Difficulty Locating Video Comparison Software

[ConsciousEffect]

Hi I have recently begun playing around with handbrake but I cant find the software necessary to compare my different encoding attempts. I imagine this software having 2 probably 400x400 pixel samples with the exes pixelage cut away obviously, so each box shows the same partial portion of its relative sample, the ability to sync the frames of the separate streams up and the ability to speed and slow the frame rate for detailed analysis. Im sure this software exists but searching all logical keywords I can think of turns up nothing but **** Im not interested in. Hope someone can help. :thanks:

[MatLz]

Hi, in avisynth you can use the stackhorizontal/stackvertical functions for display your videos in the same time.

[neuron2]

Yes, and you can apply Crop() on each before stacking to isolate rectangles.

[MatLz]

Yes and you can use assumefps(x) to up or down the speed for your detailed analysis.

[ConsciousEffect]

thanks for your replies guys. Im looking at the Wikipedia article on avisynth and it looks like I need to learn computer programing before I can even use this program. I hope im mistaken but I dont think im ready to go to college for 4 years to learn how to compare video streams =P. If this process isnt as difficult as im making it out to be, maybe someone could tell me how they got started with this program or the best place for beginners guides. Ive never tried to use a program with out a gui before, maybe I should start with the basics of script controlled programs, if there is any uniformity there at all.

also i just remembered another thing ive been doing my rips in matroska because the impression i got from wikipedia was that it was basically the same as avi except it could contain hd signals and avi could not, so i really dont know what container i should be using, every reference look at basically says its a matter of preference with out giving the necessary information required for me to develop a preference. this post though makes it sound as if maybe video editing is simpler with avi?

[neuron2]

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page

[saint-francis]

thanks for your replies guys. Im looking at the Wikipedia article on avisynth and it looks like I need to learn computer programing before I can even use this program. I hope im mistaken but I dont think im ready to go to college for 4 years to learn how to compare video streams =P. If this process isnt as difficult as im making it out to be, maybe someone could tell me how they got started with this program or the best place for beginners guides. Ive never tried to use a program with out a gui before, maybe I should start with the basics of script controlled programs, if there is any uniformity there at all.

also i just remembered another thing ive been doing my rips in matroska because the impression i got from wikipedia was that it was basically the same as avi except it could contain hd signals and avi could not, so i really dont know what container i should be using, every reference look at basically says its a matter of preference with out giving the necessary information required for me to develop a preference. this post though makes it sound as if maybe video editing is simpler with avi?

Yes, for those of us who don't have a background in programing it can be daunting at times. None the less, the tools listed above are pretty easy to use. I'm not familiar with handbreak but I assume it uses avisynth? If so it creates a file called something.avs. Open that in notepad. The kind of avs that a gui creates is not so complicated. Using the link neuron2 posted you should be able to quickly track down what everything in the script does. Next look into a tool called AVPS (forum search here will scare it up pretty quick). It is an interactive tool for working with avisynth.Then you can crop out portions of the images, stack them on top of each other, and "assumefps" to slow down the speed so you can have a better look at what's going on.
If handbrake doesn't use avisynth I suggest you try to experiment with a GUI that does: MeGUI for example.

P.S. Stick with matroska. Sounds like you are on the right track there in my opinion.