Automkv x.264 Questions.

[kidcash]

Hello I tried encoding a Mpeg video with Automkv using the x.264 codec and the mp4 container.
I set audio to LAME, which should be MP3.

After I finished encoding the video I tried to check if The audio was mp3 so i used gspot.
It did not give any information about the Audio. I tried MediaInfo and is all it says is
"122kbps, 48khz, 2 channels, mpeg-1 audio" however it did not say layer III.

I have another video that I downloaded which was encoding using x.264, and gspot showed that it had MP3 Audio, and Mediainfo read "120kbps, 48khz, 2 channels, mpeg-1 audio layer 3"

Any Ideas on how to get Automkv to encode my video's with mp3 audio?

Thanks.

[buzzqw]

the 0.91 package is bundled with x264 v. 680, so yes, is multithread

about your block.. it's strange that dgindex will stuck.. try manually indexing the file and then feed automkv with the d2v and audio extracted

also... if you want a simplier application (but powerfull enough to do encoding) try AutoMen (it's a mencoder gui)

BHH

[kidcash]

Thanks, I changed my original thread since the problem fixed itself but I was having another problem, should have started another thread but ah well.

Thanks buzz.

[buzzqw]

in \temp folder there is the mp3... check it with mediainfo (and yes, it is an mp3, mpeg1 layer 3)

also i prefere to analyze my video files with avinaptic, is more reliable and complete of gspot

BHH

[PuzZLeR]

You can't get a better answer about AutoMKV/AutoMen than from the author himself. Hey Buzz.

Kidcash, wouldn't you rather encode H.264 video with AAC instead of MP3? Not sure what your audio source was, but if you're converting it, you may as well go with AAC (easily done with AutoMKV). MP3 is really an older DivX/Xvid/AVI thing...

H.264 video streams in an MP4 container come 99% of the time with AAC audio streams for good reason - better compression and quality, more modern and less problems - especially if you're converting from something like LPCM or even AC3. It's just more natural this way.

But who am I to tell you otherwise if you like MP3?

[kidcash]

If AAC Offers better compressibility I will use that then. What birate AAC Audio would rival 128k MP3 Audio?

[Midzuki]

HE-AAC @ 64kbps <==> MP3 @ 128kbps.

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[PuzZLeR]

If AAC Offers better compressibility I will use that then. What birate AAC Audio would rival 128k MP3 Audio?

It certainly does. It's more modern and was actually better designed for H.264 video streams in an MP4 container. Apple has pretty much convinced us of this natural combo.

HE-AAC @ 64kbps <==> MP3 @ 128kbps.

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I agree. However, AAC-LC has better support than AAC-HE as of this writing among playback apps/devices. Whatever supports AAC-HE also supports AAC-LC.

A safe comparison would be:
AAC-LC @96kbps <===> MP3 @ 128kbps (but I'd say even less than 96).

But if I were you, if you were converting from AC3 or LPCM, then I'd encode AAC to 128kbps to get more quality in the same space instead of reduce it to get something like MP3 - you'd be missing out when storage has never been bigger or cheaper.