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25th February 2017, 00:25 | #1661 | Link | ||
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Anyway, it is quite possible that the Spline64 or Lanczos resizer you have been using in Avisynth produces "sharper" image than the Bicubic resizer used by x264 by default, which, in turn, could effect x264 encoding speed. Quote:
No, nothing like that. If you want to get in touch with x264 developers, your best bet is the mailing list, I suppose: https://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/x264-devel
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27th February 2017, 03:16 | #1662 | Link |
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[QUOTE=LoRd_MuldeR;1798618]Piping the input from Avisynth into x264 certainly has some overhead. But, compared to the CPU time spent for the actual encoding, this should usually be negligible. It can have more effect in the (fast) first pass, though.
Right, since upon examining the running executable on the first pass, x264 and avs2yuv share almost 50-50 on the CPU, unlike without piping it from the Avisynth which x264 has it all. On the final encoding though, still piping it through Avisynth, avs2yuv get about 10-20% of CPU. I tried, BicubicResize of Avisynth, to my eye, launching the mkv file directly to Simple x264/x265 Launcher has sharper image than that of Avisynth (not that it has great difference though, but on the time it finish to encode, more than an hour). Btw, I am wondering why using the 64bit version of x264, when launching the file through Avisynth it uses the 32bit version of avs2yuv, but it has a 64bit version on the same folder? Anyway, thanks for the info of reaching x264 developer. Gud day, and more power. |
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You have the same effect - more or less - when decoding the input directly with x264. But, in that case, you don't have two separate processes, so you can't "see" the effect easily. (Still I would assume that I/O overhead with Avs2YUV is a bit higher) Quote:
There is an "unofficial" 64-Bit fork of Avisynth, but it is considered deprecated now. Avisynth+, which is yet another "unofficial" fork of Avisyth, also does have a 64-Bit version available. But not everybody is using Avisynth+. And even if you use a "native" 64-Bit Avisyth, you would still need to have all of your plug-ins as "native" 64-Bit versions too. Many "legacy" plug-ins are 32-Bit only, though. (BTW: There is an option in the preferences to use 64-Bit Avisynth input, provided that a 64-Bit Avisynth is installed)
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Hey Lord Mulder!
Been using this nifty little tool without too much trouble for a while now, all of a sudden this starts happening: I'm on Windows 10. I have tried downloading your installer and reinstalling, but the same thing happens. |
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Make sure that there is a "qsvg4.dll" in the sub-folder "imageformats" immediately below the directory where your "x264_launcher.exe" resides. Also make sure that "QtSvg4.dll" and "QtXml4.dll" are in the same directory where your "x264_launcher.exe" resides. If either of those is missing from application directory, the "qsvg4.dll" plug-in cannot be loaded. Finally, make sure you don't have any files mixed from older program versions or, more critically, older compiler versions. Actually, I suggest to completely delete the install directory, then make a "clean" re-install. If you launch "x264_launcher.exe" with extra option "--console", anything noteworthy in the log?
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Starting with version v2.69 the file "netc.exe" has been included in the /toolset/common directory. As of this post, this file shows up on 10 of 61 potential scans via VirusTotal. Symantec correctly and best identifies this as netcat which is a fairly popular program for managing connections.
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EDIT: Look at the other executables that create or otherwise interact with this version of netcat on VirusTotal. All of them are trojans, backdoors, and other terrible software. I tried quarantining/deleting netc.exe but x264/x265 Launcher refuses to run without it -- why is this so? Who cares if it can check for recent updates or not on run? Last edited by CrosstownTraffic; 22nd March 2017 at 01:21. Reason: Additional information |
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BAM....always this error. tried the sugguested console run se pic attached... /EDIT: Tried fresh install in a totally different directory....NOPE! Same error...this release does NOT work. Windows10 pro 64bit?! Last edited by Rodger; 21st March 2017 at 19:00. |
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I confirm that there is a big problem with the latest version (2017-01-07), after a fresh install of the portable version from the ZIP archive. But I have a different error message:
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--------------------------- x264_launcher_portable.exe - Application Error --------------------------- The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005). Click OK to close the application. --------------------------- OK ---------------------------
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I'm well aware that some braindead so-called "anti-virus" software is defames NC as "potentially dangerous" software If you want this fixed, then please call your anti-virus vendor and ask them to hire some developers that actually have a clue what they are doing. Be reassured that I don't have any plans to stop using/including NC in my software. See also: * https://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php...postcount=1652 * https://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php...postcount=1654 Recommended reading: http://robert.ocallahan.org/2017/01/...re-except.html Quote:
https://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php...postcount=1642 Possible UPX issue. I got this error once on one of my machines, but it was gone after a reboot and I couldn't reproduce it since then...
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Okay, thanks for confirming. I will probably push a new build on the update servers soon. Not tonight though.
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Your software, your dance. But the author of software that includes something like this telling me "oh they just don't know what they're talking about" without any technical explanation just isn't good enough for me to potentially violate security. Again, I implore you to list the files that trigger anti-virus scanners regardless of your personal opinions of them and post a technical explanation for why you must use this software. |
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A couple links to other posts involving your rant against anti-virus software because you've chosen to include such an expansive suite of network tools just for auto-update functionality doesn't help here. Not to mention in the one link you say it's for "fast connectivity tests" -- for gods sake, is that really necessary for the daily function of your software? I implore you to seek another, accepted method of auto-updating your software or at least provide an option to run the software without auto-update functionality on initial run. You mention disabling auto-update but you can't do that unless you run the software, and to do that you must allow netcat to run. Regardless of your protestations against anti-virus software vendors, I don't understand why you require netcat to run if it truly is just there to provide software updates. Again, thanks for writing the software and taking the time to reply. I'm sure this will go absolutely nowhere and I'll move on to other software. I do hope you reconsider. |
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It would be nice to understand the origin of the problem. It is well known that Windows is terribly unstable, but normally it is not necessary to reboot to run a program!
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If this was one of the projects that I'm doing for a company, I would just forward this case to our legal department. Our lawyers would do the required phone call and tomorrow the "anti-virus" company would have the problem fixed - either that or they could watch how they are sued to death. Anyway, as things are, this is just one of my "private" projects that I'm doing for fun. I don't have an army of lawyers to keep the "anti-virus" companies in their place. So, all I can do is try to educate people and tell them the facts. The day that I change a single line of my code to escape unjustified defamation committed by "anti-virus" companies is not going to happen. It would be a pointless endeavor anyway, because there is a zillion of "anti-virus" products on the market that tend to change their behavior on a daily basis, so you couldn't workaround all of them, even if you would be willing to waste your time on this - their propaganda is working well, it seems. Quote:
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Which I have thanked you at every point for doing, but does not excuse any of this behavior nor the attitude. Quote:
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Heck, who do these megalomaniac people think they are? Do they think they are the "programming police", telling other developers how to write their code and how not? That's totally insane! We call such behavior "censorship"! Secondly, I'm well aware of the VirusTotal report. Generally VirusTotal is useful, yes. Still, even if 100 out of 100 so-called "anti-virus" engines were reporting a program that every sane person knows is 100% legitimate as "potentially dangerous" (or similar oversimplified nonsense), then this would still be a wrong accusation. And, a wrong accusation doesn't become any more "true", just because it is repeated many times! Finally, even though I'm not required (not at all!) to justify what I'm doing to any anti-virus company (or to you), the reasons I'm using NC for connectivity check is because it is faster than attempting a "real" HTTP connection via WGet. Quote:
And, on a regular basis, our software gets blocked by so-called "anti-virus" software - as we learn from people contacting our support. Guess what? I forward the case to the legal department, so they can do the required phone calls. And, once called by the lawyers of a "not so small" company, the anti-virus company will retreat quickly and promise to put our software on their "white-list" as soon as possible. They know why! If they continued blocking our product for no justified reason, while they are not blocking our competitor's product, this would be an illegal manipulation of the market. It would indicate they have a secret agreement with our competitor to hold our product off the market. If such case ever went to the court, it almost certainly would end up really expensive for them. That's why they always retreat quickly and the case never goes to court. Again: They know why! (But, as explained before, for the "private" projects I'm doing in my free time, I don't have any lawyers available to keep the "anti-virus" thugs in their place. Otherwise we wouldn't have this discussion) Quote:
Be assured that it's not going to work. Been through that
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Anyway, as you wrote, there is no reason to justify yourself. But it I were you, I would be much more concerned by the fact that the current situation is scaring for many users, and may (and certainly has) a negative impact on the reputation of your software. The fact that some picky anti-virus may be culprit doesn't change that report. It's why I don't understand your will to leave things as they are. But of course, once again, you are free.
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That is because HTTP is an "application" layer protocol built-on top of the TCP "transport" layer protocol. Therefore, when establishing a HTTP connection, the first thing that happens is that a TCP connection will be established. Once that TCP connection has been established, HTTP will start sending the actual application-level payload (HTTP request header) over the established TCP connection. So, at the point where HTTP just starts doing its work, NC is already done with its job. I don't know how you got those numbers (between 15 and 30 seconds), but for me the update check clearly takes less than ~10 seconds – and that's with my slowish DSL "home" connection! (small town, so no VDSL or FTTH) If "your" way to update works significantly faster than "mine", it is probably because you are checking a single server. And when that server is down, then you give up (I assume). That's how I started too. But I had to learn, the hard way, that relying on a single update server is a bad idea! If the only update server breaks away (permanently) it leaves thousands of existing installations unable to update - forever. Consequently, I'm now using a bunch of update mirrors (currently 16), which greatly improves reliability. But, of course, nothing in life is for free. Providing many mirrors means that the application needs to find a "working" update mirror - which is done by probing. And NC does this way faster than, e.g., WGet. See here: http://muldersoft.com/temp/GVbsVBSXh...web_update.zip
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