MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[Sharktooth]

TESA is a PLACEBO. Use UMH... you wont see ANY difference and will get a nice speed boost.

@rapscallion: bitrate is not limited by the resolution. x264 can produce files bigger than the original as well as xvid or any other encoders. also, that doesnt mean it can "improve" the source... it cant be done. every time you re-encode you WILL loose some quality (unless you're re-encoding with a lossless method).

[karasu]

I'm not using tesa. Can the avs content affect the amount of memory used by the x264 process?

[rapscallion]

@rapscallion: bitrate is not limited by the resolution. x264 can produce files bigger than the original as well as xvid or any other encoders. also, that doesnt mean it can "improve" the source... it cant be done. every time you re-encode you WILL loose some quality (unless you're re-encoding with a lossless method).That makes sense and what I would expect. So, if the resulting bitrate is higher than the source, what are those "extra" bits doing, other than increasing the file size ?

[karasu]

That makes sense and what I would expect. So, if the resulting bitrate is higher than the source, what are those "extra" bits doing, other than increasing the file size ?

Your source is the decompressed output of your file, If you save that output in raw and lossless format you will end with a HUGE file. Lossy compression will produce a filesize between 0 and the size of your raw output. So if you set an higher bitrate than the compressed source, you will end with a file larger than this source.

I dont know what happens if you set a bitrate higher than the raw source.

[pihug12]

I finally solve my problem with the update.

I delete these keys :
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2161/proxy.th.png (http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2161/proxy.png)
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2186/proxy2.th.png (http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2186/proxy2.png)
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9590/proxy3.th.png (http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9590/proxy3.png)

And I delete the file "C:\Users\Pierre\Desktop\Streamy\proxy.pac".

I don't know how this file was a part of the registry. It was just unzipped from an archive (http://streamy.sourceforge.net/), no installer.

[rack04]

The latest x264 update is extracted with the following file name:

x264.

Therefore it doesn't replace the existing version.

[Sharktooth]

bah! i really need to replace the keyboard.
however it's extracted as x264..exe ....

[Taddeusz]

Recently I noticed that the Cyberlink H.264 decoder does not properly report 1080 lines for AVC encoded video so I've been trying different decoders. CoreAVC works very well but it seems to cause MeGUI's interface to stop responding if you click anywhere on the encoding monitor window. x264.exe still continues to run but you can no longer tell the statistics of the conversion. Any ideas?

[Inspector.Gadget]

Taddeusz - why are you using DirectShowSource for H.264 instead of DGAVCIndex/DGAVCDecNV?

[karasu]

The new x264 (with a working filename) have corrected my memory blow problem. Now for the same work the max mem used is around 600M (1500M and more before, with x264 crashes)

[daWsOn_s]

DVXA presents give error when second pass starts, known bug or my problem?

[daWsOn_s]

Nevermind:)

[Inspector.Gadget]

I'm doing a pre-rendering pass in MeGUI with some pretty heavy filtering and mencoder is close to but never exceeds 50% CPU. Is mencoder's HuffYUV encoding multithreaded? If so, I guess it's time for me to move to Avisynth-MT...

[Sharktooth]

if you're doing heavy filtering, then avisynth is your limiting factor.

[Inspector.Gadget]

Edit: System idle time is 40-50% and mencoder is about the same. I'm beginning to think Avisynth isn't the hang-up in this particular case.

[Dark Shikari]

Edit: System idle time is 40-50% and mencoder is about the same. I'm beginning to think Avisynth isn't the hang-up in this particular case.Avisynth CPU time is counted as part of mencoder CPU time.

Also, on a dual-core system, "50%" is one core.

[daberti]

Just trying to figure out how to do.
I've Ffdshow installed, but I'd need some hints.

Thanks in advance
Dan

[Sharktooth]

get FLV splitter from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=170561&filename=mpchc_x86_v1.2.908.0_FLVSplitter.zip&a=75719497
ensure FFDShow can decode the streams by playing the .flv file in your favourite DirectShow media player, if it does, then use megui's avseditor to create a script using directshowsource() to open the file. load it and go on encoding.

[pihug12]

I finally solve my problem with the update.

I delete these keys :
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2161/proxy.th.png (http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2161/proxy.png)
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2186/proxy2.th.png (http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2186/proxy2.png)
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9590/proxy3.th.png (http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9590/proxy3.png)

And I delete the file "C:\Users\Pierre\Desktop\Streamy\proxy.pac".

I don't know how this file was a part of the registry. It was just unzipped from an archive (http://streamy.sourceforge.net/), no installer.
The problem re-appears each time I open Streamy. I just need to delete the file proxy.pac (I don't touch the registry) and the problem is gone.
Maybe you can find a way to avoid this. :-/

Thanks !

[Sharktooth]

im sorry but we cant fix other softwares (expecially if they're not opensource softwares).
if "streamy" compromises your internet connectivity, we can do nothing to fix it. just contact that software developers and ask why their software is messing with your internet connection.

[Inspector.Gadget]

MeGUI crashed on me while I was doing something stupid. x264 is still running, according to the process monitor. If I leave it alone, it'll still finish encoding the file, right?

[nurbs]

Since the last update the x264 profiles contain "--fullrange on" by default. I thought this option should only be activated if the input uses the range 0-255, which isn't the case for DVD and Blu-Ray sources.
If I'm correct then why is it enabled by default and why isn't there a way to deactivate it?

[rapscallion]

MeGUI crashed on me while I was doing something stupid. x264 is still running, according to the process monitor. If I leave it alone, it'll still finish encoding the file, right?
It should, as Megui's front end capability sets up the command line parameters for the encode, and when started, 264 takes over and goes on from there until done.

In any event, you'll find out eventually :)

[Keiyakusha]

Since the last update the x264 profiles contain "--fullrange on" by default. I thought this option should only be activated if the input uses the range 0-255, which isn't the case for DVD and Blu-Ray sources.
If I'm correct then why is it enabled by default and why isn't there a way to deactivate it?

Are you sure about "--fullrange on" flag? I don't see it but I encoded some video and noticed that it have wrong levels when video played using CoreAVC (CoreAVC thinks input have PC levels) and right levels with MPC-HC with or without DXVA(I guess MPC-HC do not respect fullrange flag). So then it makes sence to me...

EDIT: encoding to h264 with ffmpeg gives me right levels with CoreAVC so probably fullrange flag is somewhere there in MeGui.

[Keiyakusha]

OMG, when nurbs said "profiles" i looked directly into xml files. There is no such flag in them but now I see it in MeGui commandline...
http://www.petaimg.com/u202/485Untitled-1.png

[Inspector.Gadget]

Thanks, rapscallion. New question for devs and others: when I drag a .dgm file into the AVS Script Creator, I get an error that tells me that there is no function called "MPGSource". I assume this is because the current syntax for DGMPGDecNV is DGSource() rather than MPGSource(). Is this intended behavior and I'm just screwing up somewhere, or is this a bug?

[Sharktooth]

i think ALL DVDs and Blu-rays have 0-255 range. however i'll make it an option.

EDIT: done.

@inspector.gadget: megui defaults to DGMpegDec syntax since it's free and it's included with megui updates, however does DGMpegDec accepts DGSource as well? In that case, ill just swap MPGSource with DGSource, otherwise additional checks are needed.

[Kurtnoise]

New question for devs and others: when I drag a .dgm file into the AVS Script Creator, I get an error that tells me that there is no function called "MPGSource". I assume this is because the current syntax for DGMPGDecNV is DGSource() rather than MPGSource(). Is this intended behavior and I'm just screwing up somewhere, or is this a bug?
it's because the code isn't updated yet to support the new version...

[Inspector.Gadget]

Sharktooth: DGSource() doesn't work with a regular d2v file, as far as I can test, so you may need to separate the function. I don't know anything about programming, but since opening a .dgm file in the AVS Script Creator already starts the CUVID server, the "hook" may already be there.

Related issue: When encoding using any of the NV tools and the CUVID server running, opening another NV (dgm, dgv, dga) file in the AVS Script Creator accesses the running CUVID server and crashes MeGUI but apparently doesn't interfere with x264 or the instance of Avisynth it uses (and has only brought down the CUVID server one of two time I've done the same stupid thing :rolleyes:). I realize it's not MeGUI's fault, but if you developers get a chance, maybe you could figure out a way to check for a running instance of the server and disallow any further automatic access through the AVS Script Creator to keep idiots like me from constantly messing themselves up. Many thanks for an excellent program.

[Sharktooth]

ill see what i can do but i dont own a nvidia card.

[MADAJ]

hi, MeGUI crushes when it reaches pass 2 around 98% to 99.7%
I am using win Vista and the latest Megui version

thanks in advance

[Sharktooth]

... you're providing almost no info ...

[MADAJ]

the latest avisynth ... and the video source is 720p ... final out put is in MKV
BTW... I tried encoding pass 2 about 3 times till it succeeded.

anything else I should provide?

[ctl-tx]

Is there a simple way to drop 1 or 2 nonindex frames from a h264 video stream using MeGUI? I want to join 2 MKVs together. Unfortunately, the keyframe is two frames before the scene change that I want to make the join. I need a way to drop those 2 frames from the video, preferably without doing any reencoding. Due to various reasons, this would be impractical. Is there a way to reindex the video stream without reencoding?
I have Mkvmerge as a muxer, it can only cut on keyframes. If there's another muxer that doesn't have this limitation and can let me cut on the frame I want, please let me know.

[Kurtnoise]

Is there a way to reindex the video stream without reencoding?
No...

[ctl-tx]

Then, how can I get the [codec private] information from the video container and put it into MeGUI? If I can do that, I only need to reencode one video once, instead of lots of videos.

[Kurtnoise]

video codec != container

Use DGAVCIndex to index your file...

[ctl-tx]

I just had some partial success. I've been able to tweak my MeGUI settings to the point where I can reencode the video and make it join with the other video properly. This time, I'm only one frame off from where I want to be. So close yet so far!
I've picked up DGAVCIndex and got it read the h264 stream demuxed from the MKV, but I have no idea how to get it to specify a keyframe where I want it, or something like that.
I would be most grateful for any assistance in this regard.

[poisondeathray]

I just had some partial success. I've been able to tweak my MeGUI settings to the point where I can reencode the video and make it join with the other video properly. This time, I'm only one frame off from where I want to be. So close yet so far!
I've picked up DGAVCIndex and got it read the h264 stream demuxed from the MKV, but I have no idea how to get it to specify a keyframe where I want it, or something like that.
I would be most grateful for any assistance in this regard.


If you are re-encoding the video, just use Trim() in the avisynth script to cut it where you want

Next time, just edit everything in the script before encoding

If you want to place specific keyframes when encoding, use a qpfile (do a search there are several threads)

[ctl-tx]

Trim works even when the frames in question aren't keyframes?

[poisondeathray]

Trim works even when the frames in question aren't keyframes?

Exactly what are you doing?

Are re-encoding the entire video and wanted to cut a few frames off the end?

[ctl-tx]

Cut a few frames off the front actually. And Trim worked! Got my video just the way I wanted it. Thank you so much!

[Sharktooth]

the latest avisynth ... and the video source is 720p ... final out put is in MKV
BTW... I tried encoding pass 2 about 3 times till it succeeded.

anything else I should provide?
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html

[Keiyakusha]

I'm using Win7 so maybe this is not really a bug in MeGui but please check this out. In x264 configuration dialog, when we disable CABAC option - Trellis and Psy-Trellis Strength becames grayed out. But when we enable CABAC again, only Trellis becames normal, but Psy-Trellis Strength remains grayed out and there is no way to enable it.

[Sharktooth]

well, i doubt it could be due to windows 7... ill check it out but please report bugs to the megui project bugtracker on sourceforge.

edit: it's not a bug. when you disable cabac trellis is automatically set to 0 and disabled. to re-enable psy-trellis you should set trellis at least to 1 (and obviously re-enable cabac first).

[rack04]

I set up OneClick profile for iPod encoding. In this profile I have the output resolution set to 480 and AutoCrop is ticked. However, I am getting an output resolution of 416x224 instead of 480x256.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/rack04/megui1.jpg

Here is the mediainfo of the output file:

General
Complete name : C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.32 MiB
Duration : 10s 538ms
Overall bit rate : 1 048 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-07 14:03:16
Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-07 14:03:16

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L1.3
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 10s 520ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 977 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 279 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 1 448 Kbps
Width : 416 pixels
Height : 224 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.857
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.419
Stream size : 1.22 MiB (93%)
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1163M 3f56e27
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x131 / me=umh / subme=6 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=12 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=279015 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=16 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=768 / vbv_bufsize=768 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-07 14:03:16
Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-07 14:03:16

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 10s 538ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 69.2 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 79.4 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 89.0 KiB (7%)
Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-07 14:03:16
Tagged date : UTC 2009-06-07 14:03:16

[Kurtnoise]

:logfile:

there are probably some internal adjustments with Profiles & Levels...

[rack04]

:logfile:

there are probably some internal adjustments with Profiles & Levels...

Here is the log file.

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1039
--[NoImage] OS : Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[NoImage] Framework used : 2.0 SP1 (2.0.50727.3082)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
-[Information] Log for job1 (idx, lasvegas-vts_01_1.vob -> lasvegas-vts 01 1.d2v)
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:21 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:21 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -SD=< -AIF=<C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts_01_1.vob< -OF=<C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1< -exit -hide -OM=1 -TN=81
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:21 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:22 AM] Running auto force film
---[NoImage] Film percentage: -1
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:22 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] OneClick postprocessor
----[NoImage] Desired size: 350 MB
----[NoImage] Split size: null
----[NoImage] Autocrop values
-----[NoImage] left: 14
-----[NoImage] top: 84
-----[NoImage] right: 12
-----[NoImage] bottom: 80
----[NoImage] Auto-detect aspect ratio now: True
----[NoImage] Aspect ratio: 1.367521
----[NoImage] Output resolution: 480x256
----[NoImage] AVC level: Level 1.3
----[NoImage] Resolution adjusted for AVC Level: 416x224
----[NoImage] Automatic deinterlacing: True
----[NoImage] Deinterlacing used: #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
----[NoImage] Generated Avisynth script
-----[NoImage] DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.d2v", info=3)
-----[NoImage] ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
-----[NoImage] #Not doing anything because the source is progressive
-----[NoImage] crop( 14, 84, -12, -80)
-----[NoImage] LanczosResize(416,224) # Lanczos (Sharp)
-----[NoImage] #denoise
----[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
-----[NoImage] Video output file: C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.264
-----[NoImage] Muxed output file: C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.mp4
-----[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:26 AM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job2 (audio, lasvegas-vts 01 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 -> lasvegas-vts 01 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a)
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:26 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:26 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3")
---[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo0b9436ff540549558a91503ed6c26a5a(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] return last
---[NoImage] function x_stereo0b9436ff540549558a91503ed6c26a5a(clip a)
---[NoImage] {
---[NoImage] fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
---[NoImage] fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
---[NoImage] c = GetChannel(a, 3)
---[NoImage] lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
---[NoImage] sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
---[NoImage] sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
---[NoImage] l_sl = MixAudio(fl, sl, 0.2929, 0.2929)
---[NoImage] c_lfe = MixAudio(lfe, c, 0.2071, 0.2071)
---[NoImage] r_sr = MixAudio(fr, sr, 0.2929, 0.2929)
---[NoImage] l = MixAudio(l_sl, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
---[NoImage] r = MixAudio(r_sr, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
---[NoImage] return MergeChannels(l, r)
---[NoImage] }
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br 64000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:26 AM] Encoding started
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:26 AM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:26 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:26 AM] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[NoImage] Channels: 2
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 32
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: C:\Program Files\eac3to\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 64000 -if - -of "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a"
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:26 AM] Encoder process started
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero AAC Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2008 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Sep 17 2008 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.3.3.0 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:28 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:28 AM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job3 (video, lasvegas-vts 01 1.avs -> )
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:28 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:28 AM] Preprocessing
---[Information] Bitrate calculation for video
----[NoImage] Desired size after subtracting audio: 358306KBs
----[NoImage] Calculated desired bitrate: 279015kbit/s
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 279015 --stats "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.stats" --level 1.3 --no-cabac --subme 2 --partitions none --qpmin 16 --vbv-bufsize 768 --vbv-maxrate 768 --me dia --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.avs"
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:28 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avis [info]: 416x224 @ 25.00 fps (263 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [warning]: max bitrate less than average bitrate, ignored.
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Baseline, level 1.3
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:13 Avg QP:16.10 size: 4334
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:250 Avg QP:16.31 size: 5540
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 76.4% 0.0% 23.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 35.1% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 59.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 5.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: final ratefactor: -33.76
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra:72.2% 91.4% 53.6% inter:56.2% 75.8% 5.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:1096.0
---[NoImage] encoded 263 frames, 97.84 fps, 1096.55 kb/s
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:31 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:31 AM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job4 (video, lasvegas-vts 01 1.avs -> lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.264)
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:31 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:31 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 279015 --stats "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.stats" --level 1.3 --no-cabac --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,p4x4 --qpmin 16 --vbv-bufsize 768 --vbv-maxrate 768 --me umh --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --aud --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.264" "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.avs"
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:31 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avis [info]: 416x224 @ 25.00 fps (263 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [warning]: max bitrate less than average bitrate, ignored.
---[NoImage] x264 [warning]: Error: 2pass curve failed to converge
---[NoImage] x264 [warning]: target: 279015.00 kbit/s, expected: 1096.50 kbit/s, avg QP: 16.0000
---[NoImage] x264 [warning]: try reducing target bitrate or reducing qp_min (currently 16)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Baseline, level 1.3
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice I:13 Avg QP:16.32 size: 4719
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: slice P:250 Avg QP:16.82 size: 4889
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 67.5% 0.0% 32.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 6.7% 0.0% 13.8% P16..4: 39.7% 26.1% 8.0% 0.5% 0.5% skip: 4.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra:75.4% 95.2% 74.8% inter:48.8% 74.9% 6.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:976.2
---[NoImage] encoded 263 frames, 55.36 fps, 977.94 kb/s
--[Information] Final statistics
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Desired: 279015 kbit/s
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 977 kbit/s
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.stats
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job5 (mux, lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.264 -> lasvegas-vts 01 1.mp4)
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\MeGUI\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.264:fps=25" -add "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a#trackID=1" -tmp "C:\Personal\Videos" -new "C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.mp4"
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] AVC-H264 import - frame size 416 x 224 at 25.000 FPS
---[NoImage] Import results: 263 samples - Slices: 13 I 250 P 0 B - 1 SEI - 5 IDR
---[NoImage] IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
---[NoImage] Saving C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1_Video.264
----[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_audio.m4a
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job6 (cleanup, -> )
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:36 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Delete Intermediate Files option set: True
--[Information] Deleting intermediate files
---[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:38 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.avs
---[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:38 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1.d2v
---[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:38 AM] Successfully deleted C:\Personal\Videos\lasvegas-vts 01 1 T81 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:38 AM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [6/9/2009 7:34:38 AM] Job completed

[Kurtnoise]

----[NoImage] Auto-detect aspect ratio now: True
----[NoImage] Aspect ratio: 1.367521
----[NoImage] Output resolution: 480x256
----[NoImage] AVC level: Level 1.3
----[NoImage] Resolution adjusted for AVC Level: 416x224
----[NoImage] Automatic deinterlacing: True
----[NoImage] Deinterlacing used: #Not doing anything because the source is progressive

you see...I was right.

Furthermore, your video bitrate is quite huge...

[rack04]

you see...I was right.

Furthermore, your video bitrate is quite huge...

So what determines when the video gets adjusted?