MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[ricardo.santos]

but im not getting any audio encoding done with any of the encoders, winamp, faac or nero

ita a small vob file with ac3 track

some "thoughts":

1- Automkv encodes the avisynth script and ac3 file created by megui

2- i formated my pc last week and to avoid downloading all the megui 3rd party tools i backed up the megui folder and copied it to same place afterwards, does that affect megui inner workings?

also, does megui download any filters to avisynth plugins folder? because i might be missing some(ac3 decoder?) because of step 2.

EDIT: yes like i thought, nic audio was missing from avisynth plugins, its working now.

thanks everyone for the help

[shadesters]

When I try to encode an MKV into an Xvid file with a profile that worked before, xvid_encraw.exe gets an error and needs to close like 1/4 way through the encoding process... I closed all processes, and I have no clue why this is happening... Seems to be since the update... anyone know where i can get the last version of xvid_encraw.exe so I can test this theory? I have no clue whats going on...

[Sharktooth]

Yeah, I noticed this bug a while back. MeGUI does not work with the optimized NeroAacEnc, for some odd reason. Just forgot to report :p
It's not megui... it's a nero bug...

[Sharktooth]

When I try to encode an MKV into an Xvid file with a profile that worked before, xvid_encraw.exe gets an error and needs to close like 1/4 way through the encoding process... I closed all processes, and I have no clue why this is happening... Seems to be since the update... anyone know where i can get the last version of xvid_encraw.exe so I can test this theory? I have no clue whats going on...
megui already includes the latest version

[Sharktooth]

I have had problem to encode a movie for MP4 format. The video script is this:
DirectShowSource("H:\Rurouni_Kenshin\[AnimeP2P]Rurouni_Kenshin_Movie_CD1.avi", fps=23.976, convertfps=true, audio=false)
ConvertToYV12
DeGrainMedian(limitY=2,limitUV=3,mode=1)

The log of the error:
Looking for job processor for job...

Processor found!



------------------------------------------------------


Starting job job1 at 11:51:15

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 11:51:19

----------------------

Log for job job1

Job commandline: "C:\Arquivos de programas\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 352 --stats "F:\scripts\SV_RKMOVIE.stats" --keyint 480 --min-keyint 24 --bframes 16 --b-pyramid --direct auto --filter 1,1 --subme 1 --analyse none --qpmin 18 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --ratetol 6.0 --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-dct-decimate --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "F:\scripts\SV_RKMOVIE.avs"
avis [error]: unsupported input format (DIB )
x264 [error]: could not open input file 'F:\scripts\SV_RKMOVIE.avs'

Please, help me, i already has tryed everything nut it don´t work.
Thanks
Rule 6 (http://forum.doom9.org/forum-rules.htm)

[shadesters]

megui already includes the latest version

Yes I know but I meant the version just before the newest... I already forced an update in MeGUI twice just to make sure the file wasnt corrupt...

I am in the process of encoding a tv show and it seems to be working fine... its long MKV movies (in HD) that it seems to be crashing during... I have, however, encoded HD MKVs before the update fine... so i am thinking that this newer version has a bug with it, because I have not done anything to my computer before the update, everythis is the same as it was, but all of a sudden xvid_encraw.exe is crashing 25% thru encodes...

[karasu]

I have a problem when I try to load my freshly generated d2v file in the AviSynth Script Creator :

script error: ther is no function named "DGDecode_Mpeg2Source"

Any idea?

here's my d2v file :

DGIndexProjectFile16
5
H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_1.VOB
H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_2.VOB
H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_3.VOB
H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_4.VOB
H:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_5.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=0,0,4,22002

900 1 0 2048 0 1 1 92 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2
900 1 0 90112 0 1 1 32 32 92 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2
.
.
.

[karasu]

hmm, sorry, after restarting MeGui, the error disappear.

[Carpo]

Yeah, I noticed this bug a while back. MeGUI does not work with the optimized NeroAacEnc, for some odd reason. Just forgot to report :p

only time i have had this is when you try to use the sse2 version of nero enc with an amd cpu - and they are aware of this - seems someone used the wrong compiler :p

[Sp00kyFox]

hi dudes
is it possible to add several encoding jobs at once?
I have to encode many little files and it just sux to do the very same clicks with every avs file again (i've already generated all avs files with dgindex)

[Carpo]

@carpo: uninstall .net 3.5 and reinstall it.
crappy Vista SP1 is screwing a lot of stuff, even drivers...


more details are welcome...

it even does this if you install vista (32/64bit) SP1 from the DVD
from Microsoft

[Sharktooth]

Sorry i Forgot to change the post. Can you help me now?
still rule 6:
6) No warez, cracks, serials or illegally obtained copyrighted content! Links to content of a questionable nature, asking for, offering, or asking for help/helping to process such content in any way or form is not tolerated.

[Guest]

@harima.ma

Stop asking about it or you will be struck.

[Drillakilla]

Can anyone post an optimal script, for converting clean DVD movie source to Ipod touch compaitible Mp4.

I ran some tests using megui, using the PD-Iphone profile, 650 bit rate, and automated 3 pass, 560 * 346 ( i think) and the quality was good, but still seemed a bit pixelated and blocky at times (even with 3 passes and original dvd source).

I think the problem may be in my script, it is the most minimal, just outlineing the size, and borders, and a bit of saturation.

Can anyone post a good script I can use?

[mroz]

Is Ipone using h264 or an mp4 asp? Even h264 with lots of the nice options disabled might be hardpressed with many sources to give you a good result at that res & bitrate.

If you want informed comment you'll need to post a link to a sample of your source & your existing script. Someone else might then take a look, though probably not me as I'm short of time atm.

Edit: I have no idea what the Ipone profile is, as there's no profile here of that name.

[Drillakilla]

It's basically for my Ipod touch, which uses the same videos as an iphone.

It can take H264 in an mp4 container.

Now I have had some excellent results using this program called handbreak (also h264 in mp4) but that program doesn't give you the freedom you have with megui (if anything the quality was great , but lacked some colour) , so would like to get it right with megui

[mroz]

If the profile is a custom one, post it as well.

Hm, so baseline, no b-frames, 1 ref, no cabac? That's quite restrictive, but if you've got good results at the same spec with handbrake it must be possible.

[Drillakilla]

I am at work now, so can't really post many details, but the Profile was not custom, but came with the megui bundle ( along with profiles for PS3 etc etc )

But it is possible to achieve high quality as the handbrake tests have shown, and I would much prefer using megui and avisynth as it can be tailered to your needs.

Do you think it could be the profile I am using that is not optimum?

[mroz]

What's the profile name? I have a PD-iPhone profile, but no Ipone profile.

Edit: ah, I see you do mean PD-iPhone, having edited your original post :)

I don't know why you're getting better results with Handbrake. You really need to do some further research or get help from someone familiar with Megui & Handbrake, who encodes for such devices. I've never used Handbrake myself, nor baseline with x264.

OTTOMH however, I'd be more inclined to compare x264 command line options first, before looking at any preprocessing the two apps are doing.

I still suggest you post more details when you can though, as I imagine any reader who can help is more likely to, the better you define the problem.

Best of luck.

[Drillakilla]

Yes thats the profile PD-iPhone . I will post some more details this weekend when I am back on my computer, thanks again for your help

[nuaris]

Does MeGUI allow batch encoding for avi/mkv/mp4 video files? If it does, how can I do it? I have around a hundred files to encode and it would take at least half an hour setting them up manually.

Thanks.

[ggab]

good question nuaris, i also wanna know if it is possible, and how :)

[Dark Eiri]

I just updated to Vista Ultimate and MeGUI keeps telling me to update to Framework 3.5, which I already did.
It keeps detecting 2.0 SP1. What should I do?

[Pirks]

Same problem here on my Vista x64 SP1. No matter what I do, and how I reinstall .Net - MeGUI always thinks for some reason that it must use .Net 2.0 SP1 instead of .Net 3.5. I guess we'll have to wait for fix, this forum is choke full of the same complaints as yours and mine. I'm sure MeGUI author is already looking hard into this problem. Patience please :)

[Kurtnoise]

It has already been fixed (revision 478). So, just wait an update...

[Phorze]

I'm having a problem with the preview window, i searched this topic but couldn't find this problem adressed.

My source has an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 which should , according to the net, be approx 1920 x 816 pixels.

I am loading this script:
LoadPlugin("H:\PROGGIES\DGAVCDEC\DGAVCDecode.dll")
AVCSource("Movie.dga", deblock=false)

Well, i am 100% sure the source has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (letterboxed)
But the preview, even after clicking "orig size" does not display the full resolution it seems. I would guess it's about 10% less both vertically and horizontally. Is there anyway to make it display properly? I want to see exactly what i am cropping when using the script creator later on.

I am testing this on a 1920 x 1080 screen so i'm pretty sure the preview is not displaying the original size.

[SpicyViper]

I have a problem transcoding XviD files to mp4 files for my iPod touch. Specifically, it is an audio transcode problem. I use the iPod 5.5 profile for video and ND-AAC LC 96 kbps profile for audio. I have directed MeGUI to neroaacenc.exe.

I create a simple .avs file using the AviSynth script creator using the .avi file as the video input. I then select the .avi file as the audio input as well. When I select auto encode and it adds the project to the queue, the audio transcode step will preprocess for several minutes before it says it starts encoding. The encode will make no progress before a Windows pop-up appears which says "Neroaacenc.exe has stopped working."

I am running Windows Vista SP1 and the latest stable build of MeGUI with all updates installed. I have the latest stable build of ffdshow. When I take a single VOB file that I decrypted from a DVD, then use d2v creator, avisynth script creator, and use the same video and audio profiles, it works without any difficulties. I have tried using other XviD files to no different result.

I apologise in advance if this has been brought up before, I did a search and could not find any posts on the topic. I'm sure there is some installation/step I must have omitted but I can't for the life of me think what it is.

[nuaris]

Could I get some help with batch encoding in MeGUI?

Post above:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1115997#post1115997

[Sharktooth]

I have a problem transcoding XviD files to mp4 files for my iPod touch. Specifically, it is an audio transcode problem. I use the iPod 5.5 profile for video and ND-AAC LC 96 kbps profile for audio. I have directed MeGUI to neroaacenc.exe.

I create a simple .avs file using the AviSynth script creator using the .avi file as the video input. I then select the .avi file as the audio input as well. When I select auto encode and it adds the project to the queue, the audio transcode step will preprocess for several minutes before it says it starts encoding. The encode will make no progress before a Windows pop-up appears which says "Neroaacenc.exe has stopped working."

I am running Windows Vista SP1 and the latest stable build of MeGUI with all updates installed. I have the latest stable build of ffdshow. When I take a single VOB file that I decrypted from a DVD, then use d2v creator, avisynth script creator, and use the same video and audio profiles, it works without any difficulties. I have tried using other XviD files to no different result.

I apologise in advance if this has been brought up before, I did a search and could not find any posts on the topic. I'm sure there is some installation/step I must have omitted but I can't for the life of me think what it is.
try using the .avs as audio input.
Could I get some help with batch encoding in MeGUI?

Post above:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1115997#post1115997
the fastest way is using the One Click Encoder (Tools/One Click Encoder) and create your own profile for your encodings.

[SpicyViper]

Thanks Sharktooth, works fine now.

[nuaris]

the fastest way is using the One Click Encoder (Tools/One Click Encoder) and create your own profile for your encodings.

I tried that, but One Click Encoder only accepts .vob/.mpg/DGindex files, my input is .avi/.mkv/.mp4. I figured a .bat file that creates .xml job files can help with batch encoding, is there an alternative that's easier and more flexible to changes?

Thanks

[Drillakilla]

What's the profile name? I have a PD-iPhone profile, but no Ipone profile.

Edit: ah, I see you do mean PD-iPhone, having edited your original post :)

I don't know why you're getting better results with Handbrake. You really need to do some further research or get help from someone familiar with Megui & Handbrake, who encodes for such devices. I've never used Handbrake myself, nor baseline with x264.

OTTOMH however, I'd be more inclined to compare x264 command line options first, before looking at any preprocessing the two apps are doing.

I still suggest you post more details when you can though, as I imagine any reader who can help is more likely to, the better you define the problem.

Best of luck.

Hi Mroz

Here's my script :

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
LoadPlugin("j:\movies\dg index\dgdecode.dll")
mpeg2source("j:\movies\VTS_06_1.d2v")
crop(0,42,-0,-42)
LanczosResize(560,320)
Tweak(sat=1.2)
Sharpen(0.1)


And I am using the PD-Iphone profile at 605 kbps, 2pass, turbo 1st pass:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <GenericProfileOfVideoCodecSettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<Name>PD-iPhone</Name>
- <Settings xsi:type="x264Settings">
<EncodingMode>4</EncodingMode>
<BitrateQuantizer>645</BitrateQuantizer>
<KeyframeInterval>250</KeyframeInterval>
<NbBframes>0</NbBframes>
<MinQuantizer>10</MinQuantizer>
<MaxQuantizer>51</MaxQuantizer>
<Turbo>true</Turbo>
<V4MV>false</V4MV>
<QPel>false</QPel>
<Trellis>false</Trellis>
<CreditsQuantizer>40</CreditsQuantizer>
<Logfile>.stats</Logfile>
<CustomEncoderOptions />
<FourCC>1</FourCC>
<Zones />
<MaxNumberOfPasses>3</MaxNumberOfPasses>
<NbThreads>0</NbThreads>
<QuantizerCRF>645</QuantizerCRF>
<EncodeInterlaced>false</EncodeInterlaced>
<NoDCTDecimate>false</NoDCTDecimate>
<PSNRCalculation>false</PSNRCalculation>
<noFastPSkip>false</noFastPSkip>
<NoiseReduction>0</NoiseReduction>
<MixedRefs>false</MixedRefs>
<X264Trellis>0</X264Trellis>
<NbRefFrames>1</NbRefFrames>
<AlphaDeblock>0</AlphaDeblock>
<BetaDeblock>0</BetaDeblock>
<SubPelRefinement>5</SubPelRefinement>
<MaxQuantDelta>4</MaxQuantDelta>
<TempQuantBlur>0</TempQuantBlur>
<BframePredictionMode>0</BframePredictionMode>
<VBVBufferSize>1000</VBVBufferSize>
<VBVMaxBitrate>10000</VBVMaxBitrate>
<METype>1</METype>
<MERange>16</MERange>
<MinGOPSize>25</MinGOPSize>
<Profile>0</Profile>
<Level>7</Level>
<IPFactor>1.4</IPFactor>
<PBFactor>1.3</PBFactor>
<ChromaQPOffset>0</ChromaQPOffset>
<VBVInitialBuffer>0.9</VBVInitialBuffer>
<BitrateVariance>1.0</BitrateVariance>
<QuantCompression>0.6</QuantCompression>
<TempComplexityBlur>20</TempComplexityBlur>
<TempQuanBlurCC>0.5</TempQuanBlurCC>
<SCDSensitivity>40</SCDSensitivity>
<BframeBias>0</BframeBias>
<Deblock>true</Deblock>
<Cabac>false</Cabac>
<WeightedBPrediction>false</WeightedBPrediction>
<AdaptiveBFrames>false</AdaptiveBFrames>
<BFramePyramid>false</BFramePyramid>
<BRDO>false</BRDO>
<biME>false</biME>
<ChromaME>true</ChromaME>
<P8x8mv>true</P8x8mv>
<B8x8mv>true</B8x8mv>
<I4x4mv>true</I4x4mv>
<I8x8mv>false</I8x8mv>
<P4x4mv>false</P4x4mv>
<AdaptiveDCT>false</AdaptiveDCT>
<SSIMCalculation>false</SSIMCalculation>
<Lossless>false</Lossless>
<QuantizerMatrix>Flat (none)</QuantizerMatrix>
<QuantizerMatrixType>0</QuantizerMatrixType>
<DeadZoneInter>21</DeadZoneInter>
<DeadZoneIntra>11</DeadZoneIntra>
</Settings>
</GenericProfileOfVideoCodecSettings>

All tests seem to come out slightly blocky, it's tollerable, but seeing as Handbrake does the picture very smooth and clean just needed help on getting this right as it bugs the hell out of me

[Greif]

I`m new to MeGUI. I have update to the latest version of everything. I am backing up my HD-DVD and Blueray movies to DVD9.

I have been using Nero Recode to recode the videos but I want to switch to MeGUI.

My process is:
1) rip with AnyDVD HD
2) use eac3to to create MKV and AC3
3) Recode MKV to fit on DVD9
4) Merge MP4 and AC3 with mkvmerge

In MeGUI, whenever I try to open my AVS I get the following error:

AviSynth script error:
AVIFileSource: couldn`t open file

My AVS lools like:
AviSource("C:\Users\racerx\Desktop\Movie.avi")
#deinterlace
crop( 0, 142, 0, -142)
#resize
#denoise

(Movie.avi is the renamed MKV created by eac3to)

Any ideas as to why this AVS script is failing to load properly? Thanks.

[poisondeathray]

I`m new to MeGUI. I have update to the latest version of everything. I am backing up my HD-DVD and Blueray movies to DVD9.

I have been using Nero Recode to recode the videos but I want to switch to MeGUI.

My process is:
1) rip with AnyDVD HD
2) use eac3to to create MKV and AC3
3) Recode MKV to fit on DVD9
4) Merge MP4 and AC3 with mkvmerge

In MeGUI, whenever I try to open my AVS I get the following error:

AviSynth script error:
AVIFileSource: couldn`t open file

My AVS lools like:
AviSource("C:\Users\racerx\Desktop\Movie.avi")
#deinterlace
crop( 0, 142, 0, -142)
#resize
#denoise

(Movie.avi is the renamed MKV created by eac3to)

Any ideas as to why this AVS script is failing to load properly? Thanks.

You can't just rename "movie.mkv" to "movie.avi"

Instead of avisource, try DirectShowSource on your mkv:
DirectShowSource("C:\Users\racerx\Desktop\Movie.mkv")

[Drillakilla]

Hi Mroz

Here's my script :

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
LoadPlugin("j:\movies\dg index\dgdecode.dll")
mpeg2source("j:\movies\VTS_06_1.d2v")
crop(0,42,-0,-42)
LanczosResize(560,320)
Tweak(sat=1.2)
Sharpen(0.1)


And I am using the PD-Iphone profile at 605 kbps, 2pass, turbo 1st pass:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <GenericProfileOfVideoCodecSettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<Name>PD-iPhone</Name>
- <Settings xsi:type="x264Settings">
<EncodingMode>4</EncodingMode>
<BitrateQuantizer>645</BitrateQuantizer>
<KeyframeInterval>250</KeyframeInterval>
<NbBframes>0</NbBframes>
<MinQuantizer>10</MinQuantizer>
<MaxQuantizer>51</MaxQuantizer>
<Turbo>true</Turbo>
<V4MV>false</V4MV>
<QPel>false</QPel>
<Trellis>false</Trellis>
<CreditsQuantizer>40</CreditsQuantizer>
<Logfile>.stats</Logfile>
<CustomEncoderOptions />
<FourCC>1</FourCC>
<Zones />
<MaxNumberOfPasses>3</MaxNumberOfPasses>
<NbThreads>0</NbThreads>
<QuantizerCRF>645</QuantizerCRF>
<EncodeInterlaced>false</EncodeInterlaced>
<NoDCTDecimate>false</NoDCTDecimate>
<PSNRCalculation>false</PSNRCalculation>
<noFastPSkip>false</noFastPSkip>
<NoiseReduction>0</NoiseReduction>
<MixedRefs>false</MixedRefs>
<X264Trellis>0</X264Trellis>
<NbRefFrames>1</NbRefFrames>
<AlphaDeblock>0</AlphaDeblock>
<BetaDeblock>0</BetaDeblock>
<SubPelRefinement>5</SubPelRefinement>
<MaxQuantDelta>4</MaxQuantDelta>
<TempQuantBlur>0</TempQuantBlur>
<BframePredictionMode>0</BframePredictionMode>
<VBVBufferSize>1000</VBVBufferSize>
<VBVMaxBitrate>10000</VBVMaxBitrate>
<METype>1</METype>
<MERange>16</MERange>
<MinGOPSize>25</MinGOPSize>
<Profile>0</Profile>
<Level>7</Level>
<IPFactor>1.4</IPFactor>
<PBFactor>1.3</PBFactor>
<ChromaQPOffset>0</ChromaQPOffset>
<VBVInitialBuffer>0.9</VBVInitialBuffer>
<BitrateVariance>1.0</BitrateVariance>
<QuantCompression>0.6</QuantCompression>
<TempComplexityBlur>20</TempComplexityBlur>
<TempQuanBlurCC>0.5</TempQuanBlurCC>
<SCDSensitivity>40</SCDSensitivity>
<BframeBias>0</BframeBias>
<Deblock>true</Deblock>
<Cabac>false</Cabac>
<WeightedBPrediction>false</WeightedBPrediction>
<AdaptiveBFrames>false</AdaptiveBFrames>
<BFramePyramid>false</BFramePyramid>
<BRDO>false</BRDO>
<biME>false</biME>
<ChromaME>true</ChromaME>
<P8x8mv>true</P8x8mv>
<B8x8mv>true</B8x8mv>
<I4x4mv>true</I4x4mv>
<I8x8mv>false</I8x8mv>
<P4x4mv>false</P4x4mv>
<AdaptiveDCT>false</AdaptiveDCT>
<SSIMCalculation>false</SSIMCalculation>
<Lossless>false</Lossless>
<QuantizerMatrix>Flat (none)</QuantizerMatrix>
<QuantizerMatrixType>0</QuantizerMatrixType>
<DeadZoneInter>21</DeadZoneInter>
<DeadZoneIntra>11</DeadZoneIntra>
</Settings>
</GenericProfileOfVideoCodecSettings>

All tests seem to come out slightly blocky, it's tollerable, but seeing as Handbrake does the picture very smooth and clean just needed help on getting this right as it bugs the hell out of me

Can anyone help me with this, I know it is definatly the encoder and not the script as tests using the script on other programs seem to come out with no blocks

Thanks

[Greif]

You can't just rename "movie.mkv" to "movie.avi"

Funny enough, but that is what I do in order for Nero Recode to accept it. It won't accept the MKV file, but if I rename to AVI Nero Recode will work without problem.

I renamed the file back to MKV and AviSynth works fine now. Thanks.

[Theliel]

Can anyone help me with this, I know it is definatly the encoder and not the script as tests using the script on other programs seem to come out with no blocks

Thanks

well, I have some ask for you.

You use crop before resize, so your final video are still 560*320. iPod Touch resolution are 480*320, so with 560*320 your movie will be resize again into iPod to 480*274 to fit in touch screen.

Maybe you want use 480*274 Instead 560*320 or maybe you want use crop after resize, so final video will be 476*320, good aproximation to 480*320 :)

In other side, your profile can be tweaked a little. Try this new profile:

Forece Baseline Profile and 3.0 Level
Mode: two or three passes (if you want, you can use turbo mode)
Bitrate: for your resolutions, you can start with 600 to 750
Enable Deblocking: I like use -2:-1
ME algorithm: MultiHex or ESA, or you can try TESA too.
Subpixel: 7 -RDO Level 2
Number Reference Frames: 5
Mixed reference frames: Enable
No DCT & No fast: Enable
All partitions except P4x4

[lexor]

Hi guys, I have a question in the General Questions category:

Is there a way to make MeGUI perform batch operation on video files? What I mean is that I have a bunch of episodes I want to convert, they all need exact same processing in avisynth, the only difference in avs script is thus the file name. Must I copy-paste a bunch of avs files and change file name in each and then manually add and queue each one in megui? Can I just somehow give the directory path and an avs template to go by and let it fill in the names for each file in the dir then auto cue them with selected encoding settings? The avs template in avs creator doesn't seem to work like that. Am I condemned to brute force manual processing?

[Drillakilla]

well, I have some ask for you.

You use crop before resize, so your final video are still 560*320. iPod Touch resolution are 480*320, so with 560*320 your movie will be resize again into iPod to 480*274 to fit in touch screen.

Maybe you want use 480*274 Instead 560*320 or maybe you want use crop after resize, so final video will be 476*320, good aproximation to 480*320 :)

In other side, your profile can be tweaked a little. Try this new profile:

Forece Baseline Profile and 3.0 Level
Mode: two or three passes (if you want, you can use turbo mode)
Bitrate: for your resolutions, you can start with 600 to 750
Enable Deblocking: I like use -2:-1
ME algorithm: MultiHex or ESA, or you can try TESA too.
Subpixel: 7 -RDO Level 2
Number Reference Frames: 5
Mixed reference frames: Enable
No DCT & No fast: Enable
All partitions except P4x4

I did some tests previously on 480 x 274, and it seems to look a lot better on 560 x 320, even though the ipod doesn't display that resolution as native.

It's like when I had my old 42 inch tv, I would feed hd VIDEO through it and they would look a lot better than regular dvds, even though the tele was SD.

Thanks for your help mate, I will try this in the weekend, I know this is a lot to ask but can you just give me a short description of what each of those things does, I would like to understand the changes i make, thanks again

[francoeur]

When I started I couldn't even render because there was an error on the first job. This error was appearing without notifications os I could know who to fix the problem. I installed and uninstalled many times to fix this problem. When I found how to fix it, by uninstalling AviSynth, another problem came to me.

I'm trying to render a Counter-Strike clip with the smallest size as possible. The problem is that it gives me a file of 145-150 Kb that I can't even read. I will show you what it does and my settings.

In my test.avs I got this ( I know nothing about avisynth ) :
Code:

AVISource("untitled2.avi")
ConvertToYV12()

When I open my avs file it looks to work properly. My clip is 1280x960
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5870/avisynthopeningay1.jpg

My megui settings are as follow :
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6761/confight2.jpg
I use codec x264 and File format MP4.
I click enqueue and start the job.

It only takes 30 seconds each, for a 2 GB file of 56 seconds.

When I go in my folder I find this
Test.mp4 138 KB No images.

I need help and I tried to make an easy understandable thread. Thank you.

[EroKaos]

I updated megui the other day and all of a sudden I could not encode anymore. I keep getting this error message even though I have been using this settings before without problems. What am I doing to get such message?

Job commandline: "E:\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --crf 18 --ref 16 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 16 --b-pyramid --bime --weightb --direct auto --filter 1,1 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "G:\01.d2v.mkv" "G:\hfyu01.d2v.avs" --aq-strength 0.5 --aq-sensitivity 11
E:\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe: unknown option -- aq-sensitivity

BTW, does it matter where (position-wise) I place "--aq-strength 0.5 --aq-sensitivity 11" in the commandline?

Thanks

[~bT~]

^ it shouldn't matter but i'd give it a go without those lines and see if it works. if it does work then that may mean your x264 build is not AQ patched.

[Sharktooth]

you updated megui AND x264... but you modified your profile with --aq-sensitivity that is no longer supported by x264.
remove --aq-sensitivity.

[~bT~]

^ i always thought it was valid? or is this only since latest update?

[Sharktooth]

when AQ was committed the AQ options became:
--aq-mode <integer> How AQ distributes bits [2]
- 0: Disabled
- 1: Avoid moving bits between frames
- 2: Move bits between frames
--aq-strength <float> Reduces blocking and blurring in flat and
textured areas. [1.0]
- 0.5: weak AQ
- 1.5: strong AQ

[EroKaos]

Oh, thanks alot. But how does the --aq-mode works now? Is there any doc that explains how it works?

[francoeur]

Could you help me :( #2040

[lexor]

Could you help me :( #2040

Don't just paste a link use the Insert Link button, otherwise the forum will garble it up trying to shorten it (it puts ... in there), so your images are unreachable.

[francoeur]

I updated my post on #2040, sry for it. Link now work.

[francoeur]

Shraktooth told me to download a stable version, 0.2.6.1046 to fix the problem but it didnt work.

[poisondeathray]

@francoeur - what version of avisynth are you using?

Just to troubleshoot for now, change your encoding settings to const. quality instead of 3pass

Were there errors/error logs?

Does you output "test.mp4" play at all? in VLC? Run mediainfo on that file, what does it say?

[lexor]

Well, 2 things to try:

1) DirectShowSource instead of AviSource. The later does some funky things on my machine, DSSource is far more reliable for me.

2) try using that command line that appears at the bottom of settings window in a DOS window (substituting full input/output filename paths of course), and see if x264.exe will do the same thing without MeGUI in the mix.

[francoeur]

#2051 I cant read the file, No error it says done for all three pass.

I'll try consta later and im using Avisynth 2.5

[alfixdvd]

The following script of avisynth play well in MPC but it fails in megui

LoadPlugin("C:\DvdTools\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("d:\movies\ColorMatrix.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\DvdTools\filters\RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\movies\VSFilter.dll")

mpeg2source("D:\movies\PrisionBreak\prision.d2v")
ColorMatrix("Rec.709->Rec.601",opt=0,hints=false,threads=0,InputFR=false, OutputFR=true)
crop(0, 2, 720, 568)
TextSub("D:\movies\PrisionBreak\21_down.ssa")
TextSub("D:\movies\PrisionBreak\21_up.ssa")
Lanczos4Resize(688, 384)
RemoveGrain(mode=2)

When I open it in megui, the window of preview appears, and when I close it, also closes megui window after 1 or 2 seconds.

The problem seems to reside in the version of Vsfilter. With the versions 2.38, 2.37, 2.36 does not work, with the version 2.35 it works.

What's wrong ?
It is normal this behavior.

[Rodger]

Is there a way to encode cropped?

I have 1920x1088 Pixels which shall be reencoded to 1280x720.
Currently I use a simple resize which also includes, that the black lines (borders) in some/most movies are resized and reencoded.

Is there a way to encode "cropped" at lets say 1920*792 and let Megui or anything else ;) add the borders so that the SA-compatibility is still given. (1280*720 Pixels Video)

[francoeur]

I tried to render in Constant Quality as poisondeathtray suggested and it did the same thing. It only gave me an 138 ko file.

[poisondeathray]

#2051 I cant read the file, No error it says done for all three pass.

I'll try consta later and im using Avisynth 2.5

francoeur - you might want to upgrade to avisynth 2.5.7 or later, and try DirectShowSource instead of AviSource as lexor suggested

What OS are you using? (vista x64, etc..?)

[#2]

I'm trying to encode dv footage of wakeboarding. We mainly use it for video coaching purposes so I need to be able to smoothly seek and framestep back and forward.

With MPC 6.4.9.0 I seem to be able to framestep forward with all the x264 profiles but not backwards. If I set both the Keyframe interval and Min. GOP size to 1 I can then use the seek bar to smoothly seek back and forth but still not the framestep back key and of cource I have to more than double the bit rate.

Is there a player/decoder that will smoothly seek back and forward with P and B framed material with 25 - 250 framed GOPs? (I'm decoding with ffdshow Sep 30 2006 20:19:55) I seem to be able to seek easyly with some profiles on a Mac and very slowly with a lot of CPU useage with CE Main profile in Quicktime on my PC.

Where do I download the "Editing only" profile for Megui? Could this be what I'm looking for or is this really a playback/decoder issue?


Thanks for any help in advance.

[francoeur]

New script :

DirectShowSource("untitled2.avi")
ConvertToYV12()
I'm using windows xp
It look better.
I'm a nub lol thanks a lot.

[francoeur]

Worked, thanks alot guys.

[EroKaos]

How strong is

--aq-mode 2 --aq-strength 1.5

compared to the old

--aq-strength 0.5 --aq-sensitivity 11

because I used the default for -aq mode and --aq strength 1 but it still isn't good enough, and would --aq-strength 1.5 be overkill?

[Sharktooth]

aq-strength has been doubled (old 0.5 value = 1.0 in the actual version). aq-mode 2 is the same as the old default.
sensitivity is no longer an adjustable parameter.
so, it's a matter of trial and error...

[EroKaos]

so, it's a matter of trial and error...

Was afraid that would be the case :|
Well, --aq strength 1.0 wasn't strong enough so I'll work my way down.

Thanks

[Carpo]

which profile would people suggest for backing up to mkv - 720x576 videos, atm i use hq slow, but i will like to get the best quality i can without the pc taking days to encode the video, i will be making the back ups to store on my storage pc to be streamed over to the htpc as and when i want something to watch

[Sharktooth]

more quality means more time...

[rebkell]

which profile would people suggest for backing up to mkv - 720x576 videos, atm i use hq slow, but i will like to get the best quality i can without the pc taking days to encode the video, i will be making the back ups to store on my storage pc to be streamed over to the htpc as and when i want something to watch

I've been pretty happy with the PD-PS3-Xbox360 profile, I use 1500 bitrate for Standard Def DVDs and usually shoot for around 1 GB on my ~45 minute HD captures of network TV. The HD captures usually finish in anywhere from 3 to 5.5 hours. I'm using an AMD X2-6000 CPU.

[Carpo]

more quality means more time...
i know that but i dont want it to take alot more time

[Sharktooth]

i repeat myself... if you want more quality, it will require more time...
test the hq-slower and hq-slowest profiles...

[Rodger]

No answer to my question?

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1123033#post1123033

[Sharktooth]

crop before resizing... look at the avisynth script creator window...

[anonova]

Is there no 16:9 mod16 DAR in megui with overcropping? I've noticed that megui always sets the DAR to 37:20 with overcrop.

I used autocrop, and it gave me crop( 4, 56, -2, -60). If I check overcrop (which uses crop( 10, 62, -6, -66)), I get 37:20. If I select encode to non-mod16 or resize to mod16, I get 1111:625, which is pretty much 16:9.

[Carpo]

i repeat myself...i already use hq slow :p - suppose i could give slowest a go over

[#2]

Has any one done a profile like the xvid editing only profile for x264. If not which existing profile should I tweek and how.

[jmartinr]

@ #2

I've encoded lots of sportsvideos with x264.

You can put your x264 videos in avis (by using avc2avi and then muxing them) and use MPC with the internal avi splitter enabled, or you could use virtualdub to go back and forth.

Decreasing the GOP-size will indeed make your player more responsive when going back.

[pxcasey]

So I'm encoding to x.264, and I want to queue up a job after it finished encoding to mux it using the MeGUI mp4 muxer. My problem is, the MP4 muxer Video Input field is not editable, it only takes input from the Open File dialog, which means it has to be a file that already exists, but obviously the file doesn't exist yet, since it's still being encoded. My workaround so far is to create a dummy file with the same name as the expected output file, queue up the mux job using the dummy file, then delete the dummy file.

Is there a better way to do this?

[Carpo]

hq-slowest = -18fps on the second pass, and thats on a progressive source, hate to see what it would be on interlaced!!!

[woeds]

Also, this is a bit weird, but I've discovered that when using MeGUI to encode anamorphically, my player _will_ show the image correctly if I tell MeGUI to use an MKV container instead of MP4 for the video. This only happens if I don't mux any audio in - as soon as I use MeGUI, mkvmerge or anything else to try and add audio, subtitles, or chapters, suddenly it stops playing in the correct aspect ratio. Even running mkvmerge to re-package the original MKV without adding any other tracks will break it. Is there anything about the x264.exe MKV output code that would make it any different than mkvmerge or MeGUI's muxer? It's a bit baffling.
I'm aware I'm quoting an old post, but I'm having the exact same problem.

I'm trying to convert an anamorphic DVD to a x264 mkv, this is my workflow
1 - Create d2v using DGindex
2 - Create AVS script
3 - Run megui (x264, hq-slow, anamorphic)

This produces a mkv video file which plays perfectly in WMP. The aspect ratio is recognized and I get a 16:9 image like I should.

The problem comes when I want to mux the audio in. I have the original AC3 track and I've tried to mux it in via megui and mkvmerge, but both give the same result. As soon as I take my video-only mkv file, and mux in the audio, the aspect ratio gets lost. If I open the muxed file in WMP it gets displayed in 4:3.

I've tried numerous settings, but just can't get the video and audio muxed while maintaining the AR.

[Sharktooth]

hq-slowest = -18fps on the second pass, and thats on a progressive source, hate to see what it would be on interlaced!!!
then buy a faster CPU. we cant do miracles (yet).

[Sharktooth]

I'm aware I'm quoting an old post, but I'm having the exact same problem.

I'm trying to convert an anamorphic DVD to a x264 mkv, this is my workflow
1 - Create d2v using DGindex
2 - Create AVS script
3 - Run megui (x264, hq-slow, anamorphic)

This produces a mkv video file which plays perfectly in WMP. The aspect ratio is recognized and I get a 16:9 image like I should.

The problem comes when I want to mux the audio in. I have the original AC3 track and I've tried to mux it in via megui and mkvmerge, but both give the same result. As soon as I take my video-only mkv file, and mux in the audio, the aspect ratio gets lost. If I open the muxed file in WMP it gets displayed in 4:3.

I've tried numerous settings, but just can't get the video and audio muxed while maintaining the AR.
All bug reports must be in the MeGUI's Bug Tracker on sourceforge.
Otherwise they will be ignored.

[Carpo]

then buy a faster CPU. we cant do miracles (yet).
my Q6600 does me fine thanks, was mearly saying about the drop in fps between slow and slowest - no need for the sarky comment

[woeds]

All bug reports must be in the MeGUI's Bug Tracker on sourceforge.
Otherwise they will be ignored.

If this is a MeGUI bug then I'll gladly submit a bug report. But seeing that it also happens with mkvmerge, I thought that it had to do with the .mkv container, or something that I did wrong.

[#2]

@ #2

You can put your x264 videos in avis (by using avc2avi and then muxing them) and use MPC with the internal avi splitter enabled, or you could use virtualdub to go back and forth.

Decreasing the GOP-size will indeed make your player more responsive when going back.


Thanks jmartinr. Is there a problem with seeking in mp4 and mkv containers?

What would be a reasonable gop size range?

[Sharktooth]

If this is a MeGUI bug then I'll gladly submit a bug report. But seeing that it also happens with mkvmerge, I thought that it had to do with the .mkv container, or something that I did wrong.
in that case you should report that behaviour to the mkvtoolnix devs

[spotter]

I am trying to encode regular dvd (tv shows) with megui and use the one click encoder, but am having an issue in that I don't quite understand how to do this right.

I don't want to resize or crop (therefore I want to end up with an 853x480 video as it displays in mplayer when I play the VOBs). With AutoMKV I can do this by just selecting it's anamorphic option and telling it to use original resolution.

however, one click encoder forces me to select a resolution.

any ideas?

[jmartinr]

Thanks jmartinr. Is there a problem with seeking in mp4 and mkv containers?

What would be a reasonable gop size range?

There's no problem with seeking in mkv and mp4, but going back frame by frame doesn't always work. That depends on splitter, decoder (use ffdshow) and player. I just found these solutions to work.

The slower your computer is the smaller your GOP-size must be. Try it, it doesn't work really smooth and flawless.

You can download and try one of my files (with keyint 125, still quite large, I tried to keep the files small) from: http://www.nkbv.nl/sportklimmen/media/Wedstrijdvideos/4237.html

[Sharktooth]

I am trying to encode regular dvd (tv shows) with megui and use the one click encoder, but am having an issue in that I don't quite understand how to do this right.

I don't want to resize or crop (therefore I want to end up with an 853x480 video as it displays in mplayer when I play the VOBs). With AutoMKV I can do this by just selecting it's anamorphic option and telling it to use original resolution.

however, one click encoder forces me to select a resolution.

any ideas?
The DVD resolution is 720*xxx (where xxx depends on PAL or NTSC) and it's encoded anamorphically.
So in Advanced config, select 720 as resolution and check Signal AR.

[#2]

There's no problem with seeking in mkv and mp4, but going back frame by frame doesn't always work. That depends on splitter, decoder (use ffdshow) and player. I just found these solutions to work.

I tried your advice with avc2avi and it worked. Thanks. It would be nice to be able to frame step backwards with mkv containers as well.

Any one got a player, splitter, decoder set up that can frame step backwards with mkv containers? Or would mp4 be better.

Thanks again.

[jmartinr]

Any one got a player, splitter, decoder set up that can frame step backwards with mkv containers? Or would mp4 be better.

Thanks again.
You can also take up the habit of going back one key frame and then frame step forward. Works with MPC (Shift Left) with its internal MP4 and MKV splitters.

If you find other solutions I would really like to know about them. :cool:

[jmartinr]

Any one got a player, splitter, decoder set up that can frame step backwards with mkv containers? Or would mp4 be better.
It just came back to me that I did some testing with zoomplayer a long time ago. And it works/does what you want. Just 2 minutes ago I retried with an MP4 and an MKV and it works (using zoomplayer 5.01, a bit old, ffdshow and Haali Media Splitter).

I just got so used to always using MPC that I totally forgot about zoomplayer being able to do frame step backwards too.

A newer version of zoomplayer will probably be able to do the same trick. :)

[PlazzTT]

Small bug I think with Kurtnoise13's build (when the B-Frames part was moved to the Main tab to introduce AQ in the Advanced tab): In the x264 configuration dialog, changes made to settings in the B-Frames section of the main tab aren't reflected in the command line display below (until you open the dialog again. The changes to the settings are saved okay.)

[Sharktooth]

yep, i think that build was made just to show the new b-frames options placement.
dont use it for "production" ;)

[Knuffi]

Did I miss an update of MeGUI 3?
There were several complaints about the unnecessary update message of MeGUI about .Net 2.0 SP1 in combination with Vista SP1 (the log page showes .Net SP1). I thought, I read something about "the next update will fix it". This was some weeks ago. As I still have 0.3.0.1004 and nothing changed in weeks, I put a bug in the bug tracker:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=798476&aid=1940923&group_id=156112 But the bug was closed without any comment. :confused:

[Sharktooth]

no... still no updates.
the bug is fixed though (the stable version is just working without problems) and it will not be present in the next builds.
Remember megui 0.3.x is a developmental and unstable version while 0.2.x is stable and working.

[Knuffi]

Ok - thanks for the info and the fix ... I will wait then.
I just thought, that it will be fixed in 0.2.x and 0.3.x simultaneously.

[Sharktooth]

there was no 0.3.x build since it is missing some stuff (profiles refactor)
once the refactor is complete i will make new 0.3.x builds.

[Neillithan]

I get an error during second pass encoding and I don't know why.

I am using the fully updated MeGUI 0.2.6.1046.

I input an AviSynth script which has uncompressed video and no audio.

I am using CE-Baseline profile. The only modified value is the bitrate, which I chose to be 800. It encodes the first pass just fine, but then the 2nd pass simply says "error" and it is not specific at all. Log file says nothing.

Edit: Log File (http://pastebin.com/d5d180ed3)

[Sharktooth]

you better post the logfile... even if you say it says nothing...

[GurkGager]

Hi. Im new to this program and encoding in h264 so please excuse me if this is a really stupid question. I have a DVD that i want to rencode to h264 nad keep the DD sound and mux them ino a MKV file. I have demuxed the audio and i have made the avisyth script using the editor included in MeGUI.

My problem is when im encoding the video. The first pass works fine. However the secound pass is aborted and the file is never finished. In the Queue window is just say "error" with no futher explanation. I have tried several times and it alsways end up with error, but no errormessages. The strange thing is that the encoding can runm for everything from 10minutes to 45min. Once i got to about 40% but most of the time, it end at 10-20% completion.

Am i doing somthing wrong? Can it be because im changing resolution? The orginial DVD is in 720x480. But the aspect ratio gets wacked, so im using 720x400 (16:9).

Please guys. I need some help here.

Log file say this:
Log for job job8

Job commandline: "D:\DVD\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 3000 --stats "F:\Test\cloverfield.stats" --ref 10 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 16 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --filter -2,-1 --subme 6 --trellis 2 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-dct-decimate --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "F:\Test\cloverfield.mp4" "F:\Test\cloverfield.avs"
avis [info]: 720x400 @ 23.98 fps (121798 frames)
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 Cache64
mp4 [info]: initial delay 2002 (scale 24000)

------------------------------------------------------

End of log for job8
------------------------------------------------------

[Neillithan]

Am i doing somthing wrong?

Absolutely not. I get the same error and the log file says nothing relevant. There is something wrong with the latest version of MeGUI.

[Sharktooth]

it's not megui.
try updating x264. i just uploaded a newer version to the auto-update server.
also, if you're using vista ensure you run megui with admin rights.

[GurkGager]

I updated and tried again. It worked to abour 45% abd then rhe same error. Im using XP SP2.

[Sharktooth]

then the problem must be somewhere on your side since i finished encoding a whole movie right now and it works perfectly.
i suggest you to run some memory tests (memtest86 for example) and some "burn-in" system tests to ensure your system is stable when heavily stressed.

[nhope]

I have found that x264 mp4 files encoded in MeGUI (DXVA-SD-HQ profile without b-pyramid merged with PS3-XBOX profile) will crash Sony Vegas Pro 8.0b if they have no audio, or will only show the audio in Vegas Pro 8.0b if they are muxed with audio in MeGUI (in which case Vegas gives the message "video stream attributes could not be determined").

On the other hand if I encode with x264vfw in VirtualDub and mux in Yamb then the file opens perfectly in Vegas Pro.

They both play fine in Quicktime and VLC.

If I open the MeGUI-encoded mp4 in Vegas 7 it is reportedly decoded by the Quicktime decoder qt7plug.dll. If I open the x264vfw-encoded mp4 in Vegas 7 it is reportedly decoded by the MainConcept decoder mcmp4plug.dll but shows a blank green screen (but at least doesn't crash like it does in Vegas Pro 8).

What is going on here? What is different in these files or how can I find out what is different? Is there a way to change the settings in MeGUI to make the files compatible with Vegas, or is there some post-processing I can do to fix them?

Thanks!

[jmartinr]

is there some post-processing I can do to fix them?

How does this one do (one of your files remuxed by me): http://members.home.nl/jmartinr/new%20with%20dimensions%20no%20par.mp4

[EDIT] Something went wrong with my upload. Fixed it. You can retry now. :)

[nhope]

How does this one do (one of your files remuxed by me): http://members.home.nl/jmartinr/new%20with%20dimensions%20no%20par.mp4

[EDIT] Something went wrong with my upload. Fixed it. You can retry now. :)
That one still only shows the audio in Vegas i'm afraid, with the same message "video stream attributes could not be determined".

I think the problem must be before the muxing stage as the crashes are happening with files that contain no audio. There's something different about the x264 file that x264vfw is endoding/wrapping from the x264 that x264/MeGUI is encoding/wrapping but I don't know what it is.

Gspot container for the x264vfw version is showing:

isom MP4 Base Media v1 [ISO 14496-12-2003]
-avc1: MP4 Base w/ AVC ext [ISO 14496-12:2005]
...

but for the MeGUI version those lines are the other way around:

-avc1: MP4 Base w/ AVC ext [ISO 14496-12:2005]
isom MP4 Base Media v1 [ISO 14496-12-2003]
...

Could this be relevant and how would I change it if it is?

[poisondeathray]

@nhope:

run avinaptic on both files (working & non-working in vegas); it will give you lots of information, and perhaps show a difference in settings that you used between the vfw, and cli version

[nhope]

Thanks for the avinaptic tip. Useful utility.

OK so I've narrowed this down now.

x264 in MeGUI with default x264 settings will not crash Vegas, but with the PD-PS3-Xbox360 profile does crash Vegas.

There's a lot of differences in the profiles to work through to find the culprit. Which settings in the PS3-Xbox profile should I try resetting to default first?

[nhope]

CE-QuickTime profile does not crash Vegas so the problem is in the difference between that profile and PS3-Xbox.

Edit: CE-Mainprofile is OK too.

[poisondeathray]

@nhope

CE-QuickTime has 1 B-frame, no I 8x8 vs. PS3-Xbox profile has 3 B-frame, yes I 8x8; this might be the difference causing Vegas to act that way.

Edit: I just check vfw x.264 default settings and I 8x8 is enabled by default, and earlier you said it imported into Vegas fine - so this suggests the problem might be >1 B-frame

[Sharktooth]

Try mixed-refs

[kumi]

The aspect ratio is recognized and I get a 16:9 image like I should.
As soon as I take my video-only mkv file, and mux in the audio, the aspect ratio gets lost.
Using the --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1126498#post1126498) mkvmerge option should fix your problem.

I think this MKVMerge option should be made default in MeGUI. Or at the very limit, make it default for anamorphic jobs?

[Napa]

In trying to track down why some of my MeGUI sessions were failing, I noticed the following:

If I use the 'D2V Creator' function in MeGUI, the d2v file starts with:
Stream_Type=1
MPEG_Type=2
iDCT_Algorithm=6
YUVRGB_Scale=1
Luminance_Filter=0,0
Clipping=0,0,0,0
Aspect_Ratio=4:3
Picture_Size=720x480
Field_Operation=1
Frame_Rate=23976 (24000/1001)
Location=0,0,0,21203e

If I use DGIndex standalone on exactly the same file, the d2v file starts with:
Stream_Type=1
MPEG_Type=2
iDCT_Algorithm=6
YUVRGB_Scale=1
Luminance_Filter=0,0
Clipping=0,0,0,0
Aspect_Ratio=4:3
Picture_Size=720x480
Field_Operation=0
Frame_Rate=29970 (30000/1001)
Location=0,0,0,21203e

If I interpret this correctly, something that MeGUI does is causing a difference in Frame Rate. Since MediaInfo also says the frame rate is 29.97, I'm inclined to believe DBIndex.

But if anyone can shed some light on this, I'd appreciate it.

[Sharktooth]

MeGUI uses dgindex ... an old version though. We should update the code to support the latest one.

[nhope]

@nhope

CE-QuickTime has 1 B-frame, no I 8x8 vs. PS3-Xbox profile has 3 B-frame, yes I 8x8; this might be the difference causing Vegas to act that way.

Edit: I just check vfw x.264 default settings and I 8x8 is enabled by default, and earlier you said it imported into Vegas fine - so this suggests the problem might be >1 B-frame
Thanks. I tracked down the Vegas problem to Adaptive DCT / I8x8. It crashes if you try to open a file encoded with that option.

I'm now using my own "compatibility" profile, intended for good quality but general compatibility with media players and non-linear editors, which gives these x264 options:

--pass 2 --bitrate 1000 --stats ".stats" --ref 5 --mixed-refs
--bframes 3 --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --subme 6
--trellis 1 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --me umh --threads auto --thread-input
--progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

Despite fixing the crashing, I still have only audio showing in Vegas if the file is muxed in MeGUI. Will examine the AVInaptic comparison as advised.

[jmartinr]

@nhope

In GSpot the original file gives a size of 720 x 540. The remuxed version gives 720 x 544, and so does VLC. :confused:
This needs some looking into. Also because I did the remux trick (with different dimensions, DV/DVD) already about 50 times without problems. Some encoders can generate a mod 16 video and later have some pixels cropped. I don't think x264 does that.

Do MP4Box or MP4Creator-QTF require/generate mod 16 video dimensions?

[nhope]

Will get back to the AR issue later today, jmartinr.

I've done a lot more testing and now come to these surprising conclusions re compatibility of x264 in Sony Vegas Pro:

If there is audio muxed with the video then I8x8 is compatible but b-frames cause only the audio stream to be displayed in Vegas and no video. This is true whether the file is encoded in MeGUI or with x264vfw in VirtualDub.

However the situation is different if there is no audio muxed with the video, and it differs depending on where the file is encoded:

Case 1: No audio, mp4 encoded in MeGUI:

b-frames are OK but I8x8 crashes Vegas.

Case 2: No audio, mp4 encoded in x264vfw in VirtualDub:

I8x88 is OK but b-frames cause the file not to open in Vegas. In other words effectively the opposite of case 1.

In all cases I'm using x264 core 59 r819bm. The mp4box muxing command line is the same in all cases. I've attempted to make the x264 settings as identical as possible and studied the AVInaptic reports to check but still the encoded files behave differently in Vegas depending on whether they were encoded with x264 or x264vfw.

All the encodes that work in Vegas are reportedly decoded by qt7plug.dll (Quicktime codec) whereas H264 encoded by the Sony AVC or MainConcept AAC/AVC codecs in Vegas, are decded by mcmp4plug.dll (MainConcept codec). I wonder if there is something I could write into an x264 mp4 file to make it get decoded by the MainConcept codec in Vegas instead of the Quicktime codec. Any ideas?

Another question... If I sacrifice b-frames completely ( for Vegas compatibility (with audio) would I be losing a lot of quality/compressibility?

[jmartinr]

@nhope
Remuxed file works in VLC when using OpenGL as output module. Using the default DirectX module it shows a dark screen.

Lots of different issues now. :mad:

[vega22]

Every time I try to use the Adaptive Muxer for mux h264 .mp4 video (of course created by Megui), I get this error message:

Determining type failed
Unable to determine type of input video. Mux path finding cannot continue. Your video could well be corrupt

For this reason I always use the mp4 muxer, 0 problems...but I would like to know the reason for that error. Thanks

[Sharktooth]

this report is useless without the megui version...

[vega22]

this report is useless without the megui version...

Sorry...I have now the 0.3.0.0. But I use Megui from very longtime, and always I get the same error.

PS: Just i try with 0.2.6.1046. The same error.

[Sharktooth]

Dont use 0.3.0.0...
however post a bugreport on SF about the mux path.

[jmartinr]

@nhope

MP4Creator-QTF somehow introduces an error with non mod 16 values. Leading GSpot and VLC to to believe it's mod 16. Media Info still shows the right values. This might well cause the black screen in VLC with Directx output. Just reproduced with an normally non-problematic video where I cropped 4 pixels off before encoding.

Since I use SD dimensions I didn't encounter it before. You on the other hand have a problem. Until now I didn't find another workaround to get the flash player full screen aspect ratio right. It amazes me that I haven't found more, cause there should be more people with this problem, now MP4 is available in flash player.

You could crop something off, or add 4 pixels to work around the MP4Creator-QTF quirk.

[vega22]

Dont use 0.3.0.0...
however post a bugreport on SF about the mux path.

PS: Just i try with 0.2.6.1046. The same error.

Ok, i go to SF

[nhope]

@nhope

MP4Creator-QTF somehow introduces an error with non mod 16 values. Leading GSpot and VLC to to believe it's mod 16. Media Info still shows the right values. This might well cause the black screen in VLC with Directx output. Just reproduced with an normally non-problematic video where I cropped 4 pixels off before encoding.

Since I use SD dimensions I didn't encounter it before. You on the other hand have a problem. Until now I didn't find another workaround to get the flash player full screen aspect ratio right. It amazes me that I haven't found more, cause there should be more people with this problem, now MP4 is available in flash player.

You could crop something off, or add 4 pixels to work around the MP4Creator-QTF quirk.

Ah I just read this since I pm'd you effectively saying I was giving up. Well yes, mod 16 should help x264 compressibility too. I could crop or add as you say, or just use 1024x576 (getting BIG) or 768x432 (see here for optimal frame sizes (http://www.flashsupport.com/books/fvst/files/tools/video_sizes.html)). But then I lose the "niceness" of deinterlacing to exactly half height (1080 > 540).

Err.. before I put any more time into getting anamorphic encoding displaying correctly on Flash/WMP/Quicktime/VLC ... does anyone know if WMP will display anamorphic mp4 at the correct AR at all?

[jmartinr]

does anyone know if WMP will display anamorphic mp4 at the correct AR at all?

If you use ffdshow with the correct settings or coreavc it will.

[nhope]

OK but not on default WMP no matter what is set in the file, right?

[jmartinr]

OK but not on default WMP no matter what is set in the file, right? It won't play at all, that's correct.

[Napa]

I have two systems on which I run MeGUI. Both are version 0.2.6.1046 updated with the latest updates. As far as I can tell, both MeGUIs are configured identically.

One system is consistently successful. The other used to work well but for the last month or two has begun to fail every time I try to encode something. It fails during x264 Pass 2. The location on the error report does not seem to be consistent from one failure to the next.

Both systems are Windows XP SP2. It seems counter-intuitive to me, but the system that's failing has a faster processor, more memory and faster disks than the system that is consistently successful.

Can anyone with more experience give any suggestions on where to look for the problem?

[alfixdvd]

raezr read message #2113, the question is answered by sharktooh

[Sharktooth]

I have two systems on which I run MeGUI. Both are version 0.2.6.1046 updated with the latest updates. As far as I can tell, both MeGUIs are configured identically.

One system is consistently successful. The other used to work well but for the last month or two has begun to fail every time I try to encode something. It fails during x264 Pass 2. The location on the error report does not seem to be consistent from one failure to the next.

Both systems are Windows XP SP2. It seems counter-intuitive to me, but the system that's failing has a faster processor, more memory and faster disks than the system that is consistently successful.

Can anyone with more experience give any suggestions on where to look for the problem?
there is a big chance the problems you're expecting are due to system instabilities.
run a memory test tool (memtest86) and a burn-in test tool to stress test your system.

[unskinnyboy]

Here's something which is quite annoying -

You know how you could open the Avisynth script creator and crop/resize the video while having the internal video player open and remaining on top so that you can see the effects of the crop/resize as you do them? Well, this doesn't work if the main MeGUI window is maximized. If the main window is maximized, the moment you touch crop/resize, the video player stops being on top and gets minimized to the task bar. This shouldn't happen, ideally.

Can this be fixed?

[loom91]

Hi,

I'm trying to encode a .VOB file (no accompanying .IFO files, not ripped by me) into x264. I used the guide at MeWiki and followed each step carefully. However, there are two problems:

1)When I try to encode the audio to AAC, the job listing in the que shows error in status and does not start. Encoding to mp3 however works fine.

2)After encoding (with autocrop selected to remove black bars, and no resize), the aspect ratio is distorted. I've attached a comparison of snapshots from the original .vob and the encoded x264-mp4 files, taken with VLC.

3)When I try to mux the video and the audio to Matroska with the adaptive muxer, I get the error message "Unable to determine input type. The video may well be corrupted." However, the video plays fine in VLC (except the aspect ratio issue mentioned above).

What's going wrong, and how can I fix it? I'm an absolute newbie at this business, so explanations will be very helpful. Thanks a lot for your help.

Molu

[nurbs]

1) What is the exact error message? If you are trying to encode with nero you need to download the aac encoder from their homepage.

2) Lots of DVDs are anamorphic. Either you resize after croping to the correct aspect ratio, or you select "clever anamorphic encoding" in the avs generator. If you just want to get rid of the black bars do the latter.

3) No idea.

[saint-francis]

I have some questions:

1) What exactly does the "source is anime" function do and why isn't the need for it detected by MeGUI? I am about to try encoding my second animated movie and I don't know if I should check this function as the source is HD and looks like it has a lot of CGI (Appleseed Ex - Machina). The only cartoon I have encoded before was Akira and I left this option alone because I know that it is a full 24 fps. Was that correct of me?

2) I have some confusion about the vobsubber. If I install vobsub I can obviously use the vobsubber but if I use VSFilter I can't. Word on the street is that VSFilter is an up to date version of vobsub, so I would obviously want to use this for my playback. Do you see my dilemma? What to do? :confused:

[poisondeathray]

1)When I try to encode the audio to AAC, the job listing in the que shows error in status and does not start. Encoding to mp3 however works fine.

2)After encoding (with autocrop selected to remove black bars, and no resize), the aspect ratio is distorted. I've attached a comparison of snapshots from the original .vob and the encoded x264-mp4 files, taken with VLC.

3)When I try to mux the video and the audio to Matroska with the adaptive muxer, I get the error message "Unable to determine input type. The video may well be corrupted." However, the video plays fine in VLC (except the aspect ratio issue mentioned above).


1) Did you set up the program paths for neroaacenc.exe? options => settings => program paths => audio tab

2) You have to signal DAR in the .avs script. For example, for a 4:3 DAR

global MeGUI_darx = 4
global MeGUI_dary = 3

3) Try the MKV muxer or MP4 muxer in the tools

[sp99]

Hello,

I'm trying to convert my HD DVDs' (VC1) to AVC so I can stream them to my PS3. I've tried various profiles such as the PS3 one and the blue ray version and both give a flickering / blocking effect in the out of focus background. I've ramped up the bit rate ~ 22M average and VBV 38M and it still is apparent.
(projecting them on a 80" diagonal so I want to keep as much quality as possible)

I read about crf and managed to encode one film (insideman) at crf 18 which looks really good and has none of the background 'mush' by using the CQ-ASP_Q2_eq(crf) profile.

A few weeks later I've tried to use crf again and everytime the encodes just starts to 'breakaway' and after about 15mins the predicted/end file size starts to increase massively - normally crashes or I quit it once it reaches 50+GB, has gone over 200GB. The original file is ~ 18GB.

Trying to play the aborted file shows it has a bit rate of over 200MB/s in some scenes. I tried again and restricted VBV but it didn't seem to make much difference.

I tested a small file ~ 30MB this worked OK.

I'm using the stable version which I re-downloaded and installed again yesterday with no difference.

Am I doing something wrong ?

[vazel]

Can someone please help me out. I ripped the DVD with DVDDecrypter, then used d2v tool, then used avisynth script creator, then clicked enqueue then start to encode the video but it just says error and doesn't do anything.

this is in the log "Job not started. Reason: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'Required file 'C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe' is missing.'" Why isn't it finding the .exe? I did all the updates. I reinstalled several times.

[rack04]

Can someone please help me out. I ripped the DVD with DVDDecrypter, then used d2v tool, then used avisynth script creator, then clicked enqueue then start to encode the video but it just says error and doesn't do anything.

this is in the log "Job not started. Reason: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'Required file 'C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe' is missing.'" Why isn't it finding the .exe? I did all the updates. I reinstalled several times.

Is the path to x264 set correctly in the MeGUI settings?

[vazel]

That directory does exist but all I found in the folder is a exe titled "x264.826.modified.exe". I also did a search for x264.exe on my computer in case it was installed to a wrong folder and there was none.

I renamed that file to x264.exe and it works now.

[psychohobbit]

2) You have to signal DAR in the .avs script. For example, for a 4:3 DAR

global MeGUI_darx = 4
global MeGUI_dary = 3


I believe I am having this same issue -- I convert from DVD video to mp4/x264 and select "clever anamorphic" with the "overcrop" option, and my resulting video is vertically stretched like the ones this poster showed.

Manually changing the DAR sounds like it may be the way to fix it -- but how do I know what the DAR should be?

In other words, should my DAR be the AR of the original DVD video (1.82:1), the actual image portion of that video (2.35:1), my PC monitor (4:3), or my TV (16:9)? Or some other value derived from some combination of these?

My goal is to convert DVD video to x264 .mp4 files that can be viewed on a PC or streamed to my PS3. How can I do that using "clever anamorphic" mode and still keep my aspect ratio correct?

Thanks. Pleaes forgive my n00b-ness... :-)

[Seraphic-]

Hi,

I have a few questions about MeGUI.

1st. How important is the MOD16 rule? I received an error that my source video was not MOD16 and that it would reduce quality. However, forcing MOD16 removes a lot of extra video space.

2nd. Why does it force me to use YV12 (4:2:0) when encoding with MeGUI? My source is YUY2 (4:2:2). Isn't that removing a lot of picture information?

[Sharktooth]

MOD16 is not necessary for x264 however compression will be slightly lower with non MOD16 resolutions. the message is just a warning. some avisynth filters may require MOD16 res though.
also x264 accepts only YV12 colorspace.

[Seraphic-]

also x264 accepts only YV12 colorspace.

I see. How much picture information is being lost when going from 4:2:2 to 4:2:0?

[Sharktooth]

moving from 4:2:2 to 4:2:0 means loosing 1/6th of the color information.
however modern video cards have a good interpolation so it's difficult to spot the difference.

[Audionut]

108 pages is a little to much to search through so i'll just ask. Is there any way to enable a verbose mode for the log.

I much prefer megui when it displayed quant stats etc.

[Octo-puss]

I would like to know whether it is a bug or not that video profiles are being updated even though I neither save them nor click update button, usually after throwing in some custom commands and pressing ok. Tried to set the files to read only, but that crashed MeGUI or maybe just generated some annoying chain of error messages upon quitting :)

[stanjr]

Has anyone had the error of "stats file not able to be renamed" when encoding 2-pass x264 in MeGUI?

On first pass a .stats.temp file is created and when it is done, it tries to rename that to just .stats and that is where the error above occurs. The second pass, therefore, doesn't start automatically. I can delete the first pass job out of the queue and rename the .stats.temp file myself, then start the second pass job manually, but that's kinda annoying. Is it some kind of permissions thing that I'm not allowing MeGUI to have in renaming temp files in Windows or something?

I am using the latest version of MeGUI (as of 4/28/08) and techouse's r839 build of x264.

[toytown]

I have a weird issue with megui and staxrip on my main computer (Vista 64bit), in that whilst playing about in the UI, it will lock up and i have to terminate it via taskmanager or click to bring up the application hang dialog.

On megui the problem is harder to replicate as it seems random, for instance i can click "AVS script generator" play around with 1 video save the settings and then click another, and it will freeze up, its random to a degree but it always freezes at the point where im clicking something in the UI, mostly an option like save/open that will popup the file open dialog. It happens with all the versions i have so far including 0.2.6.1046

On staxrip its a little easier for it to happen as i setup my first encode and thats perfect, then when i click "add" button on the "source files" dialog for the second, it will almost definetely 99% freeze.

Its definetely not staxrip/megui as i have the exact same versions on my MediaCenter encoding and there absolutely fine.
I work around the problem, by setting up a job, then closing the app, reopening the app and adding the next job and so on and so on.
Its definetely not the machine's stability (its not OC'd either) as i use the method above and then can set of encoding for days at a time and it never freezes or gives a bad encode. Like i said its a problem on my computer, that gets triggered whilst playing with the UI.

Anyways, just wondered if anybody else had the issue and knew the solution as its driving me nuts.

[tomos]

I have a weird issue with megui and staxrip on my main computer (Vista 64bit), in that whilst playing about in the UI, it will lock up and i have to terminate it via taskmanager or click to bring up the application hang dialog.

On megui the problem is harder to replicate as it seems random, for instance i can click "AVS script generator" play around with 1 video save the settings and then click another, and it will freeze up, its random to a degree but it always freezes at the point where im clicking something in the UI, mostly an option like save/open that will popup the file open dialog. It happens with all the versions i have so far including 0.2.6.1046

On staxrip its a little easier for it to happen as i setup my first encode and thats perfect, then when i click "add" button on the "source files" dialog for the second, it will almost definetely 99% freeze.

Its definetely not staxrip/megui as i have the exact same versions on my MediaCenter encoding and there absolutely fine.
I work around the problem, by setting up a job, then closing the app, reopening the app and adding the next job and so on and so on.
Its definetely not the machine's stability (its not OC'd either) as i use the method above and then can set of encoding for days at a time and it never freezes or gives a bad encode. Like i said its a problem on my computer, that gets triggered whilst playing with the UI.

Anyways, just wondered if anybody else had the issue and knew the solution as its driving me nuts.

megui freezes for me too during that point, and also when loading avs scripts, queuing it, and loading another. i pinned it down to me closing the preview window, so if i kept on doing that, then 3-4 scripts down the line, it would lock entirely.

i mean just opening AVS scripts to queue up, or saving newly created ones. closing that window *always* leads to a lock in megui for me. this is on 2 PC's running vistax64

[unskinnyboy]

Here's something which is quite annoying -

You know how you could open the Avisynth script creator and crop/resize the video while having the internal video player open and remaining on top so that you can see the effects of the crop/resize as you do them? Well, this doesn't work if the main MeGUI window is maximized. If the main window is maximized, the moment you touch crop/resize, the video player stops being on top and gets minimized to the task bar. This shouldn't happen, ideally.

Can this be fixed?
*bump*

Was this the wrong thread to post a bug? No one seems to have noticed this.

Also, found another thing - some tooltips under the Advanced tab of the x264 Video configuration dialog shows Error: No data available.

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2683/meguitooltiperrorxo1.png

[Kurtnoise]

It's because the strings to describe this option is empty. What do you suggest ?


About your problem with the preview : I'll see what can I do...

[saint-francis]

Bump:
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1130225&postcount=2135

Please, anybody? Particularly my question about the vobsuber.

[Avenger007]

Why does MeGUI report FPS as the last "processing rate" value shown in the status window just before encoding finishes and the window closes? Is that a bug; shouldn't it calculate the total frames / time taken? This is particularly annoying when priority is set to high. :angry:

Another question, is it normal for MeGUI to increase memory usage when a filter (like MC_Spuds) is used in the script when the script is enqueued but before the jobs are run? The memory increases as the number of jobs enqueued increases and can eventually use over 500GB of RAM just by adding jobs. :eek:

[vtn54]

Muxer windows don't show correctly in the higher DPIs:

http://i30.tinypic.com/29w273n.jpg

[Kurtnoise]

@vtn54 : yes, a known bug unfortunately.

@saint-francis : VSFilter has nothing to do with the vobsubber in MeGUI. It's just an avisynth filter...

@Avenger007 : about memory increase...I think it's due to the decoding filters chain used by the avisynth filters but I might be wrong here coz I haven't seen this here.

[saint-francis]

@saint-francis : VSFilter has nothing to do with the vobsubber in MeGUI. It's just an avisynth filter...


Which is an avisynth filter? Should I put vobsub.dll in the aisynth plugin folder? There is no way to set the program path to it. All I know is that if I don't have vobsub installed the vobsubber doesn't work. But I gather that there will be a conflict between VSFilter and vobsub if I have them both installed.

[Kurtnoise]

btw, which VSFilter version do you use ? I would like to reproduce the behaviour.

[loom91]

1) What is the exact error message? If you are trying to encode with nero you need to download the aac encoder from their homepage.

2) Lots of DVDs are anamorphic. Either you resize after croping to the correct aspect ratio, or you select "clever anamorphic encoding" in the avs generator. If you just want to get rid of the black bars do the latter.

3) No idea.

Okay, selecting anamorphic encoding when autocropping significantly lessened the problem, but did not remove it. There is still a slight horizontal stretching, as you can see in the following snapshots (taken with VLC). Is this some unavoidable artifact of the encoder? (mod16 resizing perhaps?) Thanks.

Molu

[unskinnyboy]

It's because the strings to describe this option is empty. What do you suggest ?

Adaptive DCT
------------
Enables the 8x8 DCT spatial transform.

Default Value: Disabled
Recommended Value: Enabled

I4X4
----
Enables the use of 4x4 sub-partitions in predicted macroblocks, for I-frames.

Default Value: Disabled
Recommended Value: Enabled

P4X4
----
Enables the use of 4x4 sub-partitions in predicted macroblocks, for P-frames. Improves compression by about 0.5%, at the cost of encoding speed. Requires P8X8 enabled.

Default Value: Disabled
Recommended Value: Disabled

P8X8
----
Enables the use of 8x8 sub-partitions in predicted macroblocks, for P-frames.

Default Value: Disabled
Recommended Value: Enabled

B8X8
----
Enables the use of 8x8 sub-partitions in predicted macroblocks, for B-frames.

Default Value: Disabled
Recommended Value: Enabled

About your problem with the preview : I'll see what can I do...

:thanks:

[saint-francis]

VSFilter.dll is just an avisynth filter whereas vobsub.dll is more than that.

btw, which VSFilter version do you use ? I would like to reproduce the behaviour.

I'm using cccp. It uses VSFilter for subtitle playback. I'm not sure what version it is because as far as I can gather it's a patched version of 2.37. Not the clsid 2.38.

[Kurtnoise]

Well...upload your VSFilter.dll somewhere. I don't want to install this pack.

btw, I tested VSFilter.dll 2.38 from guliverkli2 project and vobsub.dll from the VobSub package available in D9 dl section and I've got no problem. No conflicts each others...

The vobsubber in MeGUI uses and calls *only* vobsub.dll.


@unskinnyboy : it will be in the next revision. Thank you...

[saint-francis]

Here (http://www.mediafire.com/?typdflrxlge)it is.
I am assuming that since VSFilter is used for playback that it will conflict with vobsub. I haven't tested this. Are people generally installing the vobsub package and using that for playback and the vobsubber in MeGUI? Maybe I should just can CCCP and use vobsub for playback.

Thanks for your time Kurtnoise13.

[Kurtnoise]

well...I tested your VSFilter.dll on Vista and I've got no problem so far. Seems like the problem is on your side.


Personally, I used to use VSFilter for playback and vobsub.dll to extract idx/sub files.

[Kurtnoise]

Here's something which is quite annoying -

You know how you could open the Avisynth script creator and crop/resize the video while having the internal video player open and remaining on top so that you can see the effects of the crop/resize as you do them? Well, this doesn't work if the main MeGUI window is maximized. If the main window is maximized, the moment you touch crop/resize, the video player stops being on top and gets minimized to the task bar. This shouldn't happen, ideally.

Can this be fixed?
If I push the video preview always on top, is that ok for you ?

[unskinnyboy]

If I push the video preview always on top, is that ok for you ?Yes, I believe that would solve the issue. Thanks.

[Kurtnoise]

*Test me* (http://www.mediafire.com/?ru2xmuy9yyw)...:)

[unskinnyboy]

The video preview issue is fixed, thanks.

But, there are other issues/gripes now:


The tooltip text I've given for Adaptive DCT is not what I see there now. The text for I8X8 has been moved to Adaptive DCT, and the I8X8 tooltip left empty.

I had made a typo in the tooltip text I had given for P4X4 - it's predicted and not predicated. I had edited my post and fixed it, but I guess you copied over the text before I could get to it. Could you please fix? Sorry about the typo.

Is the (!) needed on the top-left for every tooltip? It just bloats up the tooltip text area.

The windows seem to have become too bright now:

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2870/meguimainwindowcs0.th.png (http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2870/meguimainwindowcs0.png)

It used to have a uniform shade - the color of the buttons in the above image. Can that be brought back? This brightness hurts the eyes.

[Kurtnoise]

Is it better now (http://www.mediafire.com/?zwxwdzni1ll) ?

[unskinnyboy]

I didn't think you would get to it so fast, and in between I had to kick off an encode. At 1.xx fps, this is going to take 3-4 days. Sorry about the delay, but as soon as this is done, I'll test the new version.

[unskinnyboy]

I'm afraid I spoke too soon about the video preview being fixed. Yes, that specific issue I had earlier was fixed by setting the video preview window to remain always on top, but now err...it's always on top. If I attempt to minimize the other MeGUI windows and browse the Internet, the video preview window doesn't get minimized and remains on top of my browser. Only way is to close the preview and then reopen when needed. i.e. it's a different kind of annoyance now.

Can the preview window be auto-minimized too if all other open windows are manually minimized? Either that or provide a minimize button for the preview window. Thanks.

[Kurtnoise]

Can the preview window be auto-minimized too if all other open windows are manually minimized?

Either that or provide a minimize button for the preview window. Thanks.
well...adding a minimize button to the preview window should be more easier than the auto-minimized stuff I'm pretty sure (yes, I'm lazy...;)). I'll add it later. :)


Don't forget also the ALT+TAB...

[unskinnyboy]

well...adding a minimize button to the preview window should be more easier than the auto-minimized stuff I'm pretty sure (yes, I'm lazy...;)). I'll add it later. :)Yes, I'm sure that would be much easier :thanks:. So if you want to put up a build with all the fixes discussed so far, I could test them all together, at the next possible opportunity.

Don't forget also the ALT+TAB...How would this help? I can swap windows, alright, but the preview window is still always on top!

[unskinnyboy]

*Test me* (http://www.mediafire.com/?ru2xmuy9yyw)...:)Just noticed that Zones option is missing from the x264 config dialog in this build.

[unskinnyboy]

Is it better now (http://www.mediafire.com/?zwxwdzni1ll) ?Got a chance to look at this one. Yes, this is better now. Two things still (both mentioned earlier):

Is the (!) and the text toolTip at the top needed for every tooltip?
Zones are missing from the x264 config dialog.


EDIT: Actually two more things:

You need to add a minimize button to the preview window (mentioned earlier).
The help button on the Avisynth script creator window should be Help, and not Hel (just noticed).

[stax76]

I think the normal way would be using Form.Owner instead of top most and minimize title bar button.

[Kurtnoise]

Got a chance to look at this one. Yes, this is better now. Two things still (both mentioned earlier):

Is the (!) and the text toolTip at the top needed
for every tooltip?
well...either we keep this way or we remove everything. We cannot choose the title and icon for a particular tooltip.

Zones are missing from the x264 config dialog.
It's not my top priority to add this right now...


btw, thanks for your tests. I'll try to upload a new build this weekend.

[unskinnyboy]

well...either we keep this way or we remove everything. We cannot choose the title and icon for a particular tooltip.I propose we remove everything. We don't need titles for the tooltips, and you don't need to specify that they are tooltips either. It's self-explanatory what they are.
It's not my top priority to add this right now...Any reason why it was removed, in the first place?

EDIT: Another question - why is the maximum number of B-frames for Xvid restricted to 4, in the Xvid configuration dialog?

[anonova]

Why does the Avisynth creator choose 47:20 (2.35:1) instead of 239:100 (2.39:1)?

[toytown]

Is it possible to get a debug version of megui? I get a lot of problems with the UI freezing up on my machine (the encoding is always fine), ive already bought it up in this forum, but im guessing most people dont have the issue, so i would love to be able to somehow find what it is and fix it.

Its almost always (maybe always) caused when i click SAVE AVS or open a video/audio file, so im guessing its something to do with the FileOpen prompts.

[stax76]

Debug version don't help I think, the .NET runtime should show a dialog with the exception if the application don't handle the exception. On freeze it's more difficult, I would guess some unmanaged library causing the freeze, maybe some AviSynth plugin. You would first have to find out how to reproduce it because you write 'maybe always', that implies it's arbitrary and that makes things a lot more difficult.

[toytown]

Megui and Staxrip both give me the same issue, so it could be related to AVIsynth or something they both use as its the only 2 apps i have freezes on.

In staxrip, i can load vob files in, click a profile and add a single movie to the jobs list ready for encode (i can preview/crop etc etc). When i click on add for the second movie, it will always freeze at the "Source Files" window when i click the ADD button. To get around this, i setup 1 job, then close staxrip and then reopen staxrip and add another job.

In megui, the problem is more frequent, for instance i can click AVS script creator and import a video, i can use the resize button, and if i click save, then it works. If i click the "preview AVS script" button after making changes, then when i click the SAVE button, it normally freezes. From the main menu in Megui if i click the Input AVS script button after using AVS script generator then it will freeze.

It at first appeared to be related to clicking the fileopen/filesave boxes as these are points at which it freezes on me, like i said encoding never fails and never freezes. This is with Vista64, the exact same input files have been used on my Vista32 machine and they run with no lockups.

When Megui freezes the window comes up not responding and i get the option to check for a solution/close/wait, i get the following information

MeGUI - Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: megui.exe
Application Version: 0.2.6.1046
Application Timestamp: 47eba5a1
Hang Signature: 96c3
Hang Type: 780
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Hang Signature 1: d28aac273863aea295699031280c53fb
Additional Hang Signature 2: 7e1e
Additional Hang Signature 3: eac75c80a8782d0a722cf2b356c49b70
Additional Hang Signature 4: 96c3
Additional Hang Signature 5: d28aac273863aea295699031280c53fb
Additional Hang Signature 6: 7e1e
Additional Hang Signature 7: eac75c80a8782d0a722cf2b356c49b70

When Staxrip freezes the window comes up not responding and i get the option to check for a solution/close/wait, i get the following information

STAXRIP - Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: StaxRip.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.1
Application Timestamp: 46596e81
Hang Signature: 9d28
Hang Type: 780
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Hang Signature 1: 08655354ba4025e90c831abc70463fc9
Additional Hang Signature 2: 8b4b
Additional Hang Signature 3: b10f432476cf4d9feb2d2746290ea755
Additional Hang Signature 4: 9d28
Additional Hang Signature 5: 08655354ba4025e90c831abc70463fc9
Additional Hang Signature 6: 8b4b
Additional Hang Signature 7: b10f432476cf4d9feb2d2746290ea755

Trying to solve the problem i downloaded the source-code for Megui, even though i dont know what im doing, i did manage to get 2.6.1046 running of Megui and trying to trace the same steps i used above to make it crash would give me the following error on my compiled version.

"MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed

Reason : Unable to load DLL 'AvisynthWrapper' : The specified module could not be found (Exception from HRESULT 0x8007007E) source exception : MeGUI stacktrace: at

MeGUI.AviSynthClip.dimzon_avs_destroy(IntPtr& avs)
at MeGUI.AviSynthClip.cleanup(Boolean disposing)"

So perhaps the culprit is AVIsynth somehow? I have reinstalled it several times, even going through the registry and folders to make sure its gone, but its one of the things that is common to both programs.

EDIT - It also happens on the latest build of Staxrip, i went back to using the older one because i didnt think it had a problem (as thats whats running on my 32Bit Vista).

[stax76]

If the encoding works then it it's probably not plugin related, you still could try to sweep the entire AviSynth plugin dir and just download the plugins StaxRip is asking for. If that don't work please make a bug report as described on the support (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/support)page, if it works please put back the old plugins one by one to find out which one causes the freeze. I can add a warning for this plugin then (there are already warnings for several plugins). At which point crashes StaxRip? If it's the file browsers, than it's probably a windows or .NET bug. The code executed when you click the 'Add' button but is:


Using d As New OpenFileDialog
d.Multiselect = True
d.Filter = g.GetFileDialogFilter("Video Files", s.VideoFileTypes)
d.InitialDirectory = s.LastSourceDir

If d.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
lb.Items.AddRange(d.FileNames.Sort.ToArray)
UpdateControls()
End If
End Using


I can actually see a bug there, setting 'InitialDirectory' with a non existing directory is known to be not tolarated by .NET or the OS or by some version of it. I had a bug report for that before and it seems I missed to search the entire code for that issue or reintroduced one. Quite possible this causes file open and file save dialogs to crash in both, staxrip and megui. I've uploaded a new beta fixing this so you might try if that was the problem.

[toytown]

I've uploaded a new beta fixing this so you might try if that was the problem

Thanx, i tried the new beta and unfortunately its even worse for me. I can start the process of adding an encode, by selecting the VOB files, then clicking through the preview/crop/etc dialogs. When i get to the prompt "Click on the Next Button to add a job", i click the next button and the Jobs window appears, but all the dialogs/buttons inside are blank and the app has frozen. This happens everysingle time, so using this version for me there is absolutely no way to add a job :(.

EDIT - I was going to post a bug report, but i never get the crash files even if i use the help menu to make one, it just opens the support page in firefox

[stax76]

You said it's Vista 64, right? I think I should get such a system and run some tests.

[toytown]

Correct my Vista32 build runs the programs with no faults and is doing the brunt of my encoding....but its also my HTPC, so i would really like to move encoding back to my 64bit machine in future. Somebody else in here posted that they were running 64bit and got exactly the same issues, so it could be related to the build, or could just be a bizarre issue thats got both of us :(.

If theres anything i can do to help to find the bug i would be willing to try.

[lubczyk]

How Do I delete workers in Megui? Megui keeps making a temporary worker. I and other people constantly use the computer for internet, typing, e-mail, et cetera and I want only one job being performed at any one time.

[toytown]

I believe its
1. Click Workers Tab
2. Click Workers Summary
3. When new window pops up, click the worker you want to disable and right click abort on it, obviously if a job is there, it will be aborted. This should remove the worker from Megui

[lubczyk]

I believe its
1. Click Workers Tab
2. Click Workers Summary
3. When new window pops up, click the worker you want to disable and right click abort on it, obviously if a job is there, it will be aborted. This should remove the worker from Megui


Thank you for the help. I really appreciate it!!!:thanks:

[Seraphic-]

Hi,

What is the correct format to use "Downmix Multichannel to Dolby Pro Logic II?
I tried a six channel multi-channel WAV, but it keeps returning an error with nothing in the log for a reason.

Here is the raw multi-channel if anyone wants to try. (http://www.temp.seraphicgate.com/testwav.rar)

Thanks

[EuropeanMan]

for any NEW VERSION of MeGUI, can you PLEASE keep the bitrate calculator from version 2.5? i need to do EXACT MB encodings...not get rounded up to the next GB as it shows in 2.6 & also 3 beta version?

[NexGen76]

Hello Guys im a noob at this but is there a guide it installing Megui on Vista.This is my first time every dealing with Vista.Also what Frame server do i need 2.0 like windows? Thxs

[Atak_Snajpera]

What is your problem? You should try yourself and then ask.

[stax76]

@NexGen76

On Vista it might not be much different to XP, you might have to run it as admin because on Vista by default applications run with limited privilegs and MeGUI might have problems with that. You simply right-click the executable and select Run As Administrator. As noob it's a good idea to read some tutorials, google for megui tutorial or megui guide.

[NexGen76]

What is your problem? You should try yourself and then ask.


Because im having PC built & i will have it by this weekend thats why i ask so how can i try if i don't have the system...Simple question simple answer....



Thxs alot Stax.

[tph]

I'm getting "Job creation aborted due to invalid AviSynth script" when enqueueing a 1920x1080 avs for x264 encoding. x264 handles the file fine by adding extra lines and setting crop flags but I cannot do this through MeGUI which is a shame. The error goes away when changing to a mod16 resolution in the avisynth script.

Is there any way to use MeGUI to encode non-mod16 resolutions?

[fleon]

So I extracted the audio of an avi file with yamb but now I wanna cut it, but I dont know how can I do it, in megui there is a part named audio cutter but it ask for a cut file, and I dont have it, so how can I do it? or if it a another way apart from megui, I'll glad if someone could point me that out

[Kurtnoise]

Actually two more things:

You need to add a minimize button to the preview window (mentioned earlier).
The help button on the Avisynth script creator window should be Help, and not Hel (just noticed).

ok done...but not committed yet.


If you have some time, could you put here some tooltips for the xvid compressor settings ? I would like to update this. :)

[Kurtnoise]

What is the correct format to use "Downmix Multichannel to Dolby Pro Logic II?
I tried a six channel multi-channel WAV, but it keeps returning an error with nothing in the log for a reason.

Here is the raw multi-channel if anyone wants to try. (http://www.temp.seraphicgate.com/testwav.rar)

please, cut your wav file...only ~10Mb is sufficient.

[Kurtnoise]

Is there any way to use MeGUI to encode non-mod16 resolutions?
why would you like to do that ?

[tph]

why would you like to do that ?

Encode source material without having to crop. For example, FRAPS'ed video at 1920x1080. x264 handles this fine, I don't see the purpose of preventing it in MeGUI.

[fleon]

So I extracted the audio of an avi file with yamb but now I wanna cut it, but I dont know how can I do it, in megui there is a part named audio cutter but it ask for a cut file, and I dont have it, so how can I do it? or if it a another way apart from megui, I'll glad if someone could point me that out

could someone please answer my question?

[unskinnyboy]

If you have some time, could you put here some tooltips for the xvid compressor settings ? I would like to update this. :)You should be able to purloin the text for most of them from Crusty's FAQ (http://www.geocities.com/atreya2011/Xvid-FAQ-Crusty-04-03-2004.pdf). ;) Some things have changed of course, that I can help update if you can give me an initial draft.

Also any answer to these questions/suggestions?

Is the (!) and the text toolTip at the top needed for every tooltip?
well...either we keep this way or we remove everything. We cannot choose the title and icon for a particular tooltip.
I propose we remove everything. We don't need titles for the tooltips, and you don't need to specify that they are tooltips either. It's self-explanatory what they are.
Any reason why zones were removed from both Xvid and x264 configuration dialogs?
Why is the maximum number of B-frames for Xvid restricted to 4, in the Xvid configuration dialog?

[unskinnyboy]

So I extracted the audio of an avi file with yamb but now I wanna cut it, but I dont know how can I do it, in megui there is a part named audio cutter but it ask for a cut file, and I dont have it, so how can I do it? or if it a another way apart from megui, I'll glad if someone could point me that outYou need to use AVS Cutter to generate the Cut file. See here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=946308#post946308) for more info.

[Kurtnoise]

Encode source material without having to crop. For example, FRAPS'ed video at 1920x1080. x264 handles this fine, I don't see the purpose of preventing it in MeGUI.
I'll see what I can do...

[Kurtnoise]

You should be able to purloin the text for most of them from Crusty's FAQ (http://www.geocities.com/atreya2011/Xvid-FAQ-Crusty-04-03-2004.pdf). ;) Some things have changed of course, that I can help update if you can give me an initial draft.
ooOo well...you know that I'm lazy. That's why I asked. :cool:


I propose we remove everything. We don't need titles for the tooltips, and you don't need to specify that they are tooltips either. It's self-explanatory what they are.
yes, this has been removed.

Any reason why zones were removed from both Xvid and x264 configuration dialogs?
some parts of the code have changed between the 0.2.xxx and the 0.3.xxx. It should be reintroduced soon.

Why is the maximum number of B-frames for Xvid restricted to 4, in the Xvid configuration dialog?
dunno...

[fleon]

You need to use AVS Cutter to generate the Cut file. See here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=946308#post946308) for more info.

The audio that I extracted from the video is an mp3 file at 128 kbps, and I did this avs cutter thing, by loading the avs file and selecting the part that I wanna cut from the video then I saved the cuts file(video and audio) but when i try to cut the audio it gives me an error and it just says that error

[unknownsoldierX]

I get this error when I open a m2ts file in the AviSynth Script Creator. The video opens, but then this pops up. I do not get any errors when I open the file in the main menu.

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/9326/meguini9.th.png (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meguini9.png)

[~bT~]

what's in the m2ts file? video type?

[unknownsoldierX]

what's in the m2ts file? video type?



General
ID : 0
Complete name : G:\Temp\BDROM\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : BluRay Video
File size : 17.0 GiB
Duration : 1h 55mn
Overal bit rate : 21.1 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4
Duration : 1h 55mn
Bit rate : 20.0 Mbps
Width : 1920 pixels
Height : 1080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Colorimetry : 4:2:0

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 55mn
Bit rate mode : CBR
Bit rate : 224 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

[unskinnyboy]

The audio that I extracted from the video is an mp3 file at 128 kbps, and I did this avs cutter thing, by loading the avs file and selecting the part that I wanna cut from the video then I saved the cuts file(video and audio) but when i try to cut the audio it gives me an error and it just says that errorAnd what does it say in the MeGUI log? Did you check that? But if you just want to cut an mp3 file, you can also use BeSplit (that's what the Audio Cutter uses) directly or mp3DirectCut (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/).

[loom91]

Okay, selecting anamorphic encoding when autocropping significantly lessened the problem, but did not remove it. There is still a slight horizontal stretching, as you can see in the following snapshots (taken with VLC). Is this some unavoidable artifact of the encoder? (mod16 resizing perhaps?) Thanks.

Molu

Please help me out. The screen shots are in page 108, the forum won't allow me to reattach them. Thanks a lot.

Molu

[LigH]

Sorry if already reported, I am in a little hurry...

Bug in MeGUI 0.3.0.1004: If you select the video encoding mode "Const. Quantizer", on a german Windows XP (using the comma as LOCALE dependent decimal separator) you get the x264 command line option "--qp ##,0", where the ",0" may be a fractional part, although a quantizer would usually be integer. And the spin control contains only an integer. This command line option confuses x264: "invalid argument: qp = ##,0"

In "Const. Quality" mode instead, the spin control shows a fractional number and spins in tenths, displaying a comma as (LOCALE dependent) decimal separator in the spin edit and the command line option "--crf ##.#" with decimal dot (the usual english number notation, as expected) - so this mode works well.

[Nightshiver]

A few small questions.

1. Is MeGUI compatible with Avisynth 2.5.8 RC1?
2. In the audio encoding options in MeGUI, I use Nero Digital AAC. SO, I use one of the NDAAC profiles. In the config of any of those profiles, there's 3 options to upmix 2 channel to 5.1 using various methods. None of them work for me. I queue it, start it, and then it immediately stops and says "error". In the log, it doesn't tell me what the error is. So I suppose my question is, why doesn't the 2 channel to 5.1 options work?

[saint-francis]

A few small questions.

1. Is MeGUI compatible with Avisynth 2.5.8 RC1?
2. In the audio encoding options in MeGUI, I use Nero Digital AAC. SO, I use one of the NDAAC profiles. In the config of any of those profiles, there's 3 options to upmix 2 channel to 5.1 using various methods. None of them work for me. I queue it, start it, and then it immediately stops and says "error". In the log, it doesn't tell me what the error is. So I suppose my question is, why doesn't the 2 channel to 5.1 options work?

I'm sorry that I can't help you with question #2 since it sounds like an interesting venture but I know that AVISynth 2.5.8 works with MeGUI.

[Kurtnoise]

So I suppose my question is, why doesn't the 2 channel to 5.1 options work?
some directshow filters are missing probably...

[Dark Shikari]

why would you like to do that ?Because padding pixels manually is always worse than encoding in non-mod16?

[Kurtnoise]

I get this error when I open a m2ts file in the AviSynth Script Creator. The video opens, but then this pops up. I do not get any errors when I open the file in the main menu.
I doubt that you can open m2ts files in the main menu (or we don't have the same build)...


about your problem : try to rename it (00000.m2ts to my_file.m2ts) and load it once again.

[Kurtnoise]

Encode source material without having to crop. For example, FRAPS'ed video at 1920x1080. x264 handles this fine, I don't see the purpose of preventing it in MeGUI.
there is a warning pop-up message when you have this case and the possibility to bypass it (just check the box).

I can't remove this warning because it's also used for the other encoders (xvid, snow...).

[unknownsoldierX]

I doubt that you can open m2ts files in the main menu (or we don't have the same build)...


about your problem : try to rename it (00000.m2ts to my_file.m2ts) and load it once again.

To clarify, I open an AVS file on the main menu, not the m2ts file.

I renamed the file to myfile.m2ts and I get the same error when I try to open it in the script creator. Also, I forgot to mention, two Haali Media Splitter icons pop up in the system tray.

[tph]

there is a warning pop-up message when you have this case and the possibility to bypass it (just check the box).

I can't remove this warning because it's also used for the other encoders (xvid, snow...).

Not for me, I get the following error. However, I found a work-around (set a mod16 resolution in the .avs-file, enqueue, then change back to the native resolution before starting the queue) so it's not a big deal.

[Kurtnoise]

@tph : use imageshack or something else to upload images...

@unknownsoldierX : ok...I'll try later on my side but it's quite strange that you have 2 icons. Just move the mouse over there and one of them should disappear.

[Nightshiver]

some directshow filters are missing probably...


That's incredibly informative. (sarcasm) I have the latest FFdshow filters installed, so what would I be missing?

[Kurtnoise]

huh ?!!! how can I resolve your problem without having some infos ? I'm not a wizard you know...

btw, what kind of input file did you try ?

[tph]

@tph : use imageshack or something else to upload images...

Ah, here's the error I get:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2098/meguierrorka5.jpg

[Kurtnoise]

and your script ? what does it looks like ?

[Nightshiver]

Input file was a demuxed ac3 file. It came from a dvd and was stereo.

[tph]

and your script ? what does it looks like ?

I don't have the original .avs-file with 1920x1080 source resolution but this reproduces the "Job creation aborted due to invalid AviSynth script" error message:
AviSource("test.avi", audio=true)
\.Spline64Resize(1920, 1080)
\.ConvertToYV12()

This works fine:
AviSource("test.avi", audio=true)
\.Spline64Resize(1920, 1088)
\.ConvertToYV12()

Enqueueing using 1088, changing back to 1080, then starting the encode gives the correct result with proper crop flags set. I also tried to update AviSynth to 2.5.8 RC1 which made no difference.

[Kurtnoise]

Input file was a demuxed ac3 file. It came from a dvd and was stereo.
did you have soxfilter (http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/files/soxfilter_25_dll_20060102.zip) installed in your avisynth plugins directory ?

[Kurtnoise]

Ah, here's the error I get:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2098/meguierrorka5.jpg

can't you see this warning before your error message ?

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2600/warning30052008214157ct4.th.png (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=warning30052008214157ct4.png)

if yes, check the case "Don"t ask me this again", click on yes and reload your avs script.

[Nightshiver]

No, but it works now that I do have it. But the first option, the "Stereo to 5.1 using SuperEQ" still doesn't work. I tried searching google but didn't find any download links to it.

[tph]

can't you see this warning before your error message ?
Nope, I only get the error message that i posted. (It's possible that I have clicked the checkbox earlier, that's probably why that dialog doesn't show up)

[tph]

Ah never mind. I reinstalled and I don't get that error anymore. Strange.

Thanks for the help anyway :)

[Kurtnoise]

No, but it works now that I do have it. But the first option, the "Stereo to 5.1 using SuperEQ" still doesn't work. I tried searching google but didn't find any download links to it.
I think it's a bug in the avs script creation...I'm ckecking it.

@tph : you're welcome. :)

[loom91]

Okay, selecting anamorphic encoding when autocropping significantly lessened the problem, but did not remove it. There is still a slight horizontal stretching, as you can see in the following snapshots (taken with VLC). Is this some unavoidable artifact of the encoder? (mod16 resizing perhaps?) Thanks.

Molu

Please help me out. The screen shots are in page 108, the forum won't allow me to reattach them. Thanks a lot.

Molu

Could someone please answer my question? There's a lot of files I need to encode but can't untill this problem is resolved. Please help me out. Thanks.

Molu

[Carpo]

this is a strange one, when i play a dvd - it plays as 16:9, when dgindex looks at it it says 16:9, yet when i load the d2v into megui it says its 4:3, i have looked in the ifo and even that says 16:9, so do i leave the dar as what megui says or can i change it ? and the dgindex that comes with megui is misbehaving sometimes, it will make the d2v but then megui will fail to determine the source of the video, dgindex final gives no such problems, so poss it should go into the update for megui next time round ? :p

[Codex0nz]

Having a huge problem using megui in vista ultimate x64

Lame mp3 when starting to pass mp3 is incredibly slow (note this is not because of my system, amd 6000+ and 3g of ram lol)

Megui is set to run processes in normal priority. but anything it starts is always set to the lowest priority, even when changing it in task manager the passing process is still incredibly slow

Anyone got a fix?

[Kurtnoise]

@Codex0nz : LAME encoder is known to be slow...whatever the priorities you choose. So, it doesn't concern MeGUI.

@Carpo : update to the latest version needs to change also some parts in the code. Yes, it's planned but I've no timeline to give you.

@loom91 : yes, I think it's due to avoid such problems but you can crop manually.

[Carpo]

@Kurtnoise13

any idea on the other issue i posted about above ?

edit: nevermind after redoing the d2vs and looking at them the ar inside is saying 4:3, so dont know why dgindex is saying 16:9

[Kurtnoise]

the first option, the "Stereo to 5.1 using SuperEQ" still doesn't work.
fixed in revision 511.

[Codex0nz]

@Codex0nz : LAME encoder is known to be slow...whatever the priorities you choose. So, it doesn't concern MeGUI.

@Carpo : update to the latest version needs to change also some parts in the code. Yes, it's planned but I've no timeline to give you.

@loom91 : yes, I think it's due to avoid such problems but you can crop manually.
i find it strange, it took 15 minutes to do 1%

with autogk it took 5 minutes to process a 2 hour long movies audio :S thats why i thought it was megui relevant sorry

[Carpo]

anyone have any idea what might cause the error - source detection couldn't determine source type? - trying to backup ghost in the shell 2nd gig and this is happening on ep25, yes im doing the discs backwards atm :p ep 24 and 26 dont seem to be an issue. should i re-rip the individual ep and try again, although i think i have already tried that (was much beer drinking last night ;) )

It seems to be doing this to 1 ep on each disc :( - have tried dvdfab and fixitforme nothing seems to find any issues with the disc

[Nightshiver]

Where is the download for revision 511?

[Octo-puss]

Where is ANY download link? :D

[Kurtnoise]

I'll post a build tomorrow...

[Codex0nz]

ok i left lame mp3 going and its taken 1 hour 55 minutes and 43 seconds to do 4.37%/ 3 minutes 52 out of a 1 hour 28 ac3 file.

surely that cant be normal

[Carpo]

turn off windows index and windows search in the services section of the admin tools folder,if they are on they will try and update each time the file changes

[Kurtnoise]

I'll post a build tomorrow...
>> 0.2.6.1046 updated from today (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=MeGUI/&file=MeGUI-0.2.6.1046_20080601.zip)
>> 0.3.0.1004 updated from today (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=MeGUI/&file=MeGUI-0.3.0.1004_20080601.zip)


feedback about version 0.3.xx welcome as usual (I don't care about 0.2.xxx)...

[Codex0nz]

turn off windows index and windows search in the services section of the admin tools folder,if they are on they will try and update each time the file changes

i completely removed those features from vista when i slipstreamed sp1 into a new dvd lol so theyre already gone, just checked to make sure as well, something always goes wrongw ith me lol

oh and i am using 3.x

[Carpo]

try with 2.0.1046 (if you haven't already) and see if the same happens

[Codex0nz]

try with 2.0.1046 (if you haven't already) and see if the same happens

yeah got the exact same, im trying ac3 until i can fix it lol but i tried to use the adaptive muxer to merge the audio and the mkv video, and got this error, it worked fine when using the mkv muxer though but thought i should let you know anyway

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3717/66563518nx1.jpg

[Carpo]

i always use mkvtools to merge my audio and video :)

[unknownsoldierX]

>> 0.2.6.1046 updated from today (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=MeGUI/&file=MeGUI-0.2.6.1046_20080601.zip)
>> 0.3.0.1004 updated from today (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=MeGUI/&file=MeGUI-0.3.0.1004_20080601.zip)


feedback about version 0.3.xx welcome as usual (I don't care about 0.2.xxx)...

How do I get 0.3? Can I just overwrite the files for 0.2? Where can the full package for 0.3 be downloaded?

[rack04]

How do I get 0.3? Can I just overwrite the files for 0.2? Where can the full package for 0.3 be downloaded?

Change the AutoUpdate server to developmental.

Options->Settings->Extra config->Configure servers...

Then overwrite the files with the ones Kurtnoise13 posted.

[darkKlor]

just noticed an issue when i did a clean install on vista x64. the updater fails if you dont run as admin. need some code for privilege escalation. the error as a standard user is "Old version of data could not be backed up correctly".

[herlepras]

Dunno whats causing the problem,but im having problems when encoding a directshowsource file in mkv,
Source file is Xvid in Matroska
When i input this avs in megui

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\mt_masktools.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\VSFilter.dll")
DirectShowSource("E:\DOWNLOADS\1.mkv",fps=29.97000002997,convertfps=true)
ConvertToYV12()
TextSub("E:\DOWNLOADS\temp\1.ass")
#deinterlace
#crop
Spline36Resize(512,288) # Spline36 (Neutral)
#denoise
LimitedSharpenFaster(ss_x=1.5, ss_y=1.5, smode=4, strength=125, overshoot=1, undershoot=1)
FastLineDarkenMOD(thinning=0, strength=40)

Audio encode to NDAAc is fine,then comes the video part and megui suddenly crashes with lots of tray icons of ffdshow video decode+Haali

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9130/52396630fu8.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=52396630fu8.jpg)

Only four remain after the crash and thats because x264.exe continues to encode in the background........
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/286/85562413ek6.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=85562413ek6.jpg)

Why is this happening?
Is it CCCP?Is it ffdshow or Haali?
The thing is ,I had encoded the same file about a month ago when i didnt have CCCP,
I had installed CORE codec with haali and ffdshow with h.264 disabled in it and megui gave a good output then,the x264 version changed too from then,now its rev859,right?
Megui updated it just last week,
I uninstalled CCCP fully, and went back to the old setup of codecs,but the problem remains with lots of tray icons popping up!
The avs opens in VDUb and in mediaplayer,so i guess decoding is not a problem,only the encoding...
Any clues on whats wrong? :?


Nevermind,Found the answer,
Seems like Removegrain SSE3 crashes megui for no reason at all?
Replaced it with SSE2 and everythings fine now!

[Kurtnoise]

just noticed an issue when i did a clean install on vista x64. the updater fails if you dont run as admin. need some code for privilege escalation. the error as a standard user is "Old version of data could not be backed up correctly".
did you try the last builds I've linked just above ? They have some "improvements" for this...

[rack04]

I'm running Vista 32bit and I keep getting the tip to upgrade to latest .net framework but I'm already running the latest. I've even installed from the MeGUI link as the tip requested. Is this a bug?

[Carpo]

if your using 2.0.1046 (from update) then this should not happen, i know with kurts two builds above it does

[Codex0nz]

now im having an issue with my avisynth script:

DGDecode_mpeg2source("G:\DVD Rips\Neon Genesis Evan\VTS_01_1.d2v",info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true,interlaced=true)
Load_Stdcall_Plugin("E:\Games\Converting\megui\tools\yadif\yadif.dll")
Yadif(order=1)
crop( 32, 84, -30, -88)

BicubicResize(656,368,0,0.5) # Bicubic (Neutral)
#denoise

im getting the error with the line "Load_Stdcall_Plugin("E:\Games\Converting\megui\tools\yadif\yadif.dll")"

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

:S no idea whats gone wrong but i looked around and couldnt find anything that helped >_>

[Kurtnoise]

1/ which MeGUI version do you use ?
2/ which Avisynth version do you have ?

[Inspector.Gadget]

Hi everyone, I'm having a minor audio encoding problem. Using MeGUI 0.2.6.1046, I get an unspecified error encoding stereo AC3 to Nero AAC. Until recently this worked without issue.
Here is what the log shows me:

Starting job job1 at 9:58:04 PM

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 9:58:04 PM

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Log for job job1



Error:

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End of log for job1
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I used DGIndex directly to create my .D2V and demux the audio before trying to use MeGUI to encode the audio but I didn't change the .AC3 file name or anything.
Screenshot of AAC profile: http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/8096/screenhk8.th.png (http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenhk8.png)

Any ideas what the issue might be?

[rebkell]

Hi everyone, I'm having a minor audio encoding problem. Using MeGUI 0.2.6.1046, I get an unspecified error encoding stereo AC3 to Nero AAC. Until recently this worked without issue.
Here is what the log shows me:

I used DGIndex directly to create my .D2V and demux the audio before trying to use MeGUI to encode the audio but I didn't change the .AC3 file name or anything.
Screenshot of AAC profile: http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/8096/screenhk8.th.png (http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenhk8.png)

Any ideas what the issue might be?

Have you tried it with the checkbox for use DirectShow checked? I've had a few AC3 files that didn't work right, but usually they encode(really fast), but don't have any sound..

[Inspector.Gadget]

Have you tried it with the checkbox for use DirectShow checked? I've had a few AC3 files that didn't work right, but usually they encode(really fast), but don't have any sound..

Yeah, tried that, MeGUI completely hangs and I have to kill it from the task manager. That's also weird because I know I have ffdshow set to decode AC3 without using DRC or SPDIF output (if either might foul it up anyway).

[Codex0nz]

1/ which MeGUI version do you use ?
2/ which Avisynth version do you have ?

megui: 0.3.0.1004

avisynth: 2.5.7

[Kurtnoise]

@Codex0nz : are you sure that you have yadiff.dll in the right folder ?

@Inspector.Gadget : what do get when you open your ac3 file into graphedit ?

[SpAwN_gUy]

Hello ... i've had some troubles on my brand new Vista x64 ... + MSVS 2008
(well.. i've dealt with audio for now... but anyway) and thus had a nice chat with dimzon...

okay... meGUI trunk .. MSVS 2008 solution...
well.. when i compiled it under msvs2008... the result was x64bit version of meGUI ... and that's why audioEncoding failed to me ...
"Any CPU" target is set by default ... so.. under x64 meGUI would start under x64 ...
here is a simple fix.. for x86 bitness with msvs2008
Index: MeGUI_2008.csproj
===================================================================
--- MeGUI_2008.csproj (revision 519)
+++ MeGUI_2008.csproj (working copy)
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+ <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Off</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
<UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
+ <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'test|AnyCPU' ">
<OutputPath>bin\test\</OutputPath>
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@
<WarningLevel>1</WarningLevel>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+ <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="Accessibility" />
i haven't made any new Platform profiles... and might this would be usefull for someone...
well,... this is only need when you DON'T have Avisynth x64, and all the .dll compiled for x64

complie-all.bat still compiles msvs2005 project and the resulting .exe is still x86 ...

BTW....
>> 0.3.0.1004 updated from today (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=MeGUI/&file=MeGUI-0.3.0.1004_20080601.zip) i've checked only this one... this one is x64 enabled ;) ... so .. might be this one was built with vs2008.. with not edited platforms.. ;) ...
use the patch above... or try this one:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120281317/meGUI_r519_x86.rar
this one is also 0.3.0.1004

[dimzon]

To avoid this error i modify BeHappy entry point this way
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
// To avoid ugly BadImageFormatException let's check current mode
int pointerSize = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(IntPtr));
if(pointerSize!=4)
{
// Can't run in non-32-bit mode!
int processBits = pointerSize*8;
string text = string.Format("BeHappy is designed to run as 32-bit process.\nUnfortunally this buid (v{1}) is invalid and started as {0}-bit process. Please inform developers.\nBeHappy will be aborted.", processBits, Application.ProductVersion);
string caption = string.Format("Can't run as {0}-bit process!", processBits);
MessageBox.Show(text, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1);
return;
}


Application.Run(new MainForm());
}

So You can reuse it in MeGUI

[benrobbie]

First of all, forgive my noob-ability. This is my first post here. Also I would like to say that I am not technically inclined. I tried to read some of the posts on here and could not figure alot of them out. Anyway, here is my problem:

All of a sudden, last night as I went to bed I started up MEGui and some files to be done. This morning, I checked on them and Megui is not working at all. this is the error I get in the log.


Starting job job3 at 10:42:11 AM

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 10:42:11 AM

------------------------------------------------------

Log for job job3

Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 1500 --stats "D:\My DVDs\Still To Do Movies\test.stats" --bframes 16 --b-pyramid --direct auto --filter -2,-1 --subme 1 --partitions none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-dct-decimate --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "D:\My DVDs\Still To Do Movies\test.avs"
x264 [error]: could not open input file 'D:\My DVDs\Still To Do Movies\test.avs'

------------------------------------------------------

End of log for job3
------------------------------------------------------

I have uninstalled, rebooted, and reinstalled, and I still get this error. Any suggestions? I have also updated megui. Still nothing. I do not know what has happened. Any suggestions welcome!! Also, this is happening with any avs I try to run, from different drives and folders! The source of the file is always a x264 mkv. thanks.


edit: Well i figured out what I had to do. I had to uninstall avisynth, my codecs, and megui, the restart, and then reinstall everything. Now it works. You guys do awesome work here, and thanks anyway.

benrobbie

[Inspector.Gadget]

@ Kurtnoise13
I had an Intervideo Audio Decoder in my filter chain which I unregistered in favor of ffdshow. The graph now looks like [source AC3] -> AC3 Parser Filter -> ffdshow audio decoder -> Default Directsound Device. MeGUI audio encoding now works fine if I choose to use Directshow decoding. I also realized that I was using an outdated version of NicAudio in my Avisynth plugins folder so I copied over a newer one I had sitting around from BeHappy and now everything works again without Directshow. The version that worked a few weeks ago for me must have been over-written by a NicAudio plugin that I downloaded to do Directshow Source -> AVSProxy -> Avidemux. Thank you for your help :).

[Carpo]

could the error i have been getting, about source detection not being able to detect type, could this be if it has a high percentage of film but not high enough?, i know in megui its set to auto force film at 95% but what if its less then that? say 92-94%

[Codex0nz]

@Codex0nz : are you sure that you have yadiff.dll in the right folder ?

@Inspector.Gadget : what do get when you open your ac3 file into graphedit ?

yeah theyre both setuip right

i even put the dll in the plugins folder in the avisynth program files folder

but

it still comes up with the same error message

btw thank you so much for trying to help :) it is very much appreciated

EDIT: i installed that alpha/beta on avisynth and it fixed the issue

[Kurtnoise]

could the error i have been getting, about source detection not being able to detect type, could this be if it has a high percentage of film but not high enough?, i know in megui its set to auto force film at 95% but what if its less then that? say 92-94%
you can tweak this value in the settings...just try it. :)


@Codex0nz : which alpha version more exactly ?

[Kurtnoise]

Hello ... i've had some troubles on my brand new Vista x64 ... + MSVS 2008
(well.. i've dealt with audio for now... but anyway) and thus had a nice chat with dimzon...

okay... meGUI trunk .. MSVS 2008 solution...
well.. when i compiled it under msvs2008... the result was x64bit version of meGUI ... and that's why audioEncoding failed to me ...
"Any CPU" target is set by default ... so.. under x64 meGUI would start under x64 ...
here is a simple fix.. for x86 bitness with msvs2008

well...I've this patch on my local tree already but not committed yet. ;)

[Kylenol]

Whenever I do the 2nd-pass to encode to an XviD file, I get this message:

xvid [error]: Couldn't init AVI file for writing (F:\Sample\sample.avi)
AVIOutputFile::Init Error: Unable to open file "F:\Sample\sample.avi" for write: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
desired video bitrate of this job: 965 kbit/s - obtained video bitrate (approximate): 0 kbit/s
------------------------------------------------------

Starting postprocessing of job...

Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated

Found intermediate output file 'F:\Sample\sample.avi', deleting...
Deletion succeeded.

Postprocessing finished!

End of log for job2

Any ideas how I could solve this problem? Sorry if it has been covered already.

[Sodgawd]

Hiyas!! First of all, I absolutely love meGUI. I use it to encode movies for my PSP when I travel... I do have a question/comment tho.. :P

(1) I noticed that the update is spotty at best. (lots of proggies to update) I respect the fact that most of the utilities that meGUI uses are updated alomst daily and it can be fairly daunting to keep up. I usually end up just manually updating the files once a week. Just an observation. I truly appreciate all of the hard work that goes into the making of these files. I never fully comprehended it all until I took a C# class at my local college. Totally blew my mind away. Again thanks for all the hard work. :)

(2) Is there a settings to use meGUI to join multiple .mp4 files? I tried YAMB to do so but the last file appended is out of sync by .5 secs. The first three are in perfect sync just the last one is out. I am almost positive that the error is occuring in between keyboard input and the chair.. :P Was just curious if this could be done with (or added to) meGUI.

Have a "fan-tab-u-lous" day!!

[Carpo]

you can tweak this value in the settings...just try it. :)


i know that im just wondering if im even in the right area though :p

edit: nope that didnt help :(

[HymnToLife]

(2) Is there a settings to use meGUI to join multiple .mp4 files? I tried YAMB to do so but the last file appended is out of sync by .5 secs. The first three are in perfect sync just the last one is out. I am almost positive that the error is occuring in between keyboard input and the chair.. :P Was just curious if this could be done with (or added to) meGUI.

You can just use AviSynth for that :

clip1 = DirectShowSource("foo.mp4")
clip2 = DirectShowSource("bar.mp4")
clip3 = DirectShowSource("baz.mp4")

clip1 + clip2 + clip3

[Carpo]

i think i have found the solution to my problem, in the configure source detector, change the setting of the analysis percent, at the moment i have it set to 5%, which is taking a time but is getting pass the first part of the analysis, will lower it back down and try 2% and so on :)

Hope this helps anyone else who might run into this :)

edit: seems for ghost in the shell 2nd gig - 3% is the magic number :p

[Codex0nz]

you can tweak this value in the settings...just try it. :)


@Codex0nz : which alpha version more exactly ?
To be exact, version AVS 2.5.8 RC1 [080527]
lol whoops release candidate not a alpha version

[Kurtnoise]

Whenever I do the 2nd-pass to encode to an XviD file, I get this message:

xvid [error]: Couldn't init AVI file for writing (F:\Sample\sample.avi)
AVIOutputFile::Init Error: Unable to open file "F:\Sample\sample.avi" for write: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
desired video bitrate of this job: 965 kbit/s - obtained video bitrate (approximate): 0 kbit/s
------------------------------------------------------

Starting postprocessing of job...

Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated

Found intermediate output file 'F:\Sample\sample.avi', deleting...
Deletion succeeded.

Postprocessing finished!

End of log for job2

Any ideas how I could solve this problem? Sorry if it has been covered already.
well...did you try to reencode an AVI file ? If yes, try to rename your output file (input and output must have two different names in your case)...

[Carpo]

anyone have any idea why megui/x264.exe might not be reaching the desired bitrate on the second pass?

encoded 35952 frames, 21.50 fps, 1248.33 kb/s
desired video bitrate of this job: 1506 kbit/s - obtained video bitrate (approximate): 1251 kbit/s

seems its only doing it on one file, i have rencoded it 3 times now making sure each time the settings are correct

[Codex0nz]

Moved to a separate topic: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1146695#post1146695

just about deinterlacing anime and problems etc

[Kylenol]

well...did you try to reencode an AVI file ? If yes, try to rename your output file (input and output must have two different names in your case)...

No. When it creates an AVI file its O KB after both passes.

Again this is what I get:


MeGUI Version: 0.2.6.1046
OS used: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Framework used: 2.0 SP1
------------------------------------------------------

Looking for job processor for job...

Processor found!



------------------------------------------------------


Starting job job1 at 7:33:26 PM

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 7:33:27 PM

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Log for job job1

Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<F:\Sample\Sample.mpg< -OF=<F:\Sample\Sample< -exit -minimize -OM=2

------------------------------------------------------

Starting postprocessing of job...

Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated

Postprocessing finished!

End of log for job1
------------------------------------------------------


Generating jobs. Desired size: 7 MB

Desired size of this job series: 7 MB
Split size of this job series: N/A

Looking for job processor for job...

Processor found!



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Starting job job2 at 7:36:42 PM

Starting preprocessing of job...

Doing bitrate calculation...
Desired video size after subtracting audio size is 7134KBs. Setting the desired bitrate of the subsequent video jobs to 959 kbit/s.
Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 7:37:28 PM

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Log for job job2

Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "F:\Sample\samples.avs" -pass1 "F:\Sample\samples.stats" -bitrate 959 -kboost 100 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -overhead 0 -nopacked -qmatrix "C:\Program Files\megui\extra\eqm_v3ulr_rev3.xcm" -closed_gop -lumimasking -imin 3 -imax 5 -pmin 3 -pmax 5 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 3 -bmax 5 -par 7279:5000 -threads 0
xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003

Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
xvid [info]: Avisynth detected
xvid [info]: Input colorspace is YV12
xvid [info]: Input is 512 x 384, 23.976fps (24000/1001), starting from frame 0
xvid [info]: Number of frames to encode: 1461, Bitrate = 959kbps
xvid [info]: xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
xvid [info]: Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
xvid [info]: Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
xvid [info]: Detected cpus = 1, threads requested = 1, threads in use = 1

Tot: enctime(ms) =38813.00, length(bytes) = 7498007
Avg: enctime(ms) = 26.53, fps = 37.69, length(bytes) = 5125
I frames: 18 frames, size = 14356/ 258413, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
P frames: 534 frames, size = 9090/ 4854237, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
B frames: 909 frames, size = 2624/ 2385357, quants = 3 / 3.00 / 3

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Starting postprocessing of job...

Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated

Postprocessing finished!

End of log for job2
------------------------------------------------------


Looking for job processor for job...

Processor found!



------------------------------------------------------


Starting job job3 at 7:37:28 PM

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 7:37:36 PM

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Log for job job3

Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "F:\Sample\samples.avs" -pass2 "F:\Sample\samples.stats" -bitrate 959 -kboost 100 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -overhead 0 -nopacked -qmatrix "C:\Program Files\megui\extra\eqm_v3ulr_rev3.xcm" -closed_gop -lumimasking -imin 3 -imax 5 -pmin 3 -pmax 5 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 3 -bmax 5 -par 7279:5000 -threads 0 -avi "F:\Sample\samples.avi"
Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
xvid [info]: Avisynth detected
xvid [info]: Input colorspace is YV12
xvid [info]: Input is 512 x 384, 23.976fps (24000/1001), starting from frame 0
xvid [info]: Number of frames to encode: 1461, Bitrate = 959kbps
xvid [info]: xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
xvid [info]: Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
xvid [info]: Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
xvid [info]: Detected cpus = 1, threads requested = 1, threads in use = 1
xvid [error]: Couldn't init AVI file for writing (F:\Sample\samples.avi)
xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003

AVIOutputFile::Init Error: Unable to open file "F:\Sample\samples.avi" for write: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
desired video bitrate of this job: 959 kbit/s - obtained video bitrate (approximate): 0 kbit/s
------------------------------------------------------

Starting postprocessing of job...

Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated

Found intermediate output file 'F:\Sample\samples.stats', deleting...
Deletion succeeded.

Postprocessing finished!

End of log for job3
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[Neillithan]

I know this seems like a backwards way to go about things, but it is the only easy and efficient way I've found to encode a video with many multiparts.

When I record a bunch of footage from a video game using Fraps, it will split each video into 4 gigabyte chunks with a horrible naming scheme. When I have 30 or so of these 4gig files, it can be a pain to merge them. I've found the only easy way to do it is to rename them to "file01.avi... file02.avi..." (so on and so forth) and then open them in virtual dub. By appending file02.avi, it automatically appends all of the other avi's. I am then able to start a frameserver which does basically the same thing as AviSynth, it frameserves the video in the form of an Avi file.

Next, I just make an AviSynth script pointing to the frameserver.avi that looks somewhat like this.

AviSource("P:\Fraps\frameserver.avi")
ConvertToYV12()

That's it. That's all I do. Then I just open the AviSynth script in Megui, choose the H.264 profile I want to use, then I enqueue a 2 pass encoding.

When I start the first pass, all goes well until it reaches the 2nd pass. The 2nd pass simply says, "error". This is easily corrected by right clicking the 2nd pass in the queue, changing its status to "WAITING" and then pressing start. It will then finish encoding the 2nd pass without further problems (unless I perform an autoencode with automatically muxes the audio with the video, I get an error for that which is easily corrected via the same method as before).

I realize I can use AviSynth to automatically concatenate multiple video files, but I choose not to do that for 1 very easily understood reason. When there are 10+ videos to concatenate, every time the AviSynth script is loaded, it will put a little icon in my system tray (usually the matroska icon) and since there are 30 videos, it loads 30 matroska icons and takes nearly a minute to complete. When doing a 2 pass encoding, sometimes it likes to load the avisynth script 2-3 times before it actually starts encoding. I can just sit here and watch my system tray grow and shrink with icons while MeGUI is totally nonfunctional trying to process the AviSynth script.

Hopefully you can fix the "error" message for virtualdub frameservers.

-Neil

EDIT: I've discovered that using "SegmentAviSource(P:\Fraps\file.avi)" in an Avisynth script automatically loads all videos in a folder and does not put those little icons in my system tray. However, when using SegmentedDirectShowSource or DirectShowSource, it does put those icons in my system tray. I guess I found a solution to my problem and it seems kind of silly to use VirtualDub now to frameserve. Oh well, a fix for the "error" message would be appreciated anyway.

[Sodgawd]

You can just use AviSynth for that :

clip1 = DirectShowSource("foo.mp4")
clip2 = DirectShowSource("bar.mp4")
clip3 = DirectShowSource("baz.mp4")

clip1 + clip2 + clip3

:thanks: for the response!! I thought about that.. but won't that cause it to be reencoded? Or can I throw that .avs file into the muxer... hmmm... I'll try doing that.. Thanks for being a cardboard cutout Hymn :p

[Sodgawd]

ok.. I recently updated to the new version of Ripbot264.. something got installed that I missed (forgot to uncheck).. So I uninstalled EVERYTHING.. Ripbot.. megui.. Haali.. Avisynth.. ac3filter.. FFDshow.. all of it!!

I then reinstalled it all (except ripbot.. cool proggy.. just too basic for my needs).. latest versions.. Only difference is FFDshow.. r1990 is the build that i installed. I use the development udater inside of megui so everything is hunky dory. It makes the d2vs just peachy. However, upon trying to open it up in the avs script creator I get this error msg..

http://maxupload.com/thumb/26804D45.jpg (http://maxupload.com/img/26804D45.jpg)

(Note: This is my copy of the movie being converted to play on my ps3..)

I can only assume that this means that there is a problem with AviSynth. It has been uninstalled.. reboot.. reinstalled.. DGDcode and Index are from the same version.. Any advice would be hot!!

[saint-francis]

I can only assume that this means that there is a problem with AviSynth. It has been uninstalled.. reboot.. reinstalled.. DGDcode and Index are from the same version.. Any advice would be hot!!

Does the .avs play in a media player? Can you post the .avs?

[Sodgawd]

Does the .avs play in a media player? Can you post the .avs?
I can't even get that far in meGUI. It error's out upon attempting to load the d2v. I have uninstalled everything even remotely related to video's and DVDs. I then install only meGUI, FFDshow and Haali splitter. Same error.

If I manually creat the avs file, MPC hangs like it does not know how to handle the file.

EDIT: Sheesh!! I finally got it. I removed and reinstalled meGui and componants only. Aparently it was an errant .avsi file that I had in the plugins folder. I changed it from avsi to avs and voila.. back in business (so to speak). I still am having trouble upconverting my files upon encode. That is why I had the LimitedSharpedFaster, USS, and GradFunkMirror avsi files in the plugins folder. Now the avs file just failes outright do to the scripting that I am having a tough time wrapping my mind around. I found this post in the AVS forums in regards to what I am trying to do:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=719041

[saint-francis]

How reliable is the automatic resize function in the MeGUI .avs creator? I am up against a wall here. I am trying to resize terminator 3 to 720p from 1080p BD. MeGUI tells me (1280,528), or (roughly) 2.4:1 while IMDB and the BD review of the movie on HighDef Digest tell me 2.35:1. It gets even more complicated;The HD DVD review of the same movie on HighDef Digest tell me 2.4:1. WTF is going on here? I have tried to judge it for my self but I can't tell a big difference between (1280,544) and (1280,528); at least not enough to know which if right. I have even tried comparing both of them to just the movie loaded with DirectShowSource in AVSP and I still can't tell heads from tails. Any advice would be great.

P.S. Using MeGUI version # 0.3.0.1004

[Razorholt]

Zones option with WEIGHT settings doesn't seem to work. Can someone please confirm it?

Thanks,
- Dan

[toytown]

Zones option with WEIGHT settings doesn't seem to work. Can someone please confirm it?

Using Megui 0.2.6.1046 (the latest i believe) zones definetely works, as i use it for all my encodes to lower the bitrate of the credits signficantly.

[Razorholt]

Using Megui 0.2.6.1046 (the latest i believe) zones definetely works, as i use it for all my encodes to lower the bitrate of the credits signficantly.

Are you using CQ or WEIGHT? CQ works, WEIGHT doesn't (for me at least)

[huvar]

Hi!
I need a h.264/avc sequence where a gop has a fixed structure with 2 consecutive B-fames and a size of 15 frames.
I tryed using megui (x264) deactivating B-adaptive and setting the correct number for bframes but I still can't output this structure. The gop has size 15 but the two consecutive frames aren't always there.
Any ideas about known problems in MEGUI or x264 (I'm not sure which one is to blame) concerning this? maybe other conflicting options?

Thanks!

[Dark Shikari]

Hi!
I need a h.264/avc sequence where a gop has a fixed structure with 2 consecutive B-fames and a size of 15 frames.
I tryed using megui (x264) deactivating B-adaptive and setting the correct number for bframes but I still can't output this structure. The gop has size 15 but the two consecutive frames aren't always there.
Any ideas about known problems in MEGUI or x264 (I'm not sure which one is to blame) concerning this? maybe other conflicting options?

Thanks!You need to disable scenecut by setting scenecut=-1.

[toytown]

Are you using CQ or WEIGHT? CQ works, WEIGHT doesn't (for me at least)

Weight, i always use 5 for pure black and white credits, this reduces the bitrates to less than 300kbit per second for the majority of the credits, whereby without the weight added, it can sometimes hit 6Mbit on a 3Mbit/2pass encode.

[huvar]

You need to disable scenecut by setting scenecut=-1.

Done that... Here is the command line displayed in megui...

--crf 18 --keyint 15 --min-keyint 15 --ref 5 --mixed-refs --bframes 2 --no-b-adapt --b-pyramid --bime --weightb --direct auto --partitions all --8x8dct --scenecut 0 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

[Dark Shikari]

Done that... Here is the command line displayed in megui...

--crf 18 --keyint 15 --min-keyint 15 --ref 5 --mixed-refs --bframes 2 --no-b-adapt --b-pyramid --bime --weightb --direct auto --partitions all --8x8dct --scenecut 0 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"Blame MeGUI, Scenecut needs to be set to -1 (disabled), not 0 (low threshold).

[huvar]

Done that... Here is the command line displayed in megui...

--crf 18 --keyint 15 --min-keyint 15 --ref 5 --mixed-refs --bframes 2 --no-b-adapt --b-pyramid --bime --weightb --direct auto --partitions all --8x8dct --scenecut 0 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

Ok! Figured it out... I had not disabled it completely... Thanks!

[Ajax_Undone]

Apparently your software has an unresolved bug...

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1149002#post1149002

[Sharktooth]

we can do nothing about groove and megui "incompatibility".
probably the problem is either in groove or the .net framework AND vista.
on XP everything works fine.
about scenecut, i'll investigate asap.

[Ajax_Undone]

Have you tried compiling under .Net 3.5...

[Kurtnoise]

About MS Office Groove 2007 & Vista, here is a quick test :

OS: Vista x86 SP1
Office : 2007 Entreprise (only Excel, Word, Groove, PowerPoint installed)
.Net : 2.0 SP1
MeGUI : 0.3.0.xxxx (my current build in my local tree...whatever)

Files tested in the avisynth creator : avi, mp4, mkv, m2ts, evo, d2v >> ALL are loaded correctly...So, if you have some errors with this :
Use Windows Update to be up-to-date.
Install *only* the filters required (FFdshow + Haali's splitter at least)
Post your entired error message.
Post your logfile.

[Sharktooth]

scenecut option is working properly.

[pdadi]

latest x264 update slowed down the encoding. Earlier I used to get 20 to 22 fps nor it is 11 fps first pass and 5.5 fps second pass.

This is with HQ slower profile.

Thanx

[Sharktooth]

that's maybe due to your threads settings or the psy-rdo patch. have a look at the psy-rdo thread.

[Umamio]

This may have been asked previously but is there a way to output the command line(s) of a set of jobs loaded in MeGui (Audio Encode, Video Encode, Mux), in a similar manner to WinFF's "Display FFmpeg Command Line" option.

I understand that MeGui is just a frontend for lots of CLI's and the x264 command line is displayed in the config but I am a bit lazy about learning the syntax of each CLI (audio and muxing), and I trust copy pasting from Megui output a lot more than my typing especially with the stupidly long file paths that I have.

I have been encoding to many formats simultaneously using ffmpeg, Wmenc (via WMCmdAVS.vbs) and QuEnc through a batch file, I need x264.exe in particular to take advantage of VAQ. I'd like to be able to batch it with my other encodes with minimal effort.

I apologise for my laziness but would appreciate any help at all!

Thanks, muchly.

P.S: I love MeGui! But the volume of encodes I have to do on a single machine makes it impractical to not batch everything together.

P.P.S: If there is a way to invoke MeGui itself via command line and start the encoding queue that would be almost as good actually.

P.P.P.S: I get the impression I am missing something very obvious. Forgive me, in advance.

[rack04]

Any thoughts of adding raw h264 support? I guess you would need a "Create DGA" in the tools menu and support for DGA in the "AviSynth Script Creator".

[unskinnyboy]

Anyone facing issues after the latest MeGUI update on Vista? updatecopier.exe kept crashing on me, and I had to manually recover and replace MeGUI.exe from the update_cache.

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/4330/updatecopierce1.png

[toytown]

Anyone facing issues after the latest MeGUI update on Vista?

Ive installed it today and so far ive encoded a few jobs on a Vista32 and Vista64 machine and havent seen the error you posted :(.

I still get the freeze in the UI all the time when trying to open/save files, but i work around that by queuing one job then restarting megui and queing the next, until there all done. This happens on both 32/64bit versions of vista.

[Kurtnoise]

updatecopier.exe kept crashing on me, and I had to manually recover and replace MeGUI.exe from the update_cache.
Is it better with it (http://www.mediafire.com/?i13lbnttjzw) ?



@toytown : please, more infos are needed...coz I feel like it's not megui fault. Freezing seems to be a decoding problem...

[Kurtnoise]

This may have been asked previously but is there a way to output the command line(s) of a set of jobs loaded in MeGui (Audio Encode, Video Encode, Mux), in a similar manner to WinFF's "Display FFmpeg Command Line" option.
look at your jobs files (in the job folder)...

[toytown]

@toytown : please, more infos are needed...coz I feel like it's not megui fault

Its something related to the UI of megui i think. I can replicate it very easy and did ask for a debug version sometime ago to see if i could work out the problem as i have noted others have the same issue.

How to replicate.
- Click AVS script creator and add a file such as an MKV/D2V etc etc
- Configure options and and click save.
- Configure encoder (x264) options and click enqueue (but do no start the queue)
- Click AVS script creator for 2nd job
- Click the file open box (....) and then the UI will lockup 99% of the time. If i click on the megui/avs script creator window 2-3 times then i will get the normal windows message that the application has stopped responding.

To work around the issue i simply create a job, then exit megui and then reload it and create my second job and so forth, once all the jobs are created i then click start and they all encode perfectly.

The 2 machines (Vista32/64) are both 100% stable and not overclocked, the 64bit one had office installed and groove (which i uninstalled) the 32bit one has never had anything other than vista and megui/staxrip/avisynth installed. The lockup of the application happens when the queue is stopped or started doesnt matter. After pressing the start button on multiple jobs it will finish them all successfully without any issues.

If there is anything i can do, im willing to help as its a pain in the ass for me when i know a job is going to finish 2 hours after going to sleep and if it worked i could simply queue another one up in the background. If theres any more info you need please ask.

[Blue_MiSfit]

I just updated to 3.0.1008 on Vista x64, and now MeGUI will not open AVS scripts properly. I have tried with two separate scripts, both of which open perfectly in Media Player Classic, avsP, and VirtualDub. MeGUI complains that they are not valid AviSynth scripts. Ideas?

Exception from HResult:0x800700B

~MiSfit

[~bT~]

^ source files?

[Blue_MiSfit]

Source files are DVDs -> DGIndex -> AviSynth with minimal filtering.

Again, they play perfectly in VirtualDub, Media Player Classic, and avsP.

~MiSfit

[Sharktooth]

was 1007 working?

[Rodger]

Having a Problem with Bitrate-Setting and Output.
This has happened twice now.

This is my setting for xvidencraw:
-i "input" -single -bitrate 2600 -smoother 0 -nopacked -quality 5 -closed_gop -imin 3 -imax 4 -pmin 3 -pmax 5 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 3 -bmax 5 -threads 2 -o "output"

Output is measured by Gspot with 1926Kbit!

First time I noticed that I encoded with 4500Kbit and Out had 2600Kbit.

What´s wrong here? Is it the newly updated Xvidencraw itself?

greetings
Rodger

[Dark Shikari]

Having a Problem with Bitrate-Setting and Output.
This has happened twice now.

This is my setting for xvidencraw:
-i "input" -single -bitrate 2600 -smoother 0 -nopacked -quality 5 -closed_gop -imin 3 -imax 4 -pmin 3 -pmax 5 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 3 -bmax 5 -threads 2 -o "output"

Output is measured by Gspot with 1926Kbit!

First time I noticed that I encoded with 4500Kbit and Out had 2600Kbit.

What´s wrong here? Is it the newly updated Xvidencraw itself?

greetings
RodgerIf you set such restrictive quantizers, its no wonder it won't be able to reach your target bitrate.

[Rodger]

Thank´s for the Info.
Anybody knows a comprehensive guide how to "use" the settings in the "advanced" tab ?

greetz
Rodger

[Sharktooth]

1 - dont use the CQ profile settings for 2 pass encodings. start with default settings...
2 - use the default 2/31 (or 1/31) min/max quantizers for 2 pass encodings
3 - if you dont know the meaning of xvid_encraw settings, :search:. they're almost identical to the xvid vfw settings too...

[salehin]

My MeGUI is not running properly, atm. most likely it's due to some problem. Here are the problems I faces, all of which result in a megui crash (you get the error msg thingy from windows)

o It doesnot crash immediately-megui finished 1st pass and then crashed fully at the beginning of the 2nd pass
o Megui Version: stable and development (both crashes)
o source: bbc hd h264 1080p
o I tried with ffdshow, CoreAVC, and Cyberlink's h264 decoder (in the .grf file to pass it though the AviSynth). problem still persists
o x264.exe: I used x264_x86_r889_techouse (http://x264.tk/) by techouse
o Here is the cmd line:
Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 4500 --stats "F:\Shroud of Turin\Turin Turin.stats" --level 4.1 --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --filter -3,-3 --subme 1 --partitions none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-dct-decimate --output NUL "F:\Shroud of Turin\Turin Turin.avs"
o Avs Script:
SetMemoryMax(128)
DirectShowSource ("F:\Shroud of Turin\sample.grf", fps=25, audio=false).ConverttoYV12()

Load_Stdcall_Plugin("C:\Program Files\megui\tools\yadif\yadif.dll")
Yadif(order=1) # partially deinterlaced - top field 1st
crop( 2, 0, 0, -2)

dull = last.Spline36Resize(1280,720)
sharp = dull.LimitedSharpenFaster(dest_x=1280,dest_y=720,Strength=50)
Soothe(sharp,dull,20)

Can anyone please let me know my mistakes, if possible.

Cheers :)

[Dark Shikari]

Tried Jarod's build instead? :p

[Sharktooth]

use the x264 build provided by the megui auto-update server.

[salehin]

Thanks guys. I tried that with different h264 decoders, but the problem is still there :(

Here is the technical error report (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ln6bl4)

FYI: Windows XP Home SP1 (32bit), MeGUI 0.3.0.1008

[keyed]

Since the last update, I've developed two problems.

One is a general problem in that megui's video player is permanently on top, instead of getting overlapped by other screens.

The second is when using AVS Cutter, megui will freeze when clicking either "Add cuts to script" or "Save cuts file." After ending megui via the task manager and checking the script, the cuts were added to the script. Save cuts file freezes before bringing up "save as".

The odd thing is that "Do all and close" for avs cutter works fine.

Forgot to add that I'm using XP on an AMD 3700

[Rodger]

MeGui "core_0_2_6_1048" has a HUGE ERROR!!!

When MeGui restarts after the update, it lost some directories in...
> options
> Settings
>Program Paths

So far that is no problem...but here it comes...when I try to set the avisynth-plugins Folder...it crashes with an error message (pop up!). When I check...the directory is not set! (btw NO MATTER what folder I try to set...it crashes!)

Anybody else problem with the latest Megui core?
core_0_2_6_1047 WORKS PERFECTLY!!!

Short tips: WinVista 64bit - Core2Duo E8400

greetz
Rodger

[chiklit]

The latest version (2.6.1048) doesn't work for me either. When I try to open my usual DV videos with the avisynth script creator it first says it can't open it then it crashes. When I try to set the avisynth plugins path in preferences it crashes with this error:

---------------------------
Fatal error
---------------------------
MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Source of exception: MeGUI stacktrace: at MeGUI.MeGUISettings.set_AvisynthPluginsPath(String value)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

[toytown]

Same here with the program paths issue :(

[berrinam]

@chiklit, toytown: what's your OS?

[Tae]

@chiklit, toytown: what's your OS?

I am having the same issue with AviSynth script creator and Vista 64 is my OS. Just happened with the new core download.


And it is the core that is the issue, I just reinstalled and updated everything but the core and I am fine.

[Kurtnoise]

@Rodger, chiklit, Tae, toytown : Is it better with this version (http://www.mediafire.com/?bzbwd1z2f2m) ?


PS: remove all versions first before to install the new one...
PS2: I suggest you to switch to the 0.3.xxx (development build) as soon as possible.

[Rodger]

No!
But just to let you know...this time it only lost the directory of avisynth. All other directories stayed set up.

But still this pop-up when I try to set avi-synth directory.

greetz
Rodger


PS: Another Tip: Just unpacking the previous core out of the update-cache and everything is fine again. It is the new core-version!

[alfixdvd]

Megui was update xvid_encraw to version 2008-05-17 (svn+vaq)

A binary comparation with fc /b tells me that this versión is identical to existing prior renamed to xvid_encraw.exe.bakup.

Where is the difference ?

Xvidcore.dll goes from 1.4 Mb to 739.9 Kb, is here really where the update reside ?.

[Kurtnoise]

still this pop-up when I try to set avi-synth directory.
could you take a picture of this popup and post it here please ?


btw, 2 questions:

1) Why would you change the avisynth path folder from the settings ?
2) Which Avisynth version did you use ?

[Rodger]

You got me wrong there!

I don´t WANT TO set the directory, it just is not set anymore when I update to 1048!

I use AVI-Synth V2.5.7 (newest version I know)

I´ll be right back with SOME screenshot for you, to have a quite full view of the situation.

rodger

[toytown]

@Rodger, chiklit, Tae, toytown : Is it better with this version ?

Nope :(. Ive gone back to the previous core version (1047) and its all working correctly again :)

Is the 0.3 version stable enough to do encodes with? Ive been queuing up some of my bluray rips for the last few days and just set a queue of jobs that will not finish until next week. The previous versions of megui have all been stable in this department, i would hate to get to 0.3 and find it crashing etc.

Edit - Just tried 0.3.0.1005, the download didnt include the icsharp dlls, so no updates would work (just gave windows errors). After getting it from another place i installed all the updates for it, but found that it still contains the bug with the freezing UI, whenever i try to load my second video into AVS script. Any chance this can be fixed?

[Rodger]

A view to the folder list
http://www.bilder-space.de/thumb/OKMaQ16GtiAGlBX.jpg (http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=OKMaQ16GtiAGlBX.jpg)

trying to load a script RIGHT AFTER the update/newstart
http://www.bilder-space.de/thumb/uvfiAQXq4VRbUOK.jpg (http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=uvfiAQXq4VRbUOK.jpg)

checking because of the error message
http://www.bilder-space.de/thumb/0zJDahyoYeeeYRk.jpg (http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=0zJDahyoYeeeYRk.jpg)

trying to set the directory manually
http://www.bilder-space.de/thumb/8oUizofnpD6TULM.jpg (http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=8oUizofnpD6TULM.jpg)

just rollback to 1046 and everything is fine without doing ANYTHING but the rollback
http://www.bilder-space.de/thumb/r2speKuZEdYG0Ht.jpg (http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=r2speKuZEdYG0Ht.jpg)

hope that helps!

Where can i find core v3?

[toytown]

After getting it from another place i installed all the updates for it, but found that it still contains the bug with the freezing UI, whenever i try to load my second video into AVS script. Any chance this can be fixed?

More information for you guys, as im trying my best with my limited knowledge. I pulled the 3009 build from the SVN and compiled it here are my results.

Compiled from batfiles inc in SVN - UI freeze on second AVIScriptCreator load button.
Compiled from VS2005 as Release- UI freeze on second AVIScriptCreator load button.
Compiled from VS2005 as Debug - - UI freeze on second AVIScriptCreator load button.
Compiled from VS2005 as Release and running from within VS2005 as vshost.exe - Gives error DisconnectedContext was detected
Message: Context 0x484000' is disconnected. Releasing the interfaces from the current context (context 0x484170).This may cause corruption or data loss. To avoid this problem, please ensure that all contexts/apartments stay alive until the applicationis completely done with the RuntimeCallableWrappers that represent COM components that liveinside them.
Compiled from VS2005 as Debug and running from within VS2005 as vshost.exe - Works perfectly fine :)

Hopefully this will give you more info to where the problem is, i would run 3009 in a vshost and have vs2005 running 24/7, but this build doesnt have the zones window :(

[Kurtnoise]

@Rodger : could you give me what you get in the registry for Avisynth ? calls regedit and browse through the tree (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Avisynth 2.5\...). That's plugindir2_5 value I need more exactly.

Second question : you should have an Avisynth folder in C:\Program Files\...or I am wrong ?

It's quite hard to debug this for me (I've no access to one 64bits OS for the moment coz I don't see the point to use it right now). I develop megui mainly on x86 platform. So...

@toytown : cannot reproduce here, sorry. If someone else I've an idea...

[toytown]

It's quite hard to debug this for me (I've no access to one 64bits OS for the moment coz I don't see the point to use it right now). I develop megui mainly on x86 platform. So...

If your talking about Rogers error with the missing avisynth directory on the latest build, then i got that in 32/64bit builds of Vista. If your talking about the UI freeze i get, then that happens on 32/64bit builds of vista and has been reported by others (so im not the only one)

The error that i mentioned, seems to indicate that a call is made to a thread/data which has since been disposed off. But like i said im kinda limited in knowledge about this and really just getting things from google

[berrinam]

I don't know how recently Mutant_Fruit's mono patches were committed, but he committed something which can potentially cause the AvisynthPath__get member to return null... maybe it's that?

Everyone who has been reporting troubles related to the Avisynth plugin folder in the latest stable megui, please try replacing your megui.exe file with this one: http://www.box.net/shared/9bhcc7m04g

[Tae]

The other version did not help me either, I can pretty much duplicate verbatim what Rodger posted.

I have a 32-bit install of Vista on my media server, it is not exhibiting the same behavior. I went to 64-bit on my main PC for the ability to install more memory and have Windows recognize it.

Honestly I am just trying to learn these new tools for encoding, I have been using GK and AGK for a few years but I am no expert. But if there is anything you want me to look at on my install, just let me know.

[Tae]

I don't know how recently Mutant_Fruit's mono patches were committed, but he committed something which can potentially cause the AvisynthPath__get member to return null... maybe it's that?

Everyone who has been reporting troubles related to the Avisynth plugin folder in the latest stable megui, please try replacing your megui.exe file with this one: http://www.box.net/shared/9bhcc7m04g

Appears to be fixed. I reinstalled the latest MeGui build. Before I opened it I replaced the exe with the one you uploaded, updated everything and the directories all look good.

I am going try an encode right now.

[berrinam]

I realise that the file I distributed in this post (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1151063#post1151063) wasn't quite the one I planned to. Everyone, please try it anyway. If it works for you, try swapping to the "development" builds by going Options->Settings->Extra config->Configure servers->Development. Then, please try running autoupdate to get the latest version. (If autoupdate fails, then switch back to an older version for which autoupdate works, and then do autoupdate).

[Kurtnoise]

If your talking about Rogers error with the missing avisynth directory on the latest build, then i got that in 32/64bit builds of Vista.
That's quite strange because I'm running on Vista (32bits) and I never got this behaviour.

but I hope that will be fixed as soon as possible. :)

[arrirc]

Hello

I've used MeGUI for quite some time and used it quite successfully. I have last used it about 1-2 months back. As I tried to start it today, I see that it is not starting. I have even waited for 15mins, but to no effect.

I can see megui.exe in the Process List of the Task Manager and also cvtres.exe, which is incidentally consuming 50% of CPU cycles.

I uninstalled the previous version, downloaded the latest build and restarted the machine. And then I installed it again, but that also did not solve the problem at all.

Please help :confused: :(

Thank you.

(It seems that I have posted this earier in the wrong MeGUI thread...so I moved it here)

[Rodger]

Registry Value:
http://www.bilder-space.de/thumb/XNuJSA95lwn5wFg.jpg (http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=XNuJSA95lwn5wFg.jpg)

You are wrong!
There is no folder of Megui in "Program Files" !!!
This Folder is strictly for 64bit stuff!!!

x86 stuff is ALWAYS installed to "Program Files (x86)"

This is the reason why there are "2 independent installations" of Internet Explorer in those two folders.
So a true 64bit version of Megui would be installed in "Program Files", which we don´t have.

Maybe THIS IS the bis clue?!

EDIT: You were asking for a Avi-Synth folder....yes that is present...but there is only the plugins folder with it´s files present.

[arrirc]

Here is the error that I have got at last:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5354/meguierrorrl9.png

Please help :(

[Ajax_Undone]

Sounds like either you don't have .net 2.0 installed or your installation of it is corrupt...

[Rodger]

Yeah, it´s definetly a fault of your system.
Try other .NET applications if they´re working.

[arrirc]

Sounds like either you don't have .net 2.0 installed or your installation of it is corrupt...

Errrrr...It worked perfectly earlier and I did not make any significant system changes apart from installing XP updates through auto update...so how do I fix it?:confused:

[blubberbirne]

same here,

megui doesn't work for me with new version.

I also used Vista 64bit SP1. Other NET Apps works fine!

[arrirc]

I have tried to uninstall .NET 2 but I could not as because there are other dependent applications. But all other applications are running just fine, only MeGUI is creating the problem.

Please help.... :(

[blubberbirne]

can anyone plase upload the last version before the update?

[Tae]

I have also noticed I cannot use mkvmuxer in Vista 64. The command buttons for browsing for the video files are missing and I cannot type in a path. No problems in Vista 32, my media server, so I just transfer the files to it for muxing.

[BiO-HaZaRd]

Im having this problem, on a 2 pass encode with x264, i'm getting the second pass to make some huge size files... altough i'm using autoencode to set the size to something like 200mb it getting like 2gb size files...

I have last version of megui all up to date...

[Selexo]

My meGUI was broken after a recent update... as it broke, megui was blaming avisynth as the problem.. Just notice a new update and now it's working again.. "THANK YOU"... while I did notice the problem, I did notice that I wasn't the only one with it so I said nothing as the developers were getting enough smack from users in general and would rather not Feed the flame. My error was most likely Vista x64 related and the change log shows "(kurtnoise) added manifest files for the x86 & x64 platforms." so I'm happy for the fix.

MeGUI: 0.3.0.1009
Vista x64

Thanks again for the quick fix and turnaround.

:thanks:

[arrirc]

Hello

I've used MeGUI for quite some time and used it quite successfully. I have last used it about 1-2 months back. As I tried to start it today, I see that it is not starting. I have even waited for 15mins, but to no effect.

I can see megui.exe in the Process List of the Task Manager and also cvtres.exe, which is incidentally consuming 50% of CPU cycles.

I uninstalled the previous version, downloaded the latest build and restarted the machine. And then I installed it again, but that also did not solve the problem at all.

Please help :confused: :(

Thank you.

(It seems that I have posted this earier in the wrong MeGUI thread...so I moved it here)

Here is the error that I have got at last:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5354/meguierrorrl9.png

Please help :(

Errrrr...It worked perfectly earlier and I did not make any significant system changes apart from installing XP updates through auto update...so how do I fix it?:confused:

I have tried to uninstall .NET 2 but I could not as because there are other dependent applications. But all other applications are running just fine, only MeGUI is creating the problem.

Please help.... :(

Just to update the situation I have the following installed in my PC, I have checked the Uninstall Log (using HijackThis):

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB928366)
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

Are not these enough to run MeGUI?

I have updated to version 3 but the same problem remains...

Please help me out.. :(

[Sharktooth]

cvtres is not part of megui. there must be something wrong on your system.
have you tried the very latest build? (0.3.0.1010?)

[arrirc]

cvtres is not part of megui. there must be something wrong on your system.
have you tried the very latest build? (0.3.0.1010?)

Thank you Sharktooth for replying...

Yes I did try the latest build 0.3.0.1010, but the problem remained the same giving me the same error as the screen shot I have posted.

Please tell me what should I do? :confused:

:(

EDIT:

The problem seems to related to csc.exe which may be creating trouble with MeGUI but I have no idea how to fix it....though the file is a .NET component

EDIT 2:

I can also find in my list of services that a service named ".NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86" is being set to manual and it is not running as the PC starts. I tried to set the service startup type to "Automatic" but that did not work.

Should this service be set to automatic and is it causing the problem?

Please help me out :(

[Kurtnoise]

sorry but what did you try to do exactly ?

No need to install all the .net frameworks. Only the last one should be fine...

[arrirc]

Hello Kurtnoise13

Thanks for replying :)

I tried the following things:

1. Uninstalling .NET version 2 SP1 so that I can reinstall .NET version 2.- could not accomplish, gave a error that this is a required component for other programs so can not be removed.

2. Installing .NET version 2- could not accomplish, gave a error that a newer component is already installed.

3. Repaired the .NET version 2 SP1 installation.

4. Added the whole .NET folder at %WINDOWS% to my Firewall's "Safe List". I use Comodo Firewall Pro.

5. Tried to set service ".NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86" to "Automatic" and ran MeGUI after starting the service using services.msc.

:(

I have no idea what else that can be/ should be done.

[check]

Sounds simply like your system is borked. Speak to microsoft if you have a legitimate & unmolested copy of windows. If you don't, I can only suggest a format.

[Sharktooth]

i would check for worms/trojans/malwares/spywares/rootkits infections before reinstalling or formatting

[arrirc]

There is no problem with my copy of windows, but if I contact MS, what am I supposed to say to then? I mean how am I supposed to identify my problem?

My PC is completely clean as I have all the security application (FW, AV etc) installed and set to run as XP boots and I scan my PC quite regularly.

[jeffy]

Here is the error that I have got at last:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5354/meguierrorrl9.png

Please help :(

What is "C:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\sv2kaspi.cmdline"?

Does anyone have a slightest idea? If you find a file named sv2k[something] in the location above, could you please upload it somewhere? Or if it is not a file, but a folder, what is located inside?

[arrirc]

What is "C:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\sv2kaspi.cmdline"?

Does anyone have a slightest idea? If you find a file named sv2k[something] in the location above, could you please upload it somewhere? Or if it is not a file, but a folder, what is located inside?

I could not find the exact file name as pointed above, but I found the following files:


sv2kaspi.err- ERR File- 0KB in Size
sv2kaspi.out- OUT File- 2KB in size


The content of the second file is as follows:

D:\Applications\2. Video Tools\megui\Data> "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe" /t:library /utf8output /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorlib.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll" /R:"D:\Applications\2. Video Tools\megui\megui.exe" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Windows.Forms\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Windows.Forms.dll" /out:"C:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\sv2kaspi.dll" /debug- /optimize+ /nostdlib /D:_DYNAMIC_XMLSERIALIZER_COMPILATION "C:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\sv2kaspi.0.cs"


Microsoft (R) Visual C# 2005 Compiler version 8.00.50727.1433
for Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 2005 Framework version 2.0.50727
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2001-2005. All rights reserved.

error CS1583: 'c:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\CSC1A5E.tmp' is not a valid Win32 resource file


No idea what exactly does it mean.

Now an interesting Fact: StaxRip, which also requires .NET Runtime ver 2.0 is working perfectly. Now it proves beyond any doubt that my system (and .NET installations) are not broke.

Please let me know what to be done. :confused:

[stax76]

That's why I avoid xml serialization, it's a major pain.

[arrirc]

Hello Stax

Thanks for replying :)

Then, can I assume that there is no problem with my system and .NET Framework installations. :confused:

(one off topic request to Stax: as I tried to run StaxRip, it crashed first, the second instance- it is presently running. Can I upload the error report (a .7z archive) here? So that I do not have to register again at the other bug submission forum)

[Kurtnoise]

I tried the following things:

1. Uninstalling .NET version 2 SP1 so that I can reinstall .NET version 2.- could not accomplish, gave a error that this is a required component for other programs so can not be removed.

2. Installing .NET version 2- could not accomplish, gave a error that a newer component is already installed.

3. Repaired the .NET version 2 SP1 installation.

4. Added the whole .NET folder at %WINDOWS% to my Firewall's "Safe List". I use Comodo Firewall Pro.

5. Tried to set service ".NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86" to "Automatic" and ran MeGUI after starting the service using services.msc.
honestly, I don't know why you need the #4 & #5...

do you want to compile it or just to use it ?

[stax76]

Then, can I assume that there is no problem with my system and .NET Framework installations.

It's hard to tell without debugger, it looks more like a MeGUI or .NET bug.

Can I upload the error report (a .7z archive) here?

Yes but please use the StaxRip thread and 2shared.com or mediafilre.com for hosting.

[arrirc]

honestly, I don't know why you need the #4 & #5...

Well, I did not want to leave any stone unturned, at least those which seemed even a little probable cause for the problem.

do you want to compile it or just to use it ?

I am not a programmer, so I have no idea about compiling...btw, are you referring usage/ compilation of MeGUI or .NET?

Thanks for replying :)

It's hard to tell without debugger, it looks more like a MeGUI or .NET bug.

So what can I do to solve the problem? Except that I can not do anything about the MeGui... :confused:

Yes but please use the StaxRip thread and 2shared.com or mediafilre.com for hosting.

Thank you very much, so will I do in a while.

Thanks for replying. :)

[stax76]

So what can I do to solve the problem? Except that I can not do anything about the MeGui..

Take a look at the message, you find the word xml and the word jobs, could it be MeGUI saves jobs in XML files? If so possibly a data structure was changed and the xml serializer fails on it, deleting the xml job files would solve it.

[arrirc]

deleting the xml job files would solve it.

Sorry if I sound like a fool :( ....but where can I find these xml job files? Are those in the MeGui installation folder?

[stax76]

I don't even know if it saves jobs in xml, it was just a guess from interpreting the error message.

[jeffy]

The jobs should be there:
"C:\Program Files\megui\jobs"

Before deleting, make a backup.

EDIT:
In your case:
"D:\Applications\2. Video Tools\megui\jobs\"

[arrirc]

The jobs should be there:
"C:\Program Files\megui\jobs"

Before deleting, make a backup.

EDIT:
In your case:
"D:\Applications\2. Video Tools\megui\jobs\"

Thanks for replying, but this folder is empty....there is nothing in it... :confused:

Thank you Stax for trying to help me out, I hope that the MeGui developer will come into assistance. :sigh:

[stax76]

@arrirc

Did you try starting MeGUI while all security software completely shut down?

[arrirc]

Well I tried to start when Firewall was shut down but AV was running (NOD32 ver 3.0). I shall try to launch it with the AV shut too, and report here.
Thank you again...

[MADAJ]

hi :)

why do I get this error when I do AutoEncode?
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1/11lh7.jpg

when I use corp in my avs file, this problem occurs.

loadplugin("E:\dgmpgdec150rc5\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("E:\try\vob1.d2v", cpu=4)
Crop(2,0,-2,-2)
LanczosResize(740,480)

[arrirc]

@arrirc

Did you try starting MeGUI while all security software completely shut down?

Ok Stax, I did try, but that did not resolve the issue. :(

Thank you for replying.

[arrirc]

Ok, I have installed MeGUI in another PC (the development 0.3 version) and it installed, updated and started without a problem. What I can find is that the service ".NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86" is set to Automatic and as MeGUI runs it is also running. This does not happen in my PC. The above service is always set to manual and while trying to run MeGUI it shows that the service is still stopped. I tried to use services.msc to set the service to Automatic startup type, but it does not change itself.

Does any one have any idea how can I set the service to Automatic permanently? Is there any registry editing required?

[Bh4i]

http://i29.tinypic.com/oh1v6t.png

Im getting this error, can someone tell me why? This happens when i click on the AutoCrop button

AutoCropping not possible. No AutoCropping without the original video window open

[jeffy]

@arrirc: can't verify the command:
sc config clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_32 start= auto
There is a space and it can't be omitted after the start!

[FranKllr]

Version later than core_0_2_6_1047, (48 & 49 amt) require adminitrator access to run... I am running Vista32, UAC on. I decided to switch to dev, core_0_3_0_1010, same thing.

I always had to do the update logged in with an administrator user and I am dealing with that very well.

Not requiring adminitrator access to run MeGUI, like before, if possible, it would be nice!

Thanks

[arrirc]

@arrirc: can't verify the command:
sc config clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_32 start= auto
There is a space and it can't be omitted after the start!

Please give me a day or two as I am not in front of my PC at this moment. I'll just copy-paste the command that you have posted, so I hope that will take care of "space". :)

Just two doubts: Is there any precondition to be satisfied before this command is used? and do I need to paste it in "Run" box or in "Command Prompt"?

[Kurtnoise]

why do I get this error when I do AutoEncode?
might be a bug but which version did you try ?

Im getting this error, can someone tell me why? This happens when i click on the AutoCrop button

AutoCropping not possible. No AutoCropping without the original video window open
Have you unchecked "Open preview after Avisynth script selection" in the Settings (1st tab) ?
which version did you use ?

Not requiring adminitrator access to run MeGUI, like before, if possible, it would be nice!
no...sorry.

[jeffy]

Please give me a day or two as I am not in front of my PC at this moment. I'll just copy-paste the command that you have posted, so I hope that will take care of "space". :)

Just two doubts: Is there any precondition to be satisfied before this command is used? and do I need to paste it in "Run" box or in "Command Prompt"?

I don't have the access to the Vista computer right now as well, sorry.
Precondition:
The service has to be present in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_32

To see the result, it is better to do it from the command prompt. If you get an error, you might need an elevated command prompt:
to launch an elevated command prompt, simply press the Win key; type cmd; press Ctrl+Shift+Enter; and then hit Alt+C to confirm the elevation prompt. Six keystrokes to an elevated command prompt!

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/11/02/windows-vista-secret-10-open-an-elevated-command-prompt-in-six-keystrokes.aspx

Finally: it wil only change the start type for this service.

[MADAJ]

might be a bug but which version did you try ?


I had 0.2.6.1049

and just tried 0.2.6.1046 (the stable version)
still i get the same error.

[arrirc]

I don't have the access to the Vista computer right now as well, sorry.

Thanks Jeffy, but I do not have Vista. I use Windows XP with SP 2....sorry I should have informed earlier.

Anyways I shall surely try the method in a day or two and let you know here.

Thanks again.

[Kurtnoise]

I had 0.2.6.1049

and just tried 0.2.6.1046 (the stable version)
still i get the same error.

could you try the last development build please ?

In the Settings, change the server to grab it.

[MADAJ]

could you try the last development build please ?

In the Settings, change the server to grab it.

ok, I did what you have told me.

it updated to version 0.3.0.1010

ahhhhhh, still i get the same problem :(

Do you think it is .NET Framework problem?

I use 3.5, but I didn't get this error before.

[Bh4i]

Have you unchecked "Open preview after Avisynth script selection" in the Settings (1st tab) ?
which version did you use ?

I use the default settings, which was ENABLED. I just tried it with that option disabled, and got same error...

I tried version v0.2.6 AND v0.3.0, and im getting the same error with both version :cool:

I dont understand why im getting this error, can it be related to the version of .NET framework installed? I've installed v3.5 instead of v2

[BiO-HaZaRd]

Why is it that megui updates to a modded version of x264?

Look at this header:

core 60 r886M 1075536 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2008 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html -
options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=umh subme=6 rdcmp=psy brdo=1 mixed_ref=1 me_range=12
chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 chroma_qp_offset=0 threads=3 nr=0 decimate=1 mbaff=0
bframes=3 b_pyramid=0 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=3 wpredb=1 bime=1 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40(pre)
rc=2pass bitrate=1275 ratetol=1.0 rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' qcomp=1.00 qpmin=10 qpmax=51 qpstep=4 cplxblur=20.0
qblur=0.5 vbv_maxrate=24000 vbv_bufsize=9000 ip_ratio=1.10 pb_ratio=1.10 aq=2:1.00


That's done with megui updated... i havent modified or download files myself...

[Sharktooth]

coz the "modified" build includes the hrd-pulldown patch to make h.264 encodings compatible with Blu-ray

[Sharktooth]

I use the default settings, which was ENABLED. I just tried it with that option disabled, and got same error...

I tried version v0.2.6 AND v0.3.0, and im getting the same error with both version :cool:

I dont understand why im getting this error, can it be related to the version of .NET framework installed? I've installed v3.5 instead of v2
coz you close the preview window.

[BiO-HaZaRd]

How do i deactivate rdcmp=psy then?

[jeffy]

Thanks Jeffy, but I do not have Vista. I use Windows XP with SP 2....sorry I should have informed earlier.

Anyways I shall surely try the method in a day or two and let you know here.

Thanks again.

XP: It should change the start type as well :)

EDIT: Of course, you don't need an elevated command prompt in XP and the method described for its invoking does not work in this OS.

[wata]

just update to megui 0.3.0.1010
how to Define Zones in the this version

edit:
OK seem like it is remove after 0.3.0.1004
anyone have/where can download 0.3.0.1004 with zones setting, it is not availiable anymore at megui.org, i need to use zones

[Bh4i]

coz you close the preview window.I didnt... the preview window was open.

I also tried it with it being closed btw :cool:

[berrinam]

just update to megui 0.3.0.1010
how to Define Zones in the this version

edit:
OK seem like it is remove after 0.3.0.1004
anyone have/where can download 0.3.0.1004 with zones setting, it is not availiable anymore at megui.org, i need to use zones

In 0.3.0.1010, after you have loaded your video, try pressing "Edit zones..." in the main window, just above "enqueue".

[Kurtnoise]

ok, I did what you have told me.

it updated to version 0.3.0.1010

ahhhhhh, still i get the same problem :(

Do you think it is .NET Framework problem?

I use 3.5, but I didn't get this error before.
no, I don't think it's related to the .net Framework...

Which container did you use ? (MKV or MP4 ?)
What kind of files do you want to add for the mux (audio streams, subtitles, chapters...) ?

[MADAJ]

Which container did you use ? (MKV or MP4 ?)

I tried AVI and MKV. I get the same error.



What kind of files do you want to add for the mux (audio streams, subtitles, chapters...) ?

only audio

[wata]

In 0.3.0.1010, after you have loaded your video, try pressing "Edit zones..." in the main window, just above "enqueue".

there isn't a "Edit zones..." button to press :confused:

here the main windows
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6898/snap1qf2.jpg
don't have edit zones button

[berrinam]

Sorry, my mistake. I've committed it to SVN, so you'll have to wait until 0.3.0.1011, which I expect we will release in a few days. Otherwise, just use a 0.2.0.x version.

[Sharktooth]

tomorrow.

[JarrettH]

I'm obviously looking over this...how do I mux multiple audio tracks or subs to an MP4 or MKV file? Or is that not standard or something :confused:

Running latest stable version

[Sharktooth]

right click on the audio o subs tab and then add track.
anyways, zones are in the latest build, but there seems to be a problem (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2007133&group_id=156112&atid=798476).

[SacredCultivator]

Sorry to ask this but... Is it possible to Import Profiles from version 2 to 3?

As I am aware that in 3 they use Presets opposed to profiles...

[Kurtnoise]

Sorry to ask this but... Is it possible to Import Profiles from version 2 to 3?

yes...File Menu and then Import Profiles/Presets (depends on the build do you have).

[wallace4793]

Hi

If I change any of the video settings in megui i always get the error "init - cant find .stat file" (something lile that)

How do i change the settings and avoid this.. im assuming there needs to be a .stat file somewhere but it cant find it when i alter the settings?

John

[Sharktooth]

more details are welcome.... the stat file is the encoder stat file... megui doesnt need it...

[JarrettH]

right click on the audio o subs tab and then add track.
anyways, zones are in the latest build, but there seems to be a problem (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2007133&group_id=156112&atid=798476).

Thanks, yep works

You know I think those tabs should be there in the first place :cool:

[Sharktooth]

interface usability is low in the list of priorities...
however, we'll consider that.
anyways, zones are fixed in the latest version.

[JarrettH]

Thanks for version 3 :devil:

Just to let you know tivtc and colormatrix were updated.:cool:

[Razorholt]

I just upgraded to 0.3.0.1014 and now I get the following error when I want to compress the audio in Vorbis format:

invalid arguments to function ConvertAudioToFloat

I t was fine with the previous MeGUI versions.


Thanks,
- Dan

[Sharktooth]

razor, please report it in the bugtracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=798476&group_id=156112&func=browse

[Razorholt]

done.

[gav1577]

Hi i dont know if im in the right thread but will megui ever have a bitrate calculator to account for m2ts overhead ? :)

[Sharktooth]

m2ts is not a supported output format. at least, not yet. if we will add m2ts then, yes, the BC will take into consideration the m2ts overhead.

[Atak_Snajpera]

m2ts is not a supported output format. at least, not yet. if we will add m2ts then, yes, the BC will take into consideration the m2ts overhead.
Overhead in m2ts is crazy like hell :) Without audio overhead is constant (7.4%). Nightmare begins with included audio :devil:

[Sharktooth]

good to know...

[Maxaks]

I was wondering if there is a way to name temporary files according to the output file name?
The problem is that I can't run multiple workers for jobs using the same input file because of the .stats temporary files (same .stats file for multiple workers).
For example, here is the error I get when trying to compress the same file using three different profiles and three workers:
[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: failed to rename "C:\raw.stats.temp" to "C:\raw.stats"

:thanks:

[Sharktooth]

I was wondering if there is a way to name temporary files according to the output file name?
The problem is that I can't run multiple workers for jobs using the same input file because of the .stats temporary files (same .stats file for multiple workers).
For example, here is the error I get when trying to compress the same file using three different profiles and three workers:
[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: failed to rename "C:\raw.stats.temp" to "C:\raw.stats"

:thanks:
yes, it's possible... changing some code... but why would you compress the same file 3 times and concurrently?

[Maxaks]

but why would you compress the same file 3 times and concurrently?

For multi format / multi device support. Like a version for iPods, a 720p version and a 1080p one, etc.

[Sharktooth]

i would just add the 3 encodes into the queue...
running in parallel is probably slower and eats up much more RAM.

[gav1577]

m2ts is not a supported output format. at least, not yet. if we will add m2ts then, yes, the BC will take into consideration the m2ts overhead.

Ok thanks for answer

[aking80]

Just updated the core version today (0.3.0.1014) and am now getting this error when encoding .wav to .aac audio:

Exception message: Script error: Invalid arguments to function "ConvertAudioToFloat"

Any ideas?

[Kurtnoise]

this has been fixed yesterday...so, wait an update.

[Codex0nz]

is it possible to add an option to megui that allows you to imput an ac3 file and have it normalized, i just noticed that i havnt been doing it so i will have to demux all of my mkv movies and remux with normalized ac3 tracks

[Sharktooth]

Check the "Increase volume automatically" in the audio profile.

[Codex0nz]

Check the "Increase volume automatically" in the audio profile.

lol wow im a fool

so these settings:
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/9787/86036555ij1.gif
will automatically fix te audio, increase the volume, make it awesome. Without actually converting it to anything? or would i have to change the bitrate to match each ac3 file, since some dvd's i have use different bitrates?

and also after re ripping the audio from mkv files, it no longer needs a delay right? like when you first mux it theres the -8ms for some etc, after muxing is that delay removed?

also is aften the best ac3 encoder to use? cause everytime i run it it seems to freeze :S in task manager only comes up with 352k for memory usage which cant be right at all lol

[simonhowson]

I have an irritating problem with my encodes. A very thin line of pixels from the top of the image appears at the bottom of the file. It is only one or two pixels high, but they are definitely from the top.

I am encoding DVDs to x264 MP4 files. I am encoding the files anamorphic using the "smart anamorphic" encoding function. The files are 640 wide and whatever MeGUI suggests is the right height for such anamorphic encodes (i.e. depending on the aspect ratio).

I have using auto crop to get rid of the letterboxing from the image. I have been told that the cropping needs to be divisible by 4 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139224). Does this mean the total vertical crop has to be divisible by 4, or both the top and bottom each divisible?

Is it possible that the cropping and anamorphic function aren't compatible, hence I am getting this strange error with my encodes?

[check]

They are certainly compatible. What is the vertical resolution of your file? Many renderer/decoder/GPU/driver combinations fail to correctly decode non mod4 content (or even non mod8 in rarer cases)

[simonhowson]

I think you are right. I think the problem is with VLC media player. I can't see the problem in Media Player Classic Home Cinema. I am playing it back on a Radeon HD3650 card with Catalyst 8.5 drivers on Vista.

I encoded one 2.35:1 widescreen film from a PAL non-anamorphic (non 16:9 enhanced) DVD (720 x 576) which after cropping made a 640 x 288 anamorphic file.

I tried to make an anamorphic file from a 2.35:1 on an NTSC non-anamorphic DVD, but MeGUI suggested a resolution of 640 x 240, which is smaller than a 640 x 272 for a non-anamorphic file. Shouldn't the vertical resolution be greater for the anamorphic file? I thought that is what anamorphic was for - increasing the pixel count. So I see no reason to encode the file as anamorphic, because it would just reduce the resolution or distort the image.


Auto crop says to take off 0, 106, 2, 102. But the poster in the other thread I linked to said I should change this to 0, 104, 2, 104. Is that because both the top and bottom cropping needs to be divisible by 4? Because the sum - 208 - is the same.

I don't understand why the auto crop feature just doesn't take into account these mod 4 or mod 16 rules and crop a bit extra or leave a tiny bit of letterboxing. It is too complicated for new users like me who assume auto crop just works so I don't need to know all these other rules.

[check]

Shouldn't the vertical resolution be greater for the anamorphic file? I thought that is what anamorphic was for - increasing the pixel count. So I see no reason to encode the file as anamorphic, because it would just reduce the resolution or distort the image.Anamorphic means: "the pixels are not displayed square". The most general application of this is to encode a 16:9 video as a full DVD resolution file (720x576), when the original DVD was encoded like this too.

The easiest way to think of anamorphic encoding is that is decouples the Displayed Aspect Ratio (DAR) of the video from the resolution the video is encoded at. This makes the encoding process easier overall: you just need to crop all the black bars off, then either overcrop or resize to (at least) mod4, then encode the video, and finally mux the video with the correct DAR for proper playback.


For your file, I'm assuming it's a 2.35:1 film that was encoded as 720x576 by adding black borders. All you need to do is what I outlined above:
1. Crop all the black off around the edges
2. Overcrop or resize to at least mod4 resolution
3. Encode the file
4. Mux the video with a DAR of 2.35:1

Auto crop says to take off 0, 106, 2, 102. But the poster in the other thread I linked to said I should change this to 0, 104, 2, 104. Is that because both the top and bottom cropping needs to be divisible by 4? Because the sum - 208 - is the same.YV12 must be at least mod4 when processed by Avisynth. It doesn't need to be cropped in multiples of only 4 (ie 4 off the top, 4 off the bottom), only that the final resolution must be mod4.

[simonhowson]

So when I crop, I need to simply make sure the sum of the top and bottom crop is divisible by 4? If AutoCrop produces a figure that isn't divisible by 4, I can either crop less, thus leaving a black border, or crop more, thus removing a tiny bit of the picture, but satisfying the Mod 4 rule? Surely that could be done automatically by a check box.

I can't get mod 4 by resizing, because I am already using anamorphic encoding which resizes to mod 16, which forces the vertical resolution so that rule is satisfied.

I still don't understand why I can't make an anamorphic file from the 2.35:1 film on the NTSC non-anamorphic DVD. Is it because the resize has to make the image smaller horizontally 720 -> 640, but larger vertically, and for some reason this can't be done? Or is it pointless to do it because increasing the image size vertically will just reduce the quality of the file compared to a non-anamorphic encode?

If I check the box to make an anamorphic encode it wants to make a 640 x 240 = ~2.666:1 file. But this doesn't make any sense when the non-anamorphic file is 640 x 272 = ~2.35:1

Is it possible that this is a bug in the anamorphic encoding function? For the anaomrphic file, I expect the vertical resolution should be greater than 272, not less.

[check]

So when I crop, I need to simply make sure the sum of the top and bottom crop is divisible by 4? If AutoCrop produces a figure that isn't divisible by 4, I can either crop less, thus leaving a black border, or crop more, thus removing a tiny bit of the picture, but satisfying the Mod 4 rule? Surely that could be done automatically by a check box.In order: No, the final resolution must be mod4; yes, I recommend the latter; Yes.

I still don't understand why I can't make an anamorphic file from the 2.35:1 film on the NTSC non-anamorphic DVD. Is it because the resize has to make the image smaller horizontally 720 -> 640, but larger vertically, and for some reason this can't be done? Or is it pointless to do it because increasing the image size vertically will just reduce the quality of the file compared to a non-anamorphic encode?Remember, "Anamorphic" just means "The DAR of the video on playback is not equal to (horizontal resolution divided by vertical resolution)". It's not any sort of complicated voodoo, just a simple definition.

In 'real life' DVD encoding, anamorphic encoding is only really done when the input DVD is anamorphic, and you want to preserve that information. If you have a DVD that displays at 16/9 but has a resolution of 720x576, you'd encode it at 720x576 and change the DAR flag to 16/9 in the container.


As far as I understand, your video is a 2.35:1 aspect ratio video, with a horizontal resolution of 720 pixels. This gives you (more or less) 306 pixels of horizontal information. This is the size of the actual input video. To preserve maximum quality, you should crop/resize as little as possible to obtain mod4 (I'd crop 2 pixels off one side in this case), and then encode the video. No need for any anamorphic work, as your input video is not.

[Sharktooth]

lol wow im a fool

so these settings:
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/9787/86036555ij1.gif
will automatically fix te audio, increase the volume, make it awesome. Without actually converting it to anything? or would i have to change the bitrate to match each ac3 file, since some dvd's i have use different bitrates?

and also after re ripping the audio from mkv files, it no longer needs a delay right? like when you first mux it theres the -8ms for some etc, after muxing is that delay removed?

also is aften the best ac3 encoder to use? cause everytime i run it it seems to freeze :S in task manager only comes up with 352k for memory usage which cant be right at all lol
MeGUI doesnt "copy" the audio, it always converts it to something. The volume function will normalize the volume in a pre-processing stage (look at the status window... if you see "Preprocessing" in the status bar then it's normalizing the volume... and no, it's not freezed. let it do the job).
after muxing the delay should be gone.

@simonhowson: the crop doesnt matter. the final picture size does though. it's always better (but not mandatory) to end up with a mod16 res. but do not get never below a mod4 res.
also some avisynth filters may require mod16...

[73ChargerFan]

DGDecode_mpeg2source("P:\min\min.d2v",info=3)

What does the "info=3" mean? Thanks.

[murrsturr]

First off I should say a big thank you for such a beautiful program. It does a lot for me an I appreciate it very much.

But.. I have a script which worked fine, but slow (12 fps), before the recent core update but now when I get to around 14% of a two hour encode now, the encoding fps rate drops to around 3 and then it just stops encoding. There is no error message and Megui hasn't frozen but there is no longer any CPU activity? Would this be a memory issue?

I am using the new TempGaussMC_beta in an otherwise simple script so apologies if I'm out of line for posting this here but I had no problems previously in Megui using this. Other scripts (the couple I tried) seem to work as they did previously.

Thanks in advance.

[check]

@73Char: Read the dgdecode manual (part of dgindex)

@murrsturr: doesn't sound like a MeGUI issue, sounds like an input issue. if you can encode the file correctly without megui (read: you use an identical commandline in cmd.exe and it works), report it as a bug

[Sharktooth]

@murrsturr: MeGUI just feeds the .avs to x264.exe and reads the encoder stderr/stdout. the .avs doesnt influence the "reading" so i highly doubt it's a MeGUI problem. If the avs is complex or it includes particularly memory hungry filters, ensure you set enough memory in the script (SetMemoryMax() function).

[Codex0nz]

MeGUI doesnt "copy" the audio, it always converts it to something. The volume function will normalize the volume in a pre-processing stage (look at the status window... if you see "Preprocessing" in the status bar then it's normalizing the volume... and no, it's not freezed. let it do the job).
after muxing the delay should be gone.

@simonhowson: the crop doesnt matter. the final picture size does though. it's always better (but not mandatory) to end up with a mod16 res. but do not get never below a mod4 res.
also some avisynth filters may require mod16...

ok thank you :) so if i also use the exact same bitrate as the source then it wont downsample it much if at all correct?

[Sharktooth]

it will always recompress so you will loose quality. if the bitrate is not too different or equal to the original you wont loose too much though.
FYI "downsampling" means another thing... it's about the sampling rate... ;)

[arrirc]

Hello Sharktooth

I reformatted my machine and reinstalled .NET, so MeGUI is running. But there is a new problem now. In AviSynth Script creator if I choose not to "resize", (but choosing the "auto crop" function to remove the black bars) then the AutoEncode> Queue is giving me an error related to AviSynth script resolution. Then I am getting a Fatal Error, but Megui keeps running.

The script is as follows:

DGDecode_mpeg2source("J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell Of Arms.d2v",info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true)
#deinterlace
crop( 0, 56, 0, -60)

#resize
#denoise

Please see the screen shots below:

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/4044/avisynthtoolsetdo1.png

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/4027/avisyntherroruw9.png

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/15/meguierror2hs8.png


Lastly, what exactly is this "*Scratchpad*" avisynth profile? In the guide I founf the profile to beset as "default" in AviSynth Script Creator tool.

Please help me out :(

Thank you...

[73ChargerFan]

@73Char: Read the dgdecode manual (part of dgindex)
Thanks, I found it, but the manual didn't answer my question.

AVS Script creator analyzes a certain mpeg2 video source(m2v or ts) and sometimes adds "info=3", sometimes not, and I don't know why.

BTW, the colors in the preview window still don't match those displayed by mpc-hc. (latest stable 3 version).

[jeffy]

Lastly, what exactly is this "*Scratchpad*" avisynth profile? In the guide I founf the profile to beset as "default" in AviSynth Script Creator tool.



*Scratchpad*
I think this is an unsaved profile (video, audio or an AviSynth template).

[check]

73char: I'm not sure about that either sorry. Regarding MPC-HC: which renderer are you using? Different renderers have different levels of sanity, in particular avoid VMR*. Haali's is generally the best choice, you can also choose between the 609 and 710 matrix if that sort of colour correction is a big deal for you.

[berrinam]

info=3 forces DGDecode to output "hints" via avisynth. This hints are used by colormatrix to determine the source color space. Unfortunately, this information was wrong in some recent versions of DGDecode, but the problem should be fixed in the latest one provided in megui's autoupdate.

[Sharktooth]

@arrirc: what's not clear in what megui told you?
"This could cause problems"...
Use a mod 16 res (overcrop to mod 16 or resize to mod 16).

[squid_80]

If the Auto Crop option is using the autocrop avisynth plugin, there are two parameters: wMultOf(default 4) and hMultOf(default 2) that can be used to ensure the final width/height is a multiple of x. Since autocrop seems to be an "I'm lazy, do everything for me" option I think it would make sense to use them.

[Sharktooth]

it's not the avs autocrop function.

[check]

@squid: Out of interest, does that over or under-crop? Or is that also configurable?

@berrinam: Why would some files have info=3 and some not? Did previous builds of MeGUI remove it while it was borked?

[rebkell]

@squid: Out of interest, does that over or under-crop? Or is that also configurable?

@berrinam: Why would some files have info=3 and some not? Did previous builds of MeGUI remove it while it was borked?

I always/only got info=3 if I had Color Correction checked in the avisynth creator.

[squid_80]

@squid: Out of interest, does that over or under-crop? Or is that also configurable?
Looking at the source code it appears to be designed to overcrop.

[Sharktooth]

however why should we force a mod16 crop when we have a mod16 resize? overcropping is not always good.

[arrirc]

@arrirc: what's not clear in what megui told you?
"This could cause problems"...
Use a mod 16 res (overcrop to mod 16 or resize to mod 16).

I am not clear about why the error is given when I use Not To Resize+AutoCrop function.
If I resize the final output according to the suggested resolution: 720x364, then anyway it is a resize!

So what exactly should I do so that the original wxh is maintained (that is no resizing)?

Use a mod 16 res (overcrop to mod 16 or resize to mod 16).

Very sorry Sharktooth, but I have no idea what exactly are you asking me to do. :(

Thank you for relying.

[Sharktooth]

OMG...
ok, you dont want to resize? then adjust the CROP so the final width and height can BOTH be divided by 16 (MOD 16!)
If you still dont understand... RTFM!
http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/Computer_movie_files/Video/Mod16

[UncleFester]

Hello to the forum! Noobs first post, so go easy on me...

This might be better in the avisynth forum, but lurking in there makes me realize how very tiny my understanding of avisynth is, which brings me to my first point...

MeGUI is awesome! But...

:stupid:

I have what I think should be a fast machine: ASUS P5Q Pro, Wolfdale E8400 Core2Duo at 3Ghz, 8GB DDR2-1066, 9600GT, separate RAID-0 arrays for OS (Vista64) and data.

My old P4 @ 3Ghz with 2GB on WinXP took ~5 hours to fully convert (audio+video+mux) a ~2 hour movie from VOB to MP4. New machine is taking 2 to 3 hours, which is a huge improvement, no doubt, but I had gotten the impression that would be much better than that. I've read about people who are converting 2 hour movies in ~45 minutes.

FWIW, all my times are with the process priority set to high, and no other use of the machine - I leave it running overnight, and yes, I have turned off all of background junk in Vista (search, indexer, auto-defrag, etc.)

I'm not sure how much bearing it has on this type of usage, but my rig's Vista "experience" score is a solid 5.9 (currently the highest you can get), except for CPU, which is a 5.7. I suppose I could overclock, but I like it quiet...

I've been lurking for awhile and did a few searches, but can't seem to find an good answer to the question of how long a quality encode should take.

Since my only desire is to stream my stupidly (as in too-many-to-find-the-disc-you-want) large DVD collection through my XBox360, I am following a guide I found at http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/Xbox_360_H.264_Conversion_Guide_page1.html more or less to the letter. If there is a flaw in this approach (overkill on quality? something else?), or if someone could point me at a better guide, I'm all ears.

I've been wanting to do this for years, but until the combination of the MP4 file sizes, huge (affordable) drives, and meGui, it's wasn't really practical. Now it is, except I would rather not spend the next six months converting them.

[Sharktooth]

if you need more speed, use the PD-PS3-Xbox360_Fast profile
it's much faster but there is definatly a quality drop.

[arrirc]

OMG...
ok, you dont want to resize? then adjust the CROP so the final width and height can BOTH be divided by 16 (MOD 16!)
If you still dont understand... RTFM!
http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/Computer_movie_files/Video/Mod16

Thank you very much Sharktooth...I'll post the result/ feedback here. :)

[JarrettH]

Not sure why this happened, but the delay value didn't work or wasn't applied when I mux'd this:

VTS_01_0 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -295ms.ac3

It was for There Will Be Blood. The box was ticked in the muxxer I remember. Can clearly see it out of sync...I'm thinking it probably has to do more with some kind of protection on the disc. I think the same happened to me when I tried to encode Unforgiven. I can see the title menu jump for a split second and then the movie starts...thinking the way the track was ripped it gets confused because it's between those two parts of the disc...?

[UncleFester]

if you need more speed, use the PD-PS3-Xbox360_Fast profile
it's much faster but there is definatly a quality drop.

@Sharktooth - Thanks for the quick reply!

How much quality is lost? I realize that is often a very subjective thing, so I have start a couple of test encodes running now so I can see for myself, but how about a "general sense of the forum" on whether the difference in speed is worth the quality drop?

BTW, I am not really unhappy with the encode time now and I can't tell the difference between the original DVD and the MP4stream. Since I don't want to ever have to do these conversions again, I am more interested in maintaining quality (but I don't want to overdo it either).

Mebbe I had just built up in my head that my shiny new rig was going to be better than it is. :(

[Blue_MiSfit]

I don't know if this is a known issue or not, but I'm having a problem in Vista x64 with the latest dev build of MeGUI.

I can load one source with no problems. However, if I queue a job and then select another source, MeGUI hangs - with the "..." button lit up.

Edit:
Blew away my whole MeGUI installation, downloaded and let it re-update. Behavior remains. To reproduce:
Open a script, apply a profile, queue an encode. Then, try to open another script = fail.

~MiSfit

[Warpman]

I don't know if this is a known issue or not, but I'm having a problem in Vista x64 with the latest dev build of MeGUI.

I can load one source with no problems. However, if I queue a job and then select another source, MeGUI hangs - with the "..." button lit up.

Edit:
Blew away my whole MeGUI installation, downloaded and let it re-update. Behavior remains. To reproduce:
Open a script, apply a profile, queue an encode. Then, try to open another script = fail.

~MiSfit
I expirienced a similar bug when using AvisythMT+ Megui. It does work with the unmodded 2.58 tho.

Drop a simple avs (even version() will do) severeral times in the avs input field... and it will magicly stopping to work after 2-3times.

[check]

How much quality is lost? I realize that is often a very subjective thing, so I have start a couple of test encodes running now so I can see for myself, but how about a "general sense of the forum" on whether the difference in speed is worth the quality drop?Since you are running tests yourself, an answer here should not be required.

Mebbe I had just built up in my head that my shiny new rig was going to be better than it is. :(
While encoding, is your CPU running at 100% utilisation? Are you testing the difference with an identical script?

[Suchy]

Hi.
I have question about x264 used in MeGui.
I noticed that it's patched versions only.
I check applied pathes here: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=89979
It looks like x264 used in MeGui have:
- fgo
- psy rdo
- vaq1
- vaq2

So if I want to use fgo, psy rdo, vaq2 I must add comands to command line manually (vaq1 seems included in configuration).
It's correct, or maybe I misunderstanding sth?

[Sharktooth]

VAQ1 is official... and it's no longer a patch.
VAQ2 is not included and neither FGO.
PSY RDO, NAL-HRD and some other patches are in though.
VAQ and PSY RDO are enabled by default (PSY RDO requires --subme >= 6)

[Suchy]

Thanks. That's exactly it what I want to know.
I thought that FGO is included, becasue in linked patchs was fgo1 and fgo2 diff.
But now, all is clear.

[Sharktooth]

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1156595#post1156595

that's the build and applied patches.

[UncleFester]

Since you are running tests yourself, an answer here should not be required.


While encoding, is your CPU running at 100% utilisation? Are you testing the difference with an identical script?

@Check - Yes, my CPU is showing 100%, and my test setups are identical (source, script, crop, etc). The only difference will be the different avisynth profile.

On a slightly different note, I had the impression that having dual core CPU meant I should use two workers running separate encoding queues, but that simply made the overall time take longer vs. letting one worker concentrate on one job at a time.

Besides using the temporary worker to do something short and quick, what kind of hardware would I need to properly make use of multiple workers?

Or am I totally wrong on the point of having multiple workers?

[saint-francis]

Or am I totally wrong on the point of having multiple workers?

More or less. The multiple workers are for processes that aren't multi-threaded. X264 is very good at using multiple cores. Use multiple workers for things like audio encoding and D2V creation at the same time.

[UncleFester]

More or less. The multiple workers are for processes that aren't multi-threaded. X264 is very good at using multiple cores. Use multiple workers for things like audio encoding and D2V creation at the same time.

That's what I had figured out on my own, nice to have confirmation.

:thanks:

[toytown]

I expirienced a similar bug when using AvisythMT+ Megui. It does work with the unmodded 2.58 tho.

Thanks for that, ive been having the problem for ages and removing AvisynthMT fixed the problem, no more hangs in Megui.

Ive also noticed that my audio will never encode in Megui unless i have just 16 bit integer ticked on the output tab of FFDshows audio config.

[rebkell]

I've just encountered a strange problem with the status window for Worker 1, the status window appears to be off the viewable area of my display. I've closed it and enabled it several times and it's not showing. I tried to right click the status app in the task bar and move it, and the little four pronged arrow that shows up when you want to move a window around on the screen jumps to the top left of my display.

It's currently encoding and I don't want to shut down megui, so I'll let it finish, but just wondering if anyone has ever run into this problem before. I've been running megui for the last 6 or 8 months and I've never experienced anything like this, any way to reposition the window without shutting down megui?

Edit: I got it back on screen, I right clicked and clicked move and then used the arrow keys on the keyboard and it finally appeared on the screen. It was like it went to an extended desktop window, but my machine doesn't have an extended desktop, but anyway, if anyone ever experiences something similar. I used the arrow keys and finally got the window to appear on my display.

[Blue_MiSfit]

Dreadful. No MT?? That's ... needed!

~MiSfit

[toytown]

Dreadful. No MT?? That's ... needed!

With the MT version you could enqueue a movie on either Megui/Staxrip and it would be no problem, however if you didnt restart the application after enqueuing one job, then it would freeze.

The solution was to simply enqueue a job, close application, open application, requeue a job. Then when all jobs were queued start the jobs. The downside was that you couldnt add any more jobs after this and you had to wait for them to finish so you could close the app and start again.

[Sharktooth]

i want to stress the fact it's an avisynth_MT problem and not a staxrip or megui problem...

[toytown]

i want to stress the fact it's an avisynth_MT problem

Perhaps it needs to be mentioned somewhere so that people will be aware. I know i had the problems for months and could never find the solution. Maybe on load Megui could check the avisynth.dll and warn that it will be unstable if used, or something like that.

Same for audio, on my Vista HTPC, i would sometimes set it up to encode overnight when i knew it wasnt going to be used. However it would always fail to encode the audio, on the older versions of Megui there was no error log for audio so it was almost impossible to find out the problem, on v0.3 it simply reports that it cannot find the audio stream. However the problem can be fixed by simply opening the audio config on FFDShow and setting the audio to output 16bit only (anything else it will fail).

Its little things like this which i have learnt to live with and havent found the solutions whilst checking forums/google etc. Yet one post like the one above and ding instantly fixed, they need to be mentioned somewhere.

[Sharktooth]

ok. will add a readme with those info in the next version.

[elguaxo]

I have the following AVS:

FFmpegSource("c:\sample.mkv").ConvertToYV12()

When I open the AVS file in MeGUI 0.3.0.1015 and add it to the queue I get the following errors:

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7628/error1ut0.png

and I answer NO

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2096/error2ea6.png

and I answer YES and everything after that works as expected.

The colorspace is YV12, why do I get this error?
If I add Info() at the end of the script the colorspace is reported on screen as YV12.

Thanks.


edit: I'm using FFmpegSource 1.19

[Warpman]

i want to stress the fact it's an avisynth_MT problem and not a staxrip or megui problem...

If thats the case, why can i drop a script with version() 100times in vdm and it still works?

Also i can still import more script using the "..." button and it works.

Only Drag& Drop gets disabled apparently for no reason.

Also would it be possible to enqueue avs scripts that are not working? (They are dependent of other jobs running before so they will work when they are started)

:thanks:

[stax76]

I'm not sure since I wasn't able to reproduce the freeze on my XP box but the .NET CLR might have strict protection forcing proper use of memory, threading, COM etc. If you don't know what the real problem is, it's of course always easy to blame other applications (you can translate codec packs are evil most of the time to I've no clue so it must be the codec pack), truth is the bug could be in MeGUI, in AviSynth or in the .NET CLR but MeGUI is rather unlikely. Drag & Drop is OLE/COM so AviSynth might screw COM in managed applications.

[Sharktooth]

I have the following AVS:

FFmpegSource("c:\sample.mkv").ConvertToYV12()

When I open the AVS file in MeGUI 0.3.0.1015 and add it to the queue I get the following errors:

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7628/error1ut0.png

and I answer NO

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2096/error2ea6.png

and I answer YES and everything after that works as expected.

The colorspace is YV12, why do I get this error?
If I add Info() at the end of the script the colorspace is reported on screen as YV12.

Thanks.


edit: I'm using FFmpegSource 1.19
try this script:
FFmpegSource("c:\sample.mkv")
ConvertToYV12()
does it still tells you the colorspace is wrong?

[elguaxo]

try this script:
FFmpegSource("c:\sample.mkv")
ConvertToYV12()
does it still tells you the colorspace is wrong?

I get the same error.

[Warpman]

I'm not sure since I wasn't able to reproduce the freeze on my XP box but the .NET CLR might have strict protection forcing proper use of memory, threading, COM etc. If you don't know what the real problem is, it's of course always easy to blame other applications (you can translate codec packs are evil most of the time to I've no clue so it must be the codec pack), truth is the bug could be in MeGUI, in AviSynth or in the .NET CLR but MeGUI is rather unlikely. Drag & Drop is OLE/COM so AviSynth might screw COM in managed applications.

Well same here i never got a freeze, only drag&drop stopped working.

I asked some friend and they could reproduce that drag&drop stopped working.
A guess from a friend: Avisynth MT doesnt close an instance of an avisynth script when requested because another thread might stil need it.

I will ask Avisyth MT developer if he has an idea what might be the problem...

[Sharktooth]

I get the same error.
weird. ill investigate.

[elguaxo]

:thanks:

[toytown]

A guess from a friend: Avisynth MT doesnt close an instance of an avisynth script when requested because another thread might stil need it.

I compiled Megui some days ago and ran it, using AvisynthMT i got the DisconnectedContext error, which normally means that Megui requested something from AvisynthMT, but it had already closed. So its possible that Megui is trying to reference something which doesnt exist.

[Sharktooth]

Avisynth_MT is an alpha stage software. Any problems you encounter with it, ask the Avisynth_MT developers to fix it.

[Danguard]

Hello,
Sorry if i write here, but i really don't have any clue how to solve this issue:

When i try to encode with oneclick profile a video i get always the same error (even when i tell him to not encode the audio tracks, so it should be just a muxing in the final mkv).
In attachment the log i have before megui crash

I checked the folder, and he wrote all the audio files correctly
The files are called:
1X02 T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T82 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T83 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T84 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms

I really don't know what to do to fix it, someone can help me?
If you need more information, just tell me, i can re-create this problem all the times you want :|

Thank you.

[meatwad666]

so i let the autoupdater run and take me from 0.2 something (relatively recent) to 0.3 (current); however now all of my customized profiles (encoder, avisynth, etc.) are gone! what happened?

[neelo]

i have seen a tutorial of ripping a movie using MeGUI.. in that it say that place your video profile in

C:\Programfile\megui\profiles\video

and audio in

C:\Programfile\megui\profiles\audio


But in my PC there is no like that any option...

its like this

C:\Programfile\megui\allprofiles

http://i35.tinypic.com/347b8m9.jpg

look there is no video folder or audio folder to place my video profile and audio profile

what should i do ???

[Eric10301]

I'm trying to figure my way through megui and I recorded a small sample I'm trying to re-encode. Its a 1080i mpeg2 HD stream which I'm trying to encode to 720p x264 mkv. First I ran it through the D2V Creator and demuxed the audio. Then went into the avisynth script creator. Once I load the .d2v I used the following settings:

DAR 16:9 NTSC
Clever anamorphic encoding and resize mod 16
resize 1280 720

Ran it through the auto-detect

source type interlaced
field order bottom field first
deinterlacer yadif
resize filter lancozs

My encode settings are

program --pass 2 --bitrate 2500 --stats ".stats" --bframes 3 --no-b-adapt --direct temporal --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

The resulting file is really screwed up vertically stretched here is a pic: http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9165/picgs3.png
Here is the sample I'm messing with: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=19KHG1AZ

Where am I going wrong?

[check]

@eric: Post your AVS script.

[Sharktooth]

so i let the autoupdater run and take me from 0.2 something (relatively recent) to 0.3 (current); however now all of my customized profiles (encoder, avisynth, etc.) are gone! what happened?
It happened your custom profiles were made with an old 0.2 or prior version of megui (latest 0.2 versions were already compatible with 0.3). At some time the support for ancient profiles was dropped coz they were incompatible with the newer version of megui.
To avoid that in the future, once in a while, open the profiles and click the update button to save them in the new format.

@neelo: the screenshot you posted shows the TOOLS folder, not the PROFILES folder.

[Eric10301]

# Set DAR in encoder to 144 : 79. The following line is for automatic signalling
global MeGUI_darx = 144
global MeGUI_dary = 79
DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\sample3\Bikini Destinations_0001.d2v",info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true,interlaced=true)
Load_Stdcall_Plugin("C:\Program Files\megui\tools\yadif\yadif.dll")
Yadif(order=0)
#crop
LanczosResize(1280,720) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise

[Sharktooth]

have you checked the "suggest resolution" option? or have you just set 1280, 720?
however i dont think your doing it right converting 1080 to 720 using anamorphic encode.
1920x1080 is not anamorphic and should NOT be anamorphically encoded.

[ZombiePimp]

Eric10301, you're likely seeing the same bug that's already reported on the sourceforge tracker. I'm seeing it too.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2010131&group_id=156112&atid=798476

[MrScientist]

wow, that 5 day wait to post after registering is longer than the 3 days we americans have to wait to buy a gun! but i did find that time useful to lurk around and try to find an answer to my problem. unfortunately, i was unable to find one.

anyway, i'd like to say thanks to the devs for a great piece of software. since the update from 0.3.0.1013 (or so), i've been having a problem encoding audio within an avi file. before that, i was able to encode wav audio within a dv avi by just loading up the avi into the "audio input" box. this happens when attempting to encode to any codec, not just aac. since the update, i'm now getting the following error...

-[Error] Log for job4 (audio, test.avi -> test.mp4)
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] OpenDMLSource("C:\TEMP\test.avi")
---[NoImage] EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereoe92e069c8948422c9a7bb0729ec35673(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
---[NoImage] function x_stereoe92e069c8948422c9a7bb0729ec35673(clip a)
---[NoImage] {
---[NoImage] fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
---[NoImage] fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
---[NoImage] c = GetChannel(a, 3)
---[NoImage] lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
---[NoImage] sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
---[NoImage] sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
---[NoImage] l_sl = MixAudio(fl, sl, 0.2929, 0.2929)
---[NoImage] c_lfe = MixAudio(lfe, c, 0.2071, 0.2071)
---[NoImage] r_sr = MixAudio(fr, sr, 0.2929, 0.2929)
---[NoImage] l = MixAudio(l_sl, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
---[NoImage] r = MixAudio(r_sr, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
---[NoImage] return MergeChannels(l, r)
---[NoImage] }
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br 96000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Encoding started
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Script loaded
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Can't find audio stream
---[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[Information] [2008-07-08 9:10:23 AM] Job completed

here's a log from an older version of megui that was successful in completing the above stated task with the same exact file...

MeGUI Version: 0.2.6.1047
OS used: Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Framework used: 2.0 SP1
------------------------------------------------------

Looking for job processor for job...

Processor found!



------------------------------------------------------


Starting job job3 at 7:57:05 AM

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 8:00:16 AM

------------------------------------------------------

Log for job job3

Input: Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=48000Hz
Command line used: C:\Program Files\megui\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -br 96000 -if - -of "C:\TEMP\test.mp4"*************************************************************
* *
* Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
* Copyright 2007 Nero AG *
* All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
* *
* Package build date: Aug 6 2007 *
* Package version: 1.1.34.2 *
* *
* See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
* *
*************************************************************




------------------------------------------------------

Starting postprocessing of job...

Job completed successfully and deletion of intermediate files is activated

Postprocessing finished!

End of log for job3
------------------------------------------------------

thanks and keep up the great work

[Sharktooth]

what exact version of megui are you using?

[MrScientist]

sorry i didn't put that before...0.3.0.1015

[Sharktooth]

ok. make a bugreport in the megui project bugtracker (on sourceforge).

[MrScientist]

done and done (and thank goodness i didn't catch any noob flak for anything!)

[toytown]

I had the same error with regards to the Audio and i posted my solution in the previous page.

If im using FFDshow for audio decoding and use anything but "16 bit integer" as the output format, then the encode will fail with the exact same method you posted. If i select "16 bit integer" and only tick that, it works perfectly. Hope this helps.

[Eric10301]

have you checked the "suggest resolution" option? or have you just set 1280, 720?
however i dont think your doing it right converting 1080 to 720 using anamorphic encode.
1920x1080 is not anamorphic and should NOT be anamorphically encoded.

Ah that was it. I'm such a dummy. Unchecked the anamorphic encode option and it output a proper file. Thanks

[meatwad666]

It happened your custom profiles were made with an old 0.2 or prior version of megui (latest 0.2 versions were already compatible with 0.3). At some time the support for ancient profiles was dropped coz they were incompatible with the newer version of megui.
To avoid that in the future, once in a while, open the profiles and click the update button to save them in the new format.

@neelo: the screenshot you posted shows the TOOLS folder, not the PROFILES folder.

completely deleting files (so much so that i couldnt get them back with an undelete utility) without warning is pretty crappy, i could have copied the setting over from the "old" files which were created no more than 6 months ago....

[neelo]

Edited!!!!

[arrirc]

Hello Sharktooth

Please tell me how to solve the following error

[Error] Log for job9 (mux, A Farewell to Arms anamorphic.264 -> A Farewell to Arms anamorphic-muxed.mp4)
-[Information] [7/10/2008 8:09:20 AM] Started handling job
-[Information] [7/10/2008 8:09:21 AM] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Job commandline: "D:\Applications\2_Video Tools\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms anamorphic.264" -add "J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms T80 3_0ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.m4a" -fps 23.976023976024 -tmp "J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files" -new "J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms anamorphic-muxed.mp4"
-[Information] [7/10/2008 8:09:21 AM] Encoding started
-[Error] Error line: Error importing J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms anamorphic.264: I/O Error
-[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] AVC-H264 import - frame size 720 x 368 at 23.976 FPS
--[NoImage] Error importing J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms anamorphic.264: I/O Error
-[NoImage] Standard error stream
-[Information] [7/10/2008 8:09:21 AM] Job completed

I have all the files. Here is the AviSynth script:

# Set DAR in encoder to 137 : 57. The following line is for automatic signalling
global MeGUI_darx = 137
global MeGUI_dary = 57
DGDecode_mpeg2source("J:\Movies\Backups\A Farewell To Arms\Project Files\A Farewell to Arms.d2v",info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true)
#deinterlace
crop( 0, 56, 0, -60)

LanczosResize(720,368) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise

Please help! :(

[check]

I/O error sounds like a hardware issue.

[arrirc]

Hello Sharktooth

Please tell me how to solve the following error



I have all the files. Here is the AviSynth script:



Please help! :(

Issue resolved. Destination disc was out of space.

[chriszxl]

When the harddisk dont have enough space, Megui wont present any hint or stop changing automatically, check the log file is normal also. But actually you might get one video file of 4KB only when convert from a integral DVD.

[s_leonhart]

http://www.4freeimagehost.com/uploads/bcf250040883.jpg

getting this error msg after updated to megui 0.30.1015 on windows xp sp2 running as admin.
can somebody diagnos this problem and offer solutions?

thx

[Mr Alpha]

I have a DVD I'm trying to turn into a mp4 file with H.264 and AAC. The problem is that I the audio is out of sync. The audio should have a 500 ms delay according to the file DVD decrypter spit out, and if I've understood thing correctly MeGUI should take this into account automatically. In the resulting file the audio is ahead of the video with more than 500ms. First i thought MeGUI might have done the delay the wrong way which would result in the audio being 1000ms ahead of the video, but the audio is around 1400ms ahead.

Is there some setting I've touched that I shouldn't have?

Here is the log file:
[Information] Log
-[Information] Version information
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.1015
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1
-[Information] Settings
--[NoImage] YadifPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\yadif\yadif.dll
--[NoImage] AudioSamplesPerUpdate: 100000
--[NoImage] AutoScrollLog: True
--[NoImage] AcceptableFPSError: 0.01
--[NoImage] MaxServersToTry: 5
--[NoImage] AutoUpdateServerSubList: 0
--[NoImage] AutoUpdateServerLists
---[NoImage] array.Length: 2
---[NoImage] array[0]
----[NoImage] array.Length: 3
----[NoImage] array[0]: Stable
----[NoImage] array[1]: http://megui.org/auto/stable/
----[NoImage] array[2]: http://mewiki.project357.com/auto/stable/
---[NoImage] array[1]
----[NoImage] array.Length: 3
----[NoImage] array[0]: Development
----[NoImage] array[1]: http://megui.org/auto/
----[NoImage] array[2]: http://mewiki.project357.com/auto/
--[NoImage] AfterEncoding: DoNothing
--[NoImage] AfterEncodingCommand: null
--[NoImage] AcceptableAspectErrorPercent: 1
--[NoImage] UseAdvancedTooltips: True
--[NoImage] AlwaysOnTop: False
--[NoImage] BeSplitPath: besplit.exe
--[NoImage] FFMpegPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe
--[NoImage] EncAacPlusPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\enc_aacplus\enc_aacplus.exe
--[NoImage] EncAudXPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\encaudxcli\encaudxcli.exe
--[NoImage] OggEnc2Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe
--[NoImage] MencoderPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mencoder\mencoder.exe
--[NoImage] FaacPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\faac\faac.exe
--[NoImage] LamePath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\lame\lame.exe
--[NoImage] NeroAacEncPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\NeroAAC\win32\neroAacEnc_SSE.exe
--[NoImage] MkvmergePath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mkvmerge\mkvmerge.exe
--[NoImage] Mp4boxPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe
--[NoImage] X264Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe
--[NoImage] DgIndexPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe
--[NoImage] XviDEncrawPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe
--[NoImage] Avc2aviPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\avc2avi\avc2avi.exe
--[NoImage] AviMuxGUIPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\avimux_gui\avimux_gui.exe
--[NoImage] AftenPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\aften\aften.exe
--[NoImage] AvisynthPluginsPath: d:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins
--[NoImage] MeGUIUpdateCache: d:\Program Files (x86)\megui\update_cache
--[NoImage] RecalculateMainMovieBitrate: False
--[NoImage] AutoForceFilm: True
--[NoImage] FreshOggEnc2: True
--[NoImage] AutoStartQueue: False
--[NoImage] AutoOpenScript: True
--[NoImage] AutoSetNbThreads: True
--[NoImage] OpenProgressWindow: True
--[NoImage] ForceFilmThreshold: 95
--[NoImage] DefaultLanguage1: English
--[NoImage] DefaultLanguage2: English
--[NoImage] DefaultPriority: IDLE
--[NoImage] EnableMP3inMP4: False
--[NoImage] OverwriteStats: True
--[NoImage] Keep2of3passOutput: False
--[NoImage] NbPasses: 2
--[NoImage] DeleteCompletedJobs: False
--[NoImage] DeleteIntermediateFiles: True
--[NoImage] DeleteAbortedOutput: True
--[NoImage] VideoExtension
--[NoImage] AudioExtension
--[NoImage] AutoUpdate: True
--[NoImage] DialogSettings
---[NoImage] OverwriteJobOutputResponse: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutOverwriteJobOutput: True
---[NoImage] DuplicateResponse: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutDuplicates: True
---[NoImage] WarnAboutRDO2: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutError: True
---[NoImage] ContinueDespiteError: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutYV12: True
---[NoImage] AddConvertToYV12: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutVOBs: True
---[NoImage] UseOneClick: True
--[NoImage] SourceDetectorSettings
---[NoImage] CombedFrameMinimum: 5
---[NoImage] MinimumUsefulSections: 20
---[NoImage] DecimationThreshold: 2
---[NoImage] MaxPortions: 5
---[NoImage] Priority: BelowNormal
---[NoImage] PortionsAllowed: False
---[NoImage] PortionThreshold: 5
---[NoImage] HybridFOPercent: 10
---[NoImage] MinimumAnalyseSections: 150
---[NoImage] AnalysePercent: 1
---[NoImage] HybridPercent: 5
--[NoImage] AedSettings
---[NoImage] AddAdditionalContent: False
---[NoImage] NoTargetSizeMode: False
---[NoImage] BitrateMode: False
---[NoImage] FileSizeMode: True
---[NoImage] Container: MP4
---[NoImage] Bitrate: 700
---[NoImage] FileSize: 700 MB
---[NoImage] SplitSize: null
--[NoImage] safeProfileAlteration: False
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Desired size: null
--[NoImage] Split size: null
--[NoImage] Desired size: null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: H:\Movies\21\21.264
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: H:\Movies\21\21-muxed.mp4
---[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a
-[Information] Log for job1 (audio, VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 500ms.AC3 -> VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a)
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 500ms.AC3", DRC=1)
---[NoImage] DelayAudio(500.0/1000.0)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 6
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: D:\Program Files (x86)\NeroAAC\win32\neroAacEnc_SSE.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if - -of "H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a"
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:07:23 PM] Encoder process started
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2007 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Aug 6 2007 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.1.34.2 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job2 (video, 21.avs -> 21.264)
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --crf 18.0 --level 3.1 --ref 8 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --filter -2,-1 --subme 6 --trellis 1 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "H:\Movies\21\21.264" "H:\Movies\21\21.avs"
--[Information] [7/12/2008 10:24:38 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avis [info]: 720x288 @ 23.98 fps (176595 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 PHADD SSE4 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:2006 Avg QP:15.66 size: 20382
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:72781 Avg QP:18.01 size: 7976
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice B:101808 Avg QP:19.93 size: 2251
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 7.3% 68.1% 24.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 0.8% 5.3% 1.6% P16..4: 36.0% 25.7% 21.8% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 8.7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% B16..8: 51.2% 1.4% 5.8% direct: 4.2% skip:37.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:67.9% inter:68.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:96.5% temporal:3.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref P 65.1% 13.8% 7.7% 3.7% 3.0% 2.6% 2.4% 1.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B 76.7% 12.5% 4.7% 2.1% 1.6% 1.4% 1.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:923.8
---[NoImage] encoded 176595 frames, 33.61 fps, 923.89 kb/s
--[Information] Final statistics
---[NoImage] Constant Quality Mode: Quality 18 computed...
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 923 kbit/s
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job3 (mux, 21.264 -> 21-muxed.mp4)
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "D:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "H:\Movies\21\21.264" -add "H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a" -fps 23.976023976024 -tmp "H:\Movies\21" -new "H:\Movies\21\21-muxed.mp4"
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:52:14 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] AVC-H264 import - frame size 720 x 288 at 23.976 FPS
---[NoImage] Import results: 176595 samples - Slices: 2006 I 72781 P 101808 B - 1 SEI - 1780 IDR
---[NoImage] Stream uses B-slice references - max frame delay 2
---[NoImage] IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 6 channels)
---[NoImage] Saving H:\Movies\21\21-muxed.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:53:26 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [7/12/2008 11:53:26 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [7/12/2008 11:53:26 PM] Successfully deleted H:\Movies\21\21.264
----[Information] [7/12/2008 11:53:26 PM] Successfully deleted H:\Movies\21\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.m4a

[check]

@leonhart: Reinstall a fresh copy of 0.3

@alpha: is this delay constant throughout the video?

[Mr Alpha]

Yes, the delay is constant throughout the video.

[Sharktooth]

try ripping the disc with DVDFAB HD Decrypter or AnyDVD.

[Coolpplse]

With MeGUI updated to 0.3.0.1015 on Vista SP1 Ultimate 64 Bit all profiles suddenly vanish... when I manually redownload them from the x264 website MeGUI fails to load them when they are placed into the corresponding folders.

Going back to 0.2.6.1046 fixed this problem for me

But I dont understand what is causing this...

Just recently after constantly uninstalling/reinstalling several older versions, I can only queue 1-2 jobs at a time before I have to close/reopen megui again to queue up more jobs (Or else it crashes)

On top of that my current queue list can only automatically process pass 1 jobs, and not both... MeGUI is driving me insane :eek:

Update: Never mind about only 1st passes working.... MeGUI refuses to process my 2nd pass. Finally did get 0.3.0.1015 to keep my profiles now, if it crashes at all though I lose all my profiles again and have to "Force reinstall" the default profiles

Update 2: 2-Pass encoding works again! But only 1-2 2pass jobs can be queued at a time... or else MeGUI acts strange.. sigh

[chriszxl]

When the harddisk dont have enough space, Megui wont present any hint or stop changing automatically, check the log file is normal also. But actually you might get one video file of 4KB only when convert from a integral DVD.

There is anyone can see me :( :( :( :confused:
Why I dont have something like @chriszxl:

[stax76]

@chriszxl

You have to be patient and repost if necessary after a appropriate time, it's difficult to cope with that much posts.

[arrirc]

When the harddisk dont have enough space, Megui wont present any hint or stop changing automatically, check the log file is normal also. But actually you might get one video file of 4KB only when convert from a integral DVD.

Thanks chriszxl for the info :)

[check]

Update 2: 2-Pass encoding works again! But only 1-2 2pass jobs can be queued at a time... or else MeGUI acts strange.. sigh

What sort of jobs? MeGUI is pretty leaky regarding opening AVIsynth scripts that eat lots of RAM, I've found it eats well over a gig after loading a couple of AVS scripts and queuing them. It's a bug.

[Coolpplse]

What sort of jobs? MeGUI is pretty leaky regarding opening AVIsynth scripts that eat lots of RAM, I've found it eats well over a gig after loading a couple of AVS scripts and queuing them. It's a bug.

They were just 720x480 HuffYUV video captures with several clips combined and trim points onto one AviSynth script, nothing filter fancy...

Now I'm moving on to converting RMVB video clips with DirectShowSource and now on its 5-30 seconds of running the first pass, x264 crashes!

Update: Well RMVB works now, turns out that it was the modified avisynth.dll that enables multithread functions to work was causing DirectShowSource to be super unstable for x264 to work with (strangely enough all media players play the video just fine) The 1-2 job 2pass limit before I have to reopen megui and queue some more still exists.... regardless of what video file used in the avs.... I have no clue why, but at least MeGUI finally works right and dont want it to fail on me with the long list of videos to encode...

[chriszxl]

@stax @arrirc thanks u two guys a lot, now you know there hv a little problem with...fix it..

[Mr Alpha]

Thanks guys, ripping it with DVDFAB fixed the issues.

[Hobojobo]

I did some anamorphic encodings.
After encoding a video (720x416) I figured out the video has to be displayed in 1024x416.
But I have to mux it first and then I have to use mkvmerge to set the display ratio to 2,461 or the display width/hight to 1024x416.

Wouldn't it be easier to define the display ratio in the muxer.

Or is there something I don't get?

[Sharktooth]

there are 2 ways to signal AR. one is in the bitstream the other is in the container.
since there seems to be some confusion about which one has the priority, it's always better to not mix them and use the bistream way, so you're sure to keep the AR across containers of different kinds.
specifying the AR using the muxer will set the AR in the container, that is, IMHO, just wrong.

[arrirc]

Hello

If I try to use Analyze button in the second tab of AviSynth Script creator under the Tools menu, I get an error related to TIVTC.dll being not present in the AviSynth plug in directory. Where can I get this dll file? I tried Google, but did not get anything conclusive. :(

[XhmikosR]

http://bengal.missouri.edu/~kes25c/TIVTCv105.zip

You should have it anyway if you had used the auto-update feature of MeGUI. Maybe it was removed from the plugins folder, after MeGUI was updated.

[Hobojobo]

there are 2 ways to signal AR. one is in the bitstream the other is in the container.
since there seems to be some confusion about which one has the priority, it's always better to not mix them and use the bistream way, so you're sure to keep the AR across containers of different kinds.
specifying the AR using the muxer will set the AR in the container, that is, IMHO, just wrong.

OK. But I do use smart anamorphic option.
The avs script tells me that it sets the DAR.

# Set DAR in encoder to 154 : 61. The following line is for automatic signalling
global MeGUI_darx = 154
global MeGUI_dary = 61
...

Does not make any difference.
But e.g. MPC or VLC does not recognize the DAR set by the encoder.

Does it only work with a certain direct show filter ?

[ZombiePimp]

Hobojobo, the latest MeGUI doesn't always output anamorphic correctly, due to some bugs.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=156112&atid=798476

[Dayvon]

Hey all! It's been a long time :)

Anyways, I'm having a issue that is annoying the tar out of me. When you set AutoEncode using NeroAAC, the file that is made is put in an M4A container, even when MP4-AAC is selected as container. If you enqueue the same settings, the file outputs MP4. What gives? AutoEncode doesn't work anymore for me because the M4A file is borked. Anyone else have this issue when using NeroAAC to encode?

[mikeytown2]

Bitrate calc fails for short/small files. Using MeGUI 0.3.0.1015
HQ-Insane but with deblocking at 1,1.
NeroAAC at 16kbps
Set Average bitrate around 100kbps
# of frames is 400

It seems to fail if the filesize is less then 1 mb on 2nd pass.



[Error] [7/16/2008 1:46:20 PM] Preprocessing
-[Error] Bitrate calculation for video
--[Error] Calculation failed
---[NoImage] Exception message: The filesize cannot be obtained
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.getBitrateAndVideoSize(FileSize desiredSize)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.CalculateBitrateKBits(VideoCodec vCodec, Boolean p, ContainerType containerType, AudioBitrateCalculationStream[] audioStreams, UInt64 muxedSizeBytes, UInt64 numberOfFrames, Double framerate, UInt64& videoSizeKBs)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.util.BitrateCalculatorPreProcessor.calculateBitrate(MainForm mainForm, Job ajob)
---[NoImage] Inner exception
----[NoImage] Exception message: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.util.FileSize.op_Subtraction(FileSize a, FileSize b)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.getBitrateAndVideoSize(FileSize desiredSize)
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null



I like to do a quick encode to see what i can get away with before i process the hr long vid from my HDV cam. It's a talking head so i usually can get away with some very low bitrates (sub 100 total). Final target is web playback via flash9 (Deinterlaced & 448x252).

[jmnk]

there are 2 ways to signal AR. one is in the bitstream the other is in the container.
since there seems to be some confusion about which one has the priority, it's always better to not mix them and use the bistream way, so you're sure to keep the AR across containers of different kinds.
specifying the AR using the muxer will set the AR in the container, that is, IMHO, just wrong.
So I forgot to change a default -sar=1:1 option during encoding. I have a nicely encoded file which has a wrong aspect ratio. apparently to have it play properly on ipod I need to have --sar option in the bitstream (not on the container level). So how can I edit --sar on already existing file? I've tried 'h264info', 'nicmp4box', and 'MP4Creator (QTF Build 1.0)'. None of them worked. Any pointers?

[MrScientist]

hi again, trying to encode to xvid with 0.3.0.1015 using "xvid '>30% comp.check' (HQ)" encoder settings and getting the following error. "Xvid 2pass HQ" works fine.

seems like some "ebola" personal folders left over in the code from testing???

[Sharktooth]

yep. my bad. ill post a correction as soon as i get back home from the hospital.

[bottomsup]

Hi,

I'm trying to encode a video I took with my digital camera. Its an avi file, but when I run analyze in the ayisynth script editor I get this error. Any ideas?

AVISource: the video decompresor couldn't produce YUY2 or RGB output.

Thanks

[Sharktooth]

you havent the rigth VFW decoder installed. obviously that's not a megui problem but you can fix it installing a VFW DV decoder (since avisource or opendlmlsource filters want both VFW decoders).

[Sharktooth]

Bitrate calc fails for short/small files. Using MeGUI 0.3.0.1015
HQ-Insane but with deblocking at 1,1.
NeroAAC at 16kbps
Set Average bitrate around 100kbps
# of frames is 400

It seems to fail if the filesize is less then 1 mb on 2nd pass.



[Error] [7/16/2008 1:46:20 PM] Preprocessing
-[Error] Bitrate calculation for video
--[Error] Calculation failed
---[NoImage] Exception message: The filesize cannot be obtained
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.getBitrateAndVideoSize(FileSize desiredSize)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.CalculateBitrateKBits(VideoCodec vCodec, Boolean p, ContainerType containerType, AudioBitrateCalculationStream[] audioStreams, UInt64 muxedSizeBytes, UInt64 numberOfFrames, Double framerate, UInt64& videoSizeKBs)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.util.BitrateCalculatorPreProcessor.calculateBitrate(MainForm mainForm, Job ajob)
---[NoImage] Inner exception
----[NoImage] Exception message: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.util.FileSize.op_Subtraction(FileSize a, FileSize b)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.BitrateCalculator.getBitrateAndVideoSize(FileSize desiredSize)
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null



I like to do a quick encode to see what i can get away with before i process the hr long vid from my HDV cam. It's a talking head so i usually can get away with some very low bitrates (sub 100 total). Final target is web playback via flash9 (Deinterlaced & 448x252).
easy fix, encode a bigger clip.

[arrirc]

Hello Sharktooth

I have tried to encode a movie with 2.1 Channel Audio. Though I have chosen a suitable profile to preserve the original channels, the result only has two channels. I have no idea how this down mixing has taken place.

Following is the Audio setting screen shot:

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7922/meguiaudiosettingky5.png

I have used the same Audio settings for a original with 6 audio channels which was perfectly preserved in the output mp4 file.

[mparter]

Hi,

First go using this tool. I've ripped my HD DVD to my PC with the aim of streaming it to my PS3. I've extracted the VC-1 stream (just over 9GB), then I created the following AVS script;

DirectShowSource("hddvd.grf", fps=23.976, framecount=103147, audio=false)

The grf is using the Haali Media Splitter and the WMVideo Decoder DMO and everything appears to run fine. I then used the XBox-PS3 profile in MeGUI and left it to run overnight.

This morning it's finished the re-encoding but the output MP4 file is only 500Mb :(

Is there any way I can specify a target file size? I know the source is around 9Gb so I was hoping for a size of around 9Gb as I don't want to lose too much quality. Are there any settings I can tweak to help?

[check]

Look in the encoder config.

[Sharktooth]

Hello Sharktooth

I have tried to encode a movie with 2.1 Channel Audio. Though I have chosen a suitable profile to preserve the original channels, the result only has two channels. I have no idea how this down mixing has taken place.

Following is the Audio setting screen shot:

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7922/meguiaudiosettingky5.png

I have used the same Audio settings for a original with 6 audio channels which was perfectly preserved in the output mp4 file.
2.1 is not a supported channel configuration by any of the supported encoders.

[poisondeathray]

Hi,

First go using this tool. I've ripped my HD DVD to my PC with the aim of streaming it to my PS3. I've extracted the VC-1 stream (just over 9GB), then I created the following AVS script;

DirectShowSource("hddvd.grf", fps=23.976, framecount=103147, audio=false)

The grf is using the Haali Media Splitter and the WMVideo Decoder DMO and everything appears to run fine. I then used the XBox-PS3 profile in MeGUI and left it to run overnight.

This morning it's finished the re-encoding but the output MP4 file is only 500Mb :(

Is there any way I can specify a target file size? I know the source is around 9Gb so I was hoping for a size of around 9Gb as I don't want to lose too much quality. Are there any settings I can tweak to help?

filesize = bitrate x running time

I think default bitrate for that profile is 1000kbps.

You can also use the bitrate calculator under tools to figure it out

[Mr Alpha]

I have a 5GB, 20 min, 480i, AVI clip I got from a friend of mine. I think he made it with Windows Movie Maker from the looks of it. To me it seemed unnecessarily big so it thought I might encode in with MeGUI.

The problem is that MeGUI keeps throwing an error message at me: AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc dvsd.

First I thought I lacked the codec, but a quick check in ffdshow shows that I do have ffdshow configured to decode dvsd.

The I did some searching and found out that there are supposedly two types of dvsd, type I and type II. I dug up a program to convert the file and tried again. Still AVISource couldn't locate a decompressor. :(

Thinking maybe the ffdshow dvsd codec wan't up to snuff I disabled it and dug up an Panasonic WFV DV codec, installed it and tried again. Still no luck.

Since I can open and play the file fine, why can't MeGUI? What have I done wrong this time?

[poisondeathray]

I have a 5GB, 20 min, 480i, AVI clip I got from a friend of mine. I think he made it with Windows Movie Maker from the looks of it. To me it seemed unnecessarily big so it thought I might encode in with MeGUI.

The problem is that MeGUI keeps throwing an error message at me: AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc dvsd.

First I thought I lacked the codec, but a quick check in ffdshow shows that I do have ffdshow configured to decode dvsd.

The I did some searching and found out that there are supposedly two types of dvsd, type I and type II. I dug up a program to convert the file and tried again. Still AVISource couldn't locate a decompressor. :(

Thinking maybe the ffdshow dvsd codec wan't up to snuff I disabled it and dug up an Panasonic WFV DV codec, installed it and tried again. Still no luck.

Since I can open and play the file fine, why can't MeGUI? What have I done wrong this time?


Hi, just a guess here,

If you are using AVISource() in your script, I believe it uses the VFW interface, so you have to enable dvsd in the ffdshow VFW interface config

If you are using DirectShowSource(), which uses direct show, enable dvsd in the regular ffdshow (non-VFW) interface config

[bottomsup]

you havent the rigth VFW decoder installed. obviously that's not a megui problem but you can fix it installing a VFW DV decoder (since avisource or opendlmlsource filters want both VFW decoders).

Thanks. It appears there are several VFW decoders available. Is there a specific one you recommend?

Thanks

[rebkell]

Hi,

First go using this tool. I've ripped my HD DVD to my PC with the aim of streaming it to my PS3. I've extracted the VC-1 stream (just over 9GB), then I created the following AVS script;

DirectShowSource("hddvd.grf", fps=23.976, framecount=103147, audio=false)

The grf is using the Haali Media Splitter and the WMVideo Decoder DMO and everything appears to run fine. I then used the XBox-PS3 profile in MeGUI and left it to run overnight.

This morning it's finished the re-encoding but the output MP4 file is only 500Mb :(

Is there any way I can specify a target file size? I know the source is around 9Gb so I was hoping for a size of around 9Gb as I don't want to lose too much quality. Are there any settings I can tweak to help?

If your just wanting good quality and not interested in just hitting a particular size, using Const. Quality of anywhere from 18 to 22 will make for a pretty good looking encode, IMO. Just click on Config after selecting the XBox-PS3 profile, and select Const. Quality on the drop down. Then change the value to 20, which I normally choose for VC-1 stuff. The lower the value the more the size will grow, but at a certain point it's hard to see the benefit of the size growth you experience. You never know for sure what the final size will be, but you're ensured of a good looking encode.

Like I said above, this is just my opinion, but I think it's shared by more than a few.

[arrirc]

2.1 is not a supported chennel configuration by any of the supported encoders.

So the only multichannel option is to Upmix it to 5.1- right?

[bottomsup]

you havent the rigth VFW decoder installed. obviously that's not a megui problem but you can fix it installing a VFW DV decoder (since avisource or opendlmlsource filters want both VFW decoders).

The odd thing is that I have ffdshow installed, WMP 11 and WMP classic both play this file fine. Only analyze in megui doesn't work.

EDIT: Resolved. Apparently this is some wierd bug with Xfire of all things. They install a codec on the system which corrupts ffdshow. Updating Xfire resolved this.

[Sharktooth]

So the only multichannel option is to Upmix it to 5.1- right?
right. it depends on the encoders, so if that will change then megui will be able to support other channel configs.

[Mr Alpha]

Thanks, poisondeathray. That solved it. I am now yet another step closer to not being a noob.

[mparter]

If your just wanting good quality and not interested in just hitting a particular size, using Const. Quality of anywhere from 18 to 22 will make for a pretty good looking encode, IMO. Just click on Config after selecting the XBox-PS3 profile, and select Const. Quality on the drop down. Then change the value to 20, which I normally choose for VC-1 stuff. The lower the value the more the size will grow, but at a certain point it's hard to see the benefit of the size growth you experience. You never know for sure what the final size will be, but you're ensured of a good looking encode.

Like I said above, this is just my opinion, but I think it's shared by more than a few.

Cheers mate. Started an encode running yesterday evening which should've finished this afternoon (almost 24 hours!!). I set this to around 19000 I think which was spitting out around about 9.5Gb.

[LOGiC]

@all,

sorry guys for the following question. I am not sure if this is kind of off-topic, but it is related to x264 and MeGUI as well. I just started working with re-encoding since I got an AVCHD-capable standalone Blu-Ray player. In my settings, I can choose 24p output just for BD-Video. Panasonic support told me that it would be played for other video, if the information is contained in the video. Would probably be just a flag or something like that.

So my question is, when re-encoding something into x264, will there be any chance, probably after the encode, to bring such an information to the stream, a similar flag as it is in a BD-structure to tell a player to output 24p ?

Thanks in advance.

If this definately is the wrong thread, I really apologize for it.

[Sharktooth]

Cheers mate. Started an encode running yesterday evening which should've finished this afternoon (almost 24 hours!!). I set this to around 19000 I think which was spitting out around about 9.5Gb.
If you're concerned about speed, use faster profiles/presets.
The encoding time does not depend on MeGUI but on the encoder and settings used.

@LOGiC: megui is a GUI, hence, the answer is no.

[Taurus]

@shark:
Where can I read about the AutoGuess feature in x264 version 915?

Thank you

Taurus

[Sharktooth]

x264 git changelog. look at the diff if you want, or ask x264 devs.

[Taurus]

x264 git changelog. look at the diff if you want, or ask x264 devs.

Thank you
I looked at the changelog, but not to much info there :p.
Well, maybe in a few days a x264 dev will give some explanations.

[Dark Shikari]

Thank you
I looked at the changelog, but not to much info there :p.
Well, maybe in a few days a x264 dev will give some explanations.Based on --bitrate, --vbv-maxrate, --ref, fps, and resolution, x264 tries to guess the right --level value.

Not much else to it.

[Taurus]

Based on --bitrate, --vbv-maxrate, --ref, fps, and resolution, x264 tries to guess the right --level value.

Not much else to it.
OOh, I like guessing :)
Dark, thanks for the short explanation.
A few encodes later maybe guessing will become knowledge ;)

[Frank_UK]

I have just updated to MeGUI 0.3.0.1017
After using AviSynth script creator two video preview windows remain open. I cannot find a way to close them.
Any workaround?

[Sharktooth]

they're not supposed to be closed.
READ THE CHANGELOG.
if you have a lowres display and you want to reduce them click on halfsize or quartersize buttons.

[ZombiePimp]

I noticed, just like the bug report said, that the preview window needed to be initially opened when opening an avs script for anamorphic encodes to work properly. I seem to remember that it was OK to close the preview window though, even immediately after it opened; anamorphic encode worked fine.

Basically, I think removing the "Open Preview after AViSynth script selection" option would have been enough to work around the bug.

[Sharktooth]

ok, lets keep it for some days so ppl will learn to NOT close it unless it's absolutely necessary.
or we just find another way to keep the SR info without keeping the preview open...

[Archimedes]

In the XviD configuration dialog I-Frame boost is set to 100 (default setting). But the default value of xvid_encraw is 10 (parameter kboost). Is the default setting in MeGUI correct this way?

[ZombiePimp]

OK, but I'm saying I'm pretty sure its OK to close it at any time. It just needs to be initially opened.

[Zep]

ok, lets keep it for some days so ppl will learn to NOT close it unless it's absolutely necessary.
or we just find another way to keep the SR info without keeping the preview open...

ouch I am stuck with this window on screen for 11 hours lol

yeah double clicking 4 times in the bar hides it thank goodness lol

[((( atom )))]

Hmm, I just crashed megui -> out of memory with about 12 preview-windows open.. Isn't there a simpler way of writing the ar somewhere?

[Menedas]

I have never mentioned a problem with anamorphic encode and closed preview window. And I use this quite often.

Let the user decide to let the preview window open, not the programm. Just make a message informing the user of problems when closing the window and not prescribe the user how he should use the programm. Thank you.

[ZombiePimp]

Really, the preview window can be closed at any time without affecting anamorphic encodes. It just needs to be initially opened when you load the script. There's no reason for meGUI to force it to stay open.

You can quickly confirm this by checking the job's XML file for the DAR section. I tested this in a previous version by clicking Enqueue and AutoEncode while the preview window was closed (but initially opened when loading the avs script). Both did add the DAR section.

[Tae]

Huh. I wonder if that is why I hated the Anamorphic encoding. Never looked right to me, so I don't use it. Didn't see a benefit either since encoding to suggested res was always fine.

[cy]

Anamorphic encoding is a good thing imo.
I do hope a better solution can be found than keeping these preview windows open because it certainly clutters the desktop (or taskbar).

[Tae]

Anamorphic encoding is a good thing imo.
I do hope a better solution can be found than keeping these preview windows open because it certainly clutters the desktop (or taskbar).

When I tried it, the aspect was incorrect, but I close the window. What does anamorphic do for you anyway?

[Noddy_Bujeca]

this is really stupid, i dont know why there was a need for this last update (regarding the unclosable preview window), nor do i care. it's just a nuisance...
i always used anamorphic and never had a problem!

i'll download the version before the last one.
hope it returns to normal in "some days", otherwise i'll just keep with the other version.......

more than 1 year pass since register... have to be something like this to make me post for the very first time... oh my...


good encodes o/

[Sharktooth]

ill fix tomorrow. believe me, it was necessary.

[cy]

@ Tae:

Well, it allows for a higher resolution at playback with a smaller encoded filesize.

[Tae]

@ Tae:

Well, it allows for a higher resolution at playback with a smaller encoded filesize.

Well I will need to test it again and leave the window open to see if that corrects the problems I had with AR.

[Sharktooth]

fixed. the close/minimize/maximize buttons in the preview are back.
update is coming.

[cy]

Thank you Sharktooth.

[~bT~]

^ updated but there is an issue with the slider mate :)

[Sharktooth]

what issue?
oh... maybe i understood... it's covered by another control @ original size... damn visual studio designer bugs...

[~bT~]

what issue?

http://maxupload.com/img/F02AA50D.jpg

[Sharktooth]

should be fixed... another update is coming.

[~bT~]

:thanks:

edit: better than last but still not perfect :) no worries tho, can live with it.

http://maxupload.com/img/8B79AF46.jpg

[Sharktooth]

updated. is it ok now?
... after the update i spotted another minor visual bug (at halfsize and quartersize)... still introduced by the damn VS designer... ill fix it tomorrow... however the slider should show up correctly.

[~bT~]

^ its cool, better than before :)

[Sharktooth]

try with higher and lower resolutions too and if there are still problems, please report back here.

[~bT~]

its not as bad an issue as 1st time round. here it is with lower and higher resolutions.

http://maxupload.com/thumb/15A66896.jpg (http://maxupload.com/img/15A66896.jpg)
http://maxupload.com/thumb/7703B691.jpg (http://maxupload.com/img/7703B691.jpg)

[Sharktooth]

ill see what i can do tomorrow... almost 5AM here... need some rest...

[((( atom )))]

After having crashed yesterday while setting up some rips, I restarted megui and let it run the encodes that were queued up. Since I restarted, the preview-windows were all closed now and the ar is wrong for all of the encodes (the movie actually is a long line...).
Where does this problem come from, all of a sudden? I used to make tons of anamorphic encodes with no errors, ever...

[Sharktooth]

yep, that's the bug. it's been there since version 0.3.

[LOGiC]

yep, that's the bug. it's been there since version 0.3.

Sir, I've set up everything to start my first encoding tries. What do I need to take care of for getting the right AR, is there anything that needs to be done ?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Andy.

[ZombiePimp]

Sharktooth, to clarify, there are two separate bugs related to anamorphic encoding:

1.) Unchecking "Open Preview after AviSynth script selection" in the settings breaks all anamorphic encodes. This bug is also in version 0.2.

2.) As of version 0.3, some, but not all, anamorphic encodes end up wrong (even with bug #1 bypassed). These same encodes work fine in version 0.2.
I'm seeing exactly what is reported here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2010131&group_id=156112&atid=798476

[Sharktooth]

1) has been disabled, it's no longer possible to uncheck it.

2) is still there. AR is not saved in the encoding params in the queue but only as a temp settings (coz it's calculated during the preview).

3) theres also a third bug. the AR reported to the encoder is sometimes completely wrong and overflows. that's due (i think) to mediainfo.

[ZombiePimp]

Yes, thank you for fixing #1. I think the third bug you refer to is what I was trying to convey in my #2.

[Danguard]

I still have this issue:

When i try to encode with oneclick profile a video i get always the same error (even when i tell him to not encode the audio tracks, so it should be just a muxing in the final mkv).
In attachment the log i have before megui crash

I checked the folder, and he wrote all the audio files correctly
The files are called:
1X02 T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T82 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T83 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms
1X02 T84 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms

And this is the error i get:

http://forum.doom9.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=8606&stc=1&d=1215722851

Or this other one:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/544/error2uk3.jpg

Am i doing something wrong?

[Sharktooth]

OneClickEncoder does not work. it needs fixing.
it's a known bug/problem caused when we updated to dgindex 1.5.x.

[anonova]

1) has been disabled, it's no longer possible to uncheck it.
That's an interesting way to suppress that bug for the moment. I load up fairly heavy scripts, and now that the preview is forced, I have to wait several minutes to do anything. It's kind of hard to load multiple videos like that.

[LOGiC]

as this is a general question, as I've read right, Psy-RDO 0.5 has been integrated into meGUI. Is there any chance I can verify it is enabled ?

In general about x264 (sorry for being a little OT), is Trellis 1 on final MB better than Trellis2 always, what exactly does it do ?

Thanks.

[check]

trellis2 is better quality, but significantly slower. Which one is better depends on how you value 'time' and 'quality' relative to each other.

[((( atom )))]

Sorry, I am totally loosing track here..

I just updated megui again and now after loading the avs it opens the preview window and closes it itself after clicking "AutoEncode", so I assumed the bug is fixed and there is no reason for keeping the preview-window open. So i reloaded all my avs files again and set up new rips and the result is: all encodes are a looooong line. Display width / heigt in mkvmergegui is shown to be 1317966336 / 1684768 for all of these encodes.

So does this mean, that megui is totally unusable for the moment? I can somehow not believe that, but that is what it looks like to me...

?

[LOGiC]

trellis2 is better quality, but significantly slower. Which one is better depends on how you value 'time' and 'quality' relative to each other.


Thank you for your answer Sir. What I understood from this thread and other threads is that in the latest MeGUI build there is PSY-RDO 0.5 already integrated and enabled and therefore it is useless to select Trellis1 MB, as it definately will be switched off by MeGUI automatically. I think I read from Sharktooth that Trellis just can be 0 or 2 with Psy-RDO activated. My question therefore is, taking 2 for Trellis-always, does it have a senseful quality/time-ratio, in other words, is it worth the extra encoding time or is the result with 2 in comparison to 0 negligible ?

Thanks again for your help, I am trying to crouch in the way to set it up the best way for my personal use and I still need to learn.

[j8ee]

With megui 0.3.0.1020 and when having avs files using directshowsource for audio, ffdshow audio decoders remains loaded even though the files are closed. Is this a known problem? When there have become 20-30 ffdshow icons in the tray, I usually restart megui, but sometimes it's only the window that closes, and I have to manually kill the process.

[bottomsup]

Anyone know how to get M-JPEG in a .mov container to load in the AVISynth analyzer?

[Sharktooth]

Sorry, I am totally loosing track here..

I just updated megui again and now after loading the avs it opens the preview window and closes it itself after clicking "AutoEncode", so I assumed the bug is fixed and there is no reason for keeping the preview-window open. So i reloaded all my avs files again and set up new rips and the result is: all encodes are a looooong line. Display width / heigt in mkvmergegui is shown to be 1317966336 / 1684768 for all of these encodes.

So does this mean, that megui is totally unusable for the moment? I can somehow not believe that, but that is what it looks like to me...

?
there's still one bug concerning AR. the one you experienced and it doesnt always happen.

[check]

@logic: once again, it depends how you personally value time & quality. I generally use trellis 1 or 2.

@bottomsup: try directshowsource()

[LOGiC]

Good Morning all

after my first thirty hour x264 encoding I unfortunately had to notice that the Aspect Ratio is wrong and screwed up. Which is in your opinion a safe way to find out about the real aspect ratio ? MediaInfo didn't tell me, AVINaptic didn't. Is there any other program that tells me the real AR to use ?

Thanks.

Andy.

[Archimedes]

Lost in space. :rolleyes:

In the XviD configuration dialog I-Frame boost is set to 100 (default setting). But the default value of xvid_encraw is 10 (parameter kboost). Is the default setting in MeGUI correct this way?
What about this issue?

[check]

@logic: Remux the video with mkvmerge. You can specify the correct AR when doing so. (btw, mkvmerge has an included GUI tool called mmg).

[Sharktooth]

or with mp4box.
the AR is usually written on your DVD case.

[rack04]

Can someone explain the option "Force Decoding via Directshow"? I'm having some conflicts using this option and would like to know if I'm losing something by using NicAC3? Also what justifies using this setting in some audio presets and not others? Thanks.

[bottomsup]

@logic: once again, it depends how you personally value time & quality. I generally use trellis 1 or 2.

@bottomsup: try directshowsource()

Thanks. I'm not sure how to do that exactly. When I click the ellipse to load the video in the AviSynth creater I get this message.

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9174/capturesdfdwh1.jpg

The edit page looks like this...

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7783/captsdfdsurehl1.jpg

[((( atom )))]

there's still one bug concerning AR. the one you experienced and it doesnt always happen.

hmm, so how could I get rid of it? I can't actually encode a thing anymore :(

I /could/ set the correct ar in mkvmerge, but I am unsure, if that is the right method. I read somewhere, that the ar should be set in the videostream actually and not really in the container. Then again I read, that mkvmerge deletes the entry from the videostream and writes it in the container instead.

Which is true? If the latter, i could simply use mkvmergegui to fix the last 12 rips I made, that would be great!

[Sharktooth]

easy, if it works then its ok.
IIRC mp4box writes the AR in the bitstream so it's more "safe"... but mp4box is for mp4 not mkv.

[Sharktooth]

@bottomsup: DirectShowSource("") ?!?!??!? it cant work...
the error message it's quite clear... you miss the DS decoder.
install FFDShow. it should work.

[Sharktooth]

Can someone explain the option "Force Decoding via Directshow"? I'm having some conflicts using this option and would like to know if I'm losing something by using NicAC3? Also what justifies using this setting in some audio presets and not others? Thanks.
It uses DirectShow decoders installed on your system to decode the source audio file.
If you have an ac3 decoder (ac3filter, ffdshow, etc) it will use it.

[bottomsup]

@bottomsup: DirectShowSource("") ?!?!??!? it cant work...
the error message it's quite clear... you miss the DS decoder.
install FFDShow. it should work.

I have FFDShow "FULL" installed so that's not it. The AVI Script Creator doesn't even have .mov as an option so I have to select 'all files' This makes me think it isn't supposed to work with megui.

Any other pointers? Thanks for your help.

[Sharktooth]

try installing quicktime alternative. .mov files need a quicktime splitter and proper decoders depending on the stream contained in the .mov.

[bottomsup]

try installing quicktime alternative. .mov files need a quicktime splitter and proper decoders depending on the stream contained in the .mov.

I have that too :confused:

[Raere]

meGUI is crashing quite a bit for me since I've upgraded my computer. I'm now using Vista 64-bit. It mostly crashes when I try to enqueue two jobs in one session. I have to enqueue one job, close meGUI, open it again, and enqueue the second job. I'm willing to try to help debug this, is there a way to make meGUI dump a full logfile? It's actually freezing and Windows lists it as 'not responding', so I don't think a crash logfile would generate.

[corporalgator]

I'm getting a crash bug in megui ever since the preview windows were fiddled with. I'm not sure what exactly is causing it, but it happens when I am currently encoding with x264 and I then open another file which opens a preview window such as avisynth creator or loading .avs script to enque. I know the solution is to simply wait to start encoding after I have queued everything up....

Vista calls up data execution prevention and then closes megui, but does not terminate x264 so it continues to eat my cpu time. I am able to start another instance of x264 through megui and didn't notice x264 was already running until I tried to load that avisynth script that it crashed while encoding.

To clarify, I have several encodes in the queue, I start the encodes, then open another preview window, which then crashes once the preview window loads (it does not immediately crash but only once the preview windows flashes onto the screen after the load wait) and then vista brings the DEP window and acts like it somehow going to find a solution.... I then restarted megui, start the rest of my queue and went to reload the script it aborted on, and then received the error it was already in use and then loaded program manager to find x264 still running. I didn't feel like sitting around waiting to find out if x264 was actually going to finish that encode. I am also loathe to disable DEP for megui to test that.

Before, I was able to continue working and opening preview windows in megui at will. This only happened recently. At first, I figured it a freak occurrence, until I pinpointed exactly what was causing the crash, so I cannot tell you which version of the preview window change started the crash, but it think it was after the non-closeable preview window and may have started when the shrink option was added to it, although I cannot be sure. Sorry if my information is fuzzy.

Here is what the windows event viewer log states:

Faulting application MeGUI.exe, version 0.3.0.1020, time stamp 0x48885c42, faulting module DGDecode.dll, version 1.5.0.0, time stamp 0x487b4900, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0001d1c0, process id 0xe1c, application start time 0x01c8efa84a70be24.

Another time was this:

Faulting application MeGUI.exe, version 0.3.0.1020, time stamp 0x48885c42, faulting module FFT3DFilter.dll, version 2.1.1.0, time stamp 0x45db414e, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x000118a8, process id 0xf70, application start time 0x01c8ef8527768264.

I was using FFT3Dfilter on one but not the other.

[Raere]

Interesting, mine always crashes after I load a script (thus popping up the preview window) so we could be having the same problem. The only difference is that meGUI just freezes for me; but I also don't have DEP enabled for all programs, it'd probably throw up an error if I had it enabled.

[check]

@raere: is it running out of RAM? It's a known memory leak with MeGUI

@corp: sounds like you are running out of memory again, but you can terminate DEP with extreme prejudice (at least temporarily) to confirm it's not a problem with DEP.

[tebasuna51]

Can someone explain the option "Force Decoding via Directshow"? I'm having some conflicts using this option and would like to know if I'm losing something by using NicAC3?
To decode ac3 the best method is use NicAc3Source.
You can obtain same results with DirectShowSource if you have the default DS filter (ffdshow, Ac3Filter, ...) for AC3 properly configurated (DRC, DialNorm, ...)

Use DirectShowSource is only recommended when the audio source don't have a dedicated avisynth decoder.

Also what justifies using this setting in some audio presets and not others?

Is used only for low quality downmix (mono, simple stereo) for mp3 low bitrate output (64, 96 Kb/s). DS filters have internal downmix simple methods to do the job.

[bluebebe]

i have a problem with latest megui, i tried to muxx a xvid avi with a mp3, the mp3 have i created using megui with lame abr 192 with a delay of -207ms, i think megui ignores this delay, when i add the source ac3 to the sound encoder, megui dont apply the delay to the new filename, so easyl:

source filename: VTS_03_1 T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -207ms.ac3

dest. filename: VTS_03_1 T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3

megui removes the delay and so i think the program will ignore it, after remux with avimux the new avi is outsynched. the delay is from the latest dgindex. can anyone confirm this bug?

[corporalgator]

@raere: is it running out of RAM? It's a known memory leak with MeGUI

@corp: sounds like you are running out of memory again, but you can terminate DEP with extreme prejudice (at least temporarily) to confirm it's not a problem with DEP.

I am pretty sure it's not my ram as before I was able to have open at least 2 preview windows while running encode jobs, but I will check and see.

I have had freeze issues lately also, where my entire comp would free and nothing but a reboot could cure, no ctrl-alt-del possible, not even a bsod, but that has generally been in the middle of an encode and had nothing to do with preview windows. There's no log or error message for that since everything is frozen.

[Raere]

I'm pretty sure it's not a RAM problem as well - I have 4GB.

[toytown]

Raere,

The lockups in Megui happen if you have the multithreaded version of avisynth running. If you revert back to the normal builds then your problem with the freeze in the GUI will clear up.

I have had freeze issues lately also, where my entire comp would free and nothing but a reboot could cure

This is either overheating of your cpu, or 1 of your sticks of ram is bad. Run memtest overnight and see what results it gives. Also try running speedfan and monitor your temps midway through encodes.....finally if you have overclocked your computer this could also cause the issue.

[Raere]

Raere,

The lockups in Megui happen if you have the multithreaded version of avisynth running. If you revert back to the normal builds then your problem with the freeze in the GUI will clear up.



This is either overheating of your cpu, or 1 of your sticks of ram is bad. Run memtest overnight and see what results it gives. Also try running speedfan and monitor your temps midway through encodes.....finally if you have overclocked your computer this could also cause the issue.

Ah, I didn't think that could be a problem. I'll still stick with it though, the speed improvements are worth a little extra time queuing up jobs.

[((( atom )))]

@sharktooth: thanx, that helps for the moment. One mystery remains, though: if I have an idx-file with loads of subtitles, in autoencode mode only the first language is picked and muxed. That used to be different. Is anybody aware of this problem? I filed a bug weeks ago already..

[qpsl]

In P3 computer (1.26g), it took 13s to start up, it's too slow.

[Sharktooth]

vista 64bit is a memory hogger by nature. all problems with crashes when enqueuing multiple files are probably due to low amount of ram (4gb is just "ok i can start dont ask me to work hard").
learn the lesson, stick to XP and use only the official avisynth builds. avicvynth_MT is unstable.

[toytown]

vista 64bit is a memory hogger by nature. all problems with crashes when enqueuing multiple files are probably due to low amount of ram. (4gb is just "ok i can start dont ask me to work hard").

Thats simply not true, ive been encoding Bluray in 1080p and 720p on my HTPC which only has 2GB of ram. The locking up when trying to enque files is most likely from having the multithreaded version of Avisynth installed. As this was the problem on 3 of my machines and from reading on various posts in this thread is also how others have solved the problem.

I even just started up an encode from megui using bluray as the source, using avisynth to crop the blackbars. The HTPC has been on almost a month doing various encoding, so its not a fresh boot..........Total memory used 1116MB.......x264 is using 560MB of that for encoding. Still has almost 900MB free.

[Sharktooth]

oh yeah... while the system eats up almost 1GB of ram for doing what?
stick with XP or switch to linux.

[check]

oh yeah... while the system eats up almost 1GB of ram for doing what?I don't want to derail this thread any more so I won't reply further, but you will find that linux will happily eat 2gb of RAM on startup too, if you boot a modern GUI, like GNOME or KDE.

[toytown]

oh yeah... while the system eats up almost 1GB of ram for doing what?

The system has a total memory of 2GB
Total memory used 1116MB
.x264 is using 560MB of that for encoding

OS and other software running at the time was using 556MB!

Im not going to reply anymore but your blind hatred for an OS you dont understand is quite obvious and quite funny when you mention Linux as an alternative, which also consumes the full memory on bootup for things like caching etc .........just like Vista.

Fine if you dont like the OS dont use it, but dont try and turn everybody else off it because of your lack of understanding.

[Sharktooth]

linux caches. while vista eats. it has been proved superfetch kills the system performance. enabling the classic prefetch (like in XP - by editing a key in the registry) is much better (use google).
also there are heavy and lightweight linux distros. for example there are distros working with systems with less than 16MB of ram and still they have a graphic interface.

@toytown: did you use the task manager to report those values? coz the task manager is completely weird.
Use the perf. monitor. in the administrative tools.
however, even if it (the task manager) reported the correct values (which i highly doubt) more than 500MB for the system is just not acceptable.
oh wait, maybe i understand things a bit better than you and im trying to make you OPEN your eyes and think with your own mind.
is there a reson why EVERY professionist/analyst in any of the informatic fields, recommends sticking with XP and trash Vista? learn the lesson.

[toytown]

(4gb is just "ok i can start dont ask me to work hard").

oh wait, maybe i understand things a bit better than you and im trying to make you OPEN your eyes and think with your own mind.

The system has a total memory of 2GB
Total memory used 1116MB
.x264 is using 560MB that 1116MB for encoding at 1080p

Maybe its somebody else who needs to open there eyes. Im outta here anyways.

[Dark Shikari]

x264 does not use 560MB of memory.

Most of that is Avisynth. Add SetMemoryMax() to your script to limit it. x264 itself does not use much memory in normal situations.

[Sharktooth]

i hate fanboys... let him believe in his stupidity.
if he knows it all why he comes here asking for help?
i wonder why i still check this thread. i shuould not give support for free for an OS app. expecially for ppl like him.
if it doent work the sources are availabe... get them and fix it, if you're able. when you will see the problem is not the app but vista, then you might open your eyes.

[((( atom )))]

Maybe the stupid discussion about Vista - lol! - kicked my modest question about "what might be wrong with these subs?!" to a lower rank but I'd be very thankfull for help on this topic. ;)
Am I actually the only auto-encoder keeping more than one subtitle stream?

[Sharktooth]

it's a reported bug. im investigating.

[((( atom )))]

Ah, thx, I wasn't aware.. Didn't mean to bother..

[Sharktooth]

the report is here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2016031&group_id=156112&atid=798476

[((( atom )))]

I know, I actually filed that bug report! - But since no follow-up came up for long, I wasn't sure, if it is only my problem (still don't know) or just no one cared or whatever. So I thought, I just ask here again..

[Sharktooth]

ah ok. the report was anonymous so i couldnt know you were the author.

[((( atom )))]

Yeah, couldn't bother to sign up just for one report, sorry.. Anyway, I had just mentioned that I filed the report a while ago, guess you overlooked it. For the moment it doesn't matter (at least to me) anyway, since I went back to manual muxing due to the ar-problem.

[Sharktooth]

ill see if i can find the cause. however, yes, manual muxing is the workaround until we fix it.

[((( atom )))]

Sure, thx in any case!

[LOGiC]

@Sharktooth

with my Firewall (Panda Internet Security) activated, I don't manage to open meGUI, whatever I do. Recently, when I encoded 24hours or more, I pulled the network cable to make sure that nothing is happening, but I don't like this solution. I receive this when trying to open meGUI :

---------------------------
Fatal error
---------------------------
MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. Source of exception: mscorlib stacktrace: at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)

at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)

at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)

at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)

at MeGUI.core.util.Util.XmlDeserialize(String path, Type t)

at MeGUI.ProfileManager.<>c__DisplayClassc.<readAllProfiles>b__b(FileInfo fi)

at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.ConvertAll[TOutput](Converter`2 converter)

at MeGUI.ProfileManager.readAllProfiles(ProfileType type)

at MeGUI.ProfileManager.LoadProfiles()

at MeGUI.MainForm.constructMeGUIInfo()

at MeGUI.MainForm..ctor()

at MeGUI.MainForm.Main(String[] args)
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

Do you have any idea for this ?

[LeXXuz]

It uses DirectShow decoders installed on your system to decode the source audio file.
If you have an ac3 decoder (ac3filter, ffdshow, etc) it will use it.

Just visited the thread because of a similar question. I'd like to use a stronger DRC when decoding ac3 audio to encode it to mp3 with megui. Lets say like the "heavy" setting when decoding ac3 with azid.

Can I configure DRC in ac3filter an megui uses these? Or will my settings be ignored?

[JarrettH]

I don't have ss comparison, but when I switched between my encode (Unrestricted Level, Constant Quality HQ) and the DVD source I noticed the x264 encode looks less saturated.

DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\THERE_WILL_BE_BLOOD\VTS_02_1.d2v",info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true)
#deinterlace
#crop
#resize
#denoise

Also megui isn't using the latest Colormatrix when you run auto-update. I wonder if maybe the commands changed or something. The effect is just a slight washout.
I can't think of anything that would effect it unless that's just the way it is. ffdshow is decoding the x264 and nvidia purevideo software (7600 GT) for DVD.

:thanks:

[Kurtnoise]

I know, I actually filed that bug report! - But since no follow-up came up for long, I wasn't sure, if it is only my problem (still don't know) or just no one cared or whatever. So I thought, I just ask here again..
I asked you a question in the tracker...Could you reply please ?

with my Firewall (Panda Internet Security) activated, I don't manage to open meGUI, whatever I do.
be sure to have all folders in the right place (allprofiles, etc...) containing some files at least...

I'd like to use a stronger DRC when decoding ac3 audio to encode it to mp3 with megui. Lets say like the "heavy" setting when decoding ac3 with azid.

Can I configure DRC in ac3filter an megui uses these? Or will my settings be ignored?
yes, you can do that but ensure you to uncheck "Increase Volume Automatically".

[Sharktooth]

@Logic: use a decent firewall, like ZoneAlarm (the free edition is way better than Panda) and authorize megui to access the internet and download updates.

@JarettH: that's pretty normal, transcoiding is a lossy process. If you want more sharpness try lowering the deblocking settings to something like -2,-1 or -3,-1...
the latest colormatrix wont change the results. Just ensure the renderer is using PC Levels (0-255) and not TV Levels (16-235) since nvidia drivers are buggy.]
a fix for that is in the latest beta drivers 177.7x (set PC Levels in the driver options) but beware since there seems to be some problems with HDMI output with them.

[Avenger007]

If you want more sharpness try lowering the deblocking settings to something like -2,-1 or -3,-1...

Is that really valid? :rolleyes:
From my experience there is no sharpness to be gained by lowering deblocking strength, only visible edge blocks and reduced quality. However, lowering deblocking threshold seems to give improvement in details sometimes.

[check]

From my experience there is no sharpness to be gained by lowering deblocking strength, only visible edge blocks and reduced quality.A lot of people imagine that this is one and the same, so it's always worth suggesting ;).

I'm curious as to what exactly "less saturated" means though. Changing deblocking is obviously very incorrect if the reference here is to a change in colour saturation.

[Sharktooth]

he said "washed out"... and however deblocking over 0,0 is usually recommended only for toons/anime and some kind of CG.
i found my personal preference for regular movies to be -1,-1 or -2,1.

[rack04]

Trying to encode 1920x1080 and I get a warning about non mod16. Is is ok to proceed? I'm trying to convert this file using the Standalone Blue-ray profile. Thanks.

[MachThree]

Lately, I have been having a problem with MeGUI-encoded videos where the audio and video progressively become out of sync. I do not know what is causing this, because it had worked up until about a week ago. I have not installed any new programs that would conflict with the program, which is fully updated.

Basically, I use AnyDVD and DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter to decrypt a DVD and rip it to my hard drive as a .VOB file, which is perfectly fine all the way through. I then use MeGUI's built-in D2V and AviSynth script creators, before encoding the video with x264 using the Xbox 360 profile and the audio at 128 kbps with Nero 2-CH AAC-LC. I then mux the .264 and .M4A streams together at the correct 23.976 FPS setting.

I'm clueless as to why it has recently began to occur. I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium x64, but I was able to rip and convert another movie without a problem on the same exact setup and profiles before this started...

Anyway, if anyone has any idea why this is happening, please let me know. Thanks!

[check]

@rack04: yes, but compatibility with your SAP is dependant upon the SAP in question. Use trial & error here.

@mach: if you seek to a random point in the movie does the av sync appear normal and slowly go out? Or is it out by a slowly increasing amount from the start to the end?

[Sharktooth]

@MachThree, rip your dvd with a decent software (DVD Fab HD Decrypter) which supports the latest protections.
AnyDVD used to be good but lately they focused on BLu-Rays...

[LOGiC]

@all,

as I was experimenting with 2-pass encoding heavily last days and found the for my personal use best settings, I would like to go for CRF-encoding as I think the quality could be better there.

I don't care about the filesize in the end, but I have one question which I don't know is solveable. In the end, the reencoded x264 will go into a AVCHD-structure and this one has a max bitrate of 18mbps for everything. Due to the fact that I use just 448-640kb 5.1 audio files AC3 or 768 DTS, I could go to 16 or a bit more for the pure videobitrate. I once tested a higher bitrate in my standalone player, but it stuttered heavily. If I go for constant rate factor, is there any chance to tell him to stay below a certain bitrate ? I think this is contrary to CRF, but in other case CRF will be useless for me I think. Or do you guys think it could be worth doing some testing with highbitrated scenes ?

I will test with some presets if you think it is worth it.

Thanks,

Andy.

[Sharktooth]

if you're going for AVC-HD encodes set the VBV params and use 2passes to fill the DVD. That way you get the maximum quality since therewill be no wasted space and VBV vompliancy.
have a look at the new MeGUI presets. If you dont use MeGUI, dont worry, you can still open the .xml files in a text editor and extrapolatethe CLI settings.

[LOGiC]

@Shark,

I love to use meGUI and I will keep using it. I've filled in everything, but when you wrote that normally CRF is better than multipass, I thought I could give it a try. I don't care if the resulting file is 10gigs or 20gigs, but just as said, there could be problems with the high bitrate. I don't know how CRF exactly works or what it does, if a scene has i.e. 35mbps. It would have that bitrate in the re-encode as well, or can you explain the functionality of CRF in general ? I think I will stick with 2pass in this case. I am trying to get some information about max. ref.frames and bframes at AVCHD, this will be hard to answer or hard to find out.

[Sharktooth]

Im not sure CRF will obey the VBV, ask the x264 devs. However AVC-HD has 24mbps limits in geneal and 18mbps limit on DVD.
for other settings look at the megui presets. AVC-hd is already included.

[toytown]

x264 does not use 560MB of memory. Most of that is Avisynth. Add SetMemoryMax() to your script to limit it. x264 itself does not use much memory in normal situations.

Yep my mistake, in my hurry i wrote it down wrong as i was still looking at the process monitor screen with x264.exe in, what i meant to write was the whole encoding process, x264/avisynth/filters etc for the video.

i hate fanboys... let him believe in his stupidity.if he knows it all why he comes here asking for help?i wonder why i still check this thread. i shuould not give support for free for an OS app. expecially for ppl like him.
if it doent work the sources are availabe... get them and fix it, if you're able. when you will see the problem is not the app but vista, then you might open your eyes.

No offence, but not once have i been a fanboy, i use Vista, i like it, but i dont go on forums saying everybody should upgrade or anything, i also didnt do anything except defend the absurd amount of memory you claimed was needed just to run the OS without pushing it hard. However when i see posts which are full of misinformation regarding it, i do like to correct them people, so that others are not misguided. Its not stupidity at all.

In one of your earlier posts you said that "4GB was needed but dont work the machine to hard" (or something like that), what i posted was showing that the whole encoding process on a vista build was using approx 1.2GB of ram (without setting the memory cap on avisynth). I did this so other users on the forum, wouldnt think that they needed an upgrade or 4GB before they could do an encode, which is what you seemed to be implying.

However you decide to attack me and call me a fanboy even though there is enough evidence in other posts on this and many other forums to prove you wrong on the 4GB claim. In making posts like that you look like a hypocrite and actually look like the fanboy yourself.

[Sharktooth]

even microsoft does recommend the business customers to skip Vista in favour of the next Windows 7.
Vista is plagued by app compatibility and memory/CPU hogging coz it's bloated.
why microsoft dosnt make the same reccomendations to private users? it has to sell vista and privates usullally do not sue M$.
my posts are not full of misinformation, i work with computers and i've seen several installations of Vista. It's utter crap, fat, slow (readyboost? dont make me laugh), memory and CPU hungry (expecially the ultimate edition, expecially on 64bits), the UI is more complex than XP's UI (more clicks to do the same operations), filled with restrictions (starting from the UAC that's for the user, not for the apps, WMP11 with nasty DRM, etc.) and impossible to use on older than 1 or 2 years PCs.
now you're turning back, you cant hide what you said. 2GB is not enough for serious video encoding on vista but they are enough on XP. what makes you think? Vista is seriously flawed and bloated. more ram wont fix it. the problems lie in the code.
i look at the facts not at bells and wishtles.
that said, i DO NOT recommend using Vista for anything (except using the disc like a freesby, for training), expecially for encoding. Stick with XP and everything will work faster and with less problems.

[MachThree]

@MachThree, rip your dvd with a decent software (DVD Fab HD Decrypter) which supports the latest protections.
AnyDVD used to be good but lately they focused on BLu-Rays...

I used AnyDVD and DVD Shrink before this problem began to occur, though. They couldn't be the problem.

[Sharktooth]

then you did something wrong in your encoding steps
however, to be sure, always rip your dvds with dvd fab (decrypter is free) and keep it always up to date.
be sure to remove any space or special char it may write into files/folders names

[LOGiC]

@Shark

I am just doing some tests. I taken a sample with a high bitrate and filled the buffer. The CRF encoding will be done within the next hour. After that I can see if buffer has been obeyed or not. I guess it was the easiest way to find out. Let's see :-)

[Sharktooth]

ok, let's see. theoretically it should respect it. but im not so sure.

[Dark Shikari]

2-pass is recommended with VBV whenever possible; x264 does a much better job of obeying VBV in the second pass than the first, due to Gabriel's 2pass VBV code.

[Sharktooth]

ok, now you know. use 2 passes.

[LOGiC]

Thank you guys, I will stay at 2pass :-)

[MachThree]

then you did something wrong in your encoding steps
however, to be sure, always rip your dvds with dvd fab (decrypter is free) and keep it always up to date.
be sure to remove any space or special char it may write into files/folders names

You wouldn't know of a setting in MeGUI that could throw the sync off, would you?

[Sharktooth]

yes, there's an audio delay option but that will fix constant delay only.
as a general rule, if you get weird delays than that's cause the DVD was ripped badly.

[Carraway]

BUG REPORT: This is in the "Automatic Encoding" screen, and is typically only reproducable with short clips and large bitrates.

If you select "Average Bitrate" and type in your bitrate, the filesize it selects will round down to the nearest integer.

Example: a 48 second clip at 1000 kb/s should be 5.8 MB. This is what it displays in the "Video Size" box, but in fact when it encodes it's pulling the desired file size from the box above that ("File Size"), which is where the rounding occurs.

FIX: Please make sure that when encoding by bitrate it pulls the target filesize from the "Video Size" box and NOT the "File Size" box.

ALSO: MeGUI is fantastic.

[JarrettH]

I like to run DGIndex separately so I know it's done right. Pay careful attention to what VOBs you choose. I've had instances where sync can be off because of this (Unforgiven and There Will Be Blood). Make sure what's loaded in DGIndex doesn't start with the title menu or any other weirdness...just the main movie beginning to end.

[check]

@carraway: there is a bug tracker for bug reports

@jarrettH: to avoid this, rip the movies in IFO mode, that way you will only get the main movie sequence in the VOBs and no chance of a screwup

[Sharktooth]

@carraway: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=798476&group_id=156112&func=browse

[qpsl]

Avs file did not support unicode file name encode.

[Kurtnoise]

Is that what you mean ? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=131876&highlight=avisynth+unicode)

[Sharktooth]

this is not a bug report thread.
report bugs in the bugtracker, also this is not related to megui, but to tools used by megui.
dont use unicode or speces or special chars in filename and you wont have any problems.

[fleon]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug and if it is not then is a problem with the psp profile, I have an mkv file 720*576(4/3) wich have according to mediainfo 1705 Kbps (1801 Kbps) of the video stream now I have tried to convert it to psp but everytime I do it the video ends in 1063 Kbps or something with 1000 then (the bitrate I choice).

For example if I choose to convert it to 1500 Kbps because I am downscaling it to 480*272, the video ends in 1045 Kbps (1500 Kbps) wich makes the video to look bad and very pixelated in some scenes.

I have looked into mediainfo and the problem is to be more exactly that megui encodes everything in 1000 Kbps bitrate and the nominal bitrate is the only one that changes, I have never had this problem with other file types

So can someone please help me out with this

[check]

fleon: you have to set the desired bitrate yourself. If you don't set it, MeGUI will use the default of 1000kbits.

[Sharktooth]

this is not a megui bug neither a problem with the preset.
you just need to :readguid:

[Carpo]

in megui how would i know which comp check to run? Other question is what are the main differences between the new profiles for xvid? i have just updated to V3 and notice there are a few new options

[fleon]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug and if it is not then is a problem with the psp profile, I have an mkv file 720*576(4/3) wich have according to mediainfo 1705 Kbps (1801 Kbps) of the video stream now I have tried to convert it to psp but everytime I do it the video ends in 1063 Kbps or something with 1000 then (the bitrate I choice).

For example if I choose to convert it to 1500 Kbps because I am downscaling it to 480*272, the video ends in 1045 Kbps (1500 Kbps) wich makes the video to look bad and very pixelated in some scenes.

I have looked into mediainfo and the problem is to be more exactly that megui encodes everything in 1000 Kbps bitrate and the nominal bitrate is the only one that changes, I have never had this problem with other file types

So can someone please help me out with this


fleon: you have to set the desired bitrate yourself. If you don't set it, MeGUI will use the default of 1000kbits.
I know that, I used the bitrate calculator to set the bitrate and what I said happened, also I checked the profile to see if the bitrate changed and it did, so there is a problem with megui

[poisondeathray]

Hi fleon, I just tested the psp profile with different bitrates - worked fine for me when I manually entered the bitrate

I'm using 0.3.0.1020, with the beta profiles from Sharktooth (I think it's v0.58)

[Carpo]

[Information] Final statistics
-[NoImage] Video Bitrate Desired: 1951 kbit/s
-[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 3551 kbit/s

can anyone explain why that happened ? i mean i know it can be + or - a few kbits but i think thats a bit much

[fleon]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug and if it is not then is a problem with the psp profile, I have an mkv file 720*576(4/3) wich have according to mediainfo 1705 Kbps (1801 Kbps) of the video stream now I have tried to convert it to psp but everytime I do it the video ends in 1063 Kbps or something with 1000 then (the bitrate I choice).

For example if I choose to convert it to 1500 Kbps because I am downscaling it to 480*272, the video ends in 1045 Kbps (1500 Kbps) wich makes the video to look bad and very pixelated in some scenes.

I have looked into mediainfo and the problem is to be more exactly that megui encodes everything in 1000 Kbps bitrate and the nominal bitrate is the only one that changes, I have never had this problem with other file types

So can someone please help me out with this


fleon: you have to set the desired bitrate yourself. If you don't set it, MeGUI will use the default of 1000kbits.
I know that, I used the bitrate calculator to set the bitrate and what I said happened, also I checked the profile to see if the bitrate changed and it did, so there is a problem with megui
Hi fleon, I just tested the psp profile with different bitrates - worked fine for me when I manually entered the bitrate

I'm using 0.3.0.1020, with the beta profiles from Sharktooth (I think it's v0.58)
did you tested it with an mkv file? because with the other file types it works, the problem is with an mkv file that doesnt tell the encoder the right bitrate it just changes the nominal bitrate wich doesnt seems to matter too much because the image is blurry and pixalated in some scenes

[poisondeathray]

did you tested it with an mkv file? because with the other file types it works, the problem is with an mkv file that doesnt tell the encoder the right bitrate it just changes the nominal bitrate wich doesnt seems to matter too much because the image is blurry and pixalated in some scenes

I just tried on a small .mkv sample clip. It works fine. I entered 1500kbps, it worked out to be 1495kbps... close enough

I didn't use bitrate calculator or auto encode. I manually entered 1500kbps

Maybe try deleting your profiles, and re-installing them?

I'm using all the newest updates for the beta branch, and x264 r928

[tebasuna51]

@fleon
The bitrate equivalent to the 1705 (720*576) for 480*272 is:

(1705 / (720 x 576)) x 480 x 272 = 537 kb/s

Maybe the encoder don't need the full 1500 kb/s.

For a 480*272 a bitrate of 1045 is more than enough.
I can't believe: "the video to look bad and very pixelated in some scenes"

[Sharktooth]

fleon that is not a bug. the bitrate calc no longer sets the bitrate (maybe you shoulr read the changelog!) it only calcs it.
use autoencode or SET THE BITRATE in the profile.

[rack04]

What does DAP stand for in the Lame preset? Also, is there somewhere that explains these new audio presets?

[Sharktooth]

Digital Audio Player: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Digital+Audio+Player

[fib0by]

I'm using Sharktooth's AVC-HD preset (2 pass Turbo) and there's something confusing about Megui: I'm looking at the Log window and the x264 parameters displayed there for the 2nd pass do not seem to match the XML profile.
I hover the mouse over the Job commandline in that window and a yellow rectangle pops up showing a different list of parameters - this one seems closer to the AVC-HD preset.

OK, I just verified - it's the same for the 1st pass parameters.

This is confusing. Why does Megui display something in the Log window, and something else in the yellow pop-up? The stuff displayed in the Log window seems shorter. There are more parameters for x264 in the yellow pop-up than in the Log window.

It would be nice if Megui would be consistent with the things that are displayed. Also, it would be nice if it created a text file log with all that stuff.

[ditche]

Hi, regarding the audio profiles, in the future, is it possible to choose the increase volume ? Currently it's automatic, but sometimes it's not enough for me. :D

http://users.skynet.be/bk314761/smileys/158.png

[Sharktooth]

yes, post a feature request in the megui feature request tracker on sourceforge.

@flb0by: MeGUI normally copies the 2nd pass settings for the first pass. if you select Turbo, it tunes down the settings to have a fast first pass.
however the log is a bit messy. what really matters is what is saved in the log file.

[fib0by]

@flb0by: MeGUI normally copies the 2nd pass settings for the first pass. if you select Turbo, it tunes down the settings to have a fast first pass.
however the log is a bit messy. what really matters is what is saved in the log file.

You mean the stuff in C:\Program Files\megui\logs ? Even that doesn't seem to contain the actual options. I did find something that looks like the right stuff for pass 1 for a previous attempt (aborted job) but that was it.

Maybe I should wait until all the jobs are completed and then it will write everything to the log?

[Sharktooth]

it contains the actual option for all passes.
example:
...
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 1062 --stats "***removed***.stats" --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --direct auto --filter -1,-1 --subme 1 --partitions none --me dia --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 714:485 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "***removed***.avs"
...
...
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 1062 --stats "***removed***.stats." --ref 3 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --bime --weightb --direct auto --filter -1,-1 --subme 6 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --me umh --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 714:485 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "***removed***.264" "***removed***.avs"
...
the log is written at completion. to be sure just close megui when it finished and look again at the logs folder.

[fib0by]

it contains the actual option for all passes.
the log is written at completion. to be sure just close megui when it finished and look again at the logs folder.

Ah yes, that is right. I looked and indeed everything was there after completion. Thanks!

[LOGiC]

@Sharktooth

Hey mate, thank you for your reply on the other thread. I decided to completely set up a new PC. THis is very old and it was some kind of "Complete Discounter-PC" which has a Core2Duo E6300, but just has a single channel RAM. When trying to encode with Subme7 / Trellis2, I am at 1,25fps, this sucks.

Will MeGUI be able to use all four cores of a quad core ? Just for any calculations, on some "middle" to "insane" settings, to which FPS could one come ?

Thanks in advance,

ANdy.

[flebber]

I have been fiddling with MeGui a little bit now and like what I am getting. There is only two little things I want to confirm, they are essentially very simple.

1) To alter color and brightness etc. I have largely created all my scripts in MeGui and then edited them in VirtualDubMod as prescribed here http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/capture/postprocessing_avisynth.html and then reopened them to finish them off. Is there a simpler, but still effective and controllable way of doing this ?

2) Really simple one Megui clearly has Input Dar for aspect ratio in the Script Creator, But there is no Output Dar option. Is there no option or I just can't find it ?

Cheers

[Sharktooth]

@LOGic, megui uses x264 and it is able to use all the four cores. the problems usually comes from slow avisynth scripts. in that case avisynth wont be fast enough to feed the fames to the encoder, so the encoding threads will wait...
however, first be sure to disable "Automatically set the number of threads" in options (x264 uses a different way to calculate the number of threads) and set "Threads" = 0 (auto) in the x264 preset. that will ensure the correct threads settings for x264.

@flebber:
1) you can use any DirectShow player or anything supporting avisynth to watch the avisynth script preview. Megui offers a preview too during the script creation.
since megui cant graphically support evey avisynth filter (there are tons of them) there's a minimal graphical interface for what the user usually needs.
if you want graphical controls for brightness, contrast and color, please fill in a feature request in the megui feature request tracker on sourceforge.

2) MeGUI uses the input AR for the encoding. Also there seems to be a bug with AR that sometimes happens.

[flebber]

@flebber:
1)....if you want graphical controls for brightness, contrast and color, please fill in a feature request in the megui feature request tracker on sourceforge.

2) MeGUI uses the input AR for the encoding. Also there seems to be a bug with AR that sometimes happens.

I am basically just using VDubMod as a means to adjust colour and brightness. I will add a request to the tracker as I thought of another option, ... as Virtualdub has 2 colour filters I know of (there is probably more) Auto Levels and Msu Color and Avisynth supports loading Vdub plugins, I could just write a scipt to import filters from vdub into avisynth and save that as part of the prest scipts in Megui... Or I could fill out a feature request:)

2) All of our TV sets in Australia are changing from 4:3 to widescreen to plasma/LCD as PAL is being given the boot for HDTV, with old footage I have got what is the best way to change aspect in Megui?

Feature Request https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2037538&group_id=156112&atid=798479

[Sharktooth]

there is no best as per forum rules.
i think you should read the megui guide and the avisynth manual.

[flebber]

there is no best as per forum rules.
i think you should read the megui guide and the avisynth manual.

Yes I apologise I should have used "more effective", which is closer to what i meant.

[Sharktooth]

MeGUI supports anamorphic encoding. Have a look at the wiki (link is in the Megui guide sticky thread).

[check]

flebber:
regarding changing the AR: if you mean the actual Aspect Ratio in which the video will display at the end: you should not change this. All of the methods you can use to modify this AR will result in a loss of picture or distortion. You will have to live with pillarboxed display on your new TV.

regarding a better avisynth GUI: you may want to make the next step up in terms of avisynth GUIs to AvsP. There is a thread on these forums about it.

[Greif]

I have been using MeGUI to just encode my HD videos. I then used mkvmerge to join up the video/audio/srt/chapters.

I'd like to save a step or two and just use MeGUI for the joining.

I do have a few questions on using MeGUI:

If I select an AC3 file in the Audio section on the Input tab, is it getting re-encoded?
What is meant by *scratchpad* in the Encoder settings?
Is there a way for MeGUI to import SRT substitles?


BTW, great product. Keep up the good work. :)

[IceMan2]

Hi guys I have a couple questions. First, after some recent updates when I go to create a DV2 file and select Demux all tracks and load the audio. The audio is not auto loading and also I see no data when the creation of the DV2 file. About a few weeks or so ago things were working fine.

Secondly I do alot of TV recording and XviD compression of these shows and I had people tell me that these rips aren't playing back on there DivX/XviD players. Since I dont use or have one these, my knowledge is little as to why this might be. The settings I am ripping at are the basic XviD 1100 kbs fast with no QPel or GMC.

[Sharktooth]

@Greif, megui cant join videos without re-encoding them
Use mkvmerge or other tools for other file formats.
the *scratchpad* contains the default settings, usefull when making new presets from "scratch"
about subs, megui can mux srt subs in various file formats. read the wiki for more info.

@iceman2: first, the behaviour has changed since dgindex 1.5+ has a different audio management. what you mean you "see no data"?
second, megui's xvid configuration doesnt still graphically support hardware devices. it will come soon.

[~bT~]

Secondly I do alot of TV recording and XviD compression of these shows and I had people tell me that these rips aren't playing back on there DivX/XviD players. Since I dont use or have one these, my knowledge is little as to why this might be. The settings I am ripping at are the basic XviD 1100 kbs fast with no QPel or GMC.

these work for me:

http://maxupload.com/img/B7F7CF72.jpg

http://maxupload.com/img/1902994D.jpg

obviously u will need to change thread= and bitrate

[IceMan2]

your the man ~bT~ I will give that try the next rip and see what happens and wait for feedback from the guys who use these xvid/divx standalone players.

I really love this encoder, the interface is very friendly for the novice user and the amount of control it gives me over each encoding step is hands down the best and getting better. I appreciate all that are behind the scenes making this happen and the one's here who devote there time in helping people out.

Thanks Ice

[Sharktooth]

i cant see the image

[tebasuna51]

your the man ~bT~ I will give that try the next rip and see what happens and wait for feedback from the guys who use these xvid/divx standalone players.

Maybe old xvid/divx standalone player only play fine with:
Number of B-frames: 1

[Sharktooth]

the old ones, yes, 1 b-frame and packed bitstream.
the new ones, can handle 1b + PB and 2 b-frames and no packed bitstream...

[flebber]

flebber:
regarding changing the AR: if you mean the actual Aspect Ratio in which the video will display at the end: you should not change this. All of the methods you can use to modify this AR will result in a loss of picture or distortion. You will have to live with pillarboxed display on your new TV.

regarding a better avisynth GUI: you may want to make the next step up in terms of avisynth GUIs to AvsP. There is a thread on these forums about it.
Seems interesting, found http://avisynth.org/qwerpoi/Overview.html and the doom thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=115506 after a quick search will have a look.

[ZZZERO]

Simple question from a noob I hope: When I installed megui I only selected some LAME MP3 audio encoding presets from the long list of offered presets. Now I want to try Nero AAC and use some of its presets. I can't figure out how to import them now? What am I missing?

[Sharktooth]

Options->Update
then find the audio presets, right click->Force (re)install....

[kaabob]

Hello,

I did a search for "Audio stream information" but didn't get an appropriate result, so here I go...

I've just ripped a Jaws DVD onto the computer as a set of IFO's and VOB's. I started out (following the wiki guide) by first running "Tools -> D2V creator" and selected "Demux all Audio tracks". After that job had finished, I had files such as "jaws T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" and "jaws T84 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3". However, there is no audio stream information txt file to tell me what language and #channels each ac3 file is. Is there an option in MeGui to enable audio stream information output to a text file? Thanks, this would be very handy.

EDIT: Just out of curiosity (I know this question is a no-brainer, but bear with me), but a video encoded with preset "x264: HQ-slow" will not be playable on a standalone BD player, correct? I'm thinking of archiving my movies at the highest quality (without resorting to insane mode), but I'd want to be able to play these files on a standalone BD player such as a PS3. Thanks!

[~bT~]

Hello,

I did a search for "Audio stream information" but didn't get an appropriate result, so here I go...

I've just ripped a Jaws DVD onto the computer as a set of IFO's and VOB's. I started out (following the wiki guide) by first running "Tools -> D2V creator" and selected "Demux all Audio tracks". After that job had finished, I had files such as "jaws T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" and "jaws T84 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3". However, there is no audio stream information txt file to tell me what language and #channels each ac3 file is. Is there an option in MeGui to enable audio stream information output to a text file? Thanks, this would be very handy.

EDIT: Just out of curiosity (I know this question is a no-brainer, but bear with me), but a video encoded with preset "x264: HQ-slow" will not be playable on a standalone BD player, correct? I'm thinking of archiving my movies at the highest quality (without resorting to insane mode), but I'd want to be able to play these files on a standalone BD player such as a PS3. Thanks!
you need to update your presets and i part answered your question as highlighted in bold above.

[Cornflower]

I'm soo farged.... I've got an mp4 that I can't play on my PS3. But the PS3 manual says mp4 is supported. What's wrong? Here's what I know about my file:

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 3.50 GiB
Duration : 2h 10mn
Overall bit rate : 3839 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-04 05:45:11
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-04 22:37:27
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.2 2008022300

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Duration : 2h 10mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3700 Kbps
Width : 1136 pixels
Height : 640 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate : 29.963 fps
Maximum frame rate : 29.981 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.170
Stream size : 3.38 GiB (97%)
Writing library : x264 core 58 svn-736M
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=umh / subme=6 / brdo=0 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=300 / keyint_min=30 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=abr / bitrate=3700 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-04 05:45:11
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-04 22:37:27

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 10mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 166 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 119 MiB (3%)
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-04 05:45:11
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-04 22:37:27



Any ideas?

[nurbs]

Format profile : Main@L5.1
Frame rate mode : Variable


Level 5.1 could be a problem although I think I read on the forum that the PS3 plays such files now.
I don't know if it supports variable framerate (if it actually is VFR and I'm not interpreting this incorrectly.

I would demux all the tracks, change the level to 4.1 and mux to mp4 again with 23,976 fps. That could fix it.

edit:
Oh, wait a second, I just noticed it says 29,97 fps and not 23,97. So forget the framerate I gave for muxing.
Didn't you IVTC before encoding?

[check]

@cornflower: yes, ask the handbrake team. That's what the file was encoded with after all... :rolleyes:

[Cornflower]

@cornflower: yes, ask the handbrake team. That's what the file was encoded with after all... :rolleyes:

Quite... So, where do I find them?


Didn't you IVTC before encoding?

IVTC??? I didn't encode the original, or do I misunderstand something?

[check]

@cornflower: I'd suggest you try google, it's this magical website that lets you find things online.

[Cornflower]

@cornflower: I'd suggest you try google, it's this magical website that lets you find things online.

Haha, velly funny...

I thought you knew something about them. I'm new at this, so I don't know who's known for what. So, I'll just ignore you from now on, then?

[~bT~]

^ although check's comment had a slight sarcastic touch, it was nevertheless good advice.

[check]

I opened up a new tab and googled "handbrake". The very first result (http://www.google.com.au/search?q=handbrake&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a) was the project you are looking for. Just because you are new is no excuse for failing to search!

[Gornot]

Urgh, sorry of this has been asked before, but there's just too many pages to explore :P

I finally took a pretty darn good look at the MeGUIs Wiki tutorials page, and there's just one thing I don't understand:
After I input the AviSynth Script, set the Video Output and set all the Encoder settings, I've got the "Queve analysis pass" button and the standard "Enqueue" button. I do understand that the first one is the analysis pass performed on the AVS as job1 and then job2 is the analysis pass for the video itself then job3 the encoding (at least that's what I figured out from the Queue tab :P), I just don't understand if it's really necessary to perform the analysis pass to the AVS, since it already does that for the video itself.

OMG not only is it a stupid question but I also terribly explained it, I can barely understand myself, LOL, sorry for my f-ed up english.

[flebber]

How can I get besplit working with megui. I tried to use the audio cutter tool, bet it keeps erroring saying that besplit.exe is missing. So I have installed besplit exe to the path C:/program files/megui/besplit.exe . But it still isn't working. Should I be using besplit or besweet. I appear to be missing something simple.

This is the error.
-[NoImage] Error starting job
--[NoImage] Exception message: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'Required file 'C:\Program Files\megui\besplit.exe' is missing.'
--[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
--[NoImage] Inner exception: null
-[Information] Log for job2 (split, Kid Rock - All Summer Long [2008][SkidVid]_XviD.mp3 -> Kid Rock_0_)
--[Information] [8/10/2008 7:31:54 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/10/2008 7:31:54 PM] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Error starting job
--[NoImage] Exception message: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'Required file 'C:\Program Files\megui\besplit.exe' is missing.'
--[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
--[NoImage] Inner exception: null
I installed besplit v0.9b6 as the link to b7 is currently broken. Should I be using besweet.

[Taurus]

@flebber
Path to besplit:C:/program files/megui/tools\besplit\besplit.exe
Use MeGui/Options/Settings/Program Paths/Others/Path to besplit.exe....
Or read thw wikis/tutorials floating around :D;)

[~bT~]

Urgh, sorry of this has been asked before, but there's just too many pages to explore :P

I finally took a pretty darn good look at the MeGUIs Wiki tutorials page, and there's just one thing I don't understand:
After I input the AviSynth Script, set the Video Output and set all the Encoder settings, I've got the "Queve analysis pass" button and the standard "Enqueue" button. I do understand that the first one is the analysis pass performed on the AVS as job1 and then job2 is the analysis pass for the video itself then job3 the encoding (at least that's what I figured out from the Queue tab :P), I just don't understand if it's really necessary to perform the analysis pass to the AVS, since it already does that for the video itself.

OMG not only is it a stupid question but I also terribly explained it, I can barely understand myself, LOL, sorry for my f-ed up english.

edited. answer is below.

[Cornflower]

I opened up a new tab and googled "handbrake". The very first result (http://www.google.com.au/search?q=handbrake&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a) was the project you are looking for. Just because you are new is no excuse for failing to search!

Well... I can sort of agree with that, but it's not the handbrake team that's the problem, it's what settings was used by the encoder and what settings I need to convert it to PS3 format.

Still, I didn't appreciate the condescending tone. Hence my somewhat non-diplomatic response.

[flebber]

@flebber
Path to besplit:C:/program files/megui/tools\besplit\besplit.exe
Use MeGui/Options/Settings/Program Paths/Others/Path to besplit.exe....
Or read thw wikis/tutorials floating around :D;)

Thanks, no need for a tutorial your info was plenty.

cheers

[check]

@gornot: queue analysis pass is used in situations where you need to run the avisynth script first before you do the encode. The usual reason is you're using a plugin that creates stats dynamically. You don't need to use this, unless you know you do :)

@~bt: no. You are thinking of 'pre-rendering job', not 'analysis pass'

[~bT~]

^ yes u are correct. his post was quite confusing :p

[marklight]

I'm trying to encode some HD MKV's to Apple TV. I downloaded AVisynth and installed the CCCP . I also loaded in the PD-AppleTV preset. I create my script of the file - the only setting I mess with is the resolution. Then I load it into MeGui and choose the Apple TV preset. The only setting I adjust in the preset is the bit rate. When encoding is done, I am unable to open up the resulting MP4 file - in Quicktime I get the error "An invalid public movie atom was found in the movie." I'm including a picture of some of the file's attributes if this helps.

[Warpman]

I'm trying to encode some HD MKV's to Apple TV. I downloaded AVisynth and installed the CCCP . I also loaded in the PD-AppleTV preset. I create my script of the file - the only setting I mess with is the resolution. Then I load it into MeGui and choose the Apple TV preset. The only setting I adjust in the preset is the bit rate. When encoding is done, I am unable to open up the resulting MP4 file - in Quicktime I get the error "An invalid public movie atom was found in the movie." I'm including a picture of some of the file's attributes if this helps.

could be a framerate issue... try remuxing with yamb

[sazoki]

i'm trying to encode an AVI movie,with megui to IPOD 5.5 ,and when encode audio with directshowsource give this error:
[Error] An error occurred
-[NoImage] Exception message: The pipe has been ended.
-[NoImage] 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()
-[NoImage] Inner exception: null

what i have to do.....?

[Kurtnoise]

don't use DSS with AVI files...AVISource() is the way to go.

Moreover, post the complete log file.

[sazoki]

thx,
well,i use AVISOURCE to encode video and audio file,but sometimes audio Precedes the video little bit.

[LeXXuz]

I have a strange problem when encoding anamorphic to xvid with MeGUI.

It seems that the AR-values are not written correctly to the avi-file:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/931/meguiaremu4.png

This happens not with every movie, but with every lets say 2nd or 3rd one. So I have to set the correct DAR values from the avs script manually an resave the file.

In earlier versions of megui/encraw, I haven't had this problem.

[unreal666]

Error MeGUI during updating:
MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Not set the reference to object in instance of a object. Source of exception: MeGUI stacktrace: в MeGUI.UpdateCacher.flushOldCachedFilesAsync(List`1 urls)
в MeGUI.UpdateWindow.InstallFiles(SortedDictionary`2 groups)
в MeGUI.UpdateWindow.BeginUpdate()
в System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
в System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
в System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

"Not set the reference to object in instance of a object" - it is translate from Russian.
MeGUI v0.3.0.1020
Windows XP SP2

[Kurtnoise]

updating what ?

[unreal666]

Kurtnoise13
meGUI -> Option -> Update
This error appears whether during the upgrade whether in the end of upgrade after downloading of all files (precisely has not understood)

[unreal666]

Reinstalled meGui 0.3.0.1017, updated it and all became normal (at least while).
Not clearly, in what there was a cause of error.

[Kurtnoise]

delete update_cache folder and retry an update...

[AKarpo]

I need some help; I incorrectly selected NDAAC-HE when I should have selected NDAAC-LC...I've looked all over the installed directory to find the audio profiles, Googled it (only found x264 profiles), but I haven't been able to find anything. Obviously it's not on the drop down on encoder settings.

Where can I find the NDAAC-LC .xml?

[Sharktooth]

it's easy.
use the autoupdate function and right click on the audio prosets entry then select Force (re)install.
when the selection window appears select the desired presets and reimport them.

[AKarpo]

it's easy.
use the autoupdate function and right click on the audio prosets entry then select Force (re)install.
when the selection window appears select the desired presets and reimport them.

Thank you :)

[unreal666]

delete update_cache folder and retry an update...
Already there is no need. All updates while become normally after reinstallation.
And I always renamed cache folder after update.

[Sharktooth]

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1172973#post1172973

[Razorholt]

anybody having issues with the audio encoding? I use the 0.3.0.2002 vesion and the error I get is:
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Abnormal encoder termination 1
---[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr: Mode initialisation failed: invalid parameters for quality

I'm trying to convert a .wav file to ogg, as I usually do. Previous MeGUI version was OK.

Thanks,
- Dan

[Taurus]

anybody having issues with the audio encoding? I use the 0.3.0.2002 vesion and the error I get is:
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Abnormal encoder termination 1
---[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr: Mode initialisation failed: invalid parameters for quality

I'm trying to convert a .wav file to ogg, as I usually do. Previous MeGUI version was OK.

Thanks,
- Dan
Just tested a stereo wav 44.1khz to Ogg Vorbis Q=4.
Everything is O.K.

[Sharktooth]

no problems here.
more details are welcome... or it will be buried in the sand.

[Razorholt]

I have uninstalled the new version and re-intalled the previous one. Same error :(

-[Error] Log for job2 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:21:33 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:21:33 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality 1.0 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:21:33 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:21:33 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:21:33 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Script error: Invalid arguments to function "ConvertAudioToFloat"
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthClip..ctor(String func, String arg, AviSynthColorspace forceColorspace, AviSynthScriptEnvironment env)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:21:33 PM] Job completed

[Sharktooth]

still not enough details...
settings/preset? complete log? etc...

[Razorholt]

[Error] Log
-[Information] Version information
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.1014
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1
-[Information] Settings
--[NoImage] YadifPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\yadif\yadif.dll
--[NoImage] AudioSamplesPerUpdate: 100000
--[NoImage] AutoScrollLog: True
--[NoImage] AcceptableFPSError: 0.01
--[NoImage] MaxServersToTry: 5
--[NoImage] AutoUpdateServerSubList: 0
--[NoImage] AutoUpdateServerLists
---[NoImage] array.Length: 2
---[NoImage] array[0]
----[NoImage] array.Length: 3
----[NoImage] array[0]: Stable
----[NoImage] array[1]: http://megui.org/auto/stable/
----[NoImage] array[2]: http://mewiki.project357.com/auto/stable/
---[NoImage] array[1]
----[NoImage] array.Length: 3
----[NoImage] array[0]: Development
----[NoImage] array[1]: http://megui.org/auto/
----[NoImage] array[2]: http://mewiki.project357.com/auto/
--[NoImage] AfterEncoding: DoNothing
--[NoImage] AfterEncodingCommand: null
--[NoImage] AcceptableAspectErrorPercent: 1
--[NoImage] UseAdvancedTooltips: True
--[NoImage] AlwaysOnTop: False
--[NoImage] BeSplitPath: besplit.exe
--[NoImage] FFMpegPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe
--[NoImage] EncAacPlusPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\enc_aacplus\enc_aacplus.exe
--[NoImage] EncAudXPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\encaudxcli\encaudxcli.exe
--[NoImage] OggEnc2Path: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe
--[NoImage] MencoderPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\mencoder\mencoder.exe
--[NoImage] FaacPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\faac\faac.exe
--[NoImage] LamePath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\lame\lame.exe
--[NoImage] NeroAacEncPath: neroAacEnc.exe
--[NoImage] MkvmergePath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\mkvmerge\mkvmerge.exe
--[NoImage] Mp4boxPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe
--[NoImage] X264Path: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe
--[NoImage] DgIndexPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe
--[NoImage] XviDEncrawPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe
--[NoImage] Avc2aviPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\avc2avi\avc2avi.exe
--[NoImage] AviMuxGUIPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\avimux_gui\avimux_gui.exe
--[NoImage] AftenPath: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\aften\aften.exe
--[NoImage] AvisynthPluginsPath: C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.6\plugins
--[NoImage] MeGUIUpdateCache: C:\Program Files\megui\update_cache
--[NoImage] RecalculateMainMovieBitrate: False
--[NoImage] AutoForceFilm: True
--[NoImage] FreshOggEnc2: True
--[NoImage] AutoStartQueue: False
--[NoImage] AutoOpenScript: True
--[NoImage] AutoSetNbThreads: True
--[NoImage] OpenProgressWindow: True
--[NoImage] ForceFilmThreshold: 95
--[NoImage] DefaultLanguage1
--[NoImage] DefaultLanguage2
--[NoImage] DefaultPriority: IDLE
--[NoImage] EnableMP3inMP4: False
--[NoImage] OverwriteStats: True
--[NoImage] Keep2of3passOutput: False
--[NoImage] NbPasses: 2
--[NoImage] DeleteCompletedJobs: False
--[NoImage] DeleteIntermediateFiles: True
--[NoImage] DeleteAbortedOutput: True
--[NoImage] VideoExtension
--[NoImage] AudioExtension
--[NoImage] AutoUpdate: True
--[NoImage] DialogSettings
---[NoImage] OverwriteJobOutputResponse: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutOverwriteJobOutput: True
---[NoImage] DuplicateResponse: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutDuplicates: True
---[NoImage] WarnAboutRDO2: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutError: True
---[NoImage] ContinueDespiteError: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutYV12: True
---[NoImage] AddConvertToYV12: True
---[NoImage] AskAboutVOBs: True
---[NoImage] UseOneClick: True
--[NoImage] SourceDetectorSettings
---[NoImage] CombedFrameMinimum: 5
---[NoImage] MinimumUsefulSections: 20
---[NoImage] DecimationThreshold: 2
---[NoImage] MaxPortions: 5
---[NoImage] Priority: BelowNormal
---[NoImage] PortionsAllowed: False
---[NoImage] PortionThreshold: 5
---[NoImage] HybridFOPercent: 10
---[NoImage] MinimumAnalyseSections: 150
---[NoImage] AnalysePercent: 1
---[NoImage] HybridPercent: 5
--[NoImage] AedSettings
---[NoImage] AddAdditionalContent: False
---[NoImage] NoTargetSizeMode: False
---[NoImage] BitrateMode: False
---[NoImage] FileSizeMode: True
---[NoImage] Container: MP4
---[NoImage] Bitrate: 700
---[NoImage] FileSize: 700 MB
---[NoImage] SplitSize: null
--[NoImage] safeProfileAlteration: False
-[Error] Log for job3 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> test.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:28:26 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:28:26 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality 1.0 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:28:26 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:28:26 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:28:26 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Script error: Invalid arguments to function "ConvertAudioToFloat"
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthClip..ctor(String func, String arg, AviSynthColorspace forceColorspace, AviSynthScriptEnvironment env)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[Information] [8/22/2008 12:28:27 PM] Job completed


I used the default settings for Vorbis. I basically installed MeGUI, opened a wav file and selected Vorbis. I hit Enqueue and started the process.

[Sharktooth]

first update megui to the latest version then post your entire log and settings...
"i selected Vorbis"... what vorbis? what preset?
did you configure the encoder? ...
megui is not a one click solution...
did you let the auto-update get all the files/updates and import the presets?... did you :readguid: and the wiki???

[Razorholt]

I use MeGUI since day 1. I never had any issues with audio until I moved to v3. Ok, let me update again.

[Sharktooth]

well... things tend to change. probably the problem is due the the updated vorbis encoder...........

[Razorholt]

Ok, I have upgraded to the latest version and tested again. First I tried with the default preset Vorbis - Low (Q=1) and it was ok. Then I changed the birate from Q=1 to Q=-0.9 -> No problem.

BUT, when I set it to Q=-1.01 this is where I got the error.


[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.2002
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.1433)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz
--[NoImage] HDD :
---[NoImage] Local Disk (C:) - 4 Go free of 37 Go
---[NoImage] Local Disk (D:) - 11 Go free of 37 Go
---[NoImage] LaCie 600GB (G:) - 159 Go free of 558 Go
-[Information] Log for job5 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:37 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:37 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality 4.0 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:37 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:37 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:37 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:40 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality 4.0 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:40 PM] Encoder process started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:54 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:35:54 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Error] Log for job6 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:36:37 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:36:40 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -1.02 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:36:40 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:36:40 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:36:40 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:36:40 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -1.02 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:36:40 PM] Encoder process started
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Abnormal encoder termination 1
---[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr: Mode initialisation failed: invalid parameters for quality
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:36:42 PM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job7 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:14 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:14 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -0.52 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:14 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:14 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:14 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:14 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -0.52 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:14 PM] Encoder process started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:27 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:27 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Error] Log for job8 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:51 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:52 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -1.05 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:52 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:52 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:52 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:52 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -1.05 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Error] An error occurred

[Razorholt]

The rest:

---[NoImage] Exception message: Can't start encoder: Thread is dead; priority cannot be accessed.
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.createEncoderProcess(AviSynthClip a)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception
----[NoImage] Exception message: Thread is dead; priority cannot be accessed.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.Threading.Thread.SetPriorityNative(Int32 priority)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.createEncoderProcess(AviSynthClip a)
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr: Mode initialisation failed: invalid parameters for quality
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:37:52 PM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job9 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:09 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:09 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -0.89 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:09 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:09 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:09 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:10 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -0.89 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:10 PM] Encoder process started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:23 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:23 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job10 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:44 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:45 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -0.99 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:45 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:45 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:45 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:45 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -0.99 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:45 PM] Encoder process started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:58 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:38:58 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job11 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:10 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:11 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -1.0 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:11 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:11 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:11 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:12 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -1.0 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:12 PM] Encoder process started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:24 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:24 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Error] Log for job12 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:40 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:41 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -1.05 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:41 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:41 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:41 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:41 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -1.05 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Can't start encoder: Thread is dead; priority cannot be accessed.
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.createEncoderProcess(AviSynthClip a)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception
----[NoImage] Exception message: Thread is dead; priority cannot be accessed.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.Threading.Thread.SetPriorityNative(Int32 priority)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.createEncoderProcess(AviSynthClip a)
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr: Mode initialisation failed: invalid parameters for quality
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:41 PM] Job completed
-[Error] Log for job13 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:57 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:57 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -1.01 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:57 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:57 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:57 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:57 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -1.01 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Can't start encoder: Thread is dead; priority cannot be accessed.
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.createEncoderProcess(AviSynthClip a)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception
----[NoImage] Exception message: Thread is dead; priority cannot be accessed.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.Threading.Thread.SetPriorityNative(Int32 priority)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.createEncoderProcess(AviSynthClip a)
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr: Mode initialisation failed: invalid parameters for quality
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:39:57 PM] Job completed
-[Error] Log for job14 (audio, thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav -> thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg)
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:42:56 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:42:56 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] RaWavSource("G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.wav", 2)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -1.01 -o "{0}" -
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:42:56 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:42:56 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:42:56 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:42:56 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -1.01 -o "G:\trailers\thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton-tlr1_1080p.ogg" -
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Can't start encoder: Thread is dead; priority cannot be accessed.
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.createEncoderProcess(AviSynthClip a)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception
----[NoImage] Exception message: Thread is dead; priority cannot be accessed.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.Threading.Thread.SetPriorityNative(Int32 priority)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.createEncoderProcess(AviSynthClip a)
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr: Mode initialisation failed: invalid parameters for quality
--[Information] [8/22/2008 1:42:56 PM] Job completed

[Taurus]

Here are the results from my test encode:
[Information] Log for job2 (audio, Blue48khz.wav -> Blue48khz.ogg)
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:21:36] Started handling job
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:21:40] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Avisynth script
--[NoImage] RaWavSource("D:\Waves\Blue48khz.wav", 2)
--[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
--[NoImage] Normalize()
--[NoImage] 6==Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4):last
--[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
--[NoImage] return last
-[NoImage] Commandline used: -Q --raw --raw-bits={2} --raw-chan={3} --raw-rate={1} --quality -1.05 -o "{0}" -
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:21:40] Encode thread started
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:21:40] Encoding started
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:21:40] Avisynth script environment opened
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:21:40] Script loaded
-[Information] Input
--[NoImage] Channels: 2
--[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
--[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
-[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Programme\megui\tools\oggenc2\oggenc2.exe -Q --raw --raw-bits=16 --raw-chan=2 --raw-rate=48000 --quality -1.05 -o "D:\Waves\Blue48khz.ogg" -
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:21:41] Encoder process started
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:22:10] Job completed
-[Information] [22.08.2008 21:22:10] Postprocessing
--[Information] Deleting intermediate files

As you can see everything is doing fine: Samplerate and Quality mode identical to yours.
Conclusion: Something is burked @ your side

[b@nned]

I am getting this error:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/ge0rgieee/wef.jpg

can you guys help me fix it?

[Sharktooth]

just dont select the input file as your output or vice versa (that's the same).

[Razorholt]

Alright, must be on my side then. Not a fainted idea what the problem could be tho.

Thanks guys.

[b@nned]

what does this mean?

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/ge0rgieee/wh.jpg

[Nightshiver]

Heh, it means your dimensions (710x480) aren't mod16 compatible. For mod16, your width and height must be divisible by 16. Thus:
710/16= 44.375
480/16= 30

Chose a different height.

[b@nned]

Heh, it means your dimensions (710x480) aren't mod16 compatible. For mod16, your width and height must be divisible by 16. Thus:
710/16= 44.375
480/16= 30

Chose a different height.

thats the thing... I didnt resize anything I just used autocrop

should I manually resize it?

[Avenger007]

:search:
You can resize it if you want.
If you're using x264 then don't worry about it.

[rack04]

I'm interested in cutting a scene from a blu-ray m2ts file. I'm able to use the AVS cutter to define begin and end points of the video cut. My question is how to cut the audio? Is the cut file created during the AVC cutter not the same cut file that is required in the Audio cutter? The reason that I ask is because I get a crash of BeSplit when I try to cut the audio with the cut file.

[gwaitsi]

Dumb question i know, but i haven't been able to find a guide on how to convert BlueRay videos with MeGUI - i did google....
i must be stupid....

grateful for a link to a megui blue ray conversion guide...

cheers

[rack04]

Dumb question i know, but i haven't been able to find a guide on how to convert BlueRay videos with MeGUI - i did google....
i must be stupid....

grateful for a link to a megui blue ray conversion guide...

cheers

If you're familiar with MeGUI all you need to do is select the standalone blu-ray profile.

[forum king]

what causes audio sync problem in converting a .dat file from a vcd ( whose extention i have changed to .avi ) to mkv with MEGUI..
i use rather still use x264HQ-slower profile and nero64 audio(in which i have reduced the bitrate to 34 and saved to profile)

[CWR03]

what causes audio sync problem in converting a .dat file from a vcd ( whose extention i have changed to .avi ) to mkv with MEGUI..
i use rather still use x264HQ-slower profile and nero64 audio(in which i have reduced the bitrate to 34 and saved to profile)
forum king has already had three threads for this same issue closed for rule 6 violations so far today.

[setarip_old]

@forum kingwhat causes audio sync problem in converting a .dat file from a vcd ( whose extention i have changed to .avi )...What do you accomplish by just changing the extension of a VCD .DAT file (Such a file is an MPEG-1 videostream) to ".AVI"?

[Sharktooth]

@forum king;
rule number 6:
6) No warez, cracks, serials or illegally obtained copyrighted content! Links to content of a questionable nature, asking for, offering, or asking for help/helping to process such content in any way or form is not tolerated.
stop asking help for downloaded stuff. you wont get it here.

[ChrisW77]

1) has been disabled, it's no longer possible to uncheck it.


How pathetic, way to patch up a bug by forcing a stupid option on everyone.
Guess you don't read too well, either.

That's an interesting way to suppress that bug for the moment. I load up fairly heavy scripts, and now that the preview is forced, I have to wait several minutes to do anything. It's kind of hard to load multiple videos like that.

[saint-francis]

How pathetic, way to patch up a bug by forcing a stupid option on everyone.
Guess you don't read too well, either.

You are going to get nowhere by slandering people who make free software that you want to use. Why not offer some constructive criticism or just accept that it's an open source project and the devs have to work to pay bills and live lives outside of the project? Sure there are things I'd like to change about MeGUI but I don't say anything because I'm not a programmer and I really have no useful contributions. I'm sure most of the MeGUI user base is like me in this respect. I want MeGUI to wash my car and it doesn't. Stupid MeGUI developers! Why doesn't your tool wash my F**king CAR?!?!

[Sharktooth]

How pathetic, way to patch up a bug by forcing a stupid option on everyone.
Guess you don't read too well, either.
As it has been already said it's just a workaround until we find a way to fix the bug.
Your attitude is also not helping at all since it just kills the necessary motivation to find the reasons that make it happen...

[ChrisW77]

You are going to get nowhere by slandering people who make free software that you want to use. Why not offer some constructive criticism or just accept that it's an open source project and the devs have to work to pay bills and live lives outside of the project? Sure there are things I'd like to change about MeGUI but I don't say anything because I'm not a programmer and I really have no useful contributions. I'm sure most of the MeGUI user base is like me in this respect. I want MeGUI to wash my car and it doesn't. Stupid MeGUI developers! Why doesn't your tool wash my F**king CAR?!?!

Oh please, I can hear the violins, now.
Regardless if it's FREE, or if you pay for it, if you offer it to the public just don't go telling THEM how they should or should not use it. Greying out a tick box is just childish, and a poor excuse for fixing a bug.

As it has been already said it's just a workaround until we find a way to fix the bug.
Your attitude is also not helping at all since it just kills the necessary motivation to find the reasons that make it happen...

I wouldn't have an "Attitude", if you allowed **ME** to choose if I wanted it on or off. Some of us aren't so anal when it comes to AR.
But, never mind, I'll just use an older version until you can be bothered to fix it.

[mozzle]

Good lord. What a jackass.

He said it was TEMPORARY!!! These people do a ****load of work. They can't drop everything and reprioritize just to cater to your little hissy fit.

Take it down a notch.

[LeXXuz]

The new build always asks me if I want to really shut down the worker (temporary ones) when the job is done. Can I disable this? I did not find any option though.

@ChrisW77:
Maybe your better off with another encoder... :rolleyes:

[Sharktooth]

LeXXuz, what version of megui you have? if it's the latest (0.3.0.2003) try removing megui and doing a clean re-install.

[LeXXuz]

LeXXuz, what version of megui you have? if it's the latest (0.3.0.2003) try removing megui and doing a clean re-install.

Sorry, I forgot to mention. It was with the 2002 version. I just saw that there is a newer version. Haven't tried it with the 2003 though. I will try a reinstall if this issue still exists with the actual version.

[Sharktooth]

not necessary. the fix for that was in 2002. if you still have that problem, try reinstalling megui as i said.

[LeXXuz]

not necessary. the fix for that was in 2002. if you still have that problem, try reinstalling megui as i said.

Hmm tough one. I did a clean re-install with the 2002 build (that was the latest one I found on Sourceforge), updated to 2003 and did a small d2v indexing job in a temp worker. Still getting the message box at the end.

[Sharktooth]

are you sure you deleted the megui folder before reinstalling?

[LeXXuz]

are you sure you deleted the megui folder before reinstalling?

Yes. The megui folder was gone under Program Files. I moved my xvid profiles and matrices back to the corresponding folders though. May this be the problem?

[Nestor Fish]

Alright, must be on my side then. Not a fainted idea what the problem could be tho.

Thanks guys.

There are different compiles of Vorbis encoder. Depending on this, it won't manage a quality setting between -2 and -1. The -2 setting was introduced by a non-official build (aoTuV) a while ago (2006). I believe it is now present in all exe (at least from rarewares.org (http://www.rarewares.org/ogg-oggenc.php), aoTuV or not).
Did you manually change your oggenc2.exe to another version?
However, a "Force (re)install" on oggenc2 should have solved the pb.

I have a question about MeGUI: Could we have an option to manually edit jobs' command line before starting them? I'd like to set a legacy sar according to specs instead of the calculated one by MeGUI, since I don't resize, only crop before encoding.
BTW, it would be fair if MeGUI gave SAR instead of DAR through Avisynth script. At least in this case, SAR doesn't need to be modified. There are SAR tables in MPEG-4 specs for example, well-suited for further calculations (designed from mod16 res).

Thanks.

[Sharktooth]

Yes. The megui folder was gone under Program Files. I moved my xvid profiles and matrices back to the corresponding folders though. May this be the problem?
nope. however i cant reproduce it :(
try manually removing the worker before starting the queue.

[LeXXuz]

nope. however i cant reproduce it :(
try manually removing the worker before starting the queue.

I'll give that a shot when I find some spare time. Anyway don't bother much about this. It may be a little inconvenient but I can live with that. ;)

BTW. :thanks: for all the efforts and hard work you guys put into this project! It is really appreciated! :)

[wakebrder]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm getting about a 300 MB size increase when converting my Megui MKV output to a Blu-ray structure via TsMuxer.

Is this a cropping/resize issue in MeGUI? Should I just encode with MeGUI leaving crop/resize options untouched?

Thanks for any input.

[Sharktooth]

??? crop & resize affect resolution ... not filesize...

[tebasuna51]

Is only a container (mkv -> m2ts) issue. The video or audio tracks are the same.

For instance:
a.mkv 4613434731 bytes

converted with TsMuxer:
a.m2ts 4888528896 bytes

[wakebrder]

Is only a container (mkv -> m2ts) issue. The video or audio tracks are the same.

For instance:
a.mkv 4613434731 bytes

converted with TsMuxer:
a.m2ts 4888528896 bytes

Ok, so is this a constant variable? Your calculations put the BD filesize at approx +275 MB.

On my current projects, I have tried reducing my target filesize in MeGUI by approximately 300 MB. Hopefully that will be enough cushion for the MKV>>Bluray conversion. Have not tested yet due to the holiday weekend.

Maybe the author(s) of MeGUI could provide an BD structure output in future releases to avoid this situation. (Excellent program by the way)

Thanks for the replies!!

[Sharktooth]

we have m2ts support on the to-do list.

[Rodger]

Just one short note.

Why are you using the mkv container?

I always encode to RAW!
There is no container needed for the video.
Finally I mux via tsMuxer.

[Sharktooth]

we have some containers as output depending on the encoder used: AVI, MKV, MP4 and finally RAW stream (not a container and only for x264 and xvid).

[Atak_Snajpera]

On my current projects, I have tried reducing my target filesize in MeGUI by approximately 300 MB. Hopefully that will be enough cushion for the MKV>>Bluray conversion. Have not tested yet due to the holiday weekend.
Ripbot will give you correct filesize.

[Seraphic-]

Anyone have MeGUI crash an cause the system to reboot on them?

Was doing a 720p encode with high priority, MeGUI was using 1.3GB or memory (okay since I have 4GB) and quad core cpu was running about 90%-95% (all cores).
I've done it before on short videos no problem, but this was a longer video. The encoding process was about 80% done when system rebooted.

[LigH]

I find it quite annoying that the preset importer windows stay behind the general updater window, possibly due to some stupid Windows XP behaviour opening new windows of the same application in the background... you wait for the update to advance, nothing happens, you close the updater window, and MeGUI crashes - and then you realise that the updater window waited for the preset importer which got opened behind the updater window.

Could you please try to force the preset importer windows to the foreground? I hope one or two "move to front" window messages will be enough...
__

P.S.: Or I usually thought that a "modal" dialog should always appear on top of its parent window. So calling the importer in a modal way may be a solution?

[Sharktooth]

Anyone have MeGUI crash an cause the system to reboot on them?

Was doing a 720p encode with high priority, MeGUI was using 1.3GB or memory (okay since I have 4GB) and quad core cpu was running about 90%-95% (all cores).
I've done it before on short videos no problem, but this was a longer video. The encoding process was about 80% done when system rebooted.
i think you have a hardware problem (probably overheating or something else...) a software like megui cant make the computer reboot (expecially a hard reboot) unless some hardware is not working properly or there is a major bug in the OS.
I find it quite annoying that the preset importer windows stay behind the general updater window, possibly due to some stupid Windows XP behaviour opening new windows of the same application in the background... you wait for the update to advance, nothing happens, you close the updater window, and MeGUI crashes - and then you realise that the updater window waited for the preset importer which got opened behind the updater window.

Could you please try to force the preset importer windows to the foreground? I hope one or two "move to front" window messages will be enough...
__

P.S.: Or I usually thought that a "modal" dialog should always appear on top of its parent window. So calling the importer in a modal way may be a solution?
please post the issue in the bug tracker.

[Seraphic-]

i think you have a hardware problem (probably overheating or something else...) a software like megui cant make the computer reboot (expecially a hard reboot) unless some hardware is not working properly or there is a major bug in the OS.

please post the issue in the bug tracker.

Yeah, guess it could be because of heat. But the system has six 120mm fans (two of those on Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU cooler) and one 200mm fan all set to max speed.
Idle the CPU runs at 26c, so I don't see how it could go up so much as to cause a reboot under load.
Guess I'll stick to normal priority for now.

[Sharktooth]

then check your ram with memtest86. also check your harddrive surface for defective sectors.
it may also be related to the avisynth filters you used (did you use fft3dgpu or some other gpu plugins? they may cause that problems since video card drivers may make your PC reboot since they interact with the kernel ... at least on XP and previous M$ OSes... also if you used those plugins, check the GPU temp under load...)

[Avenger007]

Yeah, guess it could be because of heat. But the system has six 120mm fans (two of those on Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU cooler) and one 200mm fan all set to max speed.
Idle the CPU runs at 26c, so I don't see how it could go up so much as to cause a reboot under load.
I hope most of those are exhaust fans otherwise your case is gonna be like an oven :p

If it was a hard reboot then it's most likely a RAM issue; bump the voltage up a notch if you dare :p

[Seraphic-]

I hope most of those are exhaust fans otherwise your case is gonna be like an oven :p

If it was a hard reboot then it's most likely a RAM issue; bump the voltage up a notch if you dare :p

@Sharktooth
Hard to run a harddrive surface scan when it's in a 1.7TB Raid0 setup.
However, I did run a surface scan on each drive using the manufacture's (WD) program when I first picked up the drives.
All three disks came out with zero errors.

As for the memory, have it set to the default manufacture settings. But will try the memory test program.

[LeXXuz]

Anyone have MeGUI crash an cause the system to reboot on them?


You should disable automatic restart in your advanced system settings to get the bluescreen message. Or you could check your systems log. The message would help narrowing the source of your problem.

[Sharktooth]

if you cant find it, the event viewer is in the administrative tools.

[Seraphic-]

You should disable automatic restart in your advanced system settings to get the bluescreen message. Or you could check your systems log. The message would help narrowing the source of your problem.

If I ever want to recreate the error, I'll disable that and see if it comes up again. However, I'll see if I can find the system log from earlier today for the crash (after the memory test).

Memory test is running now. Didn't think it would be a near all night thing though. 25% done after 18minutes.

On a side note, I just finished encoding a good twenty videos and was getting ready to encode their audio and mux. However, the MeGUI - Nero AAC increase volume automatically setting is giving me an issue.

With it disabled, the audio has a good levels on my main system. But with my laptop, the volume is extremely low (even when set to max speaker volume). If I enable increase volume, it plays back much louder on the laptop, but I don't like how it sounds on my main system (sounds peaked out).
(both systems are using the same software decoders)

Since I'm encoding for internet distribution I'm kind of confused as if I should enable or disable. :confused:

[Sharktooth]

did you try ffdshow's volume option on your lappy? you can set it up to your preference.
however, if you keep the option disabled, the audio will be encoded as is and in the case of a 5.1->2.0 conversion the volume will be lower since no DRC will be applied...
with the option enabled, the volume should be "normalized" and should never clip... if it does then look in your souncard software setup and disable any volume gain option.

[Seraphic-]

did you try ffdshow's volume option on your lappy? you can set it up to your preference.
however, if you keep the option disabled, the audio will be encoded as is and in the case of a 5.1->2.0 conversion the volume will be lower since no DRC will be applied...
with the option enabled, the volume should be "normalized" and should never clip... if it does then look in your souncard software setup and disable any volume gain option.

I can't do much since all my work is on the main system. But after memory test is done, I'll try the ffdshow volume option and see what it does with the laptop.

The reason I kind if don't want to enable increase volume is because when I check the wav forms in adobe audtion, the audio has no clipping/peaking and overall good range as is. So would rather leave it at the original levels. But if it plays back too low for some, it creates problems (like what I found on my laptop)

When enabled, doesn't it preform gain up until just before the point of clipping? I'm encoding both Stereo and 5.1 AAC, but the profile in both cases is set to keep original channels.

[Sharktooth]

just analyze 2 encoded files (one with increase volume option enabled and the other with the option disabled) with audacity or any other audio tool that will show the waveform to see if there is clipping.
however, i dont exactly know how the volume gets increased since it's being made by an external tool.

[Seraphic-]

just analyze 2 encoded files (one with increase volume option enabled and the other with the option disabled) with audacity or any other audio tool that will show the waveform to see if there is clipping.
however, i dont exactly know how the volume gets increased since it's being made by an external tool.

Don't think that would work since Audition/Audacity won't allow import of AAC files.

Anyway, memory test just finished and passed with no errors.
The event viewer doesn't seem to list an errors in the application tab for when the crash happened. All I see is an error for mkvmerge.exe, but think was from when the program just locked up during a mux. The hard reboot was during an encode.

[Avenger007]

Run Prime95 overnight. If no errors then the crash was probably just a fluke. If it happens again try bumping up some voltages for stability :p
I doubt it's a software issue you're having but if Prime95 doesn't report errors then it's worth looking into.

[gav1577]

I was having crashes like you a few weeks ago it was due to overclocking my cpu and not giving the cpu enough voltage if u have overclocked like the guys said prime 95 8 hrs minimum large FFTs check ur load temps are within safe guidelines with core temp
if it passes ok run after that run prime this time blend test for the ram if it passes that ur system should be stable if it does not then you can try increasing your vcore increment by increment you could also try
increasing your nothbridge voltage slightly too. But try vcore first
dont forget what sharktooth said about surface test too i know u have a alot of hdd space but do it while you sleep its worth it. ive lost count of times peoples pc's have been crashing due to disc errors BTW if using windows make sure you check scan for attempt recover bad sectors when using check disc :)

[Sharktooth]

Don't think that would work since Audition/Audacity won't allow import of AAC files.
use neroaacdec to decode to wav file...

[XhmikosR]

Hello, guys and thank you for keeping updating MeGUI. I encounter a problem with MeGUI and Vista 32bit (I don't have anymore XP, but IIRC this problem wasn't present in XP).
I think that someone else has already mentioned it some pages before in this topic, but I'm not sure.
Let's say I load an avs script and enqueue the job. When I try to load another avs script then MeGUI locks completely and I have to kill the process via task manager.
If I just load one avs script, close MeGUI and then add another avs script, no problem there.
The scripts I try to load to MeGUI, of course, play just fine with MPC so it's not something Avisynth related (I use 2.57 tsp's MT version).
If you need any other information, I'm happy to help solving this thing.:)

MeGUI Version: 0.3.0.2004
OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business SP1 (6.0.65536.6001)
Framework used: 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.1434)

[Sharktooth]

try with the non MT version of avisynth.

[XhmikosR]

Ok, I narrowed down the problem to Avisynth MT 2.5.7. If I use the original Avisynth 2.5.7 or the latest 2.5.8 RC4 I can load any avs and enqueue it without MeGUI locking up.
So, isn't anything you can do to fix it, please? If you can't, it's not that big deal, I appreciate all of your work.:)

[Sharktooth]

well, avisynth MT is quite unstable... so, no, i cant fix it in megui. it's an avisynth MT issue.

[AKarpo]

My MeGUI prompted me to update to the latest version (which I did) however now when I use the D2V creator, I don't see any audio tracks to select and my .ac3 stream is absent upon completion.

Before with my over-the-air HD recordings, I never had this problem. In fact just before this I encoded the same file I'm now attempting to encode at a different resolution, and it worked fine pre-update.

Is there a new procedure?

[Sharktooth]

uhm... that could be an issue with the new code. workaround: use dgdecode to manually demux the audio.
please make a bugreport in the megui project bugtracker on sourceforge (doesnt need registration) posting all the details.

[AKarpo]

uhm... that could be an issue with the new code. workaround: use dgdecode to manually demux the audio.
please make a bugreport in the megui project bugtracker on sourceforge (doesnt need registration) posting all the details.

thanks, will do.

[Frank_UK]

I have exactly the same problem.
Using an mpeg2 file as input, D2V creator does not demux the audio.

[Kurtnoise]

not really a bug...just a feature missing. ;) That should be fine in the next build.

[Sharktooth]

the next build is already up ;)

[rack04]

Is there a reason why the Select Audio Tracks is grayed out in the D2V Project Creator?

[Kurtnoise]

audio tracks selection works only with vob/ifo files for the moment...

[rack04]

audio tracks selection works only with vob/ifo files for the moment...

Alright that makes sense. I was working with ts and tp files.

[SynchronousArts]

Crash when using QTInput with ProRes Codec.

I am testing Apples newly released ProRes Decoder for Windows and am having MeGUI crash when I enqueue the encode.

The script opens and encodes fine with VirtualDub, it also opens with the MeGUI preview tool. I have tried MeGUI versions 0.2.6.x, 0.3.0.2002 and 0.3.0.2006. I was using AVISynth 2.57MT but replaced the dll with standard 2.57.
I also removed all Autoloading Plugins and AVSi files except for the QTInput dll.

Here is my AVS:


QTInput("S:\XS2l1p1\Test_ProRes.mov", audio = false, mode = 2, color = 2)
ConvertToYV12()



I also tried mode = 0 with the same result.

And the log from MeGUI:


Log
Versions
MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.2006
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (5.1.131072.2600)
Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.1433)
Hardware
CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz
Log for job19 (video, Test_ProRes.AVS -> )
[9/3/2008 2:54:00 PM] Started handling job
[9/3/2008 2:54:00 PM] Preprocessing
Error starting job
Exception message
Calling setup of processor failed with error 'The file E:\Test2\Test_ProRes.AVS cannot be opened.
Error message for your reference: Evaluate: System exception - Access Violation
(E:\Test2\Test_ProRes.AVS, line 1)'
Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
Inner exception: null



I'm sure you all can't wait to get this fixed since everyone here is doing lots of HD captures with thier MacPros and thier favorite HDCAM-SR masters...:devil:

Thanks.

~SA

[Sharktooth]

that's an avisynth crash... megui crashes coz avisynth crashed...

[SynchronousArts]

That's what I first thought, but I could not recreate that error from other apps that read AVS as input. I don't know enough about the software APIs to understand this. I also thought the problem could be caused by the QTInput dll not knowing about the ProRes Codec.

Thanks.

-SA

[Sharktooth]

this could be quite difficult to debug, however, megui states it cant read the avs so it's definatly an avisynth crash. it could be due qtinput or some other factors.
can you post a small clip that triggers the crash?

[SynchronousArts]

I put up a small 3 Sec. on mediafire:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1dd1b95c9e364b6cd2db6fb9a8902bda

Thanks again.

-SA

[Sharktooth]

works here: http://www.webalice.it/f.corriga/temp/Test-ProRes2.mp4
my avs: QTInput("Test-ProRes2.mov")
ConvertToYV12()
try removing any parameters (except the input file) from qtinput()
if you're using ffdshow, try updating it. also what version of qtsource are you using?

[Octo-puss]

I couldn't find any wishlist so I will ask here - is it possible to make it so that in x264 options dialogue you can press enter without having to click ok? It's very minor thing but somewhat handy especially when typing in some custom parameters. Maybe it applies to other windows?

[Sharktooth]

there is a feature request tracker on megui project page on sourceforge.
please add there your request

[SynchronousArts]

works here: http://www.webalice.it/f.corriga/temp/Test-ProRes2.mp4
my avs: QTInput("Test-ProRes2.mov")
ConvertToYV12()
try removing any parameters (except the input file) from qtinput()
if you're using ffdshow, try updating it. also what version of qtsource are you using?

So this must be related to my environment etc. I tried 2 versions of the QTSource Plugin, QTSource_0_0_5a and QTSource_test_h264, they both do the same thing. Removing all parameters does not make any difference.

I'll check at Microsoft to see if there are newer .Net Runtimes.

Thanks

-SA

[poisondeathray]

@SynchronousArts - are you able to play the file back properly through MPC?

If not, reinstalling the ProRes codec

If yes, then it might be a problem with avisynth and/or plugins; I know you replaced the .dll, but you might have to do complete uninstall/reinstall

[SynchronousArts]

@SynchronousArts - are you able to play the file back properly through MPC?



Yes, the AVS plays in MPC and WMP10.

-SA

[Alborz]

hi guys!

I'm using MeGUI 0.3.0.2008 with all updates. I'm capturing some movies from CineCinema channels on Hotbird with my SkyStar 2.8A and what I wanna do is to rip my captures to a reasonable size and quality file.

well, my preferred format is x264 (mkv), my input files are mpeg2 (recorded by ProgDVB) but i have not reached a final decision on which profile to use in order to have both quality and size, my maximum file size would be 700mb, which setting should I use to have the best quality in a MKV output file? which profile should I use? or what setting should be costumized to have the best quality in a maximum of 700mb file?

in addition, I'm using NERO AAC for encoding audio.

[saint-francis]

I'm trying to back up an animated TV series from DVD and about every third episode MeGUI's avisynth script creator can't detect the source type. It tells me some of them are progressive and that some are telecined and some it just gives up on. If I load one in AVSP with DGDecode_mpeg2source and skip through it frame by frame I notice no combing which leads me to believe that they are indeed progressive. I do notice many redundant frames; which I guess is typical of cartoons, I have little experience there. I would upload a sample but I don't know how to do this since each VOB is about 1 GB. If anyone has any ideas as to what the problem is or how I can cut a VOB to upload a sample please inform me.

P.S. The series is Avatar just in case anyone out there has already tried to work with it.

[rica]

hi guys!

I'm using MeGUI 0.3.0.2008 with all updates. I'm capturing some movies from CineCinema channels on Hotbird with my SkyStar 2.8A and what I wanna do is to rip my captures to a reasonable size and quality file.

well, my preferred format is x264 (mkv), my input files are mpeg2 (recorded by ProgDVB) but i have not reached a final decision on which profile to use in order to have both quality and size, my maximum file size would be 700mb, which setting should I use to have the best quality in a MKV output file? which profile should I use? or what setting should be costumized to have the best quality in a maximum of 700mb file?

in addition, I'm using NERO AAC for encoding audio.


x264- DXVA SD-HQ which i would suggest and check it with bitrate calculator.



I'm trying to back up an animated TV series from DVD and about every third episode MeGUI's avisynth script creator can't detect the source type. It tells me some of them are progressive and that some are telecined and some it just gives up on. If I load one in AVSP with DGDecode_mpeg2source and skip through it frame by frame I notice no combing which leads me to believe that they are indeed progressive. I do notice many redundant frames; which I guess is typical of cartoons, I have little experience there. I would upload a sample but I don't know how to do this since each VOB is about 1 GB. If anyone has any ideas as to what the problem is or how I can cut a VOB to upload a sample please inform me.

P.S. The series is Avatar just in case anyone out there has already tried to work with it.

I think you have to get rid of Avisynt Script Creator with graph + manual avs method.

[SynchronousArts]

works here: [url]http://www.webalice.it/f.corriga/temp/Test-ProRes2.mp4

@Sharktooth, this file does not look right, it's all green but my source MOV was colorbars?

I've not had any progress with this, but I am able to workaround it by using the AVS Virtual Filesystem.

[Sharktooth]

i see it all green when i play the souce in MPC... and the encode looks the same.
so the file is probably corrupt... that's why avisynth or the decoder crash bringing down the rest...
ill re-download and try to watch it with another player/decoder.

@Alborz: there is no best as per forum rules. if you have doubts, look at the first post in the new megui presets thread. however rica's suggestion is good.

@saint-francis: it is probably an hybrid source. try asking in the avisynth forum, there you can find some experienced users.

[rica]

@saint-francis: it is probably an hybrid source. try asking in the avisynth forum, there you can find some experienced users.

I agree it is an hybrid source which added to each ohter.
So the recipe would be graph + manual avs in that case as well imho but not avisynth script creator.

[Sharktooth]

@SynchronousArts: the file you linked is probably corrupt. i cant play it correctly with any player including mplayer, VLC, MPC and QuickTime.

[SynchronousArts]

I downloaded the MOV file from Mediafire to test it and it plays fine for me...?
Do you have the ProRes Codec installed? It needs to be installed on your system after Quicktime. I think it requires 7.3 but I have 7.5 installed on my machine.
You can get it from here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/appleproresquicktimedecoder10forwindows.html.

Sorry for all the mess.

[Sharktooth]

ah... found the problem. QTInput does not support ProRes as well as ProRes is not a directshow codec.
you need to transcode the file using quicktime coz other softwares cant use the ProRes codec...

[Inspector.Gadget]

It seems that the newest update to Avimux GUI (1.17.8) doesn't work properly on Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. When double-clicking the executable in the avimux_gui folder in the MeGUI tools folder, an error message appears, stating "AVI-Mux GUI has stoped working...A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Please close the program." This error persists after deleting the whole AVI-Mux GUI folder, deleting any references in the registry to AVI-Mux GUI, deleting all prefetch files, and reinstalling from either MeGUI's automatic update or from the newest binary on the author's own site. I know the author has specifically disclaimed any attempts to ensure his software works on Vista, but I doubt it is any malicious doing on his part. Any ideas?

Edit: Setting the AVI-Mux GUI executable to "Windows XP SP2" fixes this error. I'll report back if I run into any more problems.

[XhmikosR]

Yes, under Vista you have to set it to Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode and it works fine. Version 1.17.7 didn't have this.

[Sharktooth]

was the previous version workin with vista? if so i will restore it.

[Inspector.Gadget]

was the previous version workin with vista? if so i will restore it.

It was working with Vista. I never had to set the compatibility with the previous version. Here is the changelog from 1.17.7 to 1.17.8, in case there's some improvement that would make a reversion undesirable:

# Version 1.17.8

* new
o The CTextFile class is redone. Text files can now be handled in UTF-16 big and little endian (with BOM only), UTF 8 (with BOM only) and the local charset of your windows installation
o Added highlighting for streams that are default and for streams that AVI-Mux GUI cannot put into AVI files (this visual feature can be disabled)
o When creating XML files, now STL is used
o Matroska tags can be used to create several titles for one matroska stream. Note that this is, as far as I know, not yet supported by players or filters.
o The BitStream class is redone. Reading AAC audio is now faster.
o The widht and height of the settings window is increased if the right-bottom-most button is cropped.
o There is now a setting to enable, disable or leave unchanged the cleartype font setting
* fixed bugs
o When opening Matroska files containing Vorbis audio streams, the vorbis audio streams' titles were not imported
o A crash occurred when opening a matroska file containing Tags with no target
o The windows size should not be restored correctly and on the correct screen when restarting AVI-Mux GUI
o The delay setting was printed in the wrong place for A_MS/ACM audio tracks in matroska files
o DTS streams with frames of 2012 bytes got a wrong duration because the PCMSampleCount header field was not used. This made the audio go out of sync
o When the size estimation of a Vorbis audio track failed, a crash occurred
o AC3 and DTS: The LFE channel was ignored. This caused incorrect channel information to be written in headers. This did not affect replay on most players, but I got a report that a Nero AVI file parser interpreted this difference between header and real stream data as a broken file.
o AC3: Due to some rounding that (erroneously) occurred when reading AC3 audio files with 44.1 kHz, such streams were muxed incorrectly.
o Nowadays, there is no long double anymore in Visual Studio. Due to this, when trying to write 80 bit floats into matroska file, a 64 bit float was written instead and padded with 2 zero bytes. This is fixed. IMPORTANT: 80 bit floats are no longer allowed in the matroska specification. 80 bit floats can only be selected when matroska v1/v2 enforcement is disabled.
o the file name in the START command in scripts was converted to UTF-8, then it was interpreted as 8859-1 and again converted to UTF-8, which led to disrupted file names
o a crash occurred when dropping an XML chapter file onto an edition in the chapter editor

[ajeeb15]

when i finish of Encoding the mux have problem and it say

http://alamuae.com/up/uplong/1126852375659868.jpg

i want 2 know wut is da problem

[Sharktooth]

the problem is Yamb and not MeGUI... wrong thread.
also megui doesnt use Yamb for muxing... so what the ... ???

[SynchronousArts]

ah... found the problem. QTInput does not support ProRes as well as ProRes is not a directshow codec.
you need to transcode the file using quicktime coz other softwares cant use the ProRes codec...

:confused:

I must not have been clear in my original post. There is now a Quicktime plugin that handles ProRes decoding. I downloaded the plugin from Apples Website: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/appleproresquicktimedecoder10forwindows.html

I am able to succesfully load Quicktime files with 1080i ProRes video into AVISynth using the QTInput dll. My setup here is complex so I did simplify my testing until there was nothing but a single source file on a local drive and the above AVS test file. My original setup was reading a 1080i ProRes quicktime that is stored on a FibreChannel array, served over Gb Ethernet to my PC, and read by QTInput by AVISynth.

I have played these AVS files with VirtualDub, MPC and WMP.
I have been able to encode with VirtualDub, ffmpeg, x264 and CCE-SP.

But when I tried to encode to AVC/x264 using MeGUI, I'm having MeGUI crash when I press the Enqueue or AutoEncode buttons. I was able to encode with MeGUI by making fake AVIs with AFVS, the AVS virtual filesystem.

I have been testing x264 for Bluray encoding and like MeGUI. Before the new ProRes decoder was available, a was encoding with MeGUI from Quicktimes that use the AJA Kona 2Vuy uncompressed Codec.

:thanks:

[Sharktooth]

i got the decoder but when i try to install it says i miss SSE2... but my CPU actually have them (athlon64)... so i cant test it.
however have you tried to reinstall avisynth 2.57 from scratch?

[SynchronousArts]

i got the decoder but when i try to install it says i miss SSE2... but my CPU actually have them (athlon64)... so i cant test it.
however have you tried to reinstall avisynth 2.57 from scratch?

Yes, I installed from scratch and swapped AVISynth.dll several times during my testing. Also tested on other machines that have single cores with standard AVISynth.

Is there a debug version available? I have dbgview on some of my machines and would test on them if so, otherwise I think there are probably other things to waste time on at this point. What a bummer that Apple does not care about those that have AMD CPUs.:mad:

[Sharktooth]

http://www.webalice.it/f.corriga/megui/debug/MeGUI.exe

[poisondeathray]

SynchronousArts - I had problems on my Vista x64 / Intel system with your file, so I tried my XP x86 / AMD system and it worked fine in MeGUI. I don't have time to figure out what is different besides the obvious Intel & Vista setup. My AMD setup is the same: avisynth 2.57, MeGUI 0.3.0.2008 using all the development server updates

Note: It didn't work unless I left the preview window open in MeGUI when queing the file. I verified this 3x and it worked only when I left the preview window open, but crashed when I closed the window before pushing enqueue button

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P58ZIPCB

EDIT: the audio is SOWT which is a type of PCM WAV. If you enable the "uncompressed" setting to "16-bit integer" in the ffdshow audio config, you can do the audio with an .avs script using DirectShowSource() . (I still used QTInput() for the video)

Here is the clip with audio
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8LBKZLU7

[kirtash]

hello, sorry if this is not the place for ask...
i have a problem, days ago, i can open a script with megui, but now, i can't o_o and is the same script... : S
i've revised the script and did again the .d2v...

Script:
MPEG2Source("D:\VTS_04_1.d2v")
cROP(4,4,-4,-4)
undot()
deen("c3d",0,8,3)
unfilter(3,3)
lumafilter()
blackmanresize(848,480)
Error: http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/7113/errorpf9.png

someone can help me?

[poisondeathray]

@kirtash:

LoadPlugin("PATH\DGDecode.dll")

[jeffy]

@kirtash: do you have the antivirus running? Seems like something is preventing the file from being open.

[SynchronousArts]

...

Note: It didn't work unless I left the preview window open in MeGUI when queing the file. I verified this 3x and it worked only when I left the preview window open, but crashed when I closed the window before pushing enqueue button



Interesting, I'm at home today and tested this with my laptop, but was not able to reproduce this, instead I always get a crash...

I'll test at work tomorrow with my other machines.

Thanks for the info.

[SynchronousArts]

hello, sorry if this is not the place for ask...
i have a problem, days ago, i can open a script with megui, but now, i can't o_o and is the same script... : S
i've revised the script and did again the .d2v...
...
someone can help me?

@kirtash, did you move the mpeg after creating the new d2v file? That error happens when MPEG2Source can't find the mpeg file. If so, remake a new d2v file and try again.

[kirtash]

@kirtash:

LoadPlugin("PATH\DGDecode.dll")
oh god! works!!!! thanks a lot!! ^.^


@kirtash: do you have the antivirus running? Seems like something is preventing the file from being open.
thanks for your time :) (yes, i had a new antivirus)

@kirtash, did you move the mpeg after creating the new d2v file? That error happens when MPEG2Source can't find the mpeg file. If so, remake a new d2v file and try again.
thanks for your time! :) (i don't moved the d2v, and i did again de d2v .-.)

thanks to everybody!

[Inspector.Gadget]

@ Developers - Are you planning to update to the new version of mkvmerge (2.30)? You've been so quick to update to new components recently I'm curious as to whether this upgrade breaks something or is otherwise not desired.

[Sharktooth]

simply missed it. ill make some tests and if there are no problems ill update it in the next days

[Dark Eiri]

Updating to mkvmerge 2.3.0 made the internal MKV Muxer break. Something about the --delay command.

[elguaxo]

There is no --delay anymore.

http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/doc/ChangeLog
2008-08-20 Moritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org>

* mkvmerge, mmg: The option "--delay" was removed. The option
"--sync" now only modifies the timecodes of a given
track. mkvmerge does not pad audio tracks with silence. "--sync"
works with all track types now, but using a stretch factor other
than 1 with audio tracks might not work too well during
playback. mmg's inputs for "Delay" and "Stretch by" can be used
with all track types. Fix for bug 287.

[Sharktooth]

ah... so if i understood the mkvmerge docs correctly --sync can be used in place of --delay
so why changing the option name then?

[rebkell]

ah... so if i understood the mkvmerge docs correctly --sync can be used in place of --delay
so why changing the option name then?

I'm confused, which is easy for me :) How does this work?

[Sharktooth]

if you dont use mkvmerge.exe manually it doesnt change anything for you.

[corporalgator]

Is there a way to disable the apply auto preview by default or give us the option to have it on or off by default? When I open the avisynth script creator, it is automatically checked, so I have to uncheck it.

Not a big deal, but sometimes I forget and then I have to uncheck it and reload the original video since if it is on, it goes straight to the preview view, which no longer lets you autocrop if you say adjust the crop manually and then want to see what the autocrop will do, but it just says "cannot autocrop without original video open." Also, it's much slower to crop manually with that option enabled.

Also, if you crop with autopreview enabled, but then disable it, cropping will no longer work forcing you to reopen the file.

I hope that is clear, but I can try and clarify if I need to.

[delxd]

Sup guys, i've got hold of a server and it has a Intel XEON 3.0GHZ, 8cores as you know... and when i tried to encode a video, even if i did set the encode to use 12threads the megui doesnt use more than 30% of the capacity of processing of the processor, so i would like to know how do i get megui to use at least 80% of the processor?

Ps: even set to HIGH it doesnt use more than 30%

thanks!

[jeffy]

Sup guys, i've got hold of a server and it has a Intel XEON 3.0GHZ, 8cores as you know... and when i tried to encode a video, even if i did set the encode to use 12threads the megui doesnt use more than 30% of the capacity of processing of the processor, so i would like to know how do i get megui to use at least 80% of the processor?

Ps: even set to HIGH it doesnt use more than 30%

thanks!

Post your log, please. What is the source (HD/SD)? How complicated is the input script? What profile have you used for encoding?

[Oline 61]

With MeGUI 0.3.0.2009 there is an --sar calculation error. I used the AVISynth Script Creator on a 720x480 d2v with DAR 16:9. I enabled auto crop and clever anamorphic resize to mod16. The DAR is correct (29/12) in the resulting .avs, but when I encode with x264 the calculated --sar values are wrong and huge.
[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\tools\x264.967.modified.exe" --crf 26 --nf --no-cabac --subme 1 --partitions none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --aq-mode 0 --sar 10864803788405:8796093022097 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "E:\BOURNE_SUPREMACY\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.mp4" "E:\BOURNE_SUPREMACY\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.avs"

[Sharktooth]

Is there a way to disable the apply auto preview by default or give us the option to have it on or off by default? When I open the avisynth script creator, it is automatically checked, so I have to uncheck it.

Not a big deal, but sometimes I forget and then I have to uncheck it and reload the original video since if it is on, it goes straight to the preview view, which no longer lets you autocrop if you say adjust the crop manually and then want to see what the autocrop will do, but it just says "cannot autocrop without original video open." Also, it's much slower to crop manually with that option enabled.

Also, if you crop with autopreview enabled, but then disable it, cropping will no longer work forcing you to reopen the file.

I hope that is clear, but I can try and clarify if I need to.
just click the Re-open original video player button

[Avenger007]

Since you already know the correct --sar then enter it as a custom command line option.
MeGUI still has some work to do with its AR calculations.

[Sharktooth]

Sup guys, i've got hold of a server and it has a Intel XEON 3.0GHZ, 8cores as you know... and when i tried to encode a video, even if i did set the encode to use 12threads the megui doesnt use more than 30% of the capacity of processing of the processor, so i would like to know how do i get megui to use at least 80% of the processor?

Ps: even set to HIGH it doesnt use more than 30%

thanks!
it's not a megui problem.
x264 encoding speed is limited by the avisynth script. it cant feed frames fast enough.
try using avisynth_MT but be aware that it is unstable

[Sharktooth]

With MeGUI 0.3.0.2009 there is an --sar calculation error. I used the AVISynth Script Creator on a 720x480 d2v with DAR 16:9. I enabled auto crop and clever anamorphic resize to mod16. The DAR is correct (29/12) in the resulting .avs, but when I encode with x264 the calculated --sar values are wrong and huge.
[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\tools\x264.967.modified.exe" --crf 26 --nf --no-cabac --subme 1 --partitions none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --aq-mode 0 --sar 10864803788405:8796093022097 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "E:\BOURNE_SUPREMACY\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.mp4" "E:\BOURNE_SUPREMACY\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.avs"
it's not the autopreview and that bug (already known) is there since some time. just specify the correct sar in the profile config (custom commandline options) until the bug is fixed.

[Tae]

Is there a way to downgrade the AVIsythGUI recent upgrade?

I have had nothing but trouble with the recent version.

Nevermind...I see that I can download older version from Sourceforge.

[Sharktooth]

i just made an update with a partial fix. check the dev thread.
tomorrow ill look at the remaining problems but in .2010 it should be as it was in the previous builds (auto-preview disabled by default).

[MrVideo]

Forgive me if this has already been answered somewhere. If so, please point me there.

This issue has been bothering me for a while, so I figured I finally ask about it.

Source: 720x480i
video: letterboxed
output desired: 640x360

When trying to cue the job, meGUI bitches that the 360 isn't a multiple of 16. That is true, when encoding MPEG-2. But, as I understand it, H.264 doesn't have that issue and that a 640x360 encode is legit. When I tell meGUI to do it anyway, the resulting video has a bunch on botton scan lines that look like video tape head switchover.

The workaround is to create 640x352, but that is not true 16:9.

What does it take to get meGUI to do 640x360 x.264 encodes?

Thanks.

[Sharktooth]

your decoder doesnt support non mod-16 resolutions.
that's not a megui problem.

[MrVideo]

your decoder doesnt support non mod-16 resolutions.
that's not a megui problem.

Would you mind explaining that cryptic response? Here is why I am confused by it. It is meGUI that is complaining when I try and place the job of the cue. There is no H.264 decoding going on. Hell, encoding hasn't even started yet.

[Sharktooth]

can you post a screenshot?

[MrVideo]

can you post a screenshot?

Here is the sequence of events:

1) Cropping (http://vidiot.com/meGUI-1.png)
2) Filter Setting (http://vidiot.com/meGUI-2.png)
3) meGUI Preview after save of script (http://vidiot.com/meGUI-3.png)
4) Error after clicking Enqueue (http://vidiot.com/meGUI-4.png)

If you need to see anything else, let me know.

Thanks.

[poisondeathray]

the resulting video has a bunch on botton scan lines that look like video tape head switchover.



The non-mod16 resolution of 640x360 works fine if your decoder and/or setup supports it.

You often get scan lines and other aberrations if your setup doesn't support non-mod16 resolutions. (an example is some hardware decoders will exhibit this if faced with decoding non-mod16 resolutions; you often get green lines in the borders)

The other possibility is that you have an deinterlacing artifact.

You can use still 640x368 and get true 16:9 resolution by using non-square pixels by changing the pixel aspect ratio (--SAR X:Y in MeGUI)

[MrVideo]

The non-mod16 resolution of 640x360 works fine if your decoder and/or setup supports it.

VideoLanClient is used to play the meGUI H.264 encoded, MKV wrapped file. As I understand it, H.264 isn't mod16. Is my understanding wrong?

The other possibility is that you have an deinterlacing artifact.

No problem at 640x352.

You can use still 640x368 and get true 16:9 resolution by using non-square pixels by changing the pixel aspect ratio (--SAR X:Y in MeGUI)

Just where is that set? I couldn't find anything in the config for meGUI.

What I don't like about goig to 368 from the 360 crop, is the interpreting of 360 lines to 368 lines. Then that gets interpreted again to 640x360, if one plays it that way, or if I fill my monitor, 1280x720 (letterboxed onto a 1280x1024 display). It is better to leave it at 360 which means that it will be 1:1. True that deinterlacing isn't perfect either, but I'd rather deinterlace 360->360 than 360->368.

I'd really like to get this to work at 640x360.

[MrVideo]

Just for grins, I thought I'd try something, and that is take my 704x360 crop and bump it up to 1280x720.

But the AviSynth script creator won't let me go any bigger than 720x480.

WHY?

EDIT: But if I manually edit the script and change it to 1280x720, it works. Bug?

[poisondeathray]

^You can just enter it manually in the last page of the creator (e.g. LanczosResize(x,y) ). Or you can just create a script manually without the creator

I'm assuming you cropped so there are no borders then resized to 640x360?

The --SAR X:Y is entered in the last configuration page, advanced tab, custom command line (encoder setting, not .avs script)

640x360 with 1:1 pixels works fine. I just tested it (mind you it wasn't an interlaced source) played with MPC and VLC correctly. Here is a tiny <1MB sample encode

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?phktrlawifj

Perhaps you can post a screenshot or sample of the "error" you are experiencing?

[MrVideo]

^You can just enter it manually in the last page of the creator (e.g. LanczosResize(x,y) ). Or you can just create a script manually without the creator

That is what I did. Still, the creator shouldn't be forcing a max X or Y. That sounds like a bug to me.

I'm assuming you cropped so there are no borders then resized to 640x360?

Correct. The source was letterboxed, so the vertical cropping is to get rid of the bars. No need to encode those. Ad for NTSC video, the active area is really 704, not 720.

The --SAR X:Y is entered in the last configuration page, advanced tab, custom command line (encoder setting, not .avs script)

I was looking for a box to check and then enter a value.

640x360 with 1:1 pixels works fine. I just tested it (mind you it wasn't an interlaced source) played with MPC and VLC correctly. Here is a tiny <1MB sample

Plays just fine. But, what was your source? Mine was 720x480i MPEG-2 4:2:0.

Perhaps you can post a screenshot or sample of the "error" you are experiencing?

Did you look at the images that I linked to in the above posting?

[Sharktooth]

it's not a bug but an intended behaviour since upscaling is always useless unless you use ubercomplex resizing algos... in that case you have to edit the .avs manually... so...
btw, i cant see any problems in your screenshots except a couple of non cropped pixels at the bottom. where are those "scanlines"?
megui just let you proceed after notifying you the resolution was not mod16.
keep in mind some avs filters will require mod16 res too (dunno if yadif does), however it's ALWAYS better to stick with mod 16 res.
just a side note... h.264 always encode to mod16 even if the source isnt mod 16... it just pads the remaining pixels ...

[MrVideo]

btw, i cant see any problems in your screenshots except a couple of non cropped pixels at the bottom. where are those "scanlines"?

Sorry, thought you wanted to see at the point where it complains about not being mod 16. I'll recreate a file and do a VLC image grab and make it available. I should be able to do that during lunch.

Actually, if you want to grab an actual MKV file with the "problem", go to the following web page (http://vidiot.com/Smallville/promo8.html) and download the third clip (which I think is the shortest).

megui just let you proceed after notifying you the resolution was not mod16.
keep in mind some avs filters will require mod16 res too (dunno if yadif does), however it's ALWAYS better to stick with mod 16 res.
just a side note... h.264 always encode to mod16 even if the source isnt mod 16... it just pads the remaining pixels ...

Sounds like I need to stick with 640x352 sized files.

[poisondeathray]

MrVideo, the quality of that 3rd clip doesn't look very good.

Is the source like this as well? Perhaps you could post a short clip of the unprocessed source

[MrVideo]

MrVideo, the quality of that 3rd clip doesn't look very good.

Is the source like this as well? Perhaps you could post a short clip of the unprocessed source

The quality of the source is just as bad. Ignore that. I've never seen the network deliver such a poor quality video before.

When you play that clip with VLC, do you not see a problem at the bottom of the video?

[poisondeathray]

It crashes in VLC for some reason. I used MPC

Yes I see what you mean, the lower ~10 pixels is blurred

If I take a screenshot, and when I play it , it displays at 640x372 - maybe this is the padding that Sharktooth was talking about

When I play the clip I posted earlier, it plays the proper 640x360 and a screenshot is the proper 640x360, and there is no aberration. The differences are my source was not interlaced, and it was in an .mp4 container (it makes no difference when I put it into .mkv btw)

Can you post a sample of the source?

EDIT: you have MBAFF=1 and deblocking turned off?

[MrVideo]

It crashes in VLC for some reason. I used MPC

Weird. I'm running a nightly build version. Haven't downloaded 0.9.2 yet. The nightly build was before 0.9.2 was released.

If I take a screenshot, and when I play it , it displays at 640x372 - maybe this is the padding that Sharktooth was talking about

But 372 isn't mod16, so that is even weirder.

Can you post a sample of the source?

I can do that after I get home tonight.

EDIT: you have MBAFF=1 and deblocking turned off?

Don't know. Will have to look when I get home. I'm currently back at work.

[poisondeathray]

But 372 isn't mod16, so that is even weirder.



That's my point. Using "normal" settings for encoding, videos display normally for me @ 640x360 using VLC, MPC, Mplayer

Your video displays: 640x372 in MPC, 661x372 in VLC, 662x372 in Mplayer

I got VLC to work with 0.9.2 (I was using an older version). I'm guessing has something to do with how the decoder handles MBAFF

I got the settings you used from mediainfo. As an aside, if you left deblocking on, I'm sure the quality would be slightly better.

[Sharktooth]

oh... MBAFF... mplayer and vlc use libavcodec for decoding. im not sure they support mbaff streams but if they do, only in the very latest versions and maybe with some bugs.
use coreavc or some other decoder that can correctly handle the MBAFF interlaced streams or deinterlace before encoding and then encode progressive...

[MrVideo]

or deinterlace before encoding and then encode progressive...

I do select the deinterlace option, as seen in the image grabs.

[Sharktooth]

use MPC (without DVXA acceleration) as player. does the encode looks ok?
even better... post a clip of the source and of your encode and... your avisynth script.

[poisondeathray]

I do select the deinterlace option, as seen in the image grabs.

Yes, but your settings are encode interlaced (according t mediainfo) mbaff=1

[MrVideo]

use MPC (without DVXA acceleration) as player. does the encode looks ok?
even better... post a clip of the source and of your encode and... your avisynth script.

Don't know. I don't like MPC, preferring VLC. But will do the even better part tonight.

[MrVideo]

Yes, but your settings are encode interlaced (according t mediainfo) mbaff=1

OK, I'll go looking for that option and turn it off. I never would have equated mbaff with interlacing.

[MrVideo]

Yes, but your settings are encode interlaced (according t mediainfo) mbaff=1

Found the interlace check box and turned it off. Here is the meGUI commandline:

program --pass 2 --bitrate 1000 --stats ".stats" --keyint 300 --min-keyint 30 --ref 8 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 5 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --nf --trellis 1 --partitions all --8x8dct --me umh --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --aq-strength 1.5 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

The result is much, much, better. No garabge at the bottom of the video and VLC says that it is 640x360.

Here is the encoded MKV file (http://vidiot.com/TestFile.mkv).

Let me know if it looks good to you guys.

[poisondeathray]

MrVideo - Looks better for me too, correct display dimensions on MPC, VLC, Mplayer now and no distortion

[MrVideo]

MrVideo - Looks better for me too, correct display dimensions on MPC, VLC, Mplayer now and no distortion

Woo-Hoo!!

Thanks for the help in tracking down this elusive problem. Who would think that telling it to deinterlace would be defeated by a checkbox to reinterlace.

Still gotta find that deblocking option.

Thanks again.

Edit: Found the deblocking. Hard not to miss. Defaults to one. Suggested value? The pop-up balloon suggests 0.

[corporalgator]

Why does the updater update to an earlier build of x264 then immediately alert that another is available? Shouldn't it just jump straight to the newest one or are both needed and if not, why not wipe out the earlier non-needed build?

[Sharktooth]

???!??? it does not do that.

[corporalgator]

This morning, I flipped on megui and it alerted me to updates. There was an update for core, data, x264, and presets.

I updated from I believe 967 to 973 for x264, imported the presets, then did the required restart.

Immediately there was another update available to 977 for x264 and another batch of presets. It does this frequently. It should skip to the newest update and not update to intermediate builds.

[Kurtnoise]

it's because Shartooth makes updates faster than anybody else...:p

[Sharktooth]

sometimes it's true... but often that's due to typos or other random screwed stuff... so i immediatly put another update to fix the screwed stuff in the auto-update server :)

[corporalgator]

But this isn't just a fast update. This is megui not updating to the newest update until the in-between update has been downloaded.

I went from 967 to 973 then restarted megui and got 977 immediately. If it only happened once, I'd just pass it off as coincidence, but this happens frequently. It's not a big deal, just don't think it should work that way. Old builds should be disabled when new builds are added.

[Sharktooth]

that's maybe due a sort of coincidence coz the auto-update mirror synchs every hour or so and megui randomly picks the main or the mirror update server at every (re)start.
you can avoid it removing the mirror from the settings BUT that will increase the traffic on the main server... and that's bad...

[check]

No need to pick the main mirror. If you just pick either mirror as the only source you'll reduce the incidence of this. But is it truly so annoying??

[Sharktooth]

naa.... just when i fire up 2 or 3 consecutive updates :)
i'll try avoiding that.

[corporalgator]

Sorry, not really annoying, not a big deal, just thought it was something that was an easily fixed bug, but it's not, so no need to not do quick updates on my behalf :P

[MOS-Marauder]

Well, since the latest Core updates i have even Bigger problems...

MeGui ends itself after Audio Encode.

(adding Avi synth video script, adding ac3 audio, Automated encode to DVD5)


If i do the same, but remove the audio encode job Megui crashes with Big big error Window.

Even if i complete remove Megui and Reinstall it i have the same thinggy....

(WinXP 2GB Ram, Core2Duo@4 Ghz)

Any hint?

Marauder

[Sharktooth]

maybe posting the error...
however im actually encoding a movie and it didnt crash...

[MOS-Marauder]

No problem...

I have the Crash message only w/o Audio.... when i delete the Audio Job.... Looks like this ...

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1883/meguicrashvo2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Then i cannot close Megui anymore... if i want to it looks like this:

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/604/meguicrash2dn1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I can end it only @ taskmanager...

Marauder

[MOS-Marauder]

Ahem sorry for hat "BIG" Picture.. i thout that Link would be a "button" to the Pics...

[Sharktooth]

can you translate? from what i can understand there is a decimal value in an integer var assignment...
also, did you use autoencode AND deleted the audio job?

[MOS-Marauder]

Pic 1:

UInt64 is too high or too small

bei = at

Pic2:

This Object is not connected to a process.

Hope it helps...


Ah by the way...

That is inside of the avs

--------------------------
DirectShowSource("D:\HDTV-WORK\2001\VC-1.stream.0.vc1",fps=23.976,audio=false)
#deinterlace
crop( 0, 108, 0, -108)

LanczosResize(1280,576) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise

ConvertToYV12()
---------------------



Marauder

[Sharktooth]

did you use autoencode and then deleted the audio job?

[MOS-Marauder]

did you use autoencode and then deleted the audio job?

Yep... and started manually the remaining Jobs (See Pic 1)

Marauder

If i start the Audo encode Job WITH Audio.. it finishes Audio encode and simply ends it self...

Marauder

[Sharktooth]

weird... it works here.

[MOS-Marauder]

Even fresh install doesnt help....

Marauder

[MOS-Marauder]

Hm i guess i know what is the Problem...

MeGui cannot determine the exact ammount of Frames...

If i add my AVS and let MeGui do an automated 2pass w/o Audio it show in the Encode Status Win 9361111 Frames.
In fact the vc1 Video has 214146 Frames.

Is there anything i can tell him the Frames ? (In MeGui or Avisynth)

Marauder

[poisondeathray]

DirectShowSource("D:\HDTV-WORK\2001\VC-1.stream.0.vc1",fps=23.976,audio=false)



Can DSS() open a raw vc1 stream? Try putting it into a container?

[MOS-Marauder]

Can DSS() open a raw vc1 stream? Try putting it into a container?

Why shouldn`t it ?

As long as u have a Video Codec installed...

VC-1 in AVS Scripts work fine for me...


Marauder

[poisondeathray]

Interesting.

I've never got a raw vc1 stream to work with DirectShowSource.

I'm using the WMVideo Decoder DMO. It works when it's in a container in my setup, maybe you have a different setup or different filters

[MOS-Marauder]

Interesting.

I've never got a raw vc1 stream to work with DirectShowSource.

I'm using the WMVideo Decoder DMO. It works when it's in a container in my setup, maybe you have a different setup or different filters

I use the same and here it works.

(wvc1dmo.exe 920.856 @ TotalCommander)

[MOS-Marauder]

HM Strange...
At the end of Pass 1 now it gave an error.

Strange strange...

[Sharktooth]

you should have a working source filter for vc-1 installed. otherwise you should put the vc-1 stream in a container.

[MOS-Marauder]

you should have a working source filter for vc-1 installed. otherwise you should put the vc-1 stream in a container.

Once again.. i have a working Source Filter in my System.

I can watch the Movie via the AVS File. I tried to encode it as Xvid via Vdub..also works flawless.

Only MeGut has a Problem with it.... dunno why

[jeffy]

@MOS-Marauder: what about the framecount argument?
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/DirectShowSource

[MOS-Marauder]

That i what i was looking for ;)

And one more Error... The MainConcept VC-1 Codec was also in my System with wont work together with Avisynth. After removing it uses MS DMO Codec and worked.


Marauder

[MOS-Marauder]

Now everything works again.. had a core update last night.... ;))))
Thx Sharktooth for help !



Marauder

[Lux Delux]

Just something I noticed, it seems the preset AAC-HE 48kbps actually encodes at 32kbps. The HEPS one is fine. :)

[Sharktooth]

Thanks Lux Delux.

[Jackal1985]

Hi everyone! I am pretty new here so go easy on me ;) I am trying to use MeGUI to convert VOB's to MP4 but all the threads I am looking at don't seem to have up-to-date files on them. I am not sure what/where to download the files I need to actually get MeGUI working (At least, that's what I am assuming is wrong because when I download and run MeGUI I get a "This program did not execut properly" message). Any help would be great! And I am sorry if this has been asked a bunch, I tried searching but when I search I get a ton of older results so it didn't help much. Thank you very much!

[LeXXuz]

Hi everyone! I am pretty new here so go easy on me ;) I am trying to use MeGUI to convert VOB's to MP4 but all the threads I am looking at don't seem to have up-to-date files on them. I am not sure what/where to download the files I need to actually get MeGUI working (At least, that's what I am assuming is wrong because when I download and run MeGUI I get a "This program did not execut properly" message). Any help would be great! And I am sorry if this has been asked a bunch, I tried searching but when I search I get a ton of older results so it didn't help much. Thank you very much!

You need Microsoft .NET to run Megui. ;)

[Sharktooth]

.net framework 2.0 and avisynth 2.5.7.
ffdshow (latest) and haali media splitter are not required but could be useful if your sources are not dvd/mpeg-2.

[Jackal1985]

You need Microsoft .NET to run Megui. ;)

That's actually what I was doing wrong. I thought I had installed it but apparently not! But now when I go to create a file, I get the file loaded up (from the D2V creator thing) press start and then the preview window that's supposed to open doesn't. I swear I read something on what to do if that happens, but now I can't find it...

[MOS-Marauder]

Hmm i was wrong.... it is not working...
MEGui encodes the Ac3, then pass 1 and after it it stops.
In the Cue it says error @ pass1 but in the Log everything looks fine.

But why ?


Marauder

Edit: he stops pass1 at 90%

[Sharktooth]

MOS-Marauder, it's not megui then... but the problem happens with the encoder that is crashing. Check your system for instabilities running memtest86 and prime95 overnight.

[MOS-Marauder]

MOS-Marauder, it's not megui then... but the problem happens with the encoder that is crashing. Check your system for instabilities running memtest86 and prime95 overnight.


Well i have done the same thing with lmx264 gui (all same settings and presets, bitrates and so on) and he finished both passes flawless.

By the way... i checked my sys when i overclocked it ;)

It was 11 hrs Primestable, then i stopped it ;) Prime95 V2.56

So its not the System.. AND... before that one Core Update everything worked fine for Weeks.

Marauder

[LeXXuz]

Ok, sorry to bring up the aspect ratio issue with anamorphic encodes again. But now it strikes me with x264. I made lots of encodes the last days. All worked just fine.

Last night however I ended up with 4 of 6 encodes with screwed up ratio settings.

What's the issue with the preview window? In some older threads I read it should stay open. So I restarted a screwed up encode with the window open. Same result.

Other workaround I read was to use resize to mod16 instead of overcrop. I really don't want to use any resizer at all, so this is no option to me.

I am curious why the --sar values use such high numbers (like --sar 6415517758424:4398046514201). Is that necessary?

Anamorphic PAL will always end up with something like 1,45xxx. I think even the 4th digit after the decimal point will hardly make a difference (compared to the 16:11 setting) on the a.r. of the picture. Maybe one or two pixels in width, if at all.

I checked my log-files and it seems that all encodes with these high values are screwed up. Possible overflow causing some kind of error? If that's the reason maybe the values for the sar-setting should be limited to 4 or 5 digits?

[NexGen76]

I'm using Megui to do my Blu-Ray AVCHD encodes but for some reason after i Demux(TsMuxeR) the BD file & install it into Megui everything looks fine far as my PQ & my main movie file i use it fine no issue watch it on my PC before & after encode.But after 14 hours of encoding my video output is pixel like crazy the whole movie to the point it unwatchable.I just started having these problem with Megui because i have used Megui & the same method & same profile before with no issue do anyone have any clue to whats going on.Thxs


AnyDVDHD- rip my BD
TsMuxeR-Demux
Megui-encode my video no audio

[Sharktooth]

Ok, sorry to bring up the aspect ratio issue with anamorphic encodes again. But now it strikes me with x264. I made lots of encodes the last days. All worked just fine.

Last night however I ended up with 4 of 6 encodes with screwed up ratio settings.

What's the issue with the preview window? In some older threads I read it should stay open. So I restarted a screwed up encode with the window open. Same result.

Other workaround I read was to use resize to mod16 instead of overcrop. I really don't want to use any resizer at all, so this is no option to me.

I am curious why the --sar values use such high numbers (like --sar 6415517758424:4398046514201). Is that necessary?

Anamorphic PAL will always end up with something like 1,45xxx. I think even the 4th digit after the decimal point will hardly make a difference (compared to the 16:11 setting) on the a.r. of the picture. Maybe one or two pixels in width, if at all.

I checked my log-files and it seems that all encodes with these high values are screwed up. Possible overflow causing some kind of error? If that's the reason maybe the values for the sar-setting should be limited to 4 or 5 digits?
the AR bug is still there and the preview window is no longer a problem.

[Sharktooth]

I'm using Megui to do my Blu-Ray AVCHD encodes but for some reason after i Demux(TsMuxeR) the BD file & install it into Megui everything looks fine far as my PQ & my main movie file i use it fine no issue watch it on my PC before & after encode.But after 14 hours of encoding my video output is pixel like crazy the whole movie to the point it unwatchable.I just started having these problem with Megui because i have used Megui & the same method & same profile before with no issue do anyone have any clue to whats going on.Thxs


AnyDVDHD- rip my BD
TsMuxeR-Demux
Megui-encode my video no audio
check your temps and hardware (for instabilities - prime95 overnight and memtest86)

[corporalgator]

I'm not sure if this is a vobsub bug or a megui bug, but I think it's megui. I haven't had it happen before the past couple days. If I have more than one .ifo file in a folder, no matter which one I select and press enqueue, it always enqueues the last one so that I have to cut any other ifos and vobs I am trying to extract subs from and paste them into another folder. Any idea why this is happening?

[Sharktooth]

coz you're doing it the wrong way.
for DVDs you must use d2vcreator first... then avs creator and load the avs as input.
:readguid:

[NexGen76]

check your temps and hardware (for instabilities - prime95 overnight and memtest86)


Can you explain that in a way for Dummy's terms.Thxs for all the work you do & a great program.Also checkout this profile that my friend Ryu made that gives great results.I would like you thought on it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?rmm0gybjotj

[saint-francis]

Can you explain that in a way for Dummy's terms.
Download this (http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download)program and try running it over night. Also try running this (http://www.memtest.org/)program, memtest 86+. If you have an Intel processor you could try this (http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/)program or this (http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/)one to keep your eye on the temperature of it while running you stress test. If you're using an AMD CPU I don't know what you'd use to monitor temperature.

[corporalgator]

coz you're doing it the wrong way.
for DVDs you must use d2vcreator first... then avs creator and load the avs as input.
:readguid:

:confused: But vobsubber only accepts .ifo files as input. I have already encoded the video and demuxed the audio files, and I extracted the subtitles just fine because I moved the other ifo and vob files into separate folders so that megui would stop queueing the last one in the folder.

I have an older copy of Bridge on the River Kwai. For some strange reason, the entire movie is cut into two parts but on the same side of the same disc with each of the parts having their own ifo files. So on the disk it's
vts_1_0.ifo
vts_1_0.vob
vts_1_1.vob
vts_1_2.vob
vts_2_0.ifo
vts_2_0.vob
vts_2_1.vob
vts_2_2.vob
With dvddecryptor, I had to extract each of those separately leaving me with two equal sized vob files since the movie was split exactly in the center when I extracted in ifo mode and could not do them both at once since you can only do one pgc at a time. Naturally, dvddecryptor placed them both in the same folder. This also happens if I say rip a pixar movie and the short also.

Now, I can do everything else fine, but if I load in this case vts_1_0.ifo with vobsubber in megui and click enqueue, it ignores me and enqueues vts_2_0.ifo or vts_3_0.ifo or whatever number comes last in whatever folder I am in. If I run the job all it does create vts_*_0.idx and .sub of whatever is the last ifo is in my folder.

I could just always rip to separate folders, but I was just wondering if you knew of this problem and if it's vobsubber or megui?

[Kurtnoise]

I'm not sure if this is a vobsub bug or a megui bug, but I think it's megui. I haven't had it happen before the past couple days. If I have more than one .ifo file in a folder, no matter which one I select and press enqueue, it always enqueues the last one so that I have to cut any other ifos and vobs I am trying to extract subs from and paste them into another folder. Any idea why this is happening?
it's because megui selects the IFO from the main movie, not necessary the one that you have selected. I know it's not accurate and that should be improve...

[LeXXuz]

the AR bug is still there and the preview window is no longer a problem.

Ah OK. I guess it is the size of the decimal fractions then? I re-encoded the files with the AR-values meGUI calculated but set the values manually and skipped everything but the first 5 digits. All look fine now. :)

[MOS-Marauder]

HM i still cannot use MeGui to encode my 1080p Movie....
I tried lmx264 gui but that tool dont keep my entered avg Bitrate (1 GB bigger then Bitrate calc said). (Both passes rum smoothly so why dont ME gui is doing it ?)

I saw that pass1 was finised (not at 90% - rest goes fast...)
Then there is a video.stats.temp File but not renamed to video.stats.
Thats why pass1 stops with error.
(and pass 2 cannot find its tempfile)
Whats this?

Marauder

[Dark Shikari]

HM i still cannot use MeGui to encode my 1080p Movie....
I tried lmx264 gui but that tool dont keep my entered avg Bitrate (1 GB bigger then Bitrate calc said). (Both passes rum smoothly so why dont ME gui is doing it ?)

I saw that pass1 was finised (not at 90% - rest goes fast...)
Then there is a video.stats.temp File but not renamed to video.stats.
Thats why pass1 stops with error.
(and pass 2 cannot find its tempfile)
Whats this?

MarauderIf .temp didn't get removed from the statsfile name, it means x264 didn't terminate normally.

[MOS-Marauder]

If .temp didn't get removed from the statsfile name, it means x264 didn't terminate normally.

According to Megui log it finishes normally.

Im gonna try the same thinggy now @ Vista...

Marauder

[LeXXuz]

Anybody else getting defective x264 encodes with distortions from the latest build?

I have uploaded a testfile here:
http://www.file-upload.net/download-1124260/testfile.mp4.html

The same source worked fine with an older build (pre 2014).

I am pretty sure that I can exclude any hardware failure, cause I get the same result on two completely different machines.

My x264 settings:
--crf 18.0 --level 4 --ref 4 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 4 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --trellis 2 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --qpmin 6 --qpmax 42 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --vbv-bufsize 9000 --vbv-maxrate 20000 --qcomp 0.5 --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-dct-decimate --no-psnr --no-ssim --output --sar 64:45

Any ideas?

[MOS-Marauder]

If .temp didn't get removed from the statsfile name, it means x264 didn't terminate normally.

How can i see WHY it doesnt end properly ?

If i do the 2 passes manually it works... also other guis as mentioned in another post....

Marauder

[AMED]

Anybody else getting defective x264 encodes with distortions from the latest build?

I've been getting the same problem, it seems to be a player problem, kmplayer will get the blocking, VLC plays it fine.

Check THIS (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141164) thread out.

[juGGaKNot]

I've been getting the same problem, it seems to be a player problem, kmplayer will get the blocking, VLC plays it fine.

Check THIS (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141164) thread out.

I can confirm that. mpc/mpc-hc plays fine

[LeXXuz]

I've been getting the same problem, it seems to be a player problem, kmplayer will get the blocking, VLC plays it fine.

Check THIS (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141164) thread out.

:thanks: for calming my nerves. :D Thought I would have to re-encode a bunch of files...

[corporalgator]

it's because megui selects the IFO from the main movie, not necessary the one that you have selected. I know it's not accurate and that should be improve...

Ok, thanks :)

[MOS-Marauder]

According to Megui log it finishes normally.

Im gonna try the same thinggy now @ Vista...

Marauder



Back from Vista ;)

It encoded pass 1, renamed the Stats and somewhere in pass2 Vista crashed.

(but i guess because WMP11 playing German 70s Music *G*)

Now i started Pass 2 with this Statsfile @ XP again....


Marauder

[NexGen76]

check your temps and hardware (for instabilities - prime95 overnight and memtest86)


Done, Hardware fine & temps over 1.90GB of files i cleaned out also made a dump folder for all my temps.I just notice that before i encode video only TsMuxeR video is Pixel all to hell also before i input into Megui.So this issue isn't a Megui problem.Whats my next step.......Thxs for all the help .Could it be a codec issue i uninstaller K-Lite yesterday & installed CCCP. Or could it be this bug i read about on here that's in libavcodec?


My video looks just like his

http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bugqg7.png

[MOS-Marauder]

Done, Hardware fine & temps over 1.90GB of files i cleaned out also made a dump folder for all my temps.I just notice that before i encode video only TsMuxeR video is Pixel all to hell also before i input into Megui.So this issue isn't a Megui problem.Whats my next step.......Thxs for all the help .Could it be a codec issue i uninstaller K-Lite yesterday & installed CCCP. Or could it be this bug i read about on here that's in libavcodec?


My video looks just like his

http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bugqg7.png

I have this when i use VLC to play...

Try Media Player Classic with CoreAVC or Cyberlink Codec...

They work fine...

[MOS-Marauder]

Nice nice... No errors in Log.. but one strange thing:
I entered 10250 as Video Bitrate (Auto encode) but MeGui used 1000 !!!!!

now i give up....

Marauder

[Sharktooth]

that's not possible unless you selected "No target size (use profile settings)".
however, for all those experiencing crashes with x264, try updating to the latest build available in the auto-update server and see if it fixes the problem.

[NexGen76]

I have this when i use VLC to play...

Try Media Player Classic with CoreAVC or Cyberlink Codec...

They work fine...


My problem isn't a media player its got to be codec related because when i burn my AVCHD they are pixel like crazy but the main mts ripped file is fine until i encode it with megui or demux it with TsMuxeR.I just found out that my FFDshow is a old build from 2005.I will update to the last one 9/15/08 i hope this fix the problem.Thxs for the help & being easy with me my PC knowledge isn't on par with you guys.

[Vesi]

I'm getting this error whenever i try to make my D2V file, and as well when I load my old script, same with avsp. this happened since last update of megui, any idea why?

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5766/62444204is7.png

[LeXXuz]

I'm getting this error whenever i try to make my D2V file, and as well when I load my old script, same with avsp. this happened since last update of megui, any idea why?

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5766/62444204is7.png

Have you tried using another folder than "Documents and Settings"? Try something like C:\Movie\

[Vesi]

I have tried C:\Movie\ , still the same prob.

[poisondeathray]

Vesi - maybe you are using different versions of DGIndex? What happens when you use DGIndex manually (not through MeGUI)?

[Kurtnoise]

what is the filename of your IFO ? or at least, does this file exists in the folder ?

[Vesi]

I.m using MeGUI's DGindex, and i havn't tried it manuly.

@ Kurtnoise13: offcurse there is file in folder, this happen to me for the first time.

[Kurtnoise]

what is the filename then ?

VOBs and IFO files must begin with VTS_xx_, where xx is a digit.

[Vesi]

Vts_01_1

[Kurtnoise]

could you upload your IFO file please ?

[Vesi]

Give me 2 min.

[corporalgator]

If you update the core of megui and then click no to restart now, the update will fail. I had finished my queue for the night of batch encodes and just wanted to update and then close the program out and would start it again later when it was needed.

[Sharktooth]

that's quite normal. if megui is not restarted the .exe is "in use" and the updater cant replace megui with the newer version. just dont update while you're running jobs.

[ZZZERO]

When I choose subme 6 I don't see subme anywhere in the command line or in the log file. If I choose subme 7 or other subme levels I see the proper subme in the command line. Is this a bug? I believe I am using the most updated versions of everything

[Sharktooth]

coz subme 6 is the default and doesnt need to be specified in the commandline.

[mverta]

Here's what I'm doing: I need to encode 1 minute of original HD material (CG visual effects shots) so it can be viewed on an XBox.

For the source file, I'm rendering completely uncompressed .avi at 1920x1080, 24fps.

I'm using the Tools>AviSynth Script Creator to make an avs for the master .avi file. It previews fine in the window.

After making the avs, MeGUI converts to .mp4 just fine - it will play on the Xbox and everything. The only problem is, it only plays the first 15 seconds of the video, and then pads the remaining 45 seconds with black. The encoding process seems to go very slowly until about 50%, then it speeds up greatly.

So again, it's encoding viewable media, just not all of it!

Ideas?


_Mike

[Sharktooth]

does your avs script play without problems in a directshow media player (wmp, mpc, etc)?

[mverta]

No, it doesn't, actually. In mpc it gets to about 29 seconds and then it sort of freezes.. the progress slider at the bottom continues, but the video doesn't update. Odd...


_Mike

[darkKlor]

I've never gotten MeGUI to do a dvd->xvid rip properly for me! last nite i decided to try this guide http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/me_gui_convert_to_xvid.cfm, but in the past i've tried the official MeGUI guides.. but i cant get a 700mb file.. :@:@:@ last nite the file size in AutoEncode was set to 700mb, and i wake up and find a 485mb muxed video!! this isnt the first time either. GordianKnot always gave me either 692mb or 708mb (never 700mb), but at least it was within the ballpark. I just want my rips to come out like aXXo's do, 700-701mb. every time i try this program it just frustrates me though because yet another rip is a FAIL

[Sharktooth]

post your avisynth script, your preset... and the logfile.

@mverta: that's the problem. if your decoder cant correctly decode the lossless file, it cant be correctly encoded.