My daughters wedding video is on VHS tape. As a surprise I was going to convert it to a DVD movie. Using my DVD recorder and not knowing how long the video tape went for, I set my recorder for 2 hours. It went longer than that so had to pause the tape and pop in another DVD to get the last 43 minutes. I mention this only because I don't remember if I set the recorder to 1 hour for the last bit which may have caused my problem in the first place.
I ripped both disks using DVD Decryptor and used AutoGK to make them into avi files using 10mbs/second for custom conversion. I then went to join them into 1 file using either VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod but can't because the first file is 512x384 and the second is 656x496 - I don't know how this happened because I didn't make any settings changes (except MAYBE the recording size as mentioned above - would this have been it?).
I've tried to teach myself and read tutorials on the vdub filters but I'm still stuck. I suppose my main question is - do you have to use Full Processing Mode when using filters as nothing changes for me and I used Direct Stream Copy. If so, I'm going to end up with a HUGE file as the movie is 1 hr 57 mins long. I've got 157Gb free - will that be enough? Do I then use AutoGK to resize it to a manageable file size again?
I have made a DVD movie out of the 2 files using Nero so I have achieved what I set out to do, but I ultimately would like the 2 weddings files as 1 file, any resolution, the best quality I can get, for data storage purposes.
Help? Suggestions?
TIA Olly
Info on the files -
FILE 1 - VIDEO
MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1h 57mn
Bit rate : 1 401 Kbps
Width : 512 pixels
Height : 384 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.285
Stream size : 1.15 GiB (84%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
FILE 1 - AUDIO
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 57mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : 64ms
Stream size : 215 MiB (15%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 96 ms (2.40 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 96 ms
FILE 2 - VIDEO
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 43mn 26s
Bit rate : 2 137 Kbps
Width : 656 pixels
Height : 496 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.263
Stream size : 664 MiB (95%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
FILE 2 - AUDIO
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 43mn 26s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 103 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video delay : 48ms
Stream size : 32.0 MiB (5%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 666 ms
Writing library : LAME3.98r
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128
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the files on the dvds are already dvd compliant, so don't re-encode them. at all. get vob2mpg and use the free part to convert both dvds to single mpeg-2s with whatever they have for an audio stream.
once you have the 2 mpeg-2s use mediainfo on them and post screenshots of the "text" version of it's output here. and pleas post how big the mpegs are. once we have that info the next step can be determined.--
"a lot of people are better dead" - prisoner KSC2-303 -
Originally Posted by aedipuss
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Why don't you rip the 2 DVD's as 1 file each using DVD decrypter, then join the 2 with something like mpg2cut2, or avidemux ? You could even join vob's with vobmerge or mpg2cut2 , for example.
This way it's faster (no time spent re-encoding), and you lose no quality, as opposed to re-encoding with xvid, and there is no resizing. Everything is "original"
EDIT: sorry - I missed that you're doing some filtering in between? with vdub? If so, you might as well use it to re-encode and join as well. -
Originally Posted by OllyPomm
However, if the final format is to be a joined and filtered DVD, I have no idea why you're messing with AutoGK in the first place. -
Title_1(1).mpg is 1,543,534 and Title_1.mpg is 4,184,880
Thanks
Olly
Here ya go-
General
Complete name : D:\DVD Rip\Title_1(1).mpg
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1.47 GiB
Duration : 43mn 26s
Overall bit rate : 4 852 Kbps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 43mn 26s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 403 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 4 756 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.425
Stream size : 1.34 GiB (91%)
Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 43mn 26s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : -80ms
Stream size : 79.5 MiB (5%)
Complete name : D:\DVD Rip\Title_1.mpg
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 3.99 GiB
Duration : 1h 57mn
Overall bit rate : 4 856 Kbps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 1h 57mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 408 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 4 756 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.425
Stream size : 3.62 GiB (91%)
Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 57mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : -80ms
Stream size : 215 MiB (5%) -
No need to be so aggressive. If there's a better way of doing things then I'd like to know - hence why I'm here looking for help.
I did set the resolution to 720 in Advanced Settings in AutoGK but it still changed it. Is that what you mean about
setting a fixed width in the beginning? Surely AutoGK doesn't have to know what I'm going to do with my files - shouldn't it just encode to the settings I've set? Why allow you to make settings if it's going to override them? I've made custom settings on a number of different custom file sizes and it hasn't made a difference. As you said AutoGK has it's own idea of "the quality it likes to wind up with." I'm not entirely up to speed with what happens with encoding so any light you can shed on this would be appreciated.
And I was looking at filters in VirtualDub 'cos I needed to crop a little bit off the bottom of the files as it had the wobbly bit you often get on VHS tapes when it hasn't been tuned in properly.
Originally Posted by manono -
Hadn't heard of these programs so haven't used them, but will have a look - thanks.
I'm self taught and have learnt through trial and error and whatever tutorials and help sites I can find. However, any tutorials I come across always seem to assume you already know something (a lot?) about video encoding in the first place so it's never a real beginners guide or the tutorial only covers a few aspects of the programme. I don't have anyone to bounce things off as I seem to be the only one that I know who is 'into' this.
I haven't been able to find an easy to follow (and complete) tutorial on a lot of programmes (VDub and it's filters for one) - if there's any available on any of these programmes please point me in the right direction. I usually make a book of them and print them off. Got quite a library of lots of bits and pieces!
Originally Posted by poisondeathray -
I like the idea of vobmerge but have a question. The blurb on the site says "Don't use it to join several DVDS, just use it to join a vobset from same DVD" so does that mean I can't add the vobs from my first DVD rip AND the vobs from the second DVD rip to merge into 1 big vob file? I realise that's exactly what it's saying - just wondered why it can't do that if the vobs are the same size etc. and I'd be just adding 2 DVD rips not several.
Ta
Olly
Originally Posted by poisondeathray -
Originally Posted by OllyPomm
If you say I'm being agressive, well, you're probably right. However, I have a soft spot in my heart for that program, since I had quite a lot to do with it while it was in development. It's a mature program now and when something screws up, 9 times out of 10 it's the fault of the user. Go ahead and prove you're that one in ten exception.
And I was looking at filters in VirtualDub 'cos I needed to crop a little bit off the bottom of the files as it had the wobbly bit you often get on VHS tapes when it hasn't been tuned in properly.
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