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

[Prospero424]

i can think a problem of muxing sw/hw that create these ts file...

It is kind of an odd TS file. I had to edit out an entire section preceding a very strange field order transition before encoding it or DGIndex would choke on it. I imagine you're right about the cause being the source muxing.

[buzzqw]

update the wiki!

BHH

[dansus]

Im trying to add new matrices, i placed them in the appropriate folder but they dont show up in the gui.

what am i doing wrong?

[buzzqw]

first matrix must be putted in \matrix folder before starting automkv
second if you are adding x264 matrix, automkv will added those with extension .cfg

for xvid every extension is ok

if you know that for x264 matrix are presents matrix without cfg extension.. let me know

BHH

[g_aleph_r]

Hi g_aleph_r! and welcome to the Forum!
Nice to be with you !!!
Thanks for your explanation, I'll try to do my best.
Thanks wizboy11 too... your explanation is very good for a lazy person like me :)

Sorry if I'm wasting your time again but I would like to batch encode a large number of files without manually create a job for everyone. How can I?

[weaver4]

I see that XviD has been upgraded from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3 to fix a few bugs and a security problem.

Since AutoMKV uses version 1.2 I was wondering if 1.2 will be upgraded with these "fixes" and then incorporated into AutoMKV, or will AutoMKV stay with the version that has the security problem, or will AutoMKV change to version 1.1.3?

[buzzqw]

@g_aleph_r
automkv has some command line switch too... test it

@weaver4
let me do some compatibility test

if ok i will glady update the build

(maybe will not even need a full package)

BHH

[TheRyuu]

I see that XviD has been upgraded from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3 to fix a few bugs and a security problem.

Since AutoMKV uses version 1.2 I was wondering if 1.2 will be upgraded with these "fixes" and then incorporated into AutoMKV, or will AutoMKV stay with the version that has the security problem, or will AutoMKV change to version 1.1.3?

Just the regular xvid binary was updated though.
I thought that AutoMKV only uses it for a YV12 Decoder.

AutoMKV uses Xvid_encraw to encode video right? So this really has nothing to do with updating AutoMKV besides updating the link in the OP to the new version.

....Right?? (I'm confused) :confused:

[buzzqw]

I thought that AutoMKV only uses it for a YV12 Decoder.
is used as yv12 decoder , yes BUT

AutoMKV uses Xvid_encraw to encode video right?
yes BUT xvid_encraw is just a command line interface to xvidcore.dll!

Without xvidcore.dll xvidenc_raw is useless!

xvid_enraw.exe search for a xvidcore.dll in its folder and if found use it, if not found will search in system folder and then use these installed by user (like Koepi or Nic build)

So this really has nothing to do with updating AutoMKV besides updating the link in the OP to the new version.

i can already say that i will not use it
1) the dll bundled already have the fixes
2) the 1.1.3 isnt' SMP, no multiprocessor!

BHH

[zacoz]

@buzzwq

I really like how you've added tooltips everywhere, however am consistently seeing problems where a tooltip no longer displays if I've clicked on that option at some stage since starting the program. Closing the program and restarting it enables the tooltips for those options again (until I actually click on them of course).

Don't know if this is a GUI issue, Windows issue, or just my crummy Windows install that needs refreshing. Can anyone else reproduce this?

[buzzqw]

i am glady to say that is a MS Windows issue

you can try yourself pointing mouse on the data/hour in system tray... let the mouse in till the baloon fade away... then retry...

BHH

[sajaman]

I think there is a little bug...

I have selected a .MKV file with 3 Audio Tracks and 1 subtitle Track as input File but AutoMKV does not show the subtitle track and 2 audio tracks

the same problem appears with omg files

[buzzqw]

first of all Welcome to the Forum!

no.. isn't a bug but a missing fuction

actually automkv could not select audio or subs in mpeg4 files (avi/mkv/ogm..)

while in mpeg2 files automkv let user select the audio tracks (and subs) in mpeg4 file only the first audio track is selectable and none for subs

i am waiting for ffmpegsource become stable... it will offer audio tracks choice

BHH

[TheRyuu]

is used as yv12 decoder , yes BUT


yes BUT xvid_encraw is just a command line interface to xvidcore.dll!

Without xvidcore.dll xvidenc_raw is useless!

xvid_enraw.exe search for a xvidcore.dll in its folder and if found use it, if not found will search in system folder and then use these installed by user (like Koepi or Nic build)



i can already say that i will not use it
1) the dll bundled already have the fixes
2) the 1.1.3 isnt' SMP, no multiprocessor!

BHH

Ahh, see, didn't really know how that worked.

Thanks. :) :thanks:

[Avish]

Hi Buzzqw,

Where can I get the latest "automkv.exe" only?? or do I have to download the whole 12-13 mb package again?? cause I've downloaded the whole package just 2-3 weeks back.

Regards,
Avish.

[buzzqw]

on previus page i posted a link

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1019616#post1019616

pay attention that i change the QMF files.. so i cannot guarantee that old QMF will fuction

otherwise the exe should be perfectly compatible with previus package

BHH

[TheRyuu]

Hi Buzzqw,

Where can I get the latest "automkv.exe" only?? or do I have to download the whole 12-13 mb package again?? cause I've downloaded the whole package just 2-3 weeks back.

Regards,
Avish.

What version is your package?
If it's .86 then you have the latest package.

If it's .85 then you should get the latest .86 package in OP.

There is also .86b (exe only) for use with the .86 package in OP here. (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1019616&postcount=2394)

[DIEGO7-5]

Hi buzzqw!

I´m sorry to bother you with a new deinterlacing issue but the following problem was introduced to me in 0.86:

• When i select automatic deinterlacing and the new progress bar reaches 100% the encoded result is still interlaced and there is no line in final movie.avs that does deinterlacing.

BUT

• When i choose "Test Deint" on Advanced Settings before the encode, everything works fine.

[buzzqw]

:thanks : DIEGO7-5

this was a serius bug!

FIXED! http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV086c.exe

thanks again (i have also fixed some minuscle cosmetic bugs)


BHH

[DIEGO7-5]

buzz you´re so fast it´s incredible.

Thank you so much!

EDIT:

Hmmm...that somehow didn´t solve it. I wonder what it is. I was just taking a look at "resmovie.avs" during the encode and there should be a script line for deinterlacing. But there is none.

[weaver4]

Just the regular xvid binary was updated though.
I thought that AutoMKV only uses it for a YV12 Decoder.

AutoMKV uses Xvid_encraw to encode video right? So this really has nothing to do with updating AutoMKV besides updating the link in the OP to the new version.

....Right?? (I'm confused) :confused:

What makes this a little strange is that AutoMKV uses version Xvid 1.2. Version 1.2 support multiple processors; version 1.1.3 does not support multiple processors.

But Version 1.2 is not on the main tree and not officially released, modifications are not necessary made to it. So the security fix that was made to 1.1.2 is not in 1.2. So version 1.2 is not official and is not formally maintained, but the 1.1.X branch is.

But Celtic-Dude said that the revisions were made to version 1.2, but the version number 1.2 was not changed.

[buzzqw]

@DIEGO7-5
RE-DOWNLOAD the 0.86c

i have disabled the deinterlacer status.. (problem reading all stdout)

i hope to reintegrate it soon

BHH

[ericren23]

Hi, Ive just started to use AutoMKV. Trying to encode a DVD to a x264 mkv. However the final video consists of noticiable bands, this is especially evident during high motion scenes. Below is a screenshot of the problem:

[img=http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5240/snapshot20070630074803bcd9.jpg] (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-06-29

I'm using a 2pass extreme quality profile. No resize and no filters. In advanced settings. deinterlacer and field order are set to auto. Ive noticed that it automatically selects Sharktooth's EQM v3ULR.cqm as the custom matrix. I left that alone.

The source video is quite strange. It says its a interlaced BFF in Gspot, and TFF in MediaInfo.

Can anyone help me to solve this problem?

[TheRyuu]

What makes this a little strange is that AutoMKV uses version Xvid 1.2. Version 1.2 support multiple processors; version 1.1.3 does not support multiple processors.

But Version 1.2 is not on the main tree and not officially released, modifications are not necessary made to it. So the security fix that was made to 1.1.2 is not in 1.2. So version 1.2 is not official and is not formally maintained, but the 1.1.X branch is.

But Celtic-Dude said that the revisions were made to version 1.2, but the version number 1.2 was not changed.

I think that the one AutoMKV uses is a newer build (well, fairly newer) with pthreads on (I could be wrong) but thats how I think xvid does SMP support.

Date on the files says Dec. 2006 so thats fairly new (newer then the Kopie xvid with SMP support, but thats just from looking at the "date modified" which could be change from a number of other things), but they could be the same for all I know.

However the final video consists of noticiable bands, this is especially evident during high motion scenes. Below is a screenshot of the problem:

Picutre (fixed link) (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5240/snapshot20070630074803bcd9.jpg)
Shot at 2007-06-29
@ericren23
Those are deinterlacing artifacts. Obviously the deinterlacer isn't doing its job right :)

Probably due to field order. First your gonna want to make sure that the video is not have to undergo IVTC (3:2 pulldown/decimate). AutoMKV has a nasty habbit of not being able to dectect it when set to auto (same with field order, set it manually to get better results unless it really is changing).

First, open the video in a player (on the computer) with no deinterlacing at all (just the regular file, interlacing artifacts and all). Play it and use something like MPC to step through it, frame by frame. If some of the frames have interlacing artifacts and some don't, you'll have to choose decimate as the deinterlacer (like if 3 frames are non-interlaced and 2 are interlaced, but it really could be any order, just look for the non-interlaced ones). If all the frames are interlaced you have a pure interlaced file and you'll have to use regular deinterlacers.

Either way, it'll be a good idea to select a field order. Try TFF and encode it, if it's wrong just re-encode it with BFF, if that doesn't work then set it to auto I guess, but I'm betting one of them will work..

Also set the custom matrix to "Auto" when using xvid and "None" when using x264.

Also, it'll be a good idea to post a small part of the video (like 5 sec., maybe a bad scene giving you trouble, make sure the source is legit too ;))

Hope I could help.

[buzzqw]

@ericren23

dowload the 0.86c update

and report back, there was a serius deinterlace issue in 0.86, fixed with 0.86c

BHH

[Avish]

on previus page i posted a link

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1019616#post1019616

pay attention that i change the QMF files.. so i cannot guarantee that old QMF will fuction

otherwise the exe should be perfectly compatible with previus package

BHH

I'm sorry, but what is QMF?? :confused:

[Avish]

What version is your package?
If it's .86 then you have the latest package.

If it's .85 then you should get the latest .86 package in OP.

There is also .86b (exe only) for use with the .86 package in OP here. (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1019616&postcount=2394)

Well, I've a .83a version & its almost one n' a half months old. Damn, it felt like 2-3 weeks to me!! Sorry about that!! :o

So then, do I've to download the whole 12mb package or only latest automkv.exe will do??

[buzzqw]

QMF = Quantitizer Motion Filter (search...)

and ... download the whole package + 0.86c

BHH

[weaver4]

I encoded a movie using autogk, avi.net and automkv using constant quality with a quantizer of 3.0 and the filesize of automkv was much larger. Here are the results.

avi.net = 1.312G
autogk = 1.418G
automkv = 1.507

Any ideas on why it is so much larger? Audio was 128kbs on each.

Here is the xvid_encraw statement:

01:22:59 CQ encoding XviD: D:\Downloads\AutoMKV\AutoMKV086\exe\encoder\xvid_encraw.exe -cq 3.0 -progress -threads 0 -max_bframes 2 -imax 31 -quality 6 -vhqmode 1 -qtype 0 -pmax 31 -bmax 31 -framerate 23.976 -bquant_ratio 100 -bquant_offset 0 -nopacked -nochromame -noclosed_gop -bvhq -qmatrix "D:\Downloads\AutoMKV\AutoMKV086\profiles\XviD-profiles\matrix\Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm" -i "J:\Movies\temp\movie.avs" -type 2 -avi "J:\Movies\temp\movie.avi"

[buzzqw]

use avinaptic for analyzing the movie

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=123076&highlight=avinaptic

and here http://fsinapsi.altervista.org/code/avinaptic/avinaptic-20070410-full.zip

look at quantitizer.. in automkv is CQ 3 fixed, in other could be 3.xx

BHH

[buzzqw]

here again an update http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV086d.exe

And here the full correct changelog from 0.86
0.86a 27/06/2007
FIXED: EditLVL doesn't fuction on path with space (thanks to nullstuff)
0.86b 28/06/2007
FIXED: HGASV Level count how many filters is applyed (thanks to nullstuff)
FIXED: Low window now used a fixed type font (Courier New), much more readable (thanks to nullstuff)
0.86c 29/06/2007
FIXED: HGAVS wasn't saved on Save Settings (thanks to nullstuff)
FIXED: AutoDeint was broken because of new graphical interface
0.86d 30/06/2007
FIXED: Some tuning to colormatrix (thanks to Ermenegildo)
FIXED: Cropping in Preview Panel was broken (thanks to Ermenegildo)

BHH

[weaver4]

Buzzqw: you were right (again)

Here are the results for the DRF for the various programs:

avi.net
--3=>52.7%
--5=>47.3%

autogk
--2=>0.5%
--3=>52.2%
--4=>1.0%
--5=>46.3%

automkv
--3=>100%

Does your way give better quality?

[buzzqw]

avi.net
--3=>52.7%
--5=>47.3%

autogk
--2=>0.5%
--3=>52.2%
--4=>1.0%
--5=>46.3%

automkv
--3=>100%

yes or should be
only your eyes could judge

if you want change this behavior you must modify the xvid profile, changing <BQuantOffset>0</BQuantOffset> to <BQuantOffset>100</BQuantOffset> or more

BHH

[dlflannery]

Using Zune WMV8 1-pass profile:

1. Does not automatically set width resolution = 320 when profile is selected.

2. If I select simple resize and set width resolution to 320:

a) When I click start encoding button the resize filter immediately switches back to none and the wmv encoded size is 720x480 (same as original mpeg2 and not OK for Zune).

b) If I save settings with width=320 and simple resize, they do not come up correctly on restarting program -- I verified the correct values are in the autoMKV.ini file.

I can't find a way to get the encoded wmv size to be what the Zune requires (320).

Either recent changes have broken Zune profiles or I am doing something wrong.

[buzzqw]

i haven't any issue with Zune encoding..

please start from deleting automkv.ini

then relaunch automkv and retry selecting zune

or if failing, update to latest 0.86d.. but nothing has been done to wmv profiles

please keep me informed :)

BHH

[tha_reaper]

hello again.

ive noticed 2 thing: the 1:1 aspect ratio from this (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1019474&postcount=2392) post always comes when you use the "prepare phase only" mode. Ive never had any problems when running the full job.

I dont know if the following is a stangeness build in DGindex, or AutoMKV, but this costs me something like 15-20 minutes every encode:
When I select no audio streams to use in the encoding, when its DGindexs' turn to do his job, i get the following error message: "no sequence header found". i have to click the error message away and then i have to exit teh DGindex screen, after wich autoMKV opens a new DGindex process which demuxes ALL audio streams. I want no audio, so this little joke costs me a fair couple of minutes, especially when i have a DVD with 4 or 5 different audio streams.

Maybe this can be fixed, maybe it cant... just wanted to let you know

[buzzqw]

ive noticed 2 thing: the 1:1 aspect ratio from this post always comes when you use the "prepare phase only" mode. Ive never had any problems when running the full job.

that could be possible.. prepare phase only was an old quick dirty way to prepare only the file
the ar value of wizboy is used in muxing.. and prepare only phase doesn't mux :)

i get the following error message: "no sequence header found". i have to click the error message away and then i have to exit teh DGindex screen

:eek: vob without sequence header ??? bad rip ?
i never can across this problem... quite strange

after wich autoMKV opens a new DGindex process which demuxes ALL audio streams. I want no audio, so this little joke costs me a fair couple of minutes

that's normal... if dgindex doesn't demux any audio track (maybe due to incorrect ifo audio remapping...) it will start in demux all tracks

so the arising question: what audio track do you select ? (btw... ifo as input ?)

BHH

[dlflannery]

i haven't any issue with Zune encoding..

please start from deleting automkv.ini

then relaunch automkv and retry selecting zune

or if failing, update to latest 0.86d.. but nothing has been done to wmv profiles

please keep me informed :)

BHH
BHH,

I was already using .86d and had started with no autoMKV.ini file. I discovered the problem was caused by selecting "Don't care about size" in disk settings. I don't see why that should cause a problem. I am specifying bitrate on the Advanced Settings so "don't care about size" seems like the most logical choice. Anyway, selecting 1 CD removed the problems I observed. Suggestion: Wouldn't it be better to have "don't care about size" be selected automatically if the user specifies a bitrate?

I also noticed that if Remove Grain (mode=2) was the filter selection, there was a very long time where the WMV VBScript seemed to hang up and the processor usage was very low (2%), i.e., nothing was happening. Finally the WMV script came to life and a good encoding was produced. I discovered this by accident when the filter choice defaulted to this filter when the program was started without the automkv.ini file. I would not normally use a filter on the Zune encodings.

Thanks:thanks:

[buzzqw]

Don't care about size

i must change something... now i have fixed the change in resizer and width ... but i must look a better solution

Thanks!

BHH

[tha_reaper]

that could be possible.. prepare phase only was an old quick dirty way to prepare only the file
the ar value of wizboy is used in muxing.. and prepare only phase doesn't mux :)
Prepare only phase does prepare the bat file for the muxing. And that file contains the wrong 1:1 mux aspect.

:eek: vob without sequence header ??? bad rip ?
i never can across this problem... quite strange
nothing wrong with my rip. I just select no sound streams (both fields to none). Thats why i think that he cant find any indicated sound sequence headers (does something like that excist?) and gets mad at me. try it out. Take a short clip, and select NONE for both sound streams.


that's normal... if dgindex doesn't demux any audio track (maybe due to incorrect ifo audio remapping...) it will start in demux all tracks

so the arising question: what audio track do you select ? (btw... ifo as input ?)see above. NO STREAMS. I prefer to encode the audio my own way and mux it in later manually with MKVmerge. Thats why its so annoying because i want NO streams, to win time, and he demuxes them all nonetheless. while they wont appear in my final file. Its just a step extra that costs a lot of time.

hope you can do something with this info.
Reaper

[delacroixp]

Hi g_aleph_r! and welcome to the Forum!

the base.avs tweak is somehow advanced and should not be done by new users

let's start analyzing base.avs

Nice to be with you !!!
Thanks for your explanation, I'll try to do my best.
Thanks wizboy11 too... your explanation is very good for a lazy person like me :)

Sorry if I'm wasting your time again but I would like to batch encode a large number of files without manually create a job for everyone. How can I?
I'm sure that you're no lazy person... else you wouldn't make the effort to improve encoding... not only for yourself but all encoders...
Dr DivX has a 'Watch Folders' option which allows you to attach a profile to different folders... from general to specific like AutoCrop to Manual Crop... and load them all up into batch simultaneously...

http://souls-online.net/delacroixp/AutoMKV/DrDivXWatchFolders.jpg

However, Dr (http://sourceforge.net/projects/drdivx/) DivX (http://labs.divx.com/node/242), like Hand (http://handbrake.m0k.org/)brake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/forum/), are independant apps that don't rely on scripting and 3rd party software to get the job done... which inherently cause dependencies and limitations to what can be done effectively...


:):D:eek:
Pascal

[fogbav]

This is exactly the thing i realy would need in AutoMKV ... 8)

I scripted all the watch-folder thing ... but an implementation into automkv with different profiles with different folders would be soooo great.

I'm recording different TV-Series and Films with Nokia Dbox II and all of them are going down to hd in mpg ... autoencoding everything in there to lets say xvid with a Ratio of 35 % of the original size would be so great.

My script is watching the folders an when a new MPG (or TS) is found i tag the mpg as "in process" and one Computer starts encoding making the folder multienconding on different PCs (every PC is capturing one file and starts Automkv)

An implentation directly to Automkv would be great.

Greets

FoGbaV

[delacroixp]

I'm recording different TV-Series and Films with Nokia Dbox II and all of them are going down to hd in mpg ... autoencoding everything in there to lets say xvid with a Ratio of 35 % of the original size would be so great.

My script is watching the folders an when a new MPG (or TS) is found i tag the mpg as "in process" and one Computer starts encoding making the folder multienconding on different PCs (every PC is capturing one file and starts Automkv)

An implentation directly to Automkv would be great.

Some serious production-line encoding... wtg
So I guess that 2 or 3 computers really is better than 1 quad-core...


:):D:eek:
Pascal

[fogbav]

massive multithreaded automatic good quality speed encoding ....8)

[ericren23]

@ericren23

dowload the 0.86c update

and report back, there was a serius deinterlace issue in 0.86, fixed with 0.86c

BHH

I'll give that a wizz, however setting it to interlaced. field order hybrid seem to give me the best results. What exactly does the allow hybrid order/pattern do? I ticked that also and the results are good too. But i'll try out 0.86c

Thanks everyone!

[buzzqw]

@tha_reaper

now is clear! fixed in next version (actually when input is ifo automkv will always search for audio)

thanks!

@fogbav and @delacroixp

wow... some volunteers to code ? ;)

(added at bottom of my todo list)

BHH

EDIT: @ericren23 use the 0.86d
and look at this page http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=937978

[fogbav]

Hey buzzqw ... 8)

You are an Italian i think ... so you really know what "Spagetti Code" means , or i am wrong ...8)

I can send you my script (Kixtart) but i think i wouldn't be really helpfull *ggg*

Going to work on my powerbasic coding altitudes ... so i think i can help you in about 1 year or 2 ....8)

Special nice amateur greetings to you from :

FoGBaV - Germany

[buzzqw]

thanks FoGBaV!

better to have a Spaghetti alla Amatriciana http://www.provinciarieti.it/turismo/gastronomia/piatti/foto/amatriciana.jpg

anyway... i hope in this summer holiday to have some days to spend to a rework of interface (i like the dvdfab decrypter interface...)

BHH - Italy

[fogbav]

i am hungry now ... really hungry ... 8)

i am visiting Italy in Sept. - will love it again.

in the meantime i am enjoying the excelent italian coding ...8)

Greets

FoGBaV

[survivant]

the version 0.86d works lot better than 0.86c.

The audio track 1 when I choose Original, the value switch to Stereo when I select another listbox, or when I move in the upper tabs.

You PS3 4.1 profile. It is the HQ 4.1 profile ?