AutoQMatEnc: New free MPEG2 Encoder

[SAPSTAR]

@ SAPSTAR.

AQE can be used with dvd2svcd changing from cce to AQE in the encoder tab?

it's for first view and for tests.
10x!

Well...I dont know ! Never tried...let us know !

[jorge]

Well...I dont know ! Never tried...let us know !

i will try.
searching here in AQE forum, i can't find how to use or a "how to".
can you send me in the right direction and show me what version can i use in the tests?
thanks!
 

[SAPSTAR]

Well...I dont know ! Never tried...let us know !

i will try.
searching here in AQE forum, i can't find how to use or a "how to".
can you send me in the right direction and show me what version can i use in the tests?
thanks!
 

What version of AQE you mean ? I would say the last beta should be good...the 0.31.0.8 available in the beta tester area...then I dont know enough about dvd2svcd to help you more than that....

[chrisjim]

Downloaded AutoQMatEnc, latest beta, all of 48KB of it, so I can try it out with DVDRebuilder latest pro version.   

Tried to install AutoQMatEnc.  Got a message that "avcodec.dll was not found. Try reinstalling the application". 

Or words to that effect.

[danpos]

@chrisjim

Hi, welcome to our forum !! Go to AQE main page (sapstar.vmesquita.com) e download the AQE 0.30 which goes with a installer. Install it and after end up you will override the AQE installed by installer with the new beta that you downloaded from 'beta-testers area'. Did you get it ?

Cya!

[chrisjim]

Gottcha!

[danpos]

Gottcha!

Cool!!

[SAPSTAR]

0.31b officially released :

0.31b - 2005/11/11
    * Introduced a new version of QMatOp, it should be faster for bitrates higher than 3750kbps
    * Added an number of frames autodetection when last_frame = 0 or not specified. (Introduced for DIKO)
    * Here is my first template for DIKO (not tested yet)
    * Changed the Q range valueof OPV from a linear one to a logarithmic one...it seems to work better with DVDRB.
    * Tweaked the RC for OPV
    * Corrected a bug in the PPM writing core function, it was discovered by Danpos from the BDVD Team. Thank you for your tests.
    * Corrected a major flaw in the QMatOp engine...Some flat matrices were generated in some cases. Thank you oxa for finding it and running many tests.
    * Corrected a bug found by Danpos (BDVD Team) : When the AVS script was producing a Field Based movie, the script refused to open. Thanks again to him !!!!
    * Corrected minor bugs
    * Removed limitations to the QMatOp engine + Adjusted the core formula (better for low bitrates)
    * Added a parameter to change the speed of QMatOp (faster means means less precision) tc_ref_frm, default value 0, above 3 not tested.
    * Generated matrices are now scan optimized (pure ZigZag or pure Alternate)
    * Matrices are curved smoothed with quadrilinear functions.
    * Adjusted the rate control
    * Corrected the threshold for Ultra Low Bitrates encodes, it takes into account the resolution.
    * Adjusted QMatOp to benefit from the quadrilinear interpolation functions...Faster and better.
    * Added a remaining time info
    * Corrected a bug found by oxa (blinking squares due to a very low quantization)
    * Added a new VAF analyzer to assess more accurately the Qmin/Qmax after the first pass.
    * Added a min bitrate correction function
    * Spikes should be gone at high bitrates !!!!!
    * A stupid error in the ECL parsing was corrected (Thank you oxa for this one)

Thank you to all the beta testers for their help and support.
Thank you to the donators for their really appreciated support.

[freelock7]

-SAPSTAR
the 032b version impress me!
High bitrate bug seems to be well controled now and prediction is perfect in VBR2Pass!
Have to test now on my DVD player !
Great Job!

[danpos]

-SAPSTAR
the 032b version impress me!
High bitrate bug seems to be well controled now and prediction is perfect in VBR2Pass!
Have to test now on my DVD player !
Great Job!

Hey, freelock! Nice see you around again! Yep, 0.32 final release is awesome in Multipass VBR. Usually is sufficient to do 1 VAF + 1 pass VBR to reach filesize desired with excelent quality. And playback of compiled DVD isn't a issue because of SAPSTAR has done all into DVD specs.

See ya,

[SAPSTAR]

-SAPSTAR
the 032b version impress me!
High bitrate bug seems to be well controled now and prediction is perfect in VBR2Pass!
Have to test now on my DVD player !
Great Job!

Thank you very much for your kind words!    And good encodes.

[danpos]

@SAPSTAR

You've a PM.

See ya,

[freelock7]

Bug report at high bitrate peak in a clip encoded with Eclmanager:


VBR2Pass avg=3000 (min=300-max=8000)
prediction is correct but I have a bitrate peak at 11500.

Assigned new RGB clip
AVS File opened successfully
Ratio : 16/9
Dark Limit : 0.046875
Darkmasking value : 0
Quantizer value : 1 (delta: -3)
Qmin : 1 ; Qmax : 4
Adjusted Min bitrate: 300000
Adjusted Min bitrate: -1200000
Adjusted Min bitrate: -1068750
Tolerance : 2800000
Final Adjusted Min bitrate: 0
Processing VAF file
Count Q1 : 281 , Count Q2 : 591 , Average Q : 3.19435
Q[1]=281 Q[2]=591 Q[3]=605 Q[4]=476 Q[5]=23 Q[6]=85 Q[7]=0 Q[8]=0 Q[9]=0 Q[10]=0 Q[11]=0 Q[12]=0 Q[13]=0 Q[14]=0 Q[15]=0 Q[16]=0 Q[17]=0 Q[18]=0 Q[19]=0 Q[20]=0 Q[21]=0 Q[22]=0 Q[23]=0 Q[24]=0 Q[25]=0 Q[26]=0 Q[27]=0 Q[28]=0 Q[29]=0 Q[30]=0 Q[31]=0 Q[32]=0 Q[33]=0 Q[34]=0 Q[35]=0 Q[36]=0 Q[37]=0 Q[38]=0 Q[39]=0 Q[40]=0 Q[41]=0 Q[42]=0 Q[43]=0 Q[44]=0 Q[45]=0 Q[46]=0 Q[47]=0 Q[48]=0 Q[49]=0 Q[50]=0 Q[51]=0 Q[52]=0 Q[53]=0 Q[54]=0 Q[55]=0 Q[56]=0 Q[57]=0 Q[58]=0 Q[59]=0 Q[60]=0 Q[61]=0 Q[62]=0 Q[63]=0 Q[64]=0
maxQpercent : 4.12421 ; partialQsum : 85
Initial Average : 3.500000
Current Average : 3.000000
Calculated Min Qmin : 1 ; Max Qmax : 5
Done
Final Result :
Expected size : 30915000 ; Real Size : 30846825 ; Error : 0.22 %
Total time elapsed : 123 seconds

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

From reading this forum and this thread especially I can Clearly see this is way, way over my head.

So, now that I have shared with you my level of expertise as far as "Encoding" and "Encoder" goes ... I have a dumb question ...

Q1: Can I use the "AutoQMatEnc 0.34" encoder as a one touch solution to encode my AVI file back to a DVD format.  I am trying to compare this New Encoder's power compare to QuEnc, HCEnc, ... and other freewares.

BTW, I tried both AutoQMatEnc GUI and AQE GUI and I could not navigate thru either one ...

Oh, I forgot ... I did got AutoQMatEnc GUI going a bit ... but I got only a .m2v output and when I tried to play it back I got beautiful colorful lines playing back ... no video or audio.

Q2: Is there a Dummy Proof Guide ... and I mean a Step-by-Step one!?!?!?

Thanks,

G!

[oxa]

@gonwk

I will load up a HOW TO for AQE GUI this weekend maybe so it will be able to use AQE GUI easy!
So stay tuned and check www.oxatools.de

PS: Which Version of Avisynth did you use, resulting in green lines?

OXA