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Old 27th October 2006, 20:39   #1  |  Link
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MP4MenuGUI

I have tried to write a simple GUI, witch make it easier to create dvd-like menus in a mp4 file.

Download the latest build

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Microsoft .NET Runtime 2.0

Avisynth 2.57 for video preview

MediaInfo.dll


The GUI can create a bt script witch is similar to bonds mp4menu script, thank you for your great work bond.
The program has some elements from MeGUI, like the video preview, also a great thanks to all developers of MeGUI.

A small guide
You must encode the menus with x264 or an other mpeg4 encoder before you can start using the gui (detailed instructions will follow).
the following formats are supported as input:
video: in avi and mp4, alternative you can use an image (jpg) as "video" input.
audio: mp3, mp3 in avi, aac in mp4
subtitle: srt(text file)
chapterfile: ogg file format

Now you can start MP4MenuGui. First specify all movie inputs. If you use mp4 files as input you must specify witch track you want to use. You can use Yamb to find out witch is the right. If you use anamorphic encoding you have to correct the world size to the display size of the movie video (later it should be calculate automatic). You can use the build-in Chapter Creator to change the chapter file. You have to save your changes before you exit it.

config the Menus
What is the difference between menuinput and menu?
A menuinput is a video or image file. A video input can contains more than one menu, so a menu is a part of a input, with a start and end frame.
Before you start to configure the buttons I recommend that you create all necessary inputs and menus, so that you can link to these menus. To create a new button select a button type (rectangle or ellipse) by clicking on the icon. Now click and hold the left mouse button somewhere in the preview window and draw the button.
In the menu option window you can place the buttons and specify the actions. If the video is anamorphic you have to correct the DAR.

create the script and the mp4 file
To create a bt script click "Save as BT" and select the output file. You need a compiler/encoder like the mp4box to convert the script into binary format in mp4. Execute the following command line:

Code:
"c:\path to\mp4box.exe" -mp4 "c:\path to\output.bt"
Playback
For playback those files you need a mpeg-4 systems 2D player.
the best currently free available is the Osmo4 from GPAC!

TODO:
- write a better guide
- set language and track name (improving the process)
- make the menus selfrepeating

Maybe it would be useful for some of you.

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I'll certainly give your application a look
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You know, MeGUI should have a MP4 menu creator. Maybe somewhere in the distant future.
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When i click on "Menu Options", I get this :



What's wrong ?

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Old 28th October 2006, 13:03   #6  |  Link
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sounds great! only just, anyone having a compile?
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Old 28th October 2006, 16:06   #7  |  Link
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@bond binaries will come in the next hours

@Kurtnoise13: it looks like you have pressed the menu option button without specify a menu input source and the program doesnt check it.
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Alright...thanks.

Here is a compile.

Note: MS .Net Framework 2.0 & Avisynth needed of course...

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Old 28th October 2006, 17:19   #9  |  Link
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Alright...thanks.

Here is a compile.

Note: MS .Net Framework needed of course...
thanks! tough i cant get it to work. it always freezes when i try to open a video file (menu or movie)
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Yes video loading is quite long for me but no freezing. btw do you have any error messages after the freeze ?

Some screenshots:


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I think its because I check with MediaInfo if there is any video track.
Also to load a preview is quite long because it use Avisynth.

PS. bin is on sourceforge.
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i cant get this to work at all. it crashes on everything i do, except loading the movie video from .avi (eg when loading a video .mp4 it simply closes itself)

when i try to open an audio mp4 it crashes sometimes with error message, sometimes without

i have .net 2.0, latest avisynth alpha (which works fine normally) and the mediainfo included
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i cant evaluate such a behavior, i have tested any source i have found.
witch version of mediainfo do you use? its tested with 0.7.2.1 and 0.7.3.1
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i cant evaluate such a behavior, i have tested any source i have found.
witch version of mediainfo do you use? its tested with 0.7.2.1 and 0.7.3.1
i used the one in your package
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i used the one in your package
then i haven't any idea.
Have you more details? witch codec or witch error when an error message is shown?
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Amazing! ASAP I'll try it I've never tried to figure out bt script, maybe this will be my chanche to use them (if this GUI can make easily usable mpeg-4 systems IMOON will become one of my hero!).
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Wow! Great work, thank you very much, been waiting for something like this for a year now! Gonna try ASAP
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I can see myself perhaps using this if only for spec compliant chapters.

Great work, I know a bunch of people involved in creative projects who could benefit from MP4 menus and other clever stuff.

Hopefully as your project gains momentum, others will follow suit (perhaps Haali would be willing to implement some more systems in his splitter? )
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Mhh... to me it crashes each time I try to add a stream after I've added already one. I can add only one stream (audio,video or subs or anything else), then it crashes.
I'm on SP1 (.NET 2.0 is designed for SP2), maybe it could be the reason, but I don't have problems with MEGui....
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hello Hyper Shinchan,
sorry for my late response.
if you don't have a error message try the new release. There should be a error message if open an input fails. Maybe we find then the bug.
new in this release is only the possibility to use intros for the menus (not tested yet, outros follow).
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