AutoMKV 0.95c - (DVD/TS/AVI/AVS to X264/XviD/WVC1 into MKV/MP4/WMV) update 12/02/2008

[Honeyko]

Buzz, how do you getting the software to yield 23.976043fps on NTSC film output?

The reason I ask is because VirtualDub itself won't create that fps output when manually tinkered with. (E.g., my question in this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=136311).)

[buzzqw]

well.. it's tdecimate that will bring film (29.97) to 23.976 (24000/1001)

And in virtualdub i don't pass the fps value, i just use it for muxing or audio encoding...

BHH

[Honeyko]

I'd love to see the following feature in ANY piece of software: Ability to take an existing .avi (or mkv, etc), direct stream-copy the video to a different standard (25, 23.976, 29.97, etc) without frame loss, all the while re-encoding the audio tracks to the new time as well -- and then box it all up back up perfectly synced at the end.

Basically, a tool that'd enable to one-step re-time all of those "tinny" PAL European DVDrips of Hollywood and Japanese films.

(Right now I can't easily do that because Vdub re-streams 25fps to 23.97625 while BeSweet goes to NTSC time ~ 23.976, meaning there's a noticeable sync error near the end of 2hr movies.)

[nx6]

try this http://www.64k.it/andres/data/a/AutoMKV096b4.exe

Don't check anamorphic or force mux
it's from development branch .. so.. could be a little buggy
BHH
Yeah, that didn't work. AutoMKV crashes while waiting for audio processing to start (which doesn't).

[Honeyko]

The way to fix those is
Advanced Profiles Editing > Change FPS > Assume FPS > 24000,1001. Encode the video without audio.
Then extract the audio and re-time it using BeSweetGUI's built-in converter.Awesome... I never considered fixing PAL movies in this way... I should imagine that 90% of all DVD's were actually shot at 24 fps (sped-up or telecined to 25 fps).
The technique should only be used with sped-up PALs. (E.g., could someone *please* rip the vastly superior quality UK-release "Ladyhawke" DVD using the procedure?)

(In the case of 11:12 interleaving (AKA "2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 pulldown"], if you detelecine/deinterleave AND apply the assumed FPS, you'll actually end up with 22.99fps (Oops!); and if you apply assumed FPS but do not detelecine, then you'll get an interlaced mess, Either will have "bullfrog croaking" audio. -- So, the trick I describe above is only for PALs in which the audio is noticeably tinny.)

[spotter]

Hola again, been busy, so haven't had much of a time to followup recently.

In my quest to do as close to 1:1 mkv's of DVD material, I've had a thought.

The main case where I need cropping is in 2.35:1 DVDs, if it's a regular 16:9, or 4:3, I can just do as "original".

The problem I have is that if I use autocrop with them, AutoMKV insisits on running it through a resize filter, when if all I'm doing is cropping the black bars, it doesn't need to, let the player do the resize. This means for instance if I do 2 anamorphic encodes of a 2.35:1 dvd with default settings, where 1 is "autocrop" and the 2nd is "original", the "autocrop" version will actually be wider than the "original" version (And the original will match the DVD exactly).

Why can't we just have an option to "autocrop" vertically, leave the horizontal as is (so it should result in the same horizontle width as "original". We'll then encode the same amount of horizontle pixels + a couple of extra verticle pixels (assuming autocrop will have to leave a little black to get right divider) and we'd get basically a 1:1 encode.

or am I missing something still?

[delacroixp]

The main case where I need cropping is in 2.35:1 DVDs,
if it's a regular 16:9, or 4:3, I can just do as "original".

The problem I have is that if I use autocrop with them, AutoMKV insisits on running it through a resize filter,

It's virtually impossible to (auto)crop without resizing... ... unless you are willing to crop in '16 line chunks' (maintain original PAR).
16:9 and 4:3 movies can also benefit from cropping in these cases where crop(evenside + evenside) >= 16.

A simple automatic implementation of "autocrop + original PAR" would be good but there is little concensus on cropping strategy.
Some people prefer to overcrop, others prefer to undercrop and still others fall into both categories by overcropping to a maximum of 2 lines.

It's probably best left to user discretion with manual cropping... unless user strategy could be implemented !


:):devil::D
Pascal

[spotter]

right, but even when I manually crop, it doesn't work out as I expect.

i.e. when I encode anamorh w/o a crop or resize i get a width of 853, when I vertical crop, the closest I get is 848. i.e. I'm loosing something.

[delacroixp]

right, but even when I manually crop, it doesn't work out as I expect.

i.e. when I encode anamorh w/o a crop or resize i get a width of 853, when I vertical crop, the closest I get is 848. i.e. I'm loosing something.
Ok... so you're getting a width of 853 and 848 respectively, on playback (720 encoded).
Perhaps buzzqw could include an harmless autocrop with original PAR.


:):devil::D
Pascal

[zacoz]

right, but even when I manually crop, it doesn't work out as I expect.

i.e. when I encode anamorh w/o a crop or resize i get a width of 853, when I vertical crop, the closest I get is 848. i.e. I'm loosing something.

That really can't be helped. As soon as you start cropping you are forced into compromises.

To start with, your video's AR may not be exactly the 2.35:1 or 16:9 it purports to be
The AR can commonly include a recurring digit (e.g. 1.77777777...) that must be rounded to a certain number of decimal places - which could vary between applications involved in processing.
Your initial AR will no longer multiply out to exactly rounded pixel dimensions in both height & width once you crop, so as W & H can't include decimals then the AR is adjusted slightly so that they remain integers.
You need to remain within certain MOD limits for filters and encoders to function further exacerbating the above compromises
Other things I haven't thought of off hand

Ultimately the compromises that have to be made results in a slightly different AR which upon anamorphic playback gives you a slightly different display width (848 instead of 853). Unless you're overcropping then you're not actually loosing anything, just changing it's visual aspect ratio to a degree that's still imperceptible to the eye - I'm betting you can't tell visibly that the characters on the screen are 0.58% thinner than they are when viewing the source.

[Honeyko]

Some people prefer to overcrop, others prefer to undercrop and still others fall into both categories by overcropping to a maximum of 2 lines.I've actually done some tests, and have discovered that if cropped dimensions are then all upsized to the next MOD16 increment, then the resultant file will actually be slightly smaller than they'd be if encodred at MOD8 or MOD4.

So, if I have to crop 56T,60B,8L,0R off a 720x480 vob, yielding 712x364, I'll get a smaller file encoding it with 720x368 in "Specify Width / Height" than I would with 712x364 (MOD4), even though the MOD4 isn't resized at all.

[zacoz]

I expect that would be a byproduct of the resize filter wouldn't it- so mileage may vary depending upon the filter chosen.

[buzzqw]

automkv has already the option to force MOD16 crop

BHH

[Barleyman]

To start with, your video's AR may not be exactly the 2.35:1 or 16:9 it purports to be


Actually the DVD 2.35 material is always (that I've seen) encoded with black bars so you're actually dealing exclusively with either anamorphic 16:9 material that needs to be stretched to fit to the TV width or you have 4:3 material that can stay as is.

IMO what the auto AR does is overthink the issue. I have had many videos made since it was introduced where you have to make the player stretch the video to 16:9 because the player won't recognize nonstandard AR flag. So it would be very useful to have the explicit "16:9" and "4:3" flags back as recognized by the PAR option..

So with 2.35 material you crop as you see fit, preferably staying with MOD16 or MOD8 constraints and the resulting video should be treated as if it was an anamorphic 16:9 i.e. stretched by 1/3rd.

Since the HD material is never anamorphic, that's the only anamorphic video source you need to be concerned with.. But it's pretty darn common one to be sure :rolleyes:

[maja_the_bee]

Hi everyone!!

I have tried to use this guide http://www.kayakingcoach.com/GUIDE.htm
I think it's great, just the final files are little big for me. So i wonder, if i only change Quantizier from 18 to 20 or 21 and leave all other options the same, is it ok? ...or should i change anything else?


:thanks:

p.s. buzzqw, thank you for your effort:)

[buzzqw]

i will try 20, you will get a smaller file but quality will be good

encoding is a try and retry process.. so don't warry the next rip will be always better :)

BHH

[nx6]

Because the project I'm doing only has one audio track and the subtitles are signs/text only. I've been trying it as an MP4 instead of an MKV. I've noticed a few things:

Muxing always fails without me manually tweaking the batch file first, because it is created with the subtitle track listed twice.

Also in my case I was having the subtitles burned in, so I didn't need the subtitle track included anyway (it was already in the .264 file as verified by playing it in VLC). So if the "burn subtitles" check is on, the sub should not be added to the batch.

The final file is not being made in the correct directory. It is created in the temp directory for the project, and the filename has "_full" appended to the end of whatever name was set back in AutoMKV.

The size is too large. I set for 1/4 CD and the final file is 200MB.

[delacroixp]

automkv has already the option to force MOD16 crop
Perhaps an 'harmless autocrop' for original PAR would be usefull... ie,

1) crop in 16 line chunks (x_evenside + y_evenside = n16 [x, y are left/right or top/bottom and n = positive integer]).
2) only crop black-space (no overcropping).

No resizing necessary.


:):devil::D
Pascal

[buzzqw]

@NX6

1,2, fixed

3.. need more info

4 .. need more info (profile used.. log..)

@delacroixp

with no overcrop ?... i feel difficult

BHH

[nx6]

@NX6
3.. need more info

4 .. need more info (profile used.. log..)
BHH

I'll have to try again. I ran a job on a different episode when I went out tonight. When I got home I found the file had muxed fine and was in the right destination directory :confused: except there are no subtitles (not burned in and not included in muxing even though they are listed in the batch).

Here's the log for that one since the size was still wrong.


23:51:52 0.95c - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23:51:52 OS Version: Windows XP
23:51:52 Selected Input file: S:\rippeddvd\MainMovie\disc1\d2vset\ep2.d2v
23:51:52 Selected Output dir: S:\rippeddvd\temp\
23:51:52 Selected Final Name: ep2mp4try
23:51:52 Selected Container type: MP4
23:51:52 Selected Encoder: X264
23:51:52 Selected Size: 1/4 CD / 1
23:51:52 Selected Profile: 1_Pass_High Performance.xml
23:51:52 Selected Resizer: SimpleResize (neutral soft) / Original
23:51:52 Selected Filters: NONE
23:51:52 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
23:51:52 Selected Field Order: AUTO
23:51:52 Manual Crop: Enabled
23:51:52 Left Crop: 0
23:51:52 Top Crop: 0
23:51:52 Right Crop: 0
23:51:52 Botton Crop: 0
23:51:52 Manual Width: 704
23:51:52 Manual Height: 396
23:51:52 Track Language 1: S:\rippeddvd\MainMovie\disc1\d2vset\ep2 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY -49ms.ac3
23:51:52 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
23:51:52 Audio Quality 1: 0.30
23:51:52 Audio Channel 1: Stereo
23:51:52 Track Language 2: NONE
23:51:52 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
23:51:52 Load external subtitle file: "S:\rippeddvd\ep2subs.idx"
23:51:52 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
23:51:52 Audio Track Language: eng
23:51:52 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
23:51:52 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
23:51:52 Lame Settings: ABR
23:51:52 Audio Normalization: 1
23:51:52 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
23:51:52
23:52:30 Applying DelayAudio of -49 to audio file: ep2 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY -49ms.ac3
23:52:30 Encoding S:\rippeddvd\temp\ep2 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY -49ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.30 quality
23:56:12 Encoded 1' Audio Track: ep2 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY -49ms.mp4 12283851 bytes
23:56:16 Number of Frames: 42106
23:56:16 Framerate: 29.970030
23:56:16 Movie length in Seconds: 1405
23:56:16 Movie Width/Height: 720/480
23:56:16 DgIndex AR: 16:9
23:59:26 Source is declared tff by a margin of 23/0.
23:59:26 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
23:59:26 Analyzed 31 sections of five frames
23:59:26 Found Interlace Sections: 2 6.45%
23:59:26 Found Progressive Sections:4 12.90%
23:59:26 Found Telecined Sections: 25 80.65%
23:59:26 Found Zero Mov: 12.90% 4
23:59:26 Found One Mov: 3.23% 1
23:59:26 Found Two Mov: 80.65% 25
23:59:26 Found Three Mov: 3.23% 1
23:59:26 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
23:59:26 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
23:59:26 The Movie is declared to telecined
23:59:26 Starting X264
23:59:26 ABR encoding X264: S:\AutoMKV095\exe\encoder\x264.exe --bitrate 968 --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --ref 3 --filter 0,0 --subme 4 --direct auto --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me hex --no-ssim --level 4.1 --weightb --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --threads auto --thread-input --aq-strength 0 --aq-sensitivity 0 --sar 1:1 --output "S:\rippeddvd\temp\movie.264" "S:\rippeddvd\temp\movie.avs"
01:12:42 X264 Final ABR Encoding Stats:
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 Cache64
x264 [info]: slice I:413 Avg QP:13.89 size: 40717
x264 [info]: slice P:13296 Avg QP:17.49 size: 11219
x264 [info]: slice B:19975 Avg QP:16.28 size: 1674
01:12:42 Only Movie Size: 199432848 bytes
01:12:42 "S:\AutoMKV095\exe\matroska\MP4Box.exe" -add "S:\rippeddvd\temp\movie.264":par=1.500000 -add "S:\rippeddvd\temp\ep2 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY -49ms.mp4:lang=eng" -add "S:\rippeddvd\ep2subs.idx":font=sans-serif:size=24 -fps 23.976 -new "S:\rippeddvd\temp\ep2mp4try_full.mp4"
01:17:16 Final Muxed size: 212020928 bytes
01:17:16 Encoding finished: 01:17:50 elapsed time
01:17:17 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
01:17:17 Script movie.avs
01:17:17
01:17:17 #loadpluginstart
01:17:17
01:17:17 #test1
01:17:17
01:17:17 #importstart
01:17:17
01:17:17 #test2
01:17:17
01:17:17 movie = mpeg2source("S:\rippeddvd\MainMovie\disc1\d2vset\ep2.d2v")
01:17:17 function getOrder(clip c) {
01:17:17 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
01:17:17 Return order }
01:17:17 #filter1start
01:17:17
01:17:17 #test3
01:17:17
01:17:17 movie = tfm(movie,d2v="S:\rippeddvd\temp\movie.d2v").tdecimate()
01:17:17 last = movie
01:17:17 crop(0,0,-0,-0)
01:17:17 fixed_aspect = 1.777700
01:17:17 #Aspect_Error = -1.#IO%
01:17:17 #resizestart
01:17:17
01:17:17 #test4
01:17:17
01:17:17 SimpleResize(704,396)
01:17:17 #filter2start
01:17:17
01:17:17 #test5
01:17:17
01:17:17 VobSub("S:\rippeddvd\ep2subs.idx")
01:17:17 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
01:17:17 Script mkvmaudio.avs
01:17:17
01:17:17 LoadPlugin("S:\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
01:17:17 LoadPlugin("S:\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
01:17:17 LoadPlugin("S:\AutoMKV095\exe\filter\FFmpegSource.dll")
01:17:17 NicAC3Source("S:\rippeddvd\temp\ep2 T80 2_0ch 224Kbps DELAY -49ms.ac3")
01:17:17 DelayAudio(-0.0490)
01:17:17 #Applying STEREO downmixing routines
01:17:17 function stereo(clip a)
01:17:17 {
01:17:17 flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
01:17:17 fcc = GetChannel(a, 3)
01:17:17 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
01:17:17 lfc = MixAudio(fcc, lfe, 0.2071, 0.2071)
01:17:17 mix = MergeChannels(lfc, lfc)
01:17:17 lrc = MixAudio(flr, mix, 0.2929, 1.0)
01:17:17 blr = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
01:17:17 Return MixAudio(lrc, blr, 1.0, 0.2929)
01:17:17 }
01:17:17 #
01:17:17 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : last
01:17:17 function addvideo(clip c) {
01:17:17 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
01:17:17 Return audiodub(last,c)
01:17:17 }
01:17:17 Normalize()
01:17:17
01:17:17 Soundout(output="cmd",type=1,format=3,autoclose=true,executable="S:\AutoMKV095\exe\besweet\neroaacenc.exe",prefilename=" -ignorelength -q 0.30 -if - -of audio.mp4",postfilename="",nofilename=true,showoutput=false)
01:17:17
01:17:17 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[buzzqw]

it's due to audio size not computed.. fixed in next update

BHH

[delacroixp]

@delacroixp

with no overcrop ?... i feel difficult

It would be a very mild autocrop but a good friend for 'original PAR'.


:):devil:D
Pascal

[AJ500]

Hello, I'm just coming aboard.

I want to encode AVI files from my Sony digital camcorder with x264 in a MKV container for streaming to a Popcorn Hour player. AutoMKV looks like what I could use.

My first attempt with .95c gave disappointing results because of what looks like interlacing problems. I need help in setting the parameters.

The AVIs from the camcorder are Sony DV. Here's the file info:


[ About file ]

Name: Sledding 2007.avi
Date: 2/03/2007 20:06:45
Size: 1,433,373,482 bytes (1366.971 MB)

[ Generic infos ]

Play duration: 00:06:18 (378.243777 s)
Container type: AVI OpenDML indexes multi-chunks (*)
Number of streams: 2
Type of stream nr. 0: video
Type of stream nr. 1: audio
Audio streams: 1

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 720 x 480
Width: multiple of 16
Height: multiple of 32

[ Video track ]

FourCC: dvsd/dvsd
Resolution: 720 x 480
Frame aspect ratio: 3:2 = 1.5
Pixel aspect ratio: 1:1 = 1
Display aspect ratio: 3:2 = 1.5
Framerate: 29.970089 fps
Number of frames: 11336
Stream size: 1,360,320,000 bytes
Bitrate: 28771.286256 kbps
Qf: 2.777777
Key frames: 11336 (0; 1; 2; 3; 4; ... 11335)
Null frames: 0
Min key int: 1
Max key int: 1
Avg key int: 1
Delay: 0 ms

[ Audio track ]

Audio tag: 0x1 (PCM)
Bitrate (container): 1536 kbps CBR
Channels (container): 2
Sample rate (container): 48000 Hz
Chunks: 392
Stream size: 72,622,928 bytes
Delay: 0 ms

[ About MS-MPEG4 encoding ]

Packed bitstream: No
QPel: No
GMC: No
Interlaced: No
Aspect ratio: Square pixels
Quant type: H.263

[ Profile compliancy ]

Profile to check: MTK PAL 6000
Resolution: Ok
Framerate: Ok
Warning: If you need a more complete report, then click on "DRF analysis"

This report was created by AVInaptic (18-11-2007) on 29 mar 2008, h 12:13:53

Here's the AutoMKV log:

11:56:02 0.95c - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11:56:02 OS Version: Windows XP
11:56:02 Selected Input file: D:\Hold AVI\Sledding 2007.avi
11:56:02 Selected Output dir: D:\Hold AVI\temp\
11:56:02 Selected Final Name: Sledding 2007AutoPH
11:56:02 Selected Container type: MKV
11:56:02 Selected Encoder: X264
11:56:02 Selected Size: Unlimited File Size
11:56:02 Selected Profile: PopCornHour_CQ_Q21.xml
11:56:02 Selected Resizer: NONE / Original
11:56:02 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
11:56:02 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
11:56:02 Selected Field Order: AUTO
11:56:02 Enabled Constant Quality With Unlimited Size (Q 21)
11:56:02 Track Language 1: Sledding 2007.avi
11:56:02 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
11:56:02 Audio Quality 1: 0.35
11:56:02 Audio Channel 1: Stereo
11:56:02 Track Language 2: NONE
11:56:02 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
11:56:02 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
11:56:02 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
11:56:02 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
11:56:02 Lame Settings: ABR
11:56:02 Audio Normalization: 1
11:56:02 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
11:56:03 Selected Unlimited media size
11:56:04 Unable to determine movie proprierties , switched to DirectShowSource
11:56:13 Number of Frames: 11336
11:56:13 Framerate: 29.969999
11:56:13 Movie length in Seconds: 379
11:56:13 Movie Width/Height: 720/480
11:56:13 Number of Frames: 11336
11:56:13 Framerate: 29.969999
11:56:13 Movie length in Seconds: 379
11:56:13 Movie Width/Height: 720/480
11:56:31 Source is declared bff by a margin of 16/1.
11:56:31 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
11:56:31 Analyzed 67 sections of five frames
11:56:31 Found Interlace Sections: 38 56.72%
11:56:31 Found Progressive Sections:26 38.81%
11:56:31 Found Telecined Sections: 3 4.48%
11:56:31 Found Zero Mov: 38.81% 26
11:56:31 Found One Mov: 17.91% 12
11:56:31 Found Two Mov: 4.48% 3
11:56:31 Found Three Mov: 7.46% 5
11:56:31 Found Four Mov: 11.94% 8
11:56:31 Found Five Mov: 19.40% 13
11:56:31 Encoding D:\Hold AVI\temp\Sledding 2007.avi to NeroAAC with 0.35 quality
11:57:17 Encoded 1' Audio Track: Sledding 2007.mp4 5011499 bytes
11:57:17 Starting X264
11:57:17 CRF encoding X264: C:\AutoMKV_NoRip\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --crf 21 --stats "D:\Hold AVI\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter -2,-1 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --level 4.1 --weightb --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8,p4x4 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aq-strength 0 --aq-sensitivity 0 --sar 1:1 --output "D:\Hold AVI\temp\movie.264" "D:\Hold AVI\temp\movie.avs"
12:07:51 X264 Final CRF Encoding Stats:
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 Cache64
12:07:51 Accepted values are between 697303040 and 741343232 bytes (movie+audio)
12:07:51 Got a file of size: 147842640 bytes + audio size 5011499 bytes (152854144)
12:07:51 Only Movie Size: 147842640 bytes
12:07:51 "C:\AutoMKV_NoRip\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\Hold AVI\temp\Sledding 2007AutoPH.mkv" --default-duration 0:29969/1000fps --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --track-name -1:"Sledding 2007AutoPH" --aspect-ratio -1:1.500000 "D:\Hold AVI\temp\movie.264" --language -1:und --default-track -1:yes "D:\Hold AVI\temp\Sledding 2007.mp4" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.95c http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=134478 "
12:07:55 Final Muxed size: 152986720 bytes
12:07:55 Encoding finished: 00:10:38 elapsed time
12:07:55 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
12:07:55 Script AutoCrop.log
12:07:55
12:07:56 Crop(0,0,720,480)
12:07:56 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
12:07:56 Script movie.avs
12:07:56
12:07:56 #loadpluginstart
12:07:56
12:07:56 #test1
12:07:56
12:07:56 #importstart
12:07:56
12:07:56 #test2
12:07:56
12:07:56 movie = directshowsource("D:\Hold AVI\Sledding 2007.avi",fps=29.969999,convertfps=true,audio=false)
12:07:56 movie = isRGB(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie,interlaced=true) : movie
12:07:56 movie = isYUY2(movie) ? ConvertToYV12(movie,interlaced=true) : movie
12:07:56 function getOrder(clip c) {
12:07:56 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
12:07:56 Return order }
12:07:56 #filter1start
12:07:56
12:07:56 #test3
12:07:56
12:07:56 last = movie
12:07:56 fixed_aspect = 1.500000
12:07:56 out_width = 720
12:07:56 #Aspect_Error = 0.000%
12:07:56 out_height = 480
12:07:56 #resizestart
12:07:56
12:07:56 #test4
12:07:56
12:07:56 #filter2start
12:07:56
12:07:56 #test5
12:07:56
12:07:56 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
12:07:56 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
12:07:56 Script mkvmaudio.avs
12:07:56
12:07:56 LoadPlugin("C:\AutoMKV_NoRip\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
12:07:56 LoadPlugin("C:\AutoMKV_NoRip\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
12:07:56 LoadPlugin("C:\AutoMKV_NoRip\exe\filter\FFmpegSource.dll")
12:07:56 DirectShowSource("D:\Hold AVI\Sledding 2007.avi",fps=29.969999,convertfps=true,video=false)
12:07:56 #Applying STEREO downmixing routines
12:07:56 function stereo(clip a)
12:07:56 {
12:07:56 flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
12:07:56 fcc = GetChannel(a, 3)
12:07:56 lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
12:07:56 lfc = MixAudio(fcc, lfe, 0.2071, 0.2071)
12:07:56 mix = MergeChannels(lfc, lfc)
12:07:56 lrc = MixAudio(flr, mix, 0.2929, 1.0)
12:07:56 blr = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
12:07:56 Return MixAudio(lrc, blr, 1.0, 0.2929)
12:07:56 }
12:07:56 #
12:07:56 6==Audiochannels() ? stereo() : last
12:07:56 function addvideo(clip c) {
12:07:56 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
12:07:56 Return audiodub(last,c)
12:07:56 }
12:07:56 Normalize()
12:07:56
12:07:56 Soundout(output="cmd",type=1,format=3,autoclose=true,executable="C:\AutoMKV_NoRip\exe\besweet\neroaacenc.exe",prefilename=" -ignorelength -q 0.35 -if - -of audio.mp4",postfilename="",nofilename=true,showoutput=false)
12:07:56
12:07:56 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

What should I specify for Deinterlace parameters?
:thanks:

[buzzqw]

select Interlaced, BFF
shouldn't needed to set HQ Deint

BHH

P.S. with new version will be a "Safe" deinterlacer that will trigger more easily the Deinterlacer routines

[AJ500]

Thanks! MUCH better.

[buzzqw]

@AJ500

glad to help :)

BHH

[erlend]

Hi,

is there any way to keep the menues from the DVD's?

[delacroixp]

is there any way to keep the menues from the DVD's ?
MKV are working on a menu system for their container.
DivX have a menu system of sorts for their version of AVI.

However, no standalone menu exists for X264 or any of their supporting containers.


:):devil::D
Pascal

[blue2k8light]

@buzzqw

I think what nx6 meant by his point 3 (as I've observed it as well) is that the actual muxing command used by AutoMkv and the one in muxing.bat are not exactly in sync.
The internal one puts the final file in source directory
Muxing.bat puts the final file in working directory (temp dir)

Request for improvement:
When AutoMkv imports a dvd it generates a chapters.txt file but in the program directory (AutoMkv/exe). When working with multiple sources / movies, at the same time, this file gets overwritten. Would it be possible to have that file created/copied in/to the temp directory as this would allow one to say do the prepare phase and encode phase separately :cool:.

Cheers

blue

[blue2k8light]

@buzzqw

Question out of curiosity: what are the source VOB files some times copied over to temp dir and other times they are not ?

TIA

blue

[buzzqw]

@blue2k8light

i left muxing.bat only for reference, AutoMKV will launch muxing directly not passing for bat (batch files have problem with special characters, cannot be longer then 430 (iirc)...)

When AutoMkv imports a dvd it generates a chapters.txt file

in new beta you can import and QUEUE chapter files from different folder

Question out of curiosity: what are the source VOB files some times copied over to temp dir and other times they are not ?

if vobs are on dvd automkv will rip the dvd (copyng vobs) and then process it, else the files are directly accessed and processed by dgindex

BHH

[nx6]

@buzzqw
I think what nx6 meant by his point 3 (as I've observed it as well) is that the actual muxing command used by AutoMkv and the one in muxing.bat are not exactly in sync.
The internal one puts the final file in source directory
Muxing.bat puts the final file in working directory (temp dir)

@blue2k8light
i left muxing.bat only for reference, AutoMKV will launch muxing directly not passing for bat (batch files have problem with special characters, cannot be longer then 430 (iirc)...)

There would still have to be an issue somewhere since I first noticed this on a job that did mux successfully. I didn't see a final file and went to look in the temp folder to see if anything had not been created (like the .264 file) it was at this point I noticed the a file with the same name as what I'd set the final movie to be (except "_full" added on). I played it and found it to be the file I was looking for. </waves hand like ObiWan>

I have only noticed this on the mp4 attempts.

I'll have to do some more encoding attempts in the future so I can track down if there is some unknown factor that causes it so I can give you more details, buzzq. Unfortunately, I need my machine's operating time free for doing backups of my existing video library right now (roommates like to not keep discs in cases and some are getting scratched up from lying around). Still 70 movies to make personal backups of.

[delacroixp]

Unfortunately, I need my machine's operating time free for doing backups of my existing video library right now
(roommates like to not keep discs in cases and some are getting scratched up from lying around).
Have you tried enclosing your movies within a container like WinZip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_%28file_format%29) and including the CRC checksum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check) ?
It makes your files slightly larger but adds a level of protection against corruption (DVD scratches).


:):devil::D
Pascal

[nx6]

Have you tried enclosing your movies within a container like WinZip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_%28file_format%29) and including the CRC checksum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check) ?
It makes your files slightly larger but adds a level of protection against corruption (DVD scratches).

:):devil::D
Pascal
No I haven't done that. I will point out that adding a checksum will not "protect against corruption", it will only make it more easy to tell if there is any.

[delacroixp]

I will point out that adding a checksum will not "protect against corruption", it will only make it more easy to tell if there is any.
I guess it would have to include FEC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_Error_Correction) (Forward Error Correction)... as used by RAID (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) or deepspace exploration systems like the Voyager program (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program).


:):devil::D
Pascal

[vorob]

Hey man :) Can you explain me the feature of XBOX360 mp4 profile? Cause I’ve tried to make some video (by myself) but it’s not working :(

May be there are some tricks with mp4 container I dunno…

[ajamils]

link to the installer is broken

[buzzqw]

@vorob

... please post the avinaptic reports of encoded files
also , try the new 0.96 beta!

@ajamils

thanks for the head-up, but installer aren't done by me, soory.
i have removed the link

BHH

[Shuichiro]

Hi ^^

First let me thank you for this wonderful tool!

Now to my problem...
I wanted to rip all my Anime DVDs to HD. Some anime DVDs are structured episodic others as one big episode.

I do the following steps to rip each episode on non structured DVDs:

1. Rip each episode with org. language and subtitles with DVDFab Decrypter (newest version)
2. load the ifo of the ripped episode in AutoMKV
3. Make my settings (select audio, subtitle, resizer, ..., check burn in subtitltes)
4. Encode (1/2 CD, better quality, mkv, x264)

Result:
first encoded episode has subtitles
all other episodes are not displaying any subs (I think the timing is off)

I think I'm doing something wrong in my process.
Can someone please give me some advice?
Thank you in advance!

[buzzqw]

all other episodes are not displaying any subs (I think the timing is off)

open in notepat the .idx file, you should see the timing

and automkv.. don't adjust timing (i suggest to use some subtitle tools to adjust it) :o

i may even suggest to rip/encode all episodes as one big file, then with mkvmerge split it in episodes

BHH

[Shuichiro]

Thank you very much for the quick reply.

I will take a look in the idx file.
If that does not work out, I will try some other way to get perfect subs...

Your last idea is good but I prefer to target a certain filesize for each episode.

Thank you very much! Keep on working on this wonderful tool! ^^

[bobasp1]

I seem to be having an issue and im really unsure why this keep happening >_>. When I go to convert a dvd to x264 codec in a mkv format with acc audio, the original audio would be there but later on the file gets changed to 955kb and it just puts it the final file. I checked the logs and it didn't say anything about doing anything to it. I can't figure out why it keeps doing it.

Anyone got any tips?
Thanks in advance.

It seems to think the size for the file is extremely small if it resizes it to that,but the whole file was set to "Don't care about size"
Actually wait it does show it:

10:50:14 D2V file size: 200074
10:50:14 Audio 2: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3
10:50:14 Pre Audio 2' Size: 34163712 bytes
10:50:14 Audio 1: movie t81 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3
10:50:14 Pre Audio 1' Size: 34163712 bytes
10:50:14 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t81 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3
10:50:14 Encoding X:\VIDEO_TS\New Folder\temp\movie t81 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.50 quality
10:51:09 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t81 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.mp4 978780 bytes
10:51:09 Encoding X:\VIDEO_TS\New Folder\temp\movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.50 quality
10:52:04 Encoded 2' Audio Track: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.mp4 978780 bytes

Ive tried multiple audio formats and different file sizes and it keeps doing it. The original file it self has working sound.

[buzzqw]

@bobasp1

without full log is hard to tell the problem

anyway your original audio is 3mb, the encoded near 1 mb.. for me seems ok

... post the log

BHH

[bobasp1]

@bobasp1

without full log is hard to tell the problem

anyway your original audio is 3mb, the encoded near 1 mb.. for me seems ok

... post the log

BHH

I ended up demuxing the audio from the vob to see how big it was and for 20min it was about 40 megs * its original quality, seemed small for some reason*. The only way I could get it to show the audio was if I had left it original. Ill test it on a few other dvds and see if I get the same problem if not then I guess it should be ok.

The previous versions of Automkv were great :) thanks for keeping this program updated Ive notice alot of improvments that had problems in previous versions :).

[GenjyoSanzo]

@Shuichiro
I've run into the problem a few times too.
You will need to manually rip the subs using exe\Subs\VSRip.exe
There are a few ways in which you would need to do them, though the following is the most common I've ran into.

Using my Bleach Volume 1 dvd as an example:
Episode 1: PGC1, Vob/Cell ID: V05C01-V05C05
Episode 2: PGC1, Vob/Cell ID: V06C01-V06C05
Episode 3: PGC1, Vob/Cell ID: V07C01-V07C05
Episode 4: PGC1, Vob/Cell ID: V08C01-V08C05

Be sure: 'Reset time at the first selected cell' is checked.

[Ajax_Undone]

This installer has an updated link to FFD Enjoy (http://www.mediafire.com/?cwbkwng3yjx)

[buzzqw]

thanks Ajax!

BHH

[Shuichiro]

@GenjyoSanzo

Thanks! I will try that! ^^

[Honeyko]

Processing MKV/x264s -- *Ugh*.....

If anybody has a no-missing-steps checklist to follow, I'd highly appreciate it. (One without command-line widgets would be especially helpful.)

Source: A 22mb film "sample" file; MKV container, AVC/x264 video with 5.1 AC3 and Vorbis audio channels. (I don't care about the audio.) Video is 1280x720, 23.976fps

Desired output: 768x432 XviD, 23.976fps (no change).

Problem: Output video has an inch-wide garble column on the right edge during playback (in either VLC or MPC); yet snapshots will curiously result in jpegs without the banding. (There's the already known problem of AutoMKV attempting to process the audio; I simply quit past those processes.) Output video also stutters as if the Interlace filter screwed up.

Settings: Interlace (tried either Auto or Progressive), Field Order (Auto)

* I've monkeyed with every FFMpeg thingy in Advanced Settings, and even tried preprocessing to lossless (no dice), and am unable to create XviD without this effect.

* Re-installing Haali didn't solve anything.

* Extracting the x264 from the MKV with MKVextractGUI didn't yield a file that either AutoMKV or avc2avi_gui could work with (or even recognize as a "raw" in that latter's case).

[jason288]

@Shuichiro

I rip TV episodes all the time and in order get the subs to show up you need to rip the whole dvd to your drive in file form (if you are using dvd decrypter, I dont know what fab decrypter calls it). Depending on how the dvd is structured you will either have 1 VTS with all your episodes in it or 1 ep in each VTS. If you have all eps in 1 VTS you can set up AutoMKV to rip each ep by using the PGC drop down. If your DVD had 1 ep in each VTS (or what have you) then you can go to advanced settings in AutoMKV and choose process this ifo, then you can select the ifo that has the ep that you want to encode.

A lot of times you cant tell what ep it is when you are encoding it so what I do is fire up the DVD and record all the times for each episode. Then when I go to encode it I know what ep it is based on the time.

If you have any more questions let me know.