MeGUI: bug reports and feature requests

[hajj_3]

can you add 1.778 and 1.333 to the list of default A.R's, i have to add this manually every time i update to a new megui build:( Please add 559mb (1/8 dvdr), 746mb (1/6 dvdr) and 2239mb (1/2 dvdr) to the list of default sizes in bitrate calculator window too please.

[Zathor]

can you add 1.778 and 1.333 to the list of default A.R's, i have to add this manually every time i update to a new megui build:(

It's already added:

0.3.3.1
- [DAR] + [ARChooser] added 4:3 and 16:9 DAR

[Mtouset]

I hope this is the right place for my post. I'm currently running W7 with i7 processor. The Megui version I'm running is 0.3.3.0 as well as having run 0.3.1.106. The version does not appear to matter. Since I've been running W7 with the i7 processor I have not been able to encode an entire movie. I get through the 1st pass just fine, but the 2nd pass goes on forever, 12 hours+, and subsequently, esomewhere, after several hours, Megui errors out while trying to process the 2nd pass. I hope someone has some good guidance for me

[hajj_3]

It's already added:

0.3.3.1
- [DAR] + [ARChooser] added 4:3 and 16:9 DAR

ahh yeah, thanks:) Just dvdr files to add now then i'll be a happy bunny :)

[Zathor]

I hope this is the right place for my post. I'm currently running W7 with i7 processor. The Megui version I'm running is 0.3.3.0 as well as having run 0.3.1.106. The version does not appear to matter. Since I've been running W7 with the i7 processor I have not been able to encode an entire movie. I get through the 1st pass just fine, but the 2nd pass goes on forever, 12 hours+, and subsequently, esomewhere, after several hours, Megui errors out while trying to process the 2nd pass. I hope someone has some good guidance for me

Some ideas:
- switch to the development server. A new x264 build has been added there.
- install megui to a new directory (clean install)
- post your log

[Zathor]

I would like to add the new audio/video config panel which kurtnoise has developed. As a result ffac3, ffmp2, aud-x and faac encoders will be removed. Is anyone using these audio encoders?

[HeadlessCow]

If you're tweaking the video/audio page, could you add a button to the audio section that tells it to use the Avisynth script from the video section as the audio input as well? About 90% of the time I'm using the same source for both and that'd make it a little easier :-D

[bkman]

Hi,

I can't seem to initiate any x264 encoding at all with newer versions of MeGui. I've tried latest stable and latest dev.

All I get is this:

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.3.2
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Seven Ultimate Edition x64 (6.1.0.7600)
--[NoImage] Latest .Net Framework installed : 3.5 SP1 (3.5.30729.4926)
--[NoImage] Avisynth Version : 2.5.8.5
-[Information] Log for job7 (video, 01_ep02.avs -> )
--[Information] [1/26/2010 11:54:13 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/26/2010 11:54:13 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\x264\vfw4x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 3707 --stats "S:\Media\Movies\HD-DVD\STAR_TREK_EUR_D1\HVDVD_TS\converted\01_ep02_final.stats" --thread-input --deblock -1:-1 --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --b-adapt 2 --aq-mode 2 --me umh --trellis 2 --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output NUL "S:\Media\Movies\HD-DVD\STAR_TREK_EUR_D1\HVDVD_TS\converted\01_ep02.avs"
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [1/26/2010 11:54:14 AM] Job completed
-[NoImage] Error starting job
--[NoImage] Exception message: starting encoder failed with error 'Process has exited'
--[NoImage] Stacktrace: at MeGUI.core.gui.JobWorker.startEncoding(TaggedJob job)
--[NoImage] Inner exception: null
-[Information] Log for job7 (video, 01_ep02.avs -> )
--[Information] [1/26/2010 11:54:26 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/26/2010 11:54:26 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\x264\vfw4x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 3707 --stats "S:\Media\Movies\HD-DVD\STAR_TREK_EUR_D1\HVDVD_TS\converted\01_ep02_final.stats" --thread-input --deblock -1:-1 --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --b-adapt 2 --aq-mode 2 --me umh --trellis 2 --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output NUL "S:\Media\Movies\HD-DVD\STAR_TREK_EUR_D1\HVDVD_TS\converted\01_ep02.avs"
--[Information] [1/26/2010 11:54:27 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [1/26/2010 11:54:27 AM] Job completed

It exits right away.

I'm running Win7 64-bit.

[AMED]

as along as the .AVS is still there try running this from a cmd prompt
"C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\x264\vfw4x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 3707 --stats "S:\Media\Movies\HD-DVD\STAR_TREK_EUR_D1\HVDVD_TS\converted\01_ep02_final.stats" --thread-input --deblock -1:-1 --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --b-adapt 2 --aq-mode 2 --me umh --trellis 2 --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output NUL "S:\Media\Movies\HD-DVD\STAR_TREK_EUR_D1\HVDVD_TS\converted\01_ep02.avs" and let us know what error you get.

[7ekno]

Well done Zathor :)

Just a quick question, any reason "Ref" and "bframes" are forced when selecting the "Levels" paramter?!?

Basically, I would like to be able to run something like "--crf 18 --preset slow --tune animation --level 3.1" and have x264 chose appropriate refs / bframes for the selected level (the CLI behaves that way) ... by adding the --ref and --bframe explicitly to the end of the CLI, it takes precedent over the "--level" setting ...

Also, may I suggest 3 modes 1) basic (to function as is) 2) Advanced (to function as is with the addition UI tabs) and 3) Custom (where the paramters can be typed over in the text box down the bottom of the profile - so the above issue can be bypassed, or typed explicitly)?!?

Thanks,
7ek

[JoeH]

I would like to add the new audio/video config panel which kurtnoise has developed. As a result ffac3, ffmp2, aud-x and faac encoders will be removed. Is anyone using these audio encoders?

No. I would like to see some lossless options, however - WAV 16/24 and FLAC output, for example.

[Triccotracco]

I would like to add the new audio/video config panel which kurtnoise has developed. As a result ffac3, ffmp2, aud-x and faac encoders will be removed. Is anyone using these audio encoders?

No, from my side. Flac could be usefull.

[SacredCultivator]

I used to use faac, until someone suggested to use nero-aac, and never looked back

[help_me!]

I'd like to see FLAC support too!

[Taddeusz]

x264 seems to no longer be tagging the resulting files with the settings used to encode.

[Barough]

I would like to add the new audio/video config panel which kurtnoise has developed. As a result ffac3, ffmp2, aud-x and faac encoders will be removed. Is anyone using these audio encoders?

I say, go ahead and add the the new A/V Config Panel. :)

Never used any of the encoders u mentioned.

[Zathor]

x264 seems to no longer be tagging the resulting files with the settings used to encode.
Please explain the problem in more detail (e.g. with log, mediainfo, ...)

[Lyle_JP]

Is there anything out there for AC3 audio in Avisynth other that NicAudio? It doesn't really handle less-common channel configurations (3.0, 4.1, etc) properly at all. Yes, I'm aware that Nero AAC won't encode anything but 1.0, 2.0, and 5.1 anyway, but at least if it decoded properly, I could manipulate the channels in a script to allow me to feed pseudo 5.1 to Nero. As it stands now, I must use eac3to using libav/ffmpeg (since Nero 7 and BeSweet are mostly useless for this task) to decode separate wav files for the channels, and then write a script to manipulate those.

I know, mostly this seems like an off-topic discussion for this thread, but what I would really like is to have Megui automatically handle these exotic ac-3 tracks, such as always expanding a mono surround channel in two, or the automatic creation of dummy "silent" surround tracks for 3.0 material, or a dummy silent center track for 4.0 material encoded as 2/2, etc. I guess the first paragraph was just to ask if there's even a plugin out there besides NicAudio for handling ac-3 audio in avisynth, because if there isn't, then this feature request would be moot.

Since Zathor wants to make the audio portion of MeGui the focus of his next most immediate work, I thought this might be a good time to ask this.

[BuckMaster]

Hi,

I have a problem with the new Megui,after update :

-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.3.2
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Seven Ultimate Edition x86 (6.1.0.7600)
--[NoImage] Latest .Net Framework installed : 3.5 SP1 (3.5.30729.4926)
--[NoImage] Avisynth Version : 2.5.8.5
-[Error] Log for job1 (video, 2012.avs -> )
--[Information] [27-Jan-10 11:40:43] Started handling job
--[Information] [27-Jan-10 11:40:43] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --profile high --level 4.1 --preset fast --pass 1 --bitrate 1760 --stats "F:\2012.stats" --thread-input --deblock -1:-1 --bframes 4 --b-adapt 2 --ref 8 --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --rc-lookahead 60 --me umh --subme 9 --trellis 2 --psy-rd 1.0:1.00 --nal-hrd --keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "F:\2012.avs"
--[Information] [27-Jan-10 11:40:45] Encoding started
--[Error] An error occurred: avs [error]: Can't open F:\2012.mkv: 800401f0
--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file `F:\2012.avs'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream: (F:\2012.avs, line 6)
--[Information] [27-Jan-10 11:40:46] Job completed

if anyone have an idea please help me.
Thanks

[tebasuna51]

Is there anything out there for AC3 audio in Avisynth other that NicAudio? It doesn't really handle less-common channel configurations (3.0, 4.1, etc) properly at all. Yes, I'm aware that Nero AAC won't encode anything but 1.0, 2.0, and 5.1 anyway, but at least if it decoded properly, I could manipulate the channels in a script to allow me to feed pseudo 5.1 to Nero. As it stands now, I must use eac3to using libav/ffmpeg (since Nero 7 and BeSweet are mostly useless for this task) to decode separate wav files for the channels, and then write a script to manipulate those.

I know, mostly this seems like an off-topic discussion for this thread, but what I would really like is to have Megui automatically handle these exotic ac-3 tracks, such as always expanding a mono surround channel in two, or the automatic creation of dummy "silent" surround tracks for 3.0 material, or a dummy silent center track for 4.0 material encoded as 2/2, etc. I guess the first paragraph was just to ask if there's even a plugin out there besides NicAudio for handling ac-3 audio in avisynth, because if there isn't, then this feature request would be moot.

Since Zathor wants to make the audio portion of MeGui the focus of his next most immediate work, I thought this might be a good time to ask this.

The problem isn't the NicAudio decoder but how manage the channels to obtain the desired 5.1 output.

There are a generic AviSynth problem:
NicAudio know the channel mapping (3/0.0, 2/2.0, ...) but can't inform about that to AviSynth (don't exist a channelmask audio property), to make automatic management.

Then, if you know the channel map of the input ac3 file, you need write a specific .avs file to do the encode.

Avs example for 3.0 to 5.1 with empty channels:
a = NicAc3Source("file_3/0.0.ac3")
flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2) # Front channels
fcc = GetChannel(a, 3) # Center channel
lfe = Amplify(fcc, 0) # empty LFE channel
slr = Amplify(flr, 0) # empty Surround channels
MergeChannels(flr, fcc, lfe, slr)

Avs example for 2/2.0 to 5.1 with empty channels:
a = NicAc3Source("file_2/2.0.ac3")
flr = GetChannel(a, 1, 2) # Front channels
slr = GetChannel(a, 3, 4) # Surround channels
clf = Amplify(slr, 0) # empty Center and LFE channels
MergeChannels(flr, clf, slr)

MeGUI (or BeHappy) can load these .avs like input audio.

[bkman]

as along as the .AVS is still there try running this from a cmd prompt
"C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\x264\vfw4x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 3707 --stats "S:\Media\Movies\HD-DVD\STAR_TREK_EUR_D1\HVDVD_TS\converted\01_ep02_final.stats" --thread-input --deblock -1:-1 --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --b-adapt 2 --aq-mode 2 --me umh --trellis 2 --no-fast-pskip --sar 1:1 --output NUL "S:\Media\Movies\HD-DVD\STAR_TREK_EUR_D1\HVDVD_TS\converted\01_ep02.avs" and let us know what error you get.

I don't get any error or any output at all. The command just executes and finishes without doing anything.

Interestingly, if I run the exact same command with avs4x264 instead it works perfectly.

[quantum5uicid3]

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[Elbart_]

Just for future reference, in case there will be a premade preset for the iPad, its limitation is main profile level 3.1 up to 720p.

[AMED]

I don't get any error or any output at all. The command just executes and finishes without doing anything.

Interestingly, if I run the exact same command with avs4x264 instead it works perfectly.I wonder if this has anything to do with the long path names?

[quantum5uicid3]

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[MOS-Marauder]

Hi,

I have a problem with the new Megui,after update :


--[Error] An error occurred: avs [error]: Can't open F:\2012.mkv: 800401f0
--[Error] An error occurred: x264 [error]: could not open input file `F:\2012.avs'
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream: (F:\2012.avs, line 6)
--[Information] [27-Jan-10 11:40:46] Job completed[/code]

if anyone have an idea please help me.
Thanks

Looks like the AVIsynth script cannot find your .mkv File or You have no matching Decoder instralled.

If u used DirectShowSource make sure your system has a Decoder installed.

U can try it by Playing the AVS File in MediaPlayer Classic HC.

The better solution is to use Donald Grafts DGAVCIndex before to create the Frameserver File. That one u can load into the AVS Script Generator.

Chris

[Dayvon]

Hey all!!

I've been using MeGUI for quite a long time, I helped with some general information stuff in these forums near the start of it. Anyways, I did a update and I'm getting some weird results. This is the first time I've ever had an issue like this.

Went to encode, and I used the preset i made for Quicktime encoding. Never have had issues in the past 2 years. The video finishes encoding, and I've got smearing.... LOTS of smearing. Again, this has never happened until the update i just added. [MeGUI ver 0.3.3.0, x264 ver 1376 jeebs]

1. Is this a preset issue? I noticed the x264 preset window has changed drastically. Do I need to remake a preset (or use someone elses?)?
program --profile main --pass 2 --bitrate 3000 --stats ".stats" --thread-input --threads 2 --deblock -4:-4
--bframes 1 --no-weightb --ref 5 --me umh --subme 5 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --no-8x8dct --output "output" "input"
Above is what comes up in MeGUI when I select my Quicktime preset. Of course, this is AFTER the update, so I cant say if MeGUI is reading my preset correctly anymore, but you get the idea.

2. Is this a x264 issue? Did something change in x264 to create this problem?

If someone can let me know what's up, that be great! Thanks!

[blsbball]

i made another pack that overwrites most of the sharktooth presets. this should probably be a separate update from the other presets as it is really only providing legacy support. I blew through them as quick as i could, so errors are possible, but they're a def improvement with all sane options for the current state of x264.

my only intent is to curb all the preset related whining. :)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymdnjyjhm0m

i should add i'm not discrediting sharktooth's contribution, it was invaluable to me and many others obviously. so i'm merely building upon his expertise.

Thanks for the presets. Appreciate the work you put into them. However when I go to use the costant quality one pass insane. It says that it will take more than an entire day to encode when usually this preset takes anywhere from 1 to 2 hours.

[nurbs]

The video finishes encoding, and I've got smearing.... LOTS of smearing. Again, this has never happened until the update i just added. [MeGUI ver 0.3.3.0, x264 ver 1376 jeebs]
Maybe quicktime can't handle weighed p-frame prediction. I wouldn't be surprised since AppleTV for instance can't. For a description of the problem see here (http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=212). Basically there is some software and hardware out there that doesn't comply to the h.264 spec and produces artifacts when decoding streams encoded with that feature. With most devices --weightp 1 works but I heard for some you have to completely deactivate it (--weightp 0). Keeping it at 1 is of course preferable.

[Dayvon]

Maybe quicktime can't handle weighed p-frame prediction. I wouldn't be surprised since AppleTV for instance can't. For a description of the problem see here (http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=212). Basically there is some software and hardware out there that doesn't comply to the h.264 spec and produces artifacts when decoding streams encoded with that feature. With most devices --weightp 1 works but I heard for some you have to completely deactivate it (--weightp 0). Keeping it at 1 is of course preferable.

Yeah, that's not what I'm talking about. The file ITSELF has smearing when played back in VLC or via FFdShow player. It's not a quicktime decoding issue. Like I previously stated, this preset has worked for me before, as little as 2 months ago, I used it successfully without any issue. So I'm pretty sure something updated, and my preset now seems borked :/

I'm testing with the iphone preset that came with the latest update... Hopefully that will work (no smearing) and then I hope it will be quicktime compatible as I need it to be. I'll update soon.

[poisondeathray]

Dayvon - why don't you try updating to r1400 ?

[nurbs]

Post a log please.

[quantum5uicid3]

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[JoeH]

ok i raised the speeds of the "Insane" and "HQ"

don't think it's gonna be within 2 hours still, try "HQ" or "Extra Quality"

http://www.mediafire.com/?1zouwh1u4jn

One thing it might be good to keep in mind is that build 1183 of X264 (which the old MeGUI used) is actually much faster than actual builds, at least when run on default settings. However, current builds offer much higher quality, and even lowering the settings to up the speed to match the speed of build 1183 the quality is still superior.

I set the speed option to "Faster" to match the speed of 1183, and the quality is much higher. I should say - I use bitrates of about 20,000, so at lower levels results could differ.

[TheSane]

I have a few Problems in setting the corect parameters. I want to habe 5 reframes. In the gui it is set to 5, but the commandline shows only 4 and the encoded output has only 3.

Here are the MediaInfo's:

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : XXXX
Bit rate : 14.7 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.399
Stream size : 15.8 GiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 84 r1400kGIT 20fa784
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=24 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=15000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=40000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / pulldown=0 / nal_hrd=1


Here are my config in MeGui:

http://www.abload.de/img/megui45ra.gif

How can i configure to have 5 reframes?

Thanks for reply.

[Dayvon]

Post a log please.
Did two more runs with minor adjustments and no luck. VOB files are clean.
[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.3.0
--[NoImage] OS : Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[NoImage] Latest .Net Framework installed : .x (..)
--[NoImage] Avisynth Version : 2.5.7.0
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[NoImage] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[NoImage] Video output file: E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09.264
---[NoImage] Muxed output file: E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09-muxed.mp4
---[NoImage] Encodable audio stream 0: E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09 T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.m4a
-[Information] Log for job61 (video, BoB-09.avs -> )
--[Information] [1/30/2010 12:44:50 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/30/2010 12:44:50 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Rev Finder\Rev Media Station\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --profile main --pass 1 --bitrate 3000 --stats "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09.stats" --thread-input --threads 2 --deblock -4:-4 --bframes 1 --no-weightb --ref 5 --me umh --subme 5 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --no-8x8dct --sar 1:1 --output NUL "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09.avs"
--[Information] [1/30/2010 12:44:50 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: 720x400 @ 23.98 fps (82792 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 3.0
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:600 Avg QP:14.71 size: 50472
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:46113 Avg QP:17.56 size: 21861
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:36079 Avg QP:20.60 size: 6861
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 12.2% 87.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 14.3% 0.0% 85.7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 17.0% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 76.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 6.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 35.7% 0.0% 0.0% direct:31.0% skip:30.2% L0:21.6% L1:31.9% BI:46.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 15.58
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 70.0% 52.1% 16.4% inter: 54.8% 21.4% 1.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 35% 21% 26% 18%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 21% 18% 11% 7% 9% 8% 9% 8% 9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:5.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:2979.04
---[NoImage] encoded 82792 frames, 55.25 fps, 2979.04 kb/s
--[Information] [1/30/2010 1:09:49 AM] Postprocessing
--[Information] [1/30/2010 1:09:49 AM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job62 (video, BoB-09.avs -> BoB-09.264)
--[Information] [1/30/2010 1:09:50 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/30/2010 1:09:50 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Rev Finder\Rev Media Station\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --profile main --pass 2 --bitrate 3000 --stats "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09.stats" --thread-input --threads 2 --deblock -4:-4 --bframes 1 --no-weightb --ref 5 --me umh --subme 5 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --no-8x8dct --sar 1:1 --aud --output "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09.264" "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09.avs"
--[Information] [1/30/2010 1:09:53 AM] Encoding started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: 720x400 @ 23.98 fps (82792 frames)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 3.0
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:600 Avg QP:14.76 size: 49871
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:46113 Avg QP:17.00 size: 21810
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:36079 Avg QP:19.99 size: 7190
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 12.2% 87.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 14.3% 0.0% 85.7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 4.2% 0.0% 14.0% P16..4: 18.7% 23.3% 32.9% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 6.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 1.3% 0.0% 2.3% B16..8: 34.1% 4.7% 4.9% direct:24.8% skip:27.9% L0:30.6% L1:26.0% BI:43.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 82.7% 63.5% 17.5% inter: 51.8% 31.7% 1.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 38% 24% 24% 14%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 22% 18% 15% 6% 9% 8% 8% 7% 7%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:5.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref P L0: 53.0% 13.2% 20.0% 5.4% 4.9% 3.3% 0.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B L0: 78.2% 10.5% 5.8% 5.5%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:3000.36
---[NoImage] encoded 82792 frames, 15.25 fps, 3000.36 kb/s
--[Information] Final statistics
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Desired: 3000 kbit/s
---[NoImage] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 3000 kbit/s
--[Information] [1/30/2010 2:40:29 AM] Postprocessing
--[Information] [1/30/2010 2:40:29 AM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job63 (mux, BoB-09.264 -> BoB-09-muxed.mp4)
--[Information] [1/30/2010 2:40:29 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [1/30/2010 2:40:29 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Job commandline: "C:\Rev Finder\Rev Media Station\MeGUI\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09.264:fps=23.976" -add "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09 T80 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.m4a#trackID=1" -tmp "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS" -new "E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09-muxed.mp4"
--[Information] [1/30/2010 2:40:30 AM] Muxing started
--[NoImage] Standard output stream
---[NoImage] AVC-H264 import - frame size 720 x 400 at 23.976 FPS
---[NoImage] Import results: 82792 samples - Slices: 600 I 46113 P 36079 B - 1 SEI - 591 IDR
---[NoImage] IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
---[NoImage] Saving E:\Rev Video\Video Temp\BoB\VIDEO_TS\BoB-09-muxed.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
--[NoImage] Standard error stream
--[Information] [1/30/2010 2:43:39 AM] Postprocessing
--[Information] [1/30/2010 2:43:39 AM] Job completed


Results are as follows.

http://www.crossing-church.com/download/Temp/snapshot20100130083801.jpg
http://www.crossing-church.com/download/Temp/snapshot20100130083839.jpg
http://www.crossing-church.com/download/Temp/snapshot20100130083915.jpg

HOLD ON... I tested in VLC once more, and I am not seeing the issue with this latest render. Might be a playback issue. Otherwise, the log is normal?

[poisondeathray]

How can i configure to have 5 reframes?

Thanks for reply.

You're using a megui profile that overrides your settings. In the last tab (misc), check the custom command line box

[Dayvon]

Looks like an FFdShow reinstall cleaned it up... So weird that i have a playback issue ONLY on a new file and AFTER a MeGUI update. Good news, all is well. Sorry bout the false alarm. :eek:

[sneaker_ger]

Looks like an FFdShow reinstall cleaned it up... So weird that i have a playback issue ONLY on a new file and AFTER a MeGUI update. Good news, all is well. Sorry bout the false alarm. :eek:

Could be this (http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=212).

[TheSane]

You're using a megui profile that overrides your settings. In the last tab (misc), check the custom command line box

Okay, is this new? In the past i don't do "commandline work".
That i understand correctly, when i toggle an option in megui it will not be used unless i change it in the commandline?

[poisondeathray]

Okay, is this new? In the past i don't do "commandline work".
That i understand correctly, when i toggle an option in megui it will not be used unless i change it in the commandline?


The way these new preset profiles are setup (in terms of megui's profiles , not x264's presets, profiles or tunings), some commands are entered in that box to ensure compatibility. e.g. if you are using a blu-ray profile or avchd profile or some device profile. Otherwise it might break compliance for that target device.

You must have selected one of these profiles, because there are items already written in that commandline box

If you erase everything in that commandline box, the gui should work as you expect, and whatever you enter (but if you don't know what you're doing, it might break compliance for your target)

[Taddeusz]

Please explain the problem in more detail (e.g. with log, mediainfo, ...)

Sorry for taking so long. Had a bad motherboard in my server. Here are a couple MediaInfo showing the difference. Notice the second one is missing the Writing Library and Encoding Settings.

The way it was:

General
Complete name : Z:\Videos\HD Movies\10 Things I Hate About You.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 5.59 GiB
Duration : 1h 37mn
Overall bit rate : 8 196 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-01-13 19:25:35
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate : 6 139 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 6 300 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 040 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.128
Stream size : 4.18 GiB (75%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376M 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=24 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=6300 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=40000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.03 GiB (18%)
Language : English

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 268 MiB (5%)
Language : English

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:00:00:00.000
00:05:44.469 : en:00:05:44.469
00:12:34.128 : en:00:12:34.128
00:15:51.284 : en:00:15:51.284
00:21:54.396 : en:00:21:54.396
00:25:59.391 : en:00:25:59.391
00:31:53.495 : en:00:31:53.495
00:36:00.742 : en:00:36:00.742
00:41:40.998 : en:00:41:40.998
00:51:32.631 : en:00:51:32.631
00:56:35.350 : en:00:56:35.350
01:00:01.223 : en:01:00:01.223
01:03:02.362 : en:01:03:02.362
01:05:06.486 : en:01:05:06.486
01:07:39.597 : en:01:07:39.597
01:10:15.461 : en:01:10:15.461
01:14:55.491 : en:01:14:55.491
01:18:12.187 : en:01:18:12.187
01:25:58.111 : en:01:25:58.111
01:29:08.718 : en:01:29:08.718
01:32:11.192 : en:01:32:11.192

The way it is now:

General
Complete name : Z:\Videos\HD Movies\Moon.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 4.88 GiB
Duration : 1h 37mn
Overall bit rate : 7 195 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-01-31 15:29:22
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate : 5 158 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.140
Stream size : 3.50 GiB (72%)
Language : English

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.02 GiB (21%)
Language : English

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 267 MiB (5%)
Language : English

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:00:00:00.000
00:05:41.967 : en:00:05:41.967
00:11:05.164 : en:00:11:05.164
00:18:00.955 : en:00:18:00.955
00:22:58.836 : en:00:22:58.836
00:28:47.976 : en:00:28:47.976
00:34:35.907 : en:00:34:35.907
00:42:52.987 : en:00:42:52.987
00:47:28.012 : en:00:47:28.012
00:54:35.939 : en:00:54:35.939
01:01:55.211 : en:01:01:55.211
01:07:38.221 : en:01:07:38.221
01:13:15.182 : en:01:13:15.182
01:16:49.939 : en:01:16:49.939
01:22:32.656 : en:01:22:32.656
01:30:40.143 : en:01:30:40.143

[Roy Knable]

What Sharktooth preset is the current AVCHD 2-pass preset equivalent to? I just re-encoded a TV episode and found the quality was noticeably worse than the old 2-pass Extra Quality. I could now see pixelation in smooth backgrounds like skies which changed with every keyframe. Quite distracting. I also noticed Constant Quality Very High Quality isn't very good when I tried that with a few movies. Both the Very High and the 2-pass encode a lot faster than the old preset, but I don't like the quality at about 980kbps. Sorry, I just used presets over the last few years and never mess with the CLI settings. Am I doing something wrong? I'm starting to think I'll go back to the last build I got good results with (0.3.1 with x264 build 1183).

[Warbucks81]

I upgraded to the latest version of x264 last night and now It crashes anytime I try running a job. I reverted back to the previous version and it's working fine now.

Just thought i'd give everyone a heads up.

[TheSane]

The way these new preset profiles are setup (in terms of megui's profiles , not x264's presets, profiles or tunings), some commands are entered in that box to ensure compatibility. e.g. if you are using a blu-ray profile or avchd profile or some device profile. Otherwise it might break compliance for that target device.

You must have selected one of these profiles, because there are items already written in that commandline box

If you erase everything in that commandline box, the gui should work as you expect, and whatever you enter (but if you don't know what you're doing, it might break compliance for your target)

I don't understand how i can get 5 Reframes.
I configured this profile:

http://www.abload.de/thumb/3yddg.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=3yddg.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/19coj.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=19coj.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/4tgyk.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=4tgyk.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/2pckl.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=2pckl.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/5icb8.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=5icb8.jpg)

with the follwoing result:

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : XXXX
Bit rate : 14.7 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.399
Stream size : 15.8 GiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 84 r1400kGIT 20fa784
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=64 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=15000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.70 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=50000 / vbv_bufsize=50000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / pulldown=0 / nal_hrd=0
Language : English


What must i change to get this?

[Zathor]

I upgraded to the latest version of x264 last night and now It crashes anytime I try running a job. I reverted back to the previous version and it's working fine now.

Just thought i'd give everyone a heads up.

Can you please provide more details (OS, avs, log, what kind of crash... )? I have no problems so far with the new build.

[PzSniper]

Upgraded to latest 0.3.3.2 version but this is the first time i encounter error processing files:

After i ran DGIndex i processed files with MeGui and got this:

[Error] Log for job9 (audio, Discovery Sci @12d2fcfa.Joined PID 5dd L2 2ch 48 160 DELAY -308ms.mp2 -> Discovery Sci @12d2fcfa.Joined PID 5dd L2 2ch 48 160 DELAY 0ms.mp3)
-[Information] [02/02/2010 11:51:23] Started handling job
-[Information] [02/02/2010 11:51:23] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Avisynth script
--[NoImage] LoadPlugin("V:\megui2\tools\avisynth_plugin\NicAudio.dll")
--[NoImage] NicMPG123Source("Q:\1- iTUNES\Discovery Sci @12d2fcfa\Discovery Sci @12d2fcfa.Joined PID 5dd L2 2ch 48 160 DELAY -308ms.mp2")
--[NoImage] DelayAudio(-308.0/1000.0)
--[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo87c9c60b624447989f612438bb34ebe1(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
--[NoImage] Normalize()
--[NoImage] 32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo16bit(last):last
--[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] function x_stereo87c9c60b624447989f612438bb34ebe1(clip a)
--[NoImage] {
--[NoImage] fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
--[NoImage] fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
--[NoImage] c = GetChannel(a, 3)
--[NoImage] lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
--[NoImage] sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
--[NoImage] sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
--[NoImage] l_sl = MixAudio(fl, sl, 0.2929, 0.2929)
--[NoImage] c_lfe = MixAudio(lfe, c, 0.2071, 0.2071)
--[NoImage] r_sr = MixAudio(fr, sr, 0.2929, 0.2929)
--[NoImage] l = MixAudio(l_sl, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
--[NoImage] r = MixAudio(r_sr, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
--[NoImage] return MergeChannels(l, r)
--[NoImage] }
-[NoImage] Commandline used: --abr 128 -h - "{0}"
-[Information] [02/02/2010 11:51:23] Encoding started
-[Information] [02/02/2010 11:51:23] Encode thread started
-[Information] [02/02/2010 11:51:23] Avisynth script environment opened
-[Error] An error occurred
--[NoImage] Exception message: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
--[NoImage] Stacktrace
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthClip.dimzon_avs_init_2(IntPtr& avs, String func, String arg, AVSDLLVideoInfo& vi, AviSynthColorspace& originalColorspace, AudioSampleType& originalSampleType, String cs)
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthClip..ctor(String func, String arg, AviSynthColorspace forceColorspace, AviSynthScriptEnvironment env)
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
--[NoImage] Inner exception: null
-[Information] [02/02/2010 11:51:30] Job completed


i alrady moved files on another HDD, reindexed it, nothing works..i always get MeGui close with error.

can someone help me?

please... this happen ONLY on this file, i've processed many of them last night

PS:
Last one
[Error] Log for job9 (audio, Discovery Sci @12d2fcfa.Joined PID 5dd L2 2ch 48 160 DELAY -308ms.mp2 -> Discovery Sci @12d2fcfa.Joined PID 5dd L2 2ch 48 160 DELAY 0ms.mp3)
-[Information] [02/02/2010 20:28:09] Started handling job
-[Information] [02/02/2010 20:28:09] Preprocessing
-[NoImage] Avisynth script
--[NoImage] LoadPlugin("V:\megui2\tools\avisynth_plugin\NicAudio.dll")
--[NoImage] NicMPG123Source("Q:\1- iTUNES\Discovery Sci @12d2fcfa\Discovery Sci @12d2fcfa.Joined PID 5dd L2 2ch 48 160 DELAY -308ms.mp2")
--[NoImage] DelayAudio(-308.0/1000.0)
--[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?x_stereo29484f8215994d508e67d25fa3faff74(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
--[NoImage] Normalize()
--[NoImage] 32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo16bit(last):last
--[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] function x_stereo29484f8215994d508e67d25fa3faff74(clip a)
--[NoImage] {
--[NoImage] fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
--[NoImage] fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
--[NoImage] c = GetChannel(a, 3)
--[NoImage] lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
--[NoImage] sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
--[NoImage] sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
--[NoImage] l_sl = MixAudio(fl, sl, 0.2929, 0.2929)
--[NoImage] c_lfe = MixAudio(lfe, c, 0.2071, 0.2071)
--[NoImage] r_sr = MixAudio(fr, sr, 0.2929, 0.2929)
--[NoImage] l = MixAudio(l_sl, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
--[NoImage] r = MixAudio(r_sr, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
--[NoImage] return MergeChannels(l, r)
--[NoImage] }
-[NoImage] Commandline used: --abr 128 -h - "{0}"
-[Information] [02/02/2010 20:28:09] Encoding started
-[Information] [02/02/2010 20:28:09] Encode thread started
-[Information] [02/02/2010 20:28:09] Avisynth script environment opened
-[Error] An error occurred
--[NoImage] Exception message: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
--[NoImage] Stacktrace
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthClip.dimzon_avs_init_2(IntPtr& avs, String func, String arg, AVSDLLVideoInfo& vi, AviSynthColorspace& originalColorspace, AudioSampleType& originalSampleType, String cs)
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthClip..ctor(String func, String arg, AviSynthColorspace forceColorspace, AviSynthScriptEnvironment env)
---[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
--[NoImage] Inner exception: null
-[Information] [02/02/2010 20:28:15] Job completed

[Guest]

What is the file and where did you get it?

[forum king]

guys a lot has changed since sharktooth became inactive and pleasently since zathor took megui up :)
i have a few very simple things...
1 ... which profiles in new megui correspond to HQ Slower ones ?
2 ... secondly can we now safely turn b pyramid to make our rips DXVA compatible ?
3 ... which are the settings one should alter while encoding on low bitrates ( i means 600 to 1000 wrt to smaller to higher resolutions) as a lot of new things have been added.
4 ... i am talking about deblocking , subme , trellis , pfarmes , ref frames , b frames and macroblocks... please suggest which settinsf are optimal for low bitrate encoding

Regards

sorry if i am being too noob , but i just want to expand my knowledge about it all.

[quantum5uicid3]

1. there isn't, just use the same bitrate as before and adjust the preset slider until you get a comparable speed as before.

2. yes it has been "fixed." there are no restrictions for newer nvidia cards+mpc-hc dxva decoder. other decoders and maybe still all ATI cards force level 4.1

3-4. just put the preset slider as slow as you can bear

i put preset on placebo, but change ME algorithm to multihex