Auto Gordian Knot: current version 2.55

[btothec2]

len0x,

I do not know what happened, but somehow my account here got tricked off, and I no longer had priviledges to post on the board. I got tired of waiting for a response from the admins on this forum and just made a new account. Anyways, I still have a few hundred gigs of unused bandwidth, so if you want me to setup an account for you on one of them let me know.

[len0x]

Originally posted by lilian2k3
but wonder why still it has 2 cd files after I got the whole movie? I chosed 1400mb, thought it will generate only one 1 file...

if size is 1400Mb or 2100Mb then movie is always split. chnage it to 1401 for instance to avoid splitting.

[guspasho]

Ok this is odd. I compressed Pirates Of The Caribbean twice, using the same settings each time, except a larger file size. The first time I encoded it at 650 MB, the second time at 950 MB. What I don't understand is why the audio would be much much quieter with the larger rip. I used the same audio track and there aren't any other options to mess with the audio with. Granted I am using the (now) obsolete .48 but so far I have been happy with it and why screw with a good thing? Would Windows' volume control settings have any effect on the volume of the audio that gets compressed? TIA

BTW Thanks sooooo much for all your hard work on this project, Len0x. I LOVE this program!

[len0x]

Originally posted by mikeathome

What if I select a Minimum Width (say 704) in Advanced Seetings dialog and leave Audio to Auto. Will AGK choose automatically between AC3 and MP3 to ensure good quality based on the analysis ?

not at the moment...

Originally posted by mikeathome

Btw. is there a reason why the max. file size is limited to 3000 MB (apart from the unlimited switch with no settings influence).

hm... I have no idea why just changed to 10000Mb...

[len0x]

Originally posted by wertert

Hit F5 to check the movie. Hit esc again. Move the slider to the endpoint of the film (before the credits) and click ']'. Hit F4 ( save as ) and over write the file called <film_name>.d2v.

that's excellent solution

[len0x]

Originally posted by guspasho
Ok this is odd. I compressed Pirates Of The Caribbean twice, using the same settings each time, except a larger file size. The first time I encoded it at 650 MB, the second time at 950 MB. What I don't understand is why the audio would be much much quieter with the larger rip.

answer is simple: for 700Mb or smaller rips MP3 audio used which is made from AC3 with "normalize" option. for large rips original AC3 audio is used. You can boost AC3 volume by installing AC3filter and boosting levels there...

[yotsuya-san]

Hi Lenox, yesterday I've tried AutoGK 0.68 with the movie "Far from heaven", italian version. I've used DivX 5.1.1 Pro, MP3 CBR@112 and I've fit it in 1 cd (700 Megs), 'cause the CT was really good (more than 75%@608*320). Anyway, the result is not very good, even if there are no high motion scenes, the film is very bright and colorful, and the resolution is obviously too high, so there are too many artifacts.
I know it's not a direct AutoGK fault, but I want you to know.

This is my log:

[08/12/2003 15.50.02] Input dir: C:\LONTANO DAL PARADISO\VIDEO_TS
[08/12/2003 15.50.02] Output file: C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\lontano_dal_paradiso.avi
[08/12/2003 15.50.02] Audio: Italiano
[08/12/2003 15.50.02] Subtitles: none
[08/12/2003 15.50.02] Target size: 700Mb
[08/12/2003 15.50.02] Custom audio settings: CBR MP3 with bitrate: 112Kbps
[08/12/2003 15.50.02] Started encoding.
[08/12/2003 15.50.02] Demuxing and indexing.
[08/12/2003 15.58.14] Analyzing source.
[08/12/2003 15.58.14] Writing the following script to C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\tmp\lastjob.vcf
(...)
[08/12/2003 16.29.46] Source has percentage of interlacing in motion areas: 0,00
[08/12/2003 16.29.46] Source is considered to be progressive.
[08/12/2003 16.29.47] Found 154250 frames
[08/12/2003 16.29.47] Encoding audio.
[08/12/2003 17.24.49] Audio size: 86,382,208 bytes (82.38 Mb)
[08/12/2003 17.24.49] Overhead: 5,613,824 bytes (5.35 Mb)
[08/12/2003 17.24.49] Video size: 642,007,168 bytes (612.27 Mb)
[08/12/2003 17.24.49] Target bitrate is: 832kbps
[08/12/2003 17.24.49] Running compressibility test.
[08/12/2003 17.24.49] Writing the following script to C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\tmp\lontano_dal_paradiso_comptest.avs
===========================================================
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~2\AutoGK\filters\mpeg2dec3dg.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~2\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~2\AutoGK\filters\undot.dll")

function getOrder(clip c) {
order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
return order }

movie = mpeg2source("C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\tmp\lontano_dal_paradiso.d2v")
cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=0,threshold=40)
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / 1.45868945868946)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
fixed_aspect = input_par > 1.4 ? 1.45868945868946 : 1.42222222222222
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
out_width = 640
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 8) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=40)
Undot()
LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
SelectRangeEvery(280,14)
===========================================================
[08/12/2003 17.24.50] Writing the following script to C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\tmp\lastjob.vcf
(...)
[08/12/2003 17.54.56] Duration was: 30 minutes 5 seconds
[08/12/2003 17.54.56] Speed was: 4,27 fps.
[08/12/2003 17.54.56] Compressibility percentage is: 68,38
[08/12/2003 17.54.56] Chosen width is: 608
[08/12/2003 17.54.56] Predicted comptest value is: 75,58
[08/12/2003 17.54.56] Running first pass.
[08/12/2003 17.54.56] Writing the following script to C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\tmp\lontano_dal_paradiso_movie.avs
===========================================================
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~2\AutoGK\filters\mpeg2dec3dg.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~2\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~2\AutoGK\filters\undot.dll")

function getOrder(clip c) {
order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
return order }

movie = mpeg2source("C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\tmp\lontano_dal_paradiso.d2v")
cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=0,threshold=40)
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / 1.45868945868946)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
fixed_aspect = input_par > 1.4 ? 1.45868945868946 : 1.42222222222222
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
out_width = 608
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 8) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=40)
Undot()
LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
===========================================================
[08/12/2003 17.54.58] Writing the following script to C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\tmp\lastjob.vcf
(...)
===========================================================
[09/12/2003 1.32.23] Duration was: 7 hours 37 minutes 25 seconds
[09/12/2003 1.32.23] Speed was: 5,62 fps.
[09/12/2003 1.32.23] Running second pass.
[09/12/2003 1.32.25] Writing the following script to C:\Documents and Settings\fede\Desktop\tmp\lastjob.vcf
(...)
===========================================================
[09/12/2003 7.17.58] Duration was: 5 hours 45 minutes 32 seconds
[09/12/2003 7.17.58] Speed was: 7,44 fps.
[09/12/2003 7.17.58] Job finished.


Oh, I forget it: it's a little oversized (735.414.712 byte = 701 Megabyte)

Bye, Yotsuya.

[guspasho]

Thanks again! I'm glad the solution is so simple!

[idanm19]

Hello !

would you consider include an option in AutoGK (maybe in advance tab) to choose between 'burned in' subtitles and 'external' subtitles (.idx, .sub(RARed)) which may be also auto-splitted.

Thanks!

[len0x]

Originally posted by yotsuya-san
Hi Lenox, yesterday I've tried AutoGK 0.68 with the movie "Far from heaven"

I've done that movie myself not so long ago with divx 5.1.1 as well.
it was 2CDs, 6ch AC3 track, 704*xxx (bitrate above 1500). I didn't feel like it was a perfect job either. That was one of 5-6 divx 5.1.1 rips I've done and all of them were not quite satisfying to me. I felt like 5.0.5 did better job. After that I switched to XviD

About the movie itself - it is quite difficult for divx 5.1.1 since it has that blurry glow which you can find in most old movies (I do lots of them that's why 5.1.1 is not ideal for me). Such source causes major problems for divx...

[len0x]

Originally posted by idanm19
Hello !

would you consider include an option in AutoGK (maybe in advance tab) to choose between 'burned in' subtitles and 'external' subtitles (.idx, .sub(RARed)) which may be also auto-splitted.

Thanks!

I've been thinking about it for a while - but I have a problem: care to tell me if there is freeware rar software ?

[yotsuya-san]

Originally posted by len0x

About the movie itself - it is quite difficult for divx 5.1.1 since it has that blurry glow which you can find in most old movies (I do lots of them that's why 5.1.1 is not ideal for me). Such source causes major problems for divx...

Didn't knew that, thank you! I think I'll switch to Xvid too, it's about time. Of course I will not try divx 5.05 with AutoGK, with my usual test vob CT was even more optimistic, probably it would have choosen an even higher resolution.

Bye, Yotsuya.

[Christos]

@len0x

When i choose Input directory I got:
"Access violation at address 00404446 in module 'GkItFast4U.exe'. Read of address FFFFFFF9."
I searched this thread because I remembered I saw something similar posted...
I found out that it was a problem since 0.45beta and its because you restricted reading up to 16 of subs and audio languages.
I checked and I found out that there are 24 subtitle files and 6 audio on the DVD. In fact this is the second DVD I found with such a large number of subs (I live in Greece and most DVDs distributed here are also distributed in the Balcans so they have added subtitles for many languages), which all of them are real. So could you maybe increase the limit to something like 32?
If I may ask what is the purpose of that limitation?

[r6d2]

@len0x,

I noticed you are using joint stereo when converting to MP3. Not sure in this case, but in the audio forums it's sort of a big no-no to use joint stereo. Do you have new info on the matter?

[idanm19]

@lenox

I've been thinking about it for a while - but I have a problem: care to tell me if there is freeware rar software ?

sure - www.rarlab.com

[zerocoolnl]

@Len0x:

I started this morning a (test) rip for DivX (movie = Unbreakable, again...) and I get this error:


I also tryed XviD and get the same error. I'm using 0.68 BETA and my you can view my system specs below.
Hope you find the solution,

Greetz,
Zerocoolnl

[mikeathome]

What if I select a Minimum Width (say 704) in Advanced Seetings dialog and leave Audio to Auto. Will AGK choose automatically between AC3 and MP3 to ensure good quality based on the analysis ?

>not at the moment...

Yupp, found that this morning :-)

Btw. is there a reason why the max. file size is limited to 3000 MB (apart from the unlimited switch with no settings influence).

>hm... I have no idea why just changed to 10000Mb...

Can I DL this version somewhere. Doing heavy tests with LOTR-SE ;-) want to fit that exactly on a DVD-R.

thx mike

[sillKotscha]

Originally posted by r6d2
@len0x,

I noticed you are using joint stereo when converting to MP3. Not sure in this case, but in the audio forums it's sort of a big no-no to use joint stereo. Do you have new info on the matter?

isn't it because of the -abr 'switch' ???... if -alt preset(s) are used then it would be 'stereo' but that would mean larger file size for audio as well...

as we're on the subject:

for 96kbits audio - would it be possible to implement 'resample 48' -> change from -abr 96 to –alt preset 96 – resample 48 ?? that would be nice

and one question though: do you use the ‚chroma optimizer‘ as a default setting?? If not I guess it could be set to default, as speed vs. quality isn’t affected... but quality would profit from it (in my opinion) and it’s still watchable on standalones

cheers Sill

[wertert]

Originally posted by zerocoolnl
@Len0x:

I started this morning a (test) rip for DivX (movie = Unbreakable, again...) and I get this error:


I also tryed XviD and get the same error. I'm using 0.68 BETA and my you can view my system specs below.
Hope you find the solution,

Greetz,
Zerocoolnl

I'm getting exactly the same problem. Only started with 0.68 and I only attempt xvid encodes.

[sreemv]

I am running into an Avisynth error trying to use AutoGk 0.5 for the fist time.

Here is the error:

Avisynth open failure:
Crop: You cannot use crop to enlarge or 'shift' a clip.
(T:\Network_drive\misc\temp\tmp\_.avs, line 13)

Here is my avs script:

LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\mpeg2dec3dg.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\chr.dll")
file="T:\Network_drive\misc\temp\tmp\interlace.log"
sep="-"
function IsMoving() {
return (diff < 1.0) ? false : true}
mpeg2source("T:\Network_drive\misc\temp\tmp\armaan-xvid.d2v")
c = SelectRangeEvery(160,16)
global clip = c
c = FrameEvaluate(c,"write(file,string(IsCombed(threshold=30))+sep+string(IsMoving()),append=true)")
c = FrameEvaluate(c,"global diff = 0.50*YDifferenceFromPrevious(clip) + 0.25*UDifferenceFromPrevious(clip) + 0.25*VDifferenceFromPrevious(clip)")
crop(c,716,476,4,4)