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Old 13th June 2005, 08:29   #961  |  Link
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That's what I would do. The best imho would be a check function that colors the invalid controls and disables the OK button, and to call that function for each EN_CHANGE notifications. But that needs time, and it's not that important.
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Okay, there was one issue when I did so:

If I pop up a dialog when the value is invalid, and the focus is removed because I click a button, the button is left in "pressed" state because the dialog pops up.

Event driven user interfaces are fun.
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Old 13th June 2005, 09:48   #963  |  Link
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Great stuff CD...

May I suggest some things ? It could be great to separate the Analysis options with B-Frames to help newbies with the advanced settings. Here is some suggestions :






Another request : to have some presets (High Profile, Main Profile...).

And the last thing : I think the min/max/QP step must be disabled when we choose the Bitrate single pass...
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Old 13th June 2005, 10:03   #964  |  Link
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I think there's something not quite right with rev260A. As the encodes I've generated with it will not open in QuickTime player 7 (for Win XP).

I've used exactly the same generating procedure and settings with rev260A, as with the previous version(s) I've tried (last one being X264VFW_rev254+threads_mmx): -



But for some reason all my rev260A tests have so far stalled in QT7 (although they seem to work fine in other players).

Please let me know what other info you guys require?


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I'd rather guess that something is wrong with QT7, only supporting a small subset out of MPEG4-AVC.
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@Kurtnoise13: I like your suggestions.. guess I'll add them to MeGUI as well.
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@Kurtnoise13: I like your suggestions.. guess I'll add them to MeGUI as well.
Yep.... I like your suggestions too
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Old 13th June 2005, 10:42   #968  |  Link
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first of all i have to say, cause i often read "weighted prediction", that x264 does NOT support weighted prediction!
x264 supports weighted biprediction, which is a similar, but still another thing than normal weighted prediction


about the guis: yep, having the option to choose between "baseline", "main", "high profile" and "unrestricted" (which automatically en/disables options and sets the vbv) would really rock, this can also be combined with the already available option to set the levels


SMD, i assume you are not trying to open x264-in-avi in qt7, cause this will surely not work

make sure to disable the high profile features (8x8dct and i8x8), cause qt7 doesnt handle high profile
thats also one reason why i wrote that they should better be disabled by default
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It's levels, not profiles, that restrain the vbv buffer size.

However, making high profile features default does'nt bother me, they really improve things a lot ( but ok, i really don't care for qt7 compliancy )
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Great stuff CD...

May I suggest some things ? It could be great to separate the Analysis options with B-Frames to help newbies with the advanced settings. Here is some suggestions :






Another request : to have some presets (High Profile, Main Profile...).

And the last thing : I think the min/max/QP step must be disabled when we choose the Bitrate single pass...
ME Range is NOT motion vector search range... it's the number of iterations for motion extimation.
Also it "biprediction" not "prediction"...

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SMD, i assume you are not trying to open x264-in-avi in qt7, cause this will surely not work
No... of course I'm not

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make sure to disable the high profile features (8x8dct and i8x8), cause qt7 doesnt handle high profile.

Thats also one reason why i wrote that they should better be disabled by default
This was it thanks bond.... As soon as these two implementations were disabled, the encodes worked fine in QT7.

Many, many thanks
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However let's just implement options. It's easier to re-design it once you know how many things it should contain...
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ME Range is NOT motion vector search range... it's the number of iterations for motion extimation.
well...indeed. I created this design too fast...

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Also it "biprediction" not "prediction"...
It's included into B-Frames GroupBox that's why I didn't mention biprediction...,whatever it's not very important IMHO. It was just a picture to illustrate my suggestions...


Edit : zones area rocks. Don't forget this. ^^
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Fast first pass in VFW ?

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Rev261 is up and contains all the new stuff. We'll discuss the defaults tomorrow (need to sleep now) and maybe even a new fast first pass...
So. What is the fast first pass in VFW gui? Is it the same as MeGUI's turbo mode?



Ok, found myself in sourse code:
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if( config->b_fast1pass )
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     /* adjust or turn off some flags to gain speed, if needed */
     param.analyse.i_subpel_refine = X264_MAX( X264_MIN( 3, param.analyse.i_subpel_refine - 1 ), 1 );
     param.i_frame_reference = ( param.i_frame_reference + 1 ) >> 1;
     param.analyse.inter &= ( ~X264_ANALYSE_PSUB8x8 );
     param.analyse.inter &= ( ~X264_ANALYSE_BSUB16x16 );
 }
That means it is MeGUI's turbo mode for automated 2pass encode + turned off p4x4 and b8x8.

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This is what i see when using mencoder "encopts threads=4" on a dual Xeon (HT) system, Win2000Server. Changing priority in MeGUI window doesn't affect this - total average CPU load is stable and about 50%.

And using threads=2 on a regular P4 with HT produces CPU load at about 70-90%.
I wish i could load those Xeons up to 80% too
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With regard to the existing GUI layout. It's width has increased by quite a bit.

Anyway, I did some shuffling about and came up with this layout proposal: -




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PAR and DAR? No, x264 supports only one...
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Old 15th June 2005, 11:24   #978  |  Link
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PAR and DAR? No, x264 supports only one...
Well you can't knock a guy for trying

I've generated several PAR PAL test encodes using 45:64 (for 16:9) and 15:16 (for 4:3) and they are smack on the money.... Many thanks for including AR signalling via VfW.


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There are definately other interesting options to include though.
Like zones, VBV, levels, ratetol, qblur, qp offset and chroma qp
However i like your design...
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There are definately other interesting options to include though.
Like zones, VBV, levels, ratetol, qblur, qp offset and chroma qp
However i like your design...
Thanks Sharktooth,

Would it be possible to add .MP4 output for VfW users?


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