Two major bugs (version 0.3.7 build 1680) when encoding with h264:
1) the correct way to encoding in h264 with mencoder is otput to raw video (with "-of rawvideo") , and the output file should have the .264 extension. Then you can mux safely with mp4box. Otherwise, mencoder put the h264 video in avi container: that is non standard, and what's worse mp4box don't recognise it either. And if you can't put h264 in mp4, you can't put it in matroska either, because the matroska muxer expect h264 being in mp4.
2) the option for constant quality is "crf" (=constant rate factor), not "cr" as it is now. Also, in this case the "qp_constant" option should be removed.
Full Version: Batch transcoding to HE-AAC-PS with this tool
Well... after some busy time... here am I and my problem on m4a encoding.
First of all, CT is very fast if compared to 3GPP...! Yes, it worked! But...
I don't know what may be happening, but I still have that quality decreasing problem, and it's very annoying! How do I fix it (either having the full song with the lower quality or, what would be better, having it entirely with the high one from the first second)? (Yes, I have the newest build: 0.3.7 build 1680)
And I'll say it again: do you want me to send a sample...? Or is it something that happens with others too... ...?
The second thing: the CT encodes in .aac, so I should choose MP4 in the container tab, right?
The last thing: I need to save some HD space, so I decided to convert my mp3 songs into mp4. Is it better to convert'em into wave before m4a or the resulting quality will be the same as if I go directly from mp3 to m4a...?
Thanks for your patience AGAIN!
First of all, CT is very fast if compared to 3GPP...! Yes, it worked! But...
I don't know what may be happening, but I still have that quality decreasing problem, and it's very annoying! How do I fix it (either having the full song with the lower quality or, what would be better, having it entirely with the high one from the first second)? (Yes, I have the newest build: 0.3.7 build 1680)
And I'll say it again: do you want me to send a sample...? Or is it something that happens with others too... ...?
The second thing: the CT encodes in .aac, so I should choose MP4 in the container tab, right?
The last thing: I need to save some HD space, so I decided to convert my mp3 songs into mp4. Is it better to convert'em into wave before m4a or the resulting quality will be the same as if I go directly from mp3 to m4a...?
Thanks for your patience AGAIN!
QUOTE(ghizzu @ Mar 26 2006, 06:54 PM)
Two major bugs (version 0.3.7 build 1680) when encoding with h264:
1) the correct way to encoding in h264 with mencoder is otput to raw video (with "-of rawvideo") , and the output file should have the .264 extension. Then you can mux safely with mp4box. Otherwise, mencoder put the h264 video in avi container: that is non standard, and what's worse mp4box don't recognise it either. And if you can't put h264 in mp4, you can't put it in matroska either, because the matroska muxer expect h264 being in mp4.
2) the option for constant quality is "crf" (=constant rate factor), not "cr" as it is now. Also, in this case the "qp_constant" option should be removed.
1) the correct way to encoding in h264 with mencoder is otput to raw video (with "-of rawvideo") , and the output file should have the .264 extension. Then you can mux safely with mp4box. Otherwise, mencoder put the h264 video in avi container: that is non standard, and what's worse mp4box don't recognise it either. And if you can't put h264 in mp4, you can't put it in matroska either, because the matroska muxer expect h264 being in mp4.
2) the option for constant quality is "crf" (=constant rate factor), not "cr" as it is now. Also, in this case the "qp_constant" option should be removed.
Thanks a lot!
I've fixed all these issues in build 1682.
QUOTE(fasibe @ Mar 27 2006, 12:43 PM)
I don't know what may be happening, but I still have that quality decreasing problem, and it's very annoying! How do I fix it (either having the full song with the lower quality or, what would be better, having it entirely with the high one from the first second)? (Yes, I have the newest build: 0.3.7 build 1680)
And I'll say it again: do you want me to send a sample...? Or is it something that happens with others too... ...?
The second thing: the CT encodes in .aac, so I should choose MP4 in the container tab, right?
The last thing: I need to save some HD space, so I decided to convert my mp3 songs into mp4. Is it better to convert'em into wave before m4a or the resulting quality will be the same as if I go directly from mp3 to m4a...?
And I'll say it again: do you want me to send a sample...? Or is it something that happens with others too... ...?
The second thing: the CT encodes in .aac, so I should choose MP4 in the container tab, right?
The last thing: I need to save some HD space, so I decided to convert my mp3 songs into mp4. Is it better to convert'em into wave before m4a or the resulting quality will be the same as if I go directly from mp3 to m4a...?
1. You can try encode with Winamp and see if there is the same problem.
2. whether mux them in MP4 or not does not affect the quality at all
3. I suggest not doing so if you don't use this only as temporary storage (just listen for some weeks). Transcoding from one lossy format to another will surely brings loss in quality even if the target format has more advanced algorithm and even higher bit rate, the loss in quality will be permanent and you won't be able to find them back.
Optimus, just one little question for you? Dows MediaCoder fully supports Dual-Core processors, Athlon 64 X2 and Intel Pentium D 9xx series?
If not, please optimize MediaCoder for dual-core machines as soon as possible.
If not, please optimize MediaCoder for dual-core machines as soon as possible.
QUOTE(Kostarum Rex Persia @ Mar 28 2006, 02:45 PM)
If not, please optimize MediaCoder for dual-core machines as soon as possible.
You better talk to the FFMPEG devs about this. After all, Mediacoder is a (very powerful) GUI for mencoder.
Kostarum Rex Persia, do you happen to be the only child of your beloved parents ?
Christian
matroska project admin
somewhy i downloaded mediacoder-0.3.7-build1682.exe (336465 bytes) from SF.net but after installation it reports that it is a 1681 build.
QUOTE(TeslaUa @ Mar 29 2006, 03:00 AM)
somewhy i downloaded mediacoder-0.3.7-build1682.exe (336465 bytes) from SF.net but after installation it reports that it is a 1681 build.
Yep, and it prompts you to install the new 1682 build.
Has happened once or twice before.
Not that it is a big deal, of course.
hmmm... i think i found a bug. i cant make it to transcode anything. spend two days fighting 
had read all manuals and wiki, googling etc.
after starting transcoding a messagebox popups instantly saying that transcoding failed and proposing five possible reasons.
Installation process:
1) MediaCoder-0.3.7-20060325.exe from Sf.net (full pack)
2) mediacoder-0.3.7-build1682.exe from sf.net (update)
all MediaCoder options are default. install path E:\bhlo\Mcod\ (note, DOS compatable :-) )
info about a system i run:
Windows 2000 pro SP4 + rollup1
filesystem: NTFS v5.0 (default for win2k)
192M of SDRAM PC66
cpu info follows in logs
program log:
Console log:
had read all manuals and wiki, googling etc.after starting transcoding a messagebox popups instantly saying that transcoding failed and proposing five possible reasons.
Installation process:
1) MediaCoder-0.3.7-20060325.exe from Sf.net (full pack)
2) mediacoder-0.3.7-build1682.exe from sf.net (update)
all MediaCoder options are default. install path E:\bhlo\Mcod\ (note, DOS compatable :-) )
info about a system i run:
Windows 2000 pro SP4 + rollup1
filesystem: NTFS v5.0 (default for win2k)
192M of SDRAM PC66
cpu info follows in logs
program log:
CODE
[02-29 17:05:48] Start transcoding job for E:\sound\enc\==REF\ref-pop.wav
[02-29 17:05:48] Opening audio source (Waveform/PCM File)
[02-29 17:05:48] Applying codec parameters
[02-29 17:05:48] Starting audio encoder (Lame MP3)
[02-29 17:05:48] [Lame] Failed to start encoder front-end
[02-29 17:05:48] Error loading Lame MP3
[02-29 17:05:48] Error occured during audio transcoding.
[02-29 17:05:48] Finished transcoding job for E:\sound\enc\==REF\ref-pop.wav
[02-29 17:05:48] Opening audio source (Waveform/PCM File)
[02-29 17:05:48] Applying codec parameters
[02-29 17:05:48] Starting audio encoder (Lame MP3)
[02-29 17:05:48] [Lame] Failed to start encoder front-end
[02-29 17:05:48] Error loading Lame MP3
[02-29 17:05:48] Error occured during audio transcoding.
[02-29 17:05:48] Finished transcoding job for E:\sound\enc\==REF\ref-pop.wav
Console log:
CODE
MediaCoder Version 0.3.7 build 1681 (built on Mon Mar 27 13:39:02 2006)
This is a free software written by Stanley Huang <reachme@citiz.net>. Enjoy!
Processor information:
Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 10) / I
nternal Cache: 32 KB
MPlayer dev-CVS-060324-19:46-3.4.5 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 10
)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Playing E:\sound\enc\==REF\ref-pop.wav.
Audio file file format detected.
Duration: 206000 ms
Outputing file info to pipe 408
Parse only mode (level 1) enabled.
Exiting... (Quit)
Audio source: Waveform/PCM File
Sample Rate: 44100Hz Channels: 2 BPS: 16 Length: 0
Audio encoder: Lame MP3
Sample Rate: 44100Hz Channels: 2 BPS: 16
#
This is a free software written by Stanley Huang <reachme@citiz.net>. Enjoy!
Processor information:
Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 10) / I
nternal Cache: 32 KB
MPlayer dev-CVS-060324-19:46-3.4.5 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 10
)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Playing E:\sound\enc\==REF\ref-pop.wav.
Audio file file format detected.
Duration: 206000 ms
Outputing file info to pipe 408
Parse only mode (level 1) enabled.
Exiting... (Quit)
Audio source: Waveform/PCM File
Sample Rate: 44100Hz Channels: 2 BPS: 16 Length: 0
Audio encoder: Lame MP3
Sample Rate: 44100Hz Channels: 2 BPS: 16
#
Does this tool work for transcoding HiDef videos? I need to convert the bitrate on some hidef videos without (hopefully) changing the output resolution (currently 1900x1080) and also recoding from AC3 to MP3. Will this tool do that? The files are usually in .TS (mpeg transport stream) format.
I've got some VOB files with Linear PCM audio (not DD or MPEG audio) and when I convert using Nero AAC Encoder I get only hiss in the resulting file.
What am I doing wrong?
MPlayer dev-CVS-060324-19:46-3.4.5 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Willamette; Xeon Foster (Family: 15, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Playing C:\DOWNLOAD\_RFWWW\1 TRAILERS\3 FOURTH ANGEL\trailer3_fourth_angel.VOB.
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 8243.6 kbps (1030.5 kbyte/s)
Duration: 102891 ms
File not found: 'C:/Program Files/MediaCoder/mplayer/mplayer/default.sub'
Failed to open C:/Program Files/MediaCoder/mplayer/mplayer/default.sub
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [dvdpcm] Uncompressed DVD/VOB LPCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16be, 1536.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 192000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [dvdpcm] afm: dvdpcm (Uncompressed DVD/VOB LPCM)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Forced video codec: dummy
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x10000002.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================
Using pipe 0x4b8 as audio output
AO: [pipe] 48000Hz 2ch s16be (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
Audio source: MPlayer
Sample Rate: 48000Hz Channels: 2 BPS: 16 Length: 5
Audio encoder: Nero AAC Encoder
Sample Rate: 48000Hz Channels: 2 BPS: 16
# ".\tools\mp4box.exe" -fps 29.970 -add "C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\LOCALS~1\Temp\trailer3
_fourth_angel.VOB.m4a"#audio "C:\DOWNLOAD\_RFWWW\trailer3_fourth_angel.m4a"
IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
Converting to ISMA Audio-Video MP4 file...
Saving to C:\DOWNLOAD\_RFWWW\trailer3_fourth_angel.m4a: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Thanks.
What am I doing wrong?
CODE
MPlayer dev-CVS-060324-19:46-3.4.5 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Willamette; Xeon Foster (Family: 15, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Playing C:\DOWNLOAD\_RFWWW\1 TRAILERS\3 FOURTH ANGEL\trailer3_fourth_angel.VOB.
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 8243.6 kbps (1030.5 kbyte/s)
Duration: 102891 ms
File not found: 'C:/Program Files/MediaCoder/mplayer/mplayer/default.sub'
Failed to open C:/Program Files/MediaCoder/mplayer/mplayer/default.sub
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [dvdpcm] Uncompressed DVD/VOB LPCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16be, 1536.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 192000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [dvdpcm] afm: dvdpcm (Uncompressed DVD/VOB LPCM)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Forced video codec: dummy
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x10000002.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================
Using pipe 0x4b8 as audio output
AO: [pipe] 48000Hz 2ch s16be (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
Audio source: MPlayer
Sample Rate: 48000Hz Channels: 2 BPS: 16 Length: 5
Audio encoder: Nero AAC Encoder
Sample Rate: 48000Hz Channels: 2 BPS: 16
# ".\tools\mp4box.exe" -fps 29.970 -add "C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\LOCALS~1\Temp\trailer3
_fourth_angel.VOB.m4a"#audio "C:\DOWNLOAD\_RFWWW\trailer3_fourth_angel.m4a"
IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)
Converting to ISMA Audio-Video MP4 file...
Saving to C:\DOWNLOAD\_RFWWW\trailer3_fourth_angel.m4a: 0.500 secs Interleaving
Thanks.
I've got the same issue as TeslaUa. I've tried converting a couple of .ra files (to mp3) & get the following error:
[02-30 07:13:26] Start transcoding job for C:\Temp\wed.ra
[02-30 07:13:27] Opening audio source (MPlayer)
[02-30 07:13:27] Applying codec parameters
[02-30 07:13:27] Starting audio encoder (Lame MP3)
[02-30 07:13:27] [Lame] Failed to start encoder front-end
[02-30 07:13:27] Error loading Lame MP3
[02-30 07:13:28] Error occured during audio transcoding.
[02-30 07:13:28] Finished transcoding job for C:\Temp\wed.ra
[02-30 07:13:37] Error occurs while checking for an update. You must have direct Internet access to have this function work.
I've tried MediaCoder b1681 on 2 systems (1 XP, 1 W2K3). I have been able to convert a ra file once, but when i try to convert the file again (or a new file), i get the above error!
[02-30 07:13:26] Start transcoding job for C:\Temp\wed.ra
[02-30 07:13:27] Opening audio source (MPlayer)
[02-30 07:13:27] Applying codec parameters
[02-30 07:13:27] Starting audio encoder (Lame MP3)
[02-30 07:13:27] [Lame] Failed to start encoder front-end
[02-30 07:13:27] Error loading Lame MP3
[02-30 07:13:28] Error occured during audio transcoding.
[02-30 07:13:28] Finished transcoding job for C:\Temp\wed.ra
[02-30 07:13:37] Error occurs while checking for an update. You must have direct Internet access to have this function work.
I've tried MediaCoder b1681 on 2 systems (1 XP, 1 W2K3). I have been able to convert a ra file once, but when i try to convert the file again (or a new file), i get the above error!
Thanx for your new builds, now h264 in mp4 works like a charm.
Some other issues:
When using mplayer as audio source, CT AAC+ don't work (maybe I'm missing something?). Nero AAC, 3GPP, FAAC, Lame: all works well and mux perfectly in mp4. (Vorbis and other audio codecs currently are not allowed in mp4). Helix Producer RA10 don't work if there are white spaces in input file name.
Regarding muxing h264 in Matroska, apparently MediaCoder do his job, but the result is unplayable in most players (except mplayer, but somehow it hogs my CPU...).
So: for muxing h264 in Matroska you must:
1) encode h264 in rawvideo;
2) muxing rawvideo in mp4 using mp4box;
3) muxing the resulting .mp4 video in matroska using mkvmerge.
Oh, and I like very much your tool.
Some other issues:
When using mplayer as audio source, CT AAC+ don't work (maybe I'm missing something?). Nero AAC, 3GPP, FAAC, Lame: all works well and mux perfectly in mp4. (Vorbis and other audio codecs currently are not allowed in mp4). Helix Producer RA10 don't work if there are white spaces in input file name.
Regarding muxing h264 in Matroska, apparently MediaCoder do his job, but the result is unplayable in most players (except mplayer, but somehow it hogs my CPU...).
So: for muxing h264 in Matroska you must:
1) encode h264 in rawvideo;
2) muxing rawvideo in mp4 using mp4box;
3) muxing the resulting .mp4 video in matroska using mkvmerge.
Oh, and I like very much your tool.
Mux to MP4 container doesn't work for me. I use build 0.3.7 1681.
I mean, H.264 video can't be muxed into MP4 container
I mean, H.264 video can't be muxed into MP4 container
In Medicoder is there any plans to compress by fixed size. I see fixed bitrate and fixed quality. This option works well in other progs. 
QUOTE(shagnasty @ Mar 31 2006, 10:15 AM)
In Medicoder is there any plans to compress by fixed size. I see fixed bitrate and fixed quality. This option works well in other progs.
I have only heard about so-called fixed size in MPEG2 TS which pads unused space in the stream with zero. Why do you think you need that?
QUOTE(Mystic1 @ Mar 30 2006, 05:10 AM)
Does this tool work for transcoding HiDef videos? I need to convert the bitrate on some hidef videos without (hopefully) changing the output resolution (currently 1900x1080) and also recoding from AC3 to MP3. Will this tool do that? The files are usually in .TS (mpeg transport stream) format.
I've used MediaCoder to transcode lots of HD TS stream (1920x1080 MPEG2/AC3 in TS) to other formats. It should work for that.
QUOTE(TeslaUa @ Mar 29 2006, 10:23 PM)
hmmm... i think i found a bug. i cant make it to transcode anything. spend two days fighting had read all manuals and wiki, googling etc.
after starting transcoding a messagebox popups instantly saying that transcoding failed and proposing five possible reasons.
Installation process:
1) MediaCoder-0.3.7-20060325.exe from Sf.net (full pack)
2) mediacoder-0.3.7-build1682.exe from sf.net (update)
all MediaCoder options are default. install path E:\bhlo\Mcod\ (note, DOS compatable :-) )
info about a system i run:
Windows 2000 pro SP4 + rollup1
filesystem: NTFS v5.0 (default for win2k)
192M of SDRAM PC66
cpu info follows in logs
program log:
had read all manuals and wiki, googling etc.after starting transcoding a messagebox popups instantly saying that transcoding failed and proposing five possible reasons.
Installation process:
1) MediaCoder-0.3.7-20060325.exe from Sf.net (full pack)
2) mediacoder-0.3.7-build1682.exe from sf.net (update)
all MediaCoder options are default. install path E:\bhlo\Mcod\ (note, DOS compatable :-) )
info about a system i run:
Windows 2000 pro SP4 + rollup1
filesystem: NTFS v5.0 (default for win2k)
192M of SDRAM PC66
cpu info follows in logs
program log:
CODE
[02-29 17:05:48] Start transcoding job for E:\sound\enc\==REF\ref-pop.wav
[02-29 17:05:48] Opening audio source (Waveform/PCM File)
[02-29 17:05:48] Applying codec parameters
[02-29 17:05:48] Starting audio encoder (Lame MP3)
[02-29 17:05:48] [Lame] Failed to start encoder front-end
[02-29 17:05:48] Error loading Lame MP3
[02-29 17:05:48] Error occured during audio transcoding.
[02-29 17:05:48] Finished transcoding job for E:\sound\enc\==REF\ref-pop.wav
[02-29 17:05:48] Opening audio source (Waveform/PCM File)
[02-29 17:05:48] Applying codec parameters
[02-29 17:05:48] Starting audio encoder (Lame MP3)
[02-29 17:05:48] [Lame] Failed to start encoder front-end
[02-29 17:05:48] Error loading Lame MP3
[02-29 17:05:48] Error occured during audio transcoding.
[02-29 17:05:48] Finished transcoding job for E:\sound\enc\==REF\ref-pop.wav
Please remove "==" from your file name and try.
QUOTE(Leagro @ Mar 30 2006, 05:26 PM)
I've got the same issue as TeslaUa. I've tried converting a couple of .ra files (to mp3) & get the following error:
[02-30 07:13:26] Start transcoding job for C:\Temp\wed.ra
[02-30 07:13:27] Opening audio source (MPlayer)
[02-30 07:13:27] Applying codec parameters
[02-30 07:13:27] Starting audio encoder (Lame MP3)
[02-30 07:13:27] [Lame] Failed to start encoder front-end
[02-30 07:13:27] Error loading Lame MP3
[02-30 07:13:28] Error occured during audio transcoding.
[02-30 07:13:28] Finished transcoding job for C:\Temp\wed.ra
[02-30 07:13:37] Error occurs while checking for an update. You must have direct Internet access to have this function work.
I've tried MediaCoder b1681 on 2 systems (1 XP, 1 W2K3). I have been able to convert a ra file once, but when i try to convert the file again (or a new file), i get the above error!
[02-30 07:13:26] Start transcoding job for C:\Temp\wed.ra
[02-30 07:13:27] Opening audio source (MPlayer)
[02-30 07:13:27] Applying codec parameters
[02-30 07:13:27] Starting audio encoder (Lame MP3)
[02-30 07:13:27] [Lame] Failed to start encoder front-end
[02-30 07:13:27] Error loading Lame MP3
[02-30 07:13:28] Error occured during audio transcoding.
[02-30 07:13:28] Finished transcoding job for C:\Temp\wed.ra
[02-30 07:13:37] Error occurs while checking for an update. You must have direct Internet access to have this function work.
I've tried MediaCoder b1681 on 2 systems (1 XP, 1 W2K3). I have been able to convert a ra file once, but when i try to convert the file again (or a new file), i get the above error!
What's the sampling rate of your RA file?
QUOTE(ghizzu @ Mar 30 2006, 05:32 PM)
Thanx for your new builds, now h264 in mp4 works like a charm.
Some other issues:
When using mplayer as audio source, CT AAC+ don't work (maybe I'm missing something?). Nero AAC, 3GPP, FAAC, Lame: all works well and mux perfectly in mp4. (Vorbis and other audio codecs currently are not allowed in mp4). Helix Producer RA10 don't work if there are white spaces in input file name.
Regarding muxing h264 in Matroska, apparently MediaCoder do his job, but the result is unplayable in most players (except mplayer, but somehow it hogs my CPU...).
So: for muxing h264 in Matroska you must:
1) encode h264 in rawvideo;
2) muxing rawvideo in mp4 using mp4box;
3) muxing the resulting .mp4 video in matroska using mkvmerge.
Oh, and I like very much your tool.
Some other issues:
When using mplayer as audio source, CT AAC+ don't work (maybe I'm missing something?). Nero AAC, 3GPP, FAAC, Lame: all works well and mux perfectly in mp4. (Vorbis and other audio codecs currently are not allowed in mp4). Helix Producer RA10 don't work if there are white spaces in input file name.
Regarding muxing h264 in Matroska, apparently MediaCoder do his job, but the result is unplayable in most players (except mplayer, but somehow it hogs my CPU...).
So: for muxing h264 in Matroska you must:
1) encode h264 in rawvideo;
2) muxing rawvideo in mp4 using mp4box;
3) muxing the resulting .mp4 video in matroska using mkvmerge.
Oh, and I like very much your tool.
CT AAC+ works with MP4 container at my side. Please try audio only transcoding with CT AAC+ to see if it works.
H.264 in matroska is not gurateed to be playable by all players. Actually in MediaCoder, H.264 with AVI container is wrapped in matroska. I will look for a solution for this.
QUOTE(ntropy @ Mar 30 2006, 06:39 AM)
I've got some VOB files with Linear PCM audio (not DD or MPEG audio) and when I convert using Nero AAC Encoder I get only hiss in the resulting file.
What am I doing wrong?
What am I doing wrong?
Try clicking "Play" to see if this file can be played properly.
QUOTE(optimus @ Mar 31 2006, 08:14 AM)
What's the sampling rate of your RA file?
File Details:
Container: Real
-> Duration: 7321.0 sec(s)
Audio: cook
-> Bitrate: 32kbps
-> Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
-> Channel(s):2
Target Format
Audio: Lame MP3
-> Bit Rate: 112 Kbps
Estimated File Size: 97MB
Annoying thing is that I have got it to work once, but now it won't. I've tried several files.
An example would be compress video to a size that would fit on one cd. Compress a movie (using the xvid codec etc) to a size of 743mb+- wich will allow you to fit 6 avi movies (that play with very high quality) on one dvd and so on. A program that does this very well but only for dvds (that you own of course) is a program called Fairuse. It would be nice to be able to take say a downloaded video (mpg,avi,mpeg ect) that is 1.3gb and recompress it to 700mb or only as low as you need it to mantain the best quality movie for your present needs.
QUOTE(shagnasty @ Mar 31 2006, 06:21 PM)
An example would be compress video to a size that would fit on one cd. Compress a movie (using the xvid codec etc) to a size of 743mb+- wich will allow you to fit 6 avi movies (that play with very high quality) on one dvd and so on. A program that does this very well but only for dvds (that you own of course) is a program called Fairuse. It would be nice to be able to take say a downloaded video (mpg,avi,mpeg ect) that is 1.3gb and recompress it to 700mb or only as low as you need it to mantain the best quality movie for your present needs.
I've got your point now. This is a good idea. I will add it!
A command line version of MediaCoder is released. It uses MediaCoder core library (mccore.dll). Currently it transcode audio only. It's just a sample for using mccore.dll (refer to mccli.c).
Get it here.
Just for fun.
Get it here.
Just for fun.
is there any possibility to cut videos in mediaCoder?
thx for the tool
sebastian
thx for the tool
sebastian
QUOTE(optimus @ Mar 31 2006, 03:18 AM)
QUOTE(ntropy @ Mar 30 2006, 06:39 AM)
I've got some VOB files with Linear PCM audio (not DD or MPEG audio) and when I convert using Nero AAC Encoder I get only hiss in the resulting file.
What am I doing wrong?
What am I doing wrong?
Try clicking "Play" to see if this file can be played properly.
Anything I've tried to play in MediaCoder doesn't or does so for a second and stops.
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FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
FATAL: Could not initialize video filters (-vf) or video output (-vo).
QUOTE(skurt @ Mar 31 2006, 10:53 PM)
is there any possibility to cut videos in mediaCoder?
thx for the tool
sebastian
thx for the tool
sebastian
By specifying start time and duration (at Settings -> Overall -> Decoding Options)
Optimus, I assume you missed my previoius post?
Well, in build1696 CT AAC+ works!
And now some suggestions:
1) the mencoder (and ffmpeg's) options for encoding video (like -xvidencopts and -x264encopts) seems editable in the panel at the bottom of mediacoder window, but mediacoder don't take the edits in account when transcoding. It would be possibile to make them REALLY editable, and perhaps saving them as encoding presets? This at least would allow those with some mencoder knowledge (like me) to tweak their settings!
2) what about DVD ripping? I don't talk about .vob transcoding, I mean ripping entire DVD titles. mencoder easily can do it straight from disk: you have only to add some ifo parsing (that mencoder can do, too) to choose the movie and language and pass the parameters to mencoder (like dvd://1 -dvd-device f: -alang en)
3) autocrop. mplayer can do it, with -cropdetect
And now some suggestions:
1) the mencoder (and ffmpeg's) options for encoding video (like -xvidencopts and -x264encopts) seems editable in the panel at the bottom of mediacoder window, but mediacoder don't take the edits in account when transcoding. It would be possibile to make them REALLY editable, and perhaps saving them as encoding presets? This at least would allow those with some mencoder knowledge (like me) to tweak their settings!
2) what about DVD ripping? I don't talk about .vob transcoding, I mean ripping entire DVD titles. mencoder easily can do it straight from disk: you have only to add some ifo parsing (that mencoder can do, too) to choose the movie and language and pass the parameters to mencoder (like dvd://1 -dvd-device f: -alang en)
3) autocrop. mplayer can do it, with -cropdetect
Dear all,
I'm trying to convert an RMVB file to an AVI file such that my AIRIS DVD-recorder will be able to play it. As a target video format I've chosen MPEG-4 (DivX-4/5) - I'm not sure that this is right but other formats didn't sound familiar at all - and Lame MP3 as the target audio format. Transcoding resulted indeed in an AVI file but when I'm trying to play it with Windows Media Player, I get visualisation rather than the movie itself.
Would you be so kind to explain me what am I doing wrong?
Best regards,
Alexander
I'm trying to convert an RMVB file to an AVI file such that my AIRIS DVD-recorder will be able to play it. As a target video format I've chosen MPEG-4 (DivX-4/5) - I'm not sure that this is right but other formats didn't sound familiar at all - and Lame MP3 as the target audio format. Transcoding resulted indeed in an AVI file but when I'm trying to play it with Windows Media Player, I get visualisation rather than the movie itself.
Would you be so kind to explain me what am I doing wrong?
Best regards,
Alexander
QUOTE(aserebrenik @ Apr 1 2006, 04:23 PM)
Dear all,
I'm trying to convert an RMVB file to an AVI file such that my AIRIS DVD-recorder will be able to play it. As a target video format I've chosen MPEG-4 (DivX-4/5) - I'm not sure that this is right but other formats didn't sound familiar at all - and Lame MP3 as the target audio format. Transcoding resulted indeed in an AVI file but when I'm trying to play it with Windows Media Player, I get visualisation rather than the movie itself.
Would you be so kind to explain me what am I doing wrong?
Best regards,
Alexander
I'm trying to convert an RMVB file to an AVI file such that my AIRIS DVD-recorder will be able to play it. As a target video format I've chosen MPEG-4 (DivX-4/5) - I'm not sure that this is right but other formats didn't sound familiar at all - and Lame MP3 as the target audio format. Transcoding resulted indeed in an AVI file but when I'm trying to play it with Windows Media Player, I get visualisation rather than the movie itself.
Would you be so kind to explain me what am I doing wrong?
Best regards,
Alexander
To let WMP to play DivX videos, you need to install DirectShow filter.
Try K-Lite Codec Packs.
QUOTE(ghizzu @ Apr 1 2006, 03:38 PM)
Well, in build1696 CT AAC+ works!
And now some suggestions:
1) the mencoder (and ffmpeg's) options for encoding video (like -xvidencopts and -x264encopts) seems editable in the panel at the bottom of mediacoder window, but mediacoder don't take the edits in account when transcoding. It would be possibile to make them REALLY editable, and perhaps saving them as encoding presets? This at least would allow those with some mencoder knowledge (like me) to tweak their settings!
2) what about DVD ripping? I don't talk about .vob transcoding, I mean ripping entire DVD titles. mencoder easily can do it straight from disk: you have only to add some ifo parsing (that mencoder can do, too) to choose the movie and language and pass the parameters to mencoder (like dvd://1 -dvd-device f: -alang en)
3) autocrop. mplayer can do it, with -cropdetect
And now some suggestions:
1) the mencoder (and ffmpeg's) options for encoding video (like -xvidencopts and -x264encopts) seems editable in the panel at the bottom of mediacoder window, but mediacoder don't take the edits in account when transcoding. It would be possibile to make them REALLY editable, and perhaps saving them as encoding presets? This at least would allow those with some mencoder knowledge (like me) to tweak their settings!
2) what about DVD ripping? I don't talk about .vob transcoding, I mean ripping entire DVD titles. mencoder easily can do it straight from disk: you have only to add some ifo parsing (that mencoder can do, too) to choose the movie and language and pass the parameters to mencoder (like dvd://1 -dvd-device f: -alang en)
3) autocrop. mplayer can do it, with -cropdetect
1. editable command line is not easy to handle, as I have to parse the command line that user has entered, and modified it when settings changed.
2. to transcode a DVD or several track/chapter, click Add Track button
3. I think crop detect only gives your parameters to do cropping. Maybe I will use the result of crop detect to be the default settings for Easy Cropper.
QUOTE(Biont @ Apr 1 2006, 07:02 AM)
Sorry for that.
QUOTE(Biont @ Mar 16 2006, 01:32 AM)
A note about version 0.3.7 build 1606.
1) Summury is properly spelled Summary.
2) Many of CT AAC+ setting produce errors, although they are supposed to work. For example, converting usual ogg to 96 Kbps aacPlusHigh Stereo or Mono fails.
3) Cosmetics: I think the dragging rectangle will look nicer with a visible bottom line. Maybe it's visible on your computer? Not on mine.
4) I suggest to add "Transfer Tags" to the Options menu right after "Delete original file after transcoding".
1) Summury is properly spelled Summary.
2) Many of CT AAC+ setting produce errors, although they are supposed to work. For example, converting usual ogg to 96 Kbps aacPlusHigh Stereo or Mono fails.
3) Cosmetics: I think the dragging rectangle will look nicer with a visible bottom line. Maybe it's visible on your computer? Not on mine.
4) I suggest to add "Transfer Tags" to the Options menu right after "Delete original file after transcoding".
1. already fixed
2. I will test it.
3. fixed
4. okay
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2. to transcode a DVD or several track/chapter, click Add Track button
Add Track only freeze MediaCoder here...
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3. I think crop detect only gives your parameters to do cropping. Maybe I will use the result of crop detect to be the default settings for Easy Cropper.
Yes, that's what I meant
QUOTE(optimus @ Apr 2 2006, 07:40 AM)
Sorry for that.
And my post was ignored too
Have you seen that tool I told about? Found any useful?
Hi
Is it possible to convert theora ogg and swf files to WMV with this tool?
Thx in advance
Is it possible to convert theora ogg and swf files to WMV with this tool?
Thx in advance
For some reason, since verion 0.3.7 I experience severe problems with MediaCoder. It doesn't work with many settings. Even the simple WAV to MP3 doesn't work for me. It just shows a usual "Nothing is transcoded" error message and the log stays empty. FLAC to MP3 is okay the first time I run it. The second time it won't run giving stadard error. So, I need to restart in order to do a second job. It will transcode even a number of FLACs but will fail the second time I press Start.
So, Optimus, perhaps problem with CT AAC+ setting I reported is related to the big problem I'm having with MediaCoder. I tried to reinstall it. The problem won't go away. I am almost unable to transcode.
So, Optimus, perhaps problem with CT AAC+ setting I reported is related to the big problem I'm having with MediaCoder. I tried to reinstall it. The problem won't go away. I am almost unable to transcode.
QUOTE(Biont @ Apr 2 2006, 08:59 PM)
For some reason, since verion 0.3.7 I experience severe problems with MediaCoder. It doesn't work with many settings. Even the simple WAV to MP3 doesn't work for me. It just shows a usual "Nothing is transcoded" error message and the log stays empty. FLAC to MP3 is okay the first time I run it. The second time it won't run giving stadard error. So, I need to restart in order to do a second job. It will transcode even a number of FLACs but will fail the second time I press Start.
So, Optimus, perhaps problem with CT AAC+ setting I reported is related to the big problem I'm having with MediaCoder. I tried to reinstall it. The problem won't go away. I am almost unable to transcode.
So, Optimus, perhaps problem with CT AAC+ setting I reported is related to the big problem I'm having with MediaCoder. I tried to reinstall it. The problem won't go away. I am almost unable to transcode.
Have you tried reverting all settings to default?
If still doesn't work, press F6 to call up console window before doing anything and provide me with the texts in that window.
QUOTE(banjax @ Apr 2 2006, 08:50 PM)
Hi
Is it possible to convert theora ogg and swf files to WMV with this tool?
Thx in advance
Is it possible to convert theora ogg and swf files to WMV with this tool?
Thx in advance
Not supported yet.
QUOTE(D77S @ Mar 23 2006, 11:22 PM)
1. When I open a window names “show file details” by F8 key, I cannot close it by pressing Enter or Esc. Also i cannot… how can I say… to switch a focus between those two buttons by arrow keys. So I have to use mouse which is not convenient in all cases. And there is still not clear if it is a IDv1 or IDv2 tag. I know about difficult with that but can you just indicate, what information (IDv1 or IDv2) displays when F8 pressed.
Press ALT-F4 to close the window. I haven't yet found the cause why tab key and arrow keys doesn't work.
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2. As mr. dimzon says, at the “file’s names table” I can see columns with file’s names, types, full path etc. but NOT their bitrate. It may be convenient – to see bitrate at a separate column for all files simultaneously AND to sort files by bitrate by clicking to the header of such a column. So, you can add to the table all your music collection, sort it by bitrate, delete for example all files lower than 128 kbps, and after it – to transcode others which are left in the table.
Now you can see the details of the file in the Summary tab.
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3. Don’t you intend to integrate any help INTO the program?
Is there Anyone willing to help me to write some docs?
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4. At the “video filters” – “scalling”, can you add a 320x240 mode? You know, a lot of pocket PC, such as iPAQs use this resolution. And also, can you copy this selection (a selection of output resolution) from the “deep dive settings” as somebody says in this topic, to the front panel (the “video” tab)? Also for viewing movies on a pocket PC while you’re traveling by a noisy plane usually it’s enough to have a sound bitrate about 20-24 kbps in mp3 but your soft has 32 kbps min, well, it’s not so important.
Will add it in next build.
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5. I have such a task: I have a short wav-file with high sample frequency and ...
And among this. Sometimes I need to transcode mp3-files to wav-files with high frequency (to make an audio-CD from mp3s). Can you also copy that frequency switch to the front panel from the “deep” settings?
And among this. Sometimes I need to transcode mp3-files to wav-files with high frequency (to make an audio-CD from mp3s). Can you also copy that frequency switch to the front panel from the “deep” settings?
Already made it.
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6. I can see the estimated size of the output file DURING the transcoding. I know that it’s just an estimating but can I see it anyway BEFORE the process? In that case I can control if my current settings will make a file greater then the source file was. Otherwise I will know this fact after the process was started already.
Added it in the Summary tab.
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7. Actually I usually use the program POCKETDIVXENCODER v0.3.50 (http://divx.ppccool.com/) to transcode movies for viewing at pocket PC. And I advise you to think about including into you soft some options which are very convenient for users:
I will add a preview mode, to transcode 10-20 seconds and then plays it.
Preview transcoded file only works after a file is partially/fully transcoded.
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Also, in that program when I want to crop a frame, program shows me a frame and four sliders. I can move every slider and see in realtime what left/right/upper/downer part of frame will be cropped. It’s convenient. But if it is hard to do in your soft, can you add to the window where mplayer plays a file, two scales – at the right and upper side of a frame? Than I can at least approximately estimate what is the width in picsels of upper and downer black stripes on the frame.
If I coould have more time, I would have made it better, but ... you know.
Stanley, about MediaCoder not working, I suddenly discovered I was trying to convert WAV and other formats to Audio+Video. I'm not sure how did XviD become enabled, perhaps automatically after a new update. And I just didn't notice it.
I have an uncompressed AVI that's 275.6 seconds, but only 111.236 seconds get encoded.
Is there a file size limit on encoding? (AVI is 5,154,233 KB)
# ".\mplayer\mencoder.exe" "C:\DOWNLOAD\_RFWWW\2 CLIPS\3 HIGHWAYMAN\VTS_02_1.avi
" -of rawvideo -endpos 275 -ovc x264 -x264encopts bframes=3:keyint=250:keyint_mi
n=25:frameref=1:qp_min=10:qp_max=51:qp_step=2:qcomp=0.60:me=3:me_range=24:subq=6
:qp_constant=26:bitrate=800 -nosound -o "C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\LOCALS~1\Temp\VTS_02_1
.avi.264"
==========================================================================
Pos: 111.1s 2667f (99%) 4.19fps Trem: 0min 10mb A-V:0.000 [800:0]
Flushing video frames
Video stream: 800.508 kbit/s (100063 B/s) size: 11130684 bytes 111.236 secs
2667 frames
Is there a file size limit on encoding? (AVI is 5,154,233 KB)
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# ".\mplayer\mencoder.exe" "C:\DOWNLOAD\_RFWWW\2 CLIPS\3 HIGHWAYMAN\VTS_02_1.avi
" -of rawvideo -endpos 275 -ovc x264 -x264encopts bframes=3:keyint=250:keyint_mi
n=25:frameref=1:qp_min=10:qp_max=51:qp_step=2:qcomp=0.60:me=3:me_range=24:subq=6
:qp_constant=26:bitrate=800 -nosound -o "C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\LOCALS~1\Temp\VTS_02_1
.avi.264"
==========================================================================
Pos: 111.1s 2667f (99%) 4.19fps Trem: 0min 10mb A-V:0.000 [800:0]
Flushing video frames
Video stream: 800.508 kbit/s (100063 B/s) size: 11130684 bytes 111.236 secs
2667 frames
QUOTE(ntropy @ Apr 3 2006, 05:58 PM)
I have an uncompressed AVI that's 275.6 seconds, but only 111.236 seconds get encoded.
Is there a file size limit on encoding? (AVI is 5,154,233 KB)
Is there a file size limit on encoding? (AVI is 5,154,233 KB)
So using a smaller huffy AVI (1,950,150 KB) resulted in all 275 seconds being encoded.
Yay!
QUOTE(Biont @ Apr 3 2006, 05:51 PM)
Stanley, about MediaCoder not working, I suddenly discovered I was trying to convert WAV and other formats to Audio+Video. I'm not sure how did XviD become enabled, perhaps automatically after a new update. And I just didn't notice it.
So it works now?
Released a SSE optimized update.
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/dlupdate.htm
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/dlupdate.htm
QUOTE(ntropy @ Apr 4 2006, 05:58 AM)
I have an uncompressed AVI that's 275.6 seconds, but only 111.236 seconds get encoded.
Is there a file size limit on encoding? (AVI is 5,154,233 KB)
Is there a file size limit on encoding? (AVI is 5,154,233 KB)
It has a 4GB limit.
Bug report:
When the user changes DPI settings of Window to large size, your program calculates a wrong offset for "value" string box in preferences, so it is obscured by another frame and is not visible - ie, its not actually possible to change the options.
Since pictures apparently convey more than words, i took the trouble of generating some screenshots.
This is the default setting, here the value field is visible.
This is the larger look, now the value field is gone
When the user changes DPI settings of Window to large size, your program calculates a wrong offset for "value" string box in preferences, so it is obscured by another frame and is not visible - ie, its not actually possible to change the options.
Since pictures apparently convey more than words, i took the trouble of generating some screenshots.
This is the default setting, here the value field is visible.
This is the larger look, now the value field is gone
Hi,
First off, I'd like to thank you for making such a great tool. It's exactly what I've been looking for. I'm having trouble converting RealAudio (RM) files to MP3. The output always plays something like 4X normal speed... everyone sounds like a chipmunk. When I output other formats like AAC or OGG, it works OK. Here are the LAME parameters it's using:
".\codecs\lame.exe" "$(SourceFile)" "$(DestFile)" --priority 1 -q 0 -r -x -s $(SampleRate) -k --vbr-new -V 9
Can I fix it by altering the parameters?
TIA
First off, I'd like to thank you for making such a great tool. It's exactly what I've been looking for. I'm having trouble converting RealAudio (RM) files to MP3. The output always plays something like 4X normal speed... everyone sounds like a chipmunk. When I output other formats like AAC or OGG, it works OK. Here are the LAME parameters it's using:
".\codecs\lame.exe" "$(SourceFile)" "$(DestFile)" --priority 1 -q 0 -r -x -s $(SampleRate) -k --vbr-new -V 9
Can I fix it by altering the parameters?
TIA
QUOTE(lincomatic @ Apr 5 2006, 02:33 AM)
Hi,
First off, I'd like to thank you for making such a great tool. It's exactly what I've been looking for. I'm having trouble converting RealAudio (RM) files to MP3. The output always plays something like 4X normal speed... everyone sounds like a chipmunk. When I output other formats like AAC or OGG, it works OK. Here are the LAME parameters it's using:
".\codecs\lame.exe" "$(SourceFile)" "$(DestFile)" --priority 1 -q 0 -r -x -s $(SampleRate) -k --vbr-new -V 9
Can I fix it by altering the parameters?
TIA
First off, I'd like to thank you for making such a great tool. It's exactly what I've been looking for. I'm having trouble converting RealAudio (RM) files to MP3. The output always plays something like 4X normal speed... everyone sounds like a chipmunk. When I output other formats like AAC or OGG, it works OK. Here are the LAME parameters it's using:
".\codecs\lame.exe" "$(SourceFile)" "$(DestFile)" --priority 1 -q 0 -r -x -s $(SampleRate) -k --vbr-new -V 9
Can I fix it by altering the parameters?
TIA
It seems that the audio sampling rate of your RealAudio file is not correctly detected. This should be a bug. A workaround is to force output sampling rate at Settings -> Overall -> Decoding Options -> Force Sample Rate. I guess your file has a 11025Hz sampling rate and is incorrectly detected as 44100Hz, so that it becomes 4X.
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