AVStoDVD Chapter Problem

[adyf]

Hi MrC,

I'm having a little issue with chapters on a 29.997 framerate avi file. They are not being inserted by muxman for some reason. I have had success with PAL avi files which is strange. I have attached the main log file as well as the muxman log file. The chapter points aren't appearing in the muxman log file.

You'll notice from the main log that this isn't the original log. I saved the *ac3 and *mkv file and tried a few different chapter settings in the hope of getting it to work.

[_MrC_]

Hi adyf,

what is the chapters configuration you are using ('Edit Title'/'Chapters')?



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[adyf]

MrC,

I tried various combinations but started out with Preferences - 'Chapters Interval' - set to 5 mins, and 'Use source chapters list' - ticked. Then on Edit Title - 'Auto chapters setup' - ticked. I was of the opinion with this arrangement that if source chapters were present they would be used, but as there aren't any they would be created every 5 minutes.

[_MrC_]

That's exactly the rationale used by AVStoDVD.

Do you get something like that in 'Edit Title'/'Chapters'?



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[adyf]

That's exactly how it was configured. Any ideas?

[_MrC_]

I cannot replicate the issue, so it is very difficult to understand. To have Muxman create chapters there's should be a "C:\Users\Clare\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_full_Chap ters.txt" and the corresponding command lines in "C:\Users\Clare\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_BatchMux. ini":

-cellfr "D:\Movies\DVD\DVD_0_full_Chapters.txt"
-progfr "D:\Movies\DVD\DVD_0_full_Chapters.txt"
-chapfr "D:\Movies\DVD\DVD_0_full_Chapters.txt"

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[pm1315]

Would it be possible to add a feature to the edit title window that creates a chapter point for every video source? -- for example, when creating a DVD consisting of multiple music clips. Thanks for a great program.

[_MrC_]

Would it be possible to add a feature to the edit title window that creates a chapter point for every video source? -- for example, when creating a DVD consisting of multiple music clips. Thanks for a great program.

You can already do it: just add your titles, then click on 'Menu'/'Tools'/'Join Source Titles'. You will be asked to keep a chapter point at the end of each title.



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[adyf]

There is no chapters.txt file being created for some reason. At what part of the process should this be created, before or after muxman is running?

[_MrC_]

It is created just before Muxman (BatchMux) starts. If it can help, this is the VB code:

                Chapters_List = ""
                With OutputMediaInfo
                    If .ReadMediaInfo(frmMain.Txt_Path_Output.Text & "\" & TitleName(Tj) & ".m2v", , False) = True Then
                        Chapters_List_Array = Split(Title(Tj).ChaptersList, " ")
                        VideoFrameCount = Int(Val(.VideoFrameCount))
                        If Val(.VideoFPS) = 23.976 Then
                            VideoFrameCount = VideoFrameCount * 29.97 / 23.976
                        End If
                        For jj = 0 To UBound(Chapters_List_Array)
                            If Val(Chapters_List_Array(jj)) < VideoFrameCount - 5 * FPS Then     ' 5 seconds safeguard
                                Chapters_List = Chapters_List & Chapters_List_Array(jj) & vbCrLf
                            End If
                        Next jj
                    Else
                        Chapters_List = Replace(Title(Tj).ChaptersList, " ", vbCrLf)
                    End If
                End With
                Set OutputMediaInfo = Nothing
                If Chapters_List <> "" Then
                    NumFile = FreeFile
                    Open frmMain.Txt_Path_Output.Text & "\" & TitleName(Tj) & "_Chapters.txt" For Output As #NumFile
                        Print #NumFile, Chapters_List
                    Close #NumFile
                    If modUtil.GetFileSize(frmMain.Txt_Path_Output.Text & "\" & TitleName(Tj) & "_Chapters.txt") > 0 Then
                        BatchMux_ini = BatchMux_ini & "-" & Segment & "cellfr """ & frmMain.Txt_Path_Output.Text & "\" & TitleName(Tj) & "_Chapters.txt""" & vbCrLf
                        BatchMux_ini = BatchMux_ini & "-" & Segment & "progfr """ & frmMain.Txt_Path_Output.Text & "\" & TitleName(Tj) & "_Chapters.txt""" & vbCrLf
                        BatchMux_ini = BatchMux_ini & "-" & Segment & "chapfr """ & frmMain.Txt_Path_Output.Text & "\" & TitleName(Tj) & "_Chapters.txt""" & vbCrLf
                    End If
                End If

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[adyf]

The code is a little bit technical for me I'm afraid. I do have the following observation however I'm not sure if it's of any significance. If I encode with HCenc 2 pass vbr there are no chapters created in the resultant DVD. However if I encode with QuEnc 1 pass vbr then the chapter.txt file is created and the resultant DVD has chapters. Do this shed any light on this situation?

[_MrC_]

I just noticed from the DVD_0.log file that the output m2v file is detected as follow:

MPEG-2 Video - 9450 kbps - 720x480 - DAR 1.778 - 29.97 fps (CFR) - Progressive (TFF) - 1 seconds - 40 frames

2 issues: very high bitrate (should be max 9000 kbps) and duration (should be 1:57:51 hours as input file). It seems that MediaInfo is detecting a wrong duration when your input file is encoded with HCenc. And what about bitrate, have you changed the default settings?



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