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26th July 2003, 17:01 | #263 | Link |
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mpeg2dec3 v1.09
Ok version 1.09 is up on my site ( http://nic.dnsalias.com ). Only minor changes for this version. When Luminance_Filter is set in the .d2v file it is now used (like it is on all other MPEG2Decs, before Marc took it out).
Its actually the C code one from the new DVD2AVI 1.77.3 rather than the old mmx one from previous versions of DVD2AVI. It could probably do with being made into MMX code, I used the new one because the old (1.76) MMX Luminance_Filter had problems when "darkening" an image. (It won't get used unless the filter's values are different that the default) And skal's "sparse" iDCT is used for idct=6, and now should pretty much definitely be the fastest (well, it is on my machine, but I said that last time ) -Nic |
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I'm a bit afraid to ask a stupid question on a program I've made that many changes on, but what does the luminance filter really do anyway? I've never seen it documented and have just ignored it. - Tom
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I have 2 short question, too:
Is that right that is not recommed to use idct=6 with a Athlon (thunderbird), because the CPU has no SSE unit, or is it not so important and mpeg2dec3 use only MMX with that idct? And what is with accurate? i think a idct which is more accurate is better, or is idct=6 accurate "enough"? P.S. I hope everybody understood me, but english is not easy for me Last edited by Th3-S4int; 27th July 2003 at 00:25. |
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@Th3-S4int: idct=6 is probably considered accurate enough...it passes IEEE -256,256 tests, etc. Off the top of my head I don't know if it will work on Duron/non-XP athlons...ill check. It should do though Try it and see is the best bet (ive still got a duron 800 I can try it on)
@Tom: I don't know what its real true use is But I use it for a quick easy way to brighten up a movie....you know how sometimes when you preview in dvd2avi and it looks real dark. Going to the luminance control in DVD2AVI you can brighten it up just a fraction. I do it with almost every encode (went to do it today, and realised it hadn't been working) -Nic |
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XviD has had issues lately with different dct's, idct's and such. Would it be advised just to stick with idct=2 for now(and 5 which is safe for P4's, since it's just 2)? For example Walken vs. Simple, now all old XviD made with simple will look like shi'ite, etc. I'm just asking this since it appears to me it's best to stick with as standard a DCT/iDCT as possible.
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@johnMK: It doesn't matter about what idct you use for decoding, it won't effect the encoding process. But it may very slightly effect the compressibility (as tests in this thread have shown, it looks like idct=7 (SimpleiDCT) might help compressibility)
You're right about the brightness, it could be a bad habbit I got into from day one of encoding that I still carry with me. But for RealVideo encoding (like I was doing yesterday), there is no easy way in MPC to turn up the brightness. So its a useful feature to have and I couldn't believe Marc had taken it out (as it doesn't get run unless you actually change the params in dvd2avi) -Nic |
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Re: mpeg2dec3 v1.09
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EDIT: Oops! I see you have updated the link in the first post in the thread. Never mind me! Last edited by geoffman; 27th July 2003 at 12:25. |
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Im sure i'd uploaded that page already, oh well, uploaded it again now it states 1.09 correctly. Thanks for the heads up
@Dressica: Weird, could you give me anymore info? What type of MPEG it was, did it crash straight away, etc. Worked fine for me here, but ill test it with more MPEGs -Nic |
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@Dreassica: Really strange, The computer I use for all my coding and testing is my Athlon 1800 XP, which should be quite a similar machine to yours, and it works fine with all the DVD samples ive got on my disk so far...ill keep on testing though.
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I think i may have narrowed it down to a plugin in the plugins dir that causes it, because i tried with the plugins dir renamed and then mpeg2dec manually loaded and now it does work. Ill continue looking for the culprit.
[EDIT] Seems i found it already, there was another mpeg2dec3 version hiding within the pluginsfolder that causes it, namely:MPEG2Dec3_Nic.dll. Deleted it and now idct=7 works fine. Last edited by Dreassica; 27th July 2003 at 15:19. |
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Weird Brightness increase
I seem to be getting weird brightness increase ever since i installed
the latest version. I did not change a thing on the script namely to compare the previous build with this one. Since the only variable was Mpeg2dec3 i assume this new build is briken somehow. Has anyone seen this? I am pretty sure it is the variable fault. This is the test script: SetMemoryMax(40) PluginPath ="C:\MAINUS~1\MULTIM~1\Video\GKnot\" LoadPlugin("C:\MAINUS~1\MULTIM~1\Video\GKnot\MPEG2Dec3.dll") LoadPlugin("C:\MAINUS~1\MULTIM~1\Video\GKnot\FluxSmooth.dll") LoadPlugin("C:\MAINUS~1\MULTIM~1\Video\GKnot\Undot.dll") LoadPlugin("C:\MAINUS~1\MULTIM~1\Video\GKnot\Unfilter.dll") MPEG2Source("D:\Final_Destination\VIDEO_TS\Final_Destination_a.d2v",cpu=4,moderate_h=40,moderate_v=40,iDCT=2) crop(4,18,714,544) Undot() FluxSmooth(5,7) Unfilter(-2,-2) LanczosResize(640,336) #tweak(bright=3) Limiter() Ps - Keep the good work, we all love you guys! |
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Damn, Sorry if there is. Ill fix it right away. Could you tell me what version of DVD2AVI is creating your D2V files? and then load up your DVD2AVI and look at the luminance setting (under the video menu) and tell me what numbers are there. Could you also tell me what, what the Luminace_Filter= in your D2V file states.
Its alot to ask for, but if you could give me all that it would be a big help Cheers, -Nic |
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Ok, No Need. I've fixed the problem. New build (1.10) at my site ( http://nic.dnsalias.com )
It only occured with 1.77.3 style D2V files. Sorry about that My mistake. -Nic |
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Nic -
If I go to your main page none of the links in the left column seem to do anything. I had to go to the full deep link. Are they busted or is just my Norton Security too tight or something? - Tom
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