HCEnc 0.1 + HCEnc 0.01 TestGUI

[Amnon82]

Originally posted by hank315
For some time I've been working on a MPEG2 encoder,
maybe there's somebody who want to run some tests with it.



Screenshot of the version 0.1 by Hank315

Some information about the encoder (named HC):
(complete manual is included)

Input can be a d2v project or input using Avisynth.
No fancy GUI, the input is controlled by a serie of (simple) commands in a control file.
The encoder should run on any Intel and AMD processor using Windows XP/2000.
At least MMX/SSE must be present to run the encoder.
If SSE2 or SSE3 is present HC will also use it.
2 pass VBR encoding.
Variable GOP structure dependent of the video content or fixed GOP structure.
Scene change detection.
Pre-programmed matrices or use your own matrices.
Restart possibility to run the second pass again.
Bitrate control: average and max bitrate can be set.
Buffer underflows will not occur, the VBV is constantly checked so no bitrate spikes.

Download Version 0.1

Please remember that it is a work in progress... there may be a few bugs .

NOTES:
Living in PAL land it is hard to get NTSC material, it should work OK but if not please let me know.

Originally posted by Amnon82
Here is my GUI. I'm working now with Hank together on this baby.

Features of the GUI:

*Very small and easy to use
*Reloads the settings of the last run
*Uses HCEnc 0.01 (Till now I don't have a newer commandline-version of HC)

Screenshots:









Download HCEnc 0.01

I hope everybody likes it more than my last build.

[lordsmurf]

That looks really nice.

The only thing I could think of to make it better would be direct ability to input AVI (raw, DV, HuffYUV, MJPEG, Divx, Xvid) or MPEG files (MPEG1, MPEG2).

I would suggest the author at least include it with some sample AVISYNTH scripts for the inexperienced ABISYNTH'ers. Hopefully some good ones, really simple, no filters.

[BJ_M]

looks great - nice GUI

[Marvingj]

I agree with Lordsmurf. But anyway Super Job!!!!!!!!!

[Amnon82]

As I can tell so far:

The final gui will almost look like the one I did.
My gui is only a "timebridge" till hank releases a version
with his gui.

Normaly he won't code a gui, but I pushed him to it.

... he hated guis. Now he started to code it and understood how many fun it is to do it.

Also he speeded the core up. Till now I encode with profile good in the firstpass with ca. 20 FPS and 60 FPS with my AMD 64 3.500+.
In the next version is the same speed with the highest qualitysettings.

Also I plan to do a quality test with HC 0.01, CCE 2.70 SP and QuEnc.
I will take scenes of Matrix 3 to do it.

So stay tuned for the next newsupdate.

The original thread of HC will be found here

[fmctm1sw]

Also I plan to do a quality test with HC 0.01, CCE 2.70 SP and QuEnc.
I will take scenes of Matrix 3 to do it.

That I would like to see. I never really liked quenc though. I tried it a couple times and got blocky results of a boxing match on every setting I tried. I had nice results with freeenc.

[Mr_khyron]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=2e3cf05c7c659242dca30e9f1f05dd6d&threadid=88888

[fmctm1sw]

How are there free mpeg-2 encoders now? I thought a royalty was owed to someone for that?

[tmh]

so this one does NOT accept AVI (DV from my camcorder)? If it does I'll try it, but I don't do much other than DV.

[celtic_druid]

If I understand correctly you would need to create an AVISynth script. So just avisource("dv.avi")
Then use that as input.

[BJ_M]

How are there free mpeg-2 encoders now? I thought a royalty was owed to someone for that?

that is true -- there is a fee = why tmpgenc had to start charging ..fee also for decooders ..

but then again - i never saw anyone go after bbmpeg (he works for mainconcept now) .

but in these times - who knows ..

[dphirschler]

From what I understand, these "free" encoders are getting around the fee by placing responsibility to pay it on the shoulders of the user. I could be wrong though.


Darryl

[celtic_druid]

I would say free until contacted by the MPEG-LA.

[Amnon82]

here the promissed test:

I did a little Quality-Test with CCE 2.70 SP, QuEnc 0.59b2 and HC 0.01

You can see the results here

The Settings are:

CCE

Bitrate: Min. 0, Avg. 6000 Max. 8000
Matrix: AutoQ2
Filter: No Filter
GOP: M=3 N/M=4
V/C=30 Pass=2
Quantizer Quantization: 30
Intrablock DC: 9
Progressiv + ZigZag
Aspect: 16:9

HC

Bitrate: Avg. 6000000 Max. 8000000
Matrix: AutoQ2
CPU: SSE2 Profile: BEST
GOP: 12 2
Scene Detection: ON
VBV Check: ON
DC Pred: 9
Scanmethod: ZigZag
Aspect: 16:9

QuEnc

Bitrate: 6000 VBR Max. 8000
Matrix: AutoQ2
High Quality: ON Use Trellis: ON
GOP: 12 2
Scene Detection: ON
2 Pass Enc.: ON
DC: 9
Extrem+Slow Settings: ON
Aspect: 16:9

[BJ_M]

the matrix used is for very low bit rates ... but it doesnt really mater as these frames are so dark as not needing many bits anyway ... the original also dosnt look so hot oddly enough . but all 3 match it

[State Of Mind]

I'm solely interested in DV to XviD.

You are in breach of the forum rules and are being issued with a formal warning.

Do not hijack topics.
Please try to stick to the author's first post in each topic,
if you want to discuss something else, create a new topic.

/ Moderator lordsmurf

[Amnon82]

Version 0.1 just released. Forl download check the first post.

Encodertest will be found here: go to test

[lordsmurf]

here the promissed test:
[b]I did a little Quality-Test with CCE 2.70 SP, QuEnc 0.59b2 and HC 0.01
You can see the results here

If the goal was to make them all look the same, congrats.
To me, they all look about the same.
Although I agree with BJ_M, dark is not a real test.
Dark shold be one of many tests.
This is one reason I like T3 for testing.
That movie has material for pretty much every kind of test.

[Amnon82]

The goal is to get better

Just finished my second GUI-Design. Get it from the first post.

[State Of Mind]

I'm sorry about my previous post. I was extremely tired when I viewed that thread and didn't even clue in that it was solely a MPEG-2 encoder. My sincere apologies! Can someone delete that post and this one? I love the GUI, very advanced and professional looking. I hope it supports direct DV soon so I can convert directly. Does it? If not, soon? In the process of getting a SP2-compatible FireWire card. Can't wait for more tests.