MeGUI development

[acidsex]

doh. Is there something I have to do in order to get Nero 7 audio recognized? I copied the .dlls over from the Common Files Ahead directory to my besweet directory but when I que up an audio encode nothing happens when started. Any suggestions?

[Sharktooth]

what do you mean? You need the bsn plugin for besweet: http://corecodec.org/frs/?group_id=45&release_id=235#r235

[acidsex]

doh. thats what I am missing. :) Much thanks.

[Doom9]

Did you try the debugging method I had suggested? It breaks then in the correct line:No, I forgot about that, but I really found it very quickly.. it's a definite advantage if you've written the code. I should've already caught it looking at the contents of the line variable that was posted.. it already reveals that the encoding speed is now given with 2 decimal digits.

[Sharktooth]

doh... yesterday night i was so tired i thought i should have add some code for debugging...

[acidsex]

still did not work for me. I copied the Nero7WA.dll to my BeSweet directory and again, after queing it up and starting, the windows closely immediately and nothing gets encoded.

[Sharktooth]

Nero7WA.dll ??
you should copy Aac.dll, aacenc32.dll and NeroIPP.dll (if it isnt already there)...

[acidsex]

Before I get confused. I copied my aac.dll and aacenc32.dll from Programs\commonfiles\ahead\audio plugsins to besweet. But whenever I load up an audio file in MeGUI and queue, the window closes and nothing gets encoded.

the bsn_Nero7WA.dll was what I thought you were saying I was missing in order to use Nero 7 audio in MeGUI.

[Sharktooth]

it's bsn_NeroAAC.dll

[acidsex]

I have that (bsn_NeroAAC.dll) in my BeSweet directory also.

[Sharktooth]

what is the besweet version?

[acidsex]

v.1.5b31

[Sharktooth]

bsn.dll is there?

[acidsex]

yes it is in there.

[acidsex]

Now heres the funny thing. If I put my old Nero 6 aac dlls back in there I can encode with no problem.

[Sharktooth]

libmmd.dll ?

[acidsex]

Nope. Never had libmmd.dll before and they encoded fine. Is this a new file required for use of N7?

[acidsex]

The only libmmd.dll on my system is the one from Sony Vegas 6

[Sharktooth]

i have it in my besweet dir (it's needed for software compiled with the intel compiler)... however what version of Nero7 you have? Also, have you a valid serial installed?

[acidsex]

7.0.1.4and yes I have a valid serial. :)

[Sharktooth]

dunno... it should work (im actually using it).

[acidsex]

ok, copied the libmmd.dll to besweet directory and tried again to no avail.

[Sharktooth]

dunno... really.
it works here.

[acidsex]

my nero dlls versions are AAC.dll v 3.0.0.7 and aacenc32.dll V.4.2.2.3

[Sharktooth]

same versions here.

[acidsex]

nope not beta. did a reimage of my laptop yesterday and those were the ones that were installed from the nero 7.0.1.4 package on the web.

[acidsex]

Heres my log from MeGUI after I try to encode.


Next job job1 is an audio job. besweet commandline:
"C:\Documents and Settings\patrick\Desktop\megui\BeSweetv1.5b31\besweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" -output "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp4" -logfile "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.besweet.log" ) -azid( -s stereo -c normal -L -3db ) -bsn( -2ch -vbr_streaming -codecquality_high -aacprofile_he ) -ota( -g max )
successfully set up audio encoder and callbacks for job job1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log for job job1

besweet: "C:\Documents and Settings\patrick\Desktop\megui\BeSweetv1.5b31\besweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" -output "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp4" -logfile "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.besweet.log" ) -azid( -s stereo -c normal -L -3db ) -bsn( -2ch -vbr_streaming -codecquality_high -aacprofile_he ) -ota( -g max )

BeSweet v1.5b31 by DSPguru.
--------------------------

[00:00:00:000] Initializing...
[00:00:00:000] -- Initializing...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Sharktooth]

no... i was wrong...i have the same versions here.
however can you post the besweet commandline generated by MeGUI?

EDIT: d'oh!

[acidsex]

"C:\Documents and Settings\patrick\Desktop\megui\BeSweetv1.5b31\besweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" -output "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp4" -logfile

[Sharktooth]

besweet: "C:\Documents and Settings\patrick\Desktop\megui\BeSweetv1.5b31\besweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3" -output "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp4" -logfile "C:\DETROIT_ROCK_CI\VIDEO_TS\drc T02 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.besweet.log" ) -azid( -s stereo -c normal -L -3db ) -bsn( -2ch -vbr_streaming -codecquality_high -aacprofile_he ) -ota( -g max )
seems to be good...

[acidsex]

i thought so too but for some reason it just doesnt want to let me encode the audio using N7 audio. Again, if I throw the old N6 dlls back in there I can encode with them no problem.

[Sharktooth]

it has no sense... it's working here. and the support for nero dlls is not in MeGUI but in besweet + bsn.
i only added the commandline options for the new encoder.
it even works with belight...

[acidsex]

this is driving me nutz. It has to be a besweet thing. I just loaded up BeLight and tried encoding ac3 to Nero AAC so unless BeLight doesnt support N7, then I have to have a BeSweet prob on my end.

[Sharktooth]

get belight 0.22b8 full..
update it with the latest daily build...
place the nero dlls in the belight dir, check if encoding works with PS profiles for nero and if it works set megui to use the besweet.exe in that dir.

[acidsex]

Nope didnt work. Updated it and tried running an encode again from Belight and as soon as I start processing I get a window that tells me Transcoding finished completely.

[Sharktooth]

at this point i dont know what to tell... i can zip my belight directory and send it to you... that's the best i can do.

[Sharktooth]

here it is: http://www.webalice.it/f.corriga/temp/BeLight.7z (use 7-zip 4.32)

[acidsex]

Thank you very much. Ill give it a shot.

[Sharktooth]

if it still doesnt work then you have a problem with your serials.

[acidsex]

It didnt work. I guess Ill just go back to N6 dlls again. : Thansk for trying though.

[Sharktooth]

ok... the last thing to do is cleaning up your nero installation with the clean up utility and reinstall it with the serials.

[stax76]

No, I forgot about that, but I really found it very quickly.. it's a definite advantage if you've written the code. I should've already caught it looking at the contents of the line variable that was posted.. it already reveals that the encoding speed is now given with 2 decimal digits.


Appears to be the last rescue sometimes, I came to it over a weird issue with absolutely no way around (don't remember if it was VS beta). That was as soon as the avifile API was used, the next exception happening somewhere terminated the application leaving no trace what happened so I had to find this way and use it always since then.

[acidsex]

Checking my serials now against the order confirmation Nero sent me. Serial is still good and encoding still fails me. :(

[leowai]

if it still doesnt work then you have a problem with your serials.I think a valid serial for Nero Burning only is not sufficient. May be valid serial for Recode (that encodes HE-AAC) is required.

@acidsex, did your Recode works fine?

[acidsex]

Recode works fine and everything. Thats why this is so frustrating.

[acidsex]

I gave up and gave the AACPlusV2 a try in Easy CD Xtractor and I love it. Ill just start using this for audio encoding instead. Woohoo.

[charleski]

Fix for ensuring that the log file saves properly on exit:

In Form1.cs saveLog()
change
if (!Directory.Exists(logDirectory))
Directory.CreateDirectory(logDirectory);
string fileName = logDirectory + @"\logfile-" + DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString() + "-" + DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString().Replace(":", "-") + ".log";
to
if (!Directory.Exists(logDirectory))
Directory.CreateDirectory(logDirectory);
string fileName = logDirectory + @"\logfile-" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yy-MM-dd") + "-" + DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString().Replace(":", "-") + ".log";Under certain locales the ToShortDateString() function will insert backslashes into the date, which results in a failure when trying to save to a non-existent directory.

Sorry I haven't had time to integrate this with all the other stuff.

[dimzon]

logDirectory + @"\logfile-" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yy-MM-dd") + "-" + DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString().Replace(":", "-") + ".log";
Hi! This is really ugly code!
try this:
string.Format(@"{0}\logfile-{1}.log", logDirectory , DateTime.Now.ToString("yy'-'MM'-'dd'-'HH'-'mm'-'ss"));

[Doom9]

the problem with String.Format imho is that while people coming from C love it, it's so much harder to read and understand, especially if you don't come from C.

[dimzon]

the problem with String.Format imho is that while people coming from C love it, it's so much harder to read and understand, especially if you don't come from C.
main goal is to replace ugly
DateTime.Now.ToString("yy-MM-dd") + "-" + DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString().Replace(":", "-")
with this:
DateTime.Now.ToString("yy'-'MM'-'dd'-'HH'-'mm'-'ss")

PS. How about version control hosting (CVS or others?)