AutoX264 (Multi Encoder GUI for H.264) v. 0.18 (windows/linux)

[buzzqw]

update the windows build (later for linux)

added support for multi audio

BHH

[buzzqw]

update both build (windows and linux)

added support for encoding with ffmpeg

instruction for windows: put ffmpeg.exe inthe same folder as autox264.exe
instruction for linux: install ffmpeg

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[richcine]

thx for this great tool,one question here.
is it possible to customize the ui font size, it's looks too small to me.

[buzzqw]

update the windows build
some fixes for program path
better ffmpeg support
added support for NO video encoding (aka..encode only audio)

@richcine
(now) isn't possible
since i build fot both windows and linux i must use some fixed fonts size.. or the gui will be unreadable

BHH

[richcine]

update the windows build
some fixes for program path
better ffmpeg support
added support for NO video encoding (aka..encode only audio)

@richcine
(now) isn't possible
since i build fot both windows and linux i must use some fixed fonts size.. or the gui will be unreadable

BHH

thx, i got that. so it use gtk in windows, too?

[buzzqw]

www.purebasic.com (my programming language) use gtk for linux and native mfc for windows (so the executable are so small)

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[richcine]

good to know.

[buzzqw]

update both builds (win and linux)

better ffmpeg encoding
better ffmpeg path detection
added support for NO video encoding (will encode only audio)

BHH

[buzzqw]

update to 0.13
update both builds, windows and linux

added support for encoding with x264 (via avisynth)
added support for decoding with avisynth (and encoding with x264) , using dgavcdec, ffmpegsource, directshowsource
added support for copy audio/copy video/no audio/no video
better encoding with ffmpeg

now autox264 is a multi encoder (x264/ffmpeg/mencoder) for h264 codec!

BHH

[Wakewatcher]

Continues to be a great product! Up to now I've been making h264 mp4s with no audio. I'm now adding audio and notice that it takes two passes of mencoder to generate first the video then the audio and then using mp4box to glue them all together. Is there an option to do it all in one pass? Is it possible to have some defaults for making good, better, best mp4 videos?

[buzzqw]

Is there an option to do it all in one pass?

no, it's wanted as is
since i mux with mp4box (or mkvmerge) i need a raw video stream and a raw audio stream

Is there an option to do it all in one pass? Is it possible to have some defaults for making good, better, best mp4 videos

i added support to megui profiles... try with it (or use a stronger denoiser)

BHH

[Wakewatcher]

hmmm... I'm not getting it to work (at all) now. First of all didn't it use to auto "Analyze" as now when I hit start it gives me the "Attention! Analyze file First" message?

Then when I click "Analyze with" I get the messages "Please, check autocrop value" (whatever "autocrop" is I don't see it on the page.) Then is gives me the same "Please, check autocrop value" again. Then it gives me a "unable to compute correct Aspect Ratio" (which I think you are calling "resolution") It then loads "interesting" numbers in the crop fields which I reset to "0" I then set the audio to MP3 Audio. When I run it and then try to play the video I get
this error: Error =2041: an invalid sample description was found in the movie (out.mp4)

[Wakewatcher]

I'm baffled. What I did was after I ran autox264 I looked at the generated .bat file. What seems to be happening is that the mp4box is not pulling the audio in. I end up with a good "autox264.h264" file and what appears to be a good "audiox264-pidl.mp3" I discerned this by first running the mp4box.exe with just the .h264 file and it generated the .mp4. Then if I use quicktime to play the .mp3 file it plays and I hear the sound. BUT when using mp4box to add them together I get the following message.

Opening file audiox264.mp3 failed
Error importing audiox264.mp3: Requested URL is not valid or cannot be found

URL??? This is the autox264 mencoder script generated for the audio pass and mp4box pass:

"mencoder.exe" -mc 0 -noskip -aid 1 "wide'20081025 02.16.42.avi" -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=96 channels=2 -af volnorm=2 -of rawaudio -o audiox264-pid1.mp3

"mp4box.exe" -add autox264.h264 -fps 29.970 -add audiox264-pid1.mp3 "autox264_wide'20081025 02.16.42.avi.mp4"

Can someone tell me what is wrong with these command lines? -thx-

[buzzqw]

yes, the 0.13 has changed a lot the interface

follow these step for encoding

1) load the file
2) hit analyze file (with mplayer)
3) if you use mediainfo on above, hit detect crop on main panel (on resize&crop)
4) check if crop is ok (you can use preview)
5) set the encoding parameters (audio video)
6) click start

the problem you got with mp4box is due to your output file name, don't use . or ' in output file name
on autox264 you can even NOT set the output file name, it will automatically named autox264_yourfile.mp4

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[Wakewatcher]

Thanks. What I described two posts up the thread was the result of doing what you said. When I load the file and hit the anaylze file I get those error messages. I don't know what 'mediainfo' is.

In my previosu post I just shorten the file names actually the input file name is: wide'20081025 02.16.42.avi and the generated mp4 was named: autox264_wide'20081025 02.16.42.avi.mp4. I do see there is a ' in the name but it does work when I'm not trying to incorporate audio.

[Wakewatcher]

Here's a smaller file (but still 40Megs) of the same format if you would like to try it. I'm probably missing something simple. (I hope so.) http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/134111/wide%2720081025%2001.07.27.avi

[buzzqw]

have you downloaded the "applications" pack ?

download it, unzip in a folder named "applications" (and not "applications\applications")
put autox264 in the same level as applications folder

and just for your information what is the character "wide'20081025 02.16.42.avi" between wide and 2 ?

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[Wakewatcher]

Sorry I wasn't aware of the applications folder. I just downloaded the latest autox264. I will try that now.

Like I said the ' in the name has not caused any problems for me with video only. Are you suggesting that it is a problem when including audio? (Also I did a test by changing the file name to "test.avi" and got the same results. Were you able to run a test with the file I posted? Thanks for your help.

[buzzqw]

yes! i had successfully encoded your sample (renamed to Wakewatcher.avi)

http://www.64k.it/andres/data/Varie/autox264_Wakewatcher.avi.mp4

just a note: in video filters, select "Deinterlace"

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[Wakewatcher]

Thanks. I downloaded the applications pack and it looks like it is working. I'm not really understanding your comment about selecting 'Deinterlace' there are a lot of choices. It is set on none which should I choose? -thx-

[buzzqw]

select "Interlaced"

i mean you must De Interlace your video

so.. select interlaced

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[Wakewatcher]

Hmm. Worked doing that but when I selected mp3 audio it still comes up with the Errpr =2041: when trying to run the mp4 file.

[buzzqw]

there is something wrong with the mp4box you use

please use this
http://www.64k.it/andres/data/autox264/MP4Box.exe

BHH

[Wakewatcher]

Made no difference. Same error with the new mp4box. I'll look everything over you been more than generous with your time and quick responses and actually I can probably use ACC just as well.

[buzzqw]

Errpr =2041: when trying to run the mp4 file.

got this error when playing or muxing ?

i can play the mp4 (x264+MP3) with vlc or smplayer (i use linux..)

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[Wakewatcher]

when playing using quick time with windows. I'm working on using acc as it seems to work.

[buzzqw]

glad it worked

i don't use quicktime player (and reading someone review.. seems that quicktime is a very picky player), i suggest to try with mediaplayer home cinema , or smplayer or vlc

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[Wakewatcher]

Good idea. -thx-

[buzzqw]

update the linux build
added a workaround when mplayer is unable to detect media type

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[buzzqw]

update windows build (linux will follow later)
added option to force Lavf demuxer
if mplayer will fail standard analysis will try using lavf demuxer

BHH