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phate89

27th January 2012, 01:30

If you are using DirectShowSource(), and I'd bet you are, somewhere you have a Directshow filter that isn't behaving correctly (probably came with a codec pack or bundled with proprietary software like PowerDVD).

no i usually use ffvideosource

JoeH

27th January 2012, 08:01

is there anything else that supports vfw interface or is there a way to output raw avc with virtual dub? i mostly (re)encode for BDs.

nvm - i realized i am just using this as a temp .avi output with lossless codec for prerendering, so it doesn't matter that it is stored in avi wrapper. I can just import that avi output into megui, index it and start 2 pass from that output? is that about right?

Should work. Cf. also here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=163647) and here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=163649) for a similar solution.

LigH

27th January 2012, 08:18

@ djmasturbeat:

VirtualDub doesn't export raw AVC. The x264.exe may; and loading an AVI file via the AviSynth function AviSource should be so trivial, you could even put it in a batch file which creates a script on the fly that uses the filename of the parameter as base filename for the created script file, calls x264 with the just generated script, and possibly deletes the script afterwards.

Just the correct output in YV12 space requires some additional efforts, it may depend on the exactly used AVI codec if it can deliver YV12 by itself [AviSource(..., pixel_type="YV12")] or has to be converted from packed-pixel formats [AviSource(...).ConvertToYV12(interlaced={false|true})]. A wrong decision about the interlacing will result in false colors.

But it is not always useful to have x264 encode to raw AVC, because such files often lack of useful information, like the frame rate. If the following tools in the chain support MP4 or MKV as well, consider to prefer them as output.

djmasturbeat

27th January 2012, 23:38

i have a lot to learn about IVTC, deinterlacing, pixel and color space, etc
thanks for the tips

one thing tho, for encoding to BD, I don't want to save as mkv or mp4, but only as raw AVC. yes, it doesn't include the fps and other useful info, but one thing I have read over and over* is to not store the AVC as mkv, only as ES. about the only time I use mkv for encoding to BD is if i am taking a VC-1 stream, i pretty much have to remux to mkv to even index it first, then encode from that mkv.
sort of like needing to remux VC-1 to mkv to index and encode from, the lossless codec (huffy, lagarith, intel indeo, etc) stage for pre-rendering saving as an avi, i think would be a bit different than saving my final output as mkv, if I understand this correctly.

*this thread, among a few others I can't find advise to never store the output as mkv
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=154533

after re-reading your post some more i see you suggest to use them in the supply chain if possible, not necessarily as a final output.
But I am still wondering if putting the ES in an mkv container will screw it up as people mention in places like the encoding for bluray thread. Can someone knowledgeable about x264 and Blu-Ray encoding tell me? Is it just for my final output that I want to avoid anything but the ES?

poisondeathray

27th January 2012, 23:58

VirtualDub doesn't export raw AVC.

Actually x264vfw can from vdub , it has to be specified in the command line box

There is a dummy AVI exported along with the .264 video

I remember this from a couple years back, raw avc export and was verified in scenarist - see this page and the next few after it. (But I haven't done it recently)
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=98247&page=29

djmasturbeat

28th January 2012, 03:37

thanks for the info
I am curious if, in place of the temp.avi, i can have the same .264/.avc output from some of the lossless codecs while using VDub as pre-rendering.
Or can x264 be used for pre-rendering if i use a lossless pass at first (-q 0)? I have never used lossless settings in x264 so i don't know if they would work in a similar way of not taking too long to pass, but to speed up later passes.

I guess I am a curious noob, more than anything else, wanting to experiment more with several different lossless and near-lossless codecs for pre-rendering (and maybe for other things), since there appear to be quite a few but only huffyUV available in MeGUI.

I think it would be really cool to see VDub enabled in MeGUI; having all of VDub launched within or at the very least incorporate something like the "Ctrl-P" compression window and all of its abilities to select different vfw codecs and apply settings changes to them. But really, I also think the full VDub interface would be nice to have, especially as it allows many of the same filters as AVS (even use vdub plugins in avs), but vdub is possibly a bit easier to use for the cli-impaired :P
Should I maybe address this in MeGUI feature requests instead to do things properly?

Back to color space, pixel format, and lossless codecs, and all that. A few responses ago there I said I need to learn more about that, can someone give me a good beginners place to learn more about this?

Also back to a topic, also a few posts above, that being about info not stored in raw AVC, such as fps (hence the suggestion for mp4 and mkv); this reminds me of something I encountered when I was going to try encoding on my friend's PC with some stuff he uses for work to compare it with x264. it seems maybe color and pixel info are not stored either is that correct? If so, would that normally be correctly stored in the muxed m2ts container of a retail disc? Or how is this information usually determined?
Is there a certain Pixel Format or Color space most or all AVC is encoded to? Does it differ between commercial Blu-Rays and the output from home cameras?
While I was fooling around on my friend's workstation, I took demuxed h264/AVC from a retail bluray disc that I have encoded from this disc previously with x264 just fine. I fed the demuxed avc stream from the retail disc into Cinevision to see what kind of output it would give me compared to x264. long story short it told me (looked up my notes I made) "It was not possible to detect all input parameters from the specified source, please confirm that all processes marked in red are correct" and the fields marked as red were scan type (I know it is progressive) "Field" (n/a as it is progressive) and "Pixel Format." I mostly didn't know how to determine The Pixel Format selections and to know if it selected the correct format, so i never did my encoding since I didn't want to waste hours encoding with the avc pixel format tagged incorrectly. If I get to go back over and play with his workstation I would like to try a test again against that or another disc i have done previous encodes of. Might be fun to compare the against the results of x264 which look incredible to me.
when i load the raw avc or the BluRay into Mediainfo, there is no Pixel format information. "color space" gives me some similar-looking FourCC code, but what it told me is not even an option for Pixel Format in Cinevision's drop down. I want to know how the Pixel Format can be determined.
I am pretty confused what the relation and differences between color space and pixel format are. I don't know anything about this stuff, really, as I said above in this post and a few posts earlier, and obviously I think I should start learning this and how to determine these things, as it appears I better understand this stuff a bit better to learn how to encode video and not just use scripts/profiles without understanding them; I also think I need to know this if I want to use the lossless codecs for pre-rendering. I am curious about more information on any of these topics -- ones that start out talking to me like I know nothing, but I could use having links to things that get more advanced if i begin to understand the simpleton stuff =D.

Any good help and links for a noob would be greatly appreciated =)

hello_hello

28th January 2012, 05:43

I think it would be really cool to see VDub enabled in MeGUI; having all of VDub launched within or at the very least incorporate something like the "Ctrl-P" compression window and all of its abilities to select different vfw codecs and apply settings changes to them. But really, I also think the full VDub interface would be nice to have, especially as it allows many of the same filters as AVS (even use vdub plugins in avs), but vdub is possibly a bit easier to use for the cli-impaired :P
Should I maybe address this in MeGUI feature requests instead to do things properly?

Can't use just create the script with MeGUI then open it with VirtualDub?

Zathor

28th January 2012, 13:00

I think it would be really cool to see VDub enabled in MeGUI; having all of VDub launched within or at the very least incorporate something like the "Ctrl-P" compression window and all of its abilities to select different vfw codecs and apply settings changes to them. But really, I also think the full VDub interface would be nice to have, especially as it allows many of the same filters as AVS (even use vdub plugins in avs), but vdub is possibly a bit easier to use for the cli-impaired :P
Should I maybe address this in MeGUI feature requests instead to do things properly?
Of course you can create such an request, but at least I will never implement it. As hello_hello already said - if you want to use VirtualDub, use VirtualDub.

rica

19th February 2012, 13:10

Hi!

Mequi asks me to update to neroaacenc 1.5.4.0.

I downloaded NeroAACCodec-1.5.1.zip from Nero and put the extracted folder into Tools Folder under Mequi.
After restart, mequi again asked the same.
This time i put only these files under win32 sub folder into the NeroAACCodec-1.5.1 folder: NeroaacDEc.exe, NroaacEnc.exe, NeroaacTag.exe.

It again prompted MeGui needs an update.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

LigH

19th February 2012, 16:09

Instead of trying to put the EXE files where they are expected, why not setting up MeGUI to get to know the directory where they are? (Options - Settings - External Program Settings: NeroAacEnc location)

By the way, it is recommendable to put the Nero EXE files in the tools\eac3to folder. Recently I was told that eac3to can use the Nero encoder on its own this way.

rica

19th February 2012, 19:28

Thanks a lot!
Putting nero exe files into eac3to folder fixed the problem.

Pulp Catalyst

21st February 2012, 10:29

1st

can anyone suggest anyway of getting QTGMC working fully with MeGUI,
or failing that using Yadifmod+NNEDI3 Combo with MeGUI

2nd

can anyone help me regarding how/where would i add the following in a script in MeGUI to help Xvid multithreading as i'm only getting 70-80% CPU utilization, the same happened to me with Staxrip too, but i solved that by adding the following to Staxrip's profile, just not sure how i would go about that with MeGUI

SetMemoryMax(768)
SetMTMode(5,3)
Source "Filename"
SetMTMode(2)

EDIT 01

I thought i should share the Script that i would use in Stax,

LoadPlugin("D:\Program Files (x86)\StaxRip\Applications\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
SetMemoryMax(768)
SetMTMode(5,3)
MPEG2Source("E:\VIDEOTEMP\Staxrip\1\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8)
ConvertToYV12()
SetMTMode(2)
QTGMC( Preset="Medium" )
SelectEven()
Crop(18,8,-14,-8)

EDIT 02

not sure why, I tried doing the above before, it failed... (I think it's in this topic somewhere), happy that I got the following working though

# Set DAR in encoder to 4 : 3. The following line is for automatic signalling
global MeGUI_darx = 4
global MeGUI_dary = 3
LoadPlugin("D:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
DGDecode_mpeg2source("E:\VIDEOTEMP\MeGUI\VTS_01_1.d2v", info=3)
LoadPlugin("D:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\ColorMatrix.dll")
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
LoadPlugin("D:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\yadifmod.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\nnedi3.dll")
YadifMod(order=-1, edeint=nnedi3(field=-1))
crop( 18, 10, -14, -6)

#resize
#denoise

is the above OK?, seems to be running fine, CPU Utilization is between 80-85% which is quite worrying, will need to add
SetMemoryMax(768)
SetMTMode(5,3)
.......
SetMTMode(2)
.......
.......
like I did with staxrip to get it over 95%

Pulp Catalyst

21st February 2012, 20:24

the following is my final script that works great, resolves Multi-threading inefficiencies, and produces good results, I will at some point try adapting QTGMC to MeGUI for myself as QTGMC is superior in many ways to yadifmod+nnedi3 combo, but definitely not today...... as it could prove to be difficult (time consuming), maybe when I next upgrade my system.

NOTE, MeGUI actually inserts it's own commands into the script by itself, hence why they are missing in the following.

SetMemoryMax(768)
SetMTMode(5,3)
<input>
SetMTMode(2)
LoadPlugin("D:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\yadifmod.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\nnedi3.dll")
YadifMod(order=-1, edeint=nnedi3(field=-1))
<crop>
#resize
#denoise

The above is for Xvid Encoding, SetMemoryMax() & SetMTMode() commands may not be needed for other tasks that utilize different encoders I.E. x264 (which is very efficient at multi-threading already)

P.S. tried doing all this quite some time ago, can't believe how smooth it went this time!

Remicade

23rd February 2012, 11:05

Question: at what bitrate is encoded credits ? It's enough to set credits in preview windows ? Works with autoencode ?

Pulp Catalyst

24th February 2012, 08:01

MeGUI, output AVI Audio sampling problem

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 29mn 50s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 32.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 20.1 MiB (8%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 36 ms (0.90 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 232 ms
Title : VTS_04_1 T80 2_0ch 256Kbps DELAY 0ms
Writing library : LAME3.99r
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 15.1 --abr 96

i have setup audio profile to keep original, yet as you can seem, the frequency has been changed!!!!

is this a bug?, should i be concerned with playback devices?

LigH

24th February 2012, 08:07

96 kbps is really little for MP3! LAME protects the remaining quality by reducing the sampling base frequency.

Pulp Catalyst

24th February 2012, 11:15

well 128 is good for music (low but acceptable), films generally have far less complexity to deal with (mainly speech, SFX, and some odd music) in fact if it was not for SFX and music, one could get away with using MP2

MP3 can easily handle speech at 96KBps (which is the majority of the track)

how do I override LAME doing this, as in my opinion I strongly believe that 96KBPs is more than enough for ASP Episode Encodes (LAME is assuming that the track in question is music..... and rightly so, but it's not, so in this case LAME is actually hindering me)

I have looked at the profile, I can't see anywhere where I can override it.
Can anyone help.

LigH

24th February 2012, 11:45

I won't recommend it to you because it will be a waste of 1/3 unused subbands; but you can probably enforce it with "--resample 48000".

The automatic resampling down to 32 kHz enabled a more efficient encoding by not wasting bits to subbands which will have no content anyway due to the lowpass filtering, and a finer resolution for the frequency transformation of the used subbands. So if there are no compatibility issues with the playback device, I'd recommend you to enjoy the smart behaviour of the LAME encoder.

Pulp Catalyst

24th February 2012, 14:27

ok, thanks, I'll probably just increase to 140kbps, saves all the messing around, thanks for the heads up.

Carpo

26th February 2012, 07:44

Is anyone else getting the issue of x264_64 only using one core when encoding? Normally it's up around 90% - 95% at the most its about 23%

tonyymmao

29th February 2012, 00:04

when u create a avisynth script what is the difference between file indexer and directshow source? isn'tthe end result the same, u end up with a muxed video

LigH

29th February 2012, 07:08

If you use the File Indexer, AviSynth uses native AviSynth source plugins (with an integrated decoder) to read the source.

If you use DirectShowSource, AviSynth uses the DirectShow filter system (or VfW codecs in case of AVI sources) and depends on your Windows Media setup, your choice of installed decoders, your choice of DirectShow filter merits and options.

So there is certainly a difference how AviSynth receives the decoded source video. Different source video is encoded to different target video. May it be multiplexed into a container format in the same way, but the content will probably be different. No comment if the difference is noticable, though...

There are some source file types which are well supported by AviSynth native source plugins. But a few are not so well supported and may require either a remultiplexing to a better supported format (usually MKV) to be handled well by the File Indexer, or if even that fails, then using DirectShowSource may be the last option (in case of AVIs as source files, it is unfortunately not at all obvious that AviSource will be used, which is not as much discouraged – at least by me – as using DirectShowSource).

tonyymmao

29th February 2012, 19:37

So there is certainly a difference how AviSynth receives the decoded source video. Different source video is encoded to different target video. May it be multiplexed into a container format in the same way, but the content will probably be different. No comment if the difference is noticable, though...

i thought the target video is always determined by what encoder u r using

LigH

1st March 2012, 08:23

Of course the encoder settings define the target video.

But the video source does as well. A different input video cannot result in the same output video. And different input decoders may give AviSynth different video sources (no matter how noticable that is).

tonyymmao

1st March 2012, 08:40

^^thx for the info

i seem to have a problem with one of my videos when i try to encode it with x264. i opened it with directshow source, it seems to compress the audio part fine but when it gets to the first pass of the video it just doesn't do anything and you just have abort it. the container is MPEG-TS and the video stream is AVC

any solutions?

LigH

1st March 2012, 08:43

Remultiplex it to MKV, using GDSMux (installed via Haali Media Splitter). Then FFmpegSource should be able to process it if it is free of serious stream errors.

flebber

1st March 2012, 22:41

Megui v 2115

I am receiving this error when trying to encode ac3 audio from Warrior. I have ripped Warrior using makemkv and have used two previous films ripped this way successfully in the last day.

This is the error I am getting.
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:23 AM] Trying to open the file with FFAudioSource()
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:39 AM] Successfully opened the file with FFAudioSource()
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:39 AM] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Rip\Megui\tools\ffms\ffms2.dll")
---[NoImage] FFAudioSource("C:\Documents and Settings\renshaw\Desktop\title03 - [1] English.ac3")
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] return last
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:39 AM] Commandline used: -ignorelength -br 226000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:39 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:47 AM] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:47 AM] Channels: 6
---[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:47 AM] Bits per sample: 16
---[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:47 AM] Sample rate: 48000
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:47 AM] Commandline: C:\Rip\Megui\tools\nero\win32\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -br 226000 -if - -of "C:\Documents and Settings\renshaw\Desktop\title03 - [1] English_audio.m4a"
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:20:48 AM] Encoder process started
--[Error] [2/03/2012 9:29:59 AM] An error occurred
---[Error] [2/03/2012 9:29:59 AM] Exception message: The pipe has been ended.
---[Error] [2/03/2012 9:30:04 AM] 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()
---[Error] [2/03/2012 9:30:04 AM] Inner exception: null
--[Information] [2/03/2012 9:30:04 AM] Output from encoder via stderr

My file info is:
General
Unique ID : 197215042078630356338609339572929254909 (0x945E3C49E0A896217AD2F7F6F69155FD)
Complete name : C:\Video\WARRIOR\title03.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 5.75 GiB
Duration : 2h 14mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 6 139 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-03-01 10:02:34
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.7.2 win(x86-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.7.2 (1.2.0/1.1.0) win(x86-release)

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 2h 14mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 569 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.537
Stream size : 5.22 GiB (91%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 14mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 430 MiB (7%)
Title : 3/2+1
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : VobSub
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Any reason I am getting this error?

tonyymmao

2nd March 2012, 02:33

Remultiplex it to MKV, using GDSMux (installed via Haali Media Splitter). Then FFmpegSource should be able to process it if it is free of serious stream errors.

so what do i install and how do i open this GDSMux exactly

and is FFmpegSource the only decoder megui supports or can u use others

Edit: i figured how to open it but when i add source only the audio show up... and why do i have to use this specifc program, can't i use anything if the goal is to remux to mkv?

flebber

2nd March 2012, 03:21

Actually resolved the audio error, it appears FFaudioSource does not like the file. I changed to NicAudio and the audio processing went fine.

LigH

3rd March 2012, 13:04

Of course there are other ways to remux a Transport Stream to an MKV. Unfortunately, mkvmerge (the usually preferable MKV muxer) is unable to read TS.

GDSMux was one of the more convenient tools which allows you to do it directly (therefore I hope MeGUI may support dsmux.exe as CLI helper in such a case).

But if even they fail, then you may have to use a few more and more specialized tools (e.g. tsMuxeR or similar) to first separate the TS into raw "elementary" content streams, and multiplex those afterwards.

Underground78

3rd March 2012, 13:11

Of course there are other ways to remux a Transport Stream to an MKV. Unfortunately, mkvmerge (the usually preferable MKV muxer) is unable to read TS.
If I am not mistaken, mkvmerge is able to read TS since version 5.0.0.

LigH

3rd March 2012, 13:17

Oh, that's right ... so I missed some of the most important points in the latest changelogs. :o

So, enjoy, tonyymmao – try mkvmerge and tell us if it worked.

And if not, use MediaInfo for a technical analysis.

pilgrim365

7th March 2012, 09:44

Ok don't hate me. Encoding is quite alien to me and the solution to my problem is probably a very simple. While I have learned what all of the x264 settings and variables now do through lesson of self induction and have successfully created many of my own profiles which easily give better rips than what I have seen flooding the internet. I am, quite lost still in many aspects and this one is bugging me.

Up to now I have been using the oneclick encoder with my own profiles to great success. But I would like to start using the more advanced options. When I go down the 'file indexer' I seem to have a problem with the output resolutions when ripping from my DVD's. I want to minimise data loss and so have been encoding at width's of 720. Now when using 'one click' a 16:9 movie usually come out at 720*400. However using the other method it seems to be retaining the dimensions of vob file (720*576) give or take a few pixels on height when I've autocropped to remove the black bars. e.g. my last attempt with an AR of 16:9 came out at (720*572).

Now the AR is fine on playback, its not as if its adding black bars to make up the height. I am right in assuming that its retained the empty data found in 720*576 vob files. I'm under the impression that this hurts encoding efficiency too, is this correct. Whether or not I find it very annoying, how do I eliminate this problem? How do I get the resolution to be respective of the the displayed video?

LigH

8th March 2012, 08:27

If you want to neither crop nor resize, but simply encode the video as it was on DVD, and just have the player do the stretching for the correct aspect ratio, you will probably use the "Clever Anamorphic" option in the AviSynth Script Creator of MeGUI. It adds global AviSynth variables to the script which are respected while multiplexing the AVC result into its matching container.

pilgrim365

8th March 2012, 10:34

I have been using that. I'm using the same avisynth profile I've created for the 'oneclick' option yet I'm getting different results. I also select overcrop to mod 16. I am just confused as to what process is undertaken in 'oneclick' that outputs a 1.777778 resolution. And yet when I go down the file indexer route the original resolution (less the cropping) is maintained. I would like my output file to be the correct resolution (which I am getting in oneclick) rather than the player doing the work.

Am I to understand that I shouldn't have been using this option with my goal in mind?

pilgrim365

8th March 2012, 11:04

Ok, I've had a play around. I think its evident my understanding of AE was, well, wrong. After removing this option and applying the resize filter then selecting 'suggest resolution' I have my desired output.

I do find it peculiar that running AE without resize through oneclick was giving me my target resolutions. But nonetheless your help is appreciated and I continue to learn. Thanks.

g0th1ckn1ght

15th March 2012, 09:34

Hi all,

First of all i would like to say thanks for MeGUI. I love it. Now before i get to my problems using it, i would like to mention that i have NO knowledge of this kind of thing (string, codes etc.) so please reply as though i am an idiot.

Ok a few things that are troubling me:

1) when i try and crop my film (Blu-Ray box says widescreen 2.35:1. I live in a PAL region if that helps) and mux it all together then watch my finished mvk on my 1080p TV I still have a black bar above and below the the film. I would like to make a 1080p mkv that fills the screen if that is possible.

2) VOBSubber doesn't seem to see my SUP subtitles that the HD extractor creates. It only seems to want .IFO subs (whatever that means lol.) I would like to be able to move my subs to a better location after i have done my cropping.

3) Using MeGUI, how do i keep the .dts core audio. I tried to change it to AC3, but it only comes out in 2 channel. Some of my BR's are TrueHD and Some are DTS-MA.

I am sorry if my questions come across stupid, i just have very little idea about what to do. All i know is i need to back up my movies before my son destroys anymore discs.

I am also streaming my mkv,s to my PS3 and WDTV Live so i do understand that i need to keep bitrate down. I am using HIGH@LVL 4.1 if that relevant.

Thanks again,

Shevek

15th March 2012, 09:49

1) when i try and crop my film (Blu-Ray box says widescreen 2.35:1. I live in a PAL region if that helps) and mux it all together then watch my finished mvk on my 1080p TV I still have a black bar above and below the the film. I would like to make a 1080p mkv that fills the screen if that is possible.

Your TV is 16:9 or 1.778:1 - a 2.35:1 movie will always have black bars top and bottom as it is not as tall as 16:9. You can resize and stretch it but everything will be stretched vertically.

More details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)

2) VOBSubber doesn't seem to see my SUP subtitles that the HD extractor creates. It only seems to want .IFO subs (whatever that means lol.) I would like to be able to move my subs to a better location after i have done my cropping.

To convert the SUP file to IDX/SUB files use BDSup2Sub - http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145277

3) Using MeGUI, how do i keep the .dts core audio. I tried to change it to AC3, but it only comes out in 2 channel. Some of my BR's are TrueHD and Some are DTS-MA.

you need to set the extension to DTS and add -core to the Options box for the audio. This will extract the 5.1 DTS from the 7.1 DTS-HD

g0th1ckn1ght

15th March 2012, 10:06

Shevek,

Thank you so very much. If i may ask, what i sthe point of cropping if, regardless of the cropping done, the black bars are still visible?

I have BDSup2Sub, so thank you, i never thought to have tried that (i have come from staxrip, and it is all built in with the option to move up and down the subs)

With the DTS, is the -core option typed in the HD extractor window when i am about to extract the audio?

again thank you again very much:thanks:

LigH

15th March 2012, 10:44

Well, there are in fact three possible methods to fit AR 2.35:1 content inside an AR 16:9 screen:

a) Letterbox: You will see the whole content in the correct aspect ratio, but have additional black bars.
b) Anamorphic: You will see the whole content without additional blackbars, but with a wrong aspect ratio (egg-heads).
c) Cropped sides: You will see the correct aspect ratio without black bars, but lose overhanging content.

g0th1ckn1ght

15th March 2012, 11:09

Thank you for the info LigH :)

I think i will do the Clever anamorphic encoding and let it chose the resolution. Seems to be what most people are doing :)

Now to work out the best settings to use. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I just want to convert my BR's to 1080p mkv's (understand that the smaller the file size the less quality) and keep the core audio (either DTS core or AC3).

One thing i can't work out, i converted my copy of Aliens, it ended up being a 24.8GB mkv. The folder size, after ripping it is 46.3GB. Is that normal for a grainy movie (i have decided to even try to de-grain as it is obviously how it was intended to be viewed)

LigH

15th March 2012, 11:40

Standard conformant HD video has to have a pixel AR of 1:1 (except for AVCHD with a 3:4 anamorphic ratio, e.g. encoded 1440x1080 representing displayed 1920x1080), and a display AR of 16:9.

A PC may display almost anything, but consumer players may disappoint.

Shevek

15th March 2012, 12:15

Shevek,

Thank you so very much.

Pleasure :D

If i may ask, what i sthe point of cropping if, regardless of the cropping done, the black bars are still visible?

The reason I crop is because (and I may be completely wrong and stand to be corrected) it is wasted encoding - why waste CPU cycles encoding a black bar to a black bar!

With the DTS, is the -core option typed in the HD extractor window when i am about to extract the audio?

exactly - in the "+ options" column for the audio stream

Zathor

15th March 2012, 14:00

you need to set the extension to DTS and add -core to the Options box for the audio. This will extract the 5.1 DTS from the 7.1 DTS-HD

Thanks for your explanation, but -core is not required. If you select "dts" only the core is used. If you want DTS-HD/MA you have to select "dtshd".

Shevek

15th March 2012, 14:48

Thanks for your explanation, but -core is not required. If you select "dts" only the core is used. If you want DTS-HD/MA you have to select "dtshd".

Wow! That's great, I didn't realise - saves me a few key clicks in future :D :thanks:

g0th1ckn1ght

15th March 2012, 20:01

This forum is awesome. Thank you all very much for the help and talking in a language i don't need a university degree to understand lol.

I will let you know how my encode goes :)

thanks again

g0th1ckn1ght

16th March 2012, 11:58

Shevek

16th March 2012, 15:09

Ok i am offically stuck :(

I have opened up AviSynth and loaded the MKV file that the HD extractor created. AviSynth is report an Input DAR of 1.778, yet on my BR case it says it is 2.35

Should i be changing the Input DAR to the BR case one or leaving as is?

This is correct behaviour

The video in the MKV will be BR standards compliant and be 1920x1080 (actually 1920x1088 with an 8px bottom crop, but you don't need to worry about that)

1920x1080 is 1.778:1 so that is correct.

If you look at the preview window you will see black bars top and bottom.

If you auto crop it will crop approx 132 top and bottom and if you then set the suggest resolution it will be approx 1920x816

1920x816 is 2.35:1

HTH

g0th1ckn1ght

18th March 2012, 08:04

Shevek

18th March 2012, 19:20

Sorry to be a pain guys just need a little advice

Ok at the moment i am trying to back up my BR's, I will be steaming them over a wired network to my PS3 (using ps3media server) and my WDTV live.

Now i understand that when i convert and compress i am not going to be able to keep the quality (similar principle to an MP3 is my understanding), but i would like to have a good looking MKV, while trying not to have to high a bitrate.

Any recommedations on settings, including bitrate (not sure what i should be setting that to)

i am currently using --level 4.1 --tune film --crf 21.0 --vbv-bufsize 31250 --vbv-maxrate 31250 --aud --output "output" "input", not that i know what any of that means.

I know i do not wish to convert to 720p, i am converting audio to either AC3 or DTS. File size is not as big an issue as quality, will settle for a happy medium.

Thank you for any advice :)

Just select the PS3 Target Play Back Device and set the quality and preset as required.

I usually use crf 23 and preset Medium for BR.

this will give you a command line of:

program --level 4.2 --vbv-bufsize 31250 --vbv-maxrate 31250 --output "output" "input"

(23 is the default crf and Medium is the default preset for x264 so neither show in the command)

You can increase or decrease quality and preset as you see fit.

As for audio you can simply mux in the dts or ac3 extracted using the stream extractor, there is no need to convert it.

If you make sure there are no audio tracks on the main screen and then use the AutoEncode button, select No Target Size and check Add conditional content.

You will then be shown a muxer dialog where you can select the extracted audio (and chapters/subs if you extracted them).

HTH

g0th1ckn1ght

18th March 2012, 21:11

Well I have just successfully completed my first mkv encode.

I must I am rather impressed by the video quality i acheived, considering the file size i really couldn't tell that much of difference between source and mkv.

According to MediaInfo this is what settigns were used:

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 34mn
Bit rate : 4 626 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.089
Stream size : 3.06 GiB (74%)
Writing library : x264 core 122 r2184 5c85e0a
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=21.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=31250 / vbv_bufsize=31250 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

A massive thank you to those who helped. It was greatly appreciated :)

burro08

30th March 2012, 21:45

rapscallion

30th March 2012, 22:10

@g0th1ckn1ght. That bitrate is far too low for a 1080p encode. Minimum bitrate for average video is ~10000 Kb/s (Qf=0.2) for HD.

If you try it again at 720p , you'll find the pic quality much better. Min bitrate for 720p HD is ~4500Kb/s
so you're just barely over that.

The relation between 1080 and 720 bitrate is:
(1920x1080)/(1280x720) = 2.25
then 10000Kb/s for 1080 is equivalent to 4500 Kb/s for 720

@burro08...Turbo hasn't been there in a very long time, I think since the svn builds were implemented.

Shevek

30th March 2012, 22:17

@g0th1ckn1ght. That bitrate is far too low for a 1080p encode. Minimum is around ~8-10 Mbps for HD.
If you try it again at 720p , you'll find the pic quality much better. Min bitrate for 720p HD is ~4-5Mbps

Really? My 720p encodes using crf 23, preset medium and tune film all come out somewhere between 700Kbps and 1Mbps and they all look great on my 1080p TV

rapscallion

30th March 2012, 22:44

Really? My 720p encodes using crf 23, preset medium and tune film all come out somewhere between 700Kbps and 1Mbps and they all look great on my 1080p TV
Yes, really. But, of course, it depends on how critical a viewer one is.

Your bitrate is actually below that of a SD DVD (different screen resolution of course). Typically, the data rate for DVD movies ranges from 3 Mbit/s to 9.5 Mbit/s. Which is why many people find an upscaled SD DVD quite acceptable. I must say that I'm not one of them.

Megui's definition of crf :

"CRF reduces the quality of less important frames. In this case, frames in complex or high-motion scenes, where quality is more expensive (in terms of bits) and/or less visible, will have their quantizer increased. The bits saved in cuts like this are redistributed to frames where they will be more effective. CRF mode gives almost exactly equivalent quality to 2pass at the same bitrate; the difference is that you cannot choose the output bitrate."

Kind of like lossy audio compression vs lossless. It's all in the eyes/ears of the beholder.

Betsy25

30th March 2012, 22:47

@Zathor,

can you tell how the Priority settings are remembered for different tasks ? I have them configured to run at Below Normal, but found out that when more than 1 worker is active, tasks like Indexing , Importing Tracks & Writing of the muxer get really slow when left at Below Normal when another worker is encoding, if i set these to Normal they really speed up. I saw there is some form of "remembering" in there but i don't know if that's remember for a specific worker or for a specific sub-task.

Is it possible to put the default for Indexing & Muxing at Normal while having it at Below Normal for Encoding, please ?

hello_hello

31st March 2012, 19:20

Your bitrate is actually below that of a SD DVD (different screen resolution of course). Typically, the data rate for DVD movies ranges from 3 Mbit/s to 9.5 Mbit/s. Which is why many people find an upscaled SD DVD quite acceptable. I must say that I'm not one of them.

Not only a different resolution, but encoded using mpeg2 which isn't anywhere near as efficient as x264.

Megui's definition of crf :

"CRF reduces the quality of less important frames. In this case, frames in complex or high-motion scenes, where quality is more expensive (in terms of bits) and/or less visible, will have their quantizer increased. The bits saved in cuts like this are redistributed to frames where they will be more effective. CRF mode gives almost exactly equivalent quality to 2pass at the same bitrate; the difference is that you cannot choose the output bitrate."

So given they both encode in the same way, CRF encoding lets you pick the quality without knowing what the file size will be, while choosing a bitrate lets you pick the file size without knowing what the quality will be.
As my 720p CRF20 encodes seem to have bitrates ranging from around 2500Kb/s to 5000Kb/s, bitrate seems to be a fairly poor indicator of quality.
Using the same CRF value each time (all else being equal) should give you pretty much the same quality relative to the source each time, while picking a bitrate won't, so I can see "CRFx doesn't produce a high enough quality" being a valid argument, but I can't see how you can make the same generalizations regarding bitrate "x".

Kind of like lossy audio compression vs lossless. It's all in the eyes/ears of the beholder.

True, and after all the above I'd tend to agree to a certain extent. To me a 720p CRF20 encode looks better than a 1080p CRF23 encode, although it's not massive. It may also depend on your playback device and how well it upscales the 720p encode.

renoturks

4th April 2012, 18:50

Guys..i'm having a peculiar issue with my megui...
i'm trying to encode this file Thundercats 2011 S01E15 Trials of Lion-O Part One 720p WEB-DL AAC2 0 H264 to 100MB, but i'm having a problem with it's audio...it gives me an error 1...once i get home ill use the mediaInfo ans post it here...but if someone already know this...i'll be glad to read it ^^

neuron2

4th April 2012, 19:46

@renoturks

We cannot help you with downloaded torrents. Please read and follow our forum rules.

@all

No help allowed for this! Thank you.

renoturks

4th April 2012, 22:20

no no no...i didnt mean it...well...how can i say...all the videos in this format gives me the same error..it's not only that one...

neuron2

4th April 2012, 22:23

all the videos in this format gives me the same error You mean all your other torrent downloads?

You can post only about material that you legitimately own, e.g., a bluray disk you have purchased.

renoturks

4th April 2012, 22:46

ah i see..sorry for that...i just got this only one error that when i try to extract the audio it give's en error and the audio seens fuzzy...well..thanks anyway ^^ have to look somewhere else \o

tonyymmao

5th April 2012, 01:50

i have a problem:
i get this error while muxing
A warning occurred: Warning: Quicktime/MP4 reader: Track 0 is missing some data. Broken header atoms?
Process exits with error code: 1
the muxing still completes but the audio desn't get muxed
original codec was DTS-HD
decoder: FFAudioSource
encoder settings: Nero AAC multichannel 128kbps, extension mp4-aac
i tryed encoding it again but the same error comes up and FFAudioSource seems to be the only decoder that can open this file
any solutions?

LigH

5th April 2012, 07:23

@ rapscallion:

"Lossless" is certainly the wrong term; "transparent" may be matching (subjectively no noticable flaw).

tebasuna51

5th April 2012, 09:13

i have a problem:
i get this error while muxing...
Please put the full log.

tonyymmao

5th April 2012, 09:33

Please put the full log.
here u go...
-[Warning] Log for job1 (mux, Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113.264 -> Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113-muxed.mkv)
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:43 p.m.] Started handling job
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:43 p.m.] Preprocessing
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:44 p.m.] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: D:\Test\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113.264
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] FormatString: AVC
----[Information] FileSize: 30923055780
----[Information] PlayTime:
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1920
----[Information] Height: 1080
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: AVC
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:44 p.m.] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4352.mp4
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: MPEG-4
----[Information] FormatString: MPEG-4
----[Information] FileSize: 126175979
----[Information] PlayTime: 02:14:47.509
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Format: AAC
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 24000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 24.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 7
----[Information] ChannelsString: 7 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2:
----[Information] BitRateMode: VBR
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:44 p.m.] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI_2050_x86\tools\mkvmerge\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\Test\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113-muxed.mkv" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --default-duration 0:24000/1001fps "--compression" "0:none" -d "0" --no-chapters -A -S "D:\Test\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113.264" --aac-is-sbr 0:0 "--compression" "0:none" -a 0 --no-chapters -D -S "D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4352.mp4" --ui-language en
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:44 p.m.] Muxing started
--[Warning] [5/04/2012 8:22:46 p.m.] A warning occurred: Warning: Quicktime/MP4 reader: Track 0 is missing some data. Broken header atoms?
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:53 p.m.] Process exits with error code: -1
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:53 p.m.] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] mkvmerge v5.2.1 ('A Far Off Place') built on Jan 2 2012 23:21:10
---[NoImage] 'D:\Test\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113.264': Using the demultiplexer for the format 'AVC/h.264'.
---[NoImage] 'D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4352.mp4': Using the demultiplexer for the format 'QuickTime/MP4'.
---[NoImage] 'D:\Test\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113.264' track 0: Using the output module for the format 'AVC/h.264'.
---[NoImage] The file 'D:\Test\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113-muxed.mkv' has been opened for writing.
---[NoImage] 'D:\Test\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113.264' track 0: Extracted the aspect ratio information from the MPEG-4 layer 10 (AVC) video data and set the display dimensions to 1920/1080.
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:53 p.m.] Standard error stream
--[Information] Deleting aborted output
---[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:53 p.m.] Delete aborted ouptut set: True
---[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:53 p.m.] File to delete: D:\Test\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4113-muxed.mkv
---[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:53 p.m.] File deleted
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:53 p.m.] Job completed
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:22:53 p.m.] Current job was aborted
-[Error] Log for job1 (mux, Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und.h264 -> Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und-muxed.mkv)
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:23:35 p.m.] Started handling job
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:23:35 p.m.] Preprocessing
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:23:35 p.m.] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und.h264
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] FormatString: AVC
----[Information] FileSize: 1010862234
----[Information] PlayTime:
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1280
----[Information] Height: 720
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: AVC
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:23:35 p.m.] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4352.mp4
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: MPEG-4
----[Information] FormatString: MPEG-4
----[Information] FileSize: 126175979
----[Information] PlayTime: 02:14:47.509
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Format: AAC
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 24000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 24.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 7
----[Information] ChannelsString: 7 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2:
----[Information] BitRateMode: VBR
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:23:35 p.m.] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI_2050_x86\tools\mkvmerge\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und-muxed.mkv" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --default-duration 0:24000/1001fps "--compression" "0:none" -d "0" --no-chapters -A -S "D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und.h264" --aac-is-sbr 0:0 "--compression" "0:none" -a 0 --no-chapters -D -S "D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4352.mp4" --ui-language en
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:23:35 p.m.] Muxing started
--[Warning] [5/04/2012 8:23:36 p.m.] A warning occurred: Warning: Quicktime/MP4 reader: Track 0 is missing some data. Broken header atoms?
--[Error] [5/04/2012 8:24:02 p.m.] Process exits with error code: 1
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:24:02 p.m.] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] mkvmerge v5.2.1 ('A Far Off Place') built on Jan 2 2012 23:21:10
---[NoImage] 'D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und.h264': Using the demultiplexer for the format 'AVC/h.264'.
---[NoImage] 'D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4352.mp4': Using the demultiplexer for the format 'QuickTime/MP4'.
---[NoImage] 'D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und.h264' track 0: Using the output module for the format 'AVC/h.264'.
---[NoImage] The file 'D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und-muxed.mkv' has been opened for writing.
---[NoImage] 'D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p-muxed_track1_und.h264' track 0: Extracted the aspect ratio information from the MPEG-4 layer 10 (AVC) video data and set the display dimensions to 1280/720.
---[NoImage] The cue entries (the index) are being written...
---[NoImage] Muxing took 26 seconds.
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:24:02 p.m.] Standard error stream
--[Information] [5/04/2012 8:24:02 p.m.] Job completed

tebasuna51

5th April 2012, 20:16

tonyymmao

6th April 2012, 00:09

D:\Star Wars VI Blue Ray Rip 1080p.track_4352.mp4
seems a track demuxed from a downloaded rip and can help you about this.

If you own the BD, try to convert other time the source audio to a more high bitrate, 128 Kb/s for a 7.1 is not enough, use, at least, Variable Bitrate Q=0.35, AAC Profile Automatic.
don't worry i own the blue ray, i just changed the name of it while ripping...
sorry but that's not much help since i'm no expert on configuring, i normally just use the presets...

darkw1zard

18th April 2012, 17:58

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/344681-x64-MeGUI-DirectShowSource?p=2149546

So I have asked in videohelp before, but the problem has not been solved.
It's simple, it doesnt work quite well in my x64 system.
e.g. not respoding if i try to open via directshowsource, when open via fileindexer, it shows error (ext done, error for idx)

Those jobs meanwhile are working in my previous pc, x86 system.

Right now in x64, i no longer install any codec pack (based on videohelp forum suggest), i just install avisynth, run the standalone MeGUI, let it update.
The way I open videos is via Avisynth Script Creator.

Anybody can help? thanks.

Zathor

18th April 2012, 22:46

Please post your full log when you try to use the file indexer.

I can and will not support DirectShowSource(). There are too many constraints - especially in the x64 environment.

forum king

19th April 2012, 05:34

Hey matez !!
how you all doin ?

umm.. had a smallish query :
I have been trying to convert this 6 channelDTS file into a 6 channel AAC one preserving all the channels.
Somehow when the file is played on a standard 2 Channel it sounds pretty cracky as if channels are overlapping or something
can anyone point me what am i doing wrong here is the log

[Information] Log for job10 (audio, Latest.dts -> Latest.mp4)
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:38 AM] Started handling job
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:38 AM] Preprocessing
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:38 AM] MediaInfo
--[Information] File: D:\ALL\Latest.dts
--[Information] General
---[Information] Format: DTS
---[Information] FormatString: DTS
---[Information] FileSize: 1051094956
---[Information] PlayTime: 01:32:49.637
--[Information] Audio
---[Information] ID:
---[Information] Format: DTS
---[Information] FormatProfile:
---[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
---[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
---[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
---[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
---[Information] Channels: 6
---[Information] ChannelsString: 6 channels
---[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 3/2/0.1
---[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
---[Information] Delay:
---[Information] Title:
---[Information] Language:
---[Information] LanguageString:
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:38 AM] Trying to open the file with NicAudio
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:38 AM] Successfully opened the file with

NicAudio
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Avisynth script
--[NoImage] LoadPlugin("D:\ALL.STUFF\something.extra.for.mystuff\backupstuff

\Updated.19-12-11\tools\avisynth_plugin\NicAudio.dll")
--[NoImage] NicDtsSource("D:\ALL\Latest.dts", DRC=1)
--[NoImage] Normalize()
--[NoImage] return last
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br

128000 -if - -of "{0}"
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Encoding started
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Script loaded
-[Information] Output Decoder
--[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Channels: 6
--[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Bits per sample: 32
--[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Sample rate: 48000
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Commandline: D:\ALL.STUFF

\something.extra.for.mystuff\backupstuff\megui.newest.2-2-11\tools\win32-

OLDER\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 128000 -if - -of "D:\ALL

\Latest.mp4"
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:36:39 AM] Encoder process started
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:51:11 AM] Output from encoder via stderr
--[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[NoImage] * *
--[NoImage] * Nero AAC Encoder *
--[NoImage] * Copyright 2009 Nero AG *
--[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
--[NoImage] * *
--[NoImage] * Package build date: Feb 18 2010 *
--[NoImage] * Package version: 1.5.4.0 *
--[NoImage] * *
--[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
--[NoImage] * *
--[NoImage] *************************************************************
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:51:11 AM] MediaInfo
--[Information] File: D:\ALL\Latest.mp4
--[Information] General
---[Information] Format: MPEG-4
---[Information] FormatString: MPEG-4
---[Information] FileSize: 85821122
---[Information] PlayTime: 01:32:52.480
--[Information] Audio
---[Information] ID: 1
---[Information] Format: AAC
---[Information] FormatProfile: LC
---[Information] FormatSettingsSBR: No (Explicit)
---[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
---[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
---[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
---[Information] Channels: 6
---[Information] ChannelsString: 6 channels
---[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 3/2/0.1
---[Information] BitRateMode: VBR
---[Information] Delay:
---[Information] Title:
---[Information] Language:
---[Information] LanguageString:
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:51:11 AM] Postprocessing
--[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] [4/18/2012 11:51:11 AM] Job completed

regards

darkw1zard

19th April 2012, 09:37

Please post your full log when you try to use the file indexer.

I can and will not support DirectShowSource(). There are too many constraints - especially in the x64 environment.

This:

-[Information] FileIndexer
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:33:31 PM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: J:\JIN (2009)\JIN E08 [720p H.264 AAC].mkv
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: Matroska
----[Information] FormatString: Matroska
----[Information] FileSize: 1786173040
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:46:27.284
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder: 0
----[Information] Width: 1280
----[Information] Height: 720
----[Information] FrameCount: 83535
----[Information] FrameRate: 29.970
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language: en
----[Information] LanguageString: English
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 2
----[Information] StreamOrder: 1
----[Information] Format: AAC
----[Information] FormatProfile: LC
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 2
----[Information] ChannelsString: 2 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 2/0/0
----[Information] BitRateMode:
----[Information] Delay: 15
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:33:31 PM] MkvInfo
---[NoImage] + EBML head
---[NoImage] |+ Doc type: matroska
---[NoImage] |+ Doc type version: 2
---[NoImage] |+ Doc type read version: 2
---[NoImage] + Segment, size 1786173004
---[NoImage] |+ Seek head (subentries will be skipped)
---[NoImage] |+ EbmlVoid (size: 4044)
---[NoImage] |+ Segment information
---[NoImage] | + Timecode scale: 1000000
---[NoImage] | + Muxing application: libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
---[NoImage] | + Writing application: mkvmerge v2.9.7 ('Tenderness') built on Jul 1 2009 18:43:35
---[NoImage] | + Duration: 2787.284s (00:46:27.284)
---[NoImage] | + Date: Mon Nov 30 16:56:00 2009 UTC
---[NoImage] | + Segment UID: 0x82 0xcf 0xe6 0x28 0x3e 0xf2 0x91 0xfd 0x8d 0x7c 0x2d 0xeb 0xeb 0xdf 0x0f 0x41
---[NoImage] |+ Segment tracks
---[NoImage] | + A track
---[NoImage] | + Track number: 1
---[NoImage] | + Track UID: 1
---[NoImage] | + Track type: video
---[NoImage] | + Enabled: 1
---[NoImage] | + Default flag: 1
---[NoImage] | + Forced flag: 0
---[NoImage] | + Lacing flag: 0
---[NoImage] | + MinCache: 1
---[NoImage] | + Timecode scale: 1
---[NoImage] | + Max BlockAddition ID: 0
---[NoImage] | + Codec ID: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
---[NoImage] | + Codec decode all: 1
---[NoImage] | + CodecPrivate, length 39 (h.264 profile: High @L4.1)
---[NoImage] | + Default duration: 33.367ms (29.970 fps for a video track)
---[NoImage] | + Language: eng
---[NoImage] | + Video track
---[NoImage] | + Pixel width: 1280
---[NoImage] | + Pixel height: 720
---[NoImage] | + Interlaced: 0
---[NoImage] | + Display width: 16
---[NoImage] | + Display height: 9
---[NoImage] | + A track
---[NoImage] | + Track number: 2
---[NoImage] | + Track UID: 200851890
---[NoImage] | + Track type: audio
---[NoImage] | + Enabled: 1
---[NoImage] | + Default flag: 1
---[NoImage] | + Forced flag: 0
---[NoImage] | + Lacing flag: 1
---[NoImage] | + MinCache: 0
---[NoImage] | + Timecode scale: 1
---[NoImage] | + Max BlockAddition ID: 0
---[NoImage] | + Codec ID: A_AAC
---[NoImage] | + Codec decode all: 1
---[NoImage] | + CodecPrivate, length 2
---[NoImage] | + Default duration: 21.333ms (46.875 fps for a video track)
---[NoImage] | + Language: und
---[NoImage] | + Audio track
---[NoImage] | + Sampling frequency: 48000
---[NoImage] | + Channels: 2
---[NoImage] |+ EbmlVoid (size: 1024)
---[NoImage] |+ Cluster
-[Information] Log for job13 (ext, JIN E08 [720p H.264 AAC].mkv -> )
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:33:33 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:33:33 PM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:33:33 PM] Job commandline: "A:\MeGUI Latest\tools\mkvmerge\mkvextract.exe" tracks "J:\JIN (2009)\JIN E08 [720p H.264 AAC].mkv" --ui-language en 1:"J:\JIN (2009)\JIN E08 [720p H.264 AAC] - [2] .aac"
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:33:33 PM] Extracting started
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:39 PM] Standard output stream: Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'A_AAC' to the file 'J:\JIN (2009)\JIN E08 [720p H.264 AAC] - [2] .aac'. Container format: raw AAC file with ADTS headers
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:39 PM] Standard error stream
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:39 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:39 PM] Job completed
-[Error] Log for job14 (idx, JIN E08 [720p H.264 AAC].mkv -> JIN E08 [720p H.264 AAC].mkv.ffindex)
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:39 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:39 PM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:39 PM] Job commandline: "A:\MeGUI Latest\tools\ffms\ffmsindex.exe" -t -1 -f "J:\JIN (2009)\JIN E08 [720p H.264 AAC].mkv"
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:39 PM] Indexing started
--[Error] [19/4/2012 4:34:45 PM] Process exits with error code: 1
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:45 PM] Standard output stream: Indexing error: Audio decoding error
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:45 PM] Standard error stream
--[Information] [19/4/2012 4:34:45 PM] Job completed

Thanks!

tebasuna51

19th April 2012, 09:48

... it sounds pretty cracky as if channels are overlapping or something
can anyone point me what am i doing wrong?

Force LC with 128 Kb/s for a 6 channels audio.

If you want LC use at least VBR quality 0.35.
If you want 128 Kb/s use HE.

darkw1zard

19th April 2012, 13:48

-ok! sorry i didnt read the rules! -

darkw1zard

19th April 2012, 13:48

-ok! sorry i didnt read the rules! -

neuron2

19th April 2012, 14:20

@darkw1zard

No discussion of downloaded torrent files! Please read and follow our forum rules.

@all

Provide no further help on darkw1zard's issue.

hello_hello

19th April 2012, 21:29

@darkw1zard
No discussion of downloaded torrent files! Please read and follow our forum rules.
@all
Provide no further help on darkw1zard's issue.

A plea on darkw1zard's behalf (although maybe I've missed some of the action as he's edited a couple of his posts):

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/344681-x64-MeGUI-DirectShowSource?p=2149546
darkw1zard posted regarding his problem using MeGUI in another forum and when he PM'd me and I couldn't help him, I sent him here as I thought Zathor probably could.

No doubt he joined the forum then had to wait 5 days to even ask about his problem, so maybe as he's a new member instead of just turning him away he could be given a break? Maybe darkw1zard could be allowed to post a different log file or replace the current one in order for sometime to help him get MeGUI working properly (or a mod could edit it for him)? It seems a pity for a new member not to be able to receive help with a software issue simply because he wasn't aware of the rules and made the mistake of posting the wrong log file, because he's trying to fix MeGUI, not get help converting a particular file as such.

Octo-puss

19th April 2012, 22:06

Ok I have two equally stupid questions:
1) Can you recommend approximate sufficient bitrate for encoding a DVD into x264?

2) I haven't touched this stuff for about 4 years and forgot absolutely everything I knew back then, and have major problems creating the AVS script correctly. The DVD I have is clearly anamorphic (it plays in widescreen), but I can't make the script creator preview in correct AR no matter what I do. Input DAR shows ITU 16:9 PAL (1.823361), so I assume I need to hit Clever anamorphic encoding. No matter what I check, the preview window still shows the video wrong. What do I do?

hello_hello

20th April 2012, 00:46

1. Use quality based, single pass encoding with a CRF value of 18 to 22 (the higher the value, the lower the quality). Forget about bitrates. Around 18 is considered to be "transparent".

2. The preview window which opens when using the script creator doesn't display the correct aspect ratio. After you save the script a new preview window will open (I think MeGUI has an option to disable or enable it from doing so) and the second preview window has a checkbox for displaying the aspect ratio correctly. I've never quite understood why the first preview window doesn't have the same option. I guess there must be a reason.

MeGUI also has an option which you can uncheck to stop it using ITU resizing by default. There's also an acceptable aspect error option which effects anamorphic encoding and is set to 2% by default. I generally change it to 0%.

Octo-puss

20th April 2012, 07:32

flebber

20th April 2012, 07:40

LigH

20th April 2012, 07:54

If you hit "Clever anamorphic", MeGUI keeps the video anamorphic (= horizontally squeezed) and won't change its dimensions. The video will be encoded with the original, unaltered width and height, the resulting container will just get an SAR or DAR flag added so that the final output file will be deskewed by the media player (so it won't work with RAWAVC output, you would have to add the aspect ratio flag again while multiplexing).

If you want the video deskewed already in the preview of the "AVS script creator", do not check "Clever anamorphic". Instead, select the correct "Input DAR", set the "Resize" target dimensions, then check "Apply auto Preview" and wait a few seconds. You should not add the SAR parameter manually.

By the way, the ITU DAR is not always the correct one. It was based on cathode ray tube TV signal timings. DVD productions based on film scans are not certain to still respect those. The only "quite certain" 720 pixel wide ITU sources may be (mostly 4:3) TV captures with obvious soft black left and right borders, with a width of 8-9 pixels. Academy format or Cinemascope movies instead were possibly scaled with generic 16:9 DAR. The only certain way to discover it is to find a scene with a perfect sphere and measure its width and height in the video.

Octo-puss

20th April 2012, 08:00

2. The preview window which opens when using the script creator doesn't display the correct aspect ratio. After you save the script a new preview window will open (I think MeGUI has an option to disable or enable it from doing so) and the second preview window has a checkbox for displaying the aspect ratio correctly. I've never quite understood why the first preview window doesn't have the same option. I guess there must be a reason.

MeGUI also has an option which you can uncheck to stop it using ITU resizing by default. There's also an acceptable aspect error option which effects anamorphic encoding and is set to 2% by default. I generally change it to 0%.
Well it's still only a preview. No matter what I did there the result was stretched :P Is there anything I can do else besides setting SAR then?

What's ITU anyway? Or what is it good for?

edit: thanks LigH, I will try it again.

Octo-puss

20th April 2012, 08:10

There is something more. I am not quite sure I understand the LAME settings. What exactly does "Preferred decoder" do? Normalizing I never touched and probably never will... And since this is a bit different from regular music, is there any benefit in using VRB in movies? I assume the value I'd set here would be the average bitrate? I usually use LameXP and it just has a slider which is responsible for quality, so this is a bit confusing too.

LigH

20th April 2012, 08:26

There are different audio decoders too. Depending on the audio source format (elementary or multiplexed, specific encoded audio format), there may be advantages or disadvantages (e.g. the ability to access it, configurability, reliability, precision).

Normalizing ensures that the volume gain will be optimized to avoid clipping, so it should in general be useful. Keep it a little below 100% (e.g. 98%). Downmixed multichannel audio (e.g. 5.1 AC3 down to stereo/ProLogic-surround for MP3) may still sound a bit quiet, you can boost it if you "Apply DynamicRangeCompression".

Regarding quality, VBR is in general preferable. Modern container formats can easily handle VBR audio (and correctly done, even AVI will). The ABR mode will make the bitrate vary only slightly around the average bitrate chosen. The VBR mode allows a freely varying bitrate with a quality factor, as you are used from LameXP. In case of doubt, download the "LAME bundle" from RareWares and read the LAME manual.

Octo-puss

20th April 2012, 08:43

Oh I do know what VBR is, I have a bit more experience making my own mp3s than working with video :) I managed to realize what the number in VBR box was - not any bitrate but actually the 0-9 quality setting, lol. This is what I get for trying to learn stuff too early in the morning :P
I don't understand the normalization though. I ran into it years ago with mp3 stuff and back then people told me it's used to make all songs equally loud. Guess I had it wrong. I admit I am no audio nerd at all. Just a regular guy who wants to rip a couple of his movies. I don't understand 80% of all the terms used here, sadly.

LigH

20th April 2012, 09:39

Indeed, "Normalization" is not "Equal loudness". It means only: "Make it as loud as possible without messing it up"; but it maximizes only the one loudest sample, no matter how loud the average is.

Especially when downmixing multichannel audio, it is quite necessary. The "trivial" downmix approach is: Theoretically, all six channels could have a maximum at the same sample. So to certainly avoid clipping (overdriving the sound beyond the maximum allowed value), divide all channels by 6 before mixing it to the new left and right channels. Practically, a maximum in all six channels quite certainly never happens. Therefore the weighted channel sums will most probably contain a quite low volume if they were divided by 6 before mixing the channels.

Normalizing in 2 passes first scans the whole audio for the loudest part (so it will take a few minutes before the audio conversion starts with an obvious progress), adjusts a gain factor, and multiplies the downmix so that the loudest sample will just even reach the value you entered.

Dialogs may still sound quiet if there are severe differences to audio effect loaded scenes (like explosions). So you may wish that quiet parts would be amplified more than already extremely loud parts. The "Dynamic Range Compression" does that. Most of current mainstream music is dynamically compressed to make it sound loud, louder, loudest... in contrast to movies where you can sometimes hardly understand people talking in between action scenes.

hello_hello

20th April 2012, 10:39

Ah ok. I unclearly rememember I used to use automated 2pass back then.
I also dug a text file with assorted tips up where I had a note about some parameter called --sar, which I passed to x264 encoder, which apparently did something with the AR.

Man this is so frustrating, I read the basic MeGUI guide on the wiki and I still struggle with this big time.

MeGUI possibly has a bit more of a learning curve than other GUIs, but I think it's worth it.
How did you pass --sar to x264? Maybe that's your problem, There's no need to add any aspect ratio info manually as MeGUI does it for you. If you're using anamorphic encoding, as you crop you can switch over to the Script tab (AVS script creator) and watch the aspect ratio being set by MeGUI change. It should change any time you crop if you have the acceptable aspect error option set to 0%.

Using X264 single pass CRF encoding is all the rage these days. The only advantage to using 2 pass encoding is you can hit a particular file size. If you prefer to encode to a particular quality instead, use single pass CRF encoding. When setting up the encoder you'd select the "Targeting Quality" or "Constant Quality" option (it's the same thing but labelled differently if you tick the "advanced settings" box) and the number in the "Quality" field is the CRF value.

Well it's still only a preview. No matter what I did there the result was stretched :P Is there anything I can do else besides setting SAR then?

What's ITU anyway? Or what is it good for?

edit: thanks LigH, I will try it again.

So after you save the AVS script and the second preview window opens, are you saying if you check the "display aspect ratio" box at the bottom (or whatever it says, it's something similar) the aspect ratio is still wrong? It shouldn't be. Don't add any aspect ratio info yourself and it should be fine.
I'm not really sure what you mean by "it's still only a preview".

ITU is the "official" way to resize a DVD. Using the ITU method 16:9 and 4:3 DVDs aren't exactly 16:9 or 4:3. You can tell MeGUI not to use ITU resizing, or manually change the input aspect ratio to 16:9 or 4:3. The difference isn't all that great, but in my humble opinion most DVDs don't use ITU resizing.

Octo-puss

20th April 2012, 12:57

I got it now. I just hit clever anamorphic, resize mod16, and surprisingly this time the result is 16:9. I guess I overlooked something before.
I am impressed at x264 btw. It's so much more simple now. I just hit CRF18, very slow, film tuning, and the bloody DVD looks BETTER on the encode than the original. LOL! This might change for HD stuff though, of course.
But. Disk space is generally not an issue these days, but this stuff was 1.7GB before, encode came up at slightly over 700MB. I am thinking whether this is not a bit of an overkill. 2 hours movie might get ridiculously big. Gotta try soon.

Normalizing in 2 passes first scans the whole audio for the loudest part (so it will take a few minutes before the audio conversion starts with an obvious progress), adjusts a gain factor, and multiplies the downmix so that the loudest sample will just even reach the value you entered.

Dialogs may still sound quiet if there are severe differences to audio effect loaded scenes (like explosions). So you may wish that quiet parts would be amplified more than already extremely loud parts. The "Dynamic Range Compression" does that. Most of current mainstream music is dynamically compressed to make it sound loud, louder, loudest... in contrast to movies where you can sometimes hardly understand people talking in between action scenes.
Hmm. So are you saying it's probably not a bad thing to just normalize everything? I noticed the volume contrast between action scenes and regular dialogues in LOTS of movies, and it was bloody annoying!

bamsebo

20th April 2012, 13:05

Unless you have a good reason to I never touch the audio. I encode the video (I always base mine on DXVA template quality 20 , slow either HD or SD depending on source, output device in WDTV which is what I use for viewing ) Click the auto encode button and use "No target Size (use profile settings)" and tick the Add "additional content" click Save then add the original audio file that was demuxed during indexing. Have done all my DVDs and HDTV recordings like that for a while and never had a bad encode. Barry

LigH

20th April 2012, 13:13

The optimum is probably not to convert an AC3 audio track from DVD at all, but to copy it into the converted video. Most players, even consumer sets, can handle AC3 audio in most of their supported container formats.

But if you insist in converting to MP3 (and may it be only due to the smaller size), the normalization will be very recommendable for the case that multichannel audio has to be downmixed. If the original audio track has only two channels (DD 2.0, possibly with Pro-Logic surround already), not much changing is required instead, even normalization may be omitted here.

Octo-puss

20th April 2012, 13:35

Yea that's exactly what I did in several cases back then, I don't believe in multi channel anyway, I am a fan of classical stereo, and luckily most movies still have such track available, so unless it was really huge I just muxed it in as it was.
For other cases I am not sure what bitrate should I go for though. V0 produces pretty much the same size mp3, which kills the purpose :P

bamsebo

20th April 2012, 13:50

On the other hand I do enjoy 5.1 sound now that most our HDTV broadcasts have a 5.1 channel :)

If I have to re-encode the audio 2.0 or 5.1 I use AAC or AC3 as the Samsung TV doesn't support streamed MKV so I have to mux it into an MP4 container with AAC sound. I try to keep the bit-rate "as is" as the amount of HDD space you save is minimal (unless you convert DTS or PCM to AAC!) There's no reason to increase the bit-rate (You can't put back what's not there) But for me the bottom line is how doest it sound on my playback devices?

LigH

20th April 2012, 13:51

LAME has presets too, but they are almost obsolete now because the default options pretty much cover them as well, and the "fast" modifier selects the superior new VBR mode today. The most common presets were:

--preset fast standard = -V 2 (suitable for mostly "transparent" quality music)
--preset fast medium = -V 5 (suitable for leisure background music, similar to FM radio)

MeGUI uses a default of "-V 4" in its "LAME *scratchpad*", so I believe it is good enough for mostly human voice and environment noise, as usual in movie audio tracks.
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If you prefer 2-channel sound, and your DVD contains a 2.0 DD track, prefer this one over downmixing a 5.1 DD track! It is probably already Pro-Logic matrix surround encoded, which gives a remaining rest of surround sound where a decoder is available, but even preserves a little bit of ambient sound even if you have only stereo speakers.

If you have only a discrete 5.1 DD track, then downmix it using the "Pro-Logic II" option, with normalization and possibly even DRC. If you don't like MeGUI doing that, GUIs for BeSweet and alternatives (e.g. BeSweetGUI, BeLight and HeadAC3he) give also access to my "Boost" compressor; use only either this or the AC3 decoder DRC!
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:o Gosh, are we already off-topic...

Octo-puss

21st April 2012, 08:28

flebber

21st April 2012, 09:56

Well I basically use either V0 or V2, but apparently for movies it's a bit of an overkill - for DVDs at least.
And I realized I neded new PC badly. Core2Duo took over TWO HOURS to encode 40 mins of video! Yuck! Gotta punish my wife's i3 during nights it seems :P

2 hours would be bad I guess if you were using the x264 default prest. I use slow and a DVD usually takes about 3-4 hours depending on length.

For mp3 I wouldn't use lower than v2, but with AAC being well well supported is there a reason you don't use that? IMO better quality and size than mp3.

Octo-puss

21st April 2012, 15:54

Well, which settings should I use then? I don't mind it taking time. I once encoded bluray movie. It took four days :D

LigH

21st April 2012, 16:02

Mode: 1-pass Quality; your personal CRF threshold, test it!
Preset: usually not much slower than "slow"
Tuning: related to your movie content (film = average,reality / animation = cartoon,anime / grain = noise-on-purpose)
Device: if you need compatibility restrictions (Blu-ray limits encoding complexity)

AAC audio works well together with AVC video in the MP4 (or MKV) container. The Nero AAC Encoder used to be one of the best, but the QuickTime AAC routines seem to be slightly superior now (let's hope MeGUI will support qaac too, but that requires QuickTime or iTunes installed). Both easily surpass any MP3 encoder regarding the quality/size relation, and support multichannel audio at all too.

Atak_Snajpera

21st April 2012, 21:11

regarding aac. even fhg aac is better than nero.

tebasuna51

22nd April 2012, 12:20

The Nero AAC Encoder used to be one of the best, but the QuickTime AAC routines seem to be slightly superior now.
-------------------------------------------------
regarding aac. even fhg aac is better than nero.

Only tested with stereo and low bitrates.

And can't be included in MeGUI because licenses.

LigH

22nd April 2012, 12:47

Well, the difference between Nero, QT and FhG encoders is rather low, compared to the magnitude to FAAC, as far as I remember the results from Roberto Amorim. So I doubt it would be urgent to switch. And as long as MeGUI can handle pre-converted AAC files, I still have a choice, even if not under one covering GUI.

djmasturbeat

28th April 2012, 04:37

i hadn't used MeGUI in a bit, but when i did I got usual updates along with one that caught my eye, pgcdemux.
i looked in log and see this:
2135 [PGC Demux] added pgcdemux for DVD PGC processing

but my question is where do i access this from?
this is a great tool to implement into MeGUI, but I can't seem to find it. it isn't in the tools drop-down list or anywhere else that I can find.

please guide me, thanks

Zathor

28th April 2012, 09:34

At the moment it is only available here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=163399

neveja

29th April 2012, 19:10

Zathor
Are you planning update to Xvid 132?

Sorry for my bad English.
Thanks!

Zathor

30th April 2012, 12:23

As soon as there is a xvid_encraw which supports XVID 1.3x and AVI files > 2GB I will update it. But I fear that this will never happen.

neveja

30th April 2012, 17:49

Zathor
Thanks. I reported the developers.
Quote:

I have problem.. Xvid 1.3.2 can't create output files bigger than 2 Gb. I've just tested it. How to fix this problem?

Discussion:
http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-162990.html
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1572310#post1572310

I would be very grateful if you could help solve this problem.
Sorry for my bad English.
Thanks in advance.

Regards, Dmitry )

Hi,

thanks for your message. From the links you sent, I don't think that there
is a problem with Xvid 1.3.x. It's just that in general, AVI 1.0 files
simply cannot be larger than 2 GB by design.

And xvid_encraw produces AVI 1.0 output because it uses Microsoft's AVIFile
API under Windows to write AVI files. But it always did like this (also in
older versions than 1.3.x). AVIFile unfortunately supports only AVI 1.0,
so the AVI output from xvid_encraw cannot be larger than 2 GB.

If you want AVI files larger than 2 GB, you need to mux them into AVI 2.0,
aka "OpenDML", format. You can achieve this by encoding your video with
xvid_encraw into a raw MPEG-4 elementary stream ("-o output.m4v"; do not
use "-avi" option). After encoding, you can then mux the video stream
(e.g. "output.m4v") together with your audio track into an OpenDML AVI
using a separate muxing tool like Avi-Mux GUI:

The resulting AVI file can then be larger than 2 GB.

Some GUI tools can automatize the above workflow. I'd expect that megui
would do this too but I don't know the internals of megui at all. So I
can't tell why megui doesn't work anymore as expected after replacing
its bundled (older) xvid_encraw with xvid_encraw from v1.3.2. My guess is
that the (older) xvid_encraw binary bundled with megui had some custom
modification, which megui relies on. In this case, megui would need to
be updated to work with newer versions of xvid_encraw...

It is basically possible to implement OpenDML AVI also in xvid_encraw
directly. However to do so, we'd need to write our own AVI muxer. This
would bloat xvid_encraw's source code pretty much. And xvid_encraw is
mainly intended to be an example app, so its code should be simple.

Further, because xvid_encraw does not support audio encoding, you'll
still need to remux its output again anyway to add in your audio track.
So I think it's really most convenient to encode to a MPEG-4 elementary
stream ("-o output.m4v") and then remux (and also add audio) with an
OpenDML capable AVI muxing tool like Avi-Mux GUI if you need >2GB AVI.

Best regards,
Michael
original - http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5821/xvidu.png

kalehrl

30th April 2012, 18:50

Zathor
Are you planning update to Xvid 132?

Sorry for my bad English.
Thanks!

It is possible to use xvid 1.3.2 in megui without it being officially supported.
Just replace existing xvid_encraw.exe and xvidcore.dll with files from 1.3.2 version. Also make sure you select 'none' in HVS masking and maybe add -masking 2 in 'custom command line' to be able to use VAQ (it is off by default I think).

http://i49.tinypic.com/vzecsi.png

http://i47.tinypic.com/2mmzb02.png

But new xvid is some 30% slower than 1.2.1, at least on my set-up.

neveja

30th April 2012, 19:56

aegisofrime

1st May 2012, 05:04

Doesn't look like anyone has reported this bug yet.

Starting with rev 2144 I have had trouble with the audio portion of WMV files using one click processing.

I get the following error:

---[Error] [5/1/2012 12:01:59 PM] Exception message: starting job failed with error 'Required file 'G:\To Process\Test - [0].WMA.unknown' is missing.'
---[Error] [5/1/2012 12:01:59 PM] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
---[Error] [5/1/2012 12:01:59 PM] Inner exception: null

The file is there, but it looks like the ".unknown" is being mistakenly appended to the end of the filename?

Happens with all the .WMV files I have, but not other formats (eg .mkv or .mp4)

kalehrl

1st May 2012, 08:59

kalehrl
Bad idea. Old aviwriter.dll are not supported of new build Xvid (xvid_encraw.exe)

Gspot - http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3673/gspote.png
Avinaptic - http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4044/avinaptic.png

After muxing the audio with the avi, that 'error' will disappear.
You can erase aviwriter.dll if you use xvid 1.3.2.
It is not needed.

Penecho

1st May 2012, 10:27

Hey guys, i cant start my MeGui anymore... worked yesterday, when i tried to start it today, nothing happens, no error message nothing, just wont start :(

Already tried redownloading, but that version also doesnt start :(

Anyone ever had that before or knows what could be the problem?

Zathor

1st May 2012, 13:50

Doesn't look like anyone has reported this bug yet.Starting with rev 2144 I have had trouble with the audio portion of WMV files using one click processing.
Thanks, fixed in 2147 (online now).

Hey guys, i cant start my MeGui anymore... worked yesterday, when i tried to start it today, nothing happens, no error message nothing, just wont start :(
Download MeGUI (latest stable - http://sourceforge.net/projects/megui/files/latest) and extract it to a new and empty directory. Does it still not open?

Penecho

1st May 2012, 16:20

Download MeGUI (latest stable - http://sourceforge.net/projects/megui/files/latest) and extract it to a new and empty directory. Does it still not open?

Yeps i did that, and yes its still not starting

LigH

1st May 2012, 16:28

Try to watch the processes e.g. using ProcessExplorer while starting it. It happened to me once that the .NET compiler kept starting over and over.

tfa

2nd May 2012, 01:41

I keep on getting an error while trying to encode Planet Terror. No other movies give me any problems. I've tried re-ripping the movie with dvd decrypter and dvdfab. Makes no difference.

This is the error portion of the log

[Error] [5/1/2012 8:22:12 PM] An error occurred: avs4x264 [info]: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264_64" - --level 4.1 --tune film --pass 1 --bitrate 2510 --stats "D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.stats" --keyint 240 --zones 143350,151848,q=40 --sar 1073:880 --output NUL --frames 151849 --fps 24000/1001 --input-res 704x464 --input-csp i420

I've tried different crop settings, nothing changes it. Same error every time. Using the latest development version of megui with all updates (this happened in older versions as well).

Zathor

2nd May 2012, 11:11

Please post the full log. The error message appears to be missing.

Penecho

2nd May 2012, 15:20

Try to watch the processes e.g. using ProcessExplorer while starting it. It happened to me once that the .NET compiler kept starting over and over.

I cant see anything suspicious in ProcessExplorer... is there a way to check if my .NET framework is installed correct?

tfa

2nd May 2012, 22:16

Please post the full log. The error message appears to be missing.

Here's the full log, thanks!

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] MeGUI: 2147 (svn)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] Operating System: Windows 7 x64 SP1 (6.1.65536.7601)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] .Net Framework: 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] AviSynth: 2.5.8.5 (12/21/2008 9:46:54 PM)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] AvisynthWrapper: 1/2/2009 8:34:04 PM
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (8/8/2008 2:31:12 AM)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] LinqBridge: 1.0.0.0 (5/28/2009 7:24:34 AM)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] MediaInfo: 0.7.56.0 (4/9/2012 7:55:13 AM)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.53.0 (1/27/2012 5:42:16 PM)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (12/20/2008 2:53:04 AM)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (1/2/2011 4:59:32 PM)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] 7z: 9.20 (11/18/2010 10:27:34 PM)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] Connecting to server: http://megui.org/auto/
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:01 AM] All files are up to date
-[Information] FileIndexer
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:29 AM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
---[Information] DVD source detected. Using IFO file: D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: MPEG-PS
----[Information] FormatString: MPEG-PS
----[Information] FileSize: 1073739776
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:25:00.783
----[Information] PGCCount: 1
----[Information] PGCNumber: 1
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 224
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 720
----[Information] Height: 480
----[Information] FrameCount: 35983
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: MPEG-2V
----[Information] CodecString: MPEG-2 Video
----[Information] Format: MPEG Video
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay: 280.633
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 189-128
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 6
----[Information] ChannelsString: 6 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 3/2/0.1
----[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
----[Information] Delay: 280.633
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString: English
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
---[Information] Text
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder: 0
----[Information] Codec:
----[Information] CodecString: Vobsub
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title: English - (Closed Caption/Normal Size Char)
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString: English
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
-[Information] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> VTS_01_1.d2v)
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:34 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:34 AM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:34 AM] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1< -FO=0 -exit -hide -OM=2
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:29:34 AM] Indexing started
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:30:29 AM] Standard output stream
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:30:29 AM] Standard error stream
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:30:29 AM] Running auto force film
---[Information] [5/2/2012 9:30:29 AM] Film percentage: 99.99
---[Information] [5/2/2012 9:30:29 AM] Applied force film
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:30:29 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [5/2/2012 9:30:29 AM] Successfully deleted D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.log
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:30:29 AM] Job completed
-[Error] Log for job2 (video, VTS_01_1.avs -> )
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:33:31 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:33:31 AM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:33:31 AM] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] # Set DAR in encoder to 175 : 96. The following line is for automatic signalling
---[NoImage] global MeGUI_darx = 175
---[NoImage] global MeGUI_dary = 96
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
---[NoImage] DGDecode_mpeg2source("D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.d2v", info=3)
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\ColorMatrix.dll")
---[NoImage] ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
---[NoImage] #deinterlace
---[NoImage] #crop
---[NoImage] #resize
---[NoImage] #denoise
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:33:31 AM] [WDTV]: target device selected
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:33:31 AM] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\x264\avs4x264mod.exe" --level 4.1 --tune film --pass 1 --bitrate 2510 --stats "D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.stats" --keyint 240 --zones 143319,151848,q=40 --sar 175:144 --output NUL "D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.avs"
--[Information] [5/2/2012 9:33:31 AM] Encoding started
--[Error] [5/2/2012 10:02:22 AM] An error occurred: avs4x264 [info]: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264_64" - --level 4.1 --tune film --pass 1 --bitrate 2510 --stats "D:\Rips To Encode\Planet Terror\MainMovie\PLANET_TERROR\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.stats" --keyint 240 --zones 143319,151848,q=40 --sar 175:144 --output NUL --frames 151849 --fps 24000/1001 --input-res 720x480 --input-csp i420
--[Information] [5/2/2012 10:02:22 AM] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Avisynth version: 2.58
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video colorspace: YV12
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video resolution: 720x480
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video framerate: 24000/1001
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video framecount: 151849
--[Information] [5/2/2012 10:02:22 AM] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] raw [info]: 720x480p 175:144 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=175/144
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast FastShuffle SSEMisalign LZCNT
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.1
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:2722 Avg QP:17.86 size: 43283
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:83470 Avg QP:21.51 size: 16567
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:65657 Avg QP:22.92 size: 6172
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 24.0% 50.3% 14.3% 11.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 36.2% 0.0% 63.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 29.8% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 57.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:12.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 30.4% 0.0% 0.0% direct:21.3% skip:44.1% L0:24.0% L1:36.7% BI:39.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 19.10
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 65.2% 59.6% 27.0% inter: 35.3% 26.4% 3.9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 35% 16% 34% 15%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 22% 14% 23% 4% 10% 7% 6% 7% 7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 51% 17% 27% 6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:9.1% UV:5.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:2407.48
---[NoImage] encoded 151849 frames, 87.74 fps, 2407.48 kb/s
--[Information] [5/2/2012 10:02:22 AM] Job completed

LigH

3rd May 2012, 07:54

@ Penecho:

"Nothing suspicious" means that the MeGUI process is just terminated right after starting, without spawning sub processes for a while? Explain as detailed as you can what you discover.

Zathor

3rd May 2012, 17:31

Here's the full log, thanks!

I do not see a specific error message in your log - and that is quite strange. Usually there is a line with the exit code or something like that.

Can you please disable the usage of the 64bit x264 in the MeGUI settings and give this a try?

tfa

3rd May 2012, 22:47

I do not see a specific error message in your log - and that is quite strange. Usually there is a line with the exit code or something like that.

Can you please disable the usage of the 64bit x264 in the MeGUI settings and give this a try?

That seems to have fixed it. It made it through the first pass, 2nd one is running now. Thanks!

I wonder why the 64bit doesn't work...

darkw1zard

4th May 2012, 03:30

Hi, I got this "Audio Decoding Error" when start indexing..

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:13:54 AM] MeGUI Version : 2112 (svn)
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:13:54 AM] OS : Windows Seven Premium Edition x64 SP1 (6.1.65536.7601)
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:13:54 AM] Latest .Net Framework installed : 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:13:54 AM] AviSynth Version : 2.5.8.5 (21/12/2008 9:46:54 PM)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:13:55 AM] Connecting to server: http://megui.xvidvideo.ru/auto/stable/
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:13:58 AM] All files are up to date
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:14:24 AM] Connecting to server: http://megui.xvidvideo.ru/auto/stable/
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:14:26 AM] All files are up to date
-[Information] FileIndexer
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:23:20 AM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: F:\Fashion King (2012)\Flower For My Life 01.avi
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVI
----[Information] FormatString: AVI
----[Information] FileSize: 1622835200
----[Information] PlayTime: 01:03:31.708
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 0
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1280
----[Information] Height: 720
----[Information] FrameCount: 114237
----[Information] FrameRate: 29.970
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: H264
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 2
----[Information] ChannelsString: 2 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 2/0/0
----[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
----[Information] Delay: 5
----[Information] Title:
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:23:48 AM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: F:\Flower For My Life 01.avi
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVI
----[Information] FormatString: AVI
----[Information] FileSize: 1622835200
----[Information] PlayTime: 01:03:31.708
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 0
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1280
----[Information] Height: 720
----[Information] FrameCount: 114237
----[Information] FrameRate: 29.970
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: H264
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 2
----[Information] ChannelsString: 2 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 2/0/0
----[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
----[Information] Delay: 5
----[Information] Title:
-[Error] Log for job1 (idx, Flower For My Life 01.avi -> Flower For My Life 01.avi.ffindex)
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:23:57 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:23:57 AM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:23:57 AM] Job commandline: "A:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\ffms\ffmsindex.exe" -t -1 -f "F:\Flower For My Life 01.avi"
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:23:58 AM] Indexing started
--[Error] [4/5/2012 10:24:00 AM] Process exits with error code: 1
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:24:00 AM] Standard output stream: Indexing error: Audio decoding error
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:24:00 AM] Standard error stream
--[Information] [4/5/2012 10:24:00 AM] Job completed

TopDonn

5th May 2012, 00:36

Hi, I'm looking for some clarification just what the film tuning preset does in MEGUI. I have been encoding source material from DVD pretty well with the tuning set to Default. I tried out the film tuning and im still on the fence as to whether to use it or not. It seems to do a good job of capturing as much detail as possible for facial features etc but I have seen it also sacrifice detail of some other scenes like backgrounds etc.

Here is command line ive been using.

program --profile main --level 3 --preset slow --tune film --pass 2 --bitrate 3000 --stats ".stats" --keyint 21 --min-keyint 11 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --vbv-bufsize 2000 --vbv-maxrate 2500 --colorprim bt470bg --transfer bt470bg --colormatrix bt470bg --output "output" "input"

Any response is appreciated

MajorX

6th May 2012, 18:39

plz help....when i try to use File Indexer i got this error. i use latest version of MeGUI in Win XP SP3.
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4863/aadtu.jpg

Zathor

6th May 2012, 20:18

I just tested it also with XP SP3 and was able to use the file indexer with a MKV file. Please try older MeGUI builds like the last stable build.

MajorX

7th May 2012, 01:13

the file indexing process is complete but when i try to save the avs script[only use f3kdb() filter] i got this error even with the previous version.

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] MeGUI: 2149 (svn)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] Operating System: Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] .Net Framework: 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] AviSynth: 2.5.8.5 (12/21/2008 9:46:54 PM)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] AvisynthWrapper: 1/2/2009 8:34:04 PM
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (8/7/2008 5:01:12 PM)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] LinqBridge: 1.0.0.0 (5/27/2009 9:54:34 PM)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] MediaInfo: 0.7.57.0 (5/2/2012 6:49:57 PM)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.53.0 (1/27/2012 5:42:16 PM)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (12/19/2008 4:23:04 PM)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (1/2/2011 6:29:32 AM)
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:56 AM] 7z: 9.20 (11/18/2010 11:57:34 AM)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:57 AM] Connecting to server: http://megui.org/auto/
--[Information] [5/7/2012 5:44:58 AM] All files are up to date

Zathor

7th May 2012, 13:38

Do you have the same problem when opening the AVS file with VirtualDub? What happens when you remove the mentioned filter?

forum king

9th May 2012, 08:25

Force LC with 128 Kb/s for a 6 channels audio.

If you want LC use at least VBR quality 0.35.
If you want 128 Kb/s use HE.

Thanks a bunch Teb
sorry for replying so late , actually i got busy and just couldnt do anything at all. just this morning started to look into pending hobby work ;)
anyways , i am gonna try the HE 128kbps this time and see how this goes ,
there is one more problem that i always face whenever i try and encode any Audio file , more often than not nero HE aac profiles give me a very very low volume of the output audio,

Its annoying coz every time i encode something for my iTouch i have to increase the volume by default in the video settings ,
face the same issue all over as well.

what chaages can i do to have a decent volume level in the audio
at tyhe moment i use 64 kb/s levels for my audio
with
Directshow
downmix multi to stereo
sample rate : keep original
apply dynamic range compression
and normalize peaks to 100
HEAAC profile

tebasuna51

9th May 2012, 11:40

...
Directshow
downmix multi to stereo
sample rate : keep original
apply dynamic range compression
and normalize peaks to 100
HEAAC profile

Use NicAudio for DTS/AC3 input.

If you use DRC and Normalize 100% you can't have more volume without distort.

forum king

11th May 2012, 06:02

Use NicAudio for DTS/AC3 input.

If you use DRC and Normalize 100% you can't have more volume without distort.

Got it :)
thanks :)

SixKiller

11th May 2012, 18:08

Hello friend's

i got some strange problems with megui lately. Evertime i have more than one encode in the queue, it fails after the first encode.

example: automated 2 pass encode. First pass runs through correctly. 2nd pass is extremly slow (0.0005 fps, CPU Load 1%). After i cancel this slow 2nd pass and start it again, it runs fine. ~10fps, 90% - 100% CPU Load). No PC restarts or megui reload. It just runs fine.

2nd example: 2 x automated 2pass. 1st (first movie) runs fine--> 2nd (first movie) runs extremly slow -> CANCEL -> 2nd (first movie) runs fine --> 1st (second movie) runs extremly slow -> CANCEL -> 1st (second movie) runs fine -> 2nd (second movie) runs extremely slow -> CANCEL -> 2nd (second movie) runs fine.... :confused: :confused:

This goes on and on. After one pass runs fine, the following runs extremly slow, no matter if this following is first or 2nd pass. If the following is canceled it runs fine, but the pass after that runs slow.

I deactivated x264_64 but its the same Problem. Doesnt matter if the x264.exe is x86 or x64.

I got some Logs here:

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] MeGUI: 2149 (svn)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition x64 SP1 (6.1.65536.7601)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] .Net Framework: 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] AviSynth: 2.5.8.5 (21.12.2008 21:46:54)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] AvisynthWrapper: 02.01.2009 20:34:04
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (07.08.2008 20:31:12)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] LinqBridge: 1.0.0.0 (28.05.2009 01:24:34)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] MediaInfo: 0.7.57.0 (02.05.2012 18:49:57)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.53.0 (27.01.2012 17:42:16)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (19.12.2008 20:53:04)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (02.01.2011 10:59:32)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] 7z: 9.20 (18.11.2010 16:27:34)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:24] Connecting to server: http://megui.org/auto/
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:27:25] All files are up to date
-[Information] Log for job5 (video, j_edgar_bluray_avs.avs -> )
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:30:13] Started handling job
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:30:13] Preprocessing
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:30:13] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\dgdecnv2042\DGDecodeNV.dll")
---[NoImage] DGSource("F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_dgi.dgi")
---[NoImage] Crop(0, 140, -0, -140)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:30:14] [DXVA]: target device selected
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:30:14] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI\tools\x264\avs4x264mod.exe" --level 4.1 --pass 1 --bitrate 6170 --stats "F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.stats" --keyint 240 --b-adapt 2 --ref 5 --merange 32 --me umh --direct auto --subme 9 --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output NUL "F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.avs"
--[Information] [09.05.2012 05:30:14] Encoding started
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:37] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Avisynth version: 2.58
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video colorspace: YV12
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video resolution: 1920x800
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video framerate: 24000/1001
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video framecount: 196921
---[NoImage] avs4x264 [info]: "C:\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264_64" - --level 4.1 --pass 1 --bitrate 6170 --stats F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.stats --keyint 240 --b-adapt 2 --ref 5 --merange 32 --me umh --direct auto --subme 9 --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output NUL --frames 196921 --fps 24000/1001 --input-res 1920x800 --input-csp i420
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:37] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] raw [info]: 1920x800p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.1
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:1666 Avg QP:14.48 size:166066
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:53764 Avg QP:17.52 size: 58262
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:141491 Avg QP:19.21 size: 20180
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 1.6% 4.2% 11.1% 83.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 46.3% 0.0% 53.7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 37.7% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 48.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:14.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 8.8% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 28.3% 0.0% 0.0% direct:17.2% skip:45.7% L0:33.7% L1:39.8% BI:26.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 17.78
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:99.9% temporal:0.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 77.2% 30.4% 8.2% inter: 25.8% 8.4% 1.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 35% 14% 40% 11%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 21% 15% 18% 7% 8% 8% 8% 7% 8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 71% 12% 16% 1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.5% UV:1.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:6101.70
---[NoImage] encoded 196921 frames, 42.41 fps, 6101.70 kb/s
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:37] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:37] Job completed
-[Error] Log for job6 (video, j_edgar_bluray_avs.avs -> j_edgar_bluray_avs.264)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:37] Started handling job
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:37] Preprocessing
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:37] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\dgdecnv2042\DGDecodeNV.dll")
---[NoImage] DGSource("F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_dgi.dgi")
---[NoImage] Crop(0, 140, -0, -140)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:38] [DXVA]: target device selected
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:38] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI\tools\x264\avs4x264mod.exe" --level 4.1 --pass 2 --bitrate 6170 --stats "F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.stats" --keyint 240 --b-adapt 2 --ref 5 --merange 32 --me umh --direct auto --subme 9 --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output "F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.264" "F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.avs"
--[Information] [09.05.2012 06:47:38] Encoding started
--[Information] Deleting aborted output
---[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] Delete aborted ouptut set: True
---[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] File to delete: F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.264
---[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] File deleted
--[Error] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] An error occurred: x264 [error]: slice=P but 2pass stats say B
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] Process exits with error: 0xFFFFFFFF (-1)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] Standard output stream
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] raw [info]: 1920x800p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1
---[NoImage] x264 [warning]: specified frame type is not compatible with max B-frames
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:15 Avg QP: 0.93 size: 416
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:534 Avg QP: 5.53 size: 84
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:1350 Avg QP: 5.36 size: 55
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 1.5% 4.6% 19.7% 74.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 5.7% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:94.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% direct: 0.0% skip:100.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:0.0% inter:100.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:92.3% temporal:7.7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% inter: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 99% 0% 1% 0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 100% 0% 0% 0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:15.4% UV:8.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref P L0: 0.0% 10.0% 90.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:12.69
---[NoImage] encoded 1899 frames, 0.16 fps, 12.69 kb/s
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] Job completed
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:13] Current job was aborted

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] MeGUI: 2149 (svn)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition x64 SP1 (6.1.65536.7601)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] .Net Framework: 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] AviSynth: 2.5.8.5 (21.12.2008 21:46:54)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] AvisynthWrapper: 02.01.2009 20:34:04
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (07.08.2008 20:31:12)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] LinqBridge: 1.0.0.0 (28.05.2009 01:24:34)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] MediaInfo: 0.7.57.0 (02.05.2012 18:49:57)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.53.0 (27.01.2012 17:42:16)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (19.12.2008 20:53:04)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (02.01.2011 10:59:32)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:43] 7z: 9.20 (18.11.2010 16:27:34)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:44] Connecting to server: http://megui.xvidvideo.ru/auto/
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:44] All files are up to date
-[Information] Log for job6 (video, j_edgar_bluray_avs.avs -> j_edgar_bluray_avs.264)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:50] Started handling job
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:50] Preprocessing
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:50] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\dgdecnv2042\DGDecodeNV.dll")
---[NoImage] DGSource("F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_dgi.dgi")
---[NoImage] Crop(0, 140, -0, -140)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:50] [DXVA]: target device selected
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:50] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI\tools\x264\avs4x264mod.exe" --level 4.1 --pass 2 --bitrate 6170 --stats "F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.stats" --keyint 240 --b-adapt 2 --ref 5 --merange 32 --me umh --direct auto --subme 9 --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output "F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.264" "F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.avs"
--[Information] [09.05.2012 10:06:50] Encoding started
--[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Avisynth version: 2.58
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video colorspace: YV12
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video resolution: 1920x800
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video framerate: 24000/1001
---[NoImage] avs [info]: Video framecount: 196921
---[NoImage] avs4x264 [info]: "C:\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264_64" - --level 4.1 --pass 2 --bitrate 6170 --stats F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.stats --keyint 240 --b-adapt 2 --ref 5 --merange 32 --me umh --direct auto --subme 9 --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.264 --frames 196921 --fps 24000/1001 --input-res 1920x800 --input-csp i420
--[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] raw [info]: 1920x800p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:1666 Avg QP:15.43 size:158473
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:53764 Avg QP:18.24 size: 55573
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:141491 Avg QP:20.16 size: 21767
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 1.6% 4.2% 11.1% 83.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 12.9% 68.3% 18.9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 1.5% 4.8% 0.4% P16..4: 47.4% 23.3% 13.7% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 8.9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% B16..8: 48.6% 7.5% 1.6% direct: 4.2% skip:37.5% L0:45.6% L1:49.5% BI: 5.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:72.4% inter:59.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:98.6% temporal:1.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 80.1% 56.5% 27.0% inter: 28.7% 12.4% 2.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 61% 14% 14% 11%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 9% 6% 10% 11% 14% 13% 13% 11% 12%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 12% 10% 7% 9% 13% 13% 12% 10% 13%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 44% 27% 20% 9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.5% UV:1.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref P L0: 52.2% 8.1% 21.4% 9.6% 7.8% 0.9% 0.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B L0: 76.9% 16.1% 5.6% 1.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B L1: 92.7% 7.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:6167.27
---[NoImage] encoded 196921 frames, 15.78 fps, 6167.27 kb/s
--[Information] Final statistics
---[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] Video Bitrate Desired: 6170 kbit/s
---[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 6167 kbit/s
--[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.264
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] FormatString: AVC
----[Information] FileSize: 6331667098
----[Information] PlayTime:
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1920
----[Information] Height: 800
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: AVC
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 2.400
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 2.40:1
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
--[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] Successfully deleted F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.stats
----[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] Successfully deleted F:\ENCODiNG\j_edgar_bluray_avs.stats.mbtree
--[Information] [09.05.2012 13:34:55] Job completed

I will some more Logs in a new Post (Too much Chars)

Regards Sixi.

SixKiller

11th May 2012, 18:08

Some more Logs.

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] MeGUI: 2149 (svn)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition x64 SP1 (6.1.65536.7601)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] .Net Framework: 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] AviSynth: 2.5.8.5 (21.12.2008 21:46:54)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] AvisynthWrapper: 02.01.2009 20:34:04
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (07.08.2008 20:31:12)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] LinqBridge: 1.0.0.0 (28.05.2009 01:24:34)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] MediaInfo: 0.7.57.0 (02.05.2012 18:49:57)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.53.0 (27.01.2012 17:42:16)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (19.12.2008 20:53:04)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (02.01.2011 10:59:32)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] 7z: 9.20 (18.11.2010 16:27:34)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:06] Connecting to server: http://megui.xvidvideo.ru/auto/
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:07:07] All files are up to date
-[Information] Log for job1 (video, wolverine_bluray_avs.avs -> )
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:08:29] Started handling job
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:08:29] Preprocessing
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:08:29] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\dgdecnv2042\DGDecodeNV.dll")
---[NoImage] DGSource("F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_dgi.dgi")
---[NoImage] Crop(0, 132, -0, -132)
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:08:30] [DXVA]: target device selected
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:08:30] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --level 4.1 --preset slow --pass 1 --bitrate 10745 --stats "F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.stats" --keyint 240 --merange 32 --subme 9 --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output NUL "F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.avs"
--[Information] [09.05.2012 23:08:30] Encoding started
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:03] Standard output stream
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:03] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: 1920x816p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.1
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:1802 Avg QP:16.24 size:218091
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:46536 Avg QP:19.14 size: 81566
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:106101 Avg QP:19.97 size: 41559
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 3.2% 5.1% 31.1% 60.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 45.8% 0.0% 54.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 54.6% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 40.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 4.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 23.4% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 28.5% 0.0% 0.0% direct:25.0% skip:23.1% L0:30.9% L1:35.3% BI:33.7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 18.47
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:99.8% temporal:0.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 82.2% 50.6% 21.4% inter: 39.8% 27.4% 4.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 20% 14% 52% 14%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 16% 26% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 63% 16% 18% 3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:4.1% UV:2.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:10678.64
---[NoImage] encoded 154439 frames, 33.20 fps, 10678.64 kb/s
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:03] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:03] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job2 (video, wolverine_bluray_avs.avs -> wolverine_bluray_avs.264)
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:03] Started handling job
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:03] Preprocessing
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:03] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\dgdecnv2042\DGDecodeNV.dll")
---[NoImage] DGSource("F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_dgi.dgi")
---[NoImage] Crop(0, 132, -0, -132)
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:04] [DXVA]: target device selected
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:04] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --level 4.1 --preset slow --pass 2 --bitrate 10745 --stats "F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.stats" --keyint 240 --merange 32 --subme 9 --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output "F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.264" "F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.avs"
--[Information] [10.05.2012 00:26:04] Encoding started
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:17] Process exits with error: 0xFFFFFFFF (-1)
--[Information] Deleting aborted output
---[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:17] Delete aborted ouptut set: True
---[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:17] File to delete: F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.264
---[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:17] File deleted
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:17] Standard output stream
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:17] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: 1920x816p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:17] Job completed
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:17] Current job was aborted
-[Information] Log for job2 (video, wolverine_bluray_avs.avs -> wolverine_bluray_avs.264)
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:28] Started handling job
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:28] Preprocessing
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:28] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\dgdecnv2042\DGDecodeNV.dll")
---[NoImage] DGSource("F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_dgi.dgi")
---[NoImage] Crop(0, 132, -0, -132)
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:28] [DXVA]: target device selected
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:28] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --level 4.1 --preset slow --pass 2 --bitrate 10745 --stats "F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.stats" --keyint 240 --merange 32 --subme 9 --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output "F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.264" "F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.avs"
--[Information] [10.05.2012 03:35:28] Encoding started
--[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:47] Standard output stream
--[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:47] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: 1920x816p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:1802 Avg QP:17.04 size:206660
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:46536 Avg QP:19.35 size: 79903
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:106101 Avg QP:20.33 size: 42978
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 3.2% 5.1% 31.1% 60.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 44.5% 39.0% 16.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 4.0% 10.9% 1.0% P16..4: 47.8% 22.1% 12.3% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 2.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.6% 2.0% 0.2% B16..8: 52.8% 8.4% 1.9% direct:11.6% skip:22.6% L0:46.1% L1:47.5% BI: 6.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:64.7% inter:52.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:97.7% temporal:2.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 94.2% 78.0% 52.5% inter: 44.7% 37.6% 8.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 14% 10% 48% 27%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 6% 7% 8% 11% 16% 13% 15% 11% 13%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 7% 8% 12% 10% 13% 12% 13% 11% 15%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 49% 20% 17% 14%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:4.1% UV:2.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref P L0: 47.1% 7.6% 23.6% 10.1% 8.6% 2.8% 0.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B L0: 71.3% 19.2% 7.3% 2.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B L1: 90.3% 9.7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:10743.92
---[NoImage] encoded 154439 frames, 8.78 fps, 10743.92 kb/s
--[Information] Final statistics
---[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:47] Video Bitrate Desired: 10745 kbit/s
---[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:47] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 10743 kbit/s
--[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:47] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.264
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] FormatString: AVC
----[Information] FileSize: 8650725535
----[Information] PlayTime:
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1920
----[Information] Height: 816
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: AVC
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 2.353
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 2.35:1
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
--[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:48] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:48] Successfully deleted F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.stats
----[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:48] Successfully deleted F:\ENCODiNG\wolverine_bluray_avs.stats.mbtree
--[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:48] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job3 (video, xmen_first_contact_bluray_avs.avs -> )
--[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:48] Started handling job
--[Information] [10.05.2012 08:28:48] Preprocessing

I hope this is some kind of helpful.

Regards.

Sixi