New DVD2MPEG and Video Archiver Plugins

[jwells]

Is there a way to set the video/ audio bitrate and resolution to keep the file size down?

[jwells]

I have a PVR350 and it would be nice in DVD Decript to be able to select the protection in GBPVR or at least assume a default so I wouldn't have to go tomy computer to select it. Is the possible?

Great Plugin BTW!!

[jwells]

Went through the whole process debugging my installation as it went and I'm left with the temp files. It looks like everything worked except stage4. the temp files are still there but the final mpeg is not. Here is my log file:

11/21/2004 8:17:13 PM: GBPVRRootDir is C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: In activate.

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading TaskBox settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading BaseDirBox settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading BaseDirText settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading InstructionText settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading DVDInDriveText settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading DVDDirText settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading LeftArrow settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading RightArrow settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading RipButton settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Reading CancelButton settings

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Set DVDDecrypterPath to: C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Set BesweetPath to: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Set mplexPath to: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Set DelayPath to: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Set tempDir to: C:\Temp\

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Set DVDPath to: D:\Rips\

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Running on PC client

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Setup volume inserted & removed event handlers

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Result of FindDriveWithDVD is: E:\

11/21/2004 8:17:39 PM: Activate done.

11/21/2004 8:17:44 PM: In DecryptStep

11/21/2004 8:17:44 PM: Deleting file C:\Temp\audio.ac3

11/21/2004 8:17:44 PM: Deleting file C:\Temp\VTS_05_1 - 0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 - 720x480 (NTSC) - 4~3.M2V

11/21/2004 8:17:44 PM: Deleting file C:\Temp\VTS_05 - Stream Information.txt

11/21/2004 8:17:44 PM: Start Process: path is: C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\

11/21/2004 8:17:44 PM: Start Process: filename is: DVDDecrypter.exe

11/21/2004 8:17:44 PM: Start Process: args are: /MODE IFO /SRC E:\ /VTS 1 /DEMUX 0xE0 0x80 0xA0 /DEST "C:\Temp\" /SPLIT NONE /START /OVERWRITE YES /CLOSE

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Process C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\DVDDecrypter.exe complete

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: In DelayStep

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Renaming C:\Temp\VTS_05_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.AC3 to C:\Temp\audio.ac3

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Found 1 files named *Stream Information.txt

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Opening file C:\Temp\VTS_05 - Stream Information.txt

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Read line: 0x20 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 01: Normal] / LBA: 3 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Read line: 0x21 - Subtitle - Franais / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 02: Normal] / LBA: 4 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Read line: 0x22 - Subtitle - Espaol / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 03: Normal] / LBA: 5 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Read line: 0x23 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 04: Normal] / LBA: 6 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Read line: 0x24 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 05: Normal] / LBA: 7 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Read line: 0x25 - Subtitle - Franais / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 06: Normal] / LBA: 8 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Read line: 0x26 - Subtitle - Espaol / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 07: Normal] / LBA: 9 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Read line: 0x80 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / English / LBA: 20 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Processing line 0x80 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / English / LBA: 20 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Audio delay is 0 ms

11/21/2004 8:47:14 PM: Delay is less than 25ms; not resyncing audio

11/21/2004 8:47:15 PM: In BesweetStep

11/21/2004 8:47:15 PM: Start Process: path is: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 8:47:15 PM: Start Process: filename is: Besweet.exe

11/21/2004 8:47:15 PM: Start Process: args are: -core( -input "C:\Temp\audio.ac3" -output "C:\Temp\audio.mp2" -logfilea "C:\Temp\BeSweet.log" ) -azid( -c normal -g 0.95 -L -3db ) -toolame( -m s -b 192 -e )

11/21/2004 8:47:17 PM: Process C:\Program Files\BeSweet\Besweet.exe complete

11/21/2004 8:47:17 PM: Process completed with a non zero error code

11/21/2004 8:47:17 PM: In CleanupStep

11/21/2004 8:47:17 PM: CleanupStep skipped -- debug build

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: In activate.

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading TaskBox settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading BaseDirBox settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading BaseDirText settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading InstructionText settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading DVDInDriveText settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading DVDDirText settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading LeftArrow settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading RightArrow settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading RipButton settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Reading CancelButton settings

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Set DVDDecrypterPath to: C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Set BesweetPath to: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Set mplexPath to: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Set DelayPath to: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Set tempDir to: C:\Temp\

11/21/2004 8:51:29 PM: Set DVDPath to: D:\Rips\

11/21/2004 8:51:30 PM: Running on PC client

11/21/2004 8:51:30 PM: Setup volume inserted & removed event handlers

11/21/2004 8:51:30 PM: Activate done.

11/21/2004 8:51:32 PM: In DecryptStep

11/21/2004 8:51:32 PM: Deleting file C:\Temp\audio.ac3

11/21/2004 8:51:32 PM: Deleting file C:\Temp\VTS_05_1 - 0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 - 720x480 (NTSC) - 4~3.M2V

11/21/2004 8:51:32 PM: Deleting file C:\Temp\VTS_05 - Stream Information.txt

11/21/2004 8:51:32 PM: Start Process: path is: C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\

11/21/2004 8:51:32 PM: Start Process: filename is: DVDDecrypter.exe

11/21/2004 8:51:32 PM: Start Process: args are: /MODE IFO /SRC D:\ /VTS 1 /DEMUX 0xE0 0x80 0xA0 /DEST "C:\Temp\" /SPLIT NONE /START /OVERWRITE YES /CLOSE

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Process C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\DVDDecrypter.exe complete

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: In DelayStep

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Renaming C:\Temp\VTS_05_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.AC3 to C:\Temp\audio.ac3

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Found 1 files named *Stream Information.txt

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Opening file C:\Temp\VTS_05 - Stream Information.txt

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Read line: 0x20 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 01: Normal] / LBA: 3 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Read line: 0x21 - Subtitle - Franais / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 02: Normal] / LBA: 4 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Read line: 0x22 - Subtitle - Espaol / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 03: Normal] / LBA: 5 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Read line: 0x23 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 04: Normal] / LBA: 6 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Read line: 0x24 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 05: Normal] / LBA: 7 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Read line: 0x25 - Subtitle - Franais / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 06: Normal] / LBA: 8 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Read line: 0x26 - Subtitle - Espaol / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 07: Normal] / LBA: 9 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Read line: 0x80 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / English / LBA: 20 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Processing line 0x80 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / English / LBA: 20 / PTS: 00:00:00.209 / Delay: 0ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Audio delay is 0 ms

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Delay is less than 25ms; not resyncing audio

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: In BesweetStep

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Start Process: path is: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Start Process: filename is: Besweet.exe

11/21/2004 9:21:00 PM: Start Process: args are: -core( -input "C:\Temp\audio.ac3" -output "C:\Temp\audio.mp2" -logfilea "C:\Temp\BeSweet.log" ) -azid( -c normal -g 0.95 -L -3db ) -toolame( -m s -b 192 -e )

11/21/2004 9:41:38 PM: Process C:\Program Files\BeSweet\Besweet.exe complete

11/21/2004 9:41:38 PM: In MplexStep

11/21/2004 9:41:38 PM: Renaming C:\Temp\VTS_05_1 - 0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 - 720x480 (NTSC) - 4~3.M2V

11/21/2004 9:41:38 PM: Creating MPEG image D:\Rips\Dieanotherday D1 Ps.mpg

11/21/2004 9:41:38 PM: Start Process: path is: C:\Program Files\BeSweet\

11/21/2004 9:41:38 PM: Start Process: filename is: mplex.exe

11/21/2004 9:41:38 PM: Start Process: args are: -f 3 -o "D:\Rips\Dieanotherday D1 Ps.mpg" "C:\Temp\audio.mp2" "C:\Temp\video.m2v"

11/21/2004 9:41:39 PM: Process C:\Program Files\BeSweet\mplex.exe complete

11/21/2004 9:41:39 PM: Process C:\Program Files\BeSweet\mplex.exe complete

11/21/2004 9:41:39 PM: Process completed with a non zero error code

11/21/2004 9:41:39 PM: In CleanupStep

11/21/2004 9:41:39 PM: CleanupStep skipped -- debug build



Any idea what went wrong?

[Guest]

Hi,

don't know, but I can give you my experiance,

you need the beta version of Besweet,

I have one machine that this plugin works on,
the others not !

there must be an easy way to convert dvd's to mpeg , and sort out the AC3 audio to MPEG ?

[jwells]

Thanks for the reply.

If I'm reading the log correctly it looks the problem is with mplex. I need to see if there is a log separate log for that. I just have mplex in the besweet folder as suggested in the docs. Maybe I should change the path in the cfg to the fully installed version.

The 350 can play the DVD mpeg fine but there is no sound. It seems it would be possible to decode the audio and play out the computers audio since I use that anyway without trying to recompress it back into the 350.

Either way, this is not a bad compromise if I can get it working.

[colin]

I would recommend "-f 8" for the arguement to mplex as this, I believe, makes a more compliant stream. This is the flag cuttermaran uses and i have had no problems when using mplex on converted DVD's or de-commericialised recordings,

Colin.

[Jeff]

According to the mplex help, -f 8 is for creating a DVD output, which may be the way to go for someone using a PVR 350 but I think may be a problem for people that want to use a MVP where you need an MPEG 2 stream. The help says -f 3 creates a "generic mpeg".

Since the plug-in is in debug mode and didn't delete the out put files you could try running the mplex step manually from a command window and see what it says. The command line being used is given in the log file (mplex -f 3 -o "D:\Rips\Dieanotherday D1 Ps.mpg" "C:\Temp\audio.mp2" "C:\Temp\video.m2v")

I have also built a version of the plugin that lets you specify the command line in the config.xml file so that you can try different options (like -f 8 if you'd like). I would like some people to play with it before I post it. You can email me if you'd like a copy.

Jeff

[Jeff]

Also, to the earlier post jwells, I had the same problem myself. I fixed it by running DVDDecrypter on my main machine and setting the options (unsed Tools..Settings..General) for all the prompts to off. That is, uncheck the box for "Display Maximum File Size Warning", "Display RCE Protection Warning", etc. With these unchecked it now runs without prompting me for input.

For the post by andrew m , the reason I asked about the name of the DVD is that in the released version, if a disk is found but its volume name is blank the plug-in will fail when starting the Decrypt step, which looks like may be waht is goin on with you. I have a beta version that will use a generic name for the output file in this case. I know you've been having trouble registering. ou can mail me at jefflmailbox-dvd@yahoo.com if you'd like a beta.

Jeff

[jwells]

When I run (mplex -f 3 -o "D:\Rips\Dieanotherday D1 Ps.mpg" "C:\Temp\audio.mp2" "C:\Temp\video.m2v&quot from a command window it says:

INFO: [] mplex version 2.2.2 ($Date: 2003/05/13 20:27:15 $
**ERROR: [] File C:\Temp\audio.mp2 unrecogniseable!
INFO [] File C:\Temp\video.m2v looks like an MPEG Video Stream.
**ERROR: [] Unrecogniseable file(s)... exiting

I verified the files are there. Any ideas?

[jwells]

Regarding the prompts: That seems to have worked.

Thanks