MP4MenuGUI

[IMOON]

i set manually the world size in the project settings. i noticed that a custom dar is set automatically, why is that?

In my understanding DAR is the ratio between width/height, so the default value is width/height of the current video. The user must only correct it, if the video is anamorphic.

is it possible to make the menus selfrepeating, like in my old sample?
it work sometimes for me if I import raw streams, don't know why.
may be it is better to make it like your old sample.

also the option to keep the link action value when copying buttons might be useable (depends on the structure of the menu of course, eg if there are more 100% identical buttons or more different buttons at the same position)
may be i can find a good place for a checkbox or so.:)

dunno if its easily doable, but when copying buttons ...
fixed

osmo4 still seems to have the problem to seek exactly to a specified frame sometimes (not always!).
I will try it

I will see that I find some time to make some test too.

:thanks:
Good question, I have some DVD which comes with about six audio language.
OK comes on my TODO list but no priority

As far as I know there is no way to set the handler name.
OK, I will post a future request

[IMOON]

Hello,

Changelog:
- Fix seeking bug in Osmo by adding 0.01secs to the start position
- Added option: keep the link action value when copying buttons of menus
- Added basic language localization function for the program (language ISO Codes)
- Added support LanguagesDiscriptor for audio and sub
- Fix: Copy Button use unique name

[bond]

when i try to store the global settings i get the following error:

System.InvalidCastException: Das Objekt des Typs MP4MenuGui.MP4MGSettings kann nicht in Typ MP4MenuGui.MP4MGGlobalSettings umgewandelt werden.
bei MP4MenuGui.MainForm.mnuToolsStandardSettings_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.MenuItemData.Execute()
bei System.Windows.Forms.Command.Invoke()
bei System.Windows.Forms.Command.DispatchID(Int32 id)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmCommand(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[IMOON]

when i try to store the global settings i get the following error:

known bug, fixed. Wait for a new release tomorrow :) .

[Zero1]

This is looking awesome now, and great sample bond :D

[IMOON]

Changelog:

- Bugfix save standard settings doesn't work
- Include Movie Buttons (bugy)

Can you test the Movie Buttons?
The buttons Change Audio and Subtitle work OK. The next and previous chapter buttons have a bug.
The other buttons doesn't work for me, but it seems to be an generally problem on my system with the script function. See https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1603673&forum_id=327349 for more information.

[JoeBG]

try latest osmo4 from here:
http://home.wildit.net.au/celticdruid/mirror/gpac/dev/


This DEV build does not work for me at all. It directly crashes.

When I use the "normal" build from 23´th of July I can play my xvid mp4, but all x264 directly crashes.

Does someone have an idea why this happens? thank you :)

[IMOON]

0.1.2.1
- Added: Program controls MP4Box
- Added: preview/editing of the Script
- Added: use a Log
- Added: support for Handler Names (will be modified after creation)

[IMOON]

0.1.2.2
- Change: Use up to 5 audio streams

note: this version is not compatible to project files (.xml) which was created with an earlier version. (Exception if you try to use those file and the 3.-5. audio stream.)

[bond]

any news on this great tool? where is the crowd wanting to create menus? ^^

[JoeBG]

I don´t have a software player for this ;)

[bond]

osmo4?

[IMOON]

any news on this great tool? where is the crowd wanting to create menus? ^^

I haven't post the last changes here but I have develop it. Here are the last changes.

0.1.2.4
- Some Bugfixes and improvements
- Added: now you can also rotate the buttons
- Added: Stop Button to interrupt the "Change Handler Name" Process
0.1.2.3
- Some Bugfixes and improvements
- Added: extern link (Anchor) as Hyperlinking between MPEG-4 scenes or to external web pages
- Change: now delete the tmp bt file after muxing
- Change: empty menuinputs (no video defined) will be ignored, if no one is defined the movie starts
- Change: if no main movie is defined, movie sources(audio,subs,chapter) will be ignored

[bond]

great stuff, seems i forgot to monitor the packages on sourceforge :)

[JohnV]

Nice tool. I just wish MPEG4 systems was more widely adopted. But doesn't look like it will be much supported in the near future in either hardware or software (outside Osmo4).
Some say it was made too complex, so supporting it is not cost effective.

[Drachir]

Nice tool. I just wish MPEG4 systems was more widely adopted. But doesn't look like it will be much supported in the near future in either hardware or software (outside Osmo4).
Some say it was made too complex, so supporting it is not cost effective.
MPEG 4 Systems may be more complex, than the QuickTime File Format(mov). But MPEG 4 Systems is, what makes the main difference to mov, in the MP4 File Format.
Like with everthing there are Profiles and Levels too, for the scene,OD ... .
If you are strict, than Osmo4 is one of the few MP4 Player out there.
Most Player out there which claim to be a MP4 Player are only ISO Media compatible Player.

Nero could change that ;) . If a cell phone can render a MPEG 4 Scene why not a Standalone Player?

[IMOON]

you have to update your MediaInfo.dll for best results(AR detection)

0.1.2.5
- Some Bugfixes and improvements
- Improve Aspect Ratio detection (use MediaInfo 0.7.4.4)
- Change: import process revised

I have tested the AR detection with xvid and x264 inside a mp4 container and for xvid it works perfect. For x264 it doesnt work perfect yet.

[IMOON]

0.1.2.7
- Some Bugfixes and improvements
- Change: MenuInput also use the Standard Import Form
0.1.2.6
- Change: use mp4box to get information (language, trackID, DAR...), for .mp4s, list all possible tracks

[alh84001]

Hi everyone.

I just spent last day wrestling with trying to put the menus in my mp4 file. It seemed daunting at first, but know everything is quite intuitive.

The problem is that now I can't get the file displayed properly in Osmo4 player. What happens is that the player start playing the menu stream as it was an ordinary video stream. The Play -> Stream Selection menu is greyed out but when I Select File -> File Information -> Root Scene -> Streams I get this:

MPEG-4 Profiles and Levels:
OD Profile@Level 1
Scene Profile@Level 254
Graphics Profile@Level 254
Audio Profile@Level 40
Visual Profile@Level 21
Inline Content Profiled no

** Stream ID 1 - Clock ID 1 **
Scene Description Stream - version 2
Buffer Size 5252
Average Bitrate 0 bps
Maximum Bitrate 0 bps
Stream Clock Resolution 1000

** Stream ID 2 - Clock ID 1 **
OD Stream - version 0
Buffer Size 1038
Average Bitrate 0 bps
Maximum Bitrate 0 bps
Stream Clock Resolution 1000


Seekbar seems to be calibrated for the full length of the movie....but the timer in lower left corner keeps counting even after the seeker gets to the end of the seekbar. After the last frame of the menu is played, all that is shown is a black screen for the rest of the "movie".

When I play the file through DirectShow with Haali's splitter I can see and select both the menu and the movie audio and video streams.

I use Osmo4 0.4.3 dev from Celtic Druid's site (the same thing happened with 0.4.2 also from there), and MP4MenuGUI 0.1.2.7 (I'm not sure but think the I tried with 0.1.2.5 too).

The Streams are as follows:

Movie Video Stream: h.264 encoded with x264 r623 975kbit/s
Movie Audio Stream: Nero HE-AAC 96 kbit/s
Subtitle Stream: Unicode *.srt file with some non-ANSI characters
Chapters: OGG chapter file with some non-ANSI characters
Menu Video: h.264 encoded with x264 r623 500 kbit/s
Menu Audio: Nero HE-AAC with PS 32 kbit/s

I set up all the menus but not all of the buttons on them, as I was just trying to perform a test first.

Menu audio file that I got from DGIndex is about 1 second shorter than the menu itself. It should only play during the longer menu sequences (scene selection), and not during the one frame menus that are positioned at the beginnig of the video file.


So...there it is. If you are still reading this :thanks: :D I know it's a long, boring post but I just wanted to tell all the details I thought might be peculiar for some reason. I hope someone can find out what's going on.

P.S. I would test the sample bond posted, but all I get from megaupload is "All download slots assigned to your country (Croatia) are currently in use. Please try again in a few hours or install the Megaupload Toolbar for immediate access". I'm not exactly a fan of all those crappy toolbars on my system so if someone could mirror the file on, for example, speedyshare I would be grateful. (The country in question is Croatia, and it seems to always serve that page).

P.P.S: The video preview window seemed to not display the right frame. First few frames are just one frame menus..and after second or third it repeats one frame or omitts the other. The later menus, which are all longer sequences are shifted a few frames into the "future". If I close the MP4MenuGUI and then reopen the same file it may happen that different one-frame menus are repeated or omitted. I thought it was the encoded file (since I do not know how to manually select keyframes with x264 or if it is needed at all), but when I opened it in MeGUI through AviSynths DirectShowSource the frames where shown exactly as in the original VOB.

P.P.P.S: As I said, audio part of the menu is shorter than the video part, so is there a possibility to add a function to delay the audio when muxing like in MeGUI? The audio file had the "DELAY 0ms" suffix but it was clearly shorter than the video file and not in sync.


If you got to this part I would give you my sister If I had one ;)

[Drachir]

The problem is that now I can't get the file displayed properly in Osmo4 player. What happens is that the player start playing the menu stream as it was an ordinary video stream.
Can you post the scene of your file? (MP4Box -bt yourFile.mp4)


The Play -> Stream Selection menu is greyed out...
This is allways the case if there is a scene. The stream switching have to be defined in the scene description.


Seekbar seems to be calibrated for the full length of the movie....but the timer in lower left corner keeps counting even after the seeker gets to the end of the seekbar.
The seekbar is not very accurate in files with more than one timeline. This is easily the case, in files with a more complex scene description. Normally Osmo4 disable the seekbar in such a case.

In your sample Osmo4 played probably the complete duration of the audio/video track, the time in the lower left could still be counting because the the duration of the scene isn't over or not defined. If you want a propper answer ask Jean Le Feuvre ( http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=327349 ).


After the last frame of the menu is played, all that is shown is a black screen for the rest of the "movie".

You have to loop the menu(MovieTexture), else it will stop after it played once. (You can get some information about differnet nodes with MP4Box -node nodeName.)


When I play the file through DirectShow with Haali's splitter I can see and select both the menu and the movie audio and video streams.
Halli's splitter don't support MPEG 4 Systems.

[alh84001]

Hi Drachir....and thank you for a prompt reply.


Can you post the scene of your file? (MP4Box -bt yourFile.mp4)


Here it is:

e:\Video\filmovi\Tko>mp4box.exe -bt tko-menu-video.mp4
Scene loaded - dumping 0 systems streams

The generated file reads:

InitialObjectDescriptor {
objectDescriptorID 1
audioProfileLevelIndication 255
visualProfileLevelIndication 21
sceneProfileLevelIndication 255
graphicsProfileLevelIndication 255
ODProfileLevelIndication 255
}


I can't understand that file but that doesn't feel right.


This is allways the case if there is a scene. The stream switching have to be defined in the scene description.

That seems logical....Thank you for the clarification.


In your sample Osmo4 played probably the complete duration of the audio/video track, the time in the lower left could still be counting because the the duration of the scene isn't over or not defined.

You have to loop the menu(MovieTexture), else it will stop after it played once.

Shouldn't the GUI take care of all that automagically?


Halli's splitter don't support MPEG 4 Systems.

I know. I just posted that as a comparison when I thought Osmo4 was not working right when it disabled the stream selection.

[Drachir]

The generated file reads:

InitialObjectDescriptor {
objectDescriptorID 1
audioProfileLevelIndication 255
visualProfileLevelIndication 21
sceneProfileLevelIndication 255
graphicsProfileLevelIndication 255
ODProfileLevelIndication 255
}

I can't understand that file but that doesn't feel right.

Did you dumb the BIFSText from the right MP4 file?
With this output you could get the impression that it is an video only file.
It is only an empty IOD without ObjectDescriptor for the BIFS/OD track. In this file there isn't any Elementary Stream initialized by the IOD. It is only a free-format file, not an MP4 file.


Shouldn't the GUI take care of all that automagically?

I don't know this GUI, and what you have to do to get a propper MP4 file.
Maybe some one should create a HOWTO with screenshots, how to use this GUI?

[IMOON]

The problem is that now I can't get the file displayed properly in Osmo4 player. What happens is that the player start playing the menu stream as it was an ordinary video stream.

You can try to change the file import section of the script and import raw files instead of mp4 files.
Therefor: press "Preview Script", go to the end and change the file paths (use the "Create MP4" button on this tab).

[alh84001]

Did you dumb the BIFSText from the right MP4 file?

Sorry. My mistake. That was actually only the video with the menu. I attached the output of the following command on a newly muxed file that has all the menus and buttons it should:


E:\Video\filmovi\Tko pjeva zlo ne misli>mp4box -bt Tkopjeva.mp4
MPEG-4 BIFS Scene Parsing
Scene loaded - dumping 2 systems streams/100)

[alh84001]

You can try to change the file import section of the script and import raw files instead of mp4 files.
Therefor: press "Preview Script", go to the end and change the file paths (use the "Create MP4" button on this tab).

Hi, Imoon.

First thank you on a wonderfull tool you made. Hope that I'll get it to work :)

You mention "file paths" in plural. Does that mean I should wxtract to raw the video files of both the movie and a menu....or maybe do you mean the audio and video files of menu only.....or maybe something else?

I tried it now. I extracted the audio and video of the menu to raw (aac and h264) files with YAMB and changed the appropriate extensions in the script (and deleted track suffix as well) and the menu now seems to work as it should. Well almost.

Now I got two other problems:
First, the menu picture won't switch. The buttons still work, and the highlights are changed as I browse through the menu. I suspect that has something to do with the keyframes, but as I said I don't know how to add them manually with x264.
Second, the chapter selection scenes, which are not one frame menus, but sequences about one minute long are displayed for only fraction of a second and then the player changes to the root menu. When I say displayed I also mean that only the button highlights are shown, not the picture.

Any ideas guys?

[IMOON]

You mention "file paths" in plural...


I mean all mp4 video files. You can leave the audio as mp4 file.


Now I got two other problems:...


With x264 you cant set a keyframe at a specific point. You can use VirtualDub with xvid to set keyframes. Set a zone at every key frame you need and set the option begin with keyframe. Or if you have an only oneframe menu file you can set the keyframe Interval in x264 to 1. So every frame is a keyframe.

And maybe you can :script: (bt)

[alh84001]

I mean all mp4 video files. You can leave the audio as mp4 file.

With x264 you cant set a keyframe at a specific point. You can use VirtualDub with xvid

OK. I'll try it over the weekend. A shame for the x264 though, since it's nicer at lower bitrates needed for 1CD backups.

Edit: Hmmm, but I could encode the menu in xvid and the movie in x264 right? it just hit me now :)


And maybe you can :script: (bt)

I already did :). It's the same script that I posted above in response to Drachir (only it uses mp4 files, not the raw ones).

[foxyshadis]

To set keyframes in x264, you either need to edit the stats file (be careful with that) or create a qpfile overriding the frame decisions - the best way to do that is probably to generate it out of the stats file and then rerun the first pass or go crf.

(You could probably submit a patch implementing this feature (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120449) to make it much simpler, too.)

[IMOON]

Edit: Hmmm, but I could encode the menu in xvid and the movie in x264 right?
sure! You can also use different (supported) encodes (e.g. x264, xvid, jpeg) for the menus.

can you also post the original bt script (it's a little bit easier to read ;) ).

[IMOON]

- Some small Bugfixes and improvements
- Added: Translation (English, German)
- Added: Movie Intro
- Added: touch sensor to skip a intro
- Added: possibility to add a menu/intro in the menu option Window
- Added: possibility to change the menu/intro name in the menu option window
- Change: get information about all video/audio tracks with MediaInfo
- Change: rename of all Chapters and add a Chapter use a user pattern (#-number, ?-old Name)
- Change: use mediasensor to repeat menus

[The Colostomizer]

What players can handle all of the DVD-like menu features in MP4 besides Osmo4 (I'm under the impression that EnvivioTV is limited in this aspect)? Doesn't matter if it's free, open-source, or whatever, I just want to know what else can handle it. I have my reasons.

[bond]

enviviotv supports simpler menus and works in every directshow player, quicktime and realplayer

[fight2win]

thanks...

[The Colostomizer]

enviviotv supports simpler menus and works in every directshow player, quicktime and realplayerDoes it support intros and outros?

[IMOON]

Does it support intros and outros?

No. And the intro tab should be disabled if you use the envivioMode (ProjectSettings).

[IMOON]

Changelog:
- Change: define Button Color, Line size and HighlightMode not only per Project, standard setting for this project, but also per Button
- Change: differ between Touch sensor and Highlight area

[The Colostomizer]

I figured I'd give it a shot, and … I didn't get very far. After importing my main movie, I added a video for the menu input (x264/AAC in MP4, same as the main movie). When I clicked on Menu Options, it threw this in my face ―

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/gdejohn/AviSyntherror.png

Promptly followed by this ―

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/gdejohn/Cannotopenvideo.png

I've got ffdshow installed, as well as the latest MediaInfo.dll, AviSynth, and MP4Box. In any case, I feel like a gigantic idiot, and I'd appreciate it if any of you smarter folks would care to educate me.

[IMOON]

I figured I'd give it a shot, and … I didn't get very far. After importing my main movie, I added a video for the menu input (x264/AAC in MP4, same as the main movie). When I clicked on Menu Options, it threw this in my face ...

have you installed Haali's Media Splitter (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/)?

You can try a avs script with this line DirectShowSource("file Name",fps=25,audio=false)

if it doesn't play with zoom player or mpc, try to reinstall ffdshow and haali.

[The Colostomizer]

have you installed Haali's Media Splitter (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/)?

You can try a avs script with this line DirectShowSource("file Name",fps=25,audio=false)

if it doesn't play with zoom player or mpc, try to reinstall ffdshow and haali.I had only just installed ffdshow so I could take advantage of MP4MenuGUI (I use VLC Media Player so I don't have to bother with DirectShow), and I figured out afterwards that playback wasn't working in Windows Media Player. I did not have Haali Media Splitter, and installing that did take care of playback (the MP4 files now work fine in Windows Media Player).

I'm getting a slightly different error in MP4MenuGUI now, though. It's the same AviSynth error as above, but instead of being unable to play back the file, it says, "No such interface is supported."

[idamien]

I tried using an image (.JPG 1280x720) as the video for the menu but upon pressing menu options the video preview window opened with an exception:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid.
at System.Drawing.Image.get_Width()
at System.Drawing.Image.get_Size()
at System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox.ImageRectangleFromSizeMode(PictureBoxSizeMode mode)
at System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox.get_ImageRectangle()
at System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pe)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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MP4MenuGui
Assembly Version: 0.1.2.9
Win32 Version: 0.1.2.9
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Igor%20Damien/Desktop/MP4MenuGUI/MP4MenuGui.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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Assembly Version: 0.1.2.9
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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MediaInfoWrapper
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Igor%20Damien/Desktop/MP4MenuGUI/MediaInfoWrapper.DLL
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.


Am I doing something wrong?

[IMOON]

I'm getting a slightly different error in MP4MenuGUI now, though. It's the same AviSynth error as above, but instead of being unable to play back the file, it says, "No such interface is supported."

I think you need a YV12 VfW codec, so install the Helix YV12 codec (http://www.lillevold.com/files/yuvcodecs-1.2.exe)


@idamien: which system do you use?
Have problems with all jpeg's or only with this specific one?

[idamien]

I´m using Vista Ultimate 32 Bit. The problem occurs with whatever .jpeg I use.

[IMOON]

I´m using Vista Ultimate 32 Bit. The problem occurs with whatever .jpeg I use.

I haven't tested it under Vista and I don't have the possibility to test it in the near future.
But I don't understand what's wrong in vista. sorry

[The Colostomizer]

I think you need a YV12 VfW codec, so install the Helix YV12 codec (http://www.lillevold.com/files/yuvcodecs-1.2.exe)I installed it, and I'm still getting this error ―

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/gdejohn/AviSyntherror2.png

[The Colostomizer]

Since I can't play around with this myself quite yet, I've got some questions. I'd like to create a DVD-like menu for a Halo 2 fragvid I'll be putting out at some point in the Fall (probably). The biggest thing I want to do is have an intro, an outro, and different transitions between pages of the menu depending on which way you're going. Are outros not quite supported at the moment? And can transitions between different parts of the menu be done currently? How extensive are the highlight options for buttons? Can I use any image for a button and then have mouse-over and click animations bring up different images? If not, consider those feature requests, pretty please. Of less importance, can I use video shorter than the audio for a given menu page and have them both loop independently?

[IMOON]

Since I can't play around with this myself quite yet, I've got some questions. I'd like to create a DVD-like menu for a Halo 2 fragvid I'll be putting out at some point in the Fall (probably). The biggest thing I want to do is have an intro, an outro, and different transitions between pages of the menu depending on which way you're going. Are outros not quite supported at the moment? And can transitions between different parts of the menu be done currently? How extensive are the highlight options for buttons? Can I use any image for a button and then have mouse-over and click animations bring up different images? If not, consider those feature requests, pretty please. Of less importance, can I use video shorter than the audio for a given menu page and have them both loop independently?

Sorry for my delay.
Outros are not supported in the Moment but is planed for the near future. Transitions are now on my TODO List ;) .
You cant use images as buttons, only as background for the whole menu. The buttons are only rectangle or ellipse witch are filled or not. At mouse-over you can show the button or not or you show the button permanently. As a new future (since 0.1.2.9) you can also highlight an other area.

Your avisynth problem seems to be a vista Directshow problem. Because also some MeGui user also post (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125121) this error. But some solve it with a clean install.

[IMOON]

I have upload a pre version of 0.1.3.0
- Fix: speedup the video preview init process
- Added: support for Mono (tested on OpenSuse 10.2 with Mono 1.2.3)
- Added: use Avisynth 3 on Linux systems for video preview
- Change: Display MP4Box Command line in log
- Change: use a extra Debug.log file for some information (overwrite old entries)

All Linux user please test this version on your systems and report any bugs. Notice that it isn't full tested, MediaInfo wouldn't work, so disable it, and there are some smaller display bugs.
You need to install the lasted Mono (http://www.mono-project.com/Start)with libgdiplus, Avisynth 3 (http://avisynth3.unite-video.com/download.html) and gstreamer (http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/). I known that avisynth 3 is in an early develop stage and no filters are available but for my needs it complete enough.
You have to compile the Avisyth3Wrapper (Avisynth3Wrapper.zip in svn (http://mp4menugui.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mp4menugui/)) . Put the lib in the MP4MenuGui bin directory.
You can start MP4MenuGui with mono MP4MenuGui.exe
You can use my compiled bins from sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180851) or use monodevelop to compile it from source.

[bond]

:thanks:
now only if i had linux ;)

[Drachir]

:thanks:
now only if i had linux ;)

That shouldn't be a problem. ;) You could try openSUSE ( ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/10.2/iso ) or an other distribution.

MP4MenuGUI himself works at SuSE 10.0 with Mono 1.2.3 from here http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads .

But didn't tried to create a BT script with it, until now. I will test it if I compiled avisynth-3.0 here and get all working.

[legoman666]

I get the following error when I try to create my mp4. It seems like its about the chapters (I didnt set any)
Muxing successfully started
Processing ended at 2:19:46 AM
Log for muxing menu

Commandline:I:\hdtv\YAMB\MP4Box.exe -mp4 "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\menu.bt" -out "E:\doctorwho\disc1\menu.mp4"
MPEG-4 (BT) Scene Parsing
(line 909) cannot find node PlayChapter1
(line 909) Cannot resolve Route SwitchAudioRoute
(line 909) Cannot resolve Route SwitchSubtitlesRoute
Cannot load context - Bad Parameter
Error: Bad Parameter
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Error The current job contains errors.

Also, is there a way to have multiple video files or am I just missing it completely....?