Leiming's x264 GUI Last version [AVS/Other Media to x264 & AAC in MKV/MP4]

[leiming2006]

This is a GUI for x264 which is just like the x264VFW.

"x264.exe" is needed. Put "x264.exe" together with this GUI.

At first, without AviSynth x264.exe can only support uncompressed input.
If you want to use the audio encoder you must have "bepipe.exe" and select an audio encoder between "enc_aacplus.exe(dll)" or "neroaacenc(_sse2).exe" or both.
If you want to muxer the audio into final file, you need "mkvmerge.exe", "mp4box.exe" or "mp4creator.exe"
(STRONGLY RECOMMEND that use "No mux" mode, it's most stable, but it's not convenient anyway)
If these programs are not in the same directory with this gui, you may like to edit the "setpath.ini".

If you feed it non-avs file, you can choose an avs file in "avsinc" directory to deal with the input files.
So you can create avs files in "avsinc" directory as you want. ("fs" stands for the filename and "mfn" stands for the filename without its extension)

If this package damage your rights you can tell me, I'll stop offer the package at once.
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Feature:
*Very VFW-liked.
*Add awful number of files once.
*Support AVS Script preset, so using non-avs files as input is possible.
*Conditional double passes, estimating the right Q means finishing in only one pass.
*Support audio encoding and automated muxing.
*Support automated double passes.
*Support shutdown after jobs done.
*Support log recoding.
*Can work as an audio encoding GUI
*Bitrate calculated automated.
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DISCUSSION: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=112770
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What does the new button, checkbox and ect. from the VFW mean?
1.Bitrate page
Input file and output file: as it is
Refresh: check if there are new avs script presets and new config presets
checkbox Size: tick this, you can type the final size directly. the bitrate will be calculated when you press the "add" button.
The two combo boxes: in the left one there are avs script presets, in the right one there are config presets
The "S" and "L" button in the right: "S" stands for "save" and "L" stands for "Load", save config and load config. preset's name can be input into the right combo box
Files input: Add more than 1 files once, how to operate please see below.
logfile: If a file is in the text box, when encoding all information x264 output is recoded into the file.
2.More page
Checkbox Audio: tick this, the audio will be encoded, too.
The two combo boxes below: the left one is to select an audio encoder and the right one is to select a muxer.
*WARNING* I strongly recommend to use "no mux" mode, in case it didn't work well the file x264 output would be delete incorrectly. x264 always works slowly so when it happened it's very terrible.
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How to batch encoding:
1. Set all options well.
2. Press "Files input" button.
3. Select a folder to output.
4. Select input file, you can hold Ctrl key to select more than 1 file or press "Ctrl+A" to select all files in current folder.
5. Go to the "job" page and do what you should do.
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New mode:
Automated double passes: as it says. with "fast" means in the first pass it's faster.
1P-CRF: means in the first pass it uses "--crf" to get the stat file.
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What is "Conditional Double Passes"?
"Conditional Double Passes", or "Size Mode", is used for those who use "Automated double passes(1P-CRF)" and the purpose of using "double passes" is to reach a certain size.
The difference between these is that the 1st pass of "Size mode" will output file and if the size of this file is in a certain range the 2nd pass will be cancelled to save time.
*NOTICE* The max. and min. size means only the video, and if you tick "Size", the "size" downer will take audio into consideration.
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About the Presets:
They are converted from MeGUI's Profiles manually, I can't guarantee that they are all converted correctly.
Please recheck it before usage.
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Warning:
USING THIS PROGRAM IS ALL AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

LeiMing

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Changelog:
2009-04-18
Remove: direct8x8

NOTICE: This project will not be continued. A new one in C++ is planning.

2008-10-04:
Change: the first pass of automated double passes mode is changed, to provide better quality. (qyq)
ps. the fast automated double passes is not fast as before, but will provide more quality than before.

2008-10-03:
Removed: NeroAacenc's sse2 item is removed. (uc0083)

2008-10-02:
(!)NOTICE: FOR X264 VER 996 OR HIGHER ONLY!
Change: Some changes in Motion Decision Option are made, and Bi-me is removed to fit the x264 ver 996.
NOTICE: ABOUT THE PRESETS, MOTION DECISION 7 ARE AUTOMATED CHANGED TO MOTION DECISION 7B AND 7B IS CHANGED TO 8!

2008-09-25:
Bug fixed: Optimal adaptive B-frame decision’s state will not be written into configure files.

2008-09-24:
NOTICE: FOR X264 VER 977 OR HIGHER ONLY!
Change: Window is bigger than before to contain new options.
New: Psyrd is supported, new AQ is supported, new adaptive B-frame decision method is supported.
(!)Change: The default of direct prediction changed to 8x8.
(!)Change: The first pass of double passes is the "fast" one before, the fast first pass of double passes is the "turbo level 2" described in Mplayer's document.

2008-07-22:
New: Level option is added. BUT IT ONLY ADDS A PARAMETER, IT DOESN'T LIMIT YOUR CONFIGURE.
Update: Presets are updated. I found that yesterday I used the profiles which MeGUI used years ago to make LMx264GUI's presets.

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Press here to download previous version of binary and source code (http://leiming.fre3.com/2008/10/04/leimings-x264-gui-20081004/)

Last version's update patch (http://leiming.fre3.com/2009/04/16/lmx264gui-last/)

Download page in Free-codecs (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Leiming_x264_GUI.htm) (may be not up to time)

[killerhex]

how about predefined profiles/configuration

[leiming2006]

Now it's here:
More -> Misc. Option -> Save&Load Config

[killerhex]

is there a good way to config so i get a 100mb file wehn i finish encoding

[leiming2006]

Thanks MeteorRain to offer the config.
I have changed it a bit.
bf 5/ref 5/mixref/cabac/no trellis/analysis all/direct s/motion hex/chromaME/partiton decision 5/no filter/
With subtitle:quantizer 24
without subtitle: quantizer 20

[daverc]

I think you are pretty close to the perfect one click encoder.

Maybe you can add a way to select filesizes instead of bitrates.

[Sirber]

can I see a screenshot? thanks!

[unskinnyboy]

Here..

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/6321/x264gui15go.jpghttp://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9541/x264gui29sq.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2135/x264gui31nw.jpghttp://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6372/x264gui44ww.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/821/x264gui54tg.jpg

[DarkZell666]

Looks neat :)

Have you recreated it from scratch ? if so it would be great that you add all the vfw-missing features ;)

Just one "bug" I noticed clicking a bit everywhere : in the job tab, clicking on "make bat" and pressing "cancel" leaves an empty ".bat" file in x264gui.exe's directory (nothing to worry about really, but ... ;))

This is great stuff indeed, simple and straightforward.
Just one thing : enc_AacPlus.dll is part of the winamp package if I'm not mistaken, is it available with the *light* version or should we purchase the *pro* one ?

[MeteorRain]

DarkZell666: the aac encoder shouldn't be included in the package because of its license. thus ppl should download them theirselves.


EDIT(DarkZell666:
I'm not sure if i misunderstand you. Are you talking about that winamp has 2 versions, one is the light and another is the pro, and asking whether the encoder platform matches the light one or the pro?)

[leiming2006]

?????
I have removed this, only enc_aacplus.exe is there.

Could you please check this again?
I have update the file lmx264gui.7z

[foxyshadis]

Winamp has three versions, light (free), full (free), and pro, it's in the full and pro versions.

[leiming2006]

Only the main exe and txts this time.
The bug about "Make Bat" is fixed.
Thanks for the bug report.

[MeteorRain]

Winamp has three versions, light (free), full (free), and pro, it's in the full and pro versions.
so how about the encoder part between the full & pro version? are they in the same interface? or different?

[JoeBG]

Does it have commandline functions?

[Sharktooth]

it's quite silly to ask for command line functions in a gui for a command line encoder... dont you think?

[leiming2006]

2006-06-27: Add the changelog. Thanks all that help me before.
Bug fixed: the function that makes bat file will procedure none except a bat file without filename.
Function added: neroAacEnc is supported.

[DarkZell666]

@MeteorRain :

In fact, the readme says that we need encAacPlus.dll with a nice "(you'll have to get this yourself)", and there was indeed only encAacPlus.exe (which is useless without the corresponding DLL I suppose ;))

I wanted to figure out in which versions of winamp I would be able to get it (thx foxyshadis for the investigation ;))

it's quite silly to ask for command line functions in a gui for a command line encoder... dont you think?
rofl, I've seen this somewhere already concerning MeGUI, so who came first then ? the chicken or the egg ? ;)

The truth is elsewere ...

@leiming2006 : what features do you plan to add next ? *curious*

[leiming2006]

2006-06-29:
Bug fixed: "KeyFrame boost" is useless.
Bug fixed: "B-frames reduction" is useless.
Bug fixed: "Bitrate variability" is useless.
Bug fixed: Quantizer can be "0" which means loseless.
Function added: CRF is support.

[DarkZell666]

Great, I'm starting to like this ;)

[leiming2006]

Download Source Code (http://2.fsphost.com/lm2006/lmx264GUISC.7z)
GPL GPL GPL......

[bratao]

leiming2006,
Not working the source code site and the gui too !
Maybe you can send to another site, like rapidshare

[woah!]

i had it sitting on my drive so here you go;

http://tinyurl.com/mkqx9

[leiming2006]

http://popgo.net/bbs/images/smilies/KH.GIF

The files I stored in the site are all lost!
I will edit the first one, you can find it there.

PS: I want to know how to get the information about the encoding progress.

[bratao]

leiming2006,
The source is incomplete, "Form1.pb" is needed !

Can you send the right source ?
Thank you !

[leiming2006]

I'm sorry. I forgot this file.
Please try again.
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5538/jiongkd8.png (http://imageshack.us)

[YouDontKnowMe]

could you plz make the sound bitrate kbits ? would be much easier and I think would be easy to change for you.

Anyways nice app ;-)

(btw my first post xD)

[leiming2006]

Yes. It's quite easy.
Source code and binary have been updated.

[YouDontKnowMe]

and would be nice if you could provide the links to the needed externals tools like mp4creator.exe cause I googled yesterday for hours and couldn't find it -.-

(the links you could write in the readme or could make a "full packet" with everything in it)

[leiming2006]

About this, I can't make sure which link that can keep available for a long time. So I have to wait someone offers one. Sorry.

[YouDontKnowMe]

why dont you ask the developers to adding their apps to your "package" ? would be better for all ;-)

[leiming2006]

GPL.

If they want, they can do this.

[buzzqw]

also... if you want i have ported the source to purebasic 4...

www.64k.it/andres/data/l/Leimings_x264_SRC_PB4.rar

BHH

[leiming2006]

I'm considering whether to rewrite it using VS.net 2003.

By the way, I lost the PBV file and updating the window is difficult. It's the biggest problem.

2nd by the way, what "BHH" means?

[buzzqw]

By the way, I lost the PBV file and updating the window is difficult. It's the biggest problem

search in purebasic forum for gdesign , is a very nice utility for editing gui without have the pbv

and BHH is part of my sign, is an acrostic and old story :)

BHH

[leiming2006]

Wow, the gdesign is quite wonderful.
Thanks for the information.

[leiming2006]

link for download is in the first thread

Changelog:

2006-09-25
New feature: The encoder will run in idle.
New feature: Reading AviSynth in a alone thread is added.
Remove feature: When encoding, the main window will not be hidden.

2006-09-14
Bug fixed: "Threads" is useless.

2006-09-13
New feature: When encoding, the main window is hidden.
Other: "Auto" is added to Direct Mode.

[dumbuser]

I have been trying this for the last few hours. Made a 5 min vob to test it out on and wrote a avs script that sets up audio and video to your program. I find that CT needs NSCRT.dll or it won't run and Nero only creates an MP4 file that MP4Creator will not accept as input. Have you considered MP4Box as an alternative? It also accepts chapters and subs :)

Oh! BTW the internal bat file ends rather strangely with error at end it seems you are trying to delete the work file(s) twice and it would be nice if it closed the DOS box. :)

I do like this little program as it allows me to write and prove my own scripts in close to real time using AVSEdit and then feed it straight away to the encoder for finishing. Chapters, Subs and perhaps second audio tracks as options would be a nice touch. I think someone else suggested profiles or getting the program to save and load profiles. In the Oct 1 version this is still not working as well as the reset function.

Does anyone know the settings or range of settings for basic QuiickTime compatibility? Or perhaps a link!

Thanks for the hard work!

[DarkZell666]

Lately I've tried to open an .avi file for encoding (which was in XviD format, using "XVID" fourCC), but x264 only supports YV12 in avi. (and so the encoding didn't take place normally).

It would be great if your GUI could generate a dumb temporary avs file that would contain one single line like : return DirectShowSource("theAVIfile.avi") and open that avs file instead of the avi file. I'd hate having to create an avs file for each clean avi file that doesn't need avisynth processing ... =)

It took me a while to figure out why the bat file didn't work.
I had to execute manually each cmdline to see the problem.

Great work though, this is the quickest avs to avc+aac solution i've seen so far, after Mencoder264 (except that it doesn't expose all x264's options in the GUI, the settings ini file needs to be modified by hand).

I'll have another try later on with an avs file.
Edit after having tried : I ran into the same problem(s) dumbuser described.

[leiming2006]

Changelog:

2006-10-06
New feature: Auto input the stat filename.
New feature: "Default" button is available. (dumbuser)
PS: In fact it's me that forget this.
New feature: Input file can be general file. (DarkZell666)
New feature: Input files is available.
New feature: Using "mp4box.exe" instead of "mp4creator.exe" when muxing. (dumbuser)
New feature: After adding a job the input and output filename will be cleaned.
Bug fixed: After loading a config some disabled gadget won't be enabled.
Bug fixed: MP4 extension doesn't match the extension "AAC" when muxing.
Bug fixed: Job batch file will not be removed after use.

2006-10-05
New feature: Auto create a simple avs file if the input file is not a AVS script. (DarkZell666)
Bug fixed (maybe): Job batch file will not be removed after use. (dumbuser)
Bug fixed: If no input file is selected, the output box will show ".mp4"


The download link isn't changed.

[dumbuser]

OK! Nice work! I tried several short encodes tonight and It worked well :) I have been finding CT a bit smother video wise than ND but that has nothing to do with your work. As I recall ND is ABR or VBR only and that's probably the reason.

I work allot with the AVS script to get things right and then do short samples of the difficult sections so I'm going to make some suggestions here that may or may not be applicable to others. Please take this with good intent, there is no pressure here! :)

1. The files input would be best served on the 4th page under More and the load/save (that can be used to create and recall profiles) moved to the first page as this would serve work flow better.

2. It would be nice if when you pressed the add button the input and output did not go away. Perhaps a "Job" button instead of an add button or may be "Enqueue" would be more accurate. I do realize that if it does not clear, the next job is a bit harder to setup. But it is also difficult when you just want to come back and make a few changes and run the script again or have made a few changes to the script.

3. I have so much stuff on my desk top when I work with video it is truly pathetic as I keep loosing things and often I think Windows stacks things in a horrible way :) but I'm going to ask if it is possible to do away with one of those DOS boxes?? If you can't, couldn't it be minimized at least. It would look allot more professonal if the x264 configuration menu would just turn into an information screen when you started the encode and at the end, wait with the results on screen until you cleared it.

I made about 3 or 4 profiles tonight and have run the first few and it seems to work well. The last one I ran as a manual bat file and noticed the second DOS box didn't appear.

BTW Thanks for a nice small tool and the quick response. :D

[leiming2006]

I will improve the DOS box problem firstly.
Thanks for your support.

BTW, because of the College Entrance Exam I may have only a little time or little time to get online.

[dumbuser]

Ya! I understand. :)

This morning I tried to run a CE-Baseline profile I made last night and it wouldn't allow it. The error was no input. So I cleared the job and chose another profile and the program became confused locking out functions that shouldn't be locked. ??? I restarted the program and everything was OK! Then I checked the profile I made for CE-Baseline and couldn't find anything wrong but it still wouldn't run. So erased the profile and remade it but to no avail. :( The rest of the few profiles I made were OK! Well, except the one I made and called it "Default" representing My Defaults but you got there before I did and erased it! :) I do understand this one and will call it something else.

I may be a bit dense on this one! What was (is) the intent of "Files Input"? It makes two directories (Stats & AVS) then asks me for an AVS file and after I select one it does nothing???? If you intended it to be the stats storage for second pass then shouldn't it also load the avs file as input? Even then I'm not quite sure of the purpose of the avs directory. I generally store avs files with the the files for the project. Except for avs templets.

[leiming2006]

After you press "Files input", it ask you for a output folder then you can select more than one file (hold "ctrl"). then press "Open" so that the file you selected will be added to the job list.

The "Default,ini" is used to make exe. When you press the "Default", a default.ini will be created then loaded then deleted.

I am in a little exam at the moment. And after the summer break the pay for the access to the internet changed from 68 yuan per month to 2 yuan per hour so I can't get online often. Would you have the mind that editing the source code by yourself and try it. According to the GPL you can do nearly everything on the source code.

There are so many bugs in the config-loading and config-saving system. And there are so much to be improved. So until next time I update the file may be a long time.

PS: There may be something I can't express clearly causing that some function foreigners can't understand. I'm sorry for my bad English. XD


2006-10-07
Something improved: Only one DOS box will be show.
Something improved: Temp BAT file will be removed after use.

[dumbuser]

OK! I will check it out when I can over come the new problem I'm having. Has been driving me NUTS all afternoon and have finally pinpointed the problem.

On the MBs&Frames Page under Partitions
8x8 Transform = P8x8
P8x8 = b8x8
b8x8 = 8x8dct

The rest appear to be OK! This is probably why I was having some strange problems last night too. :(

[leiming2006]

2006-10-08
Bug fixed: The Auto-created AVS can't be loaded.
Bug fixed: (dumbuser)
{
On the MBs&Frames Page under Partitions
8x8 Transform = P8x8
P8x8 = b8x8
b8x8 = 8x8dct
}

[DarkZell666]

Last time I tried to use this GUI x264 kept saying "invalid input format (DIB )", which I can't understand. Something has gone b0rked recently on my system so I'll figure it's my fault. Will try more extensively.

I actually had a look at the source code and PureBasic has a wierd syntax imho (I come from Java and C#.NET environments ^^) but I'll have a try.

Anyway, Good luck for your exam man !

[dumbuser]

The last changes work! :)

But somewhere in these changes Trellis is checked but grayed out. This was happening to me randomly when changing profiles. But now is permanent.

[leiming2006]

Last time I tried to use this GUI x264 kept saying "invalid input format (DIB )", which I can't understand. Something has gone b0rked recently on my system so I'll figure it's my fault. Will try more extensively.

I actually had a look at the source code and PureBasic has a wierd syntax imho (I come from Java and C#.NET environments ^^) but I'll have a try.

Anyway, Good luck for your exam man !


The problem caused by the wrong source code.
I think it has been fixed. Pleasy try again~

[dumbuser]

That's quite a change for Internet access. I know every time I go get groceries here the prices are different, always higher. The government keeps telling us everything is OK! But I think we all know it's not.

On a brighter note, I haven't found any more bugs. The Trellis box on the More page under Misc. options is grayed and not settable under any conditions. This seems to be the last bug. So if you get the opportunity to find this one it would be great. :)

No rush or pushing here. Just a thanks for being a nice person with great little tool for h264. Much better than the other x264GUI floating around here that took some 6 or 7 developers to do it. :)

[leiming2006]

Use the second download link please.
(Yourfreewebspace is so slow to me. I don't know why)

Not always. Just because it needs CABAC. But I make them mixed. If tick the CABAC it will be disabled (orz)
Now If tick the CABAC it will be enabled.

The reason why the price of internet is changed is that I am in Senior 3 student and up to the terrible exam (XD). For it my parent stop the access to internet that is paid by month. I only can get online by which is paid by hour.

2006-10-09
New feature: The config list is added.
Something changed: Audio is moved to "more".
Bug fixed: The CABAC and Trellis is wrong. (dumbuser)


PS: Do you understand that how to use "files input" ?

[DarkZell666]

Using the latest version, I still needed to replace avisource by directshowsource and add ConvertToYV12() (since my avi file was YUY2 ...)

I like the way you used import("../process.avs"), this allowed me to get x264 to accept my source file easily. I would recommend you add ConvertToYV12() at the end of process.avs in your next release though, others will need that :)

Encoding in progress, will come back with more infos later :)

[DarkZell666]

It worked great !

I only had one 'problem' : mplayer wouldn't seek in the generated mp4 file. (MPUI even reported the file as being 0:01 long ...) This isn't really your "fault".

Maybe adding the --fps parameter to mp4box would work, but you would have to "detect" the file's framerate, with MediaInfo for ex, which means adding another program to the list, and so on ...

I'll see if the problem isn't on my side first.

[DarkZell666]

In fact, I didn't have mp4box in the GUI's directory, so the sound didn't get muxed with the video, and this is what caused the problem with mplayer (no problems with mpc though).

Finally, it works great !! (for crf at least ... :p)

- Why is there 2x the mp4box cmdline in the batch list when clicking on the "Add" button ?
- When choosing "MultiPass - 1st pass", the batch also contains audio and muxing jobs, which should only be done on N-th pass. 1st pass should only add the x264 cmdline only, imho.
- When executing the batch with MultiPass 1st and Nth pass, x264 exits saying "unknown option -- s". Here's the 1st pass cmdline :

x264.exe --progress --no-psnr --scenecut 40 -I 250 -i 25 -t 1 --threads 1 --me dia --sar 1:1 -r 1 --nr 100 -f 0:0 -b 5 --direct "spatial" --bime --b-bias 0 --b-pyramid -w --ipratio 1.400000 --pbratio 1.300000 -p 1 -stats "D:\_etienne\lmx264gui\stats\bleachopening.mp4.stat" -A p8x8,i4x4 -B 350 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --qpstep 4 --qcomp 0.600000 -m 3 -o "D:\bleachopening.mp4" "D:\_etienne\lmx264gui\avs\bleachopening.avi.avs"


The -stats option should in fact be --stats.

- What about adding "Automated 2-pass (fast 1st pass)" mode ?

I'm starting to understand how the code works (it's pretty trivial in fact :p), I hadn't understood that the main function had a huge event pump (repeat ... until.) to handle the GUI.

I might install a PureBasic IDE soon :)

[leiming2006]

New feature: In 1st-pass the audio will not be processed. (DarkZell666)
Bug fixed: I write "--b-rdo" as "--b-rod". orz
Bug fixed: I write "--stats" as "-stats". orz (DarkZell666)
Bug fixed: 2 mp4box commandline will be added. (DarkZell666)

@DarkZell666: The "DirectshowSource" is much slower than use "AVISource" when the input file's extension is "AVI".
This is the only reason.
And about the "ConvertToYV12", anyone can edit it by himself. I leave the process.avs nearly empty is for the user to edit ^_^
You can use either mp4box or mp4creator this time.

quote: it's pretty trivial in fact
reply: It's the truth. I'm just a beginner. XD
The complex program can't be made by me.
PS: Finally you find it that the program is nothing in fact... unlike MeGUI XD

quote: a huge event pump (repeat ... until)
reply: When the codes run to the end, all will disappeared, including the window.

^o^
Then when I get the access to the internet that is paid by month I'll see what surprised will happen to the code.
But after the college entrance exam I will learn more program-making to make something really useful, unlike the simple GUI.

[dumbuser]

Trellis seems correct and the CABAC interlock also seems correct.

Check your command line structure in both muxers. In one case it's duplicated and in the other the audio is deleted before it is muxed.

ND is still kinda strange to me rather closed down to center and it has the higher bit rate almost double of CT and leaves the picture not quite as smooth. This may have nothing to do with what you are doing though. Seems My MPC is reporting AAC as being 24k @ 768Kps and I know this is wrong. CoreAAC and Haali report the file as being 48K with ND @ 112Kps and CT @ 68Kps AAC+SBR. There is something in the back of my mind that suggests that AAC+SBR is muxed differently than AAC LC.

Still looking for center ground for H264 & QT. But in general I'm seeing what others are saying about it and that's kinda sad.

I really don't see a difference in the muxers. :)

[dumbuser]

OK! I should have DL the latest one as this seems to work as far as the command line mix up. :)

As for the audio it should be this:

bepipe.exe --script "import(^D:\vStrip test\LS2.avs^)" | neroaacenc_sse2.exe -if - -of temp.mp4 -ignorelength -cbr 64000

You write this:

bepipe.exe --script "import(^D:\vStrip test\LS2.avs^)" | neroaacenc_sse2.exe -if - -of temp.mp4 -ignorelength -br 64000

But, I think I would still prefer CBR LC @ 128k for both CT and ND as default for movies. Am doing some checking now.

edit.

The CBR setting for ND does resolve the jerky video problem.

Setting both CT & ND to:

bepipe.exe --script "import(^D:\vStrip test\LS2.avs^)" | enc_aacplus.exe - temp.aac --lc --cbr 128000

bepipe.exe --script "import(^D:\vStrip test\LS2.avs^)" | neroaacenc_sse2.exe -if - -of temp.mp4 -ignorelength -lc -cbr 128000

improves space, depth and perceived frequency response.

This should be the default specially if the source is 5.1 where even higher bitrates may be desirable.

[leiming2006]

2006-10-10
Something changed: Use -cbr instead of -br when use neroaacenc. (dumbuser)
Bug fixed: Deblocking filter will not be saved into the ini file.

[YouDontKnowMe]

would you add automated 2-pass and automated 3-pass just like in meGUI?? would be cool answays just nice app this has potencial

[leiming2006]

Add 7 and 7rdo motion search.
And an awful bug is found.
(the 2nd link)

PS: about the automated, I will prepared for this.

[dumbuser]

You might want to take a look at this:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=838375#post838375

It is the way I understand it too!

This means that Pass 1 in a multi pass encode can be Fast

and Pass 2 can be the final pass or final Nth pass in a multi pass encode which if Nth pass can also be Fast.

The Final pass would always be Pass 2 (even for Nth pass)and can't be fast.

I have seen this explained in several Guides too and probably means that the original x264VFW is not correct. Please note there is no Pass 2 option or fast option for Nth Pass within the x264VFW. But all of this does exist in x264.exe. In my opinion Pass 2 should be marked "Pass 2 Final Pass" to be less confusing for users. :)

This should be food for thought while you work on auto 2 Pass. Another update in the mean time wouldn't hurt. :)

[grokwik]

@ leiming2006

THANKS a LOT for this GUI. It is exactly what I wanted for my x264 encodings.

[martino]

Very nice GUI, but how about adding a setting which could point to the x264 encoder and other required encoders for audio if they are in a different directory?

[thuongshoo]

Leiming! Would you like to add "matrix" option ?
Thank you!

[leiming2006]

Pay attention on the "setpath.ini" ^_^

Changelog:
2006-11-21
New feature: The programs that are needed can be in different directory. (martino)
New feature: Automated Double Passes and a fast one are added. (YouDontKnowMe / dumbuser)


"matrix" is taken into consider.

[martino]

Thanks leiming!

//Offtopic: is that Jun (Watarase) on your avatar???

[leiming2006]

Leiming! Would you like to add "matrix" option ?
Thank you!

err......Finally I find that I am not able currently.

[leiming2006]

2006-12-02
New feature: The first pass will not create the output file.
New feature: The first pass using CRF is supported. (realsweet)
And some bugs fixed.

[3ngel]

Hi,
i was trying your Gui, but i have a simple question.
Where is the possibility to load the MeGui xml profiles?
For the rest it seems good.

[leiming2006]

I'm sorry but currently it hasn't got this feature.

[3ngel]

Ok, no problem.
But another question. How can i calculate the bitrate to use in relation to a certain final size i want to obtain?
Can you suggest me a good x264 bitrate calculator?
Or pheraps you can add to the gui your own calculator?

[leiming2006]

I have no idea about get the bitrate to reach a certain size.

Maybe you can try the simple way:
size(KB) = bitrate(kbps) / 8 * time(second)

Or in my opinion the calc which is contained in Koepi's XviD Binary can be use.

[buzzqw]

@leiming

you can look at source code of mkvmagic (purebasic also). it's free, gpl, bad commented and maybe bad codec... but is fuctional... (on sourceforge)

BHH

[leiming2006]

@leiming

you can look at source code of mkvmagic (purebasic also). it's free, gpl, bad commented and maybe bad codec... but is fuctional... (on sourceforge)

BHH

Thanks a lot.
I'll get one and have a look.

[leiming2006]

2006-12-10
Bug fixed: Maxed refs is useless.

[leiming2006]

2006-12-13
Bug fixed: If b-frames is set to 0 very terrible CLI will be made.

[leiming2006]

Changelog:
2006-12-21
Bug fixed: Bitrate now can be set up to 8000.

[DarkZell666]

Nice to see you're still working on your GUI =)


Have you planned to add other features ? Or do you add them as you need them ?

[leiming2006]

I add them as I need them, or someone need them if I am able to add them.
But it seems the so-called "College entrance exam" is just on the way... as a senior middle school student in the last year I may have less spare time XD.

[weaver4]

How I cheat.

I am using this program and here is what I do. I use autogk but I rename the virutaldubmod.exe to something else. When I run autogk it fails when it begins video decoding. But, you are left with the following files in the agk_tmp directory.
> a normilized mp3 file
> the d2v file
> an avs script that crops, resizes, de-noises.

I add "ConvertToYV12()" to the last line of the avs and then I use the avs script for the input to Leiming's x264 GUI and then use mp4box (or mp4box/YAMB) to mux in the audio.

[DarkZell666]

Dammit, I've run into this silly (DIB ) thing a couple of times and I never remember why it happens. Does your script at the very least have a ConvertToYV12() at the end ?

Nice trick though :)

[weaver4]

Adding that line fixed it. Completely forgot about that.

I added that step to my instructions above.

Thanks,

[leiming2006]

Changelog:
2007-01-06
Improvement: MKV muxing is safer. If the MKV file is not built the compressed video will not be deleted.

2007-01-05
Improvement: CQM file is supported. (thuongshoo)
Source fixed: Some unknown bugs may be fixed.

2007-01-04
Improvement: No SSIM is calculated to make it a little faster when encoding. (realsweet)
Bug fixed: When using CRF, IP & PB can't be changed. (realsweet)

2006-12-28 night
Bug fixed: Improvement failed. Process.exe is needed again.

2006-12-28
Improvement: Process.exe is not needed any more. (MeteorRain)
Improvement: Using bitrate calculator will not clean the clipboard.

2006-12-27
New feature: Quant Preset Select supported. (thuongshoo)
New feature: MkvMerge supported.
New feature: Bitrate calculator included. (using mkvmagic source code)

2006-12-26
Bug fixed: When Max ref. frames is set to 1, --mix-refs will still be added if it's ticked. (?)



Originally Posted by DarkZell666
Dammit, I've run into this silly (DIB ) thing a couple of times and I never remember why it happens. Does your script at the very least have a ConvertToYV12() at the end ?

Nice trick though

I don't know. The file "process.avs" includes "ConvertToYV12()" at the end. I think it's because "Avisource" can't load your source probably. Maybe you can edit the "process.avs" yourself but maybe I will change it "AVS Script Preset" selection instead of always using "process.avs" recently. I recommend you using a AVS Script as input; it's more safe.

Originally Posted by martino
Thanks leiming!

//Offtopic: is that Jun (Watarase) on your avatar???

What does "is that Jun (Watarase) on your avatar???" means?
I'm sorry but I can't find the word "Watarase" in my dictionary.

[buzzqw]

about process.exe take it as late XMas gift :)

Procedure idled(exe.s)

Delay(3000)

If OpenLibrary (#PROCESS32LIB, "kernel32.dll")
snap = CallFunction (#PROCESS32LIB, "CreateToolhelp32Snapshot", #TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0)
If snap
Define.PROCESSENTRY32 Proc32
Proc32\dwSize = SizeOf (PROCESSENTRY32)
If CallFunction (#PROCESS32LIB, "Process32First", snap, @Proc32)
If UCase(PeekS (@Proc32\szExeFile))=UCase(exe.s):ResultPid=Proc32\th32ProcessID:EndIf
While CallFunction (#PROCESS32LIB, "Process32Next", snap, @Proc32)
If UCase(PeekS (@Proc32\szExeFile))=UCase(exe.s):ResultPid=Proc32\th32ProcessID:EndIf
Wend
EndIf
CloseHandle_ (snap)
EndIf
CloseLibrary (#PROCESS32LIB)
EndIf

Debug("ResultPid="+Str(ResultPid))

phandle = OpenProcess_ (#PROCESS_SET_INFORMATION, #True, ResultPid)
qw=SetPriorityClass_(phandle,#IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS)
Debug("qw="+Str(qw))

EndProcedure

BHH

[leiming2006]

2007-01-06
Improvement: Process.exe is not needed any more. (Source codes from buzzqw)

Wooooooow.
It works even though I can't understand it at all.
Thanks very much!!

[leiming2006]

Changelog:
2007-01-11
Improvement: More audio encoder modes are added. (kzhou)
Improvement: "Audio encode only" mode is added. (kzhou)

2007-01-10:
New feature: The log of x264's encoding can be recoded.(kzhou)
New feature: You can choose a avs script to deal with non-avs file.

2007-01-07
Bug fixed: In bitrate calculator the file size can only be integer.

2007-01-06
Bug fixed: "Update Statsfile" checkbox will not be remembered in preset ini file.
Improvement: Process.exe is not needed any more. (Source codes from buzzqw)
Bug fixed: When select a stats file the extension is "stats". The right one may be "stat".
Improvement: MKV muxing is safer. If the MKV file is not built the compressed video will not be deleted.

[leiming2006]

2007-01-13
Improvement: Trellis can be set to 1, 2 or not. (kzhou)

2007-01-12
Bug fixed: When use Nero(Q) encode mode the cli will be "neroaacenc_sse2.exe XXXXXXXX". (jerryds)
Bug fixed: It can't fill the log and output with the right context.

2007-01-11
Bug fixed: Regardless of the selected folder in muti-files input.
Bug fixed: If no input file is selected when press the browse button of input file, stat and log file will be filled with noname file.

[DarkZell666]

Nice to see the cool recent additions you made to your GUI =)

The AVS presets are a nice idea indeed !

However be careful, the default value for audio bitrate is set to 64000kbps (instead of 64kbps), and you do a x1000 calculation on that value when generating the "bps" value, which indeed gives 64000kbps (64000000bps), but both audio encoders crash (obviously). I finally saved my profile with 64kbps, but I spent 30 minutes finding out why it wouldn't work :p

And on first launch, all the values are set to "0" or "1" (instead of, say, 60 for qcomp, etc.). I needed to set them all correctly before I could use it.

Keep up the good work !

*OT: did you succeed in your exams ?*

[leiming2006]

Nice to see the cool recent additions you made to your GUI =)

The AVS presets are a nice idea indeed !

However be careful, the default value for audio bitrate is set to 64000kbps (instead of 64kbps), and you do a x1000 calculation on that value when generating the "bps" value, which indeed gives 64000kbps (64000000bps), but both audio encoders crash (obviously). I finally saved my profile with 64kbps, but I spent 30 minutes finding out why it wouldn't work :p

And on first launch, all the values are set to "0" or "1" (instead of, say, 60 for qcomp, etc.). I needed to set them all correctly before I could use it.

Keep up the good work !

*OT: did you succeed in your exams ?*

Exam? it's in June......

2007-01-29
Improvement: IP and PB can be set up to 900%. (kzhou)
New feature: VBV Settings is supported.

[the default value for audio bitrate is set to 64000kbps]
It's not like this here.

[And on first launch, all the values are set to "0" or "1" (instead of, say, 60 for qcomp, etc.).]
It's not like this, too. Try delete all except config then using the newest version instead.

[DarkZell666]

Sorry, you are right, for some reason I seemed not to have the latest version at all o_O Now it works, I'll give it another try =)

[e-Pawel]

I'm using this GUI and though I'm quite new to x264 I like it :) But why can't I export the footage neither to .mkv nor to .264 container? Although I choose a .264 or .mkv file as output the created file is always an .mp4 container. What's wrong? :confused:

[leiming2006]

I'm using this GUI and though I'm quite new to x264 I like it :) But why can't I export the footage neither to .mkv nor to .264 container? Although I choose a .264 or .mkv file as output the created file is always an .mp4 container. What's wrong? :confused:

Have you put "MKVMerge" or "MP4box" or "MP4creator" in the folder of lmx264gui? or have you put the folder of "mkvmerge" or "mp4box" or "mp4creator" into "setpath.ini"?

[e-Pawel]

Have you put "MKVMerge" or "MP4box" or "MP4creator" in the folder of lmx264gui? or have you put the folder of "mkvmerge" or "mp4box" or "mp4creator" into "setpath.ini"?

Yes I did (mp4box). I don't have any difficulties with creating .mp4 files anyway, but with creating raw .264 files :(

[leiming2006]

Yes I did (mp4box). I don't have any difficulties with creating .mp4 files anyway, but with creating raw .264 files :(

Sorry for my bad English. Now I know what you want.
This may be added into this gui soon.

edit: presently I have no idea about this. It is likely not to be added soon.

[DarkZell666]

I managed to get raw .264 files out of lmx264gui just now.

When you choose the input file, change the output file extension from .mp4 to .264, and in the "more" tab, choose "no mux" instead of "mp4box".

I've just downloaded the latest version and it works.

Edit: I also works if you enable audio, you get separate audio and video files. Audio is MP4 if you used nero, or .aac if you used CT encoder.

[3ngel]

Testing the calculator.
1) With a .avs input the duration in the calc is not exact (but pheraps it is not implemented yet?)
2) Calculating the bitrate it gives me a negative value.
What's happen?

EDIT:
I can suggest to do the GUI resizable

[leiming2006]

Testing the calculator.
1) With a .avs input the duration in the calc is not exact (but pheraps it is not implemented yet?)
2) Calculating the bitrate it gives me a negative value.
What's happen?

EDIT:
I can suggest to do the GUI resizable

1) It didn't try to get the time at all. XD So far I don't know how to get the information from avs, and to get the information from avs takes lots of time.
2) What happen? I don't know. It works here.

Resizable? Why do you want this? resize the window larger will look ugly. In fact it's me that makes it unsizable.

[har-vas]

Hi all. I would like to ask which is the correct function I have to write in an .avs, so that this nice gui will encode the .ac3 audio file into CT AAC. I have all the necessary files in the same folder (MP4Box.exe, enc_aacPlus.exe and BePipe.exe). Until now, I was using avs scripts generated by GKnot for video encoding only, but now I want to take advantage of the integrated audio encoding ability.
Also, what is the quality gain if I use 7 as the partition decision instead of the default 5 or 6b? Does it worth in your opinion (I have an FX-60 CPU)? Thanks.

[leiming2006]

Changelog:
2007-02-22
New feature: "Conditional Double Passes" is added. (named by MeteorRain)
Improvement: Threat can be set to 0 which means "auto". (realsweet)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What is "Conditional Double Passes"?
"Conditional Double Passes", or "Size Mode", is used for those who use "Automated double passes(1P-CRF)" and the purpose of using "double passes" is to reach a certain size.
The difference between these is that the 1st pass of "Size mode" will output file and if the size of this file is in a certain range the 2nd pass will be cancelled to save time.



Hi all. I would like to ask which is the correct function I have to write in an .avs, so that this nice gui will encode the .ac3 audio file into CT AAC. I have all the necessary files in the same folder (MP4Box.exe, enc_aacPlus.exe and BePipe.exe). Until now, I was using avs scripts generated by GKnot for video encoding only, but now I want to take advantage of the integrated audio encoding ability.
Also, what is the quality gain if I use 7 as the partition decision instead of the default 5 or 6b? Does it worth in your opinion (I have an FX-60 CPU)? Thanks.

about the ac3 audio, you can try an avs plugin called "nicaudio". it may help.
because of my slow computer (C4 2.4GHz) I have never tried this. I think you can try it by yourself, simply drop the "--no-ssim" in the cli.

[3ngel]

Can you add an "Automated Triple passes"?

And if you want, you could integrate my X264 Bitrate Calculator, and eventually i could add a parameter parsing to the exe like x= y= so you can call the calculator in what position you want from a menu item.

[har-vas]

Hello leiming2006. I have made my first successful encoding with audio by using that simple script:
---
LoadPlugin("D:\My ALL Programs\MPEG-4 Programs\DGIndex v1.4.9 b12\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\My ALL Programs\MPEG-4 Programs\AviSynth\Useful Plugins\NicAudio DLL v1.1\NicAudio.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\My ALL Programs\MPEG-4 Programs\AviSynth\Useful Plugins\UnDot.dll")
audio=NicAC3Source("C:\NO_GOOD_DEED\No_Good T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY -49ms.ac3")
video=MPEG2Source("C:\NO_GOOD_DEED\No_Good.d2v",idct=5).Crop(0,12,-4,-12)
audiodub(video,audio)
Tweak(sat=1,cont=1,hue=0,bright=20.0)
Lanczos4Resize(704,368)
Undot()
---
If I understood correctly, something like this you were meaning when you were talking about nicaudio ("you can try an avs plugin called nicaudio"). Any comments/suggestions for my script would be welcome.
After that I tried to encode stuff from a lossless TV capture (768x576 Lagarith). Despite the simplicity of the script and the fact that is perfectly playable, your GUI cannot start the process. To be more accurate, the command line window closes after 2 seconds.
---
LoadPlugin("D:\My ALL Programs\MPEG-4 Programs\AviSynth\Useful Plugins\Decomb DLL v5.2.2\Decomb.dll")
video=Segmentedavisource("C:\Mpekas.avi")
audio=WavSource("E:\Mpekas.wav")
audiodub(video,audio)
crop(14,2,-10,-4)
FieldDeinterlace()
Lanczos4Resize(736,560)
Tweak(sat=1,cont=1,hue=0,bright=10.0)
---
Have you any idea about that?

[DarkZell666]

To be more accurate, the command line window closes after 2 seconds.You'll need to have a look at the log files that are located somewhere in the lmxgui264 directory IIRC (or in the output directory, I can't remember). If they don't contain any useful info, you'll need to execute the cmdlines generated by lmxgui264 one by one to find the problem. I have to do this regularly because there's often "something wrong". You might be able to play the script in MPC or whatever, but the x264 cmdline isn't MPC ;)

Try adding ConvertToYV12() at the end of your script. This the first problem I ran into when using my own scripts without the given templates, and maybe the path to your avs or to the output file wasn't generated properly, or else (you'll need to do the steps I described above to find where the problem was).

[leiming2006]

After this month, I'll get ready for the College Entrance Exam, until June when the exam passed. From Match on I'll disappear from the Internet.
So next update may be after June.
Even though, all suggestion is welcomed!
(in fact I should have been away from the Internet half year ago XD)

[har-vas]

@DarkZell666: Thank you very much for your answer. I should had read the log file, before go asking for help... Indeed, I saw in the log these:
---
StartTime:2007-02-25 07:01:11
avis [error]: unsupported input format (YUY2)
x264 [error]: could not open input file 'C:\lmx264.avs'
EndTime:2007-02-25 07:01:12
---
I have added the ConvertToYV12() function in my script and now the process has been started! But I have two critical questions to ask:
1. Is it of any importance the position/sequence of the commands in an .avs script? For example the crop function has to be before of the Lanczos4Resize or the ConvertToYV12() has to be always in the end or whatever. Should I have to follow any rules for the sequence of my functions or only the set of them is important?
2. During the encoding, I am receiving this x264's warning: "max bitrate less than average bitrate, ignored". Where did I set this max bitrate and I don't know it? How can I change that (even though it seems that is just a warning)? Again thank you ConvertToYV12() for your help.

[DarkZell666]

1- The order in which you put certain filters depends on the filters themselves. First: you can only crop even numbers of pixels. If you Crop(1,2,-4,-4) for example, you'll encounter problems. Then some filters require a mod-16 resolution, or a mod-8 resolution, so you might need to resize before those filters. This is specified in avisynth's documentation (or in the filter's readme file). Also, some filters only accept YUY2() colorspace, so you'll need to add ConvertToYUY2().TheFilterThatDoesNotLikeYV12().ConvertToYV12() for example.

2- I'm never too sure about the maxbitrate warning, and it seems different from the one people usually have. I would say that your source is very compressible (anime or slow-motion source ?), and that it looks very clean once encoded, even if it's smaller than you expected. There are some threads about this problem so try searching a bit.


@leiming2006: Farewell dude, I wish you much success, work well ;) Cya later this year :D

[leiming2006]

2. During the encoding, I am receiving this x264's warning: "max bitrate less than average bitrate, ignored". Where did I set this max bitrate and I don't know it? How can I change that (even though it seems that is just a warning)? Again thank you ConvertToYV12() for your help.

in "rate control" page, make the "Min QP" lower may help.
by the way, the default is "10" and if this message comes out it means you set the bitrate tooooooooo high. (I often use CRF 21, it gives me not bad quality already.)

[jeffy]

After this month, I'll get ready for the College Entrance Exam, until June when the exam passed. From Match on I'll disappear from the Internet.
So next update may be after June.
Even though, all suggestion is welcomed!
(in fact I should have been away from the Internet half year ago XD)

:thanks: for your nice GUI!

[leiming2006]

A little chance that I can touch the Internet. XD

Changelog:
2007-03-08
Improvement: Quote is now added in the filename that shows while job is being run.

2007-03-07
Bug fixed: In the first pass of "Conditional Double Passes" audio will not be encoded.

(then I disappear again)

[HeadBangeR77]

Thanks a bunch (it's my favourite alternative to MeGUI for x264 encoding)!
Wish you success by your exams.

cheers,
HDBR77

[leiming2006]

2007-03-11
Bug Fixed: In output file select dialog, pressing "cancel" will return ".mp4". (This bug comes again?)
Improvement: "ConvertAudioTo16bit()" is added into each avsinc scripts.
Improvement: "None" is added into the "Direct Mode" select box.
Bug fixed: When using "mkvmerge" audio may not be deleted after muxing.


about 80 days left......

[3ngel]

@leiming
I'm trying to use your gui, but i'm not able to convert the MeGui settings in your gui 'cause the parameters name are different, and some parameters are missing.
Can you do a megui profile importer?
If you would do this i'll switch gladly directly to your gui 'cause now i've done the bitrate calculator i needed :)
So please ;)

[leiming2006]

2007-03-20
New feature: "Del" button to delete a whole job.
Improvement: Use "Size" checkbox instead of "Bitrate calculator"(bitcalc.dll is not needed any more). Total time is got via Directshow.
Improvement: Use "Disable" button instead of "Delete a line".
Bug Fixed: In "Single pass" mode, "-B" parameter will be added twice.

PS: there are 77 days left...

[aiyunyi]

Can you just add zone options and crop&Resize options in your GUI? That will finally make MeGUI superfluous.

[leiming2006]

Can you just add zone options and crop&Resize options in your GUI? That will finally make MeGUI superfluous.

@leiming
I'm trying to use your gui, but i'm not able to convert the MeGui settings in your gui 'cause the parameters name are different, and some parameters are missing.
Can you do a megui profile importer?
If you would do this i'll switch gladly directly to your gui 'cause now i've done the bitrate calculator i needed :)
So please ;)

The "college entrance exam" (or "GaoKao" in Chinese) is just around the corner, any big changes are hardly added.
Advice is quite good, but it can't be done soon.

by the way, why "avs2wav" can't work here, "bepipe" is the last required (except mp4box, mkvmerge can be used instead of it) program that need .net fw. is there any suggestions?

ps:there are 75 days left.

LeiMing

[aiyunyi]

The "college entrance exam" (or "GaoKao" in Chinese) is just around the corner, any big changes are hardly added.
Advice is quite good, but it can't be done soon.

by the way, why "avs2wav" can't work here, "bepipe" is the last required (except mp4box, mkvmerge can be used instead of it) program that need .net fw. is there any suggestions?

ps:there are 75 days left.

LeiMing

Good luck!

[leiming2006]

Changelog:
2007-03-30
Bug fixed: Max. Bitrate will be set to 10 from 0 next time running the gui.
Improvement: "mfn" in AVS Scripts means main file name without extension. For those who want to make idx+sub hard subtitle.

2007-03-22
Bug fixed: Even thread can be set to 0, ip and pb can be set higher, it will be changed after restart the gui.(kzhou)


please use this link: (it wasn't updated on my blog)
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Leiming_x264_GUI.htm

[leiming2006]

2007-04-04
Bug fixed: The task added by batch can't be deleted correctly.

[leiming2006]

I decide to stop updating this GUI for 2 months formally now.

by the way, I want some help after the "College Entrance Examination", if someone can give me a hand.

good luck to all who'll take the College Entrance Examination.

[DarkZell666]

Good luck leiming !

[leiming2006]

Changelog:
2007-06-25
Bug fixed: In single pass quantizer mode, ip and pb will not be added.


I can't login my blog any more so this time it is on the Live-share site. I think the update in free-codecs will come soon.

[HeadBangeR77]

I vaguely recall you writing about some important exams ...
If this wouldn't cause too much problem, and you still have some minutes to spare, could you make the editing of the command line more comfortable, plz?

I've had some successful encodes using the latest version of your GUI and the latest x264 667b, however it's a nightmare to manually edit the command line when adding AQ settings or dead zone settings. Maybe a longer line? Or some kind of window perhaps, where I could paste my settings into?

Good job with that GUI. Made me finally interested in x264 encoding. ;) :)

:thanks:

[leiming2006]

I vaguely recall you writing about some important exams ...
If this wouldn't cause too much problem, and you still have some minutes to spare, could you make the editing of the command line more comfortable, plz?

I've had some successful encodes using the latest version of your GUI and the latest x264 667b, however it's a nightmare to manually edit the command line when adding AQ settings or dead zone settings. Maybe a longer line? Or some kind of window perhaps, where I could paste my settings into?

Good job with that GUI. Made me finally interested in x264 encoding. ;) :)

:thanks:

deadzone and AQ may be added in the next version.
I remember that AQ is not in all version of x264, only sharktooth's one has this option. I can use a checkbox to deal with it I think.
Editing the commandline is not recomended, but in the next version I think it's better to add a place to input other custom parameters.
At last, I can make sense of what examples you need. I'm sorry but in fact I'm not a native English speaker. Could you please explain it in simple English? Thanks.

[HeadBangeR77]

deadzone and AQ may be added in the next version.
I remember that AQ is not in all version of x264, only sharktooth's one has this option. I can use a checkbox to deal with it I think.
That would be great! Many thanks in advance. :)

Editing the commandline is not recomended, but in the next version I think it's better to add a place to input other custom parameters.
Yes, I know it's not recommended, but I have no other choice when some things are missing in the GUI. I haven't had any problems with that.

At last, I can make sense of what examples you need. I'm sorry but in fact I'm not a native English speaker. Could you please explain it in simple English? Thanks.
I wrote about "exams" (examination), not "examples" ;)
You've written many times in this thread that you wouldn't be able to update your GUI, because you were preparing for some kind of exams (high school? university?). So I wasn't expecting you would answer soon. Got it? ;)

Any way, good luck and thanks for your interest.

[leiming2006]

I wrote about "exams" (examination), not "examples" ;)
You've written many times in this thread that you wouldn't be able to update your GUI, because you were preparing for some kind of exams (high school? university?). So I wasn't expecting you would answer soon. Got it? ;)

Any way, good luck and thanks for your interest.
Yeah, but now I have got admission to Fujian Normal University, which means that exams is past.
After passing exams I found myself lazier.
So lmx264gui's update becomes slower.http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6349/0606cc6120b4e241cf3b660fn1.gif (http://imageshack.us)
I think the next version will appear before August 31th because after entering the university I can't make sure whether I can touch the Internet the first year (some university forbid new comers taking their own computer).
Thanks for your interest.

[leiming2006]

update.

changelog:
2007-08-14
New feature: AQ and deadzone is supported. (HeadBangeR77)

[HeadBangeR77]

That was quick indeed! Thank you very much! The changes you have just made will surely save me (and others I hope) some time, especially while making quick samples. I'm going to test it soon, hopefully today, if the time lets me. ;)

Good luck at the university (think I would have gone back to these times myself, if I could :) )!

cheers,
HDBR77

PS. I didn't know I had landed in the changelog :D Thanks!

[JoeBG]

@ leiming

Will there be any Linux Suppott for your tool sind neroaacenc is now for Linux as well as x264 or ffmpeg?
Together with mplayer more input should be possible :)

[buzzqw]

tryed with Wine ?

(also valid for automen)

BHH

[leiming2006]

tryed with Wine ?

(also valid for automen)

BHH

there are many windows feature used in the software like bat and so on.
but I haven't tried it anyway.

[buzzqw]

wine is able to "translate" several api and windows fuction

even automkv will run in wine

BHH

[MeteorRain]

there are many windows feature used in the software like bat and so on.
but I haven't tried it anyway.

well, have a try on msys (www.mingw.org) and read some about the linux shell, and i bet you'll love it ;)

--MR

[leiming2006]

update.

2008-03-23
Change: parameter "--nf" is changed into "--no-deblock".
New: Chroma QP Offset option added.
New: Direct prediction size option added.
Improvement: "hadamard exhaustive search" is added.

[leiming2006]

Updated!

[buzzqw]

OT: have you resolved the timeout of tooltip ? (since we share the same programming language)

imho is one of worst aspect of bui mabe by pb... (even if it's a problem within windows)

BHH

[leiming2006]

OT: have you resolved the timeout of tooltip ? (since we share the same programming language)

imho is one of worst aspect of bui mabe by pb... (even if it's a problem within windows)

BHH

This time I do nothing but use the code "GadgetToolTip".
I'm sorry I can't give any useful information because I don't know about that problem currently.

[buzzqw]

simply put mouse over a tooltip and wait till it fade away
then retry activing the tooltip...

and .. i just tested (even if i know it) .. the standard tooltip fails

BHH

[leiming2006]

simply put mouse over a tooltip and wait till it fade away
then retry activing the tooltip...

and .. i just tested (even if i know it) .. the standard tooltip fails

BHH

Wow, it doesn't come out this time.

[leiming2006]

update.

2008-05-21
Improvement: "PSNR" and "SSIM" can be decided to be on or off. (ksleck)

[leiming2006]

update:
2008-07-15
Bug fixed: A very stupid bug, that "bitrate variance" 's range affects "VBV maximum bitrate"

(try to add configure presets next time)

[musicman2311]

I am looking for an AppleTV 720p profile - can anybody help? Thanks

[DarkZell666]

I am looking for an AppleTV 720p profile - can anybody help? Thanks
:search: (damn, I hate using that one ...).

keywords are : "AppleTV profile" (not too hard is it ?)

What you're looking for is in the 3rd thread called "MeGUI Custom x264/AVC video profiles.", in the very first post by Sharktooth.

Have a nice read :)

[musicman2311]

Thanks, you are right

[leiming2006]

updated, megui's profiles are converted and added.


2008-07-21:
Improvement: Some differences from old VFW version are made.
New: Profiles are added, which are converted from MeGUI's profiles.
NOTICE: THE PROFILES ARE CONVERTED MANUALLY, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THERE IS NO MISTAKES EXISTING.
PLEASE MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT BEFORE USING.

[leiming2006]

Today as soon as I got up, I realized that there is something wrong. Then I found I didn't update MeGUI for years.
So I updated MeGUI then converted the profiles again ...... OTL

Changelog:
2008-07-22:
New: Level option is added. BUT IT ONLY ADDS A PARAMETER, IT DOESN'T LIMIT YOUR CONFIGURE.
Update: Presets are updated. I found that yesterday I used the profiles which MeGUI used years ago to make LMx264GUI's presets.

[DarkZell666]

Today as soon as I got up, I realized that there is something wrong. Then I found I didn't update MeGUI for years.
So I updated MeGUI then converted the profiles again ...... OTLCheers mate :D

[Sharktooth]

leiming, i hope to make your (and other GUI devs) life easier. im writing a megui preset parser (based on the megui commandline generator) for various encoders (x264, xvid_encraw, neroaac...) that will spit out the command line from the supported XML presets... ;)

[leiming2006]

leiming, i hope to make your (and other GUI devs) life easier. im writing a megui preset parser (based on the megui commandline generator) for various encoders (x264, xvid_encraw, neroaac...) that will spit out the command line from the supported XML presets... ;)

Thank you very much for your so much works on x264 presets.

[and]

Fujian Normal University？
福建？？大学？
nice neat x264 gui.

[musicman2311]

ok - brief update - i got this thing running.

it works great.

Thanks for the great work!

Please note that I have found no commercially available product yet, which converts VC1/H264 high def of recent releases without stutter (older releases ok).

Only x264 does it

Thanks again all who have worked on this !

And thanks for the appleTV profile !

[Schrade]

leiming, i hope to make your (and other GUI devs) life easier. im writing a megui preset parser (based on the megui commandline generator) for various encoders (x264, xvid_encraw, neroaac...) that will spit out the command line from the supported XML presets... ;)
Oh man this will be awesome. Thanks for your efforts!

[juGGaKNot]

a "progressive game footage" profile ? for non standard fps game footage that does not need stuff real movies do ? :)

[Adub]

Uh, what are you talking about? Did you post in the wrong thread?

[leiming2006]

Update.

2008-09-24:
(!)NOTICE: FOR X264 VER 977 OR HIGHER ONLY!
Change: Window is bigger than before to contain new options.
New: Psyrd is supported, new AQ is supported, new adaptive B-frame decision method is supported.
(!)Change: The default of direct prediction changed to 8x8.
(!)Change: The first pass of double passes is the "fast" one before, the fast first pass of double passes is the "turbo level 2" described in Mplayer's document.

[leiming2006]

http://leiming.fre3.com/2008/09/26/leimings-x264-gui-20080925/

Bug fixed: Optimal adaptive B-frame decision’s state will not be written into configure files.

[leiming2006]

Update.

[leiming2006]

update.

[Weltall]

Help me with these doubts please... But keep in mind I'm almost a total newbiee.

Could you please update the profiles with megui ones or teach how to do it? Also, could you add a delay option for audio? That's cause every little video I encode to h264/aac gets delay. I don't know about bepipe decoder (I don't know if it's a decoding problem, also I don't know if I can call bepipe a decoder), but I always have introduced ~ -150ms delay for megui (it uses ffdshow decoding, doesn't it?), then I don't get this delay. Maybe it could be AVS DirectshowSource, I'm testing yet, I never found a hint about this delay problem. Ok then, thanks in advance.

Edit.: I forgot to say, the program is randomly crashing, I'm using WXP SP3.

Edit.2: Well, I've managed to put a delay on sound with this (also could you look if my avs script is fine?):

# -----------------------------------------------------------------
# Name : Default ABatchScript Template v2
# Author : Steven van Cauter
# Movie : D:\Animes\blablabla\blablablaDVD-Rip-Episodio01.avi
# -----------------------------------------------------------------

#HERE IS WHAT I USED TO GET THE DELAY CORRECTED
DelayAudio(-0.15)

# 1) Store parameter in variable named "Clip"
Clip="blablablaDVD-Rip-Episodio01"

# 2) Set clip as DirectShowSource
DirectShowSource(Clip+".avi")

# 3) Resize to PAL square-pixel frame size
#LanczosResize(480, 280)

# 4) Convert frame rate to PAL, also adjust audio
#AssumeFPS(25, 1, true)

# 5) Restore audio sample rate to a standard rate
#SSRC(44100)

# 6)
#TextSub(Clip+".avi")


Is that right or there is another better method???

What about sound normalizing, how could I get similar megui "Increase Volume Automatically" (AutoGain) and "Improve Accuracy using 32bit & Float Computations" (ImproveAccuracy) options? Is the last option possible using BePipe? What this BePipe does anyway :( I'm so curious, I've searched but I couldn't find any thread about it, I only know it dimzon (or something like this) that created it)

Edit.3:

I have some suggestions to make too, you could make the batch file simpler and cleaner, hiding the default x264 options when they aren't changed, that should help us a lot when editing the batch file or when copying settings from Megui Sharktoot's presets. For example, --scenecut 40, -I 250 -i 25 --sar 1:1, --nr 0, --merange 16, --aq-mode 1 --aq-strength 1 --chroma-qp-offset 0, and many others... By the way, could you help me understant this: there is two x264 passes huh? Why -m, --me, -r have different values on them and 1st pass doesn't have -t at all?

Also, you could put some mux options on the more tab, for use with @mp4box.exe, for being possible to add chapters and subtitles, cause there is some files that comes with these things and we should like to keep them (in case of avi/srt or mkv/ass/srt/"txt chapter" inputs ). The only requirement should be chapters/subtitles must have the same name as input. Could you add this?

Another doubt about the way of decoding audio to encode it after. You use BePipe.exe, is this the best way (or only one) of encoding audio by command line? I mean, its like mencoder? It would be possible to use mencoder to encode video or audio, or isn't worthy?

Your applications was the best I could find so far, but I really need to know about how to correctly use delay and the other things on your software. Thanks in advance!!!

[leiming2006]

First, about the audio encoding. this GUI is designed originally for video encoding so the part of audio encoding is not so powerful.
If you feed it AVS scripts you can add delayaudio function in your AVS scripts; if you feed it other media you should edit the proper AVS presets (or AVS template) in the AVSInc folder.

And then, about the Bepipe. If there is other good ones I won't prefer bepipe. I have tried avs2wav but I get too many problems, like crashing or stopped after encoding though it has the feature normalizing audio.

The first pass: to increasing encoding speed this GUI give the first pass lower parameters. According to the research on POPGO forum, it seems to have no effect on quality. And the "fast" one is to make the first pass faster by the expanse of little quality decreasing.

It's not like mencoder. mencoder uses the internal decoder but bepipe depends on AVS totally.

Last, about the subtitle and chapter and the suggestion on default parameters. I'm taking them into consideration and maybe it'll come true in the future (at least I'll have a try).

Thanks for your interest about my program.

[byme]

I can not make it work


I do start

http://www.weepic.com/out.php/t3215_job1.png (http://www.weepic.com/out.php/i3215_job1.png)


after this screen is no longer anything

http://www.weepic.com/out.php/t3216_job2.png (http://www.weepic.com/out.php/i3216_job2.png)


sorry for my english

[NiGHTsC]

Nevermind, problem solved with PM :D
just add this in AVS
vobsub(mfn+".idx")

Thanx Leiming :D

[flebber]

HI I like the GUi. Can I ask do you have a prefered build of x264?

I ask because I downloaded two versions of x264 1063 and 996 from http://x264.nl/ but when I went to encode with your gui they ran slow quoting me times of 100hrs +.

So I copied the current x264.exe Megui is using and put that in the leiming.exe directory in place of the other versions. And normal quick encoding is back, it will take about 15 minutes at 5.2 fps (its only a small file). So this leads me to think that certain versions or build types work better. Do you have any ideas or preference ?

Quick second question how do I get the video output to be mkv by default?

[lion09503]

why is it that the audio is the only one that encodes

[DarkZell666]

why is it that the audio is the only one that encodes

Would you mind explaining a bit more clearly what you mean ?
Do you mean you have a black picture ? Or that you only have one audio track when you had two in the source video ? Something else ?

[lion09503]

what i mean is that if i insert a video to encode and start the encoding the audio is the only one that encodes and the video won't be encoded

[DarkZell666]

- What format is the source video ? (ie: xvid+mp3 in avi ? x264+aac in mp4 ? etc.)
- Do you have good codecs installed ? (ie: ffdshow-tryouts (http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/download.php) and Haali's Media Splitter (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/) ?)


Edit : it turns out you need to choose an item in the "AVS script" dropdown box to load your source file correctly.
You can add more AVS templates in the avsinc folder. I believe an extra one like this would also be helpful, since all the directshow-based scripts bundled with the app have convertfps=true with a specific fps value :

directshowsource(fs)
converttoyv12()
ConvertAudioTo16bit()

[leiming2006]

It's the last version.

[buzzqw]

It's the last version.

:(

it's sad. Any particular reason for saing last ?

i hope anyone knowing PB get the source code and work on it

thanks for your work leiming2006!

BHH

[vampiredom]

Hi -- Does anyone know of any good Blu-Ray presets for this GUI? Being new to x264 encoding, is there a way to specify interlaced vs. progressive encodes? Thanks.

[Miras]

The software allows encode the parallel on several computers?