RealAnime 4 - General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[Sirber]

there was one problem when i encoded a video yesterday the video and audio were out of syncHow many ms? can you post the Info of the source?

[killerhex]

General
Count : 169
Kind of stream : General
Count of video strea : 1
Count of audio strea : 2
Count of text stream : 1
Count of chapter str : 0
Count of image strea : 0
Complete name :
Folder name :
File name
File extension : ogm
File size : 236817604
File size : 226 MiB
File size : 226 MiB
File size : 226 MiB
File size : 226 MiB
File size : 225.8 MiB
Format : Ogg
Format : Ogg
Format/Url : http://tobias.everwicked.com/
Format/Extensions : OGG OGM
Overal BitRate : 1423396
Overal BitRate : 1423 KBps
PlayTime : 1331581
PlayTime : 22mn 11s
PlayTime : 22mn 11s 581ms
PlayTime : 22mn 11s
PlayTime : 00:22:11.581
Title :
Author :
Copyright :
Codecs Video : DivX 5
Audio codecs : Vorbis / Vorbis
Audio_Language_List : English / Japanese
Text codecs : UTF-8
Text_Language_List : English

Video #0
Count : 168
Count of stream of t : 1
Kind of stream : Video
StreamKindID : 0
Codec : DX50
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Info : (MPEG4) DivX Networks
Codec/Url : http://www.divx.com
Bit rate : 1216733
Bit rate : 1217 KBps
Width : 640
Height : 480
Aspect ratio : 1.333
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 23.976
Frame rate : 23.976
FrameCount : 31957
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.165

Audio #0
Count : 168
Count of stream of t : 2
Kind of stream : Audio
StreamKindID : 0
Codec : Vorbis
Codec : Vorbis
Codec/Info : Vorbis
Codec/Url : http://www.vorbis.com
Bit rate : 96001
Bit rate : 96 KBps
Channels : 2
Channels : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Language : en
Language : English

Audio #1
Count : 168
Count of stream of t : 2
Kind of stream : Audio
StreamKindID : 1
Codec : Vorbis
Codec : Vorbis
Codec/Info : Vorbis
Codec/Url : http://www.vorbis.com
Bit rate : 96001
Bit rate : 96 KBps
Channels : 2
Channels : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Language : ja
Language : Japanese

Text #0
Count : 170
Count of stream of t : 1
Kind of stream : Text
StreamKindID : 0
Codec : UTF-8
Codec : UTF-8
Language : en
Language : English
Codec/Info : Vorbis
Codec/Url : http://www.vorbis.com

[Sirber]

Audio delay is noticable when using AAC PS (aac+ v2). You can remerge the output files using Matriska GUI and use the right delay (set in Adv. tab) for the next files to encode.

Beside the delay, is there any other problem with this source?

[killerhex]

nope no other problems

[Sirber]

Can you post the delay you find good for that source?

[killerhex]

well i few mins after i posted the problem i reencoded the file again and there was no problem i made a mistake in saying there was a delay what had happened i restarted my comp when it began muxing the mkv sry

and i want to test RA4

[Sirber]

When it work, not before. We want the next release to be "final", so no bug, no crap, and make everyone happy.

[ggab]

Sirber, did u test if newest winamp 5.2 release's aac_v2 encoder is working right with realanime? i mean, no Audio delay

thks

[Sirber]

Dunno about the delay. Since the delay vary for each source it's not easy to test.

[killerhex]

im bored

[Sirber]

RealAnime 4.0 should be released in 2 days if no major bugs comes out.

[killerhex]

cant wait that long lol

[Eretria-chan]

im bored
Now that's just pure spam. Stop pestering the thread with such comments and wait! If you can't, then go do something in the real life.
Sirber & co is working HARD for the sake of US - the users. Stop whining.

[clone83]

i agree and im pissed....(drinking lots of bourbon and cola that is....) :D

[Sirber]

Sirber & co is working HARD for the sake of US - the users. Stop whining.Hummm.... sake ;)

[BoostAddict]

i have a question about the psp/ipod profiles

i dont have one myself but plan on owning soon
do they play x264 with softsubs or will realanime hardcode the subs with the video?

[Sirber]

handeled can't playback softsubs. I'll have to hardsub them.

[BoostAddict]

handeled can't playback softsubs. I'll have to hardsub them.

good to hear :D looking forward to this

[Sirber]

Not for 4.0. Profiles will be for 4.1.

Also, we faced a major bug :(. MediaInfo is crashing on some MKV input. So, we'll release it now with another build of MediaInfo and use a regular version for next release.

I'm making the installers.

[Sirber]

4.0 is out.

What changed and what not... does it matter? It's troublesome to write changelogs :devil:

http://www.detritus.qc.ca/

[killerhex]

thanx

[clone83]

looks good but maybe a drop down menu for all the filters would be better as we cant customise the settings.... andthere is a new version of dgindex out aswell... good work guys... keep it up... :helpful:

[killerhex]

an before you release 4.1 can you add more resolutions

640x360
700x400

[Sirber]

@clone83

You can input AVS if you want more stuff

@killerhex

You can add them in the menu, but they will not be saved, only the selected one.

[clone83]

Problem...

Sirber, i have tried to encode with an avs script that i have createdmut im not will to post the script on here but i can pm it to you. but i can post the avs script that was created by realanime, AVISource("G:\dvd_ripping\AVS\realanime_test_avs.avs")
NiceFPS()
ConvertToYV12()


And this is the error log i got,
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:24 PM] : ***** Encoding Video to x264 File (x264) *****
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:24 PM] : "C:\Program Files\RealAnime 4\bin\x264.exe" --me dia --subme 1 --ref 0 --analyse "none" --weightb --b-pyramid --bime --direct spatial --bframes 3 --filter 1:1 --bitrate 318 --pass 1 --no-fast-pskip --no-psnr --progress --threads 2 -o "NUL:" "C:\Program Files\RealAnime 4\temp\0.avs"
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:24 PM] :
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:25 PM] : avis [error]: unsupported input format (DIB )
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:25 PM] : could not open input file 'C:\Program Files\RealAnime 4\temp\0.avs'
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:25 PM] :
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:25 PM] : ***** ERROR *****
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:25 PM] : Encoder error #-1 (x264)
[2/26/2006 : 9:38:25 PM] :

Im not sure what else i will need to assist u in this mut u know how to contact me if you do... Thx

[Sirber]

Your AVS is borked. Play the "0.avs" file and you will see.

Nothing I can do and not a bug of RealAnime.

[bratao]

You put a Script into another sropt using Avisource...

[Sirber]

AviSource takes as argument one or more file name in quotes, and reads in the file(s) using either the Video-for-Windows "AVIFile" interface, or AviSynth's built-in OpenDML code (taken from VirtualDub). This filter can read any file for which there's an AVIFile handler. This includes not only AVI files but also WAV files, AVS (AviSynth script) files, and VDR (VirtualDub frameserver) files. If you give multiples filenames as arguments, the clips will be spliced together with UnalignedSplice. The bool argument is optional and defaults to "true".
http://www.avisynth.org/AviSource

[wenjia]

Hi Sirber,

I'm a total newbie to world of encoding. Thanks very much for your easy-to-use software. I've been successful in converting some of my avi files to x264/aac-ps mkv files.

In trying to encode my vob or vcd mpg files, I ran them through dgindex as mentioned in this thread. Doing so gives me a d2v file and an mpa/ac3 file. Below are four observations I've made followed by my questions.

Observations:

1) I'm able to successfully drop the d2v file into realanime 4 and encode the video. But there is no audio.

2) When I try to drop in both the d2v file and the ac3 file, both are encoded successfuly to x264 and aac-ps, but are treated as separate jobs and hence not muxed together. I then manually mux the two into mkv using mkvtools.

3) However, when I get an mpa file instead of ac3 from dgindex, I can't encode that into aac-ps using realanime 4 because I'm not able to drag it into realanime 4. I suppose mpa audio is not supported. I can mux the encoded x264 video directly with the uncompressed mpa audio stream into mkv with a larger file size.

4) When running dgindex, I notice that several mpa files are generated with various delays even though there is just one audio stream. I suppose it could be because of poorly encoded dvds or vcds (like those "chrink" sounds). This results for example in an mpa file which is shorter by about 2 seconds than the 20 minute video.

Questions:
1) What is the correct way to use dgindex with realanime 4 so as to ensure that the audio (.ac3 or .mpa) is encoded to aac-ps and muxed automagically?

2) How can I ask realanime 4 to take into account the audio delays in the .mpa as generated by dgindex, so that audio encoding is done properly and in sync with the video?

I understand that some of these issues might not be problems with realanime 4 at all. I have tried to also play around with some of the other Gui-encoders, but realanime 4 is definitely the easiest partly because it comes with all the files I need, and is very simply organized. The only thing is that for some reason I just can't get the audio to be encoded along with the video.

Thanks for any help!

wenjia

[Sirber]

1) I'm able to successfully drop the d2v file into realanime 4 and encode the video. But there is no audio.D2V is video only.

2) When I try to drop in both the d2v file and the ac3 file, both are encoded successfuly to x264 and aac-ps, but are treated as separate jobs and hence not muxed together. I then manually mux the two into mkv using mkvtools.2 files is 2 jobs. RealAnime is not ment for DVD ripping, but to recode AVI and other 1-file jobs.

3) However, when I get an mpa file instead of ac3 from dgindex, I can't encode that into aac-ps using realanime 4 because I'm not able to drag it into realanime 4. I suppose mpa audio is not supported. I can mux the encoded x264 video directly with the uncompressed mpa audio stream into mkv with a larger file size. RealAnime wasn't set to allow MPA since I never faced them :) I'm gonna add it to next release. In the meantime you can try to rename it to MP3.

4) When running dgindex, I notice that several mpa files are generated with various delays even though there is just one audio stream. I suppose it could be because of poorly encoded dvds or vcds (like those "chrink" sounds). This results for example in an mpa file which is shorter by about 2 seconds than the 20 minute video.I ahve no idea :(

1) What is the correct way to use dgindex with realanime 4 so as to ensure that the audio (.ac3 or .mpa) is encoded to aac-ps and muxed automagically?There's none yet :)

2) How can I ask realanime 4 to take into account the audio delays in the .mpa as generated by dgindex, so that audio encoding is done properly and in sync with the video?You can set the delay in "Adv." tab or while merging with mkvmerge.

[Sirber]

I added a torrent link: http://www.detritus.qc.ca/bt/index.php
It's also on the main page. Currently I'm the only one seeding so speed might not be that good.

[killerhex]

i have an error for the new version

see the attachment sirber

how do i fix it

i checked the realanime folder in my program files and it doesnt have the producer and other realmedia things that it need to encode to rmvb

the installer didnt install them

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5291/untitled0yd.th.jpg (http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled0yd.jpg)

[Sirber]

i have an error for the new version

see the attachment sirber

how do i fix itBest use http://www.imageshack.us/

[killerhex]

fixed the picture uploaded to imageshack

[Sirber]

Seems you do not have producer. Look in your realanime\bin\producer folder if it'S there.

[Sirber]

hum... seems it's not there. Bad installer. I'll make new ones.

[edit]

In the meantime you can get producer on helix website and install it in "RealAnime 4\bin\producer\". New installer (4.0.1) will be avalible at noon (GTM -5) on the website and torrent.

If you don't need RV10 you won't have to upgrade.

[Eretria-chan]

Hmm, it seems you borked this version. Trying to encode a file which worked with an older version, I got Encoder error #-1. Here is a log:

[2006-02-27 : 17:44:09] : Log File Creation
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:09] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:09] : ***** Converting OGM file (MKVMerge) *****
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:09] : C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\mkv\mkvmerge.exe -o "C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\source.mkv" "F:\w00t\Mina videoklipp\Anime\Videos\Chrno Crusade\Chrno_Crusade_-_01_-_Pilot_-_Sister_Rosette_[Ani-Kraze][6A68220D].avi"
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:09] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : mkvmerge v1.6.5 ('Watcher Of The Skies') built on Dec 7 2005 18:53:31
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : 'F:\w00t\Mina videoklipp\Anime\Videos\Chrno Crusade\Chrno_Crusade_-_01_-_Pilot_-_Sister_Rosette_[Ani-Kraze][6A68220D].avi': Using the AVI demultiplexer. Opening file. This may take some time depending on the file's size.
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : 'F:\w00t\Mina videoklipp\Anime\Videos\Chrno Crusade\Chrno_Crusade_-_01_-_Pilot_-_Sister_Rosette_[Ani-Kraze][6A68220D].avi' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 2 video output module.
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : 'F:\w00t\Mina videoklipp\Anime\Videos\Chrno Crusade\Chrno_Crusade_-_01_-_Pilot_-_Sister_Rosette_[Ani-Kraze][6A68220D].avi' track 1: Using the MPEG audio output module.
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : The file 'C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\source.mkv' has been opened for writing.
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : progress: 100%
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : The cue entries (the index) are being written...
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : The cue entries (the index) are being written...
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:22] : Muxing took 12 seconds.
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:23] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:23] : ***** Extracting MKV file (MKVExtract) *****
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:23] : C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\mkv\mkvextract.exe tracks "C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\source.mkv" 2:"C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\audio_0.mp3" 1:"C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\video_0.avi"
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:23] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:37] : Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'V_MS/VFW/FOURCC' to the file 'C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\video_0.avi'.
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:37] : Extracting track 2 with the CodecID 'A_MPEG/L3' to the file 'C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\audio_0.mp3'.
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:37] : progress: 100%
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:37] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:37] : ***** Encoding Audio to .AAC (BeSweet) *****
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:37] : "C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\besweet\BeSweet.exe" -ssrc( --rate 44100 ) -azid( -s dplii -L -3db ) -core( -input "C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\audio_0.mp3" -output "C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\audio_enc_0.aac" ) -dimzon( -dllname WA_aacPlus.dll -cbr 48 -mode 4 -mpeg4 ) -ota( -g max )
[2006-02-27 : 17:44:37] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] Initializing...
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : --------------------------
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : Using Shibatch.dll v0.25 by Naoki Shibata & DSPguru (shibatch.sourceforge.net).
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : Using WA_aacPlus.dll v2.0 by Kurtnoise (kurtnoise@free.fr)
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\audio_0.mp3
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] | Output: C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\audio_enc_0.aac
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: No
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] | Overall Track Gain: 1.999dB
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] +------ Shibatch -----
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] | Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] | Dest. Sample-Rate: 44.1KHz
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] | Attenuation : 0.0db
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:07:45:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:23:10:034] Finalizing...
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : [00:23:10:034] Conversion Completed !
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : Visit DSPguru's Homepage at :
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : http://DSPguru.doom9.net/
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : ***** Encoding Video to x264 File (x264) *****
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] : "C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\bin\x264.exe" --me dia --subme 1 --ref 0 --analyse "none" --weightb --b-pyramid --bime --direct spatial --bframes 3 --filter 1:1 --bitrate 318 --pass 1 --no-fast-pskip --no-psnr --progress --threads 1 -o "NUL:" "C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\1.avs"
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:22] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:25] : avis [error]: unsupported input format (DIB )
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:25] : could not open input file 'C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\1.avs'
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:25] :
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:25] : ***** ERROR *****
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:25] : Encoder error #-1 (x264)
[2006-02-27 : 17:52:25] :

How do I get the video info?

[Sirber]

AVISynth error.

Play "C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\1.avs" in a dshow player and tell me what's wrong.

[Eretria-chan]

Well, I don't know if I that filtering right :p That might just be the problem - as I shall try to not use those two together. Anyway, zoomplayer just dies with an error message (which I can't see), so anyway, I'll post the script file for you:

# RealAnime 4
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\aWarpSharp.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\Convolution3DYV12.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\Decomb521.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\IT.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\asharp.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\MSharpen.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\Msmooth.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\VSFilter.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\NiceFPS.dll")
DirectShowSource("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\video_0.avi", fps=23.9759998321533)
MSmooth(strength=2, threshold=15, highq=false)
Convolution3D(preset="animeLQ")
NiceFPS()
ConvertToYV12()

By the way, why only the small amount of resolution in the list? Concdering I have a 1920 x 1200 resolution, would it not be better if I resized it near that size to remove most artifacts? I remember seeing HD files compressed at a low bitrate that actually had good quality (although I never saw them - just read!).

[Sirber]

4.0.1 released:

* Added Helix Producer
* Added support for MPA

[Eretria-chan]

When only using Convulation3D, I still get encoder error #-1. Zoom Player plays the file fine. Here is the script:

# RealAnime 4
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\aWarpSharp.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\Convolution3DYV12.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\Decomb521.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\IT.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\asharp.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\MSharpen.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\Msmooth.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\VSFilter.dll")
LoadPlugin ("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\avs\NiceFPS.dll")
DirectShowSource("C:\My Installed Apps\RealAnime 4\temp\video_0.avi", fps=23.9759998321533)
Convolution3D(preset="animeLQ")
NiceFPS()
ConvertToYV12()

More:
When trying to stop, it seems RA needs to wait for the processes to end, which makes it a long wait.
And I doubt that my SATA drive (F:) is slower than C:, but RA copies the entire source anyway.
Now trying without filter reduction.
Now it seems to be encoding fine >_<

[Sirber]

RealAnime 4 now merge AVI into MKV for better analysis.
If RealAnime can't kill the process, you have to do it manually or else it will go to the end of the encode.

[Eretria-chan]

Now that is exactly what I did. You have some things on your hand to check out, though, I should say. Good luck.

[Sirber]

MSmooth is faulty maybe. I'll check.

Also, IMO you filter too much :p

[Eretria-chan]

I don't know how to use it :p
Besides, all my sources are noisy. At least a little...

[Sirber]

MSmooth is an hardcore denoiser. Best use C3D (AnimeHQ).
Also, little noise doesn't hurt. I suggest you try whitout filtering first. Filtering remove details :)

[Eretria-chan]

Well, I can do not much else since RA fails when I use any filtering. I always use defiltering in ffdshow to remove that annoying noise. It is SO much better even if it removes some details.

[sillKotscha]

I added a torrent link: http://www.detritus.qc.ca/bt/index.php
It's also on the main page. Currently I'm the only one seeding so speed might not be that good.

i'm downloading it now and seed it for a while :)

[Sirber]

Well, I can do not much else since RA fails when I use any filtering. Every filter fails? Do you have AVISynth 2.56?
i'm downloading it now and seed it for a while :)Thanks!

[Eretria-chan]

Every filter fails? Do you have AVISynth 2.56?
MSmooth + AnimeLQ = Fails
AnimeLQ = Fails
No filters = OK!

I downloaded avisynth via the installation of RA. Yes, it works just fine because I was able to play the avisynth file that was created by RA (with AnimeLQ).

Haven't tried only MSmooth because now it is encoding! And x264 is slow, as we all know. Still on the second pass with 1:54 left.