Different color border...How do i fix that????

[wholagan]

I just started ripping dvds and converting them to svcds. I use DVD2SVCD to do my ripping and coverting. The only problem i have is that once my ripping and converting is all finish i burn the bin and cue and when i watch it on my tv, the borders are somewhat different shades of black. Half is a really black color and the other half is a faded black color. Dont get me wrong the picture quality is great, but im kinda of a perfectionist and those borders kinda get to me. On my DVD2SVCD file log I keep where it says AddBorders(0,60,0,60) <always the same when I do my ripping and converting> I leave it alone. Is there any way I can fix this problem so the black orders are all one shade of black??? Thanks for any help!!!!

[wholagan]

ok 16 views not a single help Well i was reading my post and kinda seemed confused So imma rephrase in a more simple matter When I put my newly SVCD that ive created into my dvd player, I see on the tv a greyish black border,a solid black border, the movie,a solid black border and a greyish black border. What Im trying to figure out is how can i make those borders all one solid black color? Hope this clarifies my previous post.

[Conquest10]

if you're using tmpgenc, go into the advanced tab. double click on clip frame. at the end is color selection for the mask. hope that helps.

[bunyip]

The greyish borders must be part of the original video and the black is obviously the 'addborders' part.

If this is the case, what I would do is run the 'crop()' filter in Avisynth before the 'addborders' to cut out the existing black parts, then expand the 'addborders' filter to include the cropped part - this will result in a single color border.

This will require ticking the 'Edit as part of Video encoding' option in the frameserver tab so you can edit the script before it's applied.

[wholagan]

Thanks for the reply guys! Bunyip how do i know how much to crop and how much to extend the the addborders? Everytime I look at the avisynth script at all my ripping and converting its always at AddBorders(0,60,0,60)<==I never change that. Sorry to sound such a newbie but im getting the hang of it. I used to just convert avi(divx/xvid) to svcd. Thanks for your help again!!!!!!

[bunyip]

Never be afraid to ask, we're here to share the knowledge ...

Well this can be tricky since the cropping values can be different for every movie - but I have found the most accurate method is to make use of TMPGenc to visually calculate the values.

To do this, when DVD2SVCD stops at the 'Edit Script' stage you should be presented with a window with something like this..

LoadPlugin("E:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec .dll")
mpeg2source("D:\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,360,0.0,0.6)
AddBorders(0,60,0,60)

Just leave this sit there for the moment and now go to the directory where the 'AVS' file is, and make a copy of it. Edit this copy and delete the Addborders instruction and save it, now open this copy in TMPGenc and select the 'Setting -> Advanced -> Clip frame' option and use the Top & Bottom arrows to visually move the crop mask to where you want the cropping to occur (it's important that you stick to even numbers). Now go back to DVD2SVCD and edit the script using these values.

e.g. if the top=20 bottom=20 then the new script would be ..

LoadPlugin("E:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec .dll")
mpeg2source("D:\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,360,0.0,0.6)
crop(0,20,480,320); //The crop command is crop(left,top,width,height);
AddBorders(0,80,0,80)

Not as bad as it may seem, it should become second nature to you after you've done it a few times.

[wholagan]

e.g. if the top=20 bottom=20 then the new script would be ..

LoadPlugin("E:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec .dll")
mpeg2source("D:\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,360,0.0,0.6)
crop(0,20,480,320); //The crop command is crop(left,top,width,height);
AddBorders(0,80,0,80)

Not as bad as it may seem, it should become second nature to you after you've done it a few times.

Thanks!!! Your help is really appreciated!! I understand everything except where on the crop line where you get the width and height value of 480,320??? well actually only the value 320? Is it cause you crop 20 on top and bottom summing up to be 40 and you minus it from 360 thus getting 320????

[Conquest10]

you can also do it by how many pixels you want to crop out.

[bunyip]

To wholagan - Yes correct - in the example the video has 20 pixels black border at the top then 320 pixels of actual video and 20 pixels of black at the bottom so in the crop we are saying cut 20 pixels off the top and then take the next 320 pixels as the actual video and discard the rest on the bottom since it's only a black border.

The 'Addborders' is now just padding the video out to the standard NTSC size of 480 x 480.

[wholagan]

Bunyip - I jsut finished re ripping and conerting and...YES...just the way I wanted it to be! No more differents shades all one color now. Thank you so much for your help!!!!!!

[bunyip]

Thanks, glad to help and it's always nice to know the results of any advice given.