DVD2SVCD Bug report: Titles not processed correctly.. everyone, always, report, source

andy

Before everyone jumps and chews my head off, I want you folks to know that I looked all over the board, ran many many tests, and always the same thing comes up.  So here is a COMPLETE explaination of what happens, so all of you can test it.. and maybe confirm it.  At the end of this, I write my work-around that now seems to work.

VIDEO SOURCE:
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- NTSC DVD video source - Star Trek TNG series DVD 1 of Season 1.

DVD RIP PROCEDURE:
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- My DVD drive is a pain in the a$$, so I actually installed DVD2SVCD (same version) on another machine, and use it to RIP only the video chapter via quot;Use Internal Routinequot;.
- Each DVD has 4 episodes, I find 1 episode per SVCD (~46 minutes) As such, when I rip, I rip 1 title at a time, and convert it 1 at a time seperatly.
- Once the IFO amp; VOB files are ripped for a certain title, their are FTP'ed over the local LAN to my main machine for the processing.

DVD -gt; SVCD convert procedure:
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- The file is loaded is DVD2SVCD (the IFO file)
- the correct title is chose
- GO -gt; Start conversion is done
- Please see attached dvd2svcd_log.txt for the log file that comes out.

PROBLEM:
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the good:
- SVCD plays perfectly fine in my Pioneer DV-444/343 as well as WinDVD and PowerDVD
- Fast forward/rewind/next chapter/previous chapter/chapter number work perfectly fine

The bad:
- The chapters are not the correct chapters!!!
- When I compare the chapters between the SVCD and the DVD, the SVCD is always missing 1 chapter and the times are wrong.

application used / settings:
- VCDXBuild with PBC Use selection enabled

HOW TO CORRECT:
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- Load the IFO file in ChapterXtractor
- Select the correct title
- Tell it to show only with %f, FPS rate = 29970
- Start up TSCV
- Under MENU add the bbmpeg_muxed_file00.mpg file
- double click on it and the chapters tab opens
- Click on plugins and then ChapterXtractor Chapter import
- copy/Paste the %f data from ChapterXtractor. Make sure the plugin
knows FPS is NTSC and tell it to import into TSCV
- click on XML tab in TSCV
- Select new quot;entry idquot; times and paste them info VCDXBuild_Script_1.xml
- Notice how the titles are structured, and add the missing title
and section to the rest.
- Open dvd2svcd_log.txt, copy the VCDXBuild line and paste it into a new DOS prompt.
- A new BIN/CUE file is created with the correct times and it works now just like the DVD!

SO?? Anyone else noticed this??

P.S. I'm using DVD2SVCD 1.0.9 build 2 on both systems

JoeB

Looks like the file attach didn't work. Here's what the txt file says:

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- 5/19/2002 12:50:46 AM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 2
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 5/19/2002 12:50:48 AM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
quot;C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exequot; -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[D:\video\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[D:\video\vts_02_1.vob,D:\video\vts_02_2.vob,D:\video\vts_02_3.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Hybrid Film activated. IVTC will be applied and will slow down the entire process!
Framerate: 29970
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 5/19/2002 12:51:55 AM
- Free on drive D: 23045.13 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: D:\video\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 4 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 5/19/2002 12:54:51 AM
- Free on drive D: 22898.98 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting Audio to MP2. Filename: D:\video\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
quot;C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exequot; -core( -input quot;D:\video\Extracted_audio_1.ac3quot; -output quot;D:\video\Encoded_audio_1.mp2quot; -logfile quot;D:\video\Encoded_audio_1.logquot; ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -g max ) -ota(  -d 4 ) -ssrc( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )
Audio conversion of D:\video\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 5/19/2002 1:19:09 AM
- Free on drive D: 20783.02 mb
- Converting Pictures
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Converting: D:\test\103tng.jpg
Finished converting pictures
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- 5/19/2002 1:19:15 AM
- Free on drive D: 20782.11 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 833239988
AudioSectors: 77791252
VideoPAPO: 11702304
ScanOffsetBytes: 78722
SeqAligningBytes: 5003246
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 300.00
PureMPEGStream: 738664459.73
Seconds: 2741.15
CalcMPEGStream: 738664459.73
Frames: 65602
CDSize: 800.00
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 65602
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 600
Max. bitrate: 2530
Avg. Bitrate: 2155
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin(quot;C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dllquot;)
LoadPlugin(quot;C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\INVERS~1\DONALD~1\decomb.dllquot;)
mpeg2source(quot;D:\video\DVD2AV~1.D2Vquot;)
Telecide()
Decimate(5)
BicubicResize(480,480,0.00,0.75)
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 0.510
Video Encoding finished.

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- 5/19/2002 9:12:19 AM
- Free on drive D: 14104.86 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
quot;C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exequot; quot;D:\video\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpvquot; quot;D:\video\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpvquot;
Video pulldown finished.

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- 5/19/2002 9:15:13 AM
- Free on drive D: 13402.02 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
quot;C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exequot; quot;D:\video\TitlePicture.bmp.mpgquot;
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- 5/19/2002 9:15:18 AM
- Free on drive D: 13401.97 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 5/19/2002 9:15:20 AM
- Free on drive D: 13401.97 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
quot;C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exequot; quot;D:\video\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpgquot;
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 5/19/2002 9:19:40 AM
- Free on drive D: 12608.78 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: D:\video\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2733.793 seconds D:\video\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 5/19/2002 9:20:16 AM
- Free on drive D: 12608.77 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 7

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
quot;C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exequot; --verbose --cue-file=quot;D:\video\CD_Image_File_CD1.cuequot; --bin-file=quot;D:\video\CD_Image_File_CD1.binquot; quot;D:\video\VCDXBuild_Script_1.xmlquot;
CD-Image creation finished.

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- 5/19/2002 9:22:26 AM
- Free on drive D: 11804.45 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
--------------------------------------------------------notice how it says quot;7quot; chapters !??? there are 8 chapters on this episode, and every other episode on this DVD! I have no idea where it got 7, and I have no idea where it got those times.. since they don't correspond to any other episode on that disc (only 1 I did) since I ripped and converted all the episodes off that DVD.. and none have the same times when compared to the others..

JoeB