MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[arrirc]

Sounds like either you don't have .net 2.0 installed or your installation of it is corrupt...

Errrrr...It worked perfectly earlier and I did not make any significant system changes apart from installing XP updates through auto update...so how do I fix it?:confused:

[blubberbirne]

same here,

megui doesn't work for me with new version.

I also used Vista 64bit SP1. Other NET Apps works fine!

[arrirc]

I have tried to uninstall .NET 2 but I could not as because there are other dependent applications. But all other applications are running just fine, only MeGUI is creating the problem.

Please help.... :(

[blubberbirne]

can anyone plase upload the last version before the update?

[Tae]

I have also noticed I cannot use mkvmuxer in Vista 64. The command buttons for browsing for the video files are missing and I cannot type in a path. No problems in Vista 32, my media server, so I just transfer the files to it for muxing.

[BiO-HaZaRd]

Im having this problem, on a 2 pass encode with x264, i'm getting the second pass to make some huge size files... altough i'm using autoencode to set the size to something like 200mb it getting like 2gb size files...

I have last version of megui all up to date...

[Selexo]

My meGUI was broken after a recent update... as it broke, megui was blaming avisynth as the problem.. Just notice a new update and now it's working again.. "THANK YOU"... while I did notice the problem, I did notice that I wasn't the only one with it so I said nothing as the developers were getting enough smack from users in general and would rather not Feed the flame. My error was most likely Vista x64 related and the change log shows "(kurtnoise) added manifest files for the x86 & x64 platforms." so I'm happy for the fix.

MeGUI: 0.3.0.1009
Vista x64

Thanks again for the quick fix and turnaround.

:thanks:

[arrirc]

Hello

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

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

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

Please help :confused: :(

Thank you.

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

Here is the error that I have got at last:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5354/meguierrorrl9.png

Please help :(

Errrrr...It worked perfectly earlier and I did not make any significant system changes apart from installing XP updates through auto update...so how do I fix it?:confused:

I have tried to uninstall .NET 2 but I could not as because there are other dependent applications. But all other applications are running just fine, only MeGUI is creating the problem.

Please help.... :(

Just to update the situation I have the following installed in my PC, I have checked the Uninstall Log (using HijackThis):

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB928366)
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

Are not these enough to run MeGUI?

I have updated to version 3 but the same problem remains...

Please help me out.. :(

[Sharktooth]

cvtres is not part of megui. there must be something wrong on your system.
have you tried the very latest build? (0.3.0.1010?)

[arrirc]

cvtres is not part of megui. there must be something wrong on your system.
have you tried the very latest build? (0.3.0.1010?)

Thank you Sharktooth for replying...

Yes I did try the latest build 0.3.0.1010, but the problem remained the same giving me the same error as the screen shot I have posted.

Please tell me what should I do? :confused:

:(

EDIT:

The problem seems to related to csc.exe which may be creating trouble with MeGUI but I have no idea how to fix it....though the file is a .NET component

EDIT 2:

I can also find in my list of services that a service named ".NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86" is being set to manual and it is not running as the PC starts. I tried to set the service startup type to "Automatic" but that did not work.

Should this service be set to automatic and is it causing the problem?

Please help me out :(

[Kurtnoise]

sorry but what did you try to do exactly ?

No need to install all the .net frameworks. Only the last one should be fine...

[arrirc]

Hello Kurtnoise13

Thanks for replying :)

I tried the following things:

1. Uninstalling .NET version 2 SP1 so that I can reinstall .NET version 2.- could not accomplish, gave a error that this is a required component for other programs so can not be removed.

2. Installing .NET version 2- could not accomplish, gave a error that a newer component is already installed.

3. Repaired the .NET version 2 SP1 installation.

4. Added the whole .NET folder at %WINDOWS% to my Firewall's "Safe List". I use Comodo Firewall Pro.

5. Tried to set service ".NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86" to "Automatic" and ran MeGUI after starting the service using services.msc.

:(

I have no idea what else that can be/ should be done.

[check]

Sounds simply like your system is borked. Speak to microsoft if you have a legitimate & unmolested copy of windows. If you don't, I can only suggest a format.

[Sharktooth]

i would check for worms/trojans/malwares/spywares/rootkits infections before reinstalling or formatting

[arrirc]

There is no problem with my copy of windows, but if I contact MS, what am I supposed to say to then? I mean how am I supposed to identify my problem?

My PC is completely clean as I have all the security application (FW, AV etc) installed and set to run as XP boots and I scan my PC quite regularly.

[jeffy]

Here is the error that I have got at last:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5354/meguierrorrl9.png

Please help :(

What is "C:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\sv2kaspi.cmdline"?

Does anyone have a slightest idea? If you find a file named sv2k[something] in the location above, could you please upload it somewhere? Or if it is not a file, but a folder, what is located inside?

[arrirc]

What is "C:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\sv2kaspi.cmdline"?

Does anyone have a slightest idea? If you find a file named sv2k[something] in the location above, could you please upload it somewhere? Or if it is not a file, but a folder, what is located inside?

I could not find the exact file name as pointed above, but I found the following files:


sv2kaspi.err- ERR File- 0KB in Size
sv2kaspi.out- OUT File- 2KB in size


The content of the second file is as follows:

D:\Applications\2. Video Tools\megui\Data> "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe" /t:library /utf8output /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorlib.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll" /R:"D:\Applications\2. Video Tools\megui\megui.exe" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Windows.Forms\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Windows.Forms.dll" /out:"C:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\sv2kaspi.dll" /debug- /optimize+ /nostdlib /D:_DYNAMIC_XMLSERIALIZER_COMPILATION "C:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\sv2kaspi.0.cs"


Microsoft (R) Visual C# 2005 Compiler version 8.00.50727.1433
for Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 2005 Framework version 2.0.50727
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2001-2005. All rights reserved.

error CS1583: 'c:\Documents and Settings\S Roy Choudhury\Local Settings\Temp\CSC1A5E.tmp' is not a valid Win32 resource file


No idea what exactly does it mean.

Now an interesting Fact: StaxRip, which also requires .NET Runtime ver 2.0 is working perfectly. Now it proves beyond any doubt that my system (and .NET installations) are not broke.

Please let me know what to be done. :confused:

[stax76]

That's why I avoid xml serialization, it's a major pain.

[arrirc]

Hello Stax

Thanks for replying :)

Then, can I assume that there is no problem with my system and .NET Framework installations. :confused:

(one off topic request to Stax: as I tried to run StaxRip, it crashed first, the second instance- it is presently running. Can I upload the error report (a .7z archive) here? So that I do not have to register again at the other bug submission forum)

[Kurtnoise]

I tried the following things:

1. Uninstalling .NET version 2 SP1 so that I can reinstall .NET version 2.- could not accomplish, gave a error that this is a required component for other programs so can not be removed.

2. Installing .NET version 2- could not accomplish, gave a error that a newer component is already installed.

3. Repaired the .NET version 2 SP1 installation.

4. Added the whole .NET folder at %WINDOWS% to my Firewall's "Safe List". I use Comodo Firewall Pro.

5. Tried to set service ".NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86" to "Automatic" and ran MeGUI after starting the service using services.msc.
honestly, I don't know why you need the #4 & #5...

do you want to compile it or just to use it ?

[stax76]

Then, can I assume that there is no problem with my system and .NET Framework installations.

It's hard to tell without debugger, it looks more like a MeGUI or .NET bug.

Can I upload the error report (a .7z archive) here?

Yes but please use the StaxRip thread and 2shared.com or mediafilre.com for hosting.

[arrirc]

honestly, I don't know why you need the #4 & #5...

Well, I did not want to leave any stone unturned, at least those which seemed even a little probable cause for the problem.

do you want to compile it or just to use it ?

I am not a programmer, so I have no idea about compiling...btw, are you referring usage/ compilation of MeGUI or .NET?

Thanks for replying :)

It's hard to tell without debugger, it looks more like a MeGUI or .NET bug.

So what can I do to solve the problem? Except that I can not do anything about the MeGui... :confused:

Yes but please use the StaxRip thread and 2shared.com or mediafilre.com for hosting.

Thank you very much, so will I do in a while.

Thanks for replying. :)

[stax76]

So what can I do to solve the problem? Except that I can not do anything about the MeGui..

Take a look at the message, you find the word xml and the word jobs, could it be MeGUI saves jobs in XML files? If so possibly a data structure was changed and the xml serializer fails on it, deleting the xml job files would solve it.

[arrirc]

deleting the xml job files would solve it.

Sorry if I sound like a fool :( ....but where can I find these xml job files? Are those in the MeGui installation folder?

[stax76]

I don't even know if it saves jobs in xml, it was just a guess from interpreting the error message.

[jeffy]

The jobs should be there:
"C:\Program Files\megui\jobs"

Before deleting, make a backup.

EDIT:
In your case:
"D:\Applications\2. Video Tools\megui\jobs\"

[arrirc]

The jobs should be there:
"C:\Program Files\megui\jobs"

Before deleting, make a backup.

EDIT:
In your case:
"D:\Applications\2. Video Tools\megui\jobs\"

Thanks for replying, but this folder is empty....there is nothing in it... :confused:

Thank you Stax for trying to help me out, I hope that the MeGui developer will come into assistance. :sigh:

[stax76]

@arrirc

Did you try starting MeGUI while all security software completely shut down?

[arrirc]

Well I tried to start when Firewall was shut down but AV was running (NOD32 ver 3.0). I shall try to launch it with the AV shut too, and report here.
Thank you again...

[MADAJ]

hi :)

why do I get this error when I do AutoEncode?
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1/11lh7.jpg

when I use corp in my avs file, this problem occurs.

loadplugin("E:\dgmpgdec150rc5\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("E:\try\vob1.d2v", cpu=4)
Crop(2,0,-2,-2)
LanczosResize(740,480)

[arrirc]

@arrirc

Did you try starting MeGUI while all security software completely shut down?

Ok Stax, I did try, but that did not resolve the issue. :(

Thank you for replying.

[arrirc]

Ok, I have installed MeGUI in another PC (the development 0.3 version) and it installed, updated and started without a problem. What I can find is that the service ".NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86" is set to Automatic and as MeGUI runs it is also running. This does not happen in my PC. The above service is always set to manual and while trying to run MeGUI it shows that the service is still stopped. I tried to use services.msc to set the service to Automatic startup type, but it does not change itself.

Does any one have any idea how can I set the service to Automatic permanently? Is there any registry editing required?

[Bh4i]

http://i29.tinypic.com/oh1v6t.png

Im getting this error, can someone tell me why? This happens when i click on the AutoCrop button

AutoCropping not possible. No AutoCropping without the original video window open

[jeffy]

@arrirc: can't verify the command:
sc config clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_32 start= auto
There is a space and it can't be omitted after the start!

[FranKllr]

Version later than core_0_2_6_1047, (48 & 49 amt) require adminitrator access to run... I am running Vista32, UAC on. I decided to switch to dev, core_0_3_0_1010, same thing.

I always had to do the update logged in with an administrator user and I am dealing with that very well.

Not requiring adminitrator access to run MeGUI, like before, if possible, it would be nice!

Thanks

[arrirc]

@arrirc: can't verify the command:
sc config clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_32 start= auto
There is a space and it can't be omitted after the start!

Please give me a day or two as I am not in front of my PC at this moment. I'll just copy-paste the command that you have posted, so I hope that will take care of "space". :)

Just two doubts: Is there any precondition to be satisfied before this command is used? and do I need to paste it in "Run" box or in "Command Prompt"?

[Kurtnoise]

why do I get this error when I do AutoEncode?
might be a bug but which version did you try ?

Im getting this error, can someone tell me why? This happens when i click on the AutoCrop button

AutoCropping not possible. No AutoCropping without the original video window open
Have you unchecked "Open preview after Avisynth script selection" in the Settings (1st tab) ?
which version did you use ?

Not requiring adminitrator access to run MeGUI, like before, if possible, it would be nice!
no...sorry.

[jeffy]

Please give me a day or two as I am not in front of my PC at this moment. I'll just copy-paste the command that you have posted, so I hope that will take care of "space". :)

Just two doubts: Is there any precondition to be satisfied before this command is used? and do I need to paste it in "Run" box or in "Command Prompt"?

I don't have the access to the Vista computer right now as well, sorry.
Precondition:
The service has to be present in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_32

To see the result, it is better to do it from the command prompt. If you get an error, you might need an elevated command prompt:
to launch an elevated command prompt, simply press the Win key; type cmd; press Ctrl+Shift+Enter; and then hit Alt+C to confirm the elevation prompt. Six keystrokes to an elevated command prompt!

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/11/02/windows-vista-secret-10-open-an-elevated-command-prompt-in-six-keystrokes.aspx

Finally: it wil only change the start type for this service.

[MADAJ]

might be a bug but which version did you try ?


I had 0.2.6.1049

and just tried 0.2.6.1046 (the stable version)
still i get the same error.

[arrirc]

I don't have the access to the Vista computer right now as well, sorry.

Thanks Jeffy, but I do not have Vista. I use Windows XP with SP 2....sorry I should have informed earlier.

Anyways I shall surely try the method in a day or two and let you know here.

Thanks again.

[Kurtnoise]

I had 0.2.6.1049

and just tried 0.2.6.1046 (the stable version)
still i get the same error.

could you try the last development build please ?

In the Settings, change the server to grab it.

[MADAJ]

could you try the last development build please ?

In the Settings, change the server to grab it.

ok, I did what you have told me.

it updated to version 0.3.0.1010

ahhhhhh, still i get the same problem :(

Do you think it is .NET Framework problem?

I use 3.5, but I didn't get this error before.

[Bh4i]

Have you unchecked "Open preview after Avisynth script selection" in the Settings (1st tab) ?
which version did you use ?

I use the default settings, which was ENABLED. I just tried it with that option disabled, and got same error...

I tried version v0.2.6 AND v0.3.0, and im getting the same error with both version :cool:

I dont understand why im getting this error, can it be related to the version of .NET framework installed? I've installed v3.5 instead of v2

[BiO-HaZaRd]

Why is it that megui updates to a modded version of x264?

Look at this header:

core 60 r886M 1075536 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2008 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html -
options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=umh subme=6 rdcmp=psy brdo=1 mixed_ref=1 me_range=12
chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 chroma_qp_offset=0 threads=3 nr=0 decimate=1 mbaff=0
bframes=3 b_pyramid=0 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=3 wpredb=1 bime=1 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40(pre)
rc=2pass bitrate=1275 ratetol=1.0 rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' qcomp=1.00 qpmin=10 qpmax=51 qpstep=4 cplxblur=20.0
qblur=0.5 vbv_maxrate=24000 vbv_bufsize=9000 ip_ratio=1.10 pb_ratio=1.10 aq=2:1.00


That's done with megui updated... i havent modified or download files myself...

[Sharktooth]

coz the "modified" build includes the hrd-pulldown patch to make h.264 encodings compatible with Blu-ray

[Sharktooth]

I use the default settings, which was ENABLED. I just tried it with that option disabled, and got same error...

I tried version v0.2.6 AND v0.3.0, and im getting the same error with both version :cool:

I dont understand why im getting this error, can it be related to the version of .NET framework installed? I've installed v3.5 instead of v2
coz you close the preview window.

[BiO-HaZaRd]

How do i deactivate rdcmp=psy then?

[jeffy]

Thanks Jeffy, but I do not have Vista. I use Windows XP with SP 2....sorry I should have informed earlier.

Anyways I shall surely try the method in a day or two and let you know here.

Thanks again.

XP: It should change the start type as well :)

EDIT: Of course, you don't need an elevated command prompt in XP and the method described for its invoking does not work in this OS.

[wata]

just update to megui 0.3.0.1010
how to Define Zones in the this version

edit:
OK seem like it is remove after 0.3.0.1004
anyone have/where can download 0.3.0.1004 with zones setting, it is not availiable anymore at megui.org, i need to use zones

[Bh4i]

coz you close the preview window.I didnt... the preview window was open.

I also tried it with it being closed btw :cool: