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Old 18th June 2005, 17:59   #1  |  Link
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MeGUI - x264/XviD/lavc/Snow encoder with MP4/MKV/AVI output & audio

MeGUI is the most comprehensive GUI based ISO MPEG-4 solution.

Input: AviSynth scripts (AVS), AVI, D2V, VOB/TS/MPG/PVA
Output: MP4, MKV, AVI

Video Codecs: x264, XviD, Libavcodec MPEG-4, Snow
Audio Codecs: AAC (Nero, Faac), MP3

Download the latest build

Required tools:
Microsoft .NET Runtime 2.0

Avisynth 2.55 for video frameserving. Beta versions are NOT!!! supported

A YV12 VfW codec. If you have a recent XviD version installed, that will suffice. If you don't get any preview when opening an AviSynth script, install the Helix YV12 codec

For x264 encoding:
x264 CLI alternatively you can use mencoder

For XviD, lavc, Snow and x264 encoding (alternative to x264 CLI)
latest version of mencoder (it's part of the mplayer package, pick the version that best matches your CPU

For audio encoding
besweet 1.5b31

For MP4 muxing
latest version of mp4box (version 0.4.0 or later)

For MKV muxing
latest version of mkvtoolnix You need the full installer!

To create DGIndex projects:
DGMPGDec 1.41 or higher

To create AviSynth scripts: copy dgdecode.dll (see DGIndex download) to your AviSynth plugins directory (c:\program files\avisynth\plugins or wherever you have installed it to). For IVTC and deinterlacing, you'll also have to copy Decomb to your AviSynth plugin directory.


If you are only interested in the x264 part of MeGUI, check out MeGUI x264 edition. If you are only interested in the snow part of MeGUI, check out MeGUI Snow edition


There are 4 threads dedicated to MeGUI
This one is for general discussion
Feature request thread to make feature requests
Bug report thread to make bug reports
Developer threadFor those who wish to participate in the project

In addition, to get a headstart at configuring x264, check out Sharktooth's MeGUI x264 profiles
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