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22nd April 2008, 16:35 | #561 | Link |
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Hello Omion
your x264farm is what i needed for some long time for my HD encodes. I'm using it about 5 months and it's really a piece of good job.
Here's my setup: Controller:Q6600@4.0GHz (wc) 4GBDDR2-1066 2xRaptor36GB raid0 and 2xF1 320GB raid0, selfmodded XPSP2 Agents:my HTPC with E6600@3.2GHz 2GB-DDR2-800, E4300@3.2FGHz 2GB-DDR2-800 and 3xA64 X2@2.66GHz 2GBDDR2-800 ( network 1Gbps ) My question is: Is possible to configure controller that only second pass will be processed over the agents and first pass only on my local Q6600? ( i see that v1.15 have recognize local and auto configure with agent encoding that not use av2yuv.exe ) The reason is that on 720p encodes at first pass with no avs filters speed is very slow 8-30fps, the same source on megui on local only i have 20-50fps ( depending on source ) Maybe is some trick that allow encode only 2pass on x264farm with first pass encoded on standalone x264.exe Thanks for help Last edited by nvubert; 22nd April 2008 at 16:38. |
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you make first-pass on standalone, then start x264farm.. and after it starts doing first pass.... quit it (terminate). then locate folder (i.e. "193949954353 your.avs") in controller's temp folder, then (i guess.. i haven't done it myself) delete dir (in the dir metioned before) named like "1-34534...." and replace(or create...) file "1-BC95ECB7B64E98DEB......txt" with your .stats file form first-pass standalone encode... but, doing agent-based is alot faster(on my side here)
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22nd April 2008, 17:11 | #563 | Link |
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I do controller based encoding because i can't configure every machine for share network,avs filters,etc. However since v1.15 agent on my controller self-configure for agent based encoding ( detecting avs file and says agent encoding - there's no avs2yuv.exe in taskmanager for it ) and other computers doing controller-based.
This "trick" I already knew, but i need some automate this ( if this is only solution ) It is very complicate to do this "hack" on every encode |
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i can... teach you how to setup agent-based... (well, there is a tutorial for mpeg2 encoding in my signature)... and i can explain everything... 'cause now i do AVC reEncodings agent-based...
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23rd April 2008, 10:40 | #565 | Link |
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There's no need to teach things i already know
Problem is that some computers can't host avs filters ( sometimes i use lots of them and scripts are heavy ) because they are HTPC's for TV 24/7 and others media in houses my neighbors, but anyway thanks for good intention |
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Omion, would it be possible to have a new build of x264farm that includes the AQ patch (already in cvs) and the experimental film grain optimization patch?
FGO patch: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.ph...ighlight=patch |
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if you wish.. i've made r839 MSVC2005 build of x264... (but without patches)... and i'm struggling with git-apply ('cause it would be much more simplyer.. then to applay them by hands..(as i did before..))
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I have been playing around with x264 and I am loving the codec. I have found a nice setup to encode all my Divx backups to work on my PC and IPhone which is amazing. However, I am using dual Intel 3.2ghz Dual Core Xeon processors and I can still only encode around a 3:1 ratio (about 1/3 the play time length to encode a file) when encoding AVI into a x264 format in a MP4 wrapper.
x264Farm seems like the perfect solution to speed this whole process up. However, I am converting AVIs encoded in Xvid mainly and some Divx and it would seem x264farm doesn't support AVI encoding? Is it possible to modify x264farm to allow encoding of AVI files and possibly setup a way to batch encode? I currently have access to some servers at work I was given permission to test on. I have 11 servers I can use to try this out. The controller server is a mammoth with 16GB ram and top of the line dual core processors. Then I have 10 dell 1U units that have 2GB ram in them each and dual 2.8ghz DC Xeon processors. If I could get the big server to work as the controller and the other 10 as agents I think I could encode my entire 3TB collection of backups into Mp4 format fairly quickly. Any suggestions? |
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Dustin013: you can convert any file to x264. I've done mpeg2, avi (xvid, divx, wmv), etc etc. with x264rfarm. x264farm is just a program that utilizes the x264 codec so there's virtually no difference other than the supported build of the codec.
You just have to feed x264farm an AVS script. If you haven't used avisynth that's what you need to read up on and there are many guides at doom9 to help with that. And one thing to keep in mind for the controller/agent computers is you'll have to install avisynth and any codecs on the computers. So you might want to be sure the powers that be are aware the process isn't a light weight application (thou it shouldn't interfere with any usual processes). Last edited by driftr; 4th May 2008 at 20:24. |
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i have unpatched 839... (i can post, and upgrade to current rev.) i have linux and will try to use it for patching sources.. 'cause my conditions do not allow me to set up git properly..
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How does x264 farm calculate the bitrate (needed) for this part? |
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26th May 2008, 05:54 | #576 | Link |
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The bitrate shouldn't change. When you specify a bitrate in the commandline, you are saying to the encoder "aim for this". It doesn't matter if you split up the file or not, the bitrate will stay the same, as you want uniform quality throughout your encode.
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"The ratecontrol used is designed to be as close to the ratecontrol done by x264 itself" I want to know how this ratecontrol works... |
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