MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[darkKlor]

Overnite attempt used "XviD >30% comp. check (HQ)" but for today's attempt I bumped it up to 45%.

Overnite used AutoEncode with File Size set at "1 CD (700MB)" but today I altered that to "Average Bitrate 901kbit/s", the previous setting had produced a file with a 619kbit/s video stream according to GSpot.

I stuffed up today's AutoEncode in the sense that the default container is MP4 and i didn't notice that, so its not an AVI output, but that should be largely inconsequential.

Audio Encoder overnight was "LAME MP3: MP3-112ABR" but today I changed it to 128ABR.

Inputs are constant with a set of VOB files and the AC3 file produced in the earlier stages. The Avisynth script should also be constant.

Overnite the muxed AVI was 485MB, today the muxed MP4 was 604MB, well below the expected size increase from increasing the bitrate (I can't check the produced bitrate because GSpot doesnt like the MP4 file).

AviSynth script:
DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.d2v",info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true)
#deinterlace
crop( 0, 74, 0, -74)

LanczosResize(640,256) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise


The log file includes both attempts, the part for today I'll put in a second post because of the size restrictions.

[Warning] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.2015
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium SP1 (6.0.65536.6001)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.3053)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
-[Warning] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> VTS_01_1.d2v)
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:48:55 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:48:55 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<D:\DVD Rips\License to Wed\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<D:\DVD Rips\License to Wed\VTS_01_1< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=81,
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:48:56 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[Warning] Deleting aborted output
---[NoImage] Delete aborted ouptut set: True
---[NoImage] File to delete: D:\DVD Rips\License to Wed\VTS_01_1.d2v
---[Warning] Error deleting file
----[NoImage] Exception message: The process cannot access the file 'D:\DVD Rips\License to Wed\VTS_01_1.d2v' because it is being used by another process.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.File.Delete(String path)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.markJobAborted()
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:50:02 AM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:50:02 AM] Current job was aborted
-[Information] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> licence.d2v)
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:50:53 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:50:53 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<D:\DVD Rips\License to Wed\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=81,
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:50:53 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:52:23 AM] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:52:23 AM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:52:23 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Desired Size : 700 MB
--[NoImage] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.avi
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence-muxed.avi
---[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3
-[Information] Log for job2 (audio, licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY -6ms.ac3 -> licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3)
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:03:00 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:03:00 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY -6ms.ac3", DRC=1)
---[NoImage] DelayAudio(-6.0/1000.0)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo7e3a525d024e4e9daa444fca26989bd2(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
---[NoImage] function x_stereo7e3a525d024e4e9daa444fca26989bd2(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: --abr 112 -h --silent - "{0}"
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:03:00 AM] Encoding started
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:03:00 AM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:03:00 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:03:00 AM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\lame\lame.exe --abr 112 -h --silent - "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3"
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:03:01 AM] Encoder process started
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:09:56 AM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:09:56 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job3 (video, licence.avs -> )
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:09:56 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:09:56 AM] Preprocessing
---[Information] Bitrate calculation for video
----[NoImage] Desired size after subtracting audio: 644163KBs
----[NoImage] Calculated desired bitrate: 936kbit/s
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.avs" -pass1 "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.stats" -bitrate 936 -kboost 100 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -overhead 0 -nopacked -vhqmode 4 -qpel -qmatrix "C:\Program Files (x86)\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 1:1 -threads 1
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:09:57 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003
---[NoImage] Tot: enctime(ms) =1583664.00, length(bytes) = 737842478
---[NoImage] Avg: enctime(ms) = 11.24, fps = 88.96, length(bytes) = 5237
---[NoImage] I frames: 1410 frames, size = 18497/ 26081297, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
---[NoImage] P frames: 50016 frames, size = 8582/ 429281286, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
---[NoImage] B frames: 89237 frames, size = 3165/ 282478215, quants = 3 / 3.00 / 3
---[NoImage] N frames: 210 frames, size = 8/ 1680
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Avisynth detected
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Input colorspace is YV12
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Input is 640 x 256, 25.000fps (25/1), starting from frame 0
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Number of frames to encode: 140873, Bitrate = 936kbps
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Detected cpus = 2, threads requested = 1, threads in use = 1
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:36:23 AM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:36:23 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job4 (video, licence.avs -> licence.avi)
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:36:23 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:36:23 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.avs" -pass2 "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.stats" -bitrate 936 -kboost 100 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -overhead 0 -nopacked -vhqmode 4 -qpel -qmatrix "C:\Program Files (x86)\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 1:1 -threads 1 -avi "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.avi"
--[Information] [25/09/2008 3:36:23 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003
---[NoImage] Tot: enctime(ms) =4873350.00, length(bytes) = 437491441
---[NoImage] Avg: enctime(ms) = 34.59, fps = 28.91, length(bytes) = 3105
---[NoImage] I frames: 1410 frames, size = 14432/ 20349358, quants = 3 / 3.00 / 3
---[NoImage] P frames: 50016 frames, size = 5049/ 252555958, quants = 3 / 3.00 / 3
---[NoImage] B frames: 88861 frames, size = 1852/ 164581437, quants = 4 / 4.00 / 4
---[NoImage] N frames: 586 frames, size = 8/ 4688
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Avisynth detected
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Input colorspace is YV12
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Input is 640 x 256, 25.000fps (25/1), starting from frame 0
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Number of frames to encode: 140873, Bitrate = 936kbps
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Detected cpus = 2, threads requested = 1, threads in use = 1
--[Information] Final statistics
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Desired: 936 kbit/s
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 626 kbit/s
--[Information] [25/09/2008 4:57:54 AM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 4:57:54 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [25/09/2008 4:57:54 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.stats
-[Information] Log for job5 (mux, licence.avi -> licence-muxed.avi)
--[Information] [25/09/2008 4:57:54 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 4:57:54 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\avimux_gui\avimux_gui.exe" "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC525.tmp"
--[Information] [25/09/2008 4:57:54 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream: Unicode flag: 1
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [25/09/2008 4:58:45 AM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 4:58:45 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [25/09/2008 4:58:45 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.avi
----[Information] [25/09/2008 4:58:45 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3

[darkKlor]

-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Projected Bitrate : 901kbps
--[NoImage] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.m4v
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence-muxed.mp4
---[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3
-[Information] Log for job6 (audio, licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY -6ms.ac3 -> licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3)
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:35:58 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:35:58 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY -6ms.ac3", DRC=1)
---[NoImage] DelayAudio(-6.0/1000.0)
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo3c9dc0881ad647148157e7b5b8dda281(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
---[NoImage] function x_stereo3c9dc0881ad647148157e7b5b8dda281(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: --abr 128 -h --silent - "{0}"
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:35:58 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:35:58 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:35:58 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:35:58 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\lame\lame.exe --abr 128 -h --silent - "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3"
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:35:58 PM] Encoder process started
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:43:10 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:43:10 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job7 (video, licence.avs -> )
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:43:10 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:43:10 PM] Preprocessing
---[Information] Bitrate calculation for video
----[NoImage] Desired size after subtracting audio: 548515KBs
----[NoImage] Calculated desired bitrate: 797kbit/s
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.avs" -pass1 "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.stats" -bitrate 797 -kboost 100 -chigh 20 -clow 7 -overhead 0 -nopacked -vhqmode 4 -qpel -qmatrix "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\extra\eqm_v3hr.xcm" -closed_gop -imin 3 -imax 4 -pmin 3 -pmax 5 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 3 -bmax 5 -par 1:1 -threads 1
--[Information] [25/09/2008 12:43:10 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003
---[NoImage] Tot: enctime(ms) =1637838.00, length(bytes) = 1243063255
---[NoImage] Avg: enctime(ms) = 11.63, fps = 86.01, length(bytes) = 8823
---[NoImage] I frames: 1411 frames, size = 43191/ 60943777, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
---[NoImage] P frames: 49734 frames, size = 16088/ 800125897, quants = 2 / 2.00 / 2
---[NoImage] B frames: 89539 frames, size = 4266/ 381992069, quants = 3 / 3.00 / 3
---[NoImage] N frames: 189 frames, size = 8/ 1512
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Avisynth detected
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Input colorspace is YV12
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Input is 640 x 256, 25.000fps (25/1), starting from frame 0
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Number of frames to encode: 140873, Bitrate = 797kbps
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Detected cpus = 2, threads requested = 1, threads in use = 1
--[Information] [25/09/2008 1:10:31 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 1:10:31 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] Log for job8 (video, licence.avs -> licence.m4v)
--[Information] [25/09/2008 1:10:31 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 1:10:31 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.avs" -pass2 "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.stats" -bitrate 797 -kboost 100 -chigh 20 -clow 7 -overhead 0 -nopacked -vhqmode 4 -qpel -qmatrix "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\extra\eqm_v3hr.xcm" -closed_gop -imin 3 -imax 4 -pmin 3 -pmax 5 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 3 -bmax 5 -par 1:1 -threads 1 -o "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.m4v"
--[Information] [25/09/2008 1:10:31 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003
---[NoImage] Tot: enctime(ms) =5410193.00, length(bytes) = 559340426
---[NoImage] Avg: enctime(ms) = 38.40, fps = 26.04, length(bytes) = 3970
---[NoImage] I frames: 1411 frames, size = 32694/ 46132043, quants = 3 / 3.00 / 3
---[NoImage] P frames: 49733 frames, size = 7071/ 351681589, quants = 3 / 3.30 / 5
---[NoImage] B frames: 89134 frames, size = 1812/ 161522036, quants = 4 / 4.42 / 8
---[NoImage] N frames: 595 frames, size = 7/ 4758
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Avisynth detected
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Input colorspace is YV12
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Input is 640 x 256, 25.000fps (25/1), starting from frame 0
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Number of frames to encode: 140873, Bitrate = 797kbps
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: xvidcore build version: xvid-1.2.0-dev
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Bitstream version: 1.2.-127
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Detected CPU flags: ASM MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 TSC
---[NoImage] xvid [info]: Detected cpus = 2, threads requested = 1, threads in use = 1
--[Information] Final statistics
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Desired: 797 kbit/s
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 794 kbit/s
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:40:50 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:40:50 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [25/09/2008 2:40:50 PM] Successfully deleted C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.stats
-[Information] Log for job9 (mux, licence.m4v -> licence-muxed.mp4)
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:40:50 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:40:50 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.m4v" -add "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3" -fps 25 -tmp "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed" -new "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence-muxed.mp4"
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:40:51 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] MPEG-4 Video import - 640 x 256 @ 25.0000 FPS
---[NoImage] Indicated Profile: Advanced Simple Profile @ Level 5
---[NoImage] Has B-Frames (2 max consecutive B-VOPs)
---[NoImage] Import results: 140872 VOPs (1411 Is - 49733 Ps - 89728 Bs)
---[NoImage] Removed 1 N-VOPs
---[NoImage] MP3 import - sample rate 48000 - MPEG-1 audio - 2 channels
---[NoImage] Saving C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence-muxed.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:42:07 PM] Job completed
--[Information] [25/09/2008 2:42:07 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [25/09/2008 2:42:07 PM] Successfully deleted C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence.m4v
----[Information] [25/09/2008 2:42:07 PM] Successfully deleted C:\Users\user\Desktop\Licence To Wed\licence T81 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log

[Sharktooth]

you're using the wrong presets.
that % value is a compression test result... if you didnt run a compression test you should not use those presets. more info: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=119399
ensure you let megui auto-update. there are some new presets without a % value in the name. use those ones.

[darkKlor]

ah, thankyou very much. that guide from afterdawn tried to tell me they were something to do with the percentage of the original file that the resultant file would be.

um i have megui fully patched, but there's no %-less profiles titled XviD, they're all x264. either way i think somebody should put the profiles guide on the megui wiki so people understand wat they're there for without having to ask around

[Sharktooth]

go to Options -> Update and right click on TXviD package then select "Force (re)install".
when the presets import window appears, right click and select "Check all" then click import.

[darkKlor]

yep, that works. cheers

[PlazzTT]

One small thing I noticed: the pop-up tip for Trellis in the x264 configuration doesn't seem to relate to what's in the drop-down box. (It says Recommended value: On Macro Block, but it's not clear if this means option 0, 1 or 2.)

[CHerron]

I'm not sure if theres problem has been reported before but since upgrading to megui v3 audio encoding has become abit weird :s

I've noticed with megui v3 that the audio length is over or under estimated either making the files run longer than the video or cutting the audio off before the video has ended.

Im finding this problem on any audio codec type, nero aac, mp3, ac3 etc etc

For example on an avi that runs for: 49:25
Megui thinks the audio length is: 47:11

It has me most confused :s

Any advice?

[ZZZERO]

I started a job using a temporary worker and although the job says "done" I can't clear it or delete it from my queue. If I try to clear my Queue or delete that job I get this:

MeGUI has encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: The given key was not present in the dictionary. Source of exception: mscorlib stacktrace: at
System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException() at System.Collection.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(Tkey key)

and it goes on for a while like that. I can't start any other jobs or get rid of this one.

[Sharktooth]

I'm not sure if theres problem has been reported before but since upgrading to megui v3 audio encoding has become abit weird :s

I do alot of encoding from AVI files for friends who are on slow / capped internet and need there shows in the smallest size possible.

I've noticed with megui v3 that the audio length is over or under estimated either making the files run longer than the video or cutting the audio off before the video has ended.

Im finding this problem on any audio codec type, nero aac, mp3, ac3 etc etc

For example on fringe.s01e03.proper.hdtv.xvid-xor.avi
The length of the file is: 49:25
But megui thinks the audio length is: 47:11

It has me most confused :s

Any advice?
yes.
:readrule:
One small thing I noticed: the pop-up tip for Trellis in the x264 configuration doesn't seem to relate to what's in the drop-down box. (It says Recommended value: On Macro Block, but it's not clear if this means option 0, 1 or 2.)
The dropdown is 0 -None, 1 - Final MB and 2 - Always ... So, what do you think Final MB means?
I started a job using a temporary worker and although the job says "done" I can't clear it or delete it from my queue. If I try to clear my Queue or delete that job I get this:

MeGUI has encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: The given key was not present in the dictionary. Source of exception: mscorlib stacktrace: at
System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException() at System.Collection.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(Tkey key)

and it goes on for a while like that. I can't start any other jobs or get rid of this one.
try restarting megui and clear the queue.

[CHerron]

I'm guessing you mean copyright material?

If so sorry and post edited accordingly

[ZZZERO]

try restarting megui and clear the queue.

Didn't work. Still gave same error. I found the jobs directory and just deleted the files there. That seems to have fixed it.

[ZZZERO]

Is there a way to see the log file for the current session without closing MEGUI? I have job in progress that won't finish for several hours but I want to look at the log now to see why I got a muxing error on an earlier job.

[HateBreeder23]

Hello guys...

I really like megui and its the main program i use for encoding, but when i'm trying to mux greek subtitles and an avi afile using avi muxer the result is that the subtiles show like symbols....i know that this is a problem of avimux gui but i wonder if you have a solution for me.

Thank you very much!

[@MeGui]

How to change manualy settings for let say "HQ" presets?
Should i go with changing XML file?

Tnx...

p.s. H.264 and MeGui rocks mate...:)

[nurbs]

By clicking the button next to the profile. :p

[@MeGui]

lol :)

[ZZZERO]

Re: my earlier posting about a muxing error. I looked at the log and discovered the problem. The muxer cannot handle a directory with a "#" character in its name. That character does not pose a problem for the d2v creator or the avs script creator so I was able to get to the muxing step without an error. Here is the error from the log. Perhaps something can be done to fix this?

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.2017
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium SP1 (6.0.65536.6001)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.1434)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
-[Error] Log for job10 (mux, 447.264 -> 447-muxed.mp4)
--[Information] [9/27/2008 5:13:53 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [9/27/2008 5:13:53 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "I:\RERIP\4 X 4 #7\447.264" -add "I:\RERIP\4 X 4 #7\447 T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.m4a" -fps 29.97 -tmp "I:\RERIP\4 X 4 #7" -new "I:\RERIP\4 X 4 #7\447-muxed.mp4"
--[Information] [9/27/2008 5:13:53 PM] Encoding started
--[Error] Error line: Error importing I:\RERIP\4 X 4 #7\447.264: Requested URL is not valid or cannot be found
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] Unknown input file type
---[NoImage] Error importing I:\RERIP\4 X 4 #7\447.264: Requested URL is not valid or cannot be found
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [9/27/2008 5:13:54 PM] Job completed

[nurbs]

Report the bug to the mp4box (http://gpac.sourceforge.net/) guys.

[Deinorius]

I've got a bug.

Since the last time I used MeGUI (last week) status window doesn't show any information of the current encoding process. After job is done MeGUI doesn't show fps either.
I just updated MeGUI. I also tried to downgrade to 2015 but it didn't help.

[Sharktooth]

reinstall from scratch.

[G_M_C]

I've got a bug.

Since the last time I used MeGUI (last week) status window doesn't show any information of the current encoding process. After job is done MeGUI doesn't show fps either.
I just updated MeGUI. I also tried to downgrade to 2015 but it didn't help.

reinstall from scratch.

Why ?

I asked the same question, and got this answer;

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1189818#post1189818

And that worked (for me) ?

[Sharktooth]

oh, sorry... the reply was not directed to you :)
actually it was for ZZZERO

[flebber]

When updating from 0.3.0.2017 I receive this error when updating. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2901255651_2c4948483f_o.jpg

[Sharktooth]

... OS version and architecture?

[flebber]

Windows XP SP3. x86 Intel P4 Nvidia Geforce 6200

I tried uninstalling megui and reinstalling 2015 and updating from there. At 36/37 of the new updates megui failed with the same error.

[fields_g]

When updating from 0.3.0.2017 I receive this error when updating. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2901255651_2c4948483f_o.jpg

Confirm.
Using 0.3.0.2018, Windows XP Media Center 2005 SP3, C2D T7200, ATI X1400

It occurs only when trying to update STAudio to V10.

[ZZZERO]

I'm getting same upgrade error as flebber. It's the staudio update causing it. I could update the rest by by unchecking it. Vista Sp1 here.

[fields_g]

I'm getting same upgrade error as flebber. It's the nicaudio and staudio updates that are causing it. I could update core by unchecking those. Vista Sp1 here.

I originally had 4 updates. Unchecked STAudio and the other 3 installed fine. did you try to install nicaudio by unchecking STAudio?

[ZZZERO]

I got nicaudio updated on its own. earlier post edited to remove mention of nicaudio problem.

[Caroliano]

I have the following message displayed to me 2 times every time I start Megui. It is been like that for an long time, and only now I'm reporting.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4249/meguiwarningwx9.png

Also, I encoded an movie that ended up very strange. The last part was repeated 3 times, with some ghosting. The problem must be between megui and x264 output.

The avisynth script was:
DirectShowSource("VTS_01_1.VOB",fps=29.97000002997,audio=false)
TDecimate(cycleR=1)

I was using DirectShowSource for the .VOB, as the DGDecode is giving the following error: "Mpeg2source: Could not open one of the input files" in AVSp and Megui. I'm using the .d2v created by Megui. The directshowsource on the other hand shows fine on AVSp AND Megui, but the encoded result was very strange.

[Deinorius]

oh, sorry... the reply was not directed to you :)
actually it was for ZZZERO I thought it was directed to me. :eek:

Thanks G_M_C, it worked.

[rack04]

I get a critical error when updating to the latest files on the developmental server.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/untitled-1.jpg

[XhmikosR]

When updating MeGUI with the latest Audio profiles I'm getting the following error and then MeGUI crashes.
It happens with the latest updates (today).

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5559/3092008181851ik4.th.png (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3092008181851ik4.png)http://img90.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

But I did update everything except Audio profiles so this must be causing the error. Also when I try to double click on the Audio_v10.zip I'm getting an error too:

C:\Program Files\megui\update_cache\Audio_v10.zip: Unexpected end of archive

[Kurtnoise]

looks like Sharktooth has made Audio_v10 package with a zipper not supported by the classes used...

[Kurtnoise]

I have the following message displayed to me 2 times every time I start Megui. It is been like that for an long time, and only now I'm reporting.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4249/meguiwarningwx9.png

which OS do you use ? with a Service Pack or not ?

[bluebebe]

error on x64 workstation after try to update the staudio:

http://bluebebe.homelinux.com/megui_error_upd_staudio.jpg

[Kurtnoise]

guys...no need to report the same bug many times.

I gave you the why. Now, wait an update from Sharktooth. I can't myself upload packages on the server.

[Buggle]

Some more information considering the Audio profiles problem:

The zip is flagged corrupt, but still has valid contents. Repairing the archive (with for instance WinRAR) gives you all profiles, which can then be copied to the allprofiles folder of MeGui. Don't do this while running MeGui, because it will delete the copied profiles at shutdown.
When you start MeGui, it will still tell you there are updates (the audio profiles), but when you check audio dropdown, all profiles are there and can be used.

This way you are still able to use the profiles.

[Sharktooth]

weird coz i created the zip with megui export presets function...
also it works here. ill reupload it...

EDIT: there is definatly a problem in the export preset function... even more weird since it used to work...

@kurtnoise: did you change anything in the presets exporting code?

[rica]

Hi another one from me.
I installed 0.3.0-215 on a clean Vista 32 Ultimate.
Update continued until video presets import stage.(couldn't reach audio presets stage)
This is what i got:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7400/fatalaf7.th.png (http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fatalaf7.png)http://img219.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

BTW, i have admin rights and UAC is off. (Normally one of them must be enough.)
So i don't think it is just related with audio presets.

[rica]

I've just given it a go on my second disc (Vista Ultimate 32)
I've met no any issues.
The difference was the new disc which doesn't work was fully updated. (On working disc i haven't made any update for a week)
Dunno it is related with the issue?

Edit:Working disk has just admin rights btw.

[Nightshiver]

I'm at a complete loss for my problem. Ok, I was encoding a file with a pre-rendering job in front of it (meaning that MeGUI was in the middle of creating the lossless avi file) and for no reason at all, but at the same place, MeGUI gives me this error: http://i34.tinypic.com/2ptymbo.png

It always stops at the same frame number:31670
I've tried uninstalling and re-installing MeGUI and that hasn't fixed it. Is it a problem with MeGUI or the Huffy codec/FFdshow? It's never done this before and I'm quite annoyed at it.
And here's a pic of my log window: http://i37.tinypic.com/2qx58bt.png

[Caroliano]

which OS do you use ? with a Service Pack or not ?
Windows XP - Service Pack 2

An problem that may be related is that I can't install any new program for an while. The windows installer gives an error. But this don't affect the initialization of my other programs.

EDIT: The .d2v problem that I had was probably because of an ³ in the .vob path. It should warn in these situations, or, better yet, suport unicode characters. I will test again now, to see if the other strange problem repeats.

EDIT2: The .d2v created by megui says that the source is progressive, and the one that I created manualy by dgindex says that the source is interlaced. They differ in the following point:

Field_Operation=0
Frame_Rate=29970 (30000/1001)

vs

Field_Operation=1
Frame_Rate=23976 (24000/1001)
Both .d2v works correctly, and the megui's one is the best, so no bug here... only curiosity.

[Kurtnoise]

@all : please, test me (http://www.mediafire.com/?eldyzthmimm)...and report back.



@Caroliano & Nightshiver : this build doesn't fix your troubles yet but you can try...

[XhmikosR]

Thank you, Kurtnoise! Now everything's working as usually.
No more crashes when updating the Audio Profiles.:)

[CHerron]

Why ?

I asked the same question, and got this answer;



And that worked (for me) ?

I'm also having the same issue.. I don't see the answer on the link....

[ultratoto14]

I'm a fresh user of DGAVCIndexNV, the nvidia cuda enable version of DGAVCindex. I used it with x264 CLI and virtualdubmod without a problem but meGui crashes when i add the job to the queue. Since we are numerous to have the same problem, is there someone involved in meGui dev that can tell us what is the really problem. Is this a meGui bug or a DGAVCIndexNV bug.
Thanks in advance.

[Kurtnoise]

I'm also having the same issue.. I don't see the answer on the link....
use the build pointed out in the post #3046.

[Kurtnoise]

I'm a fresh user of DGAVCIndexNV, the nvidia cuda enable version of DGAVCindex. I used it with x264 CLI and virtualdubmod without a problem but meGui crashes when i add the job to the queue. Since we are numerous to have the same problem, is there someone involved in meGui dev that can tell us what is the really problem. Is this a meGui bug or a DGAVCIndexNV bug.

if you want to donate some € to buy a NV gc for developpers to debug this, I'm not against that...

I'm an ATI fanboy.

[XxOsurfer3xX]

Hi, i have been using megui for a while, and worked fine, till the other day that aparently for no reason it stopped working. As soon as i execute megui the send error report message appears. I didnt install anything new... I tried to reinstall it, unistall it, restart, reinstalling the net framework and nothing, megui wont start... I have windows xp sp3 and if you need further information, ill give it to you... Any ideas why is it doing it? Thx in advance.

[RyaNJ]

Question for everyone here. Is there a way to include and show only forced subtitles using MeGUI? I presume that if I actually include the subtitles in the final stage (muxing) then the forced items will be automatically shown anyway correct?

If not, anyone know how this can be done?

[ultratoto14]

Damned you're an ati fanboy !!!! AAArrrrgggg !!
Can i do or send you something (debug traces, or others to help you debug this) ?

Here is the log in windows log file :
Application défaillante MeGUI.exe, version 0.3.0.2017, horodatage 0x48d8f4c3, module défaillant DGAVCDecodeNV.dll_unloaded, version 0.0.0.0, horodatage 0x48e0d278, code d’exception 0xc0000005, décalage d’erreur 0x062844ba, ID du processus 0x304, heure de début de l’application 0x01c923ed41eb1105.

I think you do not need a translation ...

[Kurtnoise]

@XxOsurfer3xX: :logfile:

@RyaNJ: in which step do you want to have them ? give us more details...

@ultratoto14: does it work with DGAVCDecode.dll ?

[RyaNJ]

If I knew what step I'd probably be able to figure the rest out myself :) Say I've got a subtitle file, I want this to be included in the final file (mvk container with H.264 as the actual video format). Do I need to do anything special so that the "forced" subtitles are shown automatically or is that handled by default?

[Kurtnoise]

you can mux your vobsub file (containing the forced) with the video into the mkv muxer...that should be fine. No need extra step here.

[RyaNJ]

That's all I needed to know, thanks Kurtnoise13!

[ultratoto14]

Yes, this works with DGAVCIndex, what are the checks done between the enqueue button push and the real add in the job queue ? Is there some plugins added in the avs script or others ?

[rica]

@all : please, test me (http://www.mediafire.com/?eldyzthmimm)...and report back.



@Caroliano & Nightshiver : this build doesn't fix your troubles yet but you can try...

Problem is going on for me.

[Kurtnoise]

Yes, this works with DGAVCIndex
I said DGAVCDecode.dll not DGAVCIndex...

what are the checks done between the enqueue button push and the real add in the job queue ? Is there some plugins added in the avs script or others ?
nope...

[Nightshiver]

Will the next update fix my problem? I'm doing another encode now, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[ultratoto14]

Sorry, my mistake, this is DGAVCDecode.dll that i tested. It worked with it. When i add it to the queue, meGui tells me that the avs is not mod16, this is why i think there is checks. (1920x1080)

[rica]

Problem is going on for me.

I've just downloaded 0.3.0.215 again from SourceForge.net.
Opened UAC. (I still have admin rights.)
Everything went fine this time: thanks guys.

[XxOsurfer3xX]

@XxOsurfer3xX: :logfile:


Megui is not even capable of making a log file, the folder is empty. Should i post the windows error report?

[Nightshiver]

Nope, the update Kurtnoise provided didn't work (as expected). :/
Stopped at the same frame number and crashed.

[xenonsniper]

hi guys.

i was running MeGUI just like i normally do and i kept getting this acisynth error: "script error: there is no function named dgdecode_mpeg2source"

i googled it and i found this thread:

http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-118803.html

problem is that i'm running a 32bitOS. i checked my reg entry in regedit and it turns out that my plugins directory was set to "F:avisynth/plugins" i changed it to C:/ but it didn't fix it, so what should i do?

ah i fixed my problem; after carefully rereading the thread, i saw the user said that he couldn't change the directory where dgdecode.dll was located. i gave it a shot and it worked.

[Kurtnoise]

When i add it to the queue, meGui tells me that the avs is not mod16, this is why i think there is checks. (1920x1080)
oo right...forgot this.


mmmh, what can I say...while I don't have a NV card, I can't debug this. You know does it mean ? ;)

[Kurtnoise]

Megui is not even capable of making a log file, the folder is empty. Should i post the windows error report?
mmh, yeah...

[XxOsurfer3xX]

AppName: megui.exe AppVer: 0.3.0.2015 AppStamp:48d2b6e3
ModName: kernel32.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.5512 ModStamp:4802a12c
fDebug: 0 Offset: 00012aeb


It wont let me copy the error report :(...

[Nightshiver]

I might have found the culprit. It seems that mencoder itself is broken. I found this thread to be helpful: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=124374
Although I haven't tried my script out yet using an earlier version of mencoder.

[saint-francis]

@Kurtnoise13 Does MeGUI automatically re run the eac3to command if there are gaps/overlaps detected?

[Kurtnoise]

isn't already automatic ?

[hajj_3]

some crashes i experienced in a recent megui and x264 build, these were when i had opened a .avs file in avs script creator as i was wanting to determine how much to crop top and bottom on a bluray movie. I was scrolling through the video and experienced this crash message, the application worked fine though, kept functioning:

http://i37.tinypic.com/5zqob8.jpg

same with the below screenshot:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10ruviv.jpg

The bluray movie had VC-1 video and truehd audio, i used graphstudio, avsp, megui, x264, haali, ffdshow. The source was a single .m2ts file.

[saint-francis]

isn't already automatic ?

I don't think so.

[Kurtnoise]

well...it's not my plan to run eac3to twice to apply gaps/delays. I'll add these values in the filename probably. The goal here is to extract only streams like DGindex.


btw, more than 30 commits today in the trunk. *sigh*

[Sharktooth]

@Nightshiver: megui auto-update has already a newer mencoder build...

@kurtnoise: wow. thanks.

[saint-francis]

well...it's not my plan to run eac3to twice to apply gaps/delays. I'll add these values in the filename probably. The goal here is to extract only streams like DGindex.


The catch is that the extracted streams won't be particularly useful if the gaps aren't corrected. It's not delays, it's places in the audio tracks which don't match up with the video after joining multiple .m2ts files. So streams might be extracted but in order to use them the command will need to be run again. At least the audio part of the command. I think Atak_Snajpera made a request for madshi to make a switch that will automatically re run the command in the case of gaps/overlaps being detected.


I'm planning to automate the gap removal for audio in a future build.

[Kurtnoise]

did you have some discs where a gap is detected by eac3to ? If yes, could you post a log here please...

and could you post a command line to fix a such gap...

[Nightshiver]

@Nightshiver: megui auto-update has already a newer mencoder build...

@kurtnoise: wow. thanks.

Yes, that's the point. I think the problem is with the new mencoder, or do you have any better ideas as to why MeGUI consistently crashes?

[Sharktooth]

indeed, the problem is mencoder but it's not the problem found on that thread you linked.
the problem is also there are no newer mencoder builds from sherpya.

[Nightshiver]

So am I doomed for weeks/months until some other person decides to fix it? I linked the thread because it suggested the idea of using a different version of mencoder, hence I am using a different version (older) and not the newest one. I know there are updates to mencoder for a reason, but I'm still holding out hope that one of the old versions might let me do a simple rendering pass.

[rica]

Hi guys who have issues:
just tweak registry to get admin rights.
Everything works anymore; do not worry.

[TheDreamer]

Sharktooth,

I have noticed that MeGUI does not play well with DVDRB authored discs. The problem that occurs is that the audio is sometimes way off. I realize that this is probably because DVDRB is cutting scenes from the original. My question is: Is there another way, with MeGUI, that I can resynch the audio and video without having to guess at the correct delay? I am not an expert at this and please excuse me if this has already been asked but I noticed that other people have had audio delay problems and I thought perhaps it may be related to what I am experiencing.

Thank you,
TheDreamer

[Sharktooth]

use DVDFab HD Decrypter (it's free) and everything should be ok.

@Nightshiver: ill see if i can find a recent mencoder build that works.

[saint-francis]

did you have some discs where a gap is detected by eac3to ? If yes, could you post a log here please...

and could you post a command line to fix a such gap...

I do have some disks like this but it might be easier to just look at this (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1164890&postcount=5635).

To fix the gaps/overlaps all you need to do is just run the command line again and eac3to will use the gaps file it created the first time around. Really all you need to do is run the commands for the audio but it's probably easier to just have it do the whole thing over again. The loss of time dealing with the video and subtitles, etc. is marginal.

[Raptus]

Hello,

the presets for x264 configuration in MeGUI 0.3.0.3001 are not saving macroblock options. I haven't tested other versions.

Regards

[G_M_C]

Was meGUI allready changed/adapted for the new x264 API changes ? I'll update if that's the case.

EDIT: Seems it was (thx XhmikosR) , but in light of the post above, i'll hold off a bit ("If it aint broken ..." etc.)

[XhmikosR]

Yes, in 0.3.0.3001.

[Nightshiver]

Sharky, it seems that mencoder from the "MPlayer-athlon-svn-27323" package works for me.

[Sharktooth]

url??

[Nightshiver]

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205275&package_id=248631&release_id=614242

[CHerron]

Will x264 revision 998 and above ever work properly with older versions of MeGUI? atm it stops time remaining / fps rate etc etc showing?

I have to use version 0.2.6.1046 of MeGUI because v3 and above wont work with some avi sources properly.

[G_M_C]

Will x264 revision 998 and above ever work properly with older versions of MeGUI? atm it stops time remaining / fps rate etc etc showing?

I have to use version 0.2.6.1046 of MeGUI because v3 and above wont work with some avi sources properly.

How do you mean "won't work" ?

Cause MeGUI usesAvisynth to open files, so it should at least be able to open the AVI.

EDIT: I see, it's an audio-problem.

Can't you just demux the audio with another tool, and treat the audio separately for the time being ?

[CHerron]

Since upgrading to MeGUI v3 (Currently running 0.3.0.2018) some of my avi source files the audio on them hasn't been decoding properly, no matter what audio codec I encode into nero aac, mp3, ac3 etc etc.

So when encoding from an AVI source i have to use megui v2

The audio length is over or under estimated either making the files run longer than the video or cutting the audio off before the video has ended on some avi's.

The file that ARENT effected are all in:

Audio #0
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
Codec profile : Joint stereo
PlayTime : 43mn 57s
Bit rate mode : VBR
Bit rate : 129 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize/String : 40.5 MiB
Writing library : LAME3.90.
Encoding settings : ABR


But the files that ARE effected are all in:

Audio #0
Codec : MPEG-1/2 L3
Codec/Family : MPEG-1
Codec/Info : MPEG-1 or 2 layer 3
PlayTime : 44mn 34s
Bit rate : 80.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize/String : 38.4 MiB

Opening the effected avi files in vdub it says the files have a 'A non-zero wBits Per Sample Value'

Whats got me confused is that even running MeGUI 0.2.0.1046 fully up-to-date (with exception of the core) all files decode fine.

It has me most confused :s

[CHerron]

EDIT: I see, it's an audio-problem.

Can't you just demux the audio with another tool, and treat the audio separately for the time being ?

Any particular program you can suggest?

[Nightshiver]

No spoonfeeding, use google. A few suggestions though:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AviDemux
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AVIMux_GUI

Use vdub to strip the audio...There are several different ways.

[squid_80]

Opening the effected avi files in vdub it says the files have a 'A non-zero wBits Per Sample Value'I'd like to know what program you originally used to create these AVI files, since I've been trying to find which program is writing these bad files for nearly two years.

[CHerron]

No spoonfeeding, use google. A few suggestions though:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AviDemux
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AVIMux_GUI

Use vdub to strip the audio...There are several different ways.

Thank you ill give them a try

[CHerron]

I'd like to know what program you originally used to create these AVI files, since I've been trying to find which program is writing these bad files for nearly two years.

I didn't write the avi files but according to media info they where created using transcode-1.0.2 and transcode-1.0.5rc4

Hope this helps

[Nightshiver]

hmmm, did you download these avi files?

[Sharktooth]

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205275&package_id=248631&release_id=614242
i cant add the athlon build in auto-update. does the rtm work?
also it has the same build date of the mencoder build that's actually in the megui autoupdate...

[Nightshiver]

The size of the most recent mencoder is 12.6MB while the athlon build from that version is 12.3MB, so there is some difference and obviously, this old one works while the new one doesn't. No, I haven't tried the rtm build yet. Is there a need/major difference between the athlon build and the rtm?

[Tacio]

When you are planning to add support for the dgavcdec?

[Sharktooth]

@Nightshiver: athlon build is for athlon CPUs. RTM is generic... so test if it works.

@Tacio: when we have time to do add it.

[Blue_MiSfit]

I'm curious...

When I open a script, and select the AR in the preview window - this selection doesn't carry through to doing an auto-encode.

For example, if I have a 16x9 DVD (very common), and I feed the completed anamorphic script into MeGUI, I don't see a way to signal 16x9 AR, short of forcing par 32:27 in x264. Surely there must be a way to specify the AR in MeGUI?

Otherwise, I have to remux anything that MeGUI produces, and set the AR accordingly in MMG.

Help? :)

~MiSfit

[Nightshiver]

This has been discussed several times before. Use search.
@Sharky: Yes, I just tested the rtm build. It works.

[ZZZERO]

When I click the analyze button in the avisynth script creator it tells me my movie is progressive. When I check it with dgindex 1.5.2 it tells me my movie is interlaced, bottom field first. Why are they giving me different results? I think dgindex is correct and not megui analyze in this case.

[tazz32_rulez]

i get the foll err msg when i try opening a d2v file from avisynth script creator - MeGui

http://www.desiupload.com/out.php/i117175_err.JPG (http://www.desiupload.com/show.php/117175_err.JPG.html)

i've uninstalled staxrip
re-installed MeGui
re-installed AviSynth latest version
re-installed YV12 codecs

I began to get this err after MeGui updated core file earlier today....

any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this ?

[rack04]

i get the foll err msg when i try opening a d2v file from avisynth script creator - MeGui

http://www.desiupload.com/out.php/i117175_err.JPG (http://www.desiupload.com/show.php/117175_err.JPG.html)

i've uninstalled staxrip
re-installed MeGui
re-installed AviSynth latest version
re-installed YV12 codecs

I began to get this err after MeGui updated core file earlier today....

any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this ?

Did you try the part about playing in your favorite player? If so, what were the results?

[Hotpocketdeath]

Well, I haven't gotten a responce in the last two threads I posted in so I'll try here.

Does anyone know how to fix my problem described in this thread?
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141685

[Sharktooth]

sorry for not answering but im quite busy.
btw, post the bug and the proposed solution in the megui bugtracker on sourceforge.
ill see if i can have a look at it in the weekend.

[Hotpocketdeath]

Ok, I looked for a bug tracker but didn't know where it was. Found it on sourceforge and submitted the bug with all the details I've learned so far about it.

[tazz32_rulez]

Did you try the part about playing in your favorite player? If so, what were the results?
am not able to play the d2v in MLC or VLC.... file doesnt open.

Another interesting thing, the previous rip's d2v has turned bad after the rip.

http://www.desiupload.com/out.php/i117261_bad.JPG (http://www.desiupload.com/show.php/117261_bad.JPG.html)

the VTS_02_1.fix txt file has the foll txt:

D2V Fix Output

Field order transition: 2 -> 0
d00 5 7 80834560 0 1 20 b2 b2 92 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2
d00 5 7 81297408 0 1 21 b0 b0 90 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0
corrected...
d00 5 7 80834560 0 1 20 b2 b2 92 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a3
d00 5 7 81297408 0 1 21 b0 b0 90 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0

Field order transition: 0 -> 2
d00 5 7 81297408 0 1 21 b0 b0 90 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0
d00 5 7 81420288 0 1 21 b2 b2 92 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2
corrected...
d00 5 7 81297408 0 1 21 b0 b0 90 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a0 b0 b0 a1
d00 5 7 81420288 0 1 21 b2 b2 92 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2 b2 b2 a2

[rica]

Shark,
can you add a "select all" button to the preset import page?



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[talen9]

Shark,
can you add a "select all" button to the preset import page?



_ _ _ __

It's already been asked ... the feature is already there (but, admittedly, is a bit subtle :p): just right-click on the selection squares column and select "Check all" :)

[rica]

It's already been asked ... the feature is already there (but, admittedly, is a bit subtle :p): just right-click on the selection squares column and select "Check all" :)

Wow, thanks; you say it's a hidden feature :)

[ggf31416]

Setting priority to high sets x264.exe priority to Realtime in my computer.
I understand from the source code that it's the intended effect:

CommandlineJobProcessor.cs

public void changePriority(ProcessPriority priority)
[...]

case ProcessPriority.HIGH:
proc.PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.RealTime;
break;

I have selected High priority several times by accident and my system became very unresponsive until the job finished. I'm using windows XP SP3 and .NET 3.5. MeGui reports it's using .NET 2.0 SP1.
Could you show a confirmation dialog when the user sets the priority to High?

[mitsubishi]

Setting priority to high sets x264.exe priority to Realtime in my computer.
I understand from the source code that it's the intended effect:

I have selected High priority several times by accident and my system became very unresponsive until the job finished. I'm using windows XP SP3 and .NET 3.5. MeGui reports it's using .NET 2.0 SP1.
Could you show a confirmation dialog when the user sets the priority to High?


Megui is using .net 2.0, that's it's target (where does it say this though?)
...
I tend to agree, the RealTime priority is not to be used lightly, it must have been deliberate by whoever put it is, since a check is made for Vista. I think it was "High" before, even that has caused me problems with my system being nearly too unresponsive to even turn it back. The priority box should not be focused when the window opens, some people use the scroll wheel to bring windows back from screensaver and the window steals focus, so you can be scrolling already when an encode pops up, so it's easy to accidentally change it.

[rebkell]

Megui is using .net 2.0, that's it's target (where does it say this though?)
...
I tend to agree, the RealTime priority is not to be used lightly, it must have been deliberate by whoever put it is, since a check is made for Vista. I think it was "High" before, even that has caused me problems with my system being nearly too unresponsive to even turn it back. The priority box should not be focused when the window opens, some people use the scroll wheel to bring windows back from screensaver and the window steals focus, so you can be scrolling already when an encode pops up, so it's easy to accidentally change it.

Agree about the focus, at worst case focus on the Help button, I've been bit by the Priority, it's a struggle just getting back to the Form to change it, after you finally realize what's happened. If you know what happened when it happens, an up arrow will get you out of it, but it's not evident until you can't do squat on the machine and by then you've clicked somewhere else. :)

[Octo-puss]

Is it possible to edit stuff in queue? I mean, I got this HUGE job of which 1st pass is about to finish. But the 2nd one will take prolly like 50 hours. Now the trouble is, I left the stuff on another hdd which I want to disconnect, because it's noisy and I can't sleep with the bastard buzzing next to my head. If I move the data to regular hdd, can I edit the queue somehow?

[SpAwN_gUy]

Is it possible to edit stuff in queue? I mean, I got this HUGE job of which 1st pass is about to finish. But the 2nd one will take prolly like 50 hours. Now the trouble is, I left the stuff on another hdd which I want to disconnect, because it's noisy and I can't sleep with the bastard buzzing next to my head. If I move the data to regular hdd, can I edit the queue somehow?you can modify .avs internals..
or.. manually change "job*.xml" files in jobs folder.

those .xml's are saved when you close meGUI.
so.
postpone second pass and muxing.. or whatever left waiting...
then close meGUI... copy files, edit .xml's, run meGUI - and that's it :)

[Ramir Gonzales]

Hi,

I'm justing trying out MeGUI, and I once again have problems.
When using a "2pass - Insane Quality" profile, MEGUI feeds the same command-line to x264 in both 1st and 2nd pass.

I'm patient enough for the 2nd pass to take a day and a half, but not for the 1st pass to take a day and a half too :eek:

I'm comming from Staxrip that automatically adjusts the command-line for the 1st pass encode, but why does MeGUI uses the exact same command line for both passes ? :confused:

[mitsubishi]

Well it is "Insane" ;)

Check the "Turbo" box to have it use sensible lower first pass settings.

[Ramir Gonzales]

Well it is "Insane" ;)

Check the "Turbo" box to have it use sensible lower first pass settings.

Sure, but the Insane profile is handled as it should in Staxrip. Are you telling me MeGUI doesn't know the difference between 1st & 2nd pass ?:confused:

If I recall correctly, "Turbo Mode" is targeted toward the 2nd pass and thus will result in anything but an Insane output quality.

[nurbs]

Turbo mode uses faster first pass settings. I don't think it's appropriate to turn it on if you are really going with the insane profile, because after all it's all about minimal quality gains at the cost of a huge speed loss. ;)

[Nightshiver]

Insane is insane. You don't want it to go slow, either buy a better computer or use a different preset. That or do a rendering pass.

[Bathrone]

Is it not possible to mux an ac3 audio stream into an mp4 container using the muxer? Thanks

[saint-francis]

Is it not possible to mux an ac3 audio stream into an mp4 container using the muxer? Thanks

Generally there is no ac3 in mp4.

[LeXXuz]

Is it just me or has the save function in the AVS creator been modified?

I'm quite sure when I hit the save button in older builds, I got the save dialogue to enter the avs filename.

Now I have to specify the filename in the output section before hitting the save button. Quite annoying. :(

[hydro]

If you tend to save most of your output in one directory like me you can set a default output directory to save having to even see the dialogue?

[rebkell]

Is it just me or has the save function in the AVS creator been modified?

I'm quite sure when I hit the save button in older builds, I got the save dialogue to enter the avs filename.

Now I have to specify the filename in the output section before hitting the save button. Quite annoying. :(

I haven't updated since the old 3 beta, but I always had to enter the avs file name, I asked about it many months ago, it seemed to be the only part of the process that didn't fill in a blank for you. Never understood why that didn't have a default file name associated with it, but I"ve always had to enter the the avs filename in megui.

[Sharktooth]

Sure, but the Insane profile is handled as it should in Staxrip. Are you telling me MeGUI doesn't know the difference between 1st & 2nd pass ?:confused:

If I recall correctly, "Turbo Mode" is targeted toward the 2nd pass and thus will result in anything but an Insane output quality.
Insane presets are just insane. that's not so hard to understand. if you care about speed, just dont use insane presets.

[AMED]

Here is a bit of a weird question,

Say for example i have 10 encodes queued, all using the "x264: Unrestricted 1pass Quality HQ" Profile. If i change that profile after those 10 encodes have been put in to the queue, will the changes to the profile effect the queued encodes once i start the Queue?

[RyaNJ]

Here is a bit of a weird question,

Say for example i have 10 encodes queued, all using the "x264: Unrestricted 1pass Quality HQ" Profile. If i change that profile after those 10 encodes have been put in to the queue, will the changes to the profile effect the queued encodes once i start the Queue?

As the "jobs" are stored as files I would think that the changes would not affect pre-existing files (and from the looks of it all the settings from the profiles are stored in the XML files so I wouldn't see why they would change).

[dimtim]

Really dumb newb question here, but I'm lost and confused on this: Has the aspect ratio bug been fixed in the most current version? Can I just let MeGUI handle the aspect ratio from now on, or do I still have to do the calculations myself?

[Sharktooth]

it should be fixed.

[infante]

I've come to accept the fact that occasionally audio sync issues come up. I'd like to preview audio and video muxed before encoding the entire file. Any suggestions on ways to accomplish this other than creating a basic avs script by hand and using virtualdub to preview? A utility that allows us to select the .d2v file and the .ac3 file and preview the mux and adjust the audio delay if needed would be very nice...
megui is fantastic and we appreciate all the effort.

[saint-francis]

I've come to accept the fact that occasionally audio sync issues come up. I'd like to preview audio and video muxed before encoding the entire file. Any suggestions on ways to accomplish this other than creating a basic avs script by hand and using virtualdub to preview? A utility that allows us to select the .d2v file and the .ac3 file and preview the mux and adjust the audio delay if needed would be very nice...
megui is fantastic and we appreciate all the effort.

Sounds like too much work. Why not just encode, mux, find the delay and remux with the correct delay specified? If you want to do this all before hand you will need to write an .avs script to play them with MPC or something. But if audio is out of sync, why not ask about it in the thread related to the demuxer?

[infante]

Sounds like too much work. Why not just encode, mux, find the delay and remux with the correct delay specified?

Didn't know their was an easy way to determine the "delay specified" after an initial mux. the few times I've adjusted the sync in the past, it was a trial and error, but totally shooting "in the dark." Problem is that I usually have a que cranking in the background so sometimes it's difficult to stop and check the mux on a section on all. I'll try to fix the problem, but it is not consistent, which makes the problem difficult to isolate. :thanks:

[Sharktooth]

i'd suggest you to correctly rip your movies. most of the synch problems (if not all) is due to bad rips.
use appropriate and up to date tools like, for example, DVDFab HD Decrypter.

[Biggiesized]

Sharktooth, what are some appropriate settings for DLNA content? I'm limited to Main Profile 3.0 with H.264.

[Krytak]

i have little question:

my encodes from dvd->avi are with this specifications [Profile: XVID 2pass, HQ (noQPEL)]:

- Mediainfo from my encode: XviD 1.2.0.dev47 (UTC 2006-11-01)
- MeGUI Updater: xvid_encraw 2008-05-17 (svn+vaq) [xvidcore.dll 755611 | xvid_encraw.exe 475136 | aviwriter.dll 57344]

is it correct ?

Can i force udpate with this? http://www.koepi.info/Xvid-1.1.3-VAQ-27042008.exe

I would like to start use 1.1.3 but dont know if its capable with MeGUI 0.3.0.3004...

edit: i am confused, whats newer 1.2.0 or 1.1.3 ? :)

[Sharktooth]

multithreading

@Biggiesized: dunno

[LigH]

@ Krytak:

MeGUI will use xvid_encraw, which is a stand-alone encoder application (*.exe). It will not use the XviD codec (*.dll).

XviD codec 1.2.0 is more recent than 1.1.3, it allows multithreading. For xvid_encraw, you can trust the MeGUI developers that they care for quite recent versions too, and release them via the updater.

__


Is it possible that current MeGUI versions accidently have the CQM option activated by default? Of course, we know the "Dr. House motto"... but a member of the german doom9/Gleitz board swears he did not touch any option; he installed MeGUI during the last few days, and could not get it working because his command line contained the part:

--cqmfile "Select file..."

Full command line and log file: this reply in the german thread (http://forum.gleitz.info/showpost.php?p=376874&postcount=17).

[AMED]

I think I've found a bug with the default output directory option, but i would like somebody else to confirm.

1. In Megui, go to Options and then settings and change the default output dir to any folder (mine was set to F:\movies).
2. Load a Avisynth script for video.
3. Click AutoEncode
4. When you try and change the name for the output file in the dialogue box it actually opens in the dir you opened the Avisynth script in step 2, not F:\movies as i set.

EDIT:

And another thing i found is that you can't delete the default output dir once it's there, e.g. the X button doesn't seem to do anything.

[Sharktooth]

@ Krytak:

MeGUI will use xvid_encraw, which is a stand-alone encoder application (*.exe). It will not use the XviD codec (*.dll).

XviD codec 1.2.0 is more recent than 1.1.3, it allows multithreading. For xvid_encraw, you can trust the MeGUI developers that they care for quite recent versions too, and release them via the updater.

__


Is it possible that current MeGUI versions accidently have the CQM option activated by default? Of course, we know the "Dr. House motto"... but a member of the german doom9/Gleitz board swears he did not touch any option; he installed MeGUI during the last few days, and could not get it working because his command line contained the part:

--cqmfile "Select file..."

Full command line and log file: this reply in the german thread (http://forum.gleitz.info/showpost.php?p=376874&postcount=17).
probably a broken preset. i cant reproduce.

[lchiu7]

Ran into some problems with megui trying to encode a h.264 stream captured from DVB-T transmissions. Got megui has stopped responding (Vista) etc. and it died.

Anyway I recall I had a version built by somebody which apparently runs much faster but is slightly older. Substituted the version in program files/megui/tools/x264 with this version and the encode completed fine. But there was no progress shown - frames encoded, frames to go. So I guessing that the x264 built for megui outputs data for megui to report progress?

Just wondering

[Sharktooth]

you probably swapped the x264 version with an old one which has a different output.
the build that comes with megui has just the NAL/HRD patch which is needed for bluray compliant output.

[lchiu7]

you probably swapped the x264 version with an old one which has a different output.
the build that comes with megui has just the NAL/HRD patch which is needed for bluray compliant output.

I guess I did. I did it because the version that came with megui was locking on some streams I was attempting to compress

[arrirc]

I think I have tried everything- uninstalled MeGUI, restarted, freshly installed meGUI and updated MeGUI again- online. Reinstalled AVISynth last stable version. Checked carefully and found that TIVTC.dll is there in the AVISynth plugins directory.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5411/meguierrorhf0.png

Whenever I try to analyze the source I always get this error.

Please give me a solution for this :(

Here is my system spec:
MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.3005
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (5.1.131072.2600)
Framework used : 2.0 (2.0.50727.42)
Hardware
CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz

Please help :(

[Diveflo]

Hi,

I'm trying to convert some .avis to .mp4. They have two different soundtracks (two languages) and I want to add these soundtracks to the .mp4. Unfortunately I did not find a way to automatically add both soundtracks in MeGui. I always had to demux the .avi per hand before the whole encoding process. Is there a way to tell MeGui to add all the possible audio tracks to the file?

Thanks a lot! Great program by the way ;)

[flebber]

I think I have tried everything- uninstalled MeGUI, restarted, freshly installed meGUI and updated MeGUI again- online. Reinstalled AVISynth last stable version. Checked carefully and found that TIVTC.dll is there in the AVISynth plugins directory.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5411/meguierrorhf0.png

Whenever I try to analyze the source I always get this error.

Please give me a solution for this :(

Here is my system spec:
MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.3005
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (5.1.131072.2600)
Framework used : 2.0 (2.0.50727.42)
Hardware
CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz

Please help :(

It may be the version of TITVC.dll my avisynth plugin has version 1.0.5.0 and this version is working. You might have version 0.9.9.3 this may be causing the error.

Latest version here http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/externalfilters/tivtc.htm

[Sharktooth]

Hi,

I'm trying to convert some .avis to .mp4. They have two different soundtracks (two languages) and I want to add these soundtracks to the .mp4. Unfortunately I did not find a way to automatically add both soundtracks in MeGui. I always had to demux the .avi per hand before the whole encoding process. Is there a way to tell MeGui to add all the possible audio tracks to the file?

Thanks a lot! Great program by the way ;)
actually it's not possible. as you have found, you have to demux the tracks manually.

[arrirc]

It may be the version of TITVC.dll my avisynth plugin has version 1.0.5.0 and this version is working. You might have version 0.9.9.3 this may be causing the error.

Latest version here http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/externalfilters/tivtc.htm


Thank you, but the link that you have given here says this:

author: tritical
version: 0.9.9.3
download: http://bengal.missouri.edu/~kes25c/
category: Deinterlacing & Pulldown Removal
requirements:

* YV12 & YUY2 Colorspace

license: GPL

I could not locate any 1.0.5.0 version :(

[poisondeathray]

I could not locate any 1.0.5.0 version :(

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/TIVTC
http://bengal.missouri.edu/~kes25c/TIVTCv105.zip

[arrirc]

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/TIVTC
http://bengal.missouri.edu/~kes25c/TIVTCv105.zip

Thank you very much. I have downloaded and replaced the dll, hope that's gonna work.

[qyqgpower]

Serious memory management issue with preview window.
1. After close the preview window, megui won't completely release the memory used, about 60MB would remaining in working set every time you open and close a preview window.
So after queuing several jobs, the working set of megui would reach the limit of 32bit app, thus couldn't open avs script any more.(ran out of memory warning)

2. When playing video in preview window, the working set of megui would quickly increase and reach the limit. A big X would be displayed in preview window afterwards.

[Sharktooth]

@qyqgpower: please report the problem in the megui bugtracker on sourceforge

[arrirc]

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/TIVTC
http://bengal.missouri.edu/~kes25c/TIVTCv105.zip

Sorry, the problem is not resolved. Sharktooth could you please help us to resolve this issue? even if I hit the Abort button, the analysis continues indefinitely and I need to hit the abort button a number of times. :(

[Sharktooth]

well... it works here. also why you "have" to hit the abort button several times?
one is enough... it will abort "as soon as possible" (that doesnt mean immediately).

[arrirc]

well... it works here. also why you "have" to hit the abort button several times?
one is enough... it will abort "as soon as possible" (that doesnt mean immediately).

Unfortunately it does not work here.

Secondly, if I leave it hitting the abort button once, it generally continues indefinitely showing "Analyzing" at the bottom. :confused:

Problem 2: There is one more problem I am facing while trying to encode in Xvid. MeGUI simply stops at this window:

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/93/meguixviderrorak2.png

Here is the log:

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.3005
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (5.1.131072.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 (2.0.50727.42)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
-[Warning] Log for job3 (audio, My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 6ms.ac3 -> My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3)
--[Information] [10/28/2008 12:08:14 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [10/28/2008 12:08:14 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("J:\Temp\My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 6ms.ac3", DRC=1)
---[NoImage] DelayAudio(6.0/1000.0)
---[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: -i - -y -acodec ac3 -ab 384k "{0}"
--[Information] [10/28/2008 12:08:14 AM] Encoding started
--[Information] [10/28/2008 12:08:14 AM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [10/28/2008 12:08:14 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [10/28/2008 12:08:15 AM] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 6
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: D:\Applications\2_Video Tools\megui\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i - -y -acodec ac3 -ab 384k "J:\Temp\My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3"
--[Information] [10/28/2008 12:08:15 AM] Encoder process started
--[Warning] Deleting aborted output
---[NoImage] Delete aborted ouptut set: True
---[NoImage] File to delete: J:\Temp\My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
---[Warning] Error deleting file
----[NoImage] Exception message: The process cannot access the file 'J:\Temp\My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3' because it is being used by another process.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.File.Delete(String path)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.markJobAborted()
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[Warning] Deleting aborted output
---[NoImage] Delete aborted ouptut set: True
---[NoImage] File to delete: J:\Temp\My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
---[Warning] Error deleting file
----[NoImage] Exception message: The process cannot access the file 'J:\Temp\My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3' because it is being used by another process.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.File.Delete(String path)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.markJobAborted()
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[Warning] Deleting aborted output
---[NoImage] Delete aborted ouptut set: True
---[NoImage] File to delete: J:\Temp\My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
---[Warning] Error deleting file
----[NoImage] Exception message: The process cannot access the file 'J:\Temp\My Movie T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3' because it is being used by another process.
----[NoImage] Stacktrace
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
-----[NoImage] at System.IO.File.Delete(String path)
-----[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.markJobAborted()
----[NoImage] Inner exception: null
-[Error] Error attempting to stop processing
--[NoImage] Exception message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
--[NoImage] Stacktrace
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.stop()
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.Abort()
--[NoImage] Inner exception
---[NoImage] Exception message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
---[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.stop()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
-[Error] Error attempting to stop processing
--[NoImage] Exception message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
--[NoImage] Stacktrace
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.stop()
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.Abort()
--[NoImage] Inner exception
---[NoImage] Exception message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
---[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.stop()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null


Note: I have latest K-Lite Mega Codec Pack installed.

Problem 3: As I close MeGUI, I find it to be running at the background as I check the task manager. I need to "End Task" from Task Manager to shut it down.

Could you please help? :(

[Avenger007]

For problem 1: Check to see if it's an Avisynth problem. Have you tried playing the avs script with and without the call to TIVTC. Try using LoadPlugin.

For problem 2: Xvid sucks. Use x264.

For problem 3: See 1 & 2.

[arrirc]

For problem 1: Check to see if it's an Avisynth problem. Have you tried playing the avs script with and without the call to TIVTC. Try using LoadPlugin.

I have tried to reinstall AviSynth but that did not solve the problem.

For problem 2: Xvid sucks. Use x264.

Generally I do not prefer to enter in a debate, but this is not a solution, and if I remember correctly I requested for a solution. Still, let me humbly remind you XviD is still the only available MP4 codec (including DivX) which can be played in stand alone players. Where X264 being AVC (MP4 rev 10) are yet to become a de facto inclusion in stand alone players. So sometimes XviD is the only MP4 choice one has.

For problem 3: See 1 & 2.

?????!!!!!

[SpAwN_gUy]

BTW,.. i wonder..
does xvid_encraw, provided by meGUI autoupdate, has VAQ XviD implementation?

[poisondeathray]

BTW,.. i wonder..
does xvid_encraw, provided by meGUI autoupdate, has VAQ XviD implementation?

If you check the updater in MeGUI, it lists the version:

xvid_encraw 2008-05-17 (svn+vaq)

[Sharktooth]

BTW,.. i wonder..
does xvid_encraw, provided by meGUI autoupdate, has VAQ XviD implementation?
yes..

however, from the log it seems megui couldnt stop ffmpeg so it couldnt delete the file coz it was still in use.

[SpAwN_gUy]

If you check the updater in MeGUI, it lists the version:
xvid_encraw 2008-05-17 (svn+vaq)
thanks... i've got confused because of:
>xvid_encraw.exe --help
xvid_encraw built at 10:22:53 on Aug 31 2007
and i guess, that only .dll is updated.. so i assume VAQ is turned On by default(as i can remember)

[Sharktooth]

yep. but the presets that come with megui have VAQ enabled.

[jeffy]

@arrirc: If you have any antivirus running in the background, please stop it. If it helps, just exclude the needed directories from checking.

[stony8]

I'm converting some Handycam DVD's to my mediacenter using MeGui. I'm using 264 in a .mkv container.

I selected all the titles one-by-one using the oneclick encoder, and I will merge them in MKV merge.

searching the forum I only find suggestions when only a single title needs to be converted.....

Is there a way to select/queue all the titles at once?
Or do you have other suggestions to handle my DVD's? (23 DVD's still to go...)


Thanks a lot!

[poisondeathray]

I'm converting some Handycam DVD's to my mediacenter using MeGui. I'm using 264 in a .mkv container.

I selected all the titles one-by-one using the oneclick encoder, and I will merge them in MKV merge.

searching the forum I only find suggestions when only a single title needs to be converted.....

Is there a way to select/queue all the titles at once?
Or do you have other suggestions to handle my DVD's? (23 DVD's still to go...)


Thanks a lot!

Would it be easier to merge your DVD's first (e.g. 1 big vob or .mpg either per disc, or in total)? e.g. videoredo, mpg2cut2, avidemux

Or did you want separate files?

[invy]

Hello people. I just have a quick question and am hoping someone could answer it for me.
Since one of the newer builds of MeGUI, there is no longer a X264 IP Intermediate. I am simply wanting to know what profile is the equivalent of it that I can use instead? I have a backup of the IP intermediate profile, but MeGUI just doesn't want to load it anymore.

Thanks in advance.

(I posted this message in the other thread, but i think this one is more appropriately suited).

[stony8]

Would it be easier to merge your DVD's first (e.g. 1 big vob or .mpg either per disc, or in total)? e.g. videoredo, mpg2cut2, avidemux

Or did you want separate files?

merging DVD's is an option, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it simple and fast in MeGui.
didnt find it so far, but MeGui is probably full of hidden shortcuts ;)

(btw when merging DVD's it would be nice if the chapters get autogenerated. dunno if there's a program that does that.)

[mangkook]

Hi guys.. this is my first question here, please forgive my poor english as I'm not native english.

I'm having problem with my avi encoded using Megui (0.3.0.3004) which always muxing my avi as Multipart openDML, even when the file is normal size (no bigger than 2g). My standalone divx player has problem playing this kind of file - they only play 5-10 second before exiting. Mind that my player can handle most xvid / divx playback even with gmc/qpel/packed bitstream (its a sunplus sphe8202L), except multipart opeDML.

Gspot report:

File Length Correct
Multipart OpenDML AVI (2 parts), "rec list" style
(379 frames in first part, 8482 frames follow)
Interleave: 1242 ms (37.2 v.frames), preload=208
Audio frames: Aligned on interleaves

I'm currently using Xvid4PSP as an alternative. Please help.

[arrirc]

@arrirc: If you have any antivirus running in the background, please stop it. If it helps, just exclude the needed directories from checking.

Thank you jeffy for your reply. I shall surely try it and let you know.
Though I must mention that if I convert any file to X.264 then there seems to be no problem at all. :confused:

[Capsbackup]

I have been using MeGui with good results for quite some time, and have just started to try BD backups to BD-5. I use the AVC-HD profile by Sharktooth, and quality turns out amazing, but the time to convert on my core-2 duo 2.5GHZ can be quite long. So rather than run the automated 2-pass, which can take 24hrs plus I tried the 2 pass, first pass and let that run overnight, and then switch to 2-pass, 2nd pass for the next night to complete the encode. Though this seems to work, I noticed the profile changes when I select the 2 pass, first pass button. Under the RC and ME tab and advanced tab, several options/values change and/or are greyed-out. Is this normal ? Total encode times are also shorter than when automated 2 pass is selected, which leads me to believe the profile changes are not providing the higher quality settings. Anyone else notice this ? Is this AVC-HD profile only meant for the automated 2 pass setting ? Any advice or input will be much appreciated. Thanks.

[hydro]

I'm having problem with my avi encoded using Megui (0.3.0.3004) which always muxing my avi as Multipart openDML, even when the file is normal size (no bigger than 2g).

AviMux, which is what MeGUI uses for AVIs saves it's settings between sessions, so if you start it up manually from the tools folder and deselect any OpenDML options before encoding with MeGUI that may do the trick.

[Sharktooth]

@Invy: that preset does no longer exist coz it has no sense. if yuo aim at a certain bitrate, use a 2pass preset, if you aim at a certain quality use a constant quality (CRF) preset.

@stony8: megui doesnt provide editing functions. you can however "merge" the sources using an avisynth script.

@mangkook: improving standalones compatibility is on my todo list. that include VBV parameters for xvid and compatible avi muxing.

@Capsbackup: when you switch mode from auto 2-pass to 2pass 1st pass, if Turbo is checked, some options will be disabled AND some other will be not available. after encoding the first pass, when you switch to 2pass 2nd pass, you have to re-enable all the disabled options for the 2nd pass . It's not a recommended procedure... but you can re-download the megui presets, select what one you want to use and create two new ones with a different name (mayba append "1st pass" and "2nd pass" to the name or whatever...) but with the same options. after that, modify the 1st copy and select 2pass 1st pass, modify the 2nd copy and select 2pass 2nd pass. when you run the 1st pass, select the 1st pass preset... for the 2nd pass, obviously, select the 2nd pass preset.

[mangkook]

AviMux, which is what MeGUI uses for AVIs saves it's settings between sessions, so if you start it up manually from the tools folder and deselect any OpenDML options before encoding with MeGUI that may do the trick.

I've been looking for some kind of option in AviMuxGui:

settings > output > Avi file structure,

use OpenDML output=checked
standard indices per stream=auto

should I checked.. 1 per RIFF list OR 1 per xxxx frames for compatibility?


@Sharktooth. glad to hear that..!

*edit*

i just tested with several option and still getting multipart openDML

[arrirc]

Problem 2: There is one more problem I am facing while trying to encode in Xvid. MeGUI simply stops at this window:

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/93/meguixviderrorak2.png

Here is the log:



Note: I have latest K-Lite Mega Codec Pack installed.



In this reference note that if I use Aften AC3 profile instead of ffmpeg, then there is no problem and MeGUI does not hang. The output quality in Xvid is great too. But why did ffmpeg did not work I do not know :?:

[lucassp]

There is a problem with MeGUI: when you update MeGUI the the core, data and libs do not get updated if the installation folder is different from /Program Files/MeGUI. You have to unpack the manually from the update_cache folder.

[seb37_2]

Hi,
I try to re-encode a video .MOV from Final cut Apple Prores (1080p) but avisynth doesn't accept this kind of files (mov ? or Apple pro res codec ?).
There is a solution or something to do for Megui accept .mov codec apple prores ? (because i prefere make encoding with megui and not QT or episode...)

Thanks for helping a noob like me^^

[Taurus]

There is a problem with MeGUI: when you update MeGUI the the core, data and libs do not get updated if the installation folder is different from /Program Files/MeGUI. You have to unpack the manually from the update_cache folder.

@lucassp:
Verify the path to your installed files:
Megui/Options/Settings/Program Paths
Hi,
I try to re-encode a video .MOV from Final cut Apple Prores (1080p) but avisynth doesn't accept this kind of files (mov ? or Apple pro res codec ?).
There is a solution or something to do for Megui accept .mov codec apple prores ? (because i prefere make encoding with megui and not QT or episode...)

Thanks for helping a noob like me^^

@seb37_2:
You need a Directshow Decoder installed for this files.
May I suggest FFDShow and Haali Media Splitter?
Search this forum, Keywords: FFDSHOW Tryouts and Haali

[poisondeathray]

Hi,
I try to re-encode a video .MOV from Final cut Apple Prores (1080p) but avisynth doesn't accept this kind of files (mov ? or Apple pro res codec ?).
There is a solution or something to do for Megui accept .mov codec apple prores ? (because i prefere make encoding with megui and not QT or episode...)

Thanks for helping a noob like me^^


Install ProResDecoderSetup.exe from Apple

To specify video in avisynth


QTInput("File.mov") or DirectShowSource("File.mov")
ConverttoYV12()


The audio is sowt, so you can enable "raw" audio in ffdshow audio decoder , set to 16-bit integer , then you can use DirectShowSource() as well for the audio

[arrirc]

There is a problem with MeGUI: when you update MeGUI the the core, data and libs do not get updated if the installation folder is different from /Program Files/MeGUI. You have to unpack the manually from the update_cache folder.

I do not have MeGUI installed in the default %Program Files% folder, but there seems to be no problem in auto updating the installed components. i checked the file versions in te update cache and that of actually installed, both are same.

[seb37_2]

Install ProResDecoderSetup.exe from Apple

To specify video in avisynth


QTInput("File.mov") or DirectShowSource("File.mov")
ConverttoYV12()


The audio is sowt, so you can enable "raw" audio in ffdshow audio decoder , set to 16-bit integer , then you can use DirectShowSource() as well for the audio

Hi, thanks for help :)
(but unfortunely that's doesn't work, yet i hoop so)

So i have make this :
- dl and install apple prores decoder windows.
- in megui, try to input video .mov but no succes, try to write in script preview but unwritable if i dont load video.
- try to write in the Avs file (with notepad), like this :
QTInput("C:\Projet\Trailer_ProRes.mov")
#deinterlace
#crop
LanczosResize(768,432) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise
ConvertToYV12()
- the program says to me : error in aviscript line 1, qt input line command no exist.
- so i DL qt input avisynth plugin, i put in plugin folder avisynth plugin
- i try again : the avs file is accepted but when i put "in queue" there is the message "acces violation"
- so i dl and install ffdshow mpeg4 (last version)
- i try in megui avisynth script creator and now i have :
"The file directshow source cannot be opened.

Any ideas ?^^
Thanks for help :thanks:

[MovieDude]

I'm using MeGui to convert Avi movies to MP4 for my PSP. So I configure the AVS script, here it is:

AVISource("D:\movie.avi", audio=false)
#deinterlace
#crop
LanczosResize(480,272) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise

I use the x264: PSP-180 as the Encoder setting (profile) it looks like this:

program --pass 2 --bitrate 320 --stats ".stats" --level 2.1 --bframes 1 --weightb --direct auto --filter -1:-2 --subme 2
--partitions none --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

then I select the same avi file as my audio input, I'm using Nero AAC as my audio encoder. I sent the video & audio to the Queue, once it's finished I Mux the two files, the problem is that it's always out of Sync.

How can I solve this?

[poisondeathray]

@seb37_2 - I just tried it with 0.3.0.3006, all updates, xp32 and QTInput() works for me. Perhaps there is something peculiar with your source? Can you upload a sample to a free hosting site? Are you on Vista?

@MovieDude - is it a progressive sync issue or constant sync issue (same audio & video lengths - check with mediainfo) ? Enter the delay in the muxer if it is a constant sync issue (you can figure out the +/- ms delay in a media player, usually by using +/- keys)

[MovieDude]

@MovieDude - is it a progressive sync issue or constant sync issue (same audio & video lengths - check with mediainfo) ? Enter the delay in the muxer if it is a constant sync issue (you can figure out the +/- ms delay in a media player, usually by using +/- keys)

It's a constant sync issue

Video Duration: 6848.263333 s
Audio Duration: 6848.432344 s

what do I do now?

[poisondeathray]

MovieDude - figure out the exact delay in a media player; press play and sync it (usually it's the +/- keys to shift the audio) Write down that number. If you are using .mkv, enter that number in mkvmergegui for the delay. If you are using .mp4 enter that number for the delay in YAMB.

[MovieDude]

MovieDude - figure out the exact delay in a media player; press play and sync it (usually it's the +/- keys to shift the audio) Write down that number. If you are using .mkv, enter that number in mkvmergegui for the delay. If you are using .mp4 enter that number for the delay in YAMB.

I used the +/- on Media Player Classic. I think the delay is about -1030ms. Going to try and mux it up now ;)

[seb37_2]

@seb37_2 - I just tried it with 0.3.0.3006, all updates, xp32 and QTInput() works for me. Perhaps there is something peculiar with your source? Can you upload a sample to a free hosting site? Are you on Vista?

@MovieDude - is it a progressive sync issue or constant sync issue (same audio & video lengths - check with mediainfo) ? Enter the delay in the muxer if it is a constant sync issue (you can figure out the +/- ms delay in a media player, usually by using +/- keys)

Thanks again for the help Poison :)
Iam not on vista, i think the file have no problem (appleprores perfectly works).
I have all unstall and re unstall all. The strange thing is now :
My avs in c:, file are in c:
QTInput("C:\Res.mov")
#deinterlace
#crop
LanczosResize(768,432) # Lanczos (Sharp)
#denoise
ConvertToYV12()

I could in megui take AVS file (with qt input).
I could encode the mov in X264 (raw) and i have a .264

BUT when i try "auto encode fonction" (with a avi for sound and nero acc) after put "in queue", megui block and i have this :
Your AviSynth clip has the following problem:
Error in AviSynth script:
Evaluate: System exception - Access Violation
(C:\Res.avs, line 1)
Continue anyway?
So i try to make manuelly with mp4box, i hope thats works but its strange i couldn't "auto-encode" with 2 files different, Mov for video, and avi for audio... Any idea with the message of Megui ?

[MovieDude]

I Muxed up the file in meGUI with the -1030 delay. But it's still out of sync! I don't know what to do :S

[poisondeathray]

@seb37_2 - "autoencode" has almost never worked properly for me in MeGUI, I just mux the streams manually. I don't know what the current status of "autoencode" is in MeGUI

@MovieDude - I don't think the delay works with MeGUI's built in muxer, try using mkvmergegui or YAMB. Also make sure if it's a positive (shifts audio later) or negative delay (shifts audio earlier)

[MovieDude]

I muxed it with YAMB this time using a delay of -800, I found that value using the +/-, it was 100% in sync, but after the mux it continued out of sync :/

Sorry for the hassle i'm causing

[poisondeathray]

MovieDude, did you get the signs right?

Another method is use avidemux (I'm assuming you are using .mp4 container)

1) Open your .mp4 video
2) Set Video and Audio sidebars to "copy"
3) Checkmark shift under the audio, enter "800" (since a negative delay is a positive shift), press enter
4) Set Format to "mp4"
5) Press save with extension (e.g. "myfile.mp4")

[MovieDude]

MovieDude, did you get the signs right?

Another method is use avidemux (I'm assuming you are using .mp4 container)

1) Open your .mp4 video
2) Set Video and Audio sidebars to "copy"
3) Checkmark shift under the audio, enter "800" (since a negative delay is a positive shift), press enter
4) Set Format to "mp4"
5) Press save with extension (e.g. "myfile.mp4")

I did this and on the program I had to use a delay of -673, I saved it but still out of sync. Damn this is getting real hard. Many thanks for your help though, I really appreciate it

[Taurus]

@seb37_2:
Give us the link to the trailer and we will see what we can do.
Is there something special in this *.mov's?
All mov and hdmov files got decoded and encoded well on my side.
Just using this simple avs script:

DirectShowSource("F:\Test\Test.mov")

Yes of course, ffdshow as decoder and haali as splitter...

[Grovest]

How do I tell MeGUI to copy subtitle streams from a Vob when converting to MP4/MKV?

I would prefer if I could choose more than one set of subtitles (e.g forced & full or English & French) and be able to select which subtitle stream to view when playing the movie. The goal is to archieve my old DVDs to a Home Media Server.

Thanks!

[Sharktooth]

you cant. you must extract the subtitles and covert them in a suitable format for the container you're going to use, for example, TTXT (or srt since they will be automatically converted to TTXT) for MP4, srt, ass, etc for MKV, or keep them as an external file.

[Avenger007]

I'm using MeGui to convert Avi movies to MP4 for my PSP.
Damn this is getting real hard.
It'll be a lot easier to encode directly from the source (i.e. the sources used to encode to the AVI files), and you'll get better quality.

[Capsbackup]

Thanks for the reply Sharktooth, Capsbackup: when you switch mode from auto 2-pass to 2pass 1st pass, if Turbo is checked, some options will be disabled AND some other will be not available. after encoding the first pass, when you switch to 2pass 2nd pass, you have to re-enable all the disabled options for the 2nd pass . It's not a recommended procedure... but you can re-download the megui presets, select what one you want to use and create two new ones with a different name (mayba append "1st pass" and "2nd pass" to the name or whatever...) but with the same options. after that, modify the 1st copy and select 2pass 1st pass, modify the 2nd copy and select 2pass 2nd pass. when you run the 1st pass, select the 1st pass preset... for the 2nd pass, obviously, select the 2nd pass preset.
I can't seem to enable the greyed-out options that are available with the Automated 2 Pass selection. I would just like to keep the exact same values that you have created for the x264 Standalone AVC-HD, with the option for a profile for 2pass, 1st pass, and then a second profile for 2pass, 2nd pass, like you mentioned. However once I change the automated 2pass selection to 2pass, 1st pass, the values/options that change cannot be changed back or are greyed-out. What am I doing wrong? How do I enable the options that are greyed-out once I change the "pass option"?

[Sharktooth]

in the first pass, if Turbo is enabled, those options will be disabled. it's normal.
ensure those options are enabled and set correctly in the sencond pass.

[Capsbackup]

Ok, i see. I was getting hung up on the 1st pass settings, thinking they needed to be the same as automated 2 pass were. I can make 2 pass, 2nd pass the same settings as automated 2 pass, just not the 2 pass, 1st pass settings. Thanks again Sharktooth, your profiles and efforts are much appreciated!!
Is the quality of the encode reduced by changing from the automated 2 pass method to this method?

[Sharktooth]

no. automated 2pass is just... automated... :)

[Capsbackup]

Thanks again Sharktooth. Good to know. Gives me much more flexible encode times.

[Sharktooth]

there is also one more option... and i think it is even better than creating those presets, etc...
you can use oneclick encoder or the autoencode function or whatever and prepare your jobs (even with auto 2pass presets...)
go to the Queue tab and right click on the jobs you dont want to run and select "change status -> postponed"...
then you can safely start your queue and obtain the same results without getting mad........ ;)

[saint-francis]

you cant. you must extract the subtitles and covert them in a suitable format for the container you're going to use, for example, TTXT (or srt since they will be automatically converted to TTXT) for MP4, srt, ass, etc for MKV, or keep them as an external file.

Why is this? I always extract the subtitles with the MeGUI VobSubber and then simply mux the vobsub format subtitles into the .mkv. Is there a problem with doing this? I have never encountered one.

[hydro]

i just tested with several option and still getting multipart openDML

Found this in the Ziova forums on generating non-multipart openDML:

Settings -> AVI file structure -> tick "use Open-DML output" -> tick "create legacy index", but put "2044" in the "RIFF-AVI" box instead of the default value (which is "1").

[Sharktooth]

Why is this? I always extract the subtitles with the MeGUI VobSubber and then simply mux the vobsub format subtitles into the .mkv. Is there a problem with doing this? I have never encountered one.
that's coz MKV supports vobsubs... MP4 does not...

[saint-francis]

that's coz MKV supports vobsubs... MP4 does not...

Right. Thanks for the clarification on your meaning.

[buzzqw]

mp4 support vobsub/idx, try with kurtnoise13 builds

BHH

[MrVideo]

The source is a 1080i DVB transport stream, that has been edited with VideoReDo, kept in a TS wrapper.

1) Start MeGUI (it is always up-to-date as I let it get the updates).
2) Do the Ctrl-R to open the dialog box.
3) Put in the name of the transport file.
4) The dialog box will pretty much always display that it is a PAL video. 'Fraid not. It never gets it right, when HD video is used (1080i or 720p). I ultimately always change it to 1:1.
5) The resize box always wants to do 640 x something. There is never a choice for 1280x720. I always have to manually deselect the checkbox on the right and enter 1280 and 720. For 1080i, can't 1280x720 be the default?

Where can I change the default setting for the resize boxes? Is an update that applies changes for this GUI going to wipe out a new default setting that I use (if I can change the default setting)?

[Sharktooth]

4) that does only matter for anamorphic encodes and for the suggested resolution. btw, when loading 1080 content, here it displays the correct AR (that's not 1:1 !!! but usually 1.77:1)
5) there's no possibility to upscale (it's useless and we will never add it). so you can enter a resolution up to the input file res.

[talen9]

4) that does only matter for anamorphic encodes and for the suggested resolution. btw, when loading 1080 content, here it displays the correct AR (that's not 1:1 !!! but usually 1.77:1)
5) there's no possibility to upscale (it's useless and we will never add it). so you can enter a resolution up to the input file res.

Well, if it recognizes it as a PAL input, the maximum resolution available for resize will not go over 720x576 ... but his input *is not* PAL, it is 1080(i/p), so I can see that he wants to be able to resize to a lesser resolution and he can't do it right now ...

[MrVideo]

4) that does only matter for anamorphic encodes and for the suggested resolution. btw, when loading 1080 content, here it displays the correct AR (that's not 1:1 !!! but usually 1.77:1)

I don't remember seeing 1.77:1 in the list. Can't check now as the computer is busy with a capture and I don't want to do something to cause it to drop aything of the captured stream. I'll look in an hour and report back.

5) there's no possibility to upscale (it's useless and we will never add it). so you can enter a resolution up to the input file res.

Um, you need to re-read the posting, even though you got it right with your response to #4. 1080i to 720p is not an upconvert. It would be a pretty good trick if it was. As a point of reference, I've done 480i 4:3 to 1080i 16:9 upconverts. Why? To take the clean closing credits on a 4:3 file and replace the crap network closing credits on a 1080i file. But I use Vegas Video for that. I use MeGUI to create H.264 720p MKV wrapped files.

So, my question 5 still stands. How do I get 1280x720p as a resize resolution and make it the default?

[MrVideo]

Well, if it recognizes it as a PAL input, the maximum resolution available for resize will not go over 720x576 ... but his input *is not* PAL, it is 1080(i/p), so I can see that he wants to be able to resize to a lesser resolution and he can't do it right now ...

Well, I can do 1280x720. I just have to uncheck the suggested resize checkbox and manually enter 1280 and 720 in the two boxes.

So, for 1080i input, it would be nice if the suggested resize would start at 1280x720. The user could then go down from there.

[Sharktooth]

i misunderstood #5. ill see what i can do.

edit: i just commited a code change so the default resize value is now equal to the original file resolution values.
if you want a custom resize by default create an avisynth preset.

[MrVideo]

edit: i just commited a code change so the default resize value is now equal to the original file resolution values.

OK, a 1080/59.94i file is detected as 16:9 PAL. 1,77:1 is not in the dropdown list. I just use 1:1 as whatever is chosen doesn't seem to matter, as pointed out, this isn't anamorphic.

1:1 isn't a good choice as the resize window is wrong.

Entering 1.77 at that point messed up the resize window, so, I quit and restarted. This time, the 1.77 was remembered. When I selected that, the resize window went to 1920x1072. Huh? It is 1920x1080.

Clicking down through the suggested values, I finally get to 1280x720.. It would have been faster to manually enter 1280x720, less keystrokes. Why so many unnatural video resize values?

Why are only PAL and NTSC anamorphic/4:3 values listed? Where is auto detection of 1080 HD and 720p HD (frame rate is unimportant)? Users don't just import standard definition video, HD video is very popular.

if you want a custom resize by default create an avisynth preset.

And how does one do that? The help button goes to a Wiki page that has zero help.

[Sharktooth]

the correct approximated AR is 1.778:1
btw, something is wrong coz here megui "auto-detects" it.
however there is still something wrong with "suggest resolution". probably cause 1080 is not mod 16.
ill check it tomorrow.

[MrVideo]

When one starts a job from the queue, there is a status dialog box that appears.

Try reading the numbers in the boxes. For all but one entry, all of the text is greyed out to the point that it is extremely difficult to read.

Can the grey text not be grey out, please?

I'd like to be able to actually read how much time is remaining in the job.

Thanks.

[MrVideo]

the correct approximated AR is 1.778:1

Only ever listed to two decimal places in the industry. Hard to narrow down if 1.77:1 or if 1.78:1 is becoming industry standard for the value. One could claim that 1.77777778:1 is even more approximate,

btw, something is wrong coz here megui "auto-detects" it.

Could I have some file that has not been updated somehow? In the AR list, the only values that have checkboxes next to them are the NTSC and PAL anamorphic and 4:3 possibilities and 1:1. There is no 1080 HD or 720 HD selection in the list. Is there a file I should look at that contains this info and see what the date timestamp is?

however there is still something wrong with "suggest resolution". probably cause 1080 is not mod 16.
ill check it tomorrow.

Ya, the 1080 is bastardized, in that it is really 1088 with a flag to say that it is 1080. I didn't discover it until recently, but the local NBC affiliate didn't have the flag set and the video was flagged as being 1920x1088. VRD doesn't like mixing 1088 and 1080 material, even though they are supposidly the same beast. They've since corrected it, but do not know when it was corrected.

[Sharktooth]

that happens when preprocessing the audio. megui cant know how much it will take so everything is grayed out.
after that megui will start correctly calculating all the stuff and it will display the info in a visible way.

[MrVideo]

that happens when preprocessing the audio. megui cant know how much it will take so everything is grayed out.
after that megui will start correctly calculating all the stuff and it will display the info in a visible way.

Huh? What audio? The job is to turn MPEG-2 MPV into H.264 MP4. There is no audio, zilch, none. Once it starts to settle down in the computation as to how much time is left, the text never turns black.

[Sharktooth]

screenshot plz

[MrVideo]

screenshot plz

Of what? The status dialog box or the not finding the 1080 file format, or both?

OK, here are the three images:

http://vidiot.com/meGUI-1.png
http://vidiot.com/meGUI-2.png
http://vidiot.com/meGUI-3.png

Number 1 shows the resolution selection and that it defaulted to PAL and what the complete pulldown list is.

Number 2 shows the status box during the first pass and number 3 during the second pass. All data boxes are greyed text, not black.

[Sharktooth]

interesting... none of the above happen here...
btw, ill investigate.

[MrVideo]

interesting... none of the above happen here...

My lot in life to find things that others don't see :p

btw, ill investigate.

Thanks.

Let me know if you need anything else. I'll be out for a few hours.

[xiulet]

hi all, first sorry for my english, but i try to explain.

I am using the megui short time and i like to know if is possible to encode serveral jobs(different videos) serially not in parallel. I see that the jobs are at the same time. If is possible one by one i don't know how do it.

thank you very much, adéu.

[saint-francis]

hi all, first sorry for my english, but i try to explain.

I am using the megui short time and i like to know if is possible to encode serveral jobs(different videos) serially not in parallel. I see that the jobs are at the same time. If is possible one by one i don't know how do it.

thank you very much, adéu.

I think what you mean is to run several processes at thed same time? If so then you can use the "worker" feature in MeGUI. It allows you to assign different jobs to different workers and the different workers will run simultaneously.

[MrVideo]

I think what you mean is to run several processes at thed same time? If so then you can use the "worker" feature in MeGUI. It allows you to assign different jobs to different workers and the different workers will run simultaneously.

While you could do that, I personally would not recommend it, unles you have a Cray.

If you start another job, at the same time, that also does encoding to H.264, the computer would get bogged down such that the total time to get it done would probably be longer than the sum of the two jobs in serial.

YMMV.

[xiulet]

I think what you mean is to run several processes at thed same time? If so then you can use the "worker" feature in MeGUI. It allows you to assign different jobs to different workers and the different workers will run simultaneously.

hi, no i mean the opposite, run different jobs but not simultaneously(parallel), sequentially: first one i next two(job)...in serial cue
using the worker.
That's form i might encode several videos at night in automatic mode as i am sleeping , i prefer don't encode videos simultaneously.

thanks, adéu.

[poisondeathray]

Operating sequentially is the default behaviour. Just close all the workers except for 1 and queue all the jobs up.

[xiulet]

Operating sequentially is the default behaviour. Just close all the workers except for 1 and queue all the jobs up.

yes i try but the jobs always start in parallel, yesterday i was encoding 2 films but i not was capable to use a serial encode :(
it started simultaneously. i have to create another worker for this? i am using the default megui cueue windows to encode.


p.d: i understand it, i have to create a worker and now seams it is making encode in serial, i was using de default cueue windows to encode, it probably was the wrong way.


thanks, adéu.

[Devils.Advocate]

Hey,

What kinda megui setting would you guys recommend if I wanted to rip a 2:15 hours DVD into a good quality 700MB rip? I have filtered the .avs n stuff. But I cant seem to figure out a video setting.
I also ripped the audio (NDAAC-HE-multichannel 128kbps) but Im not sure anymore whether it's a good choice. Maybe I should lower it?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[K.Shinichi]

Hello, hmmm when I encode using megui, the typesetting disappears before one second of the actual frame, if i set it on frame 5000 to disappear, it disappears on 4999 :\ why is that, and how could i fix it

[Sharktooth]

@Devils.Advocate: this is not a newbie help thread...

@K.Shinichi: what do you mean? what typesetting?

[K.Shinichi]

i'm talking about fansubbing
hmmm, the titer shows a second more or disappear before a second from the ending time

[Sharktooth]

more details are welcome

[carlo_0000]

hello

i sow some failed jobs in megui

i restart them but failed again

i notice that my antivirus block them

9/11/2008 19:28:08 Real-time file system protection file E:\bbcd hd\Duffy - Distant dreamer (live @ BBc One sessions) 2008 (aac5.1 HDTV).stats.temp probably a variant of VBS/TrojanDropper.Godog trojan cleaned by deleting - quarantined AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM Event occurred on a new file created by the application: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe.

i stoped the nood32 to finish the jobs

this is strange, nether hapend before

[Sharktooth]

every antivirus can detect false positives, nod32 included.
send the false positive files to the eset labs and they will fix nod with an update.

[seb37_2]

Hi (again^^)

It's possible to mux video .264 (encoding with megui) and audio (also encoding in megui) in a FLV contener ?

I have no problem in mp4 but some friends have problem with player swf and the mp4, and they have no problem with the same player and a flv video. I search everywhere but i know thats its not the player swf who cause problem (i try with the simply player of flash). So i think maeby it's a problem of "adobe flash player".

I would try anymway to contain the best encodage i could make (with megui) and mux in flv for see it's good. it's possible with megui ? or a kind of program like "mp4box" ?:thanks:

[Dark Shikari]

Hi (again^^)

It's possible to mux video .264 (encoding with megui) and audio (also encoding in megui) in a FLV contener ?

I have no problem in mp4 but some friends have problem with player swf and the mp4, and they have no problem with the same player and a flv video. I search everywhere but i know thats its not the player swf who cause problem (i try with the simply player of flash). So i think maeby it's a problem of "adobe flash player".Adobe themselves explicitly recommends against using H.264 in FLV, and says to use MP4 instead.

[seb37_2]

Ok thanks.
So i have some peoples who see onvp6 in FLV and not see H264 in mp4.
And forcely, i want that every people can see the video.
What can i do ? There is a solution ? I can ask to every body to have the last version of flash player... And i have read that adobe flahs player 9 can't read mp4 before the complete downloading... there is maybe a plugin for that ? To install in my server ?
(something like that ? http://renaun.com/blog/2007/08/22/234/ you know that ?)

[Atak_Snajpera]

And i have read that adobe flahs player 9 can't read mp4 before the complete downloading...
Who told you that???? So How come I can watch .mp4 from youtube (&fmt=18) in real time?!?!? :)

[RyaNJ]

OK guys, in need of a little help here. I'm encoding a DVD movie (originally from a camera that's about 2-3 years old so quality is pretty good). The problem is that I'm having some really bad blocking when it comes to the sky (specifically when the faint-white clouds move and vanish). My current deblocking settings are -3:0 and I'm using Sharktooth's High Detail Matrix. I've tired setting b-frame mode to none to see if that helped and it didn't - I've also tried setting No Fast P-Skip to true as that also turned up in a search but still doesn't seem to have a difference. Everything except the occasional sky problems appears pretty good.

The bit-rate is pretty good, at 1905 kb/sec and I'm encoding with MeGUI using the x264 encoder. Any help here would be appreciated!

Command line currently being used by MeGUI:

program --pass 2 --bitrate 1905 --stats ".stats" --ref 8 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2
--b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --deblock -3:0 --subme 8 --trellis 2 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8
--8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-input
--cqmfile "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\My Matrices\M4G-HighDetail-V3.1.cfg" --progress --no-psnr
--no-ssim --output "output" "input"

[seb37_2]

I certainly wrong. Sorry.
I search the source of my problem^^

But now it's even clear.

I have two files : one in Onvp6 FLV (bad encoding) and one in h264 in mp4 (very good thanks too megui)

- Every body can read the flv files (with a simple flash player)
- Not everybody can read the mp4 files (with same player)

The persons can't read : windows vista user with player adobe 9,0,28^^
And every person with adobe player 9,0,124, its ok for the two files.
So i try to find something to do with that... (change swf object, detection of flash player...) I really dont know^^

But thanks for your helping all.:thanks:

[Atak_Snajpera]

The persons can't read : windows vista user with player adobe 9,0,28^^
And every person with adobe player 9,0,124, its ok for the two files.
So i try to find something to do with that... (change swf object, detection of flash player...) I really dont know^^

But thanks for your helping all.
Hey man! Wake up and download Adobe Player 10

[poisondeathray]

OK guys, in need of a little help here. I'm encoding a DVD movie (originally from a camera that's about 2-3 years old so quality is pretty good). The problem is that I'm having some really bad blocking when it comes to the sky (specifically when the faint-white clouds move and vanish). My current deblocking settings are -3:0 and I'm using Sharktooth's High Detail Matrix. I've tired setting b-frame mode to none to see if that helped and it didn't - I've also tried setting No Fast P-Skip to true as that also turned up in a search but still doesn't seem to have a difference. Everything except the occasional sky problems appears pretty good.

The bit-rate is pretty good, at 1905 kb/sec and I'm encoding with MeGUI using the x264 encoder. Any help here would be appreciated!

Command line currently being used by MeGUI:

program --pass 2 --bitrate 1905 --stats ".stats" --ref 8 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2
--b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --deblock -3:0 --subme 8 --trellis 2 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8
--8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-input
--cqmfile "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\My Matrices\M4G-HighDetail-V3.1.cfg" --progress --no-psnr
--no-ssim --output "output" "input"


One option is to encode in zones (lower quant for that segment); another option is to try adjusting AQ higher instead of using CQM

[Sharktooth]

OK guys, in need of a little help here. I'm encoding a DVD movie (originally from a camera that's about 2-3 years old so quality is pretty good). The problem is that I'm having some really bad blocking when it comes to the sky (specifically when the faint-white clouds move and vanish). My current deblocking settings are -3:0 and I'm using Sharktooth's High Detail Matrix. I've tired setting b-frame mode to none to see if that helped and it didn't - I've also tried setting No Fast P-Skip to true as that also turned up in a search but still doesn't seem to have a difference. Everything except the occasional sky problems appears pretty good.

The bit-rate is pretty good, at 1905 kb/sec and I'm encoding with MeGUI using the x264 encoder. Any help here would be appreciated!

Command line currently being used by MeGUI:

program --pass 2 --bitrate 1905 --stats ".stats" --ref 8 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2
--b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --deblock -3:0 --subme 8 --trellis 2 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8
--8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-input
--cqmfile "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\My Matrices\M4G-HighDetail-V3.1.cfg" --progress --no-psnr
--no-ssim --output "output" "input"
1st, that matrix is not mine. drop it since AQ is enabled by default and results with custom matrices are unpredictable.
2nd, restore deblocking settings to the default (0:0) or a sane value.

[RyaNJ]

@poisondeathray: The first sounds complex as there are lots of separate places where this occurs. The second option sounds interesting though and I will give it a try. Thanks for the help.

@Sharktooth: Oops. Should have been *.mp4 guy not you. And I will try those too. Would the information given by poisondeathray still apply?

[Sharktooth]

read my above post too.

[RyaNJ]

read my above post too.

I did and I was in the middle of editing mine when you replied. I take it that changing the AQ would still work given your suggestions right?

[Sharktooth]

yes, but try with no CQM, default AQ and deblock settings first.

[RyaNJ]

yes, but try with no CQM, default AQ and deblock settings first.

Will do, cheers.

[RyaNJ]

After doing a couple of tests and looking at different versions of the encoded file, I cam up with a decent deblocking setting of -2:-1 and left the AQ at 1.0 (putting it up made things worse in some areas and not much better on the areas that were ok). Still not perfect but it is better than it was!

Any other suggestions that I can try?

[poisondeathray]

RyanNJ - you said you are "encoding a DVD movie". So I assume this is SD sized frame? ~2000kbps video bitrate should be ok, for that but for 1920x1080p sized frame it probably is not enough

How does the source material look? e.g. If you already have blocky/pixellation in the source, you might have to resort to filtering & processing rather than encoding settings - if so post a sample in the avisynth section

Did you try higher deblocking alpha/beta values (e.g. 2:2)? It tends to give a smoother result.

Zones isn't that hard to implement, it's setup easy to use in MeGUI. But if the problem is the source this won't help you. Also if you have many sections it might be easier just to raise the bitrate (assuming that is the problem in the first place, and not the source)

[RyaNJ]

The movie, as I have before said is from a camcorder from about 4 years ago. There are is no actual blocking in the sections (I checked a few times to be sure). I have not tried higher delocking settings but I'll try that next. Thanks!

[73ChargerFan]

I tried the "add pre-rendering job" but then get an error "no fourcc FFVH" source found.

I don't have ffdshow installed (mpc-hc can play it), and don't want to. Is there another way?

Thanks.

[Jawed]

When one starts a job from the queue, there is a status dialog box that appears.

Try reading the numbers in the boxes. For all but one entry, all of the text is greyed out to the point that it is extremely difficult to read.

Can the grey text not be grey out, please?

I'd like to be able to actually read how much time is remaining in the job.

Thanks.
I get the same.

I've always assumed whoever programmed the form chose to use the "locked" property on these controls, i.e. making them un-editable by the user (that's me guessing by calling it locked - in the app programming I've done that's the property I'd use to get the same effect - not that it's an effect I would choose for this scenario).

Jawed

[Sharktooth]

guys... calibrate your monitors... it's not difficult to read at all.

[Jawed]

My monitor calibration is better than excellent, thanks.

Jawed

[Kurtnoise]

you use a xp/vista special theme or something ?

[Jawed]

http://www.cupidity.f9.co.uk/MeGUIShitTextContrast.png

Jawed

[Sharktooth]

if your monitor calibration is excellent why i can see it even in your screenshot?
... i repeat myself ... calibrate your monitor/LCD panel/whatever ...
and maybe, enable ClearType...
http://www.webalice.it/f.corriga/temp/cleartype.png

[Jawed]

if your monitor calibration is excellent why i can see it even in your screenshot?
... i repeat myself ... calibrate your monitor/LCD panel/whatever ...
and maybe, enable ClearType...
Why is the text in the boxes grey instead of black?

Why are the controls showing the appearance of user-editable controls that have had editing disabled?

This progress data on this form has no reason to ever be user-editable. So the type of control used for this data is wrong. To compound this error by reducing the contrast of the text, something in Windows that is normally done to indicate the irrelevance of the data, is just incompetence.

Jawed

[Kurtnoise]

well, that can be tweaked as well I think...but I'm fully agree with Sharktooth here.

[Kurtnoise]

Compare Time Elapsed/Time Remaining with this build (http://www.mediafire.com/?zmhihkmtzoy)...Is it better ?

[Jawed]

Compare Time Elapsed/Time Remaining with this build (http://www.mediafire.com/?zmhihkmtzoy)...Is it better ?
Only Time Remaining appears changed, here, with a white background to the control and no other change.

The type of control is wrong. It should not have any border or appear sculpted (as it does for me - that's merely a global UI preference setting in Windows).

Looking here:

http://megui.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/megui/megui/trunk/core/gui/ProgressWindow.cs?revision=817&view=markup

every instance of "TextBox" should be "Label". Textboxes are user-editable controls.

Looking at line 235 I see ".Enabled = false;" applied to the fps textbox, which I expect is what makes this non-user-editable, and at the same time makes it show as low-contrast text. When the controls are changed to labels setting this property becomes superfluous.

Setting the contents, e.g. line 421, should stay the same if you change the type of control to Label. Fingers crossed :p

Jawed

[ThrottleAbuse]

Can someone help me with this issue. I used MeGUI to encode a AVC video file to the standard-HD-DVD profile. It should have an aspect ratio of 16/9 instead it shows an aspect ratio of 2.35 When I try to put this file into MF6 to make a HD-DVD it thinks the aspect ratio is 4:3 and tries to encode it again. I will put the same AVS script in and start the encode again in MeGUI and it will work fine. The mediainfo file below shows the file MeGUI kicks out when I have this issue. Any ideas on how to prevent this from happening? It seems to happen at random. I wish there was a way to change the header because if this happens I have to start from the beginning. Thanks

General
Complete name : G:\SAMPLEMOVIE.264
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
File size : 7.22 GiB

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Bit rate : 8 529 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.172
Writing library : x264 core 65 r1028M 83baa7f
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=2 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=14 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=8529 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.50 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=24000 / vbv_bufsize=14475 / ip_ratio=1.10 / pb_ratio=1.10 / aq=1:1.00

[Kurtnoise]

The type of control is wrong. It should not have any border or appear sculpted (as it does for me - that's merely a global UI preference setting in Windows).

Looking here:

http://megui.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/megui/megui/trunk/core/gui/ProgressWindow.cs?revision=817&view=markup

every instance of "TextBox" should be "Label".
you can't unless to change the component itself...and the control is not wrong. It's just disabled.

[lithiumus]

I recently installed a fresh copy of MEgui, avisynth 2.5, etc. I did all the updates but I noticed that the new copy was not detecting "wrong colorspace". I have another computer with Megui which is fully updated and on an MPG2 video file that I attempt to encode with the long runner Megui install it detects the "wrong colorspace" and asks to correct it with ConvertToYV12().

My fresh copy of Megui does not detect or ask to correct with ConvertToYV12(). How do I enable this detection with my fresh copy of MEgui or where should I look to correct this? Thanks in advance!

[Sharktooth]

what mpeg2 file? usually mpeg2 files colorspace is already YV12...
also what makes you think megui doesnt "detect" when to add ConvertToYV12()?

[elguaxo]

what mpeg2 file? usually mpeg2 files colorspace is already YV12...
also what makes you think megui doesnt "detect" when to add ConvertToYV12()?

I get the error when using FFmpegSource even if I add ConvertToYV12() when needed: http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1157503&postcount=2483

[Sharktooth]

before reporting bugs, ensure you're using the latest version. 0.3.0.1015 is way outdated...

[lithiumus]

what mpeg2 file? usually mpeg2 files colorspace is already YV12...
also what makes you think megui doesnt "detect" when to add ConvertToYV12()?

The MPG2 file was an Extras clip from one of my Blu-rays that I was testing some encoding with and one instance of Megui on PC#1 (been running for months) popped up a "wrong Colorspace" error when I clicked on enqueue so I said "yes" to convert and Megui added "ConvertToYV12()" to the avs script.

I took the same clip and trasferred it to PC#2 where I have a fresh newly installed copy (both were 3009 this weekend) but when I clicked on enqueue, that copy of Megui did not detect a Colorspace error and did not add "ConvertToYV12()" in the avc script.

If what you are saying is correct in that MPEG2 files do not need to be converted to YV12 since they already are, is there a problem with my "older" copy of Megui? Where should I begin to look and troubleshoot?

[Sharktooth]

that's probably cause of the decoder on your PC#1. the decoder outputs to a different colorspace (maybe it's ffdshow set to RGB32 or something?) and megui reacts telling you to add a ConvertToYV12() to the avs.
probably you can fix it checking the decoder options and set the output correctly.

[73ChargerFan]

I tried the "add pre-rendering job" but then get an error "no fourcc FFVH" source found.
I installed ffdshow-tryouts, and added a note to the mewiki (http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/Glossary#Pre-rendering_job) about it.

[lithiumus]

that's probably cause of the decoder on your PC#1. the decoder outputs to a different colorspace (maybe it's ffdshow set to RGB32 or something?) and megui reacts telling you to add a ConvertToYV12() to the avs.
probably you can fix it checking the decoder options and set the output correctly.

That makes perfect sense. Though I can't see a difference in the settings, that is the only delta between PC#1 and PC#2 so I'll update PC#1's filters. Thanks for the tip.

[lithiumus]

That makes perfect sense. Though I can't see a difference in the settings, that is the only delta between PC#1 and PC#2 so I'll update PC#1's filters. Thanks for the tip.

Found it. PC#1 had MPEG2 codec disabled so it must have been using the system default and it outputing RGB I guess. I enabled it and all is good! Thanks again.

[sapsa]

I encoded about 20 avi files from FRAPS, and one problem was:
When megui was trying to encode avi to h264 he made stat.temp file and when he put data there and try to rename it to .stat NOD32 pop up with invection:
"s t a t s . t e m p H T M L / T r o j a n D o w n l o a d e r . A g e n t . N A G t r o j a n "
I was forced to disable it for that time, any future solution for this?

[Sharktooth]

it's a NOD32 problem. contact the customer support and report the problem.
we cant do anything about that (and btw it's not related to megui in any way - maybe x264...)

[MrVideo]

if your monitor calibration is excellent why i can see it even in your screenshot?
... i repeat myself ... calibrate your monitor/LCD panel/whatever ...
and maybe, enable ClearType...

I am going to be blunt: that is just plain arrogant.

You can't calibrate a monitor and make grey text turn dark/black without totally screwing up the image on the screen.

The text is grey. It is wrong. It should be black, just like the text description on the left, as pointed out in followup replies to this particular posting.

What have you got against fixing the problem?

And yes, we can "see" the text, but can it be seen easily? No!!!

[MrVideo]

What is the latest on the detection of 16:9 HD video being detected as 16:9 HD video?

1080i video is still be detected as PAL. 1.778 (industry standard is 1.78) is not in the dropdown list.

If I manually set it to 1.778, the next 1080i that I bring in, during the same session, will result in it still being detected as PAL, but the dropdown list now has TWO 1.778 entries in the list.

[Lilien]

MEGui is no longer working for me. :confused:
If I start the encoding process (XVID or x264, this does not matter)
it is immediately finished with the status "error" (in the first pass),
but there is no further helpful information in the logfile.

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.3010
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.3053)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel Pentium III Xeon-Prozessor
-[Information] Log for job1 (video, Test.avs -> )
--[Information] [19.11.2008 15:39:07] Started handling job
--[Information] [19.11.2008 15:39:07] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Programme\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "D:\Test.avs" -pass1 "D:\Test.stats" -bitrate 1000 -kboost 100 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -overhead 0 -turbo -max_key_interval 250 -nopacked -closed_gop -lumimasking -notrellis -imin 1 -pmin 1 -max_bframes 1 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 1 -par 16:11 -threads 1
--[Information] [19.11.2008 15:39:08] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [19.11.2008 15:39:08] Job completed


The .avs preview is working fine, so I do not think it is an error
with the input .avs file. I had a look with Filemon on the program,
but there seems to be no problem with loading files or .dll.

Any help would be grateful appreciated!

[ThrottleAbuse]

Can anyone help me with my question from post #3271? Do you need more info on what settings I was using or how the problem is coming up? Should I be asking this in another thread? Here is a little more info on the process I have been using. I first use AviSynth Script creator. When the window pops up I unclick resize and save the AVS Script. After I do that I sometime have to open the AVS Script in notepad and add borders so the file is 1920:1080. I then save that in notepad then select the standard-HD-DVD profile and then click enquene. A box pops up and warns that my Avisynth Clip does not have mod16 dimensions and is width: 1920 height:1080. This warning comes up no matter what even if the final file comes out with the aspect ratio of 16/9. Is there some setting in the AviSynth Script creator I am missing that will make life easier. Should I be clicking on the new mod10 suggestion box in the script creator? Thanks for any help.

[poisondeathray]

Can anyone help me with my question from post #3271? Do you need more info on what settings I was using or how the problem is coming up? Should I be asking this in another thread? Here is a little more info on the process I have been using. I first use AviSynth Script creator. When the window pops up I unclick resize and save the AVS Script. After I do that I sometime have to open the AVS Script in notepad and add borders so the file is 1920:1080. I then save that in notepad then select the standard-HD-DVD profile and then click enquene. A box pops up and warns that my Avisynth Clip does not have mod16 dimensions and is width: 1920 height:1080. This warning comes up no matter what even if the final file comes out with the aspect ratio of 16/9. Is there some setting in the AviSynth Script creator I am missing that will make life easier. Should I be clicking on the new mod10 suggestion box in the script creator? Thanks for any help.

One option (if you don't want to spend hours encoding it again) is to specify the DAR in the .mkv container using mkvmergegui

If you do a manual script (ie. not using script creator) and don't use MeGUI_darx = X, MeGUI_dary = Y in the script or --sar x:y , it will assume 1:1 square pixels so DAR = frame aspect ratio. In the case of a 1920x1080 frame, that will be exactly 1920/1080 = 1.778. If you use mod16 resolutions, it will be off a bit because 1088 instead of 1080

[ThrottleAbuse]

Thanks for the ideas poisendeathray. I am outputting the file in RAWAVC so either I am not following what you are saying or you misunderstood what I am trying to do. I need to have the output file show an aspect ratio of 16/9 because I am putting it into MF6 to burn into a HD DVD.

[poisondeathray]

Thanks for the ideas poisendeathray. I am outputting the file in RAWAVC so either I am not following what you are saying or you misunderstood what I am trying to do. I need to have the output file show an aspect ratio of 16/9 because I am putting it into MF6 to burn into a HD DVD.

ok so the output is raw avc so you can use that as input? forget the mkvmerge trick then :)

what is mf6?

Display Aspect Ratio = Frame Aspect Ratio x Pixel Aspect Ratio
(Conceptually in MeGUI, pixel aspect ratio is the same thing as sample aspect ratio is the same thing as --sar x:y)

16/9 = 1920/1080 x 1/1

So according to your other post , your output is DAR 2.35? Can you clarify your source format/input? Why are you encoding something to AVC only to encode to VC1 later ?

Assuming your source was your input is 16/9, 1920x1080, no borders, All you have to do is use a manual script uncropped, no --sar, no DAR_X etc.... You don't need to use mod16 (1088) if you don't want to

[ThrottleAbuse]

MF6= Movie Factory 6

The thing is sometimes the file that is outputted is fine and has the correct display aspect ratio showing of 16/9. Other times is shows 2.35 or whatever the original file aspect ratio was. It is as if when I encode it to the new profile that it doesn't change the aspect ratio value/flag (not sure on what to call it) even though the video is now a showing 1920x1080 in the width and height. I may be off here as I am new to alot of this, but it seems as if the header has the original value in it instead of the value from the new encode. Like I said before it happens at random. I will encode 4 or 5 files then all the sudden this happens.

Here is the mediainfo from the source file.

General
Complete name : C:\SAMPLE.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 7.93 GiB
Duration : 1h 46mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 10.6 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 14.8 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-11-06 06:41:08.781

Video
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L3
Codec ID : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile
Duration : 1h 46mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 9 805 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 804 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.265
Language : en-us

Audio
Format : WMA3
Format profile : M2
Codec ID : 162
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio 3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 10 Professional - 768 kbps, 48 kHz, 5.1 channel 24 bit 1-pass CBR
Duration : 1h 46mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels

[vkarthik]

I found some references to my problem in some threads here, but the solutions didn't really help me. This is my first post here, and I'm hoping you guys will solve it in no time.

I was using megui for mp4 encoding successfully. Wanted to try ripbot, so installed all that it needed. After that, megui had a number of issues. So I removed everything, installed megui, avisynth and nero aac enc afresh. But this didn't seem to solve the last problem I encountered. The error I can't seem to get rid of is -

--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\Media Tools\MeGUI\tools\neroaacenc\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if - -of "M:\Movies\Carlitos Way\VTS_01_PGC_01_1 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.m4a"
--[Information] [11/20/2008 7:13:27 PM] Encoder process started
--[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
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero AAC Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2008 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Sep 17 2008 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.3.3.0 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stdout: ERROR: could not open AAC encoder



Could someone figure out what is wrong and help me get back to my old encoding routine, please? :confused:

[poisondeathray]

Throttle, I'm not sure if I'm understanding you correctly

In your example, your source has a 1920x804 frame size which is roughly 2.39 DAR

So if you wanted a full frame (i.e. 1920x1080) to import into your application to make a HDDVD, you would to add borders to preserve the original aspect ratio, otherwise it will be distorted.

AddBorders(0,138,0,138)

because (1080-840)/2 = 138 pixels to the top and bottom

[LigH]

A user in the german board has issues with MeGUI: The 1st pass for x264 runs, but instead of calling the 2nd pass it just shows an application error (and that the application must be closed).

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.3010
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium SP1 (6.0.65536.6001)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.1434)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz
-[Information] Log for job1 (video, Erementar Gerad Bessere Version.avs -> )
--[Information] [20.11.2008 21:27:29] Started handling job
--[Information] [20.11.2008 21:27:29] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "D:\Megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 1000 --stats "D:\Erementar Gerad Bessere Version.stats" --level 4.1 --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2 --direct auto --deblock 1:1 --subme 2 --partitions none --vbv-bufsize 50000 --vbv-maxrate 50000 --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --aq-mode 0 --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "D:\Erementar Gerad Bessere Version.avs"
--[Information] [20.11.2008 21:27:30] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avis [info]: 1280x800 @ 23.98 fps (814 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 PHADD SSE4.1 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.1
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:11 Avg QP:26.36 size: 15598
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:367 Avg QP:27.35 size: 9173
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice B:436 Avg QP:29.33 size: 1200
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 7.6% 46.1% 41.8% 4.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 78.2% 0.0% 21.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 26.0% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 22.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:51.9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% direct: 2.7% skip:88.7% L0:44.2% L1:48.5% BI: 7.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 27.16
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:90.1% temporal:9.9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:957.0
---[NoImage] encoded 814 frames, 13.39 fps, 957.22 kb/s
--[Information] [20.11.2008 21:30:33] Job completed

The log looks almost like a second pass was never even tried. Could it be a timing issue between processes on a Quad-Core CPU?

Thread in the german doom9/Gleitz board (http://forum.gleitz.info/showthread.php?t=38879)

[ankurs]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2nroa6c.jpg

help anyone ?

i had different versions of dgdecode.dll lying around on the hdd , searched , removed all the dll's , downloaded neuron's latest dgindex build , placed in megui , gknot , hc etc (w.e needed it ) , placed the dgdecode.dll in the plugins directory , made d2v all over again , now i only have the same and ONE version of dgindex on my grid , still the same error ?

this happens when i try loading the the d2v in megui to script it ..


and yeah the d2v opens and works all fine in vdub(loaded through a script manually ) and gknot ..

[ankurs]

^

anyone ?

[Sharktooth]

@ankurs: open the avs in a media player and look at the error.

@ligh: i've updated x264 to a newer build. see if it still happens.

@vkarthik: ensure megui (and nero encoder) can WRITE to the output folder.

@Lilien: try reinstalling megui from scratch (uninstall and reinstall).

@MrVideo: i dont know why you have problems with HD videos but sincerely, i dont understand why you care about AR when you dont need to singnal the AR or use 1:1...

[LigH]

Seems that "a heap of DLLs in the plugins directory" is a quite probable reason for the reported crashing. But I will tell about it. Thanks, Sharktooth...

[ankurs]

@ankurs: open the avs in a media player and look at the error.

@ligh: i've updated x264 to a newer build. see if it still happens.

@vkarthik: ensure megui (and nero encoder) can WRITE to the output folder.

@Lilien: try reinstalling megui from scratch (uninstall and reinstall).

@MrVideo: i dont know why you have problems with HD videos but sincerely, i dont understand why you care about AR when you dont need to singnal the AR or use 1:1...

well the d2v loads all fine in gknot , in megui same error .. when i open the script in media player it works all fine , all im doing in the script is just loading the d2v , thats it .

any help ?

[vkarthik]

@vkarthik: ensure megui (and nero encoder) can WRITE to the output folder.


Yes they can. I just tried to encoder a TV show DVD and it converted fine to 264 and aac. I'm not sure what is special with the other movie.

[ThrottleAbuse]

Throttle, I'm not sure if I'm understanding you correctly

In your example, your source has a 1920x804 frame size which is roughly 2.39 DAR

So if you wanted a full frame (i.e. 1920x1080) to import into your application to make a HDDVD, you would to add borders to preserve the original aspect ratio, otherwise it will be distorted.

AddBorders(0,138,0,138)

because (1080-840)/2 = 138 pixels to the top and bottom

That is what I have been doing. And that seems to work fine except the flag for the aspect ratio stays at the original 2.35 instead of saying 16/9 which is what MF6 needs to make the HDDVD_TS folders. I thought it may be a problem with MeGUI or with the standard-HD-DVD profile.

[poisondeathray]

That is what I have been doing. And that seems to work fine except the flag for the aspect ratio stays at the original 2.35 instead of saying 16/9 which is what MF6 needs to make the HDDVD_TS folders. I thought it may be a problem with MeGUI or with the standard-HD-DVD profile.


Perhaps you could open your raw avc stream (the one with the borders added) in h264info and change that information to 16/9, then import into MF6? I think this should "re-write" that information (but not re-encode)

[ThrottleAbuse]

I have tried to do that with h264info. If I set the aspect ratio to 16/9 on that 2.35 file it ends up flagged as 3.25 or something crazy which won't work. I wish I could figure this out as over last night and today I did to encodes that ended up with the wrong aspect ratio. SUCKS.

[poisondeathray]

I have tried to do that with h264info. If I set the aspect ratio to 16/9 on that 2.35 file it ends up flagged as 3.25 or something crazy which won't work. I wish I could figure this out as over last night and today I did to encodes that ended up with the wrong aspect ratio. SUCKS.

There shouldn't be any flags or aspect ratio weirdness if you don't use the avisynth creator, or --sar.

I tested a sample 1920x800, added borders, used the same encoding "standalone HD-DVD" profile in MeGUI. Using a stream analyser on a raw output it was 30x17(1:1) which is identical to retail blu-ray's. Unless there is something up with the HD-DVD spec that is different than blu-ray (in regards to aspect ratio)?

Perhaps something is up with your MF6 software? or settings?

Also, do your wmv input files have square pixels? That would skew the calculation, because all blu-ray / hd-dvd is 1:1 (I think). You would have to compensate for this, because avisynth assumes 1:1

Also, consider testing on a shorter clip instead of the full length of the movie (just use Trim(0,100) in avisynth for the 1st 100 frames), so you don't waste hours of encoding on each "test run"

[ThrottleAbuse]

I don't follow you on not using avisynth creator. If I look in MeGUI at the x264 configuration it doesn't have --sar anywhere in the settings. The thing is the encoded clip comes out with the proper aspect ratio of 1920:1080 its just the flag that needs to say 16/9 will say 2.35 or whatever the original file was even though it added boarders. Like I said before I can create a AVS script and run and encode and not have it work then use the exact same AVS script and all the same settings and run it again and it will show up flagged correctly. Absolutely no changes and it will show up with the correct flag of 16/9. That is what is so frustrating.

[poisondeathray]

I don't follow you on not using avisynth creator. If I look in MeGUI at the x264 configuration it doesn't have --sar anywhere in the settings. The thing is the encoded clip comes out with the proper aspect ratio of 1920:1080 its just the flag that needs to say 16/9 will say 2.35 or whatever the original file was even though it added boarders. Like I said before I can create a AVS script and run and encode and not have it work then use the exact same AVS script and all the same settings and run it again and it will show up flagged correctly. Absolutely no changes and it will show up with the correct flag of 16/9. That is what is so frustrating.

The problem with avisynth creator is that you have to uncheckmark all the default options like resize, anamorphic, etc... otherwise it sends the info through. If you manually did a script you avoid all this completely, so it's 1 less thing to worry about

The --sar is not in the gui, it's what you add in the extra command line for the pixel aspect ratio. If you didn't enter it, or did not use MeGUI Dar_X, Dar_Y in the avs script, you should be fine.

The only other suggestion I have is determine what is different between input files that work vs. ones that don't work, because if you used the same MeGUI procedure as you claimed, then that is the only thing that is different. The only thing that comes to my mind is the non-square pixel input I mentioned earlier (avisynth assumes 1:1), and you didn't compensate for it.

[Nightshiver]

Sharky, I'm having that problem I had last month. Mencoder is crashing, again. I'm going to try a different version. Again.

Edit1: The newest version doesn't work. As a side note, why is it only me who is having this problem with mencoder?
Edit2: build 27305 doesn't work. This is stupid....

[ankurs]

still no help people ?

relating to this post : http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1215502&postcount=3295

[buzzqw]

check if you have a dgdecode.dll in c:\program files\avisynth25\plugins

.. better.. search all your hard drives for DGDecode.dll and remove ALL

then use the only one bundled/downloaded by megui

BHH

P.S remember to rebuild the d2v project

[jamos]

I know this is not a Megui question perse, but thought maybe here someone who messes with megui has the answer.

Have a fresh install of Vista Ultimate 64 sp1 with all patches. Installed Megui with all defaults. Of course AVC files load fine in preview from my AVS scripts, but when loading VC-1 mt2s files with AVS scripts I get a timeout error when waiting for graph in avsynth. I am assuming that the default directshow cannot load VC-1 files. So I installed new beta builds of FFDshow and then check the VC1 option on installation. Now the video will load when loading the AVS script but its distorted. So I uninstalled FFDshow and installed MKVsplitter (Haali) latest version, which now loads the VC-1 video fine but when loading a AVC video the AVC video is distorted! Has anyone had luck getting a fliter that loads and works both AVC and VC-1 video files with Vista 64? P.S. using XP 32 bit and MKVsplitter I can load both types and run them no problem but the speed is more than half as slow.

Thanks

[poisondeathray]

I know this is not a Megui question perse, but thought maybe here someone who messes with megui has the answer.

Have a fresh install of Vista Ultimate 64 sp1 with all patches. Installed Megui with all defaults. Of course AVC files load fine in preview from my AVS scripts, but when loading VC-1 mt2s files with AVS scripts I get a timeout error when waiting for graph in avsynth. I am assuming that the default directshow cannot load VC-1 files. So I installed new beta builds of FFDshow and then check the VC1 option on installation. Now the video will load when loading the AVS script but its distorted. So I uninstalled FFDshow and installed MKVsplitter (Haali) latest version, which now loads the VC-1 video fine but when loading a AVC video the AVC video is distorted! Has anyone had luck getting a fliter that loads and works both AVC and VC-1 video files with Vista 64? P.S. using XP 32 bit and MKVsplitter I can load both types and run them no problem but the speed is more than half as slow.

Thanks

I'm on XP, but I experienced distortion this with certain ffdshow builds using different libavcodec versions. I use WMV Decoder DMO to decode VC-1 content now, it has fewer problems decoding VC-1 in my experience. If your decode is foobar, then the encode will be similarly corrupted. It comes with WMP11 or Windows Media Format SDK 11 if you don't want to install WMP11. You can change the merit of the decoder in graphstudio.

Assuming your playback material is OK, sometimes switching containers "fixes" the corruption. I've experienced both cases where either .mp4 or .mkv had corruption issues on playback , but for some reason muxing into the other container or .m2ts or .ts fixed it.

[jamos]

I'm on XP, but I experienced distortion this with certain ffdshow builds using different libavcodec versions. I use WMV Decoder DMO to decode VC-1 content now, it has fewer problems decoding VC-1 in my experience. If your decode is foobar, then the encode will be similarly corrupted. It comes with WMP11 or Windows Media Format SDK 11 if you don't want to install WMP11. You can change the merit of the decoder in graphstudio.

Assuming your playback material is OK, sometimes switching containers "fixes" the corruption. I've experienced both cases where either .mp4 or .mkv had corruption issues on playback , but for some reason muxing into the other container or .m2ts or .ts fixed it.


thanks for the reply. I do have WMP11 installed (comes with Vista xp1) do i need the sdk also? because stock MEGUI install will not even decode VC-1 files in Vista 64 (graph never opens). Would love to get this right without having to mess with builds of ffdshow. I have tried switching containers but they are all the same corruption (ie used tsmuxer to change from m2ts to ts etc.)

thanks

Also am not using mkv files these are m2ts files direct from good BD VC-1 sources.

My work around for now is if i need to reencode a VC-1 source I install MKVsplitter, then uninstall it after I am done for the more common AVC sources.

In general what I am doing is taking 1080p sources and reencoding them to 720p AVC-HD using megui and tsmuxer.

Edit: I have found the CCCP 2008-09-21 Codec pack fixed my issue now I can load both AVC and VC-1 sources (as well as MKV) with no issues in Vista 64. Now to get the 64 bit version of Avsynth and the 64 multithread version of x264 working is my next project.

[73ChargerFan]

I installed AviSynth_080912.exe which seems to have deleted (?) the plug-ins needed to run MeGUI.

MeGUI has the correct path to "C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins", which has only 4 files in it.

I'm still getting errors, and "Force (re)install" doesn't put any files in the plugins directory.

Can the install be repaired?

Edit:
"Force (re)install" downloaded new zip files to the update cache directory, so I sorted by date and unzipped 13 new files to the plugins directory, and things seem okay now.

Shouldn't reinstall have unzipped them, or the update function could have known files were missing?

[Sharktooth]

the problem is avisynth 2.58 is not supported yet.

[Nightshiver]

Well, I finally found a fix. mencoder version 27743 works.

[jamos]

the problem is avisynth 2.58 is not supported yet.

I am using 2.58 with megui and have no issues, so i am not sure what Chargerfan is doing wrong as my plugin dir for 2.58 has all the files 2.57 had. chargerfan you installing 2.58 from here http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57023&package_id=105994&release_id=625750 ? Best way to install megui clean is uninstall avisynth and megui and make sure the directories are deleted. then install avisynth, then install megui again. if you have other codecs messing you up use http://www.cccp-project.net/download.php?type=cccpi the insurgent to tell you what you have and then uninstall those..could be your avisynth install is not in the right place or in many places.

[73ChargerFan]

MeGUI is working fine for me now, doing mpeg2->x264 & ac3->nero aac transcoding.

I'm using the latest development build of Avisynth 2.58 & ffdshow-tryouts nightly 11-14-2008.

mpeg2 720x480 16/9 , x264/mp4 target always seems to set the AR to 1.5 ??? I fix by muxing in mkvmerge.

jamos - I wanted to try out the latest ripbot264, but it said I didn't have avisynth installed so I grabbed the latest from sourceforge.

[citanuL]

Is there any way, possibly in MeGUI's "Custom command line", to set "Zone Options" type settings as featured in XviD encoder GUI ?

[stony8]

can anyone help me on this one? I have no idea what went wrong....

thanks

---------------------------
Fatal error
---------------------------
MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Value cannot be null.

Parameter name: path1 Source of exception: mscorlib stacktrace: at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)

at MeGUI.OneClickPostProcessor.fillInAudioInformation()

at MeGUI.OneClickPostProcessor.postprocess()

at MeGUI.OneClickPostProcessor.postprocess(MainForm mainForm, Job job)

at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.postprocessJob(Job job)

at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.<>c__DisplayClass8.<UpdateGUIStatus>b__5()

at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)

at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)

at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

[Sharktooth]

@citanuL: zones options are available in the main form. otherwise you can specify the needed encoder switches/options in the custom commandline box.

@stony8: you didnt specify the audio input.

[stony8]

@stony8: you didnt specify the audio input.

ehm, I used the oneclick encoder, and there was audio input

however, I fiddled around with the avs. I deleted the <crop> from the avisynth template (avisynth configuration dialog) some time ago. moved it back again, and it worked.

strange, as I cant relate this to audio.


other issue I found: I have ripped a DVD where automatic interlace detection fails. when "automatic deinterlacing" is checked in oneclick encoder advanced config, it will also generate a fatal error.
solution: uncheck! but not a ehhh userfriendly way of telling there something wrong with the rip :)

[Sharktooth]

yeah.. definatly an unhandled exception.
please report the bug in the megui bugtracker on sourceforge.

[Richardw322]

I hope someone can help me here, I am a noob when it comes to this stuff. I can transcode MPEG to MKV/x264 with no problem, but I want to try AVI to MKV/x264, and I am having trouble getting started. Do I need to demux the file first? If so, with what? I tried without demuxing and MEGUI doesn't want to transcode the sound (MP3) to AC3. It just errors out. I just need a push to get started.

BTW, as for why I would do this, to learn. I learn best by doing something.

[~bT~]

I hope someone can help me here, I am a noob when it comes to this stuff. I can transcode MPEG to MKV/x264 with no problem, but I want to try AVI to MKV/x264, and I am having trouble getting started. Do I need to demux the file first? If so, with what? I tried without demuxing and MEGUI doesn't want to transcode the sound (MP3) to AC3. It just errors out. I just need a push to get started.

BTW, as for why I would do this, to learn. I learn best by doing something.

try ripbot264 for that kind of encoding.

[Sharktooth]

richard, what are the steps or procedure you did to import the avi file?
usually you can open the avi file in the avs creator, remove the audio=false in the avisource filter and feed the avs to both video and audio input and re-encode to whatever format you want.

[Richardw322]

richard, what are the steps or procedure you did to import the avi file?
usually you can open the avi file in the avs creator, remove the audio=false in the avisource filter and feed the avs to both video and audio input and re-encode to whatever format you want.

That is the step I was missing!! Thank you Sharktooth, I left the audio=false step out. No wonder it threw an error!! I am an idiot (as a friend likes to tell me). Can I do that at the same time and enque both together? Reason I ask is, in the guide I have been using they are 2 separate steps.

I guess it's not that simple. I removed the line and tried to reencode just the audio. (I didn't want to wait for the video to reencode to check the audio.) Now I get an error message "No Compatible ACM codec to decode 0X2000 audio stream to PCM. The audio is AC35.1, and it plays fine in both WMP and MPC-HC.

[NiGHTsC]

Anyne has an idea why my video is few seconds faster than the audio and the subtitle?
original video is a VOB and when I encode it into a MP4 using MeGUI, the video is always few seconds faster.
Maybe there's some delay info in the VOB file and MeGUI isn't able to read?
I've also tried lmx264GUI from LeiMing and same thing happent.

This is the VOB and MP4 files.
http://nightsc.googlepages.com/DVD2_09.vob
http://nightsc2.googlepages.com/DVD2_09.mp4

and the profile I used in lmx264GUI

@x264.exe --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --cqm flat --no-fast-pskip --mixed-refs --scenecut 40 -I 250 -i 25 --sar 1:1 --threads auto --nr 0 -f 0:0 -b 2 --direct "temporal" --bime --b-adapt 1 --b-bias 0 --b-pyramid -w --deadzone-inter 21 --deadzone-intra 11 --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --chroma-qp-offset 0 --direct-8x8 1 --psy-rd 1.0:0.0 -p 1 --stats "I:\lmx264gui-20080925\bin\stats\DVD1_01.vob.stat" -B 2000 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --qpstep 4 --qcomp 0.600000 --ipratio 1.400000 --pbratio 1.300000 -A none -r 1 -m 1 --me dia --ratetol 1.000000 --vbv-init 0.9 -o nul "I:\lmx264gui-20080925\bin\avs\DVD1_01.vob.avs" 2>&1|lputs.exe "I:\lmx264gui-20080925\bin\log\DVD1_01.vob.txt"
@x264.exe --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --cqm flat --no-fast-pskip --mixed-refs --scenecut 40 -I 250 -i 25 --sar 1:1 --threads auto --nr 0 -f 0:0 -b 2 --direct "temporal" --bime --b-adapt 1 --b-bias 0 --b-pyramid -w --deadzone-inter 21 --deadzone-intra 11 --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --chroma-qp-offset 0 --direct-8x8 1 --psy-rd 1.0:0.0 -p 3 --stats "I:\lmx264gui-20080925\bin\stats\DVD1_01.vob.stat" -B 2000 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --qpstep 4 --qcomp 0.600000 --ipratio 1.400000 --pbratio 1.300000 -A p8x8,p4x4,b8x8,i4x4 -m 5 --me hex --merange 24 -r 3 --ratetol 1.000000 --vbv-init 0.9 -o "I:\!TENNIS\DVD1_01.mp4" "I:\lmx264gui-20080925\bin\avs\DVD1_01.vob.avs" 2>&1|lputs.exe "I:\lmx264gui-20080925\bin\log\DVD1_01.vob.txt"
@bepipe.exe --script "import(^I:\lmx264gui-20080925\bin\avs\DVD1_01.vob.avs^)" | neroaacenc.exe -if - -of "I:\!TENNIS\DVD1_01.audio.mp4" -ignorelength -br 40000

and MeGUI

--pass 2 --bitrate 490 --stats ".stats" --ref 3 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 2 --b-pyramid --bime --weightb --trellis 1 --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,p4x4 --merange 24 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "" ""


Thank you.

[nok32]

hi,
first post. i have been using megui very successfully to encode x264 with the HQ CQ preset, until i attempted a late 1960s era avant-garde film with a high grain. the encoding time and end filesize almost tripled. is the best solution for this and similar films to just use a 2-pass encode and set a max filesize? i am shooting for something in the 1gb range, and the CQ setting of 22 has generally been fine for delivering that filesize. my next attempt will use a higher 'grain filter' setting and then probably a 2-pass encode. any other suggestions on dealing with this type of film?
thanks!

[Kurtnoise]

Anyne has an idea why my video is few seconds faster than the audio and the subtitle?
original video is a VOB and when I encode it into a MP4 using MeGUI, the video is always few seconds faster.
Maybe there's some delay info in the VOB file and MeGUI isn't able to read?
I've also tried lmx264GUI from LeiMing and same thing happent.

This is the VOB and MP4 files.
http://nightsc.googlepages.com/DVD2_09.vob
http://nightsc2.googlepages.com/DVD2_09.mp4

you have to deinterlace this first...in the avisynth creator, check "my source is anime", source type: interlaced, field order: top field first, select yadif as deinterlacer.

then, retry an encode & remux.

I got this (http://www.mediafire.com/?ymn4ugzmjtb)...

[Kurtnoise]

hi,
first post. i have been using megui very successfully to encode x264 with the HQ CQ preset, until i attempted a late 1960s era avant-garde film with a high grain. the encoding time and end filesize almost tripled. is the best solution for this and similar films to just use a 2-pass encode and set a max filesize? i am shooting for something in the 1gb range, and the CQ setting of 22 has generally been fine for deliering that filesize. my next attempt will use a higher 'grain fuleter' setting and then probably a 2-pass encode. any other suggestions on dealing with this type of film?
thanks!
could you upload a vob sample of your source ?

[Richardw322]

I think I found my problem. I loaded the file into VirtualDub and it threw an error over the audio in the file. "Truncated or invalid compressed audio format detected (16 bytes should be 18) Then when I try to play in Virtual it says "No audio compresser could be found". Funny thing is it plays fine in MPC and WMP. MPC reports it as AC3 5.1. Just my luck to pick a broken file to play with.

[NiGHTsC]

you have to deinterlace this first...in the avisynth creator, check "my source is anime", source type: interlaced, field order: top field first, select yadif as deinterlacer.

then, retry an encode & remux.

I got this (http://www.mediafire.com/?ymn4ugzmjtb)...
select yadif as deinterlacer.
do you mean this? cause I can't find "yadif" in "Deinterlace"
http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/6549/10640582qd3.jpg
Thanx alot!

[~bT~]

I think I found my problem. I loaded the file into VirtualDub and it threw an error over the audio in the file. "Truncated or invalid compressed audio format detected (16 bytes should be 18) Then when I try to play in Virtual it says "No audio compresser could be found". Funny thing is it plays fine in MPC and WMP. MPC reports it as AC3 5.1. Just my luck to pick a broken file to play with.
ac3acm codec is what u need.

[Kurtnoise]

select yadif as deinterlacer.
do you mean this? cause I can't find "yadif" in "Deinterlace"

download it first via the updater.

[NiGHTsC]

download it first via the updater.
Hm, I just update everything in MeGUI and the video still has the same problem

this is the AVS I used.
DirectShowSource("I:\DVD2_09.vob",fps=29.97000002997,audio=false)
Load_Stdcall_Plugin("C:\Program Files\megui\tools\yadif\yadif.dll")
Yadif(order=1)
#crop
#resize
#denoiseThe profile I used is from SharkTooth, Unrestricted 2pass Anime_Toons Insane

[Kurtnoise]

you have to create a d2v file (in the d2v creator) instead of loading directly the vob file...

[nok32]

could you upload a vob sample of your source ?

sure!
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z3vewddz2mm
thanks for helping.

[NiGHTsC]

you have to create a d2v file (in the d2v creator) instead of loading directly the vob file...
hm, d2v...could this be done in a batch?
cause I have at least 10 VOBs to encode, that's why I used AVS and lmx264GUI.

Thanx again.

[Taurus]

sure!
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z3vewddz2mm
thanks for helping.
Pretty noisy and distorted your source.
If you dont care to much on sharpness, try "Heavy Noise" (Convolution3D) in AVS Creator and set "Mmeg2 Deblocking".
You can even try to manually set "cpu=6" in the editor.
Read the DGIndex manual about this switches.
It gets a little blurry this way, but at crf=18 I've got your source down to 33% @full resolution.
Or give other avisynth filters a chance...:p

[nok32]

thanks taurus,

would convolution3d + crf=18 give better results than spline36 + crf=22? i don't have the convolution3d filter installed, but i am getting about 34% using the 'fast' CQ preset, spline36, heavy filter and deblocking.

i am wondering if a 2-pass encode might not be better for such grainy film, though. any advice on CQ vs. 2-pass, when it comes to this sort of film?

[Kurtnoise]

hm, d2v...could this be done in a batch?

check the box "on completion load all files" if those files are the same movie...

[Taurus]

would convolution3d + crf=18 give better results than spline36 + crf=22? i don't have the convolution3d filter installed, but i am getting about 34% using the 'fast' CQ preset, spline36, heavy filter and deblocking.

Heavy Noise = convolution3d("movielq")
Spline36 is just a resizer
I'm not into old scratchy films, so maybe you can gather some more help in the AviSynth section in this forum?
It was just a shot in the dark from my side.
Try your sample with different settings and see what pleases you most.
And of course the duration of this film matters.
Without further information on the sbject I would say, stay close to 1.5gb on this source.
As a sidenote: Fantasic how x264 works on this grainy, scattered source!

[Richardw322]

ac3acm codec is what u need.

Thanks for the tip. I became obsessed with hgetting this to work yesterday. After installing the AC3ACM codec, I ran it through VirtualDub, and copied AVI to AVI. The new AVI file went through MEGUI like a champ.

[NiGHTsC]

check the box "on completion load all files" if those files are the same movie...
It seems that as long I use D2V the video would be fine even without that interlace options in AVS...
but it just can't load files in a batch, unfortunately ><!!
that "on completion load all files" simply load the video into AVS, that's all.

so the conclusion is, if I want to do it with D2V, I have to load videos one by one and with MeGUI until lmx264GUI support D2V?

[nok32]

Heavy Noise = convolution3d("movielq")
Spline36 is just a resizer
I'm not into old scratchy films, so maybe you can gather some more help in the AviSynth section in this forum?
It was just a shot in the dark from my side.
Try your sample with different settings and see what pleases you most.
And of course the duration of this film matters.
Without further information on the sbject I would say, stay close to 1.5gb on this source.
As a sidenote: Fantasic how x264 works on this grainy, scattered source!

i used the heavy noise filter and the 'balanced' 2-pass preset (@ 1500kbps, 1.5gb total filesize) and the film looks pretty good. i think using CQ is too sensitive to the grain and assumes that it needs a super-high bitrate, so 2-pass turns out to be a better option for older grainier material when filesize is an issue. or at least, that is my n00b conclusion. in any case, i am happy with the results i have. thanks!

[MrVideo]

@MrVideo: i dont know why you have problems with HD videos but sincerely, i dont understand why you care about AR when you dont need to singnal the AR or use 1:1...

If the selection has no bearing on encoding 1080i to 720p H.264 or 720p MPEG-2 to H.264, then I won't worry about it and ignore that it likes to choose PAL.

I'll just ignore it and do the encoding.

What I, and the other poster, would like fixed is the grayed text in the status GUI. There is nothing wrong with our monitors. Gray text is gray text and there isn't any reason for it to be gray. Please change the status GUI output so that all of the boxes have black text. It will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[citanuL]

@citanuL: zones options are available in the main form. otherwise you can specify the needed encoder switches/options in the custom commandline box.

Maybe I wasn't specific enough. For instance, how would I greyscale a 1min portion in the middle of a 3min video? MeGUI doesn't seem to respect those zone settings of my installed XviD. Could you please ellaborate or explain "main form." or point me in direction to find more info on custom commandline box usage.

[MrVideo]

If the selection has no bearing on encoding 1080i to 720p H.264 or 720p MPEG-2 to H.264, then I won't worry about it and ignore that it likes to choose PAL.

Turns out the aspect ratio does need to be correctly determined. Here is why. The correct aspect ratio is needed in order for the recommended resize ratio to work.

For example, by default MeGUI thinks that 1080i video is PAL. So, when I turn on resize and put 1280 in the left box and click on recommended, it puts 704 in the other value. Oops.

One must have the correct aspect ratio, so this really does need to be fixed so that other options in the same GUI works correctly.

It knows that it is 1080 HD video, so obviously it is 1.78:1 (industry standard is not 1.778:1). How difficult is it to add 1.78:1 to the main list, and have it automatically detect that ratio?

[Snowknight26]

When I open any avs twice (by either dragging/dropping, clicking the ... [browse] button twice and/or using the reset button) in MeGUI then try to add an audio track to the bitrate calculator, MeGUI freezes.

[invy]

BUG:
When trying to mux into mp4, the damn mp4box thing always generates an error when it reaches 100% and finishes. The resulting file is perfectly OK, but it's damn annoying still because it doesn't advance to the next job in the queue, because I have to click the Microsoft's "Don't Send" box first.

This happens on and off, but mostly "on". It seems to have to do with a certain component that is outdated or something because if it happens at all, it usually happens after using the updater.

[~bT~]

BUG:
When trying to mux into mp4, the damn mp4box thing always generates an error when it reaches 100% and finishes. The resulting file is perfectly OK, but it's damn annoying still because it doesn't advance to the next job in the queue, because I have to click the Microsoft's "Don't Send" box first.

This happens on and off, but mostly "on". It seems to have to do with a certain component that is outdated or something because if it happens at all, it usually happens after using the updater.it happens due to spaces in the filename.

[nurbs]

I have spaces in my filenames and that never happended to me.

[drewcifer]

Anytime I encode from a .ts file (1080i/720p) to .mkv and I run media info it always tells me the audio is longer than the video. It always seems to be in sync if I skip thru the file so I don't understand. Can anyone tell me why it does that? Here is an example:

General
Complete name : U:\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-muxed.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 2.07 GiB
Duration : 41mn 23s
Overall bit rate : 7 163 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-12-04 20:13:12
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.4.0 ('Fumbling Towards Ecstasy') built on Oct 11 2008 20:13:15
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 41mn 20s
Bit rate : 6 487 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 6 775 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.307
Writing library : x264 core 65 r1046M 71d34b4
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 /
mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=6 / nr=0 /
decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=2 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=1 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 /
scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=6775 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 /
ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.50
Language : English

Audio
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 41mn 23s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz


Maybe the answer is here, but I (and prolly no one else) really don't have time to read 160+ pages.

Thanks in advance...

[fields_g]

BUG:
When trying to mux into mp4, the damn mp4box thing always generates an error when it reaches 100% and finishes. The resulting file is perfectly OK, but it's damn annoying still because it doesn't advance to the next job in the queue, because I have to click the Microsoft's "Don't Send" box first.

This happens on and off, but mostly "on". It seems to have to do with a certain component that is outdated or something because if it happens at all, it usually happens after using the updater.

You might try this workaround.... Right click on 'My Computer', properties, 'advanced' tab, Error Reporting. Disable error reporting and disable notify me of critical errors.

Really shouldn't have to do this in the first place, but might help you out until we find out what is wrong with megui / your system.

[Shropp]

I have already transcoded\ 4.1 m2ts and mkv files that need bars added to them

I use AVIsynth
and all I do is addborders (0,140,0,140)

and it works but I just wanna know what the best encoder setting is to convert an outcome of the same quality?
i dont want to loose quality, nor am i concerned about gaining any.

I just want similar sized file same quality as fast as possible
which (pre loaded) encoder settings should i use?, or new scratchpad anything?

[invy]

You might try this workaround.... Right click on 'My Computer', properties, 'advanced' tab, Error Reporting. Disable error reporting and disable notify me of critical errors.

Really shouldn't have to do this in the first place, but might help you out until we find out what is wrong with megui / your system.
Thanks. I'll do that but, it happens on all 3 of my computers, which made me believe it had to do with a certain megui component that was outdated or something.

And to the other guy, I never use spaces in my file names, so I don't really think it's that.

[Rodger]

Hi Guys,

I´m really done with my ideas....
I tried everything that came to my mind.

Whatever I encode in XVID comes out as 4:3 video.
Just switching to X264 and everything is fine again!

Any ideas? More Information needed?
Hope It´s just a common user-fault.... :confused:

[Nightshiver]

Encode with x264.... why would you use XVID anyway?

[73ChargerFan]

Encode with x264.... why would you use XVID anyway?
Perhaps to use on a DivX compatible dvd player? :devil:

[SynchronousArts]

I had posted an issue with ProRes sources here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1179169#post1179169

There's an update to the QTInput dll from tateu to seems to fix this.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1221305#post1221305

Thanks to tateu for the updated, fixed dll and to Sharktooth
for helping me with this.

SA

[simonhowson]

Hi,

I'm trying to encode a Lagarith 1.3.19 compressed AVI file using MeGUI, but when I load the file in the AviSynth Script Creator, MeGUI crashes.

Do I need to have another filter installed to get this to work?

I also tried loading the same file as an uncompressed AVI (exported from Nero Vision) but the same thing happens, MeGUI crashes.

I installed XviD, but that didn't work.

[n3vv]

hi

when i use textsub("txt.ssa"), megui takes instantly 50%CPU, enconding works, but if i want to close the video preview window, megu crashes. it does not happen without using textsub

[simonhowson]

Hi,

I'm trying to encode a Lagarith 1.3.19 compressed AVI file using MeGUI, but when I load the file in the AviSynth Script Creator, MeGUI crashes.

Do I need to have another filter installed to get this to work?

I also tried loading the same file as an uncompressed AVI (exported from Nero Vision) but the same thing happens, MeGUI crashes.

I installed XviD, but that didn't work.

I found an old thread saying Microsoft Groove can cause AVIs to not load on Vista. I uninstalled it, and now it works!

[Sharktooth]

@n3vv: i use textsub regularly and it does not crash on my side.
check your filter version, ensure it is the latest one.

[HaraldBluetooth]

Is it true, that MeGui/x264.exe/xvid_encraw.exe don't work with my rather old 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood, stepping 9, Rev. D1 HyperThreading processor, if I set the "Threads" parameter to 0 (=Auto) or 2 in the configuration.

I have tried for several days now to downsize a 720p x264 video and every time the encoding has finished before it really was done.

Then finally I tried to set the Threads parameter to 1 and the encoding finished without error. With this parameter the CPU only reaches an average of 60-70%.

I've logs and other further details if it should be necessary.

[Sharktooth]

dunno where you heard it... but no it's not true.
probably you have a CPU overheating problem.

[HaraldBluetooth]

no I havn't heard that - but my cpu is under 50 degree celtius under full load - so I doubt that it's a heating problem. I've only this problem when the threads parameter is set to auto and 2 - and I get a System/Application error:

Faulting application x264.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module x264.exe, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x000faf5c.

I've tried to uninstall MeGui and reinstall again without luck.

MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.3011
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (5.1.196608.2600) Danish version
Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.1433)

Any other suggestions?

[HaraldBluetooth]

Here you can see one of the logs:

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.0.3011
--[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 3.20GHz
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: R:\Temp\MeGui\On.the.Waterfront.1954.MeGui cq19 x264.264
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: R:\Temp\MeGui\On.the.Waterfront.1954.MeGui cq19 x264-muxed.mp4
---[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: R:\Temp\MeGui\On.the.Waterfront.1954.MeGui cq19 aac.m4a
-[Information] Log for job1 (audio, On.the.Waterfront.1954.HDTV.720p.x264-iLL.mkv -> On.the.Waterfront.1954.MeGui cq19 aac.m4a)
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:14:23] Started handling job
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:14:23] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] DirectShowSource("R:\Temp\MeGui\On.the.Waterfront.1954.HDTV.720p.x264-iLL.mkv")
---[NoImage] EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:14:23] Encoding started
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:14:23] Encode thread started
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:14:23] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:14:24] Script loaded
--[Information] Input
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Programmer\megui\tools\NeroAAC\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if
- -of "R:\Temp\MeGui\On.the.Waterfront.1954.MeGui cq19 aac.m4a"
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:14:24] Encoder process started
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero AAC Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2008 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Sep 17 2008 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.3.3.0 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:22:47] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:22:47] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job2 (video, On.the.Waterfront.1954.HDTV.720p.x264-iLL.avs -> On.the.Waterfront.1954.MeGui cq19 x264.264)
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:22:47] Started handling job
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:22:47] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Programmer\megui\tools\x264\x264 revision1046.exe" --crf 19.0 --ref 3 --bframes 16 --deblock -1:-1 --subme 5 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads 2 --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --
--output "R:\Temp\MeGui\On.the.Waterfront.1954.MeGui cq19 x264.264" "R:\Temp\MeGui\On.the.Waterfront.1954.HDTV.720p.x264-iLL.avs"
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:22:48] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avis [info]: 704x400 @ 23.98 fps (154970 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile High, level 3.0
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:35:45] Job completed

As you can see the under the CPU capabilities, there is written MMX2 and to my knowledge my CPU only supports MMX, not MMX2 - could that be the unknown factor??

[Dark Shikari]

As you can see the under the CPU capabilities, there is written MMX2 and to my knowledge my CPU only supports MMX, not MMX2 - could that be the unknown factor??A Pentium 4 without MMX2 would be quite an amazing artifact... ;)

[HaraldBluetooth]

It could be that I'm wrong - you should be the expert;) - I'm just a noviceguy with an old processor.

Here som data from VCPUID:

[ WCPUID Version 3.3 (c) 1996-2004 By H.Oda! ]

Processor #1 : Intel Pentium 4 / 5DB9D9DE
Platform : Socket478 (mPGA478 Socket)
Vendor String : GenuineIntel
CPU Type : Original OEM Processor (0)
Family : 15 (0)
Model : 2 (0)
Stepping ID : 9 (-)
Brand ID : 9 (-)
APIC : 0
HT Log.CPU Cnt : ----
Name String : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz

Internal Clock : 3192.66 MHz
System Bus : 798.17 MHz QDR
System Clock : 199.54 MHz
Scalable Speed : 200.00 MHz
Multiplier : 16.0

L1 I-Cache : ----
L1 D-Cache : 8K Byte
L1 T-Cache : 12K uOps
L1 Cache : ----
L2 Cache : 512K Byte
L2 Speed : 3192.66 MHz (Full)

MMX Unit : Supported
SSE Unit : Supported
SSE2 Unit : Supported
SSE3 Unit : Not Supported
MMX2 Unit : Not Supported
3DNow! Unit : Not Supported
3DNow!+ Unit : Not Supported

Host Bridge : 8086:2570.02 [Intel 865G/PE/P/GV/848P]
IDE Controller : 8086:24DB.02 [Intel 82801EB (ICH5)]
VGA Device : 10DE:00F5.A2 [NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS]
Memory Size : 2048M Byte
Memory Clock : ----

OS Version : Windows XP Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
-------------- : -----------------------------------
StdFunc 0 : 00000002 756E6547 6C65746E 49656E69
StdFunc 1 : 00000F29 00020809 00004400 BFEBFBFF
StdFunc 2 : 665B5001 00000000 00000000 007B7040
ExtFunc 0 : 80000004 00000000 00000000 00000000
ExtFunc 1 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
ExtFunc 2 : 20202020 20202020 20202020 6E492020
ExtFunc 3 : 286C6574 50202952 69746E65 52286D75
ExtFunc 4 : 20342029 20555043 30322E33 007A4847
00000017h : 000A0000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0000001Bh : 00000000 FEE00900 00000000 00000000
0000002Bh : 00000000 0000008E 00000000 00000000
0000002Ch : 00000000 10120010 00000000 00000000
000001A0h : 00000000 00000089 00000000 00000000

##--- Date 12/11/2008, Time 01:16:30 / 2.0.0.4

I could still be wrong:confused:

[HaraldBluetooth]

Are the resize filters made with MMX2 or SSE2 instructions or something else??

I'm just seeking in the dark of an unknown world for me....

[Sharktooth]

if x264 crashes is not a megui problem.
you better post your problem in the avc forum.

[HaraldBluetooth]

Hi Sharktooth - I understand what you are saying - but who identifies the cpu and who is raising the MMX2 flag?? -
and I know you are one of the code gurus in this forum - could you please advise me - if it's not a MeGui problem - do you know which other programs/filters MeGui uses/calls, that could use these MMX2 instructions, because I've also had crashes with xvid_encraw.exe and ffmpeg.exe.

[laserfan]

Is it true, that MeGui/x264.exe/xvid_encraw.exe don't work with my rather old 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood, stepping 9, Rev. D1 HyperThreading processor, if I set the "Threads" parameter to 0 (=Auto) or 2 in the configuration.I have that exact CPU and everything you mentioned works. So I'd suspect a system problem first e.g. memory or mobo--are you able to run MemTest86, Prime95 etc. without errors?

[HaraldBluetooth]

Hi laserfan - that sounds pretty good!

I've reinstalled Windows XP 14 days ago with all drivers, servicepacks updated and I've just got new RAM - I've run Memtest86 without problems.

I don't get errors in other programs, but then again none of them are stretching my system as much as video encoding.

May I ask you about you have downsized a 780p x264 video and what are the cpu capabilities in your log and which filter did you use?

I'll give Prime95 a try.

[n3vv]

@Sharktooth: i use vsfilter 1.0.1.3, to clarify megui crashes only when i want to close the video preview window, without closing the video preview window I can do everything as usual except that the megui.exe process takes half of the cpu

[Sharktooth]

Hi Sharktooth - I understand what you are saying - but who identifies the cpu and who is raising the MMX2 flag??
x264. megui doesnt even care about CPU instruction sets.
and I know you are one of the code gurus in this forum - could you please advise me - if it's not a MeGui problem - do you know which other programs/filters MeGui uses/calls, that could use these MMX2 instructions, because I've also had crashes with xvid_encraw.exe and ffmpeg.exe.
i guess xvid_encraw and ffmpeg crash for the same reason.
however, there is something wrong with your system. you CPU should have MMX2.

P.S.: im not such a code "guru" btw...

[n3vv]

hey, i was mislead by the project's homepage at sourceforge, it does not have the newest version of the vsfilter, i've found a newer one (1.0.1.5) somewhere else and now everything is fine, thx

[Sharktooth]

that's why i said "ENSURE it is the latest one..."

[Nightshiver]

Sharky, I'm still having problems with mencoder. I have no idea why it's just me. The versions/builds I've currently used are:

26924
27770
27323
27811
27305
27743

And none of them work. I had just recently replaced mencoder again with 27770 and for 1 encode, it was fine. But when I tried to do a second one, it crashed. I'm just totally clueless and annoyed at why this is happening. I have also tried uninstalling/re-installing MeGUI also.

I just saw on the sf page that mencoder has finally been updated since October to a brand new December 11 28126 version, and I will try this one. Hope it works....

[laserfan]

Here you can see one of the logs:

---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile High, level 3.0
--[Information] [10-12-2008 12:35:45] Job completed

As you can see the under the CPU capabilities, there is written MMX2 and to my knowledge my CPU only supports MMX, not MMX2 - could that be the unknown factor??
My x264 log (for my P4 3.2GHz Northwood) shows the same MMX2.

I suspect your problem is not with the P4 or x264 at all, and if it's not hardware, then either your source or your decoding method is encountering something that aborts.

Sorry I don't use MeGUI so can't help further. But I would try a completely different source.

Another idea is to try RipBot264 on your source to see if you get a crash with it (simpler even than MeGUI).

[HaraldBluetooth]

Sharktooth - I've investigated a little further about The Mystic Mr. MMX2.

MMX was introduced in 1997 in their Pentium line.

AMD enhanced Intel's MMX with 3DNow! in 1998 and as an answer to that Intel introduced the SSE extension in 1999.

With the introduction of Pentium 4 CPUs in 2001, Intel introduced the SSE2 and SSE3 instruction sets to accelerate
calculations, transactions, media processing, 3D graphics, and games. They also integrated Hyper-threading.

No official sources mention anything about MMX2 in combination with any of Intel's processors.

So I'm not so worried about that anymore, because you can't give instructions to something, that don't exists. It must
be an internal developer term for something else. I've have also seen this term (mis)used in old FFDShow and Mplayer
developer threads, but where this term originally is born, may hang in the balance.

For my crashes I must look somewhere else - it could be the source, hardware related or conflicting software or other things.

I got my source downsized with 1 thread and got my system torture tested with Prime95 without errors, that is really something.

:thanks: to Sharktooth (not such a code "guru" - that was good :D) and laserfan for your kind answers and suggestions.

[Dark Shikari]

Sharktooth - I've investigated a little further about The Mystic Mr. MMX2.

MMX was introduced in 1997 in their Pentium line.

AMD enhanced Intel's MMX with 3DNow! in 1998 and as an answer to that Intel introduced the SSE extension in 1999.

With the introduction of Pentium 4 CPUs in 2001, Intel introduced the SSE2 and SSE3 instruction sets to accelerate
calculations, transactions, media processing, 3D graphics, and games. They also integrated Hyper-threading.

No official sources mention anything about MMX2 in combination with any of Intel's processors.

So I'm not so worried about that anymore, because you can't give instructions to something, that don't exists. It must
be an internal developer term for something else.MMX2 is also known as MMXEXT, also known as iSSE (Integer SSE).

MMX2 was introduced on the Pentium 3 line of CPUs and is also present on the Athlon K7.

[HaraldBluetooth]

MMX2 is also known as MMXEXT, also known as iSSE (Integer SSE).

MMX2 was introduced on the Pentium 3 line of CPUs and is also present on the Athlon K7.

Now we are talking - this is the programmers own name/alias for the 19 new MMX instructions, which are a subset of Intel's SSE1 instruction set and not a intel cpu capability as such.

[squid_80]

It's not strictly made up by programmers, it came from the AMD K7s which featured "AMD Extensions to MMX Instructions" (different from 3DNow). The Pentium 3s had SSE which implied the same capabilities.

[HaraldBluetooth]

Thanks for the clarification Dark Shikari and squid_80, but it was a little confusing/misleading to a novice as me, that the program writes this MMX2 as a cpu capability in the log, when it really is a subset of the Intel SSE instruction set.

What do farmers know about cucumbers, as we say in Denmark :D

[Dark Shikari]

Thanks for the clarification Dark Shikari and squid_80, but it was a little confusing/misleading to a novice as me, that the program writes this MMX2 as a cpu capability in the log, when it really is a subset of the Intel SSE instruction set.

What do farmers know about cucumbers, as we say in Denmark :DIt's rather misleading to call it SSE instructions... when it doesn't work on SSE registers.

So most developers use AMD's terminology for it.

Note, by the way, that x264 actually requires MMX2 to run (you can't run it on a pre-MMX2 machine without compiling it with --disable-asm).

[HaraldBluetooth]

It's rather misleading to call it SSE instructions... when it doesn't work on SSE registers.

So most developers use AMD's terminology for it.

Note, by the way, that x264 actually requires MMX2 to run (you can't run it on a pre-MMX2 machine without compiling it with --disable-asm).

You mean SSE, when you are talking to a guy like me with an old Intel processor.

[Dark Shikari]

You mean SSE, when you are talking to a guy like me with an old Intel processor.But x264 works on K7, which doesn't have SSE ;)

[HaraldBluetooth]

Yes ordinary users are from Mars , video developers are from Venus :p

[Sharktooth]

Sharky, I'm still having problems with mencoder. I have no idea why it's just me. The versions/builds I've currently used are:

26924
27770
27323
27811
27305
27743

And none of them work. I had just recently replaced mencoder again with 27770 and for 1 encode, it was fine. But when I tried to do a second one, it crashed. I'm just totally clueless and annoyed at why this is happening. I have also tried uninstalling/re-installing MeGUI also.

I just saw on the sf page that mencoder has finally been updated since October to a brand new December 11 28126 version, and I will try this one. Hope it works....
dont know what to tell. i included 27770 i the megui autoupdate and, as the previous version, works here.
without the possibility to reproduce the crash i can do almost nothing.
im sorry but you have try to debug the crash on your side.
or, if you find a working recent version, tell me and i will include it in the megui autoupdate.

[chros]

Is it possible that the update servers are down ?

I have a fresh install from sf.net, and I couldn't update megui (3.0.3009) ...

Thanks

[Kurtnoise]

yes, it's down...just wait a couple of hours.

[SacredCultivator]

Sorry to linkback here but in my Thread Here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143501), people were saying that it was x264's doing... So I thought I would post it in this thread to see if I can get more opinions on this. As I'm trying to stic with Single-Pass Constant Quality encoding in a .mp4 container. And was wanting to try to get the Subtitles (.ass) to display as clearly as possible in the video.

A few people there mentioned that it had to do with x264 dev. and someone else PM'ed me about this so I thought I would be curious and ask.

Thanks.

[Sharktooth]

are you sure you linked the correct thread?!?

[SacredCultivator]

Ah, sorry about that, link fixed.

-Link (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143501)

[Sharktooth]

pixelation around subs is probably due to AQ. lower the Adaptive Quant. strength or disable it and see if it gets better.
however, yes, it is related to x264, not the gui.

[SacredCultivator]

@Sharktooth: Okay I'll post back results with it lowered from 1.0 to .05, and another for Disabled.

Oh btw, should I have the Deblocking enabled at 0,0? Or disabled?

[Sharktooth]

deblockin should be ALWAYS enabled in h.264. it's an inloop deblocking that's different than ASP (xvid, divx, etc...) deblocking.

[SacredCultivator]

Oh alrights, but for general purposes, 0,0 usually does the job right? As I'm not too familiar with what the + / - values do.

[Sharktooth]

0,0 is the default value. so it means it is ok for general purpouses.
i personally prefer -1,-1 or -2,-1... but that's a matter of taste.

[SacredCultivator]

Okay, I shall try that out along with disabling AQ. And will post back.

---
EDIT:
Okays finished and I have to admit, this definitely helped greatly, as the subs look quite seamless in the video... Although the filesize has increased by roughly 30MB's, so gonna try again with a .5 AQ and see what that does.

(Mind I communicate withy ou via MSN? {Added you})

[krosswindz]

I just upgraded my MeGUI to the latest version and I started to notice this error. Not sure if this is an xvid_encraw or MeGUI issue.

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1224368&postcount=417

[Sharktooth]

Okay, I shall try that out along with disabling AQ. And will post back.

---
EDIT:
Okays finished and I have to admit, this definitely helped greatly, as the subs look quite seamless in the video... Although the filesize has increased by roughly 30MB's, so gonna try again with a .5 AQ and see what that does.

(Mind I communicate withy ou via MSN? {Added you})
i tend to not use IMs lately.

[Sharktooth]

I just upgraded my MeGUI to the latest version and I started to notice this error. Not sure if this is an xvid_encraw or MeGUI issue.

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1224368&postcount=417
it's the xvid core that's crashing. let's continue on the other thread.

[SacredCultivator]

@Sharktooth: That's fine, as I found sorta a balance between the two (clear subs + quality).

But I was doing a few 'final' encodes to finalize my new settings and couldn't help but ask...

Apart from Encoding Time, do the number of:
Number of Reference Frames: (I use 5), and I tried 16, but not too sure what benefits that brings.
Number of B-Frames: (I use 5), and I tried 16, but again same as before.
^Basically not sure if making it any higher is worth it

And I'm just gonna leave the AQ at .5, trellis at 2, Psy-RD Stength at 1, and Psy-Trellis Strength at 0

(Not too sure if the M.E. Range matters much, but using 32.)

[Sharktooth]

"Apart from Encoding Time, do the number of: blah blah"... what? what's the question?

[SacredCultivator]

Oh sorry misworded it... Basically for the Ref. Frames/B-Frames, if I'm using a setting of 5, if I changed to anythign higher, is there much 'use' of it as I know anything higher just increases encoding time.

[Sharktooth]

anything higher increases encoding time AND compression (that usually means also quality).
the problem is the quality increase is NOT proportional to the time increase.
at some point, to obtain a 1% more quality it will take something like some hundreds % encoding time...

[SacredCultivator]

Gotcha, then I'll just leave the Ref at 5, and B-Frames at 4 then.

[Sharktooth]

good choice :)

[carlo_0000]

hello

i udate megui to 3.0.3012

but sins i got an error with D2V project creator

"megui cannot find audio track information, audio tracks selection will be disable"

what's wrong ?, i tested more video's so it s not my input video what as a problem

does i need to update AviSynth 2.5 or something else ?
i m under vista 64

[Sharktooth]

i cant check it right now, but it sounds weird.
ill have a look at it tomorrow.

[Kurtnoise]

hello

i udate megui to 3.0.3012

but sins i got an error with D2V project creator

"megui cannot find audio track information, audio tracks selection will be disable"

what's wrong ?, i tested more video's so it s not my input video what as a problem

what kind of video files did you try ? vob ? mpg ? ts ?

[Sharktooth]

i assumed it was a dvd source... if not, then that message has a meaning...

[dbzj14]

I am having a problem with the video's I encode with MeGUI. The encodes I produce look fine, but they take forever to load in vlc or any other media player. Am I doing something wrong in the encoding that makes my encodes take 15+ seconds to load videos 22 minutes long? I'll compare my encode to someone else's of the same episode and their's will load instantly while mine just sits there for a minute. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Sharktooth]

no idea, and pretty weird. just compare the settings and x264 versions used from the other encodes and yours.

[nurbs]

mkvs produced by x264 take long to load, but since you probably mux them with audio later i doubt that is the problem.

[Sharktooth]

infact. maybe the problem is mkvmerge. ill update it ASAP.

[nurbs]

Just to clarify, the mkvs x264.exe outputs take long to load. IIRC akupenguin posted that it has something to do with them being written on the fly, so they are somewhat different from those produced by mkvmerge. Since audio is muxed anyway later this is usually not a problem. I don't have long load times if I mux them with megui.

[tfa]

mkvs produced by x264 take long to load, but since you probably mux them with audio later i doubt that is the problem.

I've noticed this too. If i encode a video to x264 and set megui to make it an mkv without any audio, the video often takes forever to load and seek. As soon as the mkv is remuxed with the audio, it works fine.

[Sharktooth]

that's why, in that case, the output comes directly from x264. while if you add an audio track, then megui invokes mkvmerge to remux.
ok, i think we've got a winner then... there's some mkv output problem in x264.

[squid_80]

It's not really a bug, the mkv files are spec compliant but they don't have complete size or seek info (I forget what the proper name is for matroska). xvid_encraw's output mkv files are similar.

[Sharktooth]

ok. so i assume it's better to ALWAYS remux with mkvmerge.

[TheTooleMan]

I just spent a couple of hours trying to get MeGUI to run a script with the greyscale option turned on. The greyscale checkbox is sitting plain as day on the Xvid configuration dialog, but I finally figured out that checking that box was causing my jobs to fail. "Grey" is not on the list of options that dumps out in the "standard error stream" in the log. So what's it doing in the configuration dialog? If that's a part of MeGUI, and not coming from Xvid, then could it either be removed or (preferably) turned on?

I found in the closed "MeGUI bugs" thread a couple of references to the missing greyscale parameter dating back to 2006, so I'd say it's about time to address this one. (Say, why is that "bugs" thread closed - have all the bugs been fixed? :rolleyes: )

I also found the entries in the "xvid_encraw - Patched with AviSynth input support" forum that describe how to use zones for greyscale, but it looks like a convoluted work-around. Could we just have a working checkbox and a parameter that works instead?

[Kurtnoise]

explain in what it fails your jobs...because command lines are not dumped to the stderr.

[Capsbackup]

I recently tried to reencode a Blu-Ray .m2ts to .x264 to fit on a BD-5 disc with MeGui and the AVCHD-standalone .x264 profile. However, I forgot to change the container setting to RAWAVC so it encoded with the default .mp4 setting. Bummer!! Can I convert this .mp4 to .x264 without reencoding and not screw it up? It takes quite some time for a 2-pass encoding. If I have to reencode, can I perform just the 2ND pass since I have the .stats file that was generated from MeGui? Any help or guidance will be much appreciated.

[Kurtnoise]

just extract the raw stream from the mp4 within yamb...

[Capsbackup]

Thanks Kurtnoise13, saved me hours!! I don't know how I missed your program, but I am very greatful. Great forum, great members. I will keep learning with all your help.

[TheTooleMan]

explain in what it fails your jobs...because command lines are not dumped to the stderr.
I presume you're talking to me... I never saw a forum organized like this one.

This is part of the log:

--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "C:\Users\My Stuff\Videos\Nveexport.avs" -pass1 "C:\Users\My Stuff\AppData\Roaming\MeGUI\stats" -bitrate 1256 -kboost 100 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -overhead 0 -turbo -max_key_interval 250 -nopacked -vhqmode 4 -qtype 1 -closed_gop -lumimasking -interlaced 1 -grey -notrellis -imin 1 -pmin 1 -max_bframes 1 -bvhq -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bmin 1 -threads 4
--[Information] [12/18/2008 7:30:27 PM] Encoding started
--[Error] An error occurred: Usage : xvid_encraw [OPTIONS]
--[NoImage] Standard output stream: xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert 2002-2003
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] xvid_encraw built at 10:22:53 on Aug 31 2007
---[NoImage] Input options:
---[NoImage] -i string : input filename (stdin)
---[NoImage] -type integer : input data type (yuv=0, pgm=1, avi/avs=2)
---[NoImage] -w integer : frame width ([1.2048])
---[NoImage] -h integer : frame height ([1.2048])
---[NoImage] -frames integer : number of frames to encode
---[NoImage] Output options:
---[NoImage] -dump : save decoder output
---[NoImage] -save : save an Elementary Stream file per frame
---[NoImage] -o string : save an Elementary Stream,
---[NoImage] or AVI file,
---[NoImage] or MKV file,
---[NoImage] based on filename extension
---[NoImage] -avi string : save an AVI file for the complete sequence
---[NoImage] -mkv string : save a MKV file for the complete sequence
---[NoImage] BFrames options:
---[NoImage] -max_bframes integer : max bframes (2)
---[NoImage] -bquant_ratio integer : bframe quantizer ratio (150)
---[NoImage] -bquant_offset integer : bframe quantizer offset (100)
---[NoImage] Rate control options:
---[NoImage] -framerate float : target framerate (25.0)
---[NoImage] -bitrate [integer] : target bitrate (700)
---[NoImage] values <= 10000 are treated as kbit/s
---[NoImage] values > 10000 are treated as bit/s
---[NoImage] -size integer : target size in kilobytes
---[NoImage] -single : single pass mode (default)
---[NoImage] -cq float : single pass constant quantizer
---[NoImage] -pass1 [filename] : twopass mode (first pass)
---[NoImage] -full1pass : perform full first pass
---[NoImage] -pass2 [filename] : twopass mode (2nd pass)
---[NoImage] -altpass2 [filename] : twopass mode (2nd pass alt)
---[NoImage] -zq starting_frame float : bitrate zone; quant
---[NoImage] -zw starting_frame float : bitrate zone; weight
---[NoImage] -zones : see xvid_encraw -help zones
---[NoImage] -max_key_interval integer : maximum keyframe interval (300)
---[NoImage] Single Pass options:
---[NoImage] -reaction integer : reaction delay factor (16)
---[NoImage] -averaging integer : averaging period (100)
---[NoImage] -smoother integer : smoothing buffer (100)
---[NoImage] Second Pass options:
---[NoImage] -kboost integer : I frame boost (10)
---[NoImage] -kthresh integer : I frame reduction threshold (1)
---[NoImage] -kreduction integer : I frame reduction amount (20)
---[NoImage] -ostrength integer : overflow control strength (5)
---[NoImage] -oimprove integer : max overflow improvement (5)
---[NoImage] -odegrade integer : max overflow degradation (5)
---[NoImage] -chigh integer : high bitrate scenes degradation (0)
---[NoImage] -clow integer : low bitrate scenes improvement (0)
---[NoImage] -overhead integer : container frame overhead (24)
---[NoImage] -vbvsize integer : use vbv buffer size
---[NoImage] -vbvmax integer : vbv max bitrate
---[NoImage] -vbvpeak integer : vbv peak bitrate over 1 second
---[NoImage] Other options
---[NoImage] -noasm : do not use assembly optmized code
---[NoImage] -turbo : use turbo presets for higher encoding speed
---[NoImage] -quality integer : quality ([0..6]) (6)
---[NoImage] -vhqmode integer : level of R-D optimizations ([0..4]) (1)
---[NoImage] -bvhq : use R-D optimizations for B-frames
---[NoImage] -qpel : use quarter pixel ME
---[NoImage] -gmc : use global motion compensation
---[NoImage] -qtype integer : quantization type (H263:0, MPEG4:1) (0)
---[NoImage] -qmatrix filename : use custom MPEG4 quantization matrix
---[NoImage] -interlaced [integer] : interlaced encoding (BFF:1, TFF:2) (1)
---[NoImage] -nopacked : Disable packed mode
---[NoImage] -noclosed_gop : Disable closed GOP mode
---[NoImage] -lumimasking : use lumimasking algorithm
---[NoImage] -hvs_aq string : use custom adaptive quantisation equation
---[NoImage] -hvs_lmb string : use custom lambda equation
---[NoImage] -stats : print stats about encoded frames
---[NoImage] -ssim [integer] : prints ssim for each frame ([0..4]) (2)
---[NoImage] -ssim_file filename : outputs the ssim stats into a file
---[NoImage] -debug : activates xvidcore internal debugging output
---[NoImage] -vop_debug : print some info directly into encoded frames
---[NoImage] -nochromame : Disable chroma motion estimation
---[NoImage] -notrellis : Disable trellis quantization
---[NoImage] -imin integer : Minimum I Quantizer (1..31) (2)
---[NoImage] -imax integer : Maximum I quantizer (1..31) (31)
---[NoImage] -bmin integer : Minimum B Quantizer (1..31) (2)
---[NoImage] -bmax integer : Maximum B quantizer (1..31) (31)
---[NoImage] -pmin integer : Minimum P Quantizer (1..31) (2)
---[NoImage] -pmax integer : Maximum P quantizer (1..31) (31)
---[NoImage] -drop integer : Frame Drop Ratio (0..100) (0)
---[NoImage] -start integer : Starting frame number
---[NoImage] -threads integer : Number of threads
---[NoImage] -nothreadedinput : Disable threaded input reading
---[NoImage] -progress [integer] : Show progress updates every n frames (10)
---[NoImage] -par integer[:integer] : Set Pixel Aspect Ratio.
---[NoImage] 1 = 1:1
---[NoImage] 2 = 12:11 (4:3 PAL)
---[NoImage] 3 = 10:11 (4:3 NTSC)
---[NoImage] 4 = 16:11 (16:9 PAL)
---[NoImage] 5 = 40:33 (16:9 NTSC)
---[NoImage] other = custom (width:height)
---[NoImage] -help : prints this help message
---[NoImage] -help zones : prints zones help message
---[NoImage] NB: You can define 64 zones repeating the -z[qw] option as needed.
--[Information] [12/18/2008 7:30:29 PM] Job completed

What were you saying about the command line?

You know, I could probably get a lot more done with this tool if it had something besides a link to a non-existent WIKI in the Help menu...

[Kurtnoise]

I see...it's because -grey command has been dropped with this xvid_encraw build. I'm updating the xvid gui then.

[TheTooleMan]

I see...it's because -grey command has been dropped with this xvid_encraw build. I'm updating the xvid gui then.
That would help as far as misleading people who want to use the greyscale filter, but why was it dropped? Seems like a perfectly useful and normal function which is now much more difficult to use with the zones workaround. Oh well...

[Sharktooth]

correct word would be "useless". just ensure you convert your source to greyscale before encoding.
colors wont be encoded if no color information is found on the source... the greyscale option, just drops color info...

[carlo_0000]

what kind of video files did you try ? vob ? mpg ? ts ?

all of them, there was probably something wrong during the last update

but i resolve the problem by copying the megui directory from windows xp to vista megui's directory

[pcjco04]

Using 0.3.0.3012 , I found the following crash :

When the bitrate calculator computes a very high bitrate (let's say 139536 for example) and if you choose to "Copy the calculated bitrate into video settings", then you cannot enter the current encoder config anymore :


MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Value of '139536' is not valid for 'Value'. 'Value' should be between 'Minimum' and 'Maximum'.
Parameter name: Value Source of exception: System.Windows.Forms stacktrace: at System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown.set_Value(Decimal value)
at MeGUI.packages.video.x264.x264ConfigurationPanel.set_Settings(x264Settings value)
at MeGUI.core.gui.ProfileConfigurationWindow`2.set_Settings(TSettings value)
at MeGUI.core.gui.ProfileConfigurationWindow`2.videoProfile_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedIndex(Int32 value)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedItem(Object value)
at MeGUI.core.gui.ProfileConfigurationWindow`2.set_SelectedProfile(GenericProfile`1 value)
at MeGUI.core.gui.ProfileConfigurationWindow`2.set_Profiles(Tuple`2 value)
at MeGUI.SpecificProfileType`2.ConfigureProfiles()
at MeGUI.core.gui.ConfigableProfilesControl.config_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.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.OnMessage(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)

[flebber]

So this is a general query about the one click encoder. I am happily using Megui..and I am happy :), then I thought why am I doing all these manually when I could use the one click encoder. So I tried it again, I hadn't for some time.

Appears to be two things stopping me using the one click encoder when I tried it and I wondered if these features were on the horizon at all.
1) There doesn't seem to be an option to enforce mod16 resizing - this causes some encodes to fail(avisynth script fails and reduces compression).
2) No autocrop.

Is there any chance these will feature on an updated one click encoder ?

[Kurtnoise]

all of them, there was probably something wrong during the last update

fyi, this part hasn't been modified in the lastest commits...


Using 0.3.0.3012 , I found the following crash :

When the bitrate calculator computes a very high bitrate (let's say 139536 for example) and if you choose to "Copy the calculated bitrate into video settings", then you cannot enter the current encoder config anymore :
as you can see in the bug report, this value seems too high for megui. There are a min/max limit in this part. Probably for encoders...

@flebber: post your features requests on SF...

[daWsOn_s]

mp4 container now supports ac3 tracks?

[Kurtnoise]

yes...read the MP4 FAQ. :)

[MrVideo]

Whe I try and go to the wiki help via the Help menu in megui, I basically get a page not found.

It seems that the built in link is bad and needs updating.

EDIT: It looks like MeWiki is down, as the error is: 502 Bad Gateway
The error occur no matter how you try and get there.

[MrVideo]

Where can I find the commandline instruction to meGUI?

If it is the wiki user guide that contains the info, then I'll need a valid link, as explained above, the link within meGUI is broken.

I have a bunch of transport stream MPEG-2 files that fit a particular file size. Ultimately these files have some editing done and then they are converted to H.264 files and placed into MKV containers.

I have a script that runs a VBScript to control VideoReDo to do the editing. I then run dgindex to create the D2V file and edit a template AVS file to create the AVS script. The last piece in the auto-chain is to get meGUI to automatically encode and then MKV package the MP4 and MP2 files.

[Sharktooth]

megui is a GUI and has no commandline options hence it cant be controlled using the commandline.
if you want to use the commandline then use the necessary tools directly... you dont need a GUI.

[MrVideo]

if you want to use the commandline then use the necessary tools directly... you dont need a GUI.

I have no idea what meGUI is using to do what I do via the GUI.

Is there a way to get meGUI to spit out what it uses? I can then use that as a template to do the H.264 encoding and then the MKV muxing.

[MrVideo]

Is there a way to get meGUI to spit out what it uses? I can then use that as a template to do the H.264 encoding and then the MKV muxing.

D'Oh! Found it in the log. Damn those are long command lines :D

[Kurtnoise]

If it is the wiki user guide that contains the info, then I'll need a valid link, as explained above, the link within meGUI is broken.
the wiki link works for me...

[MrVideo]

the wiki link works for me...

Interesting, as pointed out in the posting, I get a "502 Bad Gatreway" error.

Well, I did get the error. The problem has been fixed, as the site now works.

[tebasuna51]

Interesting, as pointed out in the posting, I get a "502 Bad Gatreway" error.

Well, I did get the error. The problem has been fixed, as the site now works.

Using this link:
http://mewiki.project357.com/

I get now:
502 Bad Gateway
nginx/0.6.32

[Kurtnoise]

Yes, me too. I asked to Sharktooth to enable the wiki on SF to create a mirror...

[JohnnyFu]

Hi,

I'm looking for a Sony NWZ-A Series Walkman compatible MeGui Profile. Is there any profile compilation I might have missed while searching the internet?

I already played with MeGui but I totally failed, I think I screwed it up with AviSynth since my Audio enque fails and Mp4Muxer doesn't mux anything at all :)

Sony NWZ-A Series Video Specs:
File Formats : .mp4.m4v
Codec: AVC (H.264/AVC)
Profile: Baseline Profile Level: Max. 1.3, Bit rate: Max. 768kbps
MPEG-4 Profile: Simple Profile, Bit rate: Max. 2500kbps

Audio, AAC-LC:
Channel number: Max. 2 channels
Sampling frequency *: 24/32/44.1/48kHz
Bit rate: Max. 288kbps per 1 channel
File size: Max. 2GB

any help would me much appreciated!
Johnny

p.s. Sony has a great audio player with the NWZ-828 but when it comes to video this thing is nothing for rookies like me. I spend hours with converter tools but not a single one worked. I know it must work with MeGui, there are people on the internet who successfully converted their Sony NWZ videos with MeGUI.

[Sharktooth]

@kurtnoise: i enabled the wiki but i have no idea how it works...

[pcjco04]

as you can see in the bug report, this value seems too high for megui. There are a min/max limit in this part. Probably for encoders...
I knew that, I just report it for the developers. Maybe a check could be done, either when the calculator puts its bitrate value in the encoder settings, or when encoder settings panel is shown to cap the bitrate to the max allowable value.

In v0.3.1.1001, I found another problem using the "One click Encoder" with source type that cannot be detected using default settings :

If I have a video where source type cannot be detected (I tested in the AVS Script Creator using the tool to analyse the source type and it returns a window saying that it cannot detect the source), then the job created with the "One Click Encoder" will make MeGUI vanished after the audio encoding.
If I uncheck "Automatic Deinterlacing" in my One Click profile or if I change the source detector settings so that it can be detected (analyse 10% instead of 1% percent for example), then the One Click Encoder jobs are all created and processed.

[flebber]

Not sure if this is meant to happen (It doesn't usually) but I have just updated to version 0.3.1.1001. I have an unexpected result, after using the d2v creator I had 5 jobs in queue to .d2v. After pressing start the d2v creator started but so did the Avisynth script creator.

So I ended up with all the d2v files open in the script creator windows.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3131376683_2f9407afff.jpg

[TheJohn]

As of MeGUI 0.3.1.1001, I've noticed a minor issue with my final mkv files. After updating, and muxing to mkv, when the resulting video is played in VLC, the frame rate is reported as 25.00 under Codec Details. The video is actually 23.976 FPS. For what it's worth, the video and audio play perfectly and is completely in sync.

I had also re-encoded a video that I initially encoded prior to the MeGUI update and VLC once again reports 25.00 FPS as opposed to the video which was encoded prior to the update and correctly lists as 23.976.

To try and further isolate the issue, I downloaded the most recent mkvmerge set of tools from the authors site and remuxed the video. VLC reports a 23.976 frame rate, which is entirely correct.

In summary, VLC reports an incorrect frame rate when the resulting mp4 and ac3 streams are muxed into a mkv from within MeGUI. The video however does play correctly and is in sync. The very same mp4 and ac3 streams muxed with the most recent mkvmerge set of tools do no exhibit this issue.

[Kurtnoise]

is it better with this build (http://www.mediafire.com/?wzywdmgzdwz) ?

if not, :logfile:

[yaous]

Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\mkvmerge\mkvmerge.exe" -o "E:\encoding\a-muxed.mkv" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --default-duration 1:25fps -d 1 -A -S "E:\encoding\a.mp4" -a 0 -D -S "E:\encoding\a.ac3" --no-clusters-in-meta-seek

i'm using MeGUI 0.3.1.1002 and the same problem..

[Kurtnoise]

is it better with this build (http://www.mediafire.com/?wzywdmgzdwz) ?

if not, :logfile:
:rolleyes:

[yaous]

is it better with this build ?

if not,

Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\mkvmerge\mkvmerge.exe" -o "E:\encoding\a-muxed.mkv" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --default-duration 1:25fps -d 1 -A -S "E:\encoding\a.mp4" -a 0 -D -S "E:\encoding\a.ac3" --no-clusters-in-meta-seek

that build makes same file reported as 25.00fps
"--default-duration 1:25fps" have nothing to do with this problem?

[Kurtnoise]

yes, it is...that's why I'm trying to debug it.

Did you use the adaptive muxer or the mkv muxer directly ?

In the muxer, you use video input or muxed input for your mp4 ?

[yaous]

i'm using video input in mkv muxer

[Kurtnoise]

ok...that's really strange. So, what kind of value do you have in the fps box when you load your video file ?

if you don't mind, could you upload a sample of your video please ?

[yaous]

fps was loaded correctly 29.97
and here is sample (http://www.mediafire.com/?bi35tog2wuz)

[flebber]

Not sure if this is meant to happen (It doesn't usually) but I have just updated to version 0.3.1.1001. I have an unexpected result, after using the d2v creator I had 5 jobs in queue to .d2v. After pressing start the d2v creator started but so did the Avisynth script creator.

So I ended up with all the d2v files open in the script creator windows.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3131376683_2f9407afff.jpg

As well as the issue above muxing is not working for me. It has not muxed the video at all and even has the audio file at wrong size and cannot be played by the player at all. The expected size was 21,174 + 3670, but instead I received final size of 3661.

[flebber]

I updated to 1002 and the muxing appears to be working again. However any file using the d2v creator instantly opens in the avisynth creator still.

[Seraphic-]

Is there any way to disable ConvertAudioTo16bit() when encoding with NeroAAC 1.3.3.0 using MeGUI? I'm trying to encode a two channel 48kHz - 24BPS audio file, but ConvertAudioTo16bit() keeps getting added changing the file from 24bps to 16bps.
I recall that NeroAAC supports 24bps. Does any know why ConvertAudioTo16bit() keeps getting added? Seems to be no way to disable it.

I'm going to try using BeHappy, but wanted to see if could be done using MeGUI.

[Kurtnoise]

fps was loaded correctly 29.97
and here is sample (http://www.mediafire.com/?bi35tog2wuz)
Not the mkv but the mp4 I would like...;)

anyway, could you try this build (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=MeGUI/&file=MeGUI_20081226.zip) ?

[Kurtnoise]

I'm going to try using BeHappy, but wanted to see if could be done using MeGUI.
not yet...;)

[Seraphic-]

not yet...;)

So MeGUI will always force add ConvertAudioTo16bit() then if the file is 24bit, correct?

[Kurtnoise]

not will...for the moment, it adds always ConvertAudioTo16bit(), whatever the bits depth found. That might be different in the next release...;)

[yaous]

Not the mkv but the mp4 I would like...

anyway, could you try this build ?

Incorrect format for file ./languages/ko.txt on line 1.
Format is "variable name[tab]value"


mp4 sample (http://www.mediafire.com/?ucdsf2xmumz)

[Kurtnoise]

a link mirror (http://www.mediafire.com/?didwmule1xm)...

[Seraphic-]

not will...for the moment, it adds always ConvertAudioTo16bit(), whatever the bits depth found. That might be different in the next release...;)

Ah, I see. Sounds good, thanks. :p
Also, could you give any hits as to when the next release might be?

[yaous]

a link mirror...

that build works fine :thanks:

[tebasuna51]

not will...for the moment, it adds always ConvertAudioTo16bit(), whatever the bits depth found. That might be different in the next release...;)
Remember you need use a new AvisynthWrapper.dll (http://www.codeplex.com/AvisynthWrapper) and replace call to 'dimzon_avs_init' by 'dimzon_avs_init_2'

[Kurtnoise]

yep...:)

@Seraphic : no idea...

[pcjco04]

From time to time, I have some problem with the MeGUI AutoCrop functionality : it cuts wrong parts of the video.
I put a small example there (2.7Mb) : wrongcrop.m2v (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=34d6efe2210e8226d2db6fb9a8902bda).
MeGUI AutoCrop cuts the 26 lines on the top but it shouldn't.

[Neillithan]

Hi, I use fraps to record videos from my games. Fraps likes to split the video into 4 GB chunks and the chunks are named in a way that makes it impossible to segment them using Avisynth unless I rename them to "video.01.avi" "video.02.avi" etc.

After renaming them either manually or with a batch rename tool, I can then use "SegmentedAviSource()" or "SegmentedDirectShowSource()" to automatically combine the videos into a single video. I have to add this command manually by creating the AviSynth script manually, but it can be a real pain trying to create the AviSynth script automatically using MeGUI's "AviSynthScript Creator".

When loading the first Avi into the AviSynth Script Creator, I get the following script:

AVISource("E:\Program Files\Fraps\_LARGE AVIs\example.01.avi", audio=false)

I must then change it to:

SegmentedAVISource("E:\Program Files\Fraps\_LARGE AVIs\example.avi", audio=true).ConvertToYV12().FadeIn(30).FadeOut(30)

I added the fades, the word segmented, and changed audio=false to audio=true just to point out that all of this has to be added manually. At the moment, I know of no other way to automate these changes from the AviSynth Script Creator GUI.

I am curious if there is an easier way to do this. I want to simplify this process somehow without having to resort to manually modifying the AviSynth script.

Thanks in advance for any help or feedback.

[VirtualMe]

I have a problem with my audio being out of sync and the FPS of the resulting .mkv file shows up as 25 FPS in both VLC and MediaInfo. I opened the .vob file in MediaInfo and it says it is 29.97 FPS. I used the D2V Creator in MeGUI, selected the .vob file as input, and after it runs it shows the FPS as 23.976 under the Filters tab.

I used DVD Decrypter to rip an episode of Stargate SG-1 (S08E20). I then freshly installed MeGUI and AVISynth, with no other codecs or audio/video programs installed, and used the One-Click encoder to encode it with x264 and 128k MP3 audio.

The audio is slightly off at the beginning of the episode, but gets worse and worse as time goes on.

Anyone know how to fix this?

[Kurtnoise]

@VirtualMe : use the build linked in the post #3470 from this thread...

@Neillithan : nope...we can't yet do that more easier unfortunately.

@pcjco04 : I'll see what can I do for that...not easy I fear.

[VirtualMe]

Kurtnoise13: I'm sorry to say, I just tried that build and it did not work for me. Same problem.

[pcjco04]

@pcjco04 : I'll see what can I do for that...not easy I fear.

I don't know if it can help, but the AutoCrop from GKnot doesn't have the same problem but maybe it is only the sampled frames that are different.

[VirtualMe]

The problem with audio out of sync and FPS problems, is definitely a problem using .mkv files. I kept all settings in the One-Click Encoder the same, except I changed it to use a .mp4 file, and the audio is perfectly in sync, and VLC now reports the video as 23.976023 instead of 25.

[Razorholt]

I confirm the out of sync issue with MKV.

[Famille_CB]

Hello,

I confirm too. I use to encode in 50 fps. When i play the final file the speed is the half (25 fps).
I think the problem come from the intermediate file with the .264 extension, it doesn't give the frame rate to the mkv muxer.

Can you have a look please?

Thank's a lot.

[Razorholt]

Is 1001 ok?

[Razorholt]

reinstalled 1001 and got the same issue. I guess I'll go back to v0.3.0.3012 then :)

[theclaus]

Yup same here. If I use MP4 it works fine. Something must be messed up with mkvmerge.

[Kurtnoise]

Could you test the build in the #3491 please.

if that fails, send me a vob sample...


edit: the new MediaInfoWrapper.dll is needed too. So, don't forget to overwrite the old one.

[Famille_CB]

Hello,

I make a quick test on my videos.
I rename the old "megui.exe" and "MediaInfoWrapper.dll"; The problem is the same.

The problem appear when I use the button "AutoEncode". There is an intermediate file for the video with the extension .264, the frame rate is not written in this file and mkvmerge don't know the real frame rate and create the final file with 25 fps.

Dommage.

For information :
I use MEGUI to encode videos send by Adobe Premiere via the debugmode frame server.
I work in 50fps for more fluidity.
Videos are in 1440x1080 (Canon HV20 camcorder), I resize in 1280x720 progressive.

Thank you. I'm ready to test other files if you want.

[Kurtnoise]

see #3491

[7ekno]

Hi all :)

I was just wondering if there is a reason that the new MeGUI builds (0.3.1.xxxx) only pass -threads 1 to xvid-encraw?!?

It doesn't matter if I set Threads to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in the XviD profile, MeGUI only ever passes -threads 1 on the commandline to XviD (based on log-file output) ... I use the "Auto-Encode" button so that I can mux in audio (if that makes a difference, maybe it's being reset somewhere in the Autoencode module) ...

Is this by design (because XviD isn't inheretly mutli-threaded), or has it been overlooked in the MeGUI 0.3.1.xxxx builds?!?

Thanks for any responses,
7

[Kurtnoise]

Hello,

I make a quick test on my videos.
I rename the old "megui.exe" and "MediaInfoWrapper.dll"; The problem is the same.

The problem appear when I use the button "AutoEncode". There is an intermediate file for the video with the extension .264, the frame rate is not written in this file and mkvmerge don't know the real frame rate and create the final file with 25 fps.

Dommage.

For information :
I use MEGUI to encode videos send by Adobe Premiere via the debugmode frame server.
I work in 50fps for more fluidity.
Videos are in 1440x1080 (Canon HV20 camcorder), I resize in 1280x720 progressive.

Thank you. I'm ready to test other files if you want.
Finally, I think I fixed the problem...test me (http://www.mediafire.com/?n3gnyuq0n2y).

As I said earlier, don't forget to overwrite MediaInfoWrapper.dll too. :)

[Kurtnoise]

Is this by design (because XviD isn't inheretly mutli-threaded), or has it been overlooked in the MeGUI 0.3.1.xxxx builds?!?

mmmh, maybe it's a bug. I'll check it out.

[mat8035]

I just updated to 1003 and now the D2V creator is broken :( It doesn't demux audio files and the AVISynth script creator can't open it.

[VirtualMe]

Finally, I think I fixed the problem...test me (http://www.mediafire.com/?n3gnyuq0n2y).

As I said earlier, don't forget to overwrite MediaInfoWrapper.dll too. :)

This worked for me. Thanks Kurtnoise13!

[sh0dan]

In 1003 the mp4 muxer seems broken. I get a Method not found exception: "System.String MediaInfoWrapper.AudioTrack.get_Format()" cannot be found. Caller is in MeGUI.VideoUtil.getFlagFromAACStream(String, int).

It seems like you forgot to update MediaInfoWrapper.dll, or include the latest version. File version is "0.7.8.0"

Edit: Sorry - apparently it is the same error as above. Installing "MeGUI_20081227-2.zip" helped.

[mat8035]

In 1003 the mp4 muxer seems broken. I get a Method not found exception: "System.String MediaInfoWrapper.AudioTrack.get_Format()" cannot be found. Caller is in MeGUI.VideoUtil.getFlagFromAACStream(String, int).

It seems like you forgot to update MediaInfoWrapper.dll, or include the latest version. File version is "0.7.8.0"

Edit: Sorry - apparently it is the same error as above. Installing "MeGUI_20081227-2.zip" helped.

This fix works for me as well. Appears to be a problem with 1003 core.

[Famille_CB]

Hello,

Description of my problem:
The video to be encoded is at 50 fps. But when I play the MeGui encoded file, all the frames are played at 25 fps (half speed).
There is a slow down of 50% of my video.
Before the version 3.1.1002 every thing was OK.

I overwrite the 2 files in the zip file "MeGUI_20081227-2.zip" in the directory of MEGui. I recode my video : The problem is present.
I make the update to 3.1.1003. I recode my video : The problem is still there.

Can you help me. I'm ready to help you, I don't know how but...

I joint a description of the encoded file.

Thank's a lot.

[Kurtnoise]

sorry...my bad. I hope it's ok now.

*click me (http://www.mediafire.com/?kmimgh0mmqm)* / mirror (http://www.2shared.com/file/4530947/3d139b7f/MeGUI_20081227-3.html)

[Famille_CB]

Hello,

Every thing is OK now.
Good job.

Thank's a lot.

[floz23]

Yeah, I just upgraded to .1003 and got the same "AudioTrack" bug. Installed your update... works fine now.

I'll just wait 'till the next version after .1003 to upgrade again.

[Dark Eiri]

Somehow, .1003 broke it for me too. Your update fixed it, Kurtnoise! I think you should submit it to the autoupdate servers to avoid more people getting this error.

[Snowknight26]

It seems that the bitrate calculator is inaccurate when selecting a 1509.75kbps DTS track. The track is 1,109,831,316 bytes and 1:38:00 long, which comes out to 1509.75kbps, not 1536kbps. When I select DTS and type in the actual size of the file in bytes, it displays it fine as 1509.

[Razorholt]

1003+patch works fine. Thanks Kurtnoise13!

[mariush]

First time I post, though I read the forums for a long time.

Just updated to 1003 and now the application fails to load any AVS file. It worked before, without making any changes to the system.


The error message says:

[...]
Error message for your reference: Method not found: 'System.String MediaInfoWrapper.AudioTrack.get_Format()'.

http://savedonthe.net/image/164/Clipboard01.png

By going in the Settings and disabling Preview, it's possible to load the AVS file and queue it for processing and processing works.

ps. I obviously have to get used to reading previous posts, sorry about this, I now see it's already reported.

[Fonteyn]

Kurtnoise13, Thank you for your fixed, and thank you to put the 2share's downloading address!

Could never be a success from "Mediafire" to download anything!

Thanks again

[Kurtnoise]

It seems that the bitrate calculator is inaccurate when selecting a 1509.75kbps DTS track. The track is 1,109,831,316 bytes and 1:38:00 long, which comes out to 1509.75kbps, not 1536kbps. When I select DTS and type in the actual size of the file in bytes, it displays it fine as 1509.
huh ? never heard that a DTS track can have a such bitrate. Could you upload a sample please ?



@all:

sorry for the convenience...Sharktooth has been tooo fast yesterday and forgot to include the new MediaInfoWrapper library. I hope he will fix that soon. I've no control on the megui update server to change this except to provide a build as pointed above.

[thetoof]

Thanks for the patch, it's all working well now.

[Nightshiver]

huh ? never heard that a DTS track can have a such bitrate. Could you upload a sample please ?



@all:

The DTS track has such a high bitrate because it came from a Blu-Ray or other HD source. That bitrate is generally the standard for HD audio from DTS.

[Kurtnoise]

yes...I've some DTS tracks @1536kbps from BDs but never seen 1509,75kbps.

[Sharktooth]

i included the wrong version of the lib... fixed. oh... and sorry for the inconvenience. i had no time to test the build so i didnt spot the problem...

[pcjco04]

I have a request about the way to display audio track name in the One Click Encoder window (from VOB files). Is it possible to put the same informations as shown in D2V Creator panel (language is missing in One Click Encoder panels) ?

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4641/capture2tj1.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture2tj1.jpg)http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9964/capture3qq1.th.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture3qq1.jpg)

[Snowknight26]

yes...I've some DTS tracks @1536kbps from BDs but never seen 1509,75kbps.

Can't get a sample, but it seems that all (100+) of my non-zero padded DTS tracks are 1509kbps (1510 if you round up, which is what everything before 0.3.1.1003 did):

eac3to:
+ DTS-Core
- frameSize 2013
- DTS-ES -
- channelNo 5
- lfe 1
- channelDescr 5.1
- samplingRate 48000
- bitDepth 24
- bitrate 1509750
- samplesPerFrame 512
- copyHistory 1
DTS, 5.1 channels, 2:03:41, 24 bits, 1510kbps, 48khz

MediaInfo:
Audio
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits

Simple math:
(1,400,550,789 bytes / (2:03:41)) * 8 = ~1509.8kbps

Looks like MediaInfo isn't that accurate. Plus, I don't even see why you need MediaInfo to analyze the audio stream when, if you have a video length already typed in and you select an audio track, MeGUI can use a form of the above equation to get the real kbps (assuming you've selected a desired size too; subtracting the audio track from the desired size is so much easier).

Also, the changelog window has the generic VS.NET icon, and when you try to minimize that window, you can't maximize it without right clicking on the task bar, Maximize, then resizing the window manually.

Edit: To add info, I have two files. One freshly encoded, the other run through eac3to to strip zero padding.

eac3to.exe "G:\Encoding Tools\temp\verticallimit.dts"
DTS, 5.1 channels, 2:04:27, 24 bits, 1510kbps, 48khz

eac3to.exe "G:\Encoding Tools\temp\verticallimit.padding.dts"
DTS (zero padded), 5.1 channels, 2:04:27, 16 bits, 1510kbps, 48khz

verticallimit.dts - (1,409,192,598 bytes / 2:04:27) * 8 = 1509kbps
verticallimit.padding.dts - (1,433,694,208 bytes / 2:04:27) * 8 = 1536kbps

MeGUI reports both as being 1536kbps, even though only one is (eac3to reports both as being 1510 because it doesn't take padding into consideration).

[alexcel]

Hi:

I can't make One Click Encoder to mux original audio properly. :confused:

I am trying to keep the original ac3 audio from a set of vobs, encode the video to AVC in mkv container.

I choose the audio stream (it is 081, the second one), and go. (Note: a language indication could help a lot here)

The one click encoder runs an index phase, an a d2v plus the selected ac3 streams are created, and then video encodes perfectly to title_video, but finally no muxing takes place and the ac3 audio is deleted by the cleanup job.

I am running last 1004 version.

Thanks for the help

[Kurtnoise]

no log, no help...

[alexcel]

Here is the logfile and the jobs created by One Click encoder. It does not create a mux job and deletes the demuxed audio stream at the end

[Kurtnoise]

it seems that audio stream has been skipped. Hence, no mux at last...Could you recreate a d2v file in the d2v creator (Tools->), select the same audio track and retry an index ?

At the end, do you have still your audio stream extracted ?

[alexcel]

Yes, the d2v creator created a d2v file + the correct audio stream "Title T81 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -200ms.ac3". I visually checked the working dir while encoding video... But the cleanup job deleted it at the final stage.

If a retry an index the audio is extracted perfectly again. I can mux it manually and it works.

When I use One Click Encoder with vobs with only 1 audio track or if the selected audio track is the first one, it works flawlessly

But if I choose the second audio track when there are several tracks, them it fails

Hope this helps to clarify the issue.

Thanks, kurtnoise, for checking this.

[Kurtnoise]

ok, that helps...the next release will use the same d2v Creator routines for the One-Click Encoder when we load vob files. That should fix your problem.

but, i'll try to track down the current code to know why that fails with 2nd track selection.

[rack04]

The latest x264 update extracts as x264.1065M.

[Sharktooth]

.... my fault... again...
fixed.

note to self (no. 3): never do critical tasks while you're in a hurry...

[alexcel]

Hi Kurtnoise.

Thank for the help and quick response.

The 1005 build now reads perfectly the audio language, and now I can choose the spanish stream.

But build 1005 seems to have broken what was right.

My first audio is mapped in my vobs as 129 (0x81) according to mediainfo. But now One Click Encoder maps it as 128 (0x80), and so no demuxing occurs and now no audio stream .ac3 is created. As the audio is not created, no final remuxing occurs.

If I run a single index d2v job, I have to select demux all streams, otherwise the index job has the same bug and no audio stream are created.

thanks again

[Snowknight26]

The Help button is shorter than the Reset button.
The audio bitrate issue is still present, too.

[Kurtnoise]

Hi Kurtnoise.

Thank for the help and quick response.

The 1005 build now reads perfectly the audio language, and now I can choose the spanish stream.

But build 1005 seems to have broken what was right.

My first audio is mapped in my vobs as 129 (0x81) according to mediainfo. But now One Click Encoder maps it as 128 (0x80), and so no demuxing occurs and now no audio stream .ac3 is created. As the audio is not created, no final remuxing occurs.

If I run a single index d2v job, I have to select demux all streams, otherwise the index job has the same bug and no audio stream are created.

this is not a bug. It's because the IFO parser starts the counter always to zero regarding audio streams #. I can revert to the previous state but you'll have no more language detection. So, you can remap (i.e 0x81 to 0x80, etc...) your audio streams with vob tools (even DVDDecrypter is able to do that). So, what do you prefer ? It's up to you.

And a vob sample for testing could be great for me...:)


The Help button is shorter than the Reset button.
The audio bitrate issue is still present, too.
yeah...not fixed yet.

[alexcel]

this is not a bug. It's because the IFO parser starts the counter always to zero regarding audio streams #. I can revert to the previous state but you'll have no more language detection. So, you can remap (i.e 0x81 to 0x80, etc...) your audio streams with vob tools (even DVDDecrypter is able to do that). So, what do you prefer ? It's up to you.

And a vob sample for testing could be great for me...:)


I prefer the actual state, I'll just keep all audio streams so there is always a 0x80 stream present.

BUT we could use IFO parser to get the only languages for audio streams (english, german, spanish,...) AND use the other method to get the real audio stream #. Maybe thats just too complex.

How can I reduce the size of my vob to send it to you??

Thanks for analysing this issue.:thanks:

[Zelos]

hello all,

i updated to the last megui core.
When i open an avs job , the preview window opening.
if i close it, then after some seconds (10s) megui closed.
if i remove some lines about my script then it works.
the script is correct , i use it on virtualdub , megui also (if i don't close the preview window).

here is it

directshowsource("f:\test.mp4")
blockbuster("noise")
blockbuster("sharpen",detail_mini=20,detail_max=90,strength=30)
gradfundb(2.5)
limitedsharpenfaster()

when i remove limitedsharpen , megui don't crush.

[Sharktooth]

use the setmemorymax function to limit the memory used by avisynth.
if that doesnt work, avoid using limitedsharpen.

[Sharktooth]

this is not a bug. It's because the IFO parser starts the counter always to zero regarding audio streams #. I can revert to the previous state but you'll have no more language detection. So, you can remap (i.e 0x81 to 0x80, etc...) your audio streams with vob tools (even DVDDecrypter is able to do that). So, what do you prefer ? It's up to you.

And a vob sample for testing could be great for me...:)
Maybe today i woke up stupid... but, does the problem exists only if you dont rip all the audio tracks?
if only one track is found we can remap the id...

[Kurtnoise]

yes, the problem remains even if you rip only one track (you can have only one track with ID 0x86 or 0x8A or whatever...). You have the same issue with vStrip. Some softwares like DVDShrink doesn't remap the track ID when we skip some tracks. I'll try to find a workaround...

[rack04]

Since vsfilter was included in the latest update does that mean that in later builds we'll have the option to "burn in" subtitles?

[Sharktooth]

yes. definatly.

[anyone23]

Hi

I'm using megui to convert tv recordings to h.264 with aac audio (Nero).

It looks like megui has problems when the audio switches from multichannel to stereo (and the other way arround). It encodes only the part till it changes and replaces the other part with silence.

This is a huge problem for me because the tv stations broadcast the movie in 5.1 and change to 2.0 during commercials (and a few msecs before them). When I select "decode with DShow" (I use ffdshow + liba52) it sometimes works but then about one third of the encodings stop with an error right at the beginning although I can play the source files with MPC just fine.

I've included an example log:

When I use "decode with DShow" I get an error, when I deselect it I get an ~2MB file with silence but no error.:confused:

Sorry for my bad english :(

[Kurtnoise]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1230569#post1230569

[Riki]

Im sorry if this has been answered before, but I just wanted to know if its possible to use the one click feature with an mp4 or avi file? It seems to only allow mpeg2 stuff instead of all the other formats. Please say its possible :) Ive tried many things and it doesnt seem to help.

If it is impossible now, is there a way to encode a single mp4 file into a new mp4 file and also encode/mux the audio. It would be great to have all this done at once, instead of having to combine the audio later and so on.

Thanks!

- Riki

[Sharktooth]

yes, it is possible.
run the avisynth script creator and load the mp4 file.
remove the ",audio=false" from the directshowsource line and save the avs.
when you're back to the main window, load the avs in both video (should be automatic) and audio inputs, select the presets for both and click autoencode. go on...

[createcoms]

I've got a problem. I'm trying to rip a tv series disc but no matter what I try it still ends up with comb jaggies. DGIndex shows the episodes as switching between Progressive and Interlace - and there's the grain effect in the image so I guess it's Telecine. MeGUI analyses it and seems to pick up on the film/interlace hybrid nature but despite this it's not turning out right - that being the interlaced parts are still jagged. I've tried various settings to do with both the deinterlacing selection and also overriding the setting the analysis chooses to the other options (tried the partially xxx and hybrid ones). Ideas?

[clampchi]

can anyone help me on this one? I have no idea what went wrong....

This occurs every time I do any of the following:
Input avs and close preview windows,I get the following error message:

Faital error

MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed, Reason: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.Source of exception: megui stacktrace:
at MeGUI.AviSynthClip.dimzon_avs_destroy(IntPtr&avs)
at MeGUI.AviSynthClip.cleanup(Boolean disposing)
at MeGUI.AviSynthClip.System.IDisposable.Dispose()
at MeGUI.AvsFile.cleanup()
at MeGUI.AvsFile.Dispose()
at MeGUI.VideoPlayer.OnClosing(CancelEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WinClose(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WinProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindows.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindows.Callback(IntPtr hWnd,Int32 msg,IntPtr wparam,IntPtr lparam)

[pcjco04]

First of all Happy New Year to all MeGUI developpers.
MeGUI is really a great tool, and I am now using all its tools instead of using several GUIs (DGIndex + besweetGUI + GKnot).
I hope this year we will see a lot of new features (Compressibility check and/or quality indicator, subtitles tools, HD streams integration, ...)

Now let's go back to the troubleshootings :
In version 0.3.1.1005, the "Reset" button doesn't seem to do anything (audio & video fields are not blanked anymore like in previous version).
Also about this "Reset" button : I suggest to also remove the audio track tabs and just let "Track 1" tab.

[yesgrey]

Is it safe to use Avisynth 2.58 with MeGUI, or is it better still using 2.57?...

[Kurtnoise]

can anyone help me on this one? I have no idea what went wrong....

uninstall avisynth (and remove all avisynth stuff in your computer) and retry a clean install from the official package...


Is it safe to use Avisynth 2.58 with MeGUI
yes, and it's encouraged...:)

[Lenchik]

Hope this is right thread to ask...

Long description:
There is an option named "I-frame boost (10x %)" in MeGUI xvid settings' advanced tab. It refers to -kboost option of xvid_encraw. When option in MeGUI is set 100 then commandline uses "-kboost 100", when option in MeGUI is set 10 then commandline has no -kboost because its default value is 10.
On the other hand XviD VfW interface in 2-pass settings has option named "I-frame boost (%)" which deafault seems to be 10.
What number in this option must be set to obtain equal results (settings for encoder) if other optons are equal? I want to know corresponding numbers in options in XviD VfW and MeGUI+xvid_encraw.

In other words short question will be:
Is number set to -kboost (and MeGUI "I-frame boost (10x %)" option) equal XviD VfW setting "I-frame boost (%)"?

And second question is: why in one place i-frame boost is set in "10x %" and in other place in just "%"?

100 in MeGUI equals 10 in VfW?

[Buggle]

I am experiencing errors when trying to transcode DGIndex produced AC3 files to any other format. Since this happened for the first time using MeGUI and with both AC3 files from that disc, I tend to assume there is something odd about the AC3 files themselves. Thing is, they come from a dvd that I decrypted in full to the harddisk, then used Nero Recode to get the main movie out to save some diskspace. I have now used Nero Recode to encode the movies, which functions fine. My conclusion: the tool that MeGUI uses [to transcode AC3] has problems reading a file that is perfectly readable. (Update: BeSweet via BeLight can also decode the files fine). I am using the latest version of everything (autoupdate to development builds).

Just to be complete and summarize: the two AC3 files are 192kbit 2.0 files, produced by DGIndex, coming from a Nero Recode rebuild dvd (no compression whatsoever). I tend to use DSII downmuxing as a standard setting, I hope this is automatically ignored when the input is 2.0 audio?

Update2:
After transcoding the AC3 to WAV (by BeSweet), the WAV as source in MeGUI also causes errors, regardless of the codec used. So the problem actually lies with MeGUI or one of the tools that is used.

Update3:
Nevermind, I solved the problem by reinstalling MeGUI and update subsequently. It now encodes the files.

[Sharktooth]

I've got a problem. I'm trying to rip a tv series disc but no matter what I try it still ends up with comb jaggies. DGIndex shows the episodes as switching between Progressive and Interlace - and there's the grain effect in the image so I guess it's Telecine. MeGUI analyses it and seems to pick up on the film/interlace hybrid nature but despite this it's not turning out right - that being the interlaced parts are still jagged. I've tried various settings to do with both the deinterlacing selection and also overriding the setting the analysis chooses to the other options (tried the partially xxx and hybrid ones). Ideas?
you better ask in the avisynth forum, since that is a particular source and probably there's no automated way to deinterlace/ivtc it.

[Sharktooth]

Hope this is right thread to ask...

Long description:
There is an option named "I-frame boost (10x %)" in MeGUI xvid settings' advanced tab. It refers to -kboost option of xvid_encraw. When option in MeGUI is set 100 then commandline uses "-kboost 100", when option in MeGUI is set 10 then commandline has no -kboost because its default value is 10.
On the other hand XviD VfW interface in 2-pass settings has option named "I-frame boost (%)" which deafault seems to be 10.
What number in this option must be set to obtain equal results (settings for encoder) if other optons are equal? I want to know corresponding numbers in options in XviD VfW and MeGUI+xvid_encraw.

In other words short question will be:
Is number set to -kboost (and MeGUI "I-frame boost (10x %)" option) equal XviD VfW setting "I-frame boost (%)"?

And second question is: why in one place i-frame boost is set in "10x %" and in other place in just "%"?

100 in MeGUI equals 10 in VfW?
it's the same option, but 100 in megui should be equal to 10 in VFW.

[Famille_CB]

Hello,

I've got a problem with vorbis audio encoding. The final file is very noisy, I can't understand anything.
To solve the problem I've to remove the fonction "Improve accuracy using 32bit & float computations".

Before the last update every thing was OK.

Can you have a look to this problem?

Tank's a lot.

[Sharktooth]

thats due to the new 32bit processing.


EDIT: ill update the vorbis encoder...
EDIT2: even with the updated encoder there's noise in the output.

[Vesdaris]

Hey=)
Ive encountered today an error when trying to convert AC3 to any ther format(check out the log)
ANy ideas whats wrong?
Everything worked fine several days ago.

PS tried renaming the source file so there are not spaces but still doesnt work.
Also made a search through the forums but havent found a solution

[SacredCultivator]

Same problem.. And I tried reinstalling and that didn't fix my problem either.. Can't encode a .wav into other formats ><

[tebasuna51]

ANy ideas whats wrong?
Everything worked fine several days ago.


Seems a problem with the new 32 bits treatment, the Lame encoder don't accept 32 bits FLOAT but support 16, 24 and 32 INT.

MeGUI needs an avs line like:
32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo32bit(last):last

Used 32==Audiobits(last) for AviShith 2.57 compatibility, for 2.58 we can use:
IsAudioFloat()

[SacredCultivator]

Oh... so that's the problem, well hopefully it can be fixed soon ^_^

[Sharktooth]

in the meanwhile you can uncheck the "Improve Accuracy using 32bit......." in the audio preset config window.

[SacredCultivator]

^Doesn't work for me... Unchecked it and still getting error.

[tebasuna51]

^Doesn't work for me... Unchecked it and still getting error.
Yes, the problem is the same.

Without 32 bit precission the avs script is:
NicAc3Source("D:\6a321.ac3")
6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last

With 32 bit precission the avs script is:
NicAc3Source("D:\6a321.ac3")
ConvertAudioToFloat()
6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last

Don't exist difference because the output of NicAudio decoders is always 32 bits float

The script must be:
NicAc3Source("D:\6a321.ac3")
6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo(last):last
32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo32bit(last):last

[tebasuna51]

thats due to the new 32bit processing.


EDIT: ill update the vorbis encoder...
EDIT2: even with the updated encoder there's noise in the output.

The ogg problem is in parameters command line:
-Q --raw --raw-bits=32 --raw-chan=6 --raw-rate=48000 --quality 1.0
dont exist the parameter:
--raw-format=n Set format for raw input.
Default is 1 for Standard PCM;
use 3 for IEEE Float.

And is read as 32 bit int. We need --raw-format=3

[Kurtnoise]

The ogg problem is in parameters command line:
-Q --raw --raw-bits=32 --raw-chan=6 --raw-rate=48000 --quality 1.0
dont exist the parameter:
--raw-format=n Set format for raw input.
Default is 1 for Standard PCM;
use 3 for IEEE Float.

And is read as 32 bit int. We need --raw-format=3

due to the fact that the output bits per sample is not always 32 (ex with 16bits stereo wav files, we need the --raw-format=1) *and* we can't retrieve this before command line creation, I decided to enable the "SendWavHeaderToEncoderStdIn" and remove all raw mode switches. It seems that with the pipeline it works with all cases now...

[tebasuna51]

due to the fact that the output bits per sample is not always 32 (ex with 16bits stereo wav files, we need the --raw-format=1) *and* we can't retrieve this before command line creation, I decided to enable the "SendWavHeaderToEncoderStdIn" and remove all raw mode switches. It seems that with the pipeline it works with all cases now...
Good idea, but please use this oggenc2 builds (edited)
and the command line with the parameter --ignorelength to avoid problems with headers for >4GB, more frequent with 32 bitdepth.

Edit: your last oggenc2.exe have already the --ignorelength parameter.
Edit2: where do yo find your oggenc2 builds? Isn't the John33 builds from rarewares.
Edit3: sorry is from rarewares but the P3/AMD version:
OggEnc v2.85 (libvorbis 1.2.1 RC2 [aoTuVb5.61])
The --ignorelength is a change in vorbis-tools 1.3.0 beta 1 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=65975#)
Seems we still need remapping the channels then the vorbis-tools 1.3.0 beta 1 isn't fully applied to oggenc2
"* oggenc: fixed remapping channels bug (#1326)"

[Kurtnoise]

done...;)

btw, the vorbis encoder from the auto-update contains the --ignorelength switch. So, it's fine.

[pcjco04]

I have a problem with the OneClick encoder (and also AutoEncode) at the muxing step. After video encoding finish, I have a popup saying something about audio track index being out of bound and when I click OK, it starts muxing but not with all the audio tracks.

In my One Click settings, I choose

Track 1 : 0x81
Track 2 : 0x80

and the muxing log looks like :
-[Information] Log for job6 (mux, 18_Video.264 -> 18.mkv)
--[Information] [1/6/2009 3:47:28 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/6/2009 3:47:28 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\Divx_Prog\megui\tools\mkvmerge\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Transfert\COL\18\18.mkv" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --default-duration 0:25fps -d 0 -A -S "C:\Transfert\COL\18\18_Video.264" -a 1 -D -S "C:\Transfert\COL\18\18 T80 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a" -a 0 -D -S "C:\Transfert\COL\18\18 T81 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a" --no-clusters-in-meta-seek
--[Information] [1/6/2009 4:01:16 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] mkvmerge v2.4.1 ('Use Me') built on Dec 7 2008 02:39:32
---[NoImage] 'C:\Transfert\COL\18\18_Video.264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
---[NoImage] 'C:\Transfert\COL\18\18 T80 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a': Using the Quicktime/MP4 demultiplexer.
---[NoImage] 'C:\Transfert\COL\18\18 T81 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a': Using the Quicktime/MP4 demultiplexer.
---[NoImage] 'C:\Transfert\COL\18\18_Video.264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
---[NoImage] 'C:\Transfert\COL\18\18 T80 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a' track 1: Using the AAC output module.
---[NoImage] Warning: 'C:\Transfert\COL\18\18 T81 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a': No tracks will be copied from this file. This usually indicates a mistake in the command line.
---[NoImage] Warning: 'C:\Transfert\COL\18\18 T81 2_0ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a': A track with the ID 0 was requested but not found in the file. The corresponding option will be ignored.
---[NoImage] The file 'C:\Transfert\COL\18\18.mkv' has been opened for writing.


All the files are here, but the muxing command line should be "-a 1" instead of "-a 0" for the second track. I assume it is linked to the strange popup message I received before.

[Kurtnoise]

Sorry...I **** up once again. :o It'll be fixed in the next release.

If you need a build, I can upload it if you want.


@Tebasuna: what you mean ? --ignorelengh doesn't work properly w/ the current encoder ?

[tebasuna51]

@Tebasuna: what you mean ? --ignorelengh doesn't work properly w/ the current encoder ?

Seems work fine, but in same accepted feature request was the correct channelmapping.

And seems John33 still don't aply these part because encoding a wav file with standard PCM header produce distinct result than encoding the same wav with WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE header (curious bug in 2009).

We need wait to a full version to delete the remap with GetChannel(), or send WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE header.

[ricky man]

i have error message: MEGui encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Value of '0' is not valid for 'Value'.

can anyone please help me with this error msg?

how do you set the Display aspect ratio to 16/9? Also i want to know which profile is the best for blu-ray movies?


Thank you.

[alexcel]

yes, the problem remains even if you rip only one track (you can have only one track with ID 0x86 or 0x8A or whatever...). You have the same issue with vStrip. Some softwares like DVDShrink doesn't remap the track ID when we skip some tracks. I'll try to find a workaround...

I'd be very glad to know if there are any progress on this topic...Any workaround on sight? :)

[Kurtnoise]

i have error message: MEGui encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Value of '0' is not valid for 'Value'.

can anyone please help me with this error msg?

if you describe more precisely what you have done, maybe we can help you...

[Kurtnoise]

I'd be very glad to know if there are any progress on this topic...Any workaround on sight? :)
not yet...not so easy.

[wirawan845]

hi, i have a problem with megui
after i updated core into 0.3.1.1007 and avswrapper into 0.3.1.1006, when i try to open a huffyuv 2.2.0 encoded videos with avs script creator, megui gives me an error like this :

megui.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience
Error signature
AppName: megui.exe
AppVer: 0.3.1.1007
ModName: hufyuv.dll
ModVer: 2.2.0.1
Offset: 0000807b
i don't know how to copy paste the Error Report Contents that comes up with it, but the attached files is included in that error report

i didn't get any error when using the older version of core and avswrapper (before i updated them)
the videos is encoded with huffyuv 2.2.0 using TMPGEnc XPress 3.0.4.24

thanks

[Paddy97]

Can someone please help me out. I reinstallad my system and now MeGui is acting up on me when I try to run the D2V creator on any MPG file. What have I forgotten to reinstall/configure?

http://www.fenrisulven.se/megui.jpg

Thanks In advance.

[Sharktooth]

hi, i have a problem with megui
after i updated core into 0.3.1.1007 and avswrapper into 0.3.1.1006, when i try to open a huffyuv 2.2.0 encoded videos with avs script creator, megui gives me an error like this :

megui.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience
Error signature
AppName: megui.exe
AppVer: 0.3.1.1007
ModName: hufyuv.dll
ModVer: 2.2.0.1
Offset: 0000807b
i don't know how to copy paste the Error Report Contents that comes up with it, but the attached files is included in that error report

i didn't get any error when using the older version of core and avswrapper (before i updated them)
the videos is encoded with huffyuv 2.2.0 using TMPGEnc XPress 3.0.4.24

thanks
install a recent version of ffdshow and ensure you're using it for decoding huffyuv.

[Sharktooth]

Can someone please help me out. I reinstallad my system and now MeGui is acting up on me when I try to run the D2V creator on any MPG file. What have I forgotten to reinstall/configure?

Thanks In advance.
did you run the autoupdate and updated everything?

[ricky man]

i have this error . i dont know what does this mean? and how can i fix this error?

Your AviSynt script clip has the following problem:

Aviscript clip doesnot have mod16 dimensions:
Width:1920
Height:1080

[Sharktooth]

when does that happen? what encoder are you using?

[ricky man]

when does that happen? what encoder are you using?

i am using x264 or Megui.

i load the mkv file. then i set the bitrate and the size of the file. then i click on the queue. then the error pops up.

this is the pic of the two error that i have .

[Sharktooth]

use the avisynth script creator (under the tools menu) to load the file.
if yuo need to encode the audio too, then be sure to remove ,audio=false from the directshowsource line, then load the .avs in the audio input too.

[Paddy97]

did you run the autoupdate and updated everything?

Since your question led me to start to distrust my MeGui install I started fresh from sourceforge and now it works. Thanks! My old MeGUI directory must have contained something old that was not up to par.

[clumba]

I'm trying to encode The Mask.BDRip.1080p.x264-CtrlHD.mkv from 1080p to 720p. Select HQ-Balanced profile, set bitrate to ~5600, click Enqueque -> get 2 pass encode.

But when job is done i get file with bitrate ~200kbps! :scared:

Resolution is correct, btw.

What is wrong?

P.S. All file with latest version.

P.P.S. Sorry for my english.

[pcjco04]

Version 0.3.1.1008 now mux correctly both audio tracks chosen in OneClickEncoder.

Is it normal that the audio track order is not kept ?

If I choose Track1=0x81 and Track2=0x80 it will always encode first 0x80 then 0x81 and same in muxing CLI so the first track of the final muxed file will be 0x80 (Track2).

[[DB-FR] Nikko]

Hi everyone,
I dont understand why it is possible to produce raw h264 file but not raw aac file ?
Indeed we can just choose mp4 or m4a, is it possible to add raw aac ?
cheers,
Nikko

EDIT : Ok I saw Nero AAC doesn't permit raw output but only in MP4 format...

[shroomM]

Hey,

first of all... great tool!

But I'm having some problems getting audio encoding to work...

If I input a 5.1 448kbps AC3, choose the ffmpeg MP2 encoder and choose to downmix the channels to stereo, the encoding fails.

At first, MeGUI says it's Preprocessing... the audio. This goes on for a couple of minutes, then I see this error in the log...

[Error] Log for job4 (audio, becoming_jane T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 -> testing.mp2)
-[Information] [8.1.2009 15:05:50] Started handling job
-[Information] [8.1.2009 15:05:50] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Avisynth script
--[NoImage] NicAc3Source("H:\movies\sd\becoming_jane_files\becoming_jane T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3", DRC=1)
--[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereod5a9cfdbabd245b8a2545d1767cd1207(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
--[NoImage] Normalize()
--[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] function x_stereod5a9cfdbabd245b8a2545d1767cd1207(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: -i - -y -acodec mp2 -ab 256k "{0}"
-[Information] [8.1.2009 15:05:50] Encoding started
-[Information] [8.1.2009 15:05:50] Encode thread started
-[Information] [8.1.2009 15:05:50] Avisynth script environment opened
-[Information] [8.1.2009 15:05:50] Script loaded
-[Information] Output Decoder
--[NoImage] Channels: 2
--[NoImage] Bits per sample: 32
--[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
-[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i - -y -acodec mp2 -ab 256k "H:\movies\sd\becoming_jane_files\testing.mp2"
-[Information] [8.1.2009 15:05:50] Encoder process started
-[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
-[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
--[NoImage] FFmpeg version Sherpya-r14277, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
--[NoImage] libavutil version: 49.7.0
--[NoImage] libavcodec version: 51.60.0
--[NoImage] libavformat version: 52.17.0
--[NoImage] libavdevice version: 52.0.0
--[NoImage] built on Jul 18 2008 11:12:48, gcc: 4.2.4 [Sherpya]
--[NoImage] Input #0, wav, from 'pipe:':
--[NoImage] Duration: N/A, bitrate: 3072 kb/s
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0: Audio: 0x0003, 48000 Hz, stereo, 3072 kb/s
--[NoImage] Output #0, mp2, to 'H:\movies\sd\becoming_jane_files\testing.mp2':
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s
--[NoImage] Stream mapping:
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
--[NoImage] Unsupported codec (id=0) for input stream #0.0
-[Information] [8.1.2009 15:13:12] Job completed


Is this also because of the latest changes (32bit processing)?

Here are the things I've already tried...
the same error occurs when I check Improve Accuracy using 32bit & Float computation (in the above example, the option was unchecked)
tried LAME MP3, got the same error
tried a different AC3 file. Both were demuxed using the built-in DGIndex.

The error remains. But encoding using Aften AC3 worked, suprisingly....

I just tried using the Forced decoding via DirectShow and the conversion works (both, Improve accuracy... on or off) :confused:

Any idea why it doesn't work with NicAc3Source? I'd prefer using that, not DirectShow, although DirectShow processing seems faster? :confused:

I'm using the latest version of MeGUI (0.3.1.1008) and Avisynth (2.5.8), both reinstalled from scratch 10 minutes ago. All the files in MeGUI updated to the latest version using the built-in updater.

My OS is a 32bit Vista SP1 (Intel Core2Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz), but the error also occurs on an XP machine.

[clumba]

If I input a 5.1 448kbps AC3, choose the ffmpeg MP2 encoder and choose to downmix the channels to stereo, the encoding fails.

Usually i do AC3 -> WAV (BeSweet + BeLight) -> input in MeGUI and select needed codec.

MeGUI often can't correctly decompress some codecs like AC3.

[Nightshiver]

I'm trying to encode The Mask.BDRip.1080p.x264-CtrlHD.mkv from 1080p to 720p. Select HQ-Balanced profile, set bitrate to ~5600, click Enqueque -> get 2 pass encode.

But when job is done i get file with bitrate ~200kbps! :scared:

Resolution is correct, btw.

What is wrong?

P.S. All file with latest version.

P.P.S. Sorry for my english.

That is an illegally obtained file.

[Sharktooth]

I'm trying to encode The Mask.BDRip.1080p.x264-CtrlHD.mkv from 1080p to 720p. Select HQ-Balanced profile, set bitrate to ~5600, click Enqueque -> get 2 pass encode.

But when job is done i get file with bitrate ~200kbps! :scared:

Resolution is correct, btw.

What is wrong?

P.S. All file with latest version.

P.P.S. Sorry for my english.
:readrule:

[Sharktooth]

Version 0.3.1.1008 now mux correctly both audio tracks chosen in OneClickEncoder.

Is it normal that the audio track order is not kept ?

If I choose Track1=0x81 and Track2=0x80 it will always encode first 0x80 then 0x81 and same in muxing CLI so the first track of the final muxed file will be 0x80 (Track2).
the tracks get sorted by id.

[clumba]

That is an illegally obtained file.

But problem in MeGUI, not in "illegal" file!

[createcoms]

To MeGUI developers,

I experienced a slight (1-3FPS) increase in encoding speed when I added "threads=4" to the Colormatrix line that MeGUI adds when the "Colour Correction" checkbox is ticked.

I guess setting it to 0 would do the same thing since that puts it into core detection mode. The default is 1 core mode from what I've read.

I've got a Phenom 9850 BE soon to be a Phenom II 940 BE.

cheers

-cc

[Sharktooth]

But problem in MeGUI, not in "illegal" file!
you wont get any help here for illegally obtained materials.
the forum rules are quite clear.

[tebasuna51]

Usually i do AC3 -> WAV (BeSweet + BeLight) -> input in MeGUI and select needed codec.

MeGUI often can't correctly decompress some codecs like AC3.

The Ac3 decoder used in MeGUI/AviSynth is NicAudio. With BeSweet/BeLight the decoder used is Azid.

Please put a sample about your problems at NicAudio thread.

[shroomM]

Using MeGUI 0.3.1.1005, everything goes fine.....

[Information] Log for job3 (audio, 1trade T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 -> 1trade T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp2)
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:57:48] Started handling job
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:57:48] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Avisynth script
--[NoImage] NicAc3Source("H:\work\output\1trade T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3", DRC=1)
--[NoImage] ConvertAudioToFloat()
--[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereobeae7be1357445a1bdcb1dddd9689829(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
--[NoImage] Normalize()
--[NoImage] ConvertAudioTo16bit()
--[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] function x_stereobeae7be1357445a1bdcb1dddd9689829(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: -i - -y -acodec mp2 -ab 256k "{0}"
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:57:48] Encoding started
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:57:48] Encode thread started
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:57:48] Avisynth script environment opened
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:57:48] Script loaded
-[Information] Input
--[NoImage] Channels: 2
--[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
--[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
-[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i - -y -acodec mp2 -ab 256k "H:\work\output\1trade T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp2"
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:57:48] Encoder process started
-[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
--[NoImage] FFmpeg version Sherpya-r14277, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
--[NoImage] libavutil version: 49.7.0
--[NoImage] libavcodec version: 51.60.0
--[NoImage] libavformat version: 52.17.0
--[NoImage] libavdevice version: 52.0.0
--[NoImage] built on Jul 18 2008 11:12:48, gcc: 4.2.4 [Sherpya]
--[NoImage] Input #0, wav, from 'pipe:':
--[NoImage] Duration: N/A, bitrate: 1536 kb/s
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
--[NoImage] Output #0, mp2, to 'H:\work\output\1trade T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp2':
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s
--[NoImage] Stream mapping:
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
--[NoImage] video:0kB audio:214758kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:59:22] Postprocessing
--[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] [9.1.2009 7:59:22] Job completed


Using the latest, 0.3.1.1008 version...
[Error] Log for job1 (audio, 1trade T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 -> new_test.mp2)
-[Information] [9.1.2009 8:01:12] Started handling job
-[Information] [9.1.2009 8:01:12] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Avisynth script
--[NoImage] NicAc3Source("H:\work\output\1trade T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3", DRC=1)
--[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereocd1d1b2bdc914479be9ba1571a8e9aab(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
--[NoImage] 32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo32bit(last):last
--[NoImage] Normalize()
--[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] function x_stereocd1d1b2bdc914479be9ba1571a8e9aab(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: -i - -y -acodec mp2 -ab 256k "{0}"
-[Information] [9.1.2009 8:01:12] Encoding started
-[Information] [9.1.2009 8:01:12] Encode thread started
-[Information] [9.1.2009 8:01:12] Avisynth script environment opened
-[Information] [9.1.2009 8:01:12] Script loaded
-[Information] Output Decoder
--[NoImage] Channels: 2
--[NoImage] Bits per sample: 32
--[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
-[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i - -y -acodec mp2 -ab 256k "H:\work\output\new_test.mp2"
-[Information] [9.1.2009 8:01:12] Encoder process started
-[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
-[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
--[NoImage] FFmpeg version Sherpya-r14277, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
--[NoImage] libavutil version: 49.7.0
--[NoImage] libavcodec version: 51.60.0
--[NoImage] libavformat version: 52.17.0
--[NoImage] libavdevice version: 52.0.0
--[NoImage] built on Jul 18 2008 11:12:48, gcc: 4.2.4 [Sherpya]
--[NoImage] Input #0, wav, from 'pipe:':
--[NoImage] Duration: N/A, bitrate: 3072 kb/s
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0: Audio: 0x0003, 48000 Hz, stereo, 3072 kb/s
--[NoImage] Output #0, mp2, to 'H:\work\output\new_test.mp2':
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s
--[NoImage] Stream mapping:
--[NoImage] Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
--[NoImage] Unsupported codec (id=0) for input stream #0.0
-[Information] [9.1.2009 8:02:58] Job completed


The only thing I did was replacing the MeGUI.exe... Obviously not a problem with NicAudio. Any ideas?

[Kurtnoise]

fixed...

[shroomM]

Thanks, works great!

[Snowknight26]

http://www.stfcc.org/misc/megui.png

Been like this since at least 2.x.

[Nightshiver]

Just stretch it......

[Snowknight26]

Obviously, but the default width needs to be wider.

[zora]

I always get the error
"unknown style found: "Copy of DefaultSE" changed to "Default"!"
after selecting an avisynth script. In the encoding process it too pops up. It is so annoying. does anyone know a fix for this?

Edit: Here is a pic
http://i40.tinypic.com/1628r6f.jpg
after I click cancel it still pops up

[Prim3]

Error:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7627/errorci7.jpg

I'm not sure whats going on. MeGUI is been giving me lots of errors. Sometimes its about memory, sometimes about "component has thrown an exception" etc..

I'm not sure what to do. It's very annoying!

Specs: Windows XP SP3
Megui 0.3.1.1009

Thank-you

[MrVideo]

Specs: Windows XP SP3
Megui 0.3.1.1009

I'm running the latest MeGUI under XP SP2 and all is great. No crashes.

I don't trust SP3, as it is supposed to have some of the Vista crap placed into XP and I won't touch Vista. Don't know if it is urban legend or not, but SP2 is working for me. Don't need any security enhancements, as the box is not directly attached to the internet, i.e., no one can probe it and try and leave crap on it and it isn't used for browsing the net.

[lexor]

Error:

I'm not sure whats going on. MeGUI is been giving me lots of errors. Sometimes its about memory, sometimes about "component has thrown an exception" etc..

I'm not sure what to do. It's very annoying!

Specs: Windows XP SP3
Megui 0.3.1.1009

Thank-you
Yep, that's a bug, ticking "Deinterlace" checkbox without first selecting source as interlaced will cause the exception. Workaround is to first select "Source Type:" as the appropriate interlaced option from the list given (or let megui run analysis before selecting "Deinterlace")

It looks like you selected the deinterlace checkbox while megui was running the analysis, bad idea to change settings while it's working.

[Prim3]

Yeah but I noticed that it says "Analyzing..." and it doesn't do anything for a while. Is it supposed to take that long?

I will try again. Thank-you!

[Prim3]

error:

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/8256/66979191om7.jpg

another one...

thanks

[Sharktooth]

whitout any other information that screenshot is useless.
when does it happen?

[Sharktooth]

Yeah but I noticed that it says "Analyzing..." and it doesn't do anything for a while. Is it supposed to take that long?

I will try again. Thank-you!
yes. it will take some time.

[Prim3]

Sorry. It happens when I click "preview avs script"

some time as in...? Cuz it took a long time and it didnt even move. Then I just closed it.

Thanks

[Sharktooth]

is the analyzing bar progressing?

[Sharktooth]

Yep, that's a bug, ticking "Deinterlace" checkbox without first selecting source as interlaced will cause the exception. Workaround is to first select "Source Type:" as the appropriate interlaced option from the list given (or let megui run analysis before selecting "Deinterlace")

It looks like you selected the deinterlace checkbox while megui was running the analysis, bad idea to change settings while it's working.
fixed in the next build.

[Drake008@]

Can someone tell me why the video is streched when it finds 16:9 format? I mean the picture doesn't fit and looks like crap.

[zora]

I always get the error
"unknown style found: "Copy of DefaultSE" changed to "Default"!"
after selecting an avisynth script. In the encoding process it too pops up. It is so annoying. does anyone know a fix for this?

Edit: Here is a pic
http://i40.tinypic.com/1628r6f.jpg
after I click cancel it still pops up
Does someone know a solution for this?
Even a fresh installation of megui doesn't solve this.
I've tried everything.

[yesgrey]

error:

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/8256/66979191om7.jpg

another one...

thanks
Do you have virtual memory enabled? Mine was disabled and I was getting some crashes with megui. Now, I have enabled it and none till now.

[Tae]

Just FYI on interface problem in Vista 64. I know you don't support it, but I have lost Gui buttons in the past but was able to get around it. This one is a killer...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/tkilmer/meguiinterfaceerror.jpg

I lost the Avisynth save button before, but was about to work around. Have not had the Aspect ratio button either. Not sure why this is happening, just thought you should know. I went back to core 0.3.0.3004 to get the DV2 Creator fixed, so it was lost with a change since then.

[SeeChestlickRun]

Hello.

I ripped Transformer Blu-Ray and encoded it to 1080p no problem.

But then I decided I wanted it to be 720p to save some space on HD. I was too lazy to re rip the Blu-Ray, so I decided to use the 1080p source, but something very weird happened. Instead of desire 4000 bitrate, it came up with 300 average bitrate at end!

I used x264: Standalone-Blu-ray, the only thing I changed was the bitrate from 8000 to 4000.

I'm thinking that its x264 bug or what?

Thanks for help.

PS Just noticed there's new version of x264, will download it and try 1st pass of 2nd pass and see what's output's stats is.

[Seraphic-]

In the Nero ACC configuration, is "improve accuracy using 32 bit & flow computations" recommended to be enabled or disabled?
Is turning it on or off based on the encoder configuration used and file input?
(I.E - LC vs HE and 128 kbit/s vs 256 kbit/s or 16bps vs 24bps with 44.1kHz vs 48kHz).
Or should it remain enabled regardless? Thanks.

[SacredCultivator]

Hmm for some reason when I encode audio to .mp4 using FAAC, the audio comes out very "static-y/noisey", in the past this never happened, and now I am useing Nero as the alternative.

Anyone know why this happens? And when using the Nero encoder, how does the VBR work? As it is b decimal, ex. .5, if on the FAAC I used 90, would that be equivalent to .9? NOt too sure.

Thanks.

[SeeChestlickRun]

Hello.

I ripped Transformer Blu-Ray and encoded it to 1080p no problem.

But then I decided I wanted it to be 720p to save some space on HD. I was too lazy to re rip the Blu-Ray, so I decided to use the 1080p source, but something very weird happened. Instead of desire 4000 bitrate, it came up with 300 average bitrate at end!

I used x264: Standalone-Blu-ray, the only thing I changed was the bitrate from 8000 to 4000.

I'm thinking that its x264 bug or what?

Thanks for help.

PS Just noticed there's new version of x264, will download it and try 1st pass of 2nd pass and see what's output's stats is.

OH MY GOODNESS.

It was ArcSoft TotalMedia Theater's fault!!! I was using it to watch my ripped Blu-Ray, but it wasn't until 3 or 4 days after I started to using MeGUI again. Look like ArcSoft's codec was having some conflict with ffdshow. After uninstalling ArcSoft program, the bitrate came out right!

Downside, I probably would have to find new Blu-Ray player on my computer. :mad:

Hope this help some people out there.

[tebasuna51]

Hmm for some reason when I encode audio to .mp4 using FAAC, the audio comes out very "static-y/noisey", in the past this never happened, and now I am useing Nero as the alternative.

Anyone know why this happens?
Sorry, I can't reproduce your problem (v0.3.1.1009).
BTW, NeroAacEnc is now better encoder than Faac, use always Nero.
And when using the Nero encoder, how does the VBR work? As it is b decimal, ex. .5, if on the FAAC I used 90, would that be equivalent to .9?
Nope.
I recommend you use this ranges:
<.31 -> to play with low quality audio equipment.
.31-.35 ->to transcode ac3/dts with minimal lose of quality
.36-.5 ->to compress lossless sources, good quality
>.5 ->to compress lossless sources until insane quality

[SacredCultivator]

^Thanks.

So then I don't know if it's comparable, but let's say if for .mp3 I use 128kbps (CBR) what would be the rough equivalent in VBR for nero? and same for if it were 192kbps?

Thanks again.

[b66pak]

hi,

i try to downmix a 6ch ac3 track to stereo aac and i get a 3ch aac!

here is the log:


-[Information] Log for job22 (audio, Vicky_Cristina_Barcelona_688p_ac3.ac3 -> Vicky_Cristina_Barcelona_688p_ac3.m4a)
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:13:39 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:13:39 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("F:\x264\Vicky_Cristina_Barcelona_688p_ac3.ac3")6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereoad747990273e4b049a3a6e8c0750cc10(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
---[NoImage] 32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo32bit(last):last
---[NoImage] return last
---[NoImage] function x_stereoad747990273e4b049a3a6e8c0750cc10(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 128000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:13:39 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:13:39 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:13:39 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:13:39 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[NoImage] Channels: 3
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 32
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\neroaacenc\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 128000 -if - -of "F:\x264\Vicky_Cristina_Barcelona_688p_ac3.m4a"
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:13:39 PM] Encoder process started
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero AAC Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2008 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Sep 17 2008 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.3.3.0 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:22:40 PM] Postprocessing
--[Information] [1/12/2009 9:22:40 PM] Job completed

_

L.E. Actually the source is 3ch ac3!

Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 3 channels
Channel positions : L C R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
_

L.E.2 any sugestions how to downmix 3ch to stereo?
_

[Kurtnoise]

you can't do that with MeGUI...

[Snowknight26]

Selecting a FLAC track in the bitrate calculator causes a fatal error of Value cannot be null. Funny thing is though, it fills in the bitrate field because the mediainfo wrapper supports FLACs.

How about that DTS bitrate issue, too?

[tebasuna51]

So then I don't know if it's comparable, but let's say if for .mp3 I use 128kbps (CBR) what would be the rough equivalent in VBR for nero? and same for if it were 192kbps?

Please :search:
There are many comparatives between audio codecs and in this thread is off topic.

Maybe 0.3 and 0.5

[tebasuna51]

Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 3 channels
Channel positions : L C R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
_

L.E.2 any sugestions how to downmix 3ch to stereo?

You can create an sample.avs file (using Notepad) with this line:
NicAc3Source("F:\x264\Vicky_Cristina_Barcelona_688p_ac3.ac3", 2).Normalize()
and open the sample.avs in MeGUI (Audio Input) instead the .ac3

NicAudio can downmix 3-6 channels to 2 channels internally.

[b66pak]

@tebasuna51 thanks a lot...
_

@Kurtnoise13 handling exceptions and errors is a VERY important part of a program! if megui cant handle anything but 6ch>>2ch a warning must be done to prevent losing time and unwanted results...
_

[Kurtnoise]

There are errors/exceptions handling. Just tell me why should I raise errors notify when all is fine...

[Kurtnoise]

Selecting a FLAC track in the bitrate calculator causes a fatal error of Value cannot be null. Funny thing is though, it fills in the bitrate field because the mediainfo wrapper supports FLACs.
tell me how you open flac files in bitrate calculator. This kind of file is not allowed. Embedded in Ogg container ?

How about that DTS bitrate issue, too?
should be ok in the next release...

[Snowknight26]

tell me how you open flac files in bitrate calculator. This kind of file is not allowed. Embedded in Ogg container ?

Type * in the file name textbox, select .flac file. If it's not allowed, it shouldn't fill in the bitrate field afterwards. ;)

[Kurtnoise]

Type * in the file name textbox,
which one ? I'm lost...

[Snowknight26]

In the standard Windows Open File Dialog when you click Select audio in the bitrate calculator.

[tomos]

this is for windows 7,

MEGUI works fine, as does x264 - but was wondering about UAC. why does MEGUI trigger it? my problem is, i turned UAC off in win 7 for megui and doing so disabled the sidebar

[ankurs]

well i've been trying to make and open a d2v after megui got updated and seemingly its giving me a wierd error !

i just made the d2v again and still to no avail , also agony is vdub crashes as well no matter what ever versions i tried already without any reason ..

also i've already uninstalled and reinstalled avisynth to the latest RC version , also , what is more wierd is that the same d2v is working fine in gknot !

http://i43.tinypic.com/5kk294.jpg

any help ?

xp sp3 upto the latest update and .net fw it is !

[b66pak]

There are errors/exceptions handling. Just tell me why should I raise errors notify when all is fine...

as you can see in the log i selected "downmix multichannel to stereo" and i get a 3 channel audio which is far from fine...so it was better to get a warning about this...or you can change "downmix multichannel to stereo" to "downmix 5.1 to stereo" to avoid any confusions...
_

[ankurs]

now its confirmed , the error i'm facing is happening on my other pc as well after updating megui .. probably some screw up in the update package ?

everything worked fine on both pc's before updating , i checked the same d2v before updating on the pc and it worked fine and now after updating its giving me the same error .. devs ?

[b66pak]

sometimes after encoding in a .mp4 container i get "bad public atom error" from QT...megui and its components is up to date (0.3.1.1009)...here is the log:

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1009
--[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 : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+
-[Information] Log for job1 (audio, my_audio.avs -> my_audio.m4a)
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:04:57 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:04:57 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] Import("F:\x264\my_audio.avs")
---[NoImage] 32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo32bit(last):last
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br 128000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:04:57 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:04:57 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:04:57 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:04:58 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 32
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\neroaacenc\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 128000 -if - -of "F:\x264\my_audio.m4a"
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:04:58 PM] Encoder process started
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero AAC Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2008 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Sep 17 2008 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.3.3.0 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:07:26 PM] Postprocessing
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:07:26 PM] Job completed
-[Information] [1/14/2009 6:07:29 PM] User aborted shutdown
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Desired Size : 350 MB
--[NoImage] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: F:\x264\my_video.mp4
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: F:\x264\my_video-muxed.mp4
-[Information] Log for job2 (video, my_video.avs -> )
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:11:48 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:11:48 PM] Preprocessing
---[Information] Bitrate calculation for video
----[NoImage] Desired size after subtracting audio: 318654KBs
----[NoImage] Calculated desired bitrate: 1054kbit/s
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 1054 --stats "F:\x264\my_video.stats" --level 3 --bframes 3 --weightb --direct auto --subme 2 --partitions none --vbv-bufsize 10000 --vbv-maxrate 10000 --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --aud --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "F:\x264\my_video.avs"
--[Information] [1/14/2009 6:11:48 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avis [info]: 624x352 @ 23.98 fps (59327 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Slow
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 3.0
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:701 Avg QP:17.03 size: 25423
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:23787 Avg QP:18.53 size: 9168
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice B:34839 Avg QP:19.90 size: 2596
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 9.9% 26.2% 19.3% 44.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 23.5% 0.0% 76.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 26.9% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 66.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 6.9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 30.2% 0.0% 0.0% direct:21.8% skip:42.4% L0:27.9% L1:44.7% BI:27.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 19.13
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:99.2% temporal:0.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:1055.0
---[NoImage] encoded 59327 frames, 20.46 fps, 1056.25 kb/s
--[Information] [1/14/2009 7:00:09 PM] Postprocessing
--[Information] [1/14/2009 7:00:09 PM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job3 (video, my_video.avs -> my_video.mp4)
--[Information] [1/14/2009 7:00:09 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/14/2009 7:00:09 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 1054 --stats "F:\x264\my_video.stats" --level 3 --ref 3 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --weightb --direct auto --subme 7 --trellis 1 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --vbv-bufsize 10000 --vbv-maxrate 10000 --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --aud --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "F:\x264\my_video.mp4" "F:\x264\my_video.avs"
--[Information] [1/14/2009 7:00:09 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream:
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avis [info]: 624x352 @ 23.98 fps (59327 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Slow
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 3.0
---[NoImage] mp4 [info]: initial delay 104271 (scale 2500000)
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:701 Avg QP:16.07 size: 29047
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:23787 Avg QP:18.14 size: 8895
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice B:34839 Avg QP:19.36 size: 2698
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 9.9% 26.2% 19.3% 44.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 25.8% 0.0% 74.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 4.3% 0.0% 5.8% P16..4: 40.6% 25.9% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 6.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% B16..8: 45.5% 2.4% 4.6% direct: 6.5% skip:40.3% L0:34.7% L1:51.8% BI:13.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:88.6% temporal:11.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref P L0 77.2% 14.1% 8.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B L0 85.1% 14.9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:1053.8
---[NoImage] encoded 59327 frames, 9.57 fps, 1055.05 kb/s
--[Information] Final statistics
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Desired: 1054 kbit/s
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 1055 kbit/s
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:43:34 PM] Postprocessing
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:43:34 PM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job4 (mux, my_video.mp4 -> my_video-muxed.mp4)
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:43:34 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:43:34 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "F:\x264\my_video.mp4#trackID=1:fps=23.976" -add "F:\x264\Boston_Legal_S05_E07.m4a#trackID=1" -tmp "F:\x264" -new "F:\x264\my_video-muxed.mp4"
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:43:34 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Video (size 624 x 352)
---[NoImage] IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
---[NoImage] Saving F:\x264\my_video-muxed.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:43:55 PM] Postprocessing
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:43:55 PM] Job completed
-[Information] [1/14/2009 8:43:57 PM] User aborted shutdown

as you can see first i encoded the audio to .m4a ...second i encoded the video to .mp4 and finally do the mux.

my_audio.m4a play fine with QT
my_video.mp4 "bad public atom error" with QT
my_video-muxed.mp4 "bad public atom error" with QT

first i think it was a mp4box muxing error so i remuxed my_audio.m4a and my_video.mp4 with an older version but the result was the same...

i think the x264 encoder broke the atom and the mp4box forward it to the final mux...

the solution is to demux to raw and remux again...
_

[Kurtnoise]

as you can see in the log i selected "downmix multichannel to stereo" and i get a 3 channel audio which is far from fine...so it was better to get a warning about this...or you can change "downmix multichannel to stereo" to "downmix 5.1 to stereo" to avoid any confusions...
_
from the log...

6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereoad747990273e4b049a3a6e8c0750cc10(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last

so for me, it's multichannel (6 or less).

[Kurtnoise]

now its confirmed , the error i'm facing is happening on my other pc as well after updating megui .. probably some screw up in the update package ?

everything worked fine on both pc's before updating , i checked the same d2v before updating on the pc and it worked fine and now after updating its giving me the same error .. devs ?
looks like you have not dgdecode.dll in the right folder...

[Kurtnoise]

this is for windows 7,

MEGUI works fine, as does x264 - but was wondering about UAC. why does MEGUI trigger it?
it's required for packages installation (w/ or w/o the auto-updater...)

[ankurs]

looks like you have not dgdecode.dll in the right folder...

it is there in the plugins and IN ALL other folders it is supposed to be in , still the same problem :scared:

[Kurtnoise]

well...recreate your d2v file then with all tools updated.

[ankurs]

still doesnt work :s ..

what's more wierd is why is'nt vdub working ?

[Fishman0919]

I can't seem to get MeGUI to start on a new install of WIN XP sp3. Does MeGUI work with Win XP?

[xxx666yyy777]

I am trying to use the One-Click Encoder. However, after generating the .d2v file, I receive an error message that the dimensions specified in the rsulting .avs file are invalid. APparently (based on the log below) this is caused by the Autocrop functionality. Is there a way to disable Autocrop, when using the One-Click-Encoder?

Thx

Log:

-[Warning] Log for job8 (idx, VTS_03_PGC_02_1.VOB -> 3.d2v)
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:01:04 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:01:04 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<E:\Down\VTS_03_PGC_02_1.VOB< -OF=<E:\Down\3< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=80,
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:01:05 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:17:17 PM] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Warning] [1/14/2009 8:17:18 PM] Postprocessing
---[Warning] OneClick postprocessor
----[NoImage] Desired size: 350 MB
----[NoImage] Split size: null
----[NoImage] Autocrop values
-----[NoImage] left: 10
-----[NoImage] top: 0
-----[NoImage] right: 4
-----[NoImage] bottom: 0
----[NoImage] Auto-detect aspect ratio now: True
----[NoImage] Aspect ratio: 1.367521
----[NoImage] Output resolution: 706x528
----[NoImage] Automatic deinterlacing: True
----[NoImage] Deinterlacing used: #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
----[NoImage] Generated Avisynth script
-----[NoImage] DGDecode_mpeg2source("E:\Down\3.d2v",info=3)
-----[NoImage] ColorMatrix(hints=true)
-----[NoImage] LanczosResize(706,528) # Lanczos (Sharp)
----[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
-----[NoImage] Video output file: E:\Down\3_Video.avi
-----[NoImage] Muxed output file: E:\Down\02.avi
-----[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: E:\Down\\3 T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.mp3
----[Warning] Job creation aborted
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [1/14/2009 8:42:07 PM] Job completed

[Doom9]

Does MeGUI work with Win XP? Yes if you install .NET 2.0 or higher ;)

[Fishman0919]

Yes if you install .NET 2.0 or higher ;)

It is and completely updated.

I uninstalled MeGUI and rebooted, reinstalled and it worked fine... sorry. Should have tried that first. :o

[marioman]

Hey I seem to be having an issue with MeGUI, I can't seem to start it for some strange reason. It says: "MeGUI encountered a fatal error and may not be able to proceed. Reason: Font 'Tahoma' does not support style 'Regular'."

I've searched for about 2 hours trying to fix this but I cannot find even 1 instance on the net of this happening.

I am running Vista Ultimate x64 if that matters.

[starmanj]

Latest Megui has a problem with one-click. When I drag a .vob to encode, it names the file after the .vob's parent directory by default. So naturally other files have a filename conflict, as they are all called the same filename. The obvious default filename should be named after the *original file*, right? With the new container's suffix.

BUG?

[Snowknight26]

DTS bitrate issue is still there even though it's supposedly been fixed.

[alexcel]

Hi:

I am having trouble again trying to process files with one click encoder.

I am trying to avoid cropping, so I've generated an One click profile that uses an avisynth profile where I removed the <crop> line. I was just supposing that this way One Click Encoder would not crop video, and what happens is that video is not cropped, but it is incorrectly AR signalled as if it were cropped.

In the log, you'll see:

original 720x576, ar 1,818
Autocrop: top 70, bottom 70
output res: 720x432, darx=224, dary=93 (ar=2,408)
sar passed on to x264=896/465=1,927
frame size=720x576 (it is not autocropped)

Second, although I am now keeping all original audio tracks so there are not differences in the audio stream number in the .vob and the .ifo file, if the audio stream is not the first one, the d2v step extracts correctly the audio, but then one click fails to find it and no muxing occurs

Log:
---[Warning] OneClick postprocessor
----[Warning] Couldn't find audio file for track ::3::. Skipping track.

Track T83 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -16ms.ac3 is created and It is present in the movie folder (it is the working folder)

Thanks for the help :thanks:

[ricky man]

i installed vista x64, CCCP or vista Codec x64, FFDshow x64 and MeGui. when i just to encode m2ts file. It tell me that Directshow tell me that " Unable to render" or Please installed the correct filter or codec.

can anyone please help me to fix this problem?

[flebber]

An observation, when using the avs svript creator in megui and choose input file, flv files do not show as supported files. However, I changed the setting to all files and imported an flv file into megui and it worked fine audio and video encoded and muxed fine.

So why isn;t flv a supported file if megui does it with ease?

[CHerron]

Hi,

For quite a while instead of using megui to get the sar ive added it to the custom command line in x264 config.

This has worked fine until the last few versions. i've noticed that megui is adding a second --sar 1:1 to the command line as well as my --sar 64/45.

This of course is overriding my custom sar.

Is there anyway to stop megui from auto adding an sar to the command line?

Thanx

[Sharktooth]

what preset are you using?
however, it may seems obvious but check and ensure there is no --sar 1:1 specified in the custom commandline options.

[mojibake]

Hello

I have been reading the forum for a few months now and this is my first post. Hope it is in the right place (it doesn't just relate to MeGUI).

OK. So I have read guides on doom9, Afterdawn and Videohelp about using MeGUI to encode to H264 (including the wiki) plus general articles on square pixels, aspect ratios and 'Video Basics' at these two great sites...

http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~f76998/
http://lurkertech.com/

The problem is I think I have just read too much too soon and completely confused myself.

This refers to encoding h264 in MeGUI

Question 1) If I want maintain the original resolution of a 4:3 DVD source with non-square pixels should I use the clever anamorphic setting but select 4:3? My assumption is that the image still needs to be stretched vertically to make 4:3 image. 720x576 becomes 768x576.

Question 2) How can I quickly determine the aspect ratio of a DVD image (after cropping) and does this matter?

At the moment I would capture a frame of a vob/mpg, open this in an image editor, crop any black borders then read the dimension properties. I divide these pixels to find the AR of the image. Can this method be trusted, what if the player is adjusting the image incorrectly? Can this analysis be done in MeGUI with AVS script creator? If it can this would be much quicker! How about something like AVsP

The reason I ask is because people often say check the OAR on Imdb or the DVD case but how do we know a DVD has been given the right AR (image only)? it may be slightly off with too much black bars etc? What if a silent film was originally 1.20 or you have a pre 1953 film with a AR of 1.37? I would like to know whether the DVD has simply been mastered to 1.33 or correct borders have been applied. This is also true for tricky ARs like 1.66 which DVD publishers often seem to get wrong.

For example if I load a d2v file into AVS Script Creator within MeGUI and select clever anamorphic and crop to the edges is there a way I can read the AR of that actual framing and adjust accordingly so that it is maintained? Maybe I would need to add borders myself or crop a little for mod16 dimensions but I want to maintain that framing.

For example

If you select the input DAR as 4:3 (ITU....) select anamorphic and crop the image the resulting darx / dary should give you 1.33333. If it doesn't it means the image was not mastered to ITU added border spec. Yes?

From here I can either manually input a DAR of 1.3333 but I can only do this if I know my above cropping equals 1.3333 if it is any other figure I am going to change the AR from the DVD image or is this wrong?

My point is that if a DVD gets the AR / border slightly wrong we still have to assume the picture dimensions are correct (face shape) even if the cropping isn't and by 'correcting' it we are skewing the dar dimensions.

Am I simply worryring about nothing?

Thanks for your time.

[mojibake]

I have thought about this some more and realised I could work out the image AR after cropping by taking into account how many pixels have been cropped. I noticed some of the auto help pop-ups in gspot spoke about SAR, PAR and DAR.

So, if I had a 4:3 MPEG-2 PS with a resolution of 720x576 I can work out what Gspot calls the SAR or Storage Aspect Ratio.

720/576 = 1.25:1

We know the DVDs Display Aspect Ratio (DAR) without cropping is going to be 4:3 or 1.33:1

Gspot says SAR x PAR [Pixel Aspect Ratio] = DAR

For an MPEG-2 PS it just gave me a PAR of 16/15 or 1.067:1 but this could have been worked out by dividing DAR by SAR though you wouldn't get the nice equation. With this I can work out the DAR after cropping. I crop the image in AVS Script Creator. I see I have taken 2px left, 10px top, 2px right and 10px to the bottom. If this is subtracted from the original resolution I get 716x556. Using the equation...

SAR x PAR = DAR

(716/556) x (16/15) = 1.373

This tells me the image on the DVD has been maintained to the films original ratio of 1.37:1

So if this is correct how come http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/conversion/#conversion_table gives the PAR for 720*576 video as 128/117?

Still confused but I think I am making progress.

Also can I simply put 1.373 into the AVS Script creator DAR field or is it recommeneded to manually add the SAR too? Where do you add this? To the AVS or to a script for x264?

Hope someone can help

Thanks

[Kurtnoise]

can I simply put 1.373 into the AVS Script creator DAR field or is it recommeneded to manually add the SAR too? Where do you add this? To the AVS or to a script for x264?
all SAR/PAR calculation is done by megui in internal...No need to specify anything in the encoder settings. but don't forget to check "Clever anamorphic encoding". The DAR from your source should be found automatically.

[Kurtnoise]

An observation, when using the avs svript creator in megui and choose input file, flv files do not show as supported files. However, I changed the setting to all files and imported an flv file into megui and it worked fine audio and video encoded and muxed fine.

So why isn;t flv a supported file if megui does it with ease?
because flv is not listed in the "supported files" list...:)

[mojibake]

all SAR/PAR calculation is done by megui in internal...No need to specify anything in the encoder settings. but don't forget to check "Clever anamorphic encoding". The DAR from your source should be found automatically.

Thanks for the reply.

Do you mean don't bother changing the ITU 4:3 selection or that once I have worked out the DAR after cropping and put it in the box MeGUI will work out the rest? i.e work out the PAR from the DAR I have input and the aspect ratio of the original resolution.

Is this guide wrong?...

http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd_to_avc_megui_part_2_page_2.cfm

"The Input DAR will tell you whether the video is a PAL or NTSC source, as well as whether it's fullscreen (4:3) or widescreen (16:9). You may notice that the decimal notation for the aspect ratio doesn't match either fullscreen or widescreen (such as 1.822784 for NTSC 16:9 instead of 1.78). This reflects the area of the frame that's visible on your TV, with the extra left and right borders cropped to match the ITU-Rec.601 standard.

If you prefer to set the AR to exactly 16:9 or 4:3 you can do that by using the Select AR... option, which will open the Custom AR dialog so you can set the value manually. For an AR of 4:3 use 1.333. For 16:9 it would be 1.778 instead.

About Aspect Ratios
Although MeGUI's AR figures reflect the correct calculations using the official ITU recommendation DVDs are all supposed to follow, there's no guarantee that this will be the case. In fact all the widescreen (NTSC) DVD's I've encoded needed this set to a custom AR of 1.778 in order to achieve the correct AR (as listed on the DVD case) after cropping. Fullscreen DVDs, such as TV shows, seem to be less consistent, with some strictly following the same ITU figures MeGUI does and others assuming the entire frame to be part of the 4:3 image. In the final section of the guide on The Edit Tab we'll look at how to doublecheck the output AR."

Later in the guide it says if you divide darx / dary this gives the final DAR? If this is wrong why shouldn't you change it?

Also is it correct to assume that when anamorphic is selected it will never change the PAR and when it isn't any resize will change the PAR to 1:1?

What are the rules for when MeGUI will and won't change PAR.

Thanks again

[mojibake]

Hello again. I did some tests and understand that the DAR input is the DAR before cropping. I never got that! Sorry.

I did a hypothetical crop of a 4:3 image to 650x576 which should give a AR of 1.20:1 (I wasn't worrying about mod16 at this point).

When I kept the input as 4:3 (ITU) it gave a final DAR of 1.23:1
When I gave the input as 1.33 it gave a final DAR of 1.20:1

So why not put the input in as 1.33 rather than 4:3 (ITU)?

I need to read up on why this ITU input was made.

EDIT:

OK. I did a bit more reading and have worked out why the ITU ratio is used.

I'll write it hear in case anyone who is confused like I was (still am) needs it explained.

look here http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/conversion/#conversion_table

the 'active' picture area of a 720x576 is officially supposed to be 702x576. If you use the equation I wrote in a previous post but treat 702x576 as the starting point and 720x576 as the target the result is the ITU ratio seen in meGUI.

DAR / 'Active' SAR = PAR (4/3) / (702/576) = 1.094017

'resolution' SAR x PAR = DAR (720/576) x 1.094071 = 1.36752125 rather than 1.333

if you do the same but for 16/9 you get 1.823361 rather than 1.777778

Can someone please confirm for me that you can get a DVD with an active picture area of 720x576 and these are the DVDs that do not need the ITU ratio as the image fills up to the edge using 720px rather than 702px. I always thought (ever since reading the referenced article) that all 720x576 digital video had an active area of 702. Even though I always understood px as being visual I just assumed you saw 720 listed because of some strange science/maths and there were only 702px maybe caused by non square px and anamorphic stretch which I didn't understand.

If this is true I might write something about it as all the guides brush over it.

[b66pak]

i order to avoid the random (rare) .mp4 "bad public atom error" i tried to encode to raw .h264 but after i select "autoencode" and add the audio and select the .mp4 container the queue is like:

video>.mp4
video.mp4+audio.m4a>muxed.mp4

it should be like:

video>.264
video.264+audio.m4a>muxed.mp4


do you plan to fix this?
_

[MrVideo]

(lots of text removed, read the above0

OK, I personally think are over thinking this.

Yes, the active picture area of 720x480, or 720x576, is 704 (not 702).

When creating a MKV H.264 video file, with whatever audio you want, you want to use these settings:

For anamorphic widescreen: NTSC 16:9 or PAL 16:9
For 4:3: NTSC 4:3 or PAL 4:3
Crop to 704x480 or 704x576
Clever anamorphic widescreen checked. if anamorphic 16:9 source

Next page:
Interlaced
Top field
deinterlace

It actually doesn't hurt to leave the file at 720, without cropping. It is only 8 pixels on each side. That equates to 12 pixels on each side for display on a 1280 wide display. Yes, it does mean a minor error in the 16:9 display, but it is extremely minor.

Don't get caught up in figuring out aspect ratios, especially non-square pixel ratios. It isn't worth it. Analog TVs haven't delivered perfect 4:3 since they day the first electron beam scanned a round tube. You are never going to achieve perfect 16:9 from 4:3 source material. Don't try. No one will even notice.

[mojibake]

@Mr Video.

Hi. Thanks for your advice. I take it on board.

I understand my thinking was more academic than practical I just wanted to know 'why' rather than shrugging my shoulders and ticking the box. I have a better understanding now so all is good.

:thanks:

[MrVideo]

I have a better understanding now so all is good.

You could almost make your head explode if you dig too deep into this. There is a lot of misconception regarding what the square area is of analog video, let alone what happens when converted to digital.

There is a very good website that deals in this and I think I have a link to it on my main webpage.

There are a lot of files that are built by the torrent people that are not true 16:9. They take a 16:9 HD TV show and make 640x352 files. Sorry, but true 16:9 is 640x360. They are making 1.82 files, instead of 1.78 files. Because the size of the file dimensions are so small, the error percentage is a lot higher. Of course they could crop some of the original image in order to keep the correct aspect ratio, but doing either is wrong, in my book.

Even though many tools will complain when encoding 640x360 H.264 files, MPEG-4 doesn't have the mod16 requirement, so true 16:9 files can be made. But, they don't. I make true 640x360 files of promos for my website all the time.

BTW, in case you ever try it, MeGUI won't let you take a true 16:9 HD file (1080i or 720p) and make an anamorphic widescreen 720x576 or 720x480 MKV file, with the smart anamorphic option set. Once you've set all the options, even though the resize value is wrong (you gotta set it wrong in order get the smart flag on). you manually edit the avisynth line before saving it for MeGUI processing. Make sure that you manually set the aspect ratio to 1.78 (it isn't 1.778 as sharktooth likes to set it, as the television industry uses 1.78). I don't know why 1.78 isn't automatically set when HD files are used.

By creating anamorphic widescreen files, you reduce the file size because you aren't creating 1024x576, or 853x480 files.

Any further questions, be sure to ask, as someone here will have an answer.

[Nightshiver]

Ugh, I seem to be having trouble with mencoder again. x264 is once again crashing even though I've used both of the most recently updates mencoders, which should have worked.

[ricky man]

i have error msg: Directshowsource: Renderfile, filter manager wont talk to me.

does anyone know what is that mean? and how can i fix this problem.

[Sharktooth]

means it's not a megui problem but a general directshow problem.
the directshow filter(s) used for the input file are "locked" to a certain application or just do not work.
how to fix: use graphedit/graphstudio to create a graph of the filters, identify the "broken" ones and de-register them (using regsvr32 /u filterfilename.ext) and eventually install an appropriate filter that replaces the functionality of the broken/proprietary one.

[Nightshiver]

This is pretty ridiculous. I've gone through the first 5 builds now with none of them working. I just re-formatted my hdd so this problem shouldn't even exist. Is there a way to get in touch with whoever is updating the mencoder builds?

[Kurtnoise]

that's pretty ridiculous how you try to make bugs reports...:rolleyes:

:stupid:

[Nightshiver]

And calling me stupid solves the problem? No one said I was trying to make a bug report. It's been like that for months, if you've checked on when I first stated I had this problem. You post is also useless in that it simply calls me "ridiculous" instead of useful information. That, is pretty ridiculous. And if I was making a bug report, what the hell else would I say? Seeing as how you don't have this problem, you don't realize how depressing it is to continually try different builds hoping that it will work only to see that it doesn't. It's also curious as to how I'm the only one (that I've seen) that has this problem. The standard error stream give's nothing informative. The most recent builds of mencoder should have worked, but I don't know why they haven't.

[jeffy]

@Nightshiver: still the same source as here?
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1190220#post1190220

Might this be the cause (if still true)?
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=762479#post762479
Known bugs in series in builds 0.2.3.2137 or later
huffy mencoder commandlines have a -noodml which shouldn't be there

Bug-reporting guidelines - in the same post:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=762479#post762479

[Nightshiver]

I'm not using huffy/pre-rendering right now.

[Codex0nz]

Latest version of megui (1010) has changed preview in avs script :/ now you can't cycle through video as if its playing, and for some reason ive found it harder to spot things in it (eg i had to use another program to get a single frame of my source to discover it was field blended as when in preview on megui it just looked like it was just two blended frames (eg, 2 layers 50% opacity together)

Don't know whats changed or if it was on purpose but is there any way to change it back :S

[ricky man]

i want to know if MeGui can make DVD to 1080p or not? if not , what programs can make it?

[Sharktooth]

DVD standard does not support 1080p.

[MrVideo]

i want to know if MeGui can make DVD to 1080p or not? if not , what programs can make it?

DVDs are standard def only: NTSC or PAL, 4:3 or anamorphic widescreen 16:9.

You want anything higher than 480i/576i, you'll have to create Blu-ray, which handles 720p/1080i/1080p.

[MrVideo]

I'm not using huffy/pre-rendering right now.

When you just complain and say something doesn't work and to "fix it" is not helpful. It just tends to piss others off.

I use MeGUI out-of-the-box and have no problem making 720p and 1080i MKV files.

So, you need to list your operating system, and service paks. You need to provide examples of the command lines that MeGUI is using to do the encoding. You need to provide the avisynth script.

No one here has a crystal ball where they can see what you are doing. You have to provide details.

[spyOne]

Hi, thanks for this great tool.

I'm getting a error trying to encode a movie with megui for my psp.
I'm using one click encode and megui psp x264 profile.

the error i get:
http://xs435.xs.to/xs435/09051/megui_error491.jpg

the log:
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1010
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (5.1.131072.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 (2.0.50727.42)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
-[Information] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> Dvd Volume.d2v)
--[Information] [27-01-2009 0:46:42] Started handling job
-[NoImage] Error starting job
--[NoImage] Exception message: File exists and the user doesn't want to overwrite
--[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
--[NoImage] Inner exception: null
-[Warning] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> Dvd Volume.d2v)
--[Information] [27-01-2009 0:48:08] Started handling job
--[Information] [27-01-2009 0:48:08] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Programas\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\MainMovie\DVD_VOLUME\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\MainMovie\DVD_VOLUME\VIDEO_TS\Dvd Volume< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=80,
--[Information] [27-01-2009 0:48:08] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [27-01-2009 0:50:21] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Warning] [27-01-2009 0:50:21] Postprocessing
---[Warning] OneClick postprocessor
----[NoImage] Desired size: 350 MB
----[NoImage] Split size: null
----[NoImage] Autocrop values
-----[NoImage] left: 0
-----[NoImage] top: 0
-----[NoImage] right: 0
-----[NoImage] bottom: 0
----[NoImage] Auto-detect aspect ratio now: True
----[NoImage] Aspect ratio: 1,367521
----[NoImage] Output resolution: 640x512
----[NoImage] AVC level: Level 3
----[NoImage] Resolution adjusted for AVC Level: 640x512
----[NoImage] Automatic deinterlacing: True
----[NoImage] Deinterlacing used: #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
----[NoImage] Generated Avisynth script
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_darx = 93
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_dary = 68
-----[NoImage] DGDecode_mpeg2source("D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\MainMovie\DVD_VOLUME\VIDEO_TS\Dvd Volume.d2v",info=3)
-----[NoImage] ColorMatrix(hints=true)
-----[NoImage] #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
-----[NoImage] crop( 0, 0, 0, 0)
-----[NoImage] #resize
-----[NoImage] #denoise
----[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
-----[NoImage] Video output file: D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\MainMovie\DVD_VOLUME\VIDEO_TS\Dvd Volume_Video.264
-----[NoImage] Muxed output file: D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\psp\Wall.mp4
-----[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\MainMovie\DVD_VOLUME\VIDEO_TS\Dvd Volume T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a
----[Warning] Job creation aborted
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [27-01-2009 0:52:32] Job completed


what am i doing wrong?

Thx

[poisondeathray]

@spyOne: just a wild guess, but you might want to change filenames, or clear out the directory


--[NoImage] Exception message: File exists and the user doesn't want to overwrite

[ricky man]

hello,

if i want to put megui into 64bit windows, what encoder and programs i need to run it?

[Kurtnoise]

if i want to put megui into 64bit windows, what encoder and programs i need to run it?
all x86 encoders provided by the megui updater should run out the box on x64...

[spyOne]

@spyOne: just a wild guess, but you might want to change filenames, or clear out the directory
Changed working directory and output directory and didn't work, thanks anyway. Same error!!

Log:
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1010
--[NoImage] OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (5.1.131072.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 (2.0.50727.42)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
-[Warning] Log for job2 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> teste.d2v)
--[Information] [27-01-2009 11:47:48] Started handling job
--[Information] [27-01-2009 11:47:48] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Programas\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\MainMovie\DVD_VOLUME\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\psp\teste< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=80,
--[Information] [27-01-2009 11:47:48] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [27-01-2009 11:52:38] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Warning] [27-01-2009 11:52:38] Postprocessing
---[Warning] OneClick postprocessor
----[NoImage] Desired size: 350 MB
----[NoImage] Split size: null
----[NoImage] Autocrop values
-----[NoImage] left: 0
-----[NoImage] top: 0
-----[NoImage] right: 0
-----[NoImage] bottom: 0
----[NoImage] Auto-detect aspect ratio now: True
----[NoImage] Aspect ratio: 1,367521
----[NoImage] Output resolution: 640x512
----[NoImage] AVC level: Level 3
----[NoImage] Resolution adjusted for AVC Level: 640x512
----[NoImage] Automatic deinterlacing: True
----[NoImage] Deinterlacing used: #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
----[NoImage] Generated Avisynth script
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_darx = 93
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_dary = 68
-----[NoImage] DGDecode_mpeg2source("D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\psp\teste.d2v",info=3)
-----[NoImage] ColorMatrix(hints=true)
-----[NoImage] #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
-----[NoImage] crop( 0, 0, 0, 0)
-----[NoImage] #resize
-----[NoImage] #denoise
----[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
-----[NoImage] Video output file: D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\psp\teste_Video.264
-----[NoImage] Muxed output file: D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\psp\teste.mp4
-----[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: D:\DVD´S Completos Para Gravar\psp\teste T80 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a
----[Warning] Job creation aborted
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [27-01-2009 12:11:43] Job completed

[Kurtnoise]

Try to change your folder pathname into something more simple (i.e D:\DVD Completos Para Gravar\MainMovie\DVD_VOLUME)...

[Snowknight26]

Any word on the supposedly fixed DTS bitrate issue?

[Dreassica]

SOmehow Megui doesn't want to update the core anymore.
It tells me it successfully downloaded the update and it needs a restart.
But when it does, it still at teh old version and asks me to update again.

[spyOne]

Try to change your folder pathname into something more simple (i.e D:\DVD Completos Para Gravar\MainMovie\DVD_VOLUME)...
Same error, crap...

[nakTT]

Hi,

I have issue with this one particular movie. It give me "Avisynth Script Error". Attached are the screenshots. 9 of them, sorted by chronology.

1) http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8569/23254910xj5.th.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=23254910xj5.jpg)

2) http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3250/19349108zk6.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=19349108zk6.jpg)

3) http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5812/24911577am6.th.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=24911577am6.jpg)

4) http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1364/87105340by9.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=87105340by9.jpg)

5) http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6218/92453857kz2.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=92453857kz2.jpg)

6) http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5493/91063288wv4.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=91063288wv4.jpg)

7) http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7366/10967207ty8.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10967207ty8.jpg)

8) http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7899/19601932bv4.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=19601932bv4.jpg)

Attachment 9 contained quite comprehensive "Fatal Error" Message.

9) http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8029/58970122rj6.th.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=58970122rj6.jpg)

[nakTT]

<<double post>>

[Kurtnoise]

install FFdshow and configure the vfw interface...AVISource needs a vfw decoder.

[nakTT]

install FFdshow and configure the vfw interface...AVISource needs a vfw decoder.
It only happen to this particular avi file. Other avi files working just fine.

Here are the screenshots in full size:

1)
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1840/72053346wm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


After I click "Save". This error pop up.

2)
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8263/55341193nf8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It only happened to this particular avi file. I believe it got something to do with Avisynth as I have no such issue with GUI that do not have "Avisynth script editor" such as ASXGui. Please advice.:thanks:

[Atak_Snajpera]

Remux avi to .mkv

[nakTT]

Remux avi to .mkv
Thanks Atak_Snajpera for a fast responce.

May I know how to do that with MeGUI? Or do I need any other software? Will there be any quality lost (Audio/Video) during remuxing process from avi to mkv?

[Kurtnoise]

It only happen to this particular avi file. Other avi files working just fine.

well...open your avi in mediainfo, check the video codec and *do what I said*. :sly:

[nakTT]

well...open your avi in mediainfo, check the video codec and *do what I said*. :sly:
Thanks Kurtnoise13 for the respond.

I notice that "Writing Libirary: XviD 1.2.0SMP (UTC 2001-01-08)" for my other files. But for that particular file that produce error, its "Writing Libirary: XviD 50". Please advice.

[Kurtnoise]

http://xs135.xs.to/xs135/09053/ffdshow_vfw171.png.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs135&d=09053&f=ffdshow_vfw171.png)

[nakTT]

http://xs135.xs.to/xs135/09053/ffdshow_vfw171.png.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs135&d=09053&f=ffdshow_vfw171.png)
Many, many thanks Kurtnoise13. It works like a charm. :thanks:

[SacredCultivator]

Okay this might be a dumb question but for teh "Threads" would it be wise ot just set at "0 (Auto)" or to specify? Example being if I'm using a Core 2 Duo, I'd set it to "2" correct?
{Trying to maximize my FPS encoding on my videos's as the max I hit is at 4fps, H264 encoding at 1280x720 res}

More or less would there be any other settings that might need to be adjusted if using Core 2 Duo opposed to let's say a Single Core?

Thanks.

---
EDIT:
And sorry if I misheard from a friend or not but... does meGUI support Quad Core? (Better benefit over Duo?{I assume yes})

[Kurtnoise]

yes, it supports quadcore...and let set the thread # to auto if you're using x264.

[SacredCultivator]

Thanks, dangit, I shoulda bought a Quad Core when I bought my System (Only got it a few days ago), oh well, if I may ask.. what other components affect the Encoding Time (If not including Filters)

[b66pak]

i order to avoid the random (rare) .mp4 "bad public atom error" i tried to encode to raw .h264 but after i select "autoencode" and add the audio and select the .mp4 container the queue is like:

video>.mp4
video.mp4+audio.m4a>muxed.mp4

it should be like:

video>.264
video.264+audio.m4a>muxed.mp4


do you plan to fix this?
_

still not fixed...
_

[Sharktooth]

we dont fix bugs for other softwares.
the problem of bad public atom error is in mp4box.
if you found a workaround using raw avc then use manual encoding.

[Kurtnoise]

that's not a mp4box bug for sure.

more a file not supported by a player beginning by "quick" and ending by "time"...:p So, it's not my 1st priority you know.

[Sharktooth]

oh... then we wont fix CrapTime(tm).

[Snowknight26]

Any word on the supposedly fixed DTS bitrate issue?

/poke

[Ortix]

Hi, i've just updated megui's core and x264, and it seems that when i open a mkv file with XVID and AAC, aero stops working and vista turns to basic. As soon as i quit megui, everything's back to normal. Any ideas? Weird bug, don't know if it has to do with the update though.

[Tae]

Just FYI on interface problem in Vista 64. I know you don't support it, but I have lost Gui buttons in the past but was able to get around it. This one is a killer...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/tkilmer/meguiinterfaceerror.jpg

I lost the Avisynth save button before, but was about to work around. Have not had the Aspect ratio button either. Not sure why this is happening, just thought you should know. I went back to core 0.3.0.3004 to get the DV2 Creator fixed, so it was lost with a change since then.

Just an update, the buttons are back. I noticed it after I updated tonight to the latest stable release.

Thanks

[Kurtnoise]

Hi, i've just updated megui's core and x264, and it seems that when i open a mkv file with XVID and AAC, aero stops working and vista turns to basic. As soon as i quit megui, everything's back to normal. Any ideas?
which filters/decoders do you have installed ?

[Grossmeister]

When I open a video file (PAL) using
FFMS2_FFVideoSource(source="C:\temp\video\Assist_cap0001.avi", seekmode=1)
And pass it to MeGUI, MeGUI tells me that video is in I420 format, and proposes to add ConvertToYV12() at the end, and after that it tells that video is still in I420, not in YV12 (look at attached image). Nothing changes if I add ConvertToYV12() to .avs script myself.

Then I used
WriteFile("D:\convert\AvsP\info.txt","IsRGB32")
WriteFile("D:\convert\AvsP\info.txt","IsYUY2")
WriteFile("D:\convert\AvsP\info.txt","IsYV12")
code to check the colorformat after FFMS2_FFVideoSource() call and I received "true" for IsYV12.
So, I can't understand, why MeGUI keeps telling me that the input format is no YV12.

After that I tried AVISource and it worked well. But, there is a question: in AViSource help (http://avisynth.org/AviSource) it is written that by default pixel_type = YV12, and also it written that sometimes it is better to open video in same (video's) colorformat.

I'm using x264 as encoder, what should I do:
1. Use FFMS2_FFVideoSource(). Then what to do with warning from MeGUI?
2. Use AVISource(pixel_type="source_format") and then ConvertToYV12(). Then how to know about what is video file colorformat.
3. Use AVISource() with default pixel_type = "YV12"?

Thanks.

[Kurtnoise]

can't see the picture yet but I'd say #2...

[Grossmeister]

can't see the picture yet but I'd say #2...
Hmm, it (the picture) is still pending approval. Here what is writen there:
Your AviSynth clip has the following problem:
AviSynth clip is in I420 not in YV12, even though ConvertToYV12() has been appended.
Continue anyway?

And if #2, then how can I check original file colorformat? I couldn't find such information in MediaInfo.

[b66pak]

we dont fix bugs for other softwares.
the problem of bad public atom error is in mp4box.
if you found a workaround using raw avc then use manual encoding.

this is not about x264 encoder messing up (sometimes) public atoms...is about megui changing the queue...

what is the reason for autochanging this?

video>.264
video.264+audio.m4a>muxed.mp4

to

video>.mp4
video.mp4+audio.m4a>muxed.mp4
_

[Sharktooth]

you continue to not understand.
if craptime is not standard compliant, it's not our problem.
we also wont fix what's already correct to comply with a non compliant software...
if you wanna that fixed, ask apple devs to fix quicktime once and for all.

[keyed]

D2V Creator problem: When "select audio tracks" is used, the audio track is not always demuxed. But using "demux all tracks" will always work if the "select audio tracks" doesn't.

[tph]

I believe the AVC Levels Checker is bugged, it complains when using 4 ref frames with a 1920x1080 resolution which it shouldn't. It also complains when using 3 ref frames in combination with b-pyramid.

AFAIK this behavior was correct in earlier revisions of x264 but not any more.

[~bT~]

D2V Creator problem: When "select audio tracks" is used, the audio track is not always demuxed.

i can confirm that bug too.

[Sharktooth]

tph, it depends on the level not on the resolution.

[keyed]

There's a minor problem when using Automatic Encoding.

The "Size and Bitrate" calculations for the choices that you don't select are off. For instance, I normally use the profile setting (mine's set at 2000) and a file I encoded last night came out to 365 mb using this setting. I was reencoding it to 340 mb, when I noticed that the file size setting and average bitrate setting don't correspond correctly.

When I set the "filesize" option to 340 mb, the "average bitrate" option showed 2040 bkit and a videosize of 339.7 mb. The file was outputted correctly at ~340 mb, but using the bitrate calculator, the actual bitrate was probably 1848.

If I use the "average bitrate" option and put in 1848, the video size is 307.6 mb and "filesize" shows 307 mb. Add in the audio, and it'll be 340 mb, but "filesize" should have shown 340.

[tph]

tph, it depends on the level not on the resolution.

Oh, forgot to mention I used level 4.1

[Kurtnoise]

D2V Creator problem: When "select audio tracks" is used, the audio track is not always demuxed. But using "demux all tracks" will always work if the "select audio tracks" doesn't.
any log ?

[Kurtnoise]

And if #2, then how can I check original file colorformat? I couldn't find such information in MediaInfo.
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Info

[alexcel]

D2V Creator problem: When "select audio tracks" is used, the audio track is not always demuxed. But using "demux all tracks" will always work if the "select audio tracks" doesn't.

Hi:

I made a post a couple of weeks ago where I showed that in One Click Encoder the audio track selected was extracted but then post processor could not find it, except when it was the first one.

I think that both issues could be related;)

Right now I always use the option to extract all audio tracks and remux manually the one I like.

Hope this helps!!

[Raere]

Avira AntiVir has been telling me that 'megui-uninstall.exe' contains a virus as of late. Pretty sure it's a false positive, but is there any way there could be anything even remotely malicious in there? And has anyone else gotten this problem?

[SacredCultivator]

I guess I should have asked this a LONG time ago, I just never paid much attention until asking a fellow friend and comparing the FPS's used.

When I encode using x264 codec for let's just say a music video (720x400), with my new pc I only hit roughly 7fps, whereas my friend says he hits 60fps... And I think both our systems are roughly the same...
I havea E8400 3.0Ghz (not overclocked) and he uses AMD 440 X2

The meGUI settings that we tried for comparison is as follows:
program --crf 21.0 --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --ref 5 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 4 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --weightb --deblock -2:-1 --subme 9 --trellis 2 --partitions all --8x8dct --vbv-maxrate 17500 --me umh --merange 32 --threads auto --thread-input --aq-strength 0.5 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

Avisynth script:
MPEG2Source("C:\Documents and Settings\####\Desktop\asdf\tester\testing.d2v")
#Tomsmocomp(-1,1,1)
tfm(pp=5,cthresh=3,mode=0).tdecimate()
Crop(4,0,-2,-0,align=true)
Spline36Resize(720,400)
Removegrain(2)
UnFilter(-5,-5)
gradfun2db()

So I was wondering if anyone might know anything about this... As he told me he had to apply an AMD dual core optimizer, and I googled for the Intel versiona nd found it but using XP SP3 {same with friend} and says it's too new, so I did the manual patch by tweaking the registry / boot.ini
---
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Throttle]
"PerfEnablePackageIdle"="1"

(Optional - read notes first) Now look at your boot.ini to make sure that the command /usepmtimer is there, by right clicking on My Computer go to Properties, click on the ADVANCE tab, then under Startup and Recovery click on Settings, then click on EDIT....make sure your boot.ini has the /usepmtimer in there (located in the last line), if NOT [make a backup of the Boot.ini first] then just copy and paste /usepmtimer in there. (NOT the entire boot.ini example)
---

Not too sure if there is anything else I need to mention.

[Dark Shikari]

60fps with that system, settings that high, and a script that complex?

Not buying it.

[SacredCultivator]

^Talking to him atm, but apart from him, on my behalf, does that sound right or...

---
EDIT:
Okay nvm, he lied to me lol, he didn't bother using the settings I did, so nvm, 6fps sounds right.

Cause the Preset I used is sorta a mixed between Insane and HQ, as I'm not too sure what settings to really use to get great quality. Which stops me from using 2-pass as I don't know what size to set things, which is why i use 1Pass Constant Quality, as I'm not too sure what settings I can 'change' to increase encoding time without losing much quality.

[Sharktooth]

Avira AntiVir has been telling me that 'megui-uninstall.exe' contains a virus as of late. Pretty sure it's a false positive, but is there any way there could be anything even remotely malicious in there? And has anyone else gotten this problem?
i run avira on the PC i use for building the megui installation package and it didnt detect any virus.

[keyed]

D2V Creator problem: When "select audio tracks" is used, the audio track is not always demuxed. But using "demux all tracks" will always work if the "select audio tracks" doesn't.

Here's my branch log files.

dv2 select audio track log:

[Information] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> VTS_01_1.d2v)
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:01:20 PM] Started handling job
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:01:20 PM] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<F:\MainMovie\GTO_e4\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<F:\MainMovie\GTO_e4\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=80
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:01:20 PM] Encoding started
-[NoImage] Standard output stream
-[NoImage] Standard error stream
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:01:39 PM] Running auto force film
--[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:01:39 PM] Postprocessing
--[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:01:39 PM] Job completed

dv2 demux all log:

[Information] Log for job2 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> VTS_01_1.d2v)
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:06:36 PM] Started handling job
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:06:36 PM] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<F:\MainMovie\GTO_e4\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<F:\MainMovie\GTO_e4\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1< -exit -hide -OM=2
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:06:36 PM] Encoding started
-[NoImage] Standard output stream
-[NoImage] Standard error stream
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:06:54 PM] Running auto force film
--[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:06:54 PM] Postprocessing
--[Information] Deleting intermediate files
-[Information] [2/3/2009 12:06:54 PM] Job completed

[Kurtnoise]

I suspect the track ID not found by megui...I've already explained why this appears sometimes and how to "fix" it.

[tomos]

strange thing about that, is that when i run a vob through d2v creator, it 'sees' that there is an audio track there. it just doesnt do anything about it. demux all does the trick though

[Sharktooth]

re-rip your DVD including ALL audio tracks.

[Snowknight26]

Custom file sizes aren't saved in the bitrate calculator. Oh and the DTS bitrate issue is still there.

[Kurtnoise]

strange thing about that, is that when i run a vob through d2v creator, it 'sees' that there is an audio track there. it just doesnt do anything about it. demux all does the trick though
I'd like to have your ifo (if you have it) + a piece of your vob file...

Custom file sizes aren't saved in the bitrate calculator. Oh and the DTS bitrate issue is still there.
you know that saying nth time the same thing will not accelerate the correction...

this is not about x264 encoder messing up (sometimes) public atoms...is about megui changing the queue...

what is the reason for autochanging this?

video>.264
video.264+audio.m4a>muxed.mp4

to

video>.mp4
video.mp4+audio.m4a>muxed.mp4
_
thanks to me, it's changed now...

[Snowknight26]

you know that saying nth time the same thing will not accelerate the correction...
Except that when I provide a viable solution and extremely easily and quickly implementable one, it puzzles me why it hasn't been added.

But I digress. You're one of its developers so do as you please. :)

[b66pak]

@Kurtnoise thanks a lot...
_

[tomos]

I'd like to have your ifo (if you have it) + a piece of your vob file...

will have a look. i run mine through dvdshrink first though (remove unneeded audio tracks only and split each tv ep to 1 vob file)

will re-rip and get one soon (ish)

[tomos]

here's a rar file - 20MB chunk + bup/ifo files. (http://www.filefactory.com/file/afg5e9b/n/mash_test_rar)

choosing select all tracks works 'select audio' alone doesnt.

thanks for checking :thanks:

[Kurtnoise]

dunno why it fails for you but here the audio track is clearly extracted when I select it in the list...:confused:

[tomos]

it's the same on 2 pcs (win7 and vista x64). i have to choose to extract all

[Kurtnoise]

did you try the sample you have posted ? it comes from dvdshrink or not ?

[tomos]

i did, same thing. i rip with shrink since it splits each episode into 1 VOB file, makes it nice and easy to throw into megui. that sample is from dvdshrink yes.

odd that it works for you though

[dolphinjet]

Did a search only in wiki & this thread but cannot find the answer.

Is there any way that I can disable subtitle loading automatically in MeGUI?
I have set it in DirectVobsub to "Do Not Load" already.
In MPC + K-lite codec pack, it doesn't load but it does in MeGUI (version 0.3.1.1012) , in the avisynth preview mode.
It will also load when encoding but I don't want them hardsubbed into the videos.

[tomos]

megui just prompted an update on my win7 PC and now extracted the audio ok

strange. havent tried the other yet

[poisondeathray]

Did a search only in wiki & this thread but cannot find the answer.

Is there any way that I can disable subtitle loading automatically in MeGUI?
I have set it in DirectVobsub to "Do Not Load" already.
In MPC + K-lite codec pack, it doesn't load but it does in MeGUI (version 0.3.1.1012) , in the avisynth preview mode.
It will also load when encoding but I don't want them hardsubbed into the videos.


What format are your input video & subs in?

For many formats, you can just remove the subs & place them in a separate folder from the source video

[flebber]

Hi I cannot MCTemporalDenoise to work in Megui. This is the script I used, pretty basic just to see how good it is.


# Set DAR in encoder to 137 : 98. The following line is for automatic signalling
global MeGUI_darx = 137
global MeGUI_dary = 98
import("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\MCTemporalDenoise.v1.1.26.avsi")
DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\Documents and Settings\flebber\My Documents\Downloads\Hanoi_Rocks_-_Boulevard_Of_Broken_Dreams.d2v", cpu=4, info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
#deinterlace
crop( 6, 8, -10, -8)

#resize
ConvertToYV12()
#denoise
MCTemporalDenoise(settings="medium")


This is the error I am receiving. I have all last Megui updates installed. For a bigger image of error.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3261962157_1e7ed7ae57.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3261962157_1e7ed7ae57.jpg

[Kurtnoise]

does your script work outside of megui ? like vdub or any player ?

[flebber]

does your script work outside of megui ? like vdub or any player ?

It loads in Virtualdub but will not play in zoomplayer or Media player classic. So its an error with the script in some way. I have triple checked dependencies so it must something small I can't find.

Fixed the script error but now I am having a NICMPG123source on my audio file when converting to aac. I have found that it appears to be a Nicaudio.dll issue. In this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141594&highlight=megui+nicaudio I have downloaded the dll. I haven't had this error before with mpeg 2 audio. Where for Megui should I install this dll.

General
Complete name : C:\Documents and Settings\flebber\My Documents\Downloads\Hanoi_Rocks_-_Boulevard_Of_Broken_Dreams Tc0 L2 2ch 44.1 224 DELAY 0ms.mp2
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 6.52 MiB
Duration : 4mn 4s
Overall bit rate : 224 Kbps

Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 4mn 4s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 224 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits

[tebasuna51]

Fixed the script error but now I am having a NICMPG123source on my audio file when converting to aac. I have found that it appears to be a Nicaudio.dll issue. In this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141594&highlight=megui+nicaudio I have downloaded the dll. I haven't had this error before with mpeg 2 audio. Where for Megui should I install this dll.

The problem in the linked thread isn't related with you, was a mp3 in a wav container. The problem was solved and you have a standard mp2. Or not?

I can convert mp2 to m4a using MeGUI (with NicMPG123Source like decoder and NeroAacEnc) without problems. The NicAudio.dll in the MeGUI autoupdate is the last version.

Maybe is a problem with your mp2, is only 6.5 MB, can you upload the file to make some test?

[flebber]

I forced megui to re-install nicaudio, enc_aacplus and STx264 and now problem resolved.

[JREkiwi]

Is it just me, or is the One Click Encoder not working in 3.1..1012?

It processes audio fine, runs the video processing without error, but creates a file with no extension.
Log for job7 (video, TestVideo.avs -> TestVideo_Video)
then fails on the mux
[Error] Log for job8 (mux, TestVideo_Video -> TestVideo.mp4)
[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "V:\TestVideo_Video:fps=25" -add "V:\TestVideo Tc1 L2 2ch 48 256 DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a#trackID=1:sbr" -tmp V:\ -new "V:\TestVideo.mp4"
[Error] Error line: Error importing V:\TestVideo_Video:fps=25: Bad Parameter

If I manually create the video file and mux it, it works, although the video file created is a different size to the _Video file created during the One Click Encoder, despite them both using the same encoder settings and Avisynth script.

John

[Kurtnoise]

Correct...and fixed (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=MeGUI/&file=MeGUI_20090209.zip). :)

[JREkiwi]

Thanks

[Kelmino]

Hey guys, I'm having a problem with MeGUI. I just recently reinstalled my PC I went from x64 to 32 bit vista home premium because x64 was giving me too many problems encoding blu-rays (video would come out choppy). I'm pretty confident it was a codec problem, but I'm not 100% sure either. Either way, I now have a completely different problem on my HTPC.

When using megui when I attempt to do the AVISynth script creator megui goes up to 90-99% processing power and stops responding. I have the Blu-Ray ripped to my HD via ANYDVD-HD with all encryption removed.

This was a clean install this past weekend. Computer specs are below if they are any help

Here are the following codecs/encoding programs I have installed on my computer so far.

CoreAVC Pro
Haali Media Splitter
FFDShow
ANYDVD HD
Megui
AC3 filter
framework 3.5
XVID 1.2.1

Everything is updated to the latest version including windows updates as of a couple of days ago.

I was trying to stay away from codec packs, but whatever works at this point I'll take it :)

All video's that I currently have on my computer play just fine, my problem is creating backups now with my blu-ray and DVD collection.

I have tried reinstalling megui with no difference in the results. I also tried reinstalling it and not updating it to see if that would help, it did not.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance for any help you guys may give.


Computer specs
AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz 45W Dual-Core Processor
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H Motherboard
4 gigs of DDR2 800 Ram.
1 TB HD
Using onboard video and onboard sound via HDMI

[Kurtnoise]

what kind of file do you try to load ?

[Kelmino]

what kind of file do you try to load ?

I tried to load the M2ts file into the the AVISynth script creator.

[Inspector.Gadget]

I tried to load the M2ts file into the the AVISynth script creator.

Index it with DGIndex (MPEG-2 video) or DGAVCIndex (H.264 video) first and then load the resulting D2V or DGA file in the AVS Script Creator.

[saint-francis]

For some time now I have not been able to select files in the AVS creator which need directshowsource to load. MeGUI used to just hang and I'd eventually kill it, but now it just crashes on it's won without me needing shut it down. This happens 100% of the time. I have experienced the issue on 4 windows operating systems and 4 different computer. If there is something wrong with my system I would like to get to the bottom of it but I highly suspect it's a MeGUI issue.

[Betsy25]

Correct...and fixed (http://kurtnoise.free.fr/index.php?dir=MeGUI/&file=MeGUI_20090209.zip). :)

Hi KurtNoise,

Is it me, or is the link not working, I only get a

"Error on page"
"Error in count_file on line 513.
./mp4tools/mp42ts-0.4.5.zip is already defined."

[dolphinjet]

What format are your input video & subs in?

For many formats, you can just remove the subs & place them in a separate folder from the source video
Thanks for replying.

I knew that too. I asked because I have MeGUI installed in 2 computers. One of it load sub automatically while another not. I want to know what settings I have screwed up.

Edit: uninstalled directvobsub from codec pack, may be it's the easiest solution

[Kurtnoise]

Is it me, or is the link not working, I only get a

"Error on page"
"Error in count_file on line 513.
./mp4tools/mp42ts-0.4.5.zip is already defined."
should be ok now...

[Taurus]

For some time now I have not been able to select files in the AVS creator which need directshowsource to load. MeGUI used to just hang and I'd eventually kill it, but now it just crashes on it's won without me needing shut it down. This happens 100% of the time. I have experienced the issue on 4 windows operating systems and 4 different computer. If there is something wrong with my system I would like to get to the bottom of it but I highly suspect it's a MeGUI issue.

But I highly suspect it's a User issue..
I just verified with a couple of different files with any extension, Megui is working rock stable in avisynth directshow modus.
Make sure all your directshow decoders, filters, splitters are uptodate and working.
At least ffdshow and Haali splitter should do the trick.
And for wmv, plain ol moneysoft decoder and splitter.
Tested on mov, hdmov, mkv, wmv, mp4,etc...

[saint-francis]

But I highly suspect it's a User issue..
I just verified with a couple of different files with any extension, Megui is working rock stable in avisynth directshow modus.
Make sure all your directshow decoders, filters, splitters are uptodate and working.
At least ffdshow and Haali splitter should do the trick.
And for wmv, plain ol moneysoft decoder and splitter.
Tested on mov, hdmov, mkv, wmv, mp4,etc...

Well if it works for you it must be something I'm doing. But what could it be? I have been having this problem with the past 3 versions of haali splitter. I have FFDShow installed and I update it about every 2 weeks. I can manually make a graph and use directshowsource to encode but I can't load the graph in the MeGUI avs creator. When I try to load a graph it tells me that I probably don't have the correct codecs in stalled. If I just select the .mkv (what I'm trying to do is work with .mkv's made by eac3to) it just crashes or sits there.
BTW what do you mean by "avisynth directshow modus"? You mean you just select a file that MegUI will need directshowsource to load and everything operates as if you loaded a .d2v (accept it uses DSS to load the file of course) ?

[Taurus]

@saint-francis:
I just open any directshow or avi source in AVS script creator.
Even avis get processed with directshowsource in edit mode if you want to:cool::p (but dont tell anybody here)
BTW what do you mean by "avisynth directshow modus"?
DirectShowSource vs Avisource vs FFmpegsource vs .....etc.

[saint-francis]

I just open any directshow or avi source in AVS script creator.


Well.... this hasn't worked for me in a long time. It certainly used to, but no longer does. I wish I could remember when this all began so I could compare it to changes I made. Honestly my system is pretty simple and I don't often change how things are setup. Not much on there. Just the basics. If anyone has any idea at all what could be causing this please let me know.

Thanks for your feedback Taurus.

[Warrex]

Hi,

like Kelmino and Saint-Francis I am also having problems loading avs scripts or m2ts files directly in MeGUI with Vista x64. I am using the same version of ffdshow (beta6) Avisynth (2.57) and haali media splitter (newest version) as I did under WinXP 32bit.

This simple script does not work in Vista x64 but worked just fine under WinXP 32bit at least up to version 0.31.1011:

DirectShowSource("x264 Benchmark.m2ts", fps=23.976, audio=false)
#deinterlace
#crop
#resize
#denoise

It does not matter whether the m2ts file contains vc1 or h264. Launching x264.exe 32bit manually via command line encodes the .avs script correctly so the Directshow filter chain seems to work.

This is what Vista x64 has to say when it crashes:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MeGUI.exe
Application Version: 0.3.1.1013
Application Timestamp: 49924456
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0f20
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a783
Exception Code: c0000374
Exception Offset: 000aada3
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1031
Additional Information 1: 0f20
Additional Information 2: fc8e5f8449d186c22ef3d98c6bfbffbd
Additional Information 3: bf3b
Additional Information 4: f9d8b6d136b790a72c3151a3857faecf

[th3obr0]

I am getting this error of "meGUI has Encountered a fatal error: Attempted to Read or Write Protected Memory/Corrupt Memory".

More info here:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144938

[b66pak]

i have noticed that "BlackmanResize" is not in the dropdown resizing menu of the .avs creator...
_

L.E. i have a 608x256 clip that i want to upscale to 640x272 but the .avs creator dont alow...quick fix - do it manually..."suggest resolution (mod16)" don't work both way...ex: if a get a 1280x720 clip and i select 624x it gets me 352 (624x352)...if i select x272 it should get me 480 (480x272) but it don't...
_

[th3obr0]

How do we upscale videos in meGUI? It would be awesome if meGUI supports that. Also the problem over here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144938) still persists.

[poisondeathray]

You can enter any value manually, just edit the script (edit tab)

Simple upscaling usually gives mediorcre results. A combination of filters is usually required to give decent results, and you need a very high quality source. Use [search] for tips on how to do this. Again, you can just add the syntax to the script manually.

[th3obr0]

You can enter any value manually, just edit the script (edit tab)

Simple upscaling usually gives mediorcre results. A combination of filters is usually required to give decent results, and you need a very high quality source. Use [search] for tips on how to do this. Again, you can just add the syntax to the script manually.

k thanks! :)

[Sharktooth]

upscaling is not directly supported in megui coz it is not a "good practice".
however, poisondeathray said you can do it by editing the script.

[th3obr0]

upscaling is not directly supported in megui coz it is not a "good practice".
however, poisondeathray said you can do it by editing the script.

Oh ohk. I noticed the quality loss in upscaling. Thanks for the response :).

[SacredCultivator]

Hmm's for some reason when trying to add a 'delay' when encoding audio, it doesn't work.. Am I doing something wrong?

For example, if I want a 4 second delay in the audio, I change the delay to '4' but after encoding, there isn't that delay.

Thanks.

[poisondeathray]

Hmm's for some reason when trying to add a 'delay' when encoding audio, it doesn't work.. Am I doing something wrong?

For example, if I want a 4 second delay in the audio, I change the delay to '4' but after encoding, there isn't that delay.

Thanks.

Are you talking about the audio encoding component in MeGUI?

I believe the values are in ms, so "4" would be imperceptible. Try "4000"

[SacredCultivator]

I was wondering for DGIndex, is it possible to split the source?

Meaning:
Like I want the first portion of the show and CUT OUT a performance (Don't want the performance) then resume back to the program after the performance?

Not too sure if that came out to make sense. But basically want to use DGIndex to create the script as the source is .mpg and I want to keep it that way, so wondering if DGIndex is capable of doing that, splitting 1 file into another "1" but omitting the performance that is int he middle of the program, so to snip out that and maintain teh rest of the video.

Thanks

[poisondeathray]

I was wondering for DGIndex, is it possible to split the source?

Meaning:
Like I want the first portion of the show and CUT OUT a performance (Don't want the performance) then resume back to the program after the performance?

Not too sure if that came out to make sense. But basically want to use DGIndex to create the script as the source is .mpg and I want to keep it that way, so wondering if DGIndex is capable of doing that, splitting 1 file into another "1" but omitting the performance that is int he middle of the program, so to snip out that and maintain teh rest of the video.

Thanks

If you mean similar to cutting out commercials, you can just do that with avisynth e.g. Trim(0,100)+Trim(200,300) will omit frames 101-199, while keeping 0-100 and 200-300

You could use the megui avs cutter (in the tools menu) which does basically the same thing, with a visual preview

[SacredCultivator]

Hmm, if doing it through that method, how would the audio portion of that work? Sorry I've never used that feature, so not too sure how to go about it.

Cause I assume:
1. Use DGIndex to create an avs of the entire video
2. Load that into MeGUI's AVS Cutter, and edit

But then the audio part gets me =X

[poisondeathray]

Hmm, if doing it through that method, how would the audio portion of that work? Sorry I've never used that feature, so not too sure how to go about it.

Cause I assume:
1. Use DGIndex to create an avs of the entire video
2. Load that into MeGUI's AVS Cutter, and edit

But then the audio part gets me =X

save the audio cuts file. there is a section for it in the audio component

if you are doing it separately in avisynth, use audiodub(video,audio), and the trim()+trim() works as well (same avs script for video and audio)

[SacredCultivator]

I generally for the avs script encode the audio separately which is why I don't really use the (video,audio), as I mux int he audio after the encode usually.

So for example if my script is something like this.

MPEG2Source("video path.d2v")
Tomsmocomp(-1,1,1)
Crop(12,4,-8,-0,align=true)
Spline36Resize(640,480)
Removegrain(2)
UnFilter(-5,-5)
gradfun2db()

I would add "audiodub(video,audio), and the trim()+trim()" after the MPEGSource? and then when encoding, it will include the audio? (In which I assume is the full audio that I encoded as the trim will trim the audio as well, but then in regards.

Sorry a complete novice to this part.

(Or you can provide an example as well)

---
EDIT:
Okay I tried... and it added itself ot the script so the cropping is fine, but now it's the audio portion that I don't realyl get.

[poisondeathray]

You should look at the DGIndex documentation, it tells you everything


vid=Mpeg2Source("file.d2v")
aud=NicAC3Source("audio.ac3").DelayAudio(x)
AudioDub(vid,aud)
Trim(0,100)++Trim(200,300)


x=the number written in the demuxed audio

You can do the same thing as you did before (separate audio script), just add the same values for Trim()+Trim() etc... at the end of the script (its the same thing). The benefit of doing it together is that you can preview it in a player like MPC for example

[SacredCultivator]

Okay i THINK I got it.. But for example if the audio is already 'encoded' (.mp3/.mp4)

It's still doable right?
Althoughs orry for the Filters, not too sure what to use for each =X

[poisondeathray]

Okay i THINK I got it.. But for example if the audio is already 'encoded' (.mp3/.mp4)

It's still doable right?
Althoughs orry for the Filters, not too sure what to use for each =X

I'm not sure what you mean ????

The NicAC3Source is only for AC3 source, so you would have to change the source filter

If you have an "already encoded" mp3, it doesn't have the cuts in the file, you have to re-encode it. Instead, use the original AC3 audio from the DVD, otherwise you will re-encode it twice & lose quality

When you use DGIndex, the ac3 file will report the delay written in the name (e.g. "FILE T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 72ms.ac3") . The delay in this example is 72ms

[SacredCultivator]

Oh I guess I should sorta rephrase that...

If the source is .ac3, which in my current case isn't, .mp2 (Using MPASource), but then therefore when I encode this via either H264/XviD, the output file will have audio already correct? Because I would like to encode the audio to a diff. format + give it a description (Which I usualyl do using Vdub or YAMB)

---
Edit:
Actualyl wait.. I can just load the script into the Audio Component and just encode that right? And if I do it that way, I can also just comment out the audio in the script when encoding the video.

[poisondeathray]

Oh I guess I should sorta rephrase that...

If the source is .ac3, which in my current case isn't, .mp2 (Using MPASource), but then therefore when I encode this via either H264/XviD, the output file will have audio already correct? Because I would like to encode the audio to a diff. format + give it a description (Which I usualyl do using Vdub or YAMB)

---
Edit:
Actualyl wait.. I can just load the script into the Audio Component and just encode that right? And if I do it that way, I can also just comment out the audio in the script when encoding the video.

yes just use MPASource, or any other input source filter that works for your source...

I have no idea what you mean by "give it a description"??

To make the audio & video cuts match (in sync), the script(s) has/have to have the same cut values.

I have no idea what you mean by "comment out the audio"?

[SacredCultivator]

For descriptions I mean for like if I do Dual Audio, I label the tracks (Main Track / Instrumental).

Gonna test it and post back, but definitely thanks for helping me on this as it taught me something useful and handy.

[yaous]

--psy-rd
Strength of psychovisual optimization ["1.0:0.0"]
#1: RD (requires subme>=6)
#2: Trellis (requires trellis, experimental)


in megui's x264 configuration dialog, psy trellis is disabled when subme<=5 though trellis>=1.

psy trellis requires subme>=6?

[Dark Shikari]

in megui's x264 configuration dialog, psy trellis is disabled when subme<=5 though trellis>=1.

psy trellis requires subme>=6?No it does not, so that's an MeGUI bug.

[Sharktooth]

actually that's not a bug but my fault. i thought psy-trellis needed psy-rd (that depends on subme>5)

EDIT: Fixed.

[Buggle]

This might be an ignorant question, but is MeGUI going to support x64 (and if so, when?), now that both Xvid and x264 have turned x64 capable, and avisynth64 also exists?

[Kurtnoise]

the search function might help you...;)

[Buggle]

the search function might help you...;)
:eek: me so stupid... I had this thread bookmarked, so I went asking this without checking the other threads in this sub-forum. I now see there is a x64 thread started. So this is what it feels like to be a forum newby :P

[DeWTurk]

I have audio slide proplem sometimes. I checked the force decoding via direct show. But again audio slide. Auido is before than video. what are you suggest

http://i44.tinypic.com/2wejmdd.jpg

[SacredCultivator]

Sorry to ask this here.. But given I don't know to much about the threads thing...

This refers slightly to This Thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145106),

If running an Intel Core 2 Duo, would it be wise to just leave the Threads at Auto? Or should I actually set a number there? {And is there much of an advantage in doing so?}

[Sharktooth]

always leave it to auto unless you dont want one (or more) of your CPU core(s) free for doing some other thing(s).

[Sharktooth]

I have audio slide proplem sometimes. I checked the force decoding via direct show. But again audio slide. Auido is before than video. what are you suggest

http://i44.tinypic.com/2wejmdd.jpg
more info...

[rack04]

I was running a encode recently and noticed in the x264 commandline the following entry:

--sar 1649:1620

Can anyone explain to me what this means?

[Snakeisthestuff]

Ok i have a serious problem here, i cant start MeGUI anymore, i dont know what happend maybe i installed something which causes this or i miss something. I installed all .NET Frameworks till 3.5, which didnt help, then i deinstalled all .NET packages and only installed 2.0 which didnt change anything. I tried different versions of meGUI 2.5, 2.6 nothing works all crash at the beginning.

Working OS: Windows XP 64bit.

I attached a screenshot of the error message and my DxDiag for Hardware information, i hope someone can help me :confused:

[poisondeathray]

I was running a encode recently and noticed in the x264 commandline the following entry:

--sar 1649:1620

Can anyone explain to me what this means?

sample aspect ratio, used for anamorphic encoding (i.e. non-square pixels). 1:1 would be square pixels and is the default

[Sharktooth]

Ok i have a serious problem here, i cant start MeGUI anymore, i dont know what happend maybe i installed something which causes this or i miss something. I installed all .NET Frameworks till 3.5, which didnt help, then i deinstalled all .NET packages and only installed 2.0 which didnt change anything. I tried different versions of meGUI 2.5, 2.6 nothing works all crash at the beginning.

Working OS: Windows XP 64bit.

I attached a screenshot of the error message and my DxDiag for Hardware information, i hope someone can help me :confused:
probably a missing or corrupted font.

[Snakeisthestuff]

Thanks for the fast reply, you mean my windows system fonts right, not anything from the meGUI folder?

Anyone got an idea which fonts meGUI is using so i can try to replace them with new ones in my fonts folder?

Edit: Replaced Lucida Console Font -> didnt solve anything, the same error occurs even if i delete the font out of the fonts folder

[Sharktooth]

it's the menu font.
ill check it later.

[Kurtnoise]

not MeGUI's fault...

[DeWTurk]

more info...
ok my encode sample video audio slide proplem
please help me

check
sample download (http://h1.ripway.com/DeWTurk38/The.Curious.Case.of.Benjamin.Button.DVDSCR.XviD-DEViSE-muxed-025.mkv)

[Kurtnoise]

what you're doing exactly ? you're reencoding audio stream ?

[DeWTurk]

what you're doing exactly ? you're reencoding audio stream ?


reencoding proplem please

help me. I needing
look at the in this screen.
and proplem
My rips have audio slide. why?

http://i44.tinypic.com/2wejmdd.jpg



well whatever i can gather with your illustration, is that u are having audio and video sync issues.
its a basic problem with megui,
i recommend u install Core AVC codec
and before installing it go to the settings in CCCP and deselect x264 in the settings.
then install coreAVC , it may solve it.


ok
1.CCCP installed.
2.Core AVC codec installed.

but I have again audio proplem

my encode

sample direct link small size 2mb please look. You are very very busy but I am needing for your answer
http://h1.ripway.com/DeWTurk38/The.Curious.Case.of.Benjamin.Button.DVDSCR.XviD-DEViSE-muxed-025.mkv

or

http://rapidshare.com/files/200817495/The.Curious.Case.of.Benjamin.Button.DVDSCR.XviD-DEViSE-muxed-025.rar

[Kurtnoise]

not rules compliant...sorry.

[DeWTurk]

not rules compliant...sorry.

ok I do't know rules but what can I do ?

[Kurtnoise]

buy/rent the DVD/BD...and all your problems will disappear.

[zirkov]

Hello, I updated meGUI today and I got error when I tried to encode video :

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9809/errorp.th.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errorp.jpg)

Then I use x264.exe.backup and my encoding working fine. Its new x264.exe caused error or its my PC fault ?

[Kurtnoise]

definitively, an error from the x264 build...

[b66pak]

same x264 error here...
_

[ztomic]

Same thing here:
Exception message: starting encoder failed with error 'This version of %1 is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running.
Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact
the software publisher'

I'm using Vista64

[Kurtnoise]

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1253245&postcount=2001

[sumawo13]

Does MeGUI's MKV muxer have an option for aspect ratio I'm missing? I've encoded the first episode of an Anime DVD at 720x480 with the intention of setting the aspect ratio to 16/9 in the container and I can't find the option.

[nurbs]

MeGUI doesn't support that in the mkv muxer, because normally you would set the aspect ratio before you are encoding via the "clever anamorphic encode" option in the avs creator and the muxer just reads the ratio from the encoded file.

[SeeChestlickRun]

@sumawo13

Actually, you can set aspect ratio, just right when you pick the .avs script as video input, a new window will pop up, then you will see a number at bottom, you just click the down arrow and pick or create your own aspect ratio, then click 'Show DAR' and click 'X' to close the window. That will be stored in mkv as aspect ratio. I don't know about "clever anamorphic encode" tho. Never tried that before.

By the way, check this thread out, http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=112475 , should clear stuff up about anamorphic encode. So, as suggested, I would rather to use the method that I typed up above there.

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1253245&postcount=2001

So, should I get the x264 build from you website/link on your sig? I'll give it a go.

Edited:: Thanks! I was freaking out when first pass wouldn't work. :)

[rkalwaitis]

Some advise from the pros is required.

I do I determine what number of threads to set in the x264 configuration. THe default is 0 which =1.5 according to that little pop help option.

My computer is:
AMD Athlon(tm)64x2 Dual COre Processor 4200+ 2.2Ghz
894MB Ram
32-bit operating system.

I notice if I encode in VirtualDub with the same x264 settings I get a significant boost in fps.

So my question is based on my system what is a reasonable number of threads?

[Dark Shikari]

Some advise from the pros is required.

I do I determine what number of threads to set in the x264 configuration. THe default is 0 which =1.5 according to that little pop help option.

My computer is:
AMD Athlon(tm)64x2 Dual COre Processor 4200+ 2.2Ghz
894MB Ram
32-bit operating system.

I notice if I encode in VirtualDub with the same x264 settings I get a significant boost in fps."Encode in virtualdub"? You can't use x264 in virtualdub. If you're talking about a horribly outdated version of x264VFW, odds are that your x264VFW is so old that the same set of commandline options don't map to the same stuff internally, so you're not actually using the same settings.

[rkalwaitis]

Dark I didnt know that. It says they are updated. So Ill drop VirtualDUb and use Megui. Now based on my system the number of threads?

Thanks for the tip on the x264vfw. That is what I am using. But if its horrible then enough of it.

k

[Rodger]

In case of build 1114 switch back to build 1113 !!!
At least on vista64bit the newer build crashed right in the beginning!

[rkalwaitis]

I did as Rodger did and all is well.

[Sharktooth]

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1253876#post1253876

[Rodger]

Sharktooth!
Your Link is dead! At least it is for me?!

[XhmikosR]

Use this (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1253876#post1253876).

[Snowknight26]

Wouldn't it be appropriate for the bitrate calculator to specify sizes as MiB? Reason I ask is because after a good 10 minutes of figuring out why google gave me different results with an equation like (size in MB)/(frames/fps) (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%284479%2F%28150864%2F23.976%29%29+*+1024+*+8) compared to what to what MeGUI was showing, I realized that MeGUI is really using MiB for sizes and not MB, making me add *1.024 to the 'size in MB' field.

[nakTT]

Hi everyone,

I have a movie on 2 CDs. I want to encode this movie to mp4 using MeGUI (X264). Any idea how can I get MeGUI to merge the two files (CD1 and CD2) into 1 file?

Thanks.

[LigH]

Hmm.

Well.

A movie.

You won't believe how many file formats for movies exist, and how different kinds of handling they require, depending on the format.

No chance to help - without a "MediaInfo" analysis of both files.

[nakTT]

For this particular task, the movie is normal VCD for both (The whole movie divided in 2 VCD). I want to encode it using X264 (mp4) on MeGUI and at the same time merge it.

Maybe for other task the file type will be different but still all parts will be of the same setting and the same format. I just need to know how to configure MeGUI to perform the task. Many thanks in advance.

[ddjmagic]

MeGui Weird Colors

Hey

I am having a problem with megui,
There is a green bar at the bottom of the video and there are weird colored shadows around all the objects in the video.

The video is straight from a Bluray source VC1 at 1920 x 1080 (inside a mkv container using eac3to)
I have tried other files and same thing is happening, all files plaback fine in mpc, vlc, arcsoft, powerdvd etc.
I have been using megui with no problems for a couple of months, but today it has started to do this.
Here is the screenshot-


http://i44.tinypic.com/nzf7yh.jpg

Larger image here - http://i43.tinypic.com/29by343.jpg

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

[~bT~]

that looks a decoder issue. what decoder u using? wmp11 or other?

[farshidhss]

i'm trying to encode an aac audio file "naruto.aac" and i want to encode it to lower bitrate with neroAAC, in megui i get this error the moment i start encoding:

-[Error] Log for job12 (audio, naruto.aac -> naruto.mp4)
--[Information] [3/1/2009 9:43:30 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [3/1/2009 9:43:30 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] DirectShowSource("D:\anime\naruto\93\naruto.aac")
---[NoImage] EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
---[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereod46190ecf4574356b73f03f3510664e2(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] return last
---[NoImage] function x_stereod46190ecf4574356b73f03f3510664e2(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 -he -br 48000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [3/1/2009 9:43:30 AM] Encoding started
--[Information] [3/1/2009 9:43:30 AM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [3/1/2009 9:43:30 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message
----[NoImage] DirectShowSource: Could not open as video or audio.
----[NoImage] Video returned: "DirectShowSource: couldn't open file D:\anime\naruto\93\naruto.aac:
----[NoImage] Unspecified error "
----[NoImage] Audio returned: "DirectShowSource: couldn't open file D:\anime\naruto\93\naruto.aac:
----[NoImage] Unspecified error "
---[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] [3/1/2009 9:43:30 AM] Job completed


i can play the file in mpc and i also have aac decoding enabled in ffdshow audio filter, no idea what's wrong T_T
can someone please shed some light for me ^_^

[Kurtnoise]

don't use aac stream but your input directly...

[farshidhss]

don't use aac stream but your input directly...
well first i used the input directly, it is a mkv file with h264 video, and it could complete the encode with no error but the audio and video are not sync at all so i thought maybe i can encode each stream separately. can you give me any idea why the audio and video are not sync i encoded many files before but that's the first time i see this T__T

[Inspector.Gadget]

@farshidhss - If your source is a Matroska file, then the desync may be caused by an audio delay set in that original container in order to sync the audio and video. One way to check the delay (and maybe someone knows an easier way by now) is to use mkvinfo from the mkvmerge package and do 'mkvinfo -v "inputfile.mkv" > log.txt' at the command line where "inputfile.mkv' is the file you want to find the delay for, including the path to the file. When this finishes, look at "log.txt" in the mkvmerge directory and find the start time for the first block of the audio stream. The difference between that block and the start of the first video block is your audio delay.

[b66pak]

@ farshidhss i think you .mkv is VFR...check it with mediainfo and if it is something like this:

"Frame rate: 29.970 fps"
"Original frame rate: 24.189 fps"

you have a VFR...
_

[farshidhss]

@farshidhss - If your source is a Matroska file, then the desync may be caused by an audio delay set in that original container in order to sync the audio and video. One way to check the delay (and maybe someone knows an easier way by now) is to use mkvinfo from the mkvmerge package and do 'mkvinfo -v "inputfile.mkv" > log.txt' at the command line where "inputfile.mkv' is the file you want to find the delay for, including the path to the file. When this finishes, look at "log.txt" in the mkvmerge directory and find the start time for the first block of the audio stream. The difference between that block and the start of the first video block is your audio delay.
doesn't seem to have delay there.

@ farshidhss i think you .mkv is VFR...check it with mediainfo and if it is something like this:

"Frame rate: 29.970 fps"
"Original frame rate: 24.189 fps"

you have a VFR...
_
yup :) you are right, i have this:
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Original frame rate : 26.050 fps
now i wonder what can i do about it.

[b66pak]

read this:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=112199

and this:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1251097#post1251097
_

[farshidhss]

read this:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=112199

and this:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1251097#post1251097
_

thank you so much, great thread i never knew about IVTC and vfr videos. i'll give it a try, so in megui if we encode a video it will be cfr and vfr encoding is not supported yet

[nakTT]

Hi everyone,

I have a movie on 2 CDs. I want to encode this movie to mp4 using MeGUI (X264). Any idea how can I get MeGUI to merge the two files (CD1 and CD2) into 1 file?

For this particular task, the movie is normal VCD for both (The whole movie divided in 2 VCD). I want to encode it using X264 (mp4) on MeGUI and at the same time merge it.

Maybe for other task the file type will be different but still all parts will be of the same setting and the same format. I just need to know how to configure MeGUI to perform the task. Many thanks in advance.
Anyone who in the know please help me with this one. Thank you in advance.

[Inspector.Gadget]

@ nakTT - Merge the two with Avidemux before opening them in MeGUI's Avisynth script creator so you don't need to monkey around with UnAlignedSplice() in Avisynth. Make sure to allow Avidemux to build a VBR time map if the original audio codec is MP3 and make sure both Audio and Video are set to "copy" and container is set to "AVI", then simply use File->Save->Video... to create your output file without re-encoding. Open that in the AVS script creator and you're set. I think MeGUI can pipe audio to the encoders from an AVI file anyway so no need to manually do that - just open the AVI (NOT AVS) file in the audio section. In the audio section, check "Force Decoding Via DirectShow" under "Config" so your installed audio and video decoders get used for anything not present in your Avisynth plugins folder.

[nakTT]

@ nakTT - Merge the two with Avidemux before opening them in MeGUI's Avisynth script creator so you don't need to monkey around with UnAlignedSplice() in Avisynth. Make sure to allow Avidemux to build a VBR time map if the original audio codec is MP3 and make sure both Audio and Video are set to "copy" and container is set to "AVI", then simply use File->Save->Video... to create your output file without re-encoding. Open that in the AVS script creator and you're set. I think MeGUI can pipe audio to the encoders from an AVI file anyway so no need to manually do that - just open the AVI (NOT AVS) file in the audio section. In the audio section, check "Force Decoding Via DirectShow" under "Config" so your installed audio and video decoders get used for anything not present in your Avisynth plugins folder.
Many thanks for a very helpful guide.

I have managed to merge my test movie. The only problem I face so far is that I can't seem to find a way to allow Avidemux to build a VBR time map.

Many thanks in advance.

[poisondeathray]

The only problem I face so far is that I can't seem to find a way to allow Avidemux to build a VBR time map.


audio=>build vbr time map

[nakTT]

audio=>build vbr time map
Many, many thanks.

[zanuda]

Hi
How about this?
https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145236

[AkumaX]

is there any tutorial on how to take advantage of the new Nvidia Deinterlacer option?

[~bT~]

is there any tutorial on how to take advantage of the new Nvidia Deinterlacer option?

u need to have purchased the nv tools by neuron2.

example: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=142961

[Kurtnoise]

Hi Kurtnoise.

Thank for the help and quick response.

The 1005 build now reads perfectly the audio language, and now I can choose the spanish stream.

But build 1005 seems to have broken what was right.

My first audio is mapped in my vobs as 129 (0x81) according to mediainfo. But now One Click Encoder maps it as 128 (0x80), and so no demuxing occurs and now no audio stream .ac3 is created. As the audio is not created, no final remuxing occurs.

If I run a single index d2v job, I have to select demux all streams, otherwise the index job has the same bug and no audio stream are created.

thanks again

this is not a bug. It's because the IFO parser starts the counter always to zero regarding audio streams #. I can revert to the previous state but you'll have no more language detection. So, you can remap (i.e 0x81 to 0x80, etc...) your audio streams with vob tools (even DVDDecrypter is able to do that). So, what do you prefer ? It's up to you.

And a vob sample for testing could be great for me...:)



yeah...not fixed yet.

well...after a lot of brainstorming, I finally find a way to retrieve the "correct" trackID within Language Info. :)

Should be included in the next release...

[Kurtnoise]

How about this?
https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145236
fixed in rev 1054 I think...

[zanuda]

fixed in rev 1054 I think...
No
It's megui's bug...i think

[Kurtnoise]

you should read carefully...I think.

[zanuda]

sorry
many thanks

[AntiJ]

Why doesn't MeGUI update to the latest MKVToolnix (2.5.2) aka "mkvmerge"?

link (https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120648)

EDIT: @Kurtnoise, thanks, yeah I suspected that :) but it's still a bit slowly updated (for something that easy to update). And I think it would be redundant if I installed it separately :P
EDIT2: thanks Sharktooth, for updating to the latest MKVToolnix now.

[Kurtnoise]

this is not automatic...:) You have to wait that Sharktooth puts the last packages on the server.

[thegame]

Hi guys,
I need some megui help on my video,my video sample is an HDTV .ts mpeg2 stream,when I have megui do its analyse it comes up with deinterlace TIVTC,but I need to use the Decomb IVTC,so I set it,but when I click on enqueue,it spits out this error:
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8310/errorg.jpg

and this is the script it created:
DGDecode_mpeg2source("D:\Sheena Sample\Sheena Sample\Sheena.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
AssumeBFF().Telecide(guide=1).Decimate()
#crop
#resize
#denoise

So I am not sure what the problem is,it states right there in the script that it is bottom field first (assumebff())

does anyone have any ideas for me?

thanks for your time

[Kurtnoise]

do what the message says...so, remove AssumeBFF().


@AntiJ: there is nothing new in this package that megui needs...So, you won't see any difference.

[thegame]

do what the message says...so, remove AssumeBFF().


@AntiJ: there is nothing new in this package that megui needs...So, you won't see any difference.

I removed the line from the avs script,and it stills gives the same error.

OK I got it now,had to add the lines into telecide,now I have this and it works fine:

DGDecode_mpeg2source("D:\Sheena Sample\Sheena Sample\Sheena.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
Telecide(order=0,guide=1).Decimate()
Undot()
#crop
#resize
#denoise

Thanks again,damn I love this place,everyone is so helpful,and usually get VERY fast responses.

[nakTT]

Hi
How about this?
https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145236
I can't access the link. Hope you can provide a new one. Thanks.

[Sharktooth]

https -> http

[~bT~]

has the bitrate calc messed up?

i just done an encode and was undersized by 63MB on a 700MB file..

here is the log: http://pastebin.com/m4525ae72

[Kurtnoise]

I doubt that... but to be sure retry with the previous release.

[alexcel]

HI:

First, I want to thank kurtnoise and devs for the great job, once again!!

I am glad to see that you've just added a "disable autocrop" check in One click encoder.

However, aspect ratio is incorrectly signalled to encoder and mkv container, as if it were cropped.

I have tried 2 times, both same result. I live in PAL world, so input res is 720x576, and I want Output res to be the same

First try, the log says:
----[NoImage] Aspect ratio: 1,823361
----[NoImage] Output resolution: 720x544
----[NoImage] AVC level: Level 3.1
----[NoImage] Resolution adjusted for AVC Level: 720x544
----[NoImage] Automatic deinterlacing: True
----[NoImage] Deinterlacing used: #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
----[NoImage] Generated Avisynth script
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_darx = 137
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_dary = 72

Second try:
----[NoImage] Aspect ratio: 1,823361
----[NoImage] Output resolution: 720x432
----[NoImage] AVC level: Level 3.1
----[NoImage] Resolution adjusted for AVC Level: 720x432
----[NoImage] Automatic deinterlacing: True
----[NoImage] Deinterlacing used: #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
----[NoImage] Generated Avisynth script
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_darx = 224
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_dary = 93

I attach logfiles.

:thanks:

[alexcel]

Hi:

With revision 1017, it seems that One Click is selecting the correct tracks ( I have to check more, but thanks kurtnoise for fixing this issue).

I usually keep 2 langs, english and spanish

usually english is the first track (80) and spanish is the second or third.

Tracks are demuxed right and muxed into the final mkv.

But the Spanish track is tagged as English and the English track is tagged as Spanish

:thanks:

(Same log file as my previous post)

[alexcel]

Hi:

I've found a strange error in vobsubber, first time in several runs.

I have selected 3 tracks out of 11. The problem is that vobsubber window shows:

7 English
8 Spanish

whereas it should show

7 English
8 English
9 Spanish

If I run vobsub directly (out of megui) on the ifo file, then the Spanish track shows as number 9. Mediainfo shows same track as number 9. Vobsubber in megui shows number 8. I slected track 8 in vobsubber window and I found an english track

Thanks again

[Kurtnoise]

I have tried 2 times, both same result. I live in PAL world, so input res is 720x576, and I want Output res to be the same
check "Keep Input Resolution" then...:)


But the Spanish track is tagged as English and the English track is tagged as Spanish
what did you select in the MeGUI Settings from DGindex Languages ?

If I run vobsub directly (out of megui) on the ifo file, then the Spanish track shows as number 9. Mediainfo shows same track as number 9. Vobsubber in megui shows number 8. I slected track 8 in vobsubber window and I found an english track
# starts at zero for megui...anyway, I'll check it out.

[ACrowley]

mhh strange.

Ive Problems with the calculated Filesize

I calculated a movie which is 1h 36min 07sec /25fps/448kbps AC3 5.1

Target is DVD5 4479MB

The calculated Bitarte for it is 6036Kbps.

I used the Standalone AVCHD Profile with 2pass VBR 5800Kbps.
Final Output from x264 is 5871Kbps

So it should easily fit on the DVD5.
But the muxed File is to big and doesnt fit on a DVD5 ,even with ~200kbps lower Bitrate as calculated for 4479MB ?

Can it be caused by TSmuxer ? I muxed it into M2TS .

EDIT:
Damn....its the M2TS output from TSmuxer what causes the bigger Size!
Muxed MKV : 4,19 GB (4.509.060.275 Bytes)
Muxed M2TS : 4,42 GB (4.751.726.592 Bytes

Wow, thats huge difference!

Maybe meguis Calculator should have a Container Option for M2TS/TS ?!

To bad...i cant remux the MKV to M2TS/AVCHD because the Filesize will be always to big for DVD5

[~bT~]

^ m2ts has a much higher overhead.

[ACrowley]

^ m2ts has a much higher overhead.

yes.. i see

It would be a good Idea when Meguis Calculator would calcualte the M2TS Overhead ?

[~bT~]

^ for m2ts i would recommend ripbot264.

[ACrowley]

^ for m2ts i would recommend ripbot264.

No, i use megui or my own x264 cmdline. Ripbot is a bit has not enough Options imho (x264 options etc) Ist not a Option for me.

But e i can calculate the Bitrate with Ripbot. Does Ripbot calculate/include the M2TS Overhead when i specify a output Size ?
i will try it

[~bT~]

u can always edit the command line to how u want..

[ACrowley]

u can always edit the command line to how u want..


ofcourse i can. However.....
The calculated Filesize for 2pass VBR with locked Filesize looks OK:)
Ripbot with Bluray Output calculates 5728kbps instead of 6057Kbps for Mkv Container Output (identical to megui)
So a overhead for M2TS/AVCHD/Bluray is calculated by Ripbot

Would be nice if megui can calulate it for M2TS :)

[Kurtnoise]

It's planned...

[alexcel]

check "Keep Input Resolution" then...:)

That is exactly what I checked (I have been asking you that feature), and it Did not work.

Sorry, but it does not work as expected

[Kurtnoise]

Retry with the build from here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1258209#post1258209). Something was missing...

[jamos]

issue with THD and DTS-HD bitrate calculate. I can choose those new options but no containers are selectable hence no bitrate is calculated. Is there a plan for M2TS to be add to the container dropdown in the bitrate calculator?:thanks:

[73ChargerFan]

look up 4 posts

[jamos]

look up 4 posts

ok so they are starting to work on it..cool, thanks.

[PERFECT]

I hope posting in this thread is right.
I would like to insert this "ref=6:mixed-refs=1:bframes=6:weightb=1:direct=auto:b-pyramid=1:me=umh:subq=9:analyse=all:8x8dct=1:trellis=2:no-fast-pskip=1:psy-rd=1,1:merange=32:deblock=-2,-1" in megui after i have created a d2v file.

I request members to let me know how can i do this and please comment on the settings.

Thank U.

[Sharktooth]

those are x264 options.
create a new preset and set the encoder options accordingly to your mencoder commandline.

[fifteen]

--no-clusters-in-meta-seek:

This is part of the command line default settings for the MKV muxer.

Why is option used? When muxing to MKV is there a situation where you would not want this option used?

[Sharktooth]

have no idea. i didnt even know such an option existed.

[MrVideo]

I know that going from H.264 to MPEG-2 is going backwards, but please bear with me on this.

The situation is that I do not have an H.264 editor (I use VideoReDo for MPEG-2 TS editing). I now have an H.264 TS file with four audio streams. Three of the MP2 stereo audio streams make up the 6 audio channels for DD5.1. Once I get the audio streams extracted into WAV files, I can create the AC3 DD5.1 audio file.

The problem is editing the H.264 17Mbps video, and audio, so that I can then re-encode down to a lower bitrate H.264 video file and mux that with the audio into a MKV file.

I don't even know if MeGUI can work with H.264 TS source files, or if it can only work with MPEG-2 source files.

I'm still in need of an editor.

If anyone know of the right tools for the job, including what MeGUI can do, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

[Kurtnoise]

Describe more explicitly what you want to with a such editor...

[MrVideo]

Describe more explicitly what you want to with a such editor...

I have to assume that you are talking about my posting, even though you quote nothing from it, or mention my name.

Typical editors are used for removing commercials, or other areas of non-interest. Which is what I want to do.

The editor that I normally use is VideoReDo, but they are way behind in releasing H.264 support. They say they are working on it, but no timeframe has been given to when the beta will be released. Unfortunately the VRD editor will not keep all audio streams, it will only keep the selected stream in the output, so I would have to make three editing passes to output the three streams.

In any event, I need an H.264 transport stream editor that will let me output an edited MP4 file and three audio WAV files. I'll then take the audio files and rebuild the AC3 DD5.1 file

I also need the ability to take the MP4 video and run it through MeGUI to re-encode to a lower bitrate.

If an H.264 editor is not available, the other thing is to use MeGUI to take the H.264 stream and re-encode the video to MPEG-2 at a high bitrate and keep the streams, or extract the audio streams. I can then edit the video with VideoReDo. That is if MeGUI can take H.264 as input and output MPEG-2. I do not know all of the capabilities of MeGUI.

[Sharktooth]

megui cant encode mpeg-2 video.
but, since it uses avisynth, you can make an avs script to import your video, crop out the commercials, join the audio channels and re-encode the whole thing in h.264+ac3 in mp4 or mkv.

[MrVideo]

megui cant encode mpeg-2 video.

That must I pretty much figured it couldn't do.

but, since it uses avisynth, you can make an avs script to import your video, crop out the commercials, join the audio channels and re-encode the whole thing in h.264+ac3 in mp4 or mkv.

Unfortunately I think you are assuming that I have a clue as to how to create an avisynth script to do such a thing. Even if I did know, I have no clue as to where the sections of video that I need to remove are.

[MrVideo]

While looking at the avisynth.org website (doesn't anyone make PDF manuals anymore?), I followed the link to the avs4you.com website and their avs editor. It doesn't appear to be able to read H.264 transport stream files. At least I didn't see it in their list.

Can I use it to create an edited file that I can then feed to MeGUI to re-encode? I don't know how it handles multistream audio.

I'm still a nub as to what MeGUI can do and no clue as to all of the abilities of avisynth either. It is going to take me forever to figure out what avisynth can do and I do not have forever. :(

The lack of real printable manuals makes it really difficult to figure out how these programs work. You can't flip through web pages like you can flip through printed pages, especially when the printed document is on your lap while playing with the software on the screen.

I've got nothing against on-line help, but to totally ignore printed help is wrong (IMHO).

[Sharktooth]

that's why we have a dedicated forum for avisynth (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=33).

[MrVideo]

that's why we have a dedicatede forum for avisynth.

Hint duly noted

[mikebzh44]

Hello,

I want to backup MKV movies on BD5 or BD9. I use tsMuxer to create the BD structure from the MKV. Everything is OK but when I burn the DVD and play it on my PS3, I have a green bar under the image.

The problem is that my MKV resolution is 1280x528 and not 1280x720 so the PS3 put the green bar to fill the blank between 528 and 720 pixels.

I found this function under AviSynth : AddBorders and I wrote this script :

DirectShowSource("G:\BLURAYDISC\l age de glace 2.mkv")
AddBorders(0, 16, 0, 16, $000000)

When I use this script in MeGUI in input and output a MKV, the target is very small (less than 500 Mb) and, with MediaInfo, the video is only 700 Kbps but resolution is fine.

How can I modify my script to resize my video and keep the bitrate (video : 7276 kbps / audio : 448 Kbps) ?

Thanks

[Sharktooth]

script and bitrate have nothing in common.
you probably encoded at the wrong bitrate.
as an additional check, play the .avs script in your favourite directshow media player and see if it all right before encoding.

[rack04]

AddBorders(0, 16, 0, 16) won't get you to 1280x720. Since you'll have to encode the video to change the resolution you may find it best just to encode the original blu-ray disc to 1280x720.

[Betsy25]

Feature Request.

What I really miss from the StaxRip days is some kind of "Compressibility Check", where we had some kind of idea what resolutions we should encode to for getting a specific quality percentage.

[73ChargerFan]

Another feature request ?? Same as above??

A setting to encode a portion (start, end) of video, so I can do everything as normal but only encode 10 seconds to check if I like the encoder settings.

I currently make a 10 second clip of MPG2 files using another program for this purpose, but I don't know where to start with other files, and this would be a trouble shooting option in MeGUI.

Thanks.

[poisondeathray]

Another feature request ?? Same as above??

A setting to encode a portion (start, end) of video, so I can do everything as normal but only encode 10 seconds to check if I like the encoder settings.

I currently make a 10 second clip of MPG2 files using another program for this purpose, but I don't know where to start with other files, and this would be a trouble shooting option in MeGUI.

Thanks.

You can edit the avs script e.g.

Trim(0,300)

This will return the 1st 301 frames

MeGUI also has an avs cutter in the tools menu, so you can preview

[rack04]

Another feature request ?? Same as above??

A setting to encode a portion (start, end) of video, so I can do everything as normal but only encode 10 seconds to check if I like the encoder settings.

I currently make a 10 second clip of MPG2 files using another program for this purpose, but I don't know where to start with other files, and this would be a trouble shooting option in MeGUI.

Thanks.

Try the AVS cutter.

[MrVideo]

The problem is that my MKV resolution is 1280x528 and not 1280x720 so the PS3 put the green bar to fill the blank between 528 and 720 pixels.

This begs the question, why is it 1280x528 in the first place? That is not an HD resolution, anywhere in the world (that I know of).

Oh wait, let me guess, it was a 2.40:1 movie cropped so that the letterboxing bars were removed.

Can you go back to the original source and start over, i.e., not cropping the 16:9 video?

[Sharktooth]

feature requests must go in the feature requests tracker in the megui project page on sourceforge.

[Fireice]

When loading M2V streams without any audio DV2 Creator hangs while it reads though the entire file (a couple of minutes for 6-7GB file) looking for audio tracks. Is there any way of disabling this 'feature'?

[MrVideo]

When loading M2V streams without any audio DV2 Creator hangs while it reads though the entire file (a couple of minutes for 6-7GB file) looking for audio tracks. Is there any way of disabling this 'feature'?

Do you really mean D2V?

I use the DGIndex program.

[clumba]

I'm trying to rip my dvd, but:

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1020
--[NoImage] OS : Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.3082)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+
-[Error] Log for job2 (video, VTS_01_1.avs -> )
--[Information] [11.03.2009 16:25:34] Started handling job
--[Information] [11.03.2009 16:25:34] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 1406 --stats "D:\VTS_01_1.stats" --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --deblock -1:-1 --subme 2 --partitions none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "D:\VTS_01_1.avs"
--[Information] [11.03.2009 16:25:34] Encoding started
--[Error] An error occurred: avis [error]: unsupported input format (DIB )
--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'D:\VTS_01_1.avs'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [11.03.2009 16:25:35] Job completed


What's wrong?

[Kurtnoise]

what your avs script looks like ?

[Sharktooth]

@clumba: play your .avs script in your favourite directshow media player and check the error.

[clumba]

what your avs script looks like ?

DGDecode_mpeg2source("D:\VTS_01_1.d2v")
#deinterlace
crop( 6, 12, 0, -8)

#resize
#denoise


@clumba: play your .avs script in your favourite directshow media player and check the error.

http://i038.radikal.ru/0903/44/c59103ae519c.png

[Kurtnoise]

Looks like you don't have DGdecode.dll in the right place...otherwise, something is wrong in the d2v file.

[ludeboy12]

hmm....loaded up win7 and now i cant get megui to start. Immediately crashes on me. What am I missing?

[Kurtnoise]

dotNet Framework ? Avisynth ?? :sly:

[clumba]

Looks like you don't have DGdecode.dll in the right place...otherwise, something is wrong in the d2v file.

Hmmm... i've changed my script:

DGDecode_mpeg2source("D:\VTS_01_1.d2v")
#deinterlace
crop( 6, 12, -6, -12)

#resize
#denoise


Works fine. Strange. :confused:

[squid_80]

The avisynth error you were getting was probably "Avisynth error: YV12 images for output must have a width divisible by 4 (use crop)!"
You were cropping horizontally by 6 pixels which resulted in a width that wasn't cleanly divisible by 4. Cropping by 12 pixels (6+6) doesn't have that problem.

[ludeboy12]

already have avisynth and dotNet 2.0 is install on win7 out of the box.....

[camper]

I've been using AviSynth's trim() function to cut clips while keeping the audio synced, and I've been loading these .avs files into the audio part of MeGUI. It worked fine until a little while ago when loading an .avs script started giving me an error saying I'm not passing the correct arguments to the function Audiochannels. It works if I load an audio stream directly as opposed to through an .avs, and I didn't mess around with any of the program's files. I tried being lazy and just reinstalling both MeGUI and AviSynth but that didn't work, so I'm stumped now. The only things I had updated recently were the things in MeGUI's auto update.

Any help would be appreciated.

directshowsource("C:\video.mp4")
trim(0, 1583)+trim(1966, 13553)

-[Error] Log for job23 (audio, audio.avs -> audio.mp3)
--[Information] [3/13/2009 9:02:21 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [3/13/2009 9:02:21 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo7205445b668041608535dc60eb9b11f3(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
---[NoImage] SSRC(44100)
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo16bit(last):last
---[NoImage] return last
---[NoImage] function x_stereo7205445b668041608535dc60eb9b11f3(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: -b 320 --cbr -h --silent - "{0}"
--[Information] [3/13/2009 9:02:22 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [3/13/2009 9:02:22 PM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [3/13/2009 9:02:22 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: Script error: Invalid arguments to function "Audiochannels"
---[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] [3/13/2009 9:02:25 PM] Job completed

[Kurtnoise]

:script:

[Kurtnoise]

already have avisynth and dotNet 2.0 is install on win7 out of the box.....
any splitter and decoders filters ?

[Renzz]

When loading M2V streams without any audio DV2 Creator hangs while it reads though the entire file (a couple of minutes for 6-7GB file) looking for audio tracks. Is there any way of disabling this 'feature'?

I was just going to ask the same question as this. Tools/DGIndexer/D2V Creator (and DGM Creator) hangs for a long time when opening an elementary stream (presumably looking through the whole file for audio tracks). Open an MPG with audio and it finds them instantaneously.

Any way that this can be shortened, perhaps by limiting how much of the file it searches?

Thanks

[alexcel]

Hi:

I've just double-checked the new feature "Keep input resolution (disable Crop & Resize)" in One Click Encoder, now with revision 1020.

The picture is not cropped nor resized, but the aspect ratio is incorrectly passed to x264 or to muxer, and in the final file aspect ratio is wrong.

Here is the log:
[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1020
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Vista Business Edition x64 SP1 (6.0.65536.6001)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.3074)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
-[Information] Log for job40 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> Max.d2v)
--[Information] [14/03/2009 22:22:18] Started handling job
--[Information] [14/03/2009 22:22:18] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<E:\Ultimas\MAX\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<E:\Ultimas\MAX\VIDEO_TS\Max< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=81,80
--[Information] [14/03/2009 22:22:19] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [14/03/2009 22:24:00] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Information] [14/03/2009 22:24:01] Postprocessing
---[Information] OneClick postprocessor
----[NoImage] Desired size: null
----[NoImage] Split size: null
----[NoImage] Auto-detect aspect ratio now: True
----[NoImage] Aspect ratio: 1,823361
----[NoImage] Output resolution: 720x432
----[NoImage] AVC level: Level 3.1
----[NoImage] Resolution adjusted for AVC Level: 720x432
----[NoImage] Automatic deinterlacing: True
----[NoImage] Deinterlacing used: #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
----[NoImage] Generated Avisynth script
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_darx = 238
-----[NoImage] global MeGUI_dary = 97
-----[NoImage] DGDecode_mpeg2source("E:\Ultimas\MAX\VIDEO_TS\Max.d2v", info=3)
-----[NoImage] ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
-----[NoImage] #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
-----[NoImage] Undot() # Minimal Noise
----[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
-----[NoImage] Video output file: E:\Ultimas\MAX\VIDEO_TS\Max_Video.264
-----[NoImage] Muxed output file: E:\Ultimas\MAX\VIDEO_TS\Max.mkv
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [14/03/2009 22:24:30] Job completed


And here is the aspect ratio in the final mkv, from mediainfo:

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 35mn
Bit rate : 1 400 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 1 500 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.453
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.135
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1127M 8d82fec
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=1500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=17500 / vbv_bufsize=14000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00

[alexcel]

Hi:

With revision 1017, it seems that One Click is selecting the correct tracks ( I have to check more, but thanks kurtnoise for fixing this issue).

I usually keep 2 langs, english and spanish

usually english is the first track (80) and spanish is the second or third.

Tracks are demuxed right and muxed into the final mkv.

But the Spanish track is tagged as English and the English track is tagged as Spanish


Seems to work right now with version 1020. Great job!!!:thanks:

[alexcel]

Hi:

I am running into several problems when I run vobsub from inside Megui using vobsubber, whereas the result when I use vobsub directly (outside megui) on an IFO file the results are ok.

Here is an example from vobsubber, only 3 sub streams are shown (one english, 2 spanish)

http://www4.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/f37060dd2a73f9c4bb99759acc22ec396g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=zytzybjdznm&thumb=4)

When I run directly vobsub, I find 6 streams (2 english, 4 spanish)

http://www3.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/b0e836d9e326e07dc71345eaea0140cf6g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=yz5imyzyykf&thumb=4)

If I run vobsubber, the final idx/sub only contains 3 streams (2 english, one spanish, the first 3 streams from file). Whereas if I run vobsub directly I end with 6 streams

I am adding the IFO file, plus the idx file generated with megui vobsubber + the idx file generated with vobsub.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ditzyubmjz2

I am guessing that the sub streams are somehow paired (maybe wide + letterbox subs), and megui vobsubber joins them as a single stream without remapping them to the correct stream id #
Here is the stream info from DVD Decrypter
0x20 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 01: Wide] / LBA: 3 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x21 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 01: Letterbox] / LBA: 4 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x22 - Subtitle - Español / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 02: Wide] / LBA: 5 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x23 - Subtitle - Español / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 02: Letterbox] / LBA: 6 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x24 - Subtitle - Español / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 03: Wide] / LBA: 7 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x25 - Subtitle - Español / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 03: Letterbox] / LBA: 8 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x80 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / English / LBA: 21 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x81 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / Español / LBA: 22 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 / 720x576 (PAL) / 16:9 / Letterboxed / LBA: 1 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms


Please let me know if you need more detail

Thanks again. Keep the great job.

[rack04]

Has there been any thought to adding m2ts to bitrate calculations? It would be nice to be able to select subtitles, chapter, and audio when selecting the bitrate for a target size.

[Sharktooth]

this is not the feauture request thread.
however, yes it is on the todo list.

[Kurtnoise]

I was just going to ask the same question as this. Tools/DGIndexer/D2V Creator (and DGM Creator) hangs for a long time when opening an elementary stream (presumably looking through the whole file for audio tracks). Open an MPG with audio and it finds them instantaneously.

Any way that this can be shortened, perhaps by limiting how much of the file it searches?
it was due to the MediaInfo lib parsing...Now, it's much faster with the latest beta (used in the megui trunk version). Almost +~30% according to Zenitram. :cool:

[Kurtnoise]

I am running into several problems when I run vobsub from inside Megui using vobsubber, whereas the result when I use vobsub directly (outside megui) on an IFO file the results are ok.

Here is an example from vobsubber, only 3 sub streams are shown (one english, 2 spanish)

See attachment vobsubber.jpg

When I run directly vobsub, I find 6 streams (2 english, 4 spanish)

See attachment Vobsub.jpg

If I run vobsubber, the final idx/sub only contains 3 streams (2 english, one spanish, the first 3 streams from file). Whereas if I run vobsub directly I end with 6 streams

I am adding the IFO file, plus the idx file generated with megui vobsubber + the idx file generated with vobsub.

I am guessing that the sub streams are somehow paired (maybe wide + letterbox subs), and megui vobsubber joins them as a single stream without remapping them to the correct stream id #
Here is the stream info from DVD Decrypter
0x20 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 01: Wide] / LBA: 3 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x21 - Subtitle - English / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 01: Letterbox] / LBA: 4 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x22 - Subtitle - Español / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 02: Wide] / LBA: 5 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x23 - Subtitle - Español / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 02: Letterbox] / LBA: 6 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x24 - Subtitle - Español / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 03: Wide] / LBA: 7 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x25 - Subtitle - Español / Normal Captions - [SubPicture 03: Letterbox] / LBA: 8 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x80 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / English / LBA: 21 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0x81 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / Español / LBA: 22 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms
0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 / 720x576 (PAL) / 16:9 / Letterboxed / LBA: 1 / PTS: 00:00:00.214 / Delay: 0ms


Please let me know if you need more detail
still pending approval :rolleyes:...so, upload them somewhere else.

[Kurtnoise]

I've been using AviSynth's trim() function to cut clips while keeping the audio synced, and I've been loading these .avs files into the audio part of MeGUI. It worked fine until a little while ago when loading an .avs script started giving me an error saying I'm not passing the correct arguments to the function Audiochannels. It works if I load an audio stream directly as opposed to through an .avs, and I didn't mess around with any of the program's files. I tried being lazy and just reinstalling both MeGUI and AviSynth but that didn't work, so I'm stumped now. The only things I had updated recently were the things in MeGUI's auto update.

Any help would be appreciated.

directshowsource("C:\video.mp4")
trim(0, 1583)+(trim(1966, 13553)

your avs script is wrong. Just remove the "(" in red...

[alexcel]

still pending approval :rolleyes:...so, upload them somewhere else.


I'm sorry. I have uploaded the images to mediafire. Hope this helps.
Please let me know if not.

And please help with the issue, It takes a long time to switch to vobsub from outside megui

[Kurtnoise]

IFO file is needed...don't care about pictures.

[alexcel]

IFO file is needed...don't care about pictures.

Done. (I hope)

[Kurtnoise]

This is a missing feature actually : Wide || Letterbox || Pan&Scan info is not read from the PGCs for the moment...

[ricky man]

DirectShowSource : Timeout waiting for graph to start. Does anyone know how to fix this problem in megui? Please help me.

[dolphinjet]

How do I set bitrate properly?

I was using the profiles x264 2pass HQ (tried both DXVA and unrestricted version) to transcode.

In autoencode, I chose the 2nd option (average bitrate) where usually a number is calculated for each file, so I did not modify that number.

I was sure that the predicted file size was smaller than the original. But the resultant file was far bigger than the predicted file size and it's even bigger than the original. Is there something wrong with this option?

Note: I did not wait for the encode to complete as I noticed the .264 file from 2nd pass became bigger than the original.

And about the 3rd option, I checked the profile settings is only 1000kbps, I think it's too low for HD videos. Is my concept wrong?

MEGUI ver. 0.3.1.1021

[alexcel]

This is a missing feature actually : Wide || Letterbox || Pan&Scan info is not read from the PGCs for the moment...

Are you addressing this issue in the short term, or maybe later in time???

Thanks!!!

[camper]

your avs script is wrong. Just remove the "(" in red...

I wish were that easy. Too bad that was just a typo on my part :( Problem is something else, unfortunately.

[Sharktooth]

How do I set bitrate properly?

I was using the profiles x264 2pass HQ (tried both DXVA and unrestricted version) to transcode.

In autoencode, I chose the 2nd option (average bitrate) where usually a number is calculated for each file, so I did not modify that number.

I was sure that the predicted file size was smaller than the original. But the resultant file was far bigger than the predicted file size and it's even bigger than the original. Is there something wrong with this option?

Note: I did not wait for the encode to complete as I noticed the .264 file from 2nd pass became bigger than the original.

And about the 3rd option, I checked the profile settings is only 1000kbps, I think it's too low for HD videos. Is my concept wrong?

MEGUI ver. 0.3.1.1021
you have several options.
the first is to set the bitrate in the autoencode window.
you can also set a filesize if you wish.
the default bitrate is just... default. feel free to change it for your needs.

[Sharktooth]

DirectShowSource : Timeout waiting for graph to start. Does anyone know how to fix this problem in megui? Please help me.
fix your decoding chain.
use graphstudio to render the graph and find the faulty filters in the chain.

[Kurtnoise]

Are you addressing this issue in the short term, or maybe later in time???
this is clearly not an issue but a missing feature...Will see. :)


I wish were that easy. Too bad that was just a typo on my part Problem is something else, unfortunately.
then, open your video.mp4 into MediaInfo GUI and copy & paste the result here...

[dolphinjet]

you have several options.
the first is to set the bitrate in the autoencode window.
you can also set a filesize if you wish.
the default bitrate is just... default. feel free to change it for your needs.
Thanks for the reply
I modified the default already.

I guess something's wrong is the 2nd option inside autoencode.
The bitrate set does not limit the file size or being ignored /?

[Sharktooth]

the bitrate option in autoencode overrides what is specified in the preset.
keep in mind, the bitrate set in the auto-encode, includes audio.

[unskinnyboy]

Can I request that MeGUI flag a job as aborted, instead of done, when writing out the AVI stream fails due to lack of disk space? I had set something for encoding overnight, and in the morning I looked at the Queue window and it said the status was done, so I thought all was well. It wasn't until much later that I realized that the encoding had aborted due to lack of disk space on the drive, after I noticed that the file size of the encode was wrong, and checked the logs.

---[NoImage] xvid [error]: AVIStreamWrite failed writing frame 100046
---[NoImage] AVIStreamWrite Error: Not enough disk space to write additional data.

[Sharktooth]

yep. please post it in the feature requests tracker.

[unskinnyboy]

yep. please post it in the feature requests tracker.Done. Although, I don't think this is a feature, as much it is an oversight/bug.

[sat-jokar]

OK , Let's say that I have a video xvid Quality with 500MB size , can i have the same Quality with 264x and megui
with 200MB only ?

I don't care about the Encoding time , so what profile can give me that quality ?

thanks

[Sharktooth]

if you dont care of the encoding time go with the "slowest as possible" presets (Insane presets), set your filesize and check the resulting encoding.

[Inspector.Gadget]

I find that MeGUI's automatic source detection is incredibly helpful and saves me a lot of time because it is nearly always correct. I have an NTSC DVD here that MeGUI detects as a hybrid of film and video (mostly film) with varying field order while the whole program stream is flagged as interlaced, top field first. I believe that MeGUI is correct and that there are a lot of hard telecined sections, but how do I view them? In other words, is there somewhere I can access a text list of sections (by frames or timecodes) of areas that MeGUI detects as either film or video? If not, is this planned for the new "zones" feature Kurtnoise posted about the other day? Thanks.

[Kurtnoise]

you cannot view them because megui uses a temp script to analyse some portions of your video...


and it's not planned to detect such things into zones...

[Inspector.Gadget]

OK, thanks. I guess I'm better off using Decomb's "show" function.

[MrVideo]

yep. please post it in the feature requests tracker.

And where is that? While I have three issues that I consider bugs, I'm sure you will consider them feature requests, so I better put them there.

[saint-francis]

And where is that? While I have three issues that I consider bugs, I'm sure you will consider them feature requests, so I better put them there.

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=798479&group_id=156112&func=browse

feature request tracker

cheers

[rack04]

I get a vbv buffer underrun with the latest x264 included in the update. When I revert to last version everything is ok.

[wolfreborn]

i am having problems when i try to encode, its detecting the avs script and all but when i goto encode it sais [Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'C:\***.avs'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream

I have no problem in any other program, but megui.
Thanks

[Inspector.Gadget]

i am having problems when i try to encode, its detecting the avs script and all but when i goto encode it sais [Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'C:\***.avs'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream

I have no problem in any other program, but megui.
Thanks

Open your AVS Script in Media Player Classic (make sure you have YV12 decoder, like ffdshow, enabled) and post the error message (if any) in this thread.

[wolfreborn]

it sais in mpc cannot render file. how would i go about enabling yv12. also when i try to load via avisource("") without converttoyv12() it still fails to render in mpc.

[Sharktooth]

@wolfreborn: if the .avs is not being rendered then the problem is not on the megui's side.
fix your filters chain (that means, install the appropriate decoders) until the .avs gets rendered by a directshow media player or graphedit/graphstudio.
once you manage to do that, megui will correctly work.

@rack: 737 posts and still not able to do an appropriate bugreport? more indo are welcome.

[wolfreborn]

ive tried to reinstall all of my codecs and everything, but still cannot get it to be rendered. it opens in virtual dub and nothing else, how would i go about getting lagarith to be rendered in megui? or is it another decoder that is not working?

[Inspector.Gadget]

ive tried to reinstall all of my codecs and everything, but still cannot get it to be rendered. it opens in virtual dub and nothing else, how would i go about getting lagarith to be rendered in megui? or is it another decoder that is not working?

DirectShow and VFW are two ways in which video programs open files, to simplify things.

Is MeGUI's AVS Script Creator using AviSource? If so, then you don't have a Lagarith Video For Windows (vfw) decoder installed and you must install one.

The reason the script didn't work in MPC might be that you also don't have a DirectShow Lagarith decoder installed. The reason could also be that you haven't allowed ffdshow or an equivalent to do YV12 decoding. If the script fails in MeGUI using DirectShowSource in the AVS Script Creator, the problem is that you don't have a Directshow Lagarith decoder installed.

I have never used Lagarith so I don't know what sort of decoders are available. I would check the author's site and verify that both a VFW and Directshow decoder are available.

[wolfreborn]

attempted to use huffy, which i know for certain works with vfw, but it doesn't load with directshowsource or with avisource still, so atm im really stumped.

[Kurtnoise]

you have to enable it in the FFdshow VFW decoder tab...

[rack04]

@rack: 737 posts and still not able to do an appropriate bugreport? more indo are welcome.

Oh I'm able to do a bug report. However, this isn't a MeGUI bug so I didn't report it to the bug tracker. However, to comply with your wishes I have filed a bug report. Thanks.

[Betsy25]

Just a little note about the updater.
Seems like a mirror has bad XML file.
Trying server: http://mewiki.project357.com/auto/stable/
Retrieving update file from server...
File downloaded successfully...
Loading update data...
Error: Invalid XML file on server. Aborting.

[wolfreborn]

it is already enabled in the vfw for ffdshow decoder tab, as i stated before it opens fine in virtual dub. it all worked fine, before i had to update megui to its most recent versions. when i did that was when this issue first started. everything is detected megui opens the video fine......showing the preview, its when it comes to going to encode that it fails.

[Betsy25]

May I ask how the MEGui Source Analyzer works to detect Progressive/Interlaced material (Or which tool it uses for that) ?

Because, StaxRip and latest MediaInfo both state the source is interlaced, and the Megui source analyzer says it's progressive ? :confused:

I'm still using StaxRip to encode because of it's great Compressability Check.
I've filed a feature request (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2682373&group_id=156112&atid=798479).

Think it's not that hard to implement, since it's based on some special crafted avisynth filter, and some calculations.

Once this great feature is there, MeGui is my No1. :)

[buzzqw]

@Betsy25
check here http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Interlace_detection

also.. could you try the interlace detection of automkv ? (should give the same results as megui...)

BHH

[QuadraQ]

Could someone explain or point me in the right direction about the new DGA Project Creator in meGUI? I have an mkv with x264 video and ac3 audio I want to transcode and this seems to be the way to do that, but when I try it, it fails immediately and just says "error". Thanks.

[Kurtnoise]

it is already enabled in the vfw for ffdshow decoder tab, as i stated before it opens fine in virtual dub. it all worked fine, before i had to update megui to its most recent versions. when i did that was when this issue first started. everything is detected megui opens the video fine......showing the preview, its when it comes to going to encode that it fails.
then, :logfile:

Could someone explain or point me in the right direction about the new DGA Project Creator in meGUI? I have an mkv with x264 video and ac3 audio I want to transcode and this seems to be the way to do that, but when I try it, it fails immediately and just says "error".
DGA Project Creator is not a tool to transcode files. It's mainly an indexer for AVC streams and a tool which is able to extract audio streams from your input.

With it, you create a dga file to use it afterward via an avisynth script for example.

[Kurtnoise]

StaxRip and latest MediaInfo both state the source is interlaced, and the Megui source analyzer says it's progressive ? :confused:

MediaInfo (StaxRip uses MediaInfo probably) is a library which is able to parse only the headers/footers from files, whereas the Analyzer in the AVS Creator parses some parts from the whole stream. That's why you can have some differences, especially with this kind of information (interlaced/progressive).

This is not accurate all the time. Depends on the source type...

[ctl-tx]

I'm interested in knowing if MeGUI can do a "null" encoding job. I want to join two H264 videos in MKVs together, but one of them was encoded with a custom quantization matrix, making a straightforward join impossible. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to run the MKV through MeGUI in such a way that it does nothing to the video stream but removes the CQM information from it?
I know I can reencode the video, but I prefer not to compromise its quality. Not to mention, it would take longer than the alternatives.
Are there any programs that would let me read or remove the CQM information without needing to reencode the video? If I can remove it, great. If I can read it, I can use it to encode the other MKV using it.
I would be most grateful for any assistance given.

[Sharktooth]

no. you cant simply remove the CQM information and pretend to decode the video correctly...

[QuadraQ]

DGA Project Creator is not a tool to transcode files. It's mainly an indexer for AVC streams and a tool which is able to extract audio streams from your input.

With it, you create a dga file to use it afterward via an avisynth script for example.

In other words it works like d2v for mpeg2 streams, but with avc streams instead? That's what I thought but I can't get it to work at all. I thought I would use it to create a DGA file and then open it to create an avisynth file, but I can't get it to run, and am not sure how to diagnose the problem. What underlying program is the DGA creator using?

[Kurtnoise]

In other words it works like d2v for mpeg2 streams, but with avc streams instead?
Correct...

What underlying program is the DGA creator using?
DGAvcIndex or DGAvcIndexNV...both work.

[QuadraQ]

DGAvcIndex or DGAvcIndexNV...both work.

I couldn't find either of these programs in the C:\Program Files\megui\ directory or subdirectories.

I installed meGUI before the DGA Creator was available as an option. Perhaps the automatic updates didn't install these apps? Does the latest installer include these apps? Thanks.

[Inspector.Gadget]

I couldn't find either of these programs in the C:\Program Files\megui\ directory or subdirectories.

Neither is included. DGAVCIndex is a standalone freeware program that does for H.264 what DGIndex does for MPEG-2. DGAVCIndexNV is like DGAVCIndex, but does hardware deinterlacing on many recent Nvidia chips and requires a one-time license fee that also unlocks DGMPGDecNV (MPEG-2) and DGVC1DecNV (VC-1).

[QuadraQ]

Neither is included. DGAVCIndex is a standalone freeware program that does for H.264 what DGIndex does for MPEG-2. DGAVCIndexNV is like DGAVCIndex, but does hardware deinterlacing on many recent Nvidia chips and requires a one-time license fee that also unlocks DGMPGDecNV (MPEG-2) and DGVC1DecNV (VC-1).

Thanks for clearing that up. I have a 9600GT so it looks like I can use the nVidia version. I've downloaded it, but I'm not sure how to install it so meGUI can use it properly. Please advise. (Thanks again for the help!)

[Inspector.Gadget]

Use it to make a .dga file, open that with MeGUI's AVS Script Creator. Note that if you elect to deinterlace in the DGx tab of the creator you don't then need to deinterlace in the normal way. None of this will work until you pay the license fee for DGAVCIndexNV through neuron2's site, of course.

[ctl-tx]

no. you cant simply remove the CQM information and pretend to decode the video correctly...

That's too bad. Then, is there any way to read the CQM info from one video so that I can use it to encode another? The one program that I could find to do this was avinaptic, but it gave incomplete information so I need something else.

[QuadraQ]

OK I got my license file from neuron2 for the nVidia versions of the DG programs. Set up my paths in meGUI to point to them. I run the DGA Creator utility in meGUI and it creates a dga file successfully as far as I can tell. I then load the dga file using the AVS Script Creator and get this error:

---------------------------
AviSynth error
---------------------------
AviSynth script error:

Script error: there is no function named "AVCSource"
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

Am I running the wrong version of avisynth? I have v2.5.8 installed. Please advise (and thank you for your help and patience).

[rapscallion]

When creating a raw *.264 file from a *.m2ts file I press the Enqueue button and it creates job1 (stats file) and job2 (264 file).
Then pressing the "queue analysis pass" creates job3 (avc).
Job3 , when running, log says encoding started, but is this really an encode or is it just playing/analysing the file (it appears to play in real time so that a 1hr45' min movie takes that long to analyise.

So, my question is, is that analysis pass really necessary ? Just adding all that time to the project or can I skip it safely. It appears to me that any errors in the en/re code would show up in the log.

[Kurtnoise]

I then load the dga file using the AVS Script Creator and get this error:

---------------------------
AviSynth error
---------------------------
AviSynth script error:

Script error: there is no function named "AVCSource"
.
1/ Put DGAvcDecodeNV.dll in your avisynth plugins folder.
2/ Run CuVIDServer.
3/ Load your dga file.



So, my question is, is that analysis pass really necessary ?
Depends on what you want to do exactly...

[QuadraQ]

1/ Put DGAvcDecodeNV.dll in your avisynth plugins folder.
2/ Run CuVIDServer.
3/ Load your dga file.


OK great that works - thanks for clearing that up. I'm not sure what to do next though. When I load the AVS Creator on the second tab, when I click analyze the progress bar is seems stuck and it doesn't appear to be working. (I have the CuVIDServer running in the background.) My ultimate goal is to save the script and then open it for encoding in HCenc to make a DVD compliant m2v file.

I tried "guessing" the values (Film - actually it's 23.976 so I'm certain of this one) and Top field first and saving the avs file. I can open it in windows media player, but HCenc just stays stuck when I try to encode (kind of like the analyze problem). Sorry for all the questions - this is all new to me.

[markluciak]

sorry not sure if this is correct method of posting. its my first time. Just wondering if there is a way to extend the trial period with slysoft as I have been away and did not get the chance to try it out. Thanks all

[Capsbackup]

At markluciak:
sorry not sure if this is correct method of posting. its my first time. Just wondering if there is a way to extend the trial period with slysoft as I have been away and did not get the chance to try it out. Thanks all
Install on a different pc, or reformat your hard drive and install OS again. 1st option is much prefered.:rolleyes:

[Betsy25]

Hi,

Is it normal that DGIndex is hidden when using the D2V creator (and please, can we have an option to at least show it, even minimized would be great).

Also, while DGIndex is running the progress windows stays empty, and doesn't update at all. Is that some fault at my side, or is this currently normal ?

Thanks in advance !

[Doom9]

Is it normal that DGIndex is hidden when using the D2V creatorunless they changed that part of the code, yes. Why would you need to see something basically uninteresting?
Also, while DGIndex is running the progress windows stays empty, and doesn't update at all. Is that some fault at my side, or is this currently normal ?DGIndex does not provide any kind of progress indicator via commandline so yes it isnormal.

[Betsy25]

Well, after my joyful StaxRip period, I STILL haven't been able to get a MeGUI encoding without errors or other crashes.

After the DGIndex, and the Analyse for interlaced material, MEGUI produced the following VTS_01_1.avs file :
DGDecode_mpeg2source("N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
tfm(order=1).tdecimate(hybrid=3)
crop( 14, 0, -4, 0)
#resize
#denoise

unfortunately, whenever the x264 encoding started, it errored out immediately with the following log :
[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1022
--[NoImage] OS : Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.3082)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz
-[Information] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_01_1.VOB -> VTS_01_1.d2v)
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:20:27] Started handling job
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:20:27] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB< -OF=<N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=80
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:20:27] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:20:48] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:20:48] Postprocessing
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:20:48] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job2 (avs, VTS_01_1.avs -> )
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:27:38] Started handling job
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:27:38] Preprocessing
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:27:39] Encoding started
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:43:51] Postprocessing
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:43:51] Job completed
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Projected Bitrate : 1000kbps
--[NoImage] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.264
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1-muxed.mkv
---[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3
-[Information] Log for job3 (audio, VTS_01_1 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 -> VTS_01_1 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3)
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:45:15] Started handling job
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:45:15] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3")
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] 32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo16bit(last):last
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -V 6 -h --silent - "{0}"
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:45:15] Encoding started
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:45:15] Encode thread started
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:45:15] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:45:15] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 16
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\lame\lame.exe -V 6 -h --silent - "N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3"
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:45:15] Encoder process started
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:46:46] Postprocessing
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:46:46] Job completed
-[Error] Log for job4 (video, VTS_01_1.avs -> )
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:46:46] Started handling job
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:46:46] Preprocessing
---[Information] Bitrate calculation for video
----[NoImage] Desired size after subtracting audio: 191631KBs
----[NoImage] Calculated desired bitrate: 871kbit/s
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 871 --stats "N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.stats" --ref 6 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 4 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --deblock -1:-1 --subme 9 --trellis 2 --partitions all --8x8dct --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --merange 24 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-dct-decimate --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.avs"
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:46:46] Encoding started
--[Error] An error occurred: avis [error]: unsupported input format (DIB )
--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'N:\Mijn andere DVD films\Lili & Marleen (Seizoen 5)\ShrinkDVD1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.avs'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [28/03/2009 0:46:47] Job completed


Please, what went wrong *again*.....:confused:

EDIT: Well, found the answer on page 195, it was due to the cropping resulting in a "Avisynth error: YV12 images for output must have a width divisible by 4 (use crop)!"

I really thought MeGUI was smarter than that, sorry for sounding rude BTW.

[Sharktooth]

play the .avs in a directshow media player (MPC or WMP) an look at the error.

[flebber]

Please, what went wrong *again*.....:confused:

EDIT: Well, found the answer on page 195, it was due to the cropping resulting in a "Avisynth error: YV12 images for output must have a width divisible by 4 (use crop)!"

I really thought MeGUI was smarter than that, sorry for sounding rude BTW.

You just need to either check the Anamorphic encoding box or check the suggest resolution(mod 16) and your errors will go away.

[Betsy25]

You just need to either check the Anamorphic encoding box or check the suggest resolution(mod 16) and your errors will go away.
I don't remember having these problems with StaxRip, it had a smartcrop, meaning it didn't crop to mod16, it could even crop to mod2, and x264 happily encoded the content.

[abban270]

hellow
i want to rip film on 300 mb with good quality
can you give me a customate configuration presets
please

[Doom9]

it had a smartcrop, meaning it didn't crop to mod16, it could even crop to mod2, and x264 happily encoded the content. And you seriously think StaxRip has some magic wand that makes AviSynth behave differently? I love it when people blame anybody but themselves for their own faults - and constructive criticism is something that you apparently never picked up. You know, a constructive person would open the same source in both programs, crop the same way, then compare the output scripts - just an idea to actually get to the bottom of why it works in one software and not in another and maybe, just maybe you'll see that Staxrip does a tiny bit more behind the scenes than you might think - after all it uses the same encoder and same avisynth so it has to deal with the same limitations as every other GUI.

[Betsy25]

Another MeGUI attempt, another MeGUI crash.....:rolleyes:
Screenshot (http://i44.tinypic.com/11kifs1.png)

[Dark Eiri]

For some reason, this last x264 update (1128) makes my files go way too big when encoding with CRF.
Everything else is fine, but using CRF 18 on a 3 minutes 640x352 video, with no fast movement at all and kinda dark, it goes 180 MB!
I checked everything else and it works flawlessly, just the CRF seems broken. Can you check it, please, and if possible, correct x264 on the autoupdate?
Thanks!

[flebber]

Another MeGUI attempt, another MeGUI crash.....:rolleyes:
Screenshot (http://i44.tinypic.com/11kifs1.png)

You realise Betsy this error is your fault. Take some time to read and learn and you may realise what a great program this is.

[Sharktooth]

hellow
i want to rip film on 300 mb with good quality
can you give me a customate configuration presets
please
read the forum rules.
btw, the answer is "no".

Another MeGUI attempt, another MeGUI crash.....:rolleyes:
Screenshot (http://i44.tinypic.com/11kifs1.png)
that usually indicates YOUR system has problems...

[MrVideo]

Updated from 1128 to 1130 and x264 immediately crashes. Deleted 1130 and put 1128 back and the encoding is now under way.

[Kurtnoise]

do you have a Core2Duo as CPU at least ?

techouse's builds are profiled for Core2...

[me7]

I found a problem with MeGUI's HD stream extractor. I was encoding some episodes from the South Park Season 12 BluRay set when I encountered this:
x264.exe --crf 22.0 --ref 15 --mixed-refs -
-bframes 16 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --deblock -1:-1 --su
bme 9 --trellis 2 --partitions all --8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-in
put --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output.mp4" "input.avs"
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]Cannot parallelize deblocking type 1, decoding such frames in
sequential order
avis [info]: 1020x576 @ 23.98 fps (31984 frames)
x264 [warning]: width or height not divisible by 16 (1020x576), compression will
suffer.
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cach
e64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.2
mp4 [info]: initial delay 66734 (scale 800000)
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]B picture before any references, skipping
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]no frame!
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]Missing reference picture
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]Missing reference picture
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]Missing reference picture
[h264 @ 0x29d0b50]Missing reference picture

using the following avs script:
FFVideoSource("Video.mkv")
srestore(frate=23.976, omode="pp3")
tdecimate(mode=1)
crop( 2, 0, -6, 0)
LanczosResize(1020,576) # Lanczos (Sharp)

The resulting video has an ugly glitch.

Then I demuxed the m2ts file with a different tool and tried remuxing the mkv file that MeGUI had created. Both tests worked fine so I guess that the mkv muxer in MeGUI caused the problem.

[Kurtnoise]

wtf ??? eac3to (the tool used to demux streams in the HD Streams Extractor) uses the haali filter to write matroska file, not mkvtoolnix.


my guess is either the FFVideoSource (did you try DirectShowSource instead ?) or the Haali Writer the culprit...

[me7]

The problem does not occour with DirectShowSource, but FFVideoSource works fine when I demux the same episode with tsMuxeR or when I remux the matroska file created by MeGUI with mkvtoolnix. Even stranger is that one episode,which I had demuxed withMeGUI twice, worked fine once but had the same error the other time.
Seems like FFVideoSource does not like the mkv files created by the haali filter. I'll post this in the eac3to thread.

[MrVideo]

do you have a Core2Duo as CPU at least ?

techouse's builds are profiled for Core2...

On this box I think it is a AMD X64 dual core 3200+

I've been buying AMD X64 dual cores for a while now.

[nurbs]

I also have an Athlon64 X2 and the current build works fine for me.

[MrVideo]

I also have an Athlon64 X2 and the current build works fine for me.

Crap, this one is the AMD64 2700+, single core :angry:

Now I know I need to upgrade this box.

For the time being, I can only use the builds from the person that doesn't force the need for dual core.

[nurbs]

There is no reason why the current build shouldn't work on single core CPUs.

[MrVideo]

There is no reason why the current build shouldn't work on single core CPUs.

Well, it didn't. As soon as MeGUI called x264.exe, x264.exe crashed. Put the previous version into place and it has been working ever since.

[Sharktooth]

the new x264 revision i put today on the auto-update should work on older CPU too.

[th3obr0]

I am unable to encode audio after the update of core to 1023. It either stays in the pre-processing status or gives me an error of some library in msvcr70.dll.

http://i43.tinypic.com/10z1uv4.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/1g0ftv.jpg

I even tried replacing the msvcr70.dll file, but no help. Also the meGUI.exe keeps running for a long time in the task manager after exiting meGUI. I haven't really tested video after the error, but hope they work :/.

[MrVideo]

the new x264 revision i put today on the auto-update should work on older CPU too.

Yep, most certainly did.

Thanks.

[rack04]

Are video dimensions, i.e. 1920x1080 vs 1280x720, not a variable in the bitrate calculator? I would have assumed that downsizing a 1920x1080 to 1280x720 using the same target size would result in 1280x720 having a larger bitrate. I'm finding this not to be the case with MeGUI bitrate calculator. Am I doing something wrong?

[Sharktooth]

why? bitrate = bits / second. resolution is not part of that calculation...

[Riki]

Hello everyone, I was wondering if I could get some tips for compression. Im trying to get some ultra small and high quality mp4 files using megui for use in a wowza streaming server. Im using the insane quality preset with a low bitrate. They seem to stream ok through the wowza server but there is considerable lag when seeking and loading a new video. VP6 FLV videos are much much better at this. Also I fear this is hitting my server hard performance wise. Could anyone give me advice for compressing to this environment?

Thanks for everything

[rack04]

why? bitrate = bits*second. resolution is not part of that calculation...

So if the video bitrate is the same in 1920x1080 vs 1280x720 for the same output file size why would you resize a Blu-ray Disc to 1280x720 to burn to a DVD9?

[LigH]

why? bitrate = bits*second. resolution is not part of that calculation...

Bitrate = bits / second. ;)

The average bitrate of the whole movie is the filesize divided by the playing time. So it does not depend on the frame dimensions.

But of course there is a related value, a kind of "specific bitrate", which was already displayed in the "ancient" GordianKnot converter: bits per pixel and frame (bppf). This is a soft limiting factor.

The less bitrate you can spend per pixel and frame, the worse the video may look. If you have less pixels per frame, you can spend more bitrate per pixel, maintaining the same average bitrate over the whole movie. Also you will try to avoid double-framerate video (e.g. 50p does exist, and is broadcasted, e.g. by Austrian TV), because twice the framerate leaves only half the bitrate per pixel and frame.

Example:

4.7 GiB * 8 b/B : 1280 : 720 : 2 h : 60 min/h : 60 s/min : 25 f/s ~ 0.23 bppf => probably enough for good quality with AVC

4.7 GiB * 8 b/B : 1920 : 1080 : 2 h : 60 min/h : 60 s/min : 25 f/s ~ 0.10 bppf => probably just crap even with AVC

And I forgot to keep reserve for the audio.

[Sharktooth]

Bitrate = bits / second. ;)
yeah... that typo has a long story... (in italian the * character is read "per"... so my twisted brain unconsciously suggested me to abbreviate "bits per second" with "bits*second"...)

however, BPF is not good coz it doesnt take source compressibility into consideration.
so, all in all, you will always end up in needing a compression test to choose a minimum bitrate.

[floz23]

UPDATE: THIS POST IS WRONG, NOD32 is NOT the issue!

Greetings everyone,

While not explicitly a bug report to Megui, I thought I should let people know this in case they have problems too:

I've been having problems with x264.exe mysteriously crashing(yes, while using megui). I use vista x64, with core2 quads and core i7's overclocked to the max. As a function of my multithreaded environment, I also make heavy use of avisynth MT, the multithreaded extension (yeah, I know how buggy this is...) (also, yes my boxes are stable, as I have thoroughly stress tested them, and I get x264 crashes when I was testing at stock speeds)

So, basically, my x264 encodes through megui were crashing almost every time, at totally random places. I was unable to get any error or crash info from megui or x264. Nothing, just a generic windows error saying, "X264 has crashed..."

I was coming to wits end, when, during a google search, I decided I might try suspecting my anti-virus software as an issue. I use NOD32 version 4 (the latest one). I placed an exception on the /tools/x264 directory, and added an extension exception on the extensions .stats .stats.temp .x264 and .264. I have also gained an extra 2 to 4 fps on my encodes by doing this too.

I believe I may have solved my issue, and I'll let everyone know if I'm still having problems.

UPDATE: THIS POST IS WRONG, NOD32 is NOT the issue!
See the posting two down...

-Adam

[Sharktooth]

good to know. so NOD32 officially gets a place on my softwares black list... :D
well... not that i need an antivirus though...

[floz23]

Just an update to my above post, NOD32 is not the issue :(

I'm testing some new hypothesis, but basically i think huffyuv is getting just a bit too old now, especially since the core i7's have 8 logical cores...