HDConvertToX v. 3.0 (14/10/2010)

[flebber]

Hi Buzzqw I am having an issue with preview in Beta9 with multi episode dvd. In the make report below you will see in the queue I have a job queued for pgc1. I then load pgc2 which is the current job, however when I select preview I get a video preview for pgc1.

This is sort of similar to the issue I reported previously where my second encode failed as it referenced the first. Here is the make report.

HDConvertToX v.3.0.678.4561 report

Input File: C:\Rip\Source\LanoAndWoodleyDisc2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob ( C:\Rip\Source\LanoAndWoodleyDisc2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO )
PGC : PGC 2. Length: 0:28:13:00 / chained=0
Codec Video: mpeg
Width / Heigh : 720 / 576
Framerate / Framecount: 25.000fps / 42325 frames
Duration(hh:mm:ss): 0:28:14
Aspect Ratio: 1.3334
Resized resolution: 704 / 544
Crop Values : 8:0:8:0

Start Video Configuration ->
Encoding Settings: X264 DivxPlus ; Quality= 21.5
NMT Compatibility: On
Final Size: 21.5
Denoise Level: Super Light
Video Handling: Force DG NVTools (license required)
-> End Video Configuration

Start Audio Configuration ->
Audio Codec: Nero AAC Audio
Audio Bitrate/Quality: 0.5
Audio Channels: Original
Normalize: On
Audio handling: Use Eac3to as demuxer
Keep only core: On
-> End Audio Configuration

Full Audio List-> (*** mean selected)
NONE
*** 80: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x80) [1]

-> End Full Audio List

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

-> End Full Subtitle List

Mux Subtitle in MP4/MKV file: On

Start Advanced AviSynth ->
Basic Filter: Undot()
FreeAVS String: LSFmod(defaults="fast")
ColorMatrix: On
-> End Advanced AviSynth
Start Muxing Options ->
<- End Muxing Options

Start Queue ->
prompt $d $t $_$P$G

echo job number: 1
"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\applications\Vstrip.exe" @"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\list.ini" -i"C:\Rip\Source\LanoAndWoodleyDisc2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO" -o"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\VTS_01_1.VOB" -p0
"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\applications\dgmpgdec\dgindex.exe" -FO=0 -OM=0 -YR=2 -AIF=[C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\VTS_01_1.VOB] -OF=[C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\movie] -exit -minimize
"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\applications\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "c:\rip\hdc\beta\work\job1\vts_01_1.vob" 2: stdout.wav -normalize | "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\applications\audio\neroaacenc.exe" -if - -q 0.5 -ignorelength -of "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\hdencodertox-pid80.mp4"
"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\applications\x264\x264.exe" --crf 21.5 --preset medium --level 4 --keyint 100 --open-gop normal --deblock 0:-1 --subme 8 --partitions all --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 20000 --me umh --merange 24 --fullrange on --aq-mode 2 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.h264" "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.avs" --ref 4 --bframes 4 --level 4.0 2>HDConvertToX_x264_job1.log
"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\applications\Chapter\ChapterXtractor.exe" "C:\Rip\Source\LanoAndWoodleyDisc2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO" "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\chapters.txt" -p5
"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Rip\Produced\Lano and Woodley - The Primal Warrior.MKV" --default-duration 0:25.000fps --compression 0:none "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.h264" --compression 0:none --language -1:eng --aac-is-sbr 0:1 "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\hdencodertox-pid2.mp4" --chapters "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\chapters.txt"
-> End Queue

-> End AviSynth Script

[gasnyder]

@Buzzqw

Beta 9 is working as well as Beta 7 and 8 for me. The only issue I see now is with the auto crop and visual crop. I reported these back in post #3422, but that was right before you were out for a week so it could have easily been overlooked.

I found another movie that the auto crop failed on and visual crop didn't result in any viewable frames. Again, these problems might be due to the source and not HDC.

The only problem I see with HDC is that the visualcrop avs file is asking to look at X frames out of the entire movie even though only the first VOB is being sourced when selecting a video_ts file.

[buzzqw]

@flebber

this is how HDC works with ifo

when you work with multiple episodes (one vts with more then one pgc) the initial input is always the same IFO, BUT checking "multiple episodes dvd" HDC know that must extract the selected pgc (with vstrip) from vobs and create a new "fresh" big vob with your selected episode.

HDC know that if you select the fist pcg of vts it will not trigger the extraction of pgc from vobs
HDC know that if you select NOT the first pgc and you don't check "multiple episodes dvd" it will trigger vstrip extraction, regardless of your choice

in your situation you have select "multiple episodes dvd" so hdc trigger extraction of selected pgc from vobs, regardless of first pcg selected

"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\applications\Vstrip.exe" @"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\list.ini" -i"C:\Rip\Source\LanoAndWoodleyDisc2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO" -o"C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\VTS_01_1.VOB" -p0
after this extraction the input file is "C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\VTS_01_1.VOB"

the change of input (from C:\Rip\Source\LanoAndWoodleyDisc2\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO to C:\Rip\HDC\Beta\Work\job1\VTS_01_1.VOB) is done only after you start the encoding or add it to queue

then you select the second input file
if input is a ifo (as above BUT with a different pgc, example the second episodes), the preview isn't "aware" that second episodes is deeper is vob.. and the preview will simple launch the play of first vob, and the first vob will surely has the first episode!

even more: you select the second episodes, add it to queue... the hit preview
now hdc goes to panic: the input file is no more the ifo selected but the vob extracted by vsrip , BUT this vob isn't existing!

anyway.. till you add to queue the episodes.. you should not got problem

hope to be understood :)

@gasnyder

please try this visualcrop, it's somewhat empiric.. but can work http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDC_visualcrop.exe

BHH

[buzzqw]

here the , i hope, latest beta before final release

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDConvertToX-beta11.rar

the change with beta 10 are minor, just updated the folder structure and the manual

for next week i will be out again .. but please test it and report back :)

BHH

[Frozen-Figo]

Every time I use CoreAvc ( Weave ) with HDC to decode files all applications start to hang up ( Windows explorer, MPC, Firefox ... )

HDConvertToX v.3.0.668.4486 report

Input File: e:\1j.ts ( E:\1j.ts )
Codec Video: avc
Width / Heigh : 1920 / 1080
Framerate / Framecount: 25.000fps / 424 frames
Duration(hh:mm:ss): 0:0:17
Aspect Ratio: 1.7778
Resized resolution: 854 / 480
Crop Values : 2:4:2:4

Start Video Configuration ->
Encoding Settings: X264 Extreme Quality ; Quality= 20
Final Size: 20
Denoise Level: Super Light
Video Handling: Use Best Decoder
Deinterlace: Mixed progress/interlaced
-> End Video Configuration

Start Audio Configuration ->
Audio Codec: Nero AAC Audio
Audio Bitrate/Quality: 64
Audio Channels: 2
Audio handling: Use Eac3to as demuxer
Keep only core: On
-> End Audio Configuration

Full Audio List-> (*** mean selected)
NONE
*** 2: mp2, english, 2.0 channels, 128kbps, 48khz, 13ms

-> End Full Audio List

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

-> End Full Subtitle List

Mux Subtitle in MP4/MKV file: On

Start Advanced AviSynth ->
Basic Filter: FFT3DFilter(sigma=2.5)
QMF Filter: QMLF_3_motions_Fast_Degrain.avs
MXDegrain: MDegrain3
ColorMatrix: On
-> End Advanced AviSynth
Start Muxing Options ->
<- End Muxing Options

Start Queue ->
prompt $d $t $_$P$G

echo job number: 0
"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "e:\1j.ts" 1:"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox.mkv" -seekToIFrames
"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "e:\1j.ts" 2: stdout.wav -down2 | "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\audio\neroaacenc.exe" -if - -br 64000 -ignorelength -of "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdencodertox-pid2.mp4"
"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\x264\x264.exe" --crf 20 --preset medium --ref 4 --subme 9 --direct auto --trellis 0 --me umh --b-adapt 2 --bframes 4 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox_1j.h264" "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox_1j.avs" 2>HDConvertToX_x264_job0.log
"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\hdconverttox_full_1j.mkv" --default-duration 0:25.000fps --compression 0:none "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox_1j.h264" --compression 0:none --language -1:eng "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdencodertox-pid2.mp4" --no-chapters --title " Done with HDConvertToX v.2.2.516.3803"
-> End Queue

AviSynth Script ->
Working with files: D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox_1j.avs
Load_Stdcall_plugin("D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\filters\yadif.dll")
directshowsource("D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox.mkv",audio=false)
last = isRGB(last) ? ConvertToYV12(last) : last
last = isYUY2(last) ? ConvertToYV12(last) : last
TDeint(mode=0,order=-1)
LanczosResize(854,480,2,4,-2,-4)
hqdn3d(1)
super = MSuper(pel=2)
bv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4)
fv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4)
bv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4)
fv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4)
bv3 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 3, overlap=4)
fv3 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 3, overlap=4)
last.MDegrain3(super,bv1,fv1,bv2,fv2,bv3,fv3,thSAD=400)
FFT3DFilter(sigma=2.5)
QMLF_3_motions()
-> End AviSynth Script

[Krissi]

Hi.

I had problems doing the "Analyze file" in Windows 7. I got errors like:
-> DirectShowSource: RenderFile, the filter graph manager won't talk to me
-> The source filter for this file could not be loaded

After installing and re-installing everything a bunch of times I read tge "BD_Rebuilder" note... thank god for that since it did the trick for me.

Conclusion: if you have problems when doing the "Analyze file" in Windows 7 don't underestimate the "BD_Rebuilder" note.

:)

[7ekno]

V3 is coming along nicely ;)

Is there any plans for dealing with forced subtitles only? (or does it exist and I have missed an option somewhere?)

7ek

[FirstBorg]

Hi buzzqw,

is it possible to load an external queue?
I ask because I want to encode an entire series... and for every season, you would do the same thing 24 times, just with a different starting folder. So it would be very easy to write a script which writes a queue that you can just load and then start encoding.

Is that possible with HDC?
thx.

[gasnyder]

@7ekno

One user posted some info on how to deal with forced subtitles. It's probably 10-20 pages back now. You should be able to search for it.

[ziemlichdunkel]

V3 is coming along nicely ;)
7ek

Not really, I just went back to v.2.5 when I realized that V3 beta 11 doesn't see subtitles anymore when using a mkv with vc1 and dts as input, it just shows none in the gui, but lists them during analyze in the cmd promt.

Also it didn't find any audio for this kind of file, (also just in the gui)

So there must have been broken something since one of the last releases...

Maybe someone else can verify that, during the absence of buzzq?

[ravid394]

For the most part I am really liking V3 as well . The only thing I have noticed is that the audio file that gets generated vs what tries to get muxed is often different. It generated a file ending in 80.ac3 and tries to mux 2.ac3. Mostly when there are multiple episodes from one disk.

Overall though not a big deal, I just manually edit it before I run it.

Keep up the good work.

[lanceuppercut]

tried this for the first time last night and the program itself seems really slick and easy to understand, at least i thought it was.

i have a dvd which is widescreen which i wanted to convert to x264/mkv, the output ended up being squished into a 4:3 sized area, what (probably obvious) thing am i doing wrong?

thanks!

[Furiousflea]

Tried old 2.5xxxx version on OP. Doesn't work at AVI-Mux GUI stage, something about "file already being open". Tried latest beta11 and it works fine in single job files.

Doesn't work if I select more than one file at the source selection as it should though. Comes out with a similar error to the above and AVI-Mux GUI then closes.

I'm on windows 7 x74 and have done all the nessacary bits to make it work as per OP.

[gasnyder]

@ravid394

Are you running the latest (Beta 11)? Buzzqw fixed the 80.ac3 issue for some combination of input files and output files for me a few beta releases back. If you are still seeing this in Beta 11, you should post the details so that it can be fixed.

@lanceuppercut

What did you select in the crop and resize window? This is probably where things are going wrong. Also, what are you playing the mkv file back with? I'll give you the settings I end up using for a typical widescreen movie encode.

For an NTSC movie, the DVD video is 720x480. Most movies today are anamorphic which means that the horizontal pixels are stretched so that 853x480 pixels are displayed. For a 16:9 movie (853/480 ~= 16/9) there is actual content in the entire 853x480 frame. But a lot of movies are wider than 16:9 and black bars remain when viewed on a widescreen TV. This means that some of the 480 aren't used. When you analyze the file in HDC it will normally autocrop any portion that is essentially black bars. It rounds things up so that the amount cut off the top and bottom add up to a multiple of 16. A majority of movies (2.35:1 aspect ratio) will end up with a crop of 112 or 128 pixels total off the top and bottom. This would leave an output frame size of 853x368 or 853x352. For an example assume the 853x352 case. In HDC, the crop panel would have left and right crop of 0 (sometimes there are a few pixels that can be chopped off the sides) and top and bottom crop of 64 each (or some combo that adds up to 128). Now you'd think the Manual WidthxHeight would be 720x352, since you are chopping 0 off the sides and 128 off the top. But HDC has calculated 720x304 as the WidthxHeight. That's where things can get confusing. If you don't select Anamorphic Shape on that tab, you'll get a non-anamorphic encode. The video will display at 720 wide, and not 853. To keep the correct aspect ratio, the vertical resolution has to drop down to 304. Now, you are encoding 352 pixels into 304 and losing some quality. If you select anamorphic, you'll see the WidthxHeight change to 720x352. The encode will include a flag in the mkv that tells the video player to display the file anamorphically.

If your video player doesn't understand that flag, the video will appear squashed and will be displayed at 720x352 instead of 853x352. And if you change the WidthxHeight setting, you could end up with squashed or stretched video.

The best thing to do would be to setup the encode the way you did before. Then click the make report button on HDC and post the file that it generates. They we can see if something doesn't look right.

Another thing to check. Hit the preview button in the cropping box. Does the preview look correct? Does it match the shape of the output you got? If it doesn't match, it could be that your video player isn't playing the file correctly.

[7ekno]

Beta11 broke BluRay encoding for me, I now get the "Failed to connect to Avisynth" error (but BluRip and StaxRip both have no problem!) ...

7ek

[lanceuppercut]

The best thing to do would be to setup the encode the way you did before. Then click the make report button on HDC and post the file that it generates. They we can see if something doesn't look right.

Another thing to check. Hit the preview button in the cropping box. Does the preview look correct? Does it match the shape of the output you got? If it doesn't match, it could be that your video player isn't playing the file correctly.

i selected "no resize and crop" as i thought that was the thing to do as i didnt want it resized or cropped. i am playing it with MPC-HC, i had saved the config settings so here is the report file as requested:

HDConvertToX v.2.5.649.4295 report

Input File: c:\users\administrator\Documents\dvd\video_ts\vts_01_1.vob ( c:\users\administrator\Documents\dvd\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB )
Codec Video: mpeg
Width / Heigh : 720 / 576
Framerate / Framecount: 25.000fps / 34262 frames
Duration(hh:mm:ss): 0:22:51
Aspect Ratio: 1.7778
Resized resolution: 720 / 576
Crop Values : 0:0:0:0
No Resize & Crop: On

Start Video Configuration ->
Encoding Settings: X264 Extreme Quality ; Bitrate=
Final Size: 1400
Denoise Level: Super Light
Video Handling: Use Best Decoder
-> End Video Configuration

Start Audio Configuration ->
Audio Codec: MP3 Audio
Audio Bitrate/Quality: 320
Audio Channels: Original
MP3 Mode: abr
Normalize: On
Audio handling: Use Eac3to as demuxer
Keep only core: On
-> End Audio Configuration

Full Audio List-> (*** mean selected)
NONE
*** 2: ac3 surround, 2.0 channels, 192kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27db, 3ms
3: ac3 surround, 2.0 channels, 192kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27db, 3ms

-> End Full Audio List

Full Subtitle List-> (*** mean selected)
*** NONE
4: subtitle (dvd)
5: subtitle (dvd)
6: subtitle (dvd)

-> End Full Subtitle List

Mux Subtitle in MP4/MKV file: On

Start Advanced AviSynth ->
ColorMatrix: On
-> End Advanced AviSynth
Start Muxing Options ->
<- End Muxing Options

Start Queue ->
prompt $d $t $_$P$G

echo job number: 0
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\applications\dgindex.exe" -FO=0 -OM=0 -YR=2 -AIF=[c:\users\administrator\Documents\dvd\video_ts\vts_01_1.vob] -OF=[C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\movie] -exit -minimize
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\applications\eac3to.exe" "c:\users\administrator\Documents\dvd\video_ts\vts_01_1.vob" 2: stdout.wav -down16 -down2 -normalize | "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\applications\lame.exe" - -h --abr 320 "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\hdencodertox-pid2.mp3"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\applications\avs2yuv.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\applications\x264-64bit.exe" - --stdin y4m --pass 1 --bitrate 8254 --preset medium --ref 4 --subme 9 --direct auto --trellis 0 --me umh --b-adapt 2 --bframes 4 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.h264" 720x576
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\applications\avs2yuv.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.avs" - | "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\applications\x264-64bit.exe" - --stdin y4m --pass 2 --bitrate 8254 --preset medium --ref 4 --subme 9 --direct auto --trellis 0 --me umh --b-adapt 2 --bframes 4 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.h264" 720x576
"C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\applications\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\hdconverttox_full_vts_01_1.mkv" --default-duration 0:25.000fps --aspect-ratio -1:1.7778 "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.h264" "C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\hdencodertox-pid2.mp3" --title "Done with HDConvertToX v.2.5.649.4295"
-> End Queue

AviSynth Script ->
Working with files: C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.avs
Load_Stdcall_plugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\filters\yadif.dll")
Mpeg2Source("C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\movie.d2v")
ColorMatrix(d2v="C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\movie.d2v")
hqdn3d(1)
return last
-> End AviSynth Script


when i try preview it gives me this error and doesnt even play at all (but i have avisynth 2.5 installed):


C:\Program Files (x86)\HDConvertToX\analysis\preview.avs::Avisynth video #1

Media Type 0:
--------------------------
Video: YV12 720x576 25.00fps

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: MEDIASUBTYPE_YV12 {32315659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_VideoInfo {05589F80-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 622080
cbFormat: 88

VIDEOINFOHEADER:
rcSource: (0,0)-(0,0)
rcTarget: (0,0)-(0,0)
dwBitRate: 0
dwBitErrorRate: 0
AvgTimePerFrame: 400000

BITMAPINFOHEADER:
biSize: 40
biWidth: 720
biHeight: 576
biPlanes: 1
biBitCount: 12
biCompression: YV12
biSizeImage: 622080
biXPelsPerMeter: 0
biYPelsPerMeter: 0
biClrUsed: 0
biClrImportant: 0

pbFormat:
0000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 1a 06 00 00 00 00 00 ........€.......
0030: 28 00 00 00 d0 02 00 00 40 02 00 00 01 00 0c 00 (...Ð...@.......
0040: 59 56 31 32 00 7e 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 YV12.~..........
0050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

[gasnyder]

@lanceuppercut

I don't have any experience with PAL videos really. But what I think is happening is that you are making it out of shape by setting no crop and no resize. To fix your problem, you should either set your crop values to 0,0,0,0 and let the Height adjust to the needed value, or set your crop to 0,0,0,0 and select anamorphic recording. The width and height should remain the same when you do that. I recommend doing the second method, but you can do the first if you want to save a few bytes. I believe the video you have now is just fine, the problem is that it doesn't have the proper aspect ratio signal in the file to make your video player display it correctly. I think for MKV's the parameter is SAR (signal or signaled aspect ratio). From your log file, sar is 1:1 for the encode. It should be something like 853:720 (32:27 works well too). Try this and see if it helps. Go into the HDC applications\mkvtoolnix directory and startup mmg.exe (this might take 20-30 seconds before the gui finally shows up). Click add on the upper right side. Choose your .mkv file. Then select the video stream from the list in the box below that. Go to the format specific options. The Display width/Height is probably 720x576. Change this to 853x576 and then hit the start muxing button at the bottom. You should have a new mkv in a minute or two. Looking at some PAL info, it looks like PAL anamorphic might really be 1024x576, so you can also try one at 1024x576. Hopefully one of those two will look right.

Please post your results, I might learn a thing or two from your experiment. And if there are any PAL video experts out there, please correct any errors I've made above. Thanks.

[lanceuppercut]

if i set all 4 crops to "0" and tick the anamphoric shape, the AR error box displays "42.2240" --is that a problem?

the manually set w x h displays 720 x 675
and the mod block w x h = 4 x 16

[flebber]

if i set all 4 crops to "0" and tick the anamphoric shape, the AR error box displays "42.2240" --is that a problem?

the manually set w x h displays 720 x 675
and the mod block w x h = 4 x 16

use mod 16 x 16, don't set anamorphic shaping. Your input was 720 x 576 so 720 x 675 will look terrible.

If you can't preview the avs script in HDC can you view it in Virtualdub?

I think it will be an avisynth problem, what exact version of avisyth do you have. Create an AVS script with only the word version() in it and play it to find out exact version if unknown.

[Sharc]

if i set all 4 crops to "0" and tick the anamphoric shape, the AR error box displays "42.2240" --is that a problem?

No, it's not a problem because you are encoding an anamorphic source into an anamorphic target.
For a straight DVD backup:
In HDC select 'No resize & crop' and select 'anamorphic shape'.

[gasnyder]

Maybe 720x675 was a typo for 720x576... I don't know why HDC would make the height bigger than the source otherwise. Doing what Sharc suggested will work too. I looks like it's the same as setting crop to 0,0,0,0 and clicking anamorphic. If you ever need to trim off some black bars on the video you'll have to set your top and bottom crop and then click anamorphic. But make sure the height is a mod of 16 like Flebber said. And as Sharc said, the AR error box can be ignored when doing anamorphic. I don't know if Buzzqw can fix the calculation when anamorphic is selected or not. Or maybe have a separate anamorphic AR error box if anamorphic is enabled.

[lanceuppercut]

@flebber: if i dont select anamoprhic shape and set the mod to 16x16, the resolution goes down to 720x400, if i tick it, it goes back to 720x576..

@sharc: i had no resize + crop ticked but not anamorphic shape, might give that a go and i cant see the difference between setting the crop to 0 and selecting not to do any..

@gasnyder: haha sorry yes that was a typo, it was 720x576 not 720x675!

i did a test, with setting the crop manually to 0, it came out widescreen so much better on that front, still black bars on my tv but better than being squished into a 4:3 box.

however, one issue i seem to have, is the mkv output seems to be noticeably darker for some reason (compared to the original source)?

[gasnyder]

however, one issue i seem to have, is the mkv output seems to be noticeably darker for some reason (compared to the original source)?

The only thing that might be changing colors is ColorMatrix. Try a test encode with ColorMatrix unchecked to see if that is causing the darker output.

[lanceuppercut]

The only thing that might be changing colors is ColorMatrix. Try a test encode with ColorMatrix unchecked to see if that is causing the darker output.

yes colour matrix was ticked, i will give it a shot with it unticked and report back.

also another trivial thing, i cant seem to queue stuff up properly. if i queue 2 jobs, when i check the output folder when i get home, its just blank..

[South-East Mendez]

Wanted to ask if anyone has had any problem converting MKV to WMV using Beta 11? It seems that DirectShowSource is being sent the filename "hdencodertox-pid2.A_AC3" which was never generated. What was generated was only hdencodertox-pid2.AC3. Anyone know what reason there might be behind this?

Thanks.


HDConvertToX v.3.0.682.4593 report

Input File: g:\_testing\testsample.mkv ( G:\_testing\TestSample.mkv )
Codec Video: avc
Width / Heigh : 1920 / 1080
Framerate / Framecount: 23.976fps / 1521 frames
Duration(hh:mm:ss): 0:1:4
Aspect Ratio: 1.7778
Resized resolution: 1920 / 1080
Crop Values : 0:4:0:4
No Resize & Crop: On

Start Video Configuration ->
Encoding Settings: WMV Codec WVC1 fast ; Quality= 95
Final Size: 95
Denoise Level: Super Light
Video Handling: Use Best Decoder
-> End Video Configuration

Start Audio Configuration ->
Audio Codec: WMA Audio
Audio Bitrate/Quality: 128_48_2_16
Audio Channels: 2
Audio handling: Use Eac3to as demuxer
Keep only core: On
-> End Audio Configuration

Full Audio List-> (*** mean selected)
NONE
*** 2: A_AC3 ENG, 48000 hz, 6 channels

-> End Full Audio List

Full Subtitle List-> (*** mean selected)
*** NONE
3: S_TEXT/UTF8 ENG

-> End Full Subtitle List

Mux Subtitle in MP4/MKV file: On

Start Advanced AviSynth ->
ColorMatrix: On
-> End Advanced AviSynth
Start Muxing Options ->
<- End Muxing Options

Start Queue ->
prompt $d $t $_$P$G

echo job number: 1
"D:\Utilities\DVD\HDConvertToX 3.0 Beta 11\applications\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract.exe" tracks "g:\_testing\testsample.mkv" 2:"G:\Rips\job0\mkv_audio_2_.ac3"
copy "G:\Rips\job0\mkv_audio_2_.ac3" "G:\Rips\job0\hdencodertox-pid2.ac3"
cscript.exe "D:\Utilities\DVD\HDConvertToX 3.0 Beta 11\applications\WMCmd\WMCmd.vbs" -input "G:\Rips\job0\hdconverttox_testsample.avs" -output "G:\_testing\TestSample.wmv" -v_codec WVC1 -v_preset fast -v_mode 2 -v_quality 95 -a_codec wmapro -a_mode 0 -a_setting 128_48_2_16
-> End Queue

AviSynth Script ->
Working with files: G:\Rips\job0\hdconverttox_testsample.avs
Load_Stdcall_plugin("D:\Utilities\DVD\HDConvertToX 3.0 Beta 11\filters\yadif.dll")
directshowsource("g:\_testing\testsample.mkv",audio=false)
last = isRGB(last) ? ConvertToYV12(last) : last
last = isYUY2(last) ? ConvertToYV12(last) : last
hqdn3d(1)
video=last
DirectShowSource("G:\Rips\job0\hdencodertox-pid2.A_AC3 ENG")
6==Audiochannels() ? Dmix6Dpl2() : last
AudioDub(video,last)
return last
-> End AviSynth Script

[buzzqw]

Not really, I just went back to v.2.5 when I realized that V3 beta 11 doesn't see subtitles anymore when using a mkv with vc1 and dts as input, it just shows none in the gui, but lists them during analyze in the cmd promt.

Also it didn't find any audio for this kind of file, (also just in the gui)

need a sample, thanks!

For the most part I am really liking V3 as well . The only thing I have noticed is that the audio file that gets generated vs what tries to get muxed is often different. It generated a file ending in 80.ac3 and tries to mux 2.ac3. Mostly when there are multiple episodes from one disk.

Overall though not a big deal, I just manually edit it before I run it.

Keep up the good work.
be sure to try with beta11 package and updated beta12 exe (see below)

Beta11 broke BluRay encoding for me, I now get the "Failed to connect to Avisynth" error (but BluRip and StaxRip both have no problem!) ...

7ek

seems an error of decoding.. please check the first post of thread for suggestion..
and post the make report

Wanted to ask if anyone has had any problem converting MKV to WMV using Beta 11? It seems that DirectShowSource is being sent the filename "hdencodertox-pid2.A_AC3" which was never generated. What was generated was only hdencodertox-pid2.AC3. Anyone know what reason there might be behind this?Thanks

please update the beta11 package with this exe

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDConvertToX-beta12.exe

BHH

[Macgyver]

Title says it all.

It's installed in it's default folder, I've even tried putting it in the path (XP Pro), and intalling it into the ConverttoX folder.

Still complains.

[buzzqw]

redownload beta12

BHH

[Macgyver]

redownload beta12

BHH

Thanks for the prompt answer - I did and same error.

[buzzqw]

please check with regedit if haali is installed on
> HKEY CURRENT USER \ SOFTWARE \ HAALI

or on another path

thanks

BHH

[Macgyver]

please check with regedit if haali is installed on
> HKEY CURRENT USER \ SOFTWARE \ HAALI

or on another path

thanks

BHH

Not there and I've un/re-installed again - interesting. Also the beta, when run on a transport stream file it's looking for applications\x264\264.exe which is actually JUST under applications.

I'm thinking this is totally screwed up.

[buzzqw]

you must download the beta11 full package then update with beta12

BHH

[noee]

Buzz, take a look, the merge command is not getting the right "AC3" audio file name as is extracted with EAC3to (PID80 vs. PID2). I bolded the filenames in the respective calls:

HDConvertToX v.3.0.684.4603 report

Input File: c:\temp\job1\vts_01_1.vob ( E:\DVD Movies\_LO30NNT5\VTS_01_0.IFO )
PGC : PGC 1. Length: 0:42:14:26 / chained=0
Codec Video: mpeg
Width / Heigh : 720 / 480
Framerate / Framecount: 29.970fps / 75943 frames
Duration(hh:mm:ss): 0:42:14
Aspect Ratio: 1.7778
Resized resolution: 720 / 464
Crop Values : 0:8:0:8
Activate: Anamorphic Resize

Start Video Configuration ->
Encoding Settings: X264 Medium
Final Size: 20
Denoise Level: None
Video Handling: Use Best Decoder
Deinterlace: Film NTSC (29.97->23.976)
-> End Video Configuration

Start Audio Configuration ->
Audio Codec: Copy Audio
Audio Bitrate/Quality: 128
Audio Channels: 2
Normalize: On
Audio handling: Use Eac3to as demuxer
Keep only core: On
-> End Audio Configuration

Full Audio List-> (*** mean selected)
NONE
*** 80: English (AC3 6ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0]
81: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x81) [0]
82: Francais (AC3 6ch, 0xBD 0x82) [0]
83: Espanol (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x83) [0]

-> End Full Audio List

Full Subtitle List-> (*** mean selected)
*** NONE
English 0 (0xBD 0x20) [0] wide
Francais 1 (0xBD 0x21) [0] wide
Espanol 2 (0xBD 0x22) [0] wide
Francais 3 (0xBD 0x23) [0] wide
Espanol 4 (0xBD 0x24) [0] wide

-> End Full Subtitle List

Mux Subtitle in MP4/MKV file: On

Start Advanced AviSynth ->
Basic Filter: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
Use MultiThreaded AviSynth: On
-> End Advanced AviSynth
Start Muxing Options ->
<- End Muxing Options

Start Queue ->
prompt $d $t $_$P$G

echo job number: 1
"C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\applications\Vstrip\Vstrip.exe" @"C:\Temp\job1\list.ini" -i"E:\DVD Movies\_LO30NNT5\VTS_01_0.IFO" -o"C:\Temp\job1\VTS_01_1.VOB" -p0
"C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\applications\dgmpgdec\dgindex.exe" -FO=0 -OM=0 -YR=2 -AIF=[C:\Temp\job1\VTS_01_1.VOB] -OF=[C:\Temp\job1\movie] -exit -minimize
"C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\applications\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "c:\temp\job1\vts_01_1.vob" 2: "C:\Temp\job1\hdencodertox-pid80.ac3" -no2ndpass
"C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\applications\x264\avs2yuv.exe" "C:\Temp\job1\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.avs" - | "C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\applications\x264\x264-64bit.exe" - --stdin y4m --crf 20 --preset medium --threads auto --thread-input --tune film --sar 10690560:9020160 --output "C:\Temp\job1\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.h264" 720x464
"C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\applications\Chapter\ChapterXtractor.exe" "E:\DVD Movies\_LO30NNT5\VTS_01_0.IFO" "C:\Temp\job1\chapters.txt" -p5
"C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\hdconverttox_full_vts_01_1.mkv" --default-duration 0:23.976fps --aspect-ratio -1:1.839080 --compression 0:none "C:\Temp\job1\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.h264" --compression 0:none --language -1:eng "C:\Temp\job1\hdencodertox-pid2.ac3" --chapters "C:\Temp\job1\chapters.txt"
-> End Queue

AviSynth Script ->
Working with files: C:\Temp\job1\hdconverttox_vts_01_1.avs
Load_Stdcall_plugin("C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Utils\Conversion Tools\HDConverToX3\filters\yadif.dll")
SetMemoryMax(512)
SetMTMode(2,4)
Mpeg2Source("C:\Temp\job1\movie.d2v")
tfm(last,d2v="C:\Temp\job1\movie.d2v").tdecimate()
GaussResize(720,464,0,8,-0,-8,p=75)
RemoveGrain(mode=2)
distributor()
-> End AviSynth Script

[Macgyver]

you must download the beta11 full package then update with beta12

BHH

Where might that be? I've gone back 20 pages and can not find it.

[ravid394]

Where might that be? I've gone back 20 pages and can not find it.

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDConvertToX-beta11.rar

[buzzqw]

thanks noee

try this http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDConvertToX-beta13.exe

BHH

[Macgyver]

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDConvertToX-beta11.rar

Thank you. As you can tell I do not check in here often as the program does what I want it to do nicely - most of the time.

[Macgyver]

thanks noee

try this http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDConvertToX-beta13.exe

BHH

AND thank you!

[ravid394]

Beta13 resolved that audio issue I was having, was about to test 12, when I figured would check of there was anything new. Thanks a bunch Buzz.

[Frozen-Figo]

Every time I use CoreAvc ( Weave ) with HDC to decode files all applications start to hang up ( Windows explorer, MPC, Firefox ... )

HDConvertToX v.3.0.668.4486 report

Input File: e:\1j.ts ( E:\1j.ts )
Codec Video: avc
Width / Heigh : 1920 / 1080
Framerate / Framecount: 25.000fps / 424 frames
Duration(hh:mm:ss): 0:0:17
Aspect Ratio: 1.7778
Resized resolution: 854 / 480
Crop Values : 2:4:2:4

Start Video Configuration ->
Encoding Settings: X264 Extreme Quality ; Quality= 20
Final Size: 20
Denoise Level: Super Light
Video Handling: Use Best Decoder
Deinterlace: Mixed progress/interlaced
-> End Video Configuration

Start Audio Configuration ->
Audio Codec: Nero AAC Audio
Audio Bitrate/Quality: 64
Audio Channels: 2
Audio handling: Use Eac3to as demuxer
Keep only core: On
-> End Audio Configuration

Full Audio List-> (*** mean selected)
NONE
*** 2: mp2, english, 2.0 channels, 128kbps, 48khz, 13ms

-> End Full Audio List

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

-> End Full Subtitle List

Mux Subtitle in MP4/MKV file: On

Start Advanced AviSynth ->
Basic Filter: FFT3DFilter(sigma=2.5)
QMF Filter: QMLF_3_motions_Fast_Degrain.avs
MXDegrain: MDegrain3
ColorMatrix: On
-> End Advanced AviSynth
Start Muxing Options ->
<- End Muxing Options

Start Queue ->
prompt $d $t $_$P$G

echo job number: 0
"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "e:\1j.ts" 1:"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox.mkv" -seekToIFrames
"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "e:\1j.ts" 2: stdout.wav -down2 | "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\audio\neroaacenc.exe" -if - -br 64000 -ignorelength -of "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdencodertox-pid2.mp4"
"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\x264\x264.exe" --crf 20 --preset medium --ref 4 --subme 9 --direct auto --trellis 0 --me umh --b-adapt 2 --bframes 4 --threads auto --thread-input --sar 1:1 --output "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox_1j.h264" "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox_1j.avs" 2>HDConvertToX_x264_job0.log
"D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\hdconverttox_full_1j.mkv" --default-duration 0:25.000fps --compression 0:none "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox_1j.h264" --compression 0:none --language -1:eng "D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdencodertox-pid2.mp4" --no-chapters --title " Done with HDConvertToX v.2.2.516.3803"
-> End Queue

AviSynth Script ->
Working with files: D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox_1j.avs
Load_Stdcall_plugin("D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\filters\yadif.dll")
directshowsource("D:\My DVB\NEW\HDConvertToX-beta4\analysis\hdconverttox.mkv",audio=false)
last = isRGB(last) ? ConvertToYV12(last) : last
last = isYUY2(last) ? ConvertToYV12(last) : last
TDeint(mode=0,order=-1)
LanczosResize(854,480,2,4,-2,-4)
hqdn3d(1)
super = MSuper(pel=2)
bv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4)
fv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4)
bv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4)
fv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4)
bv3 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 3, overlap=4)
fv3 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 3, overlap=4)
last.MDegrain3(super,bv1,fv1,bv2,fv2,bv3,fv3,thSAD=400)
FFT3DFilter(sigma=2.5)
QMLF_3_motions()
-> End AviSynth Script


Up :)

[buzzqw]

@Frozen-Frigo

the quick answer would be use FFmpegSource... ;)

but, seriously... i cannot help. i can only suggest to
1) use a simpler script (no filters)
2) try disabling wave

add a SetMemoryMax(512) to top of script, just above "DirectShowSource(..."

BHH

[South-East Mendez]

please update the beta11 package with this exe

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDConvertToX-beta12.exe

BHH

Thanks...worked perfectly!

[buzzqw]

thanks for reporting :)

BHH

[Frozen-Figo]

Thanks I'll try

[Sharc]

@buzzqw
Beta13.
The personalized .ini files should store the selected Resizing method.
Now it always reverts to 'Based on Speed/Quality'.

[buzzqw]

i'll check monday

BHH

[verbatim2]

Buzz

Could you make it possible to do a simple check when you add a job to the queue: if job1(the folder) already exists go immediately to job 2

i need to mux myself, hdc cant do it so would be easier if each job has a new folder. every time i start hdc it put the stuff in job 1 instead of creating a new folder.

its not so good explained by me but i hope you know what i mean?

[buzzqw]

@Sharc

done

@verbatim2

i understood, but isn't easier to move the job1 to another folder

BHH

[OLP]

i just did some converting with the "old" 2.5.xxx version (still working fine) and stumble over your new 3.xxbeta13 and start testing :).

after analyze a mkv with 2 DTS audio and 1 sub-track, there is no audio and no sub in the audio&sub-window

the same mkv is analyzed correctly with the 2.5.xx version

known problem??

[gasnyder]

@OLP

Did you install the full Beta11 package and run the Beta 13 from that directory? There are some directory changes I believe that could cause problems.

Here's the link to Beta 11... http://www.64k.it/andres/data/hdconverttox/HDConvertToX-beta11.rar