Hybrid(Windows/Linux/Mac): Input -> x264/x265/Xvid/VP8/VP9

[Stears555]

not sure if x265 support will make it, since I first had some computer problems and now I got the flu (programming doesn't make fun if you sneeze every few minutes and a headache is torturing you )

I sent a video, which can help you to regain your health!

[Selur]

attached some screen shots how the first x265 interface in Hybrid will probably look like.
basic encoding works fine with my current test version, but I still have to check min/max values for:

• --frame-threads
• --threads
• --input-depth
• --input-res
• --frames
• --ctu
• --tu-intra-depth
• --merange
• --max-merge
• --keyint
• --rc-lookahead
• --bframes
• --b-adapt
• --ref
• --bitrate
• --qp
• --cbqpoffs
• --crqpoffs

and come up with tool tips for all the options,...

[deadrats]

@Selur

Re: screenshots

that looks pretty good, can't wait to try it out, any chance of letting me test out what you currently have?

[Selur]

@deadrats: send you a pm with the current version,...
going to bed now

[Leo99]

I have 2 problems to open this version 2013.10.22.1 as follows:

- ".\mplayer.exe" br://-blue-device Testing didn't get started after 5 seconds...

- ".\mencoder.exe" -oac help didn't get started after 5 seconds...

Although many times restart but still failed. So I forced to remove the two exe files can then be opened.

I saw an earlier version of 2013.10.3.2 doing work fine which I'm using now (downgrade installed) - Strangely, there are also have both the same exe, but it's smoothly and very cheerful to me without any warns..!

Anyway for me since version 2013.10.4 up-to-now all trouble to open, I'm still worried about whether or not to install the latest versions.. really confused!

[Selur]

Assuming you are on Windows:
Try if it helps if you replace the mencoder/mplayer binaries with the latest 32bit versions from:
http://mplayerwin.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
(you can also extract the 64bit mplayer/mencoder binaries if you rename them to mencoder_64bit and mplayer_64bit; the 32bit version are still needed!)

[Leo99]

Actually I use 32-bit on WinXP.

[Selur]

then simply try if it helps to replace the 32bit versions,..

[Stears555]

Selur,
The Hybrid is unable to open many HEVC videos. Like this HEVC MKV sample file:

https://mega.co.nz/#!jcEWmRRC!Hn9qwnVXqn9ApuOhKaX-sUZNS2JvPTBzcRa9LGS33L0

Can you solve this problem?

[Selur]

Yes, next public release will probably support hevc decoding, since both mplayer/mencoder and ffmpeg support it now.

[Selur]

Okay, may be not, newest version of ffmpeg can handle HEVC video, but it fails on properly demuxing audio&video using libbluray, see: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/359949-ffmpeg-2-0-2-vs-2-1-extracting-audio-video-f...m-mpls-problem
-> So atm. it is either Blu-ray support through ffmpeg (and staying at ffmpeg 2.0.2) or HEVC decoding support.

Update:
reported the bug and there is hope that some one will look into it, see: https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/3117

[Selur]

Small info to those who are wondering why I haven't released a new Hybrid version which supports x265 to the public atm.
a. there's a problem with ffmpeg handling Blu-ray input (https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/3117) and switching to an older build would mean using a ffmpeg version which doesn't support hevc decoding
b. can't manage to get x265 compiled for/on Mac OS X
(c. didn't have time to add some useful tooltips to the x265-tab)

So current state is that, x265 support itself works fine and I can reencode to x265.

As containers Hybrid supports:
a. mp4 using MP4Box
b. mkv if ROVIs mkvtoolnix is used instead of the normal mkvtoolnix version
(c. m2ts support is planned with ffmpeg as muxer, once the ffmpeg issue is resolved)

Cu Selur

[Stears555]

https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/downloads

I downloaded the x265 codec, but where/how can I paste it to the library structure of Hybrid?

[Selur]

8bpp -> x265.exe
and
16bpp -> x265-16bit.exe
should be copied into the Hybrid folder while Hybrid is closed.

[Leo99]

Try if it helps if you replace the mencoder/mplayer binaries with the latest 32bit versions from:
http://mplayerwin.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

Yeah OK, now is working fine. Good job, Selur!

• Success installed with Log Messages:
  Saved GlobalDataModel, base version: 131013
  Saved AudioModel, base version: 131013
  Finished initialization, finished after 29.516s

Thank you..

[Leo99]

@deadrats, is ffdshow support HEVC now..?

[Stears555]

Selur, DO NOT FORGET:
You promised the new release of Hybrid in this weekend.

[Havokdan]

Better batch enconding request and better hardcode subtitle support

[Selur]

@Stears555: Won't probably happen, since:
a. still can't compile x265 for MAC OS X 10.6.8 (so if I would do a release with x265 support, it would be Linux&Windows only)
b. https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/3117 still isn't fixed (so if I would add an ffmpeg build with HEVC support, it would still not fix the async problem with Blu-rays)
c. x265s preset system doesn't make any sense atm. (so if I would do s release with x265 support I would need to disable, the '--preset' and '--tune' support)
-> releasing a new version would just cause confusion
@Havokdan: no clue what you want, since you didn't give any details.

[Havokdan]

Better management program for converting multiple files in a row, I know he converts many, but need a tab for geranciar, profiles switch between files in the queue, as the possibility of switching models video, audio and other without having to configure each case, using predefined profiles.
The second item, I have some files with subtitles inside the mkv, but the Hybrid always fails to extract them, and subtitles are softsubs, he draws, as I imagine it should, because sometimes I want to make hardsub subtitles.

Anyway, thanks for the great program.

[Selur]

regarding batch:
So, what you would liker is something, where you:
1. first select all the files
2. then have the ability to change all the setting for each file
-> wrote it down in my 'think about' text file, but I doubt anything like it will happen anytime soon.

regarding the subtitling:
If you got files where Hybrid fails to extract the subtitles, share one of them with me otherwise I got no clue how I should figure out why Hybrid fails extracting the files.

Cu Selur

[Havokdan]

OK, I'll wait for the next version to post problem, just for the record, all files with subtitles softsub Hybrid fails to extract the subtitles, there is a problem of a specific file, even when I try to manually extract by the Hybrid.

[Selur]

@Havokdan: Do as you wish. I just tried, by loading a mkv with srt subtitles into Hybrid, selected one and pressed the 'Extract Subtitle'-button (also tried the same with files which contain .ass, .idx/.sub, .pgs subtitles)
-> subtitles got extracted without a problem.

[Havokdan]

I've been thinking that maybe it was a problem related to the language of my operating system (Windows 8 x64), I formatted and installed Windows 8.1 since the last time I tried, I'll get the current version and test the Winwos 8.1 and see the result, once I have I'll post here soon.

[Havokdan]

Here:

Hybrid: homepage
Forum: public forum
Regarding problems please read: needed infos
Donate: via PayPal
->disabling qaac support since 'Apple Application Support' is not installed,...
Finished initialization, finished after 1.101s

Filtering input files,..
Analysing 1 input files,...
analyzing: [HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p].mkv
checking a/v ids in ffmpeg,...
analyzing [HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p].mkv
grabbing audio ids...
-> audio ids found: 0
analyzing audio streams...
analyzing audio stream: 0
analyzing stream with using mplayer,...
analyzing audio stream with mplayer
grabbing audio data and delay infos with MediaInfo
grabbing video ids for: [HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p].mkv
-> video ids found: 0
analyzing video streams...
analyzing video stream: 0
starting auto routines for source number: 1
-> finished auto routines for source number 1.
Input is completely analysed,...
Extracting attachments from C:\Users\Daniel Neves\Downloads\Video\[HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p].mkv to C:\Users\Daniel Neves\AppData\Roaming\hybrid\fonts
Started a subtitle extraction for source: 1
Couldn't extract: [HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p]_id_2_lang_und_default_forced.ass
-> extracted subtitle [HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p]_id_2_lang_und_default_forced.ass
-> adding [HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p]_id_2_lang_und_default_forced.ass subtitle to queue
couldn't find: [HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p]_id_2_lang_und_default_forced.ass
[HorribleSubs] Little Busters! Refrain - 06 [480p]_id_2_lang_und_default_forced.ass is empty or couldn't be opened
Extracted current subtitle from current container.

[Selur]

like I wrote:

If you got files where Hybrid fails to extract the subtitles, share one of them with me otherwise I got no clue how I should figure out why Hybrid fails extracting the files.

like you wrote:

Regarding problems please read: needed infos

-> nothing I can do

[Havokdan]

Well, I think I can use avisynth to open the file, it does the job with the subtitles, at least Mediacoder do this, should work in Hybrid.

[Selur]

Avisynth can embed subtitles, but Avisynth has nothing to do with the extraction,...

[Havokdan]

No, but it solves my problem, I believe the problem is that these legends have some Japanese characters on the tag name taken by mkvtoolinx or even them.

[Selur]

Can't say without a debug output and can't fix, but if you are happy with the bug being there and your workaround, that's okay for me