gamr's XviD builds

[plazz2000]

I only post this here because hotmail is refusing my emails to gamr's address listed here: http://xvid.gamrdev.com/

When I install the 2 most recent XviD binaries (200312271540 and 200312271920) (Athlon versions), the "About" box says that the build is December 21st, 11:15:18.

Also, the "Turbo mode", which was added in Beta 3 on the 26th is not in the "27th" build from gamr's site.

Can someone confirm that this file:

http://xvid.gamrdev.com/download.php/build/athlon/stamp/200312271920/XviD-athlon-200312271920.exe

is indeed from the 27th of December, or is it 21st December, and gamr's auto-build thing is broken?

[Mr_G_123]

cool builds , i was looking for site since your post on thr "ALOHA" release :) :cool:

[gamr]

i know there is some sort of problem at the moment but i havnt had time to sort out what it is exactly, once i work it out ill reply to this that its fixed.

[athos]

gamr> since you make different builds for different cpus, may i suggest you use the -march flag instead of -mcpu, to fully optimize for that cpu? It might not make a big difference, but since you are not making generic x86 builds you might go all the way.

[gamr]

ok, its fixed, some files belonged to root that shouldnt have, it now pass's march too tho i doubt it'll make much of a difference.

[gamr]

oops, forgot to mention, this doesnt mean old builds are 'right' now, only that new builds from now on will be the right version

[roytam1]

Bug report:
DirectShow decoder shows "b-frame lag" frame

[Koepi]

roytam:

gamer uses an older dshow version for now, i'll send him a newer one.

Regards
Koepi

[chilledoutuk]

hmm im not sure whether gamr's build is meant to be faster than koepi's on amd athlon xp processors but after running speed comparison tests at the same settings i found koepi's to significantly faster.

i encoded a music video with exactly the same parameters for both builds.

koepi's build - 5.57 mins
gamr's athlon build - 6.16 mins

koepis build used was the latest xvid1 beta on his site.
gamr's build was 200312271920

even if there is a build thats faster than koepis i normally always stick with koepi's compiles for reliable encodes as it has never let me down.

[gamr]

koepi uses icl, i dont, my build is for those who want to stay more upto date than what koepi's build is some days, there have been times where a month can go by with a few fixes but koepi hasnt released a binary. im not here to replace him, just to give people another option.

right now as i type my latest builds will be broken because the build process has changed, once i get that fixed i plan to clear the old builds and start fresh on the site, that list is getn pretty darn long!

[chilledoutuk]

is there any chance of you using icl?

[gamr]

nop, there is no icl cross compiler plus i dont own an icl license.

[roytam1]

bug report(XviD-athlon-200401040836):
unable to register directshow filter xvid.ax

[APF_Gandalf]

I'm not sure it's your case, but in 99% of the cases I've seen with this error, it wasn't a bug.
The DS decoder is "in use" so it can't be overwritten/replaced.
You can rename the existing xvid.ax to "something.else" and then install the new build without rebooting (I don't like to reboot my comp unless I add some hardware to it).

[roytam1]

Originally posted by APF_Gandalf
I'm not sure it's your case, but in 99% of the cases I've seen with this error, it wasn't a bug.
The DS decoder is "in use" so it can't be overwritten/replaced.
You can rename the existing xvid.ax to "something.else" and then install the new build without rebooting (I don't like to reboot my comp unless I add some hardware to it). tried but the problem still exist.:(

[roytam1]

I tried the latest build but the bug still exists.
Here is a report of regsvr32:
---------------------------------
LoadLibrary("xvid.ax") failed.
GetLastError returns 0x000003e6

[APF_Gandalf]

roytam1, I got the same problem just now when installing tne XviD-athlon-200401241910.exe
I got a popup window saying "unable to register Xvid.ax... blah blah..."
then, I tried to go in windows/system32 to rename the old xvid.ax. the file wasn't there.
I then hit the retry button on the popup window and it installed successfully.
I still don't know why it failed, but it worked when hitting the retry button.

[mikeX]

just got my first gamr build (athlon 2004.01.24.1910) :D
it's nice to see the gui is (even slowly) improving!

i got the same problem APF_Gandalf mentioned but it doesn't seem to be causing any real trouble

i can't seem to find xvid in vdubmod though, is it because of the xvidvfw.dll instead of xvid.dll? does anyone know a workaround or do i have to wait for a new vdubmod release?

@ gamr:
if it's not too much trouble can you tell what CFLAGS you use?
are you using mingw to compile it?

[APF_Gandalf]

Originally posted by mikeX

i got the same problem APF_Gandalf mentioned but it doesn't seem to be causing any real trouble

i can't seem to find xvid in vdubmod though, is it because of the xvidvfw.dll instead of xvid.dll?

Is this what you call "not any real trouble"?
the codec isn't there because the xvid.ax file wasn't registered.
If you hit the retry button when the installer fails to register xvid.ax, xvid will register correctly and you'll see it in VdubMOD.
Just try, it worked for me.
it seems that the unregistration/deletion of the old xvid.ax and the registration of the new one aren't correctly timed.

[mikeX]

if you hit the retry button when the installer fails to register xvid.ax, xvid will register correctly and you'll see it in VdubMOD.

nope, not here...
i did hit the retry button, i got no more errors but the codec wasn't there. i also registered it manually (no errors there either) but it still wasn't there... i tried uninstalling and installing it several times but without success... (still haven't tried to restart the machine though)

[celtic_druid]

xvid.ax is the directshow decoder it has nothing to do wtih XviD showing up in Vdub or not.

Your problem is most likely a corrupt entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32

If there are any emply vidc entries, delete them.

[mikeX]

that did the trick, thanks a lot celtic_druid (i had one empty 3ivx entry)

i had read about that sometime ago in the virtualdub forum i think, but it didn't cross my mind :( (i thought it happened from installing codec packs and stuff like that)

should i also delete the 'vidc.yv12' --> 'xvid.dll' entry??

edit: nice new status window ;)

[roytam1]

Originally posted by APF_Gandalf
roytam1, I got the same problem just now when installing tne XviD-athlon-200401241910.exe
I got a popup window saying "unable to register Xvid.ax... blah blah..."
then, I tried to go in windows/system32 to rename the old xvid.ax. the file wasn't there.
I then hit the retry button on the popup window and it installed successfully.
I still don't know why it failed, but it worked when hitting the retry button. I have no luck in installing it......
Here's a log from the installer:
----------------------------------
Execute: C:\Program Files\XviD\UninstXviD.exe
Output folder: C:\Program Files\XviD
Error creating: C:\Program Files\XviD\UninstXviD.exe
Create folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Roy\�uŠJŽn�vŒ÷”\•\\’öŽ®�W\XviD
Create shortcut: C:\Documents and Settings\Roy\�uŠJŽn�vŒ÷”\•\\’öŽ®�W\XviD\Uninstall XviD.lnk
Output folder: C:\WINDOWS\System32
Extract: xvidcore.dll
Extract: xvidvfw.dll
Extract: xvid.ax
Could not load: C:\WINDOWS\System32\xvid.ax
Completed
----------------------------------
And I'm sorry that my system is a chinese system so there are chinese in the log.

[Kb_cruncher]

I just love the new gamr build status box, it's way c:eek: :eek: l.

I'm not sure what the different colours mean though, would someone be able to explain them?

The"show me the internals" is also very nice, would it be possible to add a save to file option here?