MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread - Page 221

rapscallion · 27th June 2009, 15:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharktooth

if the jobs were generated by an automated 2-pass preset then i think you can do nothing in megui.
but you can run the 2nd pass manually from the windows command prompt. after it's done, proceed with other encodings (audio or whatever) and muxing.

The "bold" above got me thinking (dangerous). I looked at the config tab again and changed "automated-2pass" to "2pass-2nd pass". Deleted the first 2 jobs and enqueued the new job (ie the old job2) and Voila, it runs the encode! Turned out to be a simple solution, after all. Again, thank you for taking the time to address the issue and have a great weekend.

rapscallion · 29th June 2009, 21:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharktooth

i know... everything from quant 18 and below is generally transparent... .

Quick question. Are you saying the average, like this :

Code:

---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:8228  Avg QP:15.07  size: 96212
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:67843 Avg QP:16.18  size: 48725
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice B:83215 Avg QP:17.21  size: 27918

or the actual qp at any given point? Because, let's say the average is 18 in the 3 slices, then obviously some qp is above and some below. Sorry for the noob questions but I do find this stuff very interesting

kumi · 29th June 2009, 22:39

One-click x264 jobs do not work for me. When I enqueue and run a one-click x264 job, MeGUI spits out:

Code:

--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: can't open `'

When I look at the XML VideoJob file created by the one-click process, it contains:

Code:

<UseQPFile>true</UseQPFile>
<QPFile />

This is wrong: my x264 profile has "Use qp File" unchecked. When I load an .AVS file in the MeGUI Main tab and enqueue it directly using this same x264 profile, the resulting VideoJob XML is correct and encodes without errors. It contains:

Code:

<UseQPFile>false</UseQPFile>
<QPFile>.qp</QPFile>

Also, if I edit the x264 profile and make any changes to the "Use QP file" setting, the changes don't stick. It always shows the box unchecked, with a filename of ".qp".

Tested on a Clean XP SP3 VMware image + Windows Security updates + .NET 2.0 SP1 + DirectX 9.0 March 2009 redist + MeGUI 0.3.1.1046 fully updated

Can anyone reproduce?

Sharktooth · 30th June 2009, 02:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapscallion

Quick question. Are you saying the average, like this :

Code:

---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:8228  Avg QP:15.07  size: 96212
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:67843 Avg QP:16.18  size: 48725
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice B:83215 Avg QP:17.21  size: 27918

or the actual qp at any given point? Because, let's say the average is 18 in the 3 slices, then obviously some qp is above and some below. Sorry for the noob questions but I do find this stuff very interesting

it depends on what you want to compare. in both cases if you have an average qp18 encode you're encode will look as the original (except on cases where psy options make a huge difference).

@kumi: ill have a look at it as soon as i find some time. keep in mind im actually really busy 'till august.
be sure to post that in the megui bugtracker on sourceforge, so i wont forget it...

rack04 · 30th June 2009, 03:23

Currently AVS Script Creator will not use Nvidia Deinterlacer with DGM files. This should be possible with the latest releases.

kumi · 30th June 2009, 03:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharktooth

@kumi: ill have a look at it as soon as i find some time. keep in mind im actually really busy 'till august.
be sure to post that in the megui bugtracker on sourceforge, so i wont forget it...

Roger that, thanks. Submitted as Broken one-click x264 VideoJob XML - ID: 2814331. In the meantime I will downgrade to 0.3.1.1014, which doesn't have the qp file settings.

If I use the built-in updater and update all MeGUI components _except_ core, is that safe?

DJ Alik · 30th June 2009, 07:32

Is there a limit on how big the final file can be? I am using meGui to mix 4 files into mp4 and it keeps crashing in the mp4box module on ntdll.dll

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 6/30/2009 1:25:40 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: ******
Description:
Faulting application MP4Box_x64.exe, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x49cd37cd, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6002.18005, time stamp 0x49e0421d, exception code 0xc0000374, fault offset 0x00000000000aef37, process id 0x18a8, application start time 0x01c9f94ade2b4e70.

Here are the files that I tried to put in there:

Complete name : movie.h264
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
File size : 3.79 GiB

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 304 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1173M f6d3166
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=12 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=crf / crf=8.0 / qcomp=0.50 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=24000 / vbv_bufsize=24000 / ip_ratio=1.10 / pb_ratio=1.10 / aq=1:1.00

audio:
Complete name : audio.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 348 MiB
Duration : 2h 8mn
Overall bit rate : 379 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-29 12:46:39
Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-29 12:57:46
Writing application : Nero AAC codec / 1.3.3.0
cdec : ndaudio 1.3.3.0 / -cbr 384000 -lc

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 8mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 504 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 346 MiB (100%)
Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-29 12:46:39
Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-29 12:57:46

subtitles:
subtitle.srt 122,880 bytes

chapters
chapters.txt 4,096 bytes

I tried on both XPSP3 and Vista 64 SP2

rapscallion · 1st July 2009, 17:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharktooth

it depends on what you want to compare. in both cases if you have an average qp18 encode you're encode will look as the original (except on cases where psy options make a huge difference).

Thanks Sharktooth ! (psy options are via the SA-AVCHD preset)

ctl-tx · 1st July 2009, 18:51

I would like to use MeGUI's audio cutter to cut some sound samples. Unfortunately, I don't know the proper way to create a cutlist for it. Is it just a sequence of times in a text file? And if so what format are they in and how are they arranged? Otherwise, how do I make a cutlist file? Please help.

Redsandro · 2nd July 2009, 03:49

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but maybe some of you had similar issues.

In Windows 7 x64 I get "x264 has stopped working" with any video and any settings.
Same video and settings work just fine in XP.

Do I need to tweak something to get this working?
Same problem with FFMPEG btw..

daberti · 2nd July 2009, 08:49

I've a silly question for you folks.
My TV set supports only 720p and 1080i. PAL
I've a bunch of 1080p Blu-ray material and I'd like to make AVCHD out of it.
1)Better using 1080i or 720p on my TV set?
2)Supposing 8000mbps is the perfect video bitrate for 1080p AVC-H264 encoding, what video bitrate would you recommend me for 720p?

Thanks

tebasuna51 · 2nd July 2009, 10:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by daberti

My TV set supports only 720p and 1080i. PAL
I've a bunch of 1080p Blu-ray material and I'd like to make AVCHD out of it.
1)Better using 1080i or 720p on my TV set?
2)Supposing 8000mbps is the perfect video bitrate for 1080p AVC-H264 encoding, what video bitrate would you recommend me for 720p?

If you need recode your video better use 720p, but 1080p can be played also in HD Ready TV.

8000Kb/s is a low bitrate for 1920x1080 (Qf=0.16), at least 10000Kb/s (Qf=0.2), for average video material, is needed.

The relation between 1080 and 720 bitrate is:
(1920x1080)/(1280x720) = 2.25
then 10000Kb/s for 1080 is equivalent to 4500 Kb/s for 720

Douchie · 2nd July 2009, 14:33

Hello all,

I have seem to run into a problem with MeGUI. I can't seem to get ANY of the encoder profiles for x264 or xvid to work with one click encoder.... as in I'll add the project to the queue list and click start, but it goes straight to skip in the status tab. I looked under the log tab and it said this:

Error starting job
Exception message: File exists and the user doesn't want to overwrite
Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
Inner exception: null

Any help would be great, thanks.

Also, running Vista 64bit SP2

ctl-tx · 2nd July 2009, 15:46

Seems to me that this is your problem:

Quote:

Exception message: File exists and the user doesn't want to overwrite

Check the output filename, is it the same as the input? Is there a file by that name in the target directory?

b66pak · 2nd July 2009, 17:09

nicaudio has been updated...

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.ph...59#post1300059

can you include it in megui autoupdate?
_

Sharktooth · 2nd July 2009, 17:45

no, since the syntax has changed. megui code needs to be updated and i actually have no time to do that.

daberti · 2nd July 2009, 18:53

Sharktooth, I'm using your x264_dp_ Standalone-PS3-Xbox360_Fast.xml profile.
This in order to encode my m2ts files to an AVCHD compatible standard.
Yet I'd like to proceed even faster, without losing AVCHD compatibility. Any hint to a newbie?
Thanks for your profiles

Dan

nurbs · 2nd July 2009, 19:19

First off the PS3/Xbox360 profile probably isn't really AVCHD compatible because of the high keyframe intervall and the missing --nal-hdr switch. Also AVCHD compatibility demands specific framesizes.
If you want faster encoding you can lower trellis, M.E. Range, M.E. Algorithm, the b-frame decision or subpixel refinement. You can turn off mixed references, lower the number of reference frames and lower the number of b-frames.

Sharktooth · 2nd July 2009, 21:03

well... what nurbs said plus ensure to use fast avisynth filters and no complex scripts.

kumi · 2nd July 2009, 22:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Douchie

Hello all,

I have seem to run into a problem with MeGUI. I can't seem to get ANY of the encoder profiles for x264 or xvid to work with one click encoder.... as in I'll add the project to the queue list and click start, but it goes straight to skip in the status tab. I looked under the log tab and it said this:

Error starting job
Exception message: File exists and the user doesn't want to overwrite
Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
Inner exception: null

Any help would be great, thanks.

Also, running Vista 64bit SP2

See my "malformed VideoJob XML" bug I reported recently: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func...12&atid=798476

When attempting an x264 One-Click job, do you see the same --[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: can't open `' error when you look in the Log tab? If yes, maybe it's the same bug, so post a quick comment in the sourceforge bug page confirming it.

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kumi Straight to video Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 637	One-click x264 jobs do not work for me. When I enqueue and run a one-click x264 job, MeGUI spits out: Code: --[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: can't open `' When I look at the XML VideoJob file created by the one-click process, it contains: Code: <UseQPFile>true</UseQPFile> <QPFile /> This is wrong: my x264 profile has "Use qp File" unchecked. When I load an .AVS file in the MeGUI Main tab and enqueue it directly using this same x264 profile, the resulting VideoJob XML is correct and encodes without errors. It contains: Code: <UseQPFile>false</UseQPFile> <QPFile>.qp</QPFile> Also, if I edit the x264 profile and make any changes to the "Use QP file" setting, the changes don't stick. It always shows the box unchecked, with a filename of ".qp". Tested on a Clean XP SP3 VMware image + Windows Security updates + .NET 2.0 SP1 + DirectX 9.0 March 2009 redist + MeGUI 0.3.1.1046 fully updated Can anyone reproduce? __________________ . Last edited by kumi; 29th June 2009 at 22:53.

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DJ Alik Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 99	mp4box 4gb file limit? Is there a limit on how big the final file can be? I am using meGui to mix 4 files into mp4 and it keeps crashing in the mp4box module on ntdll.dll Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 6/30/2009 1:25:40 AM Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: ****** Description: Faulting application MP4Box_x64.exe, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x49cd37cd, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6002.18005, time stamp 0x49e0421d, exception code 0xc0000374, fault offset 0x00000000000aef37, process id 0x18a8, application start time 0x01c9f94ade2b4e70. Here are the files that I tried to put in there: Complete name : movie.h264 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec File size : 3.79 GiB Video Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames Width : 704 pixels Height : 304 pixels Display aspect ratio : 2.35 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Resolution : 24 bits Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Scan type : Progressive Writing library : x264 core 67 r1173M f6d3166 Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=12 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=crf / crf=8.0 / qcomp=0.50 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=24000 / vbv_bufsize=24000 / ip_ratio=1.10 / pb_ratio=1.10 / aq=1:1.00 audio: Complete name : audio.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media / Version 2 Codec ID : mp42 File size : 348 MiB Duration : 2h 8mn Overall bit rate : 379 Kbps Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-29 12:46:39 Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-29 12:57:46 Writing application : Nero AAC codec / 1.3.3.0 cdec : ndaudio 1.3.3.0 / -cbr 384000 -lc Audio ID : 1 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format version : Version 4 Format profile : LC Format settings, SBR : No Codec ID : 40 Duration : 2h 8mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 384 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 504 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Resolution : 16 bits Stream size : 346 MiB (100%) Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-29 12:46:39 Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-29 12:57:46 subtitles: subtitle.srt 122,880 bytes chapters chapters.txt 4,096 bytes I tried on both XPSP3 and Vista 64 SP2 __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Intel i7 920 ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 Mboard 6GB DDR-3 Crucial XMS RAM Visiontek ATI 4850 Sound Blaster Audigy

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Redsandro Unregistered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 133	Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but maybe some of you had similar issues. In Windows 7 x64 I get "x264 has stopped working" with any video and any settings. Same video and settings work just fine in XP. Do I need to tweak something to get this working? Same problem with FFMPEG btw.. __________________ avi + m2t -> Vdub + DGIndex -> AE CS3 -> x264 -> Hell On Earth Woop, woop! That's the sound of the police!

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Douchie Kill! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3	Hello all, I have seem to run into a problem with MeGUI. I can't seem to get ANY of the encoder profiles for x264 or xvid to work with one click encoder.... as in I'll add the project to the queue list and click start, but it goes straight to skip in the status tab. I looked under the log tab and it said this: Error starting job Exception message: File exists and the user doesn't want to overwrite Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job) Inner exception: null Any help would be great, thanks. Also, running Vista 64bit SP2 Last edited by Douchie; 2nd July 2009 at 14:39.

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Sharktooth Mr. Sandman Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Haddonfield, IL Posts: 11,768	no, since the syntax has changed. megui code needs to be updated and i actually have no time to do that. __________________ MPEG-4 ASP Custom Matrices: EQM V1(old), EQM AutoGK Sharpmatrix (aka EQM V2), EQM V3HR (updated 01/10/2004), EQM V3LR, EQM V3ULR (updated 04/02/2005), EQM V3UHR (updated 17/12/2004) and EQM V3EHR (updated 05/10/2004) Info about my ASP matrices. MPEG-4 AVC Custom Matrices: EQM AVC-HR Info about my AVC matrices My x264 builds. Mooo!!!

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rack04 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,538	Currently AVS Script Creator will not use Nvidia Deinterlacer with DGM files. This should be possible with the latest releases.

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ctl-tx Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 22	I would like to use MeGUI's audio cutter to cut some sound samples. Unfortunately, I don't know the proper way to create a cutlist for it. Is it just a sequence of times in a text file? And if so what format are they in and how are they arranged? Otherwise, how do I make a cutlist file? Please help.

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daberti Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 172	I've a silly question for you folks. My TV set supports only 720p and 1080i. PAL I've a bunch of 1080p Blu-ray material and I'd like to make AVCHD out of it. 1)Better using 1080i or 720p on my TV set? 2)Supposing 8000mbps is the perfect video bitrate for 1080p AVC-H264 encoding, what video bitrate would you recommend me for 720p? Thanks

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b66pak Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Land Of Dracula (Romania - EU) Posts: 934	nicaudio has been updated... http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.ph...59#post1300059 can you include it in megui autoupdate? _

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daberti Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 172	Sharktooth, I'm using your x264_dp_ Standalone-PS3-Xbox360_Fast.xml profile. This in order to encode my m2ts files to an AVCHD compatible standard. Yet I'd like to proceed even faster, without losing AVCHD compatibility. Any hint to a newbie? Thanks for your profiles Dan

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nurbs Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,460	First off the PS3/Xbox360 profile probably isn't really AVCHD compatible because of the high keyframe intervall and the missing --nal-hdr switch. Also AVCHD compatibility demands specific framesizes. If you want faster encoding you can lower trellis, M.E. Range, M.E. Algorithm, the b-frame decision or subpixel refinement. You can turn off mixed references, lower the number of reference frames and lower the number of b-frames.

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Sharktooth Mr. Sandman Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Haddonfield, IL Posts: 11,768	well... what nurbs said plus ensure to use fast avisynth filters and no complex scripts. __________________ MPEG-4 ASP Custom Matrices: EQM V1(old), EQM AutoGK Sharpmatrix (aka EQM V2), EQM V3HR (updated 01/10/2004), EQM V3LR, EQM V3ULR (updated 04/02/2005), EQM V3UHR (updated 17/12/2004) and EQM V3EHR (updated 05/10/2004) Info about my ASP matrices. MPEG-4 AVC Custom Matrices: EQM AVC-HR Info about my AVC matrices My x264 builds. Mooo!!!