Using x264.exe (http://x264.nl/) in Vegas?

[Puffin617]

Hi all,

Newby question here...

How do I use the x264.exe build I downloaded from http://x264.nl/ in Vegas for my x264 encoding?

I see there is options of using Mainconcept, Sony VFW, etc (all being codecs i assume)... I'd prefer to use my x264.exe file for my encoding...

Please help

[Dark Shikari]

1. Export to some lossless format (HuffYUV, etc).

2. Encode that with x264.

[poisondeathray]

Or use Debugmode Frameserver (works with Vegas Pro 8, not sure about 9 which was released today)

[Blue_MiSfit]

Debugmode worked really well for me in Premiere CS2.

~MiSfit

[Puffin617]

Hey,

Thanx for the response...

I tried Debugmode but my final product was a total heap of bs...

I'm trying to get away from frameserving cause I can't get the results I want... not even unedited...

Even with no editing in Vegas my output in MeGUI seems to have a stripy lag on moving objects... as if every second line of pixels drags behind the rest (not sure what the technical term for this is)...

I'm very happy with x264 in MeGUI on its own but what my final goal is, is to use a specific sharpening filter (like MSharpen 1.2.1 in VDubMod) to crisp-up my blurry stream...

If there is any AVIsynth filters that I could slot into MeGUI directly, suggestions would be welcomed :-)

But then again, Vegas has such good processors, it's just a pity that it doesn't give me even a generally excepted good output with MeGUI...

I must be doing something wrong in MeGUI...

Btw, If I resize and crop, should this happen before I sharpen in Vegas or can I do it in MeGUI after the sharpening has taken place in Vegas?

Regards,
Barend

[Puffin617]

1. Export to some lossless format (HuffYUV, etc).

Unfortunately i don't have the luxury of gigs of free space :-)

[J_Darnley]

Even with no editing in Vegas my output in MeGUI seems to have a stripy lag on moving objects... as if every second line of pixels drags behind the rest (not sure what the technical term for this is)...
Interlacing?

I'm very happy with x264 in MeGUI on its own but what my final goal is, is to use a specific sharpening filter (like MSharpen 1.2.1 in VDubMod) to crisp-up my blurry stream...

If there is any AVIsynth filters that I could slot into MeGUI directly, suggestions would be welcomed :-)
I'm not sure, perhaps MSharpen (http://neuron2.net/msharpen/msharpen.html)?

Btw, If I resize and crop, should this happen before I sharpen in Vegas or can I do it in MeGUI after the sharpening has taken place in Vegas?
Yes, you can resize and crop using MeGUI's script creator.

[Puffin617]

Interlacing it was :-) Thanx for the information (am quite a noob when it comes to video)

Any suggestions of the best type of de-interlacing? And a filter for the job?

[JEEB]

First of all, looking around the Avisynth wiki could be a good idea overall: clicky (http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page).

Now, when dealing with interlaced content, you either have telecine'd or "purely interlaced" content. You can check a good post (http://www.mod16.org/hurfdurf/?p=12) on a certain blog to understand how to differentiate between them. As for the word 'best' it's something we cannot use on this forum, and I guess you cannot output progressive stuff from Vegas (your original source is interlaced or something) - but my recommendation for purely interlaced content would be mcbob or almost any other NNEDI- based deinterlacer (I would recommend TempGaussMC, but that one is certainly quite slow). For telecine'd stuff you can use the tfm filter (and tdecimate if needed) that can pretty much bring back the telecine'd frames.

Also, I am not sure about the limitations of the given frameserver, but if you use filters that can be used on interlaced content you can encode interlaced content 'as-is' with x264 if the build has the hrd pulldown patch applied. Although I must say I do dislike interlaced content during this time and day.

[Sharktooth]

Yadif?

[Keiyakusha]

Maybe Puffin617 have interlaced output coz this option turned on in Vegas? Afaik it is turned on by default. This is common mistake.

[Puffin617]

I noticed the weirdest thing last night...

I'm busy trying to encode "The Island". When I open the VOB file directly in Vegas the "File properties" tell me it's 29.xxx NTSC interlaced... When I open the .d2v file I created in Megui, in MeGUI's Avisynth, it tells me I have a progressive 25fps source...

What could this mean?

Does Vegas convert on loading the VOB?