MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread - Page 11

Sharktooth · 24th May 2006, 13:21

check the CPU load before encoding and during encoding.
the first should be close to 0 the second should be 100%.

rhys87 · 24th May 2006, 13:40

yeah its at 98% when encoding, i have restarted comp as well, really starting to confusing me.

foxyshadis · 24th May 2006, 18:54

Is this 1080i? That requires way more power than dvd-res.

rhys87 · 26th May 2006, 06:47

here is the log

--pass 1 --bitrate 1000 --stats "C:\Program Files\WebScheduler\capture\rhys2.stats" --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --direct auto --filter -2,-1 --subme 1 --analyse none --me dia --progress --no-psnr --output NUL "C:\Program Files\WebScheduler\capture\rhys2.avs"
successfully started encoding

the first pass only goes at about 8-9fps when with StaxRip goes at about 25-30fps, does deinterlacing decrease the speed that much?

foxyshadis · 26th May 2006, 07:20

Quote:

LanczosResize(512,288)

Wait, why not just toss a field away? EEDI2+Tdeint is a performance hog, you could just use SeparateFields().SelectEven().LanczosResize(512,288) and get practically the exact same result, since you're halving the vertical resolution anyway.

rhys87 · 26th May 2006, 08:17

thanks alot, foxyshadis

problem fixed.

Xin-Hong · 26th May 2006, 16:48

Hi,

I discover MeGUI with the x264 VideoProfiles, very usefull for noobs like me

so I wonder if there is VideoProfiles for XviD

foxyshadis · 26th May 2006, 18:19

Teegedeck is working on them, iirc.

markrb · 27th May 2006, 03:42

Should I still be getting the warning popup about the bitrate calc not being updated with the latest version of Megui?
I have been using autoupdate since 2148 so maybe I need something that autoupdate doesn't update if this has been fixed?

I remember seeing something about the warning was going to be removed in an earlier thread.

I am running 2155, currently.

Mark

berrinam · 27th May 2006, 04:05

I thought I had fixed it, but it still seems to be quite buggy, so the warning message does apply.

Carpo · 27th May 2006, 07:56

no so much buggy - as completly broke

shon3i · 27th May 2006, 11:38

No bitrate calculator working fine just need little tweaking

Carpo · 27th May 2006, 13:22

2155 bitrate calc dont work here - 5587 for a single cd backup - bit much me thinks

on a diff topic if i wanted to do .ts to hd-dvd (well that qual anyway prob be a 2 cd poss 1/2 dvd) is it a simple step of selecting size (original is 1920x1080i) my pc can do 1280x720 nicely, and selcting the hd-dvd profile from within megui or is there other things i need to concider, im still new to this area of backup so please excuse and old n00b

Morte66 · 27th May 2006, 14:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carpo

on a diff topic if i wanted to do .ts to hd-dvd (well that qual anyway prob be a 2 cd poss 1/2 dvd) is it a simple step of selecting size (original is 1920x1080i) my pc can do 1280x720 nicely, and selcting the hd-dvd profile from within megui or is there other things i need to concider, im still new to this area of backup so please excuse and old n00b

Here are my experiences, such as they are:

1. If your TS is a movie, proceed much as normal. One catch: DGIndex often refuses to read TS files, it complains about missing "PIDs" whatever those are. So I process the .ts to .mpg with a program called "HDTV to MPEG" first, and run DGIndex on the results. Then AviSynth can chew the D2V file and serve it to MeGUI.

2. If it's a TV show with multiple sections including interlaced video, telecined film, archive footage rezzed up to 1080 etc, MeGUI seems to have a hard time choosing a deinterlacer that gives decent results. It's usually better to write your own Avisynth script using DirectShowSource() to get the video stream into the encoder and let DirectShow deinterlace it. [The docs say AviSynth tries to disable DirectShow deinterlacing, but fortunately I've never seen it succeed.]

3. On my usual settings, I get about 7fps for 720x576 PAL DVD backups done in single pass constant quality mode and I don't worry about how many files fit to a DVD. For 1080p/24 I want one movie per DVD so I have to do 2 pass, and I get about 1.2 to 1.4fps on each pass. It takes me 3 or 4 days to encode a movie (A64 X2 3800+). If I didn't like the ColorMatrix() filter in Avisynth so much (my backups look better than the originals), I'd just burn the TS files to two or three DVDs. Some time I'll check out how Xvid does with one HD movie on a DVD9.

4. Many a transport stream has a negative audio delay and a few hundred bytes of junk on the front of the sound. MeGUI may refuse to open these for encode using its standard NicAc3Source filters. MkvMerge doesn't particularly like muxing them straight back onto the encoded video without audio compression, either. DirectShowSource will get the sound into the encoder, and then the encode will synch/mux OK.

MajinNinja · 27th May 2006, 15:21

Hi All,
I'm using MeGui v0.2.3.2116, DGMPGDec v1.4.6, TIVTC v1 RC4 and I'm having the following problem. Whenever I attempt to perform the deinterlace analysis an error window pops up stating that TIVTC.dll cannot be found and that 'tfm' is not a recognised command. I have TIVTC.dll in my avisynth dir and using it in scripts without issue. Any ideas what may be happening?

Cheers

Carpo · 27th May 2006, 15:24

sounds like it might be a right pain in the arse, although latest dgindex (1.4.7b12) had no issues with it

guess its a case of trial and error

to see what resssults will look like

thanks for the advice

edit: found NullPacketStripper_v013beta it seems to join the ts files together ok with no apparent sync issues

wacco · 29th May 2006, 01:11

Excuse me, but how do i create profiles for the one click encoder? i need to encode dvd rip>avi. Megui says i need to select audio/video profiles, but there dont seem to be any of them?

berrinam · 29th May 2006, 06:52

Get a new version of MeGUI from http://x264.nl and it should be clear.

sillKotscha · 29th May 2006, 16:13

just a question...

for minimal denoising of a video_clip shouldn't Undot() be replaced by RemoveGrain()?

advantage (IMHO):

- RemoveGrain(mode=1) is identical with trbarry's Undot (even the speed of the SSE version is nearly identical to that of Undot, but the SSE2 and especially the SSE3 versions are significantly faster)... = from the readme
- the denoising algo is considered to be more complex

what do you think...

sillKotscha · 29th May 2006, 16:50

when using the avisynth script creator I have noticed a difference between d2v source and directshow source...

my guess is that it could be an avisynth failure because detection via d2v source is correct... see attached pictures.

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markrb Old fart Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,589	Should I still be getting the warning popup about the bitrate calc not being updated with the latest version of Megui? I have been using autoupdate since 2148 so maybe I need something that autoupdate doesn't update if this has been fixed? I remember seeing something about the warning was going to be removed in an earlier thread. I am running 2155, currently. Mark __________________ Oh no Mr. Bill!

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Carpo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: /dev/null Posts: 1,368	no so much buggy - as completly broke __________________ The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI Agents Last edited by Carpo; 27th May 2006 at 10:38.

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Carpo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: /dev/null Posts: 1,368	2155 bitrate calc dont work here - 5587 for a single cd backup - bit much me thinks on a diff topic if i wanted to do .ts to hd-dvd (well that qual anyway prob be a 2 cd poss 1/2 dvd) is it a simple step of selecting size (original is 1920x1080i) my pc can do 1280x720 nicely, and selcting the hd-dvd profile from within megui or is there other things i need to concider, im still new to this area of backup so please excuse and old n00b __________________ The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI Agents Last edited by Carpo; 27th May 2006 at 13:25.

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Carpo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: /dev/null Posts: 1,368	sounds like it might be a right pain in the arse, although latest dgindex (1.4.7b12) had no issues with it guess its a case of trial and error to see what resssults will look like thanks for the advice edit: found NullPacketStripper_v013beta it seems to join the ts files together ok with no apparent sync issues __________________ The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI Agents Last edited by Carpo; 27th May 2006 at 18:21.

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rhys87 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 19	yeah its at 98% when encoding, i have restarted comp as well, really starting to confusing me.

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foxyshadis Angel of Night Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tangled in the silks Posts: 9,559	Is this 1080i? That requires way more power than dvd-res.

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rhys87 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 19	here is the log --pass 1 --bitrate 1000 --stats "C:\Program Files\WebScheduler\capture\rhys2.stats" --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --direct auto --filter -2,-1 --subme 1 --analyse none --me dia --progress --no-psnr --output NUL "C:\Program Files\WebScheduler\capture\rhys2.avs" successfully started encoding the first pass only goes at about 8-9fps when with StaxRip goes at about 25-30fps, does deinterlacing decrease the speed that much?

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rhys87 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 19	thanks alot, foxyshadis problem fixed.

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Xin-Hong Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: France Posts: 29	Hi, I discover MeGUI with the x264 VideoProfiles, very usefull for noobs like me so I wonder if there is VideoProfiles for XviD

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foxyshadis Angel of Night Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tangled in the silks Posts: 9,559	Teegedeck is working on them, iirc.

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berrinam Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,740	I thought I had fixed it, but it still seems to be quite buggy, so the warning message does apply.

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shon3i BluRay Maniac Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,419	No bitrate calculator working fine just need little tweaking

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MajinNinja Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 18	Hi All, I'm using MeGui v0.2.3.2116, DGMPGDec v1.4.6, TIVTC v1 RC4 and I'm having the following problem. Whenever I attempt to perform the deinterlace analysis an error window pops up stating that TIVTC.dll cannot be found and that 'tfm' is not a recognised command. I have TIVTC.dll in my avisynth dir and using it in scripts without issue. Any ideas what may be happening? Cheers

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wacco Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 73	Excuse me, but how do i create profiles for the one click encoder? i need to encode dvd rip>avi. Megui says i need to select audio/video profiles, but there dont seem to be any of them? Last edited by wacco; 29th May 2006 at 01:15.

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berrinam Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,740	Get a new version of MeGUI from http://x264.nl and it should be clear.

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sillKotscha what's this for? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 993	just a question... for minimal denoising of a video_clip shouldn't Undot() be replaced by RemoveGrain()? advantage (IMHO): - RemoveGrain(mode=1) is identical with trbarry's Undot (even the speed of the SSE version is nearly identical to that of Undot, but the SSE2 and especially the SSE3 versions are significantly faster)... = from the readme - the denoising algo is considered to be more complex what do you think... __________________ latest mix sets: http://soundcloud.com/sill

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sillKotscha what's this for? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 993	when using the avisynth script creator I have noticed a difference between d2v source and directshow source... my guess is that it could be an avisynth failure because detection via d2v source is correct... see attached pictures. __________________ latest mix sets: http://soundcloud.com/sill