how to update autoMKV codecs ??

[ahmad2008]

hello everyone
I am using autoMKV 0.98.4 ( the latest release i believe ) but the codecs associated with are outdated specifically X264 and Xvid.

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X264 latest release is r1947 but autoMkv has r1092
Xvid latest release is 1.3.1 but autoMkv has 1.2.1

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so please tell me :
how to update autoMKV X264 and Xvid codecs ??
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Thanks in advance

[ahmad2008]

let me rephrase the question :

When will be the next release of autoMKV that supports the latest x264 and Xvid codecs ???
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this is a great software it is a shame let it die like this .

[nurbs]

I don't think there will be new AutoMKV releases.
You can replace the x264 and xvid executables with new ones manually. You just have to replace x264.exe, xvid_encraw.exe and possibly xvidcore.dll in the "/automkv/exe/encoder/" directory. The indexing software and other stuff is there as well and a new version would certainly be useful.

There is a problem though. x264 options changed considerably during the last 1000 revisions so some options now have different names or aren't there anymore while new options have been added. That means that the options displayed in the GUI don't necessarily work anymore or if they do they you won't be able to fully utilize them (e.g. subme used to go from 1 to 7, now it goes up to 10, but there might not be a 10 selectable in the GUI).
I've never used AutoMKV, so I don't know how well you can work around that. If it allows custom commandline options you can manually specify everything that's not natively supported, but it's kind of a hassle.
The same is true if you replace any of the other encoders or indexers.

Personally I'd go looking for a new program that's still under development or get acquainted with the CLI itself.