AVI to Subtitled-AVI = same size

[kevin182h]

hi, i'm Kevin and i'm from Brasil...

my 1st post is already a question but it's been around 6 months that i'm lookin for a solution for this problem

i have lots of TV Shows episodes and since my dvd font SUCKS! (and cannot be edited), i like to burn-in the subtitles into the main file but the thing is:

i don't want it to get bigger or smaller. i'd like to get the output (subtitled) files with the same 350 MB.

i use WinAVI cos it recognizes the subs and i can edit the way it'll be showed the way i like (Tahoma, yellow, 24) but even tryin MANY (around a hundred times) lots of XviD configs using tutorials i found online, none of them worked yet

pls, any help is MUCH appreciated

[Baldrick]

Try instead AutoGK and use ssa subtitles where you can specify font, colors, etx, see https://forum.videohelp.com/topic316471.html

And moving you to our subtitle forum.

[kevin182h]

thanks a fuckin lot!!!! man, it really worked...

and so sry postin in wrong place

[kevin182h]

i tried with a band's video clip and it did worked wonderfully... but today with a tv show episode:

[14/2/2008 11:41:16] AutoGK 2.45
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] OS: WinXP (5.1.2600).2
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Job started.
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Input file: C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.avi
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Input codec: XviD
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Source duration: 42mn 15s 783ms
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Output file: C:\...\Vids\TV_Show-s01e01.avi
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Output codec: XviD
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Audio 1: 132 Kbps VBR MP3 2ch
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Subtitles: from external file: C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.ssa
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Format: AVI
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Target size: 349Mb
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Audio 1 settings: Auto
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Started encoding.
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Source resolution: 624x352
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Source fps: 23,976
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Output will contain 60798 frames
[14/2/2008 11:41:16] Demuxing audio.
[14/2/2008 11:41:25] Preparing subtitles.
[14/2/2008 11:41:25] Audio1 size: 41,847,696 bytes (39.91 Mb)
[14/2/2008 11:41:25] Overhead: 2,431,872 bytes (2.32 Mb)
[14/2/2008 11:41:25] Video size: 321,673,456 bytes (306.77 Mb)
[14/2/2008 11:41:25] Running compressibility test.
[14/2/2008 11:41:25] Writing the following script to C:\...\Vids\agk_tmp\TV_Show-s01e01_comptest.avs
===========================================================
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\vsfilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")

movie = DirectShowSource("C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.avi",23.976).KillAudio()
movie = isRGB(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie) : movie
movie = isYUY2(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie) : movie
cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=0,threshold=0,samplestartframe=0,leftadd=0,
rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
fixed_aspect = 1
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
input_par = (input_par > 1.4) || (input_par < 1.25) ? input_par : (4.0/3.0)
out_width = 624
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 4) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=0,samplestartframe=0,
leftadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
TextSub("C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.ssa")
SelectRangeEvery(300,15)
===========================================================
[14/2/2008 11:42:32] Duration was: 1 minute, 6 seconds
[14/2/2008 11:42:32] Speed was: 45,64 fps.
[14/2/2008 11:42:32] Compressibility percentage is: 60,47
[14/2/2008 11:42:32] Chosen resolution is: 608x352 ( AR: 1,73 )
[14/2/2008 11:42:32] Predicted comptest value is: 62,06%
[14/2/2008 11:42:32] Running first pass.
[14/2/2008 11:42:32] Writing the following script to C:\...\Vids\agk_tmp\TV_Show-s01e01_movie.avs
===========================================================
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\vsfilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")
movie = DirectShowSource("C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.avi",23.976).KillAudio()
movie = isRGB(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie) : movie
movie = isYUY2(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie) : movie
cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=0,threshold=0,samplestartframe=0,leftadd=0,
rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
fixed_aspect = 1
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
input_par = (input_par > 1.4) || (input_par < 1.25) ? input_par : (4.0/3.0)
out_width = 608
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 4) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=0,samplestartframe=0,
leftadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
TextSub("C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.ssa")
===========================================================
[14/2/2008 11:51:18] Duration was: 8 minutes 46 seconds
[14/2/2008 11:51:18] Speed was: 115,54 fps.
[14/2/2008 11:51:18] Expected quality of first pass size: 60,71%
[14/2/2008 11:51:18] Running second pass.
[14/2/2008 12:10:25] Duration was: 19 minutes 7 seconds
[14/2/2008 12:10:25] Speed was: 53,01 fps.
[14/2/2008 12:10:25] Job finished. Total time: 29 minutes 8 seconds

but then something happened: the aud/vid sync is ok at the beginnin but then keeps gettin more and more outta sync as the vid goes on... i THINK it's cos the vid is VBR, but i'm not sure...

then i tried to change Audio 1 settings: Auto for Audio 1 settings: VBR MP3 with average bitrate: 128Kbps, then look what it gave me:

[14/2/2008 16:45:16] AutoGK 2.45
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] OS: WinXP (5.1.2600).2
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Job started.
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Input file: C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.avi
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Input codec: XviD
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Source duration: 42mn 15s 783ms
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Output file: C:\...\Vids\TV_Show-s01e01.avi
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Output codec: XviD
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Audio 1: 132 Kbps VBR MP3 2ch
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Subtitles: from external file: C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.ssa
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Format: AVI
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Target size: 349Mb
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Audio 1 settings: VBR MP3 with average bitrate: 128Kbps
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Started encoding.
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Source resolution: 624x352
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Source fps: 23,976
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Output will contain 60798 frames
[14/2/2008 16:45:16] Demuxing audio.
[14/2/2008 16:45:24] Preparing subtitles.
[14/2/2008 16:45:24] Audio1 size: 41,847,696 bytes (39.91 Mb)
[14/2/2008 16:45:24] Overhead: 2,431,872 bytes (2.32 Mb)
[14/2/2008 16:45:24] Video size: 321,673,456 bytes (306.77 Mb)
[14/2/2008 16:45:24] Running compressibility test.
[14/2/2008 16:45:24] Writing the following script to C:\...\Vids\agk_tmp\TV_Show-s01e01_comptest.avs
===========================================================
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\vsfilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")
movie = DirectShowSource("C:\...\Vids\TV_Show\TV_Show-s01e01.avi",23.976).KillAudio()
movie = isRGB(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie) : movie
movie = isYUY2(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie) : movie
cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=0,threshold=0,samplestartframe=0,leftadd=0,
rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
fixed_aspect = 1
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
input_par = (input_par > 1.4) || (input_par < 1.25) ? input_par : (4.0/3.0)
out_width = 624
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 4) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=0,samplestartframe=0,
leftadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
TextSub("C:\...\Vids\TV_Show-s01e01.ssa")
SelectRangeEvery(300,15)
===========================================================
[14/2/2008 16:46:31] Duration was: 1 minute, 6 seconds
[14/2/2008 16:46:31] Speed was: 45,55 fps.
[14/2/2008 16:46:31] Compressibility percentage is: 60,47
[14/2/2008 16:46:31] Chosen resolution is: 608x352 ( AR: 1,73 )
[14/2/2008 16:46:31] Predicted comptest value is: 62,06%
[14/2/2008 16:46:31] Running first pass.
[14/2/2008 16:46:31] Writing the following script to C:\...\Vids\agk_tmp\TV_Show-s01e01_movie.avs
===========================================================
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\vsfilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ARQUIV~1\AutoGK\filters\RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")

movie = DirectShowSource("C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.avi",23.976).KillAudio()
movie = isRGB(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie) : movie
movie = isYUY2(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie) : movie
cropclip = utocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=0,threshold=0,samplestartframe=0,leftadd=0,
rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
fixed_aspect = 1
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
input_par = (input_par > 1.4) || (input_par < 1.25) ? input_par : (4.0/3.0)
out_width = 608
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 4) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=0,samplestartframe=0,
leftadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
TextSub("C:\...\Vids\Show\TV_Show-s01e01.ssa")
===========================================================
[14/2/2008 16:52:34] Duration was: 6 minutes 2 seconds
[14/2/2008 16:52:34] Speed was: 167,80 fps.
*************************************
EXCEPTION: Number of frames is very different from expected. Found 3045 frames.
*************************************
[14/2/2008 16:52:34] Job finished. Total time: 7 minutes 17 seconds

then this msg shows up:

Avisynth open failure:
Evaluate: System exception - Access Violation
(C:\...\TV_Show-s01e01_movie.avs, line 9)

i have already read on that topic you gave me the link that i should take the audio out and convert it to CBR with VirtualDubMod but VirtualDub doesn't recongnizes the audio either (i have the lastest version of AGK), so i converted it to '.wav' using Xilisoft Video Converter but idk how what to do next

[manono]

never mind

[kevin182h]

if only i could configure the xvid encoder to generate a 350 MB file... just like AutoGK does by itself

i could use any vid converter (now-a-days i use WinAVI, but the output file cannot be set) to do the job