MeGUI: General Questions and Troubleshooting Thread

[posko]

When I go to encode in MeGUI I immediately get an error. This is what the logfile says:

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1052
--[NoImage] OS : Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[NoImage] Latest .Net Framework installed : 2.0 (2.0.50727.0)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : Intel Pentium III Xeon processor
-[Error] Log for job1 (video, joYnt-The-Movie_VIDEO.avs -> )
--[Information] [8/7/2009 6:12:30 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [8/7/2009 6:12:30 PM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --profile high --pass 1 --bitrate 5250 --stats "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\joYnt-The-Movie_VIDEO.stats" --ref 1 --no-mixed-refs --bframes 16 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --direct temporal --deblock -2:-1 --subme 9 --trellis 0 --partitions all --qpmin 3 --ratetol 4.0 --qcomp 0.7 --b-bias 1 --me umh --merange 30 --thread-input --threads 2 --output NUL "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\joYnt-The-Movie_VIDEO.avs"
--[Information] [8/7/2009 6:12:31 PM] Encoding started
--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: can't open output file `NUL'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [8/7/2009 6:12:31 PM] Job completed


I tried messing with settings, changing the name of the output file, etc. Nothing seems to work.

Any idea what the problem could be :confused:

[GibsonXXI]

Not sure if this is a bug, or i'm doing something wrong, but here goes:

Using Neuron2's NV tools added to MeGUI, specifically DGMPGIndexNV and DGMPGDecNV to process VOB's for processing in MeGUI I can't seem to get it to analyze the VOB correctly.

When you start an analysis, the status bar of the window shows "Analyzing!..." and the progress bar appears, but nothing happens after that. I can abort the analysis and select manual options and continue as normal, but analysis fails to occur.

The NV tools are working fine standalone. I am using Win7 RC1 x64 which I know is not officially supported yet, but I'm wondering if there's something specific in Win7 that's causing this, or if it's a bug in MeGUI.

Regular analysis with the standard DGIndex works as expected.

Another minor problem is that when closing MeGUI, sometimes the process remains in memory although the window has closed.

Any advice (other than not to use prerelease software with MeGUI) would be welcome. :)

[Kurtnoise]

it's a missing feature...only d2v files work with it for the moment.

[Flux]

How I can encode audio the way that output file will be in WAV format?

[tebasuna51]

How I can encode audio the way that output file will be in WAV format?
WAV is a container and support mp3, ac3, ... and also uncompressed PCM audio.

If you want uncompressed (not coded) PCM in WAV container you can use BeHappy instead MeGUI.

[Kurtnoise]

yeah, that I had in mind but apparently, it doesn't work as expected. Need more coffee...
see post #4559...

[Keiyakusha]

Second Try...

mirror 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/5m3mnymfbjf/MeGUI_20090809.zip)|mirror 2 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1OJYIHX0)

This one is much better.
What it seems to me a bug or missing feature:
Needs some cosmetic fixes ^_^
Checkbox for --no-psy should be added.
--slow-firstpass seems to be always active
Mixed reference frames checkbox seems to be always grayed out.

[Kurtnoise]

ok, thanks for the tests. Hopefully, it's correct now.

mirror 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/qnqmgm2tzdw/MeGUI_20090809.zip) | mirror 2 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YYDGNGMO)

[Firebird]

Turbo checkbox is not working for me.
And i think that b-pyramid should be unchecked when mbtree is on.

[Kurtnoise]

Turbo checkbox is not working for me.
it does...which mode did you try ?

And i think that b-pyramid should be unchecked when mbtree is on.
this is disabled by the x264 itself...

[Firebird]

Sorry, it works. My fault.
When turbo is on --slow-firstpass is not removing from command line, so i suggest that it is not working.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2017/turbooff.png
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1466/turboon.png

[Zverik]

This has happened again.
Very often when two workers finish their audio tasks together, they both start processing the same video task.
How do they manage to finish simultaneously (right to millisecond) on different files — that I don't know. Probably something with file open/close delays.
When I told Worker 2 to abort its task, MeGUI crashed leaving no log files.
I have to specify which task which workers should do, or either I end up seeing a lot of errors in the morning log.
A troublesome bug.

Also, the rest of MeGUI works perfectly, thanks for this great tool.
0.3.1.1051

[Kurtnoise]

When turbo is on --slow-firstpass is not removing from command line, so i suggest that it is not working.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2017/turbooff.png
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1466/turboon.png
fixed...

This has happened again.
Very often when two workers finish their audio tasks together, they both start processing the same video task.
How do they manage to finish simultaneously (right to millisecond) on different files — that I don't know. Probably something with file open/close delays.
When I told Worker 2 to abort its task, MeGUI crashed leaving no log files.
I have to specify which task which workers should do, or either I end up seeing a lot of errors in the morning log.
A troublesome bug.

Also, the rest of MeGUI works perfectly, thanks for this great tool.
0.3.1.1051
this is a known bug...that I'm not going to fix right now. I'd better rewrite the gui from scratch.

[Yoshiyuki Blade]

ok, thanks for the tests. Hopefully, it's correct now.

mirror 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/qnqmgm2tzdw/MeGUI_20090809.zip) | mirror 2 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YYDGNGMO)

Getting better and better! There's a couple issues I ran into:

- Hitting "Load Defaults" falls back to the "Fast" preset and adds --no-mbtree. Is this intended to be the default for MeGUI? If so, I understand. Also, from a purely visual standpoint, the preset name doesn't change when I hit Load Defaults. For example, I was on "Placebo" and hit Load Defaults. The preset reverted to Fast and --no-mbtree, but it still says "Placebo" at the top.

- I can't modify any settings that are already x264's defaults without using the custom command box. For example, if I choose --preset veryslow and --tune animation, I can't change the AQ strength to 1.0 because that was the default to begin with (--tune animation lowers AQ to 0.6 among other things). So either I have to add --aq-strength 1.0 in the custom commands, or use something other than aq-strength 1.0 (like 1.01). It's a minor thing though.

- The "Default" button under Misc. tab and Input/Output gives a strange command line:

program --level 1 --bitrate 23 --thread-input --output "output" "input"

[nakTT]

Hi,

In MeGUI I can see "V.U.I" option with a "Full Range" checkbox. May I know what its mean and what is it for?

[nakTT]

I get this error when I try to re-encode my *.mp4 Video file. See screenshot below:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2972/errorbty.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/errorbty.jpg/)

[dud]

I'm getting this error when trying to use the chapter creator.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3320/erroreqz.png

[SacredCultivator]

Hmmm unless I missed it somewhere, how does Auto-variance AQ work? Kinda interested in that.

Thanks.

[minda76]

MeGui still crashing from version 0.3.1.1036 in one click encoder:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <TaggedJob xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<EncodingSpeed />
- <Job xsi:type="IndexJob">
<Input>C:\dvd\namas\VTS_01_1.VOB</Input>
<Output>C:\Filmai\namas.d2v</Output>
<FilesToDelete />
<LoadSources>false</LoadSources>
<DemuxVideo>false</DemuxVideo>
<DemuxMode>1</DemuxMode>
- <AudioTracks>
- <AudioTrackInfo>
- <TrackInfo>
<Language>Russian</Language>
</TrackInfo>
<Language>Russian</Language>
<TrackIDx>80</TrackIDx>
<TrackID>128</TrackID>
<ContainerType>MPEG-PS</ContainerType>
<Index>0</Index>
<Type>AC-3</Type>
<NbChannels>6 channels</NbChannels>
<SamplingRate>48.0 KHz</SamplingRate>
</AudioTrackInfo>
</AudioTracks>
- <PostprocessingProperties>
<AudioJobs />
- <DirectMuxAudio>
- <MuxStream>
<path>::128::</path>
- <TrackInfo>
<Language>Russian</Language>
</TrackInfo>
<delay>0</delay>
<language>Russian</language>
</MuxStream>
</DirectMuxAudio>
<AutoDeinterlace>true</AutoDeinterlace>
<AutoDeriveAR>false</AutoDeriveAR>
<SignalAR>false</SignalAR>
<AutoCrop>true</AutoCrop>
<KeepInputResolution>false</KeepInputResolution>
<PrerenderJob>false</PrerenderJob>
<HorizontalOutputResolution>720</HorizontalOutputResolution>
<ContainerTypeString>AVI</ContainerTypeString>
- <OutputSize>
<Bytes>1565523968</Bytes>
<KB>1528832</KB>
<KBExact>1528832</KBExact>
<MB>1493</MB>
<MBExact>1493</MBExact>
<GB>1</GB>
<GBExact>1.4580078125</GBExact>
</OutputSize>
<Splitting xsi:nil="true" />
<DAR xsi:nil="true" />
- <AvsSettings>
<Mod16Method>none</Mod16Method>
<Resize>true</Resize>
<Template><input> <deinterlace> <crop> <resize> <denoise></Template>
<ResizeMethod>Spline64</ResizeMethod>
<DenoiseMethod>MinimalNoise</DenoiseMethod>
<Deinterlace>false</Deinterlace>
<Denoise>false</Denoise>
<IVTC>false</IVTC>
<MPEG2Deblock>true</MPEG2Deblock>
<ColourCorrect>true</ColourCorrect>
<DSS2>false</DSS2>
</AvsSettings>
- <VideoSettings xsi:type="xvidSettings">
<EncodingMode>4</EncodingMode>
<BitrateQuantizer>1000</BitrateQuantizer>
<KeyframeInterval>250</KeyframeInterval>
<NbBframes>1</NbBframes>
<MinQuantizer>2</MinQuantizer>
<MaxQuantizer>31</MaxQuantizer>
<Turbo>false</Turbo>
<V4MV>false</V4MV>
<QPel>false</QPel>
<Trellis>true</Trellis>
<CreditsQuantizer>32</CreditsQuantizer>
- <FourCCs>
<string>XVID</string>
<string>DIVX</string>
<string>DX50</string>
<string>MP4V</string>
</FourCCs>
<Logfile>.stats</Logfile>
<VideoName />
<CustomEncoderOptions />
<FourCC>0</FourCC>
<MaxNumberOfPasses>2</MaxNumberOfPasses>
<NbThreads>3</NbThreads>
<Quantizer>1000</Quantizer>
<MotionSearchPrecision>6</MotionSearchPrecision>
<VHQMode>4</VHQMode>
<MinPQuant>2</MinPQuant>
<MaxPQuant>31</MaxPQuant>
<MinBQuant>2</MinBQuant>
<MaxBQuant>31</MaxBQuant>
<BQuantRatio>150</BQuantRatio>
<BQuantOffset>100</BQuantOffset>
<KeyFrameBoost>100</KeyFrameBoost>
<KeyframeThreshold>1</KeyframeThreshold>
<KeyframeReduction>20</KeyframeReduction>
<OverflowControlStrength>5</OverflowControlStrength>
<MaxOverflowImprovement>5</MaxOverflowImprovement>
<MaxOverflowDegradation>5</MaxOverflowDegradation>
<HighBitrateDegradation>30</HighBitrateDegradation>
<LowBitrateImprovement>15</LowBitrateImprovement>
<ReactionDelayFactor>16</ReactionDelayFactor>
<AveragingPeriod>100</AveragingPeriod>
<FrameDropRatio>0</FrameDropRatio>
<RateControlBuffer>0</RateControlBuffer>
<XvidProfile>0</XvidProfile>
<VbvPeakRate>0</VbvPeakRate>
<VbvMaxRate>0</VbvMaxRate>
<VbvBuffer>0</VbvBuffer>
<PackedBitstream>true</PackedBitstream>
<GMC>false</GMC>
<ChromaMotion>true</ChromaMotion>
<ClosedGOP>true</ClosedGOP>
<VHQForBframes>true</VHQForBframes>
<AdaptiveQuant>false</AdaptiveQuant>
<Interlaced>false</Interlaced>
<BottomFieldFirst>true</BottomFieldFirst>
<LumiMasking>false</LumiMasking>
<BframeThreshold>0</BframeThreshold>
<QuantizerMatrix>D:\Soft\Video\Matrices\eqm_v3lr.xcm</QuantizerMatrix>
</VideoSettings>
<CustomAR>1</CustomAR>
<ChapterFile>C:\dvd\namas\VTS_01 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt</ChapterFile>
<FinalOutput>C:\Filmai\namas.avi</FinalOutput>
<DeviceOutputType>Standard</DeviceOutputType>
<UseChaptersMarks>false</UseChaptersMarks>
</PostprocessingProperties>
</Job>
<RequiredJobNames />
<EnabledJobNames />
<Name>job1</Name>
<Status>WAITING</Status>
<Start>0001-01-01T00:00:00</Start>
<End>0001-01-01T00:00:00</End>
</TaggedJob>

[Raere]

In .1053, the x264 config window is pretty buggy. If automated 2pass and turbo are selected, a bunch of options are grayed out. I have to manually enqueue both passes so that the 2nd pass can have the more advanced options.

[owais]

guys i m experiencing low fps while encoding using x264. I have try several patches but fps remain same
previously while encoding anime i was getting fps around 50 in avs-script
now only 10 fps
so please if there is any solution kindly or harshly tell me

[buzzqw]

post avs script and preset used

BHH

[owais]

avsscript was empty just a command for the source

[poisondeathray]

@owais - same encoding conditions? You're not surfing or playing games that could steal cpu cycles?

[buzzqw]

...maybe related to decoding

are you using DSS ?

BHH

[DeWTurk]

I didn't understand

error

@edit: rule 6 should be pretty clear to everybody!

[avdw]

Pirate detected !!!! :mad:

MODS, There is a pirate here !!!! :mad::mad::mad:

[SquallMX]

In .1053, the x264 config window is pretty buggy. If automated 2pass and turbo are selected, a bunch of options are grayed out. I have to manually enqueue both passes so that the 2nd pass can have the more advanced options.

Same problem here :eek:.

[Jorsher]

i like applesauce

[m0nkie]

when encoding audio file output file has very distinguishable click (sound of the click) in the beginning. i found out it disappears when i uncheck 'normalize peeks'. is there a solution for using normalize?

[owais]

guys what is the latest version? i m having build 1051, is this the latest one?

p.s i just went to megui sourceforge bla bla there was 1053

[St Devious]

guys what is the latest version? i m having build 1051, is this the latest one?

p.s i just went to megui sourceforge bla bla there was 1053

megui hasn't updated anything in a while, don't know what's up

[cy]

Hi,

Not sure if i should ask this here or in the AVC forum, but anyway;

I've been wondering if it's "normal" that when thread input is set to "0" (auto), my cpu (q9450 @ 3.4GHz) usage
never reaches 100%, but fluctuates between 65% and 97%, with ~75% being the average.

I seem to remember that when i had a dualcore cpu (E6600), cpu usage always was at 100% when encoding.

I don't think avisynth is bottlenecking anything, because i don't use cpu intensive filters or such.
Here's an example of a script i might use:

# Set DAR in encoder to 37 : 20. The following line is for automatic signalling
global MeGUI_darx = 37
global MeGUI_dary = 20
DGDecode_mpeg2source("Y:\MOVIES\Absence of Malice (1981) PAL DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, threads=0)
crop( 10, 12, -10, -16)
Undot() # Minimal Noise

I've been doing some testing and i've noticed, that when i manually change the thread input to something higher
than 6 threads, cpu usage goes up and so does fps encoding rate.
I need to at least set threading to 10 or 12 to fully saturate the cpu.

For example, using the above script to encode a pal dvd with:

- unrestricted 1 pass const. quality HQ
- tuning = film
- CRF18
- threads=0
- otherwise default settings

program --profile high --preset fast --tune film --crf 18 --thread-input --deblock -1:-1 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid
--ref 5 --no-mbtree --me umh --subme 6 --partitions all --trellis 2 --output "output" "input"

encoding speed is ~20.5 fps.

However, if i manually set threads=10, i get 99-100% cpu usage and ~26.8 fps, which is a ~30% speedup.

I've searched around to find more information regarding threading and cpu usage, especially with quadcore cpu's without hyperthreading, but
haven't found conclusive information, so i'm still wondering if this is "normal" or not.
I thought leaving threading at 0 (auto), which in my case would make 6 threads ( 4x 1.5) would be the best, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

Are there any "important" downsides to me upping the threading to 10 or 12 to saturate my cpu?
Are there folks with a quadcore cpu who get 100% cpu usage and max encoding speed with threads set to auto?

(Btw, i'm using the latest megui and x.264, avisynth 2.5.8, ffdshow beta6 rev 2527)

[St Devious]

strange errors with 1053

http://i25.tinypic.com/2qscdo9.png

[ztomic]

--[NoImage] Standard error stream: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe: unrecognised option `--no-mbtree'

Just installed megui and got this error on first job try. Fixed with x264 r.1206 downloaded from sharktooth-- see post http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=89979

[tebasuna51]

when encoding audio file output file has very distinguishable click (sound of the click) in the beginning. i found out it disappears when i uncheck 'normalize peeks'. is there a solution for using normalize?

Please :logfile: and samples (short samples is enough).

[owais]

i m alive !!!


but i hav seen latest version of x264 1210

[SacredCultivator]

Just wondering... with the new patches for x264(1210), mkvmerge(2.9.8), nicaudio(2009-08-12), anyone NOT able to update to the latest?

When I try to update those three I get:
---
Updating x264. File 1/3.
Updating mkvmerge. File 2/3.
Updating nicaudio. File 3/3.
Update completed.
0 file was completed successfully
3 files had problems.
---



---
EDIT:
Nevermind, seemed to have fixed itself after trying again.

[easy2Bcheesy]

Oops... answered earlier!

[m3mbran3]

megui hasn't updated anything in a while, don't know what's up

I'm not sure what has happened to the original megui update servers but they have not been updated for a while. i'm using a server kurtnoise mentioned somewhere in this thread, you can add it by going to the settings then

extra config -> configure servers

delete what you have and add

http://kurtnoise.free.fr/MeGUI/

I'm not sure on how upto date it is with the various programs but it is picking up 0.3.1.1053 as the latest version.

[St Devious]

I'm not sure what has happened to the original megui update servers but they have not been updated for a while. i'm using a server kurtnoise mentioned somewhere in this thread, you can add it by going to the settings then

extra config -> configure servers

delete what you have and add

http://kurtnoise.free.fr/MeGUI/

I'm not sure on how upto date it is with the various programs but it is picking up 0.3.1.1053 as the latest version.


thank you

[nakTT]

I'm not sure what has happened to the original megui update servers but they have not been updated for a while. i'm using a server kurtnoise mentioned somewhere in this thread, you can add it by going to the settings then

extra config -> configure servers

delete what you have and add

http://kurtnoise.free.fr/MeGUI/

I'm not sure on how upto date it is with the various programs but it is picking up 0.3.1.1053 as the latest version.
That link is for experimental version. The 'official' version is still unchanged.

[m3mbran3]

I like to live life on the edge ;)

[chuck67]

will i need a codec pack installed before i install meGui?

[St Devious]

will i need a codec pack installed before i install meGui?

no, just install Avisynth, ffdshow tryout and Haali Splitter and you should be fine.

[nurbs]

No, in fact it's not recommended to install codec packs. It might be helpful if you installed ffdshow (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/).

edit:
Late again. I agree with everything St Devious said.

[chuck67]

ok thank u guys for ur help.

[Rodger]

I found a bug! But it has to be added recently?!
I´m sure otherwise I´d have it noticed quicker.

See the video HERE (http://rapidshare.de/files/48158940/Bug.ts.html) for what I mean.

greetz
Rodger

[rapscallion]

I'm processing an BD mpeg2 stream and the ffdshow video setting gives 2 choices for the codec, libmpeg2 or libavcodec.

I've done a search and can't find info on which one is preferred. They both work, however in the video preview libav starts the video a a few frames later, with a pixelated screen (still). Once play is started it's fine. I don't know if that's significant, so thought I'd ask here which one to use?

[SacredCultivator]

I was just wondering if I prefer to use 1pass Const. Quality (x264), but at the same time would like to have it be compatible with many players, or at least as many as possible, what settigns might I need to take into consideration of changing in order to have best playback playability for DVD Players/Consoles/iPhone.

The settings I currently use are:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/w5zo8o

I know there are 2-pass presets that do this, but I prefer to use 1pass as I don't mind for the size output.

Thanks.