MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread [Archive] - Page 47

Kurtnoise

15th June 2008, 10:19

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

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

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

Sharktooth

15th June 2008, 15:30

scenecut option is working properly.

pdadi

15th June 2008, 16:37

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

This is with HQ slower profile.

Thanx

Sharktooth

15th June 2008, 16:45

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

Umamio

17th June 2008, 14:49

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

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

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

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

Thanks, muchly.

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

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

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

rack04

17th June 2008, 14:57

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

unskinnyboy

17th June 2008, 17:01

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

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

toytown

17th June 2008, 17:19

Anyone facing issues after the latest MeGUI update on Vista?

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

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

Kurtnoise

17th June 2008, 19:44

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

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

Kurtnoise

17th June 2008, 19:45

toytown

17th June 2008, 23:30

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blue_MiSfit

18th June 2008, 08:46

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

Exception from HResult:0x800700B

~MiSfit

~bT~

18th June 2008, 14:40

^ source files?

Blue_MiSfit

19th June 2008, 03:59

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

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

~MiSfit

Sharktooth

19th June 2008, 13:03

was 1007 working?

Rodger

19th June 2008, 16:04

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

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

Output is measured by Gspot with 1926Kbit!

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

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

greetings
Rodger

Dark Shikari

19th June 2008, 16:07

Rodger

19th June 2008, 18:13

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

greetz
Rodger

Sharktooth

19th June 2008, 18:23

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

salehin

19th June 2008, 19:48

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

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

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

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

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

Cheers :)

Dark Shikari

19th June 2008, 19:49

Tried Jarod's build instead? :p

Sharktooth

19th June 2008, 21:05

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

salehin

20th June 2008, 00:17

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

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

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

keyed

20th June 2008, 02:37

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

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

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

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

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

Rodger

20th June 2008, 19:04

MeGui "core_0_2_6_1048" has a HUGE ERROR!!!

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

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

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

Short tips: WinVista 64bit - Core2Duo E8400

greetz
Rodger

chiklit

20th June 2008, 19:30

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

toytown

20th June 2008, 19:51

Same here with the program paths issue :(

berrinam

20th June 2008, 23:13

@chiklit, toytown: what's your OS?

Tae

21st June 2008, 04:35

@chiklit, toytown: what's your OS?

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

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

Kurtnoise

21st June 2008, 10:07

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

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

Rodger

21st June 2008, 10:19

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

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

greetz
Rodger

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

alfixdvd

21st June 2008, 10:36

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

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

Where is the difference ?

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

Kurtnoise

21st June 2008, 10:43

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

btw, 2 questions:

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

Rodger

21st June 2008, 10:53

You got me wrong there!

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

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

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

rodger

toytown

21st June 2008, 10:54

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

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

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

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

Rodger

21st June 2008, 11:10

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

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

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

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

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

hope that helps!

Where can i find core v3?

toytown

21st June 2008, 12:55

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

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

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

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

Kurtnoise

21st June 2008, 13:55

@Rodger : could you give me what you get in the registry for Avisynth ? calls regedit and browse through the tree (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Avisynth 2.5\...). That's plugindir2_5 value I need more exactly.

Second question : you should have an Avisynth folder in C:\Program Files\...or I am wrong ?

It's quite hard to debug this for me (I've no access to one 64bits OS for the moment coz I don't see the point to use it right now). I develop megui mainly on x86 platform. So...

@toytown : cannot reproduce here, sorry. If someone else I've an idea...

toytown

21st June 2008, 14:01

It's quite hard to debug this for me (I've no access to one 64bits OS for the moment coz I don't see the point to use it right now). I develop megui mainly on x86 platform. So...

If your talking about Rogers error with the missing avisynth directory on the latest build, then i got that in 32/64bit builds of Vista. If your talking about the UI freeze i get, then that happens on 32/64bit builds of vista and has been reported by others (so im not the only one)

The error that i mentioned, seems to indicate that a call is made to a thread/data which has since been disposed off. But like i said im kinda limited in knowledge about this and really just getting things from google

berrinam

21st June 2008, 14:32

Tae

21st June 2008, 15:31

The other version did not help me either, I can pretty much duplicate verbatim what Rodger posted.

I have a 32-bit install of Vista on my media server, it is not exhibiting the same behavior. I went to 64-bit on my main PC for the ability to install more memory and have Windows recognize it.

Honestly I am just trying to learn these new tools for encoding, I have been using GK and AGK for a few years but I am no expert. But if there is anything you want me to look at on my install, just let me know.

Tae

21st June 2008, 15:41

I don't know how recently Mutant_Fruit's mono patches were committed, but he committed something which can potentially cause the AvisynthPath__get member to return null... maybe it's that?

Everyone who has been reporting troubles related to the Avisynth plugin folder in the latest stable megui, please try replacing your megui.exe file with this one: http://www.box.net/shared/9bhcc7m04g

Appears to be fixed. I reinstalled the latest MeGui build. Before I opened it I replaced the exe with the one you uploaded, updated everything and the directories all look good.

I am going try an encode right now.

berrinam

21st June 2008, 15:50

I realise that the file I distributed in this post (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1151063#post1151063) wasn't quite the one I planned to. Everyone, please try it anyway. If it works for you, try swapping to the "development" builds by going Options->Settings->Extra config->Configure servers->Development. Then, please try running autoupdate to get the latest version. (If autoupdate fails, then switch back to an older version for which autoupdate works, and then do autoupdate).

Kurtnoise

21st June 2008, 15:54

If your talking about Rogers error with the missing avisynth directory on the latest build, then i got that in 32/64bit builds of Vista.
That's quite strange because I'm running on Vista (32bits) and I never got this behaviour.

but I hope that will be fixed as soon as possible. :)

arrirc

21st June 2008, 16:53

Hello

I've used MeGUI for quite some time and used it quite successfully. I have last used it about 1-2 months back. As I tried to start it today, I see that it is not starting. I have even waited for 15mins, but to no effect.

I can see megui.exe in the Process List of the Task Manager and also cvtres.exe, which is incidentally consuming 50% of CPU cycles.

I uninstalled the previous version, downloaded the latest build and restarted the machine. And then I installed it again, but that also did not solve the problem at all.

Please help :confused: :(

Thank you.

(It seems that I have posted this earier in the wrong MeGUI thread...so I moved it here)

Rodger

21st June 2008, 22:00

Registry Value:
http://www.bilder-space.de/thumb/XNuJSA95lwn5wFg.jpg (http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=XNuJSA95lwn5wFg.jpg)

You are wrong!
There is no folder of Megui in "Program Files" !!!
This Folder is strictly for 64bit stuff!!!

x86 stuff is ALWAYS installed to "Program Files (x86)"

This is the reason why there are "2 independent installations" of Internet Explorer in those two folders.
So a true 64bit version of Megui would be installed in "Program Files", which we don´t have.

Maybe THIS IS the bis clue?!

EDIT: You were asking for a Avi-Synth folder....yes that is present...but there is only the plugins folder with it´s files present.