HDConvertToX v. 3.0 (14/10/2010)

[buzzqw]

@chengbin

look there http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1289041#post1289041

@havokdan

the full changelog is quite huge... http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/_todo_list.txt

BHH

[Havokdan]

Thanks for reply, I wonder if you can add the option of saving the queue with a custom name, or if I can rename it still will work?

[buzzqw]

when you click save queue, hdc will create a queue.bat, then you can rename it to what you want .. and it will continue to work

about saving with a custom name.. isn't a bad idea :)

BHH

[Havokdan]

XD One more question, if I add a file in the queue and execute the files that I later put in the queue will work? Or I have to add all files before running?
* I tried here, and seems to have added anything before running the queue.

Sorry bad english.

[buzzqw]

queue isn't dinamyc. once you started it.. you can ADD work, BUT if you restart queue it will restart all queue jobs

i hope to understod well what you mean

BHH

[noee]

X264 Extreme Quality Profile question:

I notice you have trellis=0 and psy-rd=1.0:0.3. According to the info on psy-rd, trellis must be enabled (am I wrong here?). So, it appears that using the Extreme Profile will never use psy-rd as it is currently defined.

Also, using mediainfo, I am able to see that the encoded file shows psy-rd=1.0:0.0.

Is this the intent?

[buzzqw]

it check for subme >6 and trellis... so... you are right .. set trellis to 1

i will do some test.. but maybe i will remove psy-rd since results from extreme profile is already good...

BHH

[noee]

I just ran a compare with an SD clip (2 chapters). Both with Extreme (CRF=20), one with Trellis=0 and the other with Trellis=1. Notice the Bitrate difference and the filesize difference. On my display, I can't really see any difference.

Trellis=0, filesize=155MB
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.2
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.2
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 15mn 12s
Bit rate : 1 173 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.142
Stream size : 128 MiB (84%)
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1160 ea224ee
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=0 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=4 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=crf / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=14000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00


Trellis=1, filesize=220MB
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.2
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.2
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 15mn 12s
Bit rate : 1 747 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.211
Stream size : 190 MiB (88%)
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1160 ea224ee
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=1.0:0.3 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=0 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=4 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=crf / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=14000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00

[Havokdan]

I understand, thanks for the reply. I found a way to do what I wanted, I edit the queue.bat in Notepad, it works. Thanks again.

[buzzqw]

@noee

my test agrees with yours, is is better off

BHH

[pdanpdan]

Can you please explain what "Multi Episodes DVD" does?
I have some Aeon Flux DVD's - 1PGC with all 5 episodes, 1PGC with only the episodes with audio comment(4), and 5PGC's with individual episodes.
How would I use "Multi Episodes DVD"?
Thank you

[Acid-Burn]

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[Sharc]

@noee

my test agrees with yours, is is better off

That's a matter of individual preference, but visual comparison should be done at equal bitrates (equal file size) for a fair comparison. Means when using psy you might have to increase crf slightly for obtaining the same file size. I often use psy 0.7:0.2.

[buzzqw]

@pdanpdan

mean more pgc per ifo

if your first pgc is an episodes, check it
if your first pgc is main movie, don't check it
if your pgc X is main movie, don't check it
if your pgc X is episodes, check it

basically : whenever you have to deal with more then one pgc AND no one is the "main" but each one is an episodes, check multi episodes

@Acid-Burn

check the crop AND the Movie AR, even if your dvd should be 2.35 it could be a little more wide

@Sharc

that's a another beauty of HDC, every one could edit the profiles :)

(and share with others)

BHH

[Acid-Burn]

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[buzzqw]

you are misreading the gui value

maybe you are posting the AR ERROR...

i mean movie ar, top part of gui

BHH

[Acid-Burn]

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[Sharc]

With the latest version the problems seems to be back that Shutdown= and Multitemp= are reset with each save.

[Elpichu]

hi !

the "keep only core" option is not funtionning : cheking it or not checking it for this BR movie, the command lines for eac3to do not have the -core option, and name is still thd+ac3

HDConvertToX v.1.7.323.2869 report

Input File: e:\dvdfab\mainmovie\the_6th_day\bdmv\stream\00011.m2ts ( E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\00011.m2ts )
Codec Video: avc
Width / Heigh : 1920 / 1080
Framerate / Framecount: 23.976 / 177768
Duration(hh:mm:ss): 2:3:35
Aspect Ratio: 1.7778
Resized resolution: 1920 / 1080
Crop Values : 0:140:0:140
No Resize & Crop: On

Start Video Configuration ->
Encoding Settings: X264 in MKV
NMT Compatibility: On
Encoding Preset: 7
Final Size: 20
Priority: idle
Denoise Level: Super Light
Video Handling: Use Best Decoder
-> End Video Configuration

Start Audio Configuration ->
Audio Codec: Copy Audio
Audio Bitrate/Quality: 128
Audio Channels: 2
MP3 Mode: abr
Normalize: On
Audio handling: Use Eac3to as demuxer
-> End Audio Configuration

Full Audio List-> (*** mean selected)
NONE
*** 3: truehd/ac3, english, 5.1 channels, 48khz
*** 4: truehd/ac3, french, 5.1 channels, 48khz
5: ac3, spanish, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz
6: truehd/ac3, portuguese, 5.1 channels, 48khz
7: ac3, thai, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz

-> End Full Audio List

Full Subtitle List-> (*** mean selected)
*** NONE
8: subtitle (pgs), english
9: subtitle (pgs), english
10: subtitle (pgs), french
11: subtitle (pgs), spanish
12: subtitle (pgs), arabic
13: subtitle (pgs), chinese
14: subtitle (pgs), chinese
15: subtitle (pgs), korean
16: subtitle (pgs), portuguese

-> End Full Subtitle List

Mux Subtitle in MP4/MKV file: On

Start Advanced AviSynth ->
Basic Filter: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
ColorMatrix: On
-> End Advanced AviSynth

Start Queue ->
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConverToX\applications\eac3to.exe" "e:\dvdfab\mainmovie\the_6th_day\bdmv\stream\00011.m2ts" 2:"E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdconverttox.h264"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConverToX\applications\DGAVCIndex.exe" -i "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdconverttox.h264" -o "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\movie.dga" -f 0 -e
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConverToX\applications\eac3to.exe" "e:\dvdfab\mainmovie\the_6th_day\bdmv\stream\00011.m2ts" 3: "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdencodertox-pid3.thd+ac3"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConverToX\applications\eac3to.exe" "e:\dvdfab\mainmovie\the_6th_day\bdmv\stream\00011.m2ts" 4: "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdencodertox-pid4.thd+ac3"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConverToX\applications\x264.exe" --crf 20 --threads auto --thread-input --no-psnr --progress --keyint 250 --bframes 3 --mixed-refs --trellis 0 --ref 3 --deblock -1,-1 --subme 9 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --me umh --no-ssim --weightb --b-adapt 1 --no-chroma-me --8x8dct --aud --nal-hrd --aq-strength 1 --psy-rd 1.0:0.3 --sar 1:1 --output "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdconverttox_00011.h264" "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdconverttox_00011.avs" --level 4.0
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConverToX\applications\eac3to.exe" "e:\dvdfab\mainmovie\the_6th_day\bdmv\stream\00011.m2ts" 1:"E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\chapters.txt"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConverToX\applications\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConverToX\hdconverttox_full_00011.mkv" --default-duration 0:23.976fps --aspect-ratio -1:1.7778 "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdconverttox_00011.h264" --language -1:eng "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdencodertox-pid3.thd+ac3" --language -1:fre "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdencodertox-pid4.thd+ac3" --chapters "E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\chapters.txt" --title "Done with HDConvertToX v.1.7.317.2832"
-> End Queue

AviSynth Script ->
Working with files: E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\hdconverttox_00011.avs
try {
AVCSource("E:\dvdfab\MainMovie\THE_6TH_DAY\BDMV\STREAM\temp\movie.dga")
hqdn3d(1)
RemoveGrain(mode=2)
return last
}
catch (err) {
last=BlankClip()
converttoyv12()
subtitle(err)
trim(0,1500)
}
-> End AviSynth Script


i already noticed this with dts hi res tracks too ! but it used to work some versions ago ;)

[Sharc]

Is there an easy way to enable shutdown when an encode is already running?
Will it be ok when I add to the queue manually
shutdown -s -t 2 -f ?

[Mrsash]

With the new version AR and Xvid processing works fine. As per your suggestion to keep best quality chose NeroAAC, 0.4, Audio channels original, vbr - hope got this right. Source was 5.1 but it still came out with stereo?
thanks

[Mrsash]

if even selecting directshowsource don't handle your file... there is a problem

here is a sample mate
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5cg2ie

[rickhtoo]

Hey Buzz, really like the operation of HDC now, and really want to use it, but it keeps letting me down..

Most of the time when I use it to encode a DVD, the results are nice video with out of sync audio.. Seems it just can't wait to start the soundtrack and therefore the sync is way off. Is it something I'm doing wrong? When this happens, I redo it with AutoMKV and it works perfect. I always copy the audio whenever possible.

On a positive note, I sometimes run across a DVD with Mpeg1 audio, and AutoMKV refuses to work with it. HDC however will, using Coding Tech AAC to reencode the audio track.

Puzzling why I'm getting such mixed results trying to encode with HDC, I appreciate any help you can offer. :confused:
Thanks

Rick

[Adub]

Small bug report. When changing the Audio encode settings for a Nero AAC encode, and I have modified the bitrate to, say, 256, if i change the channels from 2 to original the bitrate jumps back to 64.

Oh, and I am working on a tutorial for converting bluray's with HDC. Hope to have it out by Friday night.

[Sharc]

@buzzqw
The overhead for .m2ts is still too low which may result in oversize.
I had 2 cases now with 8% overhead (1 video+2 ac3 audio copy+2 subs). I suggest you should change it accordingly.
m2ts is not very efficient in this respect.

[buzzqw]

With the latest version the problems seems to be back that Shutdown= and Multitemp= are reset with each save.

fixed , download the update
hi !

the "keep only core" option is not funtionning : cheking it or not checking it for this BR movie, the command lines for eac3to do not have the -core option, and name is still thd+ac3[/CODE]

i already noticed this with dts hi res tracks too ! but it used to work some versions ago ;)

fixed , download the update

Is there an easy way to enable shutdown when an encode is already running?
Will it be ok when I add to the queue manually
shutdown -s -t 2 -f ?

just try...

With the new version AR and Xvid processing works fine. As per your suggestion to keep best quality chose NeroAAC, 0.4, Audio channels original, vbr - hope got this right. Source was 5.1 but it still came out with stereo?
thanks

make sure in ffdshow audio decoder you set the audio out to not downmixing

Most of the time when I use it to encode a DVD, the results are nice video with out of sync audio.. Seems it just can't wait to start the soundtrack and therefore the sync is way off. Is it something I'm doing wrong? When this happens, I redo it with AutoMKV and it works perfect. I always copy the audio whenever possible. Rick

i need more info..
how do you rip the dvd ?

@buzzqw
The overhead for .m2ts is still too low which may result in oversize.
I had 2 cases now with 8% overhead (1 video+2 ac3 audio copy+2 subs). I suggest you should change it accordingly.
m2ts is not very efficient in this respect.

fixed , download the update (8.5%)

Small bug report. When changing the Audio encode settings for a Nero AAC encode, and I have modified the bitrate to, say, 256, if i change the channels from 2 to original the bitrate jumps back to 64.

Oh, and I am working on a tutorial for converting bluray's with HDC. Hope to have it out by Friday night.

audio bit change when you change "Bitrate Management" or "Audio codec" , it' don't change on channels

And thanks for the guide!

BHH

[Mrsash]

make sure in ffdshow audio decoder you set the audio out to not downmixing


This avi has Ac3 audio for this movie which I think is decoded by Ac3 filter. I changed ffdshow settings to change default codec to be liba52 and it worked. Which one is better liba52 or libavcodec?
thanks

[buzzqw]

should give the same quality (but usually i prefer libavcodec.. usually is faster)

BHH

[alter4]

I try to encode DVD to x264 in mp4 with version 1.7 and want to share my impressions.
1. AutoResize doesn't correlate with selected video size
2. Status of AVS scripts is not checked (see p.3)
3. I used FFT3DFilter and got: FFT3DFilter: Can not load FFTW3.dll! E:\temp\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.avs, line 86
4. There are no ability to auto shutdown PC via GUI after encoding finished

#HDConvertToX Avisynth Script
#
#Input File = e:\video\concerts\kipelov -2005\video_ts\vts_01_1.vob
#Original Resolution = 720x576
#Aspect Ratio = 1.3334
#Frame rate =25.000
#Number of Frames = 114475
#Lenght (hour:minutes:seconds) = 1:16:20
#Display Aspect Ratio = 1.4385
#Aspect Error = 0.2070
#
#Resized resolution = 712 / 496
#Crop Left = 6
#Crop Top = 24
#Crop Right = 2
#Crop Bottom = 24
#
LoadPlugin("D:\tools\HDC\filters\AddGrain.dll")
...
Import("D:\tools\HDC\filters\Srestore.avsi")
try {
#Source File
mpeg2source("E:\temp\movie.d2v")

#Insert Deinterlacer

exist("E:\temp\interlaced") ? TDeint(mode=0,order=-1) : nop()
exist("E:\temp\telecine") ? tfm(last,d2v="E:\temp\movie.d2v").tdecimate() : nop()
#Applying Resizing
LanczosResize(712,496,6,24,-2,-24)

#Insert Filters As Requested
ColorMatrix(d2v="E:\temp\movie.d2v")

FFT3DFilter(sigma=2.5, sharpen=0.3)
}
catch (err) {
last=BlankClip()
converttoyv12()
subtitle(err)
trim(0,1500)
}

[Adub]

You see that "try...catch" block right in your script? That's the checking mechanism. In order to properly use FFT3DFilter, Libfftw3.dll ( think is what it's called) has to be placed in you system32 folder. That should fix your error.

What exactly do you mean by this? Can you reiterate? 1. AutoResize doesn't correlate with selected video size

[rickhtoo]

i need more info..
how do you rip the dvd ?


Most were done with DVD Shrink, and is in DVD5 format. Is that a factor as to whether or not HDC can encode them properly? If so why wouldn't AutoMKV have the same effect? I'll give you any info I can to help resolve this problem. Thanks

Rick

[Betsy25]

Most were done with DVD Shrink, and is in DVD5 format. Is that a factor as to whether or not HDC can encode them properly? If so why wouldn't AutoMKV have the same effect? I'll give you any info I can to help resolve this problem. Thanks

Rick

Do you, perhaps use the "Set Start/End frames" in DVD Shrink's reauthor mode ? It is known to be buggy and make audio go out of sync.

[Mrsash]

should give the same quality (but usually i prefer libavcodec.. usually is faster)

BHH

Ok works fine now to encode 6 channel but I chose 1460 fro size and ended up with 1.7 Gb files for the trilogy. Three movies need to fit on disc:confused:

here is a sample mate
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5cg2ie

Also did you have a chance to check the mpeg1 video I posted for you. It does not seem to load the audio at all? Automkv does do it though.

Some more feedback in relation to the gui. Automkv screen is much better not because I am used to it but simply all the options are on the front page mostly. In HDC if you pick another vdeo to convert the audio settings seem to default to mp3. You have to check each setting over and over to make sure you have not chosen the option somewhere. Quite a lot of clicking, not that it doesnt look good. But there I do feel ease of use is sacrificed. Hope you look into this.

thanks

[buzzqw]

I try to encode DVD to x264 in mp4 with version 1.7 and want to share my impressions.
1. AutoResize doesn't correlate with selected video size
2. Status of AVS scripts is not checked (see p.3)
3. I used FFT3DFilter and got: FFT3DFilter: Can not load FFTW3.dll! E:\temp\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.avs, line 86
4. There are no ability to auto shutdown PC via GUI after encoding finished


1) autoresize ? HDC haven't an autoresize
2)/3) while hdc is running fft3dfilter is automatically loaded in memory from \applications folder
BUT if you load manually the script you must put fft3w.dll in you system32 folder
4) just use hdconverttox.ini settings , and set shutdown=1

Ok works fine now to encode 6 channel but I chose 1460 fro size and ended up with 1.7 Gb files for the trilogy. Three movies need to fit on disc:confused:
a make report of movie and a avinaptic analysis could help.
Moreover if you muxed into m2ts the overhead is quite variable

Also did you have a chance to check the mpeg1 video I posted for you. It does not seem to load the audio at all? Automkv does do it though.
yes! just rename it to avi and load it to hdc (say yes when hdc want mux)

Some more feedback in relation to the gui. Automkv screen is much better not because I am used to it but simply all the options are on the front page mostly. In HDC if you pick another vdeo to convert the audio settings seem to default to mp3. You have to check each setting over and over to make sure you have not chosen the option somewhere. Quite a lot of clicking, not that it doesnt look good. But there I do feel ease of use is sacrificed. Hope you look into this.

i'll check this but hdc settings are for sure less confusing and chaotic then automkv

BHH

[Mrsash]

a make report of movie and a avinaptic analysis could help.
Moreover if you muxed into m2ts the overhead is quite variable


Mate you give me too much credit. I have no idea how any of that is done. Should I be posting a log file like automkv or do I need to check some option in HDC to create report of movie and a avinaptic analysis
Also I let HDC handle the muxing as well, I am not sure what m2ts is either?


yes! just rename it to avi and load it to hdc (say yes when hdc want mux)


This I will try now


i'll check this but hdc settings are for sure less confusing and chaotic then automkv


Yes definately looks better but you end up making more mistakes. Just talking from a noob point of view,
thanks

[buzzqw]

Mate you give me too much credit. I have no idea how any of that is done. Should I be posting a log file like automkv or do I need to check some option in HDC to create report of movie and a avinaptic analysis
Also I let HDC handle the muxing as well, I am not sure what m2ts is either?

ok... just load your input file, set your options, and in avanced options, utility, use the make report
and avinaptic report is to use on already encoded material

Yes definately looks better but you end up making more mistakes. Just talking from a noob point of view,
please, please, point to what you think is confusing. i am willing to make hdc easier

BHH

[Mrsash]

ok... just load your input file, set your options, and in avanced options, utility, use the make report
and avinaptic report is to use on already encoded material



HDConvertToX v.1.7.323.2869 report

Input File: d:\the matrix.avi ( D:\The Matrix.avi )
Codec Video:
Width / Heigh : 720 / 304
Framerate / Framecount: 23.976 / 187696
Duration(hh:mm:ss): 2:10:29
Aspect Ratio: 2.3684
Resized resolution: 720 / 304
Crop Values : 0:0:0:0
No Resize & Crop: On

Start Video Configuration ->
Encoding Settings: X264 in MKV
Encoding Preset: 7
Final Size: 1460
Priority: idle
Denoise Level: Super Light
Video Handling: Use Best Decoder
-> End Video Configuration

Start Audio Configuration ->
Audio Codec: Nero AAC Audio
Audio Bitrate/Quality: 0.4
Audio Channels: Original
MP3 Mode: vbr
Normalize: On
Audio handling: Use Eac3to as demuxer
-> End Audio Configuration

Full Audio List-> (*** mean selected)
NONE
*** D:\The Matrix.avi

-> End Full Audio List

Full Subtitle List-> (*** mean selected)
*** NONE

-> End Full Subtitle List

Mux Subtitle in MP4/MKV file: On

Start Advanced AviSynth ->
ColorMatrix: On
-> End Advanced AviSynth


AviSynth Script ->
Working with files: C:\...\HDConvertToX_1.7.323.2869\temp\hdconverttox_the matrix.avs
try {
directshowsource("d:\the matrix.avi",audio=false)
last = isRGB(last) ? ConvertToYV12(last) : last
last = isYUY2(last) ? ConvertToYV12(last) : last
ColorMatrix(mode="Rec.709->Rec.601")
hqdn3d(1)
return last
}
catch (err) {
last=BlankClip()
converttoyv12()
subtitle(err)
trim(0,1500)
}
-> End AviSynth Script


This is what I got from Make report. Edited my PC profile from it
I could not locate avinaptic report

In any case I deleted the 1.7GB files. Do I need to recode it to find out or will you be able to check it with the above info?








please, please, point to what you think is confusing. i am willing to make hdc easier

BHH

Does not matter if you leave the gui as it is I suppose if you do then lets say I pick audio like you suggested nreo AAc 0.4 etc and added to the queue and then I went on to add another but the audio settings reverted to mp3 and I did not notice. Out of the ten times I have encoded this movie I think 3-4 times was just because I picked the wrong settings. If the settings just stick it would be excellent. I also forgot once to direct HDC to change file name when I pick another video. In Automkv when you pick a video lets say the matrix it picks save as the matrix.mkv automatically in a separate location

Suppose I wanna do three movies

Matrix 1, 2 and 3

I chose 1 and then set the options and hit add to queue
I chose 2 and then set the options and hit add to queue
and same with the third and started the queue completely oblivious that there was nothing in save file

right second time round forgot to check file name for movie ened up with matrix.mkv only. Seems it kept saving all three movie with the same name ending up with one movie

What I suggest is a save video in(to define default folder)
A blank box which automatically picks the file name according to source movie. Hope this helps

[Sharc]

1. In Visual Crop the opening window cuts some of the picture (bottom, right)
2. The window for a 1920x1080 picture is huge. IIRC it had been reduced in an earlier HDC version to a more convenient size (1/2) ?

[Sharc]

Source is AVC.
I select 1-pass x264.
I do a compression test with say crf 22
a) HDC extracts the video,
b) then runs DGIndex,
c) then does the compression test and shows the expected video size. All ok so far.
Now I change crf to 21 and repeat the compression test. The whole lengthy process starts over again (video extracting, DGIndexing, compression test) although the results of steps a) and b) are already available and need not to be redone.

Can this be improved?

[alter4]

to buzzqw
AutoMKV works "out of box" I dont need add any dlls to system32))
2)/3) while hdc is running fft3dfilter is automatically loaded in memory from \applications folder
I have error message in encoded video and libfftw3f-3.dll present in ...HDC\applications but only when I add fftw3.dll to ...HDC\applications srcipt begin to work!
I renamed libfftw3f-3.dll to fftw3.dll and this way all are ok too. Buzzqw, Did you forget to rename dll after compilation?
Also I noticed when path to a DVD folder on HDD contain non latin symbols (Russian in my case) DGindex doen't start its work

to Adub
1. AutoResize doesn't correlate with selected video size
I choose smaller size of a file, automatically less video resolution is obtained

[Adub]

Okay, my basic guide is finished! Give it a look here! (http://www.adubvideo.net/how-to/how-to-backup-bluray-with-hdconverttox)

It covers the very basics of using HDConvetToX for converting Blurays to a more suitable format (such as X264 in MKV). Leave all comments on the website, or feel free to contact me via PM.

[buzzqw]

In any case I deleted the 1.7GB files. Do I need to recode it to find out or will you be able to check it with the above info?

the size problem is due to kind of audio encoding. Nero Quality is a quality encoding, and so the file size isn't fully predictable.
Only when encoding audio in CBR mode HDC is able to achive the requested file size

I also forgot once to direct HDC to change file name when I pick another video. In Automkv when you pick a video lets say the matrix it picks save as the matrix.mkv automatically in a separate location
if you don't select a output, HDC will create one for you based on input file name :)

1. In Visual Crop the opening window cuts some of the picture (bottom, right)
2. The window for a 1920x1080 picture is huge. IIRC it had been reduced in an earlier HDC version to a more convenient size (1/2) ?
3. Source is AVC.
I select 1-pass x264.
I do a compression test with say crf 22
a) HDC extracts the video,
b) then runs DGIndex,
c) then does the compression test and shows the expected video size. All ok so far.
Now I change crf to 21 and repeat the compression test. The whole lengthy process starts over again (video extracting, DGIndexing, compression test) although the results of steps a) and b) are already available and need not to be redone.

Can this be improved?

1) image are extracted using directshowsource, make sure you don't have a resizer applied
2) no. HDC has show always full frame size
3) good suggestion :)

to buzzqw
AutoMKV works "out of box" I dont need add any dlls to system32))

I have error message in encoded video and libfftw3f-3.dll present in ...HDC\applications but only when I add fftw3.dll to ...HDC\applications srcipt begin to work!
[edited] I renamed libfftw3f-3.dll to fftw3.dll and this way all are ok too.

thanks, will be fixed in next full package
Also I noticed when path to a DVD folder on HDD contain non latin symbols (Russian in my case) DGindex doen't start its work
sorry pal, i cannot do anything about

Okay, my basic guide is finished! Give it a look here! (http://www.adubvideo.net/how-to/how-to-backup-bluray-with-hdconverttox)

It covers the very basics of using HDConvetToX for converting Blurays to a more suitable format (such as X264 in MKV). Leave all comments on the website, or feel free to contact me via PM.

very nice! (and correct!)

just a question: why using DirecShowSource2 ? (the haali version)
if source is avc the default decoder is dgavcdec

if dss2 faster ?

BHH

[Chengbin]

I second the suggestion of being able to choose a default location for your encodes. The one implanted in AutoMKV is PERFECT (actually not quite because sometimes it changes to \directory\temp instead of the default \directory that I set.

[buzzqw]

you can set hdc to use the input folder , or simply copy hdc to your final location

BHH

[Sharc]

For the bitrate calculation (2-pass encoding, m2ts) HDC seems not to consider the selection of sups. The calcualted bitrate remains unaffected which can lead to oversizing, because the sups of m2ts are easily in the order of 15 ... 50 MB for each selected sup.

[buzzqw]

you are right Sharc.. but is more like 15 or 50 for sup ?

BHH

[Adub]

very nice! (and correct!)

just a question: why using DirecShowSource2 ? (the haali version)
if source is avc the default decoder is dgavcdec

if dss2 faster ?

BHH

Answer, from my guide:
The reason for this is that it will use your native DirectShow decoder installed on your system, so if you have CoreAVC or FFDShow-Tryouts installed, you will be able to use multithreaded decoding for faster performance. If you do not have a multicore system, or you don’t know what that is, then stick with the defaults.

[buzzqw]

good to know!

may i link your guide in first post ?

BHH

[Sharc]

you are right Sharc.. but is more like 15 or 50 for sup ?

Well, it depends of course on the duration of the movie and on the type of sups. I have often seen that director's comments are 2x the size of the movie sup.
As a "guestimate" for .m2ts I use sup(in kB)=3.7 x movie duration in seconds, for each subtitle.
The size also depends on the resolution. For 720p I use BDSuptoSub to reduce the sups from 1080 to 720, which reduces the file size of the original sup by about 30%.
While the size of HD sups may be peanuts on a BD25, it can present a problem with BD5.

[Mrsash]

the size problem is due to kind of audio encoding. Nero Quality is a quality encoding, and so the file size isn't fully predictable.
Only when encoding audio in CBR mode HDC is able to achive the requested file size
So you are saying use CBR?
I was wondering then considering audio is encoded first should'nt HDC be able to calculate the rest for video to fill?


if you don't select a output, HDC will create one for you based on input file name :)

You said move HDC to folder/drive further. But how will this work? I have videos lets say on drive D and want the resulting video on drive G are you saying move HDC to drive G and then it will default to drive G for saving resulting videos? This is a bit cumbersome approach I think.

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