Auto Gordian Knot: current version 2.55

[et415]

I can't access the site right now. I get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /home/len0x/public_html/web/db/db.php on line 88

[EjectButton]

with regard to transport streams, is there any way to specify crop dimensions in AutoGK?

for example if the source has the 8 line gray bar at the bottom common to transport streams, is there a way to have AutoGK remove this, but make no other changes to size (no resizing)

like say the source is 1920x1088 and the desired output resolution is 1920x1080, is there any way to crop off the bottom 8 lines, or any way to feed AutoGK something like
Crop(0,0,0,-8)

I just want to apologize in advance if this has already been posted, I tried searching and was lead only to this thread but wasn't able to find the answer I was looking for in the over 100 pages it has now become.

[wasco]

I just want to apologize in advance if this has already been posted, I tried searching and was lead only to this thread but wasn't able to find the answer I was looking for in the over 100 pages it has now become.
I know what you mean, if you use the forum search and it finds a match, it gives you the whole topic and not the topic's subpage where the info actually is. Happy searching that way :-)

[Yo]

I cannot access the AutoGK website to download the new version. I have tried a few times (this evening, about midnight PDT), with two different browsers, and always get the following error message:

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Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /home/len0x/public_html/web/db/db.php on line 88

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I have tried both the direct download link from this forum, and also just typing in www.autogk.net, and always get that error message.

Is there a mirror site where it is also posted?

[gircobain]

Originally posted by wasco
I know what you mean, if you use the forum search and it finds a match, it gives you the whole topic and not the topic's subpage where the info actually is. Happy searching that way :-)
In Search Options, select "Show results as posts"

[Minos]

Originally posted by Yo
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Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /home/len0x/public_html/web/db/db.php on line 88

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I have the same error... 07 July , 10:28

[len0x]

Originally posted by Minos
I have the same error... 07 July , 10:28

they have some problems with mysql for the last two days, but everytime I check the website its OK :)

[len0x]

Originally posted by EjectButton

like say the source is 1920x1088 and the desired output resolution is 1920x1080, is there any way to crop off the bottom 8 lines, or any way to feed AutoGK something like
Crop(0,0,0,-8)


nope... But in most cases you can tune autocrop parameters so that line will be gone (but not in all though).

[len0x]

Originally posted by wasco
I am interested in knowing on what base the program decides on cropping?

Sorry, I don't quite understand this question :)

[sillKotscha]

"the base" is an avisynthfilter called <autocrop> with a default setting for crop_analysis

[len0x]

I wanted to have a stable version by now, but due to the lack of time I still have not completed TS support as I wanted (still waiting for new version of DGMPGDec and didn't have time to play properly with 50/60fps sources and FDecimate). So I'll leave it as it is now and go on holidays in a few days. So you won't hear from me for at least two weeks :D

P.S. 1.46 fixes nasty bug when second audio stream was included even if you don't enable it. (combobox preserve state problem - I knew that its gonna bite me :( ) So please check your encodes done with 1.45.

[len0x]

Just one bug fixed - its been there for a while - weird that noone noticed that before.

[Stebs]

Originally posted by len0x
Just one bug fixed - its been there for a while - weird that noone noticed that before.
- fixed bug: sharp matrix was not used for 1CD or less rips no matter what comp test result was

Well actually AutoGK always did soft filter (the opposite of sharp matrix or am i totally wrong here?) for my 1CD rips so I (and perhaps others) thought this to be always the case with 1Cd-rips...

BTW, happy holiday! :D

[len0x]

Originally posted by Stebs

Well actually AutoGK always did soft filter (the opposite of sharp matrix or am i totally wrong here?) for my 1CD rips so I (and perhaps others) thought this to be always the case with 1Cd-rips...


If comp test result is more than 85-90% for instance you'd want to switch to the sharp one usually (if max resolution is reached or fixed width is used). But in any other case soft one used correctly.

Originally posted by Stebs

BTW, happy holiday! :D

Thanks :D

[Yo]

Originally posted by len0x
nope... But in most cases you can tune autocrop parameters so that line will be gone (but not in all though).

How do you tune autocrop parameters? I see no such setting, see no mention of autocrop on the AutoGK screen. (Not in "Advanced Options" either, other than the width setting.)

Where are the settings for autocrop?

[Taurus]

Originally posted by Yo
Where are the settings for autocrop?

Read the AutoGK FAQ's on Hidden Options, that's where you can find the answers. Or to be a little sarcastic: Read this thread entirely :D
EDIT: Just noticed that the procedure on manipulating autocrop is not mentioned in the FAQs nor in the tuorial. A few pages back it was discussed in this thread. Cos I never used it, I don't remember how to do it(and to lazy for a search) Maybe try the search yourself...

@len0x
Have a nice time on your holidays.
We will miss you.
Let's have a toast and a bottle of Koepi (famous german beer),
and keep up the good work, .....and relax...

Cheers

Taurus

[len0x]

Originally posted by Yo
Where are the settings for autocrop?

have a look at the hidden_options.txt file in the AutoGK dir...

[EjectButton]

Originally posted by len0x
have a look at the hidden_options.txt file in the AutoGK dir... I see the entry you are talking about but I am unsure as to how I can achieve the crop I mentioned earlier

from file-
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6) Tune auto crop parameters
.autocrop

First line is a threshold 1-255 (AutoGK uses 34 by default). The less number is the more cropping will be done.
Second line is number of frames to examine (AutoGK uses 10 by default)
e.g.

20
5
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In the example I had earlier I was trying to go from 1920x1088 > 1920x1080 by removing the bottom 8 lines but I don't have a good understanding of how the 1-255 threshold value is being used by autogk.

Does anyone have a suggestion for the two .autocrop values that might remove the bottom 8 lines, or know of any values that have worked for them in the past doing something similar?

[gircobain]

I guess that must be done in a try-and-error approach

[Hobojobo]

A hidden-option manual .crop would be very handy, wouldn't it?

[paul_ahb]

I used AutoGK 1.45 last night to encode 1h:30m show that was previously recorded from a DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) using xvid.

VirtualDubMod crashed at the end of each pass (2 passes) requiring me to click on Exit Program. When I did, the process continued as if nothing was wrong.

Unfortunatelly over the period of the show the sound got out of sync 250ms (which is about 2.8ms/minute - the audio was behind the video).

I have run this on two completely different computer systems, with two different recordings, and had the same problem.

This is my first attempt to use AutoGK. Previously I used GK and experienced similar problems.

Has anyone else experienced these problems?
Does anyone have a solution to these problems?
Does anyone else successfully use AutoGK with DVB recordings?

Paul

[EjectButton]

Originally posted by Hobojobo
A hidden-option manual .crop would be very handy, wouldn't it? yea that would pretty much solve my problem, which seems to be common to every transport stream I have worked with.

[len0x]

Originally posted by Hobojobo
A hidden-option manual .crop would be very handy, wouldn't it?

I have no plans of adding it since that will require rewriting lots of internal code...

[len0x]

Originally posted by paul_ahb
Does anyone else successfully use AutoGK with DVB recordings?


I'd like ot have my hands on source you're using. Unfortunately I'll be away for the next couple of weeks, but when I'm back if you're still around I'm interested in working with you on that.

[rmagere]

Just a couple of minor points:
1) I had queue list of 22 jobs and the scrollbars of the job queue were acting funning i.e. they were appearing and disappearing depending on my mouse hovering over them.
2) I had deselected (not deleted) the last 4 jobs as I had to use the computer for some work in order to restart them later on, however I had forgotten that I had also checked the "shutdown when done" option. When autogk finished the encoding of the last selected job it carried out a shutdown - I kind of thought that it would have shutdown only when all the jobs in the queue were actually done.

However as I said they are only minor point (and 2 could be argued that autogk is actually implementing the expected behaviour) so if any of this takes longer than a few secs please disregard my post.

By the way I am using winxp.

[len0x]

Originally posted by rmagere
1) I had queue list of 22 jobs and the scrollbars of the job queue were acting funning i.e. they were appearing and disappearing depending on my mouse hovering over them.


this bugs me as well, but I'm unable to solve the problem...

Originally posted by rmagere

2) I had deselected (not deleted) the last 4 jobs as I had to use the computer for some work in order to restart them later on, however I had forgotten that I had also checked the "shutdown when done" option. When autogk finished the encoding of the last selected job it carried out a shutdown - I kind of thought that it would have shutdown only when all the jobs in the queue were actually done.


good point, it probably shouldn't do that :)

[Hobojobo]

Originally posted by paul_ahb

Does anyone else successfully use AutoGK with DVB recordings?


I transcoded some of my dvb recordings with AutoGK.

I have a SkyStar2 and full version of DVBViewer.
Further more I use ProjectX,Mpeg2Schnitt and bbMPEG.
But I always record the PS as .mpg, not the PES as .pva.
No sync problems here.

[wasco]

Originally posted by sillKotscha
"the base" is an avisynthfilter called <autocrop> with a default setting for crop_analysis
that's what i wanted to know! thanks! i'll investigate that then

[nightrhyme]

Just bought Godfather 2 which is on 2 disk's. Disk 1 = 2 hour 10 min, Disk 2 = 1 hour and some minuts. I want to make AutoGK think of the VOBS from both disk's as one DVD, so I would be able to encode the whole thing in the same quality. I guess I have to rename the VOBS from second disc and edit the ifo file to allow continuous playback of all VOBS. Can anyone help me to accomplish this ?

Thanx in advance :-)

[QNX]

len0x

i want to ask about multiple files conversion

for example

there are

Final.Fantasy.HDTV.1080i.HDL.Disc1.ts
Final.Fantasy.HDTV.1080i.HDL.Disc2.ts

this is the single movie splitted on 2 different parts..

is it possible to make autogk grab them all and process like a single file?

cause it's too hard for me to calculate the approximate size/quality to make the movie all in single bitrate

10x :D

[paul_ahb]

Originally posted by len0x
I'd like ot have my hands on source you're using. Unfortunately I'll be away for the next couple of weeks, but when I'm back if you're still around I'm interested in working with you on that.

The source files are big (to say the least) what would be the best way to get them to you (I live in Australia by the way). Maybe I could post a DVD?

Paul

[mfba]

When trying to download the latest version I get the same error that some people were talking about a few days ago:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /home/len0x/public_html/web/db/db.php on line 88

[len0x]

Originally posted by QNX
is it possible to make autogk grab them all and process like a single file?


yes, just name them *_1.ts, *_2.ts and select first one. (I should put it to the FAQ...)

[Taurus]

@ mfba

What kind of Browser do you use to access the Website?
Any Downloadaccelerator involved?
Just tested at 10:30 with IE 6., everything works normal.

Cheers

Taurus

[len0x]

Originally posted by mfba

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /home/len0x/public_html/web/db/db.php on line 88

If you see error like this - it means that we server is up but mysql database is down. For the last few days it happens from time to time, but never lasts more than several hours.

[len0x]

Originally posted by paul_ahb
The source files are big (to say the least) what would be the best way to get them to you (I live in Australia by the way). Maybe I could post a DVD?


Yes, that would work. I'll PM you when I'm back.

[((( atom )))]

Originally posted by nightrhyme
Just bought Godfather 2 which is on 2 disk's. Disk 1 = 2 hour 10 min, Disk 2 = 1 hour and some minuts. I want to make AutoGK think of the VOBS from both disk's as one DVD, so I would be able to encode the whole thing in the same quality. I guess I have to rename the VOBS from second disc and edit the ifo file to allow continuous playback of all VOBS. Can anyone help me to accomplish this ?

Thanx in advance :-) you can do that if you are lucky enough to have dvds that both have the same audio-offset. otherwise you will face terrible async problems. check fileinfo.txt for offset information.

i have been fighting with a bunch of 2 dvd releases in the last weeks..
another option you have is running the comp test for both dvds and select the filesizes for both of them so that they come out in the same resolution (narrowing and then fixing the res manually in advanced options helps quite a bit of trial and error..). if you go for ac3 or cbr mp3 you can join these files afterwards in virtualdub.

[len0x]

I've finally fixed disappearing arrows bug. Officially last update before my holiday. See ya all in two-three weeks :D

[Yo]

Originally posted by len0x
I've finally fixed disappearing arrows bug. Officially last update before my holiday. See ya all in two-three weeks :D

You mean you won't be checking this board from Internet cafes on your holiday??;) (Just joking.)

Have a good vacation--you deserve a rest from this! :)

[ydobon]

Originally posted by len0x
[...] See ya all in two-three weeks :D

Thanks for all the effort put on AGK and enjoy your vacation.


Regards,

[Taurus]

@len0x

Again: Have a nice time.

Cheers

Taurus

[QNX]

i have problems with autocrop

some of HDTV movies has line after few pixels after picture and AutoGK cutting before the line and in the result i'm getting this

http://images.people.overclockers.ru/8082.jpg

how to remove this 10 pixels line from the bottom via hidden options?

10x :D

[GizmoDerMokwai]

len0x, can you add r3mix present as bitrate option for vbr mp3 encoding? :)

[thop]

nobody uses r3mix anymore.

i have trouble downloading autogk, i get "Sorry, this Module isn't active!" pls help :(

[Stebs]

Well first, be gentle, lets have lenox have his well-owned Holliday wont you?
Here now belongs some very cool stating, picture or what ever, but nevermind... Hey QNX that IS a cool picture...
BUT Seriously try if you can reach your walhalla(or whatwever)
(errr what??), i mean Goardian Knot is your way to go, not AutoGK...

[QNX]

Stebs

i'm asking somebody who did this already.. as i saw in hidden_options.txt something kind of this is possible :D
that IS a cool picture
this is Final Fantasy the movie :D
Goardian Knot is your way to go
can he handle the encoding of a transport stream aka HDTV? :D

[manono]

Hi-

can he handle the encoding of a transport stream aka HDTV?

I don't capture, but from the Transport Stream Notes.html included with dgmpgdec1012a:
Transport streams require special parsing. DGIndex needs to know that the input file is a transport stream to parse it correctly. Currently there is no automatic file type detection and so DGIndex uses the file extension to determine the file type. Transport streams must therefore use one of the following extensions to be properly recognized as transport streams: .ts .tp .trp .m2t. Sometimes you will see a transport stream with a .mpg extension. It must be renamed to one of the extensions listed to be handled properly.

You Must Set Your PIDs The process is simple. First load the transport stream file. Then select 'Stream/Detect PIDs: PAT/PMT' from the menu. Determine your desired video and audio PIDs (there may be multiple programs). Then select 'Stream/Set PIDs' from the menu and enter your chosen PIDs. Hit OK.

So, if you have an up-to-date DGIndex (aka DVD2AVI) then I'm pretty sure the answer is "Yes."

[c0kehead]

PSST. I keep getting this when I try to click the download link or go to autogk.net:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /home/len0x/public_html/web/db/db.php on line 88

[Mc|Atm0s]

Sorry, this Module isn't active!

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[thop]

The site has some problems, it works from time to time. It worked for a few hours yesterday.