Autogk v2.4 take longer to encode

[miniyoyo]

My PC use Pentium 4(2.4G), with 2GB memory. Previously I use Autogk v2.2 stable release, which encode a 120 mins movie in 4 hours 30 minutes approximately; But yesterday I installed the new stable release v2.4, it took 5 hours xx mins to complete the same movie. Is this normal?

I notice that in the hidden options(ctrl-F9), the ".colorcorrect" is set to "accurate" by installation default. Is this the cause of longer encoding time? I remember it is set to "fast" by default in v2.2.

Also, for a P4 2.4G PC, should I necessary to use v2.4? It seem no difference on quality of the encoded movie, except the longer encoding time. I guess v2.4 is better for DuoCore Processor, right?

[zacoz]

Since 2.20 there have been updates to many of the tools and XviD, along with numerous bug fixes. You can check out the changelog by clicking About, and scrolling down the text in the box that pops up. The improvements go way beyond DuoCore processor support.

Have to wait for someone else to answer on the .colorcorrect default setting, and if your memory serves, whether that would contribute to longer time (it's been way too long since I had 2.20 installed on my system).

[miniyoyo]

tested, seem to be alright when I turn the ".colorcorrect" option to "fast". Really I can't notice the difference of the output file, switching ".colorcorrect" option to "accurate" just take longer to encode.

[devilstrings]

Hi all, Im using P4 3.0 GHz, 512MB RAM, it takes a very long time to encode movies.

A 120 min movie used to take about 3-4hrs to encode, but now it takes 16 hrs....(yes, 16 hrs.... I've pasted the log file). I use the default settings in AutoGK, rip in DivX format.

It did the same in the old version (2.27), so I updated to 2.40, no go.

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[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] AutoGK 2.40
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] OS: Windows Vista (6.0.6000).2
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Job started.
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Input file: C:\A Real Young Girl\VTS_01_0.IFO
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Output file: D:\A Real Young Girl.avi
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Output codec: DivX
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Audio 1: Unknown language AC3 2ch
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Subtitles 1: English : Wide/Letterbox/Pan & Scan
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Format: AVI
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Target size: 700Mb
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Audio 1 settings: Auto
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Standalone support enabled: MTK/Sigma
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Started encoding.
[3/14/2007 6:38:06 PM] Demuxing and indexing.
[3/14/2007 6:42:03 PM] Processing file: C:\A Real Young Girl\VTS_01_1.VOB
[3/14/2007 6:42:03 PM] Source resolution: 720x480
[3/14/2007 6:42:03 PM] Found NTSC source.
[3/14/2007 6:42:03 PM] Source aspect ratio: 16:9
[3/14/2007 6:42:04 PM] Analyzing source.
[3/15/2007 2:55:19 AM] Source has percentage of interlacing in motion areas: 34.53
[3/15/2007 2:55:19 AM] Source has percentage of telecined patterns: 17.23
[3/15/2007 2:55:19 AM] Source has percentage of progressive patterns: 36.05
[3/15/2007 2:55:19 AM] Source has percentage of interlaced patterns: 46.72
[3/15/2007 2:55:19 AM] Source is considered to be hybrid (mostly NTSC).
[3/15/2007 2:55:20 AM] Looking for optimal hybrid thresholds.
[3/15/2007 2:56:40 AM] Found threshold of: 1.99
[3/15/2007 2:56:40 AM] Output will contain 161014 frames
[3/15/2007 2:56:40 AM] Decoding audio.
[3/15/2007 3:00:46 AM] Normalizing audio.
[3/15/2007 3:01:58 AM] Encoding audio.
[3/15/2007 3:39:34 AM] Preparing subtitles.
[3/15/2007 3:42:26 AM] Audio1 size: 69,782,832 bytes (66.55 Mb)
[3/15/2007 3:42:26 AM] Overhead: 10,388,352 bytes (9.91 Mb)
[3/15/2007 3:42:26 AM] Video size: 653,832,016 bytes (623.54 Mb)
[3/15/2007 3:42:26 AM] Target bitrate is: 974kbps
[3/15/2007 3:42:26 AM] Running compressibility test.
[3/15/2007 3:42:26 AM] Writing the following script to D:\agk_tmp\A Real Young Girl_comptest.avs
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LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\vsfilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")

movie = mpeg2source("D:\agk_tmp\A Real Young Girl.d2v")
cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=0,threshold=34,samplestartframe=0,leftadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
fixed_aspect = 1.18518518518519
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
input_par = (input_par > 1.4) || (input_par < 1.25) ? input_par : (4.0/3.0)
out_width = 640
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 4) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
Telecide(movie,guide=1,post=2).Decimate(mode=1,threshold=1.99)
autocrop(mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=34,samplestartframe=0,leftadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
RemoveGrain(mode=2)
VobSub("D:\agk_tmp\A Real Young Girl.idx")
SelectRangeEvery(280,14)
===========================================================
[3/15/2007 4:04:02 AM] Duration was: 21 minutes 34 seconds
[3/15/2007 4:04:02 AM] Speed was: 6.22 fps.
[3/15/2007 4:04:02 AM] Compressibility percentage is: 31.98
[3/15/2007 4:04:02 AM] Using softer resizer.
[3/15/2007 4:04:02 AM] Chosen resolution is: 528x304 ( AR: 1.74 )
[3/15/2007 4:04:02 AM] Predicted comptest value is: 49.65%
[3/15/2007 4:04:02 AM] Running first pass.
[3/15/2007 4:04:02 AM] Writing the following script to D:\agk_tmp\A Real Young Girl_movie.avs
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LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\vsfilter.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")

movie = mpeg2source("D:\agk_tmp\A Real Young Girl.d2v")
cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=0,threshold=34,samplestartframe=0,leftadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
fixed_aspect = 1.18518518518519
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
input_par = (input_par > 1.4) || (input_par < 1.25) ? input_par : (4.0/3.0)
out_width = 528
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 4) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
Telecide(movie,guide=1,post=2).Decimate(mode=1,threshold=1.99)
autocrop(mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,aspect=new_aspect,threshold=34,samplestartframe=0,leftadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
BicubicResize(out_width,out_height,0,0.5)
RemoveGrain(mode=2)
VobSub("D:\agk_tmp\A Real Young Girl.idx")
===========================================================
[3/15/2007 7:36:10 AM] Duration was: 3 hours 32 minutes 6 seconds
[3/15/2007 7:36:10 AM] Speed was: 12.65 fps.
[3/15/2007 7:36:11 AM] Running second pass.
[3/15/2007 11:08:41 AM] Duration was: 3 hours 32 minutes 26 seconds
[3/15/2007 11:08:41 AM] Speed was: 12.63 fps.
[3/15/2007 11:08:41 AM] Job finished. Total time: 16 hours 30 minutes 35 seconds
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I have even formatted (yes, formatted, silly it might seem, but had no other option...) changed to Vista Ultimate final release, no go (the log I pasted was from last night's rip in Vista). I use the K-Lite Mega Codec 1.67. No other changes have been made to the pc from the good old 3-4hr rips to the now 16 hr rips....!!!

Any help regarding this is much appreciated...most of the info "must" be there in the log...but do let me know if I need to post some more info regarding anything. Thanks in advance.

[jeffy]

(Questionable... I don't believe that Vista itself might cause such slowdowns) Vista? Do you have a dual-boot system or a chance to try it again in Windows XP?

[devilstrings]

(Questionable... I don't believe that Vista itself might cause such slowdowns) Vista? Do you have a dual-boot system or a chance to try it again in Windows XP?

yea, u're right, its not Vista that 'might' coz such slowdowns....

Im quite sure its not the OS.....coz it also happened in XP...i formatted it twice....once a repair/reinstall and another a clean install....same thing....then I switched to Vista...

dont think switching it back to XP is the quite the answer.....

...and no, I dont have dual-boot...its just Vista Ultimate.

[unskinnyboy]

This is the suspicious part:

[3/14/2007 6:42:04 PM] Analyzing source.
[3/15/2007 2:55:19 AM] Source has percentage of interlacing in motion areas...

~8 hours to analyze the source doesn't sound right. Redo this and see what's the speed in fps on the analysis part. I suspect it crawls along at 0-1 fps. Try manually bumping up the thread priority of VirtualDubMoD if so. If VirtualDubMoD is the cause of the slowness, then you may want to change the default processing priority of it. But, it does stump me that comptest, 1st pass & 2nd pass doesn't seem to be affected similarly.