Dear lokster,

Thank you very much for the new release.
Unfortunately the subtitles' issue remains, i.e. in the "Add borders" mode the subs are added over the previous subs' text. The resulting mix cannot be read.

That is what I get:


I've just checked: the issue seems to take place with mkv-files having internal subs. With xvid avi-files it does not happen.

In the case of an mkv-movie, how can I choose other external subs, or at least to disable the internal ones?

Thanks a lot.

Fluffbutt wrote (View Post): › lokster wrote (View Post): › And this is for everyone: I just released another update for viDrop - http://www.vidrop.vpunk.co.uk/vidrop-0.57.4-install.msi I had some reports of mencoder.exe suddenly disappearing from the viDrop installation folder. I suspect this is due to some stupid Antivirus programs detecting mencoder.exe as false positive, because it's UPX compressed ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upx ). This is why mencoder.exe and mplayer.exe are no longer compressed. This will lead to a bigger installation size ( ~10MB bigger), but I hope it will solve the problem. Is that the only change? Meaning: If we don't have this problem, do we need to get this update?

Yes, this is the only change.

@ariel56 I will try to fix this annoying bug as soon as possible.
Try to disable the internal subtitles by leaving the "Subtitles" field in "DVD Settings / Altrenative streams" empty, or enter "-" in it. Hope this helps...

lokster wrote (View Post): › ajsmicko it depends from the type of the subtitles. If the subtitles are embedded in VOB (DVD) or Matroska file, then it's not possible. Also, it's not possible for the "Keep aspect" resize method, because in this method there is no black space under the video (your player adds black space if necessary, but the video itself does not have black space). The subtitles can be under the video only when using "Add borders" resize method. ---- And this is for everyone: I just released another update for viDrop - http://www.vidrop.vpunk.co.uk/vidrop-0.57.4-install.msi I had some reports of mencoder.exe suddenly disappearing from the viDrop installation folder. I suspect this is due to some stupid Antivirus programs detecting mencoder.exe as false positive, because it's UPX compressed ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upx ). This is why mencoder.exe and mplayer.exe are no longer compressed. This will lead to a bigger installation size ( ~10MB bigger), but I hope it will solve the problem.

When i use "keep aspect" i do have black space under video , so i wanted to know if it is possible to put subtitle under the video ...

Hi,lokster,new here.I just noticed that the latest version is having trouble with windows XP SP3,Im on mp4nation.net,and it also dosent work for maderin1 our moderater there.He said he would let you know,just thought Id drop a note here in the meantime.The problem is that it wont open a window to encode,it just flashs a window for a second,than nothing.The previous version works just fine.Thanks for a great program,keep up the great work!

Thank you lokster for your great work!

zedragon wrote: › Hi,lokster,new here.I just noticed that the latest version is having trouble with windows XP SP3,Im on mp4nation.net,and it also dosent work for maderin1 our moderater there.He said he would let you know,just thought Id drop a note here in the meantime.The problem is that it wont open a window to encode,it just flashs a window for a second,than nothing.The previous version works just fine.Thanks for a great program,keep up the great work!

Hi Zedragon,
Try to make a clean install. Just manually remove the directory viDrop from the "Program Files" directory before installing viDrop. I had the same problem.

lokster wrote (View Post): › viDrop 0.57.3 is out. I hope the problems with the subtitles are fixed now, as well as some other problems. I hope... Check out the new "Split" feature too. http://www.vidrop.vpunk.co.uk/vidrop-0.57.3-install.msi ftp://guest%40learnfree%2Eeu:guest@learnfree.eu/vidrop/vidrop-0.57.3-install.msi

Hi Lokster!
You're the man mate, this piece of software is MARVELLOUS! Many many thanks and compliments


One tiny bug I found: I tried the "split" function and it does split as it says, but it appears to me to produce 5 mins chunks only.
This is because the "Split every >>" value changes the start point for the split (mencoder parameter "-ss"), but not the end point (mencoder parameter "-endpos").

E.g.
For splitting every 10 mins, the code generated is
-ss 0 -endpos 300
-ss 600 -endpos 300
-ss 1200 -endpos 300
...
which produces chunks of 5 minutes (300 seconds) each starting at every 10 minutes (0, 600, 1200 seconds).

I believe that the correct code should be:
-ss 0 -endpos 600
-ss 600 -endpos 600
-ss 1200 -endpos 600
...

Workaround
1. Copy/paste the generated code from viDrop to any text editor.
2. Change the "-endpos 300" to "-endpos 600".
3. Copy the code back in viDrop.
4. Run the batch.

Hope this helps
scagliaf

I have this problem......

ajsmicko wrote (View Post): › When i use "keep aspect" i do have black space under video , so i wanted to know if it is possible to put subtitle under the video ...

Greetings ajsmicro, do you still have the above problem?
If yes please give me some details regarding the input and desired output for your video file, maybe I can help you.

Best regards.

Bumper wrote (View Post): › .....So the big question is: Can I crop the image in viDrop to get the result I'm looking for? I'd love to know if it's possible since I've got many video files with this little annoying problem.

Hey bumper, maybe croping is not necessay. Please provide the width and height of the original video.

Best regards.

freddyzdead wrote (View Post): › .... But, I've noticed that when I play a movie on my 32 inch HD television, the diagonal lines are jagged instead of smooth, indicating that the resize algorithm is too crude. ..... Another really necessary thing that is missing is deinterlacing. I can do this myself by adding -vf yadif=1 to the mplayer command line but I don't know if this is doing the best job or not.

Greetings freddyzdead!

Please accept the fact that ViDrop is intended for users with no advanced knowledges about video conversion. It does a great job and should be used for mobile device with 2-7 inch screens.
For monitors and TV's you should consider other conversion softwares that requires some degree of video conversion knowledges, such as AutoGK or use(learn) the scripting language of Mencoder itself(for that take a look here:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html#CODEC%20SPECIFIC%20ENCODING%20OPTIONS%20(MENCODER%20ONLY)
), case in which you can paste the resulted scripts in ViDrop's lower screen...

Hth.

Best regards.

Hello the_provider:

Yes, I realize that ViDrop is intended for portable devices and all that. It does a beautiful job. I don't like Gordian Knot; I use Virtualdub for serious work, but it is annoying that I have to go back and start it over to do the 2nd pass. ViDrop kindly does this for you, so it really speeds things up.

The resize filter I use in Virtualdub is Precise Bicubic, which is the only one that I use; any other gives artifacts. So all I want to do is tell Mencoder to use precise bicubic as well. It already occurred to me that I could add it to the command line, the same as I do for deinterlacing, if I knew the command to do so.

I have looked through the Mencoder docs and I don't see any way of specifying the resize algorithm. Maybe I missed it, but I really did look. Maybe it's called something else? Ok, I looked again and found it under "scale", which says also see -sws... it's pretty ambiguous to me; doesn't make much sense.

ariel56 wrote (View Post): › Thank you very much for the new release. Unfortunately the subtitles' issue remains, i.e. in the "Add borders" mode the subs are added over the previous subs' text. The resulting mix cannot be read. That is what I get: I've just checked: the issue seems to take place with mkv-files having internal subs. With xvid avi-files it does not happen. In the case of an mkv-movie, how can I choose other external subs, or at least to disable the internal ones? Thanks a lot.

This is actually a bug in mencoder, not vidrop. I was able to fix it by downloading the latest version of mencoder for windows (link here) and dropping a the fresh mencoder.exe into the vidrop folder. Then tah-dah... no more overlapping subtitles in "add borders" mode.

So all lokster needs to do is release a minor version with a new mencoder binary. Cheers, lokster, for making this awesome app!

EDIT: DOH! Ignore me, the upgrade didn't fix it. It's definitely an mencoder problem though, just need to find the right tweaks. I tried http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mencoder-users/2009-February/009850.html but that didn't do it for me

freddyzdead wrote (View Post): › ...I don't like Gordian Knot; I use Virtualdub for serious work, but it is annoying that I have to go back and start it over to do the 2nd pass.

You can set both passes to be performed as batch jobs...but that's another topic for another forum...sorry but I have to stop here.

freddyzdead wrote (View Post): › The resize filter I use in Virtualdub is Precise Bicubic, which is the only one that I use; any other gives artifacts. So all I want to do is tell Mencoder to use precise bicubic as well. It already occurred to me that I could add it to the command line, the same as I do for deinterlacing, if I knew the command to do so. I have looked through the Mencoder docs and I don't see any way of specifying the resize algorithm. Maybe I missed it, but I really did look. Maybe it's called something else? Ok, I looked again and found it under "scale", which says also see -sws... it's pretty ambiguous to me; doesn't make much sense.

As much as I understand precise bicubic is the default video filter used by mencoder:
2 bicubic (good quality) (default)
so you don't have to worry anymore. BTW, I always use lanczos in Vdub...
Best regards.

Hi Lokster,

I have a new issue. I've just purchased a new Rockchip 2706 PMP with the resolution 480x272. I've found out that viDrop simply does not recognise this resolution.

Could you please provide a new preset with this resolution?

Thanks!

Edit: The problem occurs in the mode "Add borders" which I like very much.

Edit: The problem suddenly disappeared. Obviously there is some instability of viDrop.