MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[ZombiePimp]

Eric10301, you're likely seeing the same bug that's already reported on the sourceforge tracker. I'm seeing it too.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2010131&group_id=156112&atid=798476

[MrScientist]

wow, that 5 day wait to post after registering is longer than the 3 days we americans have to wait to buy a gun! but i did find that time useful to lurk around and try to find an answer to my problem. unfortunately, i was unable to find one.

anyway, i'd like to say thanks to the devs for a great piece of software. since the update from 0.3.0.1013 (or so), i've been having a problem encoding audio within an avi file. before that, i was able to encode wav audio within a dv avi by just loading up the avi into the "audio input" box. this happens when attempting to encode to any codec, not just aac. since the update, i'm now getting the following error...

-[Error] Log for job4 (audio, test.avi -> test.mp4)
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] OpenDMLSource("C:\TEMP\test.avi")
---[NoImage] EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereoe92e069c8948422c9a7bb0729ec35673(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
---[NoImage] function x_stereoe92e069c8948422c9a7bb0729ec35673(clip a)
---[NoImage] {
---[NoImage] fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
---[NoImage] fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
---[NoImage] c = GetChannel(a, 3)
---[NoImage] lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
---[NoImage] sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
---[NoImage] sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
---[NoImage] l_sl = MixAudio(fl, sl, 0.2929, 0.2929)
---[NoImage] c_lfe = MixAudio(lfe, c, 0.2071, 0.2071)
---[NoImage] r_sr = MixAudio(fr, sr, 0.2929, 0.2929)
---[NoImage] l = MixAudio(l_sl, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
---[NoImage] r = MixAudio(r_sr, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
---[NoImage] return MergeChannels(l, r)
---[NoImage] }
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br 96000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Encoding started
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Script loaded
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Can't find audio stream
---[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Job completed

here's a log from an older version of megui that was successful in completing the above stated task with the same exact file...

MeGUI Version: 0.2.6.1047
OS used: Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Framework used: 2.0 SP1
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Looking for job processor for job...

Processor found!



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Starting job job3 at 7:57:05 AM

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 8:00:16 AM

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Log for job job3

Input: Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=48000Hz
Command line used: C:\Program Files\megui\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -br 96000 -if - -of "C:\TEMP\test.mp4"*************************************************************
* *
* Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
* Copyright 2007 Nero AG *
* All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
* *
* Package build date: Aug 6 2007 *
* Package version: 1.1.34.2 *
* *
* See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
* *
*************************************************************




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Starting postprocessing of job...

Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated

Postprocessing finished!

End of log for job3
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thanks and keep up the great work

[Sharktooth]

what exact version of megui are you using?

[MrScientist]

sorry i didn't put that before...0.3.0.1015

[Sharktooth]

ok. make a bugreport in the megui project bugtracker (on sourceforge).

[MrScientist]

done and done (and thank goodness i didn't catch any noob flak for anything!)

[toytown]

I had the same error with regards to the Audio and i posted my solution in the previous page.

If im using FFDshow for audio decoding and use anything but "16 bit integer" as the output format, then the encode will fail with the exact same method you posted. If i select "16 bit integer" and only tick that, it works perfectly. Hope this helps.

[Eric10301]

have you checked the "suggest resolution" option? or have you just set 1280, 720?
however i dont think your doing it right converting 1080 to 720 using anamorphic encode.
1920x1080 is not anamorphic and should NOT be anamorphically encoded.

Ah that was it. I'm such a dummy. Unchecked the anamorphic encode option and it output a proper file. Thanks

[meatwad666]

It happened your custom profiles were made with an old 0.2 or prior version of megui (latest 0.2 versions were already compatible with 0.3). At some time the support for ancient profiles was dropped coz they were incompatible with the newer version of megui.
To avoid that in the future, once in a while, open the profiles and click the update button to save them in the new format.

@neelo: the screenshot you posted shows the TOOLS folder, not the PROFILES folder.

completely deleting files (so much so that i couldnt get them back with an undelete utility) without warning is pretty crappy, i could have copied the setting over from the "old" files which were created no more than 6 months ago....

[neelo]

Edited!!!!

[arrirc]

Hello Sharktooth

Please tell me how to solve the following error

[Error] Log for job9 (mux, A Farewell to Arms anamorphic.264 -> A Farewell to Arms anamorphic-muxed.mp4)
-[Information] [7/10/2008 8:09:20 AM] Started handling job
-[Information] [7/10/2008 8:09:21 AM] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Job commandline: "D:\Applications\2_Video Tools\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms anamorphic.264" -add "J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms T80 3_0ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.m4a" -fps 23.976023976024 -tmp "J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files" -new "J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms anamorphic-muxed.mp4"
-[Information] [7/10/2008 8:09:21 AM] Encoding started
-[Error] Error line: Error importing J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms anamorphic.264: I/O Error
-[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] AVC-H264 import - frame size 720 x 368 at 23.976 FPS
--[NoImage] Error importing J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms anamorphic.264: I/O Error
-[NoImage] Standard error stream
-[Information] [7/10/2008 8:09:21 AM] Job completed

I have all the files. Here is the AviSynth script:

# Set DAR in encoder to 137 : 57. The following line is for automatic signalling
global MeGUI_darx = 137
global MeGUI_dary = 57
DGDecode_mpeg2source("J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms.d2v",info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true)
#deinterlace
crop( 0, 56, 0, -60)

LanczosResize(720,368) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise

Please help! :(

[check]

I/O error sounds like a hardware issue.

[arrirc]

Hello Sharktooth

Please tell me how to solve the following error



I have all the files. Here is the AviSynth script:



Please help! :(

Issue resolved. Destination disc was out of space.

[chriszxl]

When the harddisk dont have enough space, Megui wont present any hint or stop changing automatically, check the log file is normal also. But actually you might get one video file of 4KB only when convert from a integral DVD.

[s_leonhart]

http://www.4freeimagehost.com/uploads/bcf250040883.jpg

getting this error msg after updated to megui 0.30.1015 on windows xp sp2 running as admin.
can somebody diagnos this problem and offer solutions?

thx

[Mr Alpha]

I have a DVD I'm trying to turn into a mp4 file with H.264 and AAC. The problem is that I the audio is out of sync. The audio should have a 500 ms delay according to the file DVD decrypter spit out, and if I've understood thing correctly MeGUI should take this into account automatically. In the resulting file the audio is ahead of the video with more than 500ms. First i thought MeGUI might have done the delay the wrong way which would result in the audio being 1000ms ahead of the video, but the audio is around 1400ms ahead.

Is there some setting I've touched that I shouldn't have?

Here is the log file:
[Information] Log
-[Information] Version information
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.1015
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1
-[Information] Settings
--[NoImage] YadifPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\yadif\yadif.dll
--[NoImage] AudioSamplesPerUpdate: 100000
--[NoImage] AutoScrollLog: True
--[NoImage] AcceptableFPSError: 0.01
--[NoImage] MaxServersToTry: 5
--[NoImage] AutoUpdateServerSubList: 0
--[NoImage] AutoUpdateServerLists
---[NoImage] array.Length: 2
---[NoImage] array[0]
----[NoImage] array.Length: 3
----[NoImage] array[0]: Stable
----[NoImage] array[1]: http://megui.org/auto/stable/
----[NoImage] array[2]: http://mewiki.project357.com/auto/stable/
---[NoImage] array[1]
----[NoImage] array.Length: 3
----[NoImage] array[0]: Development
----[NoImage] array[1]: http://megui.org/auto/
----[NoImage] array[2]: http://mewiki.project357.com/auto/
--[NoImage] AfterEncoding: DoNothing
--[NoImage] AfterEncodingCommand: null
--[NoImage] AcceptableAspectErrorPercent: 1
--[NoImage] UseAdvancedTooltips: True
--[NoImage] AlwaysOnTop: False
--[NoImage] BeSplitPath: besplit.exe
--[NoImage] FFMpegPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe
--[NoImage] EncAacPlusPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\enc_aacplus\enc_aacplus.exe
--[NoImage] EncAudXPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\encaudxcli\encaudxcli.exe
--[NoImage] OggEnc2Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe
--[NoImage] MencoderPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mencoder\mencoder.exe
--[NoImage] FaacPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\faac\faac.exe
--[NoImage] LamePath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\lame\lame.exe
--[NoImage] NeroAacEncPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\NeroAAC\win32\neroAacEnc_SSE.exe
--[NoImage] MkvmergePath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mkvmerge\mkvmerge.exe
--[NoImage] Mp4boxPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe
--[NoImage] X264Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe
--[NoImage] DgIndexPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe
--[NoImage] XviDEncrawPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe
--[NoImage] Avc2aviPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\avc2avi\avc2avi.exe
--[NoImage] AviMuxGUIPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\avimux_gui\avimux_gui.exe
--[NoImage] AftenPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\aften\aften.exe
--[NoImage] AvisynthPluginsPath: d:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins
--[NoImage] MeGUIUpdateCache: d:\Program Files (x86)\megui\update_cache
--[NoImage] RecalculateMainMovieBitrate: False
--[NoImage] AutoForceFilm: True
--[NoImage] FreshOggEnc2: True
--[NoImage] AutoStartQueue: False
--[NoImage] AutoOpenScript: True
--[NoImage] AutoSetNbThreads: True
--[NoImage] OpenProgressWindow: True
--[NoImage] ForceFilmThreshold: 95
--[NoImage] DefaultLanguage1: English
--[NoImage] DefaultLanguage2: English
--[NoImage] DefaultPriority: IDLE
--[NoImage] EnableMP3inMP4: False
--[NoImage] OverwriteStats: True
--[NoImage] Keep2of3passOutput: False
--[NoImage] NbPasses: 2
--[NoImage] DeleteCompletedJobs: False
--[NoImage] DeleteIntermediateFiles: True
--[NoImage] DeleteAbortedOutput: True
--[NoImage] VideoExtension
--[NoImage] AudioExtension
--[NoImage] AutoUpdate: True
--[NoImage] DialogSettings
---[NoImage] OverwriteJobOutputResponse: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutOverwriteJobOutput: True
---[NoImage] DuplicateResponse: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutDuplicates: True
---[NoImage] WarnAboutRDO2: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutError: True
---[NoImage] ContinueDespiteError: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutYV12: True
---[NoImage] AddConvertToYV12: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutVOBs: True
---[NoImage] UseOneClick: True
--[NoImage] SourceDetectorSettings
---[NoImage] CombedFrameMinimum: 5
---[NoImage] MinimumUsefulSections: 20
---[NoImage] DecimationThreshold: 2
---[NoImage] MaxPortions: 5
---[NoImage] Priority: BelowNormal
---[NoImage] PortionsAllowed: False
---[NoImage] PortionThreshold: 5
---[NoImage] HybridFOPercent: 10
---[NoImage] MinimumAnalyseSections: 150
---[NoImage] AnalysePercent: 1
---[NoImage] HybridPercent: 5
--[NoImage] AedSettings
---[NoImage] AddAdditionalContent: False
---[NoImage] NoTargetSizeMode: False
---[NoImage] BitrateMode: False
---[NoImage] FileSizeMode: True
---[NoImage] Container: MP4
---[NoImage] Bitrate: 700
---[NoImage] FileSize: 700 MB
---[NoImage] SplitSize: null
--[NoImage] safeProfileAlteration: False
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Desired size: null
--[NoImage] Split size: null
--[NoImage] Desired size: null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: H:\Movies\21\21.264
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: H:\Movies\21\21-muxed.mp4
---[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a
-[Information] Log for job1 (audio, VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 500ms.AC3 -> VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a)
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 500ms.AC3", DRC=1)
---[NoImage] DelayAudio(500.0/1000.0)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 6
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: D:\Program Files (x86)\NeroAAC\win32\neroAacEnc_SSE.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if - -of "H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a"
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Encoder process started
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2007 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Aug 6 2007 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.1.34.2 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job2 (video, 21.avs -> 21.264)
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --crf 18.0 --level 3.1 --ref 8 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --filter -2,-1 --subme 6 --trellis 1 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "H:\Movies\21\21.264" "H:\Movies\21\21.avs"
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avis [info]: 720x288 @ 23.98 fps (176595 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 PHADD SSE4 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:2006 Avg QP:15.66 size: 20382
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:72781 Avg QP:18.01 size: 7976
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice B:101808 Avg QP:19.93 size: 2251
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 7.3% 68.1% 24.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 0.8% 5.3% 1.6% P16..4: 36.0% 25.7% 21.8% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 8.7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% B16..8: 51.2% 1.4% 5.8% direct: 4.2% skip:37.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:67.9% inter:68.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:96.5% temporal:3.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref P 65.1% 13.8% 7.7% 3.7% 3.0% 2.6% 2.4% 1.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B 76.7% 12.5% 4.7% 2.1% 1.6% 1.4% 1.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:923.8
---[NoImage] encoded 176595 frames, 33.61 fps, 923.89 kb/s
--[Information] Final statistics
---[NoImage] Constant Quality Mode: Quality 18 computed...
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 923 kbit/s
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job3 (mux, 21.264 -> 21-muxed.mp4)
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "H:\Movies\21\21.264" -add "H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a" -fps 23.976023976024 -tmp "H:\Movies\21" -new "H:\Movies\21\21-muxed.mp4"
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] AVC-H264 import - frame size 720 x 288 at 23.976 FPS
---[NoImage] Import results: 176595 samples - Slices: 2006 I 72781 P 101808 B - 1 SEI - 1780 IDR
---[NoImage] Stream uses B-slice references - max frame delay 2
---[NoImage] IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 6 channels)
---[NoImage] Saving H:\Movies\21\21-muxed.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:53:26 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:53:26 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [7/12/2008 11:53:26 PM] Successfully deleted H:\Movies\21\21.264
----[Information] [7/12/2008 11:53:26 PM] Successfully deleted H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a

[check]

@leonhart: Reinstall a fresh copy of 0.3

@alpha: is this delay constant throughout the video?

[Mr Alpha]

Yes, the delay is constant throughout the video.

[Sharktooth]

try ripping the disc with DVDFAB HD Decrypter or AnyDVD.

[Coolpplse]

With MeGUI updated to 0.3.0.1015 on Vista SP1 Ultimate 64 Bit all profiles suddenly vanish... when I manually redownload them from the x264 website MeGUI fails to load them when they are placed into the corresponding folders.

Going back to 0.2.6.1046 fixed this problem for me

But I dont understand what is causing this...

Just recently after constantly uninstalling/reinstalling several older versions, I can only queue 1-2 jobs at a time before I have to close/reopen megui again to queue up more jobs (Or else it crashes)

On top of that my current queue list can only automatically process pass 1 jobs, and not both... MeGUI is driving me insane :eek:

Update: Never mind about only 1st passes working.... MeGUI refuses to process my 2nd pass. Finally did get 0.3.0.1015 to keep my profiles now, if it crashes at all though I lose all my profiles again and have to "Force reinstall" the default profiles

Update 2: 2-Pass encoding works again! But only 1-2 2pass jobs can be queued at a time... or else MeGUI acts strange.. sigh

[chriszxl]

When the harddisk dont have enough space, Megui wont present any hint or stop changing automatically, check the log file is normal also. But actually you might get one video file of 4KB only when convert from a integral DVD.

There is anyone can see me :( :( :( :confused:
Why I dont have something like @chriszxl:

[stax76]

@chriszxl

You have to be patient and repost if necessary after a appropriate time, it's difficult to cope with that much posts.

[arrirc]

When the harddisk dont have enough space, Megui wont present any hint or stop changing automatically, check the log file is normal also. But actually you might get one video file of 4KB only when convert from a integral DVD.

Thanks chriszxl for the info :)

[check]

Update 2: 2-Pass encoding works again! But only 1-2 2pass jobs can be queued at a time... or else MeGUI acts strange.. sigh

What sort of jobs? MeGUI is pretty leaky regarding opening AVIsynth scripts that eat lots of RAM, I've found it eats well over a gig after loading a couple of AVS scripts and queuing them. It's a bug.

[Coolpplse]

What sort of jobs? MeGUI is pretty leaky regarding opening AVIsynth scripts that eat lots of RAM, I've found it eats well over a gig after loading a couple of AVS scripts and queuing them. It's a bug.

They were just 720x480 HuffYUV video captures with several clips combined and trim points onto one AviSynth script, nothing filter fancy...

Now I'm moving on to converting RMVB video clips with DirectShowSource and now on its 5-30 seconds of running the first pass, x264 crashes!

Update: Well RMVB works now, turns out that it was the modified avisynth.dll that enables multithread functions to work was causing DirectShowSource to be super unstable for x264 to work with (strangely enough all media players play the video just fine) The 1-2 job 2pass limit before I have to reopen megui and queue some more still exists.... regardless of what video file used in the avs.... I have no clue why, but at least MeGUI finally works right and dont want it to fail on me with the long list of videos to encode...

[chriszxl]

@stax @arrirc thanks u two guys a lot, now you know there hv a little problem with...fix it..

[Mr Alpha]

Thanks guys, ripping it with DVDFAB fixed the issues.

[Hobojobo]

I did some anamorphic encodings.
After encoding a video (720x416) I figured out the video has to be displayed in 1024x416.
But I have to mux it first and then I have to use mkvmerge to set the display ratio to 2,461 or the display width/hight to 1024x416.

Wouldn't it be easier to define the display ratio in the muxer.

Or is there something I don't get?

[Sharktooth]

there are 2 ways to signal AR. one is in the bitstream the other is in the container.
since there seems to be some confusion about which one has the priority, it's always better to not mix them and use the bistream way, so you're sure to keep the AR across containers of different kinds.
specifying the AR using the muxer will set the AR in the container, that is, IMHO, just wrong.

[arrirc]

Hello

If I try to use Analyze button in the second tab of AviSynth Script creator under the Tools menu, I get an error related to TIVTC.dll being not present in the AviSynth plug in directory. Where can I get this dll file? I tried Google, but did not get anything conclusive. :(

[XhmikosR]

http://bengal.missouri.edu/~kes25c/TIVTCv105.zip

You should have it anyway if you had used the auto-update feature of MeGUI. Maybe it was removed from the plugins folder, after MeGUI was updated.

[Hobojobo]

there are 2 ways to signal AR. one is in the bitstream the other is in the container.
since there seems to be some confusion about which one has the priority, it's always better to not mix them and use the bistream way, so you're sure to keep the AR across containers of different kinds.
specifying the AR using the muxer will set the AR in the container, that is, IMHO, just wrong.

OK. But I do use smart anamorphic option.
The avs script tells me that it sets the DAR.

# Set DAR in encoder to 154 : 61. The following line is for automatic signalling
global MeGUI_darx = 154
global MeGUI_dary = 61
...

Does not make any difference.
But e.g. MPC or VLC does not recognize the DAR set by the encoder.

Does it only work with a certain direct show filter ?

[ZombiePimp]

Hobojobo, the latest MeGUI doesn't always output anamorphic correctly, due to some bugs.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=156112&atid=798476

[Dayvon]

Hey all! It's been a long time :)

Anyways, I'm having a issue that is annoying the tar out of me. When you set AutoEncode using NeroAAC, the file that is made is put in an M4A container, even when MP4-AAC is selected as container. If you enqueue the same settings, the file outputs MP4. What gives? AutoEncode doesn't work anymore for me because the M4A file is borked. Anyone else have this issue when using NeroAAC to encode?

[mikeytown2]

Bitrate calc fails for short/small files. Using MeGUI 0.3.0.1015
HQ-Insane but with deblocking at 1,1.
NeroAAC at 16kbps
Set Average bitrate around 100kbps
# of frames is 400

It seems to fail if the filesize is less then 1 mb on 2nd pass.



[Error] [7/16/2008 1:46:20 PM] Preprocessing
-[Error] Bitrate calculation for video
--[Error] Calculation failed
---[NoImage] Exception message: The filesize cannot be obtained
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.getBitrateAndVideoSize(FileSize desiredSize)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.CalculateBitrateKBits(VideoCodec vCodec, Boolean p, ContainerType containerType, AudioBitrateCalculationStream[] audioStreams, UInt64 muxedSizeBytes, UInt64 numberOfFrames, Double framerate, UInt64& videoSizeKBs)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.util.BitrateCalculatorPreProcessor.calculateBitrate(MainForm mainForm, Job ajob)
---[NoImage] Inner exception
----[NoImage] Exception message: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.util.FileSize.op_Subtraction(FileSize a, FileSize b)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.getBitrateAndVideoSize(FileSize desiredSize)
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null



I like to do a quick encode to see what i can get away with before i process the hr long vid from my HDV cam. It's a talking head so i usually can get away with some very low bitrates (sub 100 total). Final target is web playback via flash9 (Deinterlaced & 448x252).

[jmnk]

there are 2 ways to signal AR. one is in the bitstream the other is in the container.
since there seems to be some confusion about which one has the priority, it's always better to not mix them and use the bistream way, so you're sure to keep the AR across containers of different kinds.
specifying the AR using the muxer will set the AR in the container, that is, IMHO, just wrong.
So I forgot to change a default -sar=1:1 option during encoding. I have a nicely encoded file which has a wrong aspect ratio. apparently to have it play properly on ipod I need to have --sar option in the bitstream (not on the container level). So how can I edit --sar on already existing file? I've tried 'h264info', 'nicmp4box', and 'MP4Creator (QTF Build 1.0)'. None of them worked. Any pointers?

[MrScientist]

hi again, trying to encode to xvid with 0.3.0.1015 using "xvid '>30% comp.check' (HQ)" encoder settings and getting the following error. "Xvid 2pass HQ" works fine.

seems like some "ebola" personal folders left over in the code from testing???

[Sharktooth]

yep. my bad. ill post a correction as soon as i get back home from the hospital.

[bottomsup]

Hi,

I'm trying to encode a video I took with my digital camera. Its an avi file, but when I run analyze in the ayisynth script editor I get this error. Any ideas?

AVISource: the video decompresor couldn't produce YUY2 or RGB output.

Thanks

[Sharktooth]

you havent the rigth VFW decoder installed. obviously that's not a megui problem but you can fix it installing a VFW DV decoder (since avisource or opendlmlsource filters want both VFW decoders).

[Sharktooth]

Bitrate calc fails for short/small files. Using MeGUI 0.3.0.1015
HQ-Insane but with deblocking at 1,1.
NeroAAC at 16kbps
Set Average bitrate around 100kbps
# of frames is 400

It seems to fail if the filesize is less then 1 mb on 2nd pass.



[Error] [7/16/2008 1:46:20 PM] Preprocessing
-[Error] Bitrate calculation for video
--[Error] Calculation failed
---[NoImage] Exception message: The filesize cannot be obtained
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.getBitrateAndVideoSize(FileSize desiredSize)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.CalculateBitrateKBits(VideoCodec vCodec, Boolean p, ContainerType containerType, AudioBitrateCalculationStream[] audioStreams, UInt64 muxedSizeBytes, UInt64 numberOfFrames, Double framerate, UInt64& videoSizeKBs)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.util.BitrateCalculatorPreProcessor.calculateBitrate(MainForm mainForm, Job ajob)
---[NoImage] Inner exception
----[NoImage] Exception message: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.util.FileSize.op_Subtraction(FileSize a, FileSize b)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.getBitrateAndVideoSize(FileSize desiredSize)
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null



I like to do a quick encode to see what i can get away with before i process the hr long vid from my HDV cam. It's a talking head so i usually can get away with some very low bitrates (sub 100 total). Final target is web playback via flash9 (Deinterlaced & 448x252).
easy fix, encode a bigger clip.

[arrirc]

Hello Sharktooth

I have tried to encode a movie with 2.1 Channel Audio. Though I have chosen a suitable profile to preserve the original channels, the result only has two channels. I have no idea how this down mixing has taken place.

Following is the Audio setting screen shot:

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7922/meguiaudiosettingky5.png

I have used the same Audio settings for a original with 6 audio channels which was perfectly preserved in the output mp4 file.

[mparter]

Hi,

First go using this tool. I've ripped my HD DVD to my PC with the aim of streaming it to my PS3. I've extracted the VC-1 stream (just over 9GB), then I created the following AVS script;

DirectShowSource("hddvd.grf", fps=23.976, framecount=103147, audio=false)

The grf is using the Haali Media Splitter and the WMVideo Decoder DMO and everything appears to run fine. I then used the XBox-PS3 profile in MeGUI and left it to run overnight.

This morning it's finished the re-encoding but the output MP4 file is only 500Mb :(

Is there any way I can specify a target file size? I know the source is around 9Gb so I was hoping for a size of around 9Gb as I don't want to lose too much quality. Are there any settings I can tweak to help?

[check]

Look in the encoder config.

[Sharktooth]

Hello Sharktooth

I have tried to encode a movie with 2.1 Channel Audio. Though I have chosen a suitable profile to preserve the original channels, the result only has two channels. I have no idea how this down mixing has taken place.

Following is the Audio setting screen shot:

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7922/meguiaudiosettingky5.png

I have used the same Audio settings for a original with 6 audio channels which was perfectly preserved in the output mp4 file.
2.1 is not a supported channel configuration by any of the supported encoders.

[poisondeathray]

Hi,

First go using this tool. I've ripped my HD DVD to my PC with the aim of streaming it to my PS3. I've extracted the VC-1 stream (just over 9GB), then I created the following AVS script;

DirectShowSource("hddvd.grf", fps=23.976, framecount=103147, audio=false)

The grf is using the Haali Media Splitter and the WMVideo Decoder DMO and everything appears to run fine. I then used the XBox-PS3 profile in MeGUI and left it to run overnight.

This morning it's finished the re-encoding but the output MP4 file is only 500Mb :(

Is there any way I can specify a target file size? I know the source is around 9Gb so I was hoping for a size of around 9Gb as I don't want to lose too much quality. Are there any settings I can tweak to help?

filesize = bitrate x running time

I think default bitrate for that profile is 1000kbps.

You can also use the bitrate calculator under tools to figure it out

[Mr Alpha]

I have a 5GB, 20 min, 480i, AVI clip I got from a friend of mine. I think he made it with Windows Movie Maker from the looks of it. To me it seemed unnecessarily big so it thought I might encode in with MeGUI.

The problem is that MeGUI keeps throwing an error message at me: AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc dvsd.

First I thought I lacked the codec, but a quick check in ffdshow shows that I do have ffdshow configured to decode dvsd.

The I did some searching and found out that there are supposedly two types of dvsd, type I and type II. I dug up a program to convert the file and tried again. Still AVISource couldn't locate a decompressor. :(

Thinking maybe the ffdshow dvsd codec wan't up to snuff I disabled it and dug up an Panasonic WFV DV codec, installed it and tried again. Still no luck.

Since I can open and play the file fine, why can't MeGUI? What have I done wrong this time?

[poisondeathray]

I have a 5GB, 20 min, 480i, AVI clip I got from a friend of mine. I think he made it with Windows Movie Maker from the looks of it. To me it seemed unnecessarily big so it thought I might encode in with MeGUI.

The problem is that MeGUI keeps throwing an error message at me: AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc dvsd.

First I thought I lacked the codec, but a quick check in ffdshow shows that I do have ffdshow configured to decode dvsd.

The I did some searching and found out that there are supposedly two types of dvsd, type I and type II. I dug up a program to convert the file and tried again. Still AVISource couldn't locate a decompressor. :(

Thinking maybe the ffdshow dvsd codec wan't up to snuff I disabled it and dug up an Panasonic WFV DV codec, installed it and tried again. Still no luck.

Since I can open and play the file fine, why can't MeGUI? What have I done wrong this time?


Hi, just a guess here,

If you are using AVISource() in your script, I believe it uses the VFW interface, so you have to enable dvsd in the ffdshow VFW interface config

If you are using DirectShowSource(), which uses direct show, enable dvsd in the regular ffdshow (non-VFW) interface config

[bottomsup]

you havent the rigth VFW decoder installed. obviously that's not a megui problem but you can fix it installing a VFW DV decoder (since avisource or opendlmlsource filters want both VFW decoders).

Thanks. It appears there are several VFW decoders available. Is there a specific one you recommend?

Thanks

[rebkell]

Hi,

First go using this tool. I've ripped my HD DVD to my PC with the aim of streaming it to my PS3. I've extracted the VC-1 stream (just over 9GB), then I created the following AVS script;

DirectShowSource("hddvd.grf", fps=23.976, framecount=103147, audio=false)

The grf is using the Haali Media Splitter and the WMVideo Decoder DMO and everything appears to run fine. I then used the XBox-PS3 profile in MeGUI and left it to run overnight.

This morning it's finished the re-encoding but the output MP4 file is only 500Mb :(

Is there any way I can specify a target file size? I know the source is around 9Gb so I was hoping for a size of around 9Gb as I don't want to lose too much quality. Are there any settings I can tweak to help?

If your just wanting good quality and not interested in just hitting a particular size, using Const. Quality of anywhere from 18 to 22 will make for a pretty good looking encode, IMO. Just click on Config after selecting the XBox-PS3 profile, and select Const. Quality on the drop down. Then change the value to 20, which I normally choose for VC-1 stuff. The lower the value the more the size will grow, but at a certain point it's hard to see the benefit of the size growth you experience. You never know for sure what the final size will be, but you're ensured of a good looking encode.

Like I said above, this is just my opinion, but I think it's shared by more than a few.

[arrirc]

2.1 is not a supported chennel configuration by any of the supported encoders.

So the only multichannel option is to Upmix it to 5.1- right?

[bottomsup]

you havent the rigth VFW decoder installed. obviously that's not a megui problem but you can fix it installing a VFW DV decoder (since avisource or opendlmlsource filters want both VFW decoders).

The odd thing is that I have ffdshow installed, WMP 11 and WMP classic both play this file fine. Only analyze in megui doesn't work.

EDIT: Resolved. Apparently this is some wierd bug with Xfire of all things. They install a codec on the system which corrupts ffdshow. Updating Xfire resolved this.

[Sharktooth]

So the only multichannel option is to Upmix it to 5.1- right?
right. it depends on the encoders, so if that will change then megui will be able to support other channel configs.

[Mr Alpha]

Thanks, poisondeathray. That solved it. I am now yet another step closer to not being a noob.

[mparter]

If your just wanting good quality and not interested in just hitting a particular size, using Const. Quality of anywhere from 18 to 22 will make for a pretty good looking encode, IMO. Just click on Config after selecting the XBox-PS3 profile, and select Const. Quality on the drop down. Then change the value to 20, which I normally choose for VC-1 stuff. The lower the value the more the size will grow, but at a certain point it's hard to see the benefit of the size growth you experience. You never know for sure what the final size will be, but you're ensured of a good looking encode.

Like I said above, this is just my opinion, but I think it's shared by more than a few.

Cheers mate. Started an encode running yesterday evening which should've finished this afternoon (almost 24 hours!!). I set this to around 19000 I think which was spitting out around about 9.5Gb.

[LOGiC]

@all,

sorry guys for the following question. I am not sure if this is kind of off-topic, but it is related to x264 and MeGUI as well. I just started working with re-encoding since I got an AVCHD-capable standalone Blu-Ray player. In my settings, I can choose 24p output just for BD-Video. Panasonic support told me that it would be played for other video, if the information is contained in the video. Would probably be just a flag or something like that.

So my question is, when re-encoding something into x264, will there be any chance, probably after the encode, to bring such an information to the stream, a similar flag as it is in a BD-structure to tell a player to output 24p ?

Thanks in advance.

If this definately is the wrong thread, I really apologize for it.

[Sharktooth]

Cheers mate. Started an encode running yesterday evening which should've finished this afternoon (almost 24 hours!!). I set this to around 19000 I think which was spitting out around about 9.5Gb.
If you're concerned about speed, use faster profiles/presets.
The encoding time does not depend on MeGUI but on the encoder and settings used.

@LOGiC: megui is a GUI, hence, the answer is no.

[Taurus]

@shark:
Where can I read about the AutoGuess feature in x264 version 915?

Thank you

Taurus

[Sharktooth]

x264 git changelog. look at the diff if you want, or ask x264 devs.

[Taurus]

x264 git changelog. look at the diff if you want, or ask x264 devs.

Thank you
I looked at the changelog, but not to much info there :p.
Well, maybe in a few days a x264 dev will give some explanations.

[Dark Shikari]

Thank you
I looked at the changelog, but not to much info there :p.
Well, maybe in a few days a x264 dev will give some explanations.Based on --bitrate, --vbv-maxrate, --ref, fps, and resolution, x264 tries to guess the right --level value.

Not much else to it.

[Taurus]

Based on --bitrate, --vbv-maxrate, --ref, fps, and resolution, x264 tries to guess the right --level value.

Not much else to it.
OOh, I like guessing :)
Dark, thanks for the short explanation.
A few encodes later maybe guessing will become knowledge ;)

[Frank_UK]

I have just updated to MeGUI 0.3.0.1017
After using AviSynth script creator two video preview windows remain open. I cannot find a way to close them.
Any workaround?

[Sharktooth]

they're not supposed to be closed.
READ THE CHANGELOG.
if you have a lowres display and you want to reduce them click on halfsize or quartersize buttons.

[ZombiePimp]

I noticed, just like the bug report said, that the preview window needed to be initially opened when opening an avs script for anamorphic encodes to work properly. I seem to remember that it was OK to close the preview window though, even immediately after it opened; anamorphic encode worked fine.

Basically, I think removing the "Open Preview after AViSynth script selection" option would have been enough to work around the bug.

[Sharktooth]

ok, lets keep it for some days so ppl will learn to NOT close it unless it's absolutely necessary.
or we just find another way to keep the SR info without keeping the preview open...

[Archimedes]

In the XviD configuration dialog I-Frame boost is set to 100 (default setting). But the default value of xvid_encraw is 10 (parameter kboost). Is the default setting in MeGUI correct this way?

[ZombiePimp]

OK, but I'm saying I'm pretty sure its OK to close it at any time. It just needs to be initially opened.

[Zep]

ok, lets keep it for some days so ppl will learn to NOT close it unless it's absolutely necessary.
or we just find another way to keep the SR info without keeping the preview open...

ouch I am stuck with this window on screen for 11 hours lol

yeah double clicking 4 times in the bar hides it thank goodness lol

[((( atom )))]

Hmm, I just crashed megui -> out of memory with about 12 preview-windows open.. Isn't there a simpler way of writing the ar somewhere?

[Menedas]

I have never mentioned a problem with anamorphic encode and closed preview window. And I use this quite often.

Let the user decide to let the preview window open, not the programm. Just make a message informing the user of problems when closing the window and not prescribe the user how he should use the programm. Thank you.

[ZombiePimp]

Really, the preview window can be closed at any time without affecting anamorphic encodes. It just needs to be initially opened when you load the script. There's no reason for meGUI to force it to stay open.

You can quickly confirm this by checking the job's XML file for the DAR section. I tested this in a previous version by clicking Enqueue and AutoEncode while the preview window was closed (but initially opened when loading the avs script). Both did add the DAR section.

[Tae]

Huh. I wonder if that is why I hated the Anamorphic encoding. Never looked right to me, so I don't use it. Didn't see a benefit either since encoding to suggested res was always fine.

[cy]

Anamorphic encoding is a good thing imo.
I do hope a better solution can be found than keeping these preview windows open because it certainly clutters the desktop (or taskbar).

[Tae]

Anamorphic encoding is a good thing imo.
I do hope a better solution can be found than keeping these preview windows open because it certainly clutters the desktop (or taskbar).

When I tried it, the aspect was incorrect, but I close the window. What does anamorphic do for you anyway?

[Noddy_Bujeca]

this is really stupid, i dont know why there was a need for this last update (regarding the unclosable preview window), nor do i care. it's just a nuisance...
i always used anamorphic and never had a problem!

i'll download the version before the last one.
hope it returns to normal in "some days", otherwise i'll just keep with the other version.......

more than 1 year pass since register... have to be something like this to make me post for the very first time... oh my...


good encodes o/

[Sharktooth]

ill fix tomorrow. believe me, it was necessary.

[cy]

@ Tae:

Well, it allows for a higher resolution at playback with a smaller encoded filesize.

[Tae]

@ Tae:

Well, it allows for a higher resolution at playback with a smaller encoded filesize.

Well I will need to test it again and leave the window open to see if that corrects the problems I had with AR.

[Sharktooth]

fixed. the close/minimize/maximize buttons in the preview are back.
update is coming.

[cy]

Thank you Sharktooth.

[~bT~]

^ updated but there is an issue with the slider mate :)

[Sharktooth]

what issue?
oh... maybe i understood... it's covered by another control @ original size... damn visual studio designer bugs...

[~bT~]

what issue?

http://maxupload.com/img/F02AA50D.jpg

[Sharktooth]

should be fixed... another update is coming.

[~bT~]

:thanks:

edit: better than last but still not perfect :) no worries tho, can live with it.

http://maxupload.com/img/8B79AF46.jpg

[Sharktooth]

updated. is it ok now?
... after the update i spotted another minor visual bug (at halfsize and quartersize)... still introduced by the damn VS designer... ill fix it tomorrow... however the slider should show up correctly.

[~bT~]

^ its cool, better than before :)

[Sharktooth]

try with higher and lower resolutions too and if there are still problems, please report back here.

[~bT~]

its not as bad an issue as 1st time round. here it is with lower and higher resolutions.

http://maxupload.com/thumb/15A66896.jpg (http://maxupload.com/img/15A66896.jpg)
http://maxupload.com/thumb/7703B691.jpg (http://maxupload.com/img/7703B691.jpg)

[Sharktooth]

ill see what i can do tomorrow... almost 5AM here... need some rest...

[((( atom )))]

After having crashed yesterday while setting up some rips, I restarted megui and let it run the encodes that were queued up. Since I restarted, the preview-windows were all closed now and the ar is wrong for all of the encodes (the movie actually is a long line...).
Where does this problem come from, all of a sudden? I used to make tons of anamorphic encodes with no errors, ever...

[Sharktooth]

yep, that's the bug. it's been there since version 0.3.

[LOGiC]

yep, that's the bug. it's been there since version 0.3.

Sir, I've set up everything to start my first encoding tries. What do I need to take care of for getting the right AR, is there anything that needs to be done ?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Andy.

[ZombiePimp]

Sharktooth, to clarify, there are two separate bugs related to anamorphic encoding:

1.) Unchecking "Open Preview after AviSynth script selection" in the settings breaks all anamorphic encodes. This bug is also in version 0.2.

2.) As of version 0.3, some, but not all, anamorphic encodes end up wrong (even with bug #1 bypassed). These same encodes work fine in version 0.2.
I'm seeing exactly what is reported here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2010131&group_id=156112&atid=798476

[Sharktooth]

1) has been disabled, it's no longer possible to uncheck it.

2) is still there. AR is not saved in the encoding params in the queue but only as a temp settings (coz it's calculated during the preview).

3) theres also a third bug. the AR reported to the encoder is sometimes completely wrong and overflows. that's due (i think) to mediainfo.

[ZombiePimp]

Yes, thank you for fixing #1. I think the third bug you refer to is what I was trying to convey in my #2.

[Danguard]

I still have this issue:

When i try to encode with oneclick profile a video i get always the same error (even when i tell him to not encode the audio tracks, so it should be just a muxing in the final mkv).
In attachment the log i have before megui crash

I checked the folder, and he wrote all the audio files correctly
The files are called:
1X02 T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T82 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T83 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T84 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms

And this is the error i get:

http://forum.doom9.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=8606&stc=1&d=1215722851

Or this other one:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/544/error2uk3.jpg

Am i doing something wrong?

[Sharktooth]

OneClickEncoder does not work. it needs fixing.
it's a known bug/problem caused when we updated to dgindex 1.5.x.

[anonova]

1) has been disabled, it's no longer possible to uncheck it.
That's an interesting way to suppress that bug for the moment. I load up fairly heavy scripts, and now that the preview is forced, I have to wait several minutes to do anything. It's kind of hard to load multiple videos like that.

[LOGiC]

as this is a general question, as I've read right, Psy-RDO 0.5 has been integrated into meGUI. Is there any chance I can verify it is enabled ?

In general about x264 (sorry for being a little OT), is Trellis 1 on final MB better than Trellis2 always, what exactly does it do ?

Thanks.

[check]

trellis2 is better quality, but significantly slower. Which one is better depends on how you value 'time' and 'quality' relative to each other.

[((( atom )))]

Sorry, I am totally loosing track here..

I just updated megui again and now after loading the avs it opens the preview window and closes it itself after clicking "AutoEncode", so I assumed the bug is fixed and there is no reason for keeping the preview-window open. So i reloaded all my avs files again and set up new rips and the result is: all encodes are a looooong line. Display width / heigt in mkvmergegui is shown to be 1317966336 / 1684768 for all of these encodes.

So does this mean, that megui is totally unusable for the moment? I can somehow not believe that, but that is what it looks like to me...

?

[LOGiC]

trellis2 is better quality, but significantly slower. Which one is better depends on how you value 'time' and 'quality' relative to each other.


Thank you for your answer Sir. What I understood from this thread and other threads is that in the latest MeGUI build there is PSY-RDO 0.5 already integrated and enabled and therefore it is useless to select Trellis1 MB, as it definately will be switched off by MeGUI automatically. I think I read from Sharktooth that Trellis just can be 0 or 2 with Psy-RDO activated. My question therefore is, taking 2 for Trellis-always, does it have a senseful quality/time-ratio, in other words, is it worth the extra encoding time or is the result with 2 in comparison to 0 negligible ?

Thanks again for your help, I am trying to crouch in the way to set it up the best way for my personal use and I still need to learn.

[j8ee]

With megui 0.3.0.1020 and when having avs files using directshowsource for audio, ffdshow audio decoders remains loaded even though the files are closed. Is this a known problem? When there have become 20-30 ffdshow icons in the tray, I usually restart megui, but sometimes it's only the window that closes, and I have to manually kill the process.

[bottomsup]

Anyone know how to get M-JPEG in a .mov container to load in the AVISynth analyzer?

[Sharktooth]

Sorry, I am totally loosing track here..

I just updated megui again and now after loading the avs it opens the preview window and closes it itself after clicking "AutoEncode", so I assumed the bug is fixed and there is no reason for keeping the preview-window open. So i reloaded all my avs files again and set up new rips and the result is: all encodes are a looooong line. Display width / heigt in mkvmergegui is shown to be 1317966336 / 1684768 for all of these encodes.

So does this mean, that megui is totally unusable for the moment? I can somehow not believe that, but that is what it looks like to me...

?
there's still one bug concerning AR. the one you experienced and it doesnt always happen.

[check]

@logic: once again, it depends how you personally value time & quality. I generally use trellis 1 or 2.

@bottomsup: try directshowsource()

[LOGiC]

Good Morning all

after my first thirty hour x264 encoding I unfortunately had to notice that the Aspect Ratio is wrong and screwed up. Which is in your opinion a safe way to find out about the real aspect ratio ? MediaInfo didn't tell me, AVINaptic didn't. Is there any other program that tells me the real AR to use ?

Thanks.

Andy.

[Archimedes]

Lost in space. :rolleyes:

In the XviD configuration dialog I-Frame boost is set to 100 (default setting). But the default value of xvid_encraw is 10 (parameter kboost). Is the default setting in MeGUI correct this way?
What about this issue?

[check]

@logic: Remux the video with mkvmerge. You can specify the correct AR when doing so. (btw, mkvmerge has an included GUI tool called mmg).

[Sharktooth]

or with mp4box.
the AR is usually written on your DVD case.

[rack04]

Can someone explain the option "Force Decoding via Directshow"? I'm having some conflicts using this option and would like to know if I'm losing something by using NicAC3? Also what justifies using this setting in some audio presets and not others? Thanks.

[bottomsup]

@logic: once again, it depends how you personally value time & quality. I generally use trellis 1 or 2.

@bottomsup: try directshowsource()

Thanks. I'm not sure how to do that exactly. When I click the ellipse to load the video in the AviSynth creater I get this message.

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9174/capturesdfdwh1.jpg

The edit page looks like this...

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7783/captsdfdsurehl1.jpg

[((( atom )))]

there's still one bug concerning AR. the one you experienced and it doesnt always happen.

hmm, so how could I get rid of it? I can't actually encode a thing anymore :(

I /could/ set the correct ar in mkvmerge, but I am unsure, if that is the right method. I read somewhere, that the ar should be set in the videostream actually and not really in the container. Then again I read, that mkvmerge deletes the entry from the videostream and writes it in the container instead.

Which is true? If the latter, i could simply use mkvmergegui to fix the last 12 rips I made, that would be great!

[Sharktooth]

easy, if it works then its ok.
IIRC mp4box writes the AR in the bitstream so it's more "safe"... but mp4box is for mp4 not mkv.

[Sharktooth]

@bottomsup: DirectShowSource("") ?!?!??!? it cant work...
the error message it's quite clear... you miss the DS decoder.
install FFDShow. it should work.

[Sharktooth]

Can someone explain the option "Force Decoding via Directshow"? I'm having some conflicts using this option and would like to know if I'm losing something by using NicAC3? Also what justifies using this setting in some audio presets and not others? Thanks.
It uses DirectShow decoders installed on your system to decode the source audio file.
If you have an ac3 decoder (ac3filter, ffdshow, etc) it will use it.

[bottomsup]

@bottomsup: DirectShowSource("") ?!?!??!? it cant work...
the error message it's quite clear... you miss the DS decoder.
install FFDShow. it should work.

I have FFDShow "FULL" installed so that's not it. The AVI Script Creator doesn't even have .mov as an option so I have to select 'all files' This makes me think it isn't supposed to work with megui.

Any other pointers? Thanks for your help.

[Sharktooth]

try installing quicktime alternative. .mov files need a quicktime splitter and proper decoders depending on the stream contained in the .mov.

[bottomsup]

try installing quicktime alternative. .mov files need a quicktime splitter and proper decoders depending on the stream contained in the .mov.

I have that too :confused:

[Raere]

meGUI is crashing quite a bit for me since I've upgraded my computer. I'm now using Vista 64-bit. It mostly crashes when I try to enqueue two jobs in one session. I have to enqueue one job, close meGUI, open it again, and enqueue the second job. I'm willing to try to help debug this, is there a way to make meGUI dump a full logfile? It's actually freezing and Windows lists it as 'not responding', so I don't think a crash logfile would generate.

[corporalgator]

I'm getting a crash bug in megui ever since the preview windows were fiddled with. I'm not sure what exactly is causing it, but it happens when I am currently encoding with x264 and I then open another file which opens a preview window such as avisynth creator or loading .avs script to enque. I know the solution is to simply wait to start encoding after I have queued everything up....

Vista calls up data execution prevention and then closes megui, but does not terminate x264 so it continues to eat my cpu time. I am able to start another instance of x264 through megui and didn't notice x264 was already running until I tried to load that avisynth script that it crashed while encoding.

To clarify, I have several encodes in the queue, I start the encodes, then open another preview window, which then crashes once the preview window loads (it does not immediately crash but only once the preview windows flashes onto the screen after the load wait) and then vista brings the DEP window and acts like it somehow going to find a solution.... I then restarted megui, start the rest of my queue and went to reload the script it aborted on, and then received the error it was already in use and then loaded program manager to find x264 still running. I didn't feel like sitting around waiting to find out if x264 was actually going to finish that encode. I am also loathe to disable DEP for megui to test that.

Before, I was able to continue working and opening preview windows in megui at will. This only happened recently. At first, I figured it a freak occurrence, until I pinpointed exactly what was causing the crash, so I cannot tell you which version of the preview window change started the crash, but it think it was after the non-closeable preview window and may have started when the shrink option was added to it, although I cannot be sure. Sorry if my information is fuzzy.

Here is what the windows event viewer log states:

Faulting application MeGUI.exe, version 0.3.0.1020, time stamp 0x48885c42, faulting module DGDecode.dll, version 1.5.0.0, time stamp 0x487b4900, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0001d1c0, process id 0xe1c, application start time 0x01c8efa84a70be24.

Another time was this:

Faulting application MeGUI.exe, version 0.3.0.1020, time stamp 0x48885c42, faulting module FFT3DFilter.dll, version 2.1.1.0, time stamp 0x45db414e, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x000118a8, process id 0xf70, application start time 0x01c8ef8527768264.

I was using FFT3Dfilter on one but not the other.

[Raere]

Interesting, mine always crashes after I load a script (thus popping up the preview window) so we could be having the same problem. The only difference is that meGUI just freezes for me; but I also don't have DEP enabled for all programs, it'd probably throw up an error if I had it enabled.

[check]

@raere: is it running out of RAM? It's a known memory leak with MeGUI

@corp: sounds like you are running out of memory again, but you can terminate DEP with extreme prejudice (at least temporarily) to confirm it's not a problem with DEP.

[tebasuna51]

Can someone explain the option "Force Decoding via Directshow"? I'm having some conflicts using this option and would like to know if I'm losing something by using NicAC3?
To decode ac3 the best method is use NicAc3Source.
You can obtain same results with DirectShowSource if you have the default DS filter (ffdshow, Ac3Filter, ...) for AC3 properly configurated (DRC, DialNorm, ...)

Use DirectShowSource is only recommended when the audio source don't have a dedicated avisynth decoder.

Also what justifies using this setting in some audio presets and not others?

Is used only for low quality downmix (mono, simple stereo) for mp3 low bitrate output (64, 96 Kb/s). DS filters have internal downmix simple methods to do the job.

[bluebebe]

i have a problem with latest megui, i tried to muxx a xvid avi with a mp3, the mp3 have i created using megui with lame abr 192 with a delay of -207ms, i think megui ignores this delay, when i add the source ac3 to the sound encoder, megui dont apply the delay to the new filename, so easyl:

source filename: VTS_03_1 T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -207ms.ac3

dest. filename: VTS_03_1 T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3

megui removes the delay and so i think the program will ignore it, after remux with avimux the new avi is outsynched. the delay is from the latest dgindex. can anyone confirm this bug?

[corporalgator]

@raere: is it running out of RAM? It's a known memory leak with MeGUI

@corp: sounds like you are running out of memory again, but you can terminate DEP with extreme prejudice (at least temporarily) to confirm it's not a problem with DEP.

I am pretty sure it's not my ram as before I was able to have open at least 2 preview windows while running encode jobs, but I will check and see.

I have had freeze issues lately also, where my entire comp would free and nothing but a reboot could cure, no ctrl-alt-del possible, not even a bsod, but that has generally been in the middle of an encode and had nothing to do with preview windows. There's no log or error message for that since everything is frozen.

[Raere]

I'm pretty sure it's not a RAM problem as well - I have 4GB.

[toytown]

Raere,

The lockups in Megui happen if you have the multithreaded version of avisynth running. If you revert back to the normal builds then your problem with the freeze in the GUI will clear up.

I have had freeze issues lately also, where my entire comp would free and nothing but a reboot could cure

This is either overheating of your cpu, or 1 of your sticks of ram is bad. Run memtest overnight and see what results it gives. Also try running speedfan and monitor your temps midway through encodes.....finally if you have overclocked your computer this could also cause the issue.

[Raere]

Raere,

The lockups in Megui happen if you have the multithreaded version of avisynth running. If you revert back to the normal builds then your problem with the freeze in the GUI will clear up.



This is either overheating of your cpu, or 1 of your sticks of ram is bad. Run memtest overnight and see what results it gives. Also try running speedfan and monitor your temps midway through encodes.....finally if you have overclocked your computer this could also cause the issue.

Ah, I didn't think that could be a problem. I'll still stick with it though, the speed improvements are worth a little extra time queuing up jobs.

[((( atom )))]

@sharktooth: thanx, that helps for the moment. One mystery remains, though: if I have an idx-file with loads of subtitles, in autoencode mode only the first language is picked and muxed. That used to be different. Is anybody aware of this problem? I filed a bug weeks ago already..

[qpsl]

In P3 computer (1.26g), it took 13s to start up, it's too slow.

[Sharktooth]

vista 64bit is a memory hogger by nature. all problems with crashes when enqueuing multiple files are probably due to low amount of ram (4gb is just "ok i can start dont ask me to work hard").
learn the lesson, stick to XP and use only the official avisynth builds. avicvynth_MT is unstable.

[toytown]

vista 64bit is a memory hogger by nature. all problems with crashes when enqueuing multiple files are probably due to low amount of ram. (4gb is just "ok i can start dont ask me to work hard").

Thats simply not true, ive been encoding Bluray in 1080p and 720p on my HTPC which only has 2GB of ram. The locking up when trying to enque files is most likely from having the multithreaded version of Avisynth installed. As this was the problem on 3 of my machines and from reading on various posts in this thread is also how others have solved the problem.

I even just started up an encode from megui using bluray as the source, using avisynth to crop the blackbars. The HTPC has been on almost a month doing various encoding, so its not a fresh boot..........Total memory used 1116MB.......x264 is using 560MB of that for encoding. Still has almost 900MB free.

[Sharktooth]

oh yeah... while the system eats up almost 1GB of ram for doing what?
stick with XP or switch to linux.

[check]

oh yeah... while the system eats up almost 1GB of ram for doing what?I don't want to derail this thread any more so I won't reply further, but you will find that linux will happily eat 2gb of RAM on startup too, if you boot a modern GUI, like GNOME or KDE.

[toytown]

oh yeah... while the system eats up almost 1GB of ram for doing what?

The system has a total memory of 2GB
Total memory used 1116MB
.x264 is using 560MB of that for encoding

OS and other software running at the time was using 556MB!

Im not going to reply anymore but your blind hatred for an OS you dont understand is quite obvious and quite funny when you mention Linux as an alternative, which also consumes the full memory on bootup for things like caching etc .........just like Vista.

Fine if you dont like the OS dont use it, but dont try and turn everybody else off it because of your lack of understanding.

[Sharktooth]

linux caches. while vista eats. it has been proved superfetch kills the system performance. enabling the classic prefetch (like in XP - by editing a key in the registry) is much better (use google).
also there are heavy and lightweight linux distros. for example there are distros working with systems with less than 16MB of ram and still they have a graphic interface.

@toytown: did you use the task manager to report those values? coz the task manager is completely weird.
Use the perf. monitor. in the administrative tools.
however, even if it (the task manager) reported the correct values (which i highly doubt) more than 500MB for the system is just not acceptable.
oh wait, maybe i understand things a bit better than you and im trying to make you OPEN your eyes and think with your own mind.
is there a reson why EVERY professionist/analyst in any of the informatic fields, recommends sticking with XP and trash Vista? learn the lesson.

[toytown]

(4gb is just "ok i can start dont ask me to work hard").

oh wait, maybe i understand things a bit better than you and im trying to make you OPEN your eyes and think with your own mind.

The system has a total memory of 2GB
Total memory used 1116MB
.x264 is using 560MB that 1116MB for encoding at 1080p

Maybe its somebody else who needs to open there eyes. Im outta here anyways.

[Dark Shikari]

x264 does not use 560MB of memory.

Most of that is Avisynth. Add SetMemoryMax() to your script to limit it. x264 itself does not use much memory in normal situations.

[Sharktooth]

i hate fanboys... let him believe in his stupidity.
if he knows it all why he comes here asking for help?
i wonder why i still check this thread. i shuould not give support for free for an OS app. expecially for ppl like him.
if it doent work the sources are availabe... get them and fix it, if you're able. when you will see the problem is not the app but vista, then you might open your eyes.

[((( atom )))]

Maybe the stupid discussion about Vista - lol! - kicked my modest question about "what might be wrong with these subs?!" to a lower rank but I'd be very thankfull for help on this topic. ;)
Am I actually the only auto-encoder keeping more than one subtitle stream?

[Sharktooth]

it's a reported bug. im investigating.

[((( atom )))]

Ah, thx, I wasn't aware.. Didn't mean to bother..

[Sharktooth]

the report is here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2016031&group_id=156112&atid=798476

[((( atom )))]

I know, I actually filed that bug report! - But since no follow-up came up for long, I wasn't sure, if it is only my problem (still don't know) or just no one cared or whatever. So I thought, I just ask here again..

[Sharktooth]

ah ok. the report was anonymous so i couldnt know you were the author.

[((( atom )))]

Yeah, couldn't bother to sign up just for one report, sorry.. Anyway, I had just mentioned that I filed the report a while ago, guess you overlooked it. For the moment it doesn't matter (at least to me) anyway, since I went back to manual muxing due to the ar-problem.

[Sharktooth]

ill see if i can find the cause. however, yes, manual muxing is the workaround until we fix it.

[((( atom )))]

Sure, thx in any case!

[LOGiC]

@Sharktooth

with my Firewall (Panda Internet Security) activated, I don't manage to open meGUI, whatever I do. Recently, when I encoded 24hours or more, I pulled the network cable to make sure that nothing is happening, but I don't like this solution. I receive this when trying to open meGUI :

---------------------------
Fatal error
---------------------------
MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. Source of exception: mscorlib stacktrace: at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)

at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)

at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)

at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)

at MeGUI.core.util.Util.XmlDeserialize(String path, Type t)

at MeGUI.ProfileManager.<>c__DisplayClassc.<readAllProfiles>b__b(FileInfo fi)

at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.ConvertAll[TOutput](Converter`2 converter)

at MeGUI.ProfileManager.readAllProfiles(ProfileType type)

at MeGUI.ProfileManager.LoadProfiles()

at MeGUI.MainForm.constructMeGUIInfo()

at MeGUI.MainForm..ctor()

at MeGUI.MainForm.Main(String[] args)
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

Do you have any idea for this ?

[LeXXuz]

It uses DirectShow decoders installed on your system to decode the source audio file.
If you have an ac3 decoder (ac3filter, ffdshow, etc) it will use it.

Just visited the thread because of a similar question. I'd like to use a stronger DRC when decoding ac3 audio to encode it to mp3 with megui. Lets say like the "heavy" setting when decoding ac3 with azid.

Can I configure DRC in ac3filter an megui uses these? Or will my settings be ignored?

[JarrettH]

I don't have ss comparison, but when I switched between my encode (Unrestricted Level, Constant Quality HQ) and the DVD source I noticed the x264 encode looks less saturated.

DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\THERE_WILL_BE_BLOOD\VTS_02_1.d2v",info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true)
#deinterlace
#crop
#resize
#denoise

Also megui isn't using the latest Colormatrix when you run auto-update. I wonder if maybe the commands changed or something. The effect is just a slight washout.
I can't think of anything that would effect it unless that's just the way it is. ffdshow is decoding the x264 and nvidia purevideo software (7600 GT) for DVD.

:thanks:

[Kurtnoise]

I know, I actually filed that bug report! - But since no follow-up came up for long, I wasn't sure, if it is only my problem (still don't know) or just no one cared or whatever. So I thought, I just ask here again..
I asked you a question in the tracker...Could you reply please ?

with my Firewall (Panda Internet Security) activated, I don't manage to open meGUI, whatever I do.
be sure to have all folders in the right place (allprofiles, etc...) containing some files at least...

I'd like to use a stronger DRC when decoding ac3 audio to encode it to mp3 with megui. Lets say like the "heavy" setting when decoding ac3 with azid.

Can I configure DRC in ac3filter an megui uses these? Or will my settings be ignored?
yes, you can do that but ensure you to uncheck "Increase Volume Automatically".

[Sharktooth]

@Logic: use a decent firewall, like ZoneAlarm (the free edition is way better than Panda) and authorize megui to access the internet and download updates.

@JarettH: that's pretty normal, transcoiding is a lossy process. If you want more sharpness try lowering the deblocking settings to something like -2,-1 or -3,-1...
the latest colormatrix wont change the results. Just ensure the renderer is using PC Levels (0-255) and not TV Levels (16-235) since nvidia drivers are buggy.]
a fix for that is in the latest beta drivers 177.7x (set PC Levels in the driver options) but beware since there seems to be some problems with HDMI output with them.

[Avenger007]

If you want more sharpness try lowering the deblocking settings to something like -2,-1 or -3,-1...

Is that really valid? :rolleyes:
From my experience there is no sharpness to be gained by lowering deblocking strength, only visible edge blocks and reduced quality. However, lowering deblocking threshold seems to give improvement in details sometimes.

[check]

From my experience there is no sharpness to be gained by lowering deblocking strength, only visible edge blocks and reduced quality.A lot of people imagine that this is one and the same, so it's always worth suggesting ;).

I'm curious as to what exactly "less saturated" means though. Changing deblocking is obviously very incorrect if the reference here is to a change in colour saturation.

[Sharktooth]

he said "washed out"... and however deblocking over 0,0 is usually recommended only for toons/anime and some kind of CG.
i found my personal preference for regular movies to be -1,-1 or -2,1.

[rack04]

Trying to encode 1920x1080 and I get a warning about non mod16. Is is ok to proceed? I'm trying to convert this file using the Standalone Blue-ray profile. Thanks.

[MachThree]

Lately, I have been having a problem with MeGUI-encoded videos where the audio and video progressively become out of sync. I do not know what is causing this, because it had worked up until about a week ago. I have not installed any new programs that would conflict with the program, which is fully updated.

Basically, I use AnyDVD and DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter to decrypt a DVD and rip it to my hard drive as a .VOB file, which is perfectly fine all the way through. I then use MeGUI's built-in D2V and AviSynth script creators, before encoding the video with x264 using the Xbox 360 profile and the audio at 128 kbps with Nero 2-CH AAC-LC. I then mux the .264 and .M4A streams together at the correct 23.976 FPS setting.

I'm clueless as to why it has recently began to occur. I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium x64, but I was able to rip and convert another movie without a problem on the same exact setup and profiles before this started...

Anyway, if anyone has any idea why this is happening, please let me know. Thanks!

[check]

@rack04: yes, but compatibility with your SAP is dependant upon the SAP in question. Use trial & error here.

@mach: if you seek to a random point in the movie does the av sync appear normal and slowly go out? Or is it out by a slowly increasing amount from the start to the end?

[Sharktooth]

@MachThree, rip your dvd with a decent software (DVD Fab HD Decrypter) which supports the latest protections.
AnyDVD used to be good but lately they focused on BLu-Rays...

[LOGiC]

@all,

as I was experimenting with 2-pass encoding heavily last days and found the for my personal use best settings, I would like to go for CRF-encoding as I think the quality could be better there.

I don't care about the filesize in the end, but I have one question which I don't know is solveable. In the end, the reencoded x264 will go into a AVCHD-structure and this one has a max bitrate of 18mbps for everything. Due to the fact that I use just 448-640kb 5.1 audio files AC3 or 768 DTS, I could go to 16 or a bit more for the pure videobitrate. I once tested a higher bitrate in my standalone player, but it stuttered heavily. If I go for constant rate factor, is there any chance to tell him to stay below a certain bitrate ? I think this is contrary to CRF, but in other case CRF will be useless for me I think. Or do you guys think it could be worth doing some testing with highbitrated scenes ?

I will test with some presets if you think it is worth it.

Thanks,

Andy.

[Sharktooth]

if you're going for AVC-HD encodes set the VBV params and use 2passes to fill the DVD. That way you get the maximum quality since therewill be no wasted space and VBV vompliancy.
have a look at the new MeGUI presets. If you dont use MeGUI, dont worry, you can still open the .xml files in a text editor and extrapolatethe CLI settings.

[LOGiC]

@Shark,

I love to use meGUI and I will keep using it. I've filled in everything, but when you wrote that normally CRF is better than multipass, I thought I could give it a try. I don't care if the resulting file is 10gigs or 20gigs, but just as said, there could be problems with the high bitrate. I don't know how CRF exactly works or what it does, if a scene has i.e. 35mbps. It would have that bitrate in the re-encode as well, or can you explain the functionality of CRF in general ? I think I will stick with 2pass in this case. I am trying to get some information about max. ref.frames and bframes at AVCHD, this will be hard to answer or hard to find out.

[Sharktooth]

Im not sure CRF will obey the VBV, ask the x264 devs. However AVC-HD has 24mbps limits in geneal and 18mbps limit on DVD.
for other settings look at the megui presets. AVC-hd is already included.

[toytown]

x264 does not use 560MB of memory. Most of that is Avisynth. Add SetMemoryMax() to your script to limit it. x264 itself does not use much memory in normal situations.

Yep my mistake, in my hurry i wrote it down wrong as i was still looking at the process monitor screen with x264.exe in, what i meant to write was the whole encoding process, x264/avisynth/filters etc for the video.

i hate fanboys... let him believe in his stupidity.if he knows it all why he comes here asking for help?i wonder why i still check this thread. i shuould not give support for free for an OS app. expecially for ppl like him.
if it doent work the sources are availabe... get them and fix it, if you're able. when you will see the problem is not the app but vista, then you might open your eyes.

No offence, but not once have i been a fanboy, i use Vista, i like it, but i dont go on forums saying everybody should upgrade or anything, i also didnt do anything except defend the absurd amount of memory you claimed was needed just to run the OS without pushing it hard. However when i see posts which are full of misinformation regarding it, i do like to correct them people, so that others are not misguided. Its not stupidity at all.

In one of your earlier posts you said that "4GB was needed but dont work the machine to hard" (or something like that), what i posted was showing that the whole encoding process on a vista build was using approx 1.2GB of ram (without setting the memory cap on avisynth). I did this so other users on the forum, wouldnt think that they needed an upgrade or 4GB before they could do an encode, which is what you seemed to be implying.

However you decide to attack me and call me a fanboy even though there is enough evidence in other posts on this and many other forums to prove you wrong on the 4GB claim. In making posts like that you look like a hypocrite and actually look like the fanboy yourself.

[Sharktooth]

even microsoft does recommend the business customers to skip Vista in favour of the next Windows 7.
Vista is plagued by app compatibility and memory/CPU hogging coz it's bloated.
why microsoft dosnt make the same reccomendations to private users? it has to sell vista and privates usullally do not sue M$.
my posts are not full of misinformation, i work with computers and i've seen several installations of Vista. It's utter crap, fat, slow (readyboost? dont make me laugh), memory and CPU hungry (expecially the ultimate edition, expecially on 64bits), the UI is more complex than XP's UI (more clicks to do the same operations), filled with restrictions (starting from the UAC that's for the user, not for the apps, WMP11 with nasty DRM, etc.) and impossible to use on older than 1 or 2 years PCs.
now you're turning back, you cant hide what you said. 2GB is not enough for serious video encoding on vista but they are enough on XP. what makes you think? Vista is seriously flawed and bloated. more ram wont fix it. the problems lie in the code.
i look at the facts not at bells and wishtles.
that said, i DO NOT recommend using Vista for anything (except using the disc like a freesby, for training), expecially for encoding. Stick with XP and everything will work faster and with less problems.

[MachThree]

@MachThree, rip your dvd with a decent software (DVD Fab HD Decrypter) which supports the latest protections.
AnyDVD used to be good but lately they focused on BLu-Rays...

I used AnyDVD and DVD Shrink before this problem began to occur, though. They couldn't be the problem.

[Sharktooth]

then you did something wrong in your encoding steps
however, to be sure, always rip your dvds with dvd fab (decrypter is free) and keep it always up to date.
be sure to remove any space or special char it may write into files/folders names

[LOGiC]

@Shark

I am just doing some tests. I taken a sample with a high bitrate and filled the buffer. The CRF encoding will be done within the next hour. After that I can see if buffer has been obeyed or not. I guess it was the easiest way to find out. Let's see :-)

[Sharktooth]

ok, let's see. theoretically it should respect it. but im not so sure.

[Dark Shikari]

2-pass is recommended with VBV whenever possible; x264 does a much better job of obeying VBV in the second pass than the first, due to Gabriel's 2pass VBV code.

[Sharktooth]

ok, now you know. use 2 passes.

[LOGiC]

Thank you guys, I will stay at 2pass :-)

[MachThree]

then you did something wrong in your encoding steps
however, to be sure, always rip your dvds with dvd fab (decrypter is free) and keep it always up to date.
be sure to remove any space or special char it may write into files/folders names

You wouldn't know of a setting in MeGUI that could throw the sync off, would you?

[Sharktooth]

yes, there's an audio delay option but that will fix constant delay only.
as a general rule, if you get weird delays than that's cause the DVD was ripped badly.

[Carraway]

BUG REPORT: This is in the "Automatic Encoding" screen, and is typically only reproducable with short clips and large bitrates.

If you select "Average Bitrate" and type in your bitrate, the filesize it selects will round down to the nearest integer.

Example: a 48 second clip at 1000 kb/s should be 5.8 MB. This is what it displays in the "Video Size" box, but in fact when it encodes it's pulling the desired file size from the box above that ("File Size"), which is where the rounding occurs.

FIX: Please make sure that when encoding by bitrate it pulls the target filesize from the "Video Size" box and NOT the "File Size" box.

ALSO: MeGUI is fantastic.

[JarrettH]

I like to run DGIndex separately so I know it's done right. Pay careful attention to what VOBs you choose. I've had instances where sync can be off because of this (Unforgiven and There Will Be Blood). Make sure what's loaded in DGIndex doesn't start with the title menu or any other weirdness...just the main movie beginning to end.

[check]

@carraway: there is a bug tracker for bug reports

@jarrettH: to avoid this, rip the movies in IFO mode, that way you will only get the main movie sequence in the VOBs and no chance of a screwup

[Sharktooth]

@carraway: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=798476&group_id=156112&func=browse

[qpsl]

Avs file did not support unicode file name encode.

[Kurtnoise]

Is that what you mean ? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=131876&highlight=avisynth+unicode)

[Sharktooth]

this is not a bug report thread.
report bugs in the bugtracker, also this is not related to megui, but to tools used by megui.
dont use unicode or speces or special chars in filename and you wont have any problems.

[fleon]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug and if it is not then is a problem with the psp profile, I have an mkv file 720*576(4/3) wich have according to mediainfo 1705 Kbps (1801 Kbps) of the video stream now I have tried to convert it to psp but everytime I do it the video ends in 1063 Kbps or something with 1000 then (the bitrate I choice).

For example if I choose to convert it to 1500 Kbps because I am downscaling it to 480*272, the video ends in 1045 Kbps (1500 Kbps) wich makes the video to look bad and very pixelated in some scenes.

I have looked into mediainfo and the problem is to be more exactly that megui encodes everything in 1000 Kbps bitrate and the nominal bitrate is the only one that changes, I have never had this problem with other file types

So can someone please help me out with this

[check]

fleon: you have to set the desired bitrate yourself. If you don't set it, MeGUI will use the default of 1000kbits.

[Sharktooth]

this is not a megui bug neither a problem with the preset.
you just need to :readguid:

[Carpo]

in megui how would i know which comp check to run? Other question is what are the main differences between the new profiles for xvid? i have just updated to V3 and notice there are a few new options

[fleon]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug and if it is not then is a problem with the psp profile, I have an mkv file 720*576(4/3) wich have according to mediainfo 1705 Kbps (1801 Kbps) of the video stream now I have tried to convert it to psp but everytime I do it the video ends in 1063 Kbps or something with 1000 then (the bitrate I choice).

For example if I choose to convert it to 1500 Kbps because I am downscaling it to 480*272, the video ends in 1045 Kbps (1500 Kbps) wich makes the video to look bad and very pixelated in some scenes.

I have looked into mediainfo and the problem is to be more exactly that megui encodes everything in 1000 Kbps bitrate and the nominal bitrate is the only one that changes, I have never had this problem with other file types

So can someone please help me out with this


fleon: you have to set the desired bitrate yourself. If you don't set it, MeGUI will use the default of 1000kbits.
I know that, I used the bitrate calculator to set the bitrate and what I said happened, also I checked the profile to see if the bitrate changed and it did, so there is a problem with megui

[poisondeathray]

Hi fleon, I just tested the psp profile with different bitrates - worked fine for me when I manually entered the bitrate

I'm using 0.3.0.1020, with the beta profiles from Sharktooth (I think it's v0.58)

[Carpo]

[Information] Final statistics
-[NoImage] Video Bitrate Desired: 1951 kbit/s
-[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 3551 kbit/s

can anyone explain why that happened ? i mean i know it can be + or - a few kbits but i think thats a bit much

[fleon]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug and if it is not then is a problem with the psp profile, I have an mkv file 720*576(4/3) wich have according to mediainfo 1705 Kbps (1801 Kbps) of the video stream now I have tried to convert it to psp but everytime I do it the video ends in 1063 Kbps or something with 1000 then (the bitrate I choice).

For example if I choose to convert it to 1500 Kbps because I am downscaling it to 480*272, the video ends in 1045 Kbps (1500 Kbps) wich makes the video to look bad and very pixelated in some scenes.

I have looked into mediainfo and the problem is to be more exactly that megui encodes everything in 1000 Kbps bitrate and the nominal bitrate is the only one that changes, I have never had this problem with other file types

So can someone please help me out with this


fleon: you have to set the desired bitrate yourself. If you don't set it, MeGUI will use the default of 1000kbits.
I know that, I used the bitrate calculator to set the bitrate and what I said happened, also I checked the profile to see if the bitrate changed and it did, so there is a problem with megui
Hi fleon, I just tested the psp profile with different bitrates - worked fine for me when I manually entered the bitrate

I'm using 0.3.0.1020, with the beta profiles from Sharktooth (I think it's v0.58)
did you tested it with an mkv file? because with the other file types it works, the problem is with an mkv file that doesnt tell the encoder the right bitrate it just changes the nominal bitrate wich doesnt seems to matter too much because the image is blurry and pixalated in some scenes

[poisondeathray]

did you tested it with an mkv file? because with the other file types it works, the problem is with an mkv file that doesnt tell the encoder the right bitrate it just changes the nominal bitrate wich doesnt seems to matter too much because the image is blurry and pixalated in some scenes

I just tried on a small .mkv sample clip. It works fine. I entered 1500kbps, it worked out to be 1495kbps... close enough

I didn't use bitrate calculator or auto encode. I manually entered 1500kbps

Maybe try deleting your profiles, and re-installing them?

I'm using all the newest updates for the beta branch, and x264 r928

[tebasuna51]

@fleon
The bitrate equivalent to the 1705 (720*576) for 480*272 is:

(1705 / (720 x 576)) x 480 x 272 = 537 kb/s

Maybe the encoder don't need the full 1500 kb/s.

For a 480*272 a bitrate of 1045 is more than enough.
I can't believe: "the video to look bad and very pixelated in some scenes"

[Sharktooth]

fleon that is not a bug. the bitrate calc no longer sets the bitrate (maybe you shoulr read the changelog!) it only calcs it.
use autoencode or SET THE BITRATE in the profile.

[rack04]

What does DAP stand for in the Lame preset? Also, is there somewhere that explains these new audio presets?

[Sharktooth]

Digital Audio Player: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Digital+Audio+Player

[fib0by]

I'm using Sharktooth's AVC-HD preset (2 pass Turbo) and there's something confusing about Megui: I'm looking at the Log window and the x264 parameters displayed there for the 2nd pass do not seem to match the XML profile.
I hover the mouse over the Job commandline in that window and a yellow rectangle pops up showing a different list of parameters - this one seems closer to the AVC-HD preset.

OK, I just verified - it's the same for the 1st pass parameters.

This is confusing. Why does Megui display something in the Log window, and something else in the yellow pop-up? The stuff displayed in the Log window seems shorter. There are more parameters for x264 in the yellow pop-up than in the Log window.

It would be nice if Megui would be consistent with the things that are displayed. Also, it would be nice if it created a text file log with all that stuff.

[ditche]

Hi, regarding the audio profiles, in the future, is it possible to choose the increase volume ? Currently it's automatic, but sometimes it's not enough for me. :D

http://users.skynet.be/bk314761/smileys/158.png

[Sharktooth]

yes, post a feature request in the megui feature request tracker on sourceforge.

@flb0by: MeGUI normally copies the 2nd pass settings for the first pass. if you select Turbo, it tunes down the settings to have a fast first pass.
however the log is a bit messy. what really matters is what is saved in the log file.

[fib0by]

@flb0by: MeGUI normally copies the 2nd pass settings for the first pass. if you select Turbo, it tunes down the settings to have a fast first pass.
however the log is a bit messy. what really matters is what is saved in the log file.

You mean the stuff in C:\Program Files\megui\logs ? Even that doesn't seem to contain the actual options. I did find something that looks like the right stuff for pass 1 for a previous attempt (aborted job) but that was it.

Maybe I should wait until all the jobs are completed and then it will write everything to the log?

[Sharktooth]

it contains the actual option for all passes.
example:
...
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 1062 --stats "***removed***.stats" --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --direct auto --filter -1,-1 --subme 1 --partitions none --me dia --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 714:485 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "***removed***.avs"
...
...
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 1062 --stats "***removed***.stats." --ref 3 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --bime --weightb --direct auto --filter -1,-1 --subme 6 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --me umh --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 714:485 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "***removed***.264" "***removed***.avs"
...
the log is written at completion. to be sure just close megui when it finished and look again at the logs folder.

[fib0by]

it contains the actual option for all passes.
the log is written at completion. to be sure just close megui when it finished and look again at the logs folder.

Ah yes, that is right. I looked and indeed everything was there after completion. Thanks!

[LOGiC]

@Sharktooth

Hey mate, thank you for your reply on the other thread. I decided to completely set up a new PC. THis is very old and it was some kind of "Complete Discounter-PC" which has a Core2Duo E6300, but just has a single channel RAM. When trying to encode with Subme7 / Trellis2, I am at 1,25fps, this sucks.

Will MeGUI be able to use all four cores of a quad core ? Just for any calculations, on some "middle" to "insane" settings, to which FPS could one come ?

Thanks in advance,

ANdy.

[flebber]

I have been fiddling with MeGui a little bit now and like what I am getting. There is only two little things I want to confirm, they are essentially very simple.

1) To alter color and brightness etc. I have largely created all my scripts in MeGui and then edited them in VirtualDubMod as prescribed here http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/capture/postprocessing_avisynth.html and then reopened them to finish them off. Is there a simpler, but still effective and controllable way of doing this ?

2) Really simple one Megui clearly has Input Dar for aspect ratio in the Script Creator, But there is no Output Dar option. Is there no option or I just can't find it ?

Cheers

[Sharktooth]

@LOGic, megui uses x264 and it is able to use all the four cores. the problems usually comes from slow avisynth scripts. in that case avisynth wont be fast enough to feed the fames to the encoder, so the encoding threads will wait...
however, first be sure to disable "Automatically set the number of threads" in options (x264 uses a different way to calculate the number of threads) and set "Threads" = 0 (auto) in the x264 preset. that will ensure the correct threads settings for x264.

@flebber:
1) you can use any DirectShow player or anything supporting avisynth to watch the avisynth script preview. Megui offers a preview too during the script creation.
since megui cant graphically support evey avisynth filter (there are tons of them) there's a minimal graphical interface for what the user usually needs.
if you want graphical controls for brightness, contrast and color, please fill in a feature request in the megui feature request tracker on sourceforge.

2) MeGUI uses the input AR for the encoding. Also there seems to be a bug with AR that sometimes happens.

[flebber]

@flebber:
1)....if you want graphical controls for brightness, contrast and color, please fill in a feature request in the megui feature request tracker on sourceforge.

2) MeGUI uses the input AR for the encoding. Also there seems to be a bug with AR that sometimes happens.

I am basically just using VDubMod as a means to adjust colour and brightness. I will add a request to the tracker as I thought of another option, ... as Virtualdub has 2 colour filters I know of (there is probably more) Auto Levels and Msu Color and Avisynth supports loading Vdub plugins, I could just write a scipt to import filters from vdub into avisynth and save that as part of the prest scipts in Megui... Or I could fill out a feature request:)

2) All of our TV sets in Australia are changing from 4:3 to widescreen to plasma/LCD as PAL is being given the boot for HDTV, with old footage I have got what is the best way to change aspect in Megui?

Feature Request https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2037538&group_id=156112&atid=798479

[Sharktooth]

there is no best as per forum rules.
i think you should read the megui guide and the avisynth manual.

[flebber]

there is no best as per forum rules.
i think you should read the megui guide and the avisynth manual.

Yes I apologise I should have used "more effective", which is closer to what i meant.

[Sharktooth]

MeGUI supports anamorphic encoding. Have a look at the wiki (link is in the Megui guide sticky thread).

[check]

flebber:
regarding changing the AR: if you mean the actual Aspect Ratio in which the video will display at the end: you should not change this. All of the methods you can use to modify this AR will result in a loss of picture or distortion. You will have to live with pillarboxed display on your new TV.

regarding a better avisynth GUI: you may want to make the next step up in terms of avisynth GUIs to AvsP. There is a thread on these forums about it.

[Greif]

I have been using MeGUI to just encode my HD videos. I then used mkvmerge to join up the video/audio/srt/chapters.

I'd like to save a step or two and just use MeGUI for the joining.

I do have a few questions on using MeGUI:

If I select an AC3 file in the Audio section on the Input tab, is it getting re-encoded?
What is meant by *scratchpad* in the Encoder settings?
Is there a way for MeGUI to import SRT substitles?


BTW, great product. Keep up the good work. :)

[IceMan2]

Hi guys I have a couple questions. First, after some recent updates when I go to create a DV2 file and select Demux all tracks and load the audio. The audio is not auto loading and also I see no data when the creation of the DV2 file. About a few weeks or so ago things were working fine.

Secondly I do alot of TV recording and XviD compression of these shows and I had people tell me that these rips aren't playing back on there DivX/XviD players. Since I dont use or have one these, my knowledge is little as to why this might be. The settings I am ripping at are the basic XviD 1100 kbs fast with no QPel or GMC.

[Sharktooth]

@Greif, megui cant join videos without re-encoding them
Use mkvmerge or other tools for other file formats.
the *scratchpad* contains the default settings, usefull when making new presets from "scratch"
about subs, megui can mux srt subs in various file formats. read the wiki for more info.

@iceman2: first, the behaviour has changed since dgindex 1.5+ has a different audio management. what you mean you "see no data"?
second, megui's xvid configuration doesnt still graphically support hardware devices. it will come soon.

[~bT~]

Secondly I do alot of TV recording and XviD compression of these shows and I had people tell me that these rips aren't playing back on there DivX/XviD players. Since I dont use or have one these, my knowledge is little as to why this might be. The settings I am ripping at are the basic XviD 1100 kbs fast with no QPel or GMC.

these work for me:

http://maxupload.com/img/B7F7CF72.jpg

http://maxupload.com/img/1902994D.jpg

obviously u will need to change thread= and bitrate

[IceMan2]

your the man ~bT~ I will give that try the next rip and see what happens and wait for feedback from the guys who use these xvid/divx standalone players.

I really love this encoder, the interface is very friendly for the novice user and the amount of control it gives me over each encoding step is hands down the best and getting better. I appreciate all that are behind the scenes making this happen and the one's here who devote there time in helping people out.

Thanks Ice

[Sharktooth]

i cant see the image

[tebasuna51]

your the man ~bT~ I will give that try the next rip and see what happens and wait for feedback from the guys who use these xvid/divx standalone players.

Maybe old xvid/divx standalone player only play fine with:
Number of B-frames: 1

[Sharktooth]

the old ones, yes, 1 b-frame and packed bitstream.
the new ones, can handle 1b + PB and 2 b-frames and no packed bitstream...

[flebber]

flebber:
regarding changing the AR: if you mean the actual Aspect Ratio in which the video will display at the end: you should not change this. All of the methods you can use to modify this AR will result in a loss of picture or distortion. You will have to live with pillarboxed display on your new TV.

regarding a better avisynth GUI: you may want to make the next step up in terms of avisynth GUIs to AvsP. There is a thread on these forums about it.
Seems interesting, found http://avisynth.org/qwerpoi/Overview.html and the doom thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=115506 after a quick search will have a look.

[ZZZERO]

Simple question from a noob I hope: When I installed megui I only selected some LAME MP3 audio encoding presets from the long list of offered presets. Now I want to try Nero AAC and use some of its presets. I can't figure out how to import them now? What am I missing?

[Sharktooth]

Options->Update
then find the audio presets, right click->Force (re)install....

[kaabob]

Hello,

I did a search for "Audio stream information" but didn't get an appropriate result, so here I go...

I've just ripped a Jaws DVD onto the computer as a set of IFO's and VOB's. I started out (following the wiki guide) by first running "Tools -> D2V creator" and selected "Demux all Audio tracks". After that job had finished, I had files such as "jaws T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" and "jaws T84 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3". However, there is no audio stream information txt file to tell me what language and #channels each ac3 file is. Is there an option in MeGui to enable audio stream information output to a text file? Thanks, this would be very handy.

EDIT: Just out of curiosity (I know this question is a no-brainer, but bear with me), but a video encoded with preset "x264: HQ-slow" will not be playable on a standalone BD player, correct? I'm thinking of archiving my movies at the highest quality (without resorting to insane mode), but I'd want to be able to play these files on a standalone BD player such as a PS3. Thanks!

[~bT~]

Hello,

I did a search for "Audio stream information" but didn't get an appropriate result, so here I go...

I've just ripped a Jaws DVD onto the computer as a set of IFO's and VOB's. I started out (following the wiki guide) by first running "Tools -> D2V creator" and selected "Demux all Audio tracks". After that job had finished, I had files such as "jaws T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" and "jaws T84 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3". However, there is no audio stream information txt file to tell me what language and #channels each ac3 file is. Is there an option in MeGui to enable audio stream information output to a text file? Thanks, this would be very handy.

EDIT: Just out of curiosity (I know this question is a no-brainer, but bear with me), but a video encoded with preset "x264: HQ-slow" will not be playable on a standalone BD player, correct? I'm thinking of archiving my movies at the highest quality (without resorting to insane mode), but I'd want to be able to play these files on a standalone BD player such as a PS3. Thanks!
you need to update your presets and i part answered your question as highlighted in bold above.

[Cornflower]

I'm soo farged.... I've got an mp4 that I can't play on my PS3. But the PS3 manual says mp4 is supported. What's wrong? Here's what I know about my file:

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 3.50 GiB
Duration : 2h 10mn
Overall bit rate : 3839 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-04 05:45:11
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-04 22:37:27
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.2 2008022300

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Duration : 2h 10mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3700 Kbps
Width : 1136 pixels
Height : 640 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate : 29.963 fps
Maximum frame rate : 29.981 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.170
Stream size : 3.38 GiB (97%)
Writing library : x264 core 58 svn-736M
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=umh / subme=6 / brdo=0 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=300 / keyint_min=30 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=abr / bitrate=3700 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-04 05:45:11
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-04 22:37:27

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 10mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 166 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 119 MiB (3%)
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-04 05:45:11
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-04 22:37:27



Any ideas?

[nurbs]

Format profile : Main@L5.1
Frame rate mode : Variable


Level 5.1 could be a problem although I think I read on the forum that the PS3 plays such files now.
I don't know if it supports variable framerate (if it actually is VFR and I'm not interpreting this incorrectly.

I would demux all the tracks, change the level to 4.1 and mux to mp4 again with 23,976 fps. That could fix it.

edit:
Oh, wait a second, I just noticed it says 29,97 fps and not 23,97. So forget the framerate I gave for muxing.
Didn't you IVTC before encoding?

[check]

@cornflower: yes, ask the handbrake team. That's what the file was encoded with after all... :rolleyes:

[Cornflower]

@cornflower: yes, ask the handbrake team. That's what the file was encoded with after all... :rolleyes:

Quite... So, where do I find them?


Didn't you IVTC before encoding?

IVTC??? I didn't encode the original, or do I misunderstand something?

[check]

@cornflower: I'd suggest you try google, it's this magical website that lets you find things online.

[Cornflower]

@cornflower: I'd suggest you try google, it's this magical website that lets you find things online.

Haha, velly funny...

I thought you knew something about them. I'm new at this, so I don't know who's known for what. So, I'll just ignore you from now on, then?

[~bT~]

^ although check's comment had a slight sarcastic touch, it was nevertheless good advice.

[check]

I opened up a new tab and googled "handbrake". The very first result (http://www.google.com.au/search?q=handbrake&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a) was the project you are looking for. Just because you are new is no excuse for failing to search!

[Gornot]

Urgh, sorry of this has been asked before, but there's just too many pages to explore :P

I finally took a pretty darn good look at the MeGUIs Wiki tutorials page, and there's just one thing I don't understand:
After I input the AviSynth Script, set the Video Output and set all the Encoder settings, I've got the "Queve analysis pass" button and the standard "Enqueue" button. I do understand that the first one is the analysis pass performed on the AVS as job1 and then job2 is the analysis pass for the video itself then job3 the encoding (at least that's what I figured out from the Queue tab :P), I just don't understand if it's really necessary to perform the analysis pass to the AVS, since it already does that for the video itself.

OMG not only is it a stupid question but I also terribly explained it, I can barely understand myself, LOL, sorry for my f-ed up english.

[flebber]

How can I get besplit working with megui. I tried to use the audio cutter tool, bet it keeps erroring saying that besplit.exe is missing. So I have installed besplit exe to the path C:/program files/megui/besplit.exe . But it still isn't working. Should I be using besplit or besweet. I appear to be missing something simple.

This is the error.
-[NoImage] Error starting job
--[NoImage] Exception message: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'Required file 'C:\Program Files\megui\besplit.exe' is missing.'
--[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
--[NoImage] Inner exception: null
-[Information] Log for job2 (split, Kid Rock - All Summer Long [2008][SkidVid]_XviD.mp3 -> Kid Rock_0_)
--[Information] [8/10/2008 7:31:54 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/10/2008 7:31:54 PM] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Error starting job
--[NoImage] Exception message: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'Required file 'C:\Program Files\megui\besplit.exe' is missing.'
--[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
--[NoImage] Inner exception: null
I installed besplit v0.9b6 as the link to b7 is currently broken. Should I be using besweet.

[Taurus]

@flebber
Path to besplit:C:/program files/megui/tools\besplit\besplit.exe
Use MeGui/Options/Settings/Program Paths/Others/Path to besplit.exe....
Or read thw wikis/tutorials floating around :D;)

[~bT~]

Urgh, sorry of this has been asked before, but there's just too many pages to explore :P

I finally took a pretty darn good look at the MeGUIs Wiki tutorials page, and there's just one thing I don't understand:
After I input the AviSynth Script, set the Video Output and set all the Encoder settings, I've got the "Queve analysis pass" button and the standard "Enqueue" button. I do understand that the first one is the analysis pass performed on the AVS as job1 and then job2 is the analysis pass for the video itself then job3 the encoding (at least that's what I figured out from the Queue tab :P), I just don't understand if it's really necessary to perform the analysis pass to the AVS, since it already does that for the video itself.

OMG not only is it a stupid question but I also terribly explained it, I can barely understand myself, LOL, sorry for my f-ed up english.

edited. answer is below.

[Cornflower]

I opened up a new tab and googled "handbrake". The very first result (http://www.google.com.au/search?q=handbrake&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a) was the project you are looking for. Just because you are new is no excuse for failing to search!

Well... I can sort of agree with that, but it's not the handbrake team that's the problem, it's what settings was used by the encoder and what settings I need to convert it to PS3 format.

Still, I didn't appreciate the condescending tone. Hence my somewhat non-diplomatic response.

[flebber]

@flebber
Path to besplit:C:/program files/megui/tools\besplit\besplit.exe
Use MeGui/Options/Settings/Program Paths/Others/Path to besplit.exe....
Or read thw wikis/tutorials floating around :D;)

Thanks, no need for a tutorial your info was plenty.

cheers

[check]

@gornot: queue analysis pass is used in situations where you need to run the avisynth script first before you do the encode. The usual reason is you're using a plugin that creates stats dynamically. You don't need to use this, unless you know you do :)

@~bt: no. You are thinking of 'pre-rendering job', not 'analysis pass'

[~bT~]

^ yes u are correct. his post was quite confusing :p

[marklight]

I'm trying to encode some HD MKV's to Apple TV. I downloaded AVisynth and installed the CCCP . I also loaded in the PD-AppleTV preset. I create my script of the file - the only setting I mess with is the resolution. Then I load it into MeGui and choose the Apple TV preset. The only setting I adjust in the preset is the bit rate. When encoding is done, I am unable to open up the resulting MP4 file - in Quicktime I get the error "An invalid public movie atom was found in the movie." I'm including a picture of some of the file's attributes if this helps.

[Warpman]

I'm trying to encode some HD MKV's to Apple TV. I downloaded AVisynth and installed the CCCP . I also loaded in the PD-AppleTV preset. I create my script of the file - the only setting I mess with is the resolution. Then I load it into MeGui and choose the Apple TV preset. The only setting I adjust in the preset is the bit rate. When encoding is done, I am unable to open up the resulting MP4 file - in Quicktime I get the error "An invalid public movie atom was found in the movie." I'm including a picture of some of the file's attributes if this helps.

could be a framerate issue... try remuxing with yamb

[sazoki]

i'm trying to encode an AVI movie,with megui to IPOD 5.5 ,and when encode audio with directshowsource give this error:
[Error] An error occurred
-[NoImage] Exception message: The pipe has been ended.
-[NoImage] Stacktrace
--[NoImage] at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
--[NoImage] at System.IO.FileStream.WriteCore(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
--[NoImage] at System.IO.FileStream.Write(Byte[] array, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
--[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
-[NoImage] Inner exception: null

what i have to do.....?

[Kurtnoise]

don't use DSS with AVI files...AVISource() is the way to go.

Moreover, post the complete log file.

[sazoki]

thx,
well,i use AVISOURCE to encode video and audio file,but sometimes audio Precedes the video little bit.

[LeXXuz]

I have a strange problem when encoding anamorphic to xvid with MeGUI.

It seems that the AR-values are not written correctly to the avi-file:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/931/meguiaremu4.png

This happens not with every movie, but with every lets say 2nd or 3rd one. So I have to set the correct DAR values from the avs script manually an resave the file.

In earlier versions of megui/encraw, I haven't had this problem.

[unreal666]

Error MeGUI during updating:
MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Not set the reference to object in instance of a object. Source of exception: MeGUI stacktrace: в MeGUI.UpdateCacher.flushOldCachedFilesAsync(List`1 urls)
в MeGUI.UpdateWindow.InstallFiles(SortedDictionary`2 groups)
в MeGUI.UpdateWindow.BeginUpdate()
в System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
в System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
в System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

"Not set the reference to object in instance of a object" - it is translate from Russian.
MeGUI v0.3.0.1020
Windows XP SP2

[Kurtnoise]

updating what ?

[unreal666]

Kurtnoise13
meGUI -> Option -> Update
This error appears whether during the upgrade whether in the end of upgrade after downloading of all files (precisely has not understood)