Avidemux (with emphasis on x264/h264 GUI)

[Plamen234]

It seems I don't experience such problem.
I always use mp4/mkv container for x264 video stream - and AVInaptic gets all the information

Name: lotr3-5a_sample_clip2_cropped_sar253x178.mp4
Date: 16/08/2007 15:02:51
Size: 68,215,177 bytes (65.055 MB)

[ Generic info ]

Play duration: 00:03:47 (227.48 s)
Container type: MP4/MOV
Major brand: JVT AVC version 0
Compatible brands: ISO Base Media
Creation time: 15/08/2007 10:41:13 UTC
Modification time: 15/08/2007 10:41:13 UTC
Number of streams: 1
Type of stream nr. 1: video (avc1) {GPAC ISO Video Handler}
Audio streams: 0

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 720 x 416
Width: multiple of 16
Height: multiple of 32

[ Video track ]

Codec: avc1
Resolution: 720 x 416
Frame aspect ratio: 45:26 = 1.730769
Pixel aspect ratio: 1:1 = 1
Display aspect ratio: 45:26 = 1.730769
Framerate: 25 fps
Number of frames: 5687
Bitrate: 2396.695656 kbps

[ About H.264 encoding ]

User data: x264
User data: core 56 svn-669
User data: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec
User data: Copyleft 2005
User data: http://www.videolan.org/x264.html
User data: cabac=1
User data: ref=8
User data: deblock=1:0:0
User data: analyse=0x3:0x133
User data: me=umh
User data: subme=7
User data: brdo=1
User data: mixed_ref=1
User data: me_range=16
User data: chroma_me=1
User data: trellis=2
User data: 8x8dct=1
User data: cqm=0
User data: deadzone=21,11
User data: chroma_qp_offset=0
User data: threads=1
User data: nr=0
User data: decimate=0
User data: mbaff=0
User data: bframes=4
User data: b_pyramid=1
User data: b_adapt=1
User data: b_bias=0
User data: direct=1
User data: wpredb=1
User data: bime=1
User data: keyint=250
User data: keyint_min=25
User data: scenecut=40
User data: rc=crf
User data: crf=18.0
User data: rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)'
User data: qcomp=0.60
User data: qpmin=10
User data: qpmax=51
User data: qpstep=4
User data: ip_ratio=1.40
User data: pb_ratio=1.30
SPS id: 0
Profile: High@L5.1
Num ref frames: 11
PPS id: 0
Entropy coding type: CABAC
Weighted prediction: No

This report was created by AVInaptic (http://fsinapsi.altervista.org) (30-07-2007) on 17 ago 2007, h 22:09:42


[ About file ]

Name: lotr3-5a_sample_clip2_cropped_sar64x45.mkv
Date: 8/08/2007 03:28:29
Size: 51,862,061 bytes (49.46 MB)

[ Generic info ]

Play duration: 00:03:47 (227.48 s)
Container type: matroska
Number of streams: 1
Type of stream nr. 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC)
Audio streams: 0
Muxing Application: Haali Matroska Writer b0
Writing Application: x264

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 720 x 416
Width: multiple of 16
Height: multiple of 32

[ Video track ]

Codec ID: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Resolution: 720 x 416
Frame aspect ratio: 45:26 = 1.730769
Pixel aspect ratio: 64:45 = 1.422222
Display aspect ratio: 32:13 = 2.461538
Framerate: 25 fps

[ About H.264 encoding ]

User data: x264
User data: core 56 svn-667
User data: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec
User data: Copyleft 2005
User data: http://www.videolan.org/x264.html
User data: cabac=1
User data: ref=3
User data: deblock=1:0:0
User data: analyse=0x3:0x133
User data: me=umh
User data: subme=7
User data: brdo=1
User data: mixed_ref=1
User data: me_range=16
User data: chroma_me=1
User data: trellis=1
User data: 8x8dct=1
User data: cqm=0
User data: deadzone=21,11
User data: chroma_qp_offset=0
User data: threads=1
User data: nr=0
User data: decimate=0
User data: mbaff=0
User data: bframes=3
User data: b_pyramid=1
User data: b_adapt=1
User data: b_bias=0
User data: direct=1
User data: wpredb=1
User data: bime=1
User data: keyint=250
User data: keyint_min=25
User data: scenecut=40
User data: rc=2pass
User data: bitrate=1819
User data: ratetol=1.0
User data: rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)'
User data: qcomp=0.60
User data: qpmin=10
User data: qpmax=51
User data: qpstep=4
User data: cplxblur=20.0
User data: qblur=0.5
User data: ip_ratio=1.40
User data: pb_ratio=1.30
SPS id: 0
Profile: High@L5.1
Num ref frames: 6
PPS id: 0
Entropy coding type: CABAC
Weighted prediction: No

This report was created by AVInaptic (http://fsinapsi.altervista.org) (30-07-2007) on 17 ago 2007, h 22:15:54

[Schrade]

Is there a way to get the information to show up in an already encoded MP4? i.e. re-mux it and it'll appear? Or do you just have to start with an .avi and then re-mux it with YAMB/MP4Box to get it to show up?

@Plamen234: We're talking about Avidemux though, not x264.exe output.

[jeffy]

Thank you for your replies.
I was misguided by Wikipedia:
Programs Using Snow

The following open-source video editing programs can encode to Snow format:

* Avidemux
* LiVES
* MeGUI


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_%28codec%29

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Is there a way to get the information to show up in an already encoded MP4? i.e. re-mux it and it'll appear? Or do you just have to start with an .avi and then re-mux it with YAMB/MP4Box to get it to show up?

The encoding information are just not there, when creating an MP4 file in Avidemux. Re-muxing won't make those information appear magically.


x264 can be configured in two modes :
* Repeat all headers at each gop/idr boundary
* Put only one header (global header mode)

Avi is using the 1st mode
mp4 is using the 2nd.

Either the infos are not there or they are stripped by lavformat when creating the file.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

It seems I don't experience such problem.
I always use mp4/mkv container for x264 video stream - and AVInaptic gets all the information

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1034810&postcount=598
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1034816&postcount=600

:rolleyes:

[LoRd_MuldeR]

@Schrade:
It seems the problem of disappearing "User Data" in MP4 was fixed :)

I have the fix ready, but i'll have to wait for berlios to accept incoming ssh.

Should work with the next Avidemux build I think.

[Schrade]

Woo awesome! Thanks for explaining it to them and getting it fixed!

Another fix they've done recently is to not write the Title/Author tags in an MP4. For whatever reason this has increased x264 setting compatibility for PSP encoding. Previous to this fix if you enabled many of the supported settings in the x264 config window for a PSP encode, the encoded video would show up as not playable on the PSP.

I really have no clue what they did to fix it since they didn't really mention it in any changelog but I'm glad it works again :) I'm hoping to release a script people can put in their C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\avidemux\custom folder to switch to maximum quality settings that are compatible with the PSP.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3535 (2007-08-19)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


3535 - [QT] main window - fix Play menu item + make zoom items checkable + add preview modes to menu
3534 - [QT] add shortcuts and accelerators to main window
3533 - [GTK] Mysterious change happened, dont crash
3532 - [QT] GTK style layout for main window
3531 - [Codec] Re-enable rgb16 codec
3530 - [Filters] Move to proper place
3529 - [MP4+X264] Put user data/SEI with 1st frame in mp4 mode
3528 - [DialogFactory] Slider patch (Chris McGregor)
3527 - [QT4] Remove the manual rgb to bgr, faster display
3526 - [QT] fix r3525 to support earlier versions of Qt4
3525 - [QT] increase range of audio time shift
3524 - [GTK] allow manual entry of audio time shift
3523 - [OCR] fix crash when closing TS OCR window
3522 - [Win32] flush stdout before and during backtrace
3521 - [Prefs] restore xfilter tab + link xfilter options + save xfilter option + change Glyph option to checkbox
3520 - [lav] OS friendly CPU detection
3519 - [Codec] enable Snow decoder
3518 - [Codec] new auto-detect threads option for all MT codecs + permit more than 4 threads + MT can now be disabled for x264
3517 - [CPU] Allow user to disable individually simd extension, require a restart atm

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[Gromozeka]

But where bug fix custom matrices x264? :)

[LoRd_MuldeR]

But where bug fix custom matrices x264? :)

There is no bug, it's just not implemented yet. You will have to wait until somebody is willing to do it...
Maybe a friendly feature-request post on the Avidemux forum can speed things up ;)

[Gromozeka]

There is no bug, it's just not implemented yet. You will have to wait until somebody is willing to do it...
Maybe a friendly feature-request post on the Avidemux forum can speed things up ;)

I have bad speaking english and not will be asked. :(
In this I'm stupid!
Буду учить английский

[mean]

или французский :)

It is coming...

[Gromozeka]

Английский я худо бедно в школе учил, а французский надо с нуля :( Да и не так он актуален! памятник еще надо поставить учителю русского языка - большую часть слов без ошибок и с припинанием научила писать!
P.s: Да, чего там говорить мы даже русский до конца не знаем, так - стандартные фразы: привет, пока, а язык, на котором говорил Пушкин нам не по зубам! :)

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3553 (2007-08-23)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


3553 - [lav] "official" stack alignment fix
3552 - [QT] enable spacebar + tidy ups
3551 - [QT] enable mute button
3550 - [QT] jump to frame and time via the textboxes on main window
3549 - [QT] Matrix diaElem for QT
3548 - [QT] clip path from script name in Custom menu + refresh Custom menu after saving new project
3547 - [QT] enable Up/Down keys for audio shift + fix focus issues
3546 - [QT] enable modifier keys for slider (Shift+Mouse = don't lock to intra frames; Shift+Left/Right = jump 25 frames; Ctrl+Left/Right = jump 50 frames)
3545 - [GTK] disable seeking via the cursor keys when altering the audio time shift or current frame index
3544 - [Automake] Fix makefile for matrix
3543 - [DialogFactory] new dialogFactory widget : matrix (incomplete)
3542 - [QT] smoother seeking with mouse + set main window title to the same as GTK
3541 - [QT] enable cursor keys for seeking
3540 - [QT] new slider
3539 - [Filters] Move more filters to proper place (all the ones that have dialog for both qt and gtk)
3538 - [QT] default generic progress window to 0%
3537 - [AVI] fix random crash when opening AVI files with audio
3536 - [H264] Factorize some defines
3535 - [QT] main window - fix Play menu item + make zoom items checkable + add preview modes to menu

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[Mudalanera]

Hi

I am new here and I have a question:

How can I join two MKV files which are in h264? I know you can join with Virtual Dub, but it only allows XviD and I don't want to reencode h264 to XviD :(


Note: I haven't much knowledge with encoding... so try to explain it the easiest way possible ^^'

[DarkZell666]

First link here : http://www.google.fr/search?q=join+mkv

By the way as you may have noticed this is the avidemux topic, and avidemux isn't able to join 2 mkv files unless you output the video and audio in MP4 or AVI (even if it does open MKV it doesn't output MKV yet).

Edit: another hit on the same result page from google was this : http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=109485

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3563 (2007-08-26)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


3563 - [Output] Flv output
3562 - [Output] FLV output (incomplete)
3561 - [VBR] fix large leak after building VBR time map
3560 - [GUI] fix mem leaks
3559 - [Cosmetic] correct syntax to make finding leaks easier
3558 - [lav] fix mem leaks
3557 - [Win32] make back-tracing function public for debugging purposes
3556 - [mplex] reduce verbosity
3555 - [Filter] only #include <vector> where necessary
3554 - [CMake] fix HAVE_LIBINTL_H endif
3553 - [lav] "official" stack alignment fix

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[Schrade]

This is just a post translating the Avidemux2 options to x264 command line options. This is useful for those of us who see an example x264 commandline from a forum post and then want to test it out in Avidemux2.




Bitrate Tab
Most everything here is self explanatory. Skipping.

Motion & Misc Tab

Motion Estimation
Partition Decision: --subme, --b-rdo
Method: --me
Range: --merange
Max. Ref. Frames: --ref
Chroma ME: --no-chroma-me
Mixed Refs: --mixed-refs
Fast P-Skip: --no-fast-pskip
DCT Decimate: --no-dct-decimate
Interlace: --interlaced

Sample Aspect Ratio (A/R)
Self Explanatory, Skipping.

Misc. Options
CABAC: --no-cabac
Trellis: --trellis
Noise Reduction: --nr
Deblocking Filter: --nf
Strength: --filter X,
Threshold: --filter ,X

Partitions & Frames Tab

Partition Macroblocks
8x8 Transform: --8x8dct (Req. High Profile)
8x8, 8x16 and 16x8 P-frame search: --analyse b8x8
8x8, 8x16 and 16x8 B-frame search: --analyse p8x8
4x4, 4x8 and 8x4 P-frame search: --analyse p4x4
8x8 Intra search: --analyse i8x8 (Req. High Profile)
4x4 Intra search: --analyse ix4x

B-Frames
Max Consecutive: --bframes
Bias: --b bias X
Use as reference: --b-pyramid (Req. High Profile)
Bidirectional ME: --bime
Adaptative DCT: --no-b-adapt
Weight biprediction: --weightb
B-Frame Direct Mode: --direct

Rate Control Tab

Bitrate
Keyframe boost (%): ??????
B-frame reduction (%): ??????
Bitrate variability (%): ??????

Quantization Limits
Min Qp: --qpmin
Max Qp: --qpmax
Max QP Step: --qpstep

More Rate Settings
Scene Cut Threshold: --scenecut
Min IDR frame interval: --min-keyint
Max IDR frame interval: --keyint

Video Buffer Verifier
Maximum local bitrate: --vbv-maxrate
VBV buffer size: --vbv-bufsize
Initial VBV buffer (%): --vbv-init

More Tab

Misc
Bitrate Variance: --ratetol
Quantizer Compression: --qcomp
Temp. Blur of est Frame Complexity: --cplxblur
Temp. Blur of Quant after CC: --qblur


Quantizers
Factor between I and P frame Quants: --ipratio
Factor between P and B frame Quants: --pbratio
Chroma QP Offset: --chroma-qp-offset

Quantization Matrices
Not enabled yet

[Schrade]

I'm trying to figure out a way to make JPEG thumbnails for MP4 videos for the PSP.

Does anyone know if it's possible to do this with a script in Avidemux2?

I'd want to do something like load up the video, then choose the frame I want to be the thumbnail by using the seek bar.

Run the script and the script would do the following:

1) Resize the frame to 160x120
2) If it's 4x3, do nothing special.
3) If it's anything other than 4x3, add black borders to fill it up to 160x120.
4) Open the Save JPEG Image dialogue (or just save the jpeg automatically with the video file name.)

If there's another small program out there that'll do this I'd be interested in hearing about it too. I'd prefer something with a seek bar though so it's easier to decide what scene you want as the thumbnail.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3570 (2007-08-31)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


3570 - [MP4] fix mem leak + cosmetics
3569 - [Debug] Nvwa, part 2
3568 - [Debug] Nvwa memory leak detector, enabled only in debug mode and with FIND_LEAKS defined
3567 - [TDeint] Print some infos
3566 - [DialogFactory] Take into account capabilities of codec, remove CBR mode for lavc mpeg1/2 (does not work)
3565 - [FLV] simple configuration dialog + [LAVC] some fixes about lavc encoding
3564 - [Automake] add flv output
3563 - [Output] Flv output

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3579 (2007-09-05)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


3579 - [QT4] Chris Mac Gregor : new file for sliders
3578 - [DialogFactory+Fileselector] Chris Mac Gregor : Fix for default suffix + fix for slider
3577 - [Container] Fix javascript dummy container save/load
3576 - [Container] Dummy container, useful for testing and Chris MacGregor weird filters
3575 - [Filter] Chris MacGregor funky filters
3574 - [Translations] De update (J. Martin)
3573 - [GTK/Filters] Chris Mc Gregor : Try do display filters with very long comment
3572 - [Cache] Chris Mc Gregor : Accept filter without conf
3571 - [Cache] Chris Mc Gregor : protect against multiple includes
3570 - [MP4] fix mem leak + cosmetics

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3587 (2007-09-11)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)



3587 - [Matroska write] Patch lavformat to add defaultduration atom, very useful for fixed rate video
3586 - [Matroska Read] Fix display width/height tag, identify alternate tag for div3
3585 - [Codec] Allow non standard YV12-HuffYUV
3584 - [MKV out] Set proper fps, still incomplete
3583 - [Mkv] Read the mkv generated by lavformat
3582 - [Output Format] Matroska output, VERY incomplete
3581 - [Filers] oops , forgot one file for partial in script
3580 - [SDL] Hackish SDL HW zoom
3579 - [QT4] Chris Mac Gregor : new file for sliders


For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[Romario]

Shame on you, Mean. I can't load MJPEG video recorded from compact digital camera in Avidemux. It says "error".

Can you, Mean, include MJPEG codec support in final revision of version 2.4? Thanks.

[mean]

sample ?

[bond]

Shame on you, Mean. I can't load MJPEG video recorded from compact digital camera in Avidemux. It says "error".

Can you, Mean, include MJPEG codec support in final revision of version 2.4? Thanks.shame on you? watch your words. mean, owes you nothing

striked for rule 4

[Schrade]

AVIDemux 2.4 r3587 works just fine with MJPEG video from a Canon S45 digital camera.

Here's the info from MediaInfo:
General #0
Complete name : C:\DL\Movies\Sample.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 13.5 MiB
PlayTime : 47s 933ms
Bit rate : 2367 Kbps
Mastered date : Sat Aug 25 15:03:04 2007

Writing application : CanonMVI01

Video #0
Codec : M-JPEG
Codec/Info : M-JPEG including Huffman Tables
PlayTime : 47s 933ms
Bit rate : 2266 Kbps
Width : 320 pixels
Height : 240 pixels
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 15.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.967

Audio #0
Codec : PCM
Codec/Family : PCM
Codec/Info : Microsoft PCM
PlayTime : 47s 933ms
Bit rate : 88 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 11 KHz
Resolution : 8 bits
Video0 delay : 47s 932ms
StreamSize : 516 KiB

[wata]

seem there is a bug with BframePredictionMode
from Megui
1=--direct spatial , 2=--direct temporal , 3=--direct auto
and 0=--none

but in AVIDemux (i look at the inside of an AVIDemux
x264 encode file)
3=--direct spatial , 2=--direct temporal , 1=--direct auto
and 4=--none

and
you can't select bframes=16 (max=15)

btw Quantizer CRF doesn't accept decimal number like eg 18.5 (it is either 18 or 19)

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3600 (2007-09-26)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)



Revision 3600 (26 Sep 2007)
# Updated Aften to version 0.0.8
# Updated ATK to version 1.20.0.
# Updated Cairo to version 1.4.10.
# Updated GLib to version 2.14.1.
# Updated GTK+ to version 2.12.0.
# Updated Libxml2 to 2.6.30.
# Updated Pango to version 1.18.2.
# Updated SDL to version 1.2.12.
# Updated x264 to SVN revision 680.



3600 - [Aften] fix CMake detection on Linux
3599 - [Debug] print UI info to stdout
3598 - [I18N] change underscore macro to QT_TR_NOOP + Linux fix for part I (part II)
3597 - [I18N] use Qt4's Translator instead of gettext for Qt4 UI (part I)
3596 - [CMake] drop unnecessary main function as it causes conflict on Windows and Mac
3595 - [Aften] Aften 0.08 support, part 2
3594 - [Aften] add support for Aften 0.08 (CMake only)
3593 - [Win32] update installer with GTK 2.12
3592 - [Lame out] Set disableReservoir bit to easily make FLV files
3591 - [MKV out] Fix vorbis header writting, asserts when av_write_header fails
3590 - [i18n] Translation update by zoppo
3589 - [MKV output] Use correct table for mkv tag + set a dummy time increment for audio
3588 - [TS read] Dont put stuff in debug only part. Fix could_not_open.ts
3587 - [Matroska write] Patch lavformat to add defaultduration atom, very useful for fixed rate video


For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[dado023]

hi to every1,

I dont even remember when was my last post here, i was away quite a bit :).

I discovered this software two days ago, stumbled on it when i was searching on Google for HD1920x1080i.m2t to DVD conversion....
anyway this program is gr8 it has everything i need, even FLV format....except VOB formating, but it is okay, coz i use free version of muxman for quick mpeg to vob.

my questions:

1)What gui is more stable or safer to use in winXP(avidemux2_gtk.exe or avidemux2_qt4.exe or even avidemux2_cli.exe(command line)).

2) i often use avidemux from my usb stick, but is has approx50MB, so i want to shrink it a bit, if possible, by deleting unnecessary files. The question is, what files are safe to delete if i am using a gui from question 1)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I tried and deleted qt4 exe file coz it is logically it is a standalone gui, but i am not sure what dlls can i delete......that was 7MBs reduction ......but i am almost sure there are other files that can be also deleted.


Hm, i think that is all for now :D,
plz try



Thanks in advance

[buzzqw]

after avidemux2_gtk.exe you can safely delete QtCore4.dll and QtGui4.dll and if you don't mind to use the command line, you can delete even the avidemux2_cli.exe

and then UPX all

BHH

[dado023]

Tnx for reply buzzqw

I did upx yesterday and reduced it to 18MB,....drag and drop onto upx.exe(default compresion)....

i dont use command line

1) what do you think which gui is more stable QT or GTK?
3) I have linux ubuntu 7.1 and winXPsp2.....which is better and faster for avidemux?

[LoRd_MuldeR]

1) what do you think which gui is more stable QT or GTK?

Definitely the GTK+ GUI. The QT4 GUI is work in progress...

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3625 (2007-10-07)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


Updated Qt to version 4.3.2.

3625 - [CMake] fix include path for Mac
3624 - [AMV] Mostly working amv reading + decoding, except sound
3623 - [GTK] include filename in warning message when overriding file
3622 - [I18N] update file and directory selection text
3621 - [Codec] Fix huff with 16 bpp + camtasia + enhance i/f to give that bpp information
3620 - [I18N] make various strings translatable
3619 - [CMake] fix CPU detection
3618 - [CMake] enable XVideo for Qt4 and use Qt4's libpng on Mac
3617 - [CMake] prevent register saturation with debug builds on Mac
3616 - [CMake] reorder libs so correct Freetype lib is used on Mac
3615 - [CMake] improve detection of gettext and FAAD
3614 - [CMake] find X11 libs on Mac
3613 - [codec] disable registration of Snow encoder since it isn't used anyway
3612 - [CMake] enable mangling for libavcodec on Mac + consolidate libavcodec defines
3611 - [CMake] stop clobbering of ebx in libswscale for Mac
3610 - [CMake] perform CPU and OS detection earlier
3608 - [Misc] Chris McGregor : plenty of fixes, warning fixes, and more mysterious filters
3607 - [MKV read] add a new tag, just for completeness
3606 - [Lavcodec] Workaround slice end not reached when FF_BUG_AUTODETECT is set
3605 - [Mp3 packet] Patch from yhjvgskxwizgr, try to handle better borked mp2/mp3 packet
3604 - [CMake] force Subversion to English output when extracting info
3603 - [I18N] fix automake for Linux
3602 - [I18N] ja.po update by tetsuro + update pot file
3601 - [I18N] make strings translatable
3600 - [Aften] fix CMake detection on Linux

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[dado023]

i also deleted everything i locale folders, i assume it is just translations.......it still works :D

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3639 (2007-10-10)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


# Reverted GTK+ back to version 2.10.14 (due to reports of instability).

3639 - [Win32] add Greek translation to installer + split installation of GTK & Qt4 translations
3638 - [CMake] add NO_SVN flag to turn off Subversion detection
3637 - [CMake] a more platform friendly way of forcing SVN to English
3636 - [CMake] cosmetics for Linux
3635 - [I18N] Greek po by nikos + Italian po & ts by zoppo
3634 - [CMake] build and install Qt4 ts files
3633 - [I18N] make various strings translatable for Qt4 + utf8 fixes
3632 - [CMake] only grab SVN revision if sourced from SVN
3631 - [UI] Patch from Denis Cheong, 100 frames fwd/backwd with CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT/RIGH
3630 - [Ipod] Fix resizer + set title to the filename instead of avidemux
3629 - [Auto] Add ipod +mpegvideo auto mode, update ui updater _()->QTNOOP()
3628 - [Funky filters] Chris Mac Gregor : Cleanup output patch
3627 - [JS] Denis Cheong, added clearFilters to javascript
3626 - [make] support build without gettext

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[dado023]

my frustrations are all gone............. :)

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3658 (2007-10-17)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


3658 - [Codec] Nellymoser codec backport from lavcodec, part 1
3657 - [SDL] compilation fixes for Mac
3656 - [SDL] the recommended implementation of SDL for Mac
3655 - [Jog] Part 2, try to compile it only under linux
3654 - [Jog] Part 1, make its use under #defines
3653 - [CMake] use CMake to detect SDL instead of pkg-config - better for Windows and Mac
3652 - [Debian] Debianize, incomplete, starting from C. Marillat deb package
3651 - [I18N] Italian po and ts update by zoppo + update Win32 installer with Qt qm
3650 - [CMake] build Qt ts files normally (no xslt op)
3649 - [I18N] Serbian po's by popac + update Win32 installer with po
3648 - [CMake] minor tweaks
3647 - [Package] Added debian folder from Christian Marillat 2.3 version as is
3646 - [JugShuttle] Chris Mac Gregor : Handle physical jugshuttle
3645 - [I18n] De update by Joo Martin
3644 - [Colorspace] update Makefile.am
3643 - [Color] Make a proper color conversion class
3642 - [I18N] make various strings translatable
3641 - [Huff] Stop breaking our balls huffyuv patch to make it compatible with VFW huff codec
3640 - [CMake] use CXXFLAGS when finding Aften lib + introduce NO_XV flag to turn off XVideo
3639 - [Win32] add Greek translation to installer + split installation of GTK & Qt4 translations

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3665 (2007-10-23)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


Revision 3665 (23 Oct 2007)
# Updated GLib to version 2.14.2.
# Updated Pango to version 1.18.3.

3665 - [Qt4] utf-8 filename support
3664 - [Win32] remove std::string from common headers to eliminate utf-8 conflict on Win32
3663 - [GTK] Fix drag & drop, works with nautilus and konqueror
3662 - [Codec] Update nellymoser as in lavcodec svn
3661 - [I18N] exclude qt ts files from avidemux.pro update script
3660 - [I18N] hide translation test from lupdate
3659 - [Codec] Nellymoser part2, with a hack as lavcodec returns inconsistent consumed bytes
3658 - [Codec] Nellymoser codec backport from lavcodec, part 1

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[rfmmars]

This message started showing up after the last few builds, it now happens with any build going back to May 2007.

I have deleted the folder/un-installed but it still happens. Program doesn't see the sample external filter when function is choosen inside AviDemux.

Richard

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Avidemux 2.4 Revision 3676 (2007-10-31)

Download Mirror #1: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/ (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#avidemux)
Download Mirror #2: http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/ (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/#avidemux2.4)


Revision 3676 (31 Oct 2007)
# Updated FAAC to version 1.26.
# Updated FAAD2 to version 2.6.
# Updated x264 to SVN revision 681.

3676 - [I18N] Greek update by nikos
3675 - [Filter] Revert dvbsub
3674 - [Filter] Dont show dvbsub, it is internal only
3673 - [Codec] Re-enable snow, it is needed by mcDeinterlace internally
3672 - [Codec] Disable autodetect bug as it causes more problems than it solves
3671 - [cosmetic] Display container name for mp4/psp/...
3670 - [i18N] JM : cs.po update
3669 - [Mac] disable custom memory management for Mac
3668 - [.desktop] Put in audiovideo categorie
3667 - [I18N] Italian po & ts update by zoppo
3666 - [Jog] header fix
3665 - [Qt4] utf-8 filename support

For a complete list of all (previous) changes, have a look at the Changelog (http://www.razorbyte.com.au/avidemux/2.4/SVN/Change%20Log.html) :cool:

[St Devious]

Crashes a lot for me with MPEG-2 while previewing filters . Also the audio and video r out of sync with MPEG-2 video . even after copying both the streams to a new file and only applying filters .

does it generate some sort of crash log so i can give it to u ?

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Crashes a lot for me with MPEG-2 while previewing filters . Also the audio and video r out of sync with MPEG-2 video . even after copying both the streams to a new file and only applying filters .

does it generate some sort of crash log so i can give it to u ?

See the log files: stdout.txt + stderr.txt in install folder!

Bug reports belong to:
http://bugs.avidemux.org/

BTW: Sure you are using the latest SVN Builds? Which filters cause problem? Tried to fix your MPEG-2 files with ProjectX?

[St Devious]

See the log files: stdout.txt + stderr.txt in install folder!

Bug reports belong to:
http://bugs.avidemux.org/

BTW: Sure you are using the latest SVN Builds? Which filters cause problem? Tried to fix your MPEG-2 files with ProjectX?

i dont see the stderr.txt file in the install folder . Whenevr i press the preview button after aplying the filters , it crashes . Yes i corrected my mpeg-2 file with videoredo .

[DarkZell666]

So what's in stdout.txt then ?

[St Devious]

Here's the stdout after latest crash .

*************************
Avidemux v2.4 (r3676)
*************************
http://www.avidemux.org
Code : Mean, JSC, Gruntster
GFX : Nestor Di , nestordi@augcyl.org
Design : Jakub Misak
FreeBSD : Anish Mistry, amistry@am-productions.biz
Audio : Mihail Zenkov
MacOsX : Kuisathaverat
Win32 : Gruntster

Compiler: GCC 4.2.1
Build Target: Microsoft Windows (x86)
User Interface: GTK+ (2.10.14)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (5.1.2600; 32-bit)

Initialising prefs
Directory C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\avidemux exists.Good.
Using C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\avidemux as base directory for prefs/jobs/...
Preferences found and loaded
[cpuCaps]Checking CPU capabilities
MMX detected
MMXEXT detected
SSE detected
SSE2 detected
[cpuCaps]End of CPU capabilities check (cpuMask :ffffffff)

Registering Encoders
*********************
MJPEG encoder registered
Xvid-4 encoder registered
FFmpeg encoder registered

3 encoder(s) registered

[SDL] Version: 1.2.12
[SDL] Setting video driver to Microsoft Windows GDI
[SDL] Initialisation succeeded
[SDL] Video Driver: windib

Initializing WinSock
WinSock ok

[Locale] setlocale English_United States.1252
[Locale] Textdomain was messages
[Locale] Textdomain is now avidemux
[Locale] Test: _File

Initializing Dithering tables
[xvid] Initializing global Xvid 4
[xvid] Build: xvid-1.2.0-dev
[xvid] SIMD supported: (cf)
MMX
MMXEXT
SSE
SSE2
Found 19 video encoder
Found 10 audio encoder
Found 13 Format
Directory C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\avidemux\custom exists.Good.
No custom script
Found 0 custom scripts, adding them
Menu built
The screen seems to be 1024 x 740 px
Initializing postproc
Deleting post proc
updating post proc
Enabled type:3 strength:3

Registering Filters
*********************

Using dummy audio device
Unable to load [libamrnb-2.dll]: The specified module could not be found.


Unable to load [libdts.dll]: The specified module could not be found.


Spidermonkey initialized.
No crash file (C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\avidemux/crash.js)
ba010000 -> ba010000

Mpeg file detected...
Filesystem is writable
Probing E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg for streams...
Probing : E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg
There was several files, but dont append was forced

Simple loading:
file: E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg, size: 153566164
found 1 files
Done
E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg looks like Mpeg PS (197/2462)
Creating mpeg PS demuxer main Pid: EA
There was several files, but dont append was forced

Simple loading:
file: E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg, size: 153566164
found 1 files
Done
Probe exceeded
Refill failed at 0
Stopped at 0, 0 MB
c0: there is something 413 kb
e0: there is something 9701 kb
Found video as e0, and 1 audio tracks
Probing : E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg
There was several files, but dont append was forced

Simple loading:
file: E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg, size: 153566164
found 1 files
Done
E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg looks like Mpeg PS (197/2462)

Auto adding:
file 1: E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg, size: 153566164
file: E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220149.mpg not found.
found 1 files
Done
Creating mpeg PS demuxer main Pid: E0
There was several files, but dont append was forced

Simple loading:
file: E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg, size: 153566164
found 1 files
Done
*********Indexing started (2 audio tracks)***********
Dmx IO: End of file met (153566160 / 153566164 seg1)
DmxPS: cannot sync at 153566160/0
Refill failed at 153410494

io error , aborting sync 1
*********Indexing Ended (2 audio tracks)***********
Time difference:192 s
25000 :50000 / 25093 , 49.813999
Seems to be frame encoded
*********Indexing stopped***********
Found :464 gop
Found :4818 image
Average fps :25093 /1000 fps
594d4441 -> 594d4441

New mpeg index file detected..

opening d2v file : E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg.idx
For file :E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg
Pic :720x576, 25000 fps
#Gop :464
#Img :4818
Creating mpeg PS demuxer main Pid: E0
There was several files, but dont append was forced

Simple loading:
file: E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg, size: 153566164
found 1 files
Done
Dropping 2 last B/P frames
Creating start sequence (32)..

0000 : ...³-.@#.a£€...µ 00 00 01 b3 2d 02 40 23 0f 61 a3 80 00 00 01 b5
0010 : .‚.......µ#....B 14 82 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 b5 23 06 06 06 0b 42
0020 : .....¸...@...... 12 00 00 00 01 b8 00 08 00 40 00 00 01 00 00 0f
0030 : ÿø ff f8
Image :72834, seqLen : 34 seq 0 0 1 b3
Reordering mpeg frames
Renumbered Gop 1 /464

opening dmx file for audio track : E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg.idx
Creating mpeg PS demuxer main Pid: C0
There was several files, but dont append was forced

Simple loading:
file: E:\TV Capture\Video\Z Punjabi 2007-11-04_220148.mpg, size: 153566164
found 1 files
Done
Building index with 464 sync points
Filling audio header
Audio index loaded, probing...
Probing track:0, pid: 0 pes:c0

DMX audio initialized (6627840 bytes)
With 464 sync point
Mpeg index file successfully read
The video codec has some extradata (34 bytes)

0000 : ...³-.@#.a£€...µ 00 00 01 b3 2d 02 40 23 0f 61 a3 80 00 00 01 b5
0010 : .‚.......µ#....B 14 82 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 b5 23 06 06 06 0b 42
0020 : .. 12 00
Deleting post proc
Initializing postproc
Deleting post proc
updating post proc
Enabled type:3 strength:3
[Editor] Duration in seconds : 192 , in samples : 0

Decoder FCC: MPEG (4745504D)
Searching decoder (720 x 576, extradataSize:34)...

using Mpeg1/2 codec (libmpeg2)
[lavc] Build: 3352580
[lavc] Decoder init: CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO video decoder initialized!

checking for B-Frames...
* # * # * # * # * # * # * #
* # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * #
* # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * #
* #

Mmm this appear to have b-frame...

And the index is ok

Frames re-ordered, B-frame friendly now :)
End of B-frame check

Editor :Audio streamer initialized
Audio codec: MP2-3
Mpeg1/2 audio codec created
[GTK] Changing size to 720 576
[GTK] Changing size to 720 576
[GTK] Changing size to 720 576

** conf updated **

72 tag

58 tag

6 tag

39 tag

found : 4 filters
Saving crash file to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\avidemux/crash.js

**Saving script project **
Conf size : 0

*********** EXCEPTION **************
Registers:
EAX: 00000010 EBX: 0617C3DC ECX: 06378A6C EDX: 000002F0 ESI: 05AD0030
EDI: 0637A1F0 ESP: 0021DF38 EBP: 0022AB18 EIP: 007292B9 EFlags: 00210202

Exception Code: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (C0000005)
Exception Flags: 00000000

Origin:
C:\Program Files\Avidemux 2.4\avidemux2_gtk.exe(ff_snow_inner_add_yblock_sse2+0x3292B9) [0x007292B9]
*********** EXCEPTION **************

*********** BACKTRACE **************
Frame 0: C:\Program Files\Avidemux 2.4\avidemux2_gtk.exe(Z16exceptionHandlerP17_EXCEPTION_RECORDPvP8_CONTEXTS1_+0x10F02E) [0x0050F02E]
Frame 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll(RtlConvertUlongToLargeInteger+0x37BF) [0x7C9037BF]
Frame 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll(RtlConvertUlongToLargeInteger+0x378B) [0x7C90378B]
Frame 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll(KiUserExceptionDispatcher+0xEAFA) [0x7C90EAFA]
Frame 4: C:\Program Files\Avidemux 2.4\avidemux2_gtk.exe(ff_spatial_dwt+0x2D2F71) [0x006D2F71]
Frame 5: C:\Program Files\Avidemux 2.4\avidemux2_gtk.exe(ff_spatial_dwt+0x2D5745) [0x006D5745]
Frame 6: C:\Program Files\Avidemux 2.4\avidemux2_gtk.exe(avcodec_encode_video+0x15011B) [0x0055011B]
Frame 7: (<unknown>+0x65430) [0x05165430]
*********** BACKTRACE **************

Cleaning up
[lavc] Destroyed
Deleting post proc
Waiting for Spidermonkey to finish...
Cleaning up Spidermonkey.
[SDL] Quitting...
End of cleanup

Images stat:
___________
Max memory consumed (MB) : 12757
Current memory consumed (MB) : 1822
Max image used : 22
Cur image used : 3
Global mem stat
______________
Memory consumed: 19 (MB)

Goodbye...

[Schrade]

For those looking for pre-built Mac Intel versions (no PPC, unfortunately) you can get them here:

http://www.harryvanderwolf.dyndns.org/index.php?lang=en&subject=Avidemux&texttag=Avidemux

[Jay Bee]

I just checked out Avidemux v2.4 Preview-3 after a long time of not keeping up to date: it's really coming along fine! The amount of different video and container types it can both input and output is fantastic, plus built-in yadif!

There are however still a few problems that force me to stay with Virtual Dub at the moment. First the show stoppers, then the annoyances (all Qt4):

1) Fonts are broken in the filter manager:
http://xs121.xs.to/xs121/07462/Zwischenablagebild.png (http://xs.to)

2) The keys needed to set the editing markers ( [ and ] ) don't exist on German keyboards and you actually need to use Right Alt + 8 and Right Alt + 9 combos. :( Personally I'd love Home/End as it allows one handed editing (yeah, I'm a lazy bastard) but anything simpler than what it is now would be good enough.


Now the non-showstopping annoyances:

3) File extensions aren't appended when saving, you need to type them yourself

4) Open and save dialogs don't remember which folder the last file was opened from or saved to

5) Codec settings are set to default on every program start

6) The idx files that Avidemux creates get left behind after Avidemux is closed

7) Window gets resized every time a file is opened or the preview mode is changed

8) Compatibility with European HDTV files (samples (http://x264.nl/h.264.samples/)) is not perfect yet, some work, some don't, some crash

9) And a question not an annoyance: what exactly is the setting video/postprocessing? Does every video I open get deblocked by default?


I hope the feedback helps, keep up the good work!

EDIT: I just found out that both showstoppers aren't an issue with the GTK+ version, although finding out that [ and ] mean 8 and 9 on the keyboard and that 4,6,2,8 mean the cursor keys may be a bit hard for new users. So it looks like Avidemux is already usable for me, yay. But is there a way to change the language to English, other than deleting "share\gettext" and "share\locale"? German is a bit unfamiliar for video encoding.

EDIT2: wow, I just found the smart copy mode for xvid, another killer feature!

[LoRd_MuldeR]

I just checked out Avidemux v2.4 Preview-3 after a long time of not keeping up to date: it's really coming along fine! The amount of different video and container types it can both input and output is fantastic, plus built-in yadif!

There are however still a few problems that force me to stay with Virtual Dub at the moment. First the show stoppers, then the annoyances (all Qt4):

1) Fonts are broken in the filter manager:
http://xs121.xs.to/xs121/07462/Zwischenablagebild.png (http://xs.to)

2) The keys needed to set the editing markers ( [ and ] ) don't exist on German keyboards and you actually need to use Right Alt + 8 and Right Alt + 9 combos. :( Personally I'd love Home/End as it allows one handed editing (yeah, I'm a lazy bastard) but anything simpler than what it is now would be good enough.


Now the non-showstopping annoyances:

3) File extensions aren't appended when saving, you need to type them yourself

4) Open and save dialogs don't remember which folder the last file was opened from or saved to

5) Codec settings are set to default on every program start

6) The idx files that Avidemux creates get left behind after Avidemux is closed

7) Window gets resized every time a file is opened or the preview mode is changed

8) Compatibility with European HDTV files (samples (http://x264.nl/h.264.samples/)) is not perfect yet, some work, some don't, some crash

9) And a question not an annoyance: what exactly is the setting video/postprocessing? Does every video I open get deblocked by default?


I hope the feedback helps, keep up the good work!

EDIT: I just found out that both showstoppers aren't an issue with the GTK+ version, although finding out that [ and ] mean 8 and 9 on the keyboard and that 4,6,2,8 mean the cursor keys may be a bit hard for new users. So it looks like Avidemux is already usable for me, yay. But is there a way to change the language to English, other than deleting "share\gettext" and "share\locale"? German is a bit unfamiliar for video encoding.

EDIT2: wow, I just found the smart copy mode for xvid, another killer feature!

1) I cannot reproduce that. But it looks more like a buffer overrun or a memory/pointer issue than a font problem. Maybe you should try to make a clean re-install and try again. If you still see that issue, you should file a bug report! But remember that the QT4 interface is work in progress, still. Though it's getting better every day...

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4690/fileadmqtfiltermgrzx1.th.png (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fileadmqtfiltermgrzx1.png)

2) If you think those hotkeys are that important, you might want to post a feature request for editable hotkeys at the Avidemux board...

3) That's because file extensions are simply a part of the filename and on Linux they are way less important than on Windows. Also most containers don't even have one valid extension, so there can be a lot of discussion what the appropriate extension is. Except your player is very badly implemented, it will detect the correct file format independent of the file's name/extension. Last but not least you can rename your files at anytime, so I wouldn't worry too much about such cosmetic things...

4) In the GTK+ interface you can add your favorite folders to the "places" list on the left side by using the "Add" button in the Open dialog. This way your folders will stay there for quick one-click access...

5) That's why Avidemux has a powerfull scripting engine! See the Avidemux FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=126164) for how to save your Codec settings!

6) Sure, or do you want to re-index your MPEG-2 files everytime you open them? Indexing a 20 GB file can take quite some time, so you will be happy for re-using the existing index! If you really worry about those few Megabytes you can delete the .idx files at any time...

7) That was introduced to make sure High-Resolution material can be displayed properly, even if the video resolution is greater than your screen resolution. Before that "fix" was introduced, such videos simply cause a crash...

9) Not sure. I'd guess that the post-processing option applies at least to MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. Also I assume post-processing won't be used with H.264, because H.264 has it's own "built-in" Inloop-Deblocking, so additional deblocking would be nonsense. Nevertheless I do know that the level of post-processing that is applied to a specific frame depends on the quantizer. That means frames with a lot of compression artifacts will usually get stronger post-processing than frames with few compression artifacts. If you want to apply the same amount of post-processing to all frames - independent of quantizer and input format - you can add the "Forced Postprocessing" filter...


//EDIT

You can set the language with the following environment variables:
LANG
LANGUAGE
LC_ALL
LC_MESSAGES
Simply set those variables to "en_EN" in order to enforce English language. To add/change environment variables (I think you will need to add them yourself) righ-click on "Arbeitsplatz" and choose "Eigenschaften". Then go to the "Erweitert" tab and click the "Umgebungsvariablen" button...

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[Jay Bee]

Thanks for the response. I'm already getting used to most of the issues.

1) Completely deleting and reinstalling fixed it!

2) I didn't think of looking for an official forum before posting here, but ATM the keys 8 and 9 are good enough for me in the GTK version.

3) Would still be a convenient feature though, it's just what all Windows programs do and saves some typing.

4) Yep, it's fine in GTK.

5) Nice FAQ, maybe it can be made accessible from Avidemux' "help" because that's where I did look before posting here. The scripting system does exactly what I want, thx.

6) Depends on how you use Avidemux, I guess. I usually only edit a source file once and it seems a bit messy that I have to go cleaning up after every file I open.

7) Well if crash is the alternative then I think I'll take the resizing. :D

Anyway, all in all it looks like Avidemux is fully usable in its current state and I'm actually quite exited to be able to say goodbye to Virtual Dub and probably Avisynth and TMPGenc all in one go. If I encouter any other problems I'll get an account at the official forum.

[St Devious]

Plz look at my error file posted on this page , why avidemux crashes while using filters .