portable' package. Unfortunately it is reported as 'portable' in many hosting websites (Baldrick, could you please modify the statement here at VideoHelp?). Anyway, if you open the ReadMe.txt file included in the 'NoInstall' package, you will clearly read that you need to install both AviSynth and a good directshow codecs suite (ffdshow or LAV Filter). Or go with the 'Installer' package.

2. Good that you have upgraded to 2.8.0 release. Do use that release. Apply also the hotfix if you do not want to be annoyed by the above wrong framecount message (which is not harmful, by the way).

3. The filters graph is OK, hence LAV Filter is properly decoding your AVI. We are close to victory

4. Free space on your system (18 GB on drive C: ) may be low. Can you move the output folder to a hard drive with more free space?

5. .NET 2.0 is required only by SubtitleCreator. If you do not use subtitles, then definitively you do not need .NET 2.0

6. I would kindly suggest you to better use your time: instead of writing poems here at VideoHelp forum, read carefully the AVStoDVD Help section, with focus on the FAQs. Many questions would have been resolved by yourself.

7. You are an old AVStoDVD user (with 500+ posts at VideoHelp!), aren't you? Why AVStoDVD was working one year ago and now no more? What has happened to your system?



Bye

[manolito]

@JohnnyBob

Adding to MrC's answer I would like to tell you how lucky you are that MrC is a lot more patient than I am with people like you. After your statement

So it appears that the 2.8.0 version is a totally buggy mess, and I'll have to go back to 2.7.2 if I want to convert anything in future. You can quote me on that, if you wish.

If I were the author of the software I would have immediately added you to my ignore list...

In your first post about this particular AVI file you were using AVStoDVD version 2.7.2, and it did not work for you. Now you upgraded to version 2.8.0 and it still does not work. And your conclusion is that version 2.8.0 is a buggy mess and you need to go back to version 2.7.2. This is a very "remarkable" logic, to say it in a friendly way.

Having said this, for a user who claims:

Sorry but I don't have the technical expertise to understand your other comments.

you got remarkably far. You installed AviSynth, you cleaned up your DirectShow Filters problems and you installed LAV Filters. Not too bad...

I went over your log files, and I believe that your problems have two possible reasons:
Like MrC suggested, there might be not enough space in your output or work assets folders.
Or your source file is broken.

There are some indications that the second assumption might be true. HCenc stops encoding after only a fraction of the file, and demuxing the audio (done by ffmpeg) does not work at all. Adding to this that your source file originates from a P2P download I would not be surprised if this file is borked.

To verify the integrity of your source file you could try to demux it using AVIDemux, or try to repack the file into an MKV container using MKVMergeGUI.


Good luck
manolito

[JohnnyBob]

@Mr C

@JohnnyBob

1. The 'NoInstall' package is actually... a 'NoInstall' package... not a 'portable' package. Unfortunately it is reported as 'portable' in many hosting websites (Baldrick, could you please modify the statement here at VideoHelp?). Anyway, if you open the ReadMe.txt file included in the 'NoInstall' package, you will clearly read that you need to install both AviSynth and a good directshow codecs suite (ffdshow or LAV Filter). Or go with the 'Installer' package.

2. Good that you have upgraded to 2.8.0 release. Do use that release. Apply also the hotfix if you do not want to be annoyed by the above wrong framecount message (which is not harmful, by the way).

3. The filters graph is OK, hence LAV Filter is properly decoding your AVI. We are close to victory

4. Free space on your system (18 GB on drive C: ) may be low. Can you move the output folder to a hard drive with more free space?

5. .NET 2.0 is required only by SubtitleCreator. If you do not use subtitles, then definitively you do not need .NET 2.0

6. I would kindly suggest you to better use your time: instead of writing poems here at VideoHelp forum, read carefully the AVStoDVD Help section, with focus on the FAQs. Many questions would have been resolved by yourself.

7. You are an old AVStoDVD user (with 500+ posts at VideoHelp!), aren't you? Why AVStoDVD was working one year ago and now no more? What has happened to your system?



Bye

Thanks for your info, and confirmation that .NET is not needed except for subtitles.

I've been using 2.7.2 for over a year without problems, including recent .avi's and other source types. Thus I had no reason to return here to investigate your updates until a problem with the last .avi.

Unfortunately your 2.8.0 no-install (a.k.a. portable) package did not even come close to working correctly. The 2.8.0 install version apparently goes through the proper steps (similar to 2.7.2), however it gave bitrates <200 and condenses to <5% of normal size. Maybe it's just a bad .avi. I'll have to test some other .avi's when I can find the time.

Where is the hotfix you mention?

My output folder is *not* on drive C! Most of my assigned paths are on drive H with over 100 GB free space (see attached graphic). However I got an error when trying to assign Menu Templates to drive H, so left it as default drive C. Presumably that isn't a problem because it only holds one small template of about 1 MB, and seems not to be used otherwise.

Apparently a folder from 2.7.2 (AVS TempTree) is no longer used in 2.8.0, because I don't see any mention of it, and it seems not to be accessed. Or is that another error/bug to be fixed?
My apology, I didn't realize I was writing poetry, so it was surely bad. It was only my feeble attempt to raise the help flag. It's extremely frustrating trying to get logical answers here.

(P.S. found your hotflix link...thanks)

[mistycat]

Fantastic program, Avs2DVD outperforms paid software I've used. Just an FYI, 2.8 causes me the chipmunk audio, no audio , partial audio or audio sync issues and uninstalling the Lav filters caused Avs2DVD 2.8 to cease working. Avs2DVD 2.75 functions perfectly for me.

[JohnnyBob]

Thanks for chiming in mistycat. I downloaded the 2.7.5 version but never got around to trying it.

Copy and paste to replace AVStoDVD.exe 2.8.0 with the hotfix did not go normally with Windows Explorer. The original .exe simply disappeared. I've never had that happen before. I had to paste a second time, then it reappeared. Don't know if this caused a registration problem, etc.

I can confirm hotfix fixed the AviSynth frame serving check problem, no error message.

However hotfix obviously did not work correctly because it tried to produce DVD5 from my aberrant .avi although my GUI setting is clearly for DVD9! I let it run anyway and it completed the 2 HCenc passes, then aborted during or after the muxman stage. The final product was not loadable into a media player such as my PowerDVD7. In comparison the original AVStoDVD.exe produced a loadable product of the correct DVD9 designation, although it would not play correctly.

The attachments below are only for feedback in case they might help. But obviously I need to ditch my dubious p2p .avi and try something I know is good...

Respectfully,
JohnnyBob (amateur videologist)

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@JohnnyBob

from the latest project log file (DVD_5.log), there are really too many errors on that AVI. Do you have the possibility to upload it anywhere (i.e. www.zippyshare.com) to test it?

@misycat

thanks for the kind words. About your trials with 2.8.0 release, do you still have the project log files? Could you please attach them here?



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