Prodater64
19th August 2005, 05:49
ProCalc ASPA Lite
Updated NOV/27/2005:
- ProCalc ASPA 1.6.0.0b
- Added preview of avs script.
- Added edition and see changes in preview window.
- Added comparation routine (thanks to Diahot) in preview window.
- Help file updated, including how to use these functions. Press F1 to obtain help.
Updated: OCT/15/2005
- ProCalc Lite 1.3.0.2b
- You can call now PARanoia from within ProCalc Lite.
Updated: SET/18/2005
ProCalc Lite 1.3.0.1b
- You can keep HC Encoder sample log checking a checkbox.
Updated: SET/18/2005
- Info panel shows all movies at a time without scroll bars.
- fixed bug: HC Encoder and another auxiliary softwares paths are updated inmediately
- fixed bug: When you change audio properties, it is showed inmediately in info panel.
- ASPA full mode withdrawed as discussions about it showed a bad implementation. (thanks Dialhot).
ProCalc ASPA Lite 1.6.0.0b
ProCalc Lite ASPA (Available Space Proportional Allocator) is a tool that permits you to calculate the space required for your movies backups.
It can load until 10 avs scripts, then executes ASPA routines and give you the data required. It is to say, total calculated target size, video calculated final size, audio calculated final size, avgbtr to obtain such final video size, movie time in minutes and seconds and total frames of each movie.
You can preview your avs script. You will preview the sample highlighting any avs in the left panel or the whole stream highlighting any avs in the down panel.
When you peview a whole stream you can also do a side by side comparation of "not filtered" and "filtered " streams.
WARNING: This program will work with avs scripts with only one video source line. You can't and must not have more that one line mpeg2source, avisource, directshowsource, etc., not even commented. If you have more that one video source line, the program can fail completely.
You can do calculations in 2 ways:
1 - ASPA complexity mode: Just opposite to time mode, it analizy complexity, but regardless movie length.
2 - ASPA time mode: ProCalc do calculations taking in account movie time (or length), but not complexity. No sample will be encode.
The recommended one is ASPA complexity mode.
The calculation engine will encode with HC Encoder in CQ mode, slicer samples (THX Incredible) with the "One Pass Ping Pong Prediction" (OPPPP) routine designed by me (a 2% OPPPP routine is the same than Incredible 2% ping routine performed in different way, as discussed in KVCD.net).
Once it runs, calculations are performed and results will be showed in a listbox.
With this you can do several tasks regarding your preferences, for example:
1 - Load CQMatic with avg bitrate obtained (calculated to fill a proportional space related with movietime and motion).* Other settings as usual. Run a full encode with CQMatic for each project file.
2 - Load any X Pass VBR encoder with avg bitrate (calculated to fill a proportional space related with movietime and motion), max bitrate, passes, video size (proportional result related with movietime and motion) and all switches that you need. Run a full encode for each project file.
3 - Load any OPV manager (DIKO, AutoQ2 for CCE, BDCQ Calc, etc.) with calculated final size. Those programs will do prediction and later will encode with CCE 2.7x, CCE 2.6x, FreeEnc, AQE, NuEnc, etc.
Before doing any calculation, you must to check your avs scripts. You can do it from within ProCalc.
Before doing any calculation you must to edit HC Encoder HC.ini general template. Then it will be used to create each individual movie.ini file. You can edit also those individual files of each loaded avs script from within ProCalc.
When task ended, you can view the html log pressing a button.
There are another tools that can be called from ProCalc Lite:
1 - Your DVD Decrypter.
2 - DVD2AVI or DGIndex.
3 - PARanoia (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=101070).
4 - AC3 Delay Corrector. (http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=130&s=115).
5 - You can do massive AC3 Delay Correction.
6 - Special audio conversion (test yourself)
7 - BeSweet.
8 - SubRip.
9 - DGPulldown.
You need to set the paths to these programs pressing paths button.
Some tips:
1 - Before load any avs script, edit HC.ini template file. BE SURE THAT "*cq 1.5" BE ENABLED withdrawing space betwen the margin and * (Refer to HC doc).
2 - Default values are for DVD settings. Target size is a safe size, you can play with it doing encodings. Take in account that you don't need to calculate overhead as it is did already.
3 - GOP size must to be same as your final encoding. 12 as a general best value, 15 for PAL and 18 for NTSC systems.
4 - You can copy any of the values just highlighting an avs script name in AVS listbox and left double clicking it. A popup menu will be shown. Select the option, go to your encoding application and paste info in the correct box.
5 - All help about program is given by the tooltips and the help file (F1 key).
Download it:
ProCalc ASPA Lite (http://rapidshare.de/files/8217861/ProCalc_ASPA_Lite_1.6.0.0b.zip.html)
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8812/screenshot009uf.gif
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6337/screenshot034su.gif
http://imageshack.us/img/iss1.png (http://imageshack.us)
Updated NOV/27/2005:
- ProCalc ASPA 1.6.0.0b
- Added preview of avs script.
- Added edition and see changes in preview window.
- Added comparation routine (thanks to Diahot) in preview window.
- Help file updated, including how to use these functions. Press F1 to obtain help.
Updated: OCT/15/2005
- ProCalc Lite 1.3.0.2b
- You can call now PARanoia from within ProCalc Lite.
Updated: SET/18/2005
ProCalc Lite 1.3.0.1b
- You can keep HC Encoder sample log checking a checkbox.
Updated: SET/18/2005
- Info panel shows all movies at a time without scroll bars.
- fixed bug: HC Encoder and another auxiliary softwares paths are updated inmediately
- fixed bug: When you change audio properties, it is showed inmediately in info panel.
- ASPA full mode withdrawed as discussions about it showed a bad implementation. (thanks Dialhot).
ProCalc ASPA Lite 1.6.0.0b
ProCalc Lite ASPA (Available Space Proportional Allocator) is a tool that permits you to calculate the space required for your movies backups.
It can load until 10 avs scripts, then executes ASPA routines and give you the data required. It is to say, total calculated target size, video calculated final size, audio calculated final size, avgbtr to obtain such final video size, movie time in minutes and seconds and total frames of each movie.
You can preview your avs script. You will preview the sample highlighting any avs in the left panel or the whole stream highlighting any avs in the down panel.
When you peview a whole stream you can also do a side by side comparation of "not filtered" and "filtered " streams.
WARNING: This program will work with avs scripts with only one video source line. You can't and must not have more that one line mpeg2source, avisource, directshowsource, etc., not even commented. If you have more that one video source line, the program can fail completely.
You can do calculations in 2 ways:
1 - ASPA complexity mode: Just opposite to time mode, it analizy complexity, but regardless movie length.
2 - ASPA time mode: ProCalc do calculations taking in account movie time (or length), but not complexity. No sample will be encode.
The recommended one is ASPA complexity mode.
The calculation engine will encode with HC Encoder in CQ mode, slicer samples (THX Incredible) with the "One Pass Ping Pong Prediction" (OPPPP) routine designed by me (a 2% OPPPP routine is the same than Incredible 2% ping routine performed in different way, as discussed in KVCD.net).
Once it runs, calculations are performed and results will be showed in a listbox.
With this you can do several tasks regarding your preferences, for example:
1 - Load CQMatic with avg bitrate obtained (calculated to fill a proportional space related with movietime and motion).* Other settings as usual. Run a full encode with CQMatic for each project file.
2 - Load any X Pass VBR encoder with avg bitrate (calculated to fill a proportional space related with movietime and motion), max bitrate, passes, video size (proportional result related with movietime and motion) and all switches that you need. Run a full encode for each project file.
3 - Load any OPV manager (DIKO, AutoQ2 for CCE, BDCQ Calc, etc.) with calculated final size. Those programs will do prediction and later will encode with CCE 2.7x, CCE 2.6x, FreeEnc, AQE, NuEnc, etc.
Before doing any calculation, you must to check your avs scripts. You can do it from within ProCalc.
Before doing any calculation you must to edit HC Encoder HC.ini general template. Then it will be used to create each individual movie.ini file. You can edit also those individual files of each loaded avs script from within ProCalc.
When task ended, you can view the html log pressing a button.
There are another tools that can be called from ProCalc Lite:
1 - Your DVD Decrypter.
2 - DVD2AVI or DGIndex.
3 - PARanoia (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=101070).
4 - AC3 Delay Corrector. (http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=130&s=115).
5 - You can do massive AC3 Delay Correction.
6 - Special audio conversion (test yourself)
7 - BeSweet.
8 - SubRip.
9 - DGPulldown.
You need to set the paths to these programs pressing paths button.
Some tips:
1 - Before load any avs script, edit HC.ini template file. BE SURE THAT "*cq 1.5" BE ENABLED withdrawing space betwen the margin and * (Refer to HC doc).
2 - Default values are for DVD settings. Target size is a safe size, you can play with it doing encodings. Take in account that you don't need to calculate overhead as it is did already.
3 - GOP size must to be same as your final encoding. 12 as a general best value, 15 for PAL and 18 for NTSC systems.
4 - You can copy any of the values just highlighting an avs script name in AVS listbox and left double clicking it. A popup menu will be shown. Select the option, go to your encoding application and paste info in the correct box.
5 - All help about program is given by the tooltips and the help file (F1 key).
Download it:
ProCalc ASPA Lite (http://rapidshare.de/files/8217861/ProCalc_ASPA_Lite_1.6.0.0b.zip.html)
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8812/screenshot009uf.gif
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6337/screenshot034su.gif
http://imageshack.us/img/iss1.png (http://imageshack.us)