AutoAC - one-click MP4 (AVC/AAC) encoding GUI

[mezzanine]

No, sorry i just checked the code and it's my mistake. The framerate flag was not passed if you set force film manually.
It will be fixed in the next build.

[Doom9]

I would like to have the option of container selection but that takes time and my free time is limited.An it's not like the tools he's using offer AVI muxing (I've been thinking about AVI output with audio in MeGUI as well but discarded it for the same reasons).

There are many players capable of MP4 playback with AVC/AAC and if they don't work for you i'm sure a directshow splitter with AVC support will be available soon.Installing Nero should to just fine.. Nero's splitters obviously can handle MP4 and AVC.

[mezzanine]

New build. Version 0.1 Build 060305
http://rapidshare.de/files/782640/AutoAC0.1.7z.html

- Manual field operations now giving right flags for framerate
- Better resolution calculations

[buzzqw]

update mirror

www.64k.it/andres/external/AutoAC0.1.7z

BHH

[mezzanine]

New build. Version 0.1 Build 100305
http://rapidshare.de/files/823723/AutoAC0.1.7z.html

- Subtitle support (vobsub)

Now that we have a directshow splitter with AVC support (Haali) vobsubs can be used.

[buzzqw]

update mirror

www.64k.it/andres/external/AutoAC0.1.7z

BHH

[Sharktooth]

mezzanine, could you also provide a pack with the needed tools?
I ask this coz there are different builds and versions of the tools you mentioned in the first post and not all builds/versions works with your app.
Also it would be nice for newbies to have everything at "one click distance".
So if you provide a pack with working versions of the tools along with an installer will be a great move :)

[bond]

Originally posted by mezzanine
New build. Version 0.1 Build 100305
http://rapidshare.de/files/823723/AutoAC0.1.7z.html

- Subtitle support (vobsub)

Now that we have a directshow splitter with AVC support (Haali) vobsubs can be used. heyhey, what tool do you use for muxing vobsubs in .mp4? :)

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by bond
heyhey, what tool do you use for muxing vobsubs in .mp4? :)

:( I wish i could mux them. For now they are external...:(

[bond]

Originally posted by mezzanine
:( I wish i could mux them. For now they are external...:( i dont get what you mean!? you wrote that you have vobsub support and that we can use haali's parser, which supports vobsub IN mp4, so what does your tool do with vobsubs exactly?

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by bond
i dont get what you mean!? you wrote that you have vobsub support and that we can use haali's parser, which supports vobsub IN mp4, so what does your tool do with vobsubs exactly?

It gives an option to select which subtitles you want to rip from the source, then outputs *.idx and *.sub files(http://rapidshare.de/files/833344/AutoACsub.gif.html), there is also an option to include vobsub filesize in the output calculations.
Trying to find a way to mux them now.

[bond]

Originally posted by mezzanine
It gives an option to select which subtitles you want to rip from the source, then outputs *.idx and *.sub files(http://rapidshare.de/files/833344/AutoACsub.gif.html), there is also an option to include vobsub filesize in the output calculations.ah ic :)

Trying to find a way to mux them nowwell the only tool able to do this is nero recode2 :(

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by bond
ah ic :)

I know it's not much but it's convenient for people who want to mux the ouput (project.mp4 project.idx project.sub) into mkv.

[MSlv]

I am begining to doubt AutoAC's capabilities to find the proper AR. I compressed a music clip which was 4:3 AR, and the final resolution was 464x336. But that means an AR of ~1.38, while 4:3 should be around 1.33. So that means an AR error of ~4%.
I encoded the same clip with AutoGK, and the res was 400x304, which means ~1.31, basically a 2% error in AR, which is better than AutoAC's 4%.

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by MSlv
I am begining to doubt AutoAC's capabilities to find the proper AR. I compressed a music clip which was 4:3 AR, and the final resolution was 464x336. But that means an AR of ~1.38, while 4:3 should be around 1.33. So that means an AR error of ~4%.
I encoded the same clip with AutoGK, and the res was 400x304, which means ~1.31, basically a 2% error in AR, which is better than AutoAC's 4%.

Yes i know the problem, i'm using resize and then crop and it's not the right way. It will be fixed in the next release.
thanks

[MSlv]

Cool. Can't wait for next release. Keep up the good work.

[MSlv]

Hi mezzanine. I know you don't have much spare time for AutoAC, but are there any news about the new build?
I'm just wondering if you have found a solution to lower the AR error, as that's what's bugging me atm.

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by MSlv
Hi mezzanine. I know you don't have much spare time for AutoAC, but are there any news about the new build?
I'm just wondering if you have found a solution to lower the AR error, as that's what's bugging me atm.

Yes i know the solution to the problem, but i haven't had the chance yet to fix it. I was also thinking about adding matroska output support for h.264 with ac3 and vobsubs.

[MSlv]

Great, can't wait for next build!

Also, it seems AutoAC doesn't work with DTS, which is a shame. DTS is more uncompressed than AC3 so the output quality should be better, right? DTS is encoded at bitrates over 700 kbps, while AC3 sticks with 384-448 for 5.1 audio.
Is this right?

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by MSlv
Also, it seems AutoAC doesn't work with DTS, which is a shame.

It should work.. are you sure?

[MSlv]

Microsoft .NET Framework

An unhandled exeption has occured in your application. If you click Continue, the application will |ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will be shut down immediately.

File 'D:\DVD Temp 2\audio.aac' not found.

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File 'D:\DVD Temp 2\audio.aac' not found.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem.FileLen(String PathName)
at Fusion_Encoder.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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AutoAC
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 0.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/AutoAC/AutoAC.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 7.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 7.10.6001.4
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/microsoft.visualbasic/7.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/microsoft.visualbasic.dll
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Accessibility
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/accessibility/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/accessibility.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.

And this is where the AutoAC log ends:

4/8/2005 9:18:44 PM> Backup process started.
4/8/2005 9:18:44 PM> Creating D2V project. (DGIndex)
4/8/2005 9:23:20 PM> D2V project created.
4/8/2005 9:23:20 PM> Searching for cropping values. (Autocrop Filter)
4/8/2005 9:23:46 PM> Cropping values found.
4/8/2005 9:23:46 PM> Creating movie AVS script. (AVISynth 2.5x)
4/8/2005 9:23:46 PM> AVS script created.
4/8/2005 9:23:47 PM> Found total frames of the movie: 157675
4/8/2005 9:23:47 PM> Applying HybridGain to audio. (BESweet)
4/8/2005 9:23:47 PM> Compressing audio. (FAAC)
4/8/2005 9:23:47 PM> Calculating movie bitrate.

[mezzanine]

Ok, will be fixed in the next build..

thanks

[MSlv]

Glad to be of some help.

[mezzanine]

New build. Version 0.1 Build 200405

- Now using MP4Box for muxing
- 5.1 Audio Encoding (FAAC)
- SRT Subtitles (import)
- MP4 splitting
- Latest autocrop.dll included with setup package, cropping fixed
- DTS is disabled for now.

http://rapidshare.de/files/1351669/AutoAC_B200405.7z.html
(7-zip format, unpack with winrar)

[JoeBG]

I´m testing it the first time and I have two problems.

1) I don´t know how to handle faac. What is good q Faktor for it. Maybe in comparison to "streaming" or "internet" in Nero? :)

2) I cannot configure the x264 codec with it. AutoAC says: Mistake in x264vfw and that there is no possibilty to configure it. But I can configure it in Virtual Dub Mod. So it is not a problem of the codec-installation. I attached a picture of the mistake

Can you help me please ? :)

[JoeBG]

Okay, lanius found the solution: I installed a celtic-druid build but needed a sharktooth compile. With shaktooth x264 everything works fine :)

But I still don´t know anything about faac q Faktor? :confused:

[lanius]

First *g* my english is bad

I have this problem show the picture. This come after push the backupe botton.


ee the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidOperationException: D: is an invalid file name.
at System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog.RunFileDialog(OPENFILENAME_I ofn)
at System.Windows.Forms.FileDialog.RunDialog(IntPtr hWndOwner)
at System.Windows.Forms.CommonDialog.ShowDialog()
at Fusion_Encoder.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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AutoAC
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 0.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programme/AutoAC/AutoAC.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 7.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 7.10.6001.4
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/microsoft.visualbasic/7.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/microsoft.visualbasic.dll
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Accessibility
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/accessibility/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/accessibility.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by JoeBG
I´m testing it the first time and I have two problems.

1) I don´t know how to handle faac. What is good q Faktor for it. Maybe in comparison to "streaming" or "internet" in Nero? :)

2) I cannot configure the x264 codec with it. AutoAC says: Mistake in x264vfw and that there is no possibilty to configure it. But I can configure it in Virtual Dub Mod. So it is not a problem of the codec-installation. I attached a picture of the mistake

Can you help me please ? :)

1) Anything above 65 is good. I use q65 stereo for 1cd backups and q100 5.1 for 2.

2) You have an old build of X.264 installed. Get the latest http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=89979

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by lanius
First *g* my english is bad

I have this problem show the picture. This come after push the backupe botton.

You are trying to open directly from the dvd drive. Ripping is not supported by AutoAC. Try decrypting the dvd to hard-disk first.

[MSlv]

I have a question: what should I use? Stereo or 5.1 surround sound? Can 5.1 aac be downmixed to stereo without problems? AC3 5.1 sound usually sounds better downmixed to stereo than stereo mp3, so tis is why I'm asking.

[JoeBG]

@ MSlv

You have the choice between 5.1 AAC and Stereo AAC. A downmix to stereo is easy in mplayer.

@ mezzanine

You new buid has many fans on the german board "movie2digital". Many people are testing it and speak about it. They created a bundle with all needed tools :)

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by JoeBG
@ MSlv
You new buid has many fans on the german board "movie2digital". Many people are testing it and speak about it. They created a bundle with all needed tools :)

:) that is good news...
I found the board and it seems there is an error in finding the log that autocrop creates, i will see what i can do. Also users have to make sure that the source is not a DVD-Rom, autoac does not support ripping, use dvd-decrypter first. And another issue is X.264 settings, use the latest builds from sharktooth http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=89979

[opsis81]

mezzanine,your program rocks!
1)It would be great if you could use x264 cli for direct avs to mp4 encoding instead of avs2avi,x264 vfw and avi2raw.I know it would require much work because it would require to write your own GUI for x264 settings and to use custom commandlines :(
2)AutoAC works this way if I'm not wrong.Demuxes the AC-3 stream with DGIndex,normalizes/downmixes/outputs to wav with BeSweet and encodes to aac with faac.I think it would great if you could use BeSweet with vobinput.dll directly from the vobs for normalizing/downmixing and outputing to wav.Less time and disk space,5.1 waves are very big you know,no need to make it harder:)
3)Still having cropping problems as I have already told you,I think if you could crop before resizing would solve me.Please?:(

PS: O theos na mou kovei meres na sou dinei ores gia programmatismo.;)

[mezzanine]

Originally posted by opsis81
mezzanine,your program rocks!
1)It would be great if you could use x264 cli for direct avs to mp4 encoding instead of avs2avi,x264 vfw and avi2raw.I know it would require much work because it would require to write your own GUI for x264 settings and to use custom commandlines :(
2)AutoAC works this way if I'm not wrong.Demuxes the AC-3 stream with DGIndex,normalizes/downmixes/outputs to wav with BeSweet and encodes to aac with faac.I think it would great if you could use BeSweet with vobinput.dll directly from the vobs for normalizing/downmixing and outputing to wav.Less time and disk space,5.1 waves are very big you know,no need to make it harder:)
3)Still having cropping problems as I have already told you,I think if you could crop before resizing would solve me.Please?:(

PS: O theos na mou kovei meres na sou dinei ores gia programmatismo.;)
Thanks! :D
1) Yes changing to x264 cli is something i'm thinking too.
2) I don't know if it's doable because i'm cutting the ac3 delay dgindex reports when converting from ac3 to wav in besweet. Is vobinput capable of detecting delay and cutting it ?
3) Cropping is a pain, i need to crop before resizing. Next build

[opsis81]

Besweet can detect delay and cut it.:)
-ota( -d auto )
4)More programs with setup package
5)Chapter support.

[Doom9]

Besweet can detect delay and cut it.You are mistaken.. BeSweet can correct delays (in the positive or negative sense), but if you want to cut an audio stream, you need besplit ;) Besweet can process only a part of the source though, using the -split() parameter.

mezzanine was refering to delay detection though.. besweet cannot do that. Without demuxing, the only way to get the delay is if it's provided as input.. for instance from the info file DVD Decrypter can create.

[opsis81]

Didn't know that Doom9.:)
But there is no reason to detect or cut the audio delay anyway.
"If you used DVD2AVI, which is the most common way, the delay is in the filename. If you are using besweet in vob input mode, you just need to use -ota ( -d auto ) in your command line."
These are exact words of KpeX.He is an audio guru,he knows better:)

[ukb008]

Hi

I can't open AutoAC (http://dl1.rapidshare.de/files/1351669/20437276/AutoAC_B200405.7z) with winrar as instructed.

ERROR
C:\Downloads\AutoAC_B200405.7z
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged.

Am I missing something?

Regards.

[thed33p]

Finally something I can help with :D

Have you tried uzing 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/dl/7z313.exe)?

[Pendalf]

You can use 7z archivator like mentioned above or the latest WinRar 3.42.

[ukb008]

I've downloaded 7-z. Thanks. I've also downloaded WinRAR v 3.5b3. Now unpacking downloaded AutoAC archive is no problem.

1. AutoAC needs .Net framework 1.1; will .Net framework redistributable v2.0 do?

2. How do I install x264vfw.dll?

Regards.

[MSlv]

Download the exe from the x264 thread from this forum and just click it. It will register the dll for you.

[ukb008]

Yes, I have downloaded x264VFW_rev217_mmx.exe (http://www.aziendeassociate.com/x264/X264VFW_rev217_mmx.exe) from Sharktooth's Sitcky (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=89979).

Sharktooth says it's optimized for Pentium 2 Class processors. I'm AMD Athlon XP 2800+; I hope there won't be issues.

Regards.

[MSlv]

Now, there won't be any troubles. Today's AMDs have mmx + other optimizations like ssx and the like.

[mezzanine]

New build. Version 0.1 Build 080505

- Added Chapters (import)
- Added Lanczos4 resizing
- Fixed problem with folders and output naming

http://rapidshare.de/files/1656287/AutoAC_Setup.exe.html

[JoeBG]

Great job !

[ukb008]

Cool.

[mezzanine]

New build. Version 0.1 Build 110605

- Added ChapterXtractor (chapters are imported automatically)
- Added option for shutting down the pc after backup

http://rapidshare.de/files/2303571/AutoAC_Setup.exe.html

[JoeBG]

New build. Version 0.1 Build 110605

- Added ChapterXtractor (chapters are imported automatically)
- Added option for shutting down the pc after backup

http://rapidshare.de/files/2303571/AutoAC_Setup.exe.html

So I have to update the informations and downloads for your german fans. :)

[unskinnyboy]

This must be some sort of bug - I get this even *after* selecting an IFO for an Asian DVD. Works fine for other DVDs:

http://img178.echo.cx/img178/6501/clipboard012vr.png

http://img178.echo.cx/img178/439/clipboard020ef.png

Any ideas? I am using AutoAC v0.1 b110605. Please ask if you need more info.

P.S: And of course..mezzanine, thanks for your great work on this.