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

[DJ-1]

Ahh ok... Cheers.

[Ajvar]

Does not launch with QSVEncC.exe. Says that was an appcrash QSVEncC.exe (64). Fresh Windows 7 install. It was workinf fine on the previous OS. Launches without QSVEncC.exe

[Selur]

Hmm,... might be that it requires DirectX to be installed.
What happens if you call QSVEncC from a windows prompt (terminal)? Any error message?

[Ajvar]

Hmm,... might be that it requires DirectX to be installed.
What happens if you call QSVEncC from a windows prompt (terminal)? Any error message?
Everything is fine. It tells that there is an error due to no command given but the same is on the other OS and it works... kinda. read further. DirectX Web setup says I was fine already and I believe te problem might be in missing some files in Windows folder maybe? As I said read further.


Man, this program looks great but...

Another try installing on Windows 8.1:
1. Installed fine and working. YEY! Immediately updated Intel HD 4000 driver to the latest OEM (15.33.22.64.3621) and... Can't launch Hybryd anymore LOL! It can't find msvcP120.dll.
I copied 2 files from Dynamic and DynamicX to SysWOW64 and System32 flders and it worked.
2. Decided to doublecheck again and uninstalled Hybrid (fully with Uninstall manager). Installed again (as admin) and... this time it couldn't launch because couldn't find msvcR120.dll! Funny:)
As I found out this time it was missing just in a folder SysWOW64.

Update: Reinstalled driver Intel HD 15.33.22.64.3621 on Windows 7 and it worked now.

Could somebody tell me if it is possible to encode video in LOSSLESS with Hybrid?

[Selur]

a. Like the changelog mentioned a de- and reinstall was recommend.
*NOTICE*

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



b. Unless you tell me which program is complaining about a dll, I can't fix it.

Could somebody tell me if it is possible to encode video in LOSSLESS with Hybrid?
Yes it is.

x264 in lossless mode
FFV1
UT Video
FFvHuff

are all lossless (you will still suffer losses if you do color conversions or filtering, but the output of the decoder will be compressed lossless)

[Ajvar]

Thank you. I will use one of those encoders for lossless.

I did not have any older version of Hybrid. As I told I installed it on 2 freshly installed OS: Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

And as for a program which is complaining about dll... it is Hybrid_2014.7.3.1 It ass complaining about dlls. Some error message like qaas is empty or smth like that.
Now it seems launch fine even if I move those files from Windows folder so I just happy that it works.

[Selur]

It is complaining about dlls
Hybrid itself should not be able to complain about a missing dll, only the tools used by Hybrid should be able to.
-> Look at the window again, normally you should get something like:

---------------------------
mp4fpsmod.exe - System Error
---------------------------
The program can't start because MSVCR100.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
---------------------------
OK
--------------------------- (the content of such popups normally can be copied using ctrl+c ;))

Cu Selur

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.07.10.1:

*fixed*

avisynth: code page problem when writing avisynth files
cosmetics: glitch in title progress indication
decode: ffmpeg crash when colorMatrix from&to are equal
input: time code extraction of flv files with non-ANSI names
input: mkv time code handling
input: hevc stream detection inside mkv container
tools: problems properly detecting tools
x265: bug minimizing crf min/max values that are not zero
audio: tsmuxer not compatible audio accidentally fed to tsMuxeR

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

Cu Selur

[Music Fan]

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.
So if we uninstall with Windows ("add or remove programs"), that's enough and the settings and profiles are not lost ?

[Selur]

"add or remove programs" simply calls Hybrids uninstaller, which at the end of the installation asks whether or not you want to delete the settings&co.

[DJ-1]

So if we uninstall with Windows ("add or remove programs"), that's enough and the settings and profiles are not lost ?
... Also if you worried about losing any profiles etc, & updated to the latest version you may wanna have a look at the global user profiles you have & a look at the 'tools tab' (when 1 of your old profile has been applied) & correct the Paths for some of the tools.

Some of the tools are in a Dynamic or DynamicX folder (within the Hybrid program files DIR)

[Selur]

you could also simply make a copy of your settings folder,...

Win7: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\hybrid
WinXP: C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\hybrid
Linux: /home/USERNAME/.hybrid/
Mac: /users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/hybrid


Some of the tools are in a Dynamic or DynamicX folder (within the Hybrid program files DIR)
any having them inside the Hybrid folder and inside a dynamic folder will cause problems

[Music Fan]

"add or remove programs" simply calls Hybrids uninstaller, which at the end of the installation asks whether or not you want to delete the settings&co.
Ok, and if I choose not to delete it, there will be no problem with the next installation (it does not overwrite the undeleted folders) ?

edit : the answer is no, I tried ;)

[von Suppé]

Hi all

I did a search on this forums but couldn't find the answer for 2 errors I get after installing & trying to run newest Hybrid:

14271

14272

Any help, please?

Thank in advance :)

[Music Fan]

I believe Selur will need a debug output file to answer your question, as suggested in the 2nd error message.

[von Suppé]

I believe Selur will need a debug output file to answer your question, as suggested in the 2nd error message.
Can you tell me how to get this debug output file?

Thanks

[Music Fan]

config, internals, create debug file, level x
You can save this setting (save, all in bottom right corner) to get this file each time you open Hybrid.
I don't remember if the file is created directly or if you have to save this setting, close Hybrid and open it again. And I don't remember either where this file is created, probably in the source or output folder.

If you have a problem with QSVEncC while you don't use it, I believe you can simply remove it from Hybrid's folder.

[von Suppé]

@ Music Fan:

Thanks for your answer, but here's how it goes.

Installation (as admin) runs ok, setup complete.
When I want to run Hybrid, I get error 1.
Whatever I do with error 1, after that I directly get error 2.
After closing error 2 Hybrid doesn't start. No window/GUI whatsoever.

Can you advise? I'm a noob at this :stupid:

Thanks in advance

[Selur]

if you had another (older) Hybrid version installed, make sure to uninstall it before installing hte latest version
if you got a QuickSync capable Intel CPU and QSVEncC crashes, make sure to install the latest Intel CPU graphic drivers from https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx.
if you do not have a QuickSync capable CPU and get a QSVEncC crash please share what OS and CPU you are using
if everything fails, you can always delete the QSVEncC.exe from your Hybrid folder, Hybrid will take a bit longer on startUp, but it should not show any errors and hide QSVEnc from the GUI.


And I don't remember either where this file is created, probably in the source or output folder.
Inside the 'output'/'default output' folder, if neither a 'default output' nor an 'output' folder folder is specified no debug output file will be created.

Cu Selur

[Music Fan]

Thanks, German are really the best :D

[von Suppé]

Thanks, German are really the best :D
Yep, chances are 7:1 they are :D

I'll try things out, thanks all.

[Selur]

@von Suppé: also if you are using Windows XP simply delete QSVEnc since it doesn't work on Windows XP (next version of Hybrid will not check for it)

[von Suppé]

I run Windows 7 64 bit with Core i7 2600K.
During latest driver from your suggested link, I got this:
14277
Installed anyhow. I had no such issues with earlier versions of Hybrid.
Do wonder where I got this newer driver from... Windows update perhaps, or silent auto-update from MoBo manufacturer ASUS?

But, it did the trick. Hybrid works smoothly again, thanks for the help :)

[Selur]

Ah okay, QSVEncC crashes when the drivers are there but kind of broken. :)

[Music Fan]

Hi,
is there a way to open and convert an audio file only, without video ? Because I opened a mp3 but there is no "audio" tab and there is nothing else than "ignore" available for audio handling.
Tried with rev 2014.07.10.1 on XP Pro 32 bit.

[Selur]

Works fine here,...
a. update to the latest version 2014.07.17.1
b. create a debug output of the opening of the file

[Music Fan]

Works fine here,...
a. update to the latest version 2014.07.17.1
Works with this version ;)

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.07.27.1:

*changed*

avisynth: disable MT, when it's not needed
x265: added support for tier/profile/level and 2pass encoding, for the later you need to disable (x265->Misc->Create qp file for chapters and keep level set to 'unrestricted' otherwise it will probably crash, but the x265 developers are working on it)


*fixed*

avisynth: ColorMatrix-call
tags: tag queue accidentally got cleared partially when clicking on it
subs: .sup subtitle handling (conversion to .idx/.sub for mp4 muxing)
subs: manual subtitle extraction
video: 2pass custom target file size not always properly reloaded from model/profile

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

Cu Selur

[zooom]

How can i run Hybrid as portable?

[Selur]

see: http://forum.selur.de/topic33-hidden-hybrid-options.html

[digitall.h]

Tested latest Hybrid_140727_64bit_binary_qt48 version with a DVD.
It completed the encoding well.
Will try with a Blu-Ray.

Already posted in other thread, but I feel it could be interesting to inform also here.
In last x264-r2453-ea0ca51 version I read in the --help:

Filtering:

--vf, --video-filter <filter0>/<filter1>/... Apply video filtering to the input file

Filter options may be specified in <filter>:<option>=<value> format.

Available filters:
...
select_every:step,offset1[,...]

Selur, do you know how this select_every filter works under x264?.
Do you thin it could be used to encode a selected percentage of the footage in crf mode where we don't know what will be the final file size?.

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.08.03.1:

*changed*

subs: added option to enforce a specifc idx/sub resolution during .sup
x265: added support for '--psy-rdoq X'
general: added a few additional tool-tips


*fixed*

decode: disabling lavthreads didn't set lavthreads to 1
preview: crop-preview didn't show up properly when avisynth as used as decoder
input: more flexible parsing then reading the tsMuxeR analyse output
subs: subtitle language passthrough for subtitles which got extracted by tsMuxeR

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

Cu Selur

[DJ-1]

Just made a small donation, as I've been using this software for a while now & is easily the most extensive/'complete' all round solution I've used in years.
☺

[Selur]

Happy you like it and thanks for the donation. :)

[DJ-1]

Dvd sources: for ages now I've awarded dvd shrink simply to cut episodic TV dvds into individual titles as they're often all in 1 title on the discs...

I know it's not the best way of cutting know get a clean cut on start/ends of files) so asked on forum & was directed towards either cuttermaran or mpeg2schnitt.

Will give cuttermaran a try later,
As far as output goes I've always kept.. Vob files (dvd titlesets) to a maximum size...
Is it fine to do that or is sticking to the '1gb limit' proffered?
Cheers.

[Selur]

if you encode these episode with the same settings, you could also copy the source 1:1 (without the copy protection) to hdd and use the 'Queue titles' option.

[DJ-1]

Sorry I hit the 'send' button early... Added more..

[Selur]

a. assuming there is a PGC per episode you could use: http://download.videohelp.com/jsoto/dvdtools.htm to get just a specific episode
b. size shouldn't really matter unless one of the tools has a problem with that, but I'm not aware of any such problem, or you author a dvd with it again (I would suspect that mencoder/mplayer would then not 'like' such large vob files that belong to an .ifo file)
c. personally I use cuttermaran to cut mpeg-2 content (first I normally send it through ProjectX and then process it with cuttermaran)

[Music Fan]

Dvd sources: for ages now I've awarded dvd shrink simply to cut episodic TV dvds into individual titles as they're often all in 1 title on the discs...

I know it's not the best way of cutting know get a clean cut on start/ends of files) so asked on forum & was directed towards either cuttermaran or mpeg2schnitt.
Dvd-Shrink makes clean cuts, I use it for a long time. But as it is only done on keyframes, it's not as precise as a smart rendering tool.

[DJ-1]

Yeah I've used dvd shrink for years too...
wasn't sure.. The cuttermaran frame accurate so has an advantage with getting a better range of cut points

Will have a play with cuttermaran later & see what it's like

[Music Fan]

Actually, according to your needs, you can make a first cut with Dvd-Shrink (to avoid to copy the entire dvd on your HDD) including a slightly larger part than what you need then make a more precise cut with a smart rendering tool.

[Music Fan]

There is a problem with last version on XP 32 : when I open an avs script including a 1080p video @ 23.976 fps and choose x264, Hybrid wants to change its framerate to 25 fps and resize it to 720*576 while I don't need these changes ! And I don't see how to remove them.

edit : actually there is no resize if I don't check hardware and don't choose Blu-ray/avchd in restriction settings (and if I choose DXVA, I can untick the resize in crop/resize window). But I'd like to check Blu-ray/avchd, I used to let it checked without problem with old versions (I don't remember until which one, I didn't make encoding for a while).

[Selur]

Hybrid rev 2014.08.04.1:

*removed*

x265: support for '--[no-]slow-firstpass (not supported by x265 atm.)


*fixed*

x264&x265 1pass encoding
ffmpeg output collection

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

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@Music Fan: Hybrid does those changes based on the Output PAR, different OutputPAR, different allowed frame rates&co.
Can't see a mistake in what Hybrid is doing.

Cu Selur

[Music Fan]

For 1080p, the PAR has to be 1:1 and anyway, whatever I choose for the PAR, I can't export in 1080p, so there is problem.

[Selur]

work fine here, what I did:

Started Hybrid
Loaded 1080p source
Enabled x264->Hardware->Blu-ray/AVCHD
Switched to Crop/Resize to check the resolution
-> resolution is still 1080p.
loaded different 1080p/1080i source and got no problem with the resolution


-> May be your defaults/profiles got messed up or something, can't reproduce the problem here at all.

[Music Fan]

Does not work here, always resize (now it is in 1280*720) :o

[Selur]

Try resetting you defaults. Other than that can't really tell you anything other than that it works here without any problem.

[Music Fan]

How to reset defaults ? Even when I erase all my x264 profiles, the problem stays.

[Selur]

"Config->Defaults->Reset->All" + "Reset selected"
Going to bed now, but if you upload a sample and write me a step-by-step guide on what you do, I can try to reproduce it, you must be doing something another way than I do here or Hybrid has some problem with your source.

[Music Fan]

I re-installed Hybrid before to see your answer and it's ok now.;)
Except that in the main window, the detected framerate seems bad : 2400023.976, or is it just a display error ?
My script contains this : assumefps(24000,1001)