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

[weaver4]

For some reason the Zune wmv content comes out 320x240 regardless of the input aspect ratio for a avi movie. The log file says something like:

:57:55 Movie Width/Height: 640/272

so it knows the correct original movie size so it should be able to set the output movie size of the Zune to the correct size.

So a avi movie size of 640/272 should be 320/136 on a Zune not 320/240 (as it comes out now).

The only way I can overcome this now is to go into Advance tab and Manually set the size.

Am I missing something?

[jefrey]

hi buzz im back again ;) can you add an option like "addborders? and how looks about the ps3 profile? some changes been taken? because it still not run, if i encode with automkv,.. but with nero encoded files runs well (but nero suck d***, because it works like a woman ;) ) :devil:
warm regards jefrey

[Barleyman]

I just tried, the CQ profile will work just fine as a 1-pass (WVC1) CBR profile..

wvc1_1_pass_cbr profile has a typo, <<v_preset> ...

"specifing quality override any encoding mode. profiles values will be used but in quality encoding" -tooltip for the specify quality-box. Not quite sure what that's supposed to mean.. To me it would sound like the "specify quality"-value will be ignored for CQ profiles?

[Barleyman]

The latest version also seems to leave ffdshow filters (and probably something else too!) open, at least I have a string of them in the tray after some tests. They go away when I close automkv.

Calculating bitrate seems to be broken for the vbr peak (mode 4) profile I made for myself. At least I can't make it work no more. It seems as soon as I touched advanced profile page, things got FUBARred and didn't come back after closing automkv etc.

Also the v_performance tag doesn't seem to be injected into the command line with this profile whether it's 40 or 60 :confused:

I explicitly inserted bitrate and performance with "use this profile" and got proper filesize finally.. I always get garbage for video with the vbr peak mode, thought. Let's give regular 2-pass a try.

Here's the profile in case there's anything interesting
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<VideoProfile xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<Name>2 Pass WVC1 peak VBR</Name>
<Settings xsi:type="WMVSettings">
<v_mode>4</v_mode>
<v_codec>WVC1</v_codec>
<v_preset>false</v_preset>
<v_bitrate>512</v_bitrate>
<v_quality>90</v_quality>
<v_keydist>10</v_keydist>
<v_bframedist>1</v_bframedist>
<v_dquantoption>2</v_dquantoption>
<v_dquantstrength>false</v_dquantstrength>
<v_loopfilter>1</v_loopfilter>
<v_denoise>false</v_denoise>
<v_scaling>false</v_scaling>
<v_edgeremoval>false</v_edgeremoval>
<v_lookahead>16</v_lookahead>
<v_mbmodecost>false</v_mbmodecost>
<v_mmatch>false</v_mmatch>
<v_mslevel>false</v_mslevel>
<v_msrange>false</v_msrange>
<v_mvcoding>false</v_mvcoding>
<v_mvcost>false</v_mvcost>
<v_adz>false</v_adz>
<v_numthreads>1</v_numthreads>
<v_type>false</v_type>
<v_buffer>10000</v_buffer>
<v_peakbitrate>false</v_peakbitrate>
<pixelratio>false</pixelratio>
<v_overlap>false</v_overlap>
<v_bdeltaqp>1</v_bdeltaqp>
<v_median>false</v_median>
<v_rangeredux>false</v_rangeredux>
<v_preproc>false</v_preproc>
<v_peakbuffer>false</v_peakbuffer>
<v_performance>60</v_performance>
<Width>false</Width>
<a_codec>wmapro</a_codec>
<a_mode>0</a_mode>
<title>false</title>
<author>false</author>
<album>false</album>
<year>false</year>
<genre>false</genre>
<copyright>false</copyright>
<description>false</description>
<rating>false</rating>
</Settings>
</VideoProfile>

[buzzqw]

@weaver4

i think i found the problem: on avi input the application don't know the original AR (16:9 , 4:3 , 1:1...) and so suppose AR as 1:1 ... and then the height come out wrong
please look at loog, what AR is reported ?

@jefrey
Hi! welcome back

about ps3... i think i have some good news (at least for me)... tomorrow i will buy my PS3 :D
and i will do more test (i have also thinked of an application that, using mencoder/ffmpeg, is able to copy video but trancode audio, and mux in ps3 compatiblity mode.. for quick divx->mp4 conversion/remuxing!)

@Barleyman
thanks for the << bug

To me it would sound like the "specify quality"-value will be ignored for CQ profiles
checking specify quality mean for "Constant quality profile" that the quality specified is used as quality in this profile.
example: want a v_quality of 87 ?
select cq profile, go in advanced settings and check specify quality, set it to 87

leave ffdshow
yes , i know :(
on some build of ffdshow this not happen, on other build happen!
lso the v_performance tag doesn't seem to be injected into the command line with this profile whether it's 40 or 60
since 60 is the default value, automkv when found v_performance=60 don't set it in command line
I always get garbage for video with the vbr peak mode,
yes, and i hate it :mad:

BHH

[Barleyman]

checking specify quality mean for "Constant quality profile" that the quality specified is used as quality in this profile.
example: want a v_quality of 87 ?
select cq profile, go in advanced settings and check specify quality, set it to 87

Yeah, I know what it does, I just think the tooltip is a bit misleading.. Maybe "Specify encoding quality (quantizer) value. Used in quality based profiles and normally ignored in others"

yes, and i hate it :mad:
BHH

(garbage video)

Have you found any pattern to this? All 1-pass profiles seem to work OK and I haven't had any success with 2-pass profiles.. Is it just the VBR peak profile or also the CBR 2-pass and VBR 2-pass? Who does the muxing? wmcmd.vbs? We don't actually get video-only file?

[Barleyman]

Another profile bug..

You can't use
<v_mode>1</v_mode>
it doesn't go to the command line properly..

[buzzqw]

You can't use
<v_mode>1</v_mode>

added (http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV090e-wmv.exe )

Specify encoding quality (quantizer) value. Used in quality based profiles and normally ignored in others

tweaked and odopted as tooltip

Who does the muxing? wmcmd.vbs? We don't actually get video-only file?

wmcmd.vbs does encode both audio and video contemporary, while creting the wmv file.
while i can do wmv video only and wma audio only, i haven't any muxing program !

CBR 2-pass (v_mode=1) seems to not produce garbage...

BHH

[jefrey]

that sounds very good :) i hope it finally works :cool:

PS: is it possible to make an ts container in the next update or later, with automkv instead of avi/mp4 or mkv?

[buzzqw]

do you know any command line ts muxer?

BHH

[jefrey]

mp4 2 ts ?

[weaver4]

I hate to bring this up again, but I am still having problems with BautoDeint.exe. I get a general error saying it cannot continue and another error that says "Unable to read memory". This is with both 90c and 90d. When I look at the bautodeint log file it shows that it was processing when it got the error. I don't know what to try. Are there anytools outside of the AutoMKV directory that Bautodeint uses that I should try to reinstall?

[koolyce]

I have a problem with the manual crop. I only want to crop, but it's look like I can't, I need to resize and when I enter some value in the preview window to be sure to keep the same ratio, the number I enter always erase.

I want to resize to 1366 width and get a auto height ti keep the same ratio. Normally, I use the lanczosmtplus and set the height to 1366, but with manual crop, I can't.

Thanks for help

[weaver4]

I am having a problem with converting files to zune. I am using the Zune_1_Pass_WMV9 profile.

Once the video is complete, the Zune converter still needs to convert it to get it on the Zune unit.

Here are the properties of the video and audio before it is converted.

Audio: Windows Media Audio 44100Hz stereo 96Kbps [Raw Audio 0]
Video: Windows Media Video 9 320x136 23.98fps 9799Kbps [Raw Video 1]

Here are the properties of video that was created by CuCuSoft that did not need to be converted.

Audio: Windows Media Audio 44100Hz stereo 96Kbps [Raw Audio 0]
Video: Windows Media Video 9 320x144 29.97fps 686Kbps [Raw Video 1]

Notice the Framerate is 24fps and not 30fps like the Zune likes. And I have no idea why the video rate is shown as 9799kbs because it is much closer to 700kbs.

[buzzqw]

@jefrey

using firmware 1.93 on ps3 PAL i have no problem
this file (2mb) http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/ps3.mp4 created with pse_41 profile is perfectly playable (on my ps3)

@koolyce
First of all Welcome to the Forum!
you can't manual resize BUT set only width. You must set both width and height
use aspect to calculate the right proportion http://aspect.fre3.com/

@weaver4
about deint:
what os you have ? vista or xp ?
have you installed haali media splitter ?
have you installed xvid build ?
autodeint fail on all source or only with not mpeg2 file ?

about the framerate is source file "film" ? take a look at log

BHH

[jefrey]

and how is it buzz? :D, if you test your ps3 and the mp4 files, dont forget to test some big files, like 1080p and over 4 gb :o:sly:

[jefrey]

oh:) what a quick reply ;) , hm have you testet the big files too? if they play too, then its something wrong with my settings :(

[jefrey]

i've tested your file, yes it works fine, and quicktime player accept it too, but if i will play my created automkv mp4 files in quicktime it says that file is not supported or broken <--the ps3 too

[buzzqw]

remember that ps3 has a limit of 2gb for file (i have read so somewhere on forums)

and ... not i haven't tested hd movie... since my tv is a crt (32' 16/9) ... next tv will by hd for sure

BHH

[jefrey]

yes i know that there is a limit, but only by playing from hdd (not dvd)If i splitt the file into 3 or 2 files a less than 2 gb, then this still not play :( maybe mp4box make some errors? th streams(h264 and aac) are ok

[jefrey]

and whats about your idea with mencoder? --->"and i will do more test (i have also thinked of an application that, using mencoder/ffmpeg, is able to copy video but trancode audio, and mux in ps3 compatiblity mode."

[weaver4]

@jefrey


@weaver4
about deint:
what os you have ? vista or xp ?
have you installed haali media splitter ?
have you installed xvid build ?
autodeint fail on all source or only with not mpeg2 file ?

about the framerate is source file "film" ? take a look at log

BHH

I am using XP
Yes haali media splitter is installed.
XviD 1.1.3 is installed.
autodeint seems to fail on all sources.

My source for the framerate problem is a DivX avi. So I am trying to convert one of my DivX videos to Zune.

[buzzqw]

@jefrey

i have done some test
coping audio/video (xvid+mp3) into mp4 -> fail
copy video and reencoding audio to aac , into mp4 -> fail
coping audio/video into .vob -> fail
reencoding audio AND video (from xvid+mp4 to x264+aac) into mp4 -> success

i hope for a firmware update (and a better linux support)

i will do anyway more test

@weaver4

change this registry key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32]
"VIDC.YV12"="xvidvfw.dll"

to "VIDC.YV12"="divx.dll"
you must have divx installed

what's the original framerate of divx?

BHH

[jefrey]

the problem with linus is, that vlc player run on it, but not with so high performance, hdtv and mkv files with high resolution stocks on linux.

have you yellowdog or k/ubuntu on your ps3?

[buzzqw]

xubuntu 7.10

i have installed (using wireless network) mplayer and vlc and divx play fine .. but ... my main problem is resolution ... a crappy 480i ... (crt tv) :( ... i must change tv (4 years old , i can ear my wife shouting around...)

disable some service like printing, blutooth, and surely other two.. you will gain a little boost in speed

BHH

[jefrey]

ah thats sounds very good, also if i dissable every shit that i dont need on the ps3, it get some boost. I will try it with xubuntu. I tested around with ubuntu some weeks ago but i got ony errors and errors and erros, and the res. did never match.

i feel with you, about the problem with the tv. but since the full hd samsung hang here around, the shut her mouth up ( or you use duck tape ;) )
(my tv is le 40m86bd )

[koolyce]

Thanks Buzz, I will check that but It seems that aspect program can't go around 1280 or more.

I ask that because I use this program (automkv) to convert DVD to mkv/x264 with a resolution of 1368*Y and the result is amazing in term of quality.

Thanks

[jefrey]

hi buzz, i've played around with automkv and the whole hq profiles and found one hd dvd profile. is it possible to add an Bluray Profile, too? or no one knows the preferences for it?

warm regards and have fun with your new black box ;)

[mapleleaf]

hey buzz, could use a little insight....

i must say this app work great, i'm wondering which settings are best for encoding concerts...example...Up In Smoke Tour or Busta's Everything Remains Raw..

is it better to use a d2v or vob as input?
Which resize filter is best?
Should I leave it on "1 CD" as a size setting or choose my own (i have found that if u pick 1/4 of original size it comes out pretty nice...200MB = 50MB = pretty nice)
out of 2 pass, should i leave on balanced or better or extreme or insane...does it make that much of a difference on quality?...is it worth the time for this??
on Filters, it suggests "Remove Grain(mode 2)"....which is best for concerts or which is best for videos?...(mode 5)???
does it make a difference if i know the the field order and deinterlacer? what about hybrid order pattern??
should i be using the HQ Deint or Custom.Matrix?

all in all program kicks ass and could use some suggestions...im not the most tech knowlegde but i do understand a bit and lamens terms is best...thanks Buzz and anybody else who can put some more insights to concerts and DVD music videos..

[buzzqw]

@jefrey
blu ray ? ... or do you mean aurora borealis ? ;)

no .. i haven't this profile . but if you know any specs or already done profile.. send me a link!

@mapleleaf

First of all Welcome to the Forum!

i suggest to re-read thee forum rules (about what's best...)

i must admit that i haven't much knowledge compressing concert dvd... sorry

is it better to use a d2v or vob as input?
it's indifferent BUT if you use a d2v be sure to use dgindex bundle with automkv (to be sure of using same version)

about size.. i suggest to first try constant quality profile, it gives a good quality at good speed.
But using constant quality profile is unknow the final movie size

the balanced/extreme/insane profile are quite similar, i suggest the balanced since is a very good tradeoff between quality and speed.

i would pay more attention to audio.. using copy or near maximizing the bitrate!

usually concert dvd are filmed/interlaced... leave deinterlace detection to automatic and look at final result, only if you found remaining trace of interlacing i will go to tweak hybrid/hight quality parameters

.. just try the default settings, then tweak it :)

BHH

[jefrey]

no i dont have any profiles for blue ray ;), i only know that if i use nero vision->create new AVCHD->then burn to DVD-DL it works on ps3 as a blueray movie. But nero is sooo fucking slow and i cant use my own calculated bitrate (minimum is 12000 in nero :( ) --> file is bigger than 8gb, so i have to split it. If i load an original blueray m2ts/ avc file into avinaptic and send you the infos, cant this help you to create an profile?

[mapleleaf]

@jefrey
blu ray ? ... or do you mean aurora borealis ? ;)

no .. i haven't this profile . but if you know any specs or already done profile.. send me a link!

@mapleleaf

First of all Welcome to the Forum!

i suggest to re-read thee forum rules (about what's best...)

i must admit that i haven't much knowledge compressing concert dvd... sorry

it's indifferent BUT if you use a d2v be sure to use dgindex bundle with automkv (to be sure of using same version)

about size.. i suggest to first try constant quality profile, it gives a good quality at good speed.
But using constant quality profile is unknow the final movie size

the balanced/extreme/insane profile are quite similar, i suggest the balanced since is a very good tradeoff between quality and speed.

i would pay more attention to audio.. using copy or near maximizing the bitrate!

usually concert dvd are filmed/interlaced... leave deinterlace detection to automatic and look at final result, only if you found remaining trace of interlacing i will go to tweak hybrid/hight quality parameters

.. just try the default settings, then tweak it :)

BHH

thanks fo rreply and i have tried to read almost all posts...some stuff was too "techy" to understand but i keep readin.

1 more question...should i be using manual crop? i find sometimes auto size works real nice but other times i input 624 X 464 as manual crop.

should Direct Show "force" be checked and please explain anamorphing if possible

thank you for ur help and thanks in advance to others how respond and make suggestions...MKV is the shit!

oh and for some reason you r no longer able to download the neroaacenc.exe codec...or is that just me???

[weaver4]

@weaver4

change this registry key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32]
"VIDC.YV12"="xvidvfw.dll"

to "VIDC.YV12"="divx.dll"
you must have divx installed

what's the original framerate of divx?

BHH

Ill try it, the orginal framerate of divx was 24.

[Bigmango]

EDIT: here the new "beta wmv" package
http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV_0.90d_wmv2.rar


Same problem as before. As soon as I click on the "2 pass" checkbox (nero aac advanced options dialog) automkv freezes and the cpu gets loaded to 100% until I kill the process.

[buzzqw]

could you please re-download http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV090d-wmv.exe and check for freeze ?

thanks!

[Bigmango]

could you please re-download http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV090d-wmv.exe and check for freeze ?

thanks!

The CPU doesn't get busy anymore, but it still freezes in the same way. As soon as I click on the 2 pass checkbox... Strange.

[buzzqw]

sorry for these series of builds.. but i got no problem..

could you re download http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV090d-wmv.exe ???

thanks!

BHH

[Barleyman]

What's the 2-pass WMV status? Still kaput except for 2-pass CBR? What's that supposed to be anyways, some kind of ABR profile?

Not that I care too much since the 1-pass CQ profile works just fine for me :p

[Bigmango]

sorry for these series of builds.. but i got no problem..

could you re download http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV090d-wmv.exe ???

thanks!

BHH

It's working fine with this build ! :) :thanks:

[mapleleaf]

anybody have the Neroaacenc.exe codec...its not showing it when u tyr and download through this site...i accidently deleted when i took an update....anybody?...thanks in advanced

[buzzqw]

@mapleleaf

google for it, there are many and more mirrors

BHH

[fairuza]

first time using automkv.

when i start up automkv it just hangs. i can see the interface but not select anything or switch tabs. it says "not responding" in the title and "parsing profiles" in the bottom left corner of it.

i have ffdshow rev1324, dvdfab 3.2.1.0, avisynth 2.57, xvid 1.1.3 & .net 2.0 installed. using automkv 0.90 package with 0.90c update. winxp pro sp2, latest patches etc. intel p4 2.8ghz, ati radeon x1950 + cat 7.7.

[buzzqw]

just download the full package 0.90

unrar it and you will have automkv.exe, some file and a \exe and a \profiles folder

launch automkv.exe

any errors ?

BHH

[mapleleaf]

@mapleleaf

google for it, there are many and more mirrors

BHH

thanks, took a while finding it though...i have a little problem,
now when i use automkv, its telling me "Attention - Low Disk Space or Read Only Destination"......arent the temp files deleted after using mkv??? or is there a place on my system that i can go in and delete stuff?...is this normal and how do i get it to stop? Thanks again

[Zow]

Two questions:

1. I am encoding all my Video_ts DVD rips to H.264 mkv. I am getting a TV which does 1080p/24 at 72Hz (3:3 pulldown.) Since DVDs are generally encoded in 24fps, should I disable Interlacing in automkv, thus getting rid of an unnecessary processing step and achieving better quality mkv?

2. When ripping movies with subtitles, I set the flag in Advanced Settings to Hide Subtitles by default. Well, when I tried to play some of these rips, I found that the subtitles remain hidden even when I try to bring them on (both in WMP11 and PowerDVD7) Do I also have to check Burn Subtitles, in addition to Hide Subtitles, or is something else wrong? (this may be a stupid question and I'll find out the answer when my re-rip with Burn Subtitles checkedd is finished, but it may help others.)

[buzzqw]

@mapleleaf

no, automkv don't put anything around, all the junk is in \temp folder

are you sure your destination have have least 100mb free ?


@Zow

should I disable Interlacing in automkv
if you are sure that isn't needed any deinterlace test or processing , feel free to set deinterlacer to NONE :)

both in WMP11 and PowerDVD7
these aren't the two most "secure" application to test subtitle.
Try with videolanclient or mediaplayer classic

and also.. there isn't need to check burnt in subtitle... otherwise you will have your subtitle "encrusted" in movie

BHH

[Zow]

....
these aren't the two most "secure" application to test subtitle.
Try with videolanclient or mediaplayer classic

and also.. there isn't need to check burnt in subtitle... otherwise you will have your subtitle "encrusted" in movie

BHH

I agree, the problem is that I use Vista MCE as a front end, so I am stuck with WM11:-(

When I start ripping, I can see that automkv is processing the subtitles, so they should be there. I'll play with it when I get home, try some other things, including MediaPlayer, to confirm that the subtitles are alive annd well in the mkv. Any ideas of what might be going wrong with WMP11?

[TheRyuu]

1. I am encoding all my Video_ts DVD rips to H.264 mkv. I am getting a TV which does 1080p/24 at 72Hz (3:3 pulldown.) Since DVDs are generally encoded in 24fps, should I disable Interlacing in automkv, thus getting rid of an unnecessary processing step and achieving better quality mkv?

The DVD's in all likelihood need IVTC, use dgindex to check for the correct "first field" (TFF, BFF). Use decimating or film setting in automkv (they both do the same thing). You should (almost) never encode it interlaced.

2. When ripping movies with subtitles, I set the flag in Advanced Settings to Hide Subtitles by default. Well, when I tried to play some of these rips, I found that the subtitles remain hidden even when I try to bring them on (both in WMP11 and PowerDVD7) Do I also have to check Burn Subtitles, in addition to Hide Subtitles, or is something else wrong? (this may be a stupid question and I'll find out the answer when my re-rip with Burn Subtitles checkedd is finished, but it may help others.)

Use MPC, part of the CCCP (http://www.cccp-project.net/) and try again.
For vista compatibility, I'd suggest trying the latest beta version of CCCP here. (http://www.cccp-project.net/beta/)

Also on the rips, make sure that the subtitle file actually made it into the ripped file (i.e., if your rip is an AVI, I doubt you'd have soft-subs in there).

[fairuza]

just download the full package 0.90

unrar it and you will have automkv.exe, some file and a \exe and a \profiles folder

launch automkv.exe

any errors ?

BHH

yes, the error is what i described. it hangs.

[koolyce]

There is have a way to use multiple filters when we convert? I'm only able to use one and I want to use 2-3.

Thanks