[ryan123]

now if someone write a tutorial on how to conver the ts hdtv files properly then we will be all set.

[deltop]

now if someone write a tutorial on how to conver the ts hdtv files properly then we will be all set.

pretty simple stuff, it's just an mpeg2 stream.

head over to http://www.doom9.org for everything you could possiibly want to know about encoding to mpeg 4 from mpeg2.

[vaeanu]

simply use autogk, but dont forget to rename ts file as mpeg... easy as 2 clicks of a mouse...

[ryan123]

i meant to ask the birate, and the resolution settings taht we should have. what will be the best result to play on a xbox. what will be the best codec to use. divx 3.11? divx 5? xvid?
should the guide from here work, still dont know the birate i should have
http://www.samek.neostrada.pl/hdtv/hdtv2xvid.htm

[dingdong]

- demux with projectx 0.82.1.02
- create (.d2v) project file using dgindex 1.3.1b6
- create (.avs) avisynth script with gordian knot 0.35, choosing 1280x720 as final resolution
- open (.avs) file in nandub and load following processing settings (.vcf)

virtualdub.audio.setsource("c:\\xxxx");
virtualdub.audio.setmode(0);
virtualdub.audio.setinterleave(1,500,1,0,-900000);
virtualdub.audio.setclipmode(1,1);
virtualdub.audio.setconversion(0,0,0,0,0);
virtualdub.audio.setvolume();
virtualdub.audio.setcompression(85,48000,2,0,24000,1,12,"aqacaaaaqaibahef");
virtualdub.audio2.setsource(0);
virtualdub.video.setdepth(24,24);
virtualdub.video.setmode(1);
virtualdub.video.setframerate(0,1);
virtualdub.video.setivtc(0,0,-1,0);
virtualdub.video.setrange(0,0);
virtualdub.video.setdivx(6500,12);
virtualdub.video.setqualitycontrol(1,0,0,0);
virtualdub.video.setmotiondetection(8,10,300,300);
virtualdub.video.setcrispness(15,0);
virtualdub.video.spacekf(24);
virtualdub.video.internalscd(100);
virtualdub.video.setminkbps(500);
virtualdub.video.setcurvefile("");
virtualdub.video.setcurvemcfactor(30);
virtualdub.video.setcurvecompression(15,30,6);
virtualdub.video.setcurvefilter(300,6600);
virtualdub.video.setcurvecredits(0,900);
virtualdub.video.setlumacorrectionamp(1,10,30);
virtualdub.video.setcurveredist(1);
// virtualdub.video.calccurvecompression();
virtualdub.video.setcomplevelsmain(2,7);
virtualdub.video.setcomplevelsa(300,3,16);
virtualdub.video.setcomplevelsb(300,4,16);
virtualdub.video.setcomplevelsc(300,5,16);
virtualdub.video.setcomplevelsd(300,6,16);
virtualdub.video.setcomplevelse(300,7,16);
virtualdub.video.setcomplevelk(2,4);
virtualdub.video.setbitsreservoir(5,45,35,100,120,0);
virtualdub.video.setlowbrcorrection(1,1);
virtualdub.video.noavioutput(0);
virtualdub.video.genstats("",0);
virtualdub.video.setencodingcontrol("");
virtualdub.video.filters.clear();
virtualdub.subset.delete();
virtualdub.brc.set( 0, 645 );
virtualdub.brc.set( 1, 1 );
virtualdub.brc.set( 2, 128 );
virtualdub.brc.set( 3, 0 );
virtualdub.brc.set( 4, 1 );

- save avi & that's about it ! if you choose adequate settings in xbmc, there should be almost no dropped frames during playback.

i tried a lot of encodings with xvid but singlepass with nandub gave me much better results, cause it avoids spending extra bits on already complex frames and there's a strict max. bitrate limit - making it playable on xbox.
you can even play it in 1080i, if you choose the right xbmc settings/build/skin.

[ryan123]

how do i set the sound and what was the codec u used? do u set the codecs in nandub or gordian knot? where do i set the birate?

[ryan123]

how do i set the sound and what was the codec u used? do u set the codecs in nandub or gordian knot? where do i set the birate?

[dingdong]

virtualdub.video.setdivx(6500,12);

see.. the (.vcf) file does everything for you. nandub uses divx3.11 (sbc settings) and for ac3 sound a bitrate of 6500 kbps is fine. converting the audio to mp3 (besweet 1.5) enables you to crank up the bitrate to aprox. 7000kbps (in this case set low-pass filter to 7100) before frames start dropping.
for more info take a look at doom9's sbc guide.

[dingdong]

virtualdub.video.setdivx(6500,12);

see.. the (.vcf) file does everything for you. nandub uses divx3.11 (sbc settings) and for ac3 sound a bitrate of 6500 kbps is fine. converting the audio to mp3 (besweet 1.5) enables you to crank up the bitrate to aprox. 7000kbps (in this case set low-pass filter to 7100) before frames start dropping.
for more info take a look at doom9's sbc guide.

[ryan123]

for some reason i see a gray line at the bottom of the video

[ryan123]

for some reason i see a gray line at the bottom of the video

[Diggedy]

that always seems to be on the ts files. you must crop 8 pixels from the bottom to remove it.

@ dingdong:

i've been trying your method and am having trouble. when i choose save as avi i get a message saying 'you are trying to compress witha hacked compression driver. this may cause virtualdub to act or crash unexpectedly. proceed at you own risk.' if i tell it to continue anyway, sure enough the encode doesn't complete and the program crashes eventually. have you encountered this before?

[Diggedy]

that always seems to be on the ts files. you must crop 8 pixels from the bottom to remove it.

@ dingdong:

i've been trying your method and am having trouble. when i choose save as avi i get a message saying 'you are trying to compress witha hacked compression driver. this may cause virtualdub to act or crash unexpectedly. proceed at you own risk.' if i tell it to continue anyway, sure enough the encode doesn't complete and the program crashes eventually. have you encountered this before?

[dingdong]

@ diggedy:
never happend to me - as long as the source file is intact, so you may wanna check that you're able to encode regular mpeg. make sure that you have a new version of avisynth installed.
i never tested how nandub reacts to a (.vcf) file created by copy & paste, so maybe it helps to edit a genuine .vcf with the values i posted (sbc settings), but i think this isn't your problem.
the message is just the usual divx3.11 reminder, nothing wich hampers your encoding session. did you try doom9's forum for a solution ?

[dingdong]

@ diggedy:
never happend to me - as long as the source file is intact, so you may wanna check that you're able to encode regular mpeg. make sure that you have a new version of avisynth installed.
i never tested how nandub reacts to a (.vcf) file created by copy & paste, so maybe it helps to edit a genuine .vcf with the values i posted (sbc settings), but i think this isn't your problem.
the message is just the usual divx3.11 reminder, nothing wich hampers your encoding session. did you try doom9's forum for a solution ?