Sizing problem for SVCDs with DIKO

[barbapapa5800]

the first rip i made with AQE and diko gave me an mpeg of 512mb.
when i looked at the dos window that aqe uses i said something like "size error: 35%"
what did i do wrong?

[SAPSTAR]

the first rip i made with AQE and diko gave me an mpeg of 512mb.
when i looked at the dos window that aqe uses i said something like "size error: 35%"
what did i do wrong?

Please give us more details....script?log?ecl file?

[barbapapa5800]

i am sorry,

i don't have the logs anymore.
the only thing i do know is that i used diko and the "general purpose" script i found here on the forum.

[barbapapa5800]

it happend again.
here is the log.
there wil be to much information since it happend in a batch process.

06:54:40 - Running Batch job:C:\Program Files\diko\Batch\xmen 1 AQE pass
06:54:40 - DIKO GOLD 2.26
06:54:40 - -----------------------------------------------------
06:54:40 - *************************
06:54:40 - * Getting movie info... *
06:54:40 - *************************
06:54:40 - -----------------
06:54:40 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
06:54:40 - Script Template: .\scripts\dvd\kwagOptimal.avs
06:54:40 - Parsing D2V File... C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v
06:54:40 - First VOB is...C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\VTS_01_1.VOB
06:54:40 - NTSC Film: 99,961272
06:54:40 - NTSC Film > 95%, enabling forced film
06:54:40 - Progressive Frames Flag Off, but it's soft-telecined content.
06:54:40 - Progressive Width: 720 Height 480 A.R.: 1,777700 Framerate: 23,976000 Dest. Framerate: 23,976000 Frames: 149762
06:54:40 - Audio type: 8192 (AC3), channels: 5 Frequency: 48000 Hz Bitrate 448 kbps
06:54:40 - Audio is 5.1 AC3 and will be downmixed to 2.0.
06:54:40 - Calculated  Audio size: 97,598901 Mb
06:54:40 - ***************************
06:54:40 - * Processing Subtitles... *
06:54:40 - ***************************
06:54:40 - C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.srt.style
06:54:40 - *******************
06:54:40 - * Calculations... *
06:54:40 - *******************
06:54:40 - Total audio space: 97,598901 Mb
06:54:40 - Media Size:  795 Mb
06:54:40 - Media count: 1
06:54:40 - Mux Overhead: 15 Mb
06:54:40 - Remaining space for video: 682,401099 Mb
06:54:40 - Total length: 104,105494 minutes
06:54:40 - Desired Sample Size:  7,115460 Mb QFactor Adjust used: 1,000000
06:54:40 - Average Bitrate: 894,962339
06:54:40 - **********************************
06:54:40 - * Initiating prediction phase... *
06:54:40 - **********************************
06:54:40 - *********************
06:54:40 - * Encoding Video... *
06:54:40 - *********************
06:54:40 - Re-Creating movies scripts without sampler for Full Encode
06:54:40 - Encoding... Please Wait this can take many hours depending on your processor.
06:54:40 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
06:54:41 - C:\Program Files\AutoQMatEnc\AutoQMatEnc.exe -ecl "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movies.ecl"
10:48:50 - Enabling pulldown flag... Command-line:
10:48:50 - DGPULLDOWN\DGPulldown.exe "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.mpv" -o "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.pulldown.mpv" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97
10:48:50 -

10:49:39 - Pulldown returned an error flag.
10:49:39 - Pulldown Sucessfull. Renaming original file and the pulled-down one.
10:49:59 - ********************
10:49:59 - * Audio extraction *
10:49:59 - ********************
10:49:59 - ---------------------------------------
10:49:59 - ********************************
10:49:59 - * Initiating audio encoding... *
10:49:59 - ********************************
10:49:59 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
10:49:59 - ------------------

10:49:59 - Using BeSweet to transcode, change FPS or frequency as needed. Command-line:

10:49:59 - besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\list.lst" -output "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.mpa" -logfilea "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\log.txt" -2ch )  -azid( -s surround2 -g max -L -3db )  -ota( -fs 48000 -g max) -mp2enc( -m d -b 128 ) 
BeSweet v1.5b31 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)
Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using Ogg Vorbis v1.0 dlls   (http://www.vorbis.com).
Using azid.dll v1.9 (b922) by Midas  (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using MP2enc.dll v1.129 (23/5/2002), Engine 1.129 <http://www.cdex.n3.net>.

Logging start : 09/22/06 , 10:49:59.

besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\list.lst -output C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.mpa -logfilea C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\log.txt -2ch ) -azid( -s surround2 -g max -L -3db ) -ota( -fs 48000 -g max) -mp2enc( -m d -b 128 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----                         
[00:00:00:000] |  Input : C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\list.lst
[00:00:00:000] |  Output: C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.mpa
[00:00:00:000] |  Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] |  Input : C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
[00:00:00:000] |  Output: C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.mpa
[00:00:00:000] |  Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] |  Overall Track Gain: 4.657dB 
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------                             
[00:00:00:000] |  Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 448kbps
[00:00:00:000] |  Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround 2 compatible
[00:00:00:000] |  Total Gain: 0.000dB, Compression:  None   
[00:00:00:000] |  LFE levels: To LR -3.0dB, To LFE 0.0dB
[00:00:00:000] |  Center   mix level: BSI
[00:00:00:000] |  Surround mix level: BSI
[00:00:00:000] |  Dialog normalization: No
[00:00:00:000] |  Rear channels filtering: No
[00:00:00:000] |  Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] +------- MP2ENC ------
[00:00:00:000] |  Bitrate method  : CBR
[00:00:00:000] |  MP2 bitrate     : 128
[00:00:00:000] |  Channels Mode   : Dual Channel
[00:00:00:000] |  Error Protection: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:44:05:632] Conversion Completed !
[01:44:05:632] Actual Avg. Bitrate  : 128kbps
[00:06:43:000] <-- Transcoding Duration

Logging ends : 09/22/06 , 10:56:42.


10:56:42 - Renaming movie 0 files to its final name...
10:56:42 - Muxing audio, video and subs...
10:56:42 - Processing Movie 0
10:56:42 - Muxing audio and video with mplex. Command-line:
10:56:42 - "dvdauthor\mplex.exe" -f 4 -r 10000 -V -o "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\0 - xmen.mpg" "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\0 - xmen.mpv" "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\0 - xmen.mpa"
10:56:42 -

10:57:02 - ****************************

10:57:02 - * Initiating authoring ... *

10:57:02 - ****************************

10:57:02 - Creating SVCD image...
10:57:02 - dvdauthor\vcdxbuild.exe "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\svcd.xml" -c "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\BSVCD.CUE" -b "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\BSVCD.BIN"
10:57:14 - 0 - DIKO finished processing!
10:57:14 - DIKO Finished the conversion. If everything
went fine, your files should be in the working folder.
10:57:14 - Running Batch job:C:\Program Files\diko\Batch\xmen 1 cce pass
10:57:14 - DIKO GOLD 2.26
10:57:14 - -----------------------------------------------------
10:57:14 - *************************
10:57:14 - * Getting movie info... *
10:57:14 - *************************
10:57:14 - -----------------
10:57:14 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
10:57:14 - Script Template: .\scripts\dvd\kwagOptimal.avs
10:57:14 - Parsing D2V File... C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v
10:57:14 - First VOB is...C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\VTS_01_1.VOB
10:57:15 - NTSC Film: 99,961272
10:57:15 - NTSC Film > 95%, enabling forced film
10:57:15 - Progressive Frames Flag Off, but it's soft-telecined content.
10:57:15 - Progressive Width: 720 Height 480 A.R.: 1,777700 Framerate: 23,976000 Dest. Framerate: 23,976000 Frames: 149762
10:57:15 - Audio type: 8192 (AC3), channels: 5 Frequency: 48000 Hz Bitrate 448 kbps
10:57:15 - Audio is 5.1 AC3 and will be downmixed to 2.0.
10:57:15 - Calculated  Audio size: 97,598901 Mb
10:57:15 - ***************************
10:57:15 - * Processing Subtitles... *
10:57:15 - ***************************
10:57:15 - C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\movie0.srt.style
10:57:15 - *******************
10:57:15 - * Calculations... *
10:57:15 - *******************
10:57:15 - Total audio space: 97,598901 Mb
10:57:15 - Media Size:  795 Mb
10:57:15 - Media count: 1
10:57:15 - Mux Overhead: 15 Mb
10:57:15 - Remaining space for video: 682,401099 Mb
10:57:15 - Total length: 104,105494 minutes
10:57:15 - Desired Sample Size:  7,115460 Mb QFactor Adjust used: 1,000000
10:57:15 - Average Bitrate: 894,962339
10:57:15 - **********************************
10:57:15 - * Initiating prediction phase... *
10:57:15 - **********************************
10:57:15 - *********************
10:57:15 - * Encoding Video... *
10:57:15 - *********************
10:57:15 - Re-Creating movies scripts without sampler for Full Encode
10:57:15 - Encoding... Please Wait this can take many hours depending on your processor.
10:57:15 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
10:57:15 - C:\Program Files\Custom Technology\CCE SP Trial Version\cctspt.exe -ecl "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\movies.ecl" -batch
12:42:58 - Enabling pulldown flag... Command-line:
12:42:58 - DGPULLDOWN\DGPulldown.exe "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\movie0.mpv" -o "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\movie0.pulldown.mpv" -srcfps 23.976 -destfps 29.97
12:42:58 -

12:44:12 - Pulldown returned an error flag.
12:44:12 - Pulldown Sucessfull. Renaming original file and the pulled-down one.
12:44:32 - ********************
12:44:32 - * Audio extraction *
12:44:32 - ********************
12:44:32 - ---------------------------------------
12:44:32 - ********************************
12:44:32 - * Initiating audio encoding... *
12:44:32 - ********************************
12:44:32 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
12:44:32 - ------------------

12:44:32 - Using BeSweet to transcode, change FPS or frequency as needed. Command-line:

12:44:32 - besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\list.lst" -output "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\movie0.mpa" -logfilea "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\log.txt" -2ch )  -azid( -s surround2 -g max -L -3db )  -ota( -fs 48000 -g max) -mp2enc( -m d -b 128 ) 
BeSweet v1.5b31 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)
Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using Ogg Vorbis v1.0 dlls   (http://www.vorbis.com).
Using azid.dll v1.9 (b922) by Midas  (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using MP2enc.dll v1.129 (23/5/2002), Engine 1.129 <http://www.cdex.n3.net>.

Logging start : 09/22/06 , 12:44:32.

besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\list.lst -output C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\movie0.mpa -logfilea C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\log.txt -2ch ) -azid( -s surround2 -g max -L -3db ) -ota( -fs 48000 -g max) -mp2enc( -m d -b 128 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----                         
[00:00:00:000] |  Input : C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\list.lst
[00:00:00:000] |  Output: C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\movie0.mpa
[00:00:00:000] |  Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] |  Input : C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
[00:00:00:000] |  Output: C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\movie0.mpa
[00:00:00:000] |  Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] |  Overall Track Gain: 4.657dB 
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------                             
[00:00:00:000] |  Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 448kbps
[00:00:00:000] |  Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround 2 compatible
[00:00:00:000] |  Total Gain: 0.000dB, Compression:  None   
[00:00:00:000] |  LFE levels: To LR -3.0dB, To LFE 0.0dB
[00:00:00:000] |  Center   mix level: BSI
[00:00:00:000] |  Surround mix level: BSI
[00:00:00:000] |  Dialog normalization: No
[00:00:00:000] |  Rear channels filtering: No
[00:00:00:000] |  Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] +------- MP2ENC ------
[00:00:00:000] |  Bitrate method  : CBR
[00:00:00:000] |  MP2 bitrate     : 128
[00:00:00:000] |  Channels Mode   : Dual Channel
[00:00:00:000] |  Error Protection: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:44:05:632] Conversion Completed !
[01:44:05:632] Actual Avg. Bitrate  : 128kbps
[00:06:38:000] <-- Transcoding Duration

Logging ends : 09/22/06 , 12:51:10.


12:51:10 - Renaming movie 0 files to its final name...
12:51:10 - Muxing audio, video and subs...
12:51:10 - Processing Movie 0
12:51:10 - Muxing audio and video with mplex. Command-line:
12:51:10 - "dvdauthor\mplex.exe" -f 4 -r 10000 -V -o "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\0 - xmen.mpg" "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\0 - xmen.mpv" "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\0 - xmen.mpa"
12:51:10 -

12:51:38 - ****************************

12:51:38 - * Initiating authoring ... *

12:51:38 - ****************************

12:51:38 - Creating SVCD image...
12:51:38 - dvdauthor\vcdxbuild.exe "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\svcd.xml" -c "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\BSVCD.CUE" -b "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 cce pass\BSVCD.BIN"
12:51:59 - 0 - DIKO finished processing!
12:51:59 - DIKO Finished the conversion. If everything
went fine, your files should be in the working folder.
12:51:59 - Running Batch job:C:\Program Files\diko\Batch\xmen 2 AQE pass
12:51:59 - DIKO GOLD 2.26
12:51:59 - -----------------------------------------------------
12:51:59 - *************************
12:51:59 - * Getting movie info... *
12:51:59 - *************************
12:51:59 - -----------------
12:51:59 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
12:51:59 - Script Template: .\scripts\dvd\kwagOptimal.avs
12:51:59 - Parsing D2V File... C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v
12:51:59 - First VOB is...C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\VTS_01_1.VOB
12:52:00 - NTSC Film: 99,961272
12:52:00 - NTSC Film > 95%, enabling forced film
12:52:00 - Progressive Frames Flag Off, but it's soft-telecined content.
12:52:00 - Progressive Width: 720 Height 480 A.R.: 1,777700 Framerate: 23,976000 Dest. Framerate: 23,976000 Frames: 149762
12:52:00 - Audio type: 8192 (AC3), channels: 5 Frequency: 48000 Hz Bitrate 448 kbps
12:52:00 - Audio is 5.1 AC3 and will be downmixed to 2.0.
12:52:00 - Calculated  Audio size: 97,598901 Mb
12:52:00 - ***************************
12:52:00 - * Processing Subtitles... *
12:52:00 - ***************************
12:52:00 - C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 2 AQE pass\movie0.srt.style
12:52:00 - *******************
12:52:00 - * Calculations... *
12:52:00 - *******************
12:52:00 - Total audio space: 97,598901 Mb
12:52:00 - Media Size:  795 Mb
12:52:00 - Media count: 1
12:52:00 - Mux Overhead: 15 Mb
12:52:00 - Remaining space for video: 682,401099 Mb
12:52:00 - Total length: 104,105494 minutes
12:52:00 - Desired Sample Size:  7,115460 Mb QFactor Adjust used: 1,000000
12:52:00 - Average Bitrate: 894,962339
12:52:00 - **********************************
12:52:00 - * Initiating prediction phase... *
12:52:00 - **********************************
12:52:00 - *********************
12:52:00 - * Encoding Video... *
12:52:00 - *********************
12:52:00 - Re-Creating movies scripts without sampler for Full Encode
12:52:00 - Encoding... Please Wait this can take many hours depending on your processor.
12:52:00 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
12:52:00 - C:\Program Files\AutoQMatEnc\AutoQMatEnc.exe -ecl "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 2 AQE pass\movies.ecl"
16:00:32 - Running Batch job:C:\Program Files\diko\Batch\xmen 2 AQE pass
16:00:32 - DIKO GOLD 2.26
16:00:32 - -----------------------------------------------------
16:00:32 - *************************
16:00:32 - * Getting movie info... *
16:00:32 - *************************
16:00:32 - -----------------
16:00:32 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
16:00:32 - Script Template: .\scripts\dvd\kwagOptimal.avs
16:00:32 - Parsing D2V File... C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v
16:00:32 - First VOB is...C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\VTS_01_1.VOB
16:00:32 - NTSC Film: 99,961272
16:00:32 - NTSC Film > 95%, enabling forced film
16:00:33 - Progressive Frames Flag Off, but it's soft-telecined content.
16:00:33 - Progressive Width: 720 Height 480 A.R.: 1,777700 Framerate: 23,976000 Dest. Framerate: 23,976000 Frames: 149762
16:00:33 - Audio type: 8192 (AC3), channels: 5 Frequency: 48000 Hz Bitrate 448 kbps
16:00:33 - Audio is 5.1 AC3 and will be downmixed to 2.0.
16:00:33 - Calculated  Audio size: 97,598901 Mb
16:00:33 - ***************************
16:00:33 - * Processing Subtitles... *
16:00:33 - ***************************
16:00:33 - Subs for movie 0 already processed, skipping
16:00:33 - C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 2 AQE pass\movie0.srt.style
16:00:33 - *******************
16:00:33 - * Calculations... *
16:00:33 - *******************
16:00:33 - Total audio space: 97,598901 Mb
16:00:33 - Media Size:  795 Mb
16:00:33 - Media count: 1
16:00:33 - Mux Overhead: 15 Mb
16:00:33 - Remaining space for video: 682,401099 Mb
16:00:33 - Total length: 104,105494 minutes
16:00:33 - Desired Sample Size:  7,115460 Mb QFactor Adjust used: 1,000000
16:00:33 - Average Bitrate: 894,962339
16:00:33 - *********************
16:00:33 - * Encoding Video... *
16:00:33 - *********************
16:00:33 - Re-Creating movies scripts without sampler for Full Encode
16:00:33 - Encoding... Please Wait this can take many hours depending on your processor.
16:00:33 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v+C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
16:00:33 - C:\Program Files\AutoQMatEnc\AutoQMatEnc.exe -ecl "C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 2 AQE pass\movies.ecl"

here is the .ecl file:

; CCE SP Trial Version -- Encoder Control List

[item]
title=m0_
vid_out=1
vaf_out=1
aud_out=0
aud_mode=0
video_type=4
vid_file0=C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.mpv
vid_file1=C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.mpv
vaf_file=C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.vaf
aud_file=C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.mpa
file_focused=0
width=480
height=480
timecode=0x1000000
tc_ref_frm=0
drop_frame=0
cbr_brate=5000
opv_q_factor=1
opv_brate_min=300
opv_brate_max=2500
vbr_brate_avg=895
vbr_brate_min=300
vbr_brate_max=2500
vbr_bias=1
vbr_pass=1
create_new_vaf=0
pulldown_detect=0
letter_box=0
panscan=0
aspect_ratio=2
credits_tweak=0
credits_start=0x00000
credits_brate=1000
h_filter=1
h_filter_idx=8
use_filter=1
filter_val=4
dither=0
dither_max=8
quality_prec=25
intra_dc_prec=0
alternate_scan=0
non_linear=1
progressive=1
gop_m=3
gop_nm=5
gop_hdr=15
seq_hdr=1
seq_endcode=0
dvd=0
all_closed_gop=0
fix_gop_length=0
fix_vbv_delay=0
adjust_q_matrix=1
tc_ref_frm=0
top_first=1
offset_line=1
half_width=0
half_height=0
uscc=0
lum_level=0
packet_size=2048
frame_rate_idx=1
qmat_idx=-1
qmat_name=xxxx
qmat=
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    20 22 26 28 32 39 44 48
    22 22 26 32 39 44 48 54
    22 26 32 39 44 48 54 64
    26 32 39 44 48 54 64 74
    32 39 44 48 54 64 74 84
    39 44 48 54 64 74 84 94
   20 24 26 28 38 42 46 53
    24 26 28 38 42 46 53 58
    26 28 38 42 46 53 58 62
    28 38 42 46 53 58 62 68
    38 42 46 53 58 62 68 78
    42 46 53 58 62 68 78 88
    46 53 58 62 68 78 88 99
    53 58 62 68 78 88 99 99
mpeg1=0
mpeg1_cps=1
brate_idx=7
stereo=2
samples_per_sec=0
crc=1

[file
name=D:\Temp\VIDEO\Movie0.avs
type=0
name=C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.avs

here is the avs file:

#########################
# DIKO Generated Script #
#########################
#
# Loading plugins and functions... #
####################################
#
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\asharp.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\atc.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\AutoCrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\avsmon25a.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\blockbuster.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\Convolution3DYV12.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\DctFilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\deen.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\Sampler.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\STMedianFilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\UnDot.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\UnFilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\VSFilter.dll")
Import("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\addaudio.avsi")
Import("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\fmin.avsi")
Import("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\jdl-interlace.avsi")
Import("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\jdl-util.avsi")
Import("C:\Program Files\DIKO\avisynth plugins\resize.avsi")
#
# Script begins here... #
#########################
#
Mpeg2source("C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen.d2v")
AssumeFPS(23.976)
WIDESCREEN=0
Overscan=0
source_widescreen=1
WIDTH=480
HEIGHT=480
INTERLACED=false
undot()
asharp(1, 4)
SimpleDVDCrop(interlaced)
SimpleDVDResize(WIDTH, HEIGHT, source_widescreen, widescreen)
STMedianFilter(3, 3, 1, 1 )
MergeChroma(blur(1.5))
MergeLuma(blur(0.1))

#
#

## Linear Motion Adaptive Filtering ##
#
# ( Portions from AviSynth's manual )
# This will apply variable temporalsoften
# and variable blur.
# Both filters are active at all times, and work inversely proportional to the
# activity, measured from current frame to next frame.

ScriptClip(" nf = YDifferenceToNext()" +chr(13)+ "unfilter( -(fmin(round(nf)*2, 100)), -(fmin(round(nf)*2, 100)) ).TemporalSoften( fmin( round(2/nf), 6), round(1/nf) , round(3/nf) , 1, 1)  ")

#
#
#

SimpleAddBorders()
AddAudio()

Subtitle("@ SKVCD.NL - CREW @", 130, 450, 75, 150, font="verdana", size=18, text_color=$ffFFFF)VobSub("C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\subs.sub")
MonitorFilter
Converttoyv12()

[SAPSTAR]

Great! Could you also give me the log from AQE itself...without it I cant do anything. You know the log which should be called m0_.log or something like that.....

[barbapapa5800]

hope you mean this one:

[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - AutoQMatEnc Version 0, 33, 0, 7
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - AutoBias : Bias selected : 14
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - Auto QMat Intra Max : 232
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - Auto QMat Inter Max : 232
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - Width : 480 ; Height : 480 ; Bitrate Equivalent : 1342500
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - QMatOp feature enabled.
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - Following constraints will be used for QMatOp :
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] -   Intra Min : 8 ; Inter Min : 16 ; Intra Max : 232 ; Inter Max : 232 ; DCTune precision : 5
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - Automatic Multithread mode enabled : 6 threads will be used
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - Ultra Low Bitrate mode engaged
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:41 2006] - Pass 1/2 - Bitrate : 895000
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:42 2006] - Info: 'C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.avs' has audio.
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:42 2006] - C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.avs: 480x480, 12570329/524288 fps, 149749 frames
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:42 2006] - converting ? -> RGB24
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:42 2006] - Assigned new RGB clip
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:42 2006] - AVS File opened successfully
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:42 2006] - Autodetect number of frames mode : 149749 frames detected
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:42 2006] - Chosen multiplier for QMatop : 2
[Fri Sep 22 06:54:42 2006] - QMatOp Dark Limit : 0.050344
Het proces heeft geen toegang tot het bestand omdat
het bestand door een ander proces wordt gebruikt.
[Fri Sep 22 08:02:10 2006] - Normalized matrix
65 106 108 108 108 108 108 108
106 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 109 109
108 108 108 108 108 109 109 109
83 108 108 109 109 109 109 109
108 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
108 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
[Fri Sep 22 08:02:10 2006] - Darkness level : 0.115742
[Fri Sep 22 08:02:10 2006] - Ratio : 4/3
[Fri Sep 22 08:02:10 2006] - Init Buffer : 37328
[Fri Sep 22 08:02:10 2006] - Initial Complexity : 0.423529
[Fri Sep 22 08:02:10 2006] - RCmin : -1097641 ; DarkLim: 0.025172 ; Tolerance : 1070000
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:01 2006] - The Average FPS for this pass was : 33.000000
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:01 2006] - Done
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:01 2006] - Ultra Low Bitrate mode engaged
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:01 2006] - Pass 2/2 - Bitrate : 895000
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - Info: 'C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.avs' has audio.
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - C:\Program Files\diko\Temp\xmen 1 AQE pass\movie0.avs: 480x480, 12570329/524288 fps, 149749 frames
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - converting ? -> RGB24
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - Assigned new RGB clip
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - AVS File opened successfully
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - Autodetect number of frames mode : 149749 frames detected
65 106 108 108 108 108 108 108
106 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 109 109
108 108 108 108 108 109 109 109
83 108 108 109 109 109 109 109
108 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
108 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - Darkness level : 0.115742
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - Ratio : 4/3
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - Init Buffer : 37328
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - Initial Complexity : 0.423529
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:03 2006] - RCmin : -1097640 ; DarkLim: 0.025172 ; Tolerance : 1070000
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - Processing VAF file
Q[1]=149441 Q[2]=134 Q[3]=169 Q[4]=0 Q[5]=0 Q[6]=1 Q[7]=0 Q[8]=1 Q[9]=0 Q[10]=0 Q[11]=0 Q[12]=1 Q[13]=1 Q[14]=0 Q[15]=0 Q[16]=0 Q[17]=0 Q[18]=1 Q[19]=0 Q[20]=0 Q[21]=0 Q[22]=0 Q[23]=0 Q[24]=0 Q[25]=0 Q[26]=0 Q[27]=0 Q[28]=0 Q[29]=0 Q[30]=0 Q[31]=0 Q[32]=0 Q[33]=0 Q[34]=0 Q[35]=0 Q[36]=0 Q[37]=0 Q[38]=0 Q[39]=0 Q[40]=0 Q[41]=0 Q[42]=0 Q[43]=0 Q[44]=0 Q[45]=0 Q[46]=0 Q[47]=0 Q[48]=0 Q[49]=0 Q[50]=0 Q[51]=0 Q[52]=0 Q[53]=0 Q[54]=0 Q[55]=0 Q[56]=0 Q[57]=0 Q[58]=0 Q[59]=0 Q[60]=0 Q[61]=0 Q[62]=0 Q[63]=0 Q[64]=0
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 18 ; maxQpercent : 6.67784e-006 ; partialQsum : 1
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 17 ; maxQpercent : 6.67784e-006 ; partialQsum : 1
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 16 ; maxQpercent : 6.67784e-006 ; partialQsum : 1
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 15 ; maxQpercent : 6.67784e-006 ; partialQsum : 1
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 14 ; maxQpercent : 6.67784e-006 ; partialQsum : 1
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 13 ; maxQpercent : 1.33557e-005 ; partialQsum : 2
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 12 ; maxQpercent : 2.00335e-005 ; partialQsum : 3
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 11 ; maxQpercent : 2.00335e-005 ; partialQsum : 3
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 10 ; maxQpercent : 2.00335e-005 ; partialQsum : 3
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 9 ; maxQpercent : 2.00335e-005 ; partialQsum : 3
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 8 ; maxQpercent : 2.67114e-005 ; partialQsum : 4
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 7 ; maxQpercent : 2.67114e-005 ; partialQsum : 4
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 6 ; maxQpercent : 3.33892e-005 ; partialQsum : 5
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 5 ; maxQpercent : 3.33892e-005 ; partialQsum : 5
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 4 ; maxQpercent : 3.33892e-005 ; partialQsum : 5
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 3 ; maxQpercent : 0.00116194 ; partialQsum : 174
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 2 ; maxQpercent : 0.00205678 ; partialQsum : 308
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - QM : 1 ; maxQpercent : 1 ; partialQsum : 149749
[Fri Sep 22 09:17:04 2006] - Calculated Min Qmin : 1 ; Max Qmax : 2
[Fri Sep 22 10:30:16 2006] - The Average FPS for this pass was : 34.000000
[Fri Sep 22 10:30:16 2006] - Done
[Fri Sep 22 10:30:16 2006] - Final Result :
[Fri Sep 22 10:30:16 2006] - Expected size : 698747476 ; Real Size : 464276351 ; Error : 34 %
[Fri Sep 22 10:30:16 2006] - Total time elapsed : 12935 seconds

[barbapapa5800]

the second rip (also in batch) has the same sizing problem.
this time AQE did 2 passes

65 106 108 108 108 108 108 108
106 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108
108 108 108 108 108 108 109 109
108 108 108 108 108 109 109 109
83 108 108 109 109 109 109 109
108 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
108 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109
0.115742