Encode Problem with meGUI

[Zergrinch]

I'm not really sure why this happened, since I've been able to encode in the past without any problems.

When I load an AVS script to meGUI, the preview window opens fine. But upon activating AutoEncode and starting the job, the job progress window pops up for a few seconds, and... disappears. The job status is changed to "Error".

This error occurs when I use x264 and xVid. Intriguingly enough, Snow doesn't throw up any errors.

Checking the logs give the following uninformative transcript:

[Information] Log for job4 (video, test.avs -> )
-[Information] [3/28/2009 3:16:03 PM] Started handling job
-[Information] [3/28/2009 3:16:03 PM] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 1000 --stats "C:\test\test.stats" --bframes 16 --b-pyramid --direct auto --deblock 1:1 --subme 2 --partitions none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --aq-mode 0 --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "C:\test\test.avs"
-[Information] [3/28/2009 3:16:04 PM] Encoding started
-[NoImage] Standard output stream
-[NoImage] Standard error stream
-[Information] [3/28/2009 3:16:05 PM] Job completed

I have taken the following steps, without success:

Reinstall meGUI and redownload all components
Uninstall and reinstall the latest version of AviSynth
Uninstall and reinstall the CCCP


I have recently upgraded my memory and sound card. But I seriously doubt this has any impact on that!

Any suggestions?

[Kurtnoise]

post your entire logfile...

[Zergrinch]

That IS the entire log for the job, and there's nothing left to report (which is why I'm scratching my head). The encoder basically just gives up, and as you can see, proclaims "Job completed" a second after it starts.

Here's the versions, hardware, and autoencode job generation log, though I fear it's of little troubleshooting utility:

[Warning] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1022
--[NoImage] OS : Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.1433)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: C:\Test\test.mkv
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: C:\Test\test-muxed.mkv

[Kurtnoise]

could you try to encode manually ?...I mean, copy & paste the x264 command line from the logfile and use it directly in the prompt. Does it work or not ?

[Zergrinch]

Hoo boy, it doesn't work. Not even a single error message.

http://upload.jetsam.org/images//cmdwindow.png

The AVS script is merely two lines long:
AVISource("C:\Test\Test.avi", audio=false)
TextSub("C:\Test\Funsubs.ass")

Should I reformat or something? I can't find anything on event logs, and my antivirus client isn't blocking x264.

[Adub]

You do realize that that is just the first pass, right? You will not have a resulting video file from that. Check your "C:\test" directory, and you should have a file named stats in there.

However, if you are still having problems, redownload x264 and try again.

[Zergrinch]

Yes, but x264 does absolutely nothing - it just closes a second after the command is invoked. I have tried a version of x264 downloaded from http://x264.nl/ to no avail.

[Sharktooth]

does your test.avs file play correctly in a diretcshow media player?

[Zergrinch]

I have solved the problem.

Apparently I have too many things in my Avisynth 2.5\plugins folder. After purging it, I was able to encode once again. It looks like this folder wasn't wiped out during uninstalls.

No idea exactly what plugins are causing the problem, but eh, problem solved.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys!