Thanks! I'm downloading, though most of them are rather slow.

I dont think it was the path to mencoder as when i moved the source file and renamed it, it worked, so isnt it the path to the source?

You can see in the command line, it's both path to mencoder and path to external audio file.

yeah, either way, the patch works. thankyou!

I dont know weather this is just my setup or something that can be fixed:
My CPU is 3.9ghz + HT, but using HT makes mediacoder only use Max 50% of the cpu (because it is only using half) but turning the HT off, makes it use 100%.

The program is very good, and works amazingly well, although sometimes the scroll-menus lock-up and the only way to free them is to restart MC

The transcoding is done in a single thread. That's might be the reason only 50% CPU power can be used on HT-enabled CPU. This can be improved by implmenting with 2 threads, one thread decoding and one thread encoding, and using a FIFO to join them. But this still can't reach 100% anyhow, as decoding and encoding is 1:5 in computation power consumption. This is an intertesting thing to do anyway, but maybe later.
So, now, you may look into the APE problem you mentioned.

EDIT: correcting typing mistakes

Yeah i mean, the HT is no problem, i just turn it off anyway, then OC the CPU to 4.4ghz.

I'll try the APE problem again now..

Ok, just tried it, and got the same result. APE->MP3 just produces noise. Here is the console output:


Just tried it with OGG too, and get exactly the same result

I've just tested transcoding APE to other formats and haven't exprerienced your problem. It seems that problem is not at encoder side. I'm still not sure about it. Try your luck with the update.

btw: do File -> "Revert all settings" first.

Just copied over the update, pressed Revert all settings, but alas, still noise output

Just noticed something interesting, if i dont encode the file, but just press play in mediacoder, i just get noise there too, so it looks like mplayer's fault.

The problem is definately Mplayer and Mencoder. I just downloaded the programs from Mplayer's site, and that wont play it either. I just ripped a new song from CD to APE using Mediacoder, and it will play in foobar, but not in mediacoder/Mplayer.

It is true that Mplayer doesn't decode nor play APE files. But Winamp input plugin (in_ape.dll) should do and with it should the transcoding be done correctly. Can your APE file played in Winamp?

yes it can, but mediacoder wont play/encode it with winamp input plugins selected

What's your APE file name? Is it big? If not, maybe send it to me and let me try.

its okay, iv done it. Mediacoder now still wont play the file, just produces noise, but it does encode it with winamp input plugnis

That's because MediaCoder uses MPlayer to playback/preview audio/video files.

yeah i know, just saying. Nero AAC doesnt work yet does it

It works with Nero 6's AAC encoder at my place, but does not support Nero 7 (it seems things have changed a lot with Nero 7).

No, still WMA encoding don't work on my machine.In command line of MediaCoder 0.32 build 686, here is what he needs:
".\codecs\cscript.exe" ".\codecs\WMCmd.vbs" -audioonly -input "$(AudioInput)" -output "$(DestFile)" -a_codec WMA9STD -a_mode 2 -a_setting Q50_$(SampleRateKhz)_$(ChannelNum)

So, on my computer I can't find that file cscript.exe.Otherwise, I copy file WMCmd.vbs to .\codecs\ folder.

So, please provide me download link for that file, cscript.exe. I won't download each time powerpack, because I have a painfully slow dial-up connection to internet

Get it here.

This program has been made by someone in their OWN TIME. why should they have to PROVIDE you with a working link? they are not your slave you know. If you are sick of your rubbish connection, UPGRADE!

Checked to see if it now ok (tested with MC b703). Both your files behaved the same:

H.264+MP3 -> MP4 container = crash (unknown software exeption) w/ nothing has been transcoded message
H.264+Helix AAC+-> MP4 container = same crash

H.264+MP3 -> Matroska = OK
H.264+Helix AAC+ -> Matroska = OK

H.264+Helix AAC+ -> AVI = Nothing has been transcoded message (can it be muxed?)

H.264+MP3 - > AVI = OK

...

Or he could have asked politely.

MP4 current doesn't work for video files. (MEncoder crashes)


Matroska is the only format that works for most video/audio combinations now.


AAC+ can not be muxed into an AVI container. If you want to mux AAC into AVI, set container format to default, and choose FAAC as audio encoder.


Yes, it is.

Thanks for the test.

Creating Divx4/5 avi's with mp3 seems ok, but the file produced seems to have no index file, and also the audio index is corrupt. the fourcc of the avi is also incorrect. is there anything i can do to change this?

By the way, thankyou very much for your time and effort into this program. it is an amazing thing and works amazingly well. thankyou so much!

You may try setting container format to "default" (I guess you are setting it to "AVI") to see if it solves this problem.

No i was using default, but avi does the same too.

If you have set container to default, which means both audio and video are encoded and muxed by MEncoder itself, and the result file still has problem, then I have no way to work it out. It's MEncoder's issue. BTW, encoding to DivX is not what MEncoder good at. I think the MPlayer team doesn't like closed-source stuff and usually the support for those are not so well (just for compatibility sometimes). Maybe you can switch to use Xvid and H.264 instead. It should be nice.

Yeah well id rather have Xvid too, but that also produces invalid avi containers and no index file

I have 2 more feature requests:

1) How about a <source> folder option for the Output Folder?

2) Can you add the actual number for the compression levels for FLAC like all the other encoders?

Thanks!

From a 13 songs album, 2 of them were transcoded without the genre and track tag fields.

Leave the output folder blank and it is same as the <source> folder.
Anyway, I will add a button to set it more easily.


Ok, I will let the compression level number displayed.

Can you find out which 2 of them have this issue, and give me the console output when transcoding these 2 songs.

About AAC+ audio in AVI ontainer? I know that you said this is impossible, but I really like to see AAC+ sound in AVI container.

Can you do it in the near future, Optimus.

BTW, have you seen Megatron lately, Optimus?

I will try. Actually I would like to see this happen very much.


I have already sent him to the deep universe ~

Not sure it is a good idea to do this: I have experimented with it, and playback is problematic. Even with players/filters supposed to handle it, I often get audio and video out of sync.

Alex Noe is the reference in this matter, and if you would like to implement it, I can only suggest you refer to his excellent Avi-Mux GUI.

There is no CLI version of avi-mux, isn't it?

Build 718 is there for download. Fixed a serious bug that causes crash on non-WinXP systems. This build has Winamp DSP plugin support. You can pick up a DSP plugin from winamp.com and place it in the "plugins" folder of MediaCoder and you may disable/enable them like this (menu -> Transcode -> Config DSP plugins):



Attention:
If you don't want to download the updated PowerPack but just update the executable, please move all input plugins (in_*.dll) from "codecs" sub-folder to "plugins".

EDIT: build 720 please

I believe it can be automated through the use of scripts. I remember testing this feature quite a while ago, and it worked. You can get more information there: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~noe/Video-...GUI/script.html

Just committed the whole latest source code into CVS. Anyone who has the interest in the code may just check it out and build your own MediaCoder.

EDIT: I've also zipped the source code for direct download. Check the top post.
EDIT2: MediaCoder has been accepted by SourceForge. Now you can check out code from SourceForge CVS repository.

optimus: what would be a good commandline for mencoder for xvid+faac.avi which can than be repacked to xvid+faac.mp4 via mp4box?

curently iam trying this 2pass:
1st
mencoder promo_iam.avi -o NUL: -nosound -vf scale=512:384,harddup -sws 9 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=500:nopacked:nogmc:noqpel:nocartoon:bvhq=0:max_bframes=0:pass=1
2nd
mencoder promo_iam.avi -o promompeg4pass2_AACaudio_nobframes.avi -oac faac -faacopts br=128:mpeg=4 -vf scale=512:384,harddup -sws 9 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=500:nopacked:nogmc:noqpel:nocartoon:bvhq=0:max_bframes=0:pass=2

(but there seems to be a faac problem of some sort when trying to mp4box -add.)

mediacoder 0.3.2 seems to suggest '-oac faac -faacopts br=128:mpeg=4:object=0:tns' which wont work at all, mencoder returns error like 'object >=1'.

I just removed object token from the option.
I don't think MP4BOX can import AVI with AAC (I remember it only support MP3 in AVI). I'm looking into a solution for MP4 file generation in MediaCoder (coz I just bought a PSP), probably add support for AVISynth.

Strange, nothing appeared at the console window after the procces.

Did you open the console window before starting transcoding?

Optimus, I have 2 issues with encoding FLAC with the latest build. I get a really loud click at the beggining of the file. I tested it against the FLAC front end & I didn't get any clicks with that one. The other issue is that I don't get any tags in FLAC....but I do with the FLAC Front end program. Thoughts?

Yep. I going to open it again and see what happens in the middle of processing.

Which format are you transcoding from?

You have to open the console window before starting if you want to read output from external programs.