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19th November 2002, 18:12 | #42 | Link |
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@cult: Thanks, now all's going right! (what a lazy am i? )
@ nytrogen: can you add or even specify that the msstdfmt.dll is required for running the program, on your site? (because i've tested it's not my computer fault the deficency of this dll, because the standard istallation of winXP e win98 doesnt install this file, like the tabctl32.ocx) Bye
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@Kaiousama:
The full installation package of version 1.40 was flawed. If you install the full installation package of version 1.20 and then update to v1.51 there is no problem. I've made a new full package of version 1.51, but for some weird reason I cannot upload it to the site. So if anyone needs "msstdfmt.dll", I've attached it below (you can also find it here). Don't forget to "regsvr32" it! Edit by Swede: I removed the attachment since I'm not really sure it's legit to redistribute it. I could be wrong though and if this is the case I'll put it back.
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hi, i've testet your program with lord of the rings (special extendet). 3:38h on 3 CD's. The result was very great. Almost perfect image quality and only 180 kb size deviation on 1.9 GB :-) One question: The "press me" button in the "linear curve scaling" register sets (beside other values...) the bitrate payback delay to 1. What does this mean? Using the StatsReader of Koepi, he does not mention to set this to 1 (only disabling alt-cc, and set i-frame boost / low/high distance to 0, like yours) THX Tester |
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@Tester:
I'm not an XviD guru (yet!) and I'm still trying to figure what each option does and how it affects the encoding process, so instead of explaining how payback delay works, I'll quote here a small part of Koepi's XviD Options Explained document. Quote:
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Well, I have to update that info, sorry for the mess!
For perfect VBR, the bitrate achieved for each frame _must_ be the one we predicted. This is very hard to do, and due to some features in xvid simply impossible - therefore this "leaky bucket" overflow system. Setting payback delay to 1 isn't really closer to perfect VBR as it degrades some frames seriously - it's just a theory made up of an incomplete model (ask dr. google about creating models of the reality and interpreting the results), so reality is: set it to 10-12 seconds, for PAL: 250-300, for FILM 240-264, for NTSC 300-360, it will sure help picture quality. I hope this helps.
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What about the payback method? Should it be with bias to small frames or not, when trying to achieve the best linear downscaling?
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i prefer bias. i think i wrote that in the statsreader thread.
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well, I testet 2 encodes with lord of the rings (pal 25 fps) with following settings
disable alt-cc i-frame bosst: 0 low/high bitrate scenes: 0 quant: 2 - 31 (i, p) h.263 (both passes) i-frame: 250, 6 But the first time with bitrate payback 250, and second time with 1 (both bias) I have the impression that the second one is better and more constant in quality. final size: 1909000kb Size deviation of first encode: 186kb Size deviation of second encode: 1688kb Is the only disadvantage of setting payback to 1 the size deviation? @koepi: are these settings usefull also for your newer builds (21.11.2001) and with new functions like qpel and b-frames, or can I use StatsReader, too? |
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New Version
OK, new version is up! Now skipped frames can be reported too, and payback delay does not change when you press the "press me" button. And the installation package is different now. VB6's installation system is used, instead of NSIS, and all nessecary DLLs & OCXs are included, except the VB6 runtime libraries of course.
Download the new version here. VB6 runtime DLLs can be found here.
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Re: Bug?
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Updated to version 1.60
StatsViewer is updated to version 1.60
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If you have some presets of your own of some suggestions to make, please post in this topic. You can find the new version on the Official Site or attached below (please wait to be approved by the moderators).
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there u go:
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