HDConvertToX v. 3.0 (14/10/2010)

[awvickers]

Ok, this is getting frustrating... I must be doing something wrong. I'm using the same settings but now using x264. You'll notice that I have "Use Best Decoder" but can confirm that it is using ffdshow, within ffdshow I have set VCI decoding to WMV9.

C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\job1>"C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\applications\eac3t
o.exe" "y:\bdmv\stream\00010.m2ts" 5: "C:\Users\Andr
ew\Desktop\HDC\job1\hdencodertox-pid5.ac3" -448
M2TS, 3 video tracks, 5 audio tracks, 5 subtitle tracks, 1:40:36, 24p /1.001
1: Chapters, 20 chapters
2: VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: VC-1, 480p24 /1.001 (3:2)
4: VC-1, 480p24 /1.001 (3:2)
5: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48khz)
6: DTS, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 768kbps, 48khz
7: DTS, French, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 768kbps, 48khz
8: AC3 Surround, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
9: DTS Express, English, 2.0 channels, 24 bits, 192kbps, 48khz
10: Subtitle (PGS), English
11: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
12: Subtitle (PGS), French
13: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
14: Subtitle (PGS), French
a05 The ArcSoft and Sonic decoders don't seem to work, will use libav instead.
a05 The libav DTS decoder doesn't decode the full DTS-HD information.
a05 Extracting audio track number 5...
a05 Extracting DTS core...
a05 Decoding with libav/ffmpeg...
a05 Remapping channels...
a05 Encoding AC3 <448kbps> with libAften...
a05 Creating file "C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\job1\hdencodertox-pid5.ac3"...
a05 The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 64 bits.
Video track 2 contains 144725 frames.
Video track 3 contains 144725 frames.
Video track 4 contains 144725 frames.
eac3to processing took 3 minutes, 35 seconds.
Done.

C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\job1>"C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\applications\x264.
exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 7000 --preset slower --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Users\And
rew\Desktop\HDC\job1\hdconverttox_00010.h264" "C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\job1\
hdconverttox_00010.avs"
avis [info]: 1920x1040 @ 23.98 fps (144724 frames)
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0
x264 [info]: slice I:1719 Avg QP:15.53 size:182099
x264 [info]: slice P:66890 Avg QP:17.01 size: 54082
x264 [info]: slice B:76115 Avg QP:18.76 size: 16872
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 4.9% 64.3% 23.9% 6.8%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 40.7% 0.0% 59.3%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 26.3% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 53.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0
.0% skip:19.9%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 5.2% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 21.9% 0.0% 0.0% direct:
16.2% skip:56.8% L0:31.1% L1:51.8% BI:17.1%
x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 21.01
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:96.0% temporal:4.0%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra:53.2% 71.1% 38.7% inter:16.4% 24.6% 2.1%
x264 [info]: kb/s:6911.4

encoded 144724 frames, 12.54 fps, 6911.49 kb/s

C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\job1>"C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\applications\x264.
exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 7000 --preset slower --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Users\And
rew\Desktop\HDC\job1\hdconverttox_00010.h264" "C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\HDC\job1\
hdconverttox_00010.avs"
avis [info]: 1920x1040 @ 23.98 fps (144724 frames)
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264 [info]: profile High, level 5.0
[33.7%] 48800/144724 frames, 4.43 fps, 6789.34 kb/s, eta 6:01:15

I started this at 10:34 pm last night, and now its 7:20 am... stating another 6 hours left! Is this normal for an i7 machine? Its using 100% of all cores (8) If this is the norm, thats fine... this is just my first try at this and want to know what to expect.

Thanks

Andy

[buzzqw]

try something faster, slower preset isn't mean to be fast

with 7000 bitrate you can achieve good results with Medium preset

BHH

[marklar]

Hi,

I have noticed interesting thing. When transcoding DVD to MKV(copy audio, X264), jobs done by eac3to are relatively slow in compare with jobs done by x264. When I looked on what is happening, I have found out, that x264 is utilizing CPU on 100%, while eac3to is utilizing CPU only around 8%.

Do you have any idea, why eac3to does not use "whole" CPU? It could be much faster then.

THX

[buzzqw]

eac3to could be used for audio extraction or anduio encoding or audio piping to other audio encoders...

anyway neither eac3to or other audio encoders (only nero aac iirc) are smp optimized

moreover eac3to can be severly slowdown by disk since it will scan vobs

either way.. try to ask to eac3to thread

BHH

[Chengbin]

buzzqw, any opinion on the idea of running audio encoding and video encoding at the same time for 1 pass encoding? Sometimes I can encode a video almost as fast as the audio when I encode for iPod.

[buzzqw]

it could be dangerous..
i suggest to add to queue the job AND manually add START in the same line of audio encoding

BHH

[Atak_Snajpera]

buzzqw, any opinion on the idea of running audio encoding and video encoding at the same time for 1 pass encoding? Sometimes I can encode a video almost as fast as the audio when I encode for iPod.

This does not make sense at all because:

1) x264 uses all cores - audio encoding will be stealing cpu cycles from x264
2) audio encoding is very fast - it takes less than 4min to encode whole Watchmen track (2h:42min 5.1 ac3 -> 2.0 aac on my Q6600@3ghz)

[mart15]

Hi,
since I remember I've always had troubles with compressing my hdtv recordings. I think I've used all the tools but the results were always same, either the apps crash or the outcome is totally unsatisfactory, the playback is jerky and totally unwatchable.
I put much hope in HDConvertToX but it doesn't work as expected too.
This brings me to the conclusion that maybe there is something wrong with my hdtv recordings or maybe my pc?

So here is my big big request to the pros here to take the sample from the below link and compress it. Maybe someone more experienced will point me what I'm doing wrong.

Here is the link to the original .ts file:

http://rapidshare.com/files/258781135/original.ts

Here is the link to the compressed file 1 (interlaced):

http://rapidshare.com/files/258786059/proba_int.mkv

Here is the link to compressed file 2 (deinterlaced):

http://rapidshare.com/files/258784358/proba_deint.mkv

Both compressed files look very jerky when played back on my samsung lcd, only the original .ts looks ok.

So once again, please, I will be very grateful to everybody who will take some time to examine the files and give me some hints what to do to make it look good!

Thanks in advance!

[Atak_Snajpera]

I co może być?
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nqmyrqm2lzj/original.mkv

[mart15]

niesamowite...

great!!!
how did you do that?
what application? what settings?

pls pm me if you don't want to mess in the topic...

[Jaspa]

Everything worked fine but now i get no muxing anymore.

x264 encodes and when its completed, i get no mkv file.

in the job folder there is, an .h264 file and the ac3 file.

i thougt the problem was, that i have installed mkvtoolnix, but even after deinstalling the same error.

[buzzqw]

most probably the subtitle extraction gone wild

make sure in temp folder there is "hdc_subs.idx"

try manually launch vsrip.exe (from \applications folder) and rip the subs

BHH

[rickatnight11]

Thanks for the awesome utility! I am having some problems, however. When I analyze an m2ts file on my harddrive (ripped from BluRay) it gets an "Problems analyzing input file" message. The error log shows:

AviSynth 2.58, build:Dec 22 2008 [08:46:51]DirectShowSource: couldn't open file C:\Users\Rick\Videos\bd-tm1\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts:
The source filter for this file could not be loaded.
(C:\Users\Rick\Downloads\HDConvertToX_2.0.424.3356\analysis\analyze.avs, line 8)

I have attached a screenshot of the window, as well. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[marklar]

Hi,

I have found a small bug: AutoTitle attribute in the INI file is always reset to 0 when saving INI in HDC GUI.

THX

[buzzqw]

@rickatnight11

Hi and Welcome to the forum!

be sure to have installed all required applications (ffdshow, haali, avisynth)

@marklar

i'll check

BHH

[rickatnight11]

Originally Posted by buzzqw

@rickatnight11

Hi and Welcome to the forum!

be sure to have installed all required applications (ffdshow, haali, avisynth)

Hi, buzz! Well, when I originally tried it out I had just installed the latest version of the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, which I assumed had all prerequisites (program didn't complain.) After that didn't work, I downloaded each of the prerequisites from the posted links. Still no go. Then I tried installing XP into VirtualBox and installing everything to a brand spanking-new machine, and still got that error. I'm stumped! Clearly I'm doing something wrong...

[marklar]

Hi,

I would like to return to one topic we have discussed already. When transcoding MKV to MKV (e.g. to change MPEG2 to X264), there is problem if source MKV contains subtitles in VobSub format, because eac3to cannot handle this format. Therefore such transcoding will fail, or I can do it, but lost the subtitles, or I can do it manually with mkvextract.

Wouldn't be possible to make the change in HDC, so that it is using eac3to only for subtitles in formats known to eac3to, but in the case of unknown format to use automatically mkvextract?

Thanks!

[buzzqw]

@rickatnight11

make sure you have set in ffdshow, WMV9 as decoder for VC1!

@marklar

... not so easy

(i have best hope on an update eac3to ...)

BHH

[rickatnight11]

Originally Posted by buzzqw

@rickatnight11make sure you have set in ffdshow, WMV9 as decoder for VC1!

Thanks for the response! I do have that option set. Attached screenshot.

[marklar]

Originally Posted by buzzqw

@marklar

... not so easy

(i have best hope on an update eac3to ...)

BHH

Is there any chance, that eac3to will be updated? I did not see author of the tool in the forum for very long time... Maybe he only do not have time to discuss, but development is going forward.