new tool: sARc [Archive]

mod

25th June 2006, 19:48

I've made a little tool for the compression from d2v to xvid, via AviSynth and xvid_encraw, and decided to share it, maybe someone finds it useful.
I made it for my backups for SAP, so a lot of options are not "visible", but I'll have really no problem making changes! :)
ATM it just encodes video because for audio tracks and subs I use different tools.
Who wants to report errors or give suggestions..

sARc page (http://meslor.awardspace.com/mystuff.html?page=mystuff) - .Net 2.0 Required

Note: I'm trying to get informations about the correct values of overhead in avi files to get more correct values in the bitrate, so any help would be nice!

SeeMoreDigital

26th June 2006, 09:16

When I click on your: download xvid_encraw [7z] (http://meslor.awardspace.com/files/xvid_encraw_20060502.7z) link, I get a web page full of text!

Is it just me?

Cheers

mod

26th June 2006, 09:18

You need to "Right Click" on the link, or the browser will open the file.. :) I admit I wrote it only in ita, I'm going to correct, thanks..

EDIT: page corrected.

SeeMoreDigital

26th June 2006, 09:21

You need to "Right Click" on the link, or the browser will open the file.. :) I admit I wrote it only in ita, I'm going to correct, thanks..Hmmm... I tried that and all I get is an option to save: xvid_encraw 20060502.htm

Cheers

mod

26th June 2006, 09:28

Hmmm... I tried that and all I get is an option to save: xvid_encraw 20060502.htm
Are you using IExplorer? I've just tried with Firefox and it works.. but IExplorer doesn't work.. never happened before.. It simply doesn't see the file. Going to investigate..

EDIT: I have to correct myself: the file is saved also with IE, but no window is opened.

SeeMoreDigital

26th June 2006, 09:38

I actually managed to save the file by changing the .htm file extension to .7z

Web browsers eh!!!

mod

26th June 2006, 09:38

I hate IE !! ^^
I'll have to find a solution if the problem remains..

EDIT: I just corrected one of the scripts, Blockbuster() removed from 001

Antaeogo

26th June 2006, 09:52

I hate IE !! ^^
I'll have to find a solution if the problem remains..Add application/x-7z-compressed 7zto Apache's mime.types file (assuming that's under your control), otherwise your server's handing out a mime-type of "text/html", which IE will try to render the file as.

mod

26th June 2006, 10:01

@Antaeogo

I can't, I just put an info.htaccess file with

AddType application/x-7z-compressed 7z

in the main folder..

Antaeogo

26th June 2006, 10:21

No Go, to do that in .htaccess, you need the ability to override the FileInfo directives where your 7z files are. (AllowOverride FileInfo has to be configured for your vhost/directory in the main .conf files). But, AIUI, that's beyond your control and something your host must change.

In the end, it's no big deal, everyone just needs to rename the file to a .7z extension.

mod

26th June 2006, 10:24

In the end, it's no big deal, everyone just needs to rename the file to a .7z extension.
Thanks! Ok, I'll write it in the page ^^

SeeMoreDigital

26th June 2006, 10:27

I have a similar issue with files I store on my sub-domain server!

Cheers

mod

26th June 2006, 10:29

I have a similar issue with files I store on my sub-domain server!
That's a consequence of free web hosting.. btw.. I've changed the page, now it should be clear :)

PS: This isn't getting a thread about html parsing.. isn't it? ;)

foxyshadis

26th June 2006, 10:44

Haha, the SMD link redirects to:
http://www.awardspace.com/articles/do_i_need_web_hosting.html
from the forum. I bet it's checking referrers. :p Works fine off your site though.

mod

26th June 2006, 11:07

SeeMoreDigital

26th June 2006, 11:08

Haha, the SMD link redirects to:
http://www.awardspace.com/articles/do_i_need_web_hosting.html
from the forum. I bet it's checking referrers. :p Works fine off your site though.That's because Mods original link was: -
h**p://meslor.awardspace.com/files/xvid_encraw%2020060502 Which was changed to: -
h**p://meslor.awardspace.com/files/xvid_encraw_20060502

Cheers

mod

26th June 2006, 12:32

I added an english translation of the italian page..

JoeBG

26th June 2006, 19:10

Are there any commandline options? I would like to start your tool out of batch -files :)

mod

26th June 2006, 20:48

Are there any commandline options? I would like to start your tool out of batch -files :)
Hmmm.. the tool is a GUI for xvid_encraw, so making a command line would not make sense to me..
Would it be good an option to create the .BAT file? I mean: you open a .d2v, select all your options, choose and edit the .avs, set codec settings and then APPEND the all work in a .BAT file (sort of job list).
Would it be good for you?

@all: any report about bugs or suggestions? Does it work :D ?

mod

27th June 2006, 17:13

I've just compiled v. 0.3.0.5

- added custom matrix support
- now it's possible to choose also the starting frame for the encoding

Inc

28th June 2006, 18:07

Maybe its a Filetype upload option problem.
Do you have your FTP Tool set to "auto", "Binary" or "Ascii/TExt" ??
Try Binary as maybe the FTP Tool could think the 7z one is a text mode prefered file.

mod

28th June 2006, 18:20

Do you have your FTP Tool set to "auto", "Binary" or "Ascii/TExt" ??
I'm using FileZilla, and 7z isn't in the list of ASCII extensions. I've tried uploading the files forcing binary mode but it still doesn't work. As already stated, it's a problem of server rigths..
If this IS really a problem I'm going to use another one of my spaces:

EDIT: link removed

Please report if it works.

PS: ..does the tool work..

SeeMoreDigital

28th June 2006, 18:30

Well the download link works okay :D

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4148/7zdownloadlink4xh.png

mod

28th June 2006, 18:51

Well the download link works okay :D
Hey, thanks for fast feedback! Ok, tonight I'll put an alternative download on the page, directly linked to the other webspace.

Can I ask also a few feedback on the tool? I'd like to start collecting scripts from users, maybe putting a php upload service on my page.
What do you think about?

All ideas are welcome!

mod

26th July 2006, 01:25

I've had a few time to make some changes:

- autocrop of .d2v file (via WMPlayer)
- the optimal height is suggested when output width changes
- if a .d2v file is open is not possible to change the frame dimensions
- the time log is directly generated in the script window
- the encoding can be stopped at any time
- small bugfixes

Available here (http://meslor.awardspace.com/mystuff_eng.html?page=mystuff)

mod

26th July 2006, 20:16

Changes:

- autocrop via mplayer2
- final quality extimation ( based on bpp :rolleyes: )
- output dimensions automaticlly calculated to reduce the AR % error
- preview of .avs file (via mplayer2)
- small bugfixes

Available here (http://meslor.awardspace.com/mystuff.html?page=mystuff)

buzzqw

26th July 2006, 22:33

Thanks mod !
i will try asap

there are any possibility for x264.exe support ?

BHH

mod

26th July 2006, 22:46

Thanks to you for the suggestions :)

there are any possibility for x264.exe support ?

Sure. I've planned x264 and lame (maybe also mkv and aac dunno..)
Tomorrow I'm leaving for 10 days (hey, it's summer..) but after I'll have a few extra time to code :)

Do you know a quick CLI muxer? I'd like to keep the package as small as possible (I think you already understood that..) so I've searched but I didn't find anything.

buzzqw

27th July 2006, 09:00

muxer ? ... let's see

avi/divx output: avi-mux gui (1mb), divxmux (700kb)
mp4 output: mp4box (1.7 mb)
mkv output: mkvmerge (standalone version 2.2mb), avimux_gui

that can handle avi/mkv/mp4 input: mkvmerge
that can handle avi/mp4 input: mp4box

so if you output with xvid_encraw avi files and with x264 mp4 files, with mp4box you can handle all files in input (even if ac3 would be used by private stream)

go with mp4box !

BHH

mod

9th August 2006, 14:37

I removed a few bugs..

Changes:

- all the needed files are already included in the package
- I corrected the function for the calc of the correct dimensions (sometimes a dimension was skipped)
- a lot of small corrections..

available here (http://meslor.awardspace.com/mystuff.html?page=mystuff)

I'm going to write some scripts to include in the package.. I don't have material where I compile, and this makes things not simple.
Thanks for the infos on the muxers, I checked and MP4Box seems good, but it doesn't allow .avi output and for a SAP is a problem.

If the tool works I'm going to spend time on the (lot of) things missing.