Who wants to test a new MPEG2 encoder

[Amnon82]

@Mug_funky: 'very "spiky" sources'? Manga or what?

@Hank: Did You downloaded the files of my 2nd test? I'm realy happy with the result.

[dragongodz]

Manga or what?

manga = comics
anime = animation

i would like to see a spiky manga.

[manolito]

@Hank315
It is probably too late for the upcoming GUI version, but for later versions I have two suggestions:

1. Could you add a parameter *PRIORITY LOW|NORMAL|HIGH to HC.ini? I use HC mainly together with DVD2SVCD and DVD Rebuilder, and especially with DVD Rebuilder (which starts the encoder many times) it would be very nice to not always have to set the priority to LOW manually.

2. It seems that for my "famous" 1 CD ultra low bitrate SVCD encodes (BR 800 and lower) HC's bitrate distribution favors high motion areas too much over simple scenes. In CCE there are two parameters (Bias and QC) that let the user control if relatively more bits are allocated to complicated scenes or to flat scenes.
Would it be possible to tweak this bitrate distribution strategy in HC by adding some parameter?

Cheers
manolito

[hank315]

@manolito
The GUI version sets the threads priority below normal, in the next version the user will be able to set it.
About your second point, I will do a complete workover of the bitrate distribution, there are more issues to solve

@Mug Funky

perhaps it'd be useful for HC to keep track of VBV-induced bitrate reduction and allow the average to increase slightly to compensate (it probably does this already).

It already does it but for short clips it needs a more agressive approach.

@Amnon
Didn't looked at your second test, no time, had to work today... Will do this evening.
BTW. read your last mail, think it's a good idea, will mail you.

@Lithoc
Also noticed that for short clips file size is too short, especially with a high average bitrate.
For a complete movie it will do a better job but after working on the bitrate distribution this can be solved for short clips also.

[Amnon82]

@dragongodz: Oh yeah I also want to see a spiky Manga.
Maybe he converts his manga-comics to an anime. Thats why it is spiky

@Hank: Waiting for your mail My email is changed. I wrote You a new mail.

[hank315]

Just put the HC GUI version online.

Get it at http://hank315.dyndns.org/HC_0.1.zip

This is the first time I did such a GUI-thing, so please have mercy on me

[neuron2]

It either hangs on file load or crashes when I start to encode.

EDIT: Could it be because my AVS already has DGDecode loaded to use MPEG2SOURCE()?

[hank315]

It either hangs on file load or crashes when I start to encode.

Tested it on 3 different PC's with different sources

Basically the input method hasn't changed from the previous version.
EDIT: Used your dgindex/dgdecode version 1.0.12, are there incompatibilities with older/newer versions?

Is there anybody else who has this error?

[Amnon82]

Here my test-result of version 0.1

GUI: all functions working (preview of course not )
AVS: I had no problems to import my AVS-Scripts
Speed: On my machine the encode is now faster. In Version 0.01 it tooks 122.7 s and in 0.1 it tooks 88 s for the same source I used for the Encodertest#2.
Quality: The Quality of HC 0.1 is much better than the previous version. Great job hank !
INI-Files: I missed the INI-File and Batch-Option. I hope it come back in the next version.
1Pass: I didn't tested the 1 Pass CQ-Mode. I think this mode needs more time.
Bugs: The X-Button is not working. The only way to end HC is with the Exit-Button or the taskmanager. But for Your first GUI it is ok

@Hank: I wrote you a email. We have work to do
@neuron2: Can You post Your AVS-Script? My Scripts are working. I'm using Your newest RC2 Version of DGIndex.

[Doom9]

Is it just me or is neither the X button nor Alt-F4 and the corresponding clicks (click on upper left icon, then close) active? I had to go to the task manager and kill the process to exit (I didn't do any encoding so far).

[Krismen]

Is it just me or is neither the X button nor Alt-F4 and the corresponding clicks (click on upper left icon, then close) active? I had to go to the task manager and kill the process to exit (I didn't do any encoding so far).

I have exactly the same problem.

[hank315]

Is it just me or is neither the X button nor Alt-F4 and the corresponding clicks (click on upper left icon, then close) active? I had to go to the task manager and kill the process to exit (I didn't do any encoding so far).

No it's not just you, I also noticed it just before putting it online.

Decided to put it online with this flaw (the exit button really works ) just to see if the logic behind all the buttons is working properly.

But I already added this one to my ToDo list (hope it won't to get too long )

[Amnon82]

@Hank: I think You know this link already: Fortran-Tools
This might be interesting for You, also: Fortran Interface Wizard

[manolito]

Originally posted by Amnon82

INI-Files: I missed the INI-File and Batch-Option. I hope it come back in the next version.

I strongly second that!

Cheers
manolito

[Candock]

For Linux you could additionally try the free, unsupported, non-commercial Fortran90 Compiler from Intel.
http://www.intel.com/software/produc...lin/noncom.htm

It compiled all my Fortran95 stuff with just minimal problems (my syntax was a little bit sluggish).

[neuron2]

I must have had mismatched DGIndex and DGDecode. Imagine that!

Here's my newbie question. How do I set how many passes are made?

[neuron2]

When I hit stop the encoded M2V file had size 0! Can't you close the file properly so I can do a quick test on the first part of a large file? All other encoders do that, even VDub does it for AVIs. Thank you.

[dragongodz]

When I hit stop the encoded M2V file had size 0!

just tested stopping part way through second pass and also CQ mode. both produced part files that are playable.

stopping in first pass(of 2 pass encoding) i would expect a 0 size file because its the stats pass and not producing any video.

hank315 - its a bit of a pain to have to close the gui and run it again just to do another encode etc. be nice when thats fixed.

[FredThompson]

This forum needs some kind of hit rating. Seems I can't read new posts before my inbox tells me there's more on this thread

[neuron2]

Originally posted by dragongodz
stopping in first pass(of 2 pass encoding) i would expect a 0 size file because its the stats pass and not producing any video.

OK, that was it. So, I ask again...how do you set how many passes are done?