AutoMKV 0.98.4

[AW01545]

@werx

thanks, fixed in next update

@AW01545

could you please analyze the movie.avi with avinaptic or gspot or mediainfo and report here ?

also.. try using mmg.exe (from mkvtoolnix package) and mux

don't know what mean this error :(

BHH

Sorry for the delay, I needed to redo the test, here's the report from avinaptic:



I think I narrowed it down to something due to the chapters...

[EDIT 2]

I keep replying to myself on this one...definitely the chapters, and my homebrew script for converting a chapter list in run-length format (e.g., first chapter 32 seconds, second chapter 42 seconds) is to blame. I didn't print out the milliseconds because I didn't realize they were required for OGG format chapters.

Does the muxer take in OGG format chapters and convert them to Matroska XML?

I fixed that and remuxed and it worked fine. Now off to volume converting using AutoMKV, I lost a week or so while trying to figure that one out, but the final result looks fantastic.

It sure would be nice to do more than two channels of audio, but that's a very small minority of the video I have to convert, I'll come back and deal with those later!

[/EDIT 2]

If I take your chapters as generated by default, it seems okay, if I supply my own, it doesn't mux.

I haven't tried the other muxer yet.

Here's a sample of the chapter I used:

CHAPTER01=00:00:00
CHAPTER01NAME=Program Start.
CHAPTER02=00:00:09
CHAPTER02NAME=Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down.
CHAPTER03=00:04:46
CHAPTER03NAME=Love Can Move Mountains.
CHAPTER04=00:09:36
CHAPTER04NAME=If You Asked Me To.
CHAPTER05=00:13:41
CHAPTER05NAME=Only One Road.
CHAPTER06=00:18:50
CHAPTER06NAME=Ce N'Etait Qu'un Reve.
CHAPTER07=00:22:30
CHAPTER07NAME=Misled.
CHAPTER08=00:26:16
CHAPTER08NAME=Think Twice.
CHAPTER09=00:31:16
CHAPTER09NAME=Where Does My Heart Beat Now.
CHAPTER10=00:36:31
CHAPTER10NAME=When I Fall Love.
CHAPTER11=00:41:11
CHAPTER11NAME=Refuse To Dance.
CHAPTER12=00:45:50
CHAPTER12NAME=The Power Of Love.
CHAPTER13=00:51:45
CHAPTER13NAME=Beauty And The Beast.
CHAPTER14=00:56:11
CHAPTER14NAME=I Can't Help Falling In Love (Live).
CHAPTER15=01:01:28
CHAPTER15NAME=The Colour Of My Love.




:logfile:

[ About file ]

Name: movie.avi
Date: 8/02/2009 12:20:40
Size: 642,402,304 bytes (612.643 MB)

[ Generic infos ]

Play duration: 01:06:36 (3996.325666 s)
Container type: AVI OpenDML
Number of streams: 1
Type of stream nr. 0: video
Audio streams: 0
JUNK: VirtualDub build 1411/release

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 720 x 480
Width: multiple of 16
Height: multiple of 32
Average DRF: 3.882545
Standard deviation: 0.956079
Std. dev. weighted mean: 0.718642

[ Video track ]

FourCC: divx/DX50
Resolution: 720 x 480
Frame aspect ratio: 3:2 = 1.5
Pixel aspect ratio: 1:1 = 1
Display aspect ratio: 3:2 = 1.5
Framerate: 23.976023 fps
Number of frames: 95816
Stream size: 640,064,921 bytes
Bitrate: 1281.306829 kbps
Qf: 0.154633
Key frames: 1473 (0; 234; 236; 536; 671; ... 95764)
Null frames: 0
Min key int: 1
Max key int: 300
Avg key int: 65.048200
Delay: 0 ms

[ About MPEG4 encoding ]

User data: DivX503b2816p
Packed bitstream: Yes
QPel: No
GMC: No
Interlaced: No
Aspect ratio: Square pixels
Quant type: H.263
Number of frames: 95816
Drop/delay frames: 0
Corrupted frames: 0

I-VOPs: 1473 ( 1.537 %)
P-VOPs: 59626 ( 62.230 %) ################
B-VOPs: 34717 ( 36.233 %) #########
S-VOPs: 0 ( 0.000 %)
N-VOPs: 0 ( 0.000 %)

Max consecutive B-VOPs: 1

[ DRF analysis ]

Average DRF: 3.882545
Standard deviation: 0.956079
Max DRF: 11

DRF<2: 0 ( 0.000 %)
DRF=2: 1109 ( 1.157 %)
DRF=3: 33267 ( 34.720 %) #########
DRF=4: 49514 ( 51.676 %) #############
DRF=5: 270 ( 0.282 %)
DRF=6: 11390 ( 11.887 %) ###
DRF=7: 14 ( 0.015 %)
DRF=8: 133 ( 0.139 %)
DRF=9: 113 ( 0.118 %)
DRF>9: 6 ( 0.006 %)

I-VOPs average DRF: 2.955872
I-VOPs std. deviation: 0.654055
I-VOPs max DRF: 7

P-VOPs average DRF: 3.449518
P-VOPs std. deviation: 0.555577
P-VOPs max DRF: 7

B-VOPs average DRF: 4.665581
B-VOPs std. deviation: 1.001444
B-VOPs max DRF: 11

[ Profile compliancy ]

Profile to check: MTK PAL 6000
Resolution: Ok
Framerate: 23.976023 <> 25
Min buffer fill: 81%

This report was created by AVInaptic (18-11-2007) on 8 feb 2009, h 12:48:09
:logfile:

I'll try the other MUX tool next, I wanted to get this to you first though.

Thank you!

[deejay.2001]

i have dvd with more PGC (if i load ifo)

is there a way to simply encode all episodes together to make 1 file or do i need to encode one by one and manually select each PGC of them...

thanks guys:o

[buzzqw]

@Chengbin

hq first quality will not use "fast first pass trick", but will use the same settings as second pass

@AW01545

It sure would be nice to do more than two channels of audio, but that's a very small minority of the video I have to convert, I'll come back and deal with those later!
you can always select "all audio tracks".. and then not muxing all...

@deejay.2001
set as input the first vob (like vts_01_01.vob)

BHH

[mrmrmrmr]

I don't know I just select wmv and then select VC1 profile.
The original mkv file is 8GB and I limit the destination file by size 4GB. (audio is 6 channels)
So it takes more than 6 hours.
I believe on this machine it should take less time for such conversion.
What setting would you suggest ?

any suggestions ?

[AW01545]

Has anybody seen DGIndex pop up and just sort of sit there, accumulating little or no apparent CPU?

My DGIndex window popped up the GUI, but doesn't seem to be doing anything. I've noticed this several times, especially when my system is somewhat loaded...

19:40:41 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19:40:41 OS Version: Windows XP
19:40:41 Selected Input file: J:\Already Burned\1776\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.IFO
19:40:41 Selected Output dir: C:\AutoMKV_Out_C\temp\
19:40:41 Selected Final Name: 1776
19:40:41 Selected Container type: MKV
19:40:41 Selected Encoder: DivX
19:40:41 Selected Size: 1/5 DVD-R / 1
19:40:41 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Balanced.xml
19:40:41 Selected Resizer: NONE / Original
19:40:41 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
19:40:41 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
19:40:41 Selected Field Order: AUTO
19:40:41 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
19:40:41 Working by Command Line: queue1.ini
19:40:41 Track Language 1: 80: English (AC3 6ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
19:40:41 Audio Codec 1: Copy Original
19:40:41 Track Language 2: 81: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x81) [0]
19:40:41 Audio Codec 2: Copy Original
19:40:41 Selected 1' Sub tracks: English 0 (0xBD 0x20) [0] wide
19:40:41 Selected 2' Sub tracks: Francais 1 (0xBD 0x21) [0] wide
19:40:41
19:40:41 Starting SubRipping
19:40:42 para.lst file:
19:40:42 J:\Already Burned\1776\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.IFO
19:40:42 C:\AutoMKV_Out_C\temp\VTS
19:40:42 1
19:40:42 1
19:40:42 0 1 cc
19:40:42 CLOSE
19:40:42 Subtitle Size: 12288 bytes
19:40:42 Finished SubRipping
19:40:42 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [2:46:28:10]
19:40:42 Dgindex CMD: C:\Program Files\automkv\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80,81 -YR=2 -AIF=[J:\Already Burned\1776\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.vob] -OF=[C:\AutoMKV_Out_C\temp\movie] -exit -minimize



I might've discovered the reason...that was part of a queue of encodes...on the next one, the same thing seemed to happen, then when going through windows I noticed that there was another program with a dialog open. Perhaps DGIndex was blocking on some kind of Dialog event?

[AW01545]

On the chapters menu:
* When I open the chapter dialog, and the chapter extraction utility tells me that there's a chapter file found and asks if I want to load it, there's occasionally (but not always) extraneous text in that file, sometimes XML, sometimes just text. I think it might be an uninitialized variable, here's a sample, note the 'PGC 2. Length: 0:03:18:27':

PGC 2. Length: 0:03:18:27CHAPTER01=00:00:00.000
CHAPTER01NAME=Chapter 1
CHAPTER02=00:03:18.900
CHAPTER02NAME=Chapter 2
CHAPTER03=00:03:28.867
CHAPTER03NAME=Chapter 3
CHAPTER04=00:08:39.567
CHAPTER04NAME=Chapter 4
CHAPTER05=00:08:44.767
CHAPTER05NAME=Chapter 5
CHAPTER06=00:11:00.833
CHAPTER06NAME=Chapter 6
CHAPTER07=00:11:14.266
CHAPTER07NAME=Chapter 7
CHAPTER08=00:16:55.299
CHAPTER08NAME=Chapter 8
CHAPTER09=00:17:13.932
CHAPTER09NAME=Chapter 9
CHAPTER10=00:22:09.465
CHAPTER10NAME=Chapter 10
CHAPTER11=00:22:28.965
CHAPTER11NAME=Chapter 11
CHAPTER12=00:26:30.332
CHAPTER12NAME=Chapter 12
CHAPTER13=00:26:58.498
CHAPTER13NAME=Chapter 13
CHAPTER14=00:28:39.031
CHAPTER14NAME=Chapter 14
CHAPTER15=00:29:07.631
CHAPTER15NAME=Chapter 15

* Also with the chapters, when you go to the save dialog, and it asks you the filename and type, by default it says that it will save the files as type 'txt', but it does not append the '.txt' suffix on the file as expected. I think that's just a quirk of the Windows usage model, but if I save 'xyzzy' as type '.txt', I get a file called 'xyzzy', but if I were to try to view that file as type '.txt' on a subsquent pass on that dialog, it will not show because it doesn't have the suffix. Typing 'xyzzy.txt' as the filename is the simple solution.

[deejay.2001]

probably little bug if not mistaken

if i save configuration with selected MOD16crop after loading this configuration again it will not stay selected

to BHH-
if i have few pgc with episodes in ifo
can i select all PGC episodes in list at once so i dont have to do manually select each PGC of them and automatically convert all (of course every episode separate) with actual profile chosen?

[buzzqw]

@AW01545

dgindex will stop on error.. AND will stop other dgindex to work...

about chapter.. GOOD DEBUG!
fixed in next update

@deejay.2001
thanks, i will check!

BHH

[soonerlater]

Can AutoMKV make a file with >2 audio tracks and/or >2 subtitle tracks? The screenshots suggest to me that it's limited to just two.

EDIT: The manual seems to say that you may have ONE, TWO or ALL audio tracks, but you can't select more than two, but less than all, tracks. Is that true?

Note: I haven't downloaded it yet. I prefer to see that an app will likely serve my needs before installing. Sorry if that seems odd to some of you.

[AW01545]

Can AutoMKV make a file with >2 audio tracks and/or >2 subtitle tracks? The screenshots suggest to me that it's limited to just two.

EDIT: The manual seems to say that you may have ONE, TWO or ALL audio tracks, but you can't select more than two, but less than all, tracks. Is that true?

Note: I haven't downloaded it yet. I prefer to see that an app will likely serve my needs before installing. Sorry if that seems odd to some of you.

I just asked the same question yesterday (scrolll back, it's on page 38) and Buzz told me that you can just request ALL (I forgot to ask if you could request all subtitles, but I suppose you could) and then turn off muxing and mux it yourself.

I'd like to have multiple subtitles and soundtracks too, but only for a small number of videos, I'm thinking the number I have that need more than 2audio/2subt is well under 10%. I'm willing to mux them myself if there's only a dozen or so.

I prefer the unlimited 'tabbed' model for subtitles/soundtracks that MeGUI uses (even that has problem though when the number of parts climbs!), but I'm using AutoMKV because of DiVX support (I want to use the DiVX codec where possible.)

So, for me, I'd like to either try to see if I can patch into the changes that I want to AutoMKV (since source is provided, although I'd have to learn purebasic) or patch in DiVX support to MeGUI (I think someone else may be working on that too.)

One other thing that I prefer AutoMKV over MeGUI for is the queueing system. I haven't figured out how to queue things up as easily in MeGUI yet.

[mrmrmrmr]

Slower = more quality.

Videos encoded by AutoMKV will be very high quality, blowing away any commercial softwares, especially those fast ones.

I don't know why it is taking you 6 hours on your machine though. Did you use the highest quality profile?

I just select wmv and then select VC1 profile.
The original mkv file is 8GB and I limit the destination file by size 4GB. (audio is 6 channels)
And it takes more than 6 hours.
I believe on this machine it should take less time for such conversion.
What setting would you suggest for quick conversion ?

[buzzqw]

the wmv compression isn't SMP optimized. So.. you can have even 16 cores.. it will use only 1 core. Blame Microsoft for this

BHH

[soonerlater]

@ AW01545

We're probably among a very small minority who ever want more than two audio or subtitle tracks. As it is, I'm a native English speaker, as are all of my family, but my children attend a "Language Immersion School" where the children speak only a foreign language all day. In the case of my children, they speak French, but other immersion schools around here speak Spanish. For my children, I like to include the French audio track and subtitle set whenever available, so English + French makes two. But on top of that, I enjoy the Director's commentary, when available (and, the subtitling of the commentary, if available), so that makes three sets.

Divx Converter (6 or 7) will let you select any number and combination of audio tracks and subtitle sets you want, but it's pretty thing on other options. You get no control over target file size, for example.

Nero Recode (at least ver. 3.x which is part of the Nero 8 Suite; dunno re: ver. 4.x that comes with the new 9 Suite) limits you to two audio tracks and two subtitle sets.

StaxRip limits you to two audio tracks and two subtitle sets.

CloneDVD2 will let you select any combination of audio tracks and subtitle sets, *BUT* (1) will not play the audio of any track to let you verify you're getting what you want (it's a licensing issue, they say) and (2) only creates mpeg2 dvd files.

The *only* thing that I save to .dvix, .avi, .mkv, etc... are backups of movies I buy for my children. They're just aweful on discs. So I purchased a Buffalo Linkstation NAS and a PopcornHour Network Media Tank (http://popcornhour.com/) (i.e. a media streamer) for each tv in the house. Now I rip each movie once to HDD (using AnyDVD), then compress/transcode and store on the Linkstation. AnyDVD produces unencrypted, uncompressed, perfect copies of DVDs, but the size can run as much as 9gb (whatever the original was). I've been using Divx Pro and the Divx Converter, but I'm not fond of it. I want something with a little more flexibilty than Divx Converter which will allow me to save as many or as few audio and subtitle tracks as I choose.

[mrmrmrmr]

the wmv compression isn't SMP optimized. So.. you can have even 16 cores.. it will use only 1 core. Blame Microsoft for this

BHH

ok; understood.

But then why TVC can convert the same mkv to wmv in nearly 1 hour.
The only difference in the resulting file is that TVC can't generate 6 channel audio.

One more question: if we leave aside the 4 cores and assume that the CPU is 1 core, I still believe that this compression should take less time with this CPU (Q9400)
And it is possible with TVC.

I still believe that my settings may be wrong.
please let me know if there is any setting I can change...

[jeffy]

ok; understood.

But then why TVC can convert the same mkv to wmv in nearly 1 hour.

What profile do you really use in Total Video Converter? Please write its full name and the other settings used. :thanks:

[AW01545]

Isn't it possible to insert arbitrary files into MKV? Perhaps it would be possible to (optionally) collate all the logs from the encoding and insert that into the MKV too just before the MKVMERGE? It would only add a few Kb to the final file, and everything about how it was constructed would be available later without adding an additional file (it could always be extracted.)

[buzzqw]

@AW01545

most user will not like to have a log inside the mkv.. expecially when releasing in the wild...

BHH

[pdanpdan]

Yes, but this board is not about that kind of users :)
It would be nice to have this log, with an option to include it or not.

[mrmrmrmr]

What profile do you really use in Total Video Converter? Please write its full name and the other settings used. :thanks:

I just select Xbox as the output format.
I don't bother with any settings.

[ayfa]

Hey guys, sorry to interrupt this thread with this question of a silly noob:
Where can I change the X264 level and profile? AutoMKV always sets 4.0 in main profile. But I want 4.1 in high profile.
Where can I change these two settings?
And by the way: Why do I have to add three zeros to the number entered in "Disc Settings" when selecting XviD instead of X264.
Choosing X264 and entering 8500 makes an approx final file size of 8500MB. Choosing XviD you may want to throw something at you PC after 18Hours of encoding, and not checking during encoding! It creates a ridiculously small file for an 1080p movie.

[Chengbin]

Hey guys, sorry to interrupt this thread with this question of a silly noob:
Where can I change the X264 level and profile? AutoMKV always sets 4.0 in main profile. But I want 4.1 in high profile.
Where can I change these two settings?
And by the way: Why do I have to add three zeros to the number entered in "Disc Settings" when selecting XviD instead of X264.
Choosing X264 and entering 8500 makes an approx final file size of 8500MB. Choosing XviD you may want to throw something at you PC after 18Hours of encoding, and not checking during encoding! It creates a ridiculously small file for an 1080p movie.

You can change it at automkv\profiles\

[ayfa]

Thank you. But there I can only find a way to change the level, not the profile. Where can I set profile from main to high?

[Stormshadow]

Get a rip goin atm so can't update to 98.4 atm but unless its been added in this version i would very much like to get the following sizes to select.

-½ DVD
-Full DVD9

Never seem to be able to get the exact size myself (always little over or under)

[Aragon Speed]

OK I have an odd error. I have used AutoMKV for a while now with no issues. Two days ago I upgraded my PC with a new mobo and Dual core CPU. This obviously needed a reinstall of windows, and thus a reinstall of AutoMKV. I had a couple of problems at first, but then realised this was down to me forgetting to reinstall AVISynth. :rolleyes:

Having done that, and after double checking I had everything else needed installed as well, I tried to encode a MKV with X264. Everything seemed to be fine, the subs were ripped, DGindex did it's thing, the interlace analysis bit ran, but when it came to encoding the first pass of the film itself, the normal dos boxes appeared, and then buggered off again very quickly without the film itself actually being encoded. :confused:

If it wasn't for the fact the interlace analysis' had run fine, I would have assumed it was a problem with x264, but they did.

In case it is of any use, here is the log from one of the failed encodes:
22:29:34 0.98.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22:29:34 OS Version: Windows XP
22:29:34 Selected Input file: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\DVD Images\MainMovie\SHAWSHANK_DISC1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
22:29:34 Selected Output dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\
22:29:34 Selected Final Name: SHAWSHANK
22:29:34 Selected Container type: MKV
22:29:34 Selected Encoder: X264
22:29:34 Selected Size: 1500 / 1
22:29:34 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Extreme_Quality_Rob.xml
22:29:34 Selected Resizer: LanczosResize / AutoCrop Only
22:29:34 Selected Filters: FluxSmoothST(7,7)
22:29:34 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
22:29:34 Selected Field Order: AUTO
22:29:34 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
22:29:34 Track Language 1: NONE
22:29:34 Audio Codec 1: Copy Original
22:29:34 Track Language 2: NONE
22:29:34 Audio Codec 2: Nero AAC
22:29:34
22:29:34 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [2:16:22:07]
22:29:34 Dgindex CMD: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=0 -YR=2 -AIF=[C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\DVD Images\MainMovie\SHAWSHANK_DISC1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob] -OF=[C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
22:32:52 D2V file size: 1045449 bytes
22:32:57 Number of Frames: 204557
22:32:57 Framerate: 25.000000
22:32:57 Movie length in Seconds: 8183
22:32:57 Movie Width/Height: 720/576
22:32:57 DgIndex AR: 16:9
22:36:59 Source is declared tff by a margin of 72/77.
22:36:59 Advanced Deinterlace Routines Log
22:36:59 Analyzed 1005 sections of five frames
22:36:59 Found Interlace Sections: 0 0.00%
22:36:59 Found Progressive Sections:1005 100.00%
22:36:59 Found Telecined Sections: 0 0.00%
22:36:59 Found Zero Mov: 100.00% 1005
22:36:59 Found One Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 Found Two Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 Found Three Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 Found Four Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 Found Five Mov: 0.00% 0
22:36:59 The Movie is declared to progressive
22:36:59 Starting X264
22:36:59 Command Line 1' Pass X264: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate 1531 --stats "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\.stats" --ref 1 --progress --keyint 500 --bframes 16 --qpmin 8 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --filter -2,-1 --subme 2 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me dia --pre-scenecut --no-ssim --level 4.1 --merange 24 --chroma-qp-offset -1 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --partitions none --threads auto --thread-input --aq-mode 2 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.0:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.avs"
22:36:59 Command Line 2' Pass X264: C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\encoder\x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 1531 --stats "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\.stats" --progress --keyint 500 --bframes 16 --qpmin 8 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 2 --ref 6 --filter -2,-1 --subme 7 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --pre-scenecut --no-ssim --level 4.1 --merange 24 --chroma-qp-offset -1 --weightb --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aq-mode 2 --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.0:1.0 --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.264" "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.avs"
22:37:01 Finished 1' Pass X264
22:37:02 Only Movie Size: 0 bytes
22:37:03 "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\matroska\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\SHAWSHANK.mkv" --default-duration 0:25000/1000fps --track-name -1:"SHAWSHANK" --aspect-ratio -1:1.754902 --chapters "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\AutoMKV\AutoMKV098\exe\chapters.txt" "C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.264" --title "Done with AutoMKV 0.98.1 http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140178 "
22:37:04 Final Muxed size: -1 bytes
22:37:04 Encoding finished: 00:00:03 elapsed time
22:37:04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
22:37:04 Script AutoCrop.log
22:37:04
22:37:04 Crop(2,0,716,576)
22:37:04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
22:37:04 Script movie.avs
22:37:04
22:37:04 #loadpluginstart
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test1
22:37:04
22:37:04 #importstart
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test2
22:37:04
22:37:04 movie = mpeg2source("C:\Documents and Settings\Aragon Speed\My Documents\My Videos\Encoded\Shawshank\temp\movie.d2v")
22:37:04 function getOrder(clip c) {
22:37:04 order = GetParity(c) ? 1 : 0
22:37:04 Return order }
22:37:04 #filter1start
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test3
22:37:04
22:37:04 last=movie.Crop(2,0,716,576)
22:37:04 fixed_aspect = 1.767901
22:37:04 out_width = 716
22:37:04 #Aspect_Error = 0.741%
22:37:04 out_height = 408
22:37:04 #resizestart
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test4
22:37:04
22:37:04 LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
22:37:04 #filter2start
22:37:04
22:37:04 #test5
22:37:04
22:37:04 FluxSmoothST(7,7)
22:37:04
22:37:04 - - - - - - - - - - - - FINISHED JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

I know it's probably something simple I have missed, but for the life of me I can't work out what. Any help would be appreciated. :)

[Chengbin]

Thank you. But there I can only find a way to change the level, not the profile. Where can I set profile from main to high?

There isn't a magical switch that changes main to high profile. It will stay main profile unless you use a high profile feature. If you change all the partitions to true, or adaptive DCT to true, it will change it to high profile.

[Dark Shikari]

If you change all the partitions to true ... it will change it to high profile.What in the world do partitions have to do with profile?

[buzzqw]

@Aragon Speed

Welcome to the forum!

please make sure you have installed all required...i can suppose you miss the warpsharp dependencies.. (check first post)

BHH

[jeffy]

I just select Xbox as the output format.
I don't bother with any settings.

I downloaded a trial version 3.21 it defaults to the codec WMV9, using fourcc WMV3, MP@HL. This profile is certainly faster than VC-1, the quality is not so good.

[soonerlater]

I'm using AutoMKV for the first time (ver. 0.98.4) and I'm not sure if it is working, stalled or crashed. Here's the last few lines from the log:

12:32:01 Starting SubRipping
12:32:21 para.lst file:
12:32:21 C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_10_0.IFO
12:32:21 C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\temp\VTS
12:32:21 0
12:32:21 1
12:32:21 ALL
12:32:21 CLOSE
12:32:21 Subtitle Size: -1 bytes
12:32:21 Finished SubRipping
12:32:21 Dgindex CMD: C:\Program Files\AutoMKV\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=80,81 -YR=2 -AIF=[C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_10_1.VOB] -OF=[C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
13:05:07 D2V file size: 674487 bytes
13:05:07 Audio 1: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
13:05:07 Pre Audio 1' Size: 300253184 bytes
13:05:07 Audio 2: movie t81 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
13:05:07 Pre Audio 2' Size: 300253184 bytes
13:05:23 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3
13:05:23 Encoding C:\Video\Source\Madagascar_2\MADAGASCAR_2\VIDEO_TS\temp\movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.35 quality
13:24:23 Encoded 1' Audio Track: movie t80 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.mp4 -1 bytes
13:24:23 Encoding movie t81 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to NeroAAC with 0.35 quality
13:24:33 Encoded 2' Audio Track: movie t81 3_2ch 448kbps delay 0ms.mp4 -1 bytes

The problem is... it's now 14:09 (45 minutes since last activity in the log. AutoMKV is still showing "Encoding Second Audio with Nero AAC Enc - First Normalizing Volume... wait." but the last line of the log seems to say that action is done.

Is AutoMKV stuck in a loop? Or should I continue to wait?

[ayfa]

There isn't a magical switch that changes main to high profile. It will stay main profile unless you use a high profile feature. If you change all the partitions to true, or adaptive DCT to true, it will change it to high profile.

Didn't quite understand what you mean by partitions in this case. Does changing adaptive DCT to "true" really switch to high? If yes, does this option slow down converting?

[Dark Shikari]

Didn't quite understand what you mean by partitions in this case. Does changing adaptive DCT to "true" really switch to high?Of course, as 8x8dct is a high profile feature...If yes, does this option slow down converting?Marginally, but it gives the best quality-speed tradeoff of any option in x264.

[ayfa]

Of course, as 8x8dct is a high profile feature...Marginally, but it gives the best quality-speed tradeoff of any option in x264.
Thank you very much. I'll give it a try now.

[Chengbin]

What in the world do partitions have to do with profile?

I thought turning on P4x4mv makes the video high profile.

If it doesn't, how much improvement does it provide? How much speed impact? I hope not a lot, because I don't want to reencode the 20% of my reencoded videos again.

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but what other settings make a video high profile?

EDIT: I see that it doesn't change it to high profile. Speed impact is about -25%. I don't know about quality, hoping Dark Shikari can help here.

[Dark Shikari]

I thought turning on P4x4mv makes the video high profile.Partitions have absolutely nothing to do with profile.If it doesn't, how much improvement does it provide?Nearly zero.

[Aragon Speed]

@Aragon Speed

Welcome to the forum!

please make sure you have installed all required...i can suppose you miss the warpsharp dependencies.. (check first post)

BHH

Thanks for the welcome. :)

I guessed it would be something simple like that. Thanks for your help. :)

[soonerlater]

Is there any way to get AutoMKV 0.98.4 to create an MKV file with THREE (3) Audio Tracks and THREE (3) Subtitle Sets?

If it matters, the source material will always be VOBs.

The subtitles must be soft/switchable.

[gosa]

Hi All!

I downloaded AutoMKV a week ago in search of an application that does for mkv's what AutoGK does for xvid/divx and so far it feels like I've found the best cross between ease of use and functionality that's out there.

Before AutoMKV I've used SUPER, which works quite ok apart from the fact that it always gives me errors when I try to reencode mkv's keeping the sound and that I can't seem to find a setting for target filesize.

Anyway - I've read through all 40 pages in this thread in just a few days, and so far I've managed to correct some problems I've experienced on the way (like low bitrates during the first minute of an encoding). There's only one thing that puzzles me, and that's where this post turns into some actual questions, regarding encoding times.

I'm trying to reencode mkv's I've created of my movies using the scene standards dictating dvd-sized rips into smaller files to save space on my drives -Seems you can't have enough space these days. (some people might think I'm crazy, but I just don't see enough of difference between a 4,4gb mkv and the same mkv at 2,5 gb)

So what I do is that I load the mkv, I choose not to change the resolution, and decide that I want to keep the audio. I choose "2 pass blanceded" or "2 pass better quality" (tried them both) And here's my questions (sorry for keeping you guys waiting):

Is this process really supposed to take me over 5 hours with a Core 2 Duo E8400 (@3ghz)? I've read reports from people reaching crazy fps in the second pass, when all I get is around 10fps. My second pass usually lasts a bit over 3 hours - at best.

Ok - I realize that times vary between different hardware, so I guess I'm just curious about what to expect? What encoding times do you guys get?

Either way - I'm very happy about AutoMKV, and if 5-6 (or more) hours is what it's supposed to take then I'll just smile and do one mkv/night from now on.

Ohh.. btw - did I say "Thank you buzzqw for a good job"?
No?

Thank you buzzqw for a job well done!

[Dark Shikari]

I'm trying to reencode mkv's that I've downloaded.....6) No warez, cracks, serials or illegally obtained copyrighted content! Links to content of a questionable nature, asking for, offering, or asking for help/helping to process such content in any way or form is not tolerated.

[gosa]

Sorry mate... It's been a while since I've read the rules.
I seem to recall that this same forum have/had discussions about breaking the copy-protection on blurays, so I figured this was ok.
-Guess there's a difference there I just don't see.

My questions can easily be applied to discs I already own. How about an edit?

[Dark Shikari]

Sorry mate... It's been a while since I've read the rules.
I seem to recall that this same forum have/had discussions about breaking the copy-protection on blurays, so I figured this was ok.
-Guess there's a difference there I just don't see.Breaking copy-protection on Blu-ray discs that you own is fair use, because you're doing so to exercise your legal right to do what you want with your own movies that you bought.

Downloading movies without paying for them is not legal, no matter how you spin it. And regardless of whether you agree with the above logic, those are the rules.

[gosa]

Breaking copy-protection on Blu-ray discs that you own is fair use, because you're doing so to exercise your legal right to do what you want with your own movies that you bought.

Downloading movies without paying for them is not legal, no matter how you spin it. And regardless of whether you agree with the above logic, those are the rules.

Joder! I'm not trying to spin anything. I admit I made an error, I just don't see the difference, ok? Or do I need to jump into the tar and roll myself in feathers and run up and down the streets of Barcelona to make amends?

My questions are still valid no matter the source, but if you're saying that I will be eternally ignored for making a bad interpretation please just say it, and I'll try to find my answers elsewhere.

[Chengbin]

Yes, it should take that long.

[mrmrmrmr]

I downloaded a trial version 3.21 it defaults to the codec WMV9, using fourcc WMV3, MP@HL. This profile is certainly faster than VC-1, the quality is not so good.

Ok I don't expect that AutoMKV profile VC1 conversion time would be equal to TVC's WMV9 profile. But the reason I prefer AutoMKV is not quality but being able to use 6 channels audio on the output.
However, the conversion time of AutoMKV with this profile is nearly 5 or 6 times the TVC conversion time.
I believe there would be a better setting which is close to TVC's time.
Is there such setting on AutoMKV ?

[Tiberiust]

Gosa,
Now you've scraped off the tar (terrible stuff to get rid of isn't it ?:) ) I can advise yu that your times are in-line with my encodes using a modest Core 2 Duo E4400 at 2.8GHz. Some years ago I ripped my DVD collection to VOB and as a noob ended up with 4gb files. Now I'm re-doing them in x264 in MKV. I now just 'specify bitrate' to 1500kbps and do nothing else and file sizes are almost quartered and I'm damned if I can see any quality difference between the 4-7000kbps of the originals and the re-done 1500kbps ones. I have a 24inch 1080p Samsung monitor plus I also watch the same movies on a great 36' Philips CRT (I can't get rid of it bcos it's so heavy no man can move it) and a 32' LG LCD 720P. All encoding is a 'set-up at night and come back tomo' deal for me..
T

[buzzqw]

please, no support for downloaded materials. Please remember forum rules

BHH

[gosa]

please, no support for downloaded materials. Please remember forum rules

BHH

Seems the tar is still there... itchin' like hell.
But ok.. point taken, seems like I have to go somewhere else with my questions, since the "One strike and you're out!" seems to be the rule here, now that everyone will assume all my questions will be related to me breaking the rules. (that one seems obvious - not very difficult to read between the lines here)

]Gosa,
Now you've scraped off the tar (terrible stuff to get rid of isn't it ? ) I can advise yu that your times are in-line with my encodes using a modest Core 2 Duo E4400 at 2.8GHz. Some years ago I ripped my DVD collection to VOB and as a noob ended up with 4gb files. Now I'm re-doing them in x264 in MKV. I now just 'specify bitrate' to 1500kbps and do nothing else and file sizes are almost quartered and I'm damned if I can see any quality difference between the 4-7000kbps of the originals and the re-done 1500kbps ones. I have a 24inch 1080p Samsung monitor plus I also watch the same movies on a great 36' Philips CRT (I can't get rid of it bcos it's so heavy no man can move it) and a 32' LG LCD 720P. All encoding is a 'set-up at night and come back tomo' deal for me..
T


Thanks for your input!

[Tiberiust]

gosa,

That 'around 4TB of HD's' in yr sys description kinda sticks out a bit. Whatever yu do, don't stop with AutoMKV for all your non-illegal requirements. I've tried everything out there and invested considerable time. This is the best prog (or collection of progs) for Joe the Videoman by a street...

[AW01545]

PGC

When I encode a DVD, and I can select from the PGCs in the VOB, sometimes only one is listed. Does AutoMKV read all of the .IFO files in the set, or do I need to select a different .IFO? Is it using some heuristic to limit the PGCs to just the "big" one? I.e., if there's a film and a trailer on the disk, sometimes I just see the 2 hour film but not the trailer.

PS: I've encoded a few dozen now, and although I'm still looking at them on my computer and not my audio-visual rig, they look fantastic! I'm taking it very slow...

[ayfa]

Just upgraded from a E6300 to a Q6600 CPU. Is there a way to utlize all Cores at max? Currently utilization goes from 40%-90% per core, just caluclated, that I only use 80% average.
No other programs running in the background.

[buzzqw]

@AW01545

automkv will automatically select the ifo with the loghest pgc
if you want to process a specific ifo, you can check the corrispondenting option in advanced settings (before selecting ifo..)

@ayfa
much depend on filtering selected and input file type
test it on dvd vob, with x264, and default filtering (and 720 as width)

BHH