x264 r1301 issue

[leghorn]

Hi folks,

I've been trying to convert a DVD to mp4 using meGUI with x264. As stated in the subject line I go with x264 r1301.

When configuring meGUI I have this commandline:

program --profile high --pass 2 --bitrate 465 --stats ".stats" --thread-input --deblock -1:-1 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --scenecut 64 --ref 5 --rc-lookahead 45 --cqm "jvt" --merange 32 --me umh --subme 10 --partitions all --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --no-psy --output "output" "input"

Then queue and run it...Error message occurs saying
invalid argument: b-pyramid = --scenecut

So resetting the scenecut value to its default of 40 actually removes that option from the commandline and things look like this:

program --profile high --pass 2 --bitrate 465 --stats ".stats" --thread-input --deblock -1:-1 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --ref 5 --rc-lookahead 45 --cqm "jvt" --merange 32 --me umh --subme 10 --partitions all --trellis 2 --no-dct-decimate --no-fast-pskip --no-psy --output "output" "input"

The queue and run it again...Error message occurs saying
invalid argument: b-pyramid == --ref

Prior to r1301 I used r1292 and it worked fine. No problems at all. Maybe anybody has an idea how to fix this? Despite downgrading to r1292...

[poisondeathray]

MeGUI hasn't been updated yet to reflect the new changes

The new switches are

--b-pyramid strict
--b-pyramid normal
--b-pyramid none

none is default, strict is for the new blu-ray compliance (no p-frames can reference b-frames) and slightly worse compression, normal is the old method

If you are using mb-tree, b-pyramid doesn't work with it yet anyways, otherwise you can turn it off
--no mb-tree

[leghorn]

well then, it's waiting for an update or manually changing stuff...

[poisondeathray]

Development has slowed down on that project, especially compared to the furious pace x264 development. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for updates.

Kurtnoise has a beta server, if you update your config in the options, but even that is far behind compared to x264 development
http://kurtnoise.free.fr/MeGUI/

The gui is still useable, if you use the commandline box.