ffx264 & ffhevc for Linux/BSD

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.2.4

* Bugfix: -c used instead of -ac for audio channels

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.2.5 and ffx264 4.0.8

* Add -max_muxing_queue_size switch to workaround possible issues when muxing Atmos/DTS-X audio

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froggy1, first thanks for creating the ffmpeg scripts.

About ffx264-4.0.8

Originally Posted by froggy1

* Bugfix: -c used instead of -ac for audio channels

I try to find the option for selecting the audio channels I want to have, but to no prevail.

-c is the option for the setup file.

According to ffx264 -h there is no such option as -ac. -ac is not to be found in the man page either.

What do I miss here?

Do I need to create a setup file for each DVD to get the audio tracks that I want?

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Originally Posted by ravs

froggy1, first thanks for creating the ffmpeg scripts.

About ffx264-4.0.8



I try to find the option for selecting the audio channels I want to have, but to no prevail.

-c is the option for the setup file.

According to ffx264 -h there is no such option as -ac. -ac is not to be found in the man page either.

What do I miss here?

Do I need to create a setup file for each DVD to get the audio tracks that I want?

-ac is used internally by the channel code itself to set the channels desired by the user. I made a change to that code that I left and didn't revert. There's no -ac parameter in the ffx264 options

You don't need to set up any setup/config files. Just pass through the script and answer the questions

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Originally Posted by froggy1

-ac is used internally by the channel code itself to set the channels desired by the user. I made a change to that code that I left and didn't revert. There's no -ac parameter in the ffx264 options

You don't need to set up any setup/config files. Just pass through the script and answer the questions

Ahh good to know.

One issue remains. It aborts with an error:

-> MPlayer is missing from your system!

I don't have mplayer but mpv installed in my system.

Can mpv used instead of mplayer?

If not and if I do not want any crop, how can ffx264 be convinced to run without mplayer?
I do not see an option to disable crop.

When I understand it correctly, ffx264 as well as fhevc and ffxvid all use mplayer for crop, so when one not uses crop all scripts should be able to work without mplayer.

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Originally Posted by ravs

Ahh good to know.

One issue remains. It aborts with an error:

-> MPlayer is missing from your system!

I don't have mplayer but mpv installed in my system.

Can mpv used instead of mplayer?

If not and if I do not want any crop, how can ffx264 be convinced to run without mplayer?
I do not see an option to disable crop.

When I understand it correctly, ffx264 as well as fhevc and ffxvid all use mplayer for crop, so when one not uses crop all scripts should be able to work without mplayer.

Set AUTOCROP to "n" in the config file located in $HOME/.ffx264 (a hidden file)

MPlayer is a requirement, though. It is used only for crop preview, not crop itself which uses FFmpeg. I'll make it optional in another release shortly

I will not switch to mpv as someone else can come and say he has MPlayer installed but not mpv. I've chosen MPlayer for crop preview because it has the rectangle filter. I do not know if mpv has it too, for that matter

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.2.7 and ffx264 4.0.9

* Check for MPlayer only if AUTOCROP is enabled

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.2.7

* Update default encoding options

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.2.8

* Support TrueHD audio in the MP4 container
* Lower max-merge from 4 to 2

ChangeLog for ffx264 4.1.0

* Support TrueHD audio in the MP4 container

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.2.9 and ffx264 4.1.1

* Fixed a bug that prevents using TrueHD mono audio in the MP4 container

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.3.0

* Switch to rskip mode 2 (edge density). Should prevent onion artifacts and speed up encoding a bit

Originally Posted by froggy1

I will not switch to mpv as someone else can come and say he has MPlayer installed but not mpv. I've chosen MPlayer for crop preview because it has the rectangle filter. I do not know if mpv has it too, for that matter

mpv have if you have not know all ffmpeg filters, thus it have drawbox filter which is much more powerful than rudimentary and unmaintained mplayer filter.

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.3.1

* Enable tskip and hme in default encoding options
* Merge mp4 audio support with ts/m2ts/mts in the case statement for additional container formats
* Removed not in use, commented out code
* Lower default AAC audio bitrate from 448 to 384 kbps

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.3.2

* Lower edge density recursion skip to 3%
* Lower RC lookahead to 80
* Lower subme from 5 to 4

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Change Log for ffhevc 4.3.3

* Fixed an issue in default encoding option where using a CTU of 64 can cause visual distortion when using rskip=2 (edge density). Workaround is to use a CTU of 32 and qg-size of 32

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.3.4

* Bump up psy-rd from 3.3 to 4.0
* Lower deblock strength to -4,-4
* Enable strong intra smoothing
* Lower rskip edge threshold to 2

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.3.5

* Tweaks to the default encoding options

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ChangeLog ffx264 4.1.2 and ffhevc 4.3.6

* Fixed a long standing bug where audio mapping values were incorrect for audio metadata resulting in incomplete or wrong values

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.3.7 and ffx264 4.1.3

* Fix a bug in the $vidtrack variable

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ChangeLog for ffhevc 4.3.8 and ffx264 4.1.4

* Remove "a" from the -ac audio option
* Fix possible negative index in the audio option