ASXGui 1.9.4 (Any Video to MP4/x264/AAC or MKV/x264/AC3)

[Pookie]

Thanks! I tested it on an Mpeg2 Transport stream file. Some questions:

Are you sure you want to use AVS2WAV instead of the newer WAVI ?

Why use DGindex to index and demux the audio, but use DirectShowSource for the Avisynth script ?

DGindex is reporting a delay in ms in the audio file. Is this identified and compensated for in the program?

[goby]

Wow! So far, so good...

[morphinapg]

Thanks! I tested it on an Mpeg2 Transport stream file. Some questions:

Are you sure you want to use AVS2WAV instead of the newer WAVI ?

Why use DGindex to index and demux the audio, but use DirectShowSource for the Avisynth script ?

DGindex is reporting a delay in ms in the audio file. Is this identified and compensated for in the program?

I'll be sure to check out WAVI, never heard of it. A couple things it needs to have though, that I use with avs2wav are multichannel output and ability to pipe it to the encoder programs. AVS2WAV seems to be working pretty good for me right now, what benefits does WAVI have over avs2wav?

I guess I don't need to demux the audio with DGindex. I am interested in using the original audio as source instead of directshow but I'm not 100% sure how to do this. The audio needs to be piped in wav format with the original channels to the encoder programs. Also I'd need a lot more demuxers for different container formats. I just figured reading the audio from directshow would be easiest and most compatible. As long as audio upmixers aren't turned on.

Also, for your question about the delay. As far as I can tell, I don't think it's needed when I'm reading the audio with directshowsource, unless the source file doesn't play right in wmp.

[morphinapg]

1.2.2 Released

-I fixed the annoying bug that caused ASXGui to hang between each 0.1% on large encodes
-Also added the percentage of each pass on the title bar, so you can easily track your encoding progress while doing other things.

This fix took a large rewrite of the way it retrieves the progress information from the encoders, so there might be some bugs that I could have missed. Let me know.

[goby]

Sorry! I can't find any bug's... :thanks:
May you add the grooming tools and option into ASXGui?

[morphinapg]

Sorry! I can't find any bug's... :thanks:


Even Better :)

May you add the grooming tools and option into ASXGui?

Not quite sure what you meant by grooming tools, but hopefully soon enough I'll add audio bitrate options.

After that it may take a little while before the video codec options come because those will require a lot of coding and new GUIs for them as well, but they will be coming.

Eventually I'd also like to make default settings and profiles.

The next major update (1.3.0) will probably be the addition of custom audio bitrates though.

[goby]

I taking about a tools like the null filter on the VirtualDub to cropping the frames.

[morphinapg]

I taking about a tools like the null filter on the VirtualDub to cropping the frames.

Well, Auto-Cropping black bars is coming in the next release. No custom cropping yet but maybe in the future.

[morphinapg]

1.3.0 Released

-Auto crop feature
-Added custom audio bitrates
-Fixed a bug that displayed the wrong length when input file was the first of many VOB files
-Fixed a bug that displayed the last audio track information instead of the first track
-Updated programs
-Upgraded from avs2wav to wavi

[goby]

Wow! 1.3.0 version works nice.
One more question: Can you change the programs priority from "normal" to "low" or "idle"?

[morphinapg]

Wow! 1.3.0 version works nice.
One more question: Can you change the programs priority from "normal" to "low" or "idle"?

By default the encoders are run at idle, and though there's no way to turn that up, I don't think there would be a real benefit. Just don't run any other programs and it runs at the same speed as normal priority. I could probably add this later though if it's really wanted.

[weaver4]

Can't seem to download the 1.3.0 from mediafire, anyone else having problems?

[morphinapg]

maybe mediafire is having problems. If you have an older version (1.2.0 or higher) then it can auto update from another server. I'll try to see if re-uploading it makes a difference.

[weaver4]

Tried the program and really like it...but it seems to me that you should allow people to pick the X264 profile they want to use. At least some limited choices like:

BP@L1.6 for older iPods
BP@L3.0 for newer iPods, iPhone, iTouch, QuickTime
HP@L4.1 for Xbox, PS3, PopCorn Hour, and PC
HP@L5.1 for PC

[morphinapg]

Tried the program and really like it...but it seems to me that you should allow people to pick the X264 profile they want to use. At least some limited choices like:

BP@L1.6 for older iPods
BP@L3.0 for newer iPods, iPhone, iTouch, QuickTime
HP@L4.1 for Xbox, PS3, PopCorn Hour, and PC
HP@L5.1 for PC

Yeah that's definitely something I want to have. I don't know yet how long it will be. It shouldn't be too hard but I need to figure out a whole profile system first (for settings as well) before I do that. But yeah I have an iPhone and PS3 and I would really like to be able to use this program for that.

[morphinapg]

1.3.1 Released.

-Fixed a bug that only encoded the audio from the first VOB when input file is the first of many VOBs with help from neuron2
-Updated DGIndex to 1.5.0 RC4

http://www.mediafire.com/?u1ltqxdj1mt

Now DVD Rips can be made properly from multi-VOB sources. Just input the first VOB

[morphinapg]

Hmm, I just had a problem using WAVI on one of my projects, I may have to go back to avs2wav as that worked.

I never had a problem with avs2wav but WAVI has been giving me this problem. Not sure why, just states it can't open my avs file and locks up. Which causes ASXGui to only display "Loading Audio" forever. WAVI has worked on some videos but not all.

[morphinapg]

1.3.2 Released

-Fixed a bug with autocrop.
-Went back to using avs2wav due to WAVI crashing on certain avs scripts.

I also changed some code that should fix the bug that sometimes comes up where, when encoding MP4 audio, it never switches to the final progress bar. It actually does continue to mux the video and audio together and save the file, but doesn't ever show the progress bar. Unfortunately, since this was a rare bug to begin with and seemed to only happen at random times, there was no way for me to test if I truly did fix the bug. Let me know here if anybody else runs into this problem.

[morphinapg]

hmm, it seems my fix didn't really fix the bug with autocrop, it just changed it. Before it would give some weird resolution (due to an error being outputted in avisynth) Now, it just hangs. I'm thinking this may be the actual filter's fault as I can't seem to open the avisynth script at all on the ones that hang. I'm going to try to contact the author of autocrop to see if this can be fixed.

[goby]

Can you try a manual cropping option?

[morphinapg]

Can you try a manual cropping option?

Yeah that wouldn't be a big deal

[morphinapg]

1.3.3 Released

-Fixed a bug that would cause ASXGui to hang (or just take a long time) when autocrop was selected on some files
-Updated DGIndex to 1.5.0 RC5

[morphinapg]

1.4.0 Released

-save any settings to a profile
-save any settings as the default settings (Save it as the "Default" profile)
-Ability to enforce x264 profiles
-set a maximum automatic bitrate
-custom crop controls
-updated programs

I've also made some profiles which can be downloaded when you first run 1.4.0:

-DVDRIP
-DVDRIP (700MB)
-iPhone/Newer iPods
-Older iPods
-PS3 1080p
-PS3 720p
-YouTube (1 GB)
-YouTube (100MB)

Feel free to post any custom profiles you might come up with (located in the Profiles.ini file in the program directory) here

Also let me know of any bugs you encounter as this was a pretty big update.

[goby]

Wow! Nice done. Thx

[morphinapg]

1.4.1 Released

-Fixed a bug where Auto Resize wasn't affected by maximum bitrate
-Fixed a bug in Auto Resize when Autocrop was used, but didn't crop anything
-Added a delay to the audio when using the original audio from a DVD rip

http://www.mediafire.com/?zgfmhjgmbc9

[Ajax_Undone]

There is an installer its link will be in my signature...

Enjoy

[morphinapg]

1.4.2 Released

-FIXED: The automatic interlace detection no longer asks you if you want to deinterlace if deinterlace is already selected
-ADDED: Automatic film detection with mpeg2 files. (Only prompts if convert frame rate isn't already selected)

http://www.mediafire.com/?bndig2ec3od

[Ajax_Undone]

Installer updated:

1. Runs Updater right after install if run ASXGui.exe is selected after a successful Install...

2. The Version Numbers of the contained software mounted a top the installer will use only the First two (X.x) so is not to disqualify the Updater per a discussion with the author, and Not to over work me as this software is being regularly updated...
** The next installer release will be 1.5...

And as always the installer is in my Signature...

Enjoy....

[morphinapg]

1.5.0 Released

-ADDED: Advanced x264 Options

http://i31.tinypic.com/14wrl9v.jpg

Download (http://www.mediafire.com/?5as2ytdgaj7)

Download with Installer (http://www.mediafire.com/?zntjbe3jcl3)

[Atak_Snajpera]

This screenshot reminds me something...hmmm...MeGUI? :) At least You grouped everything very well.

[morphinapg]

This screenshot reminds me something...hmmm...MeGUI? :)

lol yeah that's where I got the options from, just put (most) all of it on one page.

I sort of made this program as a simpler alternative to MeGUI, so I figure for the advanced stuff I might as well use what MeGUI already had set up. Of course I rebuilt and coded the advanced options GUI from scratch myself, just used MeGUI as a visual starting point. :)

[Southstorm]

Very Nice...

[Ajax_Undone]

Kool just was going to ask for something like this...

There she be... ASXGui and RipBot264 are the best two x264 apps I have seen, but AutoMKV is the second to none for detail and options... :)

Atak morph and buzz you guys rock... Makes me wish I knew a little more about how to code such awesome apps...:rolleyes:


Keep up the good work...

[morphinapg]

Hmm, I'm having trouble getting some videos to copy to itunes to test on my iphone. But then some videos work just fine with the same settings. (Such as this same input file cut to a shorter length) My default iPhone/Newer iPods profile is based on the iPhone profile in MeGUI, with some settings increased for better quality.

I also changed all my settings to the same as the MeGUI iphone defaults to do a test, and I verified that it was using the same command as meGUI, but I still wasn't able to copy the file to iTunes. It also seemed to make a very bad quality file too.

Strangely, I wasn't able to open my AVS script in meGUI to test it out, so I don't know yet if it would work from there or not.

Here's a sample of the command given to x264 for iPhone output

Video is 640x272 / 23.976fps

AsxGUI Defaults:--bitrate 923 --stats "video.stats" --level 3 --ref 3 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --no-cabac --subme 6 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,p4x4 --qpmin 1 --vbv-maxrate 2500 --merange 24 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 639:640 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output video.mp4 Avisynth.avs

MeGUI Defaults: --bitrate 923 --stats "video.stats" --level 3 --no-cabac --subme 6 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --vbv-bufsize 1000 --vbv-maxrate 10000 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 639:640 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output video.mp4 Avisynth.avs

I've also tried both commands with a 1:1 sar

Is there anything in my command that would prevent iTunes from recognizing my encode?

Thanks

[Atak_Snajpera]

try these:
--crf 24 --level 3.0 --sar 1:1 --no-cabac --filter 0,0 --ref 2 --mixed-refs --no-b-adapt --direct auto --subme 6 --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,p4x4 --me umh

[morphinapg]

try these:
--crf 24 --level 3.0 --sar 1:1 --no-cabac --filter 0,0 --ref 2 --mixed-refs --no-b-adapt --direct auto --subme 6 --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,p4x4 --me umh

a couple of questions:

Why --crf 24?

Does --filter 0,0 need to be there as those are the default options? (Megui doesn't put --filter 0,0 when it's set that way)

When using MeGUI in baseline profile, all the b-frame options are disabled, so I did that with mine as well. Is that wrong? (iPhone is baseline 3.0) Otherwise I don't see the need for --direct auto, --no-b-adapt

Is there a difference between --analyse and --partitions?

Thanks

[Atak_Snajpera]

Why --crf 24?
Because I like single pass :)

Does --filter 0,0 need to be there as those are the default options? (Megui doesn't put --filter 0,0 when it's set that way)

When using MeGUI in baseline profile, all the b-frame options are disabled, so I did that with mine as well. Is that wrong? (iPhone is baseline 3.0) Otherwise I don't see the need for --direct auto, --no-b-adapt

Yes I agree. Those options can be omitted.

Is there a difference between --analyse and --partitions?

My MeGUI also uses --analyse instead of --partitions

[buzzqw]

--analyse is an alias of --partitions

the correct syntax is --partitions

BHH

[morphinapg]

Hmm, I tried all those options and it's almost like it's not the file that has a problem, but iTunes itself. It seems every short length file I make using the same settings works fine, but when I try it on this movie, the output size is about 700mb and does not import to iTunes. I have plenty of room on my iPhone as well. I'm trying a different movie now to see if it happens on every long file I make.

I've made movies just fine before with Videora iphone converter, but for some reason I can't get them to work on my program.

I haven't tried making movies with MeGUI, but I would think it would give me the same results since I've used the same command as MeGUI with the same problem.

If you have any ideas let me know

EDIT: Just finished my other movie encode and it won't import to iTunes. But seems to work fine for every short video I do.

[morphinapg]

Version 1.5.1 Released

-FIXED: CQ now works with advanced options
-ADDED: Drag and drop files to ASXGui

http://www.mediafire.com/?c4rp4tnjz6y

I've noticed that if you update ASXGui through the Automatic updater, when the new version of ASXGui opens up many things won't work including the error message telling you you must download new profiles. This was a problem that had to due with the location of updater.exe. I will fix this in 1.5.2, but it will still give you the message because you're using 1.5.1(or earlier)'s updater. But any updates following 1.5.2 will work good. 1.5.2 should be out tomorrow.

[morphinapg]

1.5.2 Released

-FIXED: A bug that would cause ASXGui to not function correctly directly after an automatic update.

NOTE: You will still receive this problem when updating TO 1.5.2, because it's still using the old updater, but every update following 1.5.2 should be fixed.

http://www.mediafire.com/?n93tmvtxpe4

[Ajax_Undone]

The author of this program has shown me some glitches with all of the installers... For some reason the uninstall.exe is not removing the start menu program folders on uninstallation. I have checked and found that the issues only happen after an update to SP3 in XP home/pro and SP1 in Vista Ultimate/Home premium...

Something to do with admin rights...

I am working on finding a way to fix this... I don't have much time till tonight though...

[Ajax_Undone]

Fixed Bro Give it a try...

[morphinapg]

Installer working perfectly

[goby]

Not only the installer, I can't find any bag again... :)

[morphinapg]

Not only the installer, I can't find any bag again... :)

I'm assuming you meant bug, because I don't pack any bags with ASXGui :D

[goby]

lol
sure bugs :)

[Ajax_Undone]

Good to know

[morphinapg]

1.6.0 Released

-Added Job Queue
-Changed opening of mp4/mkv/mov files to ffmpegsource instead of directshowsource
-Added downmixing of surround sources to stereo (required for iPods/iPhones)
-Updated iPod profiles (You can download the updated official profiles HERE (http://www.gilleandbros.com/foodeefunk/profiles.ini))

Notes about Job Queue:
-Jobs will be saved when ASXGui is closed, and loaded when ASXGui is loaded
-You can delete multiple jobs a a time by selecting multiple jobs
-Jobs can be added or removed during encoding (removing the current job won't stop the current job, but removing jobs at or before the current job will effect which job it performs next, if it is performing the 3rd job and you delete it, it will move to whichever job is 4th in the list when it is done)
-The d2v and audio file will be saved with MPEG-2 based jobs, so ASXGui won't need to decode the file over again.
-Clicking "Start Encoding" will encode using the current settings as the first Job, and will run any following Jobs after.
-Jobs can be changed from "Done" to "Waiting" by double clicking the Job. This will also reload all the settings (this will still re-decode MPEG2 files)
-Jobs Marked as "Done" will be removed from the queue when "Start Job Queue" or "Start Encoding" is clicked. "Done" Jobs will also be removed from the queue on exit.
-The default Job name is a number (which increases with every job added) and the output filename
-The default Job name can be overridden by typing a name in this text box:

http://i28.tinypic.com/aw6t0x.jpg

Download ASXGui 1.6.0 (http://www.mediafire.com/?rctazq03rht)

[morphinapg]

I seem to have figured out the problem with my iPod profiles. I had it default set to 3 reference frames (which is supported by Baseline 3.0) but apparently while shorter videos work fine with 3 reference frames, longer videos seem to need 1 to import into iTunes.

I've updated the default iPod/iPhone/iTouch profiles HERE (http://www.gilleandbros.com/foodeefunk/profiles.ini)