MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[pygo]

MeGUI 0.3.4.0 appcrash midway through encoding? Can anyone help me out tried two times and got the same occurance. File i am encoding is H264 ts. I have encoded with MeGUI previously but this is a new notebook for me. OS is Windows 7 x64. I have tried running as admin with the same results. I'm stumped Any ideas??

[kartman_canada]

I've been using MeGUI for a while but on WinXP 32-bit. This week, I took the plunge and bought a new workstation and have decided (stupid?) to wade into a new OS (Win7) and the world of 64-bit so I can access more RAM.

Today, I got MeGUI installed but I seem to be having issues with ffdshow and Haali. Basically, I'm just trying to duplicate the setup I had under WinXP but on the newer, faster machine.

Specifically, x264 seems to die as I can't make ffdshow feed it YV12 colorspace when encoding. I don't know much about this as it 'just worked' on the old box. I've tried adjusting the supported outputs on ffdshow but this doesn't seem to do the trick.

Also, my input video stream is in an MKV container... even though Haali is technically installed correctly, the AVS script creator seems to think there is no support for MKV.

In general, is the a good resource for making MeGUI and the necessary supporting tools/filters go under Win7 64-bit? I seem to see lots of people online that are having success but I seem to be digging myself a deep hole. :( I realize that my post is rather open ended but I'm really stumped.

Help?

[rapscallion]

Well, I guess the first question we'd ask is are you sure you're using the 64 bit ver of x264 ?

[Taurus]

@kartman_canada:
You did not tell us how and what you installed.

1.: everything in 32bit or 64bit?
This means Aviynth, FFDShow, Megui, Haali in 64 or 32bit.
Stick with the 32bit programs to get started and dont mix both.

2.: did you use the preferred filter tweaker tool to make sure ffdshow is used in a directshow environment?
Plain Win7 is using its new media foundation codecs as compared to the older directshow codecs used in XP or even Vista.

3.: Which version of the Haali Splitter did you install?

4.: Try to install MeGui outside of the protected program files folder.

All this tips have been discussed a many times and a little search should have shown you the right direction

There should be a sticky for all the poor Win7 64bit switchers...

[vickynash]

hey guys whn i am tryin to add a VOB file in the avisynth i am gettin this error , can anyone help me plzzzzzzzzz
http://yfrog.com/87sdfvj

[Buggle]

hey guys whn i am tryin to add a VOB file in the avisynth i am gettin this error , can anyone help me plzzzzzzzzz
http://yfrog.com/87sdfvj
That's because you first need to index that file using DGIndex (look under "Tools" in MeGUIs main window). You can load the resulting project file (*.d2v , this is only the video part) in the script creator. DGIndex will also demux the AC3 file(s) for you which you can transcode if you like.

Edit: I looked at the picture you attached, it actually says in the error what you need to do.

[Lyle_JP]

Nevermind. I found the problem. PEBKAC.

[adrianmak]

any plan to support VP8 encoding ?

[Lighto]

Is there some way to write a avisnyth template so that MeGUI uses DirectShowSource all the time?
My output turns out weird when AVISource is used in the script and I don't like the idea of manually editing the script every time I encode.

[Inspector.Gadget]

The developers (back when it was primarily Kurtnoise & co) decided against doing that because of some problems specific to DirectShowSource(). What do you mean by "weird"? Perhaps it's a common problem with a known solution. As a general rule, decoding using ffdshow's VFW interface through AVISource() should work pretty well except with certain incorrectly written (?) packed bitstream MPEG-4 ASP AVIs.

[Lighto]

The developers (back when it was primarily Kurtnoise & co) decided against doing that because of some problems specific to DirectShowSource(). What do you mean by "weird"? Perhaps it's a common problem with a known solution. As a general rule, decoding using ffdshow's VFW interface through AVISource() should work pretty well except with certain incorrectly written (?) packed bitstream MPEG-4 ASP AVIs.

By weird I meant this.

Before resize:
http://i49.tinypic.com/2e6g4dc.png

After resize :
http://i45.tinypic.com/zxwjo.png

[Inspector.Gadget]

Whatever decoder you're using through VFW (AviSource) for that format is broken. Use ffdshow instead and disable all effects in the VFW decoder config (you must explicitly select "VFW decoder" during ffdshow installation to enable it).

[[ReX]]

By weird I meant this.

Before resize:
http://i49.tinypic.com/2e6g4dc.png

After resize :
http://i45.tinypic.com/zxwjo.png

I came across the same problem today with a video file and was about to ask here, then I saw Inspector.Gadget's post and did what he told you to do.

I changed video decoder for XviD (which is the file codec), DivX 4/5/6 and Other MPEG4 (just in case) from libavcodec to Xvid on ffdshow options and it solved the problem, hope it works for you.

[Lighto]

Whatever decoder you're using through VFW (AviSource) for that format is broken. Use ffdshow instead and disable all effects in the VFW decoder config (you must explicitly select "VFW decoder" during ffdshow installation to enable it).

Thanks for the help but how do I go about disabling all effects in the VFW decoder config?
I have K-Lite Mega Codec pack installed and when I got to the VFW interface window, there are tab, encoder and decoder.

;1406094']I came across the same problem today with a video file and was about to ask here, then I saw Inspector.Gadget's post and did what he told you to do.

I changed video decoder for XviD (which is the file codec), DivX 4/5/6 and Other MPEG4 (just in case) from libavcodec to Xvid on ffdshow options and it solved the problem, hope it works for you.

Did you do the settings on 'ffdshow decoder' or 'ffdshow VFW interface'?

[Inspector.Gadget]

You only need to work with VFW for AviSource(). In fact, you can safely uninstall any and all codec packs and do just fine with Haali + ffdshow tryouts plus your favorite DShow front-end. Basically you need to go to the VFW decoder tab and disable all functions such as Crop, Resize, Aspect, Deinterlacing, Picture Properties....everything with a checkbox in that left-hand column needs to be cleared. It should be safe to leave everything at the default in Output and Decoder options ... the relevant thing is to make sure that in addition to having the transform filters disabled you have the VFW decoder set to decode whatever codec was used to compress your source. If, as [ReX] says, there's a libavcodec bug for MPEG-4 ASP, then if your source is DivX, etc. make sure to set XviD as the decoder.

[Lighto]

You only need to work with VFW for AviSource(). In fact, you can safely uninstall any and all codec packs and do just fine with Haali + ffdshow tryouts plus your favorite DShow front-end. Basically you need to go to the VFW decoder tab and disable all functions such as Crop, Resize, Aspect, Deinterlacing, Picture Properties....everything with a checkbox in that left-hand column needs to be cleared. It should be safe to leave everything at the default in Output and Decoder options ... the relevant thing is to make sure that in addition to having the transform filters disabled you have the VFW decoder set to decode whatever codec was used to compress your source. If, as [ReX] says, there's a libavcodec bug for MPEG-4 ASP, then if your source is DivX, etc. make sure to set XviD as the decoder.

Still having problems after setting the VFW.....
I will try uninstalling the codec pack sometime later....
Can I assume Haali + ffdshow + quicktime + real alternative installed in my PC will allow MeGUI to re-encode avi, flv, mp4, mkv, and rmvb files?

Edit: Could get it to work, probably a bad .avi...

Edit2: MeGUI is working perfectly on my XP which I dual boot with the same avi file!!!

[movq]

I use windows 2008 server,64 bit OS.
megui doesnt work after installed,megui ver. megui-0.3.3

[LigH]

doesnt work
is a pretty useless statement, as there are so many different ways how an application may "not work". More details please.

If there are any error messages, post them as exact as possible (many error message dialogs allow a Ctrl+C to grab their text, so you can paste it with Ctrl+V).

If there are no error messages at all, thell us that fact as well.

Watch the "Processes" area of your task manager while trying to start it.

Ensure that your system meets all minimum requirements (e.g. having .NET installed in a version required by MeGUI).

[JK1974]

I am trying to get MeGUI (downloaded and updated today) working with the following setup: The video (1920x1080i50) is being frameserved with the Debugmode frameserver from Sony Vegas 9.0e to VirtualDub. VirtualDub is being used for deshaking the video with the Deshaker plugin. The result is frameserved again, this time from VirtualDub, and should be reencoded with MeGUI again to AVCHD. The AVISynth script for wrapping the VirtualDub .vdr file is of course quite basic:
AVISource("C:\Users\jk\Desktop\temp.vdr", audio=true)
ConvertToYV12()


Unfortunately, I can´t get the encoding to work with MeGUI correctly. Opening the AVS file with VirtualDub gives no error, I also get no error and see the preview windows correctly when setting the AVS file als input file for video in MeGUI.
However, using e.g. the x264 AVCHD - 2pass profile as well as Aften AC-3 for audio gives the following error:
[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.4.0
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Seven Ultimate Edition x86 (6.1.0.7600)
--[NoImage] Latest .Net Framework installed : 3.5 SP1 (3.5.30729.4926)
--[NoImage] Avisynth Version : 2.5.8.5
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: C:\Users\jk\Desktop\temp.264
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: C:\Users\jk\Desktop\temp-muxed.mkv
---[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: C:\Users\jk\Desktop\temp.ac3
-[Error] Log for job5 (audio, temp.vdr -> temp.ac3)
--[Information] [12.06.2010 00:59:00] Started handling job
--[Information] [12.06.2010 00:59:00] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script: return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -readtoeof 1 -b 256 - "{0}"
--[Information] [12.06.2010 00:59:00] Encoding started
--[Information] [12.06.2010 00:59:00] Encode thread started
--[Information] [12.06.2010 00:59:00] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: The script's return was not a video clip.
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] bei MeGUI.AviSynthClip..ctor(String func, String arg, AviSynthColorspace forceColorspace, AviSynthScriptEnvironment env)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[Information] [12.06.2010 00:59:00] Job completed


However, removing the audio encoding cue entry starts the first pass video encoding without any error message.
When starting the second video encoding pass, I once again get an error message, that no video can be found. Resetting the status of this cue entry from "error" to "waiting" and starting it manually, it works again - at least until 99% when the final file already has been generated. Then again, I get an error message about missing video data.

It looks to me as if there is some kind of timeout problem - that the data is not being frameserved in time for MeGUI.
Any ideas or workarounds to get this long videoserver cue working (without the need of generating an intermediate file)? Using Premiere CS4 instead of Vegas is a no-go as the renderer/frameserving is awful slow.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[Inspector.Gadget]

JK1974, can you export from Vegas as WAV and then feed that through MeGUI to Aften? I assume your DeShaker work doesn't alter the length or starting sync of the audio.

[JK1974]

This indeed might work, however, there is still the problem that the automatic 2-pass video encoding does not work - maybe because of the same reason. BTW: The AVS Script Creator also does not work with the same error report.
For me, it seems to be a problem with the source detector. Starting one of the encoding passes manually, there seems to be a break of around 8 seconds until the encoding progress in being displayed - maybe this takes too long when reloading the AVS file.
Furthermore, there is always a little break when playing back the AVS with a second VirtualDub on frames 50, 100 etc. - maybe also something that makes problems to the source detector.

[Lighto]

I am having troubles getting audio delay to work in MP4 Muxer of MeGUI, there isn't any delay in the audio even when I set it to 1000 or 3000 ms.
The only way I got it to work so far is to re-encode everything...

Any idea what's wrong?:thanks:

[Lyle_JP]

I am having troubles getting audio delay to work in MP4 Muxer of MeGUI, there isn't any delay in the audio even when I set it to 1000 or 3000 ms.
The only way I got it to work so far is to re-encode everything...

Any idea what's wrong?:thanks:

When you set delay in the muxer, you are just assigning a delay value to the audio in the file's header, which stand-alone and software players may or may not respect or ignore. The best place to compensate for delay is when you transcode the audio file to aac. When you fix it there, you know it's fixed.

[Lighto]

When you set delay in the muxer, you are just assigning a delay value to the audio in the file's header, which stand-alone and software players may or may not respect or ignore. The best place to compensate for delay is when you transcode the audio file to aac. When you fix it there, you know it's fixed.

Thanks for the clarification mate.:)

[Beak]

Hello. I just updated to the latest stable build, I used the same two pass AVCHD profile nI always use and got the following error


[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.5.0
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Seven x64 (6.1.0.7600)
--[NoImage] Latest .Net Framework installed : 3.5 SP1 (3.5.30729.4926)
--[NoImage] Avisynth Version : 2.5.8.5
-[Information] Log for job1 (audio, 00002.track_4352.dts -> Cut Audio.ac3)
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:45:32 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:45:32 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\NicAudio.dll")
---[NoImage] NicDtsSource("C:\Users\Brendan\Videos\The Boondock Saints\00002.track_4352.dts")
---[NoImage] SSRC(48000)
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -readtoeof 1 -b 640 - "{0}"
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:45:32 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:45:32 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:45:32 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:45:32 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[NoImage] Channels: 6
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 32
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\aften\aften.exe -readtoeof 1 -b 640 - "C:\Users\Brendan\Videos\The Boondock Saints\Cut Audio.ac3"
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:45:32 PM] Encoder process started
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] Aften: A/52 audio encoder
---[NoImage] Version SVN
---[NoImage] (c) 2006-2007 Justin Ruggles, Prakash Punnoor, et al.
---[NoImage] input format: Microsoft WAVE Floating-point 32-bit little-endian 48000 Hz 5.1-channel
---[NoImage] output format: 48000 Hz 3/2 + LFE
---[NoImage] SIMD usage: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3
---[NoImage] Threads: 8
---[NoImage] progress: 100% | q: 332.6 | bw: 58.0 | bitrate: 640.0 kbps
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:48:11 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:48:11 PM] Job completed
-[Error] Log for job2 (video, 00002.avs -> )
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:48:11 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:48:11 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\x264\vfw4x264.exe" --tune film --pass 1 --bitrate 9315 --stats "C:\Users\Brendan\Videos\The Boondock Saints\00002.stats" --profile high --level 4.1 --bframes 3 --ref 4 --slices 4 --aud --nal-hrd --b-pyramid strict --keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --vbv-maxrate 14000 --vbv-bufsize 14500 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "C:\Users\Brendan\Videos\The Boondock Saints\00002.avs"
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:48:12 PM] Encoding started
--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: invalid argument: nal-hrd = --b-pyramid
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Warning] Deleting aborted output
---[NoImage] Delete aborted ouptut set: True
---[NoImage] File to delete
---[Warning] Error deleting file
----[NoImage] Exception message: The path is not of a legal form.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.File.Delete(String path)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.markJobAborted()
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:58:21 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [6/22/2010 7:58:21 PM] Current job was aborted

Can anyone tell me the problem and how to correct it?
Thanks in advance for any help.

[Zathor]

Replace --nal-hrd with --nal-hrd vbr

[Lighto]

After updating to 0.3.5.0, when I open a .mkv through

File > Open

a "Please choose your weapon" popup appears instead of a AviSynth Script Creator window which would appear in the past.

Is this suppose to happen after the update?

[Beak]

Replace --nal-hrd with --nal-hrd vbr

Thanks!

[pelle412]

I've used MeGUI for years (currently 0.3.5.0) and about 25% of the time when a job tries to mux SRT subtitles into a MKV output file I get this dialog box that says:

Error parsing idx file
<name of file>
Input string was not in a correct format

This stops the job queue until I click OK in this dialog box, after which it muxes the output just fine. My question is, is there something in a SRT file (created by Subrip) that causes this error so that I can try and avoid it?

[invy]

why does it seem that megui encoding of x264 is constantly getting slower and slower. last week i was able to encode at around 200 FPS. now this week using the same profile i can only encode at 70-80 FPS.

whats with the constant change of profiles? it's annoying.

[Zathor]

why does it seem that megui encoding of x264 is constantly getting slower and slower. last week i was able to encode at around 200 FPS. now this week using the same profile i can only encode at 70-80 FPS.

There are at least two things to check if the encoding is slow:
- the build of x264 which MeGUI is using could be not optimized for your CPU. You can find and try different builds here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=130364
But I believe that such a big drop in speed is not related to it.
- the parameters passed to x264 have changed as have the profiles. To verify if the problem is located in these changes I need the parameters passed to x264 before and after the change. You can find these information in the log file (megui\log). It looks for example like:
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "D:\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --crf 16.0 --sar 1:1 --output "E:\TEMP\video.mkv" "E:\TEMP\video.avs"

Have you tried to switch to a faster preset in the x264 config menu?

whats with the constant change of profiles? it's annoying.
You can follow the profile discussion and take part here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=154334

If it's annoying for you just do what the default is - discard the importation of new profiles and just use your own profiles.

[chipzoller]

I'm having a problem with mkv output display values and have asked in the mkvtoolnix thread. Since this seems like something gone wrong with my megui installation, can anyone point me in the right direction to fix this?

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1411677#post1411677


EDIT: Problem solved. Not a MeGUI problem.

[drob]

When encoding for a NMT, should i use the Bluray/AVCHD preset, or unrestricted?

[Lighto]

After updating to 0.3.5.0, when I open a .mkv through

File > Open

a "Please choose your weapon" popup appears instead of a AviSynth Script Creator window which would appear in the past.

Is this suppose to happen after the update?

Still looking for answers, suggestions are welcome.:)

I also noticed that there is a new non-installer package on sourgeforge, I downloaded it and found new profile updates for various components of MeGUI which could not be found in the updates of my MeGUI installed using the 0.3.3 installer.

My question is why isn't my installed MeGUI unable to detect the profile updates?
Also, is it safe to assume I can stick to installer or non-installer version of MeGUI based on personal preference as they are essentially the same?
:thanks:

[Zathor]

Still looking for answers, suggestions are welcome.:)
Suggestion: Index the mkv with the file indexer and open this with the Script Creator.
And open a bug report at the SourceForge page so that the developer will have a look at it. :)

I also noticed that there is a new non-installer package on sourgeforge, I downloaded it and found new profile updates for various components of MeGUI which could not be found in the updates of my MeGUI installed using the 0.3.3 installer. My question is why isn't my installed MeGUI unable to detect the profiles update?
There are the same profiles available. You can force the download again in the update window (right click on the profiles).

Also, is it safe to assume I can stick to installer or non-installer version of MeGUI based on personal preference as they are essentially the same?
:thanks:
Yes. There will be a new installer for 0.3.5 soon.

[Lighto]

@Zathor : Thanks for the suggestion, made a report on sourgeforge.

-2/7/10 Edit:
Informed that the choose your weapon window is a new feature of MeGUI.
However, when indexing a .mkv, DGAVCIndex freeze on windows 7 and crash on windows xp.
FFMSIndex works fine though, however the user will need to manually select the audio for muxing before doing auto encode.

Any ideas on why DGAVCIndex is not working for me or suggestions on how to fix the issue?
:thanks:

[rica]

guys i'm locked.

Please help me to create an avs script for this graph; what i wanna do is to reencode just audio on MeGui:

here is the source graph:

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/a4a85927c9.png (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[drob]

My source is 1080i 29.97fps from a BD nature video, MeGUI analysis identifies it as interlaced top field, if i force it to be run as if it was a telecined material, would i gain some space? how bad would be the smoothness of the motion?

[Sharktooth]

@Zathor : Thanks for the suggestion, made a report on sourgeforge.

-2/7/10 Edit:
Informed that the choose your weapon window is a new feature of MeGUI.
However, when indexing a .mkv, DGAVCIndex freeze on windows 7 and crash on windows xp.
FFMSIndex works fine though, however the user will need to manually select the audio for muxing before doing auto encode.

Any ideas on why DGAVCIndex is not working for me or suggestions on how to fix the issue?
:thanks:
DGAvcIndex is no longer updated unless neuron2 finds some time. if it crashes or causes problems then try with ffms2.
there is no workaround except getting a nvidia video card and dgnvtools for few bucks.

[Sharktooth]

My source is 1080i 29.97fps from a BD nature video, MeGUI analysis identifies it as interlaced top field, if i force it to be run as if it was a telecined material, would i gain some space? how bad would be the smoothness of the motion?
interlaced and telecine are 2 different things. have a google search and get documented about them. you cant deinterlace a telecined source and you cant inverse telecince an interlaced source.

[Sharktooth]

guys i'm locked.

Please help me to create an avs script for this graph; what i wanna do is to reencode just audio on MeGui:

here is the source graph:

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/a4a85927c9.png (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)
rica the avs script is very simple:
DirectShowSource("complete path\filename.ext")
save it and give it a name.
once you did that, load it into the audio encoding part as source, chose a preset and an output folder/name and enqueue. then start you queue.
you may want to add the "video=false" option to directshowsource but it's not mandatory since you're just encoding audio...

[quantum5uicid3]

When encoding for a NMT, should i use the Bluray/AVCHD preset, or unrestricted?

i think just --level 4.1 is required

it may vary between devices though. bluray preset would prob be a safe bet and more universally compatible.

[drob]

@quantum5uicid3 thank you ill use bluray as a bases.

@Sharktooth I am aware of the deference, i just thought (mistakingly) that all 29.97 sources can be reduced to 23.976.

interlaced and telecine are 2 different things. have a google search and get documented about them. you cant deinterlace a telecined source and you cant inverse telecince an interlaced source.

[Mitsosraf]

Hi! how can i index and interlaced video?

[rica]

rica the avs script is very simple:
DirectShowSource("complete path\filename.ext")
.......you may want to add the "video=false" option to directshowsource but it's not mandatory since you're just encoding audio...

Thanks a lot shark.

But i got always error in encoding on megui unless selecting "video=false" option.
Here is my working script:

DirectShowSource("C:\users\rica\desktop\test\test_thd.grf",video=false)

FYI: Arcsoft decoder doesn't match with any encoder even i can use it with reclock renderer for playing reasons. (with arcsoft hack-TMT 3.0.1.180 filters on seven 64)
So my working graph's workflow was MPC-mpeg source > ffdshow audio decoder.
It's a pity i can not use arcsoft audio decoderHD for decoding DTS-HD on graph.(for re-encoding)

:thanks: again.

[tebasuna51]

...
Any ideas on why DGAVCIndex is not working for me or suggestions on how to fix the issue?
Try extract first the .h264 video from .mkv (with HD streams extractor - eac3to) and then open the .h264 with DGAVCIndex.

[Sharktooth]

Hi! how can i index and interlaced video?
The same way you index a non interlaced video

@rica: i dont know. i dont use arcsoft DS filters.

[FBX]

I'm currently having some issues with the muxing process in MeGUI. When I mux my mp4 video file with an mp4 AAC audio file, I'm getting mixed results depending on the player I use to view the final product. In WMP, the audio will not play for a few seconds and starts out of sync while the video is already rolling. On my PS3, the first ten seconds of video will be blank while the audio is rolling, then the video comes up ten seconds into the file and is in perfect sync with the audio. In VLC, both the audio and video start normally and are in perfect sync. Any ideas as to what is going wrong and why VLC manages to handle it while the other players don't?

Much appreciated for help on this!

[Sharktooth]

uhm... post your encoding logfile. maybe some encoding options may screw players that does not support them. also try to remux the streams in MKV and look if using the same players the behaviour is still the same.

[FBX]

uhm... post your encoding logfile.

Did you want my muxing log or also my encoding log of the separate files?

Here's the muxing log to start with:


[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.5.0
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64 SP2 (6.0.131072.6002)
--[NoImage] Latest .Net Framework installed : 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[NoImage] Avisynth Version : 2.5.8.2
-[Information] Log for job1 (mux, TF_S1_01.mp4 -> Final-muxed.mp4)
--[Information] [7/7/2010 7:43:45 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [7/7/2010 7:43:45 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\MeGUI\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "C:\Users\Wolff\TF videos\TRANSFORMERS_S1_D1\TF_S1_01.mp4#trackID=1:fps=23.976" -add "C:\Users\Wolff\TF videos\TRANSFORMERS_S1_D1\TF_S1_01 T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp4#trackID=1" -tmp "C:\Users\Wolff\TF videos\TRANSFORMERS_S1_D1" -new "C:\Users\Wolff\TF videos\TRANSFORMERS_S1_D1\Final-muxed.mp4"
--[Information] [7/7/2010 7:43:45 AM] Muxing started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Video (size 720 x 540)
---[NoImage] IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
---[NoImage] Saving C:\Users\Wolff\TF videos\TRANSFORMERS_S1_D1\Final-muxed.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [7/7/2010 7:44:01 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [7/7/2010 7:44:01 AM] Job completed