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jmac698
24th February 2010, 20:43
I've enjoyed autogk for years (thanks to the author!). I like the simplicity, and the extra quality VAQ patch of XVID support.

However there's a few limitations. Can you help me find a program which meets my needs?

Simply:
1 Commentaries are often stereo ac3. I'd like to encode these in mp3 while leaving the main 5.1ac3. There's no per-audio-track option in autogk
2 I need to use custom matrices. I always use MPG not because it's somehow "sharper", but because the banding is less. The default matrix always looked horrible to me, even at 100% "quality".
3 There's megui etc. but I'm confused about how to use them, they don't match autogk in simplicity.
There's seems to be two categories, one is like a gui frontend to a command line, the other is a truly integrated program where audio/video are not treated as separate command lines to queue but simply as a file to process.
4 The ability to use .ts, mt2s as input
5 the ability to zoom, ie 2.35 zoomed to 16:9 filling the screen (OAR supporters be damned :)
6 avs input would be nice too
Speaking of which, why don't programs accept avs with sound? I used hcenc (mpeg encoder) I think.. it accept .avs with sound and works perfectly.. I don't see the problem with always separating sound.

Thanks for your help and my your encodes not band!

jmac698
24th February 2010, 21:00
One more problem I forgot to mention. I'd like to encode 720x480, but autoGK doesn't let me do this. I think I can detect a subtle difference in sharpness from the loss of resolution. My theory is, exactly duplicate the DVD video, and let the player do whatever it does with the aspect ratio. Theoretically, a DVD and an XVID in the same DVD player should produce the same output, and that should be the goal: don't get in the way.

Wilbert
27th February 2010, 14:34
I guess most people use MeQUI nowadays (as an all in one package). I never used it myself, but i think that AVI/XviD as output is supported too.

fantasmanegro
9th March 2010, 04:16
even better: StaxRip

knopper09
9th March 2010, 22:18
I would also recommend Staxrip!
Its probably one of the best mp4/xvid GUI's out there. It offers many options, und settings.