MeGUI: bug reports and feature requests

[LeMoi]

Originally Posted by Zathor

Please select your languages in Options\Settings

I don't undesrtand, there are two languages options,, and their function is not that clear. I thought it defined the output language track name for an mkv or mp4 file ? So actually it's meant to select the default language streams to extract?

[Zathor]

It is used in several places and also for the HD Streams Extractor. You can select there your two languages (or only one).

[Zathor]

Originally Posted by Raj503

I just wanted to ask about my previous question:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1625889#post1625889

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1625899#post1625899

Ok, had a quick look and failed... Does somebody know how to retrieve the information programatically (sso wich parameters to use) from MediaInfo in order to check if a file has attachments? I can find this information in the GUI but not in the API.

[Marsu42]

Originally Posted by Marsu42

1. I find the megui oneclick folder queue handling a bit strange and unexpected esp. in comparison to the more intuitive handbrake gui method: After adding a folder all files contained are added to the queue just like queuing them manually one by one.

I see your point - but this would be fixed if the other unusual megui behavior would be changed: instead of putting everything to the end of the *queue*, it would make sense to put it at the end of the *job*:

... currently you end up with tons of temporary files after queuing some jobs before the actual av processing starts:
job1 idx done
job1 oneclick done
job2 idx done
job2 oneclick done
job1 audio processing
job1 video waiting
job1 mux waiting
job1 cleanup waiting
job2 audio waiting
job2 video waiting
job2 mux waiting
job2 cleanup waiting

... but neatly putting the result of idx/oneclick where it would make more sense, at least to me:
job1 idx done
job1 oneclick done
job1 audio done
job1 video processing
job1 mux waiting
job1 cleanup waiting
job2 idx waiting
job2 oneclick waiting

[LigH]

That will only be possible if there are reliable command line multiplexers for the MOV container, as there is mkvmerge for MKV, or MP4Box for MP4.

You may be able to create MOVs with ffmpeg or mencoder, but who knows how tightly they follow the specifications? As far as I remember, their "filter" workflow (not seeking back in the output file to fix headers, because the output may be streamed through STDOUT) is a reason for already notorious issues with many output containers.

[Rat Killer]

recode audio and not video in oneclick?

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I have a number of files that need the audio recoded and the audio and video in a new container but do not need the video track recoded.

Is there a way to set up a profile in the oneclick encoder to do this?

I tried using the checkbox for 'Don't encode video' but it does anyway.

Zathor, Were you ever able to do anything along these lines or were you still waiting on something from me about mp4 files? Thanks as always.

[Zathor]

No time yet

[LigH]

When you may have some more time again, Zathor ... would you consider supporting L-SMASH Source (LWLibavVideoSource, LWLibavAudioSource) too?

[Zathor]

Originally Posted by Rat Killer

Not sure which update caused this but somewhere in the last few, the oneclick encoder broke the autocrop and resize logic.

I have profile that uses auto crop and a max resolution of 1920. Using a mpeg2 input file with resolution of 720x480 that has black bars on right and left, results in an output file of 640x486. The allow upsize checkbox is not checked. Output should be 640x480.

Please test this build:
http://megui.org/test/MeGUI.zip

I had to rewrite large parts of the resolution (resize, crop, pad) logic to use the same functions during OneClick and in the AVS Script Creator. So there may be some new bugs.
@all: please test it. it will be released in the next days or weeks as normal development build.

[Octo-puss]

Feature request:
Can you add a simple option to delete all backup files please? After a few weeks of updating the program, size of the whole folder increases to somewhat ridiculous numbers.

[Kurtnoise]

In the Settings -> Extra Configuration tab, uncheck "Always backup files when needed" and save...

[Zathor]

Originally Posted by LigH

When you may have some more time again, Zathor ... would you consider supporting L-SMASH Source (LWLibavVideoSource, LWLibavAudioSource) too?

What kind of benefits are there compared to FFMS?

[LigH]

a) improved compatibility (e.g. with PAFF interlaced AVC, or out of Transport Streams);
b) improved decoding speed (in a specific test on a Phenom-II X4, LSS was about 1.5x as fast as FFMS with a FullHD AVC source encoded with x264 --crf 6);
c) LSMASHVideoSource has a specific splitter for ISO/MPEG4 related containers (MP4, MOV)

I believe VFR maniac can tell you more "advertizing" ...

[mini-moose]

Hi

is there a way to disable the vbv warnings? Personally I don't use vbv bufsize/maxrate and I find the warnings on logs or the ! on tray icon are a bit annoying.

[Zathor]

It is not possible to disable those warnings. Why do you not want to add VBV values when a level is specified?

[Kunda]

After updating MeGUI with the latest files, MeGUI didnt care about bitrate setting in the coniguration part of encodersettings for xvid if automated 2 pass is enabled and autoencode is selected with "no target size(Use profile settings)"-option. It even dont care about the given bitrate after clicking on autoencode and filling in a specific bitrate.

Files are encoded at a very low bitrate, regardless of the complexity of the movie.

I dont know why this happens. It didnt happen before. Is it possible MeGUI dont find or cant open the stats file?

Im using Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.

[mini-moose]

Originally Posted by Zathor

It is not possible to disable those warnings. Why do you not want to add VBV values when a level is specified?

thanks for replying to both my questions. I just never used vbv settings before. From what I read it has to do with streaming and constrained bw. Not an issue for me. I can live with the warnings, it would just be "easier" on my eyes without them
On a different matter...AutoEncode - I usually load avs and audio file for encode, and then use AutoEncode. I like to tag the language of my audio, which can only be done in this routine if I check "add additional content". Then there's a language dialog. It's fine when there's real content to add, but when it's something rather minor like language tag, I find it would be more useful to be able to add it on previous stages (like the first automatic encoding dialog box). Also the list of available languages is alphabetical, and has dozens of "less common" languages listed before say English/French/Spanish etc. Be nice if it was like mkvtoolnix that offers the more --common-- languages first and --All-- after.

[LigH]

If you don't expect your files to be played on devices with severely limited reading speed (optical drive, slower memory card/stick, network access) or decoding memory, do not restrict the Profile@Level for the encoder.

[mini-moose]

Originally Posted by LigH

If you don't expect your files to be played on devices with severely limited reading speed (optical drive, slower memory card/stick, network access) or decoding memory, do not restrict the Profile@Level for the encoder.

That's what I do, but the unrestricted profile has auto guess, so it still warns about vbv. By the way, I do add level in the custom cmd box, I assume it doesn't have the same effect as vbv settings though.

[LigH]

No, x264 would need a combo of Profile, Level, and two VBV options. MeGUI creates the VBV options based on the selected Profile@Level when using its dedicated combobox.