AutoMKV 0.93a - (DVD/TS/AVI/AVS to X264/XviD/WVC1 into MKV/MP4/WMV) update 30/12/2007

[Prospero424]

@bhh

@Prospero424
is to remove the original grain, what you want (remove grain AFTER) is done by the decoder (post processing)

BHH

Thanks again for the response, but I think you misunderstood me. I was wondering if I should still use a removegrain filter on, say, a movie filmed using modern, digital methods like Sin City or only on older movies like Blade Runner, which are sometimes transferred from their original film prints to a high-def format by people like HDNET.

Assume both sources in this example are at 1080.

And not to pile on, but I have yet to say it, so thanks SO MUCH for your work on this project. I've turned several friends onto it, as well, and they've been equally impressed.

[buzzqw]

a bit of grain is always neccessary for a "not washed-out look" of movie.

Pourpose of filter is to gain a little bit compressibility and to remove excessive grain or noise/flickering/mosquito/ringing/halo....

the "best" filter could be the "not apply filters" or a heavy weight Spresso, or a sharpener Seesaw

usually a removegrain(mode=2) is light enough to not destroy image but to clean a little noise around

i can suggest to do several test with varius filter on a short sample.

BHH

P.S. thanks for introducing AutoMKV to other user !

[Prospero424]

a bit of grain is always neccessary for a "not washed-out look" of movie.

Pourpose of filter is to gain a little bit compressibility and to remove excessive grain or noise/flickering/mosquito/ringing/halo....

the "best" filter could be the "not apply filters" or a heavy weight Spresso, or a sharpener Seesaw

usually a removegrain(mode=2) is light enough to not destroy image but to clean a little noise around

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for.

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

I have this "Dumb" question ...

Q1: What is the AutoMKV with Decrypter used for?

If I am only interested in converting my DVD files (that are already on my hard drive) into AVI format ... then I guess the AutoMKV without Decrypter should work fine ... right!?!?!

G!

[Shark_jlc]

Using DVDFab Decrypter 3.0.8.6, I've ripped only the 16x9 movie from a disc that contains 16x9 and 4x3 versions, and other misc extras.

I pointed AutoMKV to the video_ts.ifo, chose wmv/wmv, 128 Kbps stereo audio, and "Set Width Resolution" to Auto.

This caused 2 issues with the resultant movie:

1) It seems to be in 4x3 format.
2) The farther into the movie you get the more often the audio gets out of sync by 2-3 seconds. But then the audio does sync for a bit, then it gets out of sync by 2-3 seconds. Very intermittent.

Any ideas?

[buzzqw]

Q1: What is the AutoMKV with Decrypter used for?

very simple answer: automkv can be used even to automatize from rip the dvd to final encoded movie.

Now i am using dvdfabdecrypter because it's command line usable and can deal with some old arcoos protection

hen I guess the AutoMKV without Decrypter should work fine ... right!?!?!

for sure !, simply input to one ifo of your decrypted dvd

@Shark_jlc

1) It seems to be in 4x3 format.
well... how automkv could choose what pgc to work ?
you should rip only the pgc you want (or wait next version with pgc selection...)

2) The farther into the movie you get the more often the audio gets out of sync by 2-3 seconds. But then the audio does sync for a bit, then it gets out of sync by 2-3 seconds. Very intermittent.

what is cpu use while decoding ? also try to play with other players (link mpc, vlc, wmp...)
one more: wmv encoding is done by wmencoder ... please try opening movie.avs with mpc/virtualdub and play it... is desyncronized ?

BHH

[Shark_jlc]

...
@Shark_jlc

well... how automkv could choose what pgc to work ?
you should rip only the pgc you want (or wait next version with pgc selection...)

what is cpu use while decoding ? also try to play with other players (link mpc, vlc, wmp...)
one more: wmv encoding is done by wmencoder ... please try opening movie.avs with mpc/virtualdub and play it... is desyncronized ?

BHH

I only ripped the 16x9 version. (is that what you mean by "rip only the pgc I want"?)

The audio de-sync happens when I play the movie on my xbox360, or my windows xp box (athlon XP @ 1.7 ghz)

Where would I find the movie.avs file? In the temp folder I deleted ? :)

Thanks.

[buzzqw]

I only ripped the 16x9 version. (is that what you mean by "rip only the pgc I want"?)

yes, is that what i mean.

if it look "4:3" ... i don't know.. the wmv encoder don't set the aspect ratio... so if it look like 4:3 i can suppose that original file was a 4:3 film cropped and resized to 16:9

you can edit the <pixelratio> value to these
DV NTSC fullscreen 10:11
DV NTSC widescreen 40:33
DV PAL fullscreen 12:11
DV PAL widescreen 16:11
if you know it (but you must reencode)

and gain... yes... the movie.avs was in temp folder...
don't delete it till encoded film isn't played ! :(

BHH

P.S. a will look to AR into wmv...

[Shark_jlc]

I'll re-encode it tonight (for a 3rd time :) and check out the file in the temp folder.

Thanks buzzqw!

[buzzqw]

attention Shark_jlc !

change the pixelratio NOT to "16:11" (for example) but to "16 11" without quotes and without :

BHH

EDIT: dowload this 2 sample from the name you will understand the parameter used (are pal=

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/16_11movie.wmv and http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/12_11_movie.wmv (~1mb each)

[Shark_jlc]

This post will show my ignorance, I'm sure, but why do both movies show a width of 640 when you do a properties check on them?

It's obvious that one is widescreen and the other is not, would the widesreen not have a.... wider width?

[buzzqw]

one word : PAR (and two more AR and DAR)
would be long to explain but SeeMoreDigital have a lots of info on his site

start here http://www.seemoredigital.net/03_Video_Info.html and then go to "Resolution" and "Anamorphics"

i can suggest a long a intesive read. it is very well written andd ask to most "unquestionable" question :D

BHH

[Shark_jlc]

Thanks for the link, I'll read over them as soon as possible.

[Huerta]

I am having a problem encoding a certain episode. For some reason each time I try and encode during the second pass at 81% the xvid_encraw says it has to shut down.

Here is the log.

01:11:09 0.76 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
01:11:09 Selected Input file: C:\DBZ\Episode 21\VTS_02_0.IFO
01:11:09 Selected Output dir: C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\
01:11:09 Selected Final Name: VTS_02_0
01:11:09 Selected Container type: MKV
01:11:09 Selected Encoder: XviD
01:11:09 Selected Size: 265
01:11:09 Selected Slice: 1
01:11:09 Selected Profile: XviD_Extra_Slow.xml
01:11:09 Selected Width: Automatic
01:11:09 Selected Resizer: NONE
01:11:09 Selected Filters: MipSmooth(preset = "AnimeHQ")
01:11:09 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
01:11:09 Selected Field Order: AUTO
01:11:09 NeroAACEnc.exe: not present
01:11:09 Using Matrix: Sharktooth's EQM v3ULR.cqm
01:11:09 Track Language 1: All Audio Tracks
01:11:09 Audio Codec 1: Ogg Vorbis
01:11:09 Audio Quality 1: 4
01:11:09 Audio Channel 1: Stereo
01:11:09 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
01:11:09 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
01:11:09 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
01:11:09 Lame Settings: VBR
01:11:09 Audio Normalization: 1
01:11:09 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo : NONE
01:11:09 Pitch: NONE --- Other Add :
01:11:09 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 2
01:11:09 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
01:11:09 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
01:11:09 Lame Settings: VBR
01:11:09 Audio Normalization: 1
01:11:09 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo : NONE
01:11:09 Pitch: NONE --- Other Add :
01:11:09 Activate Anamorphic Encoding
01:11:09
01:12:24 Starting fixing all audio files
01:12:25 DelayCut CMD: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\dgindex\Delaycut.exe -auto -out "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\fixed1.ac3" "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -206ms.ac3"
01:12:38 DelayCut CMD: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\dgindex\Delaycut.exe -auto -out "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\fixed2.ac3" "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY -206ms.ac3"
01:12:43 DelayCut CMD: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\dgindex\Delaycut.exe -auto -out "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\fixed3.ac3" "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie T03 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY -206ms.ac3"
01:12:50 Encoding C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\fixed1.ac3 to Ogg with 4 quality
01:16:10 Encoding C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\fixed2.ac3 to Ogg with 4 quality
01:18:01 Encoding C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\fixed3.ac3 to Ogg with 4 quality
01:20:02 ForceFilm Detected: 99.900002% FILM found
01:20:09 Number of Frames: 37290
01:20:09 Framerate: 29.970030
01:20:09 Movie lenght in Seconds: 1245
01:20:09 Movie Width: 720
01:20:09 Movie Height: 480
01:26:09 Processing completed. Type is determined to be film.
01:26:10 BFF: 27
01:26:10 TFF: 158
01:26:10 Order: tff
01:26:11 FIRST pass XviD: "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass1 -progress -bitrate 1473 -turbo -threads 1 -max_bframes 2 -imax 16 -qpel -quality 6 -vhqmode 4 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -framerate 23.976 -bquant_ratio 162 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -nopacked -nochromame -noclosed_gop -bvhq -qmatrix "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3ULR.cqm" -i "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -mkv "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie.mkv"
01:26:11 SECOND pass XviD: "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe" -pass2 -progress -bitrate 1473 -threads 1 -max_bframes 2 -imax 16 -qpel -quality 6 -vhqmode 4 -pmax 16 -bmax 16 -framerate 23.976 -bquant_ratio 162 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -nopacked -nochromame -noclosed_gop -bvhq -qmatrix "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3ULR.cqm" -i "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -mkv "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie.mkv"
01:26:11 Starting First Pass
02:13:07 Starting Second Pass
03:38:59 Only Movie Size: 183357440 bytes
03:38:59 C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\VTS_02_0.mkv_pre" --track-name -1:"VTS_02_0" --aspect-ratio 0:1.777778 --chapters "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\chapters.txt" "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie.mkv" "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\audio1.ogg" "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\audio2.ogg" "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\audio3.ogg" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.76 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=854221 "
03:39:00 Final Muxed size: -1 bytes
03:39:01 Encoding finished: 02:27:52 elapsed time
03:39:01 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
03:39:01 Script AutoCrop.log
03:39:01
03:39:01 Crop(10,0,700,480)
03:39:01 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
03:39:01 Script Resmovie.avs
03:39:01
03:39:01 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
03:39:01 Script movie.avs
03:39:01
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\autocrop.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\BicublinResize.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\blockbuster.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\cnr2.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\ColorMatrix.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\Convolution3D.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\corrector.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\DctFilter.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\Decomb.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\Deen.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\degrainmedian.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\DGDecode.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\EEDI2.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\fft3dfilter.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\FluxSmooth.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\frfun7.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\hqdn3d.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\LeakKernelDeint.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\MaskTools.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\medianblur.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\MipSmooth.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\mt_masktools.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\mvtools.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\RemoveGrainS.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\RepairS.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\SangNom.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\SimpleResize.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\TBilateral.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\TDeint.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\TIVTC.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\TomsMoComp.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\TTempSmooth.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\UnDot.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\UnFilter.dll")
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\VSFilter.dll")
03:39:01 #loadpluginstart
03:39:01
03:39:01 #test1
03:39:01
03:39:01 Import("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\MCBob_v03c.avsi")
03:39:01 Import("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\mvbob.avsi")
03:39:01 Import("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\seesaw.avsi")
03:39:01 Import("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\spresso.avsi")
03:39:01 #importstart
03:39:01
03:39:01 #test2
03:39:01
03:39:01 movie = mpeg2source("C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie.d2v")
03:39:01 function getOrder(clip c) {
03:39:01 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
03:39:01 Return order }
03:39:01 #filter1start
03:39:01
03:39:01 #test3
03:39:01
03:39:01 #cropstart
03:39:01
03:39:01 cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=40,aspect=0,threshold=34,samplestartframe=0)
03:39:01 fixed_aspect = 1
03:39:01 c_width = width(cropclip)
03:39:01 c_height = Round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
03:39:01 input_par = float(float(c_width)/float(c_height))
03:39:01 input_par = input_par > 1.4 ? input_par : (4.0/3.0)
03:39:01 out_width = 720
03:39:01 out_height = Round(float(out_width) / input_par)
03:39:01 hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
03:39:01 out_height = (hmod > 4) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
03:39:01 new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
03:39:01 autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=40,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=34,samplestartframe=0)
03:39:01
03:39:01 last = movie
03:39:01 tfm(d2v="C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\movie.d2v").tdecimate()
03:39:01 #resizestart
03:39:01
03:39:01 #test4
03:39:01
03:39:01 #filter2start
03:39:01
03:39:01 #test5
03:39:01
03:39:01 MipSmooth(preset = "AnimeHQ")
03:39:01 ColorMatrix("Rec.709->Rec.601",hints=false,threads=0)
03:39:01 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
03:39:01 Script mkvmaudio.avs
03:39:01
03:39:01 LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
03:39:01 NicAC3Source("C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\fixed3.ac3")
03:39:01 EnsureVBRMP3Sync()
03:39:01 ConvertAudioTo16bit()
03:39:01 #Applyed STEREO downmixing routines
03:39:01 function stereo(clip a)
03:39:01 {
03:39:01 fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
03:39:01 fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
03:39:01 c = GetChannel(a, 3)
03:39:01 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
03:39:01 sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
03:39:01 sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
03:39:01 l_sl = MixAudio(fl, sl, 0.2929, 0.2929)
03:39:01 c_lfe = MixAudio(lfe, c, 0.2071, 0.2071)
03:39:01 r_sr = MixAudio(fr, sr, 0.2929, 0.2929)
03:39:01 l = MixAudio(l_sl, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
03:39:01 r = MixAudio(r_sr, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
03:39:01 Return MergeChannels(l, r).Normalize()
03:39:01 }
03:39:01 #
03:39:01 function original(clip a)
03:39:01 {
03:39:01 Normalize(a)
03:39:01 Return last
03:39:01 }
03:39:01 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : original()
03:39:01 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
03:39:01 Script mkvmaudio.bat
03:39:01
03:39:01 "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\besweet\bepipe.exe" --script "Import(^C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\mkvmaudio.avs^)" | "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\AutoMKV076\exe\besweet\oggenc2.exe" -q 4 - -o "C:\DBZ\Episode 21\temp\audio3.ogg"
03:39:01 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
03:39:01 Script mkvmaudio2.avs
03:39:01
03:39:01 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
03:39:01 Script mkvmaudio2.bat
03:39:01
03:39:01
03:39:01 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[buzzqw]

I am having a problem encoding a certain episode.

since the error is replicable, i suppose there is some problem with those vobs.

please try to open the movie.avs with mediaplayer classic or virtualdub and advanced till 81% of movie...

got any error ?

another try could be changing the xvid profile or better try with x264

BHH

[Shark_jlc]

Trying to play the movie.avs file in anything on my machine pegs my processor out and it just jumps and skips everywhere :/

[buzzqw]

@Shark_jlc

try reducing resolution, open movie.avs look at out_width = XXX, set it to 320 and play... is in synch ?
if not may be a problem of ripping... (try with ripit4me)


@ALL

As you now Sh0dan has build an awesome plugin for avisynth ( http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120025 ) "SoundOut"

With this plugin is possible to eliminate BePipe usage , and so .Net Framework

what is cons and pro ?

PRO: no .NET needed, no LAME.exe, mp3 encoding would be more robust since will be limited to official preset ( 32 40 48 56 64 80 96 112 128 160 192 224 256 320)
Other audio encoding NERO/OGG would be the same

CONS: AAC CCT (winamp) wouldn't be able to encode to 5.1 Channels , AAC CCT would be limited only to 2 ch (mono,stereo,dpl,dpl II), for MP3 only ABR and CBR mode avaiable (no more pure quality preset)
Maybe a little slower (60 seconds for every hours of audio encoded, on my p4 3.0 lame goes to near x8 realtime)


i have already done all modify to automkv, but, as always i have backupped all source

please tell me your preference

BHH

[Shark_jlc]

Changing the out_width doesn't seem to make a difference in the playback of the file for me. I'll rip with ripit4me and re-encode tonight.

In regards to the new plugin, the trade off is that AutoMKV loses some dependencies, but also loses some functionality.

*shrug* I have no preference :/

[sunflash10]

I think that the pros outweigh the cons in this case. Although CCT becomes less useful, there is always Nero AAC which is more or less the same thing. The better mp3 encoding is what matters to me most.

[buzzqw]

@Shark_jlc
have you select NONE to resizer ? if so delete from movie.avs last=movie

@sunflash10

thanks for you answer
about cct i think too could be ok even if limited to 2ch. Nero aac deliver an optimal quality and is freeware for personal use.
Even more encoding 5.1 with nero is painless while with cct i must check every switch to make compliant...

i would like to include neroaacenc with automkv software but actually there is some license problem... i have better hope for future :)

BHH

[Shark_jlc]

@Shark_jlc
have you select NONE to resizer ? if so delete from movie.avs last=movie
...

I did select none, and I'll set last=movie tonight and try to play again!
Thanks.

[buzzqw]

i cannot set last=movie ! is automkv that set it when you select resizer NONE!

to test open the movie.avs and remove the line last=movie, then open in vdub/mediaplayer classic !

BHH

[Shark_jlc]

i cannot set last=movie ! is automkv that set it when you select resizer NONE!

to test open the movie.avs and remove the line last=movie, then open in vdub/mediaplayer classic !

BHH

I removed the line where last=movie was set, and I set the width to 320 and still, no change. The movie.avs file just totally pegs out my machine and cannot be played :/

I've attached movie.avs in case you get a second to make sure I'm not missing something.

[weaver4]

I have been using AutoMKV to make XviD and Zune movies. But I want to try H.264 but I am a little confused on the settings. I want a good quality 1 pass encoder, and I don't care about a target size, and I don't know what I should use for a profile.

Should I use:
> Constant Quality CRF?
> Constant Quality QP.
> I pass Intermediate?

What value of CRF should I use?

Right now when I use XviD I generally use single pass, don't care about size, quantizer of 3. I am looking for something similar.

Thanks,

[Huerta]

I was wondering if anyone could answer a question I have.

I have episodes and movies that I want to encode in really good quality. I've been encoding in Xvid for now but would like to try something different.

The episodes and movies are anime. I'm still learning DVD terms but I found out that the aspect ratio is 16:9. And it is 1080p Highest Quality HD Format.

I am going to use H.264 and Nero AAC when I encode. I was wondering what other settings I should use in order to get great quality. I also want to keep the Widescreen Resolution in case I put the episodes back to DVD. So what would you guys recommend.

[nx6]

Hello. I'm new I've been trying to get this to work for about the last two weeks and have yet to finish with a 100% successful MKV file. :confused:

I just tried another run of ripping a DVD with dual audio tracks and one subtitle track to an MKV, and the result is one that happens quite often. Everything seems to rip and process fine, but then when it finishes, I go looking for the final movie file, and there isn't one.

This time, after it ripped the DVD I got the error message that AutoMKV couldn't find the file "mkmvaudio.vbs" this happens quite often, even though the file is right in the directory it says it is looking in. So I aborted the rip since it said it couldn't rip the audio, then tried again but instead of pointing to the DVD drive I used the main VIDEO_TS from the aborted try before since the DVDFabDecrypter appeared to have done its job right and the DVD was on disk at that point.

I went to work and the X264 encoding was on its second pass, and I came home and the logfile says the job is done, but there is no final movie file.

Here's the log, I didn't see any text about errors, but it's like there are some final steps not being completed and I don't know why.

[buzzqw]

@Shark_jlc

your source file is "Partly Film" and so AutoMKV will deinterlace with an hybrid procedure... that seems not allowed by wmv encoder

try this : on advanced settings, on deinterlacer set to FILM and then reencode

@weaver4

> Constant Quality CRF?
would be my first try :) with a value between 18 and 22 (is a personal taste)
is good looking and near as fast

@Huerta
set resizer to lanczos
width to 720
on advanced setting set use anamorphic
as profile i would go to crf profile (for maximize quality) or Encoding-Mainprofile

@nx6
first, move AutoMKV to c:\temp\apps or short path, don't put automkv folder on desktop

mini how-to for dvd2mkv

rip the dvd (ripit4me is truly great)
move the ripped dvd to c:\ripped\dvd\video_ts\....
open automkv
click on input an browse to c:\ripped\dvd and click on video_ts.ifo
select container
select codec
select disk settings
select the audio tracks (and remember that to use NERO you must download neroaacenc.exe from nerodigital.com site, it's free)
select subs
optional: select width and resizer
click Start Encoding
...
...

after some hours you will have in c:\ripped\dvd\video_ts\ a file named video_ts.mkv, this is your film

anyway i looking for the log , thanks !

BHH

[nx6]

@nx6
first, move AutoMKV to c:\temp\apps or short path, don't put automkv folder on desktop

mini how-to for dvd2mkv

rip the dvd (ripit4me is truly great)
move the ripped dvd to c:\ripped\dvd\video_ts\....
open automkv
click on input an browse to c:\ripped\dvd and click on video_ts.ifo
select container
select codec
select disk settings
select the audio tracks (and remember that to use NERO you must download neroaacenc.exe from nerodigital.com site, it's free)
select subs
optional: select width and resizer
click Start Encoding
...
...

after some hours you will have in c:\ripped\dvd\video_ts\ a file named video_ts.mkv, this is your film

anyway i looking for the log , thanks !
BHH

Do I have to use the C drive? I don't have much room on it. I have an empty 30GB drive as drive S I was using for this try.

I actually got one job to almost complete successfully with this same DVD with AutoMKV on the desktop folder. But I got errors when it came time to add the subs and I got a movie file with good quality and both audio tracks but no subs. :(

But now that I think I'm not sure if that was AutoMKV or when I was trying MKVMagic before.

Also, should AutoMKV and the other folders (exe, profiles) be loose in C:\temp\apps or can they be in a containing folder?

[fogbav]

I vote for the new Audio Plugin !

[buzzqw]

@nx6
isn't necessary C: , just a shorter path
S:\dvdripping\automkv is very good ! (for example)

both audio tracks but no subs
if you can relaunch muxing.bat and spot the error (also post here muxing.bat)

should AutoMKV and the other folders (exe, profiles) be loose in C:\temp\apps or can they be in a containing folder?

:confused: ...

automkv is "self contained" with its folders
automkv.exe
license.txt
profiles folder
exe folder
all these files/folder must been in the same folder , download the full apps, unrar to s:\xxx\automkv and all is within

@fogbav

hi !

thanks for your vote. now with 3 to 0 (:mad: holy cows, 3 votes only, what the hell ! sometime i think to quit. :mad: ) seems that new plugin is preferred.
And i prefer it too.

fogbav, feel free to put your experience in the wiki !

BHH

[delacroixp]

I've done a couple of H264 encodes (all within the last week) with MeGUI and currently with AutoMKV using the mkv container.

They're quite breathtaking compared to Dr DivX 1 and VirtualDub encodes from a few years back... but nowhere do I find the option for 1080HD encoding. Both MeGUI and AutoMkv seem to be limited to the 'Home Theater' (720 x ???) profile.

Some of the guys on the Dr DivX Forums recommended Nero Recode which certainly supports 1080HD but possibly not the Mkv Container.

What's available in OSS ?


:thanks:
Pascal

[Shark_jlc]

@Shark_jlc

your source file is "Partly Film" and so AutoMKV will deinterlace with an hybrid procedure... that seems not allowed by wmv encoder

try this : on advanced settings, on deinterlacer set to FILM and then reencode

...
BHH

I'll do that tonight. Also if you can add the code to AutoMKV to not "deinterlace with an hybrid procedure" when making a WMV file... that would help people like me not do what I'm not supposed to do :)

[Shark_jlc]

@...

thanks for your vote. now with 3 to 0 (:mad: holy cows, 3 votes only, what the hell ! sometime i think to quit. :mad: ) seems that new plugin is preferred.
And i prefer it too.

...

BHH

At 62 pages, it might be time for a new thread? :) People might not see that on page 61 you asked a question.

Maybe with the next .77 release?

[delacroixp]

I've completed a few encodes using AutoMKV with H264 and the Mkv container.

I'm compressing the 'Band of Brothers' series onto 1 DVD to compare my similar exercise with Dr DivX 1 and VirtualDub a few years back.
I would certainly recommend Constant Quality CRF as a vote for perfect efficiency and consistency.

http://forums.divx.com/forum/viewTopic.php?id=2760
Kamiwa (above link) suggested that a
Dr DivX quantizer of 2 = Q18 (H264) and a
Dr DivX quantizer of 3 = Q22 . "
Dr DivX quantizer of 4 = Q24 . "

Good luck and have a good one.

:) :eek: :D
Pascal

[buzzqw]

@delacroixp
Both MeGUI and AutoMkv seem to be limited to the 'Home Theater' (720 x ???) profile.

in WIDTH you can write what you want, even 1980 or 10000! automkv will encode at this width !

the profiles are used for determine codec configurations not width or height

@Shark_jlc
Also if you can add the code to AutoMKV to not "deinterlace with an hybrid procedure" when making a WMV film

DONE ! in next update

Maybe with the next .77 release
don't know... i will ask to MODs

@delacroixp
as already said ... i will look to crf and queue issue

BHH

[dlflannery]

.....now with 3 to 0 ( holy cows, 3 votes only, what the hell ! sometime i think to quit. ) seems that new plugin is preferred.
And i prefer it too.....
It wasn't that I didn't care. I looked at the description of the new plugin. I just didn't have a strong opinion -- don't have enough encoding experience to appreciate the pros and cons.

[pdjm]

I don't understand one thing, the tooltip in the auto adjust crf option says that this option is a must for crf profile encoding however when i use crf profile i can't select this option. The check box has a strange behaviour, i try to check it but it's not possible to check it. I don't understand why this happens because the option is there and it's not greyed out.
Thanks for great program!

[pdjm]

One more question.I always use auto deinterlacer options and in my home computer i always get a message of this kind in the log file "Processing completed. Type is determined to be ..." However in two different computers where i also make some encodings with the same options this message is never there.Why does this happens?The lack of this message means the the program was not able to found the correct deinterlacer options?

[Prospero424]

AutoMKV is working GREAT for me, but I'm having one minor problem.

When I input a .TS file with AC3 audio and choose to use the original audio in AutoMKV, the final size of the resulting .MKV is always too small by a few hundred megabytes. AutoMKV seems to be calculating file size improperly (at least for AC3 .TS files).

Sure, I can compensate by setting the size manually, but I wanted to report my specific problem with the automation.

[delacroixp]

Awesome...

[note: When saving the .ini file... if you overwrite the .ini the file is saved without the .ini extension]

:) :D :eek:
Pascal

[buzzqw]

@dlflannery

your answer is a good aswer too !
if you cannot evaluate pro/cons mean new audio plugin is ok for you ! :)

@pdjm
attention: Adjust CRF Profile is to use ONLY when you answer "HIT MEDIA SIZE" on crf question.

about the inderlace: the phrase "Type is determined to be ..." is written only for NOT PROGRESSIVE source files.

@Prospero424
thanks, thanks ! you spotted a very ugly error !
automkv will double count the size of audio.... only with ts files
Fixed in next release !

@delacroixp
in next version the queue module got update. AutoMKV will save for every job its xml profile, so will be possible to "Use this profile" with queue

i hope to not break anything...

BHH

[Prospero424]

@Prospero424
thanks, thanks ! you spotted a very ugly error !
automkv will double count the size of audio.... only with ts files
Fixed in next release !

Awesome! You rock.

[delacroixp]

@delacroixp
in next version the queue module got update. AutoMKV will save for every job its xml profile, so will be possible to "Use this profile" with queue

i hope to not break anything...

BHH

Gr8... will each job need a separate folder or will many jobs be able to use 1 folder, 1 temp folder and can each job have a different xml (profile) ?

Also, if I rip 3 movies in IFO mode into 1 folder (assume each movie is 1 file), including the IFO file and rename them all accordingly... movie1.VOB, movie1.IFO... movie2.VOB, movie2.IFO... etc
Will AutoMKV and/or DGIndex encode all 3 movies correctly ?


:) :D :eek:
Pascal

Btw
You must break something... 10 steps fwd, 1 step bkwd... only GOD gets it right the first time.

[buzzqw]

will each job need a separate folder or will many jobs be able to use 1 folder, 1 temp folder and can each job have a different xml (profile) ?

in next update the queueXXX.ini (jobs) and the new x264queueXXXprofile.xml goes in the automkv directory, so there is no need to have as many folders as jobs. Even the temp folder could be one only

Also, if I rip 3 movies in IFO mode into 1 folder (assume each movie is 1 file), including the IFO file and rename them all accordingly... movie1.VOB, movie1.IFO... movie2.VOB, movie2.IFO... etc
Will AutoMKV and/or DGIndex encode all 3 movies correctly ?

no, sorry. each full rip in one folder. OR put all in one folder, then create the d2v files for each movie and demux only the audio you want (named accordly to movie name).Then you can queue the d2v+audio works

BHH

[nx6]

@buzzqw

I tried again last night. The AutoMKV folder is on the root level of the S: drive and when I woke up today I had the "cannot find file temp\mkvmaudio.vbs" error again. :rolleyes: If I double-click on the file I got a Script Host Error saying that in Line 2, Character 1, it couldn't find the file. I get the same cannot find file error for mkvmaudio2.vbs, movielenght.vbs, and deint.vbs, all of which are in S:\AutoMKV077\temp\ right now.


P.S.: If you're getting ready to do a new release, it would be movielength.vbs. ;)

[buzzqw]

the previus log file got approved
there are no errors, all audio were encoded, all subs extracted
you should have your file video_ts.mkv into S:\AutoMKV077\temp\DVD\VIDEO_TS\

here is the size of muxed file 18:54:39 Final Muxed size: 733804368 bytes

about cannot find vbs files, could be your antivirus that deined the lauch of those files ?
it couldn't find the file
what file ? mkvmaudio.bat ?
also, please try to lauch mkvmaudio.bat , is ok ?

BHH

[nx6]

the previus log file got approved
there are no errors, all audio were encoded, all subs extracted
you should have your file video_ts.mkv into S:\AutoMKV077\temp\DVD\VIDEO_TS\

Ah, I was looking in \temp. Well, the files from that attempt were all thrown out when I tried again. :D I saw the line saying what size the muxxed file was but I thought the \DVD folder only held the ripped DVD files, and I didn't see any files that matched the listed size anywhere else.

about cannot find vbs files, could be your antivirus that deined the lauch of those files?

I'll see. I turned off the antivirus and am running again right now. Will AutoMKV work with .NET framework 2.0? As that is what I have.

what file ? mkvmaudio.bat
In the Script Host Error message? I don't know. It did not specify. I will try taking screenshots next time it happens.

also, please try to lauch mkvmaudio.bat , is ok ?
BHH

I'll try that if this attempt freezes on those steps again.
Thank you for your help.

[bhh]

Hey guys, I'm having a problem getting subs in my foreign XvidD encodes which I am afraid is a bad case of "user error". I've tried a number of things including burning them in and a number of different movies, all of which I have had no suceess. VLC player simply doesn't show them and the subtitle track IS selected and enabled. WMP & WMP classic shows the extra black space at the bottom of the screen but displays nothing, captions are enabled. If anyone could take a look at the attached and steer me in the right direction, I would be very greatfull. This is really the first hiccup I've hit with this fine piece of programming.

Cheers,
the other bhh

[Shark_jlc]

Container/codec=wmv/wmv
Resize filter =none
deinterlacer=film
removeGrain(mode=2)

No subtitles

and the now the movie is about half the viewing size as before (movie.avs does say 720) and the sounds is still out of sync.

I will try again with these settings tonight, but I'm going to re-rip the movie with ripit4me.

[buzzqw]

a little note about subtitles and WMV

first of all for view subtitles is needed http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DirectVobSub.htm and if installed in Haali Media Splitter allowed to load vsfilter

second: in wmv isn't possible muxing subtitle ! you must "embed/burn in" subtitles, by checking on Advanced Settings "Burn Subtitle in Movie"

BHH