Going from Windows To Linux, how would I...

[Carpo]

Change this

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
DGDecode_mpeg2source("F:\DISC_RIPS\ERGO_PROXY_ep1\ergo_ep1.d2v", info=3)
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\ColorMatrix.dll")
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
Load_Stdcall_Plugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\yadif\yadif.dll")
SetMTMode(5)
Yadif(order=1)
crop( 4, 2, 0, 0)
Spline36Resize(720,400) # Spline36 (Neutral)
GradFun2DBmod()
toon()
MSharpen()
#denoise

Into something that I could do on Linux, I am planing on upgrading my system to a Core i7 near to Xmas/New Year when they have the sales and will use the Q6600 I have now as a server come encode box, so thought I would get a head start now

[nm]

I'd use AviSynth through avs2yuv on Wine, so nothing would need to be changed in the filtering side.

[Carpo]

is avisynth stable on wine? does dgindex dedecode work under wine?

[nm]

Originally Posted by Carpo

is avisynth stable on wine?

Yes, perfectly stable.

does dgindex dedecode work under wine?

I have only used DGAVCDec a few times and it worked fine. If there are problems with DGMPGDec, FFMS2 should work well enough.

[Carpo]

suppose its time i compile wine and gave it a test, what would be the commandline i would have to use? could i use the linux version of x264 or would it have to use the windows version?

[nm]

Originally Posted by Carpo

suppose its time i compile wine and gave it a test, what would be the commandline i would have to use? could i use the linux version of x264 or would it have to use the windows version?

With avs2yuv, you can pipe AviSynth output to any native Linux program that can read video from standard input or a named pipe. Simply put avs2yuv.exe together with AviSynth dlls and plugins to a directory and run it like this:

wine /path/to/avs2yuv.exe input.avs -o - | x264 --crf 20 --preset slower --tune film -o output.mkv --demuxer y4m -

Use a shell script to make calling easier.


Running a Windows build of x264 with AVS support on Wine should also work, but I haven't tried that myself.

[Carpo]

sweet, will have to try it all out in a bit

[Carpo]

what is the --demuxer y4m - bit for?

[nm]

Originally Posted by Carpo

what is the --demuxer y4m - bit for?

Avs2yuv outputs yuv4mpeg by default. This raw format includes a header for frame size and frame rate, so they don't need to be specified on the x264 command line. --demuxer y4m tells x264 that the input is yuv4mpeg. The - part at the end means standard input (piped from avs2yuv -o -).

[Carpo]

Okay, thanks for the info - will report back any failures or success

[Carpo]

ok last Q, have most running now, usually I would use MeGUI to make the avs but seeing as MeGUI doesn't work under Linux (not that i have go it working) how would i now what way to de-interlace some of the content I have.

Also how do i get around the fact its telling me it cant load avisynth.dll even though its there, do i need to add that to the .avs file?

[nm]

Originally Posted by Carpo

ok last Q, have most running now, usually I would use MeGUI to make the avs but seeing as MeGUI doesn't work under Linux (not that i have go it working) how would i now what way to de-interlace some of the content I have.

Learn to recognize the content type yourself. For example mplayer -vf il=d separates fields so that you can see what is going on. Key . (dot) advances the video one frame at a time.

Originally Posted by Carpo

Also how do i get around the fact its telling me it cant load avisynth.dll even though its there, do i need to add that to the .avs file?

Avisynth.dll doesn't need to be loaded in the script. Have you also placed devil.dll to the same directory?

[Carpo]

devil.dll ? have not seen that dll

[nm]

Originally Posted by Carpo

devil.dll ? have not seen that dll

"DevIL.dll" comes with AviSynth and gets installed to system32. If you install AviSynth with Wine, both avisynth.dll and devil.dll are put to .wine/drive_c/windows/system32 and they work from there. Alternatively you can copy them from an existing installation to the directory where avs2yuv.exe resides.

If you still have problems, post the full console output that you get from running avs2yuv.exe, and a file listing from its directory (preferably with ls -l).

[Carpo]

Thanks, wont be today as i have a wedding to go to, and well tomorrow may be a recovery day

[RazrFalcon]

Hi, trying to use it, but get this error:

$ wine '/home/razrfalcon/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/avs2yuv/avs2yuv.exe' '/home/razrfalcon/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/AviSynth 2.5/Examples/Autors.avs' -o - | x264 --crf 20 --preset slower --tune film -o output.mkv --demuxer y4m -
failed to load avisynth.dll
x264 [error]: could not open input file `-'

Avisynth.dll and devil.dll in ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/

What is wrong? Thanks.

[nm]

Originally Posted by RazrFalcon

Hi, trying to use it, but get this error:

$ wine '/home/razrfalcon/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/avs2yuv/avs2yuv.exe' '/home/razrfalcon/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/AviSynth 2.5/Examples/Autors.avs' -o - | x264 --crf 20 --preset slower --tune film -o output.mkv --demuxer y4m -
failed to load avisynth.dll
x264 [error]: could not open input file `-'

Avisynth.dll and devil.dll in ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/

Hmm. That should work. Try copying them to the same directory with avs2yuv. Which AviSynth version do they come from?

[RazrFalcon]

Try copying them to the same directory with avs2yuv.

Didn't work. Still get this error.

v.2.5.8 ST, 32-bit at SourceForge

PS: ArchLinux x32

[RazrFalcon]

Fixed. I just install vcrun6 via winetricks. And move avs2yuv.exe to system32 directory.

Example:

$ wine avs2yuv.exe "/media/data/Authors.avs" -o - | x264 --crf 20 --preset slower --tune film -o output.mkv --demuxer y4m -
/media/data/Authors.avs: 448x448, 25 fps, 2562 frames
converting YUY2 -> YV12
y4m [info]: 448x448p 0:0 @ 25/1 fps (cfr)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Slow SlowCTZ
x264 [info]: profile High, level 2.2
x264 [info]: frame I:15    Avg QP:14.52  size:  7872                           
x264 [info]: frame P:824   Avg QP:21.22  size:  1628
x264 [info]: frame B:1723  Avg QP:24.42  size:    87
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames:  2.8%  5.8% 50.0% 41.4%
x264 [info]: mb I  I16..4: 91.9%  0.3%  7.8%
x264 [info]: mb P  I16..4:  4.8%  0.1%  0.1%  P16..4: 11.3%  2.7%  2.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:78.9%
x264 [info]: mb B  I16..4:  0.2%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  4.9%  0.3%  0.0%  direct: 1.8%  skip:92.7%  L0:26.3% L1:39.8% BI:33.9%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:1.9% inter:48.8%
x264 [info]: direct mvs  spatial:26.8% temporal:73.2%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 2.9% 17.2% 9.8% inter: 2.3% 6.5% 3.4%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 94%  5%  1%  0%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu:  2%  4% 88%  0%  2%  1%  0%  1%  2%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 15% 26% 26%  3%  6%  5%  6%  4% 10%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p:  6%  4%  3% 86%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:95.9% UV:2.1%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 68.6% 13.8% 11.3%  4.6%  0.5%  0.5%  0.3%  0.1%  0.2%  0.2%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 79.1% 18.4%  2.0%  0.3%  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%
x264 [info]: ref B L1: 62.2% 37.8%
x264 [info]: kb/s:125.65

encoded 2562 frames, 27.49 fps, 125.70 kb/s

Big thanks nm

[nm]

Ok, I just tried it on a clean Wine installation and looks like AviSynth also needs Microsoft Visual C++ 6 libraries (mfc42.dll, msvcp60.dll and msvcrt.dll). Wine does print out an error on this though, but maybe you have error messages disabled?

Anyway, easiest way to install those libraries is by winetricks:

winetricks vcrun6sp6