AutoMen 6 for LINUX! (29/11/2009)

[buzzqw]

Thanks to PureBasic cross compiling i was able to tweak automen and porting to Linux

AutoMen 6 is here (beta.. as usually)

mg]http://www.64k.it/andres/data/automen/automen%20(2).jpg[/img]






http://www.64k.it/andres/data/automen/automen6_x64.tar.gz
http://www.64k.it/andres/data/automen/automen6_x86.tar.gz


tested on Fedora 32bit
need mencoder, mplayer, xterm

BHH

[disturbed1]

Looks just fine on Slackware with Xfce. Nice and easy GUI, and easy enough to comfigure profile.txt. Cool, and thanks

Doesn't support directories with spaces in them. Threads option doesn't seem to work
Prompts for mp4creator, but doesn't need this installed to run.

[buzzqw]

thanks for your kind words!

remember that xvid isn't multithreaed on mencoder... just mpeg4 and x264

feel free to post any problems and suggestion

(and i will look the "space" problem)

thanks

BHH

[disturbed1]

Xvid is multithreaded.

xvidenc (-xvidencopts)
       There are three modes available: constant bitrate (CBR), fixed quantiz-
       er and two pass.
..............................................
snip
..............................................
 The following option is only available in the 1.2.x version of Xvid.

       threads=<0-n>
              Create n threads to run the motion estimation (default: 0).  The
              maximum number of threads that can be used is the picture height
              divided by 16.

You can grab a multithread enabled xvid here - http://www.xvid.org/Downloads.43.0.html Just download the daily snap shot.
The default in Ubuntu and other Debian based distros are not multithread enabled. Plus they have a habit of not using NASM, so it's even slower.

[buzzqw]

and i don't provide mencoder builds.. so i must rely on user repository/packages

you can tweak the profile and add the threads parameter

BHH

[disturbed1]

and i don't provide mencoder builds.. so i must rely on user repository/packages

you can tweak the profile and add the threads parameter

BHH

Has nothing to do with mencoder. It's the version of Xvid that is installed. I'm using MEncoder 1.0rc2 which is quite old. Check your man page for mencoder.

If you're using an old Xvid (1.1.2/.3) specifying threads=n does nothing to it.

All the way back to mencoder 1.0rc1 (Ubuntu Fiesty 7.04)

The following option is only available in the CVS version of XviD.

threads=<0\-n>
Create n threads to run the motion estimation (default: 0).
The maximum number of threads that can be used is the picture height
divided by 16.

But that's for xvid. I stated the threads switch doesn't work at all

WIth x264, it always uses more than one core no matter if it is ticked or not. With lavc it only uses one core. This is because your profile.txt has threads=auto hard coded for x264, and negates the thread option for mpeg4.

[buzzqw]

thanks disturbed1!

learning is a never ending process!

about threads disabled i will check when home

thanks again!

BHH

[disturbed1]

Perhaps, since x264, lavc, and xvid all use threads=$, that could be a variable that can be passed? But that seems like too much of a coding change. I don't know, I'm not a programmer. Considering your profiles.txt is easy to read and change, I'm just editing it by hand.

I've been using your program to encode a few streams to xvid, lavc, and x264, and they all work!. Have to say I really do like it. This is a first for me, as I'm a command line junky.

About the directory spaces. Read from spaces, write to no spaces works. Read from no spaces, write to spaces works. Read + write to spaces, doesn't work I even did a chmod 777 on the directory so everyone has rw on it just to make sure.

"/usr/bin/mencoder"  -ofps 30000/1001 -vf harddup,crop=720:480:0:0,scale=656:-2,hqdn3d -sws 2 -o "/home/keith/a directory with spaces/test_automen.avi" -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1682:max_bframes=2:bquant_ratio=162:bquant_offset=100:vhq=1:me_quality=6:chroma_me:nochroma_opt:hq_ac:notrellis:lumi_mask:autoaspect:bvhq=1 -af volnorm=1  -oac mp3lame -lameopts aq=7:cbr:br=96 "/home/keith/a directory with spaces/test.wmv"

If I copy and paste the xvid.bat file to a terminal it runs fine.

[buzzqw]

i use xterm to launch the encoding bat... could be this ?

xterm -e "path to bat/xvid/bat"

(any suggestion is appreciated!)

i am too a command line guy but my knowledge of linux isn't to much (just installed 4 month ago)

BHH

[freebird73717]

Buzz thanks for continuing to promote linux by porting more software over!

[buzzqw]

thanks freebird73717!

it's always a pleasure filling gap between windows and linux

BHH

[buzzqw]

update to 5.2 threads now work, added the possibility to specify threads

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/automen/automen52

next is to fix space issue

BHH

[disturbed1]

52 doesn't seem to work.

bash-3.1$ chmod +x automen52 
bash-3.1$ ./automen52 
Segmentation fault

[buzzqw]

here is ok... maybe a corrupted file

try this http://www.64k.it/andres/data/automen/automen52.tar.gz

thanks!

BHH

[disturbed1]

That was quick

I can confirm that threads are working as expected for xvid, lavc-mpeg4, and x264. But not mpeg2.

For wmv, threads are enabled, but, wmv encoding (and flv) only support a single thread.

[buzzqw]

thanks for feedback disturbed1!

update the link of first thread

BHH

[buzzqw]

update to 5.3

now path with space and file name with space will work
added queue

BHH

[buzzqw]

update to automen 6

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/automen/automen6.tar.gz

BHH

[buzzqw]

update automen
some fixing to queue
added possibility to use ffmpeg for piping to x264

BHH

[buzzqw]

update

added a better support for dvd input
automatic crop on loading file
more deeply autocrop
added support for handbrakecli
better support for crop for dvd input
some gui layout change when users select handbrakecli

BHH

[buzzqw]

update linux build

BHH

[coogh]

how can i import megui preset in automen (linux version)?
Tnx

[buzzqw]

update both 32 and 64 bit version

changelog (trimmed windows only change)

some cosmetic fixes
added .mov as supported input file
fixed detection of ffh264 codec
update handbrake compatibility to 0.94
update profile.txt
better crop
better decoding of mpeg2
maybe better telecine
now automen don't hang waiting mencoder to exit
faster crop
some layout changes
better construction of batch
automen will switch to handbrake when xvid+aac in mp4 is requested
fixed framerate muxing when selectin deinterlace filter that decimate
added more tips
added recheck media with handbrake
fixed computing of dvd lenght
fixed dealing with xvid source
whenever aac audio is selected is used handbrake
added support for ffmpeg2theora

BHH