AutoMKV 0.98.4

[AW01545]

@werx

thanks, fixed in next update

@AW01545

could you please analyze the movie.avi with avinaptic or gspot or mediainfo and report here ?

also.. try using mmg.exe (from mkvtoolnix package) and mux

don't know what mean this error :(

BHH

Sorry for the delay, I needed to redo the test, here's the report from avinaptic:



I think I narrowed it down to something due to the chapters...

[EDIT 2]

I keep replying to myself on this one...definitely the chapters, and my homebrew script for converting a chapter list in run-length format (e.g., first chapter 32 seconds, second chapter 42 seconds) is to blame. I didn't print out the milliseconds because I didn't realize they were required for OGG format chapters.

Does the muxer take in OGG format chapters and convert them to Matroska XML?

I fixed that and remuxed and it worked fine. Now off to volume converting using AutoMKV, I lost a week or so while trying to figure that one out, but the final result looks fantastic.

It sure would be nice to do more than two channels of audio, but that's a very small minority of the video I have to convert, I'll come back and deal with those later!

[/EDIT 2]

If I take your chapters as generated by default, it seems okay, if I supply my own, it doesn't mux.

I haven't tried the other muxer yet.

Here's a sample of the chapter I used:

CHAPTER01=00:00:00
CHAPTER01NAME=Program Start.
CHAPTER02=00:00:09
CHAPTER02NAME=Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down.
CHAPTER03=00:04:46
CHAPTER03NAME=Love Can Move Mountains.
CHAPTER04=00:09:36
CHAPTER04NAME=If You Asked Me To.
CHAPTER05=00:13:41
CHAPTER05NAME=Only One Road.
CHAPTER06=00:18:50
CHAPTER06NAME=Ce N'Etait Qu'un Reve.
CHAPTER07=00:22:30
CHAPTER07NAME=Misled.
CHAPTER08=00:26:16
CHAPTER08NAME=Think Twice.
CHAPTER09=00:31:16
CHAPTER09NAME=Where Does My Heart Beat Now.
CHAPTER10=00:36:31
CHAPTER10NAME=When I Fall Love.
CHAPTER11=00:41:11
CHAPTER11NAME=Refuse To Dance.
CHAPTER12=00:45:50
CHAPTER12NAME=The Power Of Love.
CHAPTER13=00:51:45
CHAPTER13NAME=Beauty And The Beast.
CHAPTER14=00:56:11
CHAPTER14NAME=I Can't Help Falling In Love (Live).
CHAPTER15=01:01:28
CHAPTER15NAME=The Colour Of My Love.




:logfile:

[ About file ]

Name: movie.avi
Date: 8/02/2009 12:20:40
Size: 642,402,304 bytes (612.643 MB)

[ Generic infos ]

Play duration: 01:06:36 (3996.325666 s)
Container type: AVI OpenDML
Number of streams: 1
Type of stream nr. 0: video
Audio streams: 0
JUNK: VirtualDub build 1411/release

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 720 x 480
Width: multiple of 16
Height: multiple of 32
Average DRF: 3.882545
Standard deviation: 0.956079
Std. dev. weighted mean: 0.718642

[ Video track ]

FourCC: divx/DX50
Resolution: 720 x 480
Frame aspect ratio: 3:2 = 1.5
Pixel aspect ratio: 1:1 = 1
Display aspect ratio: 3:2 = 1.5
Framerate: 23.976023 fps
Number of frames: 95816
Stream size: 640,064,921 bytes
Bitrate: 1281.306829 kbps
Qf: 0.154633
Key frames: 1473 (0; 234; 236; 536; 671; ... 95764)
Null frames: 0
Min key int: 1
Max key int: 300
Avg key int: 65.048200
Delay: 0 ms

[ About MPEG4 encoding ]

User data: DivX503b2816p
Packed bitstream: Yes
QPel: No
GMC: No
Interlaced: No
Aspect ratio: Square pixels
Quant type: H.263
Number of frames: 95816
Drop/delay frames: 0
Corrupted frames: 0

I-VOPs: 1473 ( 1.537 %)
P-VOPs: 59626 ( 62.230 %) ################
B-VOPs: 34717 ( 36.233 %) #########
S-VOPs: 0 ( 0.000 %)
N-VOPs: 0 ( 0.000 %)

Max consecutive B-VOPs: 1

[ DRF analysis ]

Average DRF: 3.882545
Standard deviation: 0.956079
Max DRF: 11

DRF<2: 0 ( 0.000 %)
DRF=2: 1109 ( 1.157 %)
DRF=3: 33267 ( 34.720 %) #########
DRF=4: 49514 ( 51.676 %) #############
DRF=5: 270 ( 0.282 %)
DRF=6: 11390 ( 11.887 %) ###
DRF=7: 14 ( 0.015 %)
DRF=8: 133 ( 0.139 %)
DRF=9: 113 ( 0.118 %)
DRF>9: 6 ( 0.006 %)

I-VOPs average DRF: 2.955872
I-VOPs std. deviation: 0.654055
I-VOPs max DRF: 7

P-VOPs average DRF: 3.449518
P-VOPs std. deviation: 0.555577
P-VOPs max DRF: 7

B-VOPs average DRF: 4.665581
B-VOPs std. deviation: 1.001444
B-VOPs max DRF: 11

[ Profile compliancy ]

Profile to check: MTK PAL 6000
Resolution: Ok
Framerate: 23.976023 <> 25
Min buffer fill: 81%

This report was created by AVInaptic (18-11-2007) on 8 feb 2009, h 12:48:09
:logfile:

I'll try the other MUX tool next, I wanted to get this to you first though.

Thank you!

[deejay.2001]

i have dvd with more PGC (if i load ifo)

is there a way to simply encode all episodes together to make 1 file or do i need to encode one by one and manually select each PGC of them...

thanks guys:o

[buzzqw]

@Chengbin

hq first quality will not use "fast first pass trick", but will use the same settings as second pass

@AW01545

It sure would be nice to do more than two channels of audio, but that's a very small minority of the video I have to convert, I'll come back and deal with those later!
you can always select "all audio tracks".. and then not muxing all...

@deejay.2001
set as input the first vob (like vts_01_01.vob)

BHH

[mrmrmrmr]

I don't know I just select wmv and then select VC1 profile.
The original mkv file is 8GB and I limit the destination file by size 4GB. (audio is 6 channels)
So it takes more than 6 hours.
I believe on this machine it should take less time for such conversion.
What setting would you suggest ?

any suggestions ?

[AW01545]

Has anybody seen DGIndex pop up and just sort of sit there, accumulating little or no apparent CPU?

My DGIndex window popped up the GUI, but doesn't seem to be doing anything. I've noticed this several times, especially when my system is somewhat loaded...

19:40:41 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19:40:41 OS Version: Windows XP
19:40:41 Selected Input file: J:\Already Burned\1776\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.IFO
19:40:41 Selected Output dir: C:\AutoMKV_Out_C\temp\
19:40:41 Selected Final Name: 1776
19:40:41 Selected Container type: MKV
19:40:41 Selected Encoder: DivX
19:40:41 Selected Size: 1/5 DVD-R / 1
19:40:41 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Balanced.xml
19:40:41 Selected Resizer: NONE / Original
19:40:41 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
19:40:41 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
19:40:41 Selected Field Order: AUTO
19:40:41 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
19:40:41 Working by Command Line: queue1.ini
19:40:41 Track Language 1: 80: English (AC3 6ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
19:40:41 Audio Codec 1: Copy Original
19:40:41 Track Language 2: 81: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x81) [0]
19:40:41 Audio Codec 2: Copy Original
19:40:41 Selected 1' Sub tracks: English 0 (0xBD 0x20) [0] wide
19:40:41 Selected 2' Sub tracks: Francais 1 (0xBD 0x21) [0] wide
19:40:41
19:40:41 Starting SubRipping
19:40:42 para.lst file:
19:40:42 J:\Already Burned\1776\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.IFO
19:40:42 C:\AutoMKV_Out_C\temp\VTS
19:40:42 1
19:40:42 1
19:40:42 0 1 cc
19:40:42 CLOSE
19:40:42 Subtitle Size: 12288 bytes
19:40:42 Finished SubRipping
19:40:42 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [2:46:28:10]
19:40:42 Dgindex CMD: C:\Program Files\automkv\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80,81 -YR=2 -AIF=[J:\Already Burned\1776\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.vob] -OF=[C:\AutoMKV_Out_C\temp\movie] -exit -minimize



I might've discovered the reason...that was part of a queue of encodes...on the next one, the same thing seemed to happen, then when going through windows I noticed that there was another program with a dialog open. Perhaps DGIndex was blocking on some kind of Dialog event?

[AW01545]

On the chapters menu:
* When I open the chapter dialog, and the chapter extraction utility tells me that there's a chapter file found and asks if I want to load it, there's occasionally (but not always) extraneous text in that file, sometimes XML, sometimes just text. I think it might be an uninitialized variable, here's a sample, note the 'PGC 2. Length: 0:03:18:27':

PGC 2. Length: 0:03:18:27CHAPTER01=00:00:00.000
CHAPTER01NAME=Chapter 1
CHAPTER02=00:03:18.900
CHAPTER02NAME=Chapter 2
CHAPTER03=00:03:28.867
CHAPTER03NAME=Chapter 3
CHAPTER04=00:08:39.567
CHAPTER04NAME=Chapter 4
CHAPTER05=00:08:44.767
CHAPTER05NAME=Chapter 5
CHAPTER06=00:11:00.833
CHAPTER06NAME=Chapter 6
CHAPTER07=00:11:14.266
CHAPTER07NAME=Chapter 7
CHAPTER08=00:16:55.299
CHAPTER08NAME=Chapter 8
CHAPTER09=00:17:13.932
CHAPTER09NAME=Chapter 9
CHAPTER10=00:22:09.465
CHAPTER10NAME=Chapter 10
CHAPTER11=00:22:28.965
CHAPTER11NAME=Chapter 11
CHAPTER12=00:26:30.332
CHAPTER12NAME=Chapter 12
CHAPTER13=00:26:58.498
CHAPTER13NAME=Chapter 13
CHAPTER14=00:28:39.031
CHAPTER14NAME=Chapter 14
CHAPTER15=00:29:07.631
CHAPTER15NAME=Chapter 15

* Also with the chapters, when you go to the save dialog, and it asks you the filename and type, by default it says that it will save the files as type 'txt', but it does not append the '.txt' suffix on the file as expected. I think that's just a quirk of the Windows usage model, but if I save 'xyzzy' as type '.txt', I get a file called 'xyzzy', but if I were to try to view that file as type '.txt' on a subsquent pass on that dialog, it will not show because it doesn't have the suffix. Typing 'xyzzy.txt' as the filename is the simple solution.

[deejay.2001]

probably little bug if not mistaken

if i save configuration with selected MOD16crop after loading this configuration again it will not stay selected

to BHH-
if i have few pgc with episodes in ifo
can i select all PGC episodes in list at once so i dont have to do manually select each PGC of them and automatically convert all (of course every episode separate) with actual profile chosen?

[buzzqw]

@AW01545

dgindex will stop on error.. AND will stop other dgindex to work...

about chapter.. GOOD DEBUG!
fixed in next update

@deejay.2001
thanks, i will check!

BHH

[soonerlater]

Can AutoMKV make a file with >2 audio tracks and/or >2 subtitle tracks? The screenshots suggest to me that it's limited to just two.

EDIT: The manual seems to say that you may have ONE, TWO or ALL audio tracks, but you can't select more than two, but less than all, tracks. Is that true?

Note: I haven't downloaded it yet. I prefer to see that an app will likely serve my needs before installing. Sorry if that seems odd to some of you.

[AW01545]

Can AutoMKV make a file with >2 audio tracks and/or >2 subtitle tracks? The screenshots suggest to me that it's limited to just two.

EDIT: The manual seems to say that you may have ONE, TWO or ALL audio tracks, but you can't select more than two, but less than all, tracks. Is that true?

Note: I haven't downloaded it yet. I prefer to see that an app will likely serve my needs before installing. Sorry if that seems odd to some of you.

I just asked the same question yesterday (scrolll back, it's on page 38) and Buzz told me that you can just request ALL (I forgot to ask if you could request all subtitles, but I suppose you could) and then turn off muxing and mux it yourself.

I'd like to have multiple subtitles and soundtracks too, but only for a small number of videos, I'm thinking the number I have that need more than 2audio/2subt is well under 10%. I'm willing to mux them myself if there's only a dozen or so.

I prefer the unlimited 'tabbed' model for subtitles/soundtracks that MeGUI uses (even that has problem though when the number of parts climbs!), but I'm using AutoMKV because of DiVX support (I want to use the DiVX codec where possible.)

So, for me, I'd like to either try to see if I can patch into the changes that I want to AutoMKV (since source is provided, although I'd have to learn purebasic) or patch in DiVX support to MeGUI (I think someone else may be working on that too.)

One other thing that I prefer AutoMKV over MeGUI for is the queueing system. I haven't figured out how to queue things up as easily in MeGUI yet.

[mrmrmrmr]

Slower = more quality.

Videos encoded by AutoMKV will be very high quality, blowing away any commercial softwares, especially those fast ones.

I don't know why it is taking you 6 hours on your machine though. Did you use the highest quality profile?

I just select wmv and then select VC1 profile.
The original mkv file is 8GB and I limit the destination file by size 4GB. (audio is 6 channels)
And it takes more than 6 hours.
I believe on this machine it should take less time for such conversion.
What setting would you suggest for quick conversion ?

[buzzqw]

the wmv compression isn't SMP optimized. So.. you can have even 16 cores.. it will use only 1 core. Blame Microsoft for this

BHH

[soonerlater]

@ AW01545

We're probably among a very small minority who ever want more than two audio or subtitle tracks. As it is, I'm a native English speaker, as are all of my family, but my children attend a "Language Immersion School" where the children speak only a foreign language all day. In the case of my children, they speak French, but other immersion schools around here speak Spanish. For my children, I like to include the French audio track and subtitle set whenever available, so English + French makes two. But on top of that, I enjoy the Director's commentary, when available (and, the subtitling of the commentary, if available), so that makes three sets.

Divx Converter (6 or 7) will let you select any number and combination of audio tracks and subtitle sets you want, but it's pretty thing on other options. You get no control over target file size, for example.

Nero Recode (at least ver. 3.x which is part of the Nero 8 Suite; dunno re: ver. 4.x that comes with the new 9 Suite) limits you to two audio tracks and two subtitle sets.

StaxRip limits you to two audio tracks and two subtitle sets.

CloneDVD2 will let you select any combination of audio tracks and subtitle sets, *BUT* (1) will not play the audio of any track to let you verify you're getting what you want (it's a licensing issue, they say) and (2) only creates mpeg2 dvd files.

The *only* thing that I save to .dvix, .avi, .mkv, etc... are backups of movies I buy for my children. They're just aweful on discs. So I purchased a Buffalo Linkstation NAS and a PopcornHour Network Media Tank (http://popcornhour.com/) (i.e. a media streamer) for each tv in the house. Now I rip each movie once to HDD (using AnyDVD), then compress/transcode and store on the Linkstation. AnyDVD produces unencrypted, uncompressed, perfect copies of DVDs, but the size can run as much as 9gb (whatever the original was). I've been using Divx Pro and the Divx Converter, but I'm not fond of it. I want something with a little more flexibilty than Divx Converter which will allow me to save as many or as few audio and subtitle tracks as I choose.

[mrmrmrmr]

the wmv compression isn't SMP optimized. So.. you can have even 16 cores.. it will use only 1 core. Blame Microsoft for this

BHH

ok; understood.

But then why TVC can convert the same mkv to wmv in nearly 1 hour.
The only difference in the resulting file is that TVC can't generate 6 channel audio.

One more question: if we leave aside the 4 cores and assume that the CPU is 1 core, I still believe that this compression should take less time with this CPU (Q9400)
And it is possible with TVC.

I still believe that my settings may be wrong.
please let me know if there is any setting I can change...

[jeffy]

ok; understood.

But then why TVC can convert the same mkv to wmv in nearly 1 hour.

What profile do you really use in Total Video Converter? Please write its full name and the other settings used. :thanks:

[AW01545]

Isn't it possible to insert arbitrary files into MKV? Perhaps it would be possible to (optionally) collate all the logs from the encoding and insert that into the MKV too just before the MKVMERGE? It would only add a few Kb to the final file, and everything about how it was constructed would be available later without adding an additional file (it could always be extracted.)

[buzzqw]

@AW01545

most user will not like to have a log inside the mkv.. expecially when releasing in the wild...

BHH

[pdanpdan]

Yes, but this board is not about that kind of users :)
It would be nice to have this log, with an option to include it or not.

[mrmrmrmr]

What profile do you really use in Total Video Converter? Please write its full name and the other settings used. :thanks:

I just select Xbox as the output format.
I don't bother with any settings.

[ayfa]

Hey guys, sorry to interrupt this thread with this question of a silly noob:
Where can I change the X264 level and profile? AutoMKV always sets 4.0 in main profile. But I want 4.1 in high profile.
Where can I change these two settings?
And by the way: Why do I have to add three zeros to the number entered in "Disc Settings" when selecting XviD instead of X264.
Choosing X264 and entering 8500 makes an approx final file size of 8500MB. Choosing XviD you may want to throw something at you PC after 18Hours of encoding, and not checking during encoding! It creates a ridiculously small file for an 1080p movie.

[Chengbin]

Hey guys, sorry to interrupt this thread with this question of a silly noob:
Where can I change the X264 level and profile? AutoMKV always sets 4.0 in main profile. But I want 4.1 in high profile.
Where can I change these two settings?
And by the way: Why do I have to add three zeros to the number entered in "Disc Settings" when selecting XviD instead of X264.
Choosing X264 and entering 8500 makes an approx final file size of 8500MB. Choosing XviD you may want to throw something at you PC after 18Hours of encoding, and not checking during encoding! It creates a ridiculously small file for an 1080p movie.

You can change it at automkv\profiles\

[ayfa]

Thank you. But there I can only find a way to change the level, not the profile. Where can I set profile from main to high?

[Stormshadow]

Get a rip goin atm so can't update to 98.4 atm but unless its been added in this version i would very much like to get the following sizes to select.

-½ DVD
-Full DVD9

Never seem to be able to get the exact size myself (always little over or under)

[Aragon Speed]

OK I have an odd error. I have used AutoMKV for a while now with no issues. Two days ago I upgraded my PC with a new mobo and Dual core CPU. This obviously needed a reinstall of windows, and thus a reinstall of AutoMKV. I had a couple of problems at first, but then realised this was down to me forgetting to reinstall AVISynth. :rolleyes:

Having done that, and after double checking I had everything else needed installed as well, I tried to encode a MKV with X264. Everything seemed to be fine, the subs were ripped, DGindex did it's thing, the interlace analysis bit ran, but when it came to encoding the first pass of the film itself, the normal dos boxes appeared, and then buggered off again very quickly without the film itself actually being encoded. :confused:

If it wasn't for the fact the interlace analysis' had run fine, I would have assumed it was a problem with x264, but they did.

In case it is of any use, here is the log from one of the failed encodes:
22:29:34 0.98.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22:29:34 OS Version: Windows XP
22:29:34 Selected Input file: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\DVD Images\MainMovie\SHAWSHANK_DISC1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
22:29:34 Selected Output dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\
22:29:34 Selected Final Name: SHAWSHANK
22:29:34 Selected Container type: MKV
22:29:34 Selected Encoder: X264
22:29:34 Selected Size: 1500 / 1
22:29:34 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Extreme_Quality_Rob.xml
22:29:34 Selected Resizer: LanczosResize / AutoCrop Only
22:29:34 Selected Filters: FluxSmoothST(7,7)
22:29:34 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
22:29:34 Selected Field Order: AUTO
22:29:34 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
22:29:34 Track Language 1: NONE
22:29:34 Audio Codec 1: Copy Original
22:29:34 Track Language 2: NONE
22:29:34 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
22:29:34
22:29:34 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [2:16:22:07]
22:29:34 Dgindex CMD: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=0 -YR=2 -AIF=[C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\DVD Images\MainMovie\SHAWSHANK_DISC1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob] -OF=[C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
22:32:52 D2V file size: 1045449 bytes
22:32:57 Number of Frames: 204557
22:32:57 Framerate: 25.000000
22:32:57 Movie length in Seconds: 8183
22:32:57 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
22:32:57 DgIndex AR: 16:9
22:36:59 Source is declared tff by a margin of 72/77.
22:36:59 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
22:36:59 Analyzed 1005 sections of five frames
22:36:59 Found Interlace Sections: 0 0.00%
22:36:59 Found Progressive Sections:1005 100.00%
22:36:59 Found Telecined Sections: 0 0.00%
22:36:59 Found Zero Mov: 100.00% 1005
22:36:59 Found One Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 Found Two Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 Found Three Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 The Movie is declared to progressive
22:36:59 Starting X264
22:36:59 Command Line 1' Pass X264: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 1531 --stats "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress --keyint 500 --bframes 16 --qpmin 8 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter -2,-1 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me dia --pre-scenecut --no-ssim --level 4.1 --merange 24 --chroma-qp-offset -1 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --partitions none --threads auto --thread-input --aq-mode 2 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.0:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.avs"
22:36:59 Command Line 2' Pass X264: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 1531 --stats "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 500 --bframes 16 --qpmin 8 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 2 --ref 6 --filter -2,-1 --subme 7 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --pre-scenecut --no-ssim --level 4.1 --merange 24 --chroma-qp-offset -1 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aq-mode 2 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.0:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.264" "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.avs"
22:37:01 Finished 1' Pass X264
22:37:02 Only Movie Size: 0 bytes
22:37:03 "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\SHAWSHANK.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"SHAWSHANK" --aspect-ratio -1:1.754902 --chapters "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\chapters.txt" "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.264" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.98.1 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178 "
22:37:04 Final Muxed size: -1 bytes
22:37:04 Encoding finished: 00:00:03 elapsed time
22:37:04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
22:37:04 Script AutoCrop.log
22:37:04
22:37:04 Crop(2,0,716,576)
22:37:04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
22:37:04 Script movie.avs
22:37:04
22:37:04 #loadpluginstart
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test1
22:37:04
22:37:04 #importstart
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test2
22:37:04
22:37:04 movie = mpeg2source("C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.d2v")
22:37:04 function getOrder(clip c) {
22:37:04 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
22:37:04 Return order }
22:37:04 #filter1start
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test3
22:37:04
22:37:04 last=movie.Crop(2,0,716,576)
22:37:04 fixed_aspect = 1.767901
22:37:04 out_width = 716
22:37:04 #Aspect_Error = 0.741%
22:37:04 out_height = 408
22:37:04 #resizestart
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test4
22:37:04
22:37:04 LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
22:37:04 #filter2start
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test5
22:37:04
22:37:04 FluxSmoothST(7,7)
22:37:04
22:37:04 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

I know it's probably something simple I have missed, but for the life of me I can't work out what. Any help would be appreciated. :)

[Chengbin]

Thank you. But there I can only find a way to change the level, not the profile. Where can I set profile from main to high?

There isn't a magical switch that changes main to high profile. It will stay main profile unless you use a high profile feature. If you change all the partitions to true, or adaptive DCT to true, it will change it to high profile.

[Dark Shikari]

If you change all the partitions to true ... it will change it to high profile.What in the world do partitions have to do with profile?

[buzzqw]

@Aragon Speed

Welcome to the forum!

please make sure you have installed all required...i can suppose you miss the warpsharp dependencies.. (check first post)

BHH

[jeffy]

I just select Xbox as the output format.
I don't bother with any settings.

I downloaded a trial version 3.21 it defaults to the codec WMV9, using fourcc WMV3, MP@HL. This profile is certainly faster than VC-1, the quality is not so good.

[soonerlater]

I'm using AutoMKV for the first time (ver. 0.98.4) and I'm not sure if it is working, stalled or crashed. Here's the last few lines from the log:

12:32:01 Starting SubRipping
12:32:21 para.lst file:
12:32:21 C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_10_0.IFO
12:32:21 C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\temp\VTS
12:32:21 0
12:32:21 1
12:32:21 ALL
12:32:21 CLOSE
12:32:21 Subtitle Size: -1 bytes
12:32:21 Finished SubRipping
12:32:21 Dgindex CMD: C:\Program Files\AutoMKV\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80,81 -YR=2 -AIF=[C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_10_1.VOB] -OF=[C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
13:05:07 D2V file size: 674487 bytes
13:05:07 Audio 1: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
13:05:07 Pre Audio 1' Size: 300253184 bytes
13:05:07 Audio 2: movie t81 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
13:05:07 Pre Audio 2' Size: 300253184 bytes
13:05:23 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
13:05:23 Encoding C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.35 quality
13:24:23 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.mp4 -1 bytes
13:24:23 Encoding movie t81 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.35 quality
13:24:33 Encoded 2' Audio Track: movie t81 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.mp4 -1 bytes

The problem is... it's now 14:09 (45 minutes since last activity in the log. AutoMKV is still showing "Encoding Second Audio with Nero AAC Enc - First Normalizing Volume... wait." but the last line of the log seems to say that action is done.

Is AutoMKV stuck in a loop? Or should I continue to wait?

[ayfa]

There isn't a magical switch that changes main to high profile. It will stay main profile unless you use a high profile feature. If you change all the partitions to true, or adaptive DCT to true, it will change it to high profile.

Didn't quite understand what you mean by partitions in this case. Does changing adaptive DCT to "true" really switch to high? If yes, does this option slow down converting?

[Dark Shikari]

Didn't quite understand what you mean by partitions in this case. Does changing adaptive DCT to "true" really switch to high?Of course, as 8x8dct is a high profile feature...If yes, does this option slow down converting?Marginally, but it gives the best quality-speed tradeoff of any option in x264.

[ayfa]

Of course, as 8x8dct is a high profile feature...Marginally, but it gives the best quality-speed tradeoff of any option in x264.
Thank you very much. I'll give it a try now.

[Chengbin]

What in the world do partitions have to do with profile?

I thought turning on P4x4mv makes the video high profile.

If it doesn't, how much improvement does it provide? How much speed impact? I hope not a lot, because I don't want to reencode the 20% of my reencoded videos again.

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but what other settings make a video high profile?

EDIT: I see that it doesn't change it to high profile. Speed impact is about -25%. I don't know about quality, hoping Dark Shikari can help here.

[Dark Shikari]

I thought turning on P4x4mv makes the video high profile.Partitions have absolutely nothing to do with profile.If it doesn't, how much improvement does it provide?Nearly zero.

[Aragon Speed]

@Aragon Speed

Welcome to the forum!

please make sure you have installed all required...i can suppose you miss the warpsharp dependencies.. (check first post)

BHH

Thanks for the welcome. :)

I guessed it would be something simple like that. Thanks for your help. :)

[soonerlater]

Is there any way to get AutoMKV 0.98.4 to create an MKV file with THREE (3) Audio Tracks and THREE (3) Subtitle Sets?

If it matters, the source material will always be VOBs.

The subtitles must be soft/switchable.

[gosa]

Hi All!

I downloaded AutoMKV a week ago in search of an application that does for mkv's what AutoGK does for xvid/divx and so far it feels like I've found the best cross between ease of use and functionality that's out there.

Before AutoMKV I've used SUPER, which works quite ok apart from the fact that it always gives me errors when I try to reencode mkv's keeping the sound and that I can't seem to find a setting for target filesize.

Anyway - I've read through all 40 pages in this thread in just a few days, and so far I've managed to correct some problems I've experienced on the way (like low bitrates during the first minute of an encoding). There's only one thing that puzzles me, and that's where this post turns into some actual questions, regarding encoding times.

I'm trying to reencode mkv's I've created of my movies using the scene standards dictating dvd-sized rips into smaller files to save space on my drives -Seems you can't have enough space these days. (some people might think I'm crazy, but I just don't see enough of difference between a 4,4gb mkv and the same mkv at 2,5 gb)

So what I do is that I load the mkv, I choose not to change the resolution, and decide that I want to keep the audio. I choose "2 pass blanceded" or "2 pass better quality" (tried them both) And here's my questions (sorry for keeping you guys waiting):

Is this process really supposed to take me over 5 hours with a Core 2 Duo E8400 (@3ghz)? I've read reports from people reaching crazy fps in the second pass, when all I get is around 10fps. My second pass usually lasts a bit over 3 hours - at best.

Ok - I realize that times vary between different hardware, so I guess I'm just curious about what to expect? What encoding times do you guys get?

Either way - I'm very happy about AutoMKV, and if 5-6 (or more) hours is what it's supposed to take then I'll just smile and do one mkv/night from now on.

Ohh.. btw - did I say "Thank you buzzqw for a good job"?
No?

Thank you buzzqw for a job well done!

[Dark Shikari]

I'm trying to reencode mkv's that I've downloaded.....6) No warez, cracks, serials or illegally obtained copyrighted content! Links to content of a questionable nature, asking for, offering, or asking for help/helping to process such content in any way or form is not tolerated.

[gosa]

Sorry mate... It's been a while since I've read the rules.
I seem to recall that this same forum have/had discussions about breaking the copy-protection on blurays, so I figured this was ok.
-Guess there's a difference there I just don't see.

My questions can easily be applied to discs I already own. How about an edit?

[Dark Shikari]

Sorry mate... It's been a while since I've read the rules.
I seem to recall that this same forum have/had discussions about breaking the copy-protection on blurays, so I figured this was ok.
-Guess there's a difference there I just don't see.Breaking copy-protection on Blu-ray discs that you own is fair use, because you're doing so to exercise your legal right to do what you want with your own movies that you bought.

Downloading movies without paying for them is not legal, no matter how you spin it. And regardless of whether you agree with the above logic, those are the rules.

[gosa]

Breaking copy-protection on Blu-ray discs that you own is fair use, because you're doing so to exercise your legal right to do what you want with your own movies that you bought.

Downloading movies without paying for them is not legal, no matter how you spin it. And regardless of whether you agree with the above logic, those are the rules.

Joder! I'm not trying to spin anything. I admit I made an error, I just don't see the difference, ok? Or do I need to jump into the tar and roll myself in feathers and run up and down the streets of Barcelona to make amends?

My questions are still valid no matter the source, but if you're saying that I will be eternally ignored for making a bad interpretation please just say it, and I'll try to find my answers elsewhere.

[Chengbin]

Yes, it should take that long.

[mrmrmrmr]

I downloaded a trial version 3.21 it defaults to the codec WMV9, using fourcc WMV3, MP@HL. This profile is certainly faster than VC-1, the quality is not so good.

Ok I don't expect that AutoMKV profile VC1 conversion time would be equal to TVC's WMV9 profile. But the reason I prefer AutoMKV is not quality but being able to use 6 channels audio on the output.
However, the conversion time of AutoMKV with this profile is nearly 5 or 6 times the TVC conversion time.
I believe there would be a better setting which is close to TVC's time.
Is there such setting on AutoMKV ?

[Tiberiust]

Gosa,
Now you've scraped off the tar (terrible stuff to get rid of isn't it ?:) ) I can advise yu that your times are in-line with my encodes using a modest Core 2 Duo E4400 at 2.8GHz. Some years ago I ripped my DVD collection to VOB and as a noob ended up with 4gb files. Now I'm re-doing them in x264 in MKV. I now just 'specify bitrate' to 1500kbps and do nothing else and file sizes are almost quartered and I'm damned if I can see any quality difference between the 4-7000kbps of the originals and the re-done 1500kbps ones. I have a 24inch 1080p Samsung monitor plus I also watch the same movies on a great 36' Philips CRT (I can't get rid of it bcos it's so heavy no man can move it) and a 32' LG LCD 720P. All encoding is a 'set-up at night and come back tomo' deal for me..
T

[buzzqw]

please, no support for downloaded materials. Please remember forum rules

BHH

[gosa]

please, no support for downloaded materials. Please remember forum rules

BHH

Seems the tar is still there... itchin' like hell.
But ok.. point taken, seems like I have to go somewhere else with my questions, since the "One strike and you're out!" seems to be the rule here, now that everyone will assume all my questions will be related to me breaking the rules. (that one seems obvious - not very difficult to read between the lines here)

]Gosa,
Now you've scraped off the tar (terrible stuff to get rid of isn't it ? ) I can advise yu that your times are in-line with my encodes using a modest Core 2 Duo E4400 at 2.8GHz. Some years ago I ripped my DVD collection to VOB and as a noob ended up with 4gb files. Now I'm re-doing them in x264 in MKV. I now just 'specify bitrate' to 1500kbps and do nothing else and file sizes are almost quartered and I'm damned if I can see any quality difference between the 4-7000kbps of the originals and the re-done 1500kbps ones. I have a 24inch 1080p Samsung monitor plus I also watch the same movies on a great 36' Philips CRT (I can't get rid of it bcos it's so heavy no man can move it) and a 32' LG LCD 720P. All encoding is a 'set-up at night and come back tomo' deal for me..
T


Thanks for your input!

[Tiberiust]

gosa,

That 'around 4TB of HD's' in yr sys description kinda sticks out a bit. Whatever yu do, don't stop with AutoMKV for all your non-illegal requirements. I've tried everything out there and invested considerable time. This is the best prog (or collection of progs) for Joe the Videoman by a street...

[AW01545]

PGC

When I encode a DVD, and I can select from the PGCs in the VOB, sometimes only one is listed. Does AutoMKV read all of the .IFO files in the set, or do I need to select a different .IFO? Is it using some heuristic to limit the PGCs to just the "big" one? I.e., if there's a film and a trailer on the disk, sometimes I just see the 2 hour film but not the trailer.

PS: I've encoded a few dozen now, and although I'm still looking at them on my computer and not my audio-visual rig, they look fantastic! I'm taking it very slow...

[ayfa]

Just upgraded from a E6300 to a Q6600 CPU. Is there a way to utlize all Cores at max? Currently utilization goes from 40%-90% per core, just caluclated, that I only use 80% average.
No other programs running in the background.

[buzzqw]

@AW01545

automkv will automatically select the ifo with the loghest pgc
if you want to process a specific ifo, you can check the corrispondenting option in advanced settings (before selecting ifo..)

@ayfa
much depend on filtering selected and input file type
test it on dvd vob, with x264, and default filtering (and 720 as width)

BHH

[ayfa]

Thanks.
I left all at default.
Just replaced the CPU. With the older CPU I had almost 100%.
Well, I convert my 720p videos, shot with my Samsung VP-HMX10.
I'll see, that I get some VOBs for testing. What are recommended filters? Remove Grain Mode 2 is always set. Resize Filter is SimpleResize(neutral soft). Where else are settable filters?

[chrisway]

Hi
I've been using AutoMKV 0.98.4 to convert some DVDs of mine after ripping with DVD decrypter, but wanted to speed up the process by running it all automatically.
I tried using the command line options for the AutoMKV exe but nothing seems to be working. I've tried this via cmd.exe and by adding the options in a shortcut.
I think I'm using the correct format specified in the /? option: eg
"C:\Program Files\AutoMKV\AutoMKV0984.exe" DVD.ini H:\THE_DEPARTED\TEMP\DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.ifo 1 0 0 0 start kill
It seems to get as far as selecting the DVD.ini profile, but doesn't load the IFO file at all, and hence nothing turns up in the log.
I've also tried this with VOB files, and both work as normal by selecting via the GUI.
I think somewhere along the line, updating the program has broken the command line functionality. Either that or I'm just doing it wrong.
Running Vista by the way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[ayfa]

Sorry if I spam around, but I just don't get it working properly.
I just created a .ts of one of my blurays and loaded it into automkv. But no matter what settings I use, I don't get more than 40% CPU usage now, what ends up in processing 4fps. OS is Vista, but also tried on XP. Something is not ok here.
Can someone please post his/her settings to create a 1920 x xxx(auto crop) mkv file with a ts as source.
Current log:
20:44:48 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20:44:48 Selected Input file: D:\HD\movie.dga
20:44:48 Selected Output dir: C:\HD\temp\
20:44:48 Selected Final Name: movie
20:44:48 Selected Container type: MKV
20:44:48 Selected Encoder: X264
20:44:48 Selected Size: 10800 / 1
20:44:48 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Balanced.xml
20:44:48 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / AutoCrop Only
20:44:48 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
20:44:48 Selected Deinterlacer: NONE
20:44:48 Selected Field Order: AUTO
20:44:48 Track Language 1: movie.dga PID 1100 3_2ch 48KHz 640Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
20:44:48 Audio Codec 1: Copy Original
20:44:48 Track Language 2: NONE
20:44:48 Audio Codec 2: Coding Tech. AAC
20:44:48
20:45:38 Extracting audio track 1 movie.dga PID 1100 3_2ch 48KHz 640Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 with ffmpeg
20:45:39 Renamed file movie.dga PID 1100 3_2ch 48KHz 640Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 to audio.ac3 -1 file size
20:45:39 DGA File Size: 3772622 bytes
20:46:45 Number of Frames: 199033
20:46:45 Framerate: 23.976025
20:46:45 Movie length in Seconds: 8302
20:46:45 Movie Width/Height: 1920/1080
20:46:45 Starting X264
20:46:45 Command Line 1' Pass X264:
C:\AutoMKV0983\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 10258 --stats "C:\HD\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress
--keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter -1,-1 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize
14000 --vbv-maxrate 45000 --me dia --no-ssim --level 4.1 --b-adapt 2 --no-chroma-me --partitions none --threads auto
--thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.1:1.0 --sar 1:1 -output NUL "C:\HD\temp\movie.avs"
20:46:45 Command Line 2' Pass X264:
C:AutoMKV0983\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 10258 --stats "C:\HD\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 250
--bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --ref 3 --filter -1,-1 --subme 9 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000
--vbv-maxrate 45000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.1 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --no-chroma-me --8x8dct --threads
auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.1:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output "C:\HD\temp\movie.264"
"C:\HD\temp\movie.avs"
Now I have 40% CPU usage and an average 7fps

[buzzqw]

@chrisway

yep.. the command line help is a bit outdated..

but you can do this

open a vob , set all settings.. and add to queue
now check the queue.bat and the queue01.ini
you should found your answer :)

@ayfa
you are encoding at 1080/xxx
unless you have a fast quadcore the speed seems reasonable

also... remember that x264 is very optimized for multiprocessor.. but avisynth NO
so you could be vinctim of unsufficent decoding power

just for test you could try with megui and confron the speed (should not be very different)

BHH

[chrisway]

Thanks so much for the quick reply. You've solved my problem.:)

[ayfa]

@ayfa
you are encoding at 1080/xxx
unless you have a fast quadcore the speed seems reasonable

also... remember that x264 is very optimized for multiprocessor.. but avisynth NO
so you could be vinctim of unsufficent decoding power

just for test you could try with megui and confron the speed (should not be very different)

BHH
Yes, the file was 1080p.
My CPU is a quad core Intel Q6600 with 3GHz per core.
I will try megui then. Hope it's not complicated!
Funny thing is: when I run 1 Pass fastest profile, then speed is ok compared to my E6300 cpu at 2.8GHz but at 2pass, speed of both cpus is equal.

[Chengbin]

How come when I specify AR input, the encoding goes much faster? I usually get 33fps in first pass, I'm getting 41fps now. I don't know about the second pass though.

[Chengbin]

buzzqw, AutoMKV seems like it can't read an AAC audio file, in MKV or MP4. It just acts like I've selected to have no audio in my video.

[Jackie]

Hi,

no matter which file I try, I always keep getting this error message:

---------------------------
Attention
---------------------------
Unable to copy G:\source\movie.dga to O:\temp\movie.dga
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

What's wrong?

My movie is not named movie.dga, I think this is a file created by AutoMKV. In both directorys, I have full (write) access, and more than enough free disk space.
Thanks alot.

[ayfa]

Well, I just ignore that message. It comes each time I start a job.
EDIT:@Chengbin
Can't confirm. Same FPS no matter manual selection or auto.

[Chengbin]

Well, I just ignore that message. It comes each time I start a job.
EDIT:@Chengbin
Can't confirm. Same FPS no matter manual selection or auto.

Yeah, I take that comment back. It doesn't make it faster.

[Chengbin]

What kind of resolution should I choose when I'm encoding anamorphic videos? I saw some anime are encoded in 720x480 for 16x9. How about 2.35?

[buzzqw]

Miscellaneus answer

buzzqw, AutoMKV seems like it can't read an AAC audio file, in MKV or MP4. It just acts like I've selected to have no audio in my video

aac audio is detected and processed, please try just remuxing your file into a new mkv (or try autox264)

faac ?
faac audio is extract wrong by ffmpeg, so automkv is unable to process. Please try updating the ffmpeg.exe

Unable to copy G:\source\movie.dga to O:\temp\movie.dga
try this. Launch automkv, and point as input file the O:\temp\movie.dga (or try autox264)

How about 2.35?
there isn't resolution as 2.35, but 16/9 or 4/3
2.35,2.40 are just 16/9 with or without black bars

BHH

[Chengbin]

AutoMKV detects the AAC audio, but does nothing to encode it, even when I choose copy original. It is correctly muxed (the IDs are in order), and I've tried it on videos I've encoded with AutoMKV with AAC sound, and it didn't work.

AutoX264 looks interesting. Can it use AutoMKV's profile?

[buzzqw]

AutoX264 use MeGui profiles and the full package already incude it

on autox264 audio is extracted by eac3to (from mkv)

BHH

[Chengbin]

How do I turn off VBV in the profile? How do I set x264 to use unlimited bitrate fluctuations?

[buzzqw]

are you sure you haven't already asked this question ?...

check vbvmax...

BHH

[Chengbin]

are you sure you haven't already asked this question ?...

check vbvmax...

BHH

What do I change it to? Some extremely large number or something?

[Chengbin]

Hi,

no matter which file I try, I always keep getting this error message:

---------------------------
Attention
---------------------------
Unable to copy G:\source\movie.dga to O:\temp\movie.dga
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

What's wrong?

My movie is not named movie.dga, I think this is a file created by AutoMKV. In both directorys, I have full (write) access, and more than enough free disk space.
Thanks alot.

I got the same message, but if you wait a bit, AutoMKV will start encoding.

[buzzqw]

What do I change it to? Some extremely large number or something?
leave blank

BHH

[ayfa]

@ayfa
you are encoding at 1080/xxx
unless you have a fast quadcore the speed seems reasonable

also... remember that x264 is very optimized for multiprocessor.. but avisynth NO
so you could be vinctim of unsufficent decoding power

just for test you could try with megui and confron the speed (should not be very different)

BHH
Hi, I had no luck using MeGUI. It's too complicated for me.
But I tried RipBot.
Using it, CPU is @ 100% usage even in the first pass. I also have more fps. Same sample file is encoded in approx. half of the time.
Don't know whats wrong. Does RipBot use a different encoder for HD files?

[buzzqw]

no, it just use different profiles... (and so different quality!)

BHH

[ayfa]

Can using the same codec but different profile cause a cpu usage difference of 50%?

[buzzqw]

even more!

please try the 2 pass balanced or a faster one's (the 1 pass)

BHH

[ayfa]

I did that already. I wrote it in a post a few messages ago.
Damn, I don't know why.
Another question: Should the first or second pass be faster (on balanced for example).

[Chengbin]

I did that already. I wrote it in a post a few messages ago.
Damn, I don't know why.
Another question: Should the first or second pass be faster (on balanced for example).

First pass is faster, and it will only use 2 cores. It is faster because it uses whats called a "turbo" mode. First pass is mainly frame type decision and other stuff, so you can use ultra fast settings for some settings, which brings significantly faster encoding speed that hurts very little quality.

[cosmos]

There seems to be some problem with the autoresizing. I've selected xvid/avi output. In the advanced settings the following are different compared to the default values:
* Use CRF for autoresize routines is UNCHECKED
* Force ITU resize is CHECKED
* HQ Deint is CHECKED

With the disabled CRF setting, I'd expect a compressibility test to take place, based on bitrate, utilizing xvid_encraw. However, the following two strange things happen:
1) A x264 encoding pops up at some point during the process! It seems like the CRF tests always take place?

2) Checking the log, it seems like that autoresizer suggests a movie width of "1200 based on sample size". Isn't this quite optimistic? I mean, if I enable the CRF autoresize routines, a width of 448 will be selected! This is a vast difference between the two auto-resize routines. A bug somewhere perhaps?

21:12:10 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21:12:10 Selected Input file: C:\AutoMKVRips\MainMovie\test\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
21:12:10 Selected Output dir: C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\
21:12:10 Selected Final Name: test
21:12:10 Selected Container type: AVI
21:12:10 Selected Encoder: XviD
21:12:10 Selected Size: 1/2 CD / 1
21:12:10 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Balanced.xml
21:12:10 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / Automatic
21:12:10 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
21:12:10 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
21:12:10 Selected Field Order: AUTO
21:12:10 Enabled CRF/CQ AutoRes at 2.5 value
21:12:10 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
21:12:10 Using Matrix: Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm
21:12:10 Track Language 1: 80: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
21:12:10 Audio Codec 1: Lame
21:12:10 Audio Quality 1: 112
21:12:10 Audio Channel 1: Stereo
21:12:10 Track Language 2: NONE
21:12:10 Audio Codec 2: Lame
21:12:10 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
21:12:10 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
21:12:10 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
21:12:10 Lame Settings: ABR
21:12:10 Audio Normalization: 1
21:12:10 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
21:12:10 Activate Force ITU Resizing
21:12:10
21:12:11 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [0:45:19:01]
21:12:11 Dgindex CMD: C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80 -YR=2 -AIF=[C:\AutoMKVRips\MainMovie\test\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob] -OF=[C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
21:12:51 D2V file size: 317394 bytes
21:12:51 Audio 1: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3
21:12:51 Pre Audio 1' Size: 65256960 bytes
21:12:51 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3
21:15:28 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.mp3 35905848 bytes
21:15:30 Number of Frames: 67965
21:15:30 Framerate: 25.000000
21:15:30 Movie length in Seconds: 2719
21:15:30 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
21:15:30 DgIndex AR: 16:9
21:16:33 Source is declared tff by a margin of 28/26.
21:16:33 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
21:16:33 Analyzed 399 sections of five frames
21:16:33 Found Interlace Sections: 0 0.00%
21:16:33 Found Progressive Sections:399 100.00%
21:16:33 Found Telecined Sections: 0 0.00%
21:16:33 Found Zero Mov: 100.00% 399
21:16:33 Found One Mov: 0.00% 0
21:16:33 Found Two Mov: 0.00% 0
21:16:33 Found Three Mov: 0.00% 0
21:16:33 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
21:16:33 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
21:16:33 The Movie is declared to progressive
21:16:33 AutoResize 1' Pass XviD: "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass1 -bitrate 968 -turbo -progress -max_bframes 2 -imin 3 -imax 16 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -bquant_offset 0 -kboost 20 -odegrade 9 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -qmatrix "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\resmovie.avs" -type 2 -avi "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\resmovie.avi"
21:16:33 AutoResize 2' Pass XviD: "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass2 -bitrate 968 -progress -max_bframes 2 -imin 3 -imax 16 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -bquant_offset 0 -kboost 20 -odegrade 9 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -qmatrix "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\resmovie.avs" -type 2 -avi "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\resmovie.avi"
21:17:09 Finished 1' Pass XviD
21:17:43 Finished Autosize procedure
21:17:43 Tested total movie: 5%
21:17:43 AutoResize movie size: 15560184 bytes
21:17:43 Movie Width suggested: 1200 value based on sample size (166.67% of original width)
21:17:43 FIRST pass XviD: "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass1 -bitrate 968 -turbo -progress -max_bframes 1 -imin 3 -imax 16 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -bquant_ratio 66 -bquant_offset 0 -kboost 20 -odegrade 9 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -qmatrix "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -avi "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\movie.avi"
21:17:43 SECOND pass XviD: "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass2 -bitrate 968 -progress -max_bframes 1 -imin 3 -imax 16 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -bquant_ratio 66 -bquant_offset 0 -kboost 20 -odegrade 9 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -qmatrix "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -avi "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\movie.avi"
21:26:00 Starting Second Pass
21:34:51 Only Movie Size: 329073152 bytes
21:34:51 Using VirtualDubMod for Muxing!
21:35:07 Encoding finished: 00:09:07 elapsed time
21:35:07 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
21:35:07 Script AutoCrop.log
21:35:07
21:35:07 Crop(0,2,720,572)
21:35:07 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
21:35:07 Script Resmovie.avs
21:35:07
21:35:07 #loadpluginstart
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test1
21:35:07
21:35:07 #importstart
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test2
21:35:07
21:35:07 movie = mpeg2source("C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\movie.d2v")
21:35:07 function getOrder(clip c) {
21:35:07 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
21:35:07 Return order }
21:35:07 #filter1start
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test3
21:35:07
21:35:07 last=movie.Crop(0,2,720,572)
21:35:07 fixed_aspect = 1.836111
21:35:07 out_width = 704
21:35:07 #Aspect_Error = 0.152%
21:35:07 out_height = 384
21:35:07 #resizestart
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test4
21:35:07
21:35:07 SimpleResize(out_width,out_height)
21:35:07 #filter2start
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test5
21:35:07
21:35:07 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
21:35:07 function Comptest(clip c, float percent)
21:35:07 {
21:35:07 frange=floor(14./(percent/100.))
21:35:07 Return SelectRangeEvery(c, frange, 14)
21:35:07 }
21:35:07 Comptest(last,5)
21:35:07 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
21:35:07 Script movie.avs
21:35:07
21:35:07 #loadpluginstart
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test1
21:35:07
21:35:07 #importstart
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test2
21:35:07
21:35:07 movie = mpeg2source("C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\movie.d2v")
21:35:07 function getOrder(clip c) {
21:35:07 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
21:35:07 Return order }
21:35:07 #filter1start
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test3
21:35:07
21:35:07 last=movie.Crop(0,2,720,572)
21:35:07 fixed_aspect = 1.836111
21:35:07 out_width = 704
21:35:07 #Aspect_Error = 0.152%
21:35:07 out_height = 384
21:35:07 #resizestart
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test4
21:35:07
21:35:07 SimpleResize(out_width,out_height)
21:35:07 #filter2start
21:35:07
21:35:07 #test5
21:35:07
21:35:07 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
21:35:07 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
21:35:07 Script mkvmaudio.avs
21:35:07
21:35:07 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
21:35:07 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
21:35:07 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\BeSweet\BassAudio.dll")
21:35:07 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FFMS2.dll")
21:35:07 NicAC3Source("C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3")
21:35:07 DelayAudio(0.0000)
21:35:07 #Applying STEREO downmixing routines
21:35:07 function stereo(clip a)
21:35:07 {
21:35:07 flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
21:35:07 fcc = GetChannel(a, 3)
21:35:07 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
21:35:07 lfc = MixAudio(fcc, lfe, 0.2071, 0.2071)
21:35:07 mix = MergeChannels(lfc, lfc)
21:35:07 lrc = MixAudio(flr, mix, 0.2929, 1.0)
21:35:07 blr = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
21:35:07 Return MixAudio(lrc, blr, 1.0, 0.2929)
21:35:07 }
21:35:07 #
21:35:07 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : last
21:35:07 function addvideo(clip c) {
21:35:07 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
21:35:07 Return audiodub(last,c)
21:35:07 }
21:35:07 Normalize()
21:35:07
21:35:07 Soundout(output="cmd",type=0,format=0,autoclose=true,executable="C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\besweet\lame.exe",prefilename=" --abr 112 - audio.mp3",postfilename="",nofilename=true,showoutput=false)
21:35:07 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
21:35:07 Script VirtualDubMod.vcf
21:35:07
21:35:07 VirtualDub.Open("C:\\AutoMKVRips\\temp\\movie.avi",0,0);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.RemoveInputStreams();
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("C:\\AutoMKVRips\\temp\\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.mp3",0x00000202,1);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].DeleteComments(1);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].AdjustChapters(1);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetClipMode(1,1);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetVolume();
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetCompression();
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].EnableFilterGraph(0);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.stream[0].filters.Clear();
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.DeleteComments(1);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.AddComment(0x00000005,"ISFT","Done with AutoMKV! 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178");
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.AdjustChapters(1);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
21:35:07 VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
21:35:07 VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\AutoMKVRips\\test.avi");
21:35:07 VirtualDub.Close();
21:35:07
21:35:07 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[Tiberiust]

Given that there seems to be quite a bit of uncertainity about the time AutoMKV and its components take, and encoding time generally, I thought I’d do a shoot out and here are the results. I took the same 3.9GB ‘Vobmerge’d VOB file and just specified bit rate to 2000 and 2Pass Extreme Profile to an MKV x264 and then ran it on three different PCs. The resulting 1.2 GB MKV file was to my eyes 95pct as good as the original VOB. (IOW you really had to look hard to see any diff) Comments and log files (case I messed up somewhere) underneath.

PC1: Asus P5N-ESLI. NVidia chipset (my home PC) Core 2 Duo E4400 at 2.65GHz, 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 RAM, 2 x 400GB Striped. 1x8500GT. XP 32bit. SisSandra ALU 18,500 MFlops.
Start to finish time: 6 Hrs 8 mins

PC2: HPackard (off the shelf type, my office PC) Core 2 Quad 6600 at 2.4GHz. 2GB DDR2 800Ram, 1 x 200HD. XP 32bit. SisSandra ALU 29,600 MFlops.
Start to finish time: 3 Hrs 47 mins

PC3: WoW extreme gamer mate of mine….check out this PC:
Case: Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000BWS
PSU: Corsair HX1000W
Mobo: Asus P6T Deluxe X58
Cpu: Core i7 920 2.66Ghz @ 4.02 Ghz
AirCooling: Noctua
Ram: Corsair Dominator 3X2Gb 1866Mhz @ 1907Mhz
VGA: 2 X Asus EAH4870X2 CrossfireX
HDD: 4X500Gb Deskstar E7K1000 Raid-0,
EIZO: FlexScan 28''
SisSandra ALU 102,000MFlops (yep…not a typo)
Start to finish time: 1 Hr 42 mins

- PCs1 and 3 did the encode exclusively. PC2 was running MS Office 03 and Messengers concurrently but was not stressed.
- all PCs had identical file and component versions. (I copied all files from PC1 to the others). They loaded the same .ini file
- used latest x264.exe
- PC1 had average CPU usage on both cores ttl about 70pct
- PC2 abt 45 pct on all 4 cores
- PC3 abt 65 pct on all 8 cores

- I thought Core i7 would be faster, Sandra ALU certainly suggests that, and especially considering recent start at Nehalem specific work done on x264 which I read about. Maybe it’s sommat to do with 64bit operating system??? Dunno, beyond the sphere of my understanding but my gamer mate prob willing to try something else if anyone has any suggestions. If yu can get him off WoW for long enough that is. Would appreciate some feedback on this bcos myself and prob many other encoders seriously thinking about upgrading to Nehalem, but the above suggests prob not worth the cash at the moment since almost 2 hrs encoding makes it still an overnight job IMHO for batch work anyway.
- Out of int, PC3 has a 1000watt power supply and when going at full power in Azeroth (or wherever it is they play) it uses all of it and is very stressed. He uses air cooling only – 15 fans in total. ‘It’s quite noisy’ he says, and apparently the lights dim in his room when he’s playing…..Whatever dude!!….

T

[nurbs]

I have a few suspicions, but it's hard to say anything definite till your attachments are approved. Next time just post them in a code block, like cosmos did in the post above yours, so people don't have to wait. Generally synthetic benchmarks like SisSandra ALU are pretty useless if you want to know about real life performance.

[Tiberiust]

Nurbs,
Tks. I did that initially but it got rejected bcos it was too long (max 16k characters) and I thought it better to post it in one complete post rather than in 2 or 3 parts for ease of reference. I'm very interested to hear any response. No hurry - if it takes more than 24hrs for approval I'll post them in code blocks in 3 posts. I thought I'd post these results bcos reading thru this entire thread and in other places where I go abt encoding, it seems people have no idea just how long video encoding takes and they then spend ages trying to work out what's wrong with their setup. SiS ALU alone isn't much good I know, I just put it in as a guide but on PC3 rig as yu can imagine from the specs, EVERY benchmark is 'out there' as far as I am concerned. My mate reckoned he could fly thru anything - this process started with me proving to him that nothing flies thru video encoding. Would be great if someone reading could point out a few basic errors to speed me up.
T

[Chengbin]

buzzqw, how do I make MVDegrain 1 multithreaded? Is MVDegrain used only in first pass or both passes?

[nurbs]

@Tiberiust:
On video encoding the core i7 is about 2.35 times faster then PC2. That's a bit less then I would expect, the core i7 is generally up to 50% faster at video encoding at the same clock speed as the core 2, but since you are encoding SD the cores can't all be used that effectively. You are also using --b-adapt 2 and with frametype decision not being threaded yet that slows down first pass greatly, especially for the quadcore cpus because a lot of the time only one of the cores will be used which is more noticable with four cores than with two. It would be interesting to know how much of the total encoding time was used by the first pass. Also you used slightly different audio setting on PC2.

[buzzqw]

@cosmos

Use CRF for autoresize routines is UNCHECKED
as you can see in log
21:16:33 The Movie is declared to progressive
21:16:33 AutoResize 1' Pass XviD: "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass1 -bitrate 968 -turbo -progress -max_bframes 2 -imin 3 -imax 16 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -bquant_offset 0 -kboost 20 -odegrade 9 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -qmatrix "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\resmovie.avs" -type 2 -avi "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\resmovie.avi"
21:16:33 AutoResize 2' Pass XviD: "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass2 -bitrate 968 -progress -max_bframes 2 -imin 3 -imax 16 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -bquant_offset 0 -kboost 20 -odegrade 9 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -qmatrix "C:\Users\Καραγκιόζο\Documents\AutoMKV\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\resmovie.avs" -type 2 -avi "C:\AutoMKVRips\temp\resmovie.avi"
21:17:09 Finished 1' Pass XviD
21:17:43 Finished Autosize procedure
automkv will do 2 pass autoresize (or 1 pass if you are doing a 1 pass encoding)

A x264 encoding pops up at some point during the process! It seems like the CRF tests always take place?
it's due to movie analysis and interlace analysis, it's run only for parsing the movie and obtain informations

2) Checking the log, it seems like that autoresizer suggests a movie width of "1200 based on sample size". Isn't this quite optimistic?
when disabling automatic resize maybe it's better to enlarge sample analyzed , 10% or 20%

@Chengbin
applyed on both pass
automkv don't actually support MT plugin

@Tiberiust AND nurbs
thanks for your test Tiberius, feel free to suggest better profiles :)
and thanks nurbs for your explanation. it's correct to the bone

BHH

[cosmos]

@buzzq: thanks for all the information.


when disabling automatic resize maybe it's better to enlarge sample analyzed , 10% or 20%
Will try it, thank you :)

[Chengbin]

@Chengbin
applyed on both pass
automkv don't actually support MT plugin

Why not? Will the MT plugin be supported in the future? MVDegrain is taking longer than me tesa and me range 32.

[Tiberiust]

@nurbs

Tks very much.

but since you are encoding SD the cores can't all be used that effectively
SD ?

It would be interesting to know how much of the total encoding time was used by the first pass

Is that not in the logs? Just subtract the times against the lines? Like so for PC1
00:37:32 Command Line 2' Pass X264: C:\Program Files\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 ****
02:37:06 Finished 1' Pass X264

PC1: 2 Hrs 0 mins
PC2: 1 Hr 47 mins
PC3: 53 Mins

Not a huge difference there. It's mostly all in Pass 2:

PC1: 4 Hrs 3 mins
PC2: 1 Hr 54 mins
PC3: 48 mins

Can anyone point me to somewhere where I can see all the x264.exe command line options and an explanation of their effects? I can't seem to find anything concise on it.

Main point of my test was to see whether it was worth laying out the cash for a Core i7, or not. So unless I've really messed up by using a load of non-multi thread options which would reduce the relative speeds I don't think the difference really justifies it at the moment for the casual user. PC3 is running at 4GHz and the end result was 'only' 3.5 X faster. Not enuf IMO....
T

[nurbs]

SD = standard definition; low resolutions like 720*576 or 720*480 and below. Encoding with more threads generally works better at higher resolutions. If all you do is encode DVDs your core 2 quad is probably fast enough for you. I'm doing Blu-Ray to 720p at 2.5 fps. With that core i7 even at stock speed my encodes would be at least 6 times faster. If you are interested in doing a test with a HD source but don't have anything lying around you could try the Tech ARP benchmark (http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=520). It uses an old version of x264 (not optimised yet for Core i7, Phenom,...) so the speeds you get will be a bit lower than with an up to date version, but it's still good at comparisons between different CPUs.

As I said frametype decision (which is done in first pass) isn't threaded, that's why the first and second pass take almost the same time at the quadcores. You can work around that by using --b-adapt 1 (faster b-frame decision method) at the expense of some quality. It looks like that will be threaded soon anyway so the problem will probably go away.

You can have a list of the x264 options by typing "x264 --longhelp", but that doesn't really explain them. I'm sure you can find explainations if you search the forum.

[noee]

I have found this "mapping" useful: FFMpeg -> x264 (http://ffmpeg.x264.googlepages.com/mapping)

[Tiberiust]

@nurbs

Tks - a great help. I'll find a Blu-Ray from someone and I'll run it on all 3 PCs. Then I'll update my original post which I now know is doing the Core i7 and the recent x264 optimisations a disservice. Have yu any suggestions for a few basic settings I should use to optimise the process for the 4 and 8 cores?

There's some debate around about 1080 vs 720 and whether the diff is really that visible. Since you're doing BluRay > 720, what do your eyes tell yu?

@noee
Tks - that's enuf for me to sink myself into for a few days

[nurbs]

720p vs. 1080p depends on what you want to do I guess. I do 720p mainly because I want small filesize while still maintaining good quality. I often travel by train and like to watch tv shows on the laptop then and I also have a 1080p HDTV with a WD TV media player. I just find it more confortable to browse the folders then looking through my DVD and Blu-ray collection. Personally I'm pleased with the quality even on the HDTV. The detail lost depends on the source. If it's very clean and sharp to begin with you really have to look hard do discern the difference. I don't do any preprocessing currently because my rig is too slow, but I guess with some grain stabilizing and a little sharpening the outcome would be even better. You should look around in the Avisynth section of the forum. The possibilities with the various plugins like LSFmod and MVdegrain are basically endless.
I don't do straight 720p but use the equivalent number of pixels. So for 16:9 movies it's actually 1280*720 and for 2.35:1 movies something like 1472*624.
It definitly looks way better then DVD while still being smaller in filesize, probably because the source is much better.

I use the following setting:
--crf 22.0 --keyint 96 --min-keyint 12 --ref 3 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2 --weightb --subme 9 --trellis 1 --psy-rd 1.0:0.2 --partitions all --8x8dct --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input" --level 4 --colormatrix bt709
The short keyint is for faster seeking and doesn't cost much quality. I would definitly recommend --subme 9, because according to the x264 devs it helps a lot if you use --psy-rd and the speed loss isn't bad compared to say --trellis 1 vs. --trellis 2. If you use --subme 9 and --trellis 1 one the gain from the first may outweigh the loss from the latter while you still come out with a net speed gain. I actually tested the speed difference, but I can't remember. I reduced psy trellis (the second value in the --psy-rd command) to 0.2 because a) high values produce too much ringing in my opinion and b) combined with trellis 1 and the short keyframe interval high values tend to trigger frame flashes (not sure if that's the right word; you have one frame where quality is noticably worse then all the preceding and following frames). b) hardly happens with high values when you use trellis 2 and I haven't noticed it with trellis 1 and 2pass encodes either. It's probably best if you test it yourself with a scene where there is a long and detailed close up of a face. My encodes tend to come out between 3 and 6 Mbps. The size depends much more on grain and noise in the source then on detail.

I made some pictures from my encodes for you. Don't have the source files on my HD for comparison, sorry. The bitrates of those encodes are around 3 to 4 Mbps. Sources are very clean and detailed (Casino Royale and Terminater not as detailed as the others).
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NCYWSMGD

edit:
I forgot to get better speed you can try to play around with the number of threads a bit. --threads auto uses number of cores *1.5 but that's more a rule of thumb. You could maybe try 2 times the number of cores. Some people on the forum have been able to get some noticeable speed gains. Raising the number of threads reduces quality a little, but I wouldn't worry about it for HD content. For SD you shouldn't go higher. As I meantioned a threaded frametype decision patch is in the works and will probably be ready soon (guesstimate couple of weeks to 2 months). When that is included in x264 you will see great speed gains on the first pass and maybe also with crf encodes on multicore systems.

[delacroixp]

- PC1 had average CPU usage on both cores ttl about 70pct
- PC2 abt 45 pct on all 4 cores
- PC3 abt 65 pct on all 8 cores
As nurbs points out ... SisSandra can be pretty useless when it comes to a real-life workload.
That said, your very-low % usage is more than a little disturbing ... regardless of your final speed.
1000 x 540 is more than enough resolution to keep X264 pumping at full throttle.
I'm busy encoding the World at War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War) series at 560 x 432 on a 2.4 GHz dual-core and my encodes never drop below 95%.

I have found that certain filters will affect your encode efficiency adversely.
I tried MipSmooth recently and was surprized to see the CPU running at 70%.
RemoveGrain() (http://automkv.a.wiki-site.com/index.php/Installation#RemoveGrain), however, supports SSE2 and runs beautifully on my system.

Unfortunately, the downside is that I avoid inefficient filters, eventhough I may be running at framerates that would be the envy of most encoders.


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

[nurbs]

He didn't say when and how he measured the cpu usage. If it was during first pass numbers for PC2 and PC3 are actually higher then I would expect.
Filters being slow is not the same as them being inefficient. Since Avisynth isn't treaded any filter that runs slower on one core than you can encode the frames will bring down CPU usage. Removegrain works well to remove light grain, but with the stronger modes it kills too much detail compared with other often slower filters, which is the price you pay for using a simple grain removal method.

[Gamezcdr]

I have the same problem: AutoMKV use only 40-45% of 4 cores Phenom II in pass1 even I set Realtime for x264.exe in Windows Task Manager, in pass 2 use about 70-80% enconding DVD to H264. Why not 100% ? :)

[Tiberiust]

@nurbs
Tks again, I'll go thru your post in details later when I've a bit more time (supposed to be working atm!) Those pictures look superb though - I assume yu end up with a smooth picture as well, no jerks at all?. Approx what kind of filesizes do yu get for those quasi 720p codes?

@delacroixp
Tks. I 'measured' the CPU usage by opening XP Task Manager and observing an average over 20 mins or so. Yes, it was first pass only. Lemme know if there's a better way of doing it.

[delacroixp]

He didn't say when and how he measured the cpu usage.

Filters being slow is not the same as them being inefficient. Since Avisynth isn't treaded any filter that runs slower on one core than you can encode the frames will bring down CPU usage.

Removegrain works well to remove light grain, but with the stronger modes it kills too much detail compared with other often slower filters, which is the price you pay for using a simple grain removal method.
You're quite right ...
Avisynth isn't multi-threaded, RemoveGrain() isn't the sharpest tool in the shed and there is a difference between speed and efficiency.

It's all relative ...
I guess encoding 1080p on an oct-core will be slower than 480p divX on a single core.
I like to maximise my CPU usage even if I don't have a $million supercomputer.

There are a lot of very good filters out there ...
Using the right tool for the right job probably separates the men from the sheep.


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

[delacroixp]

@delacroixp
Tks. I 'measured' the CPU usage by opening XP Task Manager and observing an average over 20 mins or so. Yes, it was first pass only. Lemme know if there's a better way of doing it.
I'm sure that your results pretty much reflect the reality.

That said, using the Constant_Quality profile will radically reduce encode times compared to 2-pass.
Even the Constant_Quality_CQ_Optimised becomes a viable alternative for "quality junkies".


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal


btw
1000 x 540 is wastefully high.
anamorphic (720 x 576) => 414,720 pixels <= (864 x 480) square pixels

[nurbs]

The movies are between 3 and 4 GB, the TV series is about 1 GB all including at least one 5.1 audio track (aac). Everything is smooth. I have had movies come out with up to 6 GB and TV series episodes with up to 2.

[mrmrmrmr]

I did that already. I wrote it in a post a few messages ago.
Damn, I don't know why.
Another question: Should the first or second pass be faster (on balanced for example).

@ayfa:
I have a similar problem.
I installed a new quad core cpu (Q9400) and did not observe too much speed improvement compared to my previous Pentium D.

I am converting 1080p MKV file to 720p or 1080p wmv file.

How much time should it take for such conversion of 2 hours movie at 1 pass fast encoding ?

[ettin]

Ive been trying to encode a dvd rip that i merged using vobmerge, but when i try to encode it with automkv it starts encoding in 4000 frame chunks and does this over and over again, and ive even left it on for 12 hours for a 2 hour movie, and still had it not finish. I check the temp folder after each 4000frame pass and it starts at 160mb, then builds up to 170mb by the end of the one, and then goes back to 160mb afterwards.

Not sure what else to do, i did this on a small vob file and it will do one small chunk, and then a big chunk which is the rest of the vob, and worked fine, but it wont do it on the merged vob file.

Anyways, if you cant think of a solution off the top of your head, i could really use a recommendation for a better x264 encoder.

[Chumbo]

@ayfa:
I have a similar problem.
I installed a new quad core cpu (Q9400) and did not observe too much speed improvement compared to my previous Pentium D.

I am converting 1080p MKV file to 720p or 1080p wmv file.

How much time should it take for such conversion of 2 hours movie at 1 pass fast encoding ?
I just wanted to add similar results with my Q9400 and i7 920. The results compared to my old P4 660 were pathetic to say the least.

Can't wait to see this thing support multi-cores.

[Chengbin]

What kind of script should I use to encode anime?

[delacroixp]

HD encoding benchmarks (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=135923&page=4) (Kentsfield [Blue_MiSfit] , Harpertown, Woodcrest [Manao] , Clovertown [digitalvideo] .


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

[Chengbin]

How do I make NeroAAC encode in 44.1KHz?

[delacroixp]

How do I make NeroAAC encode in 44.1KHz?
Go to Advanced Audio options -> Global -> Frequency


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

[Tiberiust]

@nurbs + delacroixp

thanks vm for your time and responses. I'll do some research and re-post another shoot-out when I have more knowledge (and I find someone with a Blu-ray). It's been useful. :)

tout est bon msieur

@mrmrmrmr + ettin

Worth a shot: I had problems until I moved workfiles to a new "c:\video" directory, renamed the files to a basic 8.3 format (like abcd.***) no periods/dashes/underscores etc etc, and recoded from there. I also made sure I had the latest version of all the components in the right place. From then on it's worked superbly.

[Chengbin]

Go to Advanced Audio options -> Global -> Frequency


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

I did that, but it doesn't change it.

[buzzqw]

@Chengbin

look at mkvmaudio.avs

then, it is the encoder that set mhz, and automkv will not set it

@ettin

do yourself the d2v file and point automkv to this file

BHH

[Chumbo]

Are these file names supposed to end in "length" which is mis-spelled?
ffmpeglenght.bat
ffmpeglenght.vbs
movielenght.bat

It's misspelled all over the place by the way. Thought you'd want to know.

[Sibi]

Hi buzzqw,

I am getting the below error while starting the encode. If there are 3 jobs in the queued job, the same error appears everytime before starting to encode asking for to press ok button.

I am using the latest version of AutoMKV 0.98.4. anyclue on this.

Thanks in advance.

[neuron2]

Instead of attaching a 100K BMP, can't you just say the error was:

Unable to copy c:\movie.dga to D:\AUTOMKV\temp\movie.dga

[buzzqw]

Thanks Neuron2!

@Chumbo

thanks

everytime before starting to encode asking for to press ok button

fixed in next version , thanks

BHH

[machser]

how does 'RIP ALL SUBS' work ? Does it really rip all subs from the vob and sums it into the resulting mkv ?
Why do I ask ? I would like to make a backup with all the subtitles that are available from the disc...

[buzzqw]

well ... just try it :)

BHH

[nikio]

Hello everyone,

[About 98.5 version]

I'm just a newbie ripper, and have no programming experience, so I come up with a couple of ideas:D

First thing "help balloons" (I mean the ones that pop out the first time you point the mouse on any menu);
could a feature like "right clicking the menu keeps the balloon alive" be implemented?
I'm not a fast reader, but I bet no one can read the mvdegrain menu help without screanshooting it!

Second thing: I've seen that opening files through the IFO file enables the possibility to extract chapters, I tried to use it but something went wrong, the final muxing failed, mkvmerge refused to mux the final file because he didn't recognize the chapter's file format!

Finally I really liked the idea of AW01545 to have an option to insert in the final mkv all the logs, and maybe other optional text files too, they could be very useful (if AutoMkv had some kind of viewer of course... :D)

[machser]

AutoMKV tends to crash when previewing crop settings with width1280px setting, do you know of this behavior and how to do upres the right way with AutoMKV ?

[lcdguy]

I have been using automkv for a bit and it's working wonderfully. If my audio is Ac3, if it's DTS it pukes in my face. I must be doing something wrong.

Basically i am compressing my movie collection down to save on space and for audio all i want to do is a direct stream copy into an MKV container. But when ever i try this with a DTS stream automkv dies becuase avisynth dies. I have tried this on 2 seperate computers with 2 different dvd's of mine both ripped with dvdfab. Any ideas ?

15:55:09 !!!!ERROR!!!!
15:55:09 !!!!ERROR!!!! - TFM: Illegal transitions found in dvd2avi project file!
Please use the fixed version that has been created
in the same directory as the original d2v file.

i have tried installing the latest version of the codecs / tools listed in the wiki.

Like i said only with DTS, AC3 no problems.

[machser]

@lcdguy
workaround: leave dts unchecked in AutoMKV. Demux dts from Disc and mux it after encoding into newly created mkv with mkvmerge.

[lcdguy]

still no love. I tried selecting the audio strack as None, but it still failed. I think i am going to have to use gordian knot for the DTS movies.

[delacroixp]

still no love. I tried selecting the audio strack as None, but it still failed. I think i am going to have to use gordian knot for the DTS movies.
Try a manual mux with MKV (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120648)merge (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/MKVToolnix-Download-43981.html) .


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

[lcdguy]

that was already suggested. The issue is that i can't encode the video portion into a x264 compressed file as automkv fails that part even when i have no audio track selected.

[Frozen-Figo]

I'm trying to rip a DVD with subtitles and two audio tracks, but the problem is that always I have just one audio track and no subtitles been rip.

DVD info
Video info: MPEG2 720x576 PAL 16:9 letbox

PGC 1. Length: 2:28:50:01

Audio 1. English (DTS 6ch, 0xBD 0x88) [0,1]
Audio 2. English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x81) [0,1]

Subtitle 1. Arabic 0 (0xBD 0x20) [0] wide
Subtitle 2. English 1 (0xBD 0x21) [0] wide


PGC 2. Length: 0:00:20:01

Audio 1. English (DTS 6ch, 0xBD 0x88) [0,1]
Audio 2. English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x81) [0,1]





Ripping info
04:52:57 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
04:52:57 OS Version: Windows XP
04:52:57 Selected Input file: I:\downfall\VTS_01_0.IFO
04:52:57 Selected Output dir: D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\
04:52:57 Selected Final Name: downfall
04:52:57 Selected Container type: MKV
04:52:57 Selected Encoder: X264
04:52:57 Selected Size: 2 CD / 1
04:52:57 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Balanced.xml
04:52:57 Selected Resizer: Spline36Resize (neutral sharp) / 624
04:52:57 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
04:52:57 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
04:52:57 Selected Field Order: AUTO
04:52:57 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
04:52:57 Track Language 1: All Audio Tracks
04:52:57 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
04:52:57 Audio Quality 1: 0.40
04:52:57 Audio Channel 1: DPL II
04:52:57 Track Language 2: 88: English (DTS 6ch, 0xBD 0x88) [0,1]
04:52:57 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
04:52:57 Audio Quality 2: 0.40
04:52:57 Audio Channel 2: DPL II
04:52:57 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
04:52:57 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
04:52:57 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
04:52:57 Lame Settings: ABR
04:52:57 Audio Normalization: 1
04:52:57 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
04:52:57 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 2
04:52:57 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
04:52:57 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
04:52:57 Lame Settings: ABR
04:52:57 Audio Normalization: 1
04:52:57 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
04:52:57 Selected 1' Sub tracks: RIP ALL SUBS
04:52:57 Selected 2' Sub tracks: Arabic 0 (0xBD 0x20) [0] wide
04:52:57
04:52:57 Starting SubRipping
04:53:01 para.lst file:
04:53:01 I:\downfall\VTS_01_0.IFO
04:53:01 D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\VTS
04:53:01 1
04:53:01 1
04:53:01 ALL
04:53:01 CLOSE
04:53:01 Subtitle Size: -1 bytes
04:53:01 Finished SubRipping
05:35:25 Extracting audio track 1 88: English (DTS 6ch, 0xBD 0x88) [0,1] with ffmpeg
05:35:25 Extracting all audio tracks with ffmpeg
05:35:25 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
05:35:25 Encoding D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.40 quality
05:44:41 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
05:44:41 Encoding D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.40 quality
05:53:51 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie T88 DELAY 0ms.dts
05:53:51 Encoding D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie T88 DELAY 0ms.dts to NeroAAC with 0.40 quality
05:54:14 Number of Frames: 223752
05:54:14 Framerate: 25.000000
05:54:14 Movie length in Seconds: 8951
05:54:14 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
05:54:14 DgIndex AR: 16:9
05:57:45 Source is declared tff by a margin of 75/92.
05:57:45 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
05:57:45 Analyzed 1152 sections of five frames
05:57:45 Found Interlace Sections: 2 0.17%
05:57:45 Found Progressive Sections:1150 99.83%
05:57:45 Found Telecined Sections: 0 0.00%
05:57:45 Found Zero Mov: 99.83% 1150
05:57:45 Found One Mov: 0.09% 1
05:57:45 Found Two Mov: 0.00% 0
05:57:45 Found Three Mov: 0.09% 1
05:57:45 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
05:57:45 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
05:57:45 The Movie is declared to progressive
05:57:45 Starting X264
05:57:45 Command Line 1' Pass X264: D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 1096 --stats "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter -1,-1 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me dia --no-ssim --level 4.0 --b-adapt 2 --no-chroma-me --partitions none --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.1:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie.avs"
05:57:45 Command Line 2' Pass X264: D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 1096 --stats "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --ref 3 --filter -1,-1 --subme 9 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --no-chroma-me --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.1:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie.264" "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie.avs"
06:59:18 Finished 1' Pass X264
08:16:59 Only Movie Size: 1227499648 bytes
08:17:00 "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\downfall.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"downfall" --aspect-ratio -1:1.772727 --split 700M --split-max-files 2 --chapters "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\chapters.txt" "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie.264" "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\audio1.mp4" "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\audio2.mp4" "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\audio3.mp4" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178 "
08:18:54 Encoding finished: 01:19:35 elapsed time
08:18:54 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
08:18:54 Script AutoCrop.log
08:18:54
08:18:54 Crop(0,2,720,572)
08:18:54 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
08:18:54 Script movie.avs
08:18:54
08:18:54 #loadpluginstart
08:18:54
08:18:54 #test1
08:18:54
08:18:54 #importstart
08:18:54
08:18:54 #test2
08:18:54
08:18:54 movie = mpeg2source("D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie.d2v")
08:18:54 function getOrder(clip c) {
08:18:54 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
08:18:54 Return order }
08:18:54 #filter1start
08:18:54
08:18:54 #test3
08:18:54
08:18:54 last=movie.Crop(0,2,720,572)
08:18:54 fixed_aspect = 1.790210
08:18:54 out_width = 624
08:18:54 #Aspect_Error = 0.285%
08:18:54 out_height = 352
08:18:54 #resizestart
08:18:54
08:18:54 #test4
08:18:54
08:18:54 Spline36Resize(out_width,out_height)
08:18:54 #filter2start
08:18:54
08:18:54 #test5
08:18:54
08:18:54 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
08:18:54 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
08:18:54 Script mkvmaudio.avs
08:18:54
08:18:54 LoadPlugin("D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
08:18:54 LoadPlugin("D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
08:18:54 LoadPlugin("D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\BeSweet\BassAudio.dll")
08:18:54 NicDTSSource("D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\movie T88 DELAY 0ms.dts")
08:18:54 function addvideo(clip c) {
08:18:54 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
08:18:54 Return audiodub(last,c)
08:18:54 }
08:18:54 Normalize()
08:18:54 ConvertAudioTo16bit()
08:18:54 #Applying DPL II downmixing routines
08:18:54 function DPLII(clip a)
08:18:54 {
08:18:54 fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
08:18:54 fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
08:18:54 c = GetChannel(a, 3)
08:18:54 sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
08:18:54 sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
08:18:54 ssl = MixAudio(sl, sr, 0.2818, 0.1627).Amplify(-1.0)
08:18:54 fl_c = MixAudio(fl, c, 0.3254, 0.2301)
08:18:54 ssr = MixAudio(sl, sr, 0.1627, 0.2818)
08:18:54 fr_c = MixAudio(fr, c, 0.3254, 0.2301)
08:18:54 l = MixAudio(ssl, fl_c, 1.0, 1.0)
08:18:54 r = MixAudio(ssr, fr_c, 1.0, 1.0)
08:18:54 Return MergeChannels(l, r)
08:18:54 }
08:18:54 #
08:18:55 6==Audiochannels() ? DPLII() : last
08:18:55 Soundout(output="cmd",type=1,autoclose=true,executable="D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\besweet\neroaacenc.exe",prefilename=" -ignorelength -q 0.40 -if - -of audio3.mp4",postfilename="",nofilename=true,showoutput=false)
08:18:55 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
08:18:55 Script mkvmaudio.bat
08:18:55
08:18:55 "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\matroska\\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe" "D:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\temp\mkvmaudio.avs" /x
08:18:55
08:18:55 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


This is my second trial. In first one I choose Track Language 1 : First track, Track Language 2 Second track and have same result

any suggestion ?

[buzzqw]

Please All AutoMKV Users, Read this POST

Hi All
as i already said, my spare time is very limited, AND it's very close to end developing automkv

AutoMKV was my second big program developed, and so it's structure is very complex, and, no fear of mention, very hugly programmed.
In next weeks i will publish the (maybe) last update to automkv.
But don't fear, automkv is opensource (gpl 3), so.. anyone can download the source code and modify it

BUT since programming is an hobby i will develop other applications, just maybe a little slower than now
AND NOW it's time to develop new applications, maybe different from automkv , but in heart not.

As time i will publish this post , i will also start a new thread about my last creation: HDEncoderToX

Best encoding to all

BHH

[nikio]

:eek:

[delacroixp]

that was already suggested.

The issue is that i can't encode the video portion into a x264 compressed file as automkv fails that part even when i have no audio track selected.
Ooops ...

[buzzqw]

No nikio, don't do :eek:

even in first post of this thread i have mentioned my lack of time.. and since a second new born is coming, my spare time will dramatically shorter

BUT, as most of senior automkv user's know, i often change idea , and i am the first one to hope for a brighter future for automkv

BHH

[buzzqw]

@lcdguy

reauthor your dvd with dvdshrink, maybe a authoring issue

BHH

P.S. ot try hdencodertox ;)

@Frozen-Figo
be sure to select the right pgc
OR feed automkv with the first vob
OR do your self the d2v project (with dgindex) and automkv will ask for audio file

BHH

[Chengbin]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess I have to learn another program, AutoX264. I'll see what I can do, as I don't have much free time (although I will have more soon, after school takes a break. But the preliminary impression of AutoX264 is not good (sorry buzzqw) because I can't get it to encode anything. I'll play with it more when I have time, and cry for help then if I still can't get it to work.

I just want to say thank you to buzzqw for creating this wonderful GUI. Incredible, yet simple (once configured). Your work is greatly appreciated, and it has helped me greatly to encode video, and learn the art of encoding video with x264.

One suggestion to AutoX264. Please make the GUI simpler. Some of the simpler functions are hidden away (like the quene and encode button). Maybe less MeGUI like? What I loved about AutoMKV was how automatic it was. It only takes 4 mouse clicks to start an encode. I'm still having some problem with profiles, as sometimes it doesn't load properly (don't take this seriously yet, as I need to play with this more)

Best of luck on your next great software.

[buzzqw]

HDConvertToX should be easy and powerfull enough for your taste ;)

BHH

[nikio]

Unfortunately free software means free programmers...

Anyway before leaving, I hope that you will fix the crop preview crash, that is the only real problem I've encountered, machser had trouble at 1280px, I had to renounce to previewing crops of a 720px (I used DVDFab too)

And finally, best wishes for your second new born!!

[Chengbin]

Buzzqw, even though you're gonna stop developing AutoMKV, can you give us regular updates that updates the many applications used by AutoMKV? That shouldn't take much time right?

[Tiberiust]

+1 for Chengbin's outcry!

Congrats on yr 2nd Buzz, I've got two and yep - it takes a lot of time and energy out of your life. but plsssss don't leave AutoMKV unfixed, the preview crash is the biggest issue and the 'far too quickly disappearing' help pop-ups are frustrating, plus not being able to add-to queue after it's started.

R U sure you're making the right decision with this? Is HDConvertToX gonna take over from AutoMKV (can it do 'SD' DVDs, Is it only 'X'264?)? AutoMKV has been, and will continue to be, great for me as a novice (I've tried almost everything else) and the beautiful fact about is that as the user's knowledge grows the program grows with you...so yu can start from scratch, recode sommat well first time and progress to legend status within one small neat program/interface.

Whatever yu decide thanks v.much from me - I've got my DVD collection and loads of TV progs nice and small and therefore portable, in outstanding quality all on one click access for 'her who must be obeyed' - couldn't have done it wout AutoMKV
Cheers

[Frozen-Figo]

Can anyone help me ?! :D

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1259455#post1259455

[buzzqw]

@Frozen-Figo

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1259833#post1259833

BHH

[technoir1]

NOOOOOOOO! please no. pretty much everything "Tiberiust" said. not cool man :( i will donate more.,. please dont stop developing, pretty please.


Save AutoMKV

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82816594568

[delacroixp]

- PC3 abt 65 pct on all 8 cores
not being able to add-to queue after it's started.
Any news on your low CPU utilization issue ?

I run 2 clones of AutoMKV by default ... on 2 entirely separate HDD's (separate partitions alone, wont do ... DGIndex is very HDD intensive before the X264 main event).
I don't usually run 2 encodes simultaneously but running a clone while encoding is usefull in setting up a second batch ... ready to run when your first clone encoding finishes.
I was also thinking that it might be possible to generate the queue.ini text files and somehow add them to a running batch ... by modify the the .bat file etc.

It's all good


:):devil::D
Pascal

[marrow]

Hi everybody! I begin to use AutoMKV (version 0.98.4). I like how AutoMKV coding video. I am coding video ftom DVD-video discs or from BDRip (MKV h264) to MKV conteiner usin codec x264. I has download lastests versions of codecs from http://x264.nl (x86 and x64). When I replace x264.exe in directory AutoMKV 0.98.4\exe\Encoder on new version of codec (x86) video is coding fine, but I using Windows Vista x64 and I want to use x64 version of encoder (may be better performance) and when I replace on x64 version of codec it don`t want to coding. Please help, how to decide this problem?

[Norfolk]

buzzqw: i recently found automkv, just what i needed - big thx!! until now, i was stuck with handling all those tiny tools in a stand-alone-manner since there was no good gui. i never liked agk.

heres some notes:

x) i use large fonds (120 dpi instead of 96 dpi), which makes most entries unreadable. maybe enlarge window or force small fonts, or - if nothing else - include screenshots of various gui-screens, so we can look up what the options are labeled with?

x) there is smth. 'bout that "edit queue entry". it does mix up the audio-tracks and pgc. i tried queue 4 dvds and when i reedit a queue, i get the wrong audio-tracks and wrong runtime in main settings. seems like it still takes those from one of the other dvds, maybe those of the last dvd i manually browsed too.

x) recently i tried about 10 dvds -> preripped dvdfab5, whole disc 1:1 then with automkv 0984-> avi/xvid/2passSAP/lame128/1200mb

most were perfect, even episodic dvds with 3 episodes on a disc
2 dvds had audio-sync-error although i did try dvdshrink to get a single pgc. as i see in the temp-dir, dgindex did note and fix a field transition, but still it was unsynced. gonna do those with all those standalone-tools now.
1 dvd had dgindex-problem. automkv called up dgindex, but the dgindex did nothing but wait. so i opened the vobs and suddently dgindex started working on them and everything else went fine afterwards. it was a classical opera video and the audiotrack was lpcm.

[Pintbomb]

Hi. I've used AutoMKV a few times and after all the conversion and stuff nothing happens! No .mkv file is output, all I have is the temp files and the log.

For example, here's the log with no final file output:

13:39:45 0.95 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13:39:45 Selected Input file: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
13:39:45 Selected Output dir: C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\
13:39:45 Selected Final Name: Grave
13:39:45 Selected Container type: MKV
13:39:45 Selected Encoder: X264
13:39:45 Selected Size: 1000 / 1
13:39:45 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Better_Quality.xml
13:39:45 Selected Resizer: NONE / Original
13:39:45 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
13:39:45 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
13:39:45 Selected Field Order: AUTO
13:39:45 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
13:39:45 Track Language 1: 81: Japanese (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x81) [0]
13:39:45 Audio Codec 1: Coding Tech. AAC
13:39:45 Audio Quality 1: 128
13:39:45 Audio Channel 1: Stereo
13:39:45 Track Language 2: 80: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
13:39:45 Audio Codec 2: Coding Tech. AAC
13:39:45 Audio Quality 2: 128
13:39:45 Audio Channel 2: Stereo
13:39:45 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
13:39:45 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
13:39:45 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
13:39:45 Lame Settings: ABR
13:39:45 Audio Normalization: 1
13:39:45 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
13:39:45 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 2
13:39:45 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
13:39:45 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
13:39:45 Lame Settings: ABR
13:39:45 Audio Normalization: 1
13:39:45 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
13:39:45 Selected 1' Sub tracks: English 0 (0xBD 0x20) [0] wide
13:39:45 Selected 2' Sub tracks: English 0 (0xBD 0x21) [0] letbox
13:39:45
13:39:45 Starting ripping from D:\VIDEO_TS\ to C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\
14:02:00 Finished Ripping
14:02:00 Starting SubRipping
14:22:08 Subtitle Size: 3870720 bytes
14:22:08 Finished SubRipping
14:22:08 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [1:30:03:17]
14:22:08 Dgindex CMD: C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=81,80 -YR=2 -AIF=[C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob] -OF=[C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
14:23:47 D2V file size: 838787
14:23:47 Audio 2: movie t80 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.ac3
14:23:47 Pre Audio 2' Size: 151450880 bytes
14:23:47 Audio 1: movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.ac3
14:23:47 Pre Audio 1' Size: 151450880 bytes
14:23:47 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.ac3
14:23:47 Encoding C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to Coding Tech. AAC
14:26:38 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.mp4 87905936 bytes
14:26:38 Encoding C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to Coding Tech. AAC
14:26:38 Encoding C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.ac3 To Coding Tech. AAC
14:29:16 Encoded 2' Audio Track: movie t80 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.mp4 87905536 bytes
14:29:19 Number of Frames: 162107
14:29:19 Framerate: 29.970030
14:29:19 Movie length in Seconds: 5409
14:29:19 Movie Width/Height: 720/480
14:29:19 DgIndex AR: 16:9
14:32:02 Source is declared tff by a margin of 65/6.
14:32:02 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
14:32:02 Analyzed 111 sections of five frames
14:32:02 Found Interlace Sections: 38 34.23%
14:32:02 Found Progressive Sections:7 6.31%
14:32:02 Found Telecined Sections: 66 59.46%
14:32:02 Found Zero Mov: 6.31% 7
14:32:02 Found One Mov: 22.52% 25
14:32:02 Found Two Mov: 59.46% 66
14:32:02 Found Three Mov: 3.60% 4
14:32:02 Found Four Mov: 6.31% 7
14:32:02 Found Five Mov: 1.80% 2
14:32:02 Starting X264
14:32:02 Command Line 1' Pass X264: C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 1281 --stats "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter 0,0 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me dia --no-ssim --level 4.1 --b-pyramid --analyse none --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output NUL "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie.avs"
14:32:02 Command Line 2' Pass X264: C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 1281 --stats "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 6 --filter 0,0 --direct auto --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me hex --no-ssim --level 4.1 --weightb --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie.264" "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie.avs"
14:32:05 Finished 1' Pass X264
14:32:08 X264 Final 2 Pass Encoding Stats:
14:32:10 "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\Grave.mkv" --default-duration 0:30000/1001fps --track-name -1:"Grave" --aspect-ratio -1:1.500000 --chapters "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\chapters.txt" "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie.264" --language -1:jpn --default-track -1:yes "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.mp4" --language -1:eng "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.mp4" "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\Grave.idx" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.95 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=854221 "
14:32:10 Final Muxed size: -1 bytes
14:32:10 Encoding finished: 00:00:05 elapsed time
14:32:10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
14:32:10 Script AutoCrop.log
14:32:10
14:32:10 Crop(8,4,708,476)
14:32:10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
14:32:10 Script movie.avs
14:32:10
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\AddGrain.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\autocrop.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\aWarpSharp(Pruned).dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\blockbuster.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\cnr2.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\ColorMatrix.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\Convolution3D.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\corrector.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\DctFilter.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\Decomb.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\Deen.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\degrainmedian.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\DGDecode.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\EEDI2.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\FFMpegSource.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\FFT3DFilter.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\FluxSmooth.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\frfun7.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\hqdn3d.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\LeakKernelDeint.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\MaskTools.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\medianblur.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\MipSmooth.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\MSharpen.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\mt_masktools.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\mvtools.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\RemoveGrainS.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\RepairS.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\SangNom.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\SimpleResize.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\TBilateral.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\TDeint.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\TIVTC.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\TomsMoComp.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\TTempSmooth.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\UnDot.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\UnFilter.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\VSFilter.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\warpsharp.dll")
14:32:10 #loadpluginstart
14:32:10
14:32:10 #test1
14:32:10
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\BlindDeHalo3_mt2.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\Deblock_QED_MT2.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\FastLineDarken 1.3 MT MOD.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\HybridFuPP.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\LanczosPlus.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\Lem.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\MCBob_v03c.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\mvbob.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\QMlib.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\seesaw.avsi")
14:32:10 Import("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\spresso.avsi")
14:32:10 #importstart
14:32:10
14:32:10 #test2
14:32:10
14:32:10 movie = mpeg2source("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie.d2v")
14:32:10 function getOrder(clip c) {
14:32:10 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
14:32:10 Return order }
14:32:10 #filter1start
14:32:10
14:32:10 #test3
14:32:10
14:32:10 last = movie
14:32:10 fixed_aspect = 1.762761
14:32:10 out_width = 720
14:32:10 out_height = 480
14:32:10 #resizestart
14:32:10
14:32:10 #test4
14:32:10
14:32:10 #filter2start
14:32:10
14:32:10 #test5
14:32:10
14:32:10 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
14:32:10

[Pintbomb]

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14:32:10 Script mkvmaudio.avs
14:32:10
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\FFmpegSource.dll")
14:32:10 NicAC3Source("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.ac3")
14:32:10 DelayAudio(0.0000)
14:32:10 #Applying STEREO downmixing routines
14:32:10 function stereo(clip a)
14:32:10 {
14:32:10 flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
14:32:10 fcc = GetChannel(a, 3)
14:32:10 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
14:32:10 lfc = MixAudio(fcc, lfe, 0.2071, 0.2071)
14:32:10 mix = MergeChannels(lfc, lfc)
14:32:10 lrc = MixAudio(flr, mix, 0.2929, 1.0)
14:32:10 blr = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
14:32:10 Return MixAudio(lrc, blr, 1.0, 0.2929)
14:32:10 }
14:32:10 #
14:32:10 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : last
14:32:10 function addvideo(clip c) {
14:32:10 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
14:32:10 Return audiodub(last,c)
14:32:10 }
14:32:10 Normalize()
14:32:10
14:32:10 Audiobits() == 8 ? ConvertAudioto16bit : last
14:32:10 Audiorate() < 44100 ? ssrc(44100) : last
14:32:10 addvideo()
14:32:10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
14:32:10 Script mkvmaudio2.avs
14:32:10
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
14:32:10 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
14:32:10 NicAC3Source("C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.ac3")
14:32:10 DelayAudio(0.0000)
14:32:10 #Applying STEREO downmixing routines
14:32:10 function stereo(clip a)
14:32:10 {
14:32:10 flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
14:32:10 fcc = GetChannel(a, 3)
14:32:10 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
14:32:10 lfc = MixAudio(fcc, lfe, 0.2071, 0.2071)
14:32:10 mix = MergeChannels(lfc, lfc)
14:32:10 lrc = MixAudio(flr, mix, 0.2929, 1.0)
14:32:10 blr = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
14:32:10 Return MixAudio(lrc, blr, 1.0, 0.2929)
14:32:10 }
14:32:10 #
14:32:10 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : last
14:32:10 function addvideo(clip c) {
14:32:10 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
14:32:10 Return audiodub(last,c)
14:32:10 }
14:32:10 Normalize()
14:32:10 Audiobits() == 8 ? ConvertAudioto16bit : last
14:32:10 Audiorate() < 44100 ? ssrc(44100) : last
14:32:10 addvideo()
14:32:10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
14:32:10 Script mkvmaudio_aac1.bat
14:32:10
14:32:10 "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\BeSweet\ffmpeg.exe"
14:32:10 "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\BeSweet\ffmpeg.exe" -vn -acodec copy -i "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\mkvmaudio.avs" -f wav - | "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\BeSweet\enc_aacPlus.exe" - "movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.aac" --lc --cbr 131072
14:32:10 "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\matroska\MP4Box.exe" -new "movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.mp4" -add "movie t81 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.aac"
14:32:10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
14:32:10 Script mkvmaudio_aac2.bat
14:32:10
14:32:10 "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\BeSweet\ffmpeg.exe"
14:32:10 "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\BeSweet\ffmpeg.exe" -vn -acodec copy -i "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\mkvmaudio2.avs" -f wav - | "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\BeSweet\enc_aacPlus.exe" - "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.aac" --lc --cbr 131072
14:32:10 "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\AutoMKV095\exe\matroska\MP4Box.exe" "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.mp4" -add "C:\Users\Miller Home\Documents\A - Mitch's Documents\GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 224kbps delay 0ms.aac"
14:32:10
14:32:10 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[iconobum]

I'm a recent user of this program though I've been backing up dvds for many years. I don't use lots of options anymore and mostly have used autogk for the past couple years.

appologies if this has been covered already (please point me in the right direction), I did a google search and doom9 forum search but both didn't seem to yield anything useful.

I use dvd decrypter ifo mode, anydvd and vista up to date. when i load a movie with default settings, using nero aac, divxh264, all subs and 1 audio stream I sometimes get a dialog box saying "pgcdemux input error: reached end of vob too early" and the resulting mkv file does not start at the begining of the movie.

I have pcgdemux version 1.2.0.5

any help would be greatly appreciated.

[buzzqw]

@Norfolk

1 dvd had dgindex-problem. automkv called up dgindex, but the dgindex did nothing but wait. so i opened the vobs and suddently dgindex started working on them and everything else went fine afterwards. it was a classical opera video and the audiotrack was lpcm.

most probably automkv failed picking correct audio track and ask dgindex to demux an non-existent stream. Setting yourself the d2v/audio solved the problem

@Pintbomb
please update the build of automkv
and use a simplier path , like c:\ripping

@iconobum

I use dvd decrypter ifo mode, anydvd and vista up to date. when i load a movie with default settings, using nero aac, divxh264, all subs and 1 audio stream I sometimes get a dialog box saying "pgcdemux input error: reached end of vob too early" and the resulting mkv file does not start at the begining of the movie.
usually these kind of errors are due to poor authoring (or ripping), please re-author the ripped dvd with dvdshrink

BHH

[Tiberiust]

@delacroixp
CPU Utilisation: Still working on it - I get v.close to 100pct on 2nd pass on my Core2 E4400. Core i7 still averages 65pct - says gameboy, i asked him to do some screenshots on both passes so it can be verified. FYG we just did Hellboy2 with the same heavy .ini. Core2 took 8h30mins, Core i7 took 1h 40m....he's getting faster

I run 2 clones of AutoMKV by default ... on 2 entirely separate HDD's
So you have like c:\..\automkv and d:\..\automkv2 ? What happens if yu try and run them at the same time? I've only got 1 X Raid 0 drive though.
My biggest prob with adding to queue is lack of planning. I set up a few, start queue, then remember that I wanted to try something else but I have to wait hours before I can start again :(

[delacroixp]

@delacroixp
So you have like c:\..\automkv and d:\..\automkv2 ? What happens if yu try and run them at the same time? I've only got 1 X Raid 0 drive though.

My biggest prob with adding to queue is lack of planning. I set up a few, start queue, then remember that I wanted to try something else but I have to wait hours before I can start again :(
Well actually ... I have c:\Program Files\AutoMKV_1 and c:\Program Files\AutoMKV_2

I only have my output folder on separate drives.
I've been using AutoMKV to process audio-only tracks ... running 2 encodes quite successfully.
I don't have a quad-core or dual-quad, running at 65% ... 2 encodes should run just fine (especially if single-threaded filters are to blame).
NB Remember to place your original movie files on the correct separate HDD's too.

Better planning may well be the real solution to late entries into the batch file.
However, I find that running 2 AutoMKV clones also helps when I'm encoding a long series.
I can maintain all the settings on one clone while encoding individual movies on the other.

Loading a profile.ini doesn't seam to load all the setting that automkv.ini does on startup.


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

[kretin]

Hi Buzzqw,

Big congrats on your upcoming child. My 3rd just popped out on the weekend, magic.

Anyway, I have a very quick question for you. I convert recorded DTV to mkv or avi using AutoMKV. When I convert to avi, sometimes (about 1/3 of the time) the file size is a fair bit lower than I've specified. I was wondering if you knew what the cause of that might be?

I've noticed it can be worse when there's transmission interruptions in the source mpg. I've tried encoding the same file using AutoGK which created the correct file size, but AutoGK often loses sync when there's transmission interruptions so I prefer to use AutoMKV when possible.

[buzzqw]

@kretin

what profile are you using ?
i can suggest the balanced, seems (using xvid) that extreme/insane profile will not respect bitrate

also, post log and post the analysis on output file done with avinaptic

thanks

BHH

[nikio]

@pintbomb
I don't know if this is your problem, but there is an option to keep the temp files without muxing them, maybe you've checked it?

Another possibility is that the encoder is trying to save you: I've seen that film, beautiful, a masterpiece, but terribly, awfully sad! Don't watch it! :D

[pilot550]

I have been using AutoMKV to encode my DVD's and it has been working great. But now all of a sudden it has stopped working. All my settings are the same as before but now it runs through and says done but there is no output file. I even tried re-doing a DVD that it successfully encoded a couple weeks ago and its doing the same thing with that one too. Here is the log from my most recent attempt:
17:52:10 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17:52:10 Selected Input file: G:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
17:52:10 Selected Output dir: F:\Movies SD\temp\
17:52:10 Selected Final Name: Righteous Kill
17:52:10 Selected Container type: MKV
17:52:10 Selected Encoder: X264
17:52:10 Selected Size: 1 CD / 1
17:52:10 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Balanced.xml
17:52:10 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / AutoCrop Only
17:52:10 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
17:52:10 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
17:52:10 Selected Field Order: AUTO
17:52:10 Specify Bitrate: 3300
17:52:10 Enabled Bitrate encoding with value 3300
17:52:10 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
17:52:10 Track Language 1: 80: English (AC3 6ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
17:52:10 Audio Codec 1: AC3
17:52:10 Audio Quality 1: 384
17:52:10 Audio Channel 1: Original
17:52:10 Track Language 2: NONE
17:52:10 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
17:52:10 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
17:52:10 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
17:52:10 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
17:52:10 Lame Settings: ABR
17:52:10 Audio Normalization: 1
17:52:10 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
17:52:10
17:52:10 Starting ripping from G:\VIDEO_TS\ to F:\Movies SD\temp\
18:01:36 Finished Ripping
18:01:36 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [1:40:44:08]
18:01:36 Dgindex CMD: C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80 -YR=2 -AIF=[F:\Movies SD\temp\DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob] -OF=[F:\Movies SD\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
18:02:21 D2V file size: 763942 bytes
18:02:21 Audio 1: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
18:02:21 Pre Audio 1' Size: 338791936 bytes
18:02:22 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
18:02:22 Encoding F:\Movies SD\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to AC3 with 384 quality
18:04:40 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms_.ac3 290394624 bytes
18:04:41 Number of Frames: 181328
18:04:41 Framerate: 29.970030
18:04:41 Movie length in Seconds: 6051
18:04:41 Movie Width/Height: 720/480
18:04:41 DgIndex AR: 16:9
18:06:17 Source is declared tff by a margin of 140/1.
18:06:17 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
18:06:17 Analyzed 499 sections of five frames
18:06:17 Found Interlace Sections: 22 4.41%
18:06:17 Found Progressive Sections:56 11.22%
18:06:17 Found Telecined Sections: 421 84.37%
18:06:17 Found Zero Mov: 11.22% 56
18:06:17 Found One Mov: 4.41% 22
18:06:17 Found Two Mov: 84.37% 421
18:06:17 Found Three Mov: 0.00% 0
18:06:17 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
18:06:17 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
18:06:17 The Movie is declared to telecined
18:06:17 Starting X264
18:06:17 Command Line 1' Pass X264: C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 3300 --stats "F:\Movies SD\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter -1,-1 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me dia --no-ssim --level 4.0 --b-adapt 2 --no-chroma-me --partitions none --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.1:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "F:\Movies SD\temp\movie.avs"
18:06:17 Command Line 2' Pass X264: C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 3300 --stats "F:\Movies SD\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --ref 3 --filter -1,-1 --subme 9 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --no-chroma-me --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.1:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output "F:\Movies SD\temp\movie.264" "F:\Movies SD\temp\movie.avs"
18:06:19 Finished 1' Pass X264
18:06:20 Only Movie Size: 0 bytes
18:06:21 "C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "F:\Movies SD\temp\Righteous Kill.mkv" --default-duration 0:24000/1001fps --track-name -1:"Righteous Kill" --aspect-ratio -1:2.307692 --chapters "C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\chapters.txt" "F:\Movies SD\temp\movie.264" --language -1:eng --default-track -1:yes "F:\Movies SD\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms_.ac3" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178 "
18:06:21 Final Muxed size: -1 bytes
18:06:21 Encoding finished: 00:00:02 elapsed time
18:06:21 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
18:06:21 Script AutoCrop.log
18:06:21
18:06:21 Crop(0,54,720,368)
18:06:21 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
18:06:21 Script movie.avs
18:06:21
18:06:21 #loadpluginstart
18:06:21
18:06:21 #test1
18:06:21
18:06:21 #importstart
18:06:21
18:06:21 #test2
18:06:21
18:06:21 movie = mpeg2source("F:\Movies SD\temp\movie.d2v")
18:06:21 function getOrder(clip c) {
18:06:21 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
18:06:21 Return order }
18:06:21 #filter1start
18:06:21
18:06:21 #test3
18:06:21
18:06:21 movie = tfm(movie,d2v="F:\Movies SD\temp\movie.d2v").tdecimate()
18:06:21 last=movie.Crop(0,54,720,368)
18:06:21 fixed_aspect = 2.318841
18:06:21 out_width = 720
18:06:21 #Aspect_Error = 0.483%
18:06:21 out_height = 312
18:06:21 #resizestart
18:06:21
18:06:21 #test4
18:06:21
18:06:21 SimpleResize(out_width,out_height)
18:06:21 #filter2start
18:06:21
18:06:21 #test5
18:06:21
18:06:21 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
18:06:21 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
18:06:21 Script mkvmaudio.avs
18:06:21
18:06:21 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
18:06:21 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
18:06:21 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\BeSweet\BassAudio.dll")
18:06:21 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\filter\FFMS2.dll")
18:06:21 NicAC3Source("F:\Movies SD\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3")
18:06:21 DelayAudio(0.0000)
18:06:21 #Applying ORIGINAL downmixing routines
18:06:21
18:06:21 function addvideo(clip c) {
18:06:21 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
18:06:21 Return audiodub(last,c)
18:06:21 }
18:06:21 Normalize()
18:06:21
18:06:21 Soundout(output="cmd",type=1,format=3,autoclose=true,executable="C:\Users\Stephen\Documents\AutoMKV0983\exe\besweet\aften.exe",prefilename=" -b 384 - audio.ac3",nofilename=true,showoutput=false)
18:06:21
18:06:21 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


It seems to just skip both x264 passes. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[kretin]

what profile are you using ?
i can suggest the balanced, seems (using xvid) that extreme/insane profile will not respect bitrate

also, post log and post the analysis on output file done with avinaptic

thanks

BHH
Thanks buzzhq,

I am using the default, 2_pass_balanced

As I mentioned, most of the time it's spot on with file size. This one ended up at 381 Mb instead of 470 Mb.

Here is the log and analysis.

log:
Stream Type: MPEG2 Program
Profile: main@high
Frame Size: 1920x1080
Display Size: 1920x1080
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 [3]
Frame Rate: 25.000000 fps
Video Type: PAL
Frame Type: Interlaced
Coding Type: B
Colorimetry: SMPTE 240M
Frame Structure: Frame
Field Order: Top
Coded Number: 99
Playback Number: 99
Frame Repeats: 0
Field Repeats: 0
VOB ID:
Cell ID:
Bitrate: 14.262 Mbps
Bitrate (Avg): 14.335 Mbps
Bitrate (Max): 14.409 Mbps
Audio Stream: 80: AC3 3/2 384
Timestamp: 0:00:03
Elapsed: 0:00:05
Remain: 0:58:54
FPS: 17.62
Info:
22:46:34 0.98.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22:46:34 OS Version: Windows XP
22:46:34 Selected Input file: D:\Video\#From Box\09-03-09(Mon) Desperate Housewives.mpg
22:46:34 Selected Output dir: D:\Video\#From Box\temp\
22:46:34 Selected Final Name: 09-03-09(Mon) Desperate Housewives
22:46:34 Selected Container type: AVI
22:46:34 Selected Encoder: XviD
22:46:34 Selected Size: 470 / 1
22:46:34 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Balanced.xml
22:46:34 Selected Resizer: LanczosResize / 720
22:46:34 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
22:46:34 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
22:46:34 Selected Field Order: AUTO
22:46:34 Using Matrix: Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm
22:46:34 Working by Command Line: queue3.ini
22:46:34 Track Language 1: 80: AC3 3/2 384
22:46:34 Audio Codec 1: Lame
22:46:34 Audio Quality 1: 128
22:46:34 Audio Channel 1: Stereo
22:46:34 Track Language 2: NONE
22:46:34 Audio Codec 2: Lame
22:46:34 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
22:46:34 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
22:46:34 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
22:46:34 Lame Settings: ABR
22:46:34 Audio Normalization: 1
22:46:34 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
22:46:34
22:46:34 Dgindex CMD: D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80 -YR=2 -AIF=[D:\Video\#From Box\09-03-09(Mon) Desperate Housewives.mpg] -OF=[D:\Video\#From Box\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
22:49:08 D2V file size: 320614 bytes
22:49:08 Audio 1: movie t80 3_2ch 384kbps delay 0ms.ac3
22:49:08 Pre Audio 1' Size: 119394816 bytes
22:49:09 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t80 3_2ch 384kbps delay 0ms.ac3
22:49:09 Encoding D:\Video\#From Box\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 384kbps delay 0ms.ac3 To Mp3 with 128 ABR Preset
22:55:08 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t80 3_2ch 384kbps delay 0ms.mp3 38923824 bytes
22:55:20 Number of Frames: 62184
22:55:20 Framerate: 25.000000
22:55:20 Movie length in Seconds: 2488
22:55:20 Movie Width/Height: 1920/1080
22:55:20 DgIndex AR: 16:9
23:00:43 Source is declared tff by a margin of 17/20.
23:00:43 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
23:00:43 Analyzed 367 sections of five frames
23:00:43 Found Interlace Sections: 1 0.27%
23:00:43 Found Progressive Sections:365 99.46%
23:00:43 Found Telecined Sections: 1 0.27%
23:00:43 Found Zero Mov: 99.46% 365
23:00:43 Found One Mov: 0.27% 1
23:00:43 Found Two Mov: 0.27% 1
23:00:43 Found Three Mov: 0.00% 0
23:00:43 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
23:00:43 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
23:00:43 The Movie is declared to progressive
23:00:43 FIRST pass XviD: "D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass1 -bitrate 1453 -turbo -progress -max_bframes 2 -imin 3 -imax 16 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -bquant_offset 0 -kboost 20 -odegrade 9 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -qmatrix "D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "D:\Video\#From Box\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -avi "D:\Video\#From Box\temp\movie.avi"
23:00:44 SECOND pass XviD: "D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass2 -bitrate 1453 -progress -max_bframes 2 -imin 3 -imax 16 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -bquant_offset 0 -kboost 20 -odegrade 9 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -qmatrix "D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "D:\Video\#From Box\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -avi "D:\Video\#From Box\temp\movie.avi"
23:41:49 Starting Second Pass
00:22:40 Only Movie Size: 358631712 bytes
00:22:40 Using VirtualDubMod for Muxing!
00:23:04 Encoding finished: 00:41:15 elapsed time
00:23:04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
00:23:04 Script AutoCrop.log
00:23:04
00:23:04 Crop(0,4,1920,1076)
00:23:04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
00:23:04 Script movie.avs
00:23:04
00:23:04 #loadpluginstart
00:23:04
00:23:04 #test1
00:23:04
00:23:04 #importstart
00:23:04
00:23:04 #test2
00:23:04
00:23:04 movie = mpeg2source("D:\Video\#From Box\temp\movie.d2v")
00:23:04 function getOrder(clip c) {
00:23:04 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
00:23:04 Return order }
00:23:04 #filter1start
00:23:04
00:23:04 #test3
00:23:04
00:23:04 last=movie.Crop(0,4,1920,1076)
00:23:04 fixed_aspect = 1.784387
00:23:04 out_width = 720
00:23:04 #Aspect_Error = -0.867%
00:23:04 out_height = 400
00:23:04 #resizestart
00:23:04
00:23:04 #test4
00:23:04
00:23:04 LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
00:23:04 #filter2start
00:23:04
00:23:04 #test5
00:23:04
00:23:04 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
00:23:04 ColorMatrix(mode="Rec.709->Rec.601")
00:23:04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
00:23:04 Script mkvmaudio.avs
00:23:04
00:23:04 LoadPlugin("D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
00:23:04 LoadPlugin("D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
00:23:04 LoadPlugin("D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\exe\BeSweet\BassAudio.dll")
00:23:04 LoadPlugin("D:\Video\Utilities\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FFMS2.dll")
00:23:04 NicAC3Source("D:\Video\#From Box\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 384kbps delay 0ms.ac3")
00:23:04 DelayAudio(0.0000)
00:23:04 #Applying STEREO downmixing routines
00:23:04 function stereo(clip a)
00:23:04 {
00:23:04 flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
00:23:04 fcc = GetChannel(a, 3)
00:23:04 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
00:23:04 lfc = MixAudio(fcc, lfe, 0.2071, 0.2071)
00:23:04 mix = MergeChannels(lfc, lfc)
00:23:04 lrc = MixAudio(flr, mix, 0.2929, 1.0)
00:23:04 blr = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
00:23:04 Return MixAudio(lrc, blr, 1.0, 0.2929)
00:23:04 }
00:23:04 #
00:23:04 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : last
00:23:04 function addvideo(clip c) {
00:23:04 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
00:23:04 Return audiodub(last,c)
00:23:04 }
00:23:04 Normalize()
00:23:04
00:23:04 Soundout(output="mp3",type=0,format=0,autoclose=true,mode=1,abrrate=128,showoutput=false,filename="audio.mp3")
00:23:04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
00:23:04 Script VirtualDubMod.vcf
00:23:04
00:23:04 VirtualDub.Open("D:\\Video\\#From Box\\temp\\movie.avi",0,0);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.RemoveInputStreams();
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("D:\\Video\\#From Box\\temp\\movie t80 3_2ch 384kbps delay 0ms.mp3",0x00000202,1);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].DeleteComments(1);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].AdjustChapters(1);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetClipMode(1,1);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetVolume();
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetCompression();
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].EnableFilterGraph(0);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.stream[0].filters.Clear();
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.DeleteComments(1);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.AddComment(0x00000005,"ISFT","Done with AutoMKV! 0.98.1 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178");
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.AdjustChapters(1);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
00:23:04 VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
00:23:04 VirtualDub.SaveAVI("D:\\Video\\#From Box\\09-03-09(Mon) Desperate Housewives.avi");
00:23:04 VirtualDub.Close();
00:23:04
00:23:04 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


and analysis:

[ About file ]

Name: 09-03-09(Mon) Desperate Housewives.avi
Date: 19/03/2009 00:23:04
Size: 400,044,032 bytes (381.512 MB)

[ Generic infos ]

Play duration: 00:41:27 (2487.36 s)
Container type: AVI OpenDML
Number of streams: 2
Type of stream nr. 0: video
Type of stream nr. 1: audio
Audio streams: 1
ISFT: VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2542/release)
IART: Done with AutoMKV! 0.98.1 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178
JUNK: VirtualDubMod build 2542/release

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 720 x 400
Width: multiple of 16
Height: multiple of 16

[ Video track ]

FourCC: xvid/XVID
Resolution: 720 x 400
Frame aspect ratio: 9:5 = 1.8
Pixel aspect ratio: 1:1 = 1
Display aspect ratio: 9:5 = 1.8
Framerate: 25 fps
Number of frames: 62184
Stream size: 357,099,956 bytes
Bitrate: 1148.526810 kbps
Qf: 0.159517
Key frames: 629 (0; 50; 99; 120; 167; ... 62179)
Null frames: 0
Min key int: 7
Max key int: 300
Avg key int: 98.861685
Delay: 0 ms

[ Audio track ]

Audio tag: 0x55 (MP3)
Bitrate (container): 125.184 kbps VBR
Channels (container): 2
Sample rate (container): 48000 Hz
Chunks: 103640
Stream size: 38,922,696 bytes
Preload: 480 ms
Max A/V diff: 496 ms
Type: MPEG-1 Layer III
Initial skip: 384 bytes
Chunk-aligned: No
Emphasis: none
Mode: joint stereo
Delay: 0 ms

[ About MPEG4 encoding ]

User data: XviD0043
QPel: No
GMC: No
Interlaced: No
Aspect ratio: Square pixels
Quant type: MPEG custom (*)
Custom intra quant matrix:
8 14 14 14 15 15 18 21
14 14 14 14 15 16 19 22
14 14 15 15 17 19 22 25
14 14 15 18 21 23 27 31
15 15 17 21 26 30 35 40
15 16 19 23 30 38 46 56
18 19 22 27 35 46 61 76
21 22 25 31 40 56 76 99
Custom inter quant matrix:
19 19 19 19 20 21 24 28
19 19 19 19 20 22 26 29
19 19 20 21 23 26 29 34
19 19 21 24 28 31 36 42
20 20 23 28 35 41 48 55
21 22 26 31 41 51 63 76
24 26 29 36 48 63 83 103
28 29 34 42 55 76 103 134

[ Profile compliancy ]

Profile to check: MTK PAL 6000
Resolution: Ok
Framerate: Ok
Warning: If you need a more complete report, then click on "DRF analysis"

This report was created by AVInaptic (18-11-2007) on 20 mar 2009, h 13:48:10


I don't know if it helps, but I tried the same file with HDConvertX, but instead of 470 Mb it created it as 351 Mb

[Sibi]

Hi buzzqw,

Thanks a lot for the excellent tool.

I'm facing problem while converting the .ts file having DTS audio (7 Channels) to mkv or mp4 format.

1) Unable to copy the movie.dga file.

after pressing the enter key

2) "Error parsing parameter file" by the vsrip.

3) AVS says converting file, nothing happens.

For your info I'm attaching the mediainfo file.

I like Automkv very much, and I need the output audio file in ac3 format.

Kindly help on this.

Thanks in advance.

[kretin]

@kretin

what profile are you using ?
i can suggest the balanced, seems (using xvid) that extreme/insane profile will not respect bitrate

also, post log and post the analysis on output file done with avinaptic

thanks

BHH
Hi Buzzqw,

Just an update. I converted using the constant quality profile and it created it at the right size. So I'm assuming it's something in the variable bit rate that's not working quite right.

jonny

[dichtomat]

Hi. Why is HybridFupp not available as resizer in the newer Automkv versions? It was perfect for some old anime (good colors, no artefacts etc.). I can still find the file in the automkv folder, but the option doesn't show up in the resize menu.

[nikio]

Hi everybody! I begin to use AutoMKV (version 0.98.4). [...] I using Windows Vista x64 and I want to use x64 version of encoder (may be better performance) and when I replace on x64 version of codec it don`t want to coding. Please help, how to decide this problem?

Same problem here using Win XP64, on Amd dual core: after Automkv starts encoding with x264(x64 version), it stops after one second giving no output.
Using the 32 bit version ok x264everything works fine.
Is this normal?

20:29:43 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20:29:43 OS Version: Windows Server 2003
20:29:43 Selected Input file: T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
20:29:43 Selected Output dir: T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\
20:29:43 Selected Final Name: Trailercut
20:29:43 Selected Container type: MKV
20:29:43 Selected Encoder: X264
20:29:43 Selected Size: 18 / 1
20:29:43 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_PS3_XBOX360.xml
20:29:43 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / AutoCrop Only
20:29:43 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=3)
20:29:43 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
20:29:43 Selected Field Order: AUTO
20:29:43 Manual Crop&Resize Enabled
20:29:43 Left Crop: 0
20:29:43 Top Crop: 0
20:29:43 Right Crop: 0
20:29:43 Botton Crop: 0
20:29:43 Manual Width: 704
20:29:43 Manual Height: 396
20:29:43 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
20:29:43 Track Language 1: 80: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
20:29:43 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
20:29:43 Audio Quality 1: 0.35
20:29:43 Audio Channel 1: Original
20:29:43 Track Language 2: NONE
20:29:43 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
20:29:43 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
20:29:43 Audio Track Language: ita
20:29:43 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
20:29:43 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
20:29:43 Lame Settings: ABR
20:29:43 Audio Normalization: 1
20:29:43 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
20:29:43
20:29:43 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [0:01:14:05]
20:29:43 Dgindex CMD: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80 -YR=2 -AIF=[T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob] -OF=[T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
20:29:45 D2V file size: 9744 bytes
20:29:45 Audio 1: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.ac3
20:29:45 Pre Audio 1' Size: 1781757 bytes
20:29:45 Applying DelayAudio of -120 to audio file: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.ac3
20:29:45 Encoding T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.35 quality
20:30:04 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.mp4 801949 bytes
20:30:05 Unable to determine movie properties , switched to DirectShowSource
20:30:05 Unable to determine movie properties with DirectShowSource, switched to FFVideoSource
20:30:05 Unable to determine movie properties with FFVideoSource. Now analyzing with MediaInfo
20:30:06 Aspect ratio: 16:9
20:30:06 Number of Frames:
20:30:06 Framerate: 25.000
20:30:06 Movie length in Seconds: 1
20:30:06 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
20:30:06 DgIndex AR: 16:9
20:30:06 Number of Frames:
20:30:06 Framerate: 25.000
20:30:06 Movie length in Seconds: 1
20:30:06 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
20:30:06 DgIndex AR: 16:9
20:30:06 Number of Frames:
20:30:06 Framerate: 25.000
20:30:06 Movie length in Seconds: 1
20:30:06 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
20:30:06 DgIndex AR: 16:9
20:30:06 Source is hybrid bff and tff at 0 bff and 0 tff.
20:30:06 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
20:30:06 Analyzed 0 sections of five frames
20:30:06 Found Interlace Sections: 0 -1.#J%
20:30:06 Found Progressive Sections:0 -1.#J%
20:30:06 Found Telecined Sections: 0 -1.#J%
20:30:06 Found Zero Mov: -1.#J% 0
20:30:06 Found One Mov: -1.#J% 0
20:30:06 Found Two Mov: -1.#J% 0
20:30:06 Found Three Mov: -1.#J% 0
20:30:06 Found Four Mov: -1.#J% 0
20:30:06 Found Five Mov: -1.#J% 0
20:30:06 Starting X264
20:30:06 Command Line 1' Pass X264: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 144435 --stats "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress --keyint 24 --bframes 3 --qpmin 7 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter 0,0 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me dia --no-ssim --level 4.0 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --b-adapt 1 --partitions none --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie.avs"
20:30:06 Command Line 2' Pass X264: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 144435 --stats "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 24 --bframes 3 --qpmin 7 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter 0,0 --subme 6 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --weightb --b-adapt 1 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --sar 1:1 --output "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie.264" "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie.avs"
20:30:06 Finished 1' Pass X264
20:30:07 Only Movie Size: 0 bytes
20:30:07 "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\Trailercut.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"Trailercut" --aspect-ratio -1:1.764706 --chapters "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\chapters.txt" "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie.264" --language -1:ita --default-track -1:yes "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.mp4" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178 "
20:30:07 Final Muxed size: -1 bytes
20:30:07 Encoding finished: 00:00:01 elapsed time
20:30:07 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:30:07 Script movie.avs
20:30:07
20:30:07 #loadpluginstart
20:30:07
20:30:07 #test1
20:30:07
20:30:07 #importstart
20:30:07
20:30:07 #test2
20:30:07
20:30:07 movie = mpeg2source("T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie.d2v")
20:30:07 function getOrder(clip c) {
20:30:07 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
20:30:07 Return order }
20:30:07 #filter1start
20:30:07
20:30:07 #test3
20:30:07
20:30:07 last = movie
20:30:07 crop(0,0,-0,-0)
20:30:07 fixed_aspect = 1.777778
20:30:07 out_width = 720
20:30:07 #Aspect_Error = 0.741%
20:30:07 out_height = 408
20:30:07 #resizestart
20:30:07
20:30:07 #test4
20:30:07
20:30:07 SimpleResize(704,396)
20:30:07 #filter2start
20:30:07
20:30:07 #test5
20:30:07
20:30:07 RemoveGrain(mode=3)
20:30:07 backward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=2, idx = 1)
20:30:07 forward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=2, idx = 1)
20:30:07 last.MVDegrain1(backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD=400,idx=1)
20:30:07 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:30:07 Script mkvmaudio.avs
20:30:07
20:30:07 LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
20:30:07 LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
20:30:07 LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\BeSweet\BassAudio.dll")
20:30:07 LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\FFMS2.dll")
20:30:07 NicAC3Source("T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.ac3")
20:30:07 DelayAudio(-0.1200)
20:30:07 #Applying ORIGINAL downmixing routines
20:30:07
20:30:07 function addvideo(clip c) {
20:30:07 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
20:30:07 Return audiodub(last,c)
20:30:07 }
20:30:07 Normalize()
20:30:07
20:30:07 Soundout(output="cmd",type=1,format=3,autoclose=true,executable="C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\besweet\neroaacenc.exe",prefilename=" -ignorelength -q 0.35 -if - -of audio.mp4",postfilename="",nofilename=true,showoutput=false)
20:30:07
20:30:07 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[buzzqw]

20:30:05 Unable to determine movie properties , switched to DirectShowSource
20:30:05 Unable to determine movie properties with DirectShowSource, switched to FFVideoSource
20:30:05 Unable to determine movie properties with FFVideoSource. Now analyzing with MediaInfo

bad avisynth installation...

reinstall it

BHH

[nikio]

I've tried reinstalling AviSynth, those errors disappeared but still x264 x64 doesn't work, several dos windows appear and disappear in one second, and no video encoding is done
maybe x64 applications must stay in "Program Files" instead of "Program Files (x86)" folder?

01:05:20 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
01:05:20 OS Version: Windows Server 2003
01:05:20 Selected Input file: T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
01:05:20 Selected Output dir: T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\
01:05:20 Selected Final Name: Trailercut
01:05:20 Selected Container type: MKV
01:05:20 Selected Encoder: X264
01:05:20 Selected Size: 17 / 1
01:05:20 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_PS3_XBOX360.xml
01:05:20 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / AutoCrop Only
01:05:20 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=3)
01:05:20 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
01:05:20 Selected Field Order: AUTO
01:05:20 Manual Crop&Resize Enabled
01:05:20 Left Crop: 0
01:05:20 Top Crop: 0
01:05:20 Right Crop: 0
01:05:20 Botton Crop: 0
01:05:20 Manual Width: 704
01:05:20 Manual Height: 396
01:05:20 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
01:05:20 Track Language 1: 80: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
01:05:20 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
01:05:20 Audio Quality 1: 0.40
01:05:20 Audio Channel 1: Stereo
01:05:20 Track Language 2: NONE
01:05:20 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
01:05:20 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
01:05:20 Audio Track Language: ita
01:05:20 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
01:05:20 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
01:05:20 Lame Settings: ABR
01:05:20 Audio Normalization: 1
01:05:20 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
01:05:20
01:05:20 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [0:01:14:05]
01:05:20 Dgindex CMD: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80 -YR=2 -AIF=[T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob] -OF=[T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
01:05:21 D2V file size: 9744 bytes
01:05:21 Audio 1: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.ac3
01:05:21 Pre Audio 1' Size: 1781757 bytes
01:05:22 Applying DelayAudio of -120 to audio file: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.ac3
01:05:22 Encoding T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.40 quality
01:05:41 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.mp4 877923 bytes
01:05:42 Unable to determine movie properties , switched to DirectShowSource
01:05:42 Unable to determine movie properties with DirectShowSource, switched to FFVideoSource
01:05:42 Unable to determine movie properties with FFVideoSource. Now analyzing with MediaInfo
01:05:42 Aspect ratio: 16:9
01:05:42 Number of Frames: 1855
01:05:42 Framerate: 25.000
01:05:42 Movie length in Seconds: 75
01:05:42 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
01:05:42 DgIndex AR: 16:9
01:05:42 Number of Frames: 1855
01:05:42 Framerate: 25.000
01:05:42 Movie length in Seconds: 75
01:05:42 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
01:05:42 DgIndex AR: 16:9
01:05:42 Number of Frames: 1855
01:05:42 Framerate: 25.000
01:05:42 Movie length in Seconds: 75
01:05:42 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
01:05:42 DgIndex AR: 16:9
01:05:43 Source is hybrid bff and tff at 0 bff and 0 tff.
01:05:43 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
01:05:43 Analyzed 0 sections of five frames
01:05:43 Found Interlace Sections: 0 -1.#J%
01:05:43 Found Progressive Sections:0 -1.#J%
01:05:43 Found Telecined Sections: 0 -1.#J%
01:05:43 Found Zero Mov: -1.#J% 0
01:05:43 Found One Mov: -1.#J% 0
01:05:43 Found Two Mov: -1.#J% 0
01:05:43 Found Three Mov: -1.#J% 0
01:05:43 Found Four Mov: -1.#J% 0
01:05:43 Found Five Mov: -1.#J% 0
01:05:43 Starting X264
01:05:43 Command Line 1' Pass X264: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 1801 --stats "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress --keyint 24 --bframes 3 --qpmin 7 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter 0,0 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me dia --no-ssim --level 4.0 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --b-adapt 1 --partitions none --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie.avs"
01:05:43 Command Line 2' Pass X264: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 1801 --stats "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 24 --bframes 3 --qpmin 7 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter 0,0 --subme 6 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --weightb --b-adapt 1 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --sar 1:1 --output "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie.264" "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie.avs"
01:05:43 Finished 1' Pass X264
01:05:43 Only Movie Size: 0 bytes
01:05:44 "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\Trailercut.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"Trailercut" --aspect-ratio -1:1.764706 --chapters "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\chapters.txt" "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie.264" --language -1:ita --default-track -1:yes "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.mp4" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178 "
01:05:44 Final Muxed size: -1 bytes
01:05:44 Encoding finished: 00:00:01 elapsed time
01:05:44 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
01:05:44 Script movie.avs
01:05:44
01:05:44 #loadpluginstart
01:05:44
01:05:44 #test1
01:05:44
01:05:44 #importstart
01:05:44
01:05:44 #test2
01:05:44
01:05:44 movie = mpeg2source("T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie.d2v")
01:05:44 function getOrder(clip c) {
01:05:44 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
01:05:44 Return order }
01:05:44 #filter1start
01:05:44
01:05:44 #test3
01:05:44
01:05:44 last = movie
01:05:44 crop(0,0,-0,-0)
01:05:44 fixed_aspect = 1.777778
01:05:44 out_width = 720
01:05:44 #Aspect_Error = 0.741%
01:05:44 out_height = 408
01:05:44 #resizestart
01:05:44
01:05:44 #test4
01:05:44
01:05:44 SimpleResize(704,396)
01:05:44 #filter2start
01:05:44
01:05:44 #test5
01:05:44
01:05:44 RemoveGrain(mode=3)
01:05:44 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
01:05:44 Script mkvmaudio.avs
01:05:44
01:05:44 LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
01:05:44 LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
01:05:44 LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\BeSweet\BassAudio.dll")
01:05:44 LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\FFMS2.dll")
01:05:44 NicAC3Source("T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT4\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.ac3")
01:05:44 DelayAudio(-0.1200)
01:05:44 #Applying STEREO downmixing routines
01:05:44 function stereo(clip a)
01:05:44 {
01:05:44 flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
01:05:44 fcc = GetChannel(a, 3)
01:05:44 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
01:05:44 lfc = MixAudio(fcc, lfe, 0.2071, 0.2071)
01:05:44 mix = MergeChannels(lfc, lfc)
01:05:44 lrc = MixAudio(flr, mix, 0.2929, 1.0)
01:05:44 blr = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
01:05:44 Return MixAudio(lrc, blr, 1.0, 0.2929)
01:05:44 }
01:05:44 #
01:05:44 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : last
01:05:44 function addvideo(clip c) {
01:05:44 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
01:05:44 Return audiodub(last,c)
01:05:44 }
01:05:44 Normalize()
01:05:44
01:05:44 Soundout(output="cmd",type=1,format=3,autoclose=true,executable="C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\besweet\neroaacenc.exe",prefilename=" -ignorelength -q 0.40 -if - -of audio.mp4",postfilename="",nofilename=true,showoutput=false)
01:05:44
01:05:44 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

while if I use the X264 (x86) the file is encoded but apparently only one pass is done... (I don't see a "Finished 2' Pass" line) and I'm using the "2_Pass_PS3_XBOX360.xml" profile, have I misunderstood something?

00:54:55 Starting X264
00:54:55 Command Line 1' Pass X264: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 1801 --stats "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT2\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress --keyint 24 --bframes 3 --qpmin 7 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter 0,0 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me dia --no-ssim --level 4.0 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --b-adapt 1 --partitions none --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT2\temp\movie.avs"
00:54:55 Command Line 2' Pass X264: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 1801 --stats "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT2\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 24 --bframes 3 --qpmin 7 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter 0,0 --subme 6 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --weightb --b-adapt 1 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --sar 1:1 --output "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT2\temp\movie.264" "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT2\temp\movie.avs"
00:55:27 Finished 1' Pass X264
00:57:07 Only Movie Size: 16583956 bytes
00:57:07 "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT2\temp\Trailercut.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"Trailercut" --aspect-ratio -1:1.764706 --chapters "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoMKV0984\exe\chapters.txt" "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT2\temp\movie.264" --language -1:ita --default-track -1:yes "T:\Top Secret\Trailercut\OUT2\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay -120ms.mp4" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178 "
00:57:07 Final Muxed size: 17475134 bytes
00:57:07 Encoding finished: 00:01:40 elapsed time
00:57:07 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[buzzqw]

@bcsizemo

just try HDConvertToX, you will found automkv with less bug (i hope), and already MT support :)

look at my sign

BHH

[chinook9]

I am using AutoMKV 0984 to encode VOBs to x264/mp4s for my Archos605. Everything is fine but I would like to increase saturation of the videos and I haven’t been able to figure out how to do it.

I have Avisynth 2.5.7 with Tweak.dll in both the /exe/filter folder and in the Program files/Avisynth2.5/plugins folder.

I tried typing Tweak(sat=2.0) in the AutoMKV Filters dropdown box but that did no good.

I found the .lvl .avs and. avsi files in the /exe/script folder. I believe the filters in the dropdown filters list are connected to the .lvl files but I couldn’t find how to write a .lvl file or any explanation of the relationship between the .lvl and .avs files and I expect both are needed. I tried to figure out how to modify the filters list but I couldn’t find that either.

If anyone could give me any clues to accomplish what I want I sure would appreciate it.

[chinook9]

An addition to my preceding post:

After a little more experimentation I realized that plugins are not loading. I don't know why not.

[buzzqw]

After a little more experimentation I realized that plugins are not loading. I don't know why not.

automkv will load all .dll present in \exe\Filter and all .avsi

BHH

[ryc0203]

in final mux of an avi I have an error in virtualdub "the function deleteComments was called on a stream[?] that hasn´t been previously initialized with setsource",
how i can fix it?

This is the script part

11:12:39 Script VirtualDubMod.vcf
11:12:39
11:12:39 VirtualDub.Open("C:\\t\\t\\temp\\movie.avi",0,0);
11:12:39 VirtualDub.RemoveInputStreams();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("C:\\t\\t\\temp\\audio1.mp3",0x00000202,1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].DeleteComments(1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].AdjustChapters(1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetClipMode(1,1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetVolume();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetCompression();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].EnableFilterGraph(0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[0].filters.Clear();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].DeleteComments(1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].AdjustChapters(1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetMode(0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetClipMode(1,1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetVolume();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetCompression();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].EnableFilterGraph(0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.stream[1].filters.Clear();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.DeleteComments(1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.AddComment(0x00000005,"ISFT","Done with AutoMKV! 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178");
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.AdjustChapters(1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
11:12:40 VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\t\\t\\1x01 Andromeda.avi");
11:12:40 VirtualDub.Close();

[buzzqw]

launch virtualdub and mux manually

(or try HDConvertToX)

BHH

[chinook9]

automkv will load all .dll present in \exe\Filter and all .avsi

BHH

Well, I finally got everything to work just the way I wanted. I downloaded AutoMKV again and then used TweakColor.dll instead of Tweak.dll.

[ryc0203]

Hi, i try to re-encode mp4 file with smaller size - resolution, but automkv don't extarct de aac audio, I think I have the solution, but I need to know how to take the original name of the input file in automkv example "c:\mp4\x1.mp4" with that I can do something a custom bat like this

neroAacDec.exe -if %inputfile -of %1fixed1.wav
neroAacEnc.exe -q 0.35 -if %1fixed1.wav -of %1audio.mp4
del %1fixed1.wav

Pd: i will try with HDConvertToX, but Neither converts audio from mp4 container

[buzzqw]

remux your mp4 in mkv :)

and hdc will convert it

BHH

[ryc0203]

remux your mp4 in mkv :)

and hdc will convert it

BHH

Dont work with aac audio

see

D:\D2\dvd\HDConvertToX\temp>"D:\D2\dvd\HDConvertToX\applications\eac3to.exe" "d:
\avis\anim\9 xam\01 xam'd.mkv" 2: stdout.wav -down16 -resampleto48000 -down2
| "D:\D2\dvd\HDConvertToX\applications\neroaacenc.exe" -if - -br 64 -ignorelengt
h -of "D:\D2\dvd\HDConvertToX\temp\hdencodertoxvid-pid2.mp4"
*************************************************************
* *
* Nero AAC Encoder *
* Copyright 2008 Nero AG *
* All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
* *
* Package build date: Sep 17 2008 *
* Package version: 1.3.3.0 *
* *
* See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
* *
*************************************************************

ERROR: could not parse WAV file

Take this error in hdc

Playing with eac3to i fin that

D:\D2\dvd\HDConvertToX\applications>eac3to.exe 01Xamd.mkv 2: st.wav -down16 -res
ampleto48000 -down2
MKV, 1 video track, 1 audio track, 0:24:29, 24p /1.001
1: h264/AVC, 720p23.975
2: AAC, 2.0 channels, 48khz
v01 The video bitstream is encoded in a non-standard framerate.
v01 The video bitstream framerate field doesn't match the container framerate.
a02 Extracting audio track number 2...
a02 Decoding with DirectShow (Nero Audio Decoder 2)...
a02 Getting "Nero Audio Decoder 2" instance failed.
Aborted at file position 786432.


it seems that I do not have that DirectShow filter (Nero Audio Decoder 2)
reading on the net I discovered that I need install Nero 7 with the hd plugin to work with this filter :(

[Chengbin]

How do I turn off VBV? I tried erasing VBV and bufsize from the profile, but x274 keep giving me underflow warnings. I tried wring "false" for those 2 lines, then x264 would quit itself.

[buzzqw]

set VBVBufferSize to -1
<VBVBufferSize>-1</VBVBufferSize> in profile

BHH

[Chengbin]

I'm curious why does setting a resolution of 704x400 and anamorphic encoding and specifing the AR to 1.7777777 will create a messed up AR encode. How come 720x480 anamorphic works perfectly?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Because 704x400 is already 16:9 !!! (square pixels)

[Chengbin]

Then what kind of resolution do I use with anamorphic encoding? Why does 720x480 work perfectly for 16:9?

[Atak_Snajpera]

First of all! Why do you need anamorphic encoding??????????????

Why does 720x480 work perfectly for 16:9?
because it belongs to SD-TV/DVD standard. Anamorphic encoding was used due to fixed resolution.

[Chengbin]

Perfect AR with MOD16 resolution.

Is anamorphic encoding bad or something?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Is anamorphic encoding bad or something?
IT IS USELESS IF YOUR SOURCE IS ALREADY 16:9!!!! (704x400) DO NOT FIX SOMETHING WHAT IS NOT BROKEN!

[tfhfony]

Hmmm.. Why didn't I find this package before. It's making my life A LOT easier. Right now, I am busy reading all my DVD's into my computer, so I can play them trough my HTPC. I just rip the main movie, with the best audio track (DTS mostly). And now I can convert this to MKV/H264 with the touch of a few buttons. You have made me a happy man.

Right now, I have the following question though:

As I want to preserve most of the original quaility (I realise I will always loose a bit due to the convertion from one lossy format to the other), I was wondering what would be considered a good quality setting. Right now, I just set the "specify quality" to 80%. The outcome is really nice. A 6,7GB 2hrs concert with DTS, will drop to around 4.3GB. I can easily live with that. but what do you think?
Am I an idiot, setting the quality so high? I hear of people using 70%. What is considered the percentage, that will (more or less) give the same quality as the original DVD (providing the DVD is decently mastered/recorded one)?

[botcherO]

I think you are wasting a lot of storage space (well, which is nowadays cheap anyway, but...). :)
With x264 you can shrink a Movie with a barely loss of Quality to about half the size, which for a typical 4,7GB-Disk will result without the extras in a 1,5 GB Movie incl. one AC3-Audiostream.

Which Encoder settings do you use? I use Constant Quality with an Quantitizer ranging from 17-22 (the lower, the better the Output Quality), depending if it's an Anime or an normal Movie.

[tfhfony]

Well, this is the command line I end up using:

22:02:32 Command Line 1' Pass X264: C:\Documents and Settings\TFH\Bureaublad\AutoMKV0983\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --crf 20.00 --stats "J:\Music\Boudewijn de Groot\Tour\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --ref 3 --filter -1,-1 --subme 9 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --no-chroma-me --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.1:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output "J:\Music\Boudewijn de Groot\Tour\temp\movie.264" "J:\Music\Boudewijn de Groot\Tour\temp\movie.avs"


So CRF is set to 20, which is probably related to the 80% quality factor I enter into AutoMKV.

[Tiberiust]

The only way I've found to get the output how I want is to test and test and test. For DVDs I use MPEG2Cut (it googles)

I find a representative part of the movie I am gonna decode (I try and cut a 20MB section with a close up facial expression and/or greys and blacks and/or some fast moving action) and then run abt 4 diff encodes on it. Primarily, I just change the bit rate (1500 works for me but I ain't got the best TV in the world)...I don't bother with any quality or size settings since it didn't give me what I wanted. I rarely touch the audio. I then put the 4 recoded files into 4 x VLCs, quartered on the screen, and play them all at the same time - yu can really see then what you've done.

The only way to learn what effect each setting has is to test them - it's a long process of course but when you're done you'll be ripping great stuff in very small portable files with ease.

T

[tfhfony]

Portability is not really an issue for me. Quality is. I don't have a huge TV, but my Loewe Xelos 37" LCD has a nice image, and I do want to enjoy the movies/concerts I watch to the fullest :)

But, the idea of just cutting a few scenes and encode it a few times does sound quite good. I might do that next weekend.

Still, I'd like to hear other peoples comments in regards to the quality settings :)

[marklar]

Hi,

I am quite new to video encoding, so my question is very basic. Are there any recommendations for output sizes or bitrates? I want to rip and reencode my DVD collection and store it on device like Popcorn hour or WD HD TV. And I am not sure what size of MPEG4 file to choose for output. I plan to use MKV with X264 and AAC.

Another problem is, that I do not know whether to choose different sizes for movies with for example only one stereo audio stream and with for example two 5.1 audio streams and one subtitles? How can I recognize how big is output audio stream or size of subtitles within MKV? I tried MediaInfo and other software but they do not say how big is audio stream or subtitles.

Thanks!

[Gamezcdr]

Choose 1/3 DVD 1490 Mb with x264 in mkv Autocrop only, AAC (0,35 for 5.1 and 0,4-0,5 for 2.0). Audio stream is about 100-200 Mb for AAC and remain plenty of space for video. I think AAC on Popcorn and WD is a problem because you will hear only 2.0....

[Tiberiust]

@marklar
See Botcher0 above - without any visible loss of quality I get my DVDs down between 1 and 1.5GB file size using x264 inside MKV and that's with full 6Ch audio stream.
For choosing the size (I specify bitrate) I do as I said in my previous post, test test test until I get the smallest size WITHOUT visible quality loss. Then I encode entire movie at those settings. I followed a lot of advice about using various settings/filters etc to improve quality vs size which was either wrong or simply didn't work for me (none of it from this forum tho!) so I ended up analysing myself, the only way I think.
AviDemux will tell you everything about your audio stream size - a very useful tool to have in your box.

T

[marklar]

Thank you both.

@Gamezcdr
I will check that AAC issue on the devices and mayby I will use OGG or another format.

@Tiberiust
As I want to recode hundreds of DVDs, I do not want to make any experiments with every particular movie and therefore I would do something like:
1,5 GB for movie with single audio stream
1,8 GB for movie with two audio streams with one subtitles
1,3 GB for cartoon movie

What is your preferred audio format?

[botcherO]

Mostly i stick with the original AC3 or DTS stream, (direct copy). Specially DTS is (only for me i hope ;)) pain in the ass to reencode, due to the lack of good converters which can handle it properly, if AutoMKV fails.:D

[Tiberiust]

@marklar

In my experience those file sizes should give you an impercetably identical view as as the originals but I cannot stress enough the need to test a sample of films first. I went charging into encoding my DVD collection and ended up re-doing many bcos I didn't take the time to test first...but then I guess this is human nature. :sly: You'll also want to learn about cropping bcos DVDs include the black bars top and bottom as data (it's not blank data, it's actually black pixel data taking up space) - again I haven't really had the time to explore this subject fully so I'll prob end up recoding again!

I nearly always keep the original soundtracks (the english one only for me) bcos whilst my TVs are not so good, my 6.1 audio set up is excellent and DTS and some AC3s don't seem to like being messed with in AutoMKV as botcher0 says. Otherwise I recode to good ol' Lame MP3 since the format is so widespread that I've found it plays everywhere without a single problem. AAC is actually better acc the experts but not as plug-in and run as MP3 in my experience.

T

[delacroixp]

What percentage, that will (more or less) give the same quality as the original DVD (providing the DVD is decently mastered/recorded one) ?

Q18 is pretty much as good as it gets ... maintaining original resolution (ie, same number of pixels if you resize an anamorphic movie to square(ish) pixels).
The MKV container allows signalling which is quite a nice feature when mod 16 interferes with the AR.

Various movies will require different quality settings according to your priorities
The amount of time and effort that you are willing to devote to encoding may further effect your choices.

Experimentation is key.


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

[tfhfony]

Q18 is pretty much as good as it gets ... maintaining original resolution (ie, same number of pixels if you resize an anamorphic movie to square(ish) pixels).
The MKV container allows signalling which is quite a nice feature when mod 16 interferes with the AR.

Various movies will require different quality settings according to your priorities
The amount of time and effort that you are willing to devote to encoding may further effect your choices.

Experimentation is key.


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

Indeed. Q18 gives some very nice results. Together with the CQ Optimized settings, the results are great. And the final files is about 1/3rd to 1/2 of the original DVD/MPG, while I can't see the difference. The size is a bit on the big side, since I prefer to use DTS tracks, or the original AAC files. Only LPCM I will recode to lame 320kbits.
I spend some time checking the right resolution/crop settings (keeping mod16 in mind of course).

/me is a happy camper with this script. I will see to hit that paypal button soon :)

[Mrsash]

Indeed. Q18 gives some very nice results. Together with the CQ Optimized settings, the results are great. And the final files is about 1/3rd to 1/2 of the original DVD/MPG, while I can't see the difference. The size is a bit on the big side, since I prefer to use DTS tracks, or the original AAC files. Only LPCM I will recode to lame 320kbits.
I spend some time checking the right resolution/crop settings (keeping mod16 in mind of course).

/me is a happy camper with this script. I will see to hit that paypal button soon :)

guys I am having a hard time figuring out which profiles to use and what not. I am not new to this board but am new to the whole x264 experience and am not ashamed to admit coming from AutoGK that I am totally lost. I tried a couple of encodes but somehow they dont seem perfect like other encodes I have seen from other people. please help as to what profiles I should be playing with? I dont care about time to encode. I care about file size verses quality.
thanks

[botcherO]

Use Constant_Quality.xml, Pure Constant Quality Mode, with an Quantitizer of 18, and you should get a pretty decent Quality, if the Final File is to big, try to increment the Quantitizer by one. As said, it all depends on your needs. (Burn to 4,7GB or 8,5 GB DVD-R, or just saving to Harddisks [which are cheaper then DVD-R per GB anyways]) :D

[delacroixp]

Only LPCM I will recode to lame 320kbits.
DTS is quite beautifull (see 10.2 or 22.2 chanel surround (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surround_sound#10.2_Channel_Surround)) ... LPCM can be converted to AAC (albeit only stereo).


It's all good
:):devil::D
Pascal

[Chengbin]

I also can't get AutoMKV to see the new filter I've put in exe>filter (tweak.dll). When I open movie.avs, it shows the plugin loaded. But when I type in Tweak (Sat=3.0) under the filter box, x264 will not encode.

EDIT, actually, if I put tweak.dll in the filter folder, no matter what filter I choose in AutoMKV, it won't encode.

[Mrsash]

Use Constant_Quality.xml, Pure Constant Quality Mode, with an Quantitizer of 18, and you should get a pretty decent Quality, if the Final File is to big, try to increment the Quantitizer by one. As said, it all depends on your needs. (Burn to 4,7GB or 8,5 GB DVD-R, or just saving to Harddisks [which are cheaper then DVD-R per GB anyways]) :D

Thanks for the reply mate. I tried exactly what you advised but there seems to be a problem. I fed Automkv with a 645 MB avi and the settings you mentioned and it created a 640 Mb Mp4 file. How can this be right? As I understood it should be compressing a fair bit. I left frame size to original and Audio to Nero AAC 0.35(dont exactly know what this 0.35 means) and ended up with a file size almost equal to the original? Go figure. Is something wrong with latest Automkv?
thanks

[botcherO]

Thanks for the reply mate. I tried exactly what you advised but there seems to be a problem. I fed Automkv with a 645 MB avi and the settings you mentioned and it created a 640 Mb Mp4 file. How can this be right? As I understood it should be compressing a fair bit. I left frame size to original and Audio to Nero AAC 0.35(dont exactly know what this 0.35 means) and ended up with a file size almost equal to the original? Go figure. Is something wrong with latest Automkv?
thanks

Hm, was the AVI already encoded with an other Codec like Xvid or DVIX? How long is the video (minutes), what resolution has it, and how is the quality of the generated MP4? Is it equal to the AVI or worse? (It can't be better through the nature of digital encoding; if you already lost some picture information on the old encode, you will never get it back.)
If you still have it, try the encode with the DVD, instead of the AVI. So you get the best quality out of it, without artifacts of the old encoding. AutoMKV can rip DVDs too.

But if you just want a smaller file from the AVI, try to encode it with an QRF of 20. But you might reduce the quality, though.

[Mrsash]

Hm, was the AVI already encoded with an other Codec like Xvid or DVIX? How long is the video (minutes), what resolution has it, and how is the quality of the generated MP4? Is it equal to the AVI or worse? (It can't be better through the nature of digital encoding; if you already lost some picture information on the old encode, you will never get it back.)
If you still have it, try the encode with the DVD, instead of the AVI. So you get the best quality out of it, without artifacts of the old encoding. AutoMKV can rip DVDs too.

But if you just want a smaller file from the AVI, try to encode it with an QRF of 20. But you might reduce the quality, though.

Video was Xvid/Ac3 sterio about 60 minutes 720x(something). Not at home now to check. But I would assume that what xvid needs to encode x264 would need half as much or close but did not expect a saving of only 5 Mb

[botcherO]

But I would assume that what xvid needs to encode x264 would need half as much or close but did not expect a saving of only 5 Mb

No, it's rather that you get a much better quality with the same output file size. But reencoding an already with xvid encoded Movie makes, as mentioned, no sense, 'cause you lost the crucial quality anyway in the first place.

If you still have the source, i would recommend you use this for the encode, instead of the xvid.

[marklar]

Hi, I am trying to set up configuration for reencoding of my DVD collection to MPEG4. I plan to use MKV/X264/AAC|AC3. I have only one problem. I would rather set desired bitrate for the video output, or size of video stream instead of the size of the whole output file. I don't care about the size of output file, but important is the quality of video output. How can I set something like average bitrate or stream size for X264 video output in AutoMKV?

Thanks o lot.

[buzzqw]

How can I set something like average bitrate

use manual bitrate in advanced settings

BHH

[marklar]

use manual bitrate in advanced settings

BHH

heh, I didn't realize, that when I check the check box, edit box will appear ;)

thanks!

[marklar]

Hi,

I am using AutoMKV for DVD to MKV transcoding and it works fine.

But when I wanted to transcode MKV file containing MPEG2 video, 2x AC3 audio and 2x subs to MKV file containing X264 video, I have found the following problem: If I open MKV as input, I see only one audio stream and no subs inside. Any idea? Is it bad idea to use AutoMKV to transcode MKV to MKV with diferent codecs inside?

Thanks!

[buzzqw]

Automkv don't detect subs on mkv

USE HDCONVERTTOX, it will allow subs

BHH

[marklar]

Is HDConvertToX something like successor of AutoMKV? Do you recommend to use it also for DVD to MKV transcoding? I was reading your information, that you plan to stop develop AutoMKV and rather enhance HDConvertToX, but I am not sure about the status of these tools.

Thanks for great tools and instant support!

[buzzqw]

Is HDConvertToX something like successor of AutoMKV?
Yes

Do you recommend to use it also for DVD to MKV transcoding?
Yes

I was reading your information, that you plan to stop develop AutoMKV and rather enhance HDConvertToX
yes, again

try HDC, you will be surprised ;)

BHH

[marklar]

try HDC, you will be surprised ;)

BHH

HDC is nice, but I am missing two features in HDC, which I am using in AutoMKV (maybe I should post this in HDC thread):
1. AUTO Deinterlace - in AutoMKV I can set AUTO deint, which is also default; in HDC I have to manually perform Deint test for every movie, which is much less effective
2. Different settings for two audio channels - in AutoMKV I can set different audio settings for two audio streams and I am really using this feature (e.g. I am directly copying AC3 or DTS stream as audio 1 and recoding stereo stream in diferent language to AAC as audio 2); this is not possible in HDC

[buzzqw]

yes, you are right at both point

and for 1) i am working on it
for 2) , i will not implement this feature in short time

BHH

[marklar]

yes, you are right at both point

and for 1) i am working on it
for 2) , i will not implement this feature in short time

BHH

these priorities are very fine, because the second feature is less important also for me ;)

[valnar]

Automkv don't detect subs on mkv

USE HDCONVERTTOX, it will allow subs

BHH

Wow. I have only been watching this subscribed thread for so long that I missed this. I'll check it out!

[Dante.Xaiver]

Im trying to encode a dvd using a avi container with the xvid codec and original audio source i set the output size as 1/3 of a dvd i start to encode it goes through the first indexing stage but it stops and gives me a message saying virtual dub can not open movie.avi specified file can not be found

what is going on here? log is below


18:36:16 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18:36:16 OS Version: Windows Server 2003
18:36:16 Selected Input file: E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
18:36:16 Selected Output dir: E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\
18:36:16 Selected Final Name: MONSTER_SQUAD
18:36:16 Selected Container type: AVI
18:36:16 Selected Encoder: XviD
18:36:16 Selected Size: 1/3 DVD-R / 1
18:36:16 Selected Profile: Constant_Quality.xml
18:36:16 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / AutoCrop Only
18:36:16 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
18:36:16 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
18:36:16 Selected Field Order: AUTO
18:36:16 NeroAACEnc.exe: not present
18:36:16 Enabled Constant Quality With Fixed Size (Q 20)
18:36:16 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
18:36:16 Using Matrix: Didees SixOfNine-HVS.cqm
18:36:16 Track Language 1: 80: English (AC3 6ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
18:36:16 Audio Codec 1: Copy Original
18:36:16 Track Language 2: NONE
18:36:16 Audio Codec 2: Lame
18:36:16 Activate Anamorphic Encoding
18:36:16 Selected Hit Media Size
18:36:16 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [1:22:04:04]
18:36:16 Dgindex CMD: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80 -YR=2 -AIF=[E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob] -OF=[E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
18:40:17 D2V file size: 693118 bytes
18:40:17 Audio 1: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
18:40:17 Pre Audio 1' Size: 275969792 bytes
18:40:17 Renamed file movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms_.ac3
18:40:17 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms_.ac3 275969792 bytes
18:40:18 Unable to determine movie properties , switched to DirectShowSource
18:40:18 Unable to determine movie properties with DirectShowSource, switched to FFVideoSource
18:40:18 Unable to determine movie properties with FFVideoSource. Now analyzing with MediaInfo
18:40:18 Aspect ratio: 16:9
18:40:18 Number of Frames:
18:40:18 Framerate: 29.970
18:40:18 Movie length in Seconds: 1
18:40:18 Movie Width/Height: 720/480
18:40:18 DgIndex AR: 16:9
18:40:18 Number of Frames:
18:40:18 Framerate: 29.970
18:40:18 Movie length in Seconds: 1
18:40:18 Movie Width/Height: 720/480
18:40:18 DgIndex AR: 16:9
18:40:18 Number of Frames:
18:40:18 Framerate: 29.970
18:40:18 Movie length in Seconds: 1
18:40:18 Movie Width/Height: 720/480
18:40:18 DgIndex AR: 16:9
18:40:18 Source is hybrid bff and tff at 0 bff and 0 tff.
18:40:18 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
18:40:18 Analyzed 0 sections of five frames
18:40:18 Found Interlace Sections: 0 -1.#J%
18:40:18 Found Progressive Sections:0 -1.#J%
18:40:18 Found Telecined Sections: 0 -1.#J%
18:40:18 Found Zero Mov: -1.#J% 0
18:40:18 Found One Mov: -1.#J% 0
18:40:18 Found Two Mov: -1.#J% 0
18:40:18 Found Three Mov: -1.#J% 0
18:40:18 Found Four Mov: -1.#J% 0
18:40:18 Found Five Mov: -1.#J% 0
18:40:18 Testing ABR of: 10239075
18:40:18 CQ encoding XviD: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe -bitrate 10239075 -turbo -stats xvid.stats -progress -max_bframes 2 -imax 31 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -qtype 0 -pmax 31 -bmax 31 -bquant_ratio 100 -bquant_offset 0 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -par 40:33 -qmatrix "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Didees SixOfNine-HVS.cqm" -i "E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\resmovie.avs" -type 2 -avi "E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\resmovie.avi"
18:40:18 Average Iquant: -1.#J - Pquant: -1.#J - Bquant: -1.#J Value used: -1.#J
18:40:18 Finished Autosize procedure
18:40:18 Tested total movie: 5%
18:40:18 AutoResize movie size: -1 bytes
18:40:18 Movie Width suggested: -2954117104 value based on sample size (-410294048.00% of original width)
18:40:18 Warning !!! - Too low resolution. Set witdh to 240
18:40:19 CQ encoding XviD: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe -cq 2 -progress -max_bframes 2 -imax 31 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -qtype 0 -pmax 31 -bmax 31 -bquant_ratio 100 -bquant_offset 0 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -par 40:33 -qmatrix "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Didees SixOfNine-HVS.cqm" -i "E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -avi "E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\movie.avi"
18:40:19 Accepted values are between 1479278592 and 1572706688 bytes (movie+audio)
18:40:19 Got a file of size: -1 bytes + audio size 275969792 bytes (275969792)
18:40:19 Switching to ABR mode
18:40:19 ABR encoding XviD: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe -bitrate 10239075 -progress -max_bframes 2 -imax 31 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -qtype 0 -pmax 31 -bmax 31 -bquant_ratio 100 -bquant_offset 0 -nopacked -nochromame -bvhq -threads 0 -lumimasking -par 40:33 -qmatrix "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Didees SixOfNine-HVS.cqm" -i "E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -avi "E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\movie.avi"
18:40:19 Using VirtualDubMod for Muxing!
18:40:24 Encoding finished: 00:00:05 elapsed time
18:40:24 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
18:40:24 Script Resmovie.avs
18:40:24
18:40:24 #loadpluginstart
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test1
18:40:24
18:40:24 #importstart
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test2
18:40:24
18:40:24 movie = mpeg2source("E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\movie.d2v")
18:40:24 function getOrder(clip c) {
18:40:24 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
18:40:24 Return order }
18:40:24 #filter1start
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test3
18:40:24
18:40:24 last=movie
18:40:24 fixed_aspect = -1.#IND00
18:40:24 out_width =
18:40:24 #Aspect_Error = -1.#IO%
18:40:24 out_height = 0
18:40:24 #resizestart
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test4
18:40:24
18:40:24 SimpleResize(out_width,out_height)
18:40:24 #filter2start
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test5
18:40:24
18:40:24 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
18:40:24 function Comptest(clip c, float percent)
18:40:24 {
18:40:24 frange=floor(14./(percent/100.))
18:40:24 Return SelectRangeEvery(c, frange, 14)
18:40:24 }
18:40:24 Comptest(last,5)
18:40:24 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
18:40:24 Script movie.avs
18:40:24
18:40:24 #loadpluginstart
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test1
18:40:24
18:40:24 #importstart
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test2
18:40:24
18:40:24 movie = mpeg2source("E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\movie.d2v")
18:40:24 function getOrder(clip c) {
18:40:24 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
18:40:24 Return order }
18:40:24 #filter1start
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test3
18:40:24
18:40:24 last=movie
18:40:24 fixed_aspect = -1.#IND00
18:40:24 out_width =
18:40:24 #Aspect_Error = -1.#IO%
18:40:24 out_height = 0
18:40:24 #resizestart
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test4
18:40:24
18:40:24 SimpleResize(out_width,out_height)
18:40:24 #filter2start
18:40:24
18:40:24 #test5
18:40:24
18:40:24 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
18:40:24 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
18:40:24 Script mkvmaudio.avs
18:40:24
18:40:24 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
18:40:24 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
18:40:24 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\exe\BeSweet\BassAudio.dll")
18:40:24 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Automkv\exe\filter\FFMS2.dll")
18:40:24 NicAC3Source("E:\Movies\The Monster Squad\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3")
18:40:24 #Applying STEREO downmixing routines
18:40:24 function stereo(clip a)
18:40:24 {
18:40:24 flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
18:40:24 fcc = GetChannel(a, 3)
18:40:24 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
18:40:24 lfc = MixAudio(fcc, lfe, 0.2071, 0.2071)
18:40:24 mix = MergeChannels(lfc, lfc)
18:40:24 lrc = MixAudio(flr, mix, 0.2929, 1.0)
18:40:24 blr = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
18:40:24 Return MixAudio(lrc, blr, 1.0, 0.2929)
18:40:24 }
18:40:24 #
18:40:24 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : last
18:40:24 function addvideo(clip c) {
18:40:24 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
18:40:24 Return audiodub(last,c)
18:40:24 }
18:40:24 Normalize()
18:40:24
18:40:24 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
18:40:24 Script VirtualDubMod.vcf
18:40:24
18:40:24 VirtualDub.Open("E:\\Movies\\The Monster Squad\\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\\temp\\movie.avi",0,0);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.RemoveInputStreams();
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("E:\\Movies\\The Monster Squad\\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\\temp\\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms_.ac3",0x00000203,0);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].DeleteComments(1);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].AdjustChapters(1);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetClipMode(1,1);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetVolume();
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetCompression();
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].EnableFilterGraph(0);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.stream[0].filters.Clear();
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.DeleteComments(1);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.AddComment(0x00000005,"ISFT","Done with AutoMKV! 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178");
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.AdjustChapters(1);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
18:40:24 VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
18:40:24 VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\Movies\\The Monster Squad\\MONSTER_SQUAD_D1\\MONSTER_SQUAD.avi");
18:40:24 VirtualDub.Close();
18:40:24
18:40:24 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[buzzqw]

reinstall avisynth

BHH

[pepeduran]

Anybody noticed how slow automkv is in Win7. What used to take 2 hours now takes 6hours

[buzzqw]

automkv ISN'T slow since it's a gui. X264 can be slow... and x264 ISN't SLOW

it's the directshow decoder that's is slow..

BHH

[Chengbin]

How do I make AutoMKV convert a 29.97 fps video to a 23.97 video?

[buzzqw]

apply FILM deinterlace

BHH

[Chengbin]

How do I use a high quality deinterlacer?

[buzzqw]

How do I use a high quality deinterlacer?

usually by checking the appropriate check

anyway ivtc is already optimized, so even if you check HQ Deint , the deinterlace applyed would be the same as not checked HQ Deint


BHH

[Chengbin]

How do I bob a source in AutoMKV?

[buzzqw]

just write on Deinterlace list: Bob()

BHH

[Mrsash]

Ok 2 new problems

Problem 1

Error message No CRF FOUND - Skipping !!! Please download a newer build of x264

11:04:18 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11:04:18 OS Version: Windows XP
11:04:18 Selected Input file: E:\New Folder (7)\Video.mpg
11:04:18 Selected Output dir: D:\temp\
11:04:18 Selected Final Name: Video
11:04:18 Selected Container type: MKV
11:04:18 Selected Encoder: X264
11:04:18 Selected Size: 1/4 DVD-R / 1
11:04:18 Selected Profile: Constant_Quality.xml
11:04:18 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / AutoCrop Only
11:04:18 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
11:04:18 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
11:04:18 Selected Field Order: AUTO
11:04:18 Enabled Constant Quality With Fixed Size (Q 18)
11:04:18 Track Language 1: All Audio Tracks
11:04:18 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
11:04:18 Audio Quality 1: 0.35
11:04:18 Audio Channel 1: Original
11:04:18 Track Language 2: NONE
11:04:18 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
11:04:18 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
11:04:18 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
11:04:18 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
11:04:18 Lame Settings: ABR
11:04:18 Audio Normalization: 1
11:04:18 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
11:04:18 Selected Hit Media Size
11:05:32 Extracting all audio tracks with ffmpeg
11:05:34 Number of Frames: 225825
11:05:34 Framerate: 25.000000
11:05:34 Movie length in Seconds: 9034
11:05:34 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
11:05:34 DgIndex AR: 4:3
11:10:13 Source is declared tff by a margin of 32/29.
11:10:14 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
11:10:14 Analyzed 747 sections of five frames
11:10:14 Found Interlace Sections: 687 91.97%
11:10:14 Found Progressive Sections:41 5.49%
11:10:14 Found Telecined Sections: 19 2.54%
11:10:14 Found Zero Mov: 5.49% 41
11:10:14 Found One Mov: 2.68% 20
11:10:14 Found Two Mov: 2.54% 19
11:10:14 Found Three Mov: 1.20% 9
11:10:14 Found Four Mov: 3.08% 23
11:10:14 Found Five Mov: 85.01% 635
11:10:14 The Movie is declared to interlaced
11:10:14 Starting X264 AutoResize with WIDTH of AutoCrop Only and wanted size of 1169162240 bytes
11:10:14 Testing ABR of: 1030
11:10:14 CRF encoding X264: C:\Documents and Settings\Sash\Desktop\AutoMKV0983\exe\encoder\x264.exe --bitrate 1030 --ratetol inf --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 4 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter -1,-1 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output "D:\temp\resmovie.mp4" "D:\temp\resmovie.avs"
11:10:19 CRF Iterate LOG
11:10:19 End of first Sample LOG
11:10:19 No CRF FOUND - Skipping !!! Please download a newer build of x264
11:17:56 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11:17:56 OS Version: Windows XP
11:17:56 Selected Input file: E:\New Folder (7)\Video.mpg
11:17:56 Selected Output dir: D:\temp\
11:17:56 Selected Final Name: Video
11:17:56 Selected Container type: MKV
11:17:56 Selected Encoder: X264
11:17:56 Selected Size: 1/4 DVD-R / 1
11:17:56 Selected Profile: Constant_Quality.xml
11:17:56 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / AutoCrop Only
11:17:56 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
11:17:56 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
11:17:56 Selected Field Order: AUTO
11:17:56 Enabled Constant Quality With Fixed Size (Q 18)
11:17:56 Track Language 1: All Audio Tracks
11:17:56 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
11:17:56 Audio Quality 1: 0.35
11:17:56 Audio Channel 1: Original
11:17:56 Track Language 2: NONE
11:17:56 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
11:17:56 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
11:17:56 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
11:17:56 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
11:17:56 Lame Settings: ABR
11:17:56 Audio Normalization: 1
11:17:56 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
11:17:56 Selected Hit Media Size
11:21:13 Extracting all audio tracks with ffmpeg
11:21:16 Number of Frames: 225825
11:21:16 Framerate: 25.000000
11:21:16 Movie length in Seconds: 9034
11:21:16 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
11:21:16 DgIndex AR: 4:3
11:23:57 Source is declared tff by a margin of 32/29.
11:23:57 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
11:23:57 Analyzed 747 sections of five frames
11:23:57 Found Interlace Sections: 687 91.97%
11:23:57 Found Progressive Sections:41 5.49%
11:23:57 Found Telecined Sections: 19 2.54%
11:23:57 Found Zero Mov: 5.49% 41
11:23:57 Found One Mov: 2.68% 20
11:23:57 Found Two Mov: 2.54% 19
11:23:57 Found Three Mov: 1.20% 9
11:23:57 Found Four Mov: 3.08% 23
11:23:57 Found Five Mov: 85.01% 635
11:23:57 The Movie is declared to interlaced
11:23:57 Starting X264 AutoResize with WIDTH of AutoCrop Only and wanted size of 1169162240 bytes
11:23:57 Testing ABR of: 1030
11:23:57 CRF encoding X264: C:\Documents and Settings\Sash\Desktop\AutoMKV0983\exe\encoder\x264.exe --bitrate 1030 --ratetol inf --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 4 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter -1,-1 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output "D:\temp\resmovie.mp4" "D:\temp\resmovie.avs"
11:23:59 CRF Iterate LOG
11:23:59 End of first Sample LOG
11:23:59 No CRF FOUND - Skipping !!! Please download a newer build of x264





Probelm 2
Second problem is I encode vids and it ends up not muxing the end product. When I queue several jobs it overwrites the temp folder whcih means I cant get to raw files to mux anymore. Please help thanks

[buzzqw]

11:10:14 Starting X264 AutoResize with WIDTH of AutoCrop Only and wanted size of 1169162240 bytes

dont' use autoresize and CRF encoding, isn't a good choice

just use autocrop only and CRF encoding

and, more important, automkv was replaced by HDConvertToX, my new application

please, use it

BHH

[Chengbin]

FFmpegSource incorrectly decoded a 23.976 video as 25fps and got x264 to encoded it as 25fps. Is there any way to fix that?

DSS A/V correctly encoded it as 23.976, but it suffers from the slow framerate problem in the beginning of the encode.

[buzzqw]

post your sample and problem to ffmpegsource thread

(using HDC you can edit the queue and change framerate)

BHH

[Mrsash]

From HDC forum
anyway on avi/mkv source you MUST specify the muxing AR in advanced settings)

This fixed up anyway after I picked --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info. Hoping this is not a bad thing? I did not know how to calculate the AR. Other xvids I have done worked fine with "Force muxing DAR" set to Automatic, go figure?

I wanted automkv to encode at best quality for a number of videos and not care about the size. For this I was advised in this forum to pick Pure constant quality mode and set it to 18. If done so does it actually try to keep the raw quality or is picture quality sacrificed at all? I ask since for some videos I ended up with a file size mkv file almost 1.5 times the size of the original....

I cant seem to figure out why I dont get results like some really small 1 CD videos I have seen. Does the smaller frame mean better overall picture quality? I always thought its the other way round. Guessing here that lower frame size give more bitrate to play with?

thanks

[Tiberiust]

@Mrsash
I''m no expert myself, but I have never bothered with CQ and all that...I just stick to setting the bit rate manually. I usually test a cut piece of the original then encode several times at differing bit rates to get the file size vs quality I need. For TV shows I find that 750 kbps is adequate and even for good original quality films (not HD though), I achieve a 'no loss' encode at 1200kbps with a end file size incl audio at around 1GB. It does of course all depend on what your watching it on though!

I suggest yu leave AR as original, Deint auto and auto everything else yu can, don't use any filters, and experiment with the bit rate only - that's what I consider to be 'page 1' in AutoMKV, then yu can go on to mess abt with other settings from there...This is using x264.
T

[Mrsash]

@Mrsash
I''m no expert myself, but I have never bothered with CQ and all that...I just stick to setting the bit rate manually. I usually test a cut piece of the original then encode several times at differing bit rates to get the file size vs quality I need. For TV shows I find that 750 kbps is adequate and even for good original quality films (not HD though), I achieve a 'no loss' encode at 1200kbps with a end file size incl audio at around 1GB. It does of course all depend on what your watching it on though!

I suggest yu leave AR as original, Deint auto and auto everything else yu can, don't use any filters, and experiment with the bit rate only - that's what I consider to be 'page 1' in AutoMKV, then yu can go on to mess abt with other settings from there...This is using x264.
T

I shall try this.


Earlier I posted

Originally Posted by buzzqw View Post
anyway on avi/mkv source you MUST specify the muxing AR in advanced settings)
This fixed up anyway after I picked --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info. Hoping this is not a bad thing? I did not know how to calculate the AR. Other xvids I have done worked fine with "Force muxing DAR" set to Automatic, go figure?

I was a bit early to call it,it seems. I was working with a sample of the original and found the AR was right after automkv worked on it but did not work with the original file. I do leave AR to original on page 1. The muxing is a bit hard for me on the second page. If my movie is 720x304 can someone advise me the muxing AR I put? Is it 2.36?

thanks

[Chengbin]

buzzqw

Typing Bob() in the deinterlace box doesn't work. x264 crashes because avisynth can't decode the video.

[Mrsash]

I was a bit early to call it,it seems. I was working with a sample of the original and found the AR was right after automkv worked on it but did not work with the original file. I do leave AR to original on page 1. The muxing is a bit hard for me on the second page. If my movie is 720x304 can someone advise me the muxing AR I put? Is it 2.36?


Automkv wont let me put 2.36 I suppose I have to go with 2.35. Is this right? Why is there no where I can put custom AR?

thanks

[buzzqw]

buzzqw

Typing Bob() in the deinterlace box doesn't work. x264 crashes because avisynth can't decode the video.

open the video in virtualdub and check the error

Automkv wont let me put 2.36 I suppose I have to go with 2.35. Is this right? Why is there no where I can put custom AR?

thanks

you must select a custom fixed ar

BHH

[Mrsash]

open the video in virtualdub and check the error



you must select a custom fixed ar

BHH

Where do I pick this option in Automkv
Force muxing DAR some presets and Automatic. Where do I pick this?
thanks

[buzzqw]

in advanced settings you must use the "Force muxing dar" and select 2.35

BHH

[Mrsash]

in advanced settings you must use the "Force muxing dar" and select 2.35

BHH

Do I have to go by this AR considering the actual AR is 2.368 or something like that. Any particular reason it has to be one of these specific AR?

[Chengbin]

vdub says invalid arguments to function "Bob"

[buzzqw]

check avisynth manual about bob

BHH

[jp80]

To encode mp4 files which I can play on my PMP, I'm using a baseline profile since v0.93 and that works also in v0.95. However v0.98 can't output files with this profile, and as I guess it must be outdated while I have no clue on how to fix it, could somebody please help me by checking it in the attached file and post an updated one ?

[buzzqw]

could you please try my new HDConvertToX ?

BHH

[Chengbin]

What is MaxQuantDelta in the profile?

[noee]

vdub says invalid arguments to function "Bob"

You might have to do something like this:

movie = bob(movie)

I found the same issue when trying to use AutoMKV to decimate 60i AVCHD material to 24P. I had to specify as such:

movie = tfm(movie).tdecimate()

[mmad_mario]

Hi buzzqw
How Can I Convert Dvd To Mkv Whit Auto mkv
Plese Complite Guide Every One Menus
Thanks

[nofearx]

Hi all
when i chose wmv form cotainer the AutoMKV 0.98.4 is not responding but i already installed WMEncoder (9 serie's) + Windows Media Player 11
so i try older version AutoMKV 0.98 its work i used this program to converting from DVD to wmv using vc-1 is any thing different in AutoMKV 0.98.4 for this feature so how to fix this?
then i converting from vob to wmv using AutoMKV 0.98 but the quality changed to lower so what is the best setting to make it the same quality as converting from DVD to avi ?
Thanks

[buzzqw]

@nofearx

please use HDConvertToX, it include the "old" wmv encoder of automv

BHH

[mmad_mario]

buzzqw why didnt you answer me?
i want complite instructure quidance of convert dvd our any format to mkv with automkv.
again Thanks...

[buzzqw]

mmad_mario

i can't provide a full guide to dvd backup.

i can only suggest to try using automkv (or hdc), read the threads, and ask about doubt

usually a dvd backup is easy as :

1) rip your dvd to hd
2) launch automkv
3) open the video_ts.ifo
4) select container, codec video, codec audio and size
5) select final size
6) select audio/subs tracks
7) start

BHH

[Frozen-Figo]

Hi,

Sometimes I have no mkv (output) file after Automkv finished

EX

09:03:38 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
09:03:38 OS Version: Windows XP
09:03:38 Selected Input file: H:\B\movie.dga
09:03:38 Selected Output dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\
09:03:38 Selected Final Name: Beyonce at the BBC (2006) HD-1080 MBAFF
09:03:38 Selected Container type: MKV
09:03:38 Selected Encoder: X264
09:03:38 Selected Size: Don't care about size / 1
09:03:38 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Balanced.xml
09:03:38 Selected Resizer: Spline36Resize (neutral sharp) / 1280
09:03:38 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
09:03:38 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
09:03:38 Selected Field Order: AUTO
09:03:38 Specify Quality: 75
09:03:38 Enabled CRF/CQ AutoRes at 20 value
09:03:38 Track Language 1: movie.dga PID 910 L2 2ch 48 256 DELAY -758ms.mp2
09:03:38 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
09:03:38 Audio Quality 1: 0.40
09:03:38 Audio Channel 1: DPL II
09:03:38 Track Language 2: NONE
09:03:38 Audio Codec 2: Lame
09:03:38 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
09:03:38 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
09:03:38 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
09:03:38 Lame Settings: ABR
09:03:38 Audio Normalization: 1
09:03:38 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
09:03:38
09:03:40 Extracting audio track 1 movie.dga PID 910 L2 2ch 48 256 DELAY -758ms.mp2 with ffmpeg
09:03:40 Applying DelayAudio of -758 to audio file: movie.dga PID 910 L2 2ch 48 256 DELAY -758ms.mp2
09:03:40 Encoding C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\movie.dga PID 910 L2 2ch 48 256 DELAY -758ms.mp2 to NeroAAC with 0.40 quality
09:03:50 DGA File Size: 474 bytes
09:03:50 Number of Frames: 1
09:03:50 Framerate: 25.000000
09:03:50 Movie length in Seconds: 1
09:03:50 Movie Width/Height: 1440/1080
09:03:51 Source is hybrid bff and tff at 0 bff and 0 tff.
09:03:51 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
09:03:51 Analyzed 0 sections of five frames
09:03:51 Found Interlace Sections: 0 -1.#J%
09:03:51 Found Progressive Sections:0 -1.#J%
09:03:51 Found Telecined Sections: 0 -1.#J%
09:03:51 Found Zero Mov: -1.#J% 0
09:03:51 Found One Mov: -1.#J% 0
09:03:51 Found Two Mov: -1.#J% 0
09:03:51 Found Three Mov: -1.#J% 0
09:03:51 Found Four Mov: -1.#J% 0
09:03:51 Found Five Mov: -1.#J% 0
09:03:51 Starting X264
09:03:51 Command Line 1' Pass X264: G:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --crf 21.25 --stats "C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --ref 3 --filter -1,-1 --subme 9 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.0 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --no-chroma-me --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aud --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.1:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\movie.264" "C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\movie.avs"
09:03:53 Finished 1' Pass X264
09:03:53 Only Movie Size: 0 bytes
09:03:54 "G:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\Beyonce at the BBC (2006) HD-1080 MBAFF.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"Beyonce at the BBC (2006) HD-1080 MBAFF" --aspect-ratio -1:1.777778 "C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\movie.264" "C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\audio1.mp4" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.98.4 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178 "
09:03:54 Final Muxed size: -1 bytes
09:03:54 Encoding finished: 00:00:03 elapsed time
09:03:54 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
09:03:54 Script AutoCrop.log
09:03:54
09:03:54 Crop(718,538,4,4)
09:03:54 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
09:03:54 Script movie.avs
09:03:54
09:03:54 #loadpluginstart
09:03:54
09:03:54 #test1
09:03:54
09:03:54 #importstart
09:03:54
09:03:54 #test2
09:03:54
09:03:54 movie = AVCSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\movie.dga")
09:03:54 function getOrder(clip c) {
09:03:54 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
09:03:54 Return order }
09:03:54 #filter1start
09:03:54
09:03:54 #test3
09:03:54
09:03:54 last=movie.Crop(718,538,4,4)
09:03:54 fixed_aspect = 1.000000
09:03:54 out_width = 1280
09:03:54 #Aspect_Error = 0.000%
09:03:54 out_height = 720
09:03:54 #resizestart
09:03:54
09:03:54 #test4
09:03:54
09:03:54 Spline36Resize(out_width,out_height)
09:03:54 #filter2start
09:03:54
09:03:54 #test5
09:03:54
09:03:54 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
09:03:54 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
09:03:54 Script mkvmaudio.avs
09:03:54
09:03:54 LoadPlugin("G:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
09:03:54 LoadPlugin("G:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
09:03:54 LoadPlugin("G:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\BeSweet\BassAudio.dll")
09:03:54 NicMPG123Source("C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\movie.dga PID 910 L2 2ch 48 256 DELAY -758ms.mp2")
09:03:54 function addvideo(clip c) {
09:03:54 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
09:03:54 Return audiodub(last,c)
09:03:54 }
09:03:54 Normalize()
09:03:54 ConvertAudioTo16bit()
09:03:54 #Applying DPL II downmixing routines
09:03:54 function DPLII(clip a)
09:03:54 {
09:03:54 fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
09:03:54 fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
09:03:54 c = GetChannel(a, 3)
09:03:54 sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
09:03:54 sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
09:03:54 ssl = MixAudio(sl, sr, 0.2818, 0.1627).Amplify(-1.0)
09:03:54 fl_c = MixAudio(fl, c, 0.3254, 0.2301)
09:03:54 ssr = MixAudio(sl, sr, 0.1627, 0.2818)
09:03:54 fr_c = MixAudio(fr, c, 0.3254, 0.2301)
09:03:54 l = MixAudio(ssl, fl_c, 1.0, 1.0)
09:03:54 r = MixAudio(ssr, fr_c, 1.0, 1.0)
09:03:54 Return MergeChannels(l, r)
09:03:54 }
09:03:54 #
09:03:54 6==Audiochannels() ? DPLII() : last
09:03:54 Soundout(output="cmd",type=1,autoclose=true,executable="G:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\besweet\neroaacenc.exe",prefilename=" -ignorelength -q 0.40 -if - -of audio1.mp4",postfilename="",nofilename=true,showoutput=false)
09:03:54 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
09:03:54 Script mkvmaudio.bat
09:03:54
09:03:54 "G:\My DVB\NEW\AutoMKV0984\exe\matroska\\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\Frozen\Desktop\temp\mkvmaudio.avs" /x
09:03:54
09:03:54 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Can I find the problem from log file ?

Thanks for ur hard work

[buzzqw]

your dga isn't ok, or compatible with dgavcindex

open the movie.avs with virtualdub

please try HDConvertToX

BHH

[mmad_mario]

Hi buzzqw Thanks for your helping
can you tell me what do each filters menu do in basic setting tab?

[Frozen-Figo]

your dga isn't ok, or compatible with dgavcindex

open the movie.avs with virtualdub

please try HDConvertToX

BHH

Thanks

HDConvertToX works fine.

Off topic : can you guide me for a good GUI Ts.h264 cutter ?

[Chengbin]

Off topic : can you guide me for a good GUI Ts.h264 cutter ?

TSSplitter

[Frozen-Figo]

TSSplitter

Thanks I will give it a try

[ssgg]

making mkv is fine but having problemn with generating avi from mkv files. virturaldub crashes on final muxing of the files.

03:31:22 Script mkvmaudio.bat
03:31:22
03:31:22 "C:\TV\AutoMKV0983\exe\matroska\\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe" "E:\test\temp\mkvmaudio.avs" /x
03:31:22 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
03:31:22 Script VirtualDubMod.vcf
03:31:22
03:31:22 VirtualDub.Open("E:\\test\\temp\\movie.avi",0,0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.RemoveInputStreams();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("E:\\test\\temp\\audio1.mp3",0x00000202,1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].DeleteComments(1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].AdjustChapters(1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetClipMode(1,1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetVolume();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].SetCompression();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].EnableFilterGraph(0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[0].filters.Clear();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].DeleteComments(1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].AdjustChapters(1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetMode(0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetClipMode(1,1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetVolume();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetCompression();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].EnableFilterGraph(0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].filters.Clear();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.DeleteComments(1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.AddComment(0x00000005,"ISFT","Done with AutoMKV! 0.98.3 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178");
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.AdjustChapters(1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\test\\testvid.avi");
03:31:22 VirtualDub.Close();
03:31:22
03:31:22 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -



It appears the following is crashing virtualdub


03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].DeleteComments(1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].AdjustChapters(1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetMode(0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetClipMode(1,1);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetVolume();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].SetCompression();
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].EnableFilterGraph(0);
03:31:22 VirtualDub.stream[1].filters.Clear();

I only have one audio track. I am not sure why VD is trying to mux this additional stream.

[Chengbin]

buzzqw, how do I make the profiles compatible with the current version of x264?

[buzzqw]

@ssgg

Welcome to the Forum!

please use HDConvertToX

@Chengbin

good question

i will analyze it

BHH

[dichtomat]

I asked this some time ago, but until now nobody could help me:

Why is HybridFupp not available as resizer in the newer Automkv versions? It was perfect for some old anime (good colors, no artefacts etc.). I can still find the file in the automkv folder, but the option doesn't show up in the resize menu.

Will there be new versions of automkv in the future or is HDConvertToX the new version?

[Honeyko]

Has development of AutoMKV ceased?

(I still prefer to rip XviD/AVI for most TV-capture projects, particularly cartoons, since there are so many filters available.)

[buzzqw]

hybridfupp was removed because of incompatibility with recent version of plugins

HDConvertTox is the future of AutoMKV, as now it do much more and is more stable.

well it do some less.. but the future is HDC (stable queue, good support to hd format, multi audio e subs selections, easy codec configuration..)

BHH