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

[colinhunt]

When your encoding finishes, normally the Job's status is listed as "done", which means that job will be deleted on exit of the program. All you have to do it double click (it will look like it's indexing but will only last a second or two) and it's status will change to "waiting..."
OK, I gave this a shot. It worked almost like you describe, but it did a full indexing which took some 10 minutes.

I'm guessing this has something to do with the .NET Unhandled exception error I get at the end of every encode job.

[morphinapg]

First encoding job on 1.9.2 and this .NET error popped up again at the end of the job. Here's a complete listing of programs in TM:

wuauclt.exe
firefox.exe
asxgui.exe
nvsvc32.exe
taskmgr.exe
svchost.exe (x 6)
MFWAkeys.exe
lsass.exe
services.exe
winlogon.exe
csrss.exe
ctfmon.exe
AlphaTrackApplet.exe
rundll32.exe
smss.exe
explorer.exe
System
System idle process

mfwakeys.exe comes with MOTU soundcard and enables the MOTU pedal control functions to work. Alphatrackapplet comes with Alpha Frontier USB MIDI surface controller. Yeah, I'm running ASXGui on my MIDI studio PC as it's the fastest PC I have :)

*sigh* This is annoying, because it's not happening to me, so it's hard to figure out what's going on. The problem is that it's not being able to delete the ac3 that it extracts from the mpeg file. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell which process is currently using the file. I have already double - and triple checked what programs are closed after encoding. Every process that ASXGui launches that would be working with the file should (and by the looks of your task manager) are closed. So honestly, right now I'm kind of stuck at what to do next.

If I tick the Maximum Resolution box, Target File size no longer has any effect on file size. Don't ask me why I ticked the box, though :)

Looks like we've got a winner! I'll see what I can do.

Another stop in the script check stage:

Script error: Invalid arguments to function "DelayAudio" (atest.avs, line 5)

Line 5 reads
DelayAudio(-0,384)

Source: 720p60 MPEG-2 with 5.1ch AC3 448kbps audio
Destination: 720p60 MKV with original audio

Target file size set for 2.1GB, enforce profile High@4.1. Custom resize used to enforce 1280x720 as auto resize wanted to drop resolution to something non-standard.

Aha, looks like we've got another problem with commas being in place of periods. I'll be sure to fix that in the next version.

Also, auto resize made it smaller because it probably thought the file size was too small for 1280x720.

OK, I gave this a shot. It worked almost like you describe, but it did a full indexing which took some 10 minutes.

I'm guessing this has something to do with the .NET Unhandled exception error I get at the end of every encode job.

Actually now that I think of it they probably are related and ASXGui is deleting your temporary files after encode successfully finishes. Maybe it shouldn't do that until you close ASXGui. Maybe that will even fix your other problem. (hopefully)

[morphinapg]

1.9.3 Released

-FIXED: Problems with checking for interlace on 3:2 pull down encoded files.
-FIXED: Audio delays (for mpeg2 files) should now work in any culture.
-FIXED: Target file size now works when Maximum Resolution is selected.
-CHANGED: Temporary files now only delete when job is deleted. (instead of simply at the end of a successful encode)

[colinhunt]

*sigh* This is annoying, because it's not happening to me, so it's hard to figure out what's going on.
I used to do some coding back in the day and I know exactly what you mean. One has to be able to replicate the bug first...

The problem is that it's not being able to delete the ac3 that it extracts from the mpeg file. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell which process is currently using the file.
If you can think of an application (preferably freeware) which tells me what process is using the file, I could run it in the background and track down the culprit.

EDIT: Found some Sysinternals apps, they might help. I'll try them out.

[colinhunt]

Ran 1.9.3 for the first time with a short 1080i MPEG-2 clip. Sysinternals' FileMonitor was running in the background, but turned out I didn't need it: the .NET unhandled exception error is a thing of the past with 1.9.3. Nice job!

[colinhunt]

A tiny little bug I noticed: now that deinterlacing and frame rate recommendations are working again, if asxgui recommends 23.976fps and user selects "Yes", 23.976 appears in the pull-down selection but output file info shows 23fps. I noticed this same bug in an earlier revision and back then asxgui really produced a file with a frame rate of 23.000fps.

Here's a workaround: select 23.976 manually and output fps is changed to 23.976.

Oh yeah, how come the last letter of the original file name is clipped from the output file name?

[patelsiraj1]

hi everyone
when i input dvd video's first vob (VTS_01_1.VOB) in asxgui it doesnt picks up the rest of the seqencial vobs. it just picks up the first vob. all vobs are in sequence(VTS_01_1.VOB,VTS_01_2.VOB etc.)
please help

[morphinapg]

Ran 1.9.3 for the first time with a short 1080i MPEG-2 clip. Sysinternals' FileMonitor was running in the background, but turned out I didn't need it: the .NET unhandled exception error is a thing of the past with 1.9.3. Nice job!

I was hoping that would be a side effect. Just to make sure, you don't still get that error on exit do you?

A tiny little bug I noticed: now that deinterlacing and frame rate recommendations are working again, if asxgui recommends 23.976fps and user selects "Yes", 23.976 appears in the pull-down selection but output file info shows 23fps. I noticed this same bug in an earlier revision and back then asxgui really produced a file with a frame rate of 23.000fps.

Here's a workaround: select 23.976 manually and output fps is changed to 23.976.

That's weird, as I still get "23.976" in both the drop down list and output info. Unfortunately, I just discovered a bug that may render many framerate conversions useless in this version. It has to do with when I changed the commas to periods from fps back in 1.9.2

Oh yeah, how come the last letter of the original file name is clipped from the output file name?

lol, I'm guess you're opening a TS file, or some other extension with 2 letters. Yeah the code I used to change the extension for output was a little lazy I'll admit lol I can fix that for 1.9.4.

[colinhunt]

I was hoping that would be a side effect. Just to make sure, you don't still get that error on exit do you?
Well, I didn't get one after that first trial run. I'm currently running a longer job, 8 hours in, a few still to go. I'll let you know if the error pops up again.

Unfortunately, I just discovered a bug that may render many framerate conversions useless in this version. It has to do with when I changed the commas to periods from fps back in 1.9.2
Oopsie! At least it will be interesting to see in what sort of condition my current encoding comes out... :)

lol, I'm guess you're opening a TS file, or some other extension with 2 letters.
Yup, TS MPEG-2 files the lot of them.

[morphinapg]

Oopsie! At least it will be interesting to see in what sort of condition my current encoding comes out... :)

As far as I can tell, the only encodes that will work would be encodes where the source is a higher fps, and output fps is an even ratio such as 25/50(1/2) or 23.976/29.97(4/5). This corresponds to most encodes that would require framerate change, so I wouldn't worry too much.

Now if you're trying to go from 25/50 -> 23.976 or 29.97/59.94 -> 25 or converting anything to a higher framerate then you'll run into problems.

[morphinapg]

hi everyone
when i input dvd video's first vob (VTS_01_1.VOB) in asxgui it doesnt picks up the rest of the seqencial vobs. it just picks up the first vob. all vobs are in sequence(VTS_01_1.VOB,VTS_01_2.VOB etc.)
please help

Oh, ok, I just did a test and did notice the problem. As long as you don't use target file size you should be okay, but this should be fixed in the next version.

[colinhunt]

Checked out the latest encode (mpeg-2 1080i 29.97fps to mkv 720p 23.976fps). It's fine otherwise (and no .NET error at the end of the run), but audio sync is out of whack. Actually now that I think of it, none of my deinterlace & fps change encodes have come out with proper audio sync. I have no idea whether it's the tools or asxgui that needs work, but there's definitely work to be done in that area.

[morphinapg]

Checked out the latest encode (mpeg-2 1080i 29.97fps to mkv 720p 23.976fps). It's fine otherwise (and no .NET error at the end of the run), but audio sync is out of whack. Actually now that I think of it, none of my deinterlace & fps change encodes have come out with proper audio sync. I have no idea whether it's the tools or asxgui that needs work, but there's definitely work to be done in that area.

While I check it out, is it a constant offset audio sync, or does it increase over time?

[RXP]

I've been looking for something like this for ages, makes things so much easier! Thanks for writing it.

Is there a way to convert a whole folder of files? Like a batch convert mode?

Edit: I've got some DVB MPEG2 captures that are resoultion 704x576. But ASXGui is reporting them as 764x576. When I open the same file again the reported resolution is 700x576! I reopen the program and open theh video, then the resolution is finally displayed correctly. Is this a bug?

[colinhunt]

While I check it out, is it a constant offset audio sync, or does it increase over time?
That's the oddest thing: the sync seems to drift around! And, get this, during one minute-long scene the audio was delayed at first, but corrected itself after some moments. I skipped forward (I'm using Tvix 4100 and 6500) a bit and audio was ahead of the image. Skipped forward some more, and audio was again delayed. Oh, I don't know, maybe it's the hardware I'm using to view the files... but there's no problem with audio sync on various other MKVs I've found floating around the 'net.

[morphinapg]

I've been looking for something like this for ages, makes things so much easier! Thanks for writing it.

Is there a way to convert a whole folder of files? Like a batch convert mode?

Edit: I've got some DVB MPEG2 captures that are resoultion 704x576. But ASXGui is reporting them as 764x576. When I open the same file again the reported resolution is 700x576! I reopen the program and open theh video, then the resolution is finally displayed correctly. Is this a bug?

Are you looking at the input info or output info. The input info should list the correct resolution. ASXGui tried to correct the resolution making it have as close to a 1:1 PAR as possible. None of those resolutions you listed actually sound right, unless you had other resolution options enabled. I've never had a problem with resolution before. If you could give me a sample file I could test it out.

That's the oddest thing: the sync seems to drift around! And, get this, during one minute-long scene the audio was delayed at first, but corrected itself after some moments. I skipped forward (I'm using Tvix 4100 and 6500) a bit and audio was ahead of the image. Skipped forward some more, and audio was again delayed. Oh, I don't know, maybe it's the hardware I'm using to view the files... but there's no problem with audio sync on various other MKVs I've found floating around the 'net.

Okay, after reading that I'm 99% sure I've seen that before and it's not a bug. The file you're watching is perfectly fine. Unfortunately, your file either has too high of a bitrate or your hard drive is too fragmented and it's causing sync issues. I would suggest lower bitrates or defragmenting your computer (or both) to fix this. I sometimes have a problem with this when I encode some of my full length films at around 16mbps 1920x1080, which with 2 pass can go up to very high bitrates (like 32mbps or more) and at those parts the sound is off sync, while at others the sound is fine. It's usually not that bad, and I keep this copy for whenever I buy a Blu-ray burner.

[colinhunt]

Okay, after reading that I'm 99% sure I've seen that before and it's not a bug. The file you're watching is perfectly fine. Unfortunately, your file either has too high of a bitrate or your hard drive is too fragmented and it's causing sync issues. I would suggest lower bitrates or defragmenting your computer (or both) to fix this.
By computer, are you referring to the PC I use for encoding? Because I don't watch these files on a PC; I use two hardware media players by Dvico, Tvix 4100 and 6500. While the 4100 struggles with anything above 720p, the 6500 is a fantastic player and has no problems with 1080p MKVs floating around on the internet. The box uses a Sigma chip commonly found in Blu-ray players and should be capable of H.264 bitrates up to 40mbit/s.

I ran some test encodes with AutoMKV a moment ago. Same result, audio sync was messed up, although the delay appeared to be constant. I guess I don't have the "skillz" for this encoding lark :/

[morphinapg]

By computer, are you referring to the PC I use for encoding? Because I don't watch these files on a PC; I use two hardware media players by Dvico, Tvix 4100 and 6500. While the 4100 struggles with anything above 720p, the 6500 is a fantastic player and has no problems with 1080p MKVs floating around on the internet. The box uses a Sigma chip commonly found in Blu-ray players and should be capable of H.264 bitrates up to 40mbit/s.

I ran some test encodes with AutoMKV a moment ago. Same result, audio sync was messed up, although the delay appeared to be constant. I guess I don't have the "skillz" for this encoding lark :/

No I mean the hardware used to play it. It may be capable of decoding at 40mb/s, but possibly only using Blu-ray discs. If the video you're encoding is long enough, the automatic bitrate ASXGui should be small enough but still retain the quality. When I encode my 1080p MKVs of TV shows, they are generally in the video bitrate of 6-7mbps and still look true to the original source.

Though I would raise the bitrate slightly for shorter clips.

[ron spencer]

that is interesting....HD 1080p source and 6-7 mbps as looking as good as original...that is quite a feat....

So if SD DVD is 6-8 mbps regular, how low can you go with X264 to achieve results as good as originals....have you tried that?

thanks

[Sharktooth]

you cant get as good as originals until you encode losslessy... and obtain bigger than the original files.
transcoding means loosing some quality... it depends on you on how much quality you will accept to loose.

[morphinapg]

you cant get as good as originals until you encode losslessy... and obtain bigger than the original files.
transcoding means loosing some quality... it depends on you on how much quality you will accept to loose.

Obviously I know that I was just saying visually I couldn't tell the difference from the source MPEG2-TS file and the file encoded by ASXGui, and I'm a pretty big videophile.

that is interesting....HD 1080p source and 6-7 mbps as looking as good as original...that is quite a feat....

So if SD DVD is 6-8 mbps regular, how low can you go with X264 to achieve results as good as originals....have you tried that?

thanks

ASXGui recommends 1 to 1.75 mbps depending on the resolution you choose.

[RXP]

Any chance of getting a batch convert option? So you can just have the exact same settings for a bunch of files in a folder and it'll add them all to the queue.

[morphinapg]

Any chance of getting a batch convert option? So you can just have the exact same settings for a bunch of files in a folder and it'll add them all to the queue.

Right now you can open one file, select the settings you want, and add to the queue. Then, for the rest of the files, you just have to open those files (you can drag and drop to make it easier) and add to queue, the settings should stay the same. I should be able to add this in a future version to do it automatically.

[RXP]

Thanks for the info, was doing that already but didn't realise you could drag and drop. The batch feature will be especially useful for iPod conversions.

[drbanner70]

I have been trying to back up my two HD DVDs to MKV w/ac3 sound and was having troubles with MEGui. So I went looking for an alternative program.

I downloaded your latest version and installed and updated it. I had no problems loading vc1 video file and 5.1 ac3 file (converted with eac3to). I made all of the setting changes I wanted and hit Start Encode.

Even with my Dual-Core Quad, it took around 18-20 hours to encode, which is no problem for me as I work 10 hours at my job, sleep about 6 hours and found other things to do while waiting for it to finish. Although, I was anxious to see the results!

I was not disappointed! The 5.1 ac3 sound was there as was the great looking video (1280 x 720p). Only one thing I forgot. To switch frame rate back to 23.976! :stupid:

The video looked like the chase scene at the end of The Benny Hill Show! :p

So I'm starting over again. But at least I know what kinds of results I will get! Plus, not once did i receive an error!

I did want to ask if maybe for the 2.0 release, would you add an option to add subtitles along with the video and audio? (or did I miss this option? I tried reading through this thread before using your program and don't remember seeing any mention of this).

And as was brought up before, maybe for a future release, to be able to append separated video files to a final file?

Love your program! Keep up the great work!

[morphinapg]

I have been trying to back up my two HD DVDs to MKV w/ac3 sound and was having troubles with MEGui. So I went looking for an alternative program.

I downloaded your latest version and installed and updated it. I had no problems loading vc1 video file and 5.1 ac3 file (converted with eac3to). I made all of the setting changes I wanted and hit Start Encode.

Even with my Dual-Core Quad, it took around 18-20 hours to encode, which is no problem for me as I work 10 hours at my job, sleep about 6 hours and found other things to do while waiting for it to finish. Although, I was anxious to see the results!

I was not disappointed! The 5.1 ac3 sound was there as was the great looking video (1280 x 720p). Only one thing I forgot. To switch frame rate back to 23.976! :stupid:

The video looked like the chase scene at the end of The Benny Hill Show! :p

So I'm starting over again. But at least I know what kinds of results I will get! Plus, not once did i receive an error!

I did want to ask if maybe for the 2.0 release, would you add an option to add subtitles along with the video and audio? (or did I miss this option? I tried reading through this thread before using your program and don't remember seeing any mention of this).

Sounds like a good idea, I never really use subtitles so I'm going to need to learn exactly how to implement them first but I should be able to add them.

And as was brought up before, maybe for a future release, to be able to append separated video files to a final file?

Love your program! Keep up the great work!

Yeah, I'd like to do that sometime.

It seems 2.0 is getting quite a list of features so it may take me quite some time to code. I think I'm going to release a version 1.9.4 with a few bug fixes before I start working on 2.0 though. Should be some time soon.

[morphinapg]

1.9.4 Released

-FIXED: Frame rate conversion problems
-FIXED: Input file name detection now works for files without a 3 letter extension
-FIXED: Problems with importing VOB files

[ron spencer]

thanks alot!!!

[goby]

It's strange. The post about ASXGui on the second page... Is it everything very good or very bad with AXGui?

[morphinapg]

It's strange. The post about ASXGui on the second page... Is it everything very good or very bad with AXGui?

I'm not quite sure what you're talking about...

[diogen]

Thanks a lot!
The last two versions just work.
The last two problems I had - wrong output resolution when custom cropping and failed final muxing from time to time - are gone.

I haven't done any 59.94fps recodes for a while.
Yesterday I tried encoding the Olympics openning ceremony (recorded from NBCHD; 75min, 10Mbps ABR MPEG-2).
Unlike all 23.976fps I made, this one run out of the alotted size: 4.39GB as opposed to 4.35GB planned.

Not really a problem, but film-based recodes were always either smaller or requested size.

Thanks again.

Diogen.

[morphinapg]

I thought I'd let you all know that I'm working on 2.0 now. 2.0 Is going to be a huge update. Not only am I adding a lot of new features, but I'm recoding a LOT of the program (nearly the whole thing) so that things run smoother and faster. I have a lot of work to do, so I'm going to be busy coding that for quite a while. It could be months before I'm done so 1.9.4 is going to be the last release for quite a while. I'll make 1.9.5+ if I absolutely need to, like if there's a critical bug that needs fixing, but I'm going to be spending a majority of my time working on 2.0 for now.

When it's ready I'll probably release some Release Candidates before the official release. When I do finally make the official 2.0 release, should I keep using this thread or should I make another?

I haven't done any 59.94fps recodes for a while.
Yesterday I tried encoding the Olympics openning ceremony (recorded from NBCHD; 75min, 10Mbps ABR MPEG-2).
Unlike all 23.976fps I made, this one run out of the alotted size: 4.39GB as opposed to 4.35GB planned.

Not really a problem, but film-based recodes were always either smaller or requested size.

Thanks again.

Diogen.

I'm not quite sure about that. Does it have the same problem when you use a manual bitrate? It could be my calculations for target filesize being wrong, but I'm not sure.

[Ekin]

I can't wait for the new 2.0 release..I've been waiting for it to test the dual audio support.

I think we should start a new thread for 2.0

Thanks!

[diogen]

Does it have the same problem when you use a manual bitrate?I always use only manual bitrate. I got the impression it's framerate related...

Anyway, thanks for your hard work and I'm looking forward for the new version 2.0.
Would it be possible to import MeGUI's presets?

Diogen.

[morphinapg]

I always use only manual bitrate. I got the impression it's framerate related...

Anyway, thanks for your hard work and I'm looking forward for the new version 2.0.
Would it be possible to import MeGUI's presets?

Diogen.

There is going to be a profile importer but I was only thinking about importing ASXGui Profiles. More than likely it would be really hard for me to convert MeGUI profiles to ASXGui's format.

I'll look into the framerate/wrong file size problem and see what I can find. Chances are I'll be re-writing that whole area of code anyway, so I'll probably find the mistake if there is one.

For now try calculating the filesize using

[(video bitrate+audio bitrate)*#seconds]/8

That will give you the number of kilobytes, so divide by 1024 for megabytes or by 1,048,576 for gigabytes.

[raunchy]

Hello, I need some help please. I have a problem trying to encode a huffyuv encoded avi using this program. It starts and then 2 seconds later

AppName: test.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: huffyuv.dll
ModVer: 2.2.0.1 Offset: 00008042

test.exe has encountered a problem....

then another window right after that says

An error has been detected in Audio.avs:

Encoding will be canceled.

I've tried using an audio stream and no audio stream, same thing. only with huffyuv encoded file. please help

[morphinapg]

Hello, I need some help please. I have a problem trying to encode a huffyuv encoded avi using this program. It starts and then 2 seconds later

AppName: test.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: huffyuv.dll
ModVer: 2.2.0.1 Offset: 00008042

test.exe has encountered a problem....

then another window right after that says

An error has been detected in Audio.avs:

Encoding will be canceled.

I've tried using an audio stream and no audio stream, same thing. only with huffyuv encoded file. please help

Have you tried using the decode using directshow check box?

[raunchy]

yes the same error occurs

[morphinapg]

yes the same error occurs

maybe try reinstalling huffyuv or try using ffdshow to read huffyuv files.

I'll do some tests with huffyuv Monday when I have time.

[PatchWorKs]

Just discovered this GUI and seems interesting.

I wanna suggest you to "grab" the FUW (http://www.fairusewizard.com/)'s wizard approach, that seems even simpler to me.

Keep also in consideration to adopt MC (http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/) as a backend (or you may build a simple Extension (http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Creating_extensions_for_MediaCoder)).

HaPpY CoDiNg ! :helpful:

[morphinapg]

Trust me there are many GUI improvements and simplifications coming in version 2.0. I can't really show you anything now but I'm really excited about it.

As for MC, that could be something I look at in the future, but this GUI was designed simply as a x264 GUI. It wold take quite a bit of work (I would have to find a good resolution/bitrate algorithm for every codec it would encode)

[TehNrd]

I love how your first post says "Another Simple X264 GUI". More like "One of the first simple x264 GUI". I am amazed that with the growth of x264 popularity there are not more GUIs for dummies. Not everyone wants or has the time to read up learn about entering all those parameters (-this -that -rvkd -333, etc).

I have read through some of the pages and I am looking forward to using this tool but I have one question. What type of deinterlacing is used?

Thanks. Keep up the great work.

[raunchy]

Tell me about it!!! What the hell is adaptive macroblocking and B-Frames!!? etc. I just wanna make a 720p video for vimeo!! :p Jeez i could write comedy on this stuff. :stupid:

[morphinapg]

yeah, I'm not even so sure myself what all the parameters are, just looked up on a couple websites on what the most optimal settings would be for asxgui and selected those. But I did know there are those peoe who like to tweak every which setting themselves so I made sure to include the advanced x264 settings for those people, but sort of hide it away as to not scare newbies.

As for the deinterlacing, right now it uses I think fielddeinterlace() for normal deinterlacing, telecide() and decimate() for certain frame rate changes, and dgbob() to double the frame rate while deinterlacing. I'll probably figure out something a little better than fielddeinterlace() for 2.0 though.

[ron spencer]

sounds like 2.0 is cool...how about a screenshot!!!!!

[morphinapg]

sounds like 2.0 is cool...how about a screenshot!!!!!

Not quite yet... actually I' not sure if I want to show any of it off before I'm actually finished. You'll see it when it's ready. :D

[ron spencer]

would it be possible to have it output elementary streams?

that is, instead of putting into a mp4 container, just output video (.h264 file) and audio (whatever is in the original video). This would be nice for dv captures (high def or not) of home movies, etc. that will be later put onto blu ray.

The audio could simply be demuxed via wavi.

any chance of this?

[morphinapg]

would it be possible to have it output elementary streams?

that is, instead of putting into a mp4 container, just output video (.h264 file) and audio (whatever is in the original video). This would be nice for dv captures (high def or not) of home movies, etc. that will be later put onto blu ray.

The audio could simply be demuxed via wavi.

any chance of this?

May be a possibility but right now if you want to keep the original audio simply use the mkv format and check the box to not recompress the audio.

Then, when you're ready to make a blu-ray, you could just use TSMuxer

[ron spencer]

ok...will try that out for fun...I could just use yamb to demux then as needed.

or perhaps you could just put yamb in your tools folder and at the end of your mkv encode, just run in background a demux and optional deletion of the .mkv.

just a thought...

[ron spencer]

could you also put a tick-box for no resize?