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louiscar · January 7th, 2010, 07:23 PM

Thanks Porsche fan,

Editing H264/mp4:

I liked the frameserve suggestion although it appears that I'd need to re-encode rather than use direct stream copy this way. I end up with uncompressed video (gspot reports : IYUV w/ U & V switched) and the file is massive. A test of a few mins gave me 1.3G. :-). I'm sure I can get good results but it's a shame to degrade the original quality, there is always a downside to re-encoding.

I'll have a look at avidemux although I feel another steep learning curve coming on. :-)

Creating H264/mp4:

I tried my first test on meGUI today but it's not going too well. I see that when selecting h264, it only allows mp4 mkv or raw, so at least I can see why avi is not even an option here. However, any attempt to encode mp4 crashes x264.exe regardless of whether I create a d2v file separately or via the interface. I prefer doing it manually because I've got my avs templates set up but one thing that does cause a problem is that I convert ac3 to wav with dgindex. This is gives me another problem as meGUI won't deal with uncompressed WAV format.
As for the crash I have to assume that I have a faulty patched file. I was only able to get something output selecting the raw option. Xvid errors as well but that's more than likely because I've not installed the required file.

As for mkv, I had a file the other day that I had problems with and it appears the same, I really only wanted one scene from this file and couldn't cut it with vdub. I can play it with Gom or Vlc but the problem might be that I need a matroska codec. Not that familiar with mkv yet.

anyway thanks for your explanation.

EDIT: x264 - tried another patch version and that crashes even when using from the command line.
I finally found a version that works but I'm not sure it's a patched version so -nal-hrd params are not supported however, if anyone else is experiencing problems try here:

http://x264.nl/

January 7th, 2010, 07:23 PM	#7
louiscar Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: UK Posts: 304 Thanks: 605 Thanked 8,363 Times in 289 Posts	Thanks Porsche fan, Editing H264/mp4: I liked the frameserve suggestion although it appears that I'd need to re-encode rather than use direct stream copy this way. I end up with uncompressed video (gspot reports : IYUV w/ U & V switched) and the file is massive. A test of a few mins gave me 1.3G. :-). I'm sure I can get good results but it's a shame to degrade the original quality, there is always a downside to re-encoding. I'll have a look at avidemux although I feel another steep learning curve coming on. :-) Creating H264/mp4: I tried my first test on meGUI today but it's not going too well. I see that when selecting h264, it only allows mp4 mkv or raw, so at least I can see why avi is not even an option here. However, any attempt to encode mp4 crashes x264.exe regardless of whether I create a d2v file separately or via the interface. I prefer doing it manually because I've got my avs templates set up but one thing that does cause a problem is that I convert ac3 to wav with dgindex. This is gives me another problem as meGUI won't deal with uncompressed WAV format. As for the crash I have to assume that I have a faulty patched file. I was only able to get something output selecting the raw option. Xvid errors as well but that's more than likely because I've not installed the required file. As for mkv, I had a file the other day that I had problems with and it appears the same, I really only wanted one scene from this file and couldn't cut it with vdub. I can play it with Gom or Vlc but the problem might be that I need a matroska codec. Not that familiar with mkv yet. anyway thanks for your explanation. EDIT: x264 - tried another patch version and that crashes even when using from the command line. I finally found a version that works but I'm not sure it's a patched version so -nal-hrd params are not supported however, if anyone else is experiencing problems try here: http://x264.nl/ __________________ A man without Lysa is only half a man!! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by louiscar; January 7th, 2010 at 09:04 PM..