EasyXviD - XviD Encoder GUI (DVD,TS,MPEG,AVI,MKV,MP4 etc. to MP4, AVI - XviD)

[lpvtech]

Download: EasyXviD - v1.1.2 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/gn1jdx) [5.09 MB]

Mirror : http://lpvtech.googlepages.com/EasyXviD-Setup.exe

Updated! - New - Output Quality of MPEG@ Sources increased by adding automatic deblocking for MPEG2Sources.

Update from previous versions : v1.1.0 to v1.1.2 - Download (http://www.sendspace.com/file/pkf160) [214Kb]

Update Procedure: Replace the EasyXviD.exe inside the original EasyXviD folder with the one inside the Update.

Please Uninstall previous versions of EasyXviD. The new version does not feature an installer. Just Unzip and start "EasyXviD.exe".

99% Vista Compatible
WARNING: Currently, no software is able to successfully mux video and audio to AVI in Windows Vista. Hence though the encode takes place fine, the final Muxed result will be corrupted. Its is highly recommended that you use only MP4 in Windows Vista.

Some say that it is because Vista doesn't write muxed AVI's correctly. One has to wait until Microsoft fixes it..

Source: Download (http://www.sendspace.com/file/6epfas) [108Kb] Language : C#

Features:

1. Straight Forward and Very Simple, and Very Stable GUI.
2. Programmed for both beginners and advanced users.
3. Supports all Video Inputs (All that plays in your MediaPlayer)
4. Output Container: AVI,MP4
5. Audio Output formats : MP3 (ABR,CBR,VBR) , AC3 (Original)
6. Perfectly Working Pause/Resume (Hibernation Tested)
7. Automatic Resize and Cropping.
8. Automatic Deinterlace.
9. Automatic Inverse Telecine.
10. Automatic Audio Delay Correction and AC3 Normalization
11. Dual-Core and Multi-threading Support (xvid_encraw)
12. Frontend to the Commandline Encoder (xvid_encraw) and hence is fast.
13. Intrgrated Script Editor for editing AVS Scripts for advanced users.(Complete control over your encodes)
14. **Extremely Less-CPU Intensive (Very Rarely goes above 0%)
15. Support for Custom Matrices.
16. *Low-Priority Mode to use the computer while encoding without much difference in speed.
17.Direct Encoding from CD/DVD Supported.
18. *** No junky temporary files. Just the clean encode completed file.

Features to be added Soon:

1. [Currently Undergoing] Profiles Support for configuration saving and using presets
2. Job Center for Job Queuing and Scheduling.
3. 'Filters' Tab for addition of filters (Though filter can be added through the Script Editor and required filters are also added automatically depending on the source)

Internals:

1. Creates two AVS Scripts in "%OutputFolder%\EasyXviD_Temp\" Folder.
2. One for Video and the Other for Audio.
3. Video AVS uses MPEG2Source for all formats supported by DGIndex and uses DirectShowSource for all others.
4. Audio AVS uses NicAC3 Source for AC3 and DirectShowSource for all others.
5. Uses Decomb Filter Package for automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine.
6. Overhead calculation done as described in "alexander-noe.com"
7. Including the first VOB of DVDs includes all the VOBs in the increasing order (Can be over-rided through DGIndex).
8. For manual resizing, Automatic Cropping is applied first and then resized accordingly as specified. For Automatic Resize, Resize is applied first (not on the original (temporarily)) depending on the aspect ratio of the source and cropped then resized to the nearest 16 in order to preserve Anamorphic Sources.
9. VDubMod used for AVI Muxing and MP4Box for MP4 Muxing.

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* - Depends on the computer configuration.
** - CPU Intensity is for the encoder GUI (and not for xvid_encraw or lame)
*** - All Temporary files are created in the folder named "EasyXviD_Temp" and deleted at the end. Advanced uses who prefer to keep this can also instruct the GUI not to delete it, by deleting the "DeleteTemp" file (no extension) in the original installed folder. The reverse can be applied to delete it.

[killerhex]

did your other encoder use virtualdub

[Sirber]

Wouldn't another muxer be better than vdub?
Is it Open Source?
What is your soft made with?

[edit]

Why does the video AVS resize 4 times and autocrop 2 times?

ex:
Spline36Resize(720,480)
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Easy-XviD\tools\Plugins\AutoCrop.dll")
AutoCrop(mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=20)
Spline36Resize(720,480)
tempres = Spline36Resize(720,480)
tempres = Spline36Resize(720,480)
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Easy-XviD\tools\Plugins\AutoCrop.dll")
cropped_clip = AutoCrop(tempres,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=20)
cropped_height =round(height(cropped_clip))
height = ((cropped_height % 16)==0)? cropped_height:(((cropped_height+4)%16==0)?cropped_height+4:cropped_height-4)
autocrop(mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=20)
Spline36Resize(720,height)

[lpvtech]

Wouldn't another muxer be better than vdub?

None others I know, mux AC3 and Mp3 pretty well.. So it was the only available muxer I could Use...
If you know of a better commandline, please let me know..

Is it Open Source?

Absolutely.... Why do you get that doubt?


What is your soft made with?
C#

Spline36Resize(720,480)
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Easy-XviD\tools\Plugins\AutoCrop.dll")
AutoCrop(mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=20)
Spline36Resize(720,480)
tempres = Spline36Resize(720,480)
tempres = Spline36Resize(720,480)
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Easy-XviD\tools\Plugins\AutoCrop.dll")
cropped_clip = AutoCrop(tempres,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=20)
cropped_height =round(height(cropped_clip))
height = ((cropped_height % 16)==0)? cropped_height((cropped_height+4)%16==0)?cropped_height+4:cropped_height-4)
autocrop(mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=20)
Spline36Resize(720,height)

I guess you have clicked "Encode Now" and then perhaps Cancelled or after the encode was complete, clicked "Back".. It happens only in this situation..
I found that problem.. I will fix it in the next version..
Thanks.

[lpvtech]

Just a piece of info: Please post the two files in the "Logs" Folder if you notice any errors along with the nature of the problem.

[Sirber]

Is it Open Source?
Absolutely.... Why do you get that doubt?
Just to know, since you only posted the installer :)

[lpvtech]

New Update available. Download it from the first post.

Changes from the Installer version:

1. Fixed: Overhead Correction not applied. [Results in slightly oversize files]
2. Fixed: Automatic Audio Delay Correction was not applied for MP3 Audio.
3. Added: RemoveGrain filter automatically used for MPEG2Sources

[Jleo]

Thanks lpvtech,
just been googling for a dual core optomised Xvid based encoder/gui and found Easy Xvid trying it out right now on a moon eclipse video which is and mpeg2.
Keep up the good work
jleo

4/26/2007 4:37:05 PM - Started Encoding..
4/26/2007 4:37:05 PM - Indexing using DGIndex..
4/26/2007 4:37:52 PM - Indexing Completed..

4/26/2007 4:37:52 PM - Video to XviD Encoding Started.

4/26/2007 4:37:52 PM - 1st Pass Encoding Started.

Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
Input colorspace is YV12
xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
Detected 2 cpus, using 2 threads.

[lpvtech]

Thanks Jleo, but the credit actually goes to the xvid_encraw team, as mine is only a frontend GUI that uses it. Of course, my GUI has also been programmed to utilize the dual core well, but anyway the major encoder is xvid_encraw [Renamed to 'EasyXviD_RawEnc' in the package to ensure that pause/resume or cancellation does not interfere with other instances of the program]

[lpvtech]

New Update Available.. Certain Minor Fixes.. Download link on the first post. [as Always]

[teamare2006]

lpvtech the software is unable to take IFO file it only take vob file
there should be option for the file size there should be costome file size option
the file size start from 700mb

[lpvtech]

You can manually type in any filesize as you want.. The list is just a sample of the most commenly used sizes..

[laserfan]

I'd like to try it, but am concerned about over-writing my existing xvid and avisynth. I'll un-check avisynth, but it's not clear what "Encoder Tools" installs (and where)?

[teamare2006]

thanks for the help i didnt see that we can edit it
but i am having the problem while importing the IFO file it unable to import thr IFO file or how can i convert the full movie to xvid it only takes the one part of VOB

[lpvtech]

Well. Just proceed with the first VOB file only. It will automatically include all the other VOB files in the same folder incrementally. Don't worry about it. The whole movie will be encoded when you select only the first VOB of the movie (I have already mentioned about this in the first post (Inside the INTERNALS See Point No. 7)

[laserfan]

I'd like to try it, but am concerned about over-writing my existing xvid and avisynth. I'll un-check avisynth, but it's not clear what "Encoder Tools" installs (and where)?Did you miss my post lpvtech; else why would you not respond... :confused:

[lpvtech]

Sorry, I missed your post entirely.. The Encoder Tools are the softwares that are found in the "Tools"
folder inside the original installed folder. It is required for EasyXviD to work. I have included it just for more customizability, because I don't any user to install components that he does not need..

[laserfan]

Thanks, I needed to know because the installer does not give any description of what is installed. I don't want to hose my existing Xvid or Avisynth installations...

[munnasunna]

Does this run on Vista.

[lpvtech]

Of Course, it does..

[AMED]

is there any chance of getting VBR mp3 added.

Also if you try and exit before the encode is done it crashes
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/t575854_error.png (http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i575854_error.png)

[lpvtech]

is there any chance of getting VBR mp3 added.
Yes. It will be in the next version..

New Update Available..

Changelog:
1. Added Tray Icon
2. Minimize To Tray Option Added
Others: Pause/Resume and Exit Control added to TrayIcon Menu.
3. Fixed: Occassionally Crashes on Exit during Encoding Video.

[lpvtech]

Source Code Updated.

[lpvtech]

Version v1.1 Released!

Changelog:
1.MP4 Support Added.
2.VBR MP3 Support Added
3.Tray Icon Added.
4.All major controls added to the Tray Icon Menu
5.Minimize to Tray Added.
6.Excellent Stability. All crashes Fixed. Perfectly Stable.

[GoldToX264]

Nice little app, cheers.

[prOnorama]

6.Excellent Stability. All crashes Fixed. Perfectly Stable.

:rolleyes:

<sarcasm> but only when you run it in Optimistic Mode? </sarcasm>

(no pun intended, it just sounds a bit like an ad for a washing powder: Always Perfectly Clean with No Effort....according to our Scientists)

Anyway maybe I'll give it a try...again ;)

[Hyper_Thread]

1- With a DVB source, i'm getting error at the final step "Mux". VDub pop up and a message titled "Sylia Script" says : Parse Error. Manually, the mux works fine.

2- Encoded video still interlaced & Aspect Ratio was not respected

Here is the source info (by EasyXviD)
General #0
Complete name : f:\dvb\test.mpg
Format : MPEG-2 Program
Format/Family : MPEG-2
File size : 102 MiB
PlayTime : 3mn 39s
Bit rate : 3907 Kbps

Video #0
Codec : MPEG-2 Video
Codec profile : Main@Main
Codec settings/Matri : Custom
PlayTime : 3mn 39s
Bit rate : 6960 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Width : 480 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.007

Audio #0
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 2
PlayTime : 3mn 39s
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video0 delay : -18ms


Note : Encode started with AutoCrop, Auto Resolution Height & XviD defaults

[lpvtech]

Hyper_Thread, please post the two files inside the "Logs" folder inside the EasyXviD folder. It will help me find out what the problem is. Also, post the Mux.vcf file inside the "EasyXviD_Temp" folder, so that I'll get what was wrong with muxing..
Thanks

[lpvtech]

Only 99% Vista Compatible
WARNING: Currently, no software is able to successfully mux video and audio to AVI in Windows Vista. Hence though the encode takes place fine, the final Muxed result will be corrupted. Its is highly recommended that you use only MP4 in Windows Vista.

Some say that it is because Vista doesn't write muxed AVI's correctly. One has to wait until Microsoft fixes it..

[Hyper_Thread]

Here is the error :

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1641/syliaerrorkn1.th.jpg (http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=syliaerrorkn1.jpg)

I've made a "Mux.vcf" manually & compare it with .vcf generated by EasyXviD, here is the error :

VirtualDub.stream[0].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,86ms.);

A "Mux_OK.vcf" file is included in the attached zip, Hope this can be helpfull.

Note : I believe that EasyXviD will be "A must have" GUI soon...Good luck

[lpvtech]

Thanks Hyper_Thread for bringing that problem into light.

It has been fixed now. An Update is available in the first post.

[audioslave]

This sounds excellent! :)
I will try this, downloading as I'm writing this.

BTW Does the program support ripping of subtitles?

[lpvtech]

BTW Does the program support ripping of subtitles?

No. You have to use SubRip or VobSub to rip them. But may be I will add support sometime in the future (Don't count on me for now).

[audioslave]

That's alright. :) It's, like you said, easy to do with VobSub. ;)

[audioslave]

I have one question:
I'm trying to encode the PAL version of the movie Swordfish.
The source DVD is anamorphic but no matter what output format I chose the encode also turns out anamorphic. What am I missing?
I want the the encode to be "non-anamorphic" with a normal 16:9 apect ratio. How do I do this?

EDIT
I forgot: Thank you very much for this excellent tool! :)

[audioslave]

Never mind. I found a handy little tool called Aspect. ;)

[audioslave]

I'm back again. Sorry for being a pain...
The movie I'm trying to encode is, like I wrote earlier, Swordfish (PAL). I get the correct aspect parameters from "Aspect" (the program I downloaded) but I'm uncertain to how I should the aspect ratio within EasyXviD? The movie is in 2.36:1 (according to Aspect) but even though I input that value as Custom AR I still get black borders...? (This is when I watch the avs script ,made by EasyXvid, in VDub) Please, help me get the hang of this. I'm dying to try a complete encode with this new toy. :)

Just tell me what you need to know and I'll post it.

EDIT - These are the values I get in Aspect
Resolution: 640x272
Crop: 2, 72,72, 1
AR: 2.36:1
I'm uncertain as to what I should choose as AR in EasyXviD...?

[audioslave]

Amazing... I posted my previous question about 21 hours ago and no one has answered yet? Doesn't anyone know the answer to my question or was I too vague? :(

[lpvtech]

Sorry, I have been away for some time.. I'm analyzing your problem now.. Sorry for taking too long.
I'm back again. Sorry for being a pain...

You are in no way a pain.. Infact, I should thank you for telling me the problems and your expectations from my soft.

[lpvtech]

I want the the encode to be "non-anamorphic" with a normal 16:9 apect ratio.

Use a manual resolution height. Leave AutoCrop to be checked.
Use the Custom AR.
INFO: After your posts, I'm also working on the Non-Anamorphic Encode.

The movie is in 2.36:1 (according to Aspect) but even though I input that value as Custom AR I still get black borders...? (This is when I watch the avs script ,made by EasyXvid, in VDub)

Custom AR changes only the aspect ratio and doesn't have anything to do with black borders. I guess Auto Crop was not checked. You must crop it in order to remove the black borders.

Unfortunately, most of the video playing softwares ignore the Custom AR in AVI files. So it might still look stretched. But it will show up in the correct aspect ratios in standalone players. This is one reason why Anamorphic Encodes are preferred.

[alfixdvd]

When I do the next:

Uncheck the box : Auto Resolution Height
Uncheck the box: Auto Crop
Check the box: Auto Resolution Height

I get an Unhandled exception:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Value of '0,000000' is not valid for 'Value'. 'Value' should be between 'Minimum' and 'Maximum'.
Parameter name: Value
at System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown.set_Value(Decimal value)
at EasyXviD.main.txt_width_ValueChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at EasyXviD.main.chk_autocrop_CheckedChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox.OnCheckedChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox.set_CheckState(CheckState value)
at EasyXviD.main.chk_suggestres_CheckedChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox.OnCheckedChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox.set_CheckState(CheckState value)
at System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
EasyXviD
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/xxx0/EasyXviD.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.




Perhaps because in my windows locale , is for decimal and not the . ?

[lpvtech]

It doesn't have any problem with "." as decimal. I'm quite puzzled.. Why in the world do you use "," for decimal?

[alfixdvd]

It doesn't have any problem with "." as decimal. I'm quite puzzled.. Why in the world do you use "," for decimal?

It's a question of assuming locales of Windows when progamming.

At Europe, except England the Windows locale . is separator for thousands and , is separator for decimals.

If a program assumes only the USA or England locale and ignore this fact, we have problems and the program crash.

If the program assumes the locale of the PC on it runs all work fine.

[michaelhill]

Is there a mirror to download your program? The site says it has reached its full capacity. (EDIT I manage to get it)

My offer below still stand...

Also I can offer you a mirror, on my high speed servers in cluster. Let me know.

[michaelhill]

I set the treat to 2, but only 1 core gets used.
It does say in the log that 2 treats will be used.

And why does it standardly ad removegrain and stuff like it? I dont like removing grain in most movies

[lpvtech]

Thanks. I would be very helpful if you offer a mirror. Also, Thanks for the info about the decimal locale.

I'm sorry. If you don't want to remove any grains, you have to remove those lines manually for now. You'll be able to customize and save settings after the profiles and 'Filters' tab have been added.
I set the treat to 2, but only 1 core gets used.
It does say in the log that 2 treats will be used.

2 Cores are different from 2 threads. Even a single core system can have 2 or 3 threads but it does not have any use from it. There is no diffrenece in speed. 2 Cores are used only if you have a multi core processor. If you do have a multi core system, please let me know, how you found out that only one core was used. If the log said so, then the Commandline encoder might not have support for your processor's architecture.

[michaelhill]

Thanks. I would be very helpful if you offer a mirror. Also, Thanks for the info about the decimal locale.

I'm sorry. If you don't want to remove any grains, you have to remove those lines manually for now. You'll be able to customize and save settings after the profiles and 'Filters' tab have been added.


2 Cores are different from 2 threads. Even a single core system can have 2 or 3 threads but it does not have any use from it. There is no diffrenece in speed. 2 Cores are used only if you have a multi core processor. If you do have a multi core system, please let me know, how you found out that only one core was used. If the log said so, then the Commandline encoder might not have support for your processor's architecture.


Yes I have a AMD X2 Dual core cpu.
To contact me about a mirror email me at xenodasouljah [at] hotmail (dot) com

[michaelhill]

I have 1 cpu with 2 cores (amd x2)

Here is the log, which in fact says 2 threads but used only 1 core.

LOG:
5/26/2007 6:48:39 PM - Started Encoding..
5/26/2007 6:48:39 PM - Indexing using DGIndex..
5/26/2007 6:54:18 PM - Indexing Completed..

5/26/2007 6:54:19 PM - Video to XviD Encoding Started.

5/26/2007 6:54:19 PM - 1st Pass Encoding Started.

Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
Input colorspace is YV12
xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 3DNOW 3DNOWEXT TSC
Detected 2 cpus, using 2 threads.

5/26/2007 6:55:56 PM - Cancelling.... Please Wait.
5/26/2007 6:55:56 PM - Encoding Cancelled by the User
5/26/2007 6:55:56 PM - 1st Pass Encoding Completed.
General #0
Complete name : h:\saw\vts_02_1.vob
Format : MPEG-2 Program
Format/Family : MPEG-2
File size : 1024 MiB
PlayTime : 26mn 39s
Bit rate : 5372 Kbps

Video #0
Codec : MPEG-2 Video
Codec profile : Main@Main
Codec settings/Matri : Standard
PlayTime : 26mn 39s
Bit rate : 7800 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.752

Audio #0
Codec : AC3
PlayTime : 26mn 38s
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
ChannelPositions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, Subwoofer

Audio #1
Codec : DTS
PlayTime : 26mn 38s
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 20 bits
ChannelPositions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, Subwoofer

[lpvtech]

Could you please mention how you found out that only one core was used?

[michaelhill]

Could you please mention how you found out that only one core was used?

With AMD power monitor. It shows both core and how much they are used. Only 1 core was showing a load.

[Hyper_Thread]

Actually, only XviD 1.2 beta has an experimental SMP support & can use the 2 cores of your processor.
The commandLine encoder "xvid_encraw.exe" don't support SMP yet. So, don't blame EasyXviD, it's only a GUI

[squid_80]

Actually, only XviD 1.2 beta has an experimental SMP support & can use the 2 cores of your processor.
The commandLine encoder "xvid_encraw.exe" don't support SMP yet. So, don't blame EasyXviD, it's only a GUI
Xvid_encraw supports multiple threads, but only if the installed version of xvidcore.dll also supports it.

[Carpo]

has anyone tried avimux_gui to mux the files (will mux other formats too dont let the name fool you) when i have issues with megui muxing i use that and its fine - i dont have vista yet so cant test, just an idear tho :)

http://www.alexander-noe.com/video/amg/

[squid_80]

Only 99% Vista Compatible
WARNING: Currently, no software is able to successfully mux video and audio to AVI in Windows Vista. Hence though the encode takes place fine, the final Muxed result will be corrupted. Its is highly recommended that you use only MP4 in Windows Vista.

Some say that it is because Vista doesn't write muxed AVI's correctly. One has to wait until Microsoft fixes it..
No software is a very inaccurate claim.
The avifile library included with vista is broken. However if a program uses it's own routines for writing avi files (like avimux_gui or virtualdub) instead of relying on the avifile library there is no problem. xvid_encraw was updated over 9 months ago to not use the avifile library.

[audioslave]

Use a manual resolution height. Leave AutoCrop to be checked.
Use the Custom AR.
INFO: After your posts, I'm also working on the Non-Anamorphic Encode.



Custom AR changes only the aspect ratio and doesn't have anything to do with black borders. I guess Auto Crop was not checked. You must crop it in order to remove the black borders.

Unfortunately, most of the video playing softwares ignore the Custom AR in AVI files. So it might still look stretched. But it will show up in the correct aspect ratios in standalone players. This is one reason why Anamorphic Encodes are preferred.

I'm glad to hear you're working on a "non-anamorphic" feature! :)
About the custom AR... I did crop the movie. I did it manually with the values I got from the software Aspect. Then I put in the custom AR, also with the values I got from Apect. Still I get black borders. That's what I thought was so strange. Any ideas?

[audioslave]

To make things more clear:

Values from "Aspect"
Crop Y1: 11, Y2: 11 (manual crop)
Aspect 1.85:1
Resolution 704x384

After I get these values I put them into EasyXvid. Still, when I preview the script in VDub (after the *.d2v is created by EasyXvid) I still get small borders on the top and bottom. It almost looks as if I didn't crop the frames at all?! I surely must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what... This might be related to my attept to make anamorphic to non-anamorphic but I believe that's quite possible to do with the correct values in the right places. :)

EDIT
After reading through your answer once more I tried your suggestion. Sorry, I missed the vital info at first. ;)
This time I didn't crop manually in EasyXviD (I used Auto Crop). I only put in the resolution and custom AR.
TA-DA!!! Everything looks as it should! :D Thank you so much for your help! Now I'll finally run through my first full encode. :)

[The Scientist]

Only 99% Vista Compatible
WARNING: Currently, no software is able to successfully mux video and audio to AVI in Windows Vista.I'm sorry but this statement is totally rubbish......

Never had any problem muxing AVI files in Vista.

[lpvtech]

No software is a very inaccurate claim.
The avifile library included with vista is broken. However if a program uses it's own routines for writing avi files (like avimux_gui or virtualdub) instead of relying on the avifile library there is no problem. xvid_encraw was updated over 9 months ago to not use the avifile library.

But the program uses xvid_rawenc. The Video Output by your program is all fine squid_80. But the problem is with muxing. Though VDub uses its own library, that is the one causing problems. After muxing, the output file is corrupted. I guess there is nothing I can do about it since its only a GUI.

If any of you have any suggesstions, please help.. :)

I'm sorry but this statement is totally rubbish......

Never had any problem muxing AVI files in Vista.

What is the muxer you used?

[lpvtech]

Mirror added

[lpvtech]

I regret to say this. I lost all my source code and my backup during an accidental partition removal and format.

I only have the really old source code which I had uploaded on the net. I'm really feeling lazy to write the code for Video Preview, and Profiles all over again. So, I have decided to drop this Project.

Sorry, Guys. But Project takeovers are welcome. Development is ceased permenantly.

But the latest available version will always be available.

But anyway, I have started EasyAVC project that uses x264 Codec. The GUI design currently in my mind is quite different from EasyXvid, but for the better.

Anyway, help for EasyXviD will always be available in this forum. Feel free to ask for any help. I'm no longer a developer of EasyXviD, just an user like you all, without the source, only with the executables.

[Hyper_Thread]

I'm so sorry to hear that, coz as i've said in an earlier post : "EasyXviD can be a must have GUI". I sincerely encourage you to restart & continue with this app.
Anyway, if you think you can do better than MeGUI or Leiming's x264 GUI, why not...

[fight2win]

just i tried, avi was frm megui, muxed it with ac3 using vdm, output was ok, get latest vista updates using windows updates...
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[lilhobo]

so this is dead?

[neuron2]

so this is dead? Having trouble with reading comprehension?

Development is ceased permenantly.

[lilhobo]

well yes if the spelling is that horrendous ;)