MeGUI: bug reports and feature requests

[LigH]

If you want to make a DVD Video disc, MeGUI will not be the tool of choice, it was never supposed to be. DVD specifications are quite strict. You will need a DVD Authoring tool (https://www.videohelp.com/software/sections/authoring-dvd), along with good encoders. You may have to study for a while to learn how to do that optimally.

[imsrk48]

If you want to make a DVD Video disc, MeGUI will not be the tool of choice, it was never supposed to be. DVD specifications are quite strict. You will need a DVD Authoring tool (https://www.videohelp.com/software/sections/authoring-dvd), along with good encoders. You may have to study for a while to learn how to do that optimally.Can you please suggest a tool for make mkv or mp4 into vob mpg MPEG etc.?

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[LigH]

You just ignored the link to a wide software selection in my previous post? ... If you insist in still producing inferior media, with the risk of video norm issues, try e.g. DVD Flick or ConvertXtoDVD (what a name of a tool, already suggesting that it might match your needs).

But why still all the hassle? Get a tiny HTPC or even a "Media Harddisk" instead (like WD-TV, or newer models), or a network stick like Google ChromeCast - put it into a HDMI port of your TV and stream videos from your PC via WLAN. Many "smart" TV sets even play directly from an attached USB drive, with an own internal media player. I don't know if you can afford one of these solutions, but it's more sustainable than burning DVDs nowadays.

[manolito]

IMO the DVD format still has its merits, and due to the sheer number of devices which support DVD playback the format will not disappear any time soon. If you intend to share your conversions with others, using the DVD format is still a good idea.

Another advantage of DVDs is good freeware support for creating nice looking menus. For the modern AVC and HEVC formats you need to spend big bucks and a lot of time for learning how to author BD menus.

The big flaw of the DVD format today is that only SD frame sizes are supported (720x576 and 720x480). IF you want HD then DVD is not for you.

I recommend three different free software solutions for creating DVDs. DVDFlick2 is the easiest to learn, limited features, but it does produce menus and the quality is very acceptable.

AVStoDVD and DVDStyler are the other two. Both have similar features. AVStoDVD is a little bit limited for menu creation (but powerful enough for most users). Its main strength is using high quality tools like HCenc and Muxman. And if offers high quality procedures for users who need to convert things from PAL to NTSC or vice versa, it handles soft pulldown and much much more.

DVDStyler has a lot less transcoding features (it can only use FFmpeg for transcoding), but it offers very powerful menu creation tools. If your main goal is to create elaborate menus then this is the software you need.

I suggest you check out all three of them, it will cost you nothing except some time...


Cheers
manolito

[Zathor]

To early to happy. Today Indexing with MeGUI gave me the following dgi result:
DGAVCIndexFileNV21 DGIndexNV 2053.0.0.164 X64
D:\Sonstiges\Videotools\MeGUI\tools\dgindexnv\

D:\Temp\BluRay\PI\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00001.mpls 19026911232
..\STREAM\00007.m2ts 12288

....


Fixed in 2900

[wthreex]

Is MeGui able to monitor folders and encode all new entries? If not i would really love to have this feature.

[LigH]

I strongly believe MeGUI is not that fancy. Rather conservative.

[LouieChuckyMerry]

Is MeGui able to monitor folders and encode all new entries? If not i would really love to have this feature.

Please don't make MeGUI too expensive ;-) .

[doomleox999]

Hi, I'm using MeGUI 2900 x64 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE SERVER

Since the previous update, I'm having this problem:

https://i.imgur.com/DOfYOuY.jpg

In One Click Encoder, when I want to edit an AviSynth profile (for example the one in the image, COLOR EDIT) I click on "Config" and it doesn't directly allow me to edit, I have to choose it again from the presets list, this didn't happen a couple of updates ago.

[Zathor]

Mhm, fixed one bug in 2898 and created a new one as it seems.
EDIT: Should be fixed in 2901

[Zathor]

Based on a patch I am currently checking fmpeg's aac encoder which will be added soon, I tested ffmpeg's AV1 but that is slow as hell so I tend to not add that at the moment. Are there any encoders which should be added?

[gonca]

NVenc, or maybe expose more settings in x265

[kuchikirukia]

Is there a way to get the HD Streams Extractor's multiple audio output format options again? I found the conversion to FLAC to overcome multiple problems when trying to further encode. (THD files not being openable by anything; the audio mysteriously ending in the middle)

[hello_hello]

Is there a way to get the HD Streams Extractor's multiple audio output format options again? I found the conversion to FLAC to overcome multiple problems when trying to further encode. (THD files not being openable by anything; the audio mysteriously ending in the middle)

"Settings" on the far left of the HD Streams Extractor toolbar (near the top) is actually a drop down menu for enabling those options, although it's not terribly obvious it's a menu (on my PC).

I don't think I can blame "flat design" for that one, even though I'd like to because "flat design" is a little silly, but as it's the only item on a toolbar which isn't obviously a toolbar, it's easy to overlook.

[doomleox999]

Mhm, fixed one bug in 2898 and created a new one as it seems.
EDIT: Should be fixed in 2901

It's now fixed. Thanks!

New problem (I think) with One Click Encoder. If I load a file or a folder with multiple video files and mark "don't encode video" (because I only want the audio of those video files to be encoded) MeGUI encodes the videos anyways.

Also, why One Click Encoder needs a video file to work? If I want to use that tool to encode just an audio file or multiple audio files, it doesn't allow me...

[Lyle_JP]

I am having some weird behavior with 2901 (x86). When I make changes to the x265 settings in x265 scratchpad, and then queue a new job, the new job keeps using the previous scratchpad settings. When I go back in to scratchpad, my changes to the settings are still there, but they're not reflected in the command-line passed to x265. I have to go in and out of scratchpad and queue a job multiple times before the change "takes".

[Zathor]

"Settings" on the far left of the HD Streams Extractor toolbar (near the top) is actually a drop down menu for enabling those options, although it's not terribly obvious it's a menu (on my PC).

I don't think I can blame "flat design" for that one, even though I'd like to because "flat design" is a little silly, but as it's the only item on a toolbar which isn't obviously a toolbar, it's easy to overlook.
What would you suggest instead? I could remove it there and move it to the global options however then you need to switch to options if you want to change a thing. Also I do not like to have these options there directly as they take a lot of space and would increase the window size.

[Zathor]

New problem (I think) with One Click Encoder. If I load a file or a folder with multiple video files and mark "don't encode video" (because I only want the audio of those video files to be encoded) MeGUI encodes the videos anyways.
Please post the full logs.

Also, why One Click Encoder needs a video file to work? If I want to use that tool to encode just an audio file or multiple audio files, it doesn't allow me...
Because it has been designed that way - do not ask me why :-) Let me see if I can change that easily however I fear that may not be an easy one.

[Zathor]

I am having some weird behavior with 2901 (x86). When I make changes to the x265 settings in x265 scratchpad, and then queue a new job, the new job keeps using the previous scratchpad settings. When I go back in to scratchpad, my changes to the settings are still there, but they're not reflected in the command-line passed to x265. I have to go in and out of scratchpad and queue a job multiple times before the change "takes".

Seems to be an follow-up issue of 2898 and 2901. I have to check that one.
EDIT: reproduced

[Melan]

I also have a similar problem.
The only setting I change several times a day is
Config> Main> Quality (CRF value)
In the latest version of MeGui, this change is not "passed" to the encoder.
This error has "accumulated" since the last few MeGui updates. In Avisynth script creator, I have to click several times to change the value of "crop".

[doomleox999]

Please post the full logs.

I figured it out. I checked the log and it says "intermediate mkv is disabled... Don't encode video is not supported"

So that's the reason. I changed that setting and now it works!

[Zathor]

I also have a similar problem.
The only setting I change several times a day is
Config> Main> Quality (CRF value)
In the latest version of MeGui, this change is not "passed" to the encoder.
This error has "accumulated" since the last few MeGui updates. In Avisynth script creator, I have to click several times to change the value of "crop".

This should be fixed in 2902 - please report back if there are any issues left.

[Zathor]

2904 [FFmpeg AAC Encoder] added FFmpeg AAC encoder. patch by Yarick Yermak (patch #71)
unlike the other AAC encoder this one is available without any additional actions
2903 [Chapter Creator] added frame + output time code (if different from input)
improved/changed handling e.g. input/output fps will be locked based on source/preview
2902 [Profiles] fixed not applying new settings immediately (regression of 2901)
2901 [OneClick] fixed not selecting the desired profile in profile config (regression of 2898)
2900 [DGIndexNV/IM Indexer] fixed broken dgi file for multi segment input files (regression of 2897)

[Zathor]

2905 [Main] moved the changelog to the tab control
new entries after an update will be highlighted

[Melan]

@Zathor After the last corrections, it seems to me that everything is fine. But there is always something to improve. ;)

Could you add the following features?
Opening the AVS Cutter preview window as:
- minimized, or
- adding a minimize button to the dimension not less than eg 540/320.
Currently, the window has Fit and 1:1 buttons, which are actually doubles, and there is no button to minimize the preview window.

Automatically specifies in the title bar of the AVS Cutter window the sum of the number of frames contained in "Included sections"?

Happy New Year.

[dissory]

Zathor, is it possible to change the behavior in One-Click GUI so that when transcoding files with a lossless audio stream (like DTS-HD/TrueHD) to transcode using the lossless stream instead of the lossy core regardless of channel count?

[pommesmatte]

Problems do occur with the changed cropping syntax for DGSource, apparently because my DGIndexNV is too old.
Why the current version is not avaiable via update server?

[Barough]

Problems do occur with the changed cropping syntax for DGSource, apparently because my DGIndexNV is too old.
Why the current version is not avaiable via update server?Make sure you use the development update server.

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[pommesmatte]

Make sure you use the development update server.

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I'm on development of course. I forced manual reinstall of DGIndexNV now. Server date was wrong and has not been updated since the version before.

[Barough]

I'm on development of course. I forced manual reinstall of DGIndexNV now. Server date was wrong and has not been updated since the version before.Something for Zathor to have a look at then.

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[Zathor]

I'm on development of course. I forced manual reinstall of DGIndexNV now. Server date was wrong and has not been updated since the version before.

Thanks, changed the date.

[Zetti]

MKVToolNix v30.0.0 is released.

[Zetti]

MKVToolNix v30.1.0 is released.

[LigH]

Am I the only one who would have been curious about a summary of the recent changes?

[Zetti]

If that reply was to me about MKVToolNix, check this:

MKVToolNix v29.0.0 (This Version Is Allready In MeGUI)
https://www.bunkus.org/blog/2018/12/mkvtoolnix-v29-0-0-released/

MKVToolNix v30.0.0
https://www.bunkus.org/blog/2019/01/mkvtoolnix-v30-0-0-released/

MKVToolNix v30.1.0
https://www.bunkus.org/blog/2019/01/mkvtoolnix-v30-1-0-released/

[Zathor]

Thanks, uploaded

[Zetti]

HEVC is only supported with DGIndexIM and DGIndexNV as indexer outside MeGUI.

I hope it will be supported in the future.

[LigH]

Not only at you, Zetti. When I publish a new x265 build, I try to summarize most important changes to the last version, so that people have a better reason to update than just "it has a higher version number!"... some changes are critical, others marginal and exotic.

[doomleox999]

Is it possible to choose the available languages? I only work with 3 and It's a bit annoying to always have to search for any of them in the large list of languages. I'm not talking about the default languages btw, I'm talking about these:

https://i.postimg.cc/65Bt2TxK/ee.jpg

[LigH]

You mean, rising the "often used" (or a pre-selected subset in the settings) to a top range in this list? Like this:

∨
English
German
French
———
A...
B...
C...

[StainlessS]

If you click on the language Drop Down List, and hit the starting letter keyboard KEY of the language multiple times, you get quick access,
eg if I hit E, 3 (or is it 4 times) I get English, easy peasy https://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/frech/a055.gif

[doomleox999]

You mean, rising the "often used" (or a pre-selected subset in the settings) to a top range in this list? Like this:

∨
English
German
French
———
A...
B...
C...

Yes that would be a good idea, but I'd prefer to just choose from MeGUI options what languages you want to be available, I just use 3!

If you click on the language Drop Down List, and hit the starting letter keyboard KEY of the language multiple times, you get quick access,
eg if I hit E, 3 (or is it 4 times) I get English, easy peasy https://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/frech/a055.gif

I know, that's what I do but I'd rather be able to choose just a couple of languages to save time, that's why I asked if it is possible, I'd guess it's simple change to make so I'm waiting for a an answer!

[Zathor]

HEVC is only supported with DGIndexIM and DGIndexNV as indexer outside MeGUI.

I hope it will be supported in the future.

Problem is that I cannot test that as my card does not support that :-(

[Zathor]

2907 [Chapter Creator] input/output fps will not be locked anymore
2906 [DGIndexNV Indexer] fixed handling of file names with special (upper) ASCII characters

[pommesmatte]

Recent Update of DGIndexNV again changed something regarding cropping and the 1088/1080 handling, thus broke the autocrop and crop settings in AVS Script creator AGAIN... :(

[tebasuna51]

Recent Update of DGIndexNV again changed something regarding cropping and the 1088/1080 handling, thus broke the autocrop and crop settings in AVS Script creator AGAIN... :(

Yep, seems there are a bug in DGsource with crops like I say in the other thread https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1864410#post1864410

EDIT: Try with latest DGIndexNV 2053.0.0.165, MeGUI 2053(20190129) recently updated.

[Zathor]

Recent Update of DGIndexNV again changed something regarding cropping and the 1088/1080 handling, thus broke the autocrop and crop settings in AVS Script creator AGAIN... :(
Details please + how to reproduce it :-)

[videoh]

Everything should be fine with 2053.0.0.165.

[pommesmatte]

Details please + how to reproduce it :-)

Ok
MeGui x64 2908
DGIndexNV 2053.0.165
AVS Script Creator set to "Nvidia Crop"

- Load dgi file
- Select Autocrop
- Results are 140 top 132 down for a regular 2.35:1 movie
- Asymmetric cropping is strange, but preview looks correct
- Save avs (crops in the file are ct=140, cb=132)
- Load in MeGui and preview shows a 16px black undercrop at the bottom
- Correct cropping can be achieved by manually editing to ct=140, cb=148

So my wild guess it has something to do with the 8px 1088/1080 cropping ignored vs. regarded differently.

[Zetti]

MKVToolNix v31.0.0 is released.