MeGUI development

[Sharktooth]

What is the workaround for x264 sliceless threads?
I dont see --threads auto in commandline, and selecting threads is disabled. Why is that?

Threads:
auto <default>
1
2
3
...
16
Thats how it should be.

Edit:
Also the help balloon disappears when mouse over on threads.
"--threads auto" will be added if "Automatically set the number of threads" option in megui settings is enabled.
It just doesnt show in the command line in x264 config window.
The x264 Threads option can be safely removed in future versions.

[berrinam]

As a result of the refactor, profiles before 0.2.3.2193 can't be loaded with MeGUI 0.2.4.0000 or higher. [EDIT: There's a very simple solution to that, so if you wait, I can provide a program which converts profiles]

You'll just have to recreate them, I suppose. This also means that Sharktooth's profiles aren't accessible...
0.2.4.1003
Commit by berrinam:
- Allow deletion of unreadable profiles
- Add the update window to the tools menu again

[Sharktooth]

i will update the profiles ASAP. i have also some new audio profiles to add...
i should also check the new code and adapt some fixes/additions i already had floating on my harddrive...
but now it's time to sleep (5:35AM)...

[berrinam]

Actually, the profiles don't need to be modified by hand -- in fact, there's a very quick conversion from an old profile to a new one, so I might even include that in MeGUI (it just involves changing the type listed in the xml file from VideoProfile to GenericProfileOfVideoCodecSettings, or something similar for all the other profiles).

[berrinam]

0.2.4.1004
Commit by berrinam:
- Workaround so that old profiles (from before 0.2.4) can work with 0.2.4.1004+ builds -- such old profiles will be recognised and updated to the new format.

[berrinam]

0.2.4.1004 is on autoupdate now, so everyone can get it now. Enjoy.

The profile collections on the update site also need to be upgraded to work with 0.2.4+, but they can wait for the moment. It would be better if everyone upgrades MeGUI first.

[Alizar]

0.2.4.1004 is on autoupdate now, so everyone can get it now. Enjoy.

The profile collections on the update site also need to be upgraded to work with 0.2.4+, but they can wait for the moment. It would be better if everyone upgrades MeGUI first.

Is it just me, or is this version missing an "Enqueue" button for audio?

[Adub]

righteous! I will download as soon as possible. Just not right now. I am on the wrong computer. Thanks for the updates man!

[berrinam]

0.2.4.1005
Commit by berrinam:
- Made the 'enqueue' button for audio visible. Sorry

[Carpo]

its always the way - i dont do any encoding for a while but still check for updates - dont see any - then as soon as i start a batch encode loads of updates ;)

will give them a go later :)

edit: i was going to post in the questions thread about resizing - i suppose reading does pay off

If you want to resize your video, enable it, check "suggest resolution" and change to the resolution you want. Computer backups are often done to a horizontal resolution of 640. If you want the highest quality file, do not resize.

just have to redo the encodes now :o

[shon3i]

@Devs, can you add Deadzone options, and AQ since now always used Sharktooth's build?

[ChronoCross]

aq shouldn't be added till it's in svn.

[berrinam]

0.2.4.1006
Commit by berrinam:
- Fixed interlace detection
- Fixed Adaptive muxer crash
- Re-added the avc2avi and divxmux muxers (for avi).

[berrinam]

0.2.4.1007
Commit by berrinam:
- Fixed force film detection for video sources

[Sharktooth]

0.2.4.1008
Commit by Sharx1976:
- Added "--threads auto" support in x264 config and commandline generator

Note: The "Automatically set the number of threads" option will still set threads = number of core/cpus.
If you want x264 automatically set the number of threads (this is now a preferable choice for x264 encoding) you should disable that option and set threads=0 in the x264 config.
I will update the profiles to reflect that change ASAP.

[Thunderbolt8]

so again, when entering 0 there, megui automatically sets the number of threads to 2. but when trying to enter 4 threads manually there (and saving this into a profile), megui STILL keeps resetting it to 2...

and the status window still keeps disappearing when switching from 1st to 2nd pass.

[Sharktooth]

DISABLE the "Automatically Set The Number Of Threads" option in megui settings! Also dont post here but on the other thread...

[Thunderbolt8]

:S seems like I was too fast and overlooked that.
1st pass now gives me the usual 60fps, even 65, which is allright. lets see what 2nd pass does...

2nd pass now also says 4 threads, but the speed doesnt increase, its again ~10 fps, which was equal to 1-2 threads (?) and definately too slow for no additional filtering options.

[deets]

i seem to have a prob with 1008. its not taking the name of the file i put in video output and just uses the name from the avs file

[Sharktooth]

this is not the bug-report thread...

[deets]

sorry :) posted in the right one

[sp@rrow]

Plz check audio delay correction - gui don`t apply it automatic

[devaster]

hello my friend ask for something aka time managing of a job queue - when he planned for pausing it pause start or continue encoding....
i make it on base code 00.2.4.1005 (see attached picture) .

have i broke some restrictions of authors of megui ???

[check]

the feature request thread is that way ----->

[devaster]

the feature request thread is that way ----->

i am not asking for feature i am asking for permision to modify a megui code and release my own modified build....
when authors found my changes usefull then maybe i make a patch or something ...

[Sharktooth]

i am not asking for feature i am asking for permision to modify a megui code and release my own modified build....
when authors found my changes usefull then maybe i make a patch or something ...
Post your changes (possibly as a patch) if it's ok we will merge it to the current code and give you the credits.

[Sharktooth]

0.2.4.1009
Commit by berrinam:
- Fixed the 'modify filename doesn't work' bug

[sillKotscha]

SVN update (please do a checkout!):
- Trunk is now 0.2.4.0000

as the version number had such a 'big' change, wouldn't it make sense to release the last 0.2.3.x as a "new" build on SF.net (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156112)

[Sharktooth]

done.

[sillKotscha]

thank you :)

[berrinam]

Does anyone know how to deal with this resizing issue? I know Doom9 was doing something about this a while ago, but I don't know what. What is the correct approach?

[Sharktooth]

what resizing issue? you mean the problem with the font size?

[ChronoCross]

window resizing I think..

[berrinam]

The font size bugs that everyone is now complaining about on the bug report thread.

[sillKotscha]

The font size bugs that everyone is now complaining about on the bug report thread.

complaining?... I've only discovered two nullities...

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/8451/fontyp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[berrinam]

That's not the problem. Have a look at http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=918768#post918768
Maybe it is a specific problem with the custom styles, but maybe not....

[sillKotscha]

That's not the problem. Have a look at http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=918768#post918768
Maybe it is a specific problem with the custom styles, but maybe not....

uoops... indeed, that does look weird but I would assume that it should be related to custom styles...

[nk]

Now, MeGUI sees environmental variable 'NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS' and set it to the number of threads.
But now x264 support '-threads=auto', so when "Automatically set number of Threads" is checked, command line arguments should be set to '-threads=auto' instead of '-threads=num_of_processors', I think.

[Audionut]

Have the threads option disabled by default. With a little balloon that says "to use this option, disable auto set threads in megui settings".

edit: or as nk says.

Thanks for your hard work.

[sillKotscha]

command line arguments should be set to '-threads=auto' instead of '-threads=num_of_processors', I think.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7420/loglh7.png (http://imageshack.us)

[Audionut]

@ sillKotscha

You still need to disable auto set threads otherwise megui always uses the threads it detects.
edit: which is what nk is saying

[sillKotscha]

@ sillKotscha

You still need to disable auto set threads otherwise megui always uses the threads it detects.
edit: which is what nk is saying

ah, ok... that I didn't know... although you did already wrote about it one post above - shame on me :D

[Sharktooth]

Now, MeGUI sees environmental variable 'NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS' and set it to the number of threads.
But now x264 support '-threads=auto', so when "Automatically set number of Threads" is checked, command line arguments should be set to '-threads=auto' instead of '-threads=num_of_processors', I think.
nbThreads is a global settings. if i set it to "auto" other codecs wont accept it.
Maybe i can use the same "rule" used in x264 by setting the nbThreads to number_of_processors * 1.5 but other codecs maybe will perform worse...

[Sharktooth]

0.2.4.1010
Commit by Sharx1976:
- Max number of threads for x264 is now '16'

[Sharktooth]

0.2.4.1011
Commit by Sharx1976:
- Better codecs profiles management: the OK button in the codec config window now pops up a messagebox asking if you want to update the profile

[Sharktooth]

0.2.4.1012
Commit by Sharx1976:
- Fixed the delay option in audio configuration window

[JarrettH]

What was wrong with the delay? I thought it was detected now.

[Sharktooth]

it is but the delay option was always grayed out

[bob0r]

Should i put 0.2.4.1012 (or any 0.2.4.xxxx) on x264.nl now, as 0.2.3 updates to it?

[berrinam]

Yes, I think these builds are pretty stable.