MeGUI: bug reports and feature requests

[kalehrl]

I tried adding it but it still errors out.
I can encode in xvid just fine with KNLMeansCL, but when using x264, there is this error.

[AMED]

You'll probably get the same load plugin error as i got HERE with KNLMeansCL.

[hello_hello]

Originally Posted by LigH

MeGUI will probably use its own plugins directory, independent of the default for the AviSynth installation in the system. If you want to use plugins not maintained by MeGUI (like KNLMeansCL), you should add an explicit "LoadPlugin" in your AviSynth script. At least to be on the safe side...

The portable version of Avisynth+ checks the registry for the location of the Avisynth auto-loading plugins folder and loads the plugins within, so if you have Avisynth installed it'll auto-load the same plugins folder (at least it does when running XP).
It can also auto-load plugins from it's own plugins folder.

Originally Posted by AMED

You'll probably get the same load plugin error as i got HERE with KNLMeansCL.

According to Dependancy Walker, KNLMeansCL requires msvcr120, msvcp120 and vcomp120.dll
If you tell MeGUI to use the included Avisynth and restart it, you should find msvcr120 and msvcp120 in the MeGUI folder (that's what happens for me). I think you said you only copied the first one so it might have something to do with KNLMeansCL not producing errors when the included Avisynth is used.

I'm not sure about vcomp120.dll and if it's always required. Maybe only for KNLMeansCL(device_type="GPU")
MeGUI doesn't seem to include it. You'd probably need to install Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013

Originally Posted by kalehrl

I tried adding it but it still errors out.
I can encode in xvid just fine with KNLMeansCL, but when using x264, there is this error.

I tested the current version and an older version of KNLMeansCL with both Xvid and x264 encoding and it's working fine here (XP with both MeGUI's "included" and the installed version of Avisynth). Odd......

[kalehrl]

I installed Visual Studio 2013 because KNLMeansCL wouldn't work in avspmod.
I'm using windows 10 pro. I wonder if there is a conflict between opencl which x264 uses and KNLMeansCL.

[AMED]

Originally Posted by hello_hello

I'm not sure about vcomp120.dll and if it's always required. Maybe only for KNLMeansCL(device_type="GPU")
MeGUI doesn't seem to include it. You'd probably need to install Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013

The script works fine with AVSMeter so I would assume that all the .dlls has been install correctly? It also works when using the AVS creator as well. I'm also on Windows 10 Pro so maybe there is a link?

[Groucho2004]

Originally Posted by AMED

The script works fine with AVSMeter so I would assume that all the .dlls has been install correctly?

Yes. If runtime libraries were missing it would not work.
"VComp*.dll" are Microsofts OpenMP support libraries, used for example by plugins like KNLMeansCL and eedi3. I highly recommend the all-in-one runtime installer which can be found here.

[AMED]

hmm, just tried KNLMeansCL v0.64 and it's working fine with MeGUI.

[kalehrl]

Just updated knlmeans and still get the same error:

-[Error] Log for job1 (video, 20131112_-_TOP_GEAR_cut_out-muxed.mkv.avs -> 20131112_-_TOP_GEAR_cut_out-muxed.mkv.mkv)
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] Started handling job
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] Preprocessing
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\MeGUI\tools\lsmash\LSMASHSource.dll")
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth\plugins\KNLMeansCL.dll")
---[NoImage] LWLibavVideoSource("D:\Dreambox\movie\cuttermaran\20131112_-_TOP_GEAR_cut temp files\20131112_-_TOP_GEAR_cut_out-muxed.mkv")
---[NoImage] #deinterlace
---[NoImage] #crop
---[NoImage] #resize
---[NoImage] #fft3dgpu()
---[NoImage] KNLMeansCL()
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] resolution: 704x396
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] frame rate: 25/1
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] aspect ratio: 16:9 (1.778)
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] Job command line: "D:\Programs\MeGUI\tools\x264\avs4x264mod.exe" --preset slow --crf 19.0 --sar 1:1 --output "C:\Users\kaleh\Desktop\20131112_-_TOP_GEAR_cut_out-muxed.mkv.mkv" "C:\Users\kaleh\Desktop\20131112_-_TOP_GEAR_cut_out-muxed.mkv.avs" 
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] Process started
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] Standard output stream
--[Error] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] Standard error stream
---[Error] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] avs [error]: LoadPlugin: unable to load "C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth\plugins\KNLMeansCL.dll", Proc not found.  Update library version?
---[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] (C:\Users\kaleh\Desktop\20131112_-_TOP_GEAR_cut_out-muxed.mkv.avs, line 2)
--[Error] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] Process exits with error: 0xFFFFFFFF (-1)
--[Warning] [13.9.2015. 09.31.10] The 64 bit mode of x264 is enabled. Depending on the error it may help to disable it in the MeGUI settings.
--[Information] [13.9.2015. 09.31.11] Job completed

I don't get it! Preview opens successfully but when I try to encode, it dies. Xvid works fine but not x264.

[AMED]

All I did was install the runtimes that Groucho2004 suggested and then update the plugin (and a reboot).

[Zathor]

Originally Posted by kalehrl

Just updated knlmeans and still get the same error:
I don't get it! Preview opens successfully but when I try to encode, it dies. Xvid works fine but not x264.

What happens when you open the AVS file in another program (e.g. VirtualDub)?

Another topic: I switch for the moment to the regular AviSynth for the included AviSynth. AviSynth+ will return when the development continues and the builds are more stable. So everyone who needs MT has to install/copy that manually.

EDIT:

2584 [Update]               clean package directory during update

[hello_hello]

Zathor, there's a small OneClick setup behaviour oddness.

If you have a OneClick profile where video encoding is disabled, when you select it, under the Advanced config tab the "display aspect ratio" option becomes greyed out. After changing back to a OneClick profile where video re-encoding is enabled though, the "display aspect ratio" option remains greyed out until you close the OneClick encoder and re-open it.

Unless I'm missing something I still think there's a small rounding error when calculating the aspect error while using a custom input display aspect ratio (as displayed in the script creator). Unless MeGUI simply isn't storing custom aspect ratios accurately enough. Currently it only displays them to 3 decimal places. Here's an example based on the mpeg4 PAL 16:9 pixel aspect ratio (as that's what I'm using it for).

I create a custom display aspect ratio of 20:11, which is an aspect ratio of 1.81818181818181...... MeGUI displays it as "20:11 (1.818)".
I select it as the Input display aspect ratio and resize to exactly 20:11 dimensions. 680x374 as an example (374*20/11=680).
The aspect error should be zero but MeGUI displays a small aspect error (ie 0.0005%). It's nothing significant, but it'd be nice if it was correct.

One other small request.... Currently there's a single option for clearing all the user selected aspect ratios, which is a little annoying when you have several and only want to remove one. Any chance of a right click option to remove them individually, or something similar?

Cheers.

[kalehrl]

Originally Posted by AMED

All I did was install the runtimes that Groucho2004 suggested and then update the plugin (and a reboot).

I installed Visual C++ 2013 only which is the one required by knlmeans. I don't think I will install all those other C++ things just to get knlmeans working. Without Visual C++ 2013, knlmeans wouldn't work at all in avspmod or megui preview. I guess it's back to fft3dgpu for me for denoising which is much faster than knlmeans.

[Zathor]

Originally Posted by hello_hello

[...] small request....

Thanks, written down to my list. As usual no ETA as these are no (game breaking) bugs.

[mandeep145]

Please sort out this not getting proper update

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:52 AM] MeGUI: 2525
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:52 AM] Operating System: Windows XP Professional x86 SP3
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:52 AM] .Net Framework: 2.2.30729
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:52 AM] .Net Framework: 4.0.30319
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] AviSynth: 2.6.0.6 (31-03-2015)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] AvisynthWrapper: (02-01-2009)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] Haali Matroska Splitter: 1.13.138.14 (14-04-2013)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] Haali DSS2: not installed
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (07-08-2008)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] LinqBridge: 1.0.0.0 (27-05-2009)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] MediaInfo: 0.7.72.0 (07-01-2015)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.61.0 (06-01-2013)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (19-12-2008)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (02-01-2011)
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] 7z: 9.20 (18-11-2010)
-[Error] Update detection
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] Using cached update config and server: http://megui.org/auto/stable/
--[Information] [9/14/2015 8:29:53 AM] There is 1 package which can be updated: FDK-AAC
--[Error] [9/14/2015 8:29:54 AM] Component not found: C:\Program Files\MeGUI\tools\fdkaac\fdkaac.exe

[Barough]

Originally Posted by mandeep145

Please sort out this not getting proper update

FDK-AAC is NOT available through the update server(s) due to license stuff.

[mini-moose]

I noticed megui now has r785(20150802) on updates.

I can't find any infos as to how it's different from the older 785. Anyone knows?

[mandeep145]

Originally Posted by Barough

FDK-AAC is NOT available through the update server(s) due to license stuff.

so how do i get the file bro ?

[LigH]

Either you know someone close who compiles it and can give you a non-public copy ... or you may have to compile it for yourself.

No panic; there is a batch file which will download a whole compiler environment and the sources, and start compiling automatically. Just run the batch. That simple. It will cost you some amount of intermediate harddisk space, though (up to a few GB, depending on the specific solution).

You can use fdkaac_autobuild.zip from the qaac cabinet; or if you want even more (warning: a lot more!), try the media-autobuild_suite...

[Zathor]

Originally Posted by mini-moose

I noticed megui now has r785(20150802) on updates.
I can't find any infos as to how it's different from the older 785. Anyone knows?

And now r789 is uploaded
Usually newer compiles have newer included libraries (like libav, lsmash).

Originally Posted by mandeep145

so how do i get the file bro?

When you try to update it there should be a popup pointing you in the correct direction with this text:

MeGUI cannot find FDK-AAC on your system or it is outdated. Due to the licensing the component is not included on the MeGUI update server. Therefore please download the file on your own, extract & compile it and set the path to the exe in the MeGUI settings ("Settings\External Program Settings"). Would you like to download it now?

[Zathor]

Currently I am struggling a little bit with the way how packages should be updated. In the current implementation it can happen that files are locked (e.g. x264 encoding running) and therefore packages cannot be updated. There are now two ways
- leave it as it is = zero effort
- modify the whole update handling in the way that all packages will only be extracted/updated during a restart of MeGUI = bigger change as a lot has to be moved to the updater program
The proper way is the second one but is this really needed? What do you think?