I appologise in advance if I posted this in the wrong place, it is my first post.
I am trying to convert a 1080i ts video file to 720p/50fps mkv and experiencing some difficulties. The following tools are used:
AviSynth, MeGUI and QTGMC
Due to some difficulties while indexing the ts file directly in MeGUI, I re-packaged the video and audio streams from the ts file into a new
mkv container. This made MeGUI open and index the file correctly. The following is the MediaInfo summary for the resulting mkv file:
Here is the the AviSynth file I've come up with:Code:General Count : 284 Count of stream of this kind : 1 Kind of stream : General Stream identifier : 0 Unique ID : 256936589638131642969903378674789558508 Unique ID : 256936589638131642969903378674789558508 (0xC14C2FEAFB3BA2BEE5F090440A42A8EC) Count of video streams : 1 Count of audio streams : 1 Video_Format_List : AVC Video_Format_WithHint_List : AVC Codecs Video : AVC Video_Language_List : English Audio_Format_List : MPEG Audio Audio_Format_WithHint_List : MPEG Audio (MP2) Audio codecs : MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 Audio_Language_List : English Complete name : Recording.HD.1080i.x264.English.mkv File name : Recording.HD.1080i.x264.English File extension : mkv Format : Matroska Format/Url : http://packs.matroska.org/ Format/Extensions usually used : mkv mk3d mka mks Commercial name : Matroska Format version : Version 4 / Version 2 Codec : Matroska Codec/Url : http://packs.matroska.org/ Codec/Extensions usually used : mkv mk3d mka mks File size : 6666203983 File size : 6.21 GiB File size : 6 GiB File size : 6.2 GiB File size : 6.21 GiB File size : 6.208 GiB Duration : 5785560 Duration : 1h 36mn Duration : 1h 36mn 25s 560ms Duration : 1h 36mn Duration : 01:36:25.560 Overall bit rate : 9217713 Overall bit rate : 9 218 Kbps Stream size : 132657489 Stream size : 127 MiB (2%) Stream size : 127 MiB Stream size : 127 MiB Stream size : 127 MiB Stream size : 126.5 MiB Stream size : 127 MiB (2%) Proportion of this stream : 0.01990 Encoded date : UTC 2014-08-16 15:44:48 File last modification date : UTC 2014-08-16 15:52:53 File last modification date (local) : 2014-08-16 17:52:53 Writing application : mkvmerge v6.7.0 ('Back to the Ground') 64bit built on Jan 9 2014 18:03:17 Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1 Video Count : 272 Count of stream of this kind : 1 Kind of stream : Video Stream identifier : 0 StreamOrder : 0 ID : 1 Unique ID : 6290042216038998922 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format/Url : http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html Commercial name : AVC Format profile : Main@L4.0 Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Internet media type : video/H264 Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Codec ID/Url : http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/ Codec : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Codec : AVC Codec/Family : AVC Codec/Info : Advanced Video Codec Codec/Url : http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/ Codec profile : Main@L4.0 Codec settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames Codec settings, CABAC : Yes Codec_Settings_RefFrames : 4 Duration : 5785560 Duration : 1h 36mn Duration : 1h 36mn 25s 560ms Duration : 1h 36mn Duration : 01:36:25.560 Bit rate : 8842281 Bit rate : 8 842 Kbps Width : 1920 Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1080 Height : 1 080 pixels Pixel aspect ratio : 1.000 Display aspect ratio : 1.778 Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : CFR Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 25.000 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Frame count : 144639 Standard : Component Resolution : 8 Resolution : 8 bits Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : MBAFF Scan type : MBAFF Interlacement : MBAFF Interlacement : MBAFF Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.171 Delay : 560 Delay : 560ms Delay : 560ms Delay : 560ms Delay : 00:00:00.560 Delay, origin : Container Delay, origin : Container Stream size : 6394693054 Stream size : 5.96 GiB (96%) Stream size : 6 GiB Stream size : 6.0 GiB Stream size : 5.96 GiB Stream size : 5.956 GiB Stream size : 5.96 GiB (96%) Proportion of this stream : 0.95927 Default : Yes Default : Yes Forced : No Forced : No colour_description_present : Yes Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Audio Count : 222 Count of stream of this kind : 1 Kind of stream : Audio Kind of stream : Audio Stream identifier : 0 StreamOrder : 1 ID : 2 ID : 2 Unique ID : 9237990321784341080 Format : MPEG Audio Commercial name : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 2 Internet media type : audio/mpeg Codec ID : A_MPEG/L2 Codec ID/Hint : MP2 Codec ID/Url : http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/index.html Codec : MPA1L2 Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 Codec/Family : MPEG-A Codec/Info : MPEG1 or 2 Audio layer 2 Codec/Url : http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/index.html Duration : 5785560 Duration : 1h 36mn Duration : 1h 36mn 25s 560ms Duration : 1h 36mn Duration : 01:36:25.560 Bit rate mode : CBR Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 192000 Bit rate : 192 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48000 Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Samples count : 277706880 Compression mode : Lossy Compression mode : Lossy Delay : 0 Delay : 00:00:00.000 Delay, origin : Container Delay, origin : Container Delay relative to video : -560 Delay relative to video : -560ms Delay relative to video : -560ms Delay relative to video : -560ms Delay relative to video : -00:00:00.560 Video0 delay : -560 Video0 delay : -560ms Video0 delay : -560ms Video0 delay : -560ms Video0 delay : -00:00:00.560 Stream size : 138853440 Stream size : 132 MiB (2%) Stream size : 132 MiB Stream size : 132 MiB Stream size : 132 MiB Stream size : 132.4 MiB Stream size : 132 MiB (2%) Proportion of this stream : 0.02083 Default : Yes Default : Yes Forced : No Forced : No
Basically I am loading the repackaged mkv, croping out the black border, resizing to 720p (deinterlacing with QTGMC and doubling the fps toCode:# Set DAR in encoder to 123 : 94. The following line is for automatic signalling global MeGUI_darx = 123 global MeGUI_dary = 94 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\user\Desktop\x264_encoding\MeGUI\tools\ffms\ffms2.dll") FFVideoSource("C:\Users\user\Videos\Recording.HD.1080i.x264.English.mkv", fpsnum=25000, fpsden=1000, threads=1) AssumeTFF() crop(178, 4, -174, 0) Spline36Resize(1280,height) QTGMC(Preset="Fast") #SelectEven() Spline36Resize(width,720) LoadPlugin("C:\Users\user\Desktop\x264_encoding\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\UnDot.dll") Undot() # Minimal Noise __film = last __t0 = __film.trim(598, 289150) __t0
50fps), trim the clip and perform minimal noise removal. I am unsure about AssumeTFF() as I've read that MBAFF is neither BFF nor TFF so that got me confused.
The real problem is that the encoded video stutters and jumps forward and backward, especially during the fast moving scenes. Also, the
original mkv video has some "water ripple" effects during the same fast moving scenes. These are the ones I was hoping QTGMC would remove.
I am a real noob when it comes to QTGMC, AviSynth and MeGUI. Could anyone with more experience have a look at my script and check what I did
wrong? As I've said, what I would like to do is to have a smooth 720p/50fps playback but I am not even sure whether I have deinterlaced or some other
kind of video. Any tips are more than welcome!
Kind Regards
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Preview the script in vdub or megui and go to one the stuttery sections. If you change the script to AssumeBFF() , the preview it and that fixes it, then you have a rare example of the <0.0001% of HD content that is actually BFF . (By convention, all interlaced HD is TFF)
The other possiblilty is that you had problems decoding the file with ffms2 . It still has problems with some PAFF and MBAFF AVC streams and can sometimes decode frames out of order along with other issues
If you can't figure it out, cut a section of the original that corresponds to a resulting stuttery section with tsmuxer and post a sample -
Regardless of how they're encoded, if the frames are interlaced they have a field order and will either be TFF or BFF. Playing them with the wrong field order will result in fast jerky motion.
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I've been playing with Assume[T|B]FF() and some other parameters and it appears that the video is definately interlaced.
However, neither TFF nor BFF produce a smooth playback when previewing the script (in both cases the video jumps
back and forward on each next frame selection).
Also, leaving out the QTGMC() call makes the script preview manifest typical interlacing lines on fast movements, that is why I think the video
indeed is interlaced.
What seem to give the best results is excluding AssumeXFF() alltogether. When previewing the script in this case, the
playback is smooth for at least 15-20 frames, when it jumps forward, back, and then forward again, and then the smooth
part repeats again. Below is the script I'm currently using:
Code:# Set DAR in encoder to 121 : 93. The following line is for automatic signalling global MeGUI_darx = 121 global MeGUI_dary = 93 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\user\Desktop\x264_encoding\MeGUI\tools\ffms\ffms2.dll") FFVideoSource("C:\Users\user\Videos\Recording.HD.1080i.x264.English.mkv", fpsnum=25000, fpsden=1000, threads=1) #AssumeTFF() crop(272, 10, -264, -6) QTGMC(Preset="Fast") #SelectEven() #resize #Spline36Resize(1280,720) LoadPlugin("C:\Users\user\Desktop\x264_encoding\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\UnDot.dll") Undot() # Minimal Noise
of a Spanish channel Movistar (perhaps that makes it easier to determine what kind of video signal has been used?).
Also, I am starting to suspect that what poisondeathray said about ffms2 decoding issue to be possible. Are there
any other options I could use instead of FFVideoSource() in order to read in the file?
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Sound like decoding issue
Other options:
DGNV Tools, but requires a compatible Nvidia card and a license (not free) . You can use it in megui if you have active license and enable in the preferences
You can try l-smash to index it (if using it in megui I think you have to enable it in the preferences as well).
The other option is to decode to a lossless intermediate first, using ffmbc. ffmbc seems to be able to handle interlaced AVC streams without problems. Lossless intermediate will be several times times larger than the original
If you still can't figure it out, post a native sample of the transport stream -
Thank you for your reply poisondeathray.
I will try out some of the suggestions you mentioned, if they fail, I will upload a sample of the original ts-file.
Kind Regards -
Hi and sorry for somewhat late reply. I did try out some of the options poisondeathray recommended and I
managed to get it to work with DGNV Tools in a following fashion:
Code:# Set DAR in encoder to 38 : 29. The following line is for automatic signalling global MeGUI_darx = 38 global MeGUI_dary = 29 LoadPlugin("C:\Users\user\Desktop\x264_encoding\MeGUI\tools\dgindexnv\DGDecodeNV.dll") DGSource("C:\Users\user\Videos\footage.HD.1080i.x264.English.dgi",fieldop=0) crop(272, 10, -264, -14) Spline36Resize(1280,height) QTGMC(Preset="Fast") Spline36Resize(width,720) LoadPlugin("C:\Users\user\Desktop\x264_encoding\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\UnDot.dll") Undot() # Minimal Noise
Thank you very much for suggesting the DGNV tools, it solved my problem.
Kind Regards