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

[survivant001]

@buzzwq

first test with the ps3 profile (default values)

I got
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-52681 bits)fps, eta 1:24:03
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-39157 bits)
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-159150 bits)ps, eta 1:20:38
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-269549 bits)
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-230413 bits)
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-206341 bits)
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-217045 bits)
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-66966 bits)fps, eta 0:58:06
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-33013 bits)fps, eta 0:57:45
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-2054 bits)7 fps, eta 0:18:55
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-107962 bits)
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-287210 bits)
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-65786 bits)
x264 [warning]: VBV underflow (-137824 bits)

I will try with a lower keyint and your new build.

REQUEST

if you find VBV underflow in the x264 output.. you need to restart the encoding with a lower value for the keyint.

[Crono141]

Another question: the wiki says the audio string for 5.1 wmv needs to be WMAPRO 160_48_6. However, I can't get the last number to change from _2 to _6. Since this is setting the number of channels, how can I get this to change. The advanced audio options under WMV sound doesn't have a number of channels options.

Also, in the drop down, do I need to pick "original"?

OK, I've encoded with your suggested settings, The encode was much quicker, but I"m still getting garbled video and 2 channel audio.

EDIT: Attached log file.

[bigggt]

If you have an avi with AC3 how do you get it to do 5.1 AAC

i select nero and then original but it always is 2.0

[Crono141]

OK, I finally have some success. I was able to get 6 channel sound (I think, file properties indicate 6 channels) as well as a non-garbled video. I was able to get multichannel surround by using one of the regular profiles. Problem is, second pass still maxed its speed out at .12x (1st pass still about .56x). I used 2 pass better quality. Any of the other profiles (accessible by using the all profiles check box) left me with garbled video, from this particular source.

Problem is, I didn't get the quality I wanted at all. Visible blockiness was abundant. And I don't even want to speculate how long a 2 hour DVD rip would take. I'm going to try again with extreme quality to see if the blockiness decreases.

The method I had used for DVDs was this attached batch file. I don't really know anything about writing code or scripts, but this file always gives me the quality I like from the DVD rip. If someone could tell me how to make a script to match the quality of this batch file, I think I would be very happy. Bitrate is 4 Mbit/s.

Thanks again for all your help!

[buzzqw]

@survivant001

actually the keyint is 300 ... what value you suggest ?

@Crono141

attachment need to be approved.. post it in [code] tag

.. and i will try the WMV8_1_Pass_CBR BUT in advanced settings check "Specify Quality" and set it to 95%

in this way should be fast and .. at 95% of max quality

@bigggt

If you have an avi with AC3 how do you get it to do 5.1 AAC
avi is processed via directshowsource, you need to set your audio decoder (ffdshow or ac3filter) to output 5.1 16bit audio

BHH

[xxxyzzzz]

Hi buzzqw,

I have some feature requests if you don't mind hearing me out:

1. The ability to use custom AVIsynth scripts during the video encode. (This may exist, I just haven't found it.)
2. The ability to use different scripts for each of the first and second passes.

Thanks for all your good work. I haven't had any big problems with AutoMKV 0.95a in Linux yet.

Z

[buzzqw]

1. The ability to use custom AVIsynth scripts during the video encode. (This may exist, I just haven't found it.)
it's already possible to feed an avs script as input :)

2. The ability to use different scripts for each of the first and second passes.

could you motivate it ? :confused: (just want to learn!)

Thanks for all your good work. I haven't had any big problems with AutoMKV 0.95a in Linux yet.

fyi.. in next mounths i will change pc (i waiting for q9450) and i will VERY PROBABLY move to Linux (i already use it ... but not as primary OS)... so.. automkv will have some hiccup..

BUT purebasic (automkv source code language) is present EVEN on LINUX.. so maybe i will build natively for linux.. and not for win.. but i cannot promise.. (since automkv use several specific windows api.. maybe i must change some behavior)

BHH

[xxxyzzzz]

2. The ability to use different scripts for each of the first and second passes.could you motivate it ? (just want to learn!)

Sure thing. Take a look here:
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/VFR#encoding_to_vfr_.28mkv.29

There is sometimes content from DVDs that is blended true 30fps and 30fps telecined. When this occurs, any sort of frame matching or "teleciding" applied to the whole video will make some parts jumpy/stutter in varying degrees.

One good example is "Avatar: The last Airbender" DVDs. I was having problems in this thread:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=131779

until someone pointed me to the above AVIsynth page about variable frame rate video that MKVs can handle.

But to use VFR, you have to use a different script for each of the first and second passes during an encoding. Example scripts I finally chose to use only differed by one line:

First pass:
tfm(movie,mode=0,pp=7,mi=40,output="tfm.txt").tdecimate(mode=4,output="stats.txt")

Second pass:
tfm(movie,mode=0,pp=7).tdecimate(mode=5,hybrid=2,dupThresh=1.0,input="stats.txt",tfmin="tfm.txt",mkvout="timecodes.txt")

Everything else in the scripts was identical.

This is why I ask for the ability to use different scripts for each pass. Did I motivate you? :)

Thanks once again,
Z

[buzzqw]

a little bit ;)

... i will try to do this without changing so much the application..

stay tuned!

BHH

[Tirade]

OK, I just started using AutoMKV last night and so far so good!

Ive done some test clips and even a DVD, but before I do a batch convert of all 300 movies I wanted to verify some things.

Source - 300 DVD's ripped to individual folders with VIDEO_TS subfolder (VOB's)

Output - Another local drive


My goal is simple.

I want to reduce each DVD as small as possible without losing "noticeable" quality. I realize noticeable quality is subjective and that there is no perfect setting.

Couple of questions:

1. What is a good estimate in size reduction before image quality usually begins to drop off? Is it generally possible to transcode DVD down to 50% of its original size w/o easily noticeable quality loss? I would be happy with 50%, but smaller is better, but not at the expense of poor video quality.

2. I have done nothing but read read read for the last 72 hours and there is a LOT to absorb. From what I can gather though the following is true:

CQ Lossless would be pointless in my situation because my source is lossy. Encoding time is not important and I do not have any bitrate restrictions, so ideally CQ CRF profile with AQ strength 5 (.5) and AQ Sens. 13 should provide a good quality MP4 transcode?

So my remaining question is where do I specify the CQ factor?

I see the box for Specify Quality, but I read on the previous page that Specify Quality is not needed for CQ profile because it is already CQ. How do I tell what the default CQ number is? Also what is the suggested number for CQ to be set at? I see the default is 75 if you check the box, but I believe this wont give me much size reduction. Ive seen mention of using 72 as well.

This is my command line

--pass 1 --crf 18 --stats "C:\Temp\HTPC\Utils\AutoMKV095_NORIP\.stats" --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter -2,-1 --direct auto --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 0.50 --aq-sensitivity 13 --sar 1:1


My final questions (sorry so many) is:

Do I need to do high quality 1st pass with CRF?

and

My monitor is a 52" TV, desktop resolution is 1920X1080. Some of my movies are 2:35 and some are 1:85. What is the correct crop setting to make each of these properly fill the screen without black lines. Is this even possible? Maybe I should just use ffdshow to resize the movie as it is being played.

[valnar]

This is my command line

--pass 1 --crf 18 --stats "C:\Temp\HTPC\Utils\AutoMKV095_NORIP\.stats" --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --qpmin 10 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter -2,-1 --direct auto --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 0.50 --aq-sensitivity 13 --sar 1:1


Since you are going to go through the trouble to reencode your DVD's, might I make a suggestion? Two changes to make it more DXVA or hardware player compatible.


Remove analyse p4x4
Don't use --b-pyramid


And with a DVD source, you could also lower your level to 3.1.

-Robert

[survivant001]

@survivant001

actually the keyint is 300 ... what value you suggest ?


I'll come back to you for that. I'm doing tests, and I think it's a combinaison of keyint and vbv..


and you should put a popup : "vbv buffer underflow detected in the encoding process" something meanfull.

the output movie will play on a PC and ps3 (but only using streaming).. but won't be a valid bluray or avchd (won't be able to authorize it)

keep you inform

[buzzqw]

@Tirade

little suggestion: select the 2 pass balanced, then go in advanced settings and set quality to 80 (is crf 20)

you wil encode with a good profile with but in 1 pass

BHH

[reddragon72]

First Ajax_Undone.... could you add the Haali spliter into the setup you created? It is needed if your source is MKV which mine are as well as many others reencoding for the 360.

And I think the 6 channel issue I had is fixed. but I wont know till it is done.

And Buzzqw... when it decodes the x264 file in the MKV and when encoding the file to Xvid the stats move really fast then pause for five or so seconds then move again. Is there something wrong, should the stats always be moving or is that pause normal??

[Glorioso]

Hi, i'm using the Xbox 360 profile but my PC takes AGES to encode 264, and with the XVid i get a good quality and a fast encode but i get some "breaks" wen playing the file, what can a tweak in the fast encode xvid profile to prevent this from happening?

[reddragon72]

Hi, i'm using the Xbox 360 profile but my PC takes AGES to encode 264, and with the XVid i get a good quality and a fast encode but i get some "breaks" wen playing the file, what can a tweak in the fast encode xvid profile to prevent this from happening?

what do you mean by "break" ?? missing parts like the whole movie is not there or the video pauses but the sound keeps playing then it goes all back to normal?

[Crono141]

1. What is a good estimate in size reduction before image quality usually begins to drop off? Is it generally possible to transcode DVD down to 50% of its original size w/o easily noticeable quality loss? I would be happy with 50%, but smaller is better, but not at the expense of poor video quality.

I dunno about h264, but when I used WVC1 with 5.1 audio, I was able to get nice quality DVD rips at around 2 to 3 gig each, depending on movie length (3 gigs were LotR special editions)

[reddragon72]

I dunno about h264, but when I used WVC1 with 5.1 audio, I was able to get nice quality DVD rips at around 2 to 3 gig each, depending on movie length (3 gigs were LotR special editions)

I'm getting 2.5GB 720P movies with no noticeable loss and 5.1 surround with Xvid so a DVD 480P being 2-3 is really bad for WMV. And I mean it is hard to spot any quality loss going from a 7gig MKV(H264 1080P) source.

Also I have many DVD backups with 5.1 at 480P(no resizing) at 1.7gig and they look every bit as good as the original DVD.

[Wileyd]

Chrono,
What profile/settings are you using for your WMV encodes?

[Crono141]

This was done using a different method than AutoMKV. There's a batch file I posted (awaiting approval) that outlines the process. I realize that 2-3 gig is bad, but I've never been any good at getting high quality DVD rips quickly at low disk space usage.

On the other hand, I like my rips to be virtually indistinguishable from the native DVD. Its a reason I'm interested in AutoMKV. If it can get me an Xbox360 Media Center Extender compatible DVD rip at a fraction of the speed (old method took 8 hours per DVD) and a fraction of the disc space, I'll be very happy.

[reddragon72]

I use xvid through the vids part of the 360, I hate the media extender stuff, there is to much crap to wade through all I want is a file browser so I can click on my movie, no need for a picture of it or info, I know what I want to watch. Plus space is a cencern and pipping vids through a wireless G setup, so the smaller the better.

[Wileyd]

Chrono,
Thanks for the reply, I saw the file. I've done a few WMV encodes for the same reason.....XBox/Media Center. I've used AutoMKV with Constant Quality profile and set CQ to 95. Also set audio to 5.1. Gotten some decent encodes out of it on some of my movies with about 1 to 1.5GB files for a 2 hour movie. I thought maybe you were using some other settings that I could play around with.

[Tirade]

@Tirade

little suggestion: select the 2 pass balanced, then go in advanced settings and set quality to 80 (is crf 20)

you wil encode with a good profile with but in 1 pass

BHH

No need for AQ settings?

[Crono141]

OK, here's the results of my latest encode on "INSANE 2 pass" Vs Better quality 2 pass

22:50:26 0.95a - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22:50:26 OS Version: Windows XP
22:50:26 Selected Input file: D:\Media\Movies\Tom Petty Half Time Show.mpg
22:50:26 Selected Output dir: D:\Media\Movies\temp\
22:50:26 Selected Final Name: Tom Petty Half Time Show INSANE
22:50:26 Selected Container type: WMV
22:50:26 Selected Encoder: WMV
22:50:26 Selected Size: Don't care about size / 1
22:50:26 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Insane_Quality.xml
22:50:26 Selected Resizer: NONE / Original
22:50:26 Selected Filters: NONE
22:50:26 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
22:50:26 Selected Field Order: AUTO
22:50:26 NeroAACEnc.exe: not present
22:50:26 Track Language 1: 80: AC3 3/2 448
22:50:26 Audio Codec 1: WMV
22:50:26 Audio Quality 1: 384
22:50:26 Audio Channel 1: Original
22:50:26 Track Language 2: NONE
22:50:26 Audio Codec 2: WMV
22:50:26 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
22:50:26 Audio Track Language: und
22:50:26 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
22:50:26 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
22:50:26 Lame Settings: ABR
22:50:26 Audio Normalization: 1
22:50:26 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
22:50:26 Activate Anamorphic Encoding
22:50:26
22:50:26 Dgindex CMD: D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80 -YR=2 -AIF=[D:\Media\Movies\Tom Petty Half Time Show.mpg] -OF=[D:\Media\Movies\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
22:50:54 D2V file size: 214264
22:50:54 Audio 1: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
22:50:54 Pre Audio 1' Size: 42787584 bytes
22:50:54 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
22:50:54 Encoding D:\Media\Movies\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to WAV , as pre-process to WMV
22:51:41 Encoded 1' Audio Track: audio.wav 440100928 bytes
22:51:47 Number of Frames: 45798
22:51:47 Framerate: 59.940060
22:51:47 Movie length in Seconds: 765
22:51:47 Movie Width/Height: 1280/720
22:51:47 DgIndex AR: 16:9
22:54:20 Source is declared tff by a margin of 27/27.
22:54:20 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
22:54:20 Analyzed 274 sections of five frames
22:54:20 Found Interlace Sections: 21 7.66%
22:54:20 Found Progressive Sections:253 92.34%
22:54:20 Found Telecined Sections: 0 0.00%
22:54:20 Found Zero Mov: 92.34% 253
22:54:20 Found One Mov: 1.82% 5
22:54:20 Found Two Mov: 0.00% 0
22:54:20 Found Three Mov: 0.00% 0
22:54:20 Found Four Mov: 1.46% 4
22:54:20 Found Five Mov: 4.38% 12
22:54:20 WMV CMD: cscript.exe "D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\WMCmd.vbs" -input "D:\Media\Movies\temp\movie.avs" -output "D:\Media\Movies\temp\movie.wmv" -v_codec WVC1 -v_mode 3 -v_bitrate 339577280 -s_config "D:\Media\Movies\temp\wmv_crb" -v_preset insane -v_buffer 10000 -v_performance 80 -a_input "D:\Media\Movies\temp\audio.wav" -a_codec WMAPRO -a_mode 1 -title "Tom Petty Half Time Show INSANE" -log wmv.log -year 2008 -copyright "Done with AutoMKV! 0.95a" -a_setting 384_48_6_24
02:48:39 Only Movie Size: 976688960 bytes
02:48:39 Final Muxed size: 976688960 bytes
02:48:39 Encoding finished: 03:58:13 elapsed time
02:48:39 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
02:48:39 Script AutoCrop.log
02:48:39
02:48:39 Crop(0,0,1280,720)
02:48:39 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
02:48:39 Script movie.avs
02:48:39
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\AddGrain.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\autocrop.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\aWarpSharp(Pruned).dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\blockbuster.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\cnr2.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\ColorMatrix.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Convolution3D.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\corrector.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\DctFilter.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Decomb.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Deen.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\degrainmedian.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\DGDecode.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\EEDI2.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FFMpegSource.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FFT3DFilter.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FluxSmooth.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\frfun7.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\hqdn3d.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\LeakKernelDeint.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\MaskTools.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\medianblur.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\MipSmooth.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\MSharpen.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\mt_masktools.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\mvtools.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\RemoveGrainS.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\RepairS.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SangNom.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SimpleResize.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TBilateral.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TDeint.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TIVTC.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TomsMoComp.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TTempSmooth.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\UnDot.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\UnFilter.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\VSFilter.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\warpsharp.dll")
02:48:39 #loadpluginstart
02:48:39
02:48:39 #test1
02:48:39
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\BlindDeHalo3_mt2.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Deblock_QED_MT2.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FastLineDarken 1.3 MT MOD.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\HybridFuPP.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\LanczosPlus.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Lem.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\MCBob_v03c.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\mvbob.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\QMlib.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\seesaw.avsi")
02:48:39 Import("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\spresso.avsi")
02:48:39 #importstart
02:48:39
02:48:39 #test2
02:48:39
02:48:39 movie = mpeg2source("D:\Media\Movies\temp\movie.d2v")
02:48:39 function getOrder(clip c) {
02:48:39 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
02:48:39 Return order }
02:48:39 #filter1start
02:48:39
02:48:39 #test3
02:48:39
02:48:39 last = movie
02:48:39 fixed_aspect = 1.777778
02:48:39 out_width = 1280
02:48:39 out_height = 720
02:48:39 #resizestart
02:48:39
02:48:39 #test4
02:48:39
02:48:39 #filter2start
02:48:39
02:48:39 #test5
02:48:39
02:48:39 ColorMatrix(mode="Rec.709->Rec.601")
02:48:39 return last
02:48:39 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
02:48:39 Script mkvmaudio.avs
02:48:39
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
02:48:39 LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FFmpegSource.dll")
02:48:39 NicAC3Source("D:\Media\Movies\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3")
02:48:39 DelayAudio(0.0000)
02:48:39 #Applying ORIGINAL downmixing routines
02:48:39
02:48:39 function addvideo(clip c) {
02:48:39 blankclip(length = Int(100 * AudioLengthF(c) / float(audiorate(c))), fps=100)
02:48:39 Return audiodub(last,c)
02:48:39 }
02:48:39 Normalize()
02:48:39
02:48:39 ConvertAudioTo16bit()
02:48:39 Soundout(output="wav",type=1,autoclose=true,filename="audio.wav",showoutput=false)
02:48:39 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
02:48:39 Script wmv.log
02:48:39
02:48:39 Microsoft (R) Windows Media Encoder Command Line Script Utility
02:48:39 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
02:48:39
02:48:39 Title: Tom Petty Half Time Show INSANE
02:48:39 Year: 2008
02:48:39 Copyright: Done with AutoMKV! 0.95a
02:48:39
02:48:39 Warning: Encoder failed to retrieve duration attribute from source plug-in.
02:48:39 .
02:48:39 Source duration retrieved: 764.063 seconds.
02:48:39
02:48:39 ======== Begin Pass1 ========
02:48:39
02:48:39
02:48:39 ======== Begin Pass2 ========
02:48:39
02:48:39
02:48:39 ======== Encoding Completed ========
02:48:39
02:48:39 Audio :
02:48:39 Codec: Windows Media Audio 10 Professional
02:48:39 Expected bit rate: 384000 bps
02:48:39 Average bit rate: 384000 bps
02:48:39 Expected sample rate: 5859
02:48:39 Average sample rate: 5859
02:48:39 Dropped byte count: 0 bytes
02:48:39 Dropped sample rate: 0
02:48:39 Total bytes: 36741120 bytes
02:48:39
02:48:39 Video :
02:48:39 Codec: Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile
02:48:39 Expected bit rate: 9799000 bps
02:48:39 Average bit rate: 9797149 bps
02:48:39 Expected fps: 30
02:48:39 Dropped frame count: 0
02:48:39 Total coded frames: 22924
02:48:39 Average sample rate: 30.002
02:48:39 Dropped bytes: 0 bytes
02:48:39 Total bytes: 935668996 bytes
02:48:39
02:48:39 Overall:
02:48:39 Encoding time: 14043 seconds
02:48:39 Average bit rate: 10181149 bps
02:48:39 File size: 976688936 bytes
02:48:39 File duration: 764.202 seconds
02:48:39
02:48:39 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

And I get garbled video. And the encode was .07x speed, and the file size is nearly identical to the first encode.

[Crono141]

Sorry for the double post, but here's the batch file from above, both wouldn't fit.

Here's that batch file in code brackets. It sets up a wme profile, and I get great quality from it, but the size and time is too long for my tastes. This is the relevant part (the whole thing wouldn't fit)


REM This section creates the WME file for Windows Media Encoder to use
REM The file will have most of the seetings for the final conversion to WMV
REM
REM
echo ^<^?xml version="1.0"^?^> > %rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMEncoder major_version="9" >> %rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo minor_version="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo Name="WMEncoder19282" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo SynchroniesOperation="0" ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<Description /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
IF %Channels%==6 (
echo ^<Attributes ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="SurroundMix" Value="-3" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="CenterMix" Value="-3" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="LFEMix" Value="-12" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</Attributes^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
echo ^<SourceGroups ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<SourceGroup Name="Convert" ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<Source Type="WMENC_VIDEO" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo Scheme="file" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo InputSource="%rootdir%\VOB\video.m2v" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo CropTopMargin="%topCrop%" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo CropBottomMargin="%bottomCrop%" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo PixelAspectRatioX="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo PixelAspectRatioY="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo PreProcesses="1" ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<UserData ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</UserData^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</Source^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<Source Type="WMENC_AUDIO" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
IF %Channels%==6 (
echo Scheme="multichannel" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo PreProcesses="1" ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<UserData ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="FrontLeft" Value="%rootdir%\VOB\movieaudio-FL.wav" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="FrontRight" Value="%rootdir%\VOB\movieaudio-FR.wav" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="FrontCenter" Value="%rootdir%\VOB\movieaudio-C.wav" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="LowFrequency" Value="%rootdir%\VOB\movieaudio-LFE.wav" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="BackLeft" Value="%rootdir%\VOB\movieaudio-SL.wav" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="BackRight" Value="%rootdir%\VOB\movieaudio-SR.wav" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</UserData^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
IF %Channels%==2 (
echo Scheme="file" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo InputSource="%rootdir%\VOB\movieaudio.wav" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo PreProcesses="1" ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<UserData ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</UserData^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
IF %Channels%==1 (
echo Scheme="file" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo InputSource="%rootdir%\VOB\movieaudio.wav" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo PreProcesses="1" ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<UserData ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</UserData^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
echo ^</Source^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<EncoderProfile id="High definition quality audio (VBR) / High definition quality video (VBR)" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<UserData ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="Video0\CropMethod" Value="1" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="Video0\CropCustomT" Value="%topCrop%" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="Video0\CropCustomL" Value="0" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="Video0\CropCustomR" Value="0" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="Video0\CropCustomB" Value="%bottomCrop%" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</UserData^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</SourceGroup^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</SourceGroups^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<File LocalFileName="%rootdir%\movietitle.wmv" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMEncoder_Profile id="High definition quality audio (VBR) / High definition quality video (VBR)" ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<![CDATA[ ^<profile version="589824" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo storageformat="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo name="High definition quality audio (VBR) / High definition quality video (VBR)" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo description=""^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<streamconfig majortype="{73647561-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo streamnumber="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo streamname="Audio Stream" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo inputname="Audio409" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bitrate="256008" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bufferwindow="-1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo reliabletransport="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo decodercomplexity="" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo rfc1766langid="en-us" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo vbrenabled="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bitratemax="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bufferwindowmax="0"^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<wmmediatype subtype="{00000162-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bfixedsizesamples="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo btemporalcompression="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo lsamplesize="10923"^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<waveformatex wFormatTag="354" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
IF %Channels%==6 (
echo nChannels="6" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
IF %Channels%==2 (
echo nChannels="2" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
IF %Channels%==1 (
echo nChannels="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
echo nSamplesPerSec="48000" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo nAvgBytesPerSec="32001" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo nBlockAlign="10923" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo wBitsPerSample="24" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
IF %Channels%==6 (
echo codecdata="18003F0000000000000000000000E0000000"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
IF %Channels%==2 (
echo codecdata="1800030000000000000000000000E0000000"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
IF %Channels%==1 (
echo codecdata="1800030000000000000000000000E0000000"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
)
echo ^</wmmediatype^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</streamconfig^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<streamconfig majortype="{73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo streamnumber="2" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo streamname="Video Stream" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo inputname="Video409" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bitrate="4000000" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bufferwindow="-1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo reliabletransport="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo decodercomplexity="AU" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo rfc1766langid="en-us" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo vbrenabled="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bitratemax="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bufferwindowmax="0"^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<videomediaprops maxkeyframespacing="20000000" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo quality="0"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<wmmediatype subtype="{33564D57-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bfixedsizesamples="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo btemporalcompression="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo lsamplesize="0"^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<videoinfoheader dwbitrate="4000000" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo dwbiterrorrate="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo avgtimeperframe="333667"^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<rcsource left="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo top="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo right="%width%" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bottom="%height%"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<rctarget left="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo top="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo right="%width%" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bottom="%height%"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<bitmapinfoheader biwidth="%width%" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo biheight="%height%" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo biplanes="1" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bibitcount="24" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bicompression="WMV3" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bisizeimage="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo bixpelspermeter="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo biypelspermeter="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo biclrused="0" >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo biclrimportant="0"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</videoinfoheader^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</wmmediatype^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</streamconfig^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<streamprioritization^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<stream number="1" mandatory="0"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<stream number="2" mandatory="0"/^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</streamprioritization^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</profile^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ]]^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</WMEncoder_Profile^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<UserData ^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="Encoding\Dest" Value="2" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="Encoding\Bitrate0\Video0\CustomW" Value="%width%" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_LONG Name="Encoding\Bitrate0\Video0\CustomH" Value="%height%" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="Encoding\Audio0" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="Encoding\Video0" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^<WMENC_STRING Name="Encoding\Script0" /^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</UserData^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme
echo ^</WMEncoder^> >>%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme


REM
REM
REM This section encodes the WAVs and M2V files into a WMV
REM
REM
echo merging files into WMV
cscript.exe "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder\WMCmd.vbs" -wme "%rootdir%\vob\encode.wme" -title "%MovieTitle%" -output "%rootdir%\%movietitle%.wmv"


REM
REM
REM Echo time finished
REM
REM
echo The conversion process ended at %time%

:RemoveFiles
REM
REM
REM Delete all files created except the WMV
REM
REM
SET /P choice=Do you want to delete all files created during this process (except for the WMV file, of course)[y,n]?
IF %choice%==y GOTO del
IF NOT %choice%==y GOTO end
:del
rmdir /s /q %rootdir%\vob

:end
pause



I'll try your above suggestions and come back and let you know how things go.

[Crono141]

@survivant001

actually the keyint is 300 ... what value you suggest ?

@Crono141

attachment need to be approved.. post it in [code] tag

.. and i will try the WMV8_1_Pass_CBR BUT in advanced settings check "Specify Quality" and set it to 95%

in this way should be fast and .. at 95% of max quality

@bigggt


avi is processed via directshowsource, you need to set your audio decoder (ffdshow or ac3filter) to output 5.1 16bit audio

BHH

OK, I've found another problem. If I try to use WMV8, I don't get surround sound. The command line shows the _2 instead of the _6, even if I choose "WMAPRO" in the advanced options. Is this a bug, or is there something in the profile that determines what kind of audio gets encoded?

I"m gonna try WVC1 1pass at 95 quality, and see how that treats me.

[Glorioso]

what do you mean by "break" ?? missing parts like the whole movie is not there or the video pauses but the sound keeps playing then it goes all back to normal?

The video slows down for less then a second but the audio keeps playing.

[buzzqw]

WMV encoding is really a messy. Point.

i hope to drop wmvcmd.vbs for vide encoding and use avs2afs (the new build from nic)

do you know a command line muxer for wmaudii + wmvideo-> wmv

BHH

[zacoz]

I've noticed a considerable difference in output video (file) size between 0.95beta21 and 0.95a when using the constant_quality.xml profile.

Example being 5000 frames of an *.m2v source I've just tested (no audio).
With 0.95beta21 the video comes out at 47,939,256 bytes
With 0.95a the video comes out at 75,696,888 bytes

I'm seeing this same sort of difference in full encodes also. The x264 command line seems to be the same so I can't work out why it's happening.

Anyone else able to replicate this behaviour?

20:14:03 0.95 beta 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20:14:03 OS Version: Windows XP
20:14:03 Selected Input file: D:\Capture\WIN HD 2008-02-04_213255.m2v
20:14:03 Selected Output dir: D:\Capture\temp\
20:14:03 Selected Final Name: test 5000 b21
20:14:03 Selected Container type: MKV
20:14:03 Selected Encoder: X264
20:14:03 Selected Size: Unlimited File Size
20:14:03 Selected Profile: Constant_Quality.xml
20:14:03 Selected Resizer: BicubicResize (neutral=0,0.50) / 896
20:14:03 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
20:14:03 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
20:14:03 Selected Field Order: AUTO
20:14:03 Enabled Constant Quality With Unlimited Size (Q 22)
20:14:03 Track Language 1: NONE
20:14:03 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
20:14:03 Track Language 2: NONE
20:14:03 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
20:14:03 Movie title Name: CSI NY 322 Cold Reveal
20:14:03 Activate Anamorphic Encoding
20:14:03 Activate Last line AVS Script: trim(0,5000)
20:14:03 Selected Unlimited media size
20:14:03 Dgindex CMD: E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -YR=2 -AIF=[D:\Capture\WIN HD 2008-02-04_213255.m2v] -OF=[D:\Capture\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
20:15:15 Number of Frames: 61020
20:15:15 Framerate: 25.000000
20:15:15 Movie length in Seconds: 2441
20:15:15 Movie Width/Height: 1440/1080
20:15:15 DgIndex AR: 16:9
20:19:27 Source is declared tff by a margin of 26/30.
20:19:27 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
20:19:27 Analyzed 340 sections of five frames
20:19:27 Found Interlace Sections: 8 2.35%
20:19:27 Found Progressive Sections:330 97.06%
20:19:27 Found Telecined Sections: 2 0.59%
20:19:27 Found Zero Mov: 97.06% 330
20:19:27 Found One Mov: 1.76% 6
20:19:27 Found Two Mov: 0.59% 2
20:19:27 Found Three Mov: 0.59% 2
20:19:27 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
20:19:27 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
20:19:27 The Movie is declared to progressive
20:19:27 Starting X264
20:19:27 CRF encoding X264: E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --crf 22 --stats "D:\Capture\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-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 --sar 13432836:10000000 --output "D:\Capture\temp\movie.264" "D:\Capture\temp\movie.avs"
20:27:17 X264 Final CRF Encoding Stats:
x264 [info]: using SAR=52472/39062
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: slice I:90 Avg QP:20.63 size: 29919
20:27:17 Accepted values are between 697303040 and 741343232 bytes (movie+audio)
20:27:17 Got a file of size: 47939256 bytes + audio size -1 bytes (47939256)
20:27:17 Only Movie Size: 47939256 bytes
20:27:17 "E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\Capture\temp\test 5000 b21.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"test 5000 b21" --aspect-ratio -1:1.791045 "D:\Capture\temp\movie.264" --title "CSI NY 322 Cold Reveal"
20:27:22 Final Muxed size: 48015240 bytes
20:27:22 Encoding finished: 00:07:55 elapsed time
20:27:22 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:27:22 Script AutoCrop.log
20:27:22
20:27:22 Crop(0,8,1440,1072)
20:27:22 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:27:22 Script movie.avs
20:27:22
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\AddGrain.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\autocrop.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\aWarpSharp(Pruned).dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\blockbuster.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\cnr2.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\ColorMatrix.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\Convolution3D.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\corrector.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\DctFilter.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\Decomb.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\Deen.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\degrainmedian.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\DGDecode.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\EEDI2.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\FFMpegSource.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\FFT3DFilter.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\FluxSmooth.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\frfun7.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\hqdn3d.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\LeakKernelDeint.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\MaskTools.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\medianblur.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\MipSmooth.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\MSharpen.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\mt_masktools.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\mvtools.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\RemoveGrainS.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\RepairS.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\SangNom.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\SimpleResize.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\TBilateral.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\TDeint.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\TIVTC.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\TomsMoComp.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\TTempSmooth.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\UnDot.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\UnFilter.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\VSFilter.dll")
20:27:22 LoadPlugin("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\warpsharp.dll")
20:27:22 #loadpluginstart
20:27:22
20:27:22 #test1
20:27:22
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\BlindDeHalo3_mt2.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\Deblock_QED_MT2.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\FastLineDarken 1.3 MT MOD.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\HybridFuPP.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\LanczosPlus.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\Lem.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\MCBob_v03c.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\mvbob.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\QMlib.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\seesaw.avsi")
20:27:22 Import("E:\Documents and Settings\Thermal\Desktop\AutoMKV093_NORIP\exe\filter\spresso.avsi")
20:27:22 #importstart
20:27:22
20:27:22 #test2
20:27:22
20:27:22 movie = mpeg2source("D:\Capture\temp\movie.d2v")
20:27:22 function getOrder(clip c) {
20:27:22 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
20:27:22 Return order }
20:27:22 #filter1start
20:27:22
20:27:22 #test3
20:27:22
20:27:22 last=movie.Crop(0,8,1440,1072)
20:27:22 fixed_aspect = 1.343284
20:27:22 out_width = 896
20:27:22 out_height = 672
20:27:22 #resizestart
20:27:22
20:27:22 #test4
20:27:22
20:27:22 BicubicResize(out_width,out_height,0,0.50)
20:27:22 #filter2start
20:27:22
20:27:22 #test5
20:27:22
20:27:22 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
20:27:22 ColorMatrix(mode="Rec.709->Rec.601")
20:27:22 trim(0,5000)
20:27:22
20:27:22 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

(0.95a log in next post)

[zacoz]

(cont from previous post)

23:11:04 0.95a - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23:11:04 OS Version: Windows XP
23:11:04 Selected Input file: D:\Capture\WIN HD 2008-02-04_213255.m2v
23:11:04 Selected Output dir: D:\Capture\temp\
23:11:04 Selected Final Name: test 5000 95a
23:11:04 Selected Container type: MKV
23:11:04 Selected Encoder: X264
23:11:04 Selected Size: Unlimited File Size
23:11:04 Selected Profile: Constant_Quality.xml
23:11:04 Selected Resizer: BicubicResize (neutral=0,0.50) / 896
23:11:04 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
23:11:04 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
23:11:04 Selected Field Order: AUTO
23:11:04 Enabled Constant Quality With Unlimited Size (Q 22)
23:11:04 Track Language 1: NONE
23:11:04 Audio Codec 1: Nero AAC
23:11:04 Track Language 2: NONE
23:11:04 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
23:11:04 Movie title Name: CSI NY 322 Cold Reveal
23:11:04 Activate Anamorphic Encoding
23:11:04 Activate Last line AVS Script: trim(0,5000)
23:11:04 Selected Unlimited media size
23:11:04 Dgindex CMD: E:\AutoMKV\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -YR=2 -AIF=[D:\Capture\WIN HD 2008-02-04_213255.m2v] -OF=[D:\Capture\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
23:12:15 Number of Frames: 61020
23:12:15 Framerate: 25.000000
23:12:15 Movie length in Seconds: 2441
23:12:15 Movie Width/Height: 1440/1080
23:12:15 DgIndex AR: 16:9
23:16:18 Source is declared tff by a margin of 26/30.
23:16:18 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
23:16:18 Analyzed 340 sections of five frames
23:16:18 Found Interlace Sections: 8 2.35%
23:16:18 Found Progressive Sections:330 97.06%
23:16:18 Found Telecined Sections: 2 0.59%
23:16:18 Found Zero Mov: 97.06% 330
23:16:18 Found One Mov: 1.76% 6
23:16:18 Found Two Mov: 0.59% 2
23:16:18 Found Three Mov: 0.59% 2
23:16:18 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
23:16:18 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
23:16:18 The Movie is declared to progressive
23:16:18 Starting X264
23:16:18 CRF encoding X264: E:\AutoMKV\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --crf 22 --stats "D:\Capture\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-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 --sar 13432836:10000000 --output "D:\Capture\temp\movie.264" "D:\Capture\temp\movie.avs"
23:26:07 X264 Final CRF Encoding Stats:
x264 [info]: using SAR=52472/39062
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: slice I:88 Avg QP:17.26 size: 38101
x264 [info]: slice P:3063 Avg QP:19.24 size: 20109
x264 [info]: slice B:1850 Avg QP:20.99 size: 5809
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 35.4% 25.8% 38.8%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 15.1% 21.9% 7.4% P16..4: 24.8% 13.5% 4.7% 0.8% 0.4% skip:11.5%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 3.1% 4.4% 0.5% B16..8: 25.7% 1.5% 1.6% direct:12.9% skip:50.3%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:48.6% inter:29.5%
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:99.8% temporal:0.2%
23:26:07 Accepted values are between 697303040 and 741343232 bytes (movie+audio)
23:26:07 Got a file of size: 75696888 bytes + audio size -2 bytes (75696880)
23:26:07 Only Movie Size: 75696888 bytes
23:26:07 "E:\AutoMKV\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\Capture\temp\test 5000 95a.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"test 5000 95a" --aspect-ratio -1:1.791045 "D:\Capture\temp\movie.264" --title "CSI NY 322 Cold Reveal"
23:26:10 Final Muxed size: 75774752 bytes
23:26:10 Encoding finished: 00:09:52 elapsed time
23:26:10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
23:26:10 Script AutoCrop.log
23:26:10
23:26:10 Crop(0,8,1440,1072)
23:26:10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
23:26:10 Script movie.avs
23:26:10
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\AddGrain.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\autocrop.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\aWarpSharp(Pruned).dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\blockbuster.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\cnr2.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\ColorMatrix.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Convolution3D.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\corrector.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\DctFilter.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Decomb.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Deen.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\degrainmedian.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\DGDecode.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\EEDI2.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FFMpegSource.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FFT3DFilter.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FluxSmooth.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\frfun7.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\hqdn3d.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\LeakKernelDeint.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\MaskTools.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\medianblur.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\MipSmooth.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\MSharpen.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\mt_masktools.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\mvtools.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\NicAudio.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\RemoveGrainS.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\RepairS.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SangNom.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SimpleResize.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\SoundOut.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TBilateral.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TDeint.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TIVTC.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TomsMoComp.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\TTempSmooth.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\UnDot.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\UnFilter.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\VSFilter.dll")
23:26:10 LoadPlugin("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\warpsharp.dll")
23:26:10 #loadpluginstart
23:26:10
23:26:10 #test1
23:26:10
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\BlindDeHalo3_mt2.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Deblock_QED_MT2.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\FastLineDarken 1.3 MT MOD.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\HybridFuPP.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\LanczosPlus.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\Lem.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\MCBob_v03c.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\mvbob.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\QMlib.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\seesaw.avsi")
23:26:10 Import("E:\AutoMKV\exe\filter\spresso.avsi")
23:26:10 #importstart
23:26:10
23:26:10 #test2
23:26:10
23:26:10 movie = mpeg2source("D:\Capture\temp\movie.d2v")
23:26:10 function getOrder(clip c) {
23:26:10 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
23:26:10 Return order }
23:26:10 #filter1start
23:26:10
23:26:10 #test3
23:26:10
23:26:10 last=movie.Crop(0,8,1440,1072)
23:26:10 fixed_aspect = 1.343284
23:26:10 out_width = 896
23:26:10 out_height = 672
23:26:10 #resizestart
23:26:10
23:26:10 #test4
23:26:10
23:26:10 BicubicResize(out_width,out_height,0,0.50)
23:26:10 #filter2start
23:26:10
23:26:10 #test5
23:26:10
23:26:10 RemoveGrain(mode=2)
23:26:10 ColorMatrix(mode="Rec.709->Rec.601")
23:26:10 trim(0,5000)
23:26:10
23:26:10 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[buzzqw]

... an idea... the AQ patch

i suppose the AQ is triggered, please try settings in advanced profile editing set aq strenght to 0 (zero)

thanks!

BHH

P.S. what about quality ?

[zacoz]

Set aq strength at 0 but with no effect, 0.95a still comes out larger (same as without aq strength set). Do I need to set both aq strength and aq sensitivity, as I can't see any aq setting added into the command line?

Will test some more along that line in the morning. I need to get some sleep or I'll fall asleep at the keyboard. :eek:

P.S. Great difficulty seeing the difference between the 0.95beta21 and 0.95a encode, and couldn't pick one being better than the other. Surprising I thought considering the % size difference between them.

[buzzqw]

... feel free to substitute the x264.exe build...

ant btw here is 15.49 :p

BHH

[reddragon72]

The video slows down for less then a second but the audio keeps playing.

I am having the same issue, and it is always at the same places in the movie. At first I thought it was buffer issue, but now that I have a Xvid at less than 5000Kbs it still hesitates in the same place. So right now I am back to square one trying to figure out why a 1280x544 movie at 5kbs struggles to play on a system that is powerful enough to play a X264 file at 10k. Hell I would use the X264 file directly, but my issue is that I want 5.1 and on the 360 the only codecs that allow 5.1 is Xvid and WMV and I hate encoding anything in WMV the file size if frign HUGE compared to Xvid. I'm doing another movie right now, but so far all of my MKV movies that I am converting to Xvid have had this issue, but only on the 360, the PC plays them perfectly.

[Glorioso]

I am having the same issue, and it is always at the same places in the movie. At first I thought it was buffer issue, but now that I have a Xvid at less than 5000Kbs it still hesitates in the same place. So right now I am back to square one trying to figure out why a 1280x544 movie at 5kbs struggles to play on a system that is powerful enough to play a X264 file at 10k. Hell I would use the X264 file directly, but my issue is that I want 5.1 and on the 360 the only codecs that allow 5.1 is Xvid and WMV and I hate encoding anything in WMV the file size if frign HUGE compared to Xvid. I'm doing another movie right now, but so far all of my MKV movies that I am converting to Xvid have had this issue, but only on the 360, the PC plays them perfectly.

Same here, i thought it was the problem with 5k plus bitrate but after i limited i get the same problem...

[Honeyko]

(Surveying the wreckage of the last two pages...)

Like the man from Arkansas said, but really meaning it, "I feel your pain". -- And it's chiefly why I've stopped even messing with (h/x)264 altogether for at least the time being.

A video project is like a car that needs fixing, and codecs are like toolboxes, and I'm a semi-competent backyard mechanic. XviD is a toolbox with ten tools in it, some of which will do the very well*, some more which will do it half-ass, and the rest that aren't appropriate. OTOH, x264 is a toolbox with a thousand tools in it, a couple of which work insanely great and better than the best xvid tool, some more that do as well, and about 950 tools that are inappropriate for your particular project's needs.

-- meaning, if you're a putterer, you're going to waste a LOT, LOT, LOT more time fumbling around in 264 before stumbling upon the right combination. And it'll take you a LOT, LOT, LOT more time waiting until you know that your pin totally missed getting the tail on the donkey.

(* LEM filter + Didees SixOfNine-HVS.cqm custom matrix really clean up old messy films. The greatest appeal of AutoMKV is that it's the only GUI shell that permits using those great processors with XviD, and also which permits MOD2 (or "no resizing at all if you don't want resizing") XviD encoding.)

[Honeyko]

LEM filter + Didees SixOfNine-HVS.cqm custom matrix really clean up old messy films. The greatest appeal of AutoMKV is that it's the only GUI shell that permits using those great processors with XviD, and also which permits MOD2 (or "no resizing at all if you don't want resizing") XviD encoding.)

SUGGESTION: Make those two default on AutoMKV if the user selects XviD encoding, and selects one-pass high performance or constant-quality. -- LEM is so much better than plain ordinary removegrain(2) on "dirty" video that it isn't silly; and Didees blows Jawor(1CD) away for quality when output size isn't a concern. LEM+Didees clean so much grain out of old movies that they compress better*, meaning I can apply CQ2.5 and get a better-looking file of about the same size as that made with CQ2.75 or even CQ3 with removegrain(2) and AUTO for cust. matrix.

(*Example: "Dragonslayer", shot without a deep-focus lens in Scotland; one of the few films made in the last thirty years without artificial lighting in a single scene. There is wafting smoke, hazy mist or billowing clouds in virtually every frame from beginning to end, and backgrounds are blurry. A couple transfers later to DVD, and it's a total "grain blizzard". In dark scenes with fire, there's literally more grain in the frame than original film. With this, LEM+Didees produced output video which was noticeably better that the source!)

[Tirade]

The problem is what you suspected...

AQ is being used even when set to 0 or when turned off.

I did 2 rips, 1 with AQ set at .5/13 and the other with no AQ. The resulting file size is identical.

[gaspah]

so i've been encoding these files via making the .d2v files manually with dgindex because automkv wont recognise the .ifo either ripped or with the inbuilt ripper, and been ripping the subs with subrip (which is better having a .srt vs .idx/.vob anyways). I'm getting excellent video/audio results, which is a definate step up from my old basic virtualdubmod/xvid/azid/normalize/lame archives.

After using this prog I couldnt go back to .avi if i tryed :) but now my 3GHz c2d feels like a p4 when encoding :( guess its time to go quad-core hey :)

But now i've noticed that encoding via .d2v eliminates chapters from from the encoded file, wheras the first run I had with automkv was nearly flawless it recognized all the .ifo and encoded most of them first time round perfect with only having to rip a few with an alternate ripper to get the audio in sync, but they had all the chapters included which was just awesome. is there anyway to keep the chapters even when forced to use .d2v method?

[zacoz]

The problem is what you suspected...

AQ is being used even when set to 0 or when turned off.

I did 2 rips, 1 with AQ set at .5/13 and the other with no AQ. The resulting file size is identical.

I've checked out the x264 help and it seems that in the x264.exe (r706) with 0.95beta21 the default aq strength was 0.0 and aq sensitivity was 15 whereas the default in the latest build (r736) is now 0.5 and 13.

Also noted that previously if you didn't explicitly set aq strength or you set it to 0 in AutoMKV it wasn't being added to the x264 command line and consequently wasn't activated.

Now however if you don't explicitly set aq strength or you set it to 0 in AutoMKV it still isn't being added to the x264 command line but this results in aq strength of 0.5 and aq sensitivity of 13 being used.

So AutoMKV now needs to be changed so that if you select aq strength of 0 and aq sensitivity of 0 then these are added to the x264 command line.

[survivant001]

@buzzwq

just to keep you inform. I still have problem with my movie. I created a new thread about the VBV Buffer underflow error.

here the link : http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1098148#post1098148

look so hard to find a working command line.. I which I know which parameters to change when I get this error

[buzzqw]

@gaspah
use the chapter button in advanced settings (you can load the chapter extracted with chapter extractor)

@zacoz

fixed i next update

@survivant001

i will follow the thread , thanks

BHH

[Crono141]

Alright, I've ripped a DVD, and I"ve converted an Xvid to WMV. The DVD rip looked great and was about half the size of my other rips, except that the last 5 minutes or so of movie had no video, but the audio continued. I noticed in the log file there was an encoder error, probably at that moment.

On the Xvid to WMV conversion, the video started stuttering 10 minutes into the conversion. The audio remained synced, but it seemed like it was repeating every 4th previous frame, or something.

I can attach the log files if that would be helpful, but I didn't see anything in there (error messages or otherwise) that would indicate this problem occuring. I used WVC1 2 pass good with 800 mb size specified on the file conversion, and 95 quality on the DVD rip. Its actually in the middle of converting about 8 Divx and Xvids to WMV VC1 files. If the next one is behaving the same way, I'll let you know.

EDIT: I just found a new problem. After Ripping "Pan's Labyrinth" with burn in subtitles, I lose all subtitles about 42 minutes in. I believe they got lost because there were 2 peoples subtitles simultaneousely. The second person's subtitle didn't appear, and afterward all subtitles are gone.

EDIT AGAIN: All the file conversions as described above have the stuttering video. Must have something to do with "specify size".

[weaver4]

select the Ipod profile, then go in advanced settings , check specify quality, select 72, then save setting

restart automkv, your profile should be loaded

BHH

I use AutoMKV to make H264 for my popcornhour, H264 for my IPod, and XviD for my DivX DVD players. So this does not do what I want it to do. I don't need a setup that has persistence what I need is a way to make a new profile(s), or easy change the existing profiles to constant quality. I mean, who would really want a specific filesize for iPod content anyway, or a media server, or any other device that is not "feed" by a CD or DVD; including any media server?

It is not that big of a deal to go to the advanced settings and set it for every encode, but it seems a little clumsy.

[Tirade]

Just go to C:\Program Files\AutoMKV\profiles\x264-profiles

And edit on the of the existing profiles that is close to what you want. Be sure when you name the file that you include _CQ_ in the file name to activate CRF if it is a CRF profile. For example MyProfileforPS3_CQ_80CQ.xml

This profile will then be selectable under profile drop down menu if you click All Profile

[AMED]

I think i've found a bug,

when running an encode with automkv waiting until you get to the video encoding part and exit automkv, the Output Folder = line in automkv.ini will be reset to the location of the AutoMKV095a.exe

[Zow]

Still have the problem of missing MKV after ripping a Video_ts of subtitled movies. Tried it several different ways, it just won't create the MKV.

I tried running the muxing.bat from the Temp folder and got an error.

I am attaching the Command Prompt screen-grab with the error, as well as the log.

Thanks.

[Gruelius]

I dunno if this is a bug or my stupidity but hwen i select "Autocrop only" in the width resolution listbox it still resizes the film.

Thanks

[zacoz]

@Zow
I suggest you edit your post and paste log text inside CODE tags as attachments can take quite a while to be approved.

@Gruelius
Can you please post your log (as above - inside CODE tags).

[weaver4]

Just go to C:\Program Files\AutoMKV\profiles\x264-profiles

And edit on the of the existing profiles that is close to what you want. Be sure when you name the file that you include _CQ_ in the file name to activate CRF if it is a CRF profile. For example MyProfileforPS3_CQ_80CQ.xml

This profile will then be selectable under profile drop down menu if you click All Profile

Knowing what file to edit or to put _CQ_ in the name is not the problem. Knowing what to edit in the file is. What parameters do I change? What parameters do I add? What parameters do I remove?