MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[Zathor]

As only one update server is left with limited amount of bandwidth / traffic there is no other way to go. Either you or someone else provides a second http server where the files can be placed or I even may have to remove the whole automatic update feature and place all files for manual download somewhere.

So the "feature" is not there to annoy or disturb anyone. It is necessary to keep the update feature alive. So I will for sure not change it to the better - because of the only one remaining server I may even have to disable the packages sooner.

this is so obvious, why do we tolerate this idiotic auto-disable feature in megui a whole year now
Because you have to.

EDIT: Interestingly I saw now a PM from the remaining update server owner that the traffic is too high. I therefore will really do again same annoying changes. I am sorry but it is necessary as otherwise I have to disable it completely.

[Vincent Vega]

ok i get it man, so thats a whole other reason..
i am sorry for my previous words.


can you tell me about another issue i just ran into, oneclick dialog just gives me "this file or folder cannot be used with oneclick encoder" error, no matter which file or folder i try.. thanx

p.s. i use dev update server

[Zathor]

can you tell me about another issue i just ran into, oneclick dialog just gives me "this file or folder cannot be used with oneclick encoder" error, no matter which file or folder i try..
I need more details to help e.g. the log file (inluding the mediainfo of the file you are trying).

[Vincent Vega]

it turns out its one of the new components that crash on this old computer
WinXP x86 SP3, AthlonXP (no SSE2)
mediainfo_0_7_70 - runs fine
mediainfo_0_7_71 - crashes
also
ffms2-r827+36-1 - runs fine
ffms2-2.20 - crashes

now i manually downgraded to the old versions, it works

can you detect platform compatibility in the auto-update and offer appropriate older versions if needed such as in this case?

thank you

[LigH]

Is there a recommendable workflow for someone who wants to use MeGUI to convert only the video, but keep one audio stream of the original movie without reencoding? Manually, one could first demultiplex it in the "HD Streams Extractor" and later multiplex it again in one of the muxer jobs; does MeGUI also offer a more convenient handling of this part? I never used OneClick or AutoEncode myself, but the question came up in the german forum.

[Kurtnoise]

If I recall correctly, it's doable through the One-Click Encoder...

[Tylerr]

is it possible to select different default languages for subtitles and audio?

I'm encoding anime and the audio is japanese but the subtitles are english, so having to change one everytime is annoying.

[LigH]

If I recall correctly, it's doable through the One-Click Encoder...

But the One-click Encoder doesn't allow much manual optimization of the video pass (e.g. project specific cropping) instead. So it seems: Either completely automatic or completely manual workflow.

Well, manually extracting and multiplexing one audio stream is so little overhead, compared to the rest, it can easily be done in a minute when the video conversion is done. No reason to overhaul the whole tool. :cool:

[AMED]

Is there a recommendable workflow for someone who wants to use MeGUI to convert only the video, but keep one audio stream of the original movie without reencoding? Manually, one could first demultiplex it in the "HD Streams Extractor" and later multiplex it again in one of the muxer jobs; does MeGUI also offer a more convenient handling of this part? I never used OneClick or AutoEncode myself, but the question came up in the german forum.Yes this can be done in OCE, change encode on the audio tab in the OCE profile config to Never.

is it possible to select different default languages for subtitles and audio?

I'm encoding anime and the audio is japanese but the subtitles are english, so having to change one everytime is annoying.Are you using the One Click Encoder (OCE)? If so you can change this on the language tab in the OCE profile config window.

[Tylerr]

Yes this can be done in OCE, change encode on the audio tab in the OCE profile config to Never.

Are you using the One Click Encoder (OCE)? If so you can change this on the language tab in the OCE profile config window.

Yeah i'm using one click

and yeah theres an option to set the language, but its only "Language to be set if it cannot be determined" and that controls both audio and subtitle.

[AMED]

Sorry about that I think I misread your question and got it backwards.

you might have to script something that will demux and then remux the files after they have gone through MeGUI.

could modify this script

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/343271-BULK-remove-non-English-tracks-from-MKV-container/page2

[Tylerr]

Sorry about that I think I misread your question and got it backwards.

you might have to script something that will demux and then remux the files after they have gone through MeGUI.

could modify this script

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/343271-BULK-remove-non-English-tracks-from-MKV-container/page2

I wanted to do it inside of megui.. using a separate program afterwards is even more work than just changing the language manually.

[AMED]

Depending on your work flow it could be far quicker using a script than using MeGUI in it's current state.

MeGUI OCE > load folder of anime files > Wait for encoding to finish > drag and drop mkv's on to script and wait for it to finish.

Otherwise post a feature request on the MeGUI: bug reports and feature requests thread and hope that it will be implemented.

[Danette]

Recently began using MeGUI and having trouble with batch jobbs in One-click mode.

When I load 26 episodes of a TV series, many of the files (episodes) are created correctly in the output folder, but some are skipped. Example: episodes 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 are created, but 3 and 6 are not.

When I check the log, it looks like the missing episodes were created correctly but, right-clicking on the final entry of the missing episode shows that no output file was created.

[LigH]

The same procedure as every case: :logfile: Evidence over guesswork!

[Danette]

The log, below, has three representative entries. They show episodes 2, 3,and 4. Episode 3, in the middle of the log, is one of the files that is not created, but 2 and 4 are created.

:logfile:[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:43 AM] MeGUI: 2507
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:43 AM] Operating System: Windows 7 x64 SP1 (6.1.65536.7601)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:43 AM] .Net Framework: 2.0.50727.5420
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:43 AM] .Net Framework: 4.0.0.0
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:43 AM] AviSynth: 2.5.8.5 (21-12-2008)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] AvisynthWrapper: (03-01-2009)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] Haali Matroska Splitter: 1.13.138.14 (14-04-2013)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] Haali DSS2: (14-04-2013)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (08-08-2008)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] LinqBridge: 1.0.0.0 (28-05-2009)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] MediaInfo: 0.7.69.0 (24-04-2014)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.61.0 (06-01-2013)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (20-12-2008)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (02-01-2011)
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] 7z: 9.20 (18-11-2010)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:44 AM] Automatic update is disabled
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:45 AM] Using cached update config and server: http://megui.org/auto/stable/
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:35:45 AM] No package requires an update
-[Information] OneClick

--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:37:38 AM] MediaInfo
---[Information] [1/8/2015 12:37:38 AM] File: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\02 Memory.mkv
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: Matroska
----[Information] FormatString: Matroska
----[Information] FileSize: 1943923556
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:50:17.147
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder: 0
----[Information] Width: 720
----[Information] Height: 480
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate:
----[Information] FrameRateOriginal: 29.970
----[Information] FrameRateMode: VFR
----[Information] ScanType: Interlaced
----[Information] Codec: V_MPEG2
----[Information] CodecString: MPEG-2 Video
----[Information] Bits Depth: 8
----[Information] Format: MPEG Video
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.333
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 4:3
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language: en
----[Information] LanguageString: English
----[Information] Default: Yes
----[Information] DefaultString: Yes
----[Information] Forced: No
----[Information] ForcedString: No
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 2
----[Information] StreamOrder: 1
----[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: 0
----[Information] Title: 3/2+1
----[Information] Language: en
----[Information] LanguageString: English
----[Information] Default: Yes
----[Information] DefaultString: Yes
----[Information] Forced: No
----[Information] ForcedString: No
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:37:38 AM] MkvInfo
---[NoImage] File 'C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\02 Memory.mkv': container: Matroska [duration:3017147000000 segment_uid:6a07f52568402f1c4de861b27cfac3d6 is_providing_timecodes:1]
---[NoImage] Track ID 0: video (MPEG-1/2) [number:1 uid:1 codec_id:V_MPEG2 codec_private_length:152 codec_private_data:000001b32d01e02417ee2382101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101212121010101010101010101212121412121212121414141414181818181c1c1e22222b08080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808000001b51482000100000000 language:eng pixel_dimensions:720x480 display_dimensions:640x480 default_track:1 forced_track:0 enabled_track:1 default_duration:33366666]
---[NoImage] Track ID 1: audio (AC3/EAC3) [number:2 uid:2 codec_id:A_AC3 codec_private_length:0 language:eng track_name:3/2+1 default_track:1 forced_track:0 enabled_track:1 default_duration:32000000 audio_sampling_frequency:48000 audio_channels:6]
---[NoImage] Chapters: 6 entries
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:37:38 AM] Video: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\02 Memory.mkv
--[Information] [1/8/2015 12:37:38 AM] Audio: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\02 Memory.mkv ([2] - AC-3 - 6 channels / 48.0 KHz / English)

--[Information] [1/8/2015 1:44:59 AM] MediaInfo
---[Information] [1/8/2015 1:44:59 AM] File: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\03 Operation Rogosh.mkv
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: Matroska
----[Information] FormatString: Matroska
----[Information] FileSize: 1944367048
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:50:13.143
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder: 0
----[Information] Width: 720
----[Information] Height: 480
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate:
----[Information] FrameRateOriginal: 29.970
----[Information] FrameRateMode: VFR
----[Information] ScanType: Interlaced
----[Information] Codec: V_MPEG2
----[Information] CodecString: MPEG-2 Video
----[Information] Bits Depth: 8
----[Information] Format: MPEG Video
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.333
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 4:3
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language: en
----[Information] LanguageString: English
----[Information] Default: Yes
----[Information] DefaultString: Yes
----[Information] Forced: No
----[Information] ForcedString: No
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 2
----[Information] StreamOrder: 1
----[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: 0
----[Information] Title: 3/2+1
----[Information] Language: en
----[Information] LanguageString: English
----[Information] Default: Yes
----[Information] DefaultString: Yes
----[Information] Forced: No
----[Information] ForcedString: No
--[Information] [1/8/2015 1:44:59 AM] MkvInfo
---[NoImage] File 'C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\03 Operation Rogosh.mkv': container: Matroska [duration:3013143000000 segment_uid:c8fc366423c1f3c17d2aa2b919bf7711 is_providing_timecodes:1]
---[NoImage] Track ID 0: video (MPEG-1/2) [number:1 uid:1 codec_id:V_MPEG2 codec_private_length:152 codec_private_data:000001b32d01e02417ee2382101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101212121010101010101010101212121412121212121414141414181818181c1c1e22222b08080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808000001b51482000100000000 language:eng pixel_dimensions:720x480 display_dimensions:640x480 default_track:1 forced_track:0 enabled_track:1 default_duration:33366666]
---[NoImage] Track ID 1: audio (AC3/EAC3) [number:2 uid:2 codec_id:A_AC3 codec_private_length:0 language:eng track_name:3/2+1 default_track:1 forced_track:0 enabled_track:1 default_duration:32000000 audio_sampling_frequency:48000 audio_channels:6]
---[NoImage] Chapters: 6 entries
--[Information] [1/8/2015 1:44:59 AM] Video: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\03 Operation Rogosh.mkv
--[Information] [1/8/2015 1:44:59 AM] Audio: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\03 Operation Rogosh.mkv ([2] - AC-3 - 6 channels / 48.0 KHz / English)

--[Information] [1/8/2015 2:58:03 AM] MediaInfo
---[Information] [1/8/2015 2:58:03 AM] File: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\04 Old Man Out (1).mkv
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: Matroska
----[Information] FormatString: Matroska
----[Information] FileSize: 1843962024
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:50:18.015
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder: 0
----[Information] Width: 720
----[Information] Height: 480
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate:
----[Information] FrameRateOriginal: 29.970
----[Information] FrameRateMode: VFR
----[Information] ScanType: Interlaced
----[Information] Codec: V_MPEG2
----[Information] CodecString: MPEG-2 Video
----[Information] Bits Depth: 8
----[Information] Format: MPEG Video
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.333
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 4:3
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language: en
----[Information] LanguageString: English
----[Information] Default: Yes
----[Information] DefaultString: Yes
----[Information] Forced: No
----[Information] ForcedString: No
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 2
----[Information] StreamOrder: 1
----[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: 0
----[Information] Title: 3/2+1
----[Information] Language: en
----[Information] LanguageString: English
----[Information] Default: Yes
----[Information] DefaultString: Yes
----[Information] Forced: No
----[Information] ForcedString: No
--[Information] [1/8/2015 2:58:03 AM] MkvInfo
---[NoImage] File 'C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\04 Old Man Out (1).mkv': container: Matroska [duration:3018015000000 segment_uid:c145e015389ea52366a3b547df51b3c1 is_providing_timecodes:1]
---[NoImage] Track ID 0: video (MPEG-1/2) [number:1 uid:1 codec_id:V_MPEG2 codec_private_length:152 codec_private_data:000001b32d01e02417ee2382101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101212121010101010101010101212121412121212121414141414181818181c1c1e22222b08080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808000001b51482000100000000 language:eng pixel_dimensions:720x480 display_dimensions:640x480 default_track:1 forced_track:0 enabled_track:1 default_duration:33366666]
---[NoImage] Track ID 1: audio (AC3/EAC3) [number:2 uid:2 codec_id:A_AC3 codec_private_length:0 language:eng track_name:3/2+1 default_track:1 forced_track:0 enabled_track:1 default_duration:32000000 audio_sampling_frequency:48000 audio_channels:6]
---[NoImage] Chapters: 6 entries
--[Information] [1/8/2015 2:58:03 AM] Video: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\04 Old Man Out (1).mkv
--[Information] [1/8/2015 2:58:03 AM] Audio: C:\Users\Dad\Desktop\Videos\Mission Impossible\04 Old Man Out (1).mkv ([2] - AC-3 - 6 channels / 48.0 KHz / English)

[LigH]

This looks like One-Click Batch encoding only logs the source analyses, but not the conversion progresses?!

[Danette]

This looks like One-Click Batch encoding only logs the source analyses, but not the conversion progresses?!

I guess not. That was everything in the log. I can report what the conversion process log shows, but would have to take a screen shot and upload it here. Let me know if that would help.

After the AVS script is loaded and the standard output stream and error stream line items are finished, the log shows this:

x An error occurred
x Exception message: The pipe has been ended.
x Stacktrace
x Inner exception: null.

Then it moves on to the next file in the queue. Note that I can successfully convert this file separately (outside of the batch).

[Danette]

Oops: missed reporting what is listed in the stacktrace expansion.

x Stacktrace
x at System.IO.___Error.WinIOError(Int 32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
x at System.IO.___FileStream.WriteCore(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count
x at System.IO.___FileStream.Write(Byte[] array, Int32 offset, Int32 count
x at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()

[LigH]

The audio encoder task complains that it could not write a stream. So possibly the selected audio encoder EXE failed and did not accept the pipe. So you may have to run a single audio conversion task in the queue and show its log...

[Kurtnoise]

@Danette : upload your last entire logfile (available in the log sub folder) somewhere please...

[Danette]

Well, I think I solved the problem based upon your audio encoder clue, LigH. Thanks.

I disabled the NeroAacEnc encoder (v 1.5.1) and the problem disappeared (using FFmpeg AC-3), but then I couldn't encode to AAC. So, I re-enabled the Nero encoder (planning to do them individually) and - surprise - the batch processing of all the files worked flawlessly.

Apparently, it had something to do with the NeroAacEnc encoder, and cycling it on and off (closing MeGUI each time) resolved whatever the problem was.

Kurtnoise: do you still want the log file? It is in the same format as my earlier post.

Processing all 28 files, via batch, has found a different problem, though, and I will submit a new post on that one.

Again; thanks to all for your efforts.

[Danette]

I am running a One-Click batch process of 28 TV episodes. So, each file is identical in video properties other than the file size.

Automatic deinterlacing works on most of these files, correctly using TIVTC. However, on a few of these files, it generates a source detection error and, subsequently, performs no deinterlacing processing (IVTC needed, in this case). Visually examining the output files confirms that the 2:3 telecined pattern has remained in the problem files, but not in the other files that were correctly detected and processed with TIVTC in the same batch output.

Although I have created an AVS profile that replaces the default deinterlace function with a forced use of TIVTC, I would prefer to retain the more dynamic analysis capabilities and resulting selection of the optimal deinterlacer functions that are built into MeGUI.

You can see the source detection error in the log, attached. That does not appear with the correctly processed files.

[Octo-puss]

How do I extract audio track from a .mkv file in MeGUI?

[LigH]

Tools - HD Stream Extractor ?

[Danette]

I think you missed my previous post on this problem that contains a log. Would you please see my last post on this topic or is it better to re-post the message?

[kalehrl]

There is a small bug in resizing and cropping.
My source is 720x576 16:9 PAL.
Autocrop cuts 8 pixels from left and right and 2 from top and bottom.
Suggested resolution is 704x400, mod16 selected.
If I manually increase crop value of right border to 10 pixels, suggested resolution is 688x400.
So far, so good.
However, if I change right border to the original 8 pixels, the resolution doesn't go back to 704x400.
It stays at 688x400.

[Zathor]

Automatic deinterlacing works on most of these files, correctly using TIVTC. However, on a few of these files, it generates a source detection error and, subsequently, performs no deinterlacing processing (IVTC needed, in this case). Visually examining the output files confirms that the 2:3 telecined pattern has remained in the problem files, but not in the other files that were correctly detected and processed with TIVTC in the same batch output.
The source detection may be wrong sometimes or cannot gather enough usefull information. You can try to increase the % in "Options\Settings\Configure Source Detector". Otherwise I would need the source file.

There is a small bug in resizing and cropping.
My source is 720x576 16:9 PAL.
Autocrop cuts 8 pixels from left and right and 2 from top and bottom.
Suggested resolution is 704x400, mod16 selected.
If I manually increase crop value of right border to 10 pixels, suggested resolution is 688x400.
So far, so good.
However, if I change right border to the original 8 pixels, the resolution doesn't go back to 704x400.
It stays at 688x400.
Not sure if this is really a bug or a feature. If you have lowered the size to 688x400 before by advance how should MeGUI know that it should then not revert to 704x400?

[hello_hello]

There is a small bug in resizing and cropping.
My source is 720x576 16:9 PAL.
Autocrop cuts 8 pixels from left and right and 2 from top and bottom.
Suggested resolution is 704x400, mod16 selected.
If I manually increase crop value of right border to 10 pixels, suggested resolution is 688x400.
So far, so good.
However, if I change right border to the original 8 pixels, the resolution doesn't go back to 704x400.
It stays at 688x400.

The automatic resizing seems based on the assumption the user has chosen the width and MeGUI needs to do the other thing.
When upscaling is disabled that imposes limitations, so MeGUI will reduce the width to prevent it being upscaled, but other than that, all it's resizing adjustments only effect the height. So while the width might be resized down, it'll never be resized up again.

It does seem a bit counter-intuitive because if you crop the width just enough to get MeGUI to resize it down, ie 688x400, reducing the cropping by 2 pixels increases the aspect ratio distortion, when you might expect MeGUI would resize back to 704x400 and reduce it instead.

When upscaling is enabled it seems the same "user chose the width" assumption applies, so cropping the width doesn't reduce the width, it increases the height instead. That's also somewhat counter-intuitive to me. I remember mentioning it a long time ago when MeGUI's resizing was being "upgraded" (allowing up-scaling, non-mod16 and the aspect ratio distortion calculations were added etc).

Maybe a formula that's also applied to the width where a minimum aspect ratio distortion takes precedence would be better.
I'm sure once upon a time you could crop a bit without being forced to resize down. For instance you could crop 2 pixels from the width and still keep a width of 720 (mod16 selected). These days you're forced to resize down to 704 instead. Even with upsizing disabled, I think resizing up to the next mod increment should be allowed. ie If the width is 720 (mod16 resizing), you should be able to resize back to 720 until cropping exceeds 16 pixels, or maybe even 8 pixels, but something with a little wiggle room.....
And that'd probably also be necessary in order for "least aspect distortion" to take precedence when resizing.

On the subject of resizing......
When you disable cropping and enable it again, nothing is changed as a result. No automatic cropping is applied and any previous cropping is retained.
Disabling resizing and enabling it again "resets" it and enables the "suggest resolution" option even if it was previously disabled. Anyone else find that frustrating at times? I think I'd rather it was simply re-enabled, just like the cropping.

[kalehrl]

If you have lowered the size to 688x400 before by advance how should MeGUI know that it should then not revert to 704x400?
I'm not sure I understand this.
I haven't manually changed the width to 688.
I just increased the right border cropping to 10 pixels and the width went to 688, which is OK.
I then reduced the right border cropping to 8 pixels but the width remained at 688 instead of increasing to 704.
This seems strange to me.
I then have to uncheck resizing and enable it again and then it chooses the 'right' width of 704.

[hello_hello]

I'm not sure I understand this.
I haven't manually changed the width to 688.
I just increased the right border cropping to 10 pixels and the width went to 688, which is OK.
I then reduced the right border cropping to 8 pixels but the width remained at 688 instead of increasing to 704.
This seems strange to me.
I then have to uncheck resizing and enable it again and then it chooses the 'right' width of 704.

As per my the info in my previous post, the "suggest resolution" function only adjusts the height. MeGUI will adjust the width to prevent upscaling when the "upsizing" option is disabled, so the width might be adjusted down to prevent it being upscaled, but the "suggest resolution" function can't increase it again even if you reduce the cropping. Even when MeGUI has adjusted the width to prevent upsizing, the "suggest resolution" function assumes the user set the width and it's job is to only choose the most appropriate height, so to speak.
If you disable and enable resizing, that resets it, and it'll default to the maximum width possible without upscaling along with an appropriate height.

I'm not necessarily sure it's ideal. I think most programs would probably adjust both width and height and work as you expect, but I'm not really sure. I don't use other GUI's much.
Once you know why it works the way it does though, it's at least logical.

[Xor]

Please help,
how to check the exact version of Avisynth i have installed?

I have 2 Server:
Xeon E3-1220@3.10 Ghz (old)
Xeon E5-1650@3.20 Ghz (new)

using the same source mkv untouched, old server (4core) to be three times faster than the new server (6core)

http://s15.postimg.org/u5v5tyl8n/COMPARE_ENCODE_00.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/u5v5tyl8n/)

I am sure that in both installed Avisynth 2.60 MT, but the new server that is faster worse goes too old :mad:

Please help me how to chech in old server, the exact version I have installed of avisynth?

Thanks

[LigH]

The Avisynth Info Tool (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=170647) will report required details.

[hello_hello]

Please help,
how to check the exact version of Avisynth i have installed?

I have 2 Server:
Xeon E3-1220@3.10 Ghz (old)
Xeon E5-1650@3.20 Ghz (new)

using the same source mkv untouched, old server (4core) to be three times faster than the new server (6core)

Same encoder settings? Same script?
It appears neither of your pics are showing a video being encoded, given there's no current or projected file size being displayed. Is that the 1st pass of a 2 pass encode? Unless the current and projected file size is only displayed for single pass encoding. I can't remember what happens for 2 pass, it's been so long.

[Danette]

I want to batch process with DGIndex. When I open File Indexer, select the first file (of 30) that I want to queue and then hit the "Queue" button, DGIndex processes and creates the d2v file. My expectation was that the "Queue" button would simply place the job in the queue and I would then process all 30 through DGIndex, from the queue list.

Am I misunderstanding this or is something not going quite right?

[hello_hello]

I want to batch process with DGIndex. When I open File Indexer, select the first file (of 30) that I want to queue and then hit the "Queue" button, DGIndex processes and creates the d2v file. My expectation was that the "Queue" button would simply place the job in the queue and I would then process all 30 through DGIndex, from the queue list.

Am I misunderstanding this or is something not going quite right?

Have a look in Options/Settings for "start new jobs in queue immediately". Is it checked?

[Danette]

Have a look in Options/Settings for "start new jobs in queue immediately". Is it checked?

Indeed, it was. Thank you. Life is much easier now!

[rapscallion]

I'm looking at a new pc that has a hex (6) core cpu. Will Megui, when encoding video, take advantage of all 6 cores ? Thanks !

[LigH]

It doesn't matter which GUI (MeGUI, Hybrid, StaxRip ...). The encoder which is used by these GUIs needs to be multi-threaded. The encoder does the work, not the GUI calling it.

Both x264 and x265 make great use of many cores.

[rapscallion]

Thank you, I was hoping that was the case, just wasn't sure.

[salam2009]

Hey guys,
I really need your help with this :(
I'm trying to convert my movies to 60fps through this (http://www.spirton.com/convert-videos-to-60fps/) thread using MeGUI based on AviSynth special plugin tools & some K-Lite Codecs.
All of the converted (60fps) movies worked perfectly at first, but now most of them get this frustrating error in mkvmerge whenever I try to mux the dts (only) from the original movie with the converted (video only) one, for example:

"Casino.Royale.2006.720p.mkv: Error in the Matroska file structure at position 4010858. Resyncing to the next level 1 element.
The last timecode processed before the error was encountered was 00:00:19.978000000.
Resyncing successful at position 4782373.
The first cluster timecode after the resync is 00:00:25.025000000."

Now when the video reaches the defective minutes, the picture freezes with continuous audio until the point of the first cluster timecode arrives!
I tried to reinstall all the required programs but nothing has changed!
I also tried to contact the thread's author but he didn't respond at all, so you're my only hope here!
The only thing I could do to avoid this error is to convert the movie several times until mkvmerge finishes without any troubles.
Though, the result is kinda unstable when it played eventually since the problem is mostly related to MeGUI encoding procedures which is effected by something somehow.
Any help would be highly appreciated!
Thanks a lot!

Cheers,
Salaam

[LigH]

I don't know why an author of a GUI shall be responsible for a broken encoder output. He is not the author of the encoder. And both are neither responsible for defective hardware or drivers; you say that if you run the conversion several times, sometimes the result is not broken, so the reason will probably be neither the encoder nor its GUI, but a problem while writing the encoded video.

When was your last ScanDisk / chkdsk job?

[salam2009]

@LigH
Of course they're not responsible for my own issue! I'm just trying to figure out what is causing this error recently while it was working perfectly at the beginning!
The encoded (converted) 60fps video file isn't done properly even after successful muxing via mkvmerge since it has kind of internal errors which might effect it during playing.
My last chkdsk was 2 days ago. This is just driving me crazy!!

[LigH]

Well, at least creating corrupt output is certainly not the purpose of an encoder. If you don't have a surprisingly buggy encoder build (which one, x264?), then maybe something in your file system is wrong or your harddisk controller drivers are bugged?! I once had similar issues with nForce4 SATA/RAID drivers, but only when copying huge files fast; video encoders are instead rather slow, regarding writing to disk.

[hello_hello]

salam2009,
If you have another hard drive, or an external USB drive, try getting MeGUI to write the output files to it. If the problem goes away, then it's probably the hard drive. You might also try getting MeGUI to write a raw avs file instead of MKV as the output, but I can't imagine why it'd be an encoder problem.
What happens when you encode a video using just MeGUI's basic filters with no multithreading, instead of the script in question?

[salam2009]

@LigH, @hello_hello
Update: Didn't work on external HDDs either!
It gives me the same error even if used without the script!

[Solon8]

Hello everyone,

I have MeGUI 2507 installed and I noticed it's been a while since I last updated. I checked and no update seemed available. Yet, for using it outside of MeGUI, I knew MKVmerge had a newer version. (MeGUI gives 7.0.0 as the last available, while the one running on my computer is already at 7.6.0)

I went to the options and I changed "Use stable update server" to "Use development update server" and now a few updates are available.

1- Why doesn't the stable update server give me any update?

2- Is it safe to use the development update server? Or could some release be too early? Is MeGUI 2523 a stable, good release?

3- Why MKVmerge is in its 7.6.0 version on my computer but MeGUI (using development update server) gives me the 7.4.0 verson as the last available?

Thank you for reading me.

[hello_hello]

The stable update server is probably updated less frequently as it only gets the releases known to be stable. That'd include the tools MeGUI uses. If you use the development update server you risk the possibility of bugs. MeGUI 2523 was only released in the last day or so.

I don't think MeGUI has been updated in a while as there were issues with update servers. It's been updated now (2523) but any updates to the tools it uses such as MKVMerge are probably yet to follow.

You can always update MKVMerge in MeGUI's Tools folder manually, although it's a pity there's no way for MeGUI to know you've done so (as far as I know) because sooner or later it'll want to update it again.

[AMiR9!WV]

this is killing me
i have some avi file , i'm trying to encode them to mkv
but after each file getting done , program is hanging in muxing mkv and this error coming up
http://picoolio.net/images/2015/02/16/ffd9e81c.png
so i push ok button...
http://picoolio.net/images/2015/02/16/step283edd.png
i usually encode my files in batch and i never had this problem
i delete and re-download megui too many times
and now i have the administrator user but still this is happening
the problem isn't just for one file , after rerunning the megui and star queue , each file is going
my files are avi and the link the fatal error is giving me is belong to temp file in temp folder
i just want one thing , how to tell megui : dude , no need to delete temp :) just skip it

i'm not a pro , i just need your help to get my job done

[hello_hello]

i just want one thing , how to tell megui : dude , no need to delete temp :) just skip it

There's an option in MeGUI's settings called "delete intermediate files". Is it checked?