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Old 24th November 2005, 17:48   #81  |  Link
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While HC016 is encoding sometimes I see at GOP:

1 - Closed

Is this good, bad or maybe a possible value ?

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Old 24th November 2005, 18:03   #82  |  Link
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The GOP consists of just one I-frame so it looks like the previous GOP ended just before a scene change which occurs right after the one-frame GOP. That means it's perfectly normal.
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Old 24th November 2005, 18:38   #83  |  Link
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Old 1st December 2005, 12:14   #84  |  Link
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Hello, HC batch v016 has been working fine up until this one time. Now it crashes without an error message, leaving just an 8kb dbs file.

The avs (avisynth script) that it gets stuck on does play fine in Media Player Classic v6487.
Here is the avs script:
Directshowsource("D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\worldoftiers.wmv", fps=25, convertfps=true, audio=false)
Lanczos4Resize(352,288)
converttoyv12()

Here is the HC.INI:
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Old 1st December 2005, 12:16   #85  |  Link
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*ASPECT 4:3
*BITRATE 3800
*INTERLACED
*MAXBITRATE 7000
*CLOSEDGOPS
*INFILE D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\worldoftiers.avs
*OUTFILE D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\worldoftiers.m2v
*PROFILE BEST
*WAIT 30

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Old 1st December 2005, 15:56   #86  |  Link
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Just got another crash on a different clip - this one a divx3.

Anyway, it crashes with an error message and when I close that error it gives a second error. It does this within seconds of starting the encode.

Here is the avs script:

AVISource("D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\Solstice_At_Stonehenge_1984.avi", False, fourcc="DIV3")
crop(4, 0, -4, 0)
addborders(0, 2, 0, 16)
converttoyv12

Here is the HC.INI:

*ASPECT 4:3
*BITRATE 3800
*INTERLACED
*MAXBITRATE 7000
*CLOSEDGOPS
*INFILE D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\solstice.avs
*OUTFILE D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\solstice.m2v
*PROFILE BEST
*WAIT 30

Here is the error message:
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Old 1st December 2005, 15:57   #87  |  Link
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When I close that error, I then get this one pop up:
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Old 1st December 2005, 16:49   #88  |  Link
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I just installed the Divx3.11alpha codec and also restarted windows. That did not make any difference, HC still crashed with the same above message just as it had when I only had Divx6 installed. It also doesn't make any difference if I try using different fourcc="..." options. I can play in a player like MPC no problem at all with my avs script.

But if I use 'directshowsource' instead of avisource in my avs then HC works fine without crashing.

Anyway, I hope you are okay with my feedback - HCbatch 0.16 has worked just wonderfully on seveal other clips so far

The ones I have had problems so far are wmv and Divx3 - I think I read that Divx3 was hacked WMV..... anyway
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Old 1st December 2005, 17:55   #89  |  Link
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When I close that error, I then get this one pop up:

Could you upload your pics with imageshack.us or another similar site?

If you have a "memory could not be read error", you can search the forum.
A thread by me will give you the solution (if you have a non english OS, just tell me it).

Also you can try to close any path and filename between ' " '.
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Old 2nd December 2005, 04:47   #90  |  Link
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aye. (yes) that 'image2' of my previous post is the error pop-up that it gives - it has to be approved before it wil show as far as I can tell, I dont know anything else
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Old 3rd December 2005, 14:02   #91  |  Link
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Got another HC error - this time it is about half-way on pass 2 where it stalls at 1fps and reports underflows and fixing them.

This script works fine in Virtualdub and a media player...
Here follows my avs script, my HC.INI, and a screenshot attached.

c1 = ImageSource("D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\4dvd\blackholecrop_ready2.bmp", end=987, fps=25)
c2 = ImageSource("D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\4dvd\catacha_ready2.bmp", end=987, fps=25)
c3 = ImageSource("D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\4dvd\mask__ready2.bmp", end=987, fps=25)
c4 = ImageSource("D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\4dvd\angel_of_deception_ready2.bmp", end=987, fps=25)
c1+c2+c3+c4
ConvertToYV12()

*ASPECT 4:3
*BITRATE 3800
*INTERLACED
*MAXBITRATE 7000
*CLOSEDGOPS
*INFILE D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\IMAGEschaintest.AVS
*OUTFILE D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\menu4pics.m2v
*PROFILE BEST
*WAIT 30
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Got another HC error - this time it is about half-way on pass 2 where it stalls at 1fps and reports underflows and fixing them.

If the underflows are fixed, then not problem, not error!
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Old 3rd December 2005, 21:11   #93  |  Link
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No but it like gets stuck there.... I mean it slows right down to one frame a second and does hundreds of them!

But all my attachments are still 'pending approval' so you can't yet see the picture :/
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Old 3rd December 2005, 21:13   #94  |  Link
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p.s. the avs works fine in another encoder (Quenc) and it plays fine.

I think maybe HC has a few problems with avisynth I'm not sure (I understand I was using a beta of course )
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Old 3rd December 2005, 22:26   #95  |  Link
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I also am having problems with HCbatch. My problem is HC just freezes when I use CQ_maxbitrate. Here is the avs:

avisource("c:\shows\nlcv.avi")
converttoyv12

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Old 4th December 2005, 00:13   #96  |  Link
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HCbatch

Hello there, same problem for me here! I played around with Amnon82's GetCQ and experienced that the HC freezes all over. No matter what kind of source material I use. This occurs especially when I try to encode a SVCD with low bitrates. When I'm doing a prediction for a DVD there's no problem at all.

Think this definetly is not a problem of GetCQ. Any ideas?

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I also am having problems with HCbatch. My problem is HC just freezes when I use CQ_maxbitrate. Here is the avs:

avisource("c:\shows\nlcv.avi")
converttoyv12
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Sorry about slipping in her with a "dumb" question. I have used HC a few times and really like the quality. Would like to use the newest version but ha.. hummm... can't figure out how to use the batch version....

Could someone direct me to a guide on this subject. I copied an ini file from the .15 release, and added the 4 necessary paramaters, but no luck. Sorry again for this question, I'm sure its a no brainer, but...


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Look at page seven of HC’s user manual HC015.pdf. I do not think anything has changed for HC016.


A tip about command line strings; if your path statements include a space ( white space) enclose it with quotation marks.
Example:
C:\My Documents\myfile.avs like this “C:\My Documents\myfile.avs”.
Other wise HCBatch.exe will only see c:\my

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Sorry about slipping in her with a "dumb" question. I have used HC a few times and really like the quality. Would like to use the newest version but ha.. hummm... can't figure out how to use the batch version....
Hello, you should have a folder somewhere which contains 2 files:

HCbatch_016.exe
HC.INI

Before you encode, you set-up the HC.INI file with all the commands you need for that session. Example, my HC.INI looks like this for the last time I ran it:

*ASPECT 4:3
*BITRATE 3800
*INTERLACED
*MAXBITRATE 7000
*CLOSEDGOPS
*INFILE D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\IMAGEschaintest.AVS
*OUTFILE D:\atmp\Lemmi\lemmidvd\4picsmenutry3.M2V
*PROFILE BEST
*WAIT 30

So, when I click on Hcbatch_016.exe it using those settings for the encode.
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Sorry about slipping in her with a "dumb" question. I have used HC a few times and really like the quality. Would like to use the newest version but ha.. hummm... can't figure out how to use the batch version....
Could someone direct me to a guide on this subject. I copied an ini file from the .15 release, and added the 4 necessary paramaters, but no luck. Sorry again for this question, I'm sure its a no brainer, but...
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With HC Encoder 0.15 and further complete packages you will find out a pdf file.
There are all you need to know.
But, if you want a easier way try ProCalc ASPA for 2 Pass VBR encoding (you still have to edit your hc.ini file and your avs script, but it will help you with the command line, and has a lot of utilities also) and for CQ encodings with prediction GetCQ and HIG.
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