AutoMKV runs in Linux (limited)

[xxxyzzzz]

Hi,

Being amazed at the quality of the x264 codec and always being a vorbis fan, I have wanted to migrate from xvid/mp3 vbr/avi (aka AutoGK) to x264/ogg vorbis/mkv, I went on a quest to get AutoMKV running in Linux (AutoGK already runs flawlessly).

My success so far with openSUSE 10.2 and wine 0.9.42:

I installed the following libraries from a normal windows XP install (note: these did NOT come from dll-files.com - they need to come from a licensed copy of windows XP that you own):
msvfw32.dll
msvcrt.dll
mfc42u.dll
mfc42.dll
msvcp60.dll
msvcrt40.dll
msvcp71.dll
msvcr71.dll

Of those above I set the following to "native" in winecfg:
mfc42u
msvcrt
msvfw32
msvcp71
msvcr71

The result - AutoMKV runs with the following problems (that I have found so far):
* vorbis encoding halts the gui (lame works).
* you need to start AutoMKV from the command line in the installed directory.
* when you close AutoMKV the wineserver still stays running, you need to kill it separately.
* XVID doesn't seem to work (x264 does; but hey, that's what I wanted. Could be due to the fact that AutoGK is installed already).
* I don't know about subtitles yet

So now I need to get vorbis working. Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks,
Z

[Sharktooth]

fool it using the linux bins for the encoders.

[buzzqw]

i don't know much of wine.. so i cannot help much :o

since i am too a vorbis fan i will add a SoundOut-Ogg (as is for lame now), this should do the trick

BHH

[xxxyzzzz]

Hey! The author himself replied to my thread... Thank you buzzqw!

Z

[buzzqw]

in advanced audio options i added ogg, flac, mp2, wav extended

BHH

[shevegen]

This is so incredibly cool... windows software + wine :-)

[dssgorila]

did you have to install avisynth and ffmpeg?

I tried this wine "c:\\Program Files\\AutoMkv\\AutoMKV090.exe"
and i get an error saying that license.txt not found it is in the same folder ast the auto mkv exe. Can you kindly post the steps you took to get this running.

[buzzqw]

@dssgorila

could you try this build http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV090b.exe

and launch from wine as usually

thanks!

BHH

[dssgorila]

nope same error.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9099/automkvvp5.png (http://imageshack.us)

[buzzqw]

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV090b-wine.exe

in this build i have disable the check for license :)

BHH

[dssgorila]

its works :) thank you very much. Im going test encoding.

[xxxyzzzz]

Hi,

dssgorila,
In the first post I mentioned that you needed to run AutoMKV from the command line in the same directory as the executable. This was because of the license error you mentioned.

buzzqw,
Thanks for posting another executable to help with this. I was/am not expecting any type of Linux support whatsoever - I just wanted to share my success. (It is more of a hobby of mine to get programs to work under linux than ask for support.)

Thank you very much,
Z

[iamme]

xxxyzzzz, would it be possible to post most detailed instruction on how you got this working? I have all the drivers but I am not sure how to install them. rgscr32 says it doesn't work on some of them. Just putting them in system32 and registering the ones I could didn't seem to do it since the program freezes immediately upon starting up and cannot be closed. Thanks.

[xxxyzzzz]

Hi iamme,

Make sure you are using wine 0.9.42 (I have had very bad luck with 0.9.43 and onward). You could even compile 0.9.42 yourself to have greater compatibility with your system.

What distribution are you using?

Also, it is VERY important that you use the libraries (.dll's) from a windows 2000/XP system. You CANNOT use the dll's from the popular dll download sites.

Unfortunately, I have not tested AutoMKV since version 0.89a because I have been focusing more on other things.

Z

[xxxyzzzz]

Sorry about the double post

Also, if you run AutoMKV from the command line (i.e. "wine AutoMKV089a.exe"), it will output library problems.

Z

[WascallyWabbit]

I get the app to load and can start the process. It runs through ripping the subtitles and indexing, but nothing happens when it hits the audio encoding. I am use aac. Is there a specific version of NeroAAC that I need?

[buzzqw]

nero aac encoder for windows...

BHH