Convert AVI/MKV/MP4 to DVD

[sweetbox01]

i got a question if my anime is wildscreen then y do i have to change the fulscreenresize too?

can someone give me a good combination for resize wildscreen ?

How big can britrate go with queue?

I got a problem sir
before everything work fine for me but when i get to this particular episode i getthis error



I get this error :

Avisynth open failure:
TextSub: Can't open "C:\DVDStudio\Encoding\Encode\[Eclipse]_Fate-stay_night_-_09_[h264]_[A6E029BB].ass"
(C:\DVDStudio\Encoding\AVS\[Eclipse]_Fate-stay_night_-_09_[h264]_[A6E029BB].avs,line 3)

Here is the picture

[Nergol]

This is one of the things that makes me happy I'm on a Mac. It's super-easy in Toast. Just finished turning my .avis of the first season of BBC's Spaced into a DVD (it even does PAL -> NTSC conversion automatically for you!), as well as some Jonathan Creek for my Mom, and the first season of Legend of Galactic Heroes for a friend. Takes five minutes at most to set up, complete with DVD menus. And it even supports local business (I live three blocks from Roxio's headquarters - and no, i don't work for them).

[GHDpro]

Originally Posted by Ikaruga22

does this guide work with vista?

No clue.

Originally Posted by Topcat360

Hi, do these scripts work for mac users, or does anyone know of any script or program that'll help eliminate overscan on a mac????

The scripts work fine. Unfortunately all/most applications that are called/used by the scripts (which are quite a few) do not exist for Mac. For example, the scripts heavily rely on AviSynth, which in turn relies heavily on DirectShow (at least the way I use it).

Originally Posted by sweetbox01

i got a question if my anime is wildscreen then y do i have to change the fulscreenresize too?

If you only encode widescreen (16:9 ratio) anime, fullscreen (4:3 ratio) settings do not apply.

Originally Posted by sweetbox01

How big can britrate go with queue?

Probably up to 7000-9000 kbps. However, higher bitrate = larger filesize. So you usually want to go for a LOW bitrate, not a high one.

Originally Posted by sweetbox01

I get this error :

Avisynth open failure:
TextSub: Can't open "C:\DVDStudio\Encoding\Encode\[Eclipse]_Fate-stay_night_-_09_[h264]_[A6E029BB].ass"
(C:\DVDStudio\Encoding\AVS\[Eclipse]_Fate-stay_night_-_09_[h264]_[A6E029BB].avs,line 3)

This problem popped up earlier. Check earlier pages of this thread. The solution is to load the subtitle file into a subtitle editor such as Aegisub, which will "fix" it so that it will encode. Oh, and and FSN is licensed, so I actually broke my own rules by helping you here.

Originally Posted by Nergol

This is one of the things that makes me happy I'm on a Mac. It's super-easy in Toast. Just finished turning my .avis of the first season of BBC's Spaced into a DVD (it even does PAL -> NTSC conversion automatically for you!), as well as some Jonathan Creek for my Mom, and the first season of Legend of Galactic Heroes for a friend. Takes five minutes at most to set up, complete with DVD menus. And it even supports local business (I live three blocks from Roxio's headquarters - and no, i don't work for them).

Great. Have you tried other files? The main purpose of this guide+scripts is to counter "overscan", which causes most normal TV sets to cut off subtitles in fansubs converted with normal DVD conversion tools like Roxio. This may not be apparent on HDTVs, or the particular series you encoded.

Try this with Roxio: encode some of the H.264/MKV/ASS (like Kanon by Eclipse) or MP4 (like Mamoru-kun by ToyBox) files found on AnimeSuki with it. I'll be surprised if you can get that to work.


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Last... while I created this guide+scripts, I'm not using it anymore.

[sweetbox01]

u said queue can go to 7000 britrate ya but i put 4500 in and the result i got is like 2500 lol

what's wrong???

but if i use tmpegnc 4.0 xpress i'll get no problem right?

hm when i use TMPGENX 4.0 xpress i lost my sub - - i select almost he same size as the original file and i encode it i dun get my sub.

[GHDpro]

Originally Posted by sweetbox01

u said queue can go to 7000 britrate ya but i put 4500 in and the result i got is like 2500 lol

what's wrong???

That's a known bug in QuEnc. It seems to not keep itself to the specified bitrate.

Originally Posted by sweetbox01

hm when i use TMPGENX 4.0 xpress i lost my sub - - i select almost he same size as the original file and i encode it i dun get my sub.

Try this:

Start -> Programs -> Combined Community Codec Pack -> Media Splitter Settings

Then select "Options" tab. Expand "Compatibility" section.

Set "Autoload VSFilter" to "Yes" and click OK. Then try encoding again.

This trick will only work if TMPGEnc uses DirectShow to get the video for encoding. If it uses other ways (and it did in the past afaik), it won't work. You might want to undo that setting in that case.

[Nergol]

GHD:

I avoid .mkv like the plague. Crappy draw of subtitles, clunky format, resource hog, bad compatability - it's a loser all around. I only d/l them when I have absolutely no other choice, such as with KimiNozo.

Once I unpack all my stuff (I'm in the middle of moving) I'll try burning a KimiNozo episode to disc just to see if it works (Don't worry - I won't distribute it). I'll let you know what happens.

[GHDpro]

Don't blame MKV for issues that are solely VLC's fault. Have you tried mplayer? The subtitles at least should work much better with mplayer. H.264 video and soft-subtitles usually do demand more of a system, but also with greater quality or lower filesize. Other than that I can't comment.

Anyway, discussing MKV would take this thread way off-topic, so let's leave it at that.

[sweetbox01]

OMG GHDpro I love u !!!!!

Thx so much for ur advice ^^^^^^^^^ Cheer!!

I got a question though if my tv is wildscreen but i choose 4:3 do i still get back border?

Also can you post the guide for TMPEnc DVD author 2.0?

[sweetbox01]

How to fix the overscreen problem?

[NoSanninWa]

If you mean the "overscan" problem... that's what the borders are for. Those black borders that you were so eager to remove are there to fix the overscan problem. Just put them back the way they were.

[Jolaloye]

I have a big problem. I had to reformat my pc and now I don't have my set up for CCE anymore. I just checked for Aktee's guide and poof!!! It's down or non-existent. Does anyone know to set it up?

[NoSanninWa]

It can still be found on the webarchive:
Aktee's Guide for CCE

[Jolaloye]

Thanks for quick reply

[sweetbox01]

How to make the file fit tv screen perfectlt without overscreen?

[Aird]

Originally Posted by sweetbox01

How to make the file fit tv screen perfectlt without overscreen?

See Post#217 and #230, NoSanninWa has aleady explained it to you. Adjust the border numbers until you are happy with the way the picture looks on your TV.

[Jolaloye]

I'm feeling a little bit cheated now. I finally get a new pc (Dell core duo) and I'm excited to finally get on board again and I figure I can't even get the script to even run under vista home basic. Anyone know how I can set the script up because when I get to the folder options file types is no longer present. If that's a no no, is it possible at all to get this running under ubuntu?

[Jolaloye]

Ok, after trial and error. The script does work in Vista for me (I have Home Basic). When I right-click on whatever file I wante to encode I just go to open with and point to the queue and follow the normal steps from there.

[NoSanninWa]

Would you be willing to describe the proceedure so that other Vista-victims can follow in your footsteps?

[MediaJunky]

First off...thanks so much for all of this. Secondly I need a little help. I am getting an error when I try to run this. Here is a copy of the debug file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Queue for Encoding: v2.01
Debug log created on: 2007-03-20 19:23

Error message: No source video specified (see FAQ for more info).
Debug message: $_SERVER["argv"][1] not set.

Configuration:
Array
(
[paths] => Array
(
[scriptfolder] => C:\DVDStudio\Scripts
[encodefolder] => C:\DVDStudio\Encoding
[queuefolder] => C:\DVDStudio\Queue
[appsfolder] => C:\DVDStudio\Scripts\Apps
[cce] => C:\Program Files\Custom Technology\Cinema Craft Encoder Basic\cct2.com
[quenc] => C:\DVDStudio\Scripts\Apps\QuEnc\QuEnc.exe
[vsfilter] => C:\Program Files\Combined Community Codec Pack\Filters\vsfilter.dll
[cmd] => C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
[toolsfolder] => C:\DVDStudio\Scripts\Apps\Tools
[nfofolder] => C:\DVDStudio\Encoding\NFO
[avsfolder] => C:\DVDStudio\Encoding\AVS
[workfolder] => C:\DVDStudio\Encoding\Encode
)

[options] => Array
(
[debug] => 1
[resizemethod] => Lanczos
[fullscreenresize] => 660,440
[fullscreenborder] => 30,20,30,20
[ccetemplatefs] => Fullscreen
[widescreenresize] => 660,330
[widescreenborder] => 30,75,30,75
[ccetemplatews] => Widescreen
[audiobitrate] => 192
[mkvextractsubs] => 1
[autoaddsubs] => 1
[displaydelay] => 5
[encoder] => quenc
[bitrate] => 2500
[dsconvertfps] => 1
[skipmplex] => 0
[forcedssource] => 1
)

)

Info data:
Array
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Raw Info data:
Array
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[GHDpro]

@Jolaloye: I'm sorry, but I can't be of any help as I don't use nor have access to Vista.

@MediaJunky: do not run "queue.bat" directly. Follow the instructions to set it up under "File Types", so that you can run queue.bat by right-clicking on a video file. If you already did that, check it again -- you might have made a mistake.