FairUse 2.6 is out

[Wilbert]

280zx, could you try the following (should be version 2.0):
http://bbsrv.imp.leidenuniv.nl/~wilbert/FU-20.exe

The one in the first post is version 2.1a which has that bug.

[280zx]

^^ Thanks a lot for posting that, it's letting me select the range to encode now, but I'm getting this error...

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1663/snap19ao.th.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snap19ao.jpg)

Would that have something to do with installing the 2.1a light edition of fairuse while using the 2.0 exe? With the 2.1a exe the video encodes normally so it's not a missing codec.


Would you happen to still have the 2.0 light edition installation of fairuse? Thanks again.

[Wilbert]

Would you happen to still have the 2.0 light edition installation of fairuse? Thanks again.
Don't know. Please try it.

[280zx]

I was asking if you saved the 2.0 version of FU-Setup_LE.exe. The only one I have access to is the 2.1a version on fairusewizard.com.

[Wilbert]

http://bbsrv.imp.leidenuniv.nl/~wilbert/FU-Setup_LE_v20.exe

[280zx]

Thanks a lot for the help Wilbert, that fixed the problem. :D

[Taurus]

Well, after a few hours of testing around with the different builds provided
by Wilbert, I must say that none exceeds the 700 MB limit on my side.
Carefully uninstalled each component and replaced the associate Fu.exe before any new run.
Maybe someone sheds some light on the right order how to install?
Tested with binary's from Page 1 of this thread and the ones a few lines above :)
Thanks in advance.

Cheers

Taurus

[celtic_druid]

http://mirror05.x264.nl/celtic_druid/force.php?file=./fu-setup.exe
Full installer, 2.1, but with (hopefully) working range settings, >700MB limit, etc.

[Taurus]

@celtic_druid
Thanks, will give this a try.
I will confirm later if it is working or not.

Cheers

Taurus

(edit)
No chance, didn't work. 699 MB. Same as before. :mad:

[280zx]

Thanks for the attempt CD, but yeah it still has the 700mb limit. Range selection works though.

[promitheas]

it works ok!

[celtic_druid]

Think I might have fixed it now. Just got to test it. The installer works ok though? Also I updated x264, XviD, oggenc, lame and vorbisgain.

[280zx]

Think I might have fixed it now. Just got to test it. The installer works ok though? Also I updated x264, XviD, oggenc, lame and vorbisgain.


The installer seemed to work fine. One strange little quirk though, everytime after I run fairuse and return to the start button, it informs me that a new program has been installed.

Also, do you mean you updated fairuse's internal version of xvid etc?

[celtic_druid]

Exactly, the internal versions. From recollection the old ones were compiled by me anyway.

My start menu doesn't do that, but I'm running win2k. I will know if the changes I made worked (in regards to > 700) when I get back from the gym tonight.

[280zx]

Sounds good. :cool: The start menu bug was worse than I originally thought though. After running any program, then returning to the start menu, it states that a new program was just installed (annoying bubble pops up). Uninstalling fairuse stopped it so that's definitely what was causing it in xp.

[celtic_druid]

Ok, seems to work, at least the log file reports the correct bitrate instead of just 700. Limit is now (in theory) 8.4GB. So if you set it to 19GB's you would get 8.4.

See previous link for download.

Someone might want to try it with splitting enabled, 'cause I didn't test that at all.

[280zx]

It works! Range selection, no 700mb limitation, outputting as 2, 700mb files. Thanks for doing that celtic_druid, much appreciated.:D

Here's a link (http://rapidshare.de/files/7772789/fairuse-2.1-celtic_druid.zip.html)to cd's .exe and the light edition of fairuse 2.1 installer from the fairuse website. The "new program installed" prompts bug was getting to me. You could also turn off the highlight newly installed programs option in the taskbar if you're using xp and cd's installer.

[Wilbert]

celtic_druid, could you upload the source somewhere? Then i can add it to the first post of this thread.

[celtic_druid]

diff -u FU-Source/DecodeMain.cpp new/DecodeMain.cpp
--- FU-Source/DecodeMain.cpp 2005-09-05 22:38:16.000000000 +1000
+++ new/DecodeMain.cpp 2005-11-17 23:50:34.421875000 +1100
@@ -577,9 +577,9 @@
credits = credits * 24 / 30;
}
if(_session->chapterSplit) {
- targetSize = min((unsigned)_session->fileSize, 0x2BCu) * _segmentLength / totalFrames;
+ targetSize = min((unsigned)_session->fileSize, 0x219Au) * _segmentLength / totalFrames;
} else {
- targetSize = min((unsigned)_session->fileSize, 0x2BCu) / _session->filePart;
+ targetSize = min((unsigned)_session->fileSize, 0x219Au) / _session->filePart;
}

// determine overhead
diff -u FU-Source/demoMode.h new/demoMode.h
--- FU-Source/demoMode.h 2005-09-05 22:29:56.000000000 +1000
+++ new/demoMode.h 2005-11-16 16:20:45.312500000 +1100
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
//#define CSS_DISABLED
//#define DEMO_MODE
#define FAIRUSE_PRO
+#define LOGO_ENABLED
\ No newline at end of file
diff -u FU-Source/Main.cpp new/Main.cpp
--- FU-Source/Main.cpp 2005-09-05 22:38:16.000000000 +1000
+++ new/Main.cpp 2005-11-17 23:49:44.734375000 +1100
@@ -1392,11 +1392,11 @@
return true;

case _DlgIdProjectLogo:
- if(TranslateMessageBox("LOGO_WARNING", "T_LOGO_WARNING", 0, "The full edition of FairUse Wizard does not overlay any logo.\n\nDo you want to open the full version download page ?", "FairUSe Wizard - Free Edition", MB_YESNO | MB_DEFBUTTON1 | MB_ICONINFORMATION) == IDYES) {
+ /*if(TranslateMessageBox("LOGO_WARNING", "T_LOGO_WARNING", 0, "The full edition of FairUse Wizard does not overlay any logo.\n\nDo you want to open the full version download page ?", "FairUSe Wizard - Free Edition", MB_YESNO | MB_DEFBUTTON1 | MB_ICONINFORMATION) == IDYES) {
sprintf(buffer, "http://fairusewizard.com/lang_%s/download.html", Ifo::Language::IdentDescShort(_preferredSubtitles >= 0 ? _preferredSubtitles : _preferredAudio));
strlwr(buffer);
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", buffer, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
- }
+ }*/
Button_SetCheck(GetDlgItem(_projectPage, _DlgIdProjectLogo), BST_CHECKED);
return true;
}
@@ -3845,7 +3845,7 @@
TranslateMessageBox("CROPPING_REGION", "T_CROPPING_REGION", _sheet, "The cropping region you have selected removes too much of the frame.\nThe area to be encoded can be no smaller than 48 x 48 pixels in size.", "Cropping Region", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
return -1;
}
- if(_rangeStart > 0 || _rangeEnd < _section->fields / 2 - 1) {
+/* if(_rangeStart > 0 || _rangeEnd < _section->fields / 2 - 1) {
char buffer[4096];
if(TranslateMessageBox("LE_WARNING_RANGE", "T_LE_WARNING", _sheet, "The Light Edition of FairUse Wizard doesn't allow custom range selection.\n\nDo you want to open the full version download page ?", "FairUSe Wizard - Light Edition", MB_YESNO | MB_DEFBUTTON1 | MB_ICONINFORMATION) == IDYES) {
sprintf(buffer, "http://fairusewizard.com/lang_%s/download.html", Ifo::Language::IdentDescShort(_preferredSubtitles >= 0 ? _preferredSubtitles : _preferredAudio));
@@ -3855,7 +3855,7 @@
SetTextInt(GetDlgItem(_rangePage, _DlgIdRangeStart), 0);
SetTextInt(GetDlgItem(_rangePage, _DlgIdRangeEnd), _section->fields / 2 - 1);
return -1;
- }
+ }*/
_rangeExtractSubs = Button_GetCheck(GetDlgItem(_rangePage, _DlgIdRangeDemuxSubs));
return 0;
}
@@ -3898,6 +3898,15 @@

void X::_RangeRangeState()
{
+// Slider_SetSel(GetDlgItem(_rangePage, _DlgIdRangeSlider), _rangeStart, _rangeEnd, true);
+ unsigned max, temp;
+
+ max = _section->fields / 2 - 1;
+ _rangeStart = min(GetTextInt(GetDlgItem(_rangePage, _DlgIdRangeStart), 0), max);
+ _rangeEnd = min(GetTextInt(GetDlgItem(_rangePage, _DlgIdRangeEnd), max), max);
+ if(_rangeStart > _rangeEnd) {
+ temp = _rangeStart; _rangeStart = _rangeEnd; _rangeEnd = temp;
+ }
Slider_SetSel(GetDlgItem(_rangePage, _DlgIdRangeSlider), _rangeStart, _rangeEnd, true);
}

@@ -5644,7 +5653,7 @@
char buffer[4096];

fileSize = GetTextInt(GetDlgItem(pageHandle, _DlgIdEncodingFileSize), ~0);
- if(fileSize > 700) {
+/* if(fileSize > 700) {
if(TranslateMessageBox("LE_WARNING_SIZE", "T_LE_WARNING", _sheet, "The Light Edition of FairUse Wizard doesn't allow to create files greater than 700 MB.\n\nDo you want to open the full version download page ?", "FairUSe Wizard - Light Edition", MB_YESNO | MB_DEFBUTTON1 | MB_ICONINFORMATION) == IDYES) {
sprintf(buffer, "http://fairusewizard.com/lang_%s/download.html", Ifo::Language::IdentDescShort(_preferredSubtitles >= 0 ? _preferredSubtitles : _preferredAudio));
strlwr(buffer);
@@ -5653,16 +5662,16 @@
SetTextInt(GetDlgItem(pageHandle, _DlgIdEncodingFileSize), 700);
SetTextInt(GetDlgItem(pageHandle, _DlgIdEncodingFilePart), 1);
return false;
- }
+ }*/

- if(_encodingMode == DivXCompressor::EncodingModeQuantizer) {
+/* if(_encodingMode == DivXCompressor::EncodingModeQuantizer) {
if(TranslateMessageBox("LE_WARNING_QUALITY", "T_LE_WARNING", _sheet, "Quantizer based encoding is only available in the Full Edition of FairUse Wizard.\n\nDo you want to open the full version download page ?", "FairUSe Wizard - Light Edition", MB_YESNO | MB_DEFBUTTON1 | MB_ICONINFORMATION) == IDYES) {
sprintf(buffer, "http://fairusewizard.com/lang_%s/download.html", Ifo::Language::IdentDescShort(_preferredSubtitles >= 0 ? _preferredSubtitles : _preferredAudio));
strlwr(buffer);
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", buffer, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
}
return false;
- }
+ }*/
return true;
}

@@ -8976,9 +8985,9 @@
//}
if(validSettings == false) {
// file size
- _introFileSize = 700;
- SetTextInt(GetDlgItem(_optionsPage, _DlgIdEncodingFileSize), 700);
- SetTextInt(GetDlgItem(_optionsPage, _DlgIdIntroFilePart), 1);
+// _introFileSize = 700;
+// SetTextInt(GetDlgItem(_optionsPage, _DlgIdEncodingFileSize), 700);
+// SetTextInt(GetDlgItem(_optionsPage, _DlgIdIntroFilePart), 1);
sprintf(buffer, "%u", _introFileSize);
WritePrivateProfileString("Options", "DefaultFileSize2", buffer, IniPath);
return -1;
@@ -10230,7 +10239,7 @@
createGnuKey();
Instance(instance);
sprintf(versionInfo, "%s", version);
- sprintf(versionInfo, "%s LE", version);
+// sprintf(versionInfo, "%s LE", version);
Version(versionInfo);
_DiagnosticInit();
_Diagnostic("%s log file\n", Version());


Note the hex value for 700 that I had to change.

Anyone want the link to the installer script? Perhaps someone can fix it?

[Thomas_AR]

Stupid question:
In this treadt a version is offered which breaks the 700MB limit. This is normaly a feature of the full version on the FairUse homepage for which you have to pay. Can somebody explain that please, or i am missing something?

[celtic_druid]

Explain what exactly?
FairUse is GPL, that means that it can be sold, but the source code must be made available. I guess the full version source would be to available to those who have paid for the full version, however the light version source is available to all and the above patch fixes the limitations. No idea about the differences between the above and the real full version. But it can definatly encode more than 700MB's.

[Thomas_AR]

Does the patch also fix these limitations mentioned at the homepage:

Only available in the Full Edition :

Encode much faster !
Encode much faster with the Dual-Core, SMP, and Hyper-Threading processors optimised build !

Optimise your encodings with the "quality" mode !
Get the best possible quality while only using exactly the needed space. The quality mode is best suited for the archiving of DVD quality movies !

Break the 700 MB limit !
Encode to 1400 MB (or even more) target file size for superior video and audio quality !

Select exactly what to encode !
Remove any unneeded or repeating credits, encode only your favorite movie parts, ...

[celtic_druid]

1) Not really. More upto the encoder anyway since that is the most CPU intensive.
2) I think so. That was a limit on DivX though wasn't it? I don't have DivX installed.
3) Already covered that.
4) Yes.

Download the installer (or the single exe posted above) and test it yourself.

[sillKotscha]

Here is FairUse 2.2 to celebrate the new year that's coming ! (http://www.dvd-guides.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,91/topic,12839.0)

Fixed:
- fixed compatibility with all current (and hopefully future) DivX codec versions
- fixed a crash after parsing IFO files with some discs
- fixed the "incomplete movie" bug that showed up with some homemade discs - ISO images can now be opened even if no physical drive is found
- fixed the checkboxes behaviour on the audio transcoding screen
- default encoding profile os no longer overwritten when customized for one encoding
- fixed potential problems with data caching
- fixed minor GUI glitches

Added:
- added iPod Video encoding (see profiles, full version only)
- added encoding profiles (standard, standard with ESS compatibility, custom codec settings)
- the codec settings can now be customized for all codecs

Changed:
- updated the internal XviD codec
- updated the internal x264 codec

do you plan MP4 support...? I mean you do use x264 via fvw and store that file in an avi, hmm.

[celtic_druid]

http://mirror05.x264.nl/celtic_druid/force.php?file=./fu2.2-setup.exe

In case anyone is interested.

[Thomas_AR]

I am interestet :)
Thanks a lot.

[Wilbert]

@celtic_druid,

Where did you find the source on their site? I searched for it, but couldn't find it.

[celtic_druid]

Same link as always which is in the FAQ as well as I think Patchwork's signature.
http://www.fairusewizard.com/Release/fu-src.zip

I updated XviD to 1.1 final, lame to 3.97b2, oggenc and x264 as well.

Installer is basically the same, so probably the same issues. New registry keys for 2.2 though so that is changed, plus I updated Innosetup since last time I think, so maybe it is ok?

[Automan]

Thank you celtic_druid for your setup package. Very apreciated.

My best regards.

Happy New Year 2006 to everyone!

[loopyloops]

Not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this - but I am sure I'll find out :-)

I've also contacted ump, but maybe he's away. In any case, all of a sudden, instead of getting 700mb files (I have the full version, btw), I end up with 15kb files - and I get no error or anything.

Would someone be able to help me out and take a look at my log file? This seems to have come on all of a sudden - one day it worked, and now, not so much. I'm wondering if some kind of codec update is messing with the program.


Sorry, nevermind, this problem is now poping up all over the FUW support site, and ump's fixing it soon - when he's better - has the flu :-(

[Automan]

Why you don't test the Celtic_druid Build, there are TWO versions, 2.1 and 2.2!
See if the same problem happends again.
First UNINSTALL the program, then install the *new* version.

It is just an idea.

Best Regards

[weaver4]

What input formats will FairUse support? Does the source need to be a DVD or can it be a ripped DVD? Will it accept an avi? Or DV2? Website does not give much detail.

[Automan]

Hi,

FU just supports his own format AND DVDDecrypter ISO!
Just that. You can create ONE iso file from your DVD with DVDDecrypter and then open it with FU.

I hope it helps.

[robster]

What input formats will FairUse support? Does the source need to be a DVD or can it be a ripped DVD? Will it accept an avi? Or DV2? Website does not give much detail.

it currently supports 1) ripping from a DVD or 2) converting an ISO image made from another ripper (eg: DVD Decrypter) as inputs.

[lantern]

I think that there is a new version of Fairuse Wizard available. Version 2.4? The source is available from the Fairuse Wizard FAQ (http://www.fairusewizard.com/Release/fu-src.zip). I don't know if it reflects v 2.4 though.

From the Fairuse Wizard Support Forum:

FairUse 2.4 is out !

Due to a recent hard drive failure the auto-update feature won't be able to upgrade from previous releases. Users who got the last notification mail are welcome to reuse the same download link.

Notification mails will be sent during the next week, so please be patient and don't sent emails about the download link until Feb., 6th.

Users experiencing problems with iPod final muxing are welcome to test and report their findings.
The infamous 12kb bug is fixed, and so is the crash at the beginning of the encoding.

Regards,

ump


There is no changelog that I could find though.

[Automan]

Hello All,

Please, Celtic_Druid, compile this new source code, and make it public, I realy love your last build, it simply rocks.

I hope you help to the rest of us... as always.

Best regards to all FU fans.

-Automan.

[celtic_druid]

I'll see what I can do tonight.

Edit:
The source package is still 2.2.

[Automan]

Hi all,

The 2.4 version has been released, could you Celtic_Druid make a build with the new source, it will be greatly appreciated by the rest of us.

Thanks for your help!!!

Best Regards,

-Automan

[celtic_druid]

What new source?

[sillKotscha]

What new source?

new source... I don't know but what about http://www.fairusewizard.com/Release/fu-src.zip ?

certainly you already checked that link :)

but concerning FairUse 2.4 (http://www.dvd-guides.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,91/topic,12959.0)...

FairUse 2.4 is out !

Due to a recent hard drive failure the auto-update feature won't be able to upgrade from previous releases. Users who got the last notification mail are welcome to reuse the same download link.

Notification mails will be sent during the next week, so please be patient and don't sent emails about the download link until Feb., 6th.

Users experiencing problems with iPod final muxing are welcome to test and report their findings.
The infamous 12kb bug is fixed, and so is the crash at the beginning of the encoding.

Regards,

ump

[lantern]

That isn't the new (2.4) source code. That hasn't been updated since v2.2.

[lantern]

The new source for FU is finally posted. Here is the link:
http://www.fairusewizard.com/Release/fu-src.zip

[lantern]

I was fooling around trying to compile the new Fairuse source. I updated the xvid and x264 codecs to 08-Jul-2006 daily build. I applied Celtic_Druid's patches and am currently testing out version 2.5. I didn't put together the installer, I just copied FU.exe and wrote over the previous version (keeping a backup of course). If anyone is daring enough to give my builds a whirl, here are some links:

FU 2.5 executable
http://www.4shared.com/file/2452310/5e52a4fb/fu25.html

Xvid Codec
http://www.4shared.com/file/2415916/d2f11a61/xvid_20060708a.html

x264 Codec
http://www.4shared.com/file/2416899/99e04821/x264_20060708.html

Hopefully, people more skilled in building these programs will provide better (faster and smaller) builds (I only goof around with it, I'm not a programmer at all :eek: ). As I said, I was only fooling around. So, remember, test these out at your own risk!

[laserfan]

I'm a registered owner of FUW, and for anyone like me that finds this thread, there is a FUW 2.5 setup.exe at the other end of the email link you got from ump, when 2.4 was announced.

Very surprised to see a new version, ump has not appeared in the "official Fairuse support forum" for almost 6 months.

p.s. thanks lantern for tipping me off. There's been no notice anywhere (else) that I know of for this new version...

[celtic_druid]

Appears to have a new iPod video mode (still xvid/mp3 in an avi container though??). Old patch won't enable it.

No, looks like it includes PsyTEL(R) MPEG-4 AAC Encoder V2.15. Command line is -if -of -br so if you renamed Nero's encoder I guess it would work. Only difference is mp4 vs. aac and with mp4box doing the muxing, it shouldn't matter. Then again, looks like PsyTEL uses kb where as Nero uses b.

[jjwerrett]

well since use this alot wanted know fi anyone actually had the old divx3 fairuse version wouldnt mind trying it even though it old just to see wat it liek to compare to xvid, as i got say the crosscutting method it did was awsome and why it cant be done with xvid and all is shame as i would mind waiting a whole 30hrs for it to encode if i knew it would come out look very clear and block free (ish).

well maybe you lot can help but i am trying find out if using MP3 or MP3 VBR is better? which do you think is better for MP3 encoding for audio and what bitrate would u recommend as currently all videos i encode are set to 2GB file size. also is it better to use the internal XVID codec or install the lastest version and untick the box to use the lastest version downloaded as cant say i noticed much but maybe someone else has.

It just general tips i like to know as currently i just encode the video size that fairuse marks for me with 192KBit for audio at 2GB file size, also is HD mode worth trying since i set it to 2GB and in expect mode can select HD resolutions.

well hope someone has the old version of fairuse divx3 i could try just as a fun test and mess about, and hope someone can answer how get best encodes out of fairuse using XVID as divx i dont really like seems to heavy and low on FPS and takes donkey years for me on my laptop.

well sorry bout huge msg but got ask take care all and keep this program going it awsome :)

[celtic_druid]

FairUse only offers CBR or ABR. I'd actually recommend pure VBR. For vorbis it uses -b, which according to the oggenc help is the equiv of -q, so it is pure VBR.

For aac I guess it is CBR. I just modified it to use Nero's encoder, which makes it ABR. I might have a go at add quality based encoding for lame and aac. Probably something like -V5 --vbr-new would be good for lame.

I really couldn't recommend SBR encoding over XviD. If you really wanted, then the current version can encode via ffdshow which is capable of DivX 3 encoding.

edit:
http://mirror05.x264.nl/celtic_druid/force.php?file=././fu2.5-setup.exe
If someone wants to test.

[lantern]

I use FU to encode to XVID for playback on a standalone player, so the only option for sound is cbr mp3, or possibly AC3.

[celtic_druid]

VBR mp3 shouldn't be an issue for a SAP.

[lantern]

My Philips DVP642 won't play them.