Green band on the right side

[r0lZ]

Whats the accurate way to do it ???

Open the original DVD in PgcEdit, and save a BMP from the preview. Load the BMP in any viewer able to display the image size. You can also load the VOB in VirtualDUB.

Also, in PgcEdit, right click on the main movie PGC, and select Domain Stream Attributes. I would like to know what is the resolution reported there.

problem could be similar to this

I don't think so. Obviously, the original resolution is 704x576, but something is wrong somewhere. It might be a wrong info in the VOB files too...

[anonymez]

i tried reproducing it, my findings:

tried loading a 720/576 video and a 704/576 together, created a d2v project. the frame size is 720/576. if i load the 704/576 as the first part, the frame size is 704/576. so output resolution is determined by whichever file is first. depending on whether the frame size is too small/large, borders are added/cropped on the right, like in techreactor's case, but are black as they should be here, not green.

what's confusing is that the first VOB, at least, should decode correctly. which version of dgdecode/dgindex? try a newer version of both, load the script into MPC/virtualdub

btw, did you try installing xvid?

[techreactor]

Open the original DVD in PgcEdit, and save a BMP from the preview. Load the BMP in any viewer able to display the image size. You can also load the VOB in VirtualDUB.

The bmp shows size of 720x576, matching the domain attributes below.

Also, in PgcEdit, right click on the main movie PGC, and select Domain Stream Attributes. I would like to know what is the resolution reported there.

[r0lZ]

Everything seems OK, so I guess it's really a bug in dgdecode/dgindex, although it is still possible that the resolution stored in the VOB files is wrong. (BTW, you can verify that with DVDPatcher.)

[techreactor]

that tool helped, there is indeed abnormality in the headers of the VOB's as in the screenshot.

So now whats the way out of it ????





Btw, I had uninstalled divx, since xvid was already installed, bands still appaeared with .avs. But latest ver of DGindex also does not show any banding when the VOB is opened directly.

[r0lZ]

Well, finally we've found the culprit!
Seems there is a discrepancy in VTS_01_1.VOB. Everything is authored in 704x576, except the beginning of the main title domain!

You can use DVDPatcher to patch the VOB to 704x576, but you should also modify the IFOs and I'm not sure the patcher does that. Anyway, if you don't need to burn the original DVD, it might be sufficient to patch the VOBs. If it's still not sufficient for DVD-RB, you will have to patch the original IFOs with IfoEdit. Unfortunately, you cannot do that with PgcEdit. Sorry, but I have not expected this kind of problem!

Also, I hope that the discrepancy is only in the information, and that the real resolution is really 704x576. If the resolution changes in the middle of the VOBs, you will probably still have some problems.

BTW, what's this crappy DVD? Is it commercial stuff?

[EDIT] According to your first screenshot, it's Columbia that has released this DVD. Sony should take care at what they produce, instead of spending their time to ARccOS crap!
Also, maybe the discrepancy was introduced by the tiny ARccOS protected cells at the beginning of the title? Can you confirm that the DVD is protected by ARccOS?

[techreactor]

Well, finally we've found the culprit!
Seems there is a discrepancy in VTS_01_1.VOB. Everything is authored in 704x576, except the beginning of the main title domain!

You can use DVDPatcher to patch the VOB to 704x576, but you should also modify the IFOs and I'm not sure the patcher does that. Anyway, if you don't need to burn the original DVD, it might be sufficient to patch the VOBs. If it's still not sufficient for DVD-RB, you will have to patch the original IFOs with IfoEdit. Unfortunately, you cannot do that with PgcEdit. Sorry, but I have not expected this kind of problem!

Can you explain how to patch with IFOedit in a Quick set of instructions.

Also, I hope that the discrepancy is only in the information, and that the real resolution is really 704x576. If the resolution changes in the middle of the VOBs, you will probably still have some problems.

BTW, what's this crappy DVD? Is it commercial stuff?

I hope so too, but thanks for your quick replies, isnt it too early in BE.

This is a commercial PAL DVD, but released by SONY pictures. They didnt pay attention to it, I guess.

[r0lZ]

Can you explain how to patch with IFOedit in a Quick set of instructions.

1. Load VTS_01_0.IFO, and double-click on the line showing something like "Video: MPEG-2 720x576...". Change the resolution, and Save the IFO (and BUP.)
2. Load VIDEO_TS.IFO, and do the same thing for Title Set 1.

isnt it too early in BE.

Yes, but I can't sleep because there are too many air planes above my house!

Have you noticed my edits in my previous post? Is it an ARccOS protected DVD?

[blutach]

5th Element is a rather old DVD. Would the lanczos resize filter help?

Regards

[techreactor]

1. Load VTS_01_0.IFO, and double-click on the line showing something like "Video: MPEG-2 720x576...". Change the resolution, and Save the IFO (and BUP.)
2. Load VIDEO_TS.IFO, and do the same thing for Title Set 1.

Yes, but I can't sleep because there are too many air planes above my house!

Have you noticed my edits in my previous post? Is it an ARccOS protected DVD?

As blutach said, its an old dvd, no ARccOS protection.

Is your house near the Zaventem airport ??, probably Yes

[r0lZ]

Exactly! My house is at 40KM of Zaventem, but since the new dispersion plan of the abject secretary Landuyt, there are now between 250 and 400 air planes at low altitude per day (and night!) here. Two years ago, there was only maximum 10 of them, and at a very higher altitude. BTW, how do you know Zaventem?

Back to the subject. Have you tried to patch the files?

I have this DVD (zone 2, french edition) here. I'll see if it has the same problem...

[techreactor]

Exactly! My house is at 40KM of Zaventem, but since the new dispersion plan of the abject secretary Landuyt, there are now between 250 and 400 air planes at low altitude per day (and night!) here. Two years ago, there was only maximum 10 of them, and at a very higher altitude. BTW, how do you know Zaventem?

I usually visit Brussels, once in a year, on work

Back to the subject. Have you tried to patch the files?

I have this DVD (zone 2, french edition) here. I'll see if it has the same problem...

It didnt work, I tried patching it with 704 then 720 res. Should I use DVD patcher and patch the entire VOB or would it be best to use PGCdemux and Muxman to demux and mux again. I know its a crappy DVD but I need to set it right.

[r0lZ]

Try to patch the entire VOB (and the IFOs) first, as it's easier, and I'm not sure muxman will accept a partially wrong mpv anyway.
You may also try to do the opposite: patch everything to 720x576.

[techreactor]

I find it strange, I patched the whole VOB with 704x576 along with Video_TS but PGCedit still shows 720x576 in domain attributes.

Btw, the band is gone now.








Also I know these kind of crappy DVD's are very rare, but if the patching function can be included in PGCedit, it will be good.

Edit: I edited the IFO's, domain attrib is now showing 704x576. But it also means that the attrib in IFO was not causing the problem but the attribs in the VOB's were the main culprit.

[r0lZ]

I suppose DVD-RB is now working...

PgcEdit uses the info in VTS_01_0.IFO (which theoretically takes precedence.) The info in VIDEO_TS.IFO is redundant, and is ignored by most players. But it is not surprising that avisynth uses the info in the VOBs, as it loads them directly, and doesn't read the IFOs at all.

Don't forget that PgcEdit is (mainly) an IFO editor, not a VOB editor. IMO, it's not its job to patch the VOBs. Anyway, DVD Patcher works well to do that.