Old RealAnime discussion [Archive] - Page 2

karl_lillevold

13th July 2003, 17:37

Originally posted by Pamel
There is nothing wrong with them, but 7zip is better. If you want to spend less time on a download, use 7zip. It will even make standard ZIP files that are smaller than ones made with any other ZIP utility.
Sirber convinced me to try it out, and indeed, I was surprised to see that it made zip compatible files much smaller than WinZip. With its own 7z format, even smaller than RAR as well. For a "compressionist", that's a compelling feature.

Sirber

13th July 2003, 22:59

Originally posted by timecop
This is usually what happens to all VB-like projects.
Please, people. If you are going to write quality stuff, use a real programming environment.
No, VB6/DelphiWhatever doesnt cut it.

Those two languare are the best to build GUIs fast. I don't want to spend next two years to make one :devil:

And 7zip? for crying out loud.
Why the hell would I download a weird unknown file compressor.
What is wrong with zip/arj/rar/lha/gz/bzip2?

7zip is by far the best compression tool. Also, I don't use old junk.

31 Flavas

14th July 2003, 00:15

Originally posted by Sirber

Also, I don't use old junk. Try to have a little modesty sirber... :) :rolleyes:

Sirber

14th July 2003, 17:09

I got a bug with "Disabling Audio". I'll up a new version soon, and maybe with 5.1 sound support (For the new Evangelion! :D)

Sirber

21st July 2003, 13:00

New build: 1.10

New Features:
* Support for RALF, Vorbis and 5.1 (experimental and untested)
* New sound menu selection
* Some bugfix

31 Flavas

21st July 2003, 20:46

But we can not playback ralf content yet, can we? It is good to have it enabled for when ralf playback is possible.

Sirber

21st July 2003, 22:06

hum...

I'm just adding producer features :D. Vorbis can't work also, missing DLL...

nah

22nd July 2003, 08:32

Hi,

I'm preparing to encode 26 episodes of Soul Hunter.
I'm usually do my encode with x2real because I could add filters and batch encode.
I've tested the last version of RealAnim (v1.10) with adding filters and Dup filter in the AVS.
Do some modification to the job.txt to set '1' to all 'VideoDupFrameDropper' section as adviced by Karl.
The prg work good, but take too much CPU load (30% in my case).
I've test to encode this at 410 kbits (1:40 min) :
-----------------
LoadPlugin("mpeg2dec3.dll")
LoadPlugin("dup.dll")
LoadPlugin("TomsMoComp.dll")
LoadPlugin("Deen.dll")
LoadPlugin("asharp.dll")
LoadPlugin("Convolution3DYV12.dll")
mpeg2source("U:\soul hunter dvd1\ep1\vts_01.d2v",idct=6)
trim(0,2500)
TomsMoComp(1,5,1)
deen("a2d",4,9,0,0)
Convolution3d(preset="animeHQ")
asharp(2.5,4.5,0.25,hqbf=true)
LanczosResize(560,416)
Dup(maxcopies=20,threshold=1.7,show=False)
--------------------

(the result is not good due to asharp parameters)

RealAnim
6:08 min --> 4572 Ko

Only producer cmd with the 'job_tmp.rpjf' created by RealAnim
4:55 min --> 4561 Ko (11 Ko difference ?)

x2real (without 'VideoDupFrameDropper' because I cannot launch with job) but using EHQ
4.55 min --> 4945 Ko (+ 8.4 %)

Sirber

22nd July 2003, 12:49

RealAnime takes 30% CPU? :confused: RealAnime.exe took here 0-2-6% on my 2000+, but it's supposed to use 0%. I guess it's the API management section to track producer activity. I'll check that when I'll return from work.

[edit]

Hum... this can't be optimized. What's your processor speed?

[edit 2]

I got a fix: Set RealAnime.exe to IDLE state. I'll add that so it will do it itself on startup. At IDLE mode, and producer at IDLE (by default), RealAnime uses 0% CPU. I'll make a fix soon.

Sirber

23rd July 2003, 02:18

I can't fix. VB6 is lame. I'll close that project soon and merge the techniques in Delphi in a new project. It's all Top Secret ;). More news to come later.

TiTavion

25th July 2003, 01:03

Hi , First I apologized for my bad english , I'm french :)

i Have an error eveytime I click on add

it write : "Run time error '430'

Class do not support automation or does not supported expected interface.

I have Windows XP pro SP1 and I have install VB6 library

Thx for helping Me :)

Sirber

25th July 2003, 02:15

Seems that on your system RealAnime can't show open dialog. I'll update source soon so you'll be able to compile it yourself or *twaek* it for your system :)

This project is going to abandonware and will be replaced by something more efficient written in Delphi.

BTW, I'm french too, un québécois français francophone :D.

TiTavion

25th July 2003, 09:11

bon ba je peux répondre en français alors :D

merci pour cette réponse rapide.
si ta le courage et que tu as msn , aurais tu le temps de venir me parler ? :)

titavion@hotmail.com

Sirber

25th July 2003, 11:37

:mad:

You must use english on doom9 or you won't recieve gifts at christmass :p

avih

25th July 2003, 11:38

Originally posted by TiTavion
bon ba je peux répondre en français alors :D

merci pour cette réponse rapide.
si ta le courage et que tu as msn , aurais tu le temps de venir me parler ? :)

titavion@hotmail.com

hi and welcome to our forum ;)

as i'm sure you've read the forum rules, you surely noticed it's an english only board. don't make it a habbit to post in french pls.

thanx for your consideration.
avih

Sirber

25th July 2003, 13:07

New sources...

Yusaku

27th July 2003, 04:59

for all people unsuccessfully trying to get this GUI to run - try OCX librarypack in http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56924&highlight=helix+producer+gui . Apparently some of my VB6 DLLs were too old; and the link under this topic have even older ones :(.

Sirber

27th July 2003, 14:18

I'm using SP5 DLL/OCX :)

PkmoNk

20th August 2003, 03:58

ahh yes. i found your gui ;) . can you allow unlimited audio bitrate as well? because i use to encode with Real Helix producer with lower audio bitrates for streaming in my website ^_^

Sirber

20th August 2003, 13:01

RealAnime is a dead project and will be replaced with a new one. :cool:

PkmoNk

20th August 2003, 17:10

mmm kool. i will await its return.

Sirber

20th August 2003, 17:11

The only thing I might check is why it take up to 30% to check is producer is still running... :angry:

Dark-Cracker

20th August 2003, 17:48

@sirber
perhaps could u try to add the sleep api in your loop this will help u to avoid to take to much cpu use.

u set the parameter in millisec.

somethink like this in VB :

do while ....
...
doevents
sleep(300)
loop

Ps: sleep is an kernel32 api if i right remember.

hope this could help u :)
Bye.

Sigmatador

20th August 2003, 20:14

Originally posted by Sirber
The only thing I might check is why it take up to 30% to check is producer is still running... :angry:

LOL that's a bit much ^^

Sirber

20th August 2003, 23:30

@D.C.

I'll try. Right now I'm using something like:

Do While ret& = STILL_ACTIVE&
DoEvents
GetExitCodeProcess proc.hProcess, ret&
Loop

:confused:
I taught DoEvents was giving OS the power...

[edit]
I also tryed:

'Wait Module 1.0
'by Buttress Root Software
'
'Programmed by Jonathan Liu
'Copyright ©1999-2371 Buttress Root Software. All rights reserved.

Private Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" () As Long

Sub Wait(ByVal dblMilliseconds As Double)
Dim dblStart As Double
Dim dblEnd As Double
Dim dblTickCount As Double

dblTickCount = GetTickCount()
dblStart = GetTickCount()
dblEnd = GetTickCount + dblMilliseconds

Do
DoEvents
dblTickCount = GetTickCount()
Loop Until dblTickCount > dblEnd Or dblTickCount < dblStart
End Sub

**
Same CPU usage :(

Sirber

20th August 2003, 23:40

Oh yeah!

I got my book "for dummies" ;) about Delphi 7. My new top secret project will go way faster :cool:

Sirber

21st August 2003, 00:22

Oh yeah #2!

0% CPU now. I set sleep for 1 sec. While encoding, RealAnime don,t respond too fast, but it's ok for me:)

Update: v1.12

http://www.webernic.com/sirber/Downloads/RealAnime_112.zip
http://www.webernic.com/sirber/Downloads/RealAnime_112_Sources.zip

Ramirez

21st August 2003, 02:03

Originally posted by Sirber
RealAnime is a dead project and will be replaced with a new one. :cool:

LOL! Not another GUI again! :Cryingoutloud: Please, please! Keep it dead... :p

Sirber

21st August 2003, 02:37

"new version that goes 30% faster!!!" :D

superdump

21st August 2003, 03:16

Sirber: I'm going to have a bit of a play with it tomorrow. I haven't even looked at it yet, but I'll give whatever feedback I can on it, OK? :) Good.

Sirber

21st August 2003, 12:57

yeah sure. :)

superdump

21st August 2003, 20:29

OK, I've had a look at it and it's quite quick an easy to use. One feature that might be appreciated is something like DarkCracker has in AutoRV9 for encoding end credits at a different bitrate. XviD dev-api-4 currently has zones, so the ultimate would be to have a little zones table where you can define the bitrate for certain ranges if you so wish. But just the end credits encoding at a different bitrate would be nice. Manually specifiable rather than a %age.

Hmm, what else... as I know very little about MSL, could you tell me what it does? Also what are "sharp" "normal" "smooth" and "slideshow" in HPG?

Edit: Oh and output filename. And clean up those outline boxes which go over the border edge. :)

Sirber

21st August 2003, 23:15

MSL: buffer time on playback.

"sharp" "normal" "smooth" and "slideshow": To set when codec will drop frames

Oh and output filename. And clean up those outline boxes which go over the border edge: :confused: I need more infos. Everything seems fine in here...

superdump

22nd August 2003, 08:18

How do I set the output filename? It seems to simply be the input filename with the extension changed.

As for the border thing, if you PM me your e-mail address, I'll e-mail you a png of what I mean. :)

Edit: And thank you for the reply. So the "when to drop frames" feature is on the ToDo list?

Sirber

22nd August 2003, 12:36

Hi

If you want to drop frames, check DropDupe and set the max number of frames to drop in a row. If you want to change the settings for DropDupe, edit manually job.txt.

my mail is sirber(a)myrealbox.com

[edit]

Like I said earlier, this software is deadware. My new GUI will be way more powerfull, with AVISynth support and per-file settings.

superdump

22nd August 2003, 18:19

Oh, I thought this was your new software and you just hadn't renamed it yet. :) In that case, nevermind. I'll give your new one a go when it's ready.

Sirber

22nd August 2003, 20:25

My new one will be in delphi, this old crap is in VB6.

superdump

23rd August 2003, 00:33

Any ETA on that?

Sirber

23rd August 2003, 05:36

hum,..... canMt say,,, I have to format... Windkows update crash 1/4 of my comp... mabe in 2-3 weeks....

Sirber

26th August 2003, 02:51

hum... from what I know (and do), I think in 3-4 weeks we should have an alpha ready. From what I know (and did), the UI will looks like RealAnime, but it will contain much more features.

Sirber

16th October 2003, 02:22

Hi

Coz of increased RV9 interrest, I updated RealAnime's defaults and GUI. Get the 1.14 version!!!

Note: you may want to update to the lastest version of Helix Producer avalible on https://www.helixcommynity.org. The lastest isn't included with RealAnime. Reason? The one included works perfectly :D

Guyanthalas

19th October 2003, 10:36

I know that the RealAnime is kinda a dead project, but something to think about on your new GUI utility is the ability to select multiple files at once on the "load" screen (IE, holding down shift or control allows multiple files to be selected). I think that when you deal with a batch encoder, its usefull to select multiple things at once. Other than that, i'd like to say great job on all the work you've done so far, hats off to you mate.

Afterthought: you should have the real anime (or new GUI)'s settings store themselves in an INI file or something after closing the program to retain previously used settings

Sirber

20th October 2003, 02:00

Surreal UI will have the ability to save and load settings to apply them to multiple files. About RealAnime, you could get the sources, implementing the multiple load, then send the modifications to me, and I'll post a new version. I have no time to work on RealAnime again, too much projects like Surreal UI and a massive internet multiplayer game.