MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[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.