MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[mkv]

At the middle of the encoding , when I start the encode succesfully (bluescreen error has coming).
What happens?

Detail info :
When I am away from keyboard , I am shutting down my monitor from button (but machine goes on encoding succesfully) , then I am back my pc and press monitor's open button , bluscreen has beeing.

before I am using HD4870 vga card for encoding, now it's broken and I bought Nvidia 8600GT for a while.

is my problem looking about vga card ? or mainboard?

I think solution is to change vga card.

Any advise for this matter ?

[dr_sdaa7]

hi
thanks for this thread ,
i have 2 quistion ..
i have an encoded mkv .. and want to add idx .. when merge with mme the out put plays without the subtitle .. but when merged with the srt .. it's ok ... saw any idea ?

also if i only want to add subtitle with avisynth .. is there a command that i only merge the subtitle with out encoding ?

hello

any help please ?

[Sharktooth]

@dr_sdaa7: verify your idx was muxed correctly. in that case you need a suitable subtitle filter.
you cant "add subtitles" with avisynth. hardsubbing requires re-encoding.

@mkv: check your system for hardware failures. also, encoders included with megui do not use any VGA card...

[dr_sdaa7]

thanks for replying but i didn't get u really

see .. when i play the movie .. i can see the sub in haali

but it don't play in mpc ...

but when merge srt i can see it ...
and it's done with mkvmerge

plz help me .. i need to know what to do plz
i dont got u when u say i need a good filter .. like what ?

[DexterLab23]

@Sharktooth and @Kurtnoise and all the others big kahunas around here:

1. How about writting a tutorial about how *you* guys encode a film.

Video Settings, Audio Settings, etc. Will full description.

You know, for us, the noobs.

2. And do not write "there are many tutorials on the net that are telling you how to do this", because you are saying this only to not making one.

For example, I found: MeGUI+OneClick+Encoder+Walk-Through.pdf but this is only for IPODs.

3. P.S. What is the HQ-Slow and HQ-Slowest equivalent in the new MEgui versions ?

4. P.P.S. Did you thought that if you had made a such tutorial, there wouldn't be so many erroneous and stupid questions around here ???

Please don't be mad on me for telling you this.

Sorry for my bad english.

[Verminaard]

Hello everybody,

I have a problem which I was unable to find the solution. I have been researching for the past couple of hours thru the internet and can't find the solution. I have found the same question being asked in here and in other video forms but there's no definitive answer (or maybe I've failed to find it).
(11
It's the infamous "Could not open input file x:\xxxxxx.avs" error. I have Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 (RTM), admin user and UAC is turned off. I have the MeGUI's latest build installed (0.3.1.1034), AviSynth 2.5.8, latest x264 (Build 1148, 64Bit) I have 10+ years experience in DivX/XviD encoding and I am not a noob user.

Here's the situation:

I am trying to encode a DVD into MKV. The movie is PAL and MeGUI analyses the source video as progressive. So no deinterlacing will be used. I am using the suggested resize (720x400) and spline36neutral for resizing filter and no Noise Filtering. This is how my AVS script looks like:

DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\DVD\Canny.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
#deinterlace
crop( 8, 0, -8, -2)

Spline36Resize(720,400) # Spline36 (Neutral)
#denoise

I am trying to make 1CD encode of the movie, built in bitrate calculator returns the value of 955 kbps and I will use 192kbps AC3 sound file. I've updated the main page of x264 codec settings* and did not touch anything on the "RC and ME" and "Advanced" sections.

I've changed the following on the x264 config main page:
Set the Mode to Turbo , Automated2pass
Bitrate, 955
AVC Profiles, High Profile
AVC Level, Unrestricted/Autoguess

On the MeGUI's main page:

Encoder Settings, x264:*scratchpad*
File Format, MP4 (Tried with MKV as well, same result)

When I put the job to the queue and hit start. It gives me the error after a second. Here's the error log:

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1034
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64 SP2 (6.0.131072.6002)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.4016)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
-[Information] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_03_1.VOB -> Canny.d2v)
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:05:52 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:05:52 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tools\Video\MEGui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe"
-SD=< -AIF=<C:\DVD\Rips\TheUncanny\VTS_03_1.VOB< -OF=<C:\DVD\Canny< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=81
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:05:52 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:07:12 PM] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:07:12 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:07:13 PM] Job completed
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
-[Error] Log for job1 (video, Canny.avs -> )
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:19:53 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:19:53 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tools\Video\MEGui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 955
--stats "C:\DVD\Projects\TheUncanny\uncanny.stats" --subme 2 --partitions none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim
--output NUL "C:\DVD\Canny.avs"
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:19:53 PM] Encoding started
--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'C:\DVD\Canny.avs'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:19:53 PM] Job completed

[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'C:\DVD\Canny.avs

I have found the following tips among the forums:

*Put ConvertToYV12() at the end of the AVS. (Did not change anything)
*Make sure no spaces the file paths/names (No spaces)
*Make sure everything is the latest (Check)
*Restart the computer (Nada)
*Make sure the AVS file works fine in VirtualDUB (Check)

Again I am sorry if this questions is actually answered before, it has been asked many times though but never been answered (or I've failed to find it)

Thanks in advance

[Sharktooth]

thanks for replying but i didn't get u really

see .. when i play the movie .. i can see the sub in haali

but it don't play in mpc ...

but when merge srt i can see it ...
and it's done with mkvmerge

plz help me .. i need to know what to do plz
i dont got u when u say i need a good filter .. like what ?
not megui's fault then. ask for help in an appropriate forum.
@Sharktooth and @Kurtnoise and all the others big kahunas around here:

1. How about writting a tutorial about how *you* guys encode a film.

Video Settings, Audio Settings, etc. Will full description.

You know, for us, the noobs.

2. And do not write "there are many tutorials on the net that are telling you how to do this", because you are saying this only to not making one.

For example, I found: MeGUI+OneClick+Encoder+Walk-Through.pdf but this is only for IPODs.

3. P.S. What is the HQ-Slow and HQ-Slowest equivalent in the new MEgui versions ?

4. P.P.S. Did you thought that if you had made a such tutorial, there wouldn't be so many erroneous and stupid questions around here ???

Please don't be mad on me for telling you this.

Sorry for my bad english.
1. no.
2. there ARE many tutorials on the net telling you how to do "this" (google is your friend).
3. :search: it has been answered several times.
4. not at all. since there are tutorials, guides, wiki and stuff and still ppl ask stupid questions.

[Sharktooth]

Hello everybody,

I have a problem which I was unable to find the solution. I have been researching for the past couple of hours thru the internet and can't find the solution. I have found the same question being asked in here and in other video forms but there's no definitive answer (or maybe I've failed to find it).
(11
It's the infamous "Could not open input file x:\xxxxxx.avs" error. I have Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 (RTM), admin user and UAC is turned off. I have the MeGUI's latest build installed (0.3.1.1034), AviSynth 2.5.8, latest x264 (Build 1148, 64Bit) I have 10+ years experience in DivX/XviD encoding and I am not a noob user.

Here's the situation:

I am trying to encode a DVD into MKV. The movie is PAL and MeGUI analyses the source video as progressive. So no deinterlacing will be used. I am using the suggested resize (720x400) and spline36neutral for resizing filter and no Noise Filtering. This is how my AVS script looks like:

DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\DVD\Canny.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
#deinterlace
crop( 8, 0, -8, -2)

Spline36Resize(720,400) # Spline36 (Neutral)
#denoise

I am trying to make 1CD encode of the movie, built in bitrate calculator returns the value of 955 kbps and I will use 192kbps AC3 sound file. I've updated the main page of x264 codec settings* and did not touch anything on the "RC and ME" and "Advanced" sections.

I've changed the following on the x264 config main page:
Set the Mode to Turbo , Automated2pass
Bitrate, 955
AVC Profiles, High Profile
AVC Level, Unrestricted/Autoguess

On the MeGUI's main page:

Encoder Settings, x264:*scratchpad*
File Format, MP4 (Tried with MKV as well, same result)

When I put the job to the queue and hit start. It gives me the error after a second. Here's the error log:

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1034
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64 SP2 (6.0.131072.6002)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.4016)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
-[Information] Log for job1 (idx, VTS_03_1.VOB -> Canny.d2v)
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:05:52 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:05:52 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tools\Video\MEGui\tools\dgindex\dgindex.exe"
-SD=< -AIF=<C:\DVD\Rips\TheUncanny\VTS_03_1.VOB< -OF=<C:\DVD\Canny< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=81
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:05:52 PM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:07:12 PM] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:07:12 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:07:13 PM] Job completed
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
-[Error] Log for job1 (video, Canny.avs -> )
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:19:53 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:19:53 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tools\Video\MEGui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 955
--stats "C:\DVD\Projects\TheUncanny\uncanny.stats" --subme 2 --partitions none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim
--output NUL "C:\DVD\Canny.avs"
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:19:53 PM] Encoding started
--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'C:\DVD\Canny.avs'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [12/5/09 12:19:53 PM] Job completed

[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file 'C:\DVD\Canny.avs

I have found the following tips among the forums:

*Put ConvertToYV12() at the end of the AVS. (Did not change anything)
*Make sure no spaces the file paths/names (No spaces)
*Make sure everything is the latest (Check)
*Restart the computer (Nada)
*Make sure the AVS file works fine in VirtualDUB (Check)

Again I am sorry if this questions is actually answered before, it has been asked many times though but never been answered (or I've failed to find it)

Thanks in advance
simple answer: 32bit apps cant communicate with 64bit apps.

[Verminaard]

So what is the solution? Shall I need to change x264 to 32bit?

Scratch that, you are %300 right. Replacing the x264 with x86 resolved the problem.

Thanks a lot Sharktooth...

[mavinashbabu]

Hi Sharktooth,

Can you help me please if i have to create a lossless video file using MeGUI is it a possibility? if yes then how can you do one...

apologies if my question fits here or not, i used VDub but it does not use multi cores and i am looking for how to do it in MeGUI.

Thanks,
Avinash

[Sharktooth]

encode as usual but selecting Unrestricted 1pass Lossless preset for x264.

[mavinashbabu]

Thanks Sharktooth and if i have to use output of x264 [ MP4/MKV] in my Avisynth script to generate XVid files container how can i do it please?

I found this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=129977

where one can re-encode using DirectShowSource instead of DGMpeg2source(path-to\file.d2v) so i can say like this in my .avs file

DirectShowsource("Path-To\File.MP4[.MKV]) instead of .d2v file using DGmpeg2source ?

Or is there a preset which can give me lossless .avi file instead in MeGUI?

If my question is going offtopic w.r.t thread title then let me know i can get one separate open.

thanks
Avinash

[Sharktooth]

well, you have various choices. one is to open the avisynth script creator and load the mkv/mp4 as your source file (it will automatically use DirectShowSource for those kind of files), save the avs script (remember to remove the audio=false if you want to use it for audio encoding too), load it for video (and/or audio) input and proceed encoding (autoencode, manual, oneclick, whatever...).

[mavinashbabu]

^^ Wonderful Sharktooth, thanks a lot for your time and inputs

Cheers,
Avinash

[mavinashbabu]

Hi,

As said i choose the profile for Unrestricted 1pass Lossless preset for x264 to encode but getting the below error, to confirm if there is any issue with profile i choose x264 and xvid, but only x264 is throwing an error... below is the error log


[NoImage] Error starting job
-[NoImage] Exception message: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'Required file 'C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe' is missing.'
-[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
-[NoImage] Inner exception: null

Edit1: x264.exe file exists in the mentioned path in the error log above

EDIT2: while updating MeGUI looks like it is downloading "x264..exe" instead of "x264.exe"

Problem Solved

thanks,
Avinash

[Sharktooth]

ooops... fixed:)
thanx for reporting.

[rapscallion]

[NoImage] Error starting job
-[NoImage] Exception message: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'Required file 'C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe' is missing.'
-[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
-[NoImage] Inner exception: null

Edit1: x264.exe file exists in the mentioned path in the error log above

EDIT2: while updating MeGUI looks like it is downloading "x264..exe" instead of "x264.exe"

Problem Solved

thanks,
Avinash
Strange, because I did an encode last night with the same update, but no error because the original x264 was still in place (ie didn't create x264.backup)

HOWEVER, the encode was about 10% undersized. Source, via tsmuxer, was from an original BD disc. 2h 8m , video only using Bitrate Calculator (adding 7m to the length) and allowing for DTS, should be ~6697 bit rate for a DVD9 avchd.

This is what the log showed,

--[Information] Final statistics
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Desired: 6697 kbit/s
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 5961 kbit/s
Big descrepancy

All my previous encodes have been right on the money, bit rate almost matching in the log, and size right on the money (97-99% via Imgburn calculator).

So anyone know if this was just a coincidence with the x264 error or something else ?

Oh, and I should add that when the resulting file was checked with MediaInfo, guess what ? The bit rate is shown as 6697 kbit/s. :confused: Thanks

[alexcel]

HI:

Keep Input resolution (disable crop & resize) is not working well.

Through MediaInfo I know that final frames are not crop nor resized (that is correct!!), but then incorrect values are passed on to muxer, that finally yields an mkv file with wrong aspect ratio

My input file is PAL 720x576 16:9 aspect ratio, but a frame size of 720x432 is passed to muxer at 143:58 aspect ratio. I am muxing to mkv files

Here is the log (i've colored in red what I think are errors):

[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 = 143
--[NoImage] global MeGUI_dary = 58
--[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGAVCDecode.dll")
--[NoImage] DGDecode_mpeg2source("E:\Ultimas\La Busqueda 2\VIDEO_TS\la busqueda 2.d2v", info=3)
--[NoImage] ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
--[NoImage] #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
--[NoImage] #crop
--[NoImage] #resize
--[NoImage] Undot() # Minimal Noise
-[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
--[NoImage] Video output file: E:\Ultimas\La Busqueda 2\VIDEO_TS\la busqueda 2_Video.264
--[NoImage] Muxed output file: E:\Ultimas\La Busqueda 2\VIDEO_TS\la busqueda 2.mkv


Please help. Since you added the functionality to disable crop & resize I have tried several times since then and I always have to manually remux my matroska files

Keep up the great job

[SnapCount]

Slight problem when encoding MP3's lately. The problem is that for some reason megui is normalizing the sound and so the encoded mp3 is louder than the original sound file.

I notice that even tho the tick box for normalize is not ticked, you can still adjust the settings for it. But if you tick the box then untick it, it will be grayed out.

But the outcome is still the same, it still normalizes the sound.

[ZooM]

As first I would like to thank anyone involved in developing and keeping alive megui project :).

I miss one thing in megui which could be easily added. if megui developers don't add it for any reason they have I could write batch script with/or only autoit script or ... to resume aborted video encoding jobs (I use only x264).

I looked for "resume aborted jobs" and "join x264 files" but I didn't find anything usefull or any guide. I wasn't really patient so I just tried it by myself and I had success :)

I always encode with HQ or Insane settings and it takes always pretty much time. After couple times where the encoding was aborted (ie bluescreen, no power, system crash ... ) I couldn't find solution, I tried and here is small guide how I did it:

Step 1 - Find out how many frames are encoded and how many to encode
I opened the aborted *.264 file with dgavcindex, played it with max speed from begin to the end (to find out how many frames are encoded, is there any faster way like command line?). Last frame was X (let's say 122055), full source had Y frames (let's say 153799).

Now I know that I have to encode new file from frame X+1 to Y

Step 2 - Editing AviSynth script
Open avs script and add at the end of script begin frame and end frame. Then save and encode.

X+1=122056 and Y=153799
__film = last
__t0 = __film.trim(122056, 153799)
__t0

Step 3 - joining two x264 streams into 1 file.
For this I don't need any tools. Just run command.
copy /b first_file.264+second_file.264+third_file Final.264

That's it. I hope megui developers create this option :)

EDIT:

Ok it didn't work :(. Everything went fine, but I launched now the file and from the last frame of first file the picture is flippig. When I use 2 times same *.264 file, then the picture is good. How can I fix it?

EDIT:

The method above doesn't work always, but the problem is only in muxing to mp4. The only way I could get correctly muxes was using mkv. mp4 is not possible. Can it be solved?

[Kurtnoise]

use mp4box to join your avc streams...
mp4box -add file1.h264 -cat file2.h264 -cat file3.h264 output.mp4

[Neillithan]

Hi, I just need some help understanding something.

I have a DVD that displays at 2.35:1 AR, the resolution of the video with borders is 720x480. That means the resolution of the video whenthe borders are cropped off is 716x364, which has an AR of 1.97. The resolution (while being viewed) is supposed to be 716x305 which would then give it the correct aspect ratio of 2.35:1.

Since resizing the video to 716x305 would destructively reduce the height of the video, I decided I didn't want to do that. I would rather encode the video at 716x364 with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 that way the resolution isn't destroyed. I hope that makes sense.

Okay, onto the confusion. Once I load the .d2v file into the AviSynth Script Creator, it shows an input DAR of "ITU 16:9 NTSC (1.822784)" I don't want to touch the DAR because that is automatically determined based on the input video. I discovered that through trial and error. Since that is obviously the incorrect aspect ratio, I need to change it somehow without totaly destroying the video. I experimented with turning on "Clever (TM) anamorphic encoding" which gave me access to several different options from the drop down menu to the right.

By enabling this ambiguous option, I opened myself up to more confusion. I decided, "what the hay... who cares." I proceeded to click "auto crop" which then cropped 56 off the top, 60 off the bottom, 2 off the left and right. I encoded a sample and sure enough, my video turned out perfectly as I had intended.

So where is the problem? The problem is all of the confusion. I stumbled my way through it, trial and erroring several different possibilities until I finally came to the right way to do it.

1. Don't touch the "Input DAR", this will royally screw things up.
2. Enable "Clever Anamorphic encoding"
3. Auto Crop

All I'm asking for is a little clarification so that the average person doesn't have to experiment with several different combinations to get what he or she's looking for.

I suggest changing "Input DAR" to "Source DAR" which would slightly reduce confusion. Rename "Clever anamorphic Encoding" to something along the lines of "Automatically Determine correct Aspect Ratio". I'm assuming that's the function of Clever anamorphic encoding, correct me if I'm wrong.

Also, next to "Input DAR", I simply cannot fathom why 16:9 NTSC would have the number "1.822784" when it doesn't represent the correct ANYTHING. I tried to discover the meaning on my own.

6/9 is 1.77 repeating.
2.35/1 is 2.35.
720/480 is 1.5.
716/364 is 1.967.
716/305 is 2.35.

Do you see what I'm saying? Where the heck did the number 1.822784 come from? It's 100% confusing, all it does is serve to confuse. My advice would be to clarify what that number means and what it's good for, or just remove it because it's entirely confusing.

Thanks,
-Neil

[MrVideo]

720/480 is 1.5.

Nope, DVD video at 720x480 is 4:3. You are going to say WTF and point out that 640x480 is 4:3. For NTSC, the horizontal pixel size is .9, not 1.

You are forgetting one MAJOR factor, DVD MPEG-2 video is NOT square pixel.

In order to get more horizontal resolution, 80 more pixels are added to the horizontal line.

To get the accurate representaion of what 2.35:1 is on a DVD, use the square pixel horizontal size, i.e., 640. To find the number of vertical pixels, take 640 and divide it by 2.35. That comes out to 272 pixels.

So, on the DVD, the 2.35:1 image is represented by 720x272. The real active video area on a NTSC DVD is really the center 704 pixels.

In the end, tell MeGUI that it is 2.35:1 and crop it 704x272. You should be able to use clever anamorphic encoding as well. That should keep the MPEG-2 resolution at 704x272, but tag it as 2.35:1, so programs like VideoLanClient will display it at 2.35:1. Otherwise it will change the resolution to square pixels and change it to 640x272.

You need to think non-square pixels with NTSC and PAL DVDs and do the appropriate math.

[Neillithan]

@MrVideo

I'll have to wrap my head around that to understand it but I'll get it.

In your opinion, should I encode the video in 1:1 at the resolution that best appears to be 2.35:1 or should I tinker with a non 1:1 ratio so that I can encode the video at a non destructive resolution?

I guess what I'm fretting is receiving a video with a final resolution that is physically smaller than the DVD version. I want to try and retain the most pixels without oversizing it or undersizing it and to do this, I must use a non 1:1 AR. Correct me if I'm wrong.

-Neil

[Arshad07]

Am facing some issues with MeGui :(

Firstly these two errors:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2a7vkh4.png

http://i43.tinypic.com/f2tvmv.png

Secondly:

If i close the previewer window while am encoding, megui crases :(

Any help appreciated

[Kurtnoise]

Am facing some issues with MeGui :(

Firstly these two errors
they are not part of megui...

[MrVideo]

In your opinion, should I encode the video in 1:1 at the resolution that best appears to be 2.35:1 or should I tinker with a non 1:1 ratio so that I can encode the video at a non destructive resolution?

From your initial posting I am assuming that you want to get rid of the black letterboxing and non-video pillar bars on the left and right.

In the AVS script generation GUI, I would do the following:

1) Manually select 2.35 for the OAR
2) Crop the video, removing 8 pixels from the left and right
3) Crop the video, removing 104 pixels from the top and bottom.
4) Select "Clever Anamorphic Encoding"

You can preview what it will look like before you do the actual encoding.

This is basically what I used to do when I encoded 16:9 CW promos for the web site. For example, the Smallville promos were letterboxed in the 4:3 video, but because the SD video was non-squeare pixels, I'd crop the black away, leaving 704x360 and select 16:9 and Clever. Upon playback, VLC would display the video at 16:9.

Give it a try. You lose nothing by trying. Do it with a short piece of the video.

[Arshad07]

they are not part of megui...

then part of what?

[Kurtnoise]

libsndfile :: maybe soundout
nscrt :: dunno

[MrVideo]

If i close the previewer window while am encoding, megui crases :(

I never encode with the previewer window open. Hell, I close it before I even place the encoding job in the queue.

[Arshad07]

thanks^

Yea, whenever i close the previewer window( when u opened an avs ) in MeGui, megui crashes

http://i40.tinypic.com/4gllkg.png

http://i41.tinypic.com/j0cxo5.png

Any help appreciated!

[MrVideo]

Yea, whenever i close the previewer window( when u opened an avs ) in MeGui, megui crashes

If I get this right, you don't even get a chance to start encoding.

What OS are you running? I have all of the latest pieces running under XP-SP2.

I won't touch Vista with a 5280' pole.

[Arshad07]

If I get this right, you don't even get a chance to start encoding.

What OS are you running? I have all of the latest pieces running under XP-SP2.

I won't touch Vista with a 5280' pole.

yea, VISTA x64. All were working fine until today after i formatted my pc :confused:

[MrVideo]

yea, VISTA x64. All were working fine until today after i formatted my pc :confused:

You reloaded Vista? I'm assuming that you reloaded all of your applications as well.

When it comes to Vista, you are on your own.

[Arshad07]

You reloaded Vista? I'm assuming that you reloaded all of your applications as well.

When it comes to Vista, you are on your own.

what do u mean by reloaded?

I just installed some applications that i needed...

[Arshad07]

thanks^

Yea, whenever i close the previewer window( when u opened an avs ) in MeGui, megui crashes

http://i40.tinypic.com/4gllkg.png

http://i41.tinypic.com/j0cxo5.png

Any help appreciated!

And this error doesnt happen when i encode a movie without filters...so maybe my script will help

LoadPlugin("mt_masktools-26.dll")
LoadPlugin("mvtools.dll")
LoadPlugin("mvtools2.dll")
DirectShowSource("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", fps=23.976, audio=false)
Spline64Resize(1280,544)
backward_vec3 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 3, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)
backward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)
backward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)
forward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)
forward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)
forward_vec3 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 3, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)
last.MVDegrain3(backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,backward_vec3,forward_vec3,thSAD=300,idx=1)
LimitedSharpenFaster(ss_x=1.5, ss_y=1.5, dest_x=last.width, dest_y=last.height, Smode=3, strength=80, radius=2, Lmode=1, wide=false, overshoot=1, edgemode=0, special=false, exborder=0)

[Kurtnoise]

Keep Input resolution (disable crop & resize) is not working well.

Through MediaInfo I know that final frames are not crop nor resized (that is correct!!), but then incorrect values are passed on to muxer, that finally yields an mkv file with wrong aspect ratio

My input file is PAL 720x576 16:9 aspect ratio, but a frame size of 720x432 is passed to muxer at 143:58 aspect ratio. I am muxing to mkv files

I'll check it out...

Here is the log:

[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 = 143
--[NoImage] global MeGUI_dary = 58
--[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGAVCDecode.dll")
--[NoImage] DGDecode_mpeg2source("E:\Ultimas\La Busqueda 2\VIDEO_TS\la busqueda 2.d2v", info=3)
--[NoImage] ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
--[NoImage] #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
--[NoImage] #crop
--[NoImage] #resize
--[NoImage] Undot() # Minimal Noise
-[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
--[NoImage] Video output file: E:\Ultimas\La Busqueda 2\VIDEO_TS\la busqueda 2_Video.264
--[NoImage] Muxed output file: E:\Ultimas\La Busqueda 2\VIDEO_TS\la busqueda 2.mkv

the line in blue shouln't be there...is it part of your profile ?

[MrVideo]

what do u mean by reloaded?

I just installed some applications that i needed...

But that isn't what you said. You said that you "reformatted my pc" which to most Windblows users is reloading the OS and your applications.

[SubOne]

I have been using MeGUI for a few hours, the stable version. Everything was working fine.

Now suddenly, when I click on the avs script, MeGUI just shuts down. I haven't even changed the script. I have tried reinstalling, installing the latest version, etc., to no avail. Any ideas?

[wolfbane5]

I recently got the chronicles of riddick blurays and I am in the process of encoding them. However, since they use VC-1, I was trying to create a .dgv that I could load into avisynth. Problem is MeGUI says I don't have dgvc1index.exe. I tried finding it in the update cache, but soon realized that it only exists as dgvc1index(NV). I read that to use these you need an nvidia graphics card that supports VP2 and unfortunately my card only supports VP1. Anyone know what to do here?

By the way, I noticed that the same problem exists for dgmpgindex(nv), so I'm assuming the solution to both of these is similar.

[Sharktooth]

use DirectShowSource for VC-1 files.
for mpeg use DGIndex and for avc DGAVCIndex (both come with megui).

[wolfbane5]

Alright, I changed the program paths to point to the respective .dll or .exe. I tried loading the .vc1 file into avisynth and it gave me this error:

AviSynth Script Error:
DirectShowSource: RenderFile, the filter graph manager won't talk to me

[Kurtnoise]

you need a splitter for your vc1 files (try the haali media splitter or the one from the MS VC-1 Encoder SDK - both free)...

[wolfbane5]

I have Haali installed but I've never used it explicitly. I know RipBot264 used it since I could see the icon pop up, but other than that it's pretty new to me. All I need is avisynth to read the .vc1 via DSS and I'm good. :confused:

[Kurtnoise]

to read a file through DSS, you need a complete directshow filter chain (splitter -> decoder -> renderer) properly installed on your machine...

[SubOne]

Simple question - how do I do a direct stream copy? I have uncompressed AVI and I want an uncompressed AVI output - basically just performing the AVISynth filters.

[wolfbane5]

to read a file through DSS, you need a complete directshow filter chain (splitter -> decoder -> renderer) properly installed on your machine...

So if Haali is the splitter and DGIndex is the decoder, then what is the renderer?

[Sharktooth]

Simple question - how do I do a direct stream copy? I have uncompressed AVI and I want an uncompressed AVI output - basically just performing the AVISynth filters.
you cant. megui isnt an editor.
also applying avs filters needs recompressing in any case.
So if Haali is the splitter and DGIndex is the decoder, then what is the renderer?
overlay mixer, VMR, EVR...

[Neillithan]

I have a request, 2 requests actually. One is a long time overdue.

When I'm deleting jobs from the queue list, if a job is attached to another job, I will receive a message saying, "Some jobs depend on the job... being completed for them to run. Do you want to delete all dependant jobs? Press Yes to delete all dependant jobs, No to delete this job and remove the dependencies, or Cancel to abort."

I can see the usefulness of this when the file status is "waiting" or "postponed" but I find it to be really annoying when I'm trying to delete 30 jobs that all have a status of "done". I end up having to click yes like 8 times! It's annoying! I suggest only showing that message if the file status says "waiting" or "postponed" because that would make it less annoying yet retain its usefulness.

Also, the other request of mine that I believe is long overdue is the ability to edit the Avisynth script from within the AviSynth Script Creator after you have already closed it and loaded it into MeGUI. I suggest it more than ever now because of the latest core update which conveniently places a button titled "Reopen Video Preview". Adding a button that says, "Reopen AviSynth Script Creator" to the main window would be an EXCELLENT addition to MeGUI and would help tremendously.

I realize you can simply open the created AviSynth script file in any text editor, but come on. Please just give us the ability to reopen the script creator once it has been closed.

Thanks,
-Neil

[Neillithan]

Another feature request. Just a little visual cue for jobs that are dependant in the form of Job Groups.

Photoshopped screenshot:

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2736/meguijobgroupsuggestion.th.png (http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2736/meguijobgroupsuggestion.png)