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ADigitalMan's Guide to MPEG2/AC3 Editing — Page 6

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Everything worked out fine, the only problem is I am using a free version of TMPGEnc. The end result is that I get the name of the company on the screen of my video. Is there any way to get around this?
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One more question, how do I get subtitles into the film {such as when Watto is speaking to Anakin in alien language}
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SubRip to rip them to a text file,
Subtitle Workshop to edit them
then Import and tweak (over and over, usually) in DVD-Lab Pro. Subtitles are a total pain in the ass I'll quickly warn you. The bane of my existence.
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Hey ADM,

Weird anamoly with the above (excellent) guide that has worked for me in the past.

Trying to spin some anamorphic magic and using the above calculations - first virtualdubmod won't allow the NTSC crop setting that is given above, gives an error of:

"Cannot use crop to enlarge or shift a clip" after I save the AVS Script

(and then if I leave the crop figures untouched - it throws up the following: "Couldn't locate decompressor for YV12"

Ignoring the above and processing regardless - TMPGenc then says "can't open or unsupported" with the final avi.

It's the last step and it's becoming frustrating !!

Original source material is NTSC 4:3 352x480

Many thanks if you can shed any light or where I'm going wrong or what seems the stranger issue !
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
The audio has to be calculated, since you're overlapping frames. Fortunately if you clip the audio right after a crossfade you can see it.

I'm just now getting into using Vegas for this. For the first time a couple of days ago I came up with a process for this:

1) Export just the two shots you want to crossfade to an M2V file.
2) Load the clip into VirtualDubMod and save as an uncompressed AVI.
3) Open the AVI in Vegas and do what you want with it. Save as another AVI.
4) Encode back to M2V using TMPGEnc.
5) Load the new M2V into your Womble project.

The results are GORGEOUS. I'll likely do this from now on, and will use this method to do the wipes in SW whenever they eventually happen in Hi-Def.


ADigitalMan, could you be a bit more specific about this process. Like how you export a file to an M2V file in Womble because it only lets me export stuff to Mpeg files. And which avi codec you use in Vegas to export your clip. Also, TMPGEnc only allows you to export MPEG files. Please help me to figure this out ADigitalMan.


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Ok, I am having a problem with the final step in your guide. I am attempting to import my completed video/ audio files into DVD Lab Pro, but everybody is telling me that I was supposed to use the file mode in DVD Decrypter instead of IFO mode. WTF! You said to use IFO, that's what I used, so is there anyway to complete my project without having to start over?
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meedermow:
"Cannot use crop to enlarge or shift a clip" after I save the AVS Script

You are cropping the image incorrectly. The numbers given by ADM are correct for the source resolution of 720x576. Try to resize your 352x480 to 720x576 before cropping, although I'm not sure what it makes with the aspect ratio. Also you probably don't have a YV12 decompressor. Install the official DivX:-) codec.

Marvolo:
Like how you export a file to an M2V file in Womble because it only lets me export stuff to Mpeg files.


M2V = MPEG 2 Video, m2v IS an mpeg file !

Lace & Whiskey Fan:
You can trust me ADM is not using subtitles in his guide, if you want subtitles, you MUST rip the DVD in FILE mode ! Because m2v contains only the video stream, NOT the subtitles !
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Originally posted by: pittrek

Marvolo:
Like how you export a file to an M2V file in Womble because it only lets me export stuff to Mpeg files.


M2V = MPEG 2 Video, m2v IS an mpeg file !



Thanks for clearing that up.


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Ok, maybe I should have read some of this forum BEFORE I started my own fan edit, but I didn't :-( Now, after spending maybe 50 hours editing, I'm having a problem and I hope someone can help!

I ripped the DVD with SmartRipper as seperate VOBs and imported into Womble. I didn't rip as one massive VOB, I didn't demux first, so shame on me. I've done a ton of editing and added extra audio to both extra audio tracks. Play back in Womble is fine and I've had no sync issues.

When I make a DVD using the Womble DVD maker, as expected it only re-encodes the sections of video where I've added dissolves (so only a few bits).

Trouble is, when I playback on my DVD player, I get very studdery motion. This looks like incorrect 3:2 pulldown (or lack of), but when the next scene with an edit comes up, the playback gets smooth. It keeps jumping back and forth from smooth to choppy playback from scene to scene. If I play the DVD again, scenes that were choppy now play smooth and vice-versa.

Also, if I'm watching a scene with choppy playblack I hit pause and then play again, the playback becomes smooth! Every time.

What's doing on?? How can I fix it? I've spent so much time editing, I sure don't want to have to start over...
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Check your export settings in Womble. Under the video tab, expert, I have the algorithm as "maximum quality" h and v distance as 15, none of the filters checked, par as 9/16.
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My H and V were already at 15, I have now switched to max quality.

However, don't those setting only affect the bits that get re-rendered?

Also, to preview my edits, I am using Womble to make a DVD - will the quality of this video be different if I export an mpeg movie? I like the ease of Womble's DVD maker, so even if I did use the export feature to make a file, I'd be reimporting it into Womble's DVD maker anyway to make the DVD files.

Another question: Do I *have* to demux my VOBs? I have been using Womble's two extra audio tracks, sometimes simultaneously, so having the main audio and video together on the first track is very useful.

I really enjoy the ease of editing in Womble, but this judder problem has me perplexed. I took my test DVD to a friend's house tonight, and it played without any motion problems, but after about 10 mins we noticed the audio slowly going out of sync...

How can the audio go out of sync when the VOB was never demuxed?? It's always been married to the video...

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I'm not sure how or why, but it does. I think it has to do with how Womble sometimes thinks extra frames are supposed to go in due to the 24->30 fps conversion. It's why I always demux, note problems like that, and create a separate audio mix that accounts for such glitches when they appear.

I also do not use Womble to author DVDs. Only to splice video and a corresponding audio reference file. Womble for video, Vegas for Audio, DVDLab Pro for authoring. It's been near-perfect for me every time.
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Here's a tip I haven't seen mentioned...

When I was ripping an extras disc, with DVD-Decrypter, selecting "demux", each time, it got to be quite a pain in the ol' carpel tunnel.

So I poked around and found you can set demux as the default.

Tools -> Settings -> Stream Processing Tab

Put an asterisk in the "demux" box.

(IIRC, you have to clear an asterisk from another box).

It's been a while, but I know DVD-Decrypter forgets one of the defaults, every so often, and I think that's the one. So you have to check up on it, each time. But that's still less clicking than setting it for every fraking one.

One day I found... 10 years had got behind me. Next day was worse.

 

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hi fans, i wish i could find some help for my Edit, no problems with video but the sound..arghhh..well i've done my edit in stereo..what's the best way to upmix this into a 5.1..i've already tried some of doom9 methods but i'm not satisfied with..if some of you guys, has already does this..let me know..please help. thanks.
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Is the original source in 5.1? If not, you're better off leaving it in 2.0 and letting your decoder do the pro-logic treatment to it. If you're mixing 5.1 and 2.0 sources, then the doom9 guide works great for upmixing your 2.0 stuff to 5.0 (sadly the .1 remains empty). Read the Vegas part of my guide for re-mixing your final result in 5.1 if you have a 5.1 source to work with. Good luck!
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Thanks ADM..what bout the VST plugin ?..i heard that the result will be great ..
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Haven't played with it myself.
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AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I can't get DVD Decrypter to work! Every time I start it up, it freezes at one point or another before I can get anything done. Any suggestions?
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Try DVDFab Decrypter. A lot of newer protection schemes are out that DVDDecrypter can't handle. DVDFab Decrypter may do the trick.
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Well, I finally got it to work (I made sure and ripped all four movies in one sitting, just in case I wouldn't get another chance) and am happily splicing footage together. Editing is fun! Anyway, now that I've calmed down, I have a question: if I chose to rip the 5.1 audio track from the SW DVDs, do I still have to go through Step 6?
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Step 6 is necessary if you want your cuts in the audio to be smooth. I personally find a smooth audio mix the easiest way to hide your edits. Cutting music or FX short always indicates where a cut was made, but when they're crossfaded with only dialogue cut hard, you can get away with SO much.
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Okay, last question. The deleted scenes for TPM and AotC seem to have lost much of the silence in-between scenes, resulting in a loss of A/V sync. Is it just a trial and error process getting them to line up again, or did I screw up when I ripped them (I followed your instructions exactly)?
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They should sync up with no extra effort. Did you rip each scene individually or did you rip the whole collection of scenes as one file?
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I ripped them as one continuous video. I should have ripped them separately, shouldn't I have?