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nickolasemp

13th February 2007, 15:00

HQ Insane removes the check on the "turbo" box next to the passes dropdown. Recheck it and your speed will return. Of course, expect that 3-4 fps to return for your second pass :)

I did check the "turbo" box and everything works like a charm now. Thanks a lot!

rack04

14th February 2007, 13:39

On my last few encodes I'm having an issue getting both video and audio to mux. Looking at the command log it looks as if the audio wasn't included in the mux.

Looking for job processor for job...
Processor found!
Starting job job1 at 6:31:58 AM
Starting preprocessing of job...
Preprocessing finished!
encoder commandline:
-add "C:\Temp\School For Scoundrels\School For Scoundrels.mp4" -chap "C:\Temp\School For Scoundrels\VTS_09 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt" -new "C:\Temp\School For Scoundrels Final.mp4"
successfully started encoding
Processing ended at 6:33:58 AM
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log for job job1

IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Video (size 640 x 272)
Saving C:\Temp\School For Scoundrels Final.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
ISO File Writing: | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Starting postprocessing of job...
Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated
Postprocessing finished!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-1.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled2.jpg

check

14th February 2007, 14:29

are you trying to add ac3 audio or something similarly impossible?

rack04

14th February 2007, 15:17

Sorry I should have mentioned that in the first post. The AC3 audio was encoded using the ND AAC codec NDAAC-HE-64Kbps audio profile.

Appu

14th February 2007, 17:09

I have got a camcoder footage (avi format ) of about 30 min duration. Video is DV and audio is PCM. Used MeGUI for onverting the DV into H.264 video. No issue with video encoding.
But I couldn't do the audio encoding properly. I want to create AAC audio. Used the same avi file as audio input. Selected Nero AAC encoder. Everything went fine and the output file got generated. But the file is not playable with any of the players. The players didn't show any error but the no audio output. Tried with all the AAC and even mp3 also. Same result!.

Need help.............

cc979

14th February 2007, 19:36

check

15th February 2007, 03:32

@rack: what happens if you try and manually mux the files into mp4?

rack04

15th February 2007, 04:24

@rack: what happens if you try and manually mux the files into mp4?

When I use YAMB to manually mux the video and audio everything works fine. I tried again with a different encode and the same thing happened. I don't know if anything has recently changed because it has always work flawlessly in the past.

check

15th February 2007, 04:59

it looks like the commandline creator isn't working. File a bug report at the sourceforge tracker.

rack04

15th February 2007, 13:43

A bug report has been filed at the sourceforge tracker. Thanks.

Ð.Sp!dér

15th February 2007, 20:49

rack04

15th February 2007, 22:28

Is the "WinAmp AAC" any better then the "ND AAC" ? Nero's release dates back to May 26 of 2006... Isn't that kinda old ?

In "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\encaacplus" there's a 48 KB file. Is that some sort of a bridge between the dlls in the Winamp install folder or is it the encoder itself ?

Does it work with Winamp Pro's new encoder v8.0.3 ?

2007-02-13 - Version 1.0.7.0

- neroAacEnc:
- Quality tuning for some bitrates
- Added support for 16 and 22.05 kHz samplerates for HE AAC
- Fixed HE AAC configuration problems for 5.1 files (at q=0.0)
- Temporary file handling fixed on Windows Vista
- Various speed optimisations

- neroAacDec:
- Small speedups
- Reduced memory usage

- neroAacTag:
- No changes

gino25

16th February 2007, 17:00

i' ve a problem with latest megui.

If i open it, megui write that there are updates (13 files). But if i update i have:

Trying server: http://mewiki.project357.com/auto/stable/
Retrieving update file from server...
File downloaded successfully...
Loading update data...
Update data loaded successfully...
Finished parsing update file...
There are 13 files that can be updated.
Updating convolution3dyv12. File 1/13.
Error: The path to save convolution3dyv12 to is invalid.
Updating undot. File 2/13.

I have that error for all files to update. what is wrong?

Thank you.

buzzqw

16th February 2007, 17:22

Error: The path to save convolution3dyv12 to is invalid.

maybe due to missing avisynth installation directory path in registry

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AviSynth]
@="C:\\Program Files\\AviSynth 2.5"
"plugindir2_5"="C:\\Program Files\\AviSynth 2.5\\plugins"

try reistalling avisynth... :)

BHH

Ð.Sp!dér

17th February 2007, 00:40

Why didn't anyone tell me I needed to copy 2 files from my Winamp 5.33 install folder in order to benefit the latest and meanest CT aacPlus ?

C:\Program Files\megui\tools\encaacplus\enc_aacplus.dll
C:\Program Files\megui\tools\encaacplus\nscrt.dll

Shouldn't MeGUI inform the user about this ? :|

In Winamp, I see a small checkbox that says "Tune for speech". I don't see this in MeGUI. Is it a new feature ?

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/128/untitledxj1.png

Appu

17th February 2007, 05:39

did the avs file created by megui play the audio in mpc ?
if not edit the file and remove the ",audio=false" part then try megui again

failing that try

have you tried demuxing the audio from avi, virtualdubmod then feeding audio into megui.

I tried couple of things.

Given the AVI file ( which contains both audio and video ) as input for audio encoding. Used Nero for AAC encoding. The encoding went through, but the output file doesn't produce any sound.

Demuxed the audio part using AViMuxer. The demuxed audio file ( wave PCM ) is playing properly. Gave this as input to the MeGUI for AAC encoding. Same issue as above.

Then created an avs file. Made 'audio=True' in the script. Again no use.

What I am missing here?

check

17th February 2007, 09:40

check the log. The nero encoder requires you to manually download the nero encoder, so if you haven't done that it will error out.

Carpo

17th February 2007, 16:44

ok im not asking which would be better or is the best but - which format mp4 or mkv would ppl suggest to use?

it seems mkv can handle more wereas mp4 is supported better

i norm do anime with 2 different audio subs and of course x264 vid

edit: anyone here using win2k3 standard (or other versions) with megui - is there any problems - i have a chance to get a copy though my work and was thinking of putting in on main pc (which does most things) :)

rack04

17th February 2007, 17:15

A bug report has been filed at the sourceforge tracker. Thanks.

Update:

I did a little testing and this is what I've been able to find

When using the "MP4 Muxer" both the video and audio are in the commandline:

-add "C:\Temp\The Departed\The Departed.mp4" -add "C:\Temp\The Departed\VTS_01_1 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -7ms.mp4":lang=eng -chap "C:\Temp\The Departed\VTS_01 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt" -new "C:\Temp\The Departed Final.mp4"

When using the "Adaptive Muxer" with MP4 container format only the video is in the commandline:

-add "C:\Temp\The Departed\The Departed.mp4" -chap "C:\Temp\The
Departed\VTS_01 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt" -new "C:\Temp\The
Departed.mp4"

When using "Adaptive Muxer" with MKV container format I get the following error:

mkvmerge v1.7.0 ('What Do You Take Me For') built on Apr 28 2006 17:19:57

Error: The source file 'C:\Temp\The Departed Final1.mp4' could not be opened successfully, or retrieving its size by seeking to the end did not work.

When using "MKV Muxer" both the video and audio are in the commandline:
mkvmerge v1.7.0 ('What Do You Take Me For') built on Apr 28 2006 17:19:57
-o "C:\Temp\The Departed Final.mkv" -A -S "C:\Temp\The Departed\The Departed.mp4" --language 1:eng -a 1 -D -S "C:\Temp\The Departed\VTS_01_1 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -7ms.mp4" --chapters "C:\Temp\The Departed\VTS_01 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt" --no-clusters-in-meta-seek

So I think the error is in the "Adaptive Muxer" and the commandline it creates.

pimpMyHD

17th February 2007, 19:26

ok, i have try a lot of things, but i must confess :
i am not able to run megui on Vista.

Does someone has written a topic about the compatibility with vista ?

Even a clean and fresh install does not work on my station. It run, but i can't start encoding, i have several errors like

xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003

Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
Can't open avi/avs file C:\Users\*****\Desktop\deco\script.avs

in xvid and in x264 too.

My avs is right, containing the right stuff, all is ok ... but it won't work. I tried to put administrator levels to all exe and files .. but that's the same.

damn ... i will downgrade to xp if i can't find a solution ...

check

18th February 2007, 01:57

@carpo: it's really not a decision that we can help you make, beyond telling you the differences.

@pmh: can you open the avs files ok in WiMP?

Carpo

18th February 2007, 02:18

advising me on the difference might help :)

i know you cant use mp4 and ac3 so if i want to keep best qulity sound i will have to use mkv

check

18th February 2007, 10:11

the other main difference in compatibility is that mkv supports the SSA/ASS subtitle format. In any case, if you don't see any difference between then, it doesn't matter which one you pick. If you notice a difference you can simply remux the files later on.

Carpo

18th February 2007, 10:44

so mp4 can only handle srt subs ?

nurbs

18th February 2007, 12:32

mp4box converts the srts to timed texed when you mux them. You can also mux vobsubs, but when I last tried I had some problems with that. For instance the mp4 would end up with a duration of 13 hours while without the vobsubs (or by putting the same files in mkv) it would be the correct 1,5 hours. That was some time ago, so maybe they solved this issues.

Carpo

18th February 2007, 16:39

think i'll keep anime backups as mkv - as they will have subs and use mp4 for other things :)

Lenchik

18th February 2007, 21:16

I have a couple of problems with latest MeGUI.
I am encoding .avs to Xvid in avi.
I can't change the name of output file in a way different than pressing "..." button and so on. In 0.2.3.xxxx I could just type new name in the proper line of interface.
By the way Why MeGUI doesn't put extensions to files automatically?
Second problem - I can't find the way to se commandline generated (or the way to turn it on).

Selur

19th February 2007, 16:33

@lenchik:
1st Xvid avi generation is kind of borked (see: bug tracker-> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=156112&atid=798476)
2nt there's no way atm to modify or see the commandline MeGui uses for encoding with xvid_encraw => if you would like this feature but it in the feature tracker (-> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=798479&group_id=156112&func=browse).

-----------

general question about MeGui -> Avisynth script creator -> Filters -> Source Type:

What does 'M-in-5 decimation required' and the parameter mean in detail?

Cu Selur

Lenchik

19th February 2007, 16:54

2nt there's no way atm to modify or see the commandline MeGui uses for encoding with xvid_encraw

It was possible in some previus versions. Why was it removed?

Selur

19th February 2007, 17:02

don't know, to be frank I never saw it for xvid, just for x264 :)

sjchmura

19th February 2007, 19:19

So now we can demux HD-DVD rips.... is there any motivation to include this option in MEGUI?

awx

20th February 2007, 08:01

I'm just getting started with MeGUI and am running into a consistent problem with film detection. Several major hollywood dvds that I'm attempting to convert are being detected as non-film by MeGUI. On the other hand AutoGK does detect them as pure film and the resulting Xvid is 23.97 FPS and looks good. Frequently the .mp4 file I get from MeGUI is 29.97 FPS and will still have interlacing/comb artifacts or whatever you call that.

I've tried experimenting with the source type and disabling the recommended deinterlacing setting from MeGUI but still the final file will still have artifacts.

And the preview AVS window never really seems to change for me, no matter what settings I use so it's difficult to see how my settings are altering the final output until I run the full job.

What are some things I can try so that I can get MeGUI to see these DVDs as pure film the way that AutoGK does?

PS- I've searched this thread for "film" and skimmed through the wiki and haven't seen anything to help me. Please post a link if I've overlooked something.

gordonwatts

20th February 2007, 11:15

Hi,
I'm brand new to MeGUI. I'm giving x264 a try. I have an old DVD that I've ripped; it plays fine in its ripped form.

I think load up MeGUI (0.3.4.1038 -- was a bit of a bear getting it working on Vista), Select x264 and MP4 file format, and HQ-Slow as the codec. Then I select the 1st audio track, "ND ACC" and the "MP4-AAC" container. I've downloaded the codec from Nero. I use the "HE-65kbps" profile. I hit AutoEncode.

After a while I have a new .mp4 file. I have the beta1 of ffdshow tryouts installed, and also get the most recent MatroskaSplitter. I tell windows MP to play. It starts (i.e. no errors), and I get icons for video and the splitter (oddly enough, nothing for audio).

I have no sound and no video and no errors. The WMP progress bar remains fixed in place. I can move it to a new spot (say 50% of the movie) and it will respond. I can double click on the Haali splitter icon and I get a nice little bit-rate graph. It is always zero for video (hmmm) and always has something for audio if I've recently moved the slider -- but the audio rate freezes eventually as well. I also tried to view it in Media Player Classic -- and turned on "stats" -- frame rate was zero (duh), Bit rate was listed as changing (no idea if that was due to audio or not).

I've probably done something dumb. But I can't tell where to start: is it my playback that is faulty or my encoding? I've not done anything with x264 previously.

check

21st February 2007, 02:12

@awx: interesting. does the analysis consistantly fail for you, or is this just a once off? Please also post the megui results for its detection.
@gordonwatts: you need to install the nero encoder manually. Read the wiki for instructions.

check

21st February 2007, 04:03

Just a note to all. I'm shifting hosting providers, so sometime in the next week or two the wiki and it's update cache will most likely disappear for a day or two.

awx

21st February 2007, 14:22

Check, the first DVD I tried produced pure film results- the picture looked great and was 23.97 (analysis said "film", top first with no deinterlacing). On all of the later DVDs that I've tried, the analysis will report different things but never film and it almost always recommends some form of deinterlacing. Again, all of these same DVDs will go thru AutoGK and come out as pure film.

For posting results, what should I post? Something from the log file, the avs scripts or just what the analysis recommends?

check

21st February 2007, 14:46

last I checked the deinterlace analysis spat out a lot of statistics on scenetypes and such in the deinterlacing area. If you could post that it would be useful. Also check your source detector config in settings, my default numbers are: 1, 150, 5, 10. You could try and increase the first number to 2 or 3 and see if it helps.
btw, how are you creating your d2vs?

Togg

21st February 2007, 17:31

Running MeGUI 0.2.4.1038 on Windows Vista Ultimate Final 32Bit.

I have a problem with job processing. It seems jobs are saved incorrectly when the command line gets to long. I only tried this for MP4BOX Muxxing but I think this could be a general XML handling error (Vista?)

Example:
-add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\s03e02.mp4" -add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\VTS_02_1 - 0x81 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - Deutsch - DELAY 0ms.mp4":lang=ger -add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\VTS_02_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.mp4":lang=eng -add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterpri

The xml is corrupt because tags are not closed.
should be :

-add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\s03e02.mp4" -add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\VTS_02_1 - 0x81 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - Deutsch - DELAY 0ms.mp4":lang=ger -add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\VTS_02_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.mp4":lang=eng -add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\german.srt":lang=ger -add "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\english.srt":lang=eng -chap "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\VTS_02 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt" -new "D:\Data\DVDSource\Enterprise Season 3\Enterprise S03E02\Enterprise - S03E02.mp4"

The job itself works, when I create the job and immediately execute it. That probably means that the internal memory structures are not the problem, only the file save procedure.
After MeGUI restart (when job loaded from xml) it does not work.

Sebastian

Edit: Why is the Bug Report Thread closed?

chelala

21st February 2007, 21:43

MeGUI update behind proxy auth problem

Usually I could update behind a http proxy without auth, now I most use auth in the proxy and MeGUI is not able to update any more.

Any solution possible ?

Thanks in Advance

Harold

check

22nd February 2007, 01:53

@togg, report errors to the sourceforge tracker: https://sourceforge.net/projects/megui/
@chelala: afraid not, but you can manually download the files from one of the mirrors and move them into the appropriate places.

gordonwatts

22nd February 2007, 09:58

@gordonwatts: you need to install the nero encoder manually. Read the wiki for instructions.

Thanks for the help! I'd followed the guide at http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/MeGUI_H.264_Conversion_Guide_page1.html -- but not completely. For some odd reason I'd left the nero encoders in a seperate folder. I then used the "settings" dialog, Program Paths tab, to set the nero path to be my desktop folder. The jobs in the queue seem to have taken some time: the AAC Nero codec jobs each took about 3 hours to run.

I have followed the instructions a bit more carefully this time, and reset the settings dialog box. I'll try running the encoding again tomorrow. And I'll try the one click encoder this time (so less chance of me making a mistake).

On a side note, I like the idea of the oneclick encoder. But my installation of mugui (which was fully updated before the above website went down) doesn't seem to have any one click profiles downloaded. Things seemed to get underway leaving that blank, but it wasn't obvious if that was ok. Is this normal?

BTW, the sourceforge home page does not reference the wiki. Also, the wiki page (at project357) seems to be down. Perhaps you've already started the hosting provider move you mention above (checked at 12:34am PDT). Ah, it is back up now (12:50am).

check

22nd February 2007, 12:50

there are no prebuilt available 1CE profiles available at the moment I'm afraid. Anyway, the state of the 1CE is somewhat unclear at the moment, some people have reported lots of bugs. I don't use it so don't know.

As for the wiki, the domain transfer will go through sometime in the next 8hrs or so I'd guess, and the server it's residing on at the moment is breaking and such, AND once it's moved to the new server it will take me a few days to get it all working again. Check back monday :)

Selur

22nd February 2007, 18:36

Does "Validate AVC Levels" under tools do anything?
I read: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=112496
But as fas as I can tell there's no way to select a level in a profile which violates the restrictions of the level.
So does "Validate AVC Levels" under tools have any usage, or did it become obsolete, since level check ist automaticly done during x264 configuration?

Cu Selur

Deano123

22nd February 2007, 22:15

Just Re-Installed MeGUI, And After Updating Theres No Profiles (Video Or Audio Profiles).

cc979

22nd February 2007, 22:37

Just Re-Installed MeGUI, And After Updating Theres No Profiles (Video Or Audio Profiles).

get the profiles from http://megui.org/auto/

then extract into the profiles folder

works for me

Deano123

23rd February 2007, 11:58

Looking for job processor for job...
Processor found!
Starting job job1 at 10:51:48
Starting preprocessing of job...
Preprocessing finished!
encoder commandline:

successfully started encoding
Processing ended at 11:00:40
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log for job job1

Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=48000Hz
H:\MeGUI\tools\lame\lame.exe -b 144 --cbr -h --silent - "C:\Documents and Settings\DIN-786\My Documents\Dvd-Rip Process\OutPutRip\AUDIO.mp3"Error:
System.IO.IOException: The pipe has been ended.

at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.WriteCore(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
at System.IO.FileStream.Write(Byte[] array, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
MPEG-1 layer III sample frequencies (kHz): 32 48 44.1
bitrates (kbps): 32 40 48 56 64 80 96 112 128 160 192 224 256 320

MPEG-2 layer III sample frequencies (kHz): 16 24 22.05
bitrates (kbps): 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 80 96 112 128 144 160

MPEG-2.5 layer III sample frequencies (kHz): 8 12 11.025
bitrates (kbps): 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 80 96 112 128 144 160

fatal error during initialization

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The current job contains errors. Skipping chained jobs

awx

27th February 2007, 01:20

btw, how are you creating your d2vs?
check, good question. I think the .d2v files were my problem. I had been manually launching the DGIndex from the MeGUI dir and opening the vobs and saving the d2v file.

But based on your question, I used the d2v wizard in MeGUI. So far, I've had several films detected as progressive and they're coming out as 23.97 fps.

Dr.Khron

27th February 2007, 14:48

Ok, yet another "I am new to MeGUI" thread... (finally giving up on Gknot and Divx)

I am trying to make high-quality backups of my Simpsons DVDs (Even though the menu animations are cute, its much easier to just open files for the epsiode you want to watch then to navigate the DVD). Since I don't need to hit a size target, I'm planing on using x264, two-pass at an average bit rate of 1600. These will be muxed into an MKV with the original AC3 tracks (regular and commentary) and .IDX graphical subs.

I have a ton of questions. First off, why does MeGUI NOT automaticaly save its logs? I had to copy and paste off the "Log" tab to save the logs. Gknot kept better logs then this... maybe there is an option I havn't found?

Next, I have some issues with encoding.
I didn't resize the image at all, becuase the wiki said:
" If you want the highest quality file, do not resize. "

The source is 4:3 anamorphic NTSC DVD; so I ended up with a 720x480 MKV file that looks stretched. Of course, I can manually set MPC to resize to 4:3, and it looks fine. I see two possible solutions:

Question 1:
Can you encode the video with a 4:3 flag so that MPC automatically resizes the image to 4:3?

Question 2:
Is it better to just resize the image to 640x480 during encoding, thereby forcing 4:3 output?

My other issue is that I'm encountering SEVERE blockiness in the output. Usually its just a strip of bad pixels, but sometimes its on the entire image. Check out the following examples:

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4461/lisayk8.th.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lisayk8.jpg) http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4993/nelsonql9.th.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nelsonql9.jpg) http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4895/fireworkssr8.th.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fireworkssr8.jpg)

I really don't know what to do about the blockiness, I never encountered that with Divx.

I used a slightly modified "HQ-Slower" settings, with the "Anime" box checked, and "no fast p-skip" checked.
I followed the directions of the Wiki EXACTLY, including changing the "keyframe interval" to 300 and the "min GOP size" to 30.

Here is the AVS script:
DGDecode_mpeg2source("D:\DVD Ripping Temp\PGC1\VTS_03_1.d2v")
edeintted = AssumeTFF().SeparateFields().SelectEven().EEDI2(field=-1)
tdeintted = TDeint(edeint=edeintted,order=1)
tfm(order=1,clip2=tdeintted).tdecimate(hybrid=1)
#crop
#resize
Undot() # Minimal Noise

Here is the encoder log:
Log for job job2-1

avis [info]: 720x480 @ 23.98 fps (32988 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE 3DNow!
x264 [warning]: VBV maxrate specified, but no bufsize.
x264 [info]: slice I:232 Avg QP:19.04 size: 37787
x264 [info]: slice P:13765 Avg QP:21.52 size: 15367
x264 [info]: slice B:18991 Avg QP:23.20 size: 5472
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 46.2% 0.0% 53.8%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 25.7% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 56.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:17.9%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 24.7% 0.0% 0.0% direct:29.1% skip:44.2%
x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 20.58
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:99.9% temporal:0.1%
x264 [info]: kb/s:1885.1

encoded 32988 frames, 18.14 fps, 1885.13 kb/s

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Starting postprocessing of job...
Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated
Postprocessing finished!
Looking for job processor for job...
Processor found!
Starting job job2-2 at 1:53:03 AM
Starting preprocessing of job...
Preprocessing finished!
encoder commandline:
--pass 2 --bitrate 2000 --stats "D:\DVD Ripping Temp\PGC1\S04E01.stats" --keyint 300
--min-keyint 30 --ref 5 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --b-rdo
--bime --weightb --direct auto --filter -2,-1 --subme 6 --trellis 1 --analyse all
--8x8dct --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --thread-input --zones 31169,32987,q=40
--progress --no-psnr --no-ssim
--output "D:\DVD Ripping Temp\PGC1\S04E01.mkv" "D:\DVD Ripping Temp\PGC1\S04E01.avs"
successfully started encoding
Processing ended at 4:01:20 AM
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Log for job job2-2

avis [info]: 720x480 @ 23.98 fps (32988 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE 3DNow!
x264 [warning]: VBV maxrate specified, but no bufsize.
x264 [info]: slice I:232 Avg QP:18.38 size: 38434
x264 [info]: slice P:13765 Avg QP:20.62 size: 15486
x264 [info]: slice B:18991 Avg QP:22.35 size: 6420
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 40.1% 29.7% 30.1%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 11.3% 8.3% 2.3% P16..4: 41.9% 15.5% 8.5% 0.4% 0.2% skip:11.6%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.9% 0.6% 0.2% B16..8: 41.2% 2.0% 4.5% direct: 7.0% skip:43.8%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:37.3% inter:76.4%
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:94.6% temporal:5.4%
x264 [info]: ref P 51.7% 20.0% 13.4% 8.2% 6.8%
x264 [info]: ref B 59.7% 20.7% 10.1% 5.6% 3.9%
x264 [info]: kb/s:2000.2

encoded 32988 frames, 4.29 fps, 2000.30 kb/s
desired video bitrate of this job: 2000 kbit/s - obtained video bitrate (approximate): 2003 kbit/s
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Starting postprocessing of job...
Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated
Found intermediate output file 'D:\DVD Ripping Temp\PGC1\S04E01.stats', deleting...
Deletion succeeded.Postprocessing finished!

Any help is GREATLY appreciated, thank you!

nurbs

27th February 2007, 15:05

The logs are saved in the subfolder "logs" in the megui main directory.

If you want anamorphic encoding you should tick the "clever anamorphic encoding" checkbox in the main tab of the avisynth script generator.

For the files you have already encoded without setting the desired aspect ratio you can set a preferred aspect ratio if you mux it to mkv. I don't think megui supports it, but mkvmergeGUI does.

For the Simpsons resizeing shouldn't degrade quality much because its mainly uniform areas without small details.

I don't know about the blocking. Is the DVD scratched?

edit:
Also for cartoons you may want to set deblocking to 1,1 and its problably safe to use way less bitrate (~500 kbps).

Dr.Khron

27th February 2007, 17:41

Doh! Found the logs, thank you very much.

Thanks for the advice on the AR. I can understand why the Simpsons is easily resized, so I'll probably do that. But in general, which produces better quality?
-unresized anamorphic encodes that are resized by the software player
-resized square encodes