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Old 9th March 2005, 17:51   #61  |  Link
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hi Trahald,

I tried new 0.0.0.11c and found a few things in the *.ecl file that prevent CCE from working correct or working at all. These values are always the same, either if i set up BatchEncodeM2V to work with CCE 2.70.00.27 via EclCCE or with CCE 2.70.02.00 directly (both trial versions):

1) frame_rate_idx=4 (should be 3 as it's for a PAL DVD clip)

2) drop_frame=1 (doesn't seem to impact CCE 2.67.00.27, i.e. the time shown in CCE is correct, but for CCE 2.70.02.00 it makes the clip shorter by 1/6)

3) width=1260 (pal dvd, should be 720 - 720 is shown correctly in AVS-Stats)

4) height=56 (again pal, dvd, should be 576 - 576 is shown correctly also)

The wrong values for frame size make CCE 2.67.00.27 bitch at me (frame size not supported) and stop there without creating a *.temp.AVS file and *.vaf file.

CCE 2.70.02.00 doesn't bitch but it also fails to create the *.temp.AVS file. It does go a little bit further and creates a *.vaf file before stopping (although it seems to me that the vaf file is not complete).
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Old 9th March 2005, 19:44   #62  |  Link
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somethings weird. 3 & 4 are probably causing the issues with 1 & 2.

i have it coded to not drop frame with pal.. and set 3 for frame

3 & 4 are telling me BEM is getting funky values for the avi params.. (it pulls the resolution from the avi attribs.) it decides drop_frame and rate by framerate. (avs errors are at 24fps but i only check for 23.976 and 25 fps .. anything else is taken as 29.97. Height of 56 means avs error.

1st.. double click the file thats giving a problem and see what BEM reports for the avi params and report them..

2nd.. open the original .avs in virtual dub and check what you get in file params.. then also check the temp.avs and check what you get.. please report those

3rd.. please paste the contents of the temp.avs

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for the future im gonna add a check for weird resolutions.. also figure out how to get .avs errors.. when this occurs im gonna add a warning to the log and not attempt the encode.
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Old 9th March 2005, 21:26   #63  |  Link
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I"d say first open the .avs in MP and see if there's an error


(are we officially calling it BEM now? - so you could have a BEM movement... <snicker>)
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Old 10th March 2005, 11:23   #64  |  Link
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ok, did what you said and here are the results:

1) BEM reports the avi parameters as res 720x576, 25.000 fps, 311 frames, duration 00:00:12.11

2) VDMod reports for the original .avs res 720x576, 25.000 fps, 311 frames, duration 00:00:12.44.

Yesterday i said, that there's no .temp.avs created. Seems that was incorrect. The file is created and deleted after i close CCE manually after not encoding. I found that out by watching the working directory during failed encoding. So i didn't close CCE and copied the contents of the .temp.avs

3) .temp.avs (the same for cceroba_tst.avs):
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LoadPlugin("F:\SEX_AND_THE_CITY_SEASON1_DISC1\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("f:\sex_and_the_city_season1_disc1\f:\sex_and_the_city_season1_disc1\sample.d2v",idct=7)
ConvertToYUY2(interlaced=true)
AudioDub(BlankClip())
As you can see, the directory name in line 2 (f:\sex_and_the_city_season1_disc1\) is repeated. So neither Media Player Classic nor Virtual Dub Mod can open the file as it doesn't exist.

D3s7: No problem with the original .avs in MPC or VDM
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Old 10th March 2005, 13:20   #65  |  Link
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would it be possible that the queue be saved into a file instead of the registry? (well I think it goes into the registry.)

I have a dual-CPU setup and I was hoping I can run 2 instances of batchencode (each copy pointing to 2 different versions of cc3) so I can maximize throughput.

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Last night when I was encoding a DVD, CCE speed was like 1.6 to 1.8.

I am encoding the same DVD and speed is like 9 to 12. is this normal? I'm using 2.7x.
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No that's probably not good. i'm quite sure there's something worng. try to play one of the avs files in mpc or so.
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avs file plays fine on vdubmod. :|
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well let's swap pcs then, I wouldn't mind a 9X realtime encoding speed
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Originally posted by jarthel
Last night when I was encoding a DVD, CCE speed was like 1.6 to 1.8.

I am encoding the same DVD and speed is like 9 to 12. is this normal? I'm using 2.7x.
I have noticed that at the begin of the second pass, the encoding speed shows something like 23x, and it slowly drops to a realistic speed like 2.3x. CCE SP 2.70.02 actually creates the vaf as if it were a pass (it is), showing it as pass 1 of X. I think the speed calculation at the begining of the first m2v pass is messed up somehow, unless it really starts fast and then slows down. Have you noticed this behavior?

Also, CCE SP 2.70.02 has an option to use multi-threading. That should use both of your processors. No need to run CCE twice.
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I have noticed that at the begin of the second pass, the encoding speed shows something like 23x, and it slowly drops to a realistic speed like 2.3x. CCE SP 2.70.02 actually creates the vaf as if it were a pass (it is), showing it as pass 1 of X. I think the speed calculation at the begining of the first m2v pass is messed up somehow, unless it really starts fast and then slows down. Have you noticed this behavior?
Hmm Well it was running at 9x to 12x for at least 10 minutes. When I looked again and the encoding is almost finished, it settled on 3 to 4x.

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Also, CCE SP 2.70.02 has an option to use multi-threading. That should use both of your processors. No need to run CCE twice.
Can this be automatically set?

If not, it would be nice if Trahald can include this.
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ok, did what you said and here are the results:

1) BEM reports the avi parameters as res 720x576, 25.000 fps, 311 frames, duration 00:00:12.11

2) VDMod reports for the original .avs res 720x576, 25.000 fps, 311 frames, duration 00:00:12.44.

Yesterday i said, that there's no .temp.avs created. Seems that was incorrect. The file is created and deleted after i close CCE manually after not encoding. I found that out by watching the working directory during failed encoding. So i didn't close CCE and copied the contents of the .temp.avs

3) .temp.avs (the same for cceroba_tst.avs):
Code:
LoadPlugin("F:\SEX_AND_THE_CITY_SEASON1_DISC1\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("f:\sex_and_the_city_season1_disc1\f:\sex_and_the_city_season1_disc1\sample.d2v",idct=7)
ConvertToYUY2(interlaced=true)
AudioDub(BlankClip())
As you can see, the directory name in line 2 (f:\sex_and_the_city_season1_disc1\) is repeated. So neither Media Player Classic nor Virtual Dub Mod can open the file as it doesn't exist.

D3s7: No problem with the original .avs in MPC or VDM
ok.. i see it.. i have to do that because usually the path isnt in dif4u .avs files and cceroba needs it (i add the path for all ecl-type encoders). i'll put in the check for if the path already exists. how did you make the .avs?
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OK, i made the .avs manually as it is supposed for testing purposes only. After removing the path in the .avs everything is working flawlessly
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Can this be automatically set?

If not, it would be nice if Trahald can include this.
It is not an ecl setting, its in the options when you just open GUI. That leads me to believe it is a permanent global setting.


EDIT: OK, I must be losing my mind... I don't see the setting anymore. Maybe I was thinking of something else... Need more sleep!

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i am having trouble with six feet under season 1 disc 3. what happens is that i encode the vts which there are 1 of them with 3 pgc. 1 and 3 are fine encodes them fine and makes the mpv then the mpv.m2v, but on the 2nd pgc i never makes the mpv or the mpv.m2v but the vaf is there and i have started this rip all over again and get the same thing. i checked the avs and ecl file and they look the same as 1 and 3. so i am not sure what is causing this problem.
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Old 22nd March 2005, 03:31   #77  |  Link
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can you pm me the log. its in the batchencode install directory. make sure you only paste the info from your last encode (the log just keeps adding to itself)

can you load the ecl in cce and encode it?
the command line for revpulldown is in the log.. you can paste that into a dos window and run it.
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12b up.. same install file name. only addition is support for hcenc .12batch
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when I load an avs (located at E:\dvd_images\originals\needs_reencoding\GUNDAM_WING_OPERATION_FIVE\VTS04) in batchencode, the "avs path name" has funny characters in it.

is this normal?

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Nope.. not normal. im only allowing for 100 characters in the path.. i'll compile a version that allows longer names in a an hour or so (my paths are tops 8 characters with the name the usual dif4u length) thanx
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