MeGUI - mencoder x264/snow/mpeg4/XviD GUI with AAC encoding and MP4 output - Page 8

RadicalEd · 16th January 2005, 07:06

I wonder if it would be possible to get mp4creator to accept stdin... if so, I might be inclined to add mp4 output to MeGUI after the sources are released.

Leo 69 · 16th January 2005, 11:29

Please help me guys, I'm at a loss

I can't encode neither to AVC
nor to Snow using the latest GUI and latest mencoder (6 Jan)
It just stops at the start !

Log :

--------------------------------------------------------------
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.TEFLON\My Documents\mplayer>avs2yuv "C:\VIDEO_TS\Ace.avs" - | mencoder - -ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=700 -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.TEFLON\Desktop\1.avi" -of avi -ffourcc VSSH
MEncoder dev-CVS-050106-11:19-3.2.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.
File not found: 'frameno.avi'
Failed to open frameno.avi
x264encopts is not an MEncoder option

Exiting... (error parsing cmdline)
C:\VIDEO_TS\Ace.avs: 320x240, 23976/1000 fps, 125274 frames
Output error: wrote only 113440 of 115200 bytes

----------------------------------------------------------------

Whats wrong?

ivan_alias · 16th January 2005, 12:01

Quote:

x264encopts is not an MEncoder option

Looks like you don't have Mencoder from Celticdruid

The vanilla mencoder wont work, you need one thats compiled with x264 support. Have a read through this thread for the relevent info and links.

Ivan

Doom9 · 16th January 2005, 12:17

@bond: what happens if you use reasonable input (1000 frames and above)? In the latest version, do you get to see the progress window, progress updates and at the end of a job, is the progress window closed again and the log being shown?
does anybody else have that problem that job queueing doesn't work, and if so, what OS are you using?

jonjon51 · 16th January 2005, 14:47

@ivan_alias and all: Celtic_druid had upload all version of Mencoder, for each processor (P4, Athlon XP/Tbird). the error "x264encopts is not an MEncoder option" was solved by replacing the right build for my processor (Athlon XP 2400+)

Leo 69 · 16th January 2005, 15:28

@ jonjon51

Oh,yeah it'll take one day to download it from his server

IgorC · 16th January 2005, 15:28

can last build of mencoder(megui x264) do 2 pass correctly?

easyfab · 16th January 2005, 15:35

Little bug report for Megui 0.15

in "AVC codec" the number of ref frame works not correctly
For exemple when selecting 15 it give frameref=8

Question :
Is it possible to use x264.exe with avs2yuv ?
It doesn't works for me.

Doom9 · 16th January 2005, 15:59

Quote:

n "AVC codec" the number of ref frame works not correctly
For exemple when selecting 15 it give frameref=8

Let me guess: you have turbo checked, right? I now have a tooltip there.. if you check turbo, the number of ref frames is divided by two and rounded up. As for subpel refinements, if it's > 3, it'll be set to 3, otherwise it'll be reduced by 1. You'll note that even though commandline doesn't match the GUI, there's no warning thrown, but if you start to edit the commandline on your own, then you'll get a warning if want to start encoding. So, no warning = everything is AOK

easyfab · 16th January 2005, 16:34

Your right I was in turbo mode

Sorry for this report.

Doom9 · 16th January 2005, 16:46

@easyfab: don't worry, it's not that obvious unless you know what turbo mode does. I've added a warning about this in the nex release.

Here's release 0.16 (downloaded 1172 times before removal)

Changelog:
You can change the process priority during encoding
More information in the queue (start & end time, FPS)
Certain tooltips.. hover over the label describing an option to see them
Various internal refinements

Keep in mind that the structure of various internal datastrctures have been changed. After starting the new version for the first time, immediately close it again so the new profiles and jobs will be created. It could still be that after this certain of your job settings do not match anymore.

I hope I have not added too many bugs as I'll be away for the next 3 weeks and unable to fix any bugs.

Doom9 · 16th January 2005, 16:47

and here's the source code under the GPL.

It is a VS2003 project. Don't know if it works with any other C# development environment.

Oh, and since I've used an W32 AVIFile wrapper, Mono will probably be out of the picture from here on now. I wanted to use avs2yuv's stderr output, but for some wicked reason, even though I eventually get to see the avs2yuv line about how many frames and what resolution the source has, when I redirect stderr and read from it, I only get that info after encoding has completed, which is useless to me (I need before the first frame is encoded so that I can send status updates to the GUI)

Doom9 · 16th January 2005, 16:51

Quote:

can last build of mencoder(megui x264) do 2 pass correctly?

What makes you think it cannot? As far as the GUI is concerned, unless the mencoder switches change it should never be a problem.

JoeBG · 16th January 2005, 16:56

Quote:

Originally posted by Doom9
@easyfab: don't worry, it's not that obvious unless you know what turbo mode does. I've added a warning about this in the nex release.

Here's release 0.16

Changelog:
You can change the process priority during encoding
More information in the queue (start & end time, FPS)
Certain tooltips.. hover over the label describing an option to see them
Various internal refinements

Keep in mind that the structure of various internal datastrctures have been changed. After starting the new version for the first time, immediately close it again so the new profiles and jobs will be created. It could still be that after this certain of your job settings do not match anymore.

I hope I have not added too many bugs as I'll be away for the next 3 weeks and unable to fix any bugs.

Thank you very much. I just finished my second long film with it (0.15). Looks great, but I cannot transfer it to MP4 because of b-frames. Anyone a idea?

Doom9 · 16th January 2005, 17:00

Quote:

Anyone a idea?

Yeah, wait until a tool comes out that supports b-frames

That's something you have to check first. Sadly, MP4 is still very much in the pitiful state it was when I wrote the first MP4 guide years ago. It didn't take OGM long to get a good muxing and cutting tool, MKV support it right out of the box, but with MP4? Nada. Perhaps if the MP4 tools grow up one day I can add MP4 output to MeGUI.

Doom9 · 16th January 2005, 22:59

@RadicalEd: if you decide to start coding, perhaps you could also have a look at the encoder class. Attached is something I've been working on.. I've tried to launch avs2yuv and mencoder each in its own process and pipe stdout from avs2yuv to stdin from mencoder. While the pipe appears to work and feeds data to mencoder, mencoder always exits right away and doesn't give me any indication why it exits.

opsis81 · 17th January 2005, 01:31

Since status window during encoding came up MeGUI doesn't work for me.

When encoding starts,progress window shows up and then suddently MeGUI crashes.Avs2yuv and mencoder keep working in background.
I have the latest mencoder from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/ , the latest version of avs2yuv , winxp pro and Microsoft NET 2.0.40607 .
Each time I download a new version I delete all previous jobs and presets.
All versions before 0.15 used to work.
MeGUI 0.15 and 0.16 simply don't work for me.

MaXiMuS · 17th January 2005, 07:17

Quote:

Installation instructions:

You'll have to copy the latest version of avs2yuv (http://students.washington.edu/loren...synth/avs2yuv/)
and mencoder (http://celticdruid.no-ip.com/xvid/mplayer/) to the same directory as the GUI.

Note that if you're using an official mencoder build from the mencoder homepage, the x264 support will NOT work.

does anyone have better mirror than http://celticdruid.no-ip.com/xvid/mplayer/

i can not download at all

thx

JoeBG · 18th January 2005, 08:33

@ doom9

Quote:

Originally posted by Doom9
Yeah, wait until a tool comes out that supports b-frames

We only have to wait for the next release of mp4creator. You can read it here or directly on the sourceforge site here

So next MeGUI directly supports MP4

(just a little joke

)

JoeBG · 19th January 2005, 06:28

Quote:

Originally posted by celtic_druid
bittorent would be no good as there are a large number of files, which means lots of torrents or a large one which most people only want a small percent of.

x264 is now upto R103 by the way with R101/102 only being VFW changes though.

Revision 103:
finish subpixel motion refinement for B-frames (up to 6% reduced size of B-frames at subq <= 3)

Hopefully once the mirroring is all sorted everything will be fine. Just means that a max wait of say 24hours between me putting a file up and it getting mirrored.

great!!!!

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Doom9 clueless n00b Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 10,256	@bond: what happens if you use reasonable input (1000 frames and above)? In the latest version, do you get to see the progress window, progress updates and at the end of a job, is the progress window closed again and the log being shown? does anybody else have that problem that job queueing doesn't work, and if so, what OS are you using? __________________ For the web's most comprehensive collection of DVD backup guides go to www.doom9.org

16th January 2005, 16:46	#151 \| Link
Doom9 clueless n00b Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 10,256	@easyfab: don't worry, it's not that obvious unless you know what turbo mode does. I've added a warning about this in the nex release. Here's release 0.16 (downloaded 1172 times before removal) Changelog: You can change the process priority during encoding More information in the queue (start & end time, FPS) Certain tooltips.. hover over the label describing an option to see them Various internal refinements Keep in mind that the structure of various internal datastrctures have been changed. After starting the new version for the first time, immediately close it again so the new profiles and jobs will be created. It could still be that after this certain of your job settings do not match anymore. I hope I have not added too many bugs as I'll be away for the next 3 weeks and unable to fix any bugs. __________________ For the web's most comprehensive collection of DVD backup guides go to www.doom9.org

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Doom9 clueless n00b Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 10,256	and here's the source code under the GPL. It is a VS2003 project. Don't know if it works with any other C# development environment. Oh, and since I've used an W32 AVIFile wrapper, Mono will probably be out of the picture from here on now. I wanted to use avs2yuv's stderr output, but for some wicked reason, even though I eventually get to see the avs2yuv line about how many frames and what resolution the source has, when I redirect stderr and read from it, I only get that info after encoding has completed, which is useless to me (I need before the first frame is encoded so that I can send status updates to the GUI) __________________ For the web's most comprehensive collection of DVD backup guides go to www.doom9.org

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Doom9 clueless n00b Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 10,256	@RadicalEd: if you decide to start coding, perhaps you could also have a look at the encoder class. Attached is something I've been working on.. I've tried to launch avs2yuv and mencoder each in its own process and pipe stdout from avs2yuv to stdin from mencoder. While the pipe appears to work and feeds data to mencoder, mencoder always exits right away and doesn't give me any indication why it exits. __________________ For the web's most comprehensive collection of DVD backup guides go to www.doom9.org

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16th January 2005, 07:06	#141 \| Link
RadicalEd Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 987	I wonder if it would be possible to get mp4creator to accept stdin... if so, I might be inclined to add mp4 output to MeGUI after the sources are released.

16th January 2005, 11:29	#142 \| Link
Leo 69 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 163	Please help me guys, I'm at a loss I can't encode neither to AVC nor to Snow using the latest GUI and latest mencoder (6 Jan) It just stops at the start ! Log : -------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.TEFLON\My Documents\mplayer>avs2yuv "C:\VIDEO_TS\Ace.avs" - \| mencoder - -ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=700 -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.TEFLON\Desktop\1.avi" -of avi -ffourcc VSSH MEncoder dev-CVS-050106-11:19-3.2.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton (Family: 6, Stepping: 0) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal! To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection. File not found: 'frameno.avi' Failed to open frameno.avi x264encopts is not an MEncoder option Exiting... (error parsing cmdline) C:\VIDEO_TS\Ace.avs: 320x240, 23976/1000 fps, 125274 frames Output error: wrote only 113440 of 115200 bytes ---------------------------------------------------------------- Whats wrong?

16th January 2005, 14:47	#145 \| Link
jonjon51 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chalons en Champagne (France) Posts: 13	@ivan_alias and all: Celtic_druid had upload all version of Mencoder, for each processor (P4, Athlon XP/Tbird). the error "x264encopts is not an MEncoder option" was solved by replacing the right build for my processor (Athlon XP 2400+)

16th January 2005, 15:28	#146 \| Link
Leo 69 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 163	@ jonjon51 Oh,yeah it'll take one day to download it from his server

16th January 2005, 15:28	#147 \| Link
IgorC Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,025	can last build of mencoder(megui x264) do 2 pass correctly?

16th January 2005, 15:35	#148 \| Link
easyfab Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 148	Little bug report for Megui 0.15 in "AVC codec" the number of ref frame works not correctly For exemple when selecting 15 it give frameref=8 Question : Is it possible to use x264.exe with avs2yuv ? It doesn't works for me.

16th January 2005, 16:34	#150 \| Link
easyfab Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 148	Your right I was in turbo mode Sorry for this report.

17th January 2005, 01:31	#157 \| Link
opsis81 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 131	Since status window during encoding came up MeGUI doesn't work for me. When encoding starts,progress window shows up and then suddently MeGUI crashes.Avs2yuv and mencoder keep working in background. I have the latest mencoder from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/ , the latest version of avs2yuv , winxp pro and Microsoft NET 2.0.40607 . Each time I download a new version I delete all previous jobs and presets. All versions before 0.15 used to work. MeGUI 0.15 and 0.16 simply don't work for me.