gbDVDenc

What's gbDVDenc?

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News:
31/01/2006	Released version 0.3.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: - #NEW: Redesigned Log window. - #NEW: Added support for MP4 codec (for PSP video). - #NEW: Added support for Ogg Theora codec. - #NEW: Added option to normalize audio volume. - #NEW: Added delogo option to mask TV station's logo. - #NEW: Added post-encoding command option (useful to shutdown the pc when - finished encoding). - #NEW: Added comments to matrix editor. - #NEW: New icons (thanks Dennis!) - #UPD: Updated french translation (thanks Johan!) - #BUGFIX: Some bugfixes. :-) - #BUGFIX: Fixed and changed OGG encoding. - #BUGFIX: Wait form now remembers its position. - #BUGFIX: Fixed bitrate calculator with ac3 sound. - #BUGFIX: Fixed some bugs in the resize algorithm. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
24/11/2005	Released version 0.3.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: - #NEW: Added volume gain option to the Wizard. - #NEW: Window's initial size is calculated from desktop resolution. - #NEW: Preview window is now resizable. - #NEW: Crop window is now resizable. - #NEW: Improved resize algorithm (no more giant buttons!). - #BUGFIX: Some bugfixes. :-) - #BUGFIX: The program now checks for XviD codec. - #BUGFIX: Fixed audio equalizer. - #UPD: Updated french translation (thanks Johan!) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
10/11/2005	Released version 0.3.3 NOTE: This version doesn't work with Gambas 1.0.12! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: - #NEW: Added Audio equalizer options. - #NEW: Added chapter selection to DVD dump tool. - #NEW: Almost all windows are now resizable (except wait, preview, crop). - #NEW: Added support for XviD codec. - #NEW: Added expert option: VHQ, VQmin, VQMax, QPEL, Inter & Intra Matrix, Diamond type & size for motion estimation, Chroma motion estimation, Global Motion Compensation, Cartoon, Trellis. - #NEW: Added French translation - 95% (thanks to Jérôme & Johan!) - #NEW: Moved configuration files to [user-home]/.gbDVDenc/ - #BUGFIX: Fixed crash opening file bigger than 2 Gb (thanks Markus). - #BUGFIX: Fixed --gbd parameter. - #BUGFIX: Some bugfixes. - #BUGFIX: Fixed dvd scan on some "strange" dvd (thanks Aleksi & Johan!) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
17/10/2005	Released version 0.3.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: - #NEW: Added support for srt files (subtitles). - #NEW: The main window in now resizable (Width & height are saved in config file). - #UPD: Updated german translation (Thanks Dennis!) - #BUGFIX: The wait form now remembers if details were shown. - #BUGFIX: All text can now be translated. - #BUGFIX: Autocrop is launched the first time you press the "Crop" button. - #BUGFIX: Fixed a bug with the german version (gbDVDenc crashes while scanning DVD). -----------------------------------------------------------------------
28/09/2005	Released version 0.3.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: - #NEW: Added tool to dump a DVD track (without progressbar). - #BUGFIX: The Wizard doesn't crash anymore if you don't set crop information. - #BUGFIX: Fixed export to bash script of job with OGG audio. - #BUGFIX: Now gbDVDenc checks for oggenc and ogmmerge (needed for OGG audio). - #BUGFIX: Some bugfix. :-) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
26/09/2005	Added F.A.Q. to documentation.
23/09/2005	Released version 0.3.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: - #NEW: Audio can be copied from source (ac3). - #NEW: Audio can be compressed in MP3 or OGG (EXPERIMENTAL). - #NEW: Added crop-window to set cropping values. - #NEW: Added preview window. - #NEW: Redesigned wait form (more details while encoding). - #NEW: You can now use a video file as input (avi, mpeg, vob), not only DVD. - #NEW: You can now use an external file for audio. - #NEW: Added option for MPlayer/Mencoder's additional arguments (like -nocache, -noskip, ...) - #NEW: Added option to change GUI's font. - #NEW: Added lumi mask, dark mask, tcplx mask, scplx mask options. - #NEW: Now you can export the encoding commands to a bash script. - #BUGFIX: Filename with spaces should work fine now. - #BUGFIX: Fixed resample (now it works!). - #BUGFIX: Fixed dvd scan on backup dvd and some "strange" dvd (thanks Jens!). -----------------------------------------------------------------------
29/08/2005	Released version 0.2.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: - #NEW: Job queue (useful to split tv-series and anime). - #NEW: Wizard. - #NEW: You can add a black band at the bottom of the movie for subtitles (useful for 16/9 videos on 4/3 TV) - #NEW: Added denoise filter. - #NEW: Added info (author, title, genre...) on AVI. - #NEW: Added tool for audio extraction (WAV, RAW PCM) - #NEW: Added tool for subtitles extraction. - #BUGFIX: Fixed the progress bar (sorry for thi stupid bug) :-) - #BUGFIX: Many, many bugfixes. :-) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
18/07/2005	Released version 0.1.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: - #BUGFIX: Fixed dvd scanning. It should never hang. - #BUGFIX: Some bugfixes. :-) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
15/07/2005	Released version 0.1.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: #BUGFIX: Fixed 3 pass encoding. #BUGFIX: Some bugfixes in the GUI. :-) #BUGFIX: Changed default working dir. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
13/07/2005	Released version 0.1.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: #NEW: Added option for process priority. #NEW: Added German language (thanks to Dennis Schmitz) #BUGFIX: Aborting the encoding now correctly kills mencoder's process. #BUGFIX: Some bugfixes. :-) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
12/07/2005	Released version 0.1.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: #NEW: Added 3 pass encoding #NEW: Added ratio option for automatic width/height calculation. #BUGFIX: Some bugfixes. :-) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
11/07/2005	Released version 0.1.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: #NEW: Now gbDVDenc checks for mplayer and lsdvd at startup. #NEW: You can now save a default config file, it will be loaded at startup. #BUGFIX: Fixed contrast/saturation values. #BUGFIX: The program now checks for DVD in drive. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
08/07/2005	Help needed for translations! :-) If you want to help translating gbDVDenc in your own language please follow this instructions and send me the .po file.
07/07/2005	Released version 0.1.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: #Added controls for brightness, contrast and saturation. #Added option for dvd device -----------------------------------------------------------------------
07/07/2005	Released version 0.1.1
06/07/2005	The project's homepage is online
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What's gbDVDenc?

gbDVDenc is a GUI for MEncoder written in Gambas for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI files (MPEG4).

Main features:

Selection of part of the track by chapters or minutes:seconds
Audio resample to 8,000/11,025/16,000/22,050/44,100/48,000 Hz.
Volume gain.
Subtitles.
Deinterlace.
Auto-cropping (with preview).
Resize.
Fps conversion.
Integrated bitrate calculator.
Exports the encoding commands to bash script.
Save & load of configuration files.
Job Queue (useful to split tv-series and anime).
Wizard.
Supported Codecs: lavc, XviD, Ogg Theora, MP4.
Italian, english, french and german language.

gbDVDenc is distributed under GPL license.

Screenshots:

Here are some screenshots of gbDVDenc:

Input selection:	Audio options:
Video options:	Misc options:
Ripping:	Job Queue:
Cropping:

Documentation:

Software requirements:

mencoder vers.1.0pre7
lsdvd 0.15
ogmtools (OGG audio only)
libvorbis (OGG audio only)
Gambas vers.1.0.x

To install gbDVDenc:

Download and install Mplayer (if not present).
Download and install lsdvd (if not present).
Download and install Gambas 1.0.x (if not present).
Download the package for your distribution.
Install the package following your distribution's documentation.

F.A.Q. Frequently Asked Question

Downloads:

Version 0.3.5:

Custom Matrices:

Matrices version 0.1: a collection of matrices to be used with gbDVDenc.

Other downloads:

Gambas: programming language similar to Visual Basic.
MPlayer: GREAT multimedia player.
lsdvd: utility usefull to obtain information on a DVD.
ogmtools: OGG based multimedia files tools.
VorbisTools: libraries and program to encode/decode audio in Ogg Vorbis.
XviD: open source mpeg4 video codec.
Theora: open source codec.