AVStoDVD Support Thread

[manolito]

but MuxMan.log is not there so I assume it was never created which probably means MuxMan was never executed. I think the software crashed at BatchMux.

According to your log file the Muxman log has been created as
-l "S:\TEMP\Salerno_1_MuxMan.log"

This is the one we need...

[manolito]

@ imhh1

Under "Preferences/AviSynth" there is a setting "Adjust Frame Strategy". If you do not like added borders, change this setting to "Crop Top/Bottom". If this does not help, please post your AVStoDVD log file, and possibly also upload a small sample of your source file to a file hoster.


Cheers
manolito

[digicube]

According to your log file the Muxman log has been created as
-l "S:\TEMP\Salerno_1_MuxMan.log"

This is the one we need...

Unfortunately it's not there. I watched as the program crashed. Muxman didn't even get to do anything. It just launch and quit in a second. I managed to avoid the problem by not creating a motion thumbnail menu. It's probably due to the avisynth filters in the avs script that is causing the crash when AVStoDVD tries to create motion thumbnails. I should just stick to text menus or no menu at all.

[manolito]

It's probably due to the avisynth filters in the avs script that is causing the crash when AVStoDVD tries to create motion thumbnails. I should just stick to text menus or no menu at all.

You are probably correct. Using an AviSynth script as the source can be problematic. (Interestingly early versions of AVStoDVD did not accept AVS scripts as the source despite the name of the software)

Why don't you try to move your AviSynth filters you use in the source script into AVStoDVD? This is easy to do in the "AviSynth" tab of "View/Edit Title Settings". I do this by inserting a block like this after the Video = Video.ConvertToYV12() command:

Last = Video
{My AviSynth video filters}
Video = Last

Cheers
manolito

[imhh1]

@ imhh1

Under "Preferences/AviSynth" there is a setting "Adjust Frame Strategy". If you do not like added borders, change this setting to "Crop Top/Bottom". If this does not help, please post your AVStoDVD log file, and possibly also upload a small sample of your source file to a file hoster.


Cheers
manolito

Thanks for you answer Manolito.
But it didnt work..
The green line appear when i try to create a dvd from hd file and width is not bd compliant. (No problem when Height is not compliant ).

here a sample, the result vob and my log file:

sample: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b46v595isew18ce/sample..mkv?dl=0
Result: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xu524slf1bd5sw5/VTS_01_1.VOB?dl=0
Log: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8q2hj1d4t21luy/sample.log?dl=0

thanks for your help.

[manolito]

After playing with your sample for quite some time I have to give up: Whatever I did, I always ended up with a clean output file without any green border...

Your log looks OK to me with one exception: START FFMPEG (SAFE MODE) AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS (Track 1) - Trial 1/2
In your settings you specified A2DSource for audio, I have no idea why AVStoDVD had to fall back on FFMPEG safe mode. I did not have any problem with your audio track.


This is what I did to nail down the issue:
I used different versions of DirectShowSource.dll, different encoders (FFMPEG and the latest HCenc version 0.28), I tried DSS2Mod instead of DirectShowSource, and I used the current version of ffms2 (version 2.17 which comes with AVStoDVD crashes on this source file). I did not go back to LAV 0.65 though, but I think that it is unlikely that the current version 0.66 makes a difference.


So it has to be something with your configuration. Have you installed any codec packs? Can you build the filter graph for this source and make sure that LAV Filters are used for Video and Audio? And it cannot hurt to upgrade LAV to version 0.66.

You should also try FFMPEGSource instead of A2DSource. Download the latest version 2.22 from GitHub and extract ffms2.dll and ffms2.lib into the AVStoDVD\Lib folder. Then force FFMPEGSource instead of A2DSource.


This is pretty much all I can say. Maybe MrC or someone else has some more ideas...


Cheers
manolito

[imhh1]

no codec pack installed, i'm using Lav filter only....... it does this on two different computer, weird.
The same file in Multiavchd (which also use HCenc) came out perfect , no green at all.
i will try your suggestion. thank you

[zzfredzz]

I have used AVStoDVD a lot for converting NTSC 23.9fps 720p video files to PAL DVD (don't ask me why, it's a long story). It's the best free tool for this and the results have been very satisfactory.

On my previous PC, an Intel Pentium dual core 2.00Ghz, it used to take about 3 hours for the conversion. I now have a new PC, Intel i3 dual core 3.7Ghz, and the same conversions now only take 35 minutes!! I use HCEnc 2 pass.

Apart from the new PC, I am now using the latest version of AVStoDVD with the LAV filters (instead of an older version without LAV filters). I'm very pleased the conversions are now much faster, but is it normal that there should be such a big difference in speed?

[_MrC_]

@imhh1

the links to your dropbox repository are not working. Have you already removed the files?

@zzfredzz

yes, a new system may do wonders in decoding/encoding stuff. Moreover, you can play with LAV Filters DXVA2 option, if the GPU of your new graphic card does support it.



Bye

[imhh1]

@imhh1

the links to your dropbox repository are not working. Have you already removed the files?



Bye

Yes the files were deleted, sorry. here's some new link :
I cant remember having this problem when i was on Win 8.1....
maybe the problem is Win10 ??

sample: http://uptobox.com/ab7pn75l0nov
Result: http://uptobox.com/1dbxf67xhnko
Log: http://uptobox.com/i01dvo0bcmpn

[manolito]

Alright, this was another extensive debugging session, but I did find the issue...

First of all you did confuse me a little with your previous sample. This sample converted fine, but the new sample you uploaded also gave me this green border to the right. Also your log said that you were on Win8 64-bit, not on Win10.

Whatever, the problem was not the Operating System nor was it the source filter, and the encoder also did not matter. It turned out to be a deprecated version of the ColorMatrix AviSynth filter.

Easy fix:
Download the latest version 2.5 of the ColorMatrix filter. Extract colormatrix.dll and colormatrix.htm into your "AVStoDVD\Lib" folder overwriting the existing files. That's all.



Cheers
manolito

[imhh1]

Awesome Manolito it works, thanks again.
but I'm really on Win10 64 bits even if the log say I'm on win8

[_MrC_]

Good job manolito, as always. I will update Colormatrix accordingly in the next A2D release.

About Win10 being recognized as Win8, that's a fault of current OS version detection routine. Next A2D release will have a fix for that.



Bye

[steptoe]

I get that issue on some sources. and I think I've just realised why looking at your source as you state is non-standard


The green bars are 'added' to bring to screen aspects back into DVD specs (my guess), all I usually do is crop using the resize filter instead of having an extra crop() command

So, if I'm using SplineResize36 then my code would be :

Spline36Resize(720,576,0,0,-4,0)

Do a preview, if the green bars are still there increase the crop by 2 until it goes. So if there are still there try :

Spline36Resize(720,576,0,0,-6,0)

I'm in a PAL country (UK) but just add the crop commands to the resize filter until the green bars just go


May not be 100% ideal, but it works unless somebody comes up with a way of doing it to keep the correct aspect ratios, and I don't like black bars on my output so strip that as well. Not 100% aspect friendly but looks acceptable on our 40" LCD

[manolito]

Sorry steptoe, but IMO you are completely mistaken in this case. Looks like you did not even bother to downlad the sample and play with it...

What you talk about can happen during playback of source files with non-MOD4 frame sizes. But in this case the source is very "standard", i.e. the size is perfectly MOD4.

AVStoDVD always keeps the aspect ratio, and in order to do this it can use one of two strategies: Crop some pixels around the edges, or add borders. Even when adding borders these borders will be BLACK, not GREEN. But for this source file AVStoDVD will only add borders at the top and the bottom, not to the left or right.

The issue is definitely the old version 2.2 of the ColorMatrix plugin, and it can be pinned to the "clamp" parameter. The clamp value is "true" by default, and this causes the green border. Set the value to "false", and the green border will be gone (but you do get some artifacts to the right). BTW the preview never shows this green border, probably because the output is converted to RGB prior to being displayed.

The current version 2.5 of ColorMatrix has a completely revamped clamp parameter, and this makes for an artifact-free output.


Cheers
manolito

[steptoe]

Many thanks for that, I though it was because of something I'd done

I'll go find ColorMatrix 2.5 .....

I already had 2.5 in my AviSynth plugins working folder which explains why it doesn't appear using Avspmod when setting up filters for a filtering project before transferring the script to AVStoDVD. Copied to my AVStoDVD folder. Perhaps for the next release of AVStoDVD this can be updated to the 2,5 that doesn't have this 'issue'

[steptoe]

Just tried adding a lot of very small episodes to create an episode DVD but it refused to add more than 64 titles to the project. Would it be possible to increase the titles limit or is this a limit for DVD specifications

Just had a quick search, and it appears the maximum titles for a DVD is 99 according to DVD specifications


Could the maximum titles per project be increased to the 99 title limit


Thanks

[liljdawg531]

works for me

[manolito]

AFAIK AVStoDVD itself can handle 99 titles just fine. It is the menu creation which right now has a limit of about 60 titles. This is a limitation of BatchMux (by Sir Didymus) which is used for menu creation.

Just recently Sir Didymus has published a new version of BatchMux which overcomes this limit (among a lot of other things). Have a look here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1738167#post1738167

Now we have to be patient until MrC finds the time to integrate this new version into AVStoDVD.


Cheers
manolito

[manolito]

Bug fix versions of my A2D Plugins


Just discovered a nasty bug in my Wavi_Mod and FFMpeg_VBR plugins:

When a source file name contained an exclamation mark, both plugins would crash. The culprit was the delayed variable expansion which has the habit to make exclamation marks in text input disappear.

Download the fixed versions here:
http://www19.zippyshare.com/v/tJcoZMJY/file.html


Cheers
manolito

[carpler]

Soory, I know that this issue was reported many times, but I can't find a solution anywhere...

I try to convert an mkv file (with a HD video) on a dvd.
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit, AVStoDVD 2.8.3, LAV filters 0.66, AviSynth+ 0.1 (r1576).
On the mkv there are 4 audio tracks (2 DTS and 2 AC3): I select the 2 AC3 tracks and force an encode to mpeg stereo tracks.

I've got serious issue with the final result.
First of all: at the beginning of the file, the colours was incorrect (the images are dark), but after 2 or 3 seconds the colours seems to be correct (til the end).
But the biggest issue is the audio that is out of sync from the beginning.
I don't know how to fix this.
Can someone help me?
Thank you!

[manolito]

Hi carpler,

please post your AVStoDVD log file...

Your symptoms sound like you did not set up the preferred DirectShow filters so LAV will really get used. Under "Codecs->Preferred DirectShow Codecs Setup" you should set all filters to LAV.

I do not have any experience with AviSynth+, but just to make sure you could change your AviSynth version on the fly to the plain vanilla version 2.60 and see if it makes a difference (there is an AviSynth repository by a Doom9 member Groucho2004 which lets you do this).


Cheers
manolito

[carpler]

Many thanks for the answer!
In attachment the log file.
Yes, you are right: I not set up the preferred DirectShow filters to LAV (I was thinking that this configuration was automatic...).
Now that the LAV codecs are set, also I have uninstalled the AviSynth+ and replaced with the "normal" AviSynth 2.60.
Now I don't know how to set the program for obtain the best results: too many option for a newbie like me.
There is some tutorial/guide that you can link to me?

[manolito]

Your log looks exactly as I suspected: LAV Filters are not used at all, and the Microsoft filters are the reason for your issues. After changing all DirectShow filters to LAV your conversion should be fine.

Another thing I noticed is that you convert the audio to MP2. This is legal only for PAL DVDs, so it may be a good idea to use the AC3 format instead.

Now I don't know how to set the program for obtain the best results: too many option for a newbie like me.
There is some tutorial/guide that you can link to me?

The universal dilemma for software developers: MrC intended AVStoDVD to be extremely easy to use, but then the users started to request more and more features. And now folks like you complain that the software is too complicated...

You can find a few guides on the A2D homepage:
https://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/

But basically the defaults work just fine. Change things only if you know what you are doing. And when in doubt, have a look at the excellent help file.

After installing the software you should go through the preferences once. Set your paths and make sure there is enough free space in your folders. Under the "AviSynth" tab you might want to use "ChangeFPS" as the hard frame rate conversion method. Under "Video" set your preferred video standard, under "Audio" you should specify if you want to normalize your audio tracks by default. Under "Authoring/Burning" select your preferred audio and subtitle languages. Activate "Save current preferences as default" and press OK.

After making these settings you should be good to go. Hope this helps...


Cheers
manolito

[carpler]

Many thanks manolito for the answer and for suggestions...
Here is my second attempt log and all seems to be fine!
I've got a sort of error during the process (a dialog window that was closed after a while) about audio channels (seems to be refered to downmix), but I don't find anything in the log and the final result is ok...

After this I tried to make another convertion, but this time I've got several errors on the subs!
I attach the log for this second attempt.
Perhaps is the original mkv with some problems (but Handbrake was able to convert this mkv file to mp4 without problems), but AVS can not be able to excract properly the srt files and the final result is good on video and audio front, but the subs doesn't work.
In this second film I got 3 subs: 2 for italian language (1 forced, 1 "normal") and 1 for english. The second subs track (IT) doesn't match with the second audio track language. Is this the problem?

Now: can I repair the dvd folder without repeat encoding?

[manolito]

Alright, I can only comment on the first conversion. For the second conversion with the subtitle problems you will have to wait for MrC...

In this first conversion you might have discovered a bug in AVStoDVD. Both your source audio tracks had 6 channels, and you specified a conversion to stereo for both tracks. This means that a downmix routine should be called for both tracks, but in fact this only happens for the second track. So the first track gets converted to 6 channels, and then A2D discovers that the resulting number of channels does not match the desired number of channels.

It then calls the ffmpeg safe mode to repeat the conversion, and this does succeed. So you end up with a working conversion, but this is only the second best solution. By using ffmpeg safe mode you are bypassing AviSynth which means that all AviSynth audio filtering you may have specified will disappear (delay correction, normalizing, gain correction...).


And yes, you can repeat a conversion without repeating the video encoding. In the A2D help file see the FAQ Q1.8


Cheers
manolito

[carpler]

Thank you for the reply.
For the problems with sub: I have no more the files used by AVS2DVD, but I used PgcDemux to obtain the m2v and ac3 files.
I tried to extract the subtitle from the original mkv: used subtitle Edit to extract sub files and then used Subtitle Creator to create sup file (MuxMan accept only sup files), but something was wrong (the subtitle in the film are in red and not synchronized).
There is a simple method to extract the sub from mkv and insert it in the dvd?

[Sir Didymus]

AFAIK AVStoDVD itself can handle 99 titles just fine. It is the menu creation which right now has a limit of about 60 titles. This is a limitation of BatchMux (by Sir Didymus) which is used for menu creation.

Just recently Sir Didymus has published a new version of BatchMux which overcomes this limit (among a lot of other things). Have a look here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1738167#post1738167

Now we have to be patient until MrC finds the time to integrate this new version into AVStoDVD.


Cheers
manolito

Thank you manolito, for reporting this in the VideoHelp Forum !


Let me just add a couple of details on the matter.

1. The current version of AVS2DVD is using BatchMux 1.3 to compile the MuxMan script. With this release of BM the bug (impossibility to work with more than about 60 titles) is affecting AVS2DVD projects based on the default navigation - e.g. the ones without menus.

2. For users who may want to manually apply some patch, while waiting for the next versions of AVS2DVD, I think there are definitely bad news... UP TO RELEASE 1.5, some care has been taken in order to preserve the backward compatibility of the BM releases... In other terms, in theory, to solve the issue of the "99 titles", it may seems sufficient to peek the BM version 1.5 from the download link in the thread pointed out by manolito (the executable name is "BatchMux.exe") and to replace the current executable file with the newer one in the executables folder of AVS2DVD. Nevertheless I am quite sure that in order to prevent whatever BM failures, MrC introduced cautionary also in the AVS2DVD GUI some limitstions in order to prevent the sure failures at the authoring stage. So, I have just to confirm... There seems to be no way to avoid the issue at the moment...

Cheers,
SD

[manolito]

Hi SD,

good to talk to you again after quite some time...

And thanks for correcting me on this matter. I had completely forgotten that MrC had implemented a hard coded limit of 64 titles some time ago (after getting complaints that there were crashes when more titles were added).


Cheers
manolito

[JohnnyBob]

On request a TV station sent me a short video clip (about 3 minutes) on a DVD disc which isn't recognized (won't read/play) on my DVD players nor on my XP computer DVD drives.

However it's recognized in the DVD drive on my W8.1 computer, and Windows Explorer shows it contains a file and a folder. The file is "Name-HD.mov" (158 MB). The folder is "HVDVD_TS" (154 MB) which contains several files with .BUP .IFO .EVO extensions. I've never dealt with that kind of folder nor .EVO files before. I need to get it into normal DVD format, somehow. I've successfully converted a .MOV file to DVD format with AVStoDVD in the past using my XP computer, so...

I copied the DVD's contents to my XP computer's hard drive with Windows Explorer, via my little home network, which seemed to work OK. But when I tried to convert the .MOV file to DVD format with AVStoDVD, it ran for 19 seconds, said something about an audio error, then aborted. Only 3 files were produced (LOG AVS INI), and I also saved the A2D project file (all zipped together and attached).

So what am I doing wrong?
Thanks.