MeGUI 6666.2308 released

[Kurt.noise]

Originally Posted by tormento

What about having a proper and functioning update repository?

I keep MeGUI for its autoupdate feature but it's a long time that some tools are obsolete.

the current one is working...the problem is to have/find somebody who is capable of doing the upgrade regularly.

[tebasuna51]

Yes, the problem is check if all the new versions works fine with MeGUI.

Like I say before the last versions can be found here https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.p...82#post1981982
Feel free to check it.
I can help with the audio management involved with last versions of:
avisynth, ffms2, lsmash, eac3to and audio encoders.

And there are some ones, not obsolete but discontinued and still usefull like:
avi-mux_gui-1.17.8.3
haali_2859
besplit-0.9b8
NeroAacEnc 1.5.4.0
pgcdemux_1.2.0.5
vsrip_1007

[tebasuna51]

WARNING: in the last (LSMASHSource.dll 2024/04/02) LSMASHAudioSource is broken (wrong channels and decode), use always LWLibavAudioSource than seems work fine.

[tebasuna51]

LSMASHAudioSource problem encoding a standard 5.1 wav

-[Warning] Log for job1 (audio, 6p321.wav -> 6p321.ac3
...
--[Information] [04/04/2024 16:03:26] Successfully opened the file with LWLibavAudioSource()
--[Warning] [04/04/2024 16:03:27] Channel count mismatch! The input file is reporting 6 channels and the AviSynth script is reporting 2 channels
...
---[NoImage] LSMASHAudioSource("C:\tmp\6p321.wav", drc_scale=0.0)
---[NoImage] # detected channels: 6
---[NoImage] # detected channel positions: 3/2/0.1
...
--[Information] [04/04/2024 16:03:28] Output Decoder
---[Information] [04/04/2024 16:03:28] Channels: 2

For what say "Successfully with LWLibavAudioSource" and after open it with LSMASHAudioSource?

MediaInfo problem open eac3 with 8 channels:

---[Information] Audio
----[Information] Format: E-AC-3
----[Information] Channels: 8
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 3/2/0.1
...
---[NoImage] LWLibavAudioSource("C:\tmp\8w341.eac3", drc_scale=0.0)
---[NoImage] # detected channels: 8
---[NoImage] # detected channel positions: 3/2/0.1
---[NoImage] c6_dpl2(ConvertAudioToFloat(last))
...
--[Error] [05/04/2024 11:02:57] An error occurred: Script error: There is no function named 'c6_dpl2'.

Wrong ChannelPositionsString2: 3/2/0.1 (only 6 channels) and try load c6_dpl2 when I want a c71_c51 downmix.
Using AviSynth 3.7.3 the MediaInfo data must be ignored and use the AvsChannelMask defined here:
https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynth...ude/avisynth.h

[tormento]

Originally Posted by Kurt.noise

the current one is working...the problem is to have/find somebody who is capable of doing the upgrade regularly.

If the various licences allow it, a github repository perhaps would be more than enough. I know you can set different automations to mirror the last github builds but no idea how.

[Kurt.noise]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

LSMASHAudioSource problem encoding a standard 5.1 wav

For what say "Successfully with LWLibavAudioSource" and after open it with LSMASHAudioSource?

its because the demuxer is changed internally during decoding...

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

Wrong ChannelPositionsString2: 3/2/0.1 (only 6 channels) and try load c6_dpl2 when I want a c71_c51 downmix.
Using AviSynth 3.7.3 the MediaInfo data must be ignored and use the AvsChannelMask defined here:
https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynth...ude/avisynth.h

will fix issue about the downmix but do you have more information how to apply AvsChannelMask in avs script ?

[tebasuna51]

Originally Posted by Kurt.noise

its because the demuxer is changed internally during decoding...

Talking of audio decode use always LWLibavAudioSource, only .m4a can take advantage (internal index and don't need .lwi) of use LSMASHAudioSource, and don't support some common raw audio like .eac3 and .aac

will fix issue about the downmix but do you have more information how to apply AvsChannelMask in avs script ?

In AviSynth.h (3.7.3) there are:

  // V10.1
  bool          (VideoInfo::* IsChannelMaskKnown)() const;
  void          (VideoInfo::* SetChannelMask)(bool isChannelMaskKnown, unsigned int dwChannelMask);
  unsigned int  (VideoInfo::* GetChannelMask)() const;
// Unshifted channel mask constants like in WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE
// in AvsImageTypeFlags they are shifted by 4 bits
enum AvsChannelMask {
  MASK_SPEAKER_FRONT_LEFT = 0x1,
  MASK_SPEAKER_FRONT_RIGHT = 0x2,
  MASK_SPEAKER_FRONT_CENTER = 0x4,
  MASK_SPEAKER_LOW_FREQUENCY = 0x8,
  MASK_SPEAKER_BACK_LEFT = 0x10,
  MASK_SPEAKER_BACK_RIGHT = 0x20,
  MASK_SPEAKER_FRONT_LEFT_OF_CENTER = 0x40,
  MASK_SPEAKER_FRONT_RIGHT_OF_CENTER = 0x80,
  MASK_SPEAKER_BACK_CENTER = 0x100,
  MASK_SPEAKER_SIDE_LEFT = 0x200,
  MASK_SPEAKER_SIDE_RIGHT = 0x400,
  MASK_SPEAKER_TOP_CENTER = 0x800,
  MASK_SPEAKER_TOP_FRONT_LEFT = 0x1000,
  MASK_SPEAKER_TOP_FRONT_CENTER = 0x2000,
  MASK_SPEAKER_TOP_FRONT_RIGHT = 0x4000,
  MASK_SPEAKER_TOP_BACK_LEFT = 0x8000,
  MASK_SPEAKER_TOP_BACK_CENTER = 0x10000,
  MASK_SPEAKER_TOP_BACK_RIGHT = 0x20000,
  // Bit mask locations used up for the above positions
  MASK_SPEAKER_DEFINED = 0x0003FFFF,
  // Bit mask locations reserved for future use
  MASK_SPEAKER_RESERVED = 0x7FFC0000,
  // Used to specify that any possible permutation of speaker configurations
  // Due to lack of available bits this one is put differently into image_type
  MASK_SPEAKER_ALL = 0x80000000
};

#define VARNAME_dwChannelMask     "OPT_dwChannelMask"     // Integer audio channel mask. See description of WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE for more info.

We can use IsChannelMaskKnown, if is unknow or invalid (0< mask <= MASK_SPEAKER_DEFINED) use the default for the AudioChannels and SetChannelMask.

With mask = GetChannelMask we can do the appropiate downmix, if required, and after modify the SetChannelMask

At end we must output the audio with WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE header. All audio encoders must accept that format, and even send error messages if the channel layout is not supported by the encoder.

[tebasuna51]

I see you have my last downmix functions:

...
8<=Audiochannels(last)?c71_c51(ConvertAudioToFloat(last)):last
...
# As AudioLimiter.dll is not available, SoftClipperFromAudX() cannot be used MESSAGE NOT NEEDED NOW
# 7.1 Channels L,R,C,LFE,BL,BR,SL,SR -> standard 5.1
function c71_c51(clip a)
{
front = GetChannel(a, 1, 2, 3, 4)
back = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
side = GetChannel(a, 6, 7)
mix = MixAudio(back, side, 0.5, 0.5).SoxFilter("compand 0.0,0.0 -90,-84,-8,-2,-6,-1,-0,-0.1")
return MergeChannels(front, mix)
}
# 5.1.2 Channels L,R,C,LFE,SL,SR,TFL,TFR -> standard 5.1
function c512_c51(clip a)
{
front = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
midch = GetChannel(a, 3, 4, 5, 6)
topfr = GetChannel(a, 7, 8)
mix = MixAudio(front, topfr, 0.5, 0.5).SoxFilter("compand 0.0,0.0 -90,-84,-8,-2,-6,-1,-0,-0.1")
return MergeChannels(mix, midch)
}

But we need check the maskchannel to use c71_c51 or c512_c51
I will make test about that.

By the moment we have other problem:
How pass the maskchannel to the encoders?

Using wavs with header WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE like input for ffmpeg the maskchannel is read and encoded correctly, but using MeGUI ffmpeg encode all with the default channelmask for the NumChannels.

In BeHappy we can send manually the MaskChannel and create the wav header in the procedure writeHeader and work fine.
Now we need use the MaskChannel provided by Avs+ 3.7.3

How we can do that with MeGUI?

[Kurt.noise]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

In BeHappy we can send manually the MaskChannel and create the wav header in the procedure writeHeader and work fine.
Now we need use the MaskChannel provided by Avs+ 3.7.3

How we can do that with MeGUI?

This is the same function as BeHappy...

Just for testing, I tried this kind of script in order to have an idea how to get the maskchannels values :

LoadPlugin("C:\Users\LionelDUCHATEAU\Downloads\megui_git\megui\bin\x64\Debug\tools\lsmash\LSMASHSource.dll")
LWLibavAudioSource("C:\Users\LionelDUCHATEAU\Downloads\AC3 Samples\8w3D.eac3", drc_scale=0)
AudioDubEx(BlankClip(length=Int(1000*AudioLengthF(last)/Audiorate(last)), width=720, height=720, fps=25), last)
m=IsChannelMaskKnown()
g=GetChannelMask()
s=SetChannelMask(true,g)

Info()
Subtitle(
\   "\nAudioLength  = "  + String(AudioLength)
\ + "\nAudioLengthS = '" + AudioLengthS + "'"
\ + "\nAudioLengthF = " + String(AudioLengthF)
\ + "\nAudioLengthLo= " + String(AudioLengthLo)
\ + "\nAudioLengthHi= " + String(AudioLengthHi)
\ + "\nIsChannelMaskKnown= " + String(m)
\ + "\nGetChannelMask= " + String(g)
\ + "\nSetChannelMask= " + String(s)
\ , font="courier", text_color=$ffffff, size=32, align=4, lsp=0)

but String(s) returns nothing here whereas it's available in Info()...probably because it's a void function. How to get the value returned from s in this case ?

[tebasuna51]

For what you need the String(s)?

I test that avs:

LWLibavAudioSource("C:\tmp\8w341.wav", drc_scale=0) #L,R,C,LFE,BL,BR,SL,SR
#LWLibavAudioSource("C:\tmp\8w3D.wav", drc_scale=0) #L,R,C,LFE,SL,SR,TFL,TFR
ConvertAudioToFloat()
g=GetChannelMask()
22031==g?c512_c51():last
1599==g?c71_c51():last
SetChannelMask("1551")
# 7.1 Channels L,R,C,LFE,BL,BR,SL,SR -> standard 5.1
function c71_c51(clip a)
{
front = GetChannel(a, 1, 2, 3, 4)
back = GetChannel(a, 5, 6)
side = GetChannel(a, 7, 8)
mix = MixAudio(back, side, 0.5, 0.5).SoxFilter("compand 0.0,0.0 -90,-84,-8,-2,-6,-1,-0,-0.1").ConvertAudioToFloat()
return MergeChannels(front, mix)
}
# 5.1.2 Channels L,R,C,LFE,SL,SR,TFL,TFR -> standard 5.1
function c512_c51(clip a)
{
front = GetChannel(a, 1, 2)
midch = GetChannel(a, 3, 4, 5, 6)
topfr = GetChannel(a, 7, 8)
mix = MixAudio(front, topfr, 0.5, 0.5).SoxFilter("compand 0.0,0.0 -90,-84,-8,-2,-6,-1,-0,-0.1").ConvertAudioToFloat()
return MergeChannels(mix, midch)
}

And work fine with the two sources making the correct downmix.

We need know the maskchannel value for the most common channels layouts:

NumCh MaskCh  Name           Present Channels
----- ------  -------------  ------------------------------------...
  1        4  mono           -- -- FC --- -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  2       12  1.1            -- -- FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- -- --
  2        3  stereo         FL FR -- --- -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  3       11  2.1            FL FR -- LFE -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  3        7  3.0            FL FR FC --- -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  3      259  3.0(back)      FL FR -- --- -- -- --- --- BC -- --                           
  4       15  3.1            FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  4      263  4.0            FL FR FC --- -- -- --- --- BC -- --                           
  4       51  quad           FL FR -- --- BL BR --- --- ----- --                           
  4     1539  quad(side)     FL FR -- --- -- -- --- --- -- SL SR                           
  5       59  quad.1         FL FR -- LFE BL BR --- --- ----- --
  5       55  5.0            FL FR FC --- BL BR --- --- -- -- --                           
  5     1543  5.0(side)      FL FR FC --- -- -- --- --- -- SL SR                           
  5      271  4.1            FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- BC -- --                           
  6       63  5.1            FL FR FC LFE BL BR --- --- -- -- --                           
  6     1551  5.1(side)      FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- SL SR                           
  6     1799  6.0            FL FR FC --- -- -- --- --- BC SL SR                           
  6     1731  6.0(front)     FL FR -- --- -- -- FLC FRC -- SL SR                           
  6      311  hexagonal      FL FR FC --- BL BR --- --- BC -- --                           
  7     1807  6.1            FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- BC SL SR                           
  7      319  6.1(back)      FL FR FC LFE BL BR --- --- BC -- --                           
  7     1739  6.1(front)     FL FR -- LFE -- -- FLC FRC -- SL SR                           
  7     1591  7.0            FL FR FC --- BL BR --- --- -- SL SR                           
  7     1735  7.0(front)     FL FR FC --- -- -- FLC FRC -- SL SR                           
  8     1599  7.1            FL FR FC LFE BL BR --- --- -- SL SR                           
  8      255  7.1(wide)      FL FR FC LFE BL BR FLC FRC -- -- --                           
  8     1743  7.1(wide-side) FL FR FC LFE -- -- FLC FRC -- SL SR                           
  8     1847  octagonal      FL FR FC --- BL BR --- --- BC SL SR                           
  8   184371  cube           FL FR -- --- BL BR --- --- -- -- -- -- TFL --- TFR TBL --- TBR
  8    20543  7.1(top)       FL FR FC LFE BL BR --- --- -- -- -- -- TFL --- TFR            
  8    22031  5.1.2 front    FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- SL SR -- TFL --- TFR
  8   165391  5.1.2 side     FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- SL SR -- --- --- --- TBL --- TBR
 18     --    speaker_all    FL FR FC LFE BL BR FLC FRC BC SL SR TC TFL TFC TFR TBL TBC TBR

That value must be set in the WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE header

[Kurt.noise]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

For what you need the String(s)?

Mainly for debugging...

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

We need know the maskchannel value for the most common channels layouts:

NumCh MaskCh  Name           Present Channels
----- ------  -------------  ------------------------------------...
  1        4  mono           -- -- FC --- -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  2       12  1.1            -- -- FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- -- --
  2        3  stereo         FL FR -- --- -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  3       11  2.1            FL FR -- LFE -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  3        7  3.0            FL FR FC --- -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  3      259  3.0(back)      FL FR -- --- -- -- --- --- BC -- --                           
  4       15  3.1            FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- -- --                           
  4      263  4.0            FL FR FC --- -- -- --- --- BC -- --                           
  4       51  quad           FL FR -- --- BL BR --- --- ----- --                           
  4     1539  quad(side)     FL FR -- --- -- -- --- --- -- SL SR                           
  5       59  quad.1         FL FR -- LFE BL BR --- --- ----- --
  5       55  5.0            FL FR FC --- BL BR --- --- -- -- --                           
  5     1543  5.0(side)      FL FR FC --- -- -- --- --- -- SL SR                           
  5      271  4.1            FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- BC -- --                           
  6       63  5.1            FL FR FC LFE BL BR --- --- -- -- --                           
  6     1551  5.1(side)      FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- SL SR                           
  6     1799  6.0            FL FR FC --- -- -- --- --- BC SL SR                           
  6     1731  6.0(front)     FL FR -- --- -- -- FLC FRC -- SL SR                           
  6      311  hexagonal      FL FR FC --- BL BR --- --- BC -- --                           
  7     1807  6.1            FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- BC SL SR                           
  7      319  6.1(back)      FL FR FC LFE BL BR --- --- BC -- --                           
  7     1739  6.1(front)     FL FR -- LFE -- -- FLC FRC -- SL SR                           
  7     1591  7.0            FL FR FC --- BL BR --- --- -- SL SR                           
  7     1735  7.0(front)     FL FR FC --- -- -- FLC FRC -- SL SR                           
  8     1599  7.1            FL FR FC LFE BL BR --- --- -- SL SR                           
  8      255  7.1(wide)      FL FR FC LFE BL BR FLC FRC -- -- --                           
  8     1743  7.1(wide-side) FL FR FC LFE -- -- FLC FRC -- SL SR                           
  8     1847  octagonal      FL FR FC --- BL BR --- --- BC SL SR                           
  8   184371  cube           FL FR -- --- BL BR --- --- -- -- -- -- TFL --- TFR TBL --- TBR
  8    20543  7.1(top)       FL FR FC LFE BL BR --- --- -- -- -- -- TFL --- TFR            
  8    22031  5.1.2 front    FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- SL SR -- TFL --- TFR
  8   165391  5.1.2 side     FL FR FC LFE -- -- --- --- -- SL SR -- --- --- --- TBL --- TBR
 18     --    speaker_all    FL FR FC LFE BL BR FLC FRC BC SL SR TC TFL TFC TFR TBL TBC TBR

That value must be set in the WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE header

Thanks for this mapping table. That's exactly what I'm looking for.

[tebasuna51]

Of course we can't do in MeGUI, or BeHappy, all possible downmix but is good to know than AC3 and DTS (image) can have even more:


Like you can see only the 7.1 A have a exact correlation with WAV channels FL FR FC LFE BL BR SL SR
But other with Ls-Rs (surround) can be decoded/recoded with BL-BR (back) or SL-SR (side) pairs.
Until 5.1 it is not important because the channel order in wav not change, but a downmix to stereo from 6.1 or 6.1(back) is different

[tormento]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

How we can do that with MeGUI?

Where did you find that new version of BeHappy?

Repo build is way older.

[Shandra]

Just found the great News today, so a somewhat late "Thank you!" from me!
& a question (how could it be otherwise ?):
If I want to go with a clean install with the 64bit build, should I use just this unzipped structure and add everything else manually (folder struct/tools) - or is it safe to do a full install of the legacy build and after that is installed/updated its components (dev branche) to overwrite its content with the one from this package & where applicable to replace the content in megui\tools\<tool>\ with the corresponding/up2date 64bit counterparts?

[tebasuna51]

Originally Posted by tormento

Where did you find that new version of BeHappy?

From here, but is deleted.

If you want my actual copy is here

[Kurt.noise]

Originally Posted by Shandra

If I want to go with a clean install with the 64bit build, should I use just this unzipped structure and add everything else manually (folder struct/tools) - or is it safe to do a full install of the legacy build and after that is installed/updated its components (dev branche) to overwrite its content with the one from this package & where applicable to replace the content in megui\tools\<tool>\ with the corresponding/up2date 64bit counterparts?

the safest way would be to create a dedicated folder for this build and update the tools afterwards. Storage space is not an issue anymore nowadays.

[tormento]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

If you want my actual copy is here

[tebasuna51]

I'm making some tests about multichannel audio encoders supported by MeGUI: flac, ffmpeg (ac3,eac3,m4a), NeroAacEnc (m4a), fdkaac (m4a), qaac (m4a), ogenc2, opusenc.
I encode aac always to .m4a because the raw aac with ADTS header is very limited, with mp4 container there are more options.

1) All of them support WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE header with the maskchannel set (some ones W64 or RF64 headers), and format samples (Supported/Not):

MeGUI encoders:    WFE  W64  RF64  24i 32i 32f
--------------     ---  ---  ----  --- --- ---
ffmpeg ac3,mp2,aac  S    S    S     S   S   S 
fdkaac m4a          S    N    S     S   S   S
Flac                S    S    S     S   -   -
Lame                S    N    N     S   S   S
NeroAac             S    N    N     S   S   S
opus                S    N    N     S   N   S
Qaac                S    N    S     S   S   S
Vorbis ogg          S    N    N     S   S   S

For me the 32 int is useless and the 32 float have the same precission than 24 int. Then I recommend that line always in the avs script:

32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo24bit(last):last

instead to 16bit like now. For what lose precission? The human ear can difference until 20 bit precission.

2) Only flac support all the maskchannels layouts included in my previous post.
That include the correct maskchannel in the MediaInfo of the encoded flac but also recover the exact wav file layout when decode.
In next test I will inform the behaviour of all encoders.

3) For the AviSynth decode I used always LWLibavAudioSource, the output for lossy formats is always 32 float samples, from flac or others lossless formats is the original precission.
Can be used also FFAudioSource or BSAudioSource but for lossless formats (flac, dtsma,...) output 32 int I don't know for what. One more reason to use the last ConvertAudioTo24bit.

[Emulgator]

Thank you for clearing that up, tebasuna51 !

[tebasuna51]

ffmpeg AC3/EAC3 encoder (of course tested out of MeGUI until it can output WFE to ffmpeg):

1) All channel layouts from 'stereo' to '5.1' work fine, only 'quad.1' have a problem: the LFE channel is missing (bug reported)

2) Inputs with pair BL-BR (quad, 5.0, 5.1) and with pair SL-SR (quad(side), 5.0(side), 5.1(side)) output the same AC3/EAC3 layout with SurroundLeft-SurroundRight pair.
When they are decoded both output always SL-SR pair.

3) All the rest of channel layouts from 6.0 to 5.1.2 are downmixed automatically, more or less correctly, to 5.0.
And all LFE channels are missing (also reported).