MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[forum king]

@forum king
I never see this error with NeroAacEnc but you can try some test to evaluate the problem.

1) Try with bigger bitrate, maybe -br 64000, and see if work now.

2) Extract the DTS with Tools -> HD Streams Extractor and use NicAudio decoder instead DirectShow
tried all still nothing , the encoding starts and at 100% there is this error :(
plz help guyz or may be suggest a simple other pgm in which i can input either the main mkv source or the extracted DTS and encode it in aac mp4 with desirable bitrate

plz help
regards

[tebasuna51]

@forum king

Try using eac3to. Steps:

1) Copy your NeroAacEnc.exe to .../MeGUI/tools/eac3to folder

2) Open your mkv with MeGUI -> Tools -> HD Streams Extractor

3) Select only your DTS file, Extract as: AAC, type in +Options: -libav -quality=0.2
Enqueue and execute.

With eac3to you can only use VBR encode, maybe the bitrate must be corrected with other quality.

[luke83]

The bug thread is the correct one for your problem, but I had and have no time to look into the problem you posted.

ah ok. Sorry
I'll wait :(

Zathor answered me in the other 3d. He (I suppose) told me that my problem/bug have been fixed in the new update 2054 :)

[LigH]

Y U NO USE AVISOURCE FOR AVI? ;)

Please excuse the memifying; MeGUI may be half of the reason for this, not offering AviSource as input function at all.

Apart from that, the first question about insufficiently specified video material is always: Please post a MediaInfo report, preferably "full". The term "uncompressed AVI" is not sufficient, there are several possible variants, and if you filtered the video using VirtualDub filters, we would even have to be afraid that you saved them as RGB24 (what a waste of precious harddisk space, and also a possible risk that the huge filesize causes issues with the structure of the saved AVI file, regarding OpenDML segmentation).

[LigH]

It is quite uncommon to save temporary files completely uncompressed; there are several VfW codecs which can compress video losslessly, or with hardly noticable loss.

But in general ... since AviSynth was developed, it is not necessary anymore to save filtered intermediate videos at all. You can do all the filtering with a script in the RAM while feeding the original video to the encoder. MeGUI itself is only a user interface for AviSynth.

It just may require some manual editing of the script in this case. If the source filter FFmpegSource is the reason for the crash, you may have to exchange it with AviSource (which has its own parameters); this may require to provide a YV12 VfW codec to be installed (Xvid or ffdshow - when "Raw video" is enabled in its VfW Decoder codec table - should be suitable).

[bamsebo]

Hi LigH

I am shure now, that my source AVI files are the cause of the problem!

I did the following:
- reinstalled a clean install of Win7 32bit on a separate partition for not having any old codecs/filters on the system
- only installed drivers, net framework, newest avisynth and megui
- opened the unedited source AVI file and clicked on "one click encoding"
- SAME ERROR! (Exception message: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.)
- encoding other files like flv, mkv, vob works fine

So here the detailed media info of my source AVIs

General
Complete name : O:\Schatzsuche mit modernster Elektronik.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 20.3 GiB
Duration : 17mn 21s
Overall bit rate : 167 Mbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : YUV
Codec ID : YUY2
Codec ID/Info : YUV 4:2:2 as for UYVY but with different component ordering within the u_int32 macropixel
Duration : 17mn 21s
Bit rate : 166 Mbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 5:4
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Compression mode : Lossless
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 15.998
Stream size : 20.1 GiB (99%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : 1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 17mn 21s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 411.2 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 175 MiB (1%)
Interleave, duration : 999 ms (24.98 video frames)



So what is wrong with my source AVIs? I can play them with no problem in VLC or MPC-HQ. I recorded them with a TV Capture Card (AVerTV CaptureHD) with the CaptureProgram from AverMedia.

What should I do? Maybe I can convert the source files into a format, MEGui can work with? :confused:

I have uploaded a 3 second cut from the source AVI (made with "Virtual Dub-Direct Video Copy"): (compressed with WinRAR, ~30MB, unpacked ~70MB)

http://www.mediafire.com/?846o269si6hcd9n

This file also gives me the error. Could somebody tell me if it works for him?
The data rate just seems extremely high, I converted it to Lagarith in VirtualDub but still MeGui complained, (insanity detected encoder returned an empty frame)

Only way I could get it to do anything was to convert it to Xvid in VD...

[LigH]

As already mentioned: Try not to use FFmpegSource and see if it works with e.g. AviSource.

[bamsebo]

create an avs script containing

AVISource ("c.avi")
ConvertToYV12()

then try that, you cannot use one click encode this way but it works
Barry

[LigH]

I was quite confused about the "AVS Script Creator" when I tried to open an AVI file in it; it displayed a dialog where I could choose between

One Click Encoder (no, I want to setup all details manually)
File Indexer (no, I want to avoid FFmpegSource)
DirectShowSource (not really, but maybe I can change it later)

So I clicked the button "DirectShowSource". Now the tab "Script" is available in the "AviSynth script creator" dialog. And surprise ... MeGUI chose to use AVISource. Amazing?! Now I am able to tweak the script manually, even.

[hello_hello]

It definitely seems to be the indexing which is the cause of the crashing. I tried indexing the avi myself and got errors when trying to open it.
I don't use the one click encoder but this is the way I got around it:

Create a simple avisyth script such as the following:

AVISource("D:\video.avi")

From the tools menu open the AVS Script Creator.
Use the script as your input video instead of the AVI file itself.
Setup your encoding using the script creator, then encode.

[LigH]

I'll comment on this issue in the FFmpegSource thread...

[PrudoN]

hey everyone

i just need to make a dvdrip to DVD but cudnt make it on megui last version.. i was doing that before ( i was opening the first big vob file on the dvd and then megui were doing to d2v and the i was creating the avs file but this time i cudnt make it))

anyone help?

[JakFrost]

Nero AAC 1.5.4.0 (latest) always ends with "The pipe has ended." error but when I switch to Nero AAC 1.3.3.0 it works great as before.

I've accidentally deleted my own Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex encodings and am trying to do them again but this error was bugging me.

It's annoying that MeGUI Updater shows up and complaints about the old version of Nero but what choice is there when 1.5.4.0 bombs out on all audio tracks?

PS: For some reason Xbmc Media Center doesn't automatically deinterlace these DVDs on playback either so it's hard to watch the action sequences with all the interlace lines.


General
Complete name : D:\Video\FullDisc\GHOST_IN_THE_SHELL_V1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_14_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 21mn 30s
Overall bit rate : 6 657 Kbps
Writing library : encoded by TMPGEnc (ver. 2.524.63.181)

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Duration : 21mn 30s
Bit rate : 5 245 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.506
Stream size : 807 MiB (79%)
Writing library : TMPGEnc 2.524.63.181

Audio #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 21mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -47ms
Stream size : 68.9 MiB (7%)

Audio #2
ID : 189 (0xBD)-129 (0x81)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 21mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -47ms
Stream size : 68.9 MiB (7%)

Audio #3
ID : 189 (0xBD)-130 (0x82)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 21mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -47ms
Stream size : 29.5 MiB (3%)

Audio #4
ID : 189 (0xBD)-131 (0x83)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 21mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -47ms
Stream size : 29.5 MiB (3%)

Text #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Delay relative to video : 4s 23ms

Text #2
ID : 189 (0xBD)-33 (0x21)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Delay relative to video : 4s 23ms

Menu



[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:11 AM] MeGUI Version : 2050 (svn)
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:11 AM] OS : Windows Seven Ultimate Edition x64 SP1 (6.1.65536.7601)
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:11 AM] Latest .Net Framework installed : 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:11 AM] Avisynth Version : 2.5.8.5 (12/21/2008 9:46:54 PM)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:11 AM] Connecting to server: http://megui.xvidvideo.ru/auto/stable/
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:12 AM] All files are up to date
-[Error] Log for job5 (audio, VTS 14 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -47ms.ac3 -> VTS 14 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -47ms_audio.m4a)
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: D:\Video\VTS 14 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -47ms.ac3
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatString: AC-3
----[Information] FileSize: 88105245
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:26:13.280
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 6
----[Information] ChannelsString: 6 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 3/2/0.1
----[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] Trying to open the file with NicAudio
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] Successfully opened the file with NicAudio
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\avisynth_plugin\NicAudio.dll")
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("D:\Video\VTS 14 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -47ms.ac3")
---[NoImage] DelayAudio(-47.0/1000.0)
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] return last
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] Commandline used: -ignorelength -he -br 160000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] Encoding started
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:29 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:30 AM] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:30 AM] Channels: 6
---[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:30 AM] Bits per sample: 32
---[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:30 AM] Sample rate: 48000
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:30 AM] Commandline: C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\neroaacenc\neroaacenc.exe -ignorelength -he -br 160000 -if - -of "D:\Video\VTS 14 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -47ms_audio.m4a"
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:30 AM] Encoder process started
--[Error] [10/22/2011 1:42:55 AM] An error occurred
---[Error] [10/22/2011 1:42:55 AM] Exception message: The pipe has been ended.
---[Error] [10/22/2011 1:42:55 AM] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
----[NoImage] at System.IO.FileStream.WriteCore(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
----[NoImage] at System.IO.FileStream.Write(Byte[] array, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[Error] [10/22/2011 1:42:55 AM] Inner exception: null
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:56 AM] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero AAC Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2009 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Feb 18 2010 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.5.4.0 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:56 AM] Output from encoder via stdout: ERROR: error while encoding frame
--[Information] [10/22/2011 1:42:56 AM] Job completed

[MajorX]

Can i encode any 10bit video to 8bit? Is there any major loss in quality while doing this.

[LigH]

@ PrudoN:

Never open VOB files directly from a DVD. You have to extract the main movie PGC first, based on additional information in the IFO files, because DGMPGDec can only handle single-PGC VTS. Either set up your DVD ripper to IFO / Movie mode, or use PGCDemux if the whole DVD is on your harddisk already.

[Betsy25]

@ PrudoN:

Never open VOB files directly from a DVD. You have to extract the main movie PGC first, based on additional information in the IFO files, because DGMPGDec can only handle single-PGC VTS. Either set up your DVD ripper to IFO / Movie mode, or use PGCDemux if the whole DVD is on your harddisk already.

Are you serious ? I have been doing like PrudoN for pretty much all my DVD's with MeGui's File Indexer & never encountered a problem ?:confused:

[tebasuna51]

Are you serious ? I have been doing like PrudoN for pretty much all my DVD's with MeGui's File Indexer & never encountered a problem ?:confused:
Then you are a lucky man.
First you need remove protections and extract the main movie PGC (with DVD Decrypter or other).

Sometimes the extra content is mixed (with different PGC) in the same VTS_01_x.VOB files (most the times have different VTS_x_x.VOB)

[Betsy25]

Then you are a lucky man.
First you need remove protections and extract the main movie PGC (with DVD Decrypter or other).

Sometimes the extra content is mixed (with different PGC) in the same VTS_01_x.VOB files (most the times have different VTS_x_x.VOB)

Oops, well, in my enthusiasm I forget to add that i first rip to HD using AnyDVD, and then respin the movie only using DVDShrink.
I don't know the technicals, but perhaps that does the same as the method LigH advised.

[LigH]

Apart from the little limitation that Germans are not allowed to talk about "fox-sly software" :cool: or "Macrovision bit removers" :rolleyes: ... yes, DVDShrink in Re-Author mode would limit a DVD to one PGC, one angle, and one VTS only – therefore behave similar to PGCDemux or usual rippers. So in this case, there is nothing left which could confuse DGMPGDec.

[Twitch29]

Hi, MeGUI updated itself a couple of days ago and now the Muxer doesn't work. It opens up, lets me add files (mkv, ac3, idx), but the queue button no long does anything. ie. Window doesn't close and job isn't added to queue.

Anyone come across this before?

[Zathor]

Hi, MeGUI updated itself a couple of days ago and now the Muxer doesn't work. It opens up, lets me add files (mkv, ac3, idx), but the queue button no long does anything. ie. Window doesn't close and job isn't added to queue.

Anyone come across this before?
No, please post more details so that we can try to reproduce it.

[Twitch29]

No, please post more details so that we can try to reproduce it.

Not much I can tell you. I've tried with several movies. Individual components (MKV and AC3) all play OK in compatible players. My PC is fully updated, running on Phenom II 995 with 4GB RAM.

I'm only guessing, but I presume MeGUI utilises mkvmerge. Running mmg.exe from same directory works.

The log is unhelpful as no job is run. I'm thinking I should do a clean install of MeGUI to see if it's replicated...

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [31/10/2011 13:14:00] MeGUI Version : 2050 (svn)
--[Information] [31/10/2011 13:14:00] OS : Windows Seven Enterprise Edition x64 SP1 (6.1.65536.7601)
--[Information] [31/10/2011 13:14:00] Latest .Net Framework installed : 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [31/10/2011 13:14:00] Avisynth Version : 2.5.8.5 (21/12/2008 21:46:54)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [31/10/2011 13:14:00] Connecting to server: http://megui.xvidvideo.ru/auto/stable/
--[Information] [31/10/2011 13:14:01] All files are up to date

I've just successfully encoded and muxed one of the movies using AutoEncode. This, to me, suggests that the problem is with MeGUI's Muxer GUI?

At least I have a work around. Some would say the prefered workflow.

[Twitch29]

FIXED

Clean install + updates and all is working fine

[NoX1911]

MeGUI-dev-2057
AVS Script Creator

Hi,
1) when i open files with 'AviSynth Script Creator' the preview window is 50% only and i cannot rescale it. Available buttons are '1:1', 'Fit' and '-' but nothing happens when pressed. Is it a known bug or just my side?

2) Is it possible to keep audio enabled (audio=true) without manually changing the script so i can inject the avs script to video and audio sections immediately?

[Zathor]

1) when i open files with 'AviSynth Script Creator' the preview window is 50% only and i cannot rescale it. Available buttons are '1:1', 'Fit' and '-' but nothing happens when pressed. Is it a known bug or just my side?
I cannot reproduce it. Please provide more details (source file info, monitor configuration (e.g. dual screen, resolution, dpi, font size), OS, ...)

2) Is it possible to keep audio enabled (audio=true) without manually changing the script so i can inject the avs script to video and audio sections immediately?
Currently not.

[NoX1911]

I was wrong with 50%. It's locked on 100% (with small files) but it's too small nevertheless. To better see filter effects (like anti noise) 200%/300% would be helpful but the '+' button is disabled. When i load DVD MPG2 content i can at least scale down but not up either.

The video is 176x112 pixel (MPEG1), desktop=1280x960. Should be reproducible with any video (not exceeding 100% preview size).

http://www.abload.de/thumb/altarboyh13n.png (http://www.abload.de/img/altarboyh13n.png)

[MajorX]

When i try to encode WMV3 video to x264(mkv)....i got this error...please help.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5774/sassv.png

Info of Video:
Format : VC-1
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits

[Taurus]

@MajorX
Is this interlaced VC1 stuff?
If I remember correctly FFmpeg2source is not able to decode this.
Try directshowsource.
FFmpeg2source is working fine with progressive material on my side.

[Zathor]

I was wrong with 50%. It's locked on 100% (with small files) but it's too small nevertheless. To better see filter effects (like anti noise) 200%/300% would be helpful but the '+' button is disabled. When i load DVD MPG2 content i can at least scale down but not up either.

Yes, currently it is not possible to zoom > 100%.

[xXThePlague1Xx]

SRY about that dumb question didn't realize that it was interleaved with angles.

don't mind me bye :)

[LigH]

@ xXThePlague1Xx:

Most converters based on AviSynth and DGMPGDec may require material which contains only one PGC and only one video angle. If you know your DVD ripper, use the "Movie mode" or "IFO mode". If you already have all VOBs on your harddisk as they were on DVD, use PGCDemux to strip the one main movie PGC and angle. But using the VOBs as on disk is sometimes a bad idea, the DVD authoring features are too diverse to be supported by DGIndex.

[Vincent Vega]

guys, haven't been here for a while.. where would i get good x264 presets nowadays? i no longer see them in newly installed megui. I need maximized quality settings for 12-15Mbps 1-pass ABR for 720p30, 1080p30 content (capture)

thank you

[Shevek]

guys, haven't been here for a while.. where would i get good x264 presets nowadays? i no longer see them in newly installed megui. I need maximized quality settings for 12-15Mbps 1-pass ABR for 720p30, 1080p30 content (capture)

thank you

See this answer on the Presets thread:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1528468#post1528468

[rapscallion]

However, if you still want them, they're here: http://megui.org/auto/

Just scroll down to x264 presets v59. I still use it in combination with the "target device" setting

[Vincent Vega]

oh thanks i see target device thing..

also just found here
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1162196 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1162196#post1162196)
presets v85, those these are from 2009 per file dates

so that v59 or this v85?

[Shevek]

oh thanks i see target device thing..

also just found here
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1162196 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1162196#post1162196)
presets v85, those these are from 2009 per file dates

so that v59 or this v85?

The v59 ones are dated Feb 6th 2011 so I'd go with those

[rapscallion]

The v59 ones are dated Feb 6th 2011 so I'd go with those
Yes, the v85 is from the old numbering sytem, 2009, when Sharktooth was still involved.

[galinette69]

Dear all,

When I encode a MP4 movie with MeGUI and the default profiles, MPC-HC is unable to seek in the file. I have found in previous threads that this is related to the open-gop option. Apparently, open-gop provides a significant quality improvement and should be let on in all cases. Is there another workaround to the random seek problem than disabling open-gop?

Thanks,

Etienne

[Music Fan]

I wonder if it could be related to the container (which is mp4 but not version 2, you can see it with MediaInfo) ; try to remux your video in MKV with MKVMerge or in mp4 with Yamb.

[galinette69]

Hi Musicfan,

Thanks for your help!

I tried yamb with no improvement.

I usually never make mkv videos, but I tried with both megui and mkvmerge, with the same strange result : just after beginning to mux, it ends with an error "Unable to write to the file - Error 87 : incorrect parameter" (not exactly this one since I translated from french)
Edit : this error came for unknown reason from the fact I was using mkvmerge on a virtualbox machine. It works on my physical machine, the generated mkv works well in MPC-HC including random accesses.

Unfortunately, I need MP4 format, as I intend to use these vids in Vegas for editing.

Here is the output from MediaInfo as you advised, but I cannot find the type 1/2 of MP4 container:

General
Complete name : H:\MPEG4\2010-01-Pelvoux.avi-muxed.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 609 MiB
Duration : 18mn 20s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 4 645 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-11-26 16:05:19
Tagged date : UTC 2011-11-26 16:05:19

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 18mn 20s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 514 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 40.0 Mbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.435
Stream size : 592 MiB (97%)
Writing library : x264 core 116 r2074 2641b9e
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16
/ chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0
/ decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=1
/ weightp=0 / keyint=25 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=25 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0
/ qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=40000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2011-11-26 16:05:19
Tagged date : UTC 2011-11-26 16:15:37
Color primaries : BT.470-6 System B, BT.470-6 System G, BT.601-6 625, BT.1358 625, BT.1700 625 PAL, BT.1700 625 SECAM
Transfer characteristics : BT.470-6 System B, BT.470-6 System G
Matrix coefficients : BT.470-6 System B, BT.470-6 System G, BT.601-6 625, BT.1358 625, BT.1700 625 PAL, BT.1700 625 SECAM, IEC 61966-2-4 601

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 18mn 20s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 127 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 175 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 16.7 MiB (3%)
Encoded date : UTC 2011-11-26 16:15:14
Tagged date : UTC 2011-11-26 16:15:37



Thanks for help...

Etienne

[Kurtnoise]

did you try to seek your mp4 files with LAV Splitter instead of the internal mpc-hc ?

[galinette69]

did you try to seek your mp4 files with LAV Splitter instead of the internal mpc-hc ?

I will try this, but this will not help Vegas, which takes ages to random access the videos too when editing in the timeline.
I have tried to encode with handbrake, I have no issues for random accessing either in MPC-HC or Vegas. But I cannot use it for two reasons : I make custom avisynth scripts, and I want to encode interlaced.

Etienne

[nibus]

is MeGUI incompatible with DGDecNv 2041? Ever since I updated from version 2040 Ive been getting constant crashes, whether being in the middle of an encode, creating an avs script, or anytime dgdecnv is accessed. Should I just roll back to version 2040?

[Zathor]

I have no problems in using 2041. Try to use e.g. the commandline for encoding directly (without MeGUI). If this also crash then get in contact with Neuron2 (dgdecnv author). Or try to rollback to 2040.

[Betsy25]

Sorry for this newbie question, but I got a box of old Black&White movies to convert, I always use the default PS3 profile to be able to play on there, are there any switches that may be needed (or increase quality) when processing B&W movies ?
:stupid:

[nibus]

I have no problems in using 2041. Try to use e.g. the commandline for encoding directly (without MeGUI). If this also crash then get in contact with Neuron2 (dgdecnv author). Or try to rollback to 2040.

Commandline isn't a problem, as even if MeGUI crashes during an encode, x264 still continues in the background until the job is done.

I'll just roll back to 2040, it worked fine.

[Nixeus]

Hello my friends,

I woule like to encode a dvd to a mp4 (x624) with Megui using the Avisynth MT x64. I have installed this AviSynth properly according the readme file.

Here is my AVS Script :


LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins64\MT.dll")
setmtmode(2,0)
LoadPlugin("E:\Users\xx\Downloads\MeGUI_2050_x86\tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
DGDecode_mpeg2source("E:\PLACEBO\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.d2v", info=3)
LoadPlugin("E:\Users\xx\Downloads\MeGUI_2050_x86\tools\avisynth_plugin\ColorMatrix.dll")
ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
#deinterlace
#crop
#resize
mergechroma(blur(1.3)) # Little Noise


When i save the file, i have a error : Unable to load MT.DLL

Have you an idea please ?

Thanks a lot,

Best regards,

Nixeus

[yunapolaris]

Hi,
I have a problem which really needs your help :( My MeGUI keeps crashing whenever I try to open any file, either video file or d2v file in either the main window or AVS creator =/. I tried to reinstall MeGUI, Avisynth, the codec pack but nothing helped. I'm so lost right now and don't know what to do.

The Windows show 'MeGUI has stopped working..." with this error:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MeGUI.exe
Application Version: 1.0.2050.0
Application Timestamp: 4e5925da
Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17651
Fault Module Timestamp: 4e2111c0
Exception Code: e06d7363
Exception Offset: 0000d36f
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Details & screenshot of the crash here.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=163251

Please help me! Thank you.

[Zathor]

are there any switches that may be needed (or increase quality) when processing B&W movies ?

Sorry, no idea. But I found this thread:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145853

I woule like to encode a dvd to a mp4 (x624) with Megui using the Avisynth MT x64.
When i save the file, i have a error : Unable to load MT.DLL
It seems you are using MeGUI x86 with an x64 MT.dll. That is not possible. You have to use MeGUI x64.

[Kurtnoise]

I will try this, but this will not help Vegas, which takes ages to random access the videos too when editing in the timeline.
why you talk about mpc-hc then ?

Vegas tool uses vfw interface ?