ffmpegX 0.0.9q released

[major]

http://homepage.mac.com/major4
ffmpegX 0.0.9q - Nov 21, 2004

What's new:

- Updated mencoder and ffmpeg engines to to latest XviD 1.1 branch (about twice as faster than in version 0.0.9p).
- Updated H.264 codec to r.58 including many optimizations and improvements.
- Added 2-pass encoding option to H.264.
- Added encoding of RealVideo online streams for mencoder engine. You can now open as a source file a RealVideo .rpm or .ram metafile from your disk, and be able to play and/or encode the online streaming video pointed by the metafile. Useful to encode news, trailers, etc. To create your own metafile, simply create a text file with a .rpm or .ram file extension, and write inside it the rtsp:// or http:// address of the .rm online stream to be encoded (smil files not supported). Hint: you can create metafiles pointing to any kind of online files, not only RealVideo, eg. http://server.com/test.mpg is also valid).
- "DVD ffmpeg" quick preset now defaults without "Decode with Quicktime" for faster operation (ffmpeg muxer now compatible with DVD authoring).
- Added "Letterbox" sub-option to ffmpeg engine to disable auto-letterboxing when "Decode with Quicktime" is used.
- "Best" bitrate is now automatically recalculated when selecting a quick preset (eg. switching from XviD to H.264 preset the bitrate will adjust automatically).
- Fixed issue in previous mencoder build resulting in incorrect subtitles display.
- "Invert mapping" can now select audio tracks other than 0.
- Choosing ffmpeg engine codecs now also sets keyframe interval automatically to 12 for mpeg-1/mpeg-2 and 240 for mpeg-4.
- Fixed wrong Progress message for XviD encoding.
- Fixed minor issues with "Passthrough audio" with ffmpeg engine.
- Fixed minor issues with subtitles number check from a VIDEO_TS folder.
- Updated to ffmpeg CVS of Nov 16, 2004.
- Added spanish localization (thanks Francisco de J. López V.)

[thoughton]

Hi Major, great work on the new version

One thing i've noticed, with the new version the DVD (ffmpeg) preset no longer produces elementary streams, even if you've selected 'keep elementary streams'.

This was working for me yesterday with 0.0.9p. Also I noticed that the muxed mpeg2 file it produces is about 15% larger than it was yesterday! (i had to re-encode one due to some weird mux error, kept looping at the same point in the video, but the new 0.0.9q encoded file was 850+MB, whereas the previous 0.0.9p one was only 720 - odd).

[MikieV]

Hi Major, great work on the new version

One thing i've noticed, with the new version the DVD (ffmpeg) preset no longer produces elementary streams, even if you've selected 'keep elementary streams'.

I noticed something similar - but I'm a new user, and don't know what it used to do.

With keep elemental streams & author as DVD - I got a xxx.mpg file, and the DVD folder (Video_TS & Audio_TS).

With keep elemental streams un-checked - I got the xxx.mpg file, the DVD folder, and a .dmg image of the DVD folder.

As I only needed the DVD folder, for burning in Toast, there is no problem - from my point of view. But it was surprising.

Mike

[thoughton]

I've since encoded a bunch more things, and 'keep elementary streams' continues to be non-functional I find that Sizzle often gives me muxing errors with the muxed mpegs.

[major]

The change is in the fact that "Decode with Quicktime" is no longer enabled by default in the DVD ffmpeg preset. And without it, elementary streams are never created, as the ffmpeg engine muxes on the fly. You should just enable "Decode with Quicktime" if you prefer the 0.0.9p behavior.

[thoughton]

Thanks Major

[qshartle]

What happened to autocrop? It doesnt actually Auto Crop anymore. What happened?

Q

[ykz]

What happened to autocrop? It doesnt actually Auto Crop anymore. What happened?

Q

works here, no idea what happened, maybe you could throw in more details...

[qshartle]

With 4 movies, all different, it crops it at: 704, 464, 8, 8. And thats no where near what needs to be cropped, or crops too much. Any suggestions?

Q