Muxman

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Muxman	DVD multiplexer/authoring tool. The most important component of any DVD authoring system is its multiplexing engine. It should be flawless, and well tested. This is the purpose of my very simple first authoring program, Muxman. Professional version costs $35.	Freeware Version:0.16.6/Pro 1.2.3 Released:20091006 Size:190KB Download (author site) Download (direct link) Download old versions More info/downloads	8.5 (8.4) 12 votes Guides Similar tools	Read 12 comments (7437407 views) Add comment Notify me
	Latest version: 0.16.6/Pro 1.2.3 (October 06, 2009) Download sites: Download from author site Download from mirror (direct link) (190KB) Supported operating systems: Windows Download old versions More information and other downloads: Download Batchmux here. Sections/Browse similar tools: Authoring (DVD),  Video De/Multiplexers Alert me! when this software has been updated. Report this tool(dead link/new version out)	Click to enlarge screenshot
	Version history: Muxman Pro 09/10/06 version 1.2.3 added:HiRes resizing. This is the first step only, not fully implimented. fixed:movement of still images accidentally disabled except for image being edited not able to set source and dest rectangles at end of image transitions image transitions longer than about 18 seconds not working correctly. unable to set timing on images files added to composite. View entire changelog Similar tools/Alternative to Muxman: dvdauthor,  IfoEdit,  ReJig Sponsored tools: Guides and How to's: Guide for extracting menus for editing, and reinserting edited menus - Read How to add new subtitles to an existing DVD - Read How to add your own subtitle to DVD (keep menu, multi-episode, multi-pgc) - Read How to fix audio out of sync in a DVD without any reconverting - Read Simplistic Guide for Replacing DVD Streams (flash) - Read View all guides with guide description here Tool features, DVD Author(BETA!): Import elemantary streams, MPEG2 video, Acronyms / Also Known As: Muxman Pro  Add this tool to your personal list   Report this tool(dead link/new version out)
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	This is a wonderful utility with an annoying bug (which does have work-arounds) which I'll report here for future reference. Hopefully mpucoder will spot and correct this in a future version. In certain conditions there seems to be a problem with MuxMan's *vertical* (not horizontal) boundary checking which gets it into buffer under/overflow situations. These conditions seem to be related to ab/presence of titleset menus and chapter buttons; there may well be others too. These conditions seem to determine which part of the MuxMan code checks and parses the subtitles, and not all parts seem to work equally well. Input files used below have the following characteristics (initially, the source DV AVI container was encoded into an MPEG container with both audio and video to maintain sync, which were then demuxed into the below video file and audio file with AVIdemux): Video file parameters: File size: 63,404,529 bytes Duration 00:01:08.55 Aspect ratio 4:3 MPEG2 720x576 25.000 fps 9800.0 kbps (1225.0 kbyte/s) Audio file parameters: File size: 1,107,456 bytes Duration: 00:01:09.21 Format: AC3 stereo 48.000 kHz Data rate: 128 kbits/sec Subtitle file parameters: .SST file and BMPs as rendered by MaestroSBT, 3 colours used, BMPs are correctly rendered 720 x 573 pixels x 4 bits/pixel files .SUP file containing same subtitles as SST, rendered by Srt2Sup/Txt2Sup makes no difference Multiplexing 1 movie file, 1 audio file and 1 subtitle file in either SUP or SST format with no titleset menu works correctly. Adding an empty titleset menu to this project still works, still with either subtitle format. Adding chapter buttons to the titleset menu (still using exactly the same SST subtitles as before) causes MuxMan to fail with the message: SPU error, C:\Documents and Settings\fvisagie\My Documents\My Videos\Home Videos\20061218 Namibia\Subtitles\TestMovie.avi.dv_datecodeBottomMixed_0001.bmp, encoded line exceeds 1440 bits. SPU error, C:\Documents and Settings\fvisagie\My Documents\My Videos\Home Videos\20061218 Namibia\Subtitles\TestMovie.avi.dv_datecodeBottomMixed_0001.bmp, encoded line exceeds 1440 bits. Normally, this message would be issued for horizontal buffer overflow (too wide or too much colour depth in subtitle file) in other conditions. However, the BMPs are known to be correctly rendered as proven by successful multiplexing in the absence of chapter buttons and/or titleset menu. The BMP mentioned in the error message is the first of the subtitle bitmaps listed in the .SST file. With chapter buttons in the titleset menu but using SUP subtitles instead, multiplexing succeeds. Next, rendering the SST subtitles _incorrectly_ as 720 x 574 pixels x 4 bits/pixel BMPs, results in the .SST file specifying (for the physical BMPs): Display_Area (0 2 719 575) muxman.mxp still contains (as per the subtitle specification): Display Area=0,2,719,574 Which differs from the physical BMP size of 720 x 574. Using the same project with titleset menu and chapter buttons which failed with SST subtitles before, MuxMan now notices the above discrepancy and behaves a little more carefully - from muxman.log: Pixel_Area values 0 573 are incorrect, using default of 0 572. Display_Area Y values 2 575 are incorrect, using default of 2 574. This results in MuxMan itself "clipping" the BMPs back to 720 x 573 during multiplexing, and all is well! So the work-arounds for projects with titleset menus containing chapter buttons are: * Use SUP subtitles if those work for you; otherwise * If you require SST subtitles, create (and specify in the .SST file) BMPs that are 1 pixel too tall and let MuxMan sort it out from there. Posted August 26, 2008 by fvisagie. Tool version 0.16.6 using OS WinXP Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 7 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 7 of 10 Report this comment
	An excellent tool that does the job well. One minor request though: could "Hearing Impaired" be added to the drop down subtitle menu, which is probably useful to some and would help distinguish it from English. I imagine this would be a very simple change in the coding. Posted February 09, 2008 by blue2. Tool version 0.15R using OS WinXP Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 10 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 10 of 10 Report this comment
	For my purposes, it works very well as a multiplexer, except for one small thing. It does not accept 704x480 bitmaps, although NTSC allows that resolution. However, it still takes m2v video files at the same resolution. Posted October 09, 2007 by usually_quiet. Tool version 0.15R using OS WinXP Ease of use 9 of 10 Functionality 9 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 9 of 10 Report this comment
	I have used this program for quite a while and it is my mux program of choice. I have only used the free program and that has always been sufficient for me. The only comment I have of note is that the older versions seemed to work better than the newer.One old version would even take an svcd at 400x400 and convert it to a DVD playable in all my stand alones without even checking to see if it was the right kind of file for a dvd. Now that was a good version. Posted March 20, 2007 by cal_tony. Tool version 14d using OS WinXP Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 8 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 9 of 10 Report this comment
	Is very picky about its input files and gives zero indication as to what is wrong when it rejects them, but seems to always work when it gets files it accepts. Posted March 20, 2007 by john999. Tool version 0.15 using OS WinME Ease of use 2 of 10 Functionality 5 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 5 of 10 Report this comment
	This is the best muxer I have seen, the only problem with the free version is you can't sellect the color of the subtitles so you have to use another tool like DvdReMake Pro or DVDSubEdit to change the color on the subtitles after you mux your files into VOB files. Posted March 03, 2007 by MadMax66. Tool version 0.15Q using OS WinXP Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 9 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 10 of 10 Report this comment
	I have also been a long time fan of this utility, but was greatly disappointed by the odd "subscription" payment method for the program. When I purchase a program, I want to be able to use whenever I please. Seems like a strange form of reimbursement and can potentially scare off a number of customers. I plan to make do with the free version until the subscription is removed and replaced with a single-fee purchase price. Posted October 15, 2005 by gust0208. Tool version 0.14g using OS WinXP Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 10 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 10 of 10 Report this comment
	Really simple to use, and it's the only free multiplexing tool I know of that takes multiple video and audio files. I just wish the new 0.15 version was free -_- Posted June 15, 2005 by zilog_jones. Tool version 0.14f using OS Win2K Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 7 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 9 of 10 Report this comment
	In my opinion, this tool does exactly what it claims, and it does it well. I have used it 3 or 4 times now when dvdauthorGUI failed. It does not have many features for authoring, but it does multiplex well. I use it to mux 1 video stream with 1 audio stream and add chapters. I use this as source for DvdRemake Pro and it works fine. Posted April 27, 2005 by zakman. Tool version 0.10 using OS WinXP Ease of use 9 of 10 Functionality 7 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 8 of 10 Report this comment
	Muxman is great, It solved my problem first try. I also like the fact that it presents you with the opportunity to use multiple audio and subtitle streams. Posted March 27, 2005 by cg1127. Tool version 0.12e beta using OS WinXP Ease of use 8 of 10 Functionality 9 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 9 of 10 Report this comment
	The app has gotten quite a bit better. I used to mux an .M2V and .Mp2 into DVD compliant VOBs, IFOs, BUPs . Not bad at all, and pretty fast, actually. Quite a bit faster than Rejig for muxing. Posted January 19, 2005 by soopafresh. Tool version 0.9 using OS WinXP Ease of use 8 of 10 Functionality 8 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 8 of 10 Report this comment
	The tool description said that it should be flawless but it promised more than it could deliver. I tried both the 0.2 & 0.3 version. None of my .sup streams prepared by srt2sup were displayed at all. My .mp2 stream got clipping which did not appear when fed to more trust worthy tools like IFOEDIT or DVDAuthor. Posted December 11, 2004 by ASisoft. Tool version 0.3 using OS WinXP Ease of use 7 of 10 Functionality 5 of 10 Value for money 3 of 10 Overall score 2 of 10 Report this comment
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