Hybrid: Input -> x264/x265/Xvid/VP8/VP9

[MichaelRow]

Can't download the Mac packages.http://i57.tinypic.com/2r3e9ms.jpg

[Selur]

fixed, btw. will probably release new versions tomorrow,...

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.06.13.1:

*fixed*

audio: using audio from different source than the main input
audio: crash when switching between titles with and without audio
tools: Windows package contained a kvazaar binary which did cause problems on some systems<


*added*

video: initial support for QSVCEnc as encoder
video: initial support for FFV1 as encoder


-> downloads: http://www.selur.de/downloads

Cu Selur

[digitall.h]

Hybrid rev 2014.06.13.1:

*fixed*

audio: using audio from different source than the main input...



I use this option very little, but I was going to post it was not working properly... but you already fixed it!
:thanks:

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.06.17.1:

*added*

avisynth: de-'dot crawler': DeCrawl, Checkmate, DeCrow

*fixed*

decode: mencode decod ecall containing '-vf ,scale', instead of '-vf scale'
qsvenc: adjust to feature restriction on system

*changed*

avisynth: speed-up FFVideoSource by using setMTMode(5,.. instead of setMTMode(3,..


Hybrid rev 2014.06.17.2:

*fixed*

audio: extracted audio didn't get deleted after audio reencoding


-> downloads: http://www.selur.de/downloads

Cu Selur

[digitall.h]

Hi selur,
Latest version Linux64bit Qt4.8 2014.06.17.2 and also previous 2014.06.15.1 does not show preview correctly.

Send you debug.
:)

[Selur]

please send me a debug output of the latest version, not of the older one
Also preview related stuff requires debug output level 6.

[digitall.h]

It was from the last version.

I'll activate debug level 6 and send you a new debug.

[Selur]

It was from the last version.
Nope it was from:
2014.06.18 - 20:19:52_linux-64bit_4.8.1_2014.06.15.1

[digitall.h]

Look some lines below (I had not erased previous debug)
:D

Sent new debug with level 6 activated.

[DJ-1]

Hi, currently using latest Hybrid, wasnt having any issues untill i start getting a windows pop-up msg saying ""ffmpeg.exe - no disk" "there is no disk in drive H:"

Im running Win 8.1 Pro N

I`m using a global data model with only the Paths changed (all pointing to my E:)
when any source file is scanned the msg pops up, also if i ignore it, hit add-to-queue, then run Queue it qives same error msg.

I do have a drive H: but its part of a usb hub and is always threre.... but theres not any drive `plugged in` to H:


so all a bit wierd....
debug:https://www.dropbox.com/home/Hybrid/no%20disk%20in%20drive%20error%20msg

cheers.

[Selur]

a. Can't access the message. :(
b. Need a debug output to see what is happening there.
c. strange thing that Hybrid doesn't produce any popup containing the word 'disk'
-> my guess atm. is that the Windows Explorer or some shell extension is creating that message :)

[DJ-1]

Yeah I assume debug level 4 is fine?....
Im just doing some windows updates (about 60) as it's been prompting me for ages hopefully it'll be ok.

Yeah I noticed there's no mention of disk in the debug, it's all very odd at the moment.

I see what happens once all the updates are done...

[Selur]

Yup debug level 4 should be fine. :)

I see what happens once all the updates are done...
I keep my fingers crossed. :)

[DJ-1]

hmmm ok all up to date

using the same global profile (default, with only the Paths changed) seems to run a job fine.

But, if i reset cached tools list in Hybrid, close it, re-open i then get same msg "ffmpeg.exe no disk in drive H:"... but assume its windows error as no mention of disk error in debug...

debug:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jfr09p2xjh4kuu/HybridDebugOutput.txt

[Selur]

a. can't access the debug file
b. try if it helps to reset the tool cache (Config->Tools->Clear all cached tool infos)

[DJ-1]

If I reset the tools list cache, after restart hybrid it triggers the error...

Debug link fixed now :)

[Selur]

Is it triggered on startUp, when creating a job, or when processing a job?

[DJ-1]

On startup, straight after resetting tool list cache...

Sometimes while scanning a source file(not every file though)

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.06.29.1:

*added*

video: initial support for ffvhuff and libutvideo
decode: added options to support hardware acceleration when ffmpeg is used.
mux: option to disable mkv statistics per track (introduced with mkvtoolnix 7.0.0)


*fixed*

preview: fixed preview issue if no avisynth is available on the system
video: QSVEnc support, adjusting to QSVEnc 1.23, thanks to rigaya for fixing some problems
ffv1: ffv1 mencoder call
subtitle: crash on subtitle extraction
timecode: fixed a crash in time code handling due to formating issues
audio: extracting&muxing aac to mp4 could trigger a conversion to wav, even when 'passthrough' was selected.
audio: enabling 'Always extract as wav' and audio handling 'passthrough' interfered


*changed*

general: switched to MSVC++ 2013 for Win 64bit builds


-> downloads: http://www.selur.de/downloads

Cu Selur

[Music Fan]

video: initial support for ffvhuff
I didn't know ffvhuff, it seems interesting, more efficient than huffyuv.
How to install and use it ?
Can we capture in this format ? I use Lagarith usually.

[Selur]

ffvhuff = huffyuv + "adaptive huffman tables" + support for all the color formats ffmpeg supports

How to install and use it ?
comes with ffmpeg,... argh typo is hiding the option-tab of ffvhuff
(tab shows if UT-Video is selected,... argh -> select UT-Video, then select FFVHuff)

Can we capture in this format ? I
since it's part of ffmpeg/ffdshow/libav I see no reason against that.

[Music Fan]

Thanks, I'd like to try it but I don't understand how to install fmpeg. I took the last version there ;
http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
I found a french a french tutorial but it seems complex ;
http://fr.wikihow.com/installer-FFmpeg-sur-Windows
Is there a version with installer ?

[Selur]

yes, the installer includes ffmpeg. (I compile up-to-date builds before new releases using: https://github.com/jb-alvarado/media-autobuild_suite <- easy to use)

[Music Fan]

yes, the installer includes ffmpeg
I guess you are talking about Hybrid, but I'm searching for an installer for ffmpeg, to use it with any program, not only Hybrid.

(I compile up-to-date builds before new releases using: https://github.com/jb-alvarado/media-autobuild_suite <- easy to use)
I don't find links or explanations on this page, github is a confusing website, I prefer videohelp or sourceforge.
edit : I found the link below, it should be placed on top of the page.

[Selur]

I'd like to use ffvHuff with my capture card with the program Virtual VCR (and maybe also virtual Dub).
Installing ffdshow and enabling the vfw encoders should help there. :) (Your PM storage is full)

: I found the link below, it should be placed on top of the page.
"Download zip" :)

[Music Fan]

Installing ffdshow and enabling the vfw encoders should help there.
Ok, but I don't use it anymore.
The ffmpeg developers should release this codec alone, to use it as simply as Lagarith, Xvid, x264...
I downloaded media-autobuild_suite and I read the explanation but it's not clear for me (he doesn't explain how to choose the path of the exe to compile and it seems to install other tools I don't need) and it needs 3 hours to compile :eek:
I don't understand why a so known program isn't available with an installer usable by anybody, as all programs, it's discouraging.:(

Your PM storage is full
Ok, I removed some messages.

[Selur]

media-autobuild_suite is a large scrit ment to build multiple sources from source, so the inital build will take a long time, later it's faster (initially the build environment itself needs to be build,..)

[Music Fan]

Ok, so that's not for me.
But I found another tutorial ;
http://www.eric-pidoux.com/tutoriaux/installer-ffmpeg-sous-windows-mac
Thus I put the 3 exe in the folder C:\ffmpeg and added this folder in the path list in Environment Variables.
But it's not enough to use the ffvhuff codec which does not appear in the codec list in Virtual Dub.:o

[Selur]

You use ffvhuff with Virtual Dub, you either need to:
a. call ffmpeg through the external encoder feature of Virtual Dub (with the right parameters)
or
b. use ffdshow

[Music Fan]

You use ffvhuff with Virtual Dub, you either need to:
a. call ffmpeg through the external encoder feature of Virtual Dub (with the right parameters)
or
b. use ffdshow
Thanks, I didn't know the external encoder feature of Virtual Dub, usually I go in video, compression and select a codec in this list.
In options, external encoders, I see encoders sets and encoders but I don't understand how to add ffvhuff, I will make research.

[Selur]

In options, external encoders, I see encoders sets and encoders but I don't understand how to add ffvhuff, I will make research.
a. look how Hybrid calls ffmpeg for encoding with ffvhuff
b. read http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=ST&f=3&t=18840&st=0 (and if that isn't enough there are a bunch of examples over in the videohelp forum about using the external encoder)
c. adapt the encoder call with the call from a.

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.06.30.1:

fixed*

general: tool tips not showing
video: ffvHuff-tab configuration en-/disable


-> downloads: http://www.selur.de/downloads

Cu Selur

[Music Fan]

read http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=ST&f=3&t=18840&st=0
Thanks but all images disappeared and it's hard to understand without it, especially about command arguments.
and if that isn't enough there are a bunch of examples over in the videohelp forum about using the external encoder)
I don't find these examples.:o

[Selur]

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/321874-VirtualDub-doesn-t-see-x264-codec?p=1993055&viewfull=1#post1993055 <- using x264, NeroAacEnc and MP4Box with Virtual Dub
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/359154-what-apps-allow-the-use-of-external-encoders?p=2270351&viewfull=1#post2270351 <- using DivX265 and MP4Box with Virtual Dub
https://encodingtalk.com/threads/virtualdub-save-direct-to-mp4-fraps-to-youtube-with-external-encoders.2446/page-2 <- about using ffmpeg with Virtual Dub
simply searching for:

Virtual Dub external encoder x265
Virtual Dub external encoder x264
Virtual Dub external encoder ffmpeg
Virtual Dub external encoder MP4Box

should produce lots of useful results with your favorite search engine. ;)

[Music Fan]

Thanks for your research (I did the same before to write my previous post) but none of these threads explain clearly how to configure Virtual Dub for ffvhuff.
I will have a look at Hybrid's call.

[Music Fan]

The last Hybrid rev (2014.6.30.1) does not want to launch on Windows XP Pro 32, there is a message about QSVEncC.exe. Same message when I restart, again and again.
Actually Hybrid works if I remove QSVEncC.exe.

[Selur]

You are right, totally forgot about QSVEnc. Will remove QSVEnc from Hybrid for Windows XP (like I do for Vista), since it requires Windows 7 or never.

[Music Fan]

Ok.
I made a short encoding in ffvHuff with Hybrid, the bitrate is much higher than Lagarith's.
And I believe I won't be able to capture in ffvHuff because my capture tool is old and probably not ffvHuff compatible. And I can't use another capture program because Virtual VCR is the only one to be able to bypass my card's mpeg encoder and capture in lossless, so I will continue to use Lagarith for captures.

[Selur]

I made a short encoding in ffvHuff with Hybrid, the bitrate is much higher than Lagarith's.
Not surprised by that, iirc ffvHuff should be faster (during capturing and playback) but than lagarith, but should not compress as good.

[Music Fan]

Ok, so its compression is between Lagarith and Huffyuv.
I read that Huffyuv was better than Lagarith for captures because it needs less CPU which could help to get less lost (dropped) frames during capture, despite its higher bitrate. And a compression in Lagarith can be done after to save space. The problem is that I can't make work Huffyuv correctly (the colorspace is always rgb even when I choose yuy2, while I unticked "always suggest rgb"), that's why I was interested by ffvHuff.

[Selur]

Like I wrote before if your software only support vfw codecs, using ffdshow should help.

[Music Fan]

Right, I forgot that (because I never used ffdshow to encode).
I edited my previous post to clarify the problem with Huffyuv.

[Music Fan]

But I guess that if I use ffdshow for ffvHuff encoding, the ffvHuff version used will be quiet old because ffdshow seems abandoned.
No in fact, I just see there is a new version ;
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/

[Selur]

Yes, there is. I think that should be enough of the really off-topic stuff in this thread. Best open a new thread if you have further non-Hybrid related problems&questions.

Cu Selur

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.07.02.1:

*added*

DivX265: support new VUI options

*fixed*

avisynth: indexing mkv(vp9) content with ffvideosource
ui: font change did not influence queues and separate log window
ui: fffmpeg progress indication
job: 'remove all' button not working
input: don't use '-demuxer mkv' when analysing mkv with a vp9 video stream

*removed*

tools: QSVEncC support for Windows XP (requires Windows 7 and newer)

-> downloads: http://www.selur.de/downloads

Cu Selur

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.07.03.1:

*fixed*

DivX265: progress indication (percentage wasn't shown)
ui: automatic loading of custom styling)

*changed*

tools: tool arrangement under windows, to avoid problems which occurred on systems with missing run-times. Tools are now split over three locations:

program folder: here are all the static tools
'dynamic'-sub-folder: here are all the tools which are only available as a. 32bit and b. dynamically linked
'dynamicX'-sub-folder: here are all the tools which are available as 32bit and 64bit versions and dynamically linked


*NOTICE*

Windows: it's recommend to uninstall old Hybrid versions (settings do not have to be removed) before installing this or a newer version


-> downloads: http://www.selur.de/downloads

Cu Selur

[xkinn123]

yay major updates (ノ￣ω￣)ノ

[DJ-1]

Is there a huge difference in unis uninstalling & before new versions are installed..... I usually installed & check the 'reset defaults' during install..

[Selur]

a. normally 'reset defaults' is not needed (at least I try to keep everything compatible)
b. this time uninstallation is recommend since the file locations changed (see changelog) to avoid problems when Visual C++ 2010 or 2013 runtime aren't installed
So resetting defaults doesn't hurt, not cleaning the Hybrid folder might.