'Crackly' audio on new version of the Filmmachine

[thumoslife]

As far as I know, the only problems with VBR MP3 audio is that it may be out of sync when encoded. But this can be sorted out easily in VirtualDub. So I dont think its the VBR.......

[geezer42]

Yes, you're absolutely right!
My VBR audio was pefectly in sync after a test encoding to VCD format.
The problem was the 'crackly' audio output...
Anyway, I do NOT want to go back to the previous version.
The latest TFF has a few interesting features.

[thumoslife]

Yeah me too. I love the program and the new version has worked for me so far, just the file must have AC3 audio. As for VBR MP3 audio, its only sometimes that the output may be out of sync. But thats been discussed to death already.

Its just this crackling noise thats irritating, and I'm afraid my technical skills are not enough to figure out the exact cause of the problem.

[The_Mask]

Ok, found the bug and corrected it. In TFM version 1.5 the "Volume" checkbox was selected by default in the ffdshow audio filter. Seems that this doesn't work for MP3 VBR files.

I released bugfix version 1.5.2 that corrects this problem. You can download it from my website. You don't have to uninstall the old version.

By the way thanks for the sample.

[thumoslife]

Brilliant work, problem solved! Just installed version 1.5.2 and perfect audio again. Thank you! A man passionate about his program, always nice to see!

thanks again

[j4gg3r]

Hi folks,
All I done was edit ffdshow.reg to turn of ffdshows upto 500% normalize which is the problem here.
"volNormalize"=dword:00000000

Off to get new version now, thanks The Mask

[Teebee]

And again a very fast fix when it comes to quality. Great work for a great tool.

[sherdog]

Hey all

I have the same problem. (Just discovered the program last night.)

I have tried with a few different sources now, but all have some sort of static audio on it. Though it differs alot! The last one only had a little.

I followed the guide on the site step by step, and AM using the Aften encoder.

Here is the log..

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- 10/3/2006 2:05:07 PM
- AVI to DVD conversion
- The FilmMachine version 1.5.2
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Initializing.

Computer Info
CPU name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Available memory: 768 MB
Windows version : Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Initializing finished.

Saving Project File

DirectX Version = 9.0c

Saving AVI-Info files
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- 10/3/2006 2:05:17 PM
- Free on drive D: 14.59 GB
- Audio Conversion
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Executing BeSweet DLL. Commandline:
-boost( /b2=5 ) -ota( -fs 48000 -r 23976 25000 )

Converting audiostream 1 of AVI file no 1 of 1


DirectShow Filters used:
NullRenderer1
NullRenderer
SampleGrabber
ffDshowFilter
Avi Splitter
Avisynth Source Filter


Audiostream 1 conversion of D:\test123.avi finished.

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- 10/3/2006 2:05:31 PM
- Free on drive D: 14.59 GB
- AC3 encoding with Aften
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Aften is working in the background.....

Encoding audiostream 1 of D:\test123.avi


Aften: A/52 audio encoder
(c) 2006 Justin Ruggles

Signed 16-bit 48000 Hz stereo
Aften AC3 encoding finished.

Starting CCE 2.70 for getting the CCE title.
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- 10/3/2006 2:05:45 PM
- Free on drive D: 14.59 GB
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft Encoder SP 2.70
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.

TFM_Project_File.ecl found
TFM_Project_File.ecl encoding started at 2:05:45 PM
TFM_Project_File.ecl encoded at 2:07:21 PM
Encoding finished

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- 10/3/2006 2:07:24 PM
- Free on drive D: 14.57 GB
- Creating DVD compliant files
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Mplex is multiplexing the video and audio stream of file 1 .....
mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)
File D:\Projects\TFM_EN~1.MPV looks like an MPEG Video stream.
File D:\Projects\TFM_EN~1.AC3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream.
Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
Multiplexing video program stream!
Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (D:\Projects\TFM_EN~1.MPV)
VIDEO STREAM: e0
Frame width : 720
Frame height : 576
Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
Picture rate : 25.000 frames/sec
Bit rate : 9808000 bits/sec
Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
CSPF : 0
Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (D:\Projects\TFM_EN~1.AC3)
AC3 frame size = 768
AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
Bit rate : 24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec)
Frequency : 48000 Hz
SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 10210944
target data-rate specified : 12000000
Setting specified specified data rate: 12000000
Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 10936 Audio delay = 0
New sequence commences...
Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
Scanned to end AU 387
STREAM bd completed @ frame 484.
STREAM e0 completed @ frame 387.
Multiplex completion at SCR=1372200.
Video e0: buf= 44156 frame=000387 sector=00007481
Audio bd: buf= 6400 frame=000484 sector=00000185
VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
Video Stream length: 15116136 bytes
Sequence headers: 30
Sequence ends : 1
No. Pictures : 387
No. Groups : 30
No. I Frames : 30 avg. size 69757 bytes
No. P Frames : 117 avg. size 49938 bytes
No. B Frames : 241 avg. size 29794 bytes
Average bit-rate : 7791600 bits/sec
Peak bit-rate : 10310800 bits/sec
BUFFERING min 34 Buf max 134306
AUDIO_STATISTICS: bd
Audio stream length 372480 bytes.
Frames : 2254517759
BUFFERING min 67 Buf max 4099
MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
Multiplexing finished.

DVDAuthor is writing the VOB files.....

DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.11.
Build options: gnugetopt magick iconv freetype fribidi
Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: Locale=C
INFO: Converting filenames to US-ASCII
INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS


INFO: Video pts = 0.161 .. 15.681
INFO: Audio[0] pts = 0.161 .. 15.681

INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes:
INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2
INFO: TV standard: pal
INFO: Aspect ratio: 4:3
INFO: Resolution: 720x576
INFO: Audio ch 0 format: ac3/2ch, 48khz drc, surround, 'en'

INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
INFO: Scanning D:\Projects\DVD/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO
Writing VOB files finished.

Finished authoring DVD

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- 10/3/2006 2:07:42 PM
- Free on drive D: 14.54 GB
- DVD creation finished!
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Hope u have some suggestions. (and thumbs up Mask for the program)

Ohh, and two suggestions for the app.. Leave an option for not converting audio to AC3, and options for chapters. Give me TMPGenc Xpress and DVD author with CCE and h264 support, and I would be a happy guy..

Best regards Johnni

[thumoslife]

It looks like your boosting your audio. This is not needed on files with MP3 audio. AC3 is normally OK when boosted. Just uncheck the boost function, this should be unchecked automatically on the new version though...

[sherdog]

It looks like your boosting your audio. This is not needed on files with MP3 audio. AC3 is normally OK when boosted. Just uncheck the boost function, this should be unchecked automatically on the new version though...

Dude, I think u solve the problem for at lot of us..

This perhaps, should be in another post, but Im new to this forum thing. Can anyone tell me why re-encode with avi2dvd, TFM, TMPGenc etc all give a more pale video? I dont see any quality loss, but the colors are much better on the original. Thx

Now, if only TFM had enqueu options (or batch like options similar to TMPGenc) and u could edit chapters yourself, I would be sold..

Best regards Johnni

[thumoslife]

Glad it helped, I dont have enough technical knowledge to answer everything but I can just give you answers based on my experiences thus far. The_Mask added a nice feature to automatically boost audio on AC3 files and leave MP3 audio alone.

As far as the 'Pale look' goes, you can try Canopus procoder. It seems to make the colour a little more vivid. Check this link for screenshots and decide for yourself.
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=255200

[spudman]

Also you can add filters to correct the colour via the edit avisynth option. for a brief guide on how to do this see this post how to sharpen movie