I get green frame in the beginning of the video

[TeNSoR]

Hello!

I get a green frame in the beginning whenever I do a lossless conversion by Lagarith codec. That appears in VirtualDub and Sony Vegas as well, any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

[Bernix]

Can you post your settings for lagarith codec? Lossless doesn't mean of course uncompressed. And what colorspace are you using for capture?

Bernix

[Bernix]

Simple guess is to disable null frame. If you have it enable.

[TeNSoR]

Can you post your settings for lagarith codec? Lossless doesn't mean of course uncompressed. And what colorspace are you using for capture?

Bernix

Thanks for reply, here you are:

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[Bernix]

Hi,
try to use YV12 colorspace, or even rgb (which must be enormous big file size) especially for your almost 3hrs video. But it depends on your source.
Why are you not use multi threading?
But I read on internet there is lots of problem with lagarith and Premiere and other NLE programs. If your problem is just one frame, you are lucky. But of course not optimal.
My first impression was it is caused by null frame, but you have it disabled, so honestly don't know.

Bernix

[jagabo]

You're frame serving from Vegas to another program to create a lagarith avi? Then the problem isn't Lagarith, it's Vegas. Your source is probably long GOP and doesn't start with a keyframe. Just trim away the green frame before encoding.

[TeNSoR]

Hi,
try to use YV12 colorspace, or even rgb (which must be enormous big file size) especially for your almost 3hrs video. But it depends on your source.
Why are you not use multi threading?
But I read on internet there is lots of problem with lagarith and Premiere and other NLE programs. If your problem is just one frame, you are lucky. But of course not optimal.
My first impression was it is caused by null frame, but you have it disabled, so honestly don't know.

Bernix

No problem! Bernix! Thanks for your help

[TeNSoR]

You're frame serving from Vegas to another program to create a lagarith avi? Then the problem isn't Lagarith, it's Vegas. Your source is probably long GOP and doesn't start with a keyframe. Just trim away the green frame before encoding.

I use x264 CLI to frame serve with Vegas and Abode Premier, anyway, I will try to trim a frame! Thanks a lot! Jagabo!

[jagabo]

Problems like this are why AVI isn't recommended for h.264 video. VFW (what most editors use to access AVI files) is based on a one-frame-in-one-frame-out model so it doesn't handle out-of-order GOPs well.

[TeNSoR]

Problems like this are why AVI isn't recommended for h.264 video. VFW (what most editors use to access AVI files) is based on a one-frame-in-one-frame-out model so it doesn't handle out-of-order GOPs well.

No, I don't encode with VFW, just the x264 CLI Avisynth and this happens whenever I make a lossless copy in VirtualDub.

start /b /low "x264" "H:Work\x264.exe" --preset slow --tune film --ref 8 --me umh --bframes 6 --keyint=50 --subme 9 --analyse all --merange 28 --colormatrix=smpte170m --trellis 2 --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 14000 --ratetol 3.0 --crf 22    --level 3.1  --output "H:\Movie.mkv" "E:\Hindi\Test .avs" --no-fast-pskip --no-dct-decimate --deblock -1:-1 --partitions all --rc-lookahead 60 --b-pyramid normal --direct auto --aq-strength 1.2 --psy-rd 1.2:0.25 --sar 8:9

[poisondeathray]

But what is your source? (ie Before the lagarith conversion) . That's likely the problem - decoding the source

[Bernix]

Also you can try different VirtualDub? Have you tried VirtualDubFilterMod ? There are recently changes in capturing. It is about week old. Worth to try.

Bernix

[TeNSoR]

But what is your source? (ie Before the lagarith conversion) . That's likely the problem - decoding the source

It's NTSC DVD. I encoded it then I try to do color correction in Vegas

[TeNSoR]

Also you can try different VirtualDub? Have you tried VirtualDubFilterMod ? There are recently changes in capturing. It is about week old. Worth to try.

Bernix

Never heard about it but I will give it a try, Thanks, Bernix!

[poisondeathray]

But what is your source? (ie Before the lagarith conversion) . That's likely the problem - decoding the source

It's NTSC DVD. I encoded it then I try to do color correction in Vegas

How did you get from DVD to lagarith ? What steps did you take ?

Vegas can open MPEG2 directly . You can use vob2mpeg

[TeNSoR]

But what is your source? (ie Before the lagarith conversion) . That's likely the problem - decoding the source

It's NTSC DVD. I encoded it then I try to do color correction in Vegas

How did you get from DVD to lagarith ? What steps did you take ?

Vegas can open MPEG2 directly . You can use vob2mpeg

After I encoded the video from the DVD (Mkv) then I put it in VirtualDub to get a lossless copy to do the color correction in Vegas. I used x264 CLI to re-encode it again using frame server with Vegas. Vegas didn't accept the mkv formate then I had to convert it into AVI

[TeNSoR]

But what is your source? (ie Before the lagarith conversion) . That's likely the problem - decoding the source

It's NTSC DVD. I encoded it then I try to do color correction in Vegas

How did you get from DVD to lagarith ? What steps did you take ?

Vegas can open MPEG2 directly . You can use vob2mpeg

The problem most of these NTSC interlaced that's why I deinterlace it first in AviSynth then I do the color correction if need it.

[poisondeathray]

The problem most of these NTSC interlaced that's why I deinterlace it first in AviSynth then I do the color correction if need it.

Ok, but do you see the green frame in avisynth preview ? Before encoding to lagarith

Lagarith is I-frame only. It should be very stable in vdub or vegas without green frame or long GOP issues

[TeNSoR]

The problem most of these NTSC interlaced that's why I deinterlace it first in AviSynth then I do the color correction if need it.

Ok, but do you see the green frame in avisynth preview ? Before encoding to lagarith

Lagarith is I-frame only. It should be very stable in vdub or vegas without green frame or long GOP issues

No, I see this green frame after using Lagarith in VirtualDub

[manono]

The problem most of these NTSC interlaced that's why I deinterlace it first in AviSynth...

I hope you mean to say 'unblend it', using a bobber and SRestore. That way you'll get 25fps rather than 29.97fps. NTSC Indian film DVDs need much more than deinterlacing.

[TeNSoR]

The problem most of these NTSC interlaced that's why I deinterlace it first in AviSynth...

I hope you mean to say 'unblend it', using a bobber and SRestore. That way you'll get 25fps rather than 29.97fps. NTSC Indian film DVDs need much more than deinterlacing.

Hi! manono! Yes indeed! I used a bobber and Srestore and got 25fps, then as you see I tried to adjust its color a little

[manono]

Oh, okay. Good. And the color correction isn't anything you can do in AviSynth? I realize sometimes it's not ideal, but much can be done using AviSynth filters alone, even without changing colorspaces.

[TeNSoR]

Oh, okay. Good. And the color correction isn't anything you can do in AviSynth? I realize sometimes it's not ideal, but much can be done using AviSynth filters alone, even without changing colorspaces.

You're right, I think I will try AviSynth much better, Thanks for your patience guys, all the best!