MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[Sharktooth]

When I'm using one of the profiles for x264, and decide to change the bitrate and click OK it asks me whether I want to update the profile. When I click "no", does it save the bitrate that I specified or the one that is written in the profile for the current job?
No. You MUST update the profile to save the settings.

[Sharktooth]

I get his error when I click on the One-Click-Profile Config button when I am in the One-Click-Profile dialog box.

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/300/errorri0.jpg

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=920784#post920784
Next time :search:

[Sharktooth]

I'm getting an "Error opening input file extra\eqm_v3ulr_rev3.xcm" error and I've tried extracting the files in the XviD does not encode wiki article. I've tried going into Xvid configuration and manually pointing out this file with full directory structure. It is there, and yet for some reason I continue to get this error.

I had no problems until I upgraded MeGUI a week or so ago through autoupdate. I don't know what to do :(
You MUST update the profile to save the settings...

[martino]

No. You MUST update the profile to save the settings.
No offence, but this is actually quite crap. What if I don't want to update that profile, will I have to keep creating a new profile for each different bitrate that I'll be using...

[Carpo]

dont know if this is a bug or added feature so thought i would post here about it - it seems when i have updated to later versions (started around 1015 - poss) when i press queue analysis pass it never shows up as a job in the queue - is this deliberate? or just an issue im having ?

[Carpo]

when doing CGI films - for example final fantasy advent children - should source is anime be checked or unchecked ? ye i know its not anime per se but it is a type of animation

anyone? i have a few to do and dont wanna waste time selecting anime box, if you treat CGI the same way you would do any other film

[check]

@carpo, the answer is: it depends :)

[Carpo]

not the answer i was hoping for :p

[ukb008]

On trying to open my d2v in the AviSynth Script Creator, I get this error:

AviSynth script error:
Script error: there is no function named "DGDecode_Mpeg2Source"

The log, of course, is silent about the cause. What could it be? I apologize if I should have provided more info, but the thing is I was using AGK so far, but decided to try out meGUI for it's obvious advanced features, and I am yet to know it well.

Regards.

[Carpo]

think this is related to one of the filters in the avisynth dir - i had something like this before - think it was when i updated the decomb dll to latest version, changing it back to 5.21 sorted it

[foxyshadis]

when doing CGI films - for example final fantasy advent children - should source is anime be checked or unchecked ? ye i know its not anime per se but it is a type of animation

"source is anime" is a misnomer - it should be "source is cartoon" but I suppose some anime junkies get in a real snit about that. Its only purpose is to better handle decimation for duplicate frames in 12fps animation. Most CGI, like FF:AC, is rendered at full 24fps so it doesn't apply.

(Now that more anime is pure cel-shaded CGI, it's less applicable to current anime series that have fewer duplicates, as well.)

[ukb008]

My error-message:

AviSynth script error:
Script error: there is no function named "DGDecode_Mpeg2Source"

Carpo's observation:

think this is related to one of the filters in the avisynth dir - i had something like this before - think it was when i updated the decomb dll to latest version, changing it back to 5.21 sorted it

MeGUI has provisions of AutoUpdate. Should auto-updating solve the problem some time along the way?

Regards.

[Carpo]

post removed due to non reading of post proprly :p

[Henrikx]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007 !!

I create a mkv/XVID_encraw-File with MeGUI.
Profile : 90 % fast
All Players can play back the film !
But to extract with MKXExtract is not possible ? Why ?
Haali and FFdshow are installed.

Picture:
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9469/mkvmergews1.th.png (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mkvmergews1.png)

[Carpo]

ok i have spent a little time seraching but i cant find how to do a comp check with Enc (as it alwys gives me wrong value) and i have done a few encodes based on its result which always look rubbish ( yes i did read the docs that came with it) and i dont know the commands to do it with xvid_encraw, i have done the -h switch and read the commmands but i dont know what values to enter, so is there anyone who can help me come up with a generic cmd line to do a comp test, or should i just let GK's comp test results guide me ?

thanks

[martino]

A little annoying problem here...

AVS
DirectShowSource("Y:\clip.avi",fps=23.9759856527702,audio=false)
ConvertToYV12()

Error:
Looking for job processor for job...
Processor found!
Starting job job1-1 at 18:30:33
Starting preprocessing of job...
Preprocessing finished!
encoder commandline:
"C:\Documents and Settings\Martin\Desktop\tempa.avs" -ovc lavc -o NUL: -passlogfile "C:\Documents and Settings\Martin\Desktop\tempa.stats" -lavcopts vpass=1:vbitrate=800:vqdiff=2:vqblur=0:vqcomp=0
successfully started encoding
Processing ended at 18:30:34
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Log for job job1-1


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The current job contains errors. Skipping chained jobs

Settings: LMP4 to AVI, Automatic 2 pass default settings.
Avisynth 2.5.7; MeGUI 0.2.4.1026

==================

And using xvid, the same AVS file:
Looking for job processor for job...
Processor found!
Starting job job1-1 at 18:35:46
Starting preprocessing of job...
Preprocessing finished!
encoder commandline:
-i "C:\Documents and Settings\Martin\Desktop\tempa.avs" -pass1 "C:\Documents and Settings\Martin\Desktop\tempa.stats" -bitrate 700 -kboost 100 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -overhead 0 -nopacked -qmatrix "extra\eqm_v3ulr_rev3.xcm" -closed_gop -lumimasking -imin 3 -imax 5 -pmin 3 -pmax 5 -max_bframes 2 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 3 -bmax 5 -threads 1
successfully started encoding
Processing ended at 18:35:47
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Log for job job1-1

xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003

Error opening input file extra\eqm_v3ulr_rev3.xcm

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The current job contains errors. Skipping chained jobs


Thanks.

[Carpo]

Error opening input file extra\eqm_v3ulr_rev3.xcm

you need to update the profile to point to that file

example

C:\Program Files\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\extra

[martino]

Error opening input file extra\eqm_v3ulr_rev3.xcm

you need to update the profile to point to that file

example

C:\Program Files\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\extra
Thank you!

And where does megui point as default to this file, because I don't want to change my every profile to that location?

[check]

in the directory he specified (megui\tools\xvid_encraw\extra)

[Carpo]

i have noticed in some of the profiles for xvid that the max b-frames option is set to 2 - yet in 90% profile its set as 1 is there a difference between the settings?

also when doing a comp test with enc it says to set the b-frames to 1 - but how do you tell if your film has b-frames and wether you should set the max b-frames to 1 or 2 ?

is there an easier way to do a comp test if so could someone advise me in this matter

thanks

[vanger]

I'm using 0.2.4.1020. Why I head to make different profiles for the same settings with different bitrate?
I want to encode several clips with different bitrate, others setting are the same.

[Carpo]

i have recently started to do a few encodes of my dvds again - after accidently delting a few in a clear out, all are fine apart from the one i did of final fantasy advent children, when using megui to do this film in places with a lot of movent or action the picture stutters and jerks.

I have done this film before using GK (i klnow they are two differnet programs) and it goes ok - i wouldnt say great as there is a bit of stuttering there too, i have also noticed this on some anime i have done - is this a known issue that i will have to leave with as all anime do this or could it be something somewhere else.

fresh install of megui - updated to 1026 - avisynth 2.5.6a - 90% profile

LOG:

Looking for job processor for job...
Processor found!
Starting job job1-1 at 19:12:46
Starting preprocessing of job...
Preprocessing finished!
encoder commandline:
-i "E:\dvd-work\ff7ac\ffac.avs" -pass1 "E:\dvd-work\ff7ac\ffac.stats" -bitrate 1704 -kboost 100 -ostrength 0 -overhead 0 -turbo -nopacked -quality 4 -vhqmode 3 -qpel -qmatrix "C:\Program Files\megui\extra\Didees SixOfNine.cqm" -closed_gop -imax 3 -pmax 4 -max_bframes 1 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 100 -bmax 4 -threads 2
successfully started encoding
Processing ended at 03:57:36
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Log for job job1-1

xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003

Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
Input colorspace is YV12
xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
Detected 2 cpus, using 2 threads.

Tot: enctime(ms) =2358796.00, length(bytes) = -1932955402
Avg: enctime(ms) = 17.37, fps = 57.58, length(bytes) = -14231
I frames: 3218 frames, size = 40823/131370841, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
P frames: 74354 frames, size = 24162/1796561397, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
B frames: 58213 frames, size = 7456/434079378, quants = 3 / 3.00 / 3
N frames: 35 frames, size = 7/ 278

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Starting postprocessing of job...
Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated
Postprocessing finished!
Looking for job processor for job...
Processor found!
Starting job job1-2 at 03:57:37
Starting preprocessing of job...
Preprocessing finished!
encoder commandline:
-i "E:\dvd-work\ff7ac\ffac.avs" -pass2 "E:\dvd-work\ff7ac\ffac.stats" -bitrate 1704 -kboost 100 -ostrength 0 -overhead 0 -nopacked -quality 4 -vhqmode 3 -qpel -qmatrix "C:\Program Files\megui\extra\Didees SixOfNine.cqm" -closed_gop -imax 3 -pmax 4 -max_bframes 1 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 100 -bmax 4 -threads 2 -avi "E:\dvd-work\ff7ac\ffac.avi"
successfully started encoding
Processing ended at 15:09:29
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Log for job job1-2

xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003

Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
Input colorspace is YV12
xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
Detected 2 cpus, using 2 threads.

Tot: enctime(ms) =11880335.00, length(bytes) = 1156538656
Avg: enctime(ms) = 87.47, fps = 11.43, length(bytes) = 8515
I frames: 3218 frames, size = 40280/129624042, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
P frames: 74355 frames, size = 10795/802709246, quants = 2 / 3.55 / 4
B frames: 58223 frames, size = 3850/224205176, quants = 3 / 4.33 / 5
N frames: 24 frames, size = 8/ 192
desired video bitrate of this job: 1704 kbit/s - obtained video bitrate (approximate): 1707 kbit/s
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Starting postprocessing of job...
Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated
Found intermediate output file 'E:\dvd-work\ff7ac\ffac.stats', deleting...
Deletion succeeded.Postprocessing finished!

i have done the same film using newest version of titvc (RC11) and newest version of xvid_enraw - in both avi/ac3 and mkv/ac3 and both give the stutter

edit: didnt know where else to post this bit so thought i would tag it on here - i have heard ppl say never to use codec packs yet in a few replys to various issues i have seen ppl suggest using the CCCP codec pack - has anyone tried this ? does it solve issues or cause more ?

[check]

Are you sure the source is a film source? FF:AC was more or less made for TV, so it might have been made to run at 29.97i instead. Another possibility is that your CPU is choking when decoding high bitrate scenes.

ps, I recommend the CCCP codec pack because I'm involved in troubleshooting errors for it. It's stable, the only help we need to give these days is how to fix problems caused by Nero, harddisk corruption or some other evil.

[Carpo]

its deff from a dvd9 im looking at the case now :) - megui says that it needs to itvc with edi

well heres the avs file

DGDecode_mpeg2source("E:\dvd-work\ff7ac\ffac.d2v")
edeintted = last.AssumeTFF().SeparateFields().SelectEven().EEDI2(field=-1)
TDeint(order=1,edeint=edeintted)
#crop
LanczosResize(640,352) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise

and here is part of the d2v (guessing i dont need to post the middle bit :) )

DGIndexProjectFile13
6
F:\DVD-TOOLS-AND-ISOS\DVD-IN\Main\Convert.To.XviD\ff7ac\VTS_02_PGC_01_1.VOB
F:\DVD-TOOLS-AND-ISOS\DVD-IN\Main\Convert.To.XviD\ff7ac\VTS_02_PGC_01_2.VOB
F:\DVD-TOOLS-AND-ISOS\DVD-IN\Main\Convert.To.XviD\ff7ac\VTS_02_PGC_01_3.VOB
F:\DVD-TOOLS-AND-ISOS\DVD-IN\Main\Convert.To.XviD\ff7ac\VTS_02_PGC_01_4.VOB
F:\DVD-TOOLS-AND-ISOS\DVD-IN\Main\Convert.To.XviD\ff7ac\VTS_02_PGC_01_5.VOB
F:\DVD-TOOLS-AND-ISOS\DVD-IN\Main\Convert.To.XviD\ff7ac\VTS_02_PGC_01_6.VOB

Stream_Type=1
MPEG_Type=2
iDCT_Algorithm=6
YUVRGB_Scale=1
Luminance_Filter=0,0
Clipping=0,0,0,0
Aspect_Ratio=16:9
Picture_Size=720x576
Field_Operation=0
Frame_Rate=25000 (25/1)
Location=0,0,5,1529A

FINISHED 100.00% VIDEO

as i have said GK does it ok (ish) and i know they are 2 diff progs so should really compare them

might give that codec pack a go (although you would be biassed :p ) does it work ok with ffdshow or do i need to uninstall that too ?

[B. W.]

Is there any way to convert an Xvid file (specifically, one using the MKV container) to MP4 with MeGUI?

[check]

you mean just remuxing? The easiest way to do so would be to extract the xvid stream with mkvextract and then remux with mp4box. There are seperate GUIs available for that.

If you want to re-encode, just load it via an avisynth script:
directshowsource("path\to\file.mkv")

[Carpo]

i have noticed that in all the profiles for xvid packed bitstream is never ticked, would any issues appear if this was ticked to on ? or is it a case of if it isnt ticked in default settings there is no need for it to be used ?

[B. W.]

If you want to re-encode, just load it via an avisynth script:
directshowsource("path\to\file.mkv")
I need to re-encode the files to MP4/H.264. When I load the files in the AviSynth script creator, I get an error that says "Unable to render the file. You probably don't have the correct filters installed."

I have ffdshow with the Xvid and Vorbris decoders enabled, and I tried installed the Xvid codec.

[check]

can you paly the file in a media player? if not you're missing some playback component. My suggestion: Install CCCP. Follow the link in my sig and the instructions on the frnot page of the wiki.

[B. W.]

can you paly the file in a media player?
Yes I can. I don't like installing codec packages, but I suppose I'll have to make an exception.

[check]

oh, if you would prefer not to install a codec pack, you will just need to install:
- an .mkv splitter
- a h264 decoder
- possibly an audio decoder
CCCP uses haali's, ffdshow and ffdshow resppectively, so you can install them yourself if you want.

[AmazingRando]

Has anyone had problems with nero aacenc (or sse2) taking 24-30 hours to encode an audio stream? I have the newest megui and nero aacenc on two different machines, both xp sp2, both dual core (one 950, one yonah 2.16). A stream on the d950 box takes like 5 mins. But the same file on the other machine takes like 24+ hours. Any ideas?

[B. W.]

oh, if you would prefer not to install a codec pack, you will just need to install:
- an .mkv splitter
- a h264 decoder
- possibly an audio decoder
CCCP uses haali's, ffdshow and ffdshow resppectively, so you can install them yourself if you want.
I have it working, but is there any way to encode the files using the One Click Encoder?

[Selur]

got some questions: :)

1. Are there any plans for profile@level support for Xvid in megui like it is present in the vfw xvid interface?
2. does someone have some megui profiles for Xvid similar to the profiles in the vfw interface of xvid?

Cu Selur

[bananacreamandpeca]

Hi, None of you have any faint ideas to what might be
causing My megui (latest version)
to stop encoding halfway?

It gives an error over and over,
and the error doesnt says anyhting much than that.
No commandline option for x264 wich could rule out what might be causing this?

I tried re-installing megui-> doesnt help
other sources -> doesnt help.
plein avs generated by Megui no extra tweaks or dll's -> doesnt help.

The problem is sudden, and I encoded a 2GB DV to x264 last week no problem.
In meantime I never updated megui. What could be it?

[theReal]

My MeGUI core won't update anymore.
I'm on core version 2.3.2192 and the auto-update says it can update to 2.4.1026. It downloads the file, it prompts me to restart, I click "yes", it restarts and is still version 2.3.2192, telling me that "there are updates available".

I have repeated this more than 5 times now, 2 times with administrator rights - it just won't update the core...

[kurt]

maybe try the version from http://x264.nl/ to update ...

[check]

@selur: there are some xvid profiles in the autoupdate repository, however none are created according to profile@level. If you decided not to install them before the easiest way to get them now is to reinstall megui and update everything.

[FAII]

Everytime I tell AviSynth Script Creator to open a file, MeGUI freezes

[Selur]

@check: I did install all the profiles provided but like you mentioned they do not use the profile@level restrictions ;)

[jay_jay]

can u say from where will i get this neroAacEnc.exe.does a dll file is needed with it.

[SnapCount]

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone can help me. My PC had a meltdown and had to reinstall windows.

Found the Megui .26 installer on my other hard drive, and it installed without problems, but when i go to auto update, the majority of the files update but only a select few cant for some reason:confused:

Look at the screen shot below:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/493/meguitroublenc6.jpg

This also happens when i installed it onto my laptop.

Does anyone know how to fix this or am i the only one to be getting this?

[SnapCount]

Not to worry anymore. It turns out i didn't install Avisynth which caused the errors:eek:

[Henrikx]

For the German MeGui Wiki :
Somebody can explain to me in simple sentences and words what this is!
Inter luma quanitization deadzone
http://gleitz.info/wiki/index.php/MeGUI_Referenz/Codec_Configuration-x264-Advanced#Advanced

[check]

henrik: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=116612
Google also finds some info: http://google.com.au/search?q=x264+deadzone

[Henrikx]

@check
Thank you !
Inter luma quanitization deadzone....It gives perhaps a MeGUI developer with a black helmet ,breath difficulties and speaks often of the power...? :)

[check]

sorry, whatever cultural reference that was, it went right over my head (hitler?) :P.

[Henrikx]

Darth Vader !

[oLex]

edited in main window video output file name don't save into queue. it's only do with save-dialog window.

[Sharktooth]

use the bugtracker on sourceforge to report bugs or they will easily getting ignored...