anyone familar with Link2? figure, where

andy

where i bought the link2, but no help on this site for this. I know how to setup cce and maestro, but cant figure out how to get link2 to work as the go between.

hi
make a .avs file and open it in link2 press wrap now you have a fake .avi out of the .avs-file which cce2.6 is able to open...

gruss
orbit-r

not to sound ignorant, but which soft would u suggest to make the avs file?  Previously i was using dvd2avi -gt; vfapiwrapper. I am not sure which prog. makes avs files.

Thanks for the help!
Ben

Avs isn't the output of any program. AviSynth scripts are generally hand-written. They're just text files anyway.

There are some graphical assembler programs for avs, but I've never found any of them useful.

try to use fitCD, which will produce avs file based on your setting on it.

thanks for the fitcd tip. At least now i can take a look at the avs file and see how to write my own. However, i did try to use fitcd and then i used link2, but when i tried to encode with cce it would not start. It loaded then got the time remaining window for about 2-3 seconds then quit.  Solve one problem then another one begins...

Ehh, I don't get it. What do you do with the vob-files? I don't know Link2, but I though that it can't read vob-files? (Or do you import them in AviSynth itself?)

Maybe you'll learn something about AviSynth if you look into thefaq, especially Q6 and Q12.

1) What version of CCE do you have?

2) Can you post your AVS file?

3) Does AviSynth --gt; VFAPI --gt; CCE work?

I used fitcd to create the avs and then i loaded that into link2 which created the false avi which i then loaded into cce which doesnt do s_ _ t!

i am using cce 2.64.

Yes, when i do dvd2avi-gt;vfapi-gt;cce it works fine. The reason i bought link2 is that i was led to believe its faster and offers more choices.

As far as posting the avs file, that will have to wait til i get home tongiht.

Besides fitcd...is there anyother avs gui out there?

paul8883 have you used fitcd to create the avs for dvd authoring purposes? I wonder if the problem i am having is starting with my settings in fitcd.

@benf2: Jupp there are other AVS GUIs out there like my AVISynth script generator AVSGen (currently under bug fixing ) or just GKnot for example. There´s also another AVS GUI on the  download page which is (IMO) not very useful.

I still don´t get your problem. An AVISynth script to transcode DVD to a lower bitrate using CCE is quite simple.

Open up a text editor and copy the following lines into it:
LoadPlugin(quot;C:\myPath\mpeg2dec.dllquot;)
mpeg2source(quot;C:\DVD2AVIProject.d2vquot;)

Now save this with the AVS extension. Open up in LINK2 and generate a fake AVI. After this you can encode using CCE and the same parameters of the source DVD (16:9/4:3/Progressive/interlaced/etc).

It really makes no sense to resize or alter the original DVD material in any way. Just reencode it.

-D$

Thankyou...you made it look real simple. I have done a lot of movies to dvd, but i always look for new ways to try!  

I assume i need to replace the text u have quot;mypathquot; with the path where i have mpg2dec located.

Where in my script do i put the dvd file i am working with and if i have muliple vobs do i need to list them all separated by a comma? I ripped the movie with smartripper and i did not merge the vobs, so basically i am working with a movie with 6 vobs.
Thanks again
Ben

Still no luck encoding with cce. I tried creating a script with the script gen.  This is the script!
LoadPlugin(quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Ben\Desktop\New Folder\bin\MPEG2DEC.dllquot;)
LoadPlugin(quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Ben\Desktop\New Folder\bin\AVISynth_Spatial.dllquot;)
mpeg2source(quot;D:\harrypotter\vts_01.d2vquot;)

I then used link2 and got the avi...then loaded the avi into cce where it procedes to do nothing  

Is the script ok? Do i need to do anything special in link2(I have none selected on force video and raw is UNchecked).  

I verified cce was working with a different file and it works fine.

I also tried the script with a vob file and same result!!

So Whats up???

(1) Load vob files into DVD2AVI by clicking File-gt;Open.

(2) Select your audio options (I'd assume for transcoding you'd want to just demux the AC3, so select the appropriate options in DVD2AVI, Audio Track 1, Auto Detect, Dolby Digital Demux)

(3) Save DVD2AVI project by hitting File-gt;Save Project

(4) In Avisynth script, you reference your DVD2AVI Project that you created, i.e. c:\vobs\mydvd2aviproject.d2v for the mpeg2source line.

(5) Run Link2 and do its thing.

(6) Load into CCE and encode away.

Important Notes
a. Make sure you've installed Avisynth before you do all of this.
b. You need to use DVD2AVI, available on the downloads page for this stuff.
c. CCE 2.50 can encode directly from the vobs without Link2's help, and in your case I believe you would find the video quality quite similar if not entirely the same.

Still no luck! this is the script after trying dvd2avi then avsgen for the script then link2 then cce. The info shows correct in cce and i set the parameters as i have done on all my other dvds i have done, but there is a bug when trying this method. I think its got to be either in the script or link2 settings. Do you see anything wrong with the script? My link2 is set to none and unck for raw as i am not encoding any audio.

LoadPlugin(quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Ben\My Documents\avs gen\bin\MPEG2DEC.dllquot;)
LoadPlugin(quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Ben\My Documents\avs gen\bin\AVISynth_Spatial.dllquot;)
mpeg2source(quot;D:\harrypotter\potter.d2vquot;)
  

Is there a bug with doing this method and running xp?

Hi benf2 !

Your script looks fine. Have you tried to opening up the Avisynth script in Virtual Dub ? Just to have a look if it works and you can move around in the movie from beginning to the end ?

XP is no problem as well as AVISynth and CCE are no problem.
I´ve used CCE2.6??? a while ago to transcode a DVD to SVCD.
The AVI Synth script was done by GKnot and I used an old version of VFAPI to quot;wrapquot; around and make a fake AVI.

BTW: AVIUtil is also able to be used as quot;AVI wrapperquot; for AVISynth scripts.

I still don´t see the reason for your problem unless LINK2 doesn´t work or CCE doesn´t work

cu,
D$

i think the prob is with either the script or more than likely link2 because when i try the old way it works fine. I took the d2v file from the movie -gt; vfapi convertor which made the fake avi which i loaded into cce which workd just fine(no avs script needed). The only reason i was trying to use link2 is that i was led to believe it is faster.

Hm, try LINK2 and an AVISynth script generated by Gordian Knot. There is an option SVCD in the DVD2AVI window of GKnot.

And have you tried to open the AVS in Virtual Dub ?
Does this work ?

One last idea:
May be LINK2 is missing a resolution ?
May be you should add a line like
BicubicResize(720,480)
for NTSC or
BicubicResize(720,576)
for PAL.

Note: I´ve just tested a two lines AVISynth script:
LoadPlugin(quot;C:\winapp\GORDIA~1\mpeg2dec.dllquot;)
mpeg2source(quot;D:\Gladiator\16_prog.d2vquot;)
and opened it up in Virtual Dub. It works fine. Virtual Dub shows 720x576 and 25 FPS in the file information which is absolutely correct as the source are the VOBs ripped from Gladiator as PAL version.

So, once again: Must be a problem of LINK2 or CCE if you checked AVISynth for function !

-D$

P.S.: If LINK2 doesn´t add too much overhead (as EVE stated) it should be at least 3-7 FPS faster when encoding with CCE (depending on your CCE version and your PC) compared to your previous VFAPI file method as AVISynth and the MPEG2DEC.DLL don´t convert to RGB24 colorspace.

i just took the script i made with avsgen and it plays fine in vdub.

Darksoul...is there any thing i need to do with the settings in avsgen. I do not want to encode audio...video only since i am going to use the ac3 file i got from the rip.  I have tried link2 two ways:1) i did options..unck raw and ckd force yuy...result failure in cce. 2) tried just the oposite..still no luck in cce.  What settings do u use in link2 and avsgen??  I might be wrong, but i thought i just need the basic file with no options since cce will do that for me.

Email the author of Link2 for support. You paid for it after all. Get what you paid for.

yes int21 :-)
don't ask me why, I can only make link2 -gt; CCE work with the following options If I use link2 resize dv type avi file then feed it to cce 2.6x: Force Video : none Raw audio : yes

There is another way you may try, use dvd2svcd (download from the  site), in the cce tab, use safe mode and point it to your cce2.6x program, in vftapi tab, replace it with link2 program.

NOTE:  you must deselect title picture amp; change cd picture, use VCDXBuild in the CD Image tab.