GK -> Transcoding failure (detailed problem)

[Bravo]

Hello All :)

I recently spent about 5 - 6 hours going through GK guides, and learning how to encode quality rips. Previously i had used flask.

As of 2 weeks ago, i was running GK on a system, with everything set up according to the divx-digest guide. I did a format a little over a week ago, and have had problems using GK. The error the encoder spits out is:

ERROR: Will not recalculate bit rate! - Maybe you can add audio later
ERROR: MP3 file size is zero! Transcoding failed.

The only way i've been able to resolve this, is to set the mp3 bit rate from 64bit average, to 64bit constant. This has heavily bloated file sizes despite encoding with the same time, and visual bitrate settings.

Im hoping its something simple i've forgotten, i'd appreciate any help.

Also:
DivX 5.0.5 GAIN Edition
GK 0.28.5

[jggimi]

Welcome to the forum! I hope you'll find it useful.

Please copy and paste your complete _gknot.log file with the error in a reply. It may help us understand what procedural error or typo may have been made to cause the problem.

This is such a frequent request, we've even got a smiley for it: :logfile:

[Bravo]

Originally posted by jggimi
Welcome to the forum! I hope you'll find it useful.

Please copy and paste your complete _gknot.log file with the error in a reply. It may help us understand what procedural error or typo may have been made to cause the problem.

This is such a frequent request, we've even got a smiley for it: :logfile:

Hi :)

Here it is (as an example):

ordian Knot -
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_All
Number: 2
Name: Movie 1
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubModExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3.avi
AviMovie: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3_Movie.avi
AviCredits: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3_Credits.avi
MovieFS: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero.avs
CreditsFS:
Log : H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3.log
Stats: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3.stats
Ecf : H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 0
CreditsStart: 0
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 0
DeleteInterm.: 0
EnforceBitrate: 0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 231637 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 0 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 3893 kbyte.
AviSize: 235531 kbyte (230 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 235531 kbyte (230 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 768 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 61770
FPS: 25.000
Duration: 041:11
Quality: 0.136 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
Resolution: 640 x 352

Audio 1:
Mode: ac3 -> mp3
SourceFile: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero AC3 T01 2_0ch 448Kbps DELAY -79ms.ac3
WavFile: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero AC3 T01 2_0ch 448Kbps DELAY -79ms.wav
Mp3File: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero AC3 T01 2_0ch 448Kbps DELAY -79ms_2.mp3
Azid: -c normal
Lame: -h --abr 64
Delay: -79
Interval: 1
Preload: 500
Mux: 1
Recalc: 1
DeleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.


9:00:47 PM: Started Transcoding Audio.

9:00:47 PM: Using "BeSweet" to transcode H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero AC3 T01 2_0ch 448Kbps DELAY -79ms.ac3
CommandLine: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\BeSweet.exe -core( -input "H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero AC3 T01 2_0ch 448Kbps DELAY -79ms.ac3" -output "H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero AC3 T01 2_0ch 448Kbps DELAY -79ms_2.mp3" -logfile "H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero AC3 T01 2_0ch 448Kbps DELAY -79ms_2.log" ) -ota( -hybridgain ) -azid( -c normal ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -lame( -h --abr 64 ) -profile( Gordian Knot 0.28 )
9:00:47 PM: Finished. Duration: 0 seconds.

9:00:47 PM: Audio Done.
9:00:47 PM: Error: MP3-File-Size is zero! Transcoding failed.
9:00:47 PM: Error: Will not recalculate bitrate! - Maybe you can add audio later...
9:00:47 PM: Audio 1, determined: 0 kb
9:00:47 PM: Audio 1, calc: 0 kb

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5-First Pass"
// $input "H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero.avs"
// $output "H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("H:\\DVD Rips\\104 - D Minus Zero\\104 - D Minus Zero.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("H:\\DVD Rips\\104 - D Minus Zero\\104 - D Minus Zero_3.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

9:00:47 PM: Started DivX5-First Pass: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero.avs
9:00:50 PM: Finished DivX5-First Pass: Duration: 2 seconds.
9:00:50 PM: Trying to open Log-file.
9:00:50 PM: Success: Log-file open.
9:00:50 PM: Encoded: 45 Frames.
9:00:50 PM: Speed: 20.279 Frames per Second.
9:00:50 PM: WARNING: Number of counted frames differs from settings!
9:00:50 PM: WARNING: Settings: 61770
9:00:50 PM: WARNING: Counted: 45
9:00:50 PM: WARNING: Difference: 61725
9:00:50 PM: Correcting Bitrate...
9:00:50 PM: Original Bitrate = 768 k(=1000)Bits/s
9:00:50 PM: Error: Correction impossible.
9:00:50 PM: Now encoding at 768 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5-Second Pass"
// $input "H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero.avs"
// $output "H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("H:\\DVD Rips\\104 - D Minus Zero\\104 - D Minus Zero.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("H:\\DVD Rips\\104 - D Minus Zero\\104 - D Minus Zero_3.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

9:00:50 PM: Started DivX5 - Pass: 2: H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero.avs
9:00:51 PM: Finished DivX5 - Pass: 2: Duration: 1 second.
9:00:51 PM: Speed: 35.545 Frames per Second.

9:00:51 PM: Done.
9:00:51 PM: Movie = H:\DVD Rips\104 - D Minus Zero\104 - D Minus Zero_3.avi
Total Encoding Time: 3 seconds.
12/07/2003 9:00:51 PM: Job "Movie 1" finished.

[jggimi]

I can't tell why BeSweet is failing -- you might try running BeSweet manually (using the command string shown in the log) to pick up an error message. Both the Azid and Lame parameters you are using appear to be valid, to me. But I don't claim expertise. Perhaps someone else will see the problem.

But I did see other things that may be of interest. Of course, this is a very short clip you've chosen (45 frames?), but if you're using the same procedures for a complete encode: To avoid possible audio sync problems when using a bitrate below 128kbps, use --resample 48.

You are not selecting an estimated audio file size in the Audio A box, per the guide. This will impact estimated bitrate, which will impact Compressibility test results, should you elect to do them.

You are not conducting Compressibility tests; you may be unhappy with your results (under/over size, quality) without them. Hopefully, someone will see something in the log regarding BeSweet that I missed.

[killingspree]

hi
as I just saw Josh (jggimi) was faster than me, but there's one more thing (unfortunately i couldn't detect a faulty audio setting either):
gknot only encoded 45 frames of the total 61000. so video encoding doesn't work either.
I don't want to sound pessmimistic, but this looks to me that you got some major problems with either your system or your gknot settings. perhaps you'll want to remove and reinstall everything. the best would be to dl the newest version of both gknot packs. and then install them after everything (including divx and all audio codecs) has been removed!

hope this helps
steVe

[Bravo]

I've removed, rebooted, and reinstalled the latest GK packs, and DivX codecs (5.0.5 Pro). I will set GK up again, and report back.

[Bravo]

Had no luck with an reinstalling.

Can anybody point me to a guide i could follow to the letter? It seems I've have had no luck fixing this since i formatted :(

[killingspree]

here's (http://www.doom9.org/gknot-main3.htm) the guide. sorry to hear that it didn't work out!

if you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask!

steVe

[Bravo]

Originally posted by killingspree
here's (http://www.doom9.org/gknot-main3.htm) the guide. sorry to hear that it didn't work out!

if you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask!

steVe

Followed the guide to the letter, and its still buggered:

13/07/2003 3:25:08 AM: Job " 1" started.

o Transcode source -> MP3: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
o DivX5-First Pass: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avs
o DivX5 - Pass 2: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avs
o Mux Audio.
End of Job 1 ( 1).
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gordian Knot -
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_All
Number: 1
Name: 1
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubModExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avi
AviMovie: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned_Movie.avi
AviCredits: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned_Credits.avi
MovieFS: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avs
CreditsFS:
Log : H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.log
Stats: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.stats
Ecf : H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 0
CreditsStart: 0
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 0
DeleteInterm.: 0
EnforceBitrate: 0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 295619 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 264261 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 8880 kbyte.
AviSize: 568760 kbyte (555 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 568760 kbyte (555 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 430 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 140938
FPS: 25.000
Duration: 133:58
Quality: 0.076 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
Resolution: 640 x 352

Audio 1:
Mode: ac3 -> mp3
SourceFile: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
WavFile: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.wav
Mp3File: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3
Azid: -c normal
Lame: -h --abr 64
Delay: 0
Interval: 1
Preload: 500
Mux: 1
Recalc: 1
DeleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.


3:25:08 AM: Started Transcoding Audio.

3:25:08 AM: Using "BeSweet" to transcode H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
CommandLine: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\BeSweet.exe -core( -input "H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" -output "H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3" -logfile "H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY 0ms.log" ) -ota( -hybridgain ) -azid( -c normal ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -lame( -h --abr 64 ) -profile( Gordian Knot 0.28 )
3:25:08 AM: Finished. Duration: 0 seconds.

3:25:08 AM: Audio Done.
3:25:08 AM: Error: MP3-File-Size is zero! Transcoding failed.
3:25:08 AM: Error: Will not recalculate bitrate! - Maybe you can add audio later...
3:25:08 AM: Audio 1, determined: 0 kb
3:25:08 AM: Audio 1, calc: 264261 kb

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5-First Pass"
// $input "H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avs"
// $output "H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("H:\\DVD Rips\\Village of the damned\\Village of the damned.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("H:\\DVD Rips\\Village of the damned\\Village of the damned.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

3:25:08 AM: Started DivX5-First Pass: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avs
3:25:15 AM: Finished DivX5-First Pass: Duration: 6 seconds.
3:25:15 AM: Trying to open Log-file.
3:25:15 AM: Success: Log-file open.
3:25:15 AM: Encoded: 197 Frames.
3:25:15 AM: Speed: 30.382 Frames per Second.
3:25:15 AM: WARNING: Number of counted frames differs from settings!
3:25:15 AM: WARNING: Settings: 140938
3:25:15 AM: WARNING: Counted: 197
3:25:15 AM: WARNING: Difference: 140741
3:25:15 AM: Correcting Bitrate...
3:25:15 AM: Original Bitrate = 430 k(=1000)Bits/s
3:25:15 AM: Error: Correction impossible.
3:25:15 AM: Now encoding at 430 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5-Second Pass"
// $input "H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avs"
// $output "H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("H:\\DVD Rips\\Village of the damned\\Village of the damned.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("H:\\DVD Rips\\Village of the damned\\Village of the damned.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

3:25:15 AM: Started DivX5 - Pass: 2: H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avs
3:25:25 AM: Finished DivX5 - Pass: 2: Duration: 10 seconds.
3:25:25 AM: Speed: 18.988 Frames per Second.

3:25:25 AM: Done.
3:25:25 AM: Movie = H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avi
Total Encoding Time: 17 seconds.
13/07/2003 3:25:25 AM: Job " 1" finished.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Im not sure what im screwing up here guys. :(

[Bravo]

Still getting no problems encoding using a constant vs. average audio bitrate. Im positive i've fucked the audio settings somehow :(

[killingspree]

have you tried using another bitrate or doing the audio manually using besweetgui?

steVe

[jggimi]

Just looking at the video encoding in this latest log, I see several odd things: During setup, the log shows:

Frames: 140938

That should be the number of frames in the DVD project file (.d2v). But the first pass shows:

3:25:15 AM: Finished DivX5-First Pass: Duration: 6 seconds.
3:25:15 AM: Trying to open Log-file.
3:25:15 AM: Success: Log-file open.
3:25:15 AM: Encoded: 197 Frames.

Which means that there is either a problem with the AviSynth script, or a problem with the codec.

To determine which; first ensure that DivX 5 is installed properly:

Run VdubMod (Start...Programs...Gordian Knot...Apps...VirtualDubMod)

See if DivX 5 is in the list of codecs available for compression, and which release it is. Bring up the list of available codecs:

Alt...Video...Compression

You should see DivX (Pro) 5.05 in the list of codecs.

Then, check to see if the AviSynth script Gknot created for you is operating properly. From VdubMod, open H:\DVD Rips\Village of the damned\Village of the damned.avs, and scroll through it. There should be 140938 frames in the file (Alt...File...Information), and you should be able to see frames at the beginning, and at the end.

The fact that you got 197 frames in the log means that you should be able to see something. Hopefully, more than 197 frames. If you only see 197 frames, please open the .avs file with a text editor, copy and paste it here, too.

I notices that the bitrate vs. resolution is still out-of-whack. The log shows:

Bitrate: 430 k(=1000)Bits/s
.
.
Quality: 0.076 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
Resolution: 640 x 352

This shows a relatively low bitrate, a b/p*f value way under "normal", no compressibility testing, and of course, a very high resolution.

Of course, compressibility testing requires a working encoder. Once you get Gknot working properly, I doubt you will like the results.I cannot tell why BeSweet is failing; these logs aren't showing the reason. As I recommended before, please run BeSweet (or BeSweetGUI) and attempt to encode the audio manually.

My guess is that installation did not go properly (again). Both the rip pack and the system pack must be installed. Gknot is a suite of tools; be sure you're using the latest from Doom9's download pages; the links in the guide may not be up to date.

[len0x]

I think a screenshot of bitrate tab of GK would help...

p.s. you can try transcoding audio manually via "add audio job only" on encoder window. In that case there will be a log file from besweet which can tell what excatly going wrong there (or may be that log is even always present...)