Aloha!

Koepi · 30th November 2003, 02:41

Tadaaa!

We are very proud to announce..... *whirling drums*

XviD-1.0-Beta 1 (codename Aloha)!

There will be plenty of bugs, your bitstreams might be not mpeg4 compliant

, the usual stuff... but it's there, it's real, it's fresh, we're alive 'n kicking!

Enjoy this release and give plenty of feedback please! We want XviD-1.0 to be rock-solid, so we need your input now as we found most of the important bugs ourselfes and think you are way better in finding the remaining (hidden for us) flaws.

Btw.: the GUI might be subject to change. Play around with it in any case, you'll find some features are a bit "hidden" compared to the old GUI.

Ok, stopping the babbling now, follow the link in my signature to find the build - and enjoy the all new, close-to-final XviD-1.0!

Best regards,
Koepi

gldblade · 30th November 2003, 02:46

I guess I should have waited for it to be announced officially

About the GUI, I've always been wondering why hovering over the options does not consistently bring up the pop-up yellow descriptions. Is this just a problem with my computer, or is anyone else having this problem?

Koepi · 30th November 2003, 02:53

Some items don't have a description :-/ But vfw GUI isn't major concern now, it's the codec internals (as I wrote, GUI is subject to change, so it'll be all different from the interface side some time soon hopefully).

Regards
Koepi

cipher · 30th November 2003, 03:02

WOW!!
I'll just leave my name here for future historical records

'been waiting for this for a long damn time, tho I know this is not quite different than the latest dev-api-4 cvs, but XviD 1.0 sounds just cool.

Lobuz · 30th November 2003, 03:36

....finally!!!
It sounds cool. But just take a look at the backstage of xvid dev mailing list.

Regards
Lobuz

mfluder · 30th November 2003, 03:44

I guess I will be the first one to open this bug hunting season. What an honour

I noticed this during the testing of my dev-api-4 compiles but I wanted to wait for the official betas. When decoding dev-api-3 streams (Koepi's latest) and the height is not multiple of 16 (it's multiple of 8, 640x360) there is a bleeding at the bottom of the clip. I don't have any webspace so I can't post a screenshot but you can spot it easily. There is no problem when the clip is encoded with dev-api-4.

Other than that, so far, I haven't found anything serious. It's worth mentioning that the speed has quite improved compared to dev-api-3. Oh wait, that's not a bug

Congratulations to the whole XviD team, you are doing a great job.

mfluder

yeeyy · 30th November 2003, 03:50

Cool!!! I have been waiting for today.

cipher · 30th November 2003, 03:53

Quote:

....finally!!!
It sounds cool. But just take a look at the backstage of xvid dev mailing list.

yeah I know

there's been little arguments regarding the XviD 1.0 and its code, and honestly, I was a little shocked when I saw this beta released, coz' I thought they hadn't reached an agreement.
Anyway, the more important thing for us to do now is testing and giving feedbacks.

BoNz1 · 30th November 2003, 05:30

Hey, hey it has been too long! Anyway, even though I have been testing dev-api-4 a lot since the summer I'm going to do some encodes tonight and I will report tommorow maybe. I think I'm going to encode the Grinch w/ qpel, bframes: 1 1.5 1, adaptive quant, trellis, h263, vhq1, cm. Hopefully, I will be able to put it onto 1 cd at 704x384 res.

K-Dash · 30th November 2003, 05:54

Great work!
I was wondering if b-frames works since I can't seem to find the old options for it in this one and I've tried several passes with bframe quant 2-6 2-4 and it doesn't show up on the xvid frame encoding window.

Tuning · 30th November 2003, 06:01

Alohamora!
Opening new year of encoding, with XviD 1.0. How wonderful!.
Thanks koepi.

winman · 30th November 2003, 06:11

Wow...this is nice.

@K-Dash

- Click on the [...] box next to Profile @ Level (you need to select AS or higher profile inorder to enable b-frames).
- Check the box BVOPs

@Koepi

Is there a way to read the info for the first and last 173 frames in the StatsReader?

BTW...does the "Display encoding status" option work with avs2avi?

Enigmax · 30th November 2003, 08:40

Thanks.

greetings

kastro68 · 30th November 2003, 08:58

When doing 2passes and using a quantizer ratio of 5,

The first pass and second pass have the same file size.

ie. The second pass does not shrink to the target size.

I'll try it again on a different source, I'm pretty sure I didn't do two first passes.

Is GMC safe to use with VHQ4?

edit: Thanks for new build. I like the new gui...comes in handy especially for managing credits.

K-Dash · 30th November 2003, 10:12

Quote:

Originally posted by winman
Wow...this is nice.

@K-Dash

- Click on the [...] box next to Profile @ Level (you need to select AS or higher profile inorder to enable b-frames).
- Check the box BVOPs

@Koepi

Is there a way to read the info for the first and last 173 frames in the StatsReader?

BTW...does the "Display encoding status" option work with avs2avi?

I see, thanks. Woah the first thing I noticed about this is the speed upgrade from the old build.

amirlsm · 30th November 2003, 10:38

Nice work developers!

I'm already trying encoding with the new beta.

Since the options GUI changed, Can anyone post an updated "Xvid Options explained"?
Could anybody shade some light on the "profiles"
Will using a pre-defined profile, guaranty playing the disk on a hardware "Divx" player or a future MPEG-4 player?

Tnx,
Amir

VincentRPGz · 30th November 2003, 11:11

Finally! A new xvid! this is what everyone has been waiting for! Good job so far from what I see, another amazing thing from the xvid team!
As usual, keep up the good work!

b00zed · 30th November 2003, 11:25

That codename sounds eerily similar to those released by DivX labs, coincidence?

I recognise, and can appreciate, the effort that goes into some of these fairly complex open source projects. I'm consistently impressed by the abilities of the various beta codecs that have been released, and a solid representative v1.0 release might be just the thing to convince me to turn to the dark side, at least for high bitrate work

I think congratulations are appropriate for everyone involved in the development of this project.

Edit: I have to say I like the interface, and the addition of selective quantization zones is very nice

Teegedeck · 30th November 2003, 11:31

@kastro68: No, GMC still doesn't help with VHQ=4.

But Trellis now works with MPEG-quantization, give it a try.

Thanks to all developers out there who sacrificed their spare-time to give us this! We follow your activities on the ML; though you can't hear us cheering everytime you submit code, we certainly do.

ammer · 30th November 2003, 11:43

woohoo! yay

30th November 2003, 02:41	#1 \| Link
Koepi Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 4,453	Aloha! Tadaaa! We are very proud to announce..... whirling drums XviD-1.0-Beta 1 (codename Aloha)! There will be plenty of bugs, your bitstreams might be not mpeg4 compliant , the usual stuff... but it's there, it's real, it's fresh, we're alive 'n kicking! Enjoy this release and give plenty of feedback please! We want XviD-1.0 to be rock-solid, so we need your input now as we found most of the important bugs ourselfes and think you are way better in finding the remaining (hidden for us) flaws. Btw.: the GUI might be subject to change. Play around with it in any case, you'll find some features are a bit "hidden" compared to the old GUI. Ok, stopping the babbling now, follow the link in my signature to find the build - and enjoy the all new, close-to-final XviD-1.0! Best regards, Koepi __________________ Koepi's new media development site

30th November 2003, 02:53	#3 \| Link
Koepi Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 4,453	Some items don't have a description :-/ But vfw GUI isn't major concern now, it's the codec internals (as I wrote, GUI is subject to change, so it'll be all different from the interface side some time soon hopefully). Regards Koepi __________________ Koepi's new media development site

30th November 2003, 06:01	#11 \| Link
Tuning I'm back! :D Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Matrix Posts: 1,029	Alohamora! Opening new year of encoding, with XviD 1.0. How wonderful!. Thanks koepi. __________________ Free Software Vault \| Microsoft Windows Vista

30th November 2003, 06:11	#12 \| Link
winman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 24	Wow...this is nice. @K-Dash - Click on the [...] box next to Profile @ Level (you need to select AS or higher profile inorder to enable b-frames). - Check the box BVOPs @Koepi Is there a way to read the info for the first and last 173 frames in the StatsReader? BTW...does the "Display encoding status" option work with avs2avi? Last edited by winman; 30th November 2003 at 06:15.

30th November 2003, 08:58	#14 \| Link
kastro68 Dai Suki Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 2543 miles S.E. of Osaka Posts: 381	When doing 2passes and using a quantizer ratio of 5, The first pass and second pass have the same file size. ie. The second pass does not shrink to the target size. I'll try it again on a different source, I'm pretty sure I didn't do two first passes. Is GMC safe to use with VHQ4? edit: Thanks for new build. I like the new gui...comes in handy especially for managing credits. __________________ Always choose the path that leaves you with the most degrees of freedom.

30th November 2003, 02:46	#2 \| Link
gldblade XviD Junkie Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 313	I guess I should have waited for it to be announced officially About the GUI, I've always been wondering why hovering over the options does not consistently bring up the pop-up yellow descriptions. Is this just a problem with my computer, or is anyone else having this problem?

30th November 2003, 03:02	#4 \| Link
cipher Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atlantis Posts: 87	WOW!! I'll just leave my name here for future historical records 'been waiting for this for a long damn time, tho I know this is not quite different than the latest dev-api-4 cvs, but XviD 1.0 sounds just cool.

30th November 2003, 03:36	#5 \| Link
Lobuz Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 155	....finally!!! It sounds cool. But just take a look at the backstage of xvid dev mailing list. Regards Lobuz

30th November 2003, 03:44	#6 \| Link
mfluder Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 75	I guess I will be the first one to open this bug hunting season. What an honour I noticed this during the testing of my dev-api-4 compiles but I wanted to wait for the official betas. When decoding dev-api-3 streams (Koepi's latest) and the height is not multiple of 16 (it's multiple of 8, 640x360) there is a bleeding at the bottom of the clip. I don't have any webspace so I can't post a screenshot but you can spot it easily. There is no problem when the clip is encoded with dev-api-4. Other than that, so far, I haven't found anything serious. It's worth mentioning that the speed has quite improved compared to dev-api-3. Oh wait, that's not a bug Congratulations to the whole XviD team, you are doing a great job. mfluder

30th November 2003, 03:50	#7 \| Link
yeeyy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 4	Cool!!! I have been waiting for today.

30th November 2003, 05:30	#9 \| Link
BoNz1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Great White North Posts: 521	Hey, hey it has been too long! Anyway, even though I have been testing dev-api-4 a lot since the summer I'm going to do some encodes tonight and I will report tommorow maybe. I think I'm going to encode the Grinch w/ qpel, bframes: 1 1.5 1, adaptive quant, trellis, h263, vhq1, cm. Hopefully, I will be able to put it onto 1 cd at 704x384 res.

30th November 2003, 05:54	#10 \| Link
K-Dash nooblar Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 54	Great work! I was wondering if b-frames works since I can't seem to find the old options for it in this one and I've tried several passes with bframe quant 2-6 2-4 and it doesn't show up on the xvid frame encoding window.

30th November 2003, 08:40	#13 \| Link
Enigmax Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Barcelona (Spain) Posts: 77	Thanks. greetings

30th November 2003, 10:38	#16 \| Link
amirlsm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13	Can anyone post an updated "Xvid Options explained"? Nice work developers! I'm already trying encoding with the new beta. Since the options GUI changed, Can anyone post an updated "Xvid Options explained"? Could anybody shade some light on the "profiles" Will using a pre-defined profile, guaranty playing the disk on a hardware "Divx" player or a future MPEG-4 player? Tnx, Amir

30th November 2003, 11:11	#17 \| Link
VincentRPGz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 5	Finally! A new xvid! this is what everyone has been waiting for! Good job so far from what I see, another amazing thing from the xvid team! As usual, keep up the good work!

30th November 2003, 11:25	#18 \| Link
b00zed Person Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Asstralia Posts: 111	That codename sounds eerily similar to those released by DivX labs, coincidence? I recognise, and can appreciate, the effort that goes into some of these fairly complex open source projects. I'm consistently impressed by the abilities of the various beta codecs that have been released, and a solid representative v1.0 release might be just the thing to convince me to turn to the dark side, at least for high bitrate work I think congratulations are appropriate for everyone involved in the development of this project. Edit: I have to say I like the interface, and the addition of selective quantization zones is very nice __________________ Would you like some candy little girl? Last edited by b00zed; 1st December 2003 at 03:59.

30th November 2003, 11:31	#19 \| Link
Teegedeck Moderator, Ex(viD)-Mascot Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,564	@kastro68: No, GMC still doesn't help with VHQ=4. But Trellis now works with MPEG-quantization, give it a try. Thanks to all developers out there who sacrificed their spare-time to give us this! We follow your activities on the ML; though you can't hear us cheering everytime you submit code, we certainly do. __________________ It's a man's life in Doom9's 52nd MPEG division. "The cat sat on the mat." ATM I'm thoroughly enjoying the Banshee - a fantastic music player/ripper for Linux. Give it a whirl! Last edited by Teegedeck; 30th November 2003 at 11:34.

30th November 2003, 11:43	#20 \| Link
ammer Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 95	woohoo! yay

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