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

[Leo99]

Yes, I send you a message on how to fix the link.
-> send you a new link to my latest dev version compiled for WinXP

Great.. I use 2014.11.21.1 now, and everything worked like a charm!..

Brilliant work Selur. Thank you very much for your fine accomplishment! Job extremely well done and very much appreciated!

[sophisticles]

Are there any plans to add support for http://f265.org/ or is it too early yet? I noticed you support Kvazaar and they seem to be at about the same development state.

[Selur]

Thought about it, but atm. I'm not really motivated to do it since:

• they prefer to do most of the configuration through a singe long string (see: http://f265.org/browse/f265/plain/doc/params.txt?h=develop) which is a hassle if you want to show the settings to users in a gui. Reason behind this is that they prefer to keep the cli only options (those are available through -optionname) and the encoder/codec library settings (those are the -p longString settings) separated. (http://www.f265.org/bugs/ticket/30)
• Also params.txt lists a lot of options which are unimplemented, which really is confusing. And the whole naming schemes seem to be not finished (so implementing this an then renaming once they change their naming scheme seems to be a bother).
• The main reason why I dropped implementing support for it (wrote some code for it already) was that I checked the development branch ( "git clone http://f265.org/repos/f265/ -b develop") and the stable branch ("git clone http://f265.org/repos/f265/") and the last commit was 23. September 2014 which led me to the assumption that the development of f265 has stopped.
  Which is probably the case since the original maintainer (Laurent Brits) changed (to Daniel Giguere), see: http://www.mail-archive.com/user@f265.org/msg00013.html .

-> from what I can see the f265 development seems to be inactive (for 2 1/2 month) and thus I suspended the idea of adding support for it to first see if it is still under development or not.

Cu Selur

[Gravitator]

Impossible to encode through new Hybrid builds. Noticed that does not reach indexing FFvideo

[Selur]

FFVideo isn't indexing, since ffVideo isn't used.
Encoding call is:

"C:\PROGRA~1\Hybrid\mencoder_64.exe" -lavdopts threads=1 -really-quiet -of rawvideo -o - -ovc raw -demuxer mov -noskip -vf scale,format=422p,scale,format=i420 -forcedsubsonly -nosub -nosound -mc 0 "C:\Users\GRAVIT~1\PARK_J~1.MOV" | "C:\PROGRA~1\Hybrid\x265.exe" --preset ultrafast --pmode --input - --input-res 1920x1088 --fps 50 --no-high-tier --no-open-gop --bitrate 1500 --colormatrix bt470bg --output "G:\TEMP\test_18_21_50_6410_01.265"

-> Seems like mencoder can't properly decode your mov.
No clue why your pro res content can't be handled by mencoder.
Tested different ProRes content from here and had no problem.
Using the 'same' (adjusted paths and used one of my sources) call you did:

"g:\Hybrid\mencoder_64.exe" -lavdopts threads=1 -really-quiet -of rawvideo -o - -ovc raw -demuxer mov -noskip -vf scale,format=422p,scale,format=i420 -forcedsubsonly -nosub -nosound -mc 0 "F:\TestClips&Co\ProRes\prores422_hq_23.98.mov" | "G:\Hybrid\x265.exe" --preset ultrafast --pmode --input - --input-res 1920x1088 --fps 50 --no-high-tier --no-open-gop --bitrate 1500 --colormatrix bt470bg --output "H:\Temp\test_18_21_50_6410_01.265"

encoding works fine here.

[Gravitator]

Old normally passes. How to force through FF?

[Selur]

This time FFVideoSource was used since you used Filtering->Avisynth->Color->ColorMatrix.
Can you post a short sample of your mov file? (since mine are properly decoded using mencoder)

[Gravitator]

Replaced the container through the Hybrid in *.mkv - now encoded. Check out this > Park Joy (mega.co.nz).

[Selur]

will look later at it

[Gravitator]

Fails repackaging.
I can give a sample via torrent

[Selur]

tsMuxeR "G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo_19_54_32_6910_02.meta" "G:\TEMP"

with:

MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --demux --vbr --vbv-len=500
V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC, "X:\test\Astra Ultra HD Demo.ts", fps=50, track=210

inside the meta file should extract the video stream to a file named: " G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo.track_210.265"
But according to the log, the file wasn't created.
So for some reason tsMuxeR doesn't seem to like the file.

-> What happens if you call:

tsMuxeR "G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo_19_54_32_6910_02.meta" "G:\TEMP"

does tsMuxeR produce an error?

I can give a sample via torrent

don't use torrent

Cu Selur

Ps.: as a workaround you can try if it helps to enable: "Config->Input->Extraction->Stream extraction with ffmpeg"

[Selur]

About the parkjoy mov, seems like current '-demuxer mov' of mencoder doesn't like the mov.
If complains about:

MOV: missing header (moov/cmov) chunk! Maybe broken file...

using the default lav demuxer, extraction/decoding works. (will adjust Hybrid to not use '-demuxer mov')

[Gravitator]

What happens if you call

Network Optix tsMuxeR. Version 2.6.12. www.networkoptix.com
HEVC stream doesn't contain fps field. Muxing fps=50
0.0% complete
B-pyramid level 2 detected. Shift DTS to 3 frames
97.7% complete
Processed 36157 video frames
100.0% complete
Flushing write buffer
Demux complete.
Demuxing time: 5 sec

Ps.: as a workaround you can try if it helps to enable: "Config->Input->Extraction->Stream extraction with ffmpeg

did not help

[Selur]

Did tsMuxeR create a file named "G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo.track_210.265" ?

If neither tsMuxeR nor ffmpeg can handle the stream, Hybrid can't handle the stream.

[Gravitator]

Did tsMuxeR create a file named "G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo.track_210.265" ?

Appears such file.
Although this file "G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo.track_210.265" is without problems could chase through mkvmerge

I do not see where it is stored in the demo video > http://www.astra.de/18049106/ultra-hd

[Selur]

Strange thing is that according to the log, tsmuxer didn't create the file when called through Hybrid.

Although this file is created without problems could chase through mkvmerge

-> not sure if this means the stream is or mkvmerge is broken

[Gravitator]

Starting Main@23:14:41.840:
"C:\PROGRA~1\Hybrid\tsMuxeR.exe" "G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo_23_14_38_6210_02.meta" "G:\TEMP"
finished after 00:00:05.128
-> 23_14_38_6210_03_video crashed:ERROR: G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo.track_210.265 was not created!
Job 23_14_38_6210 finished!

One moment > G:\TEMP\Astra Ultra HD Demo.track_210.hevc - another extension

[Selur]

Ah okay, that explains the problem.
-> will look into it

[litoo]

Hi
Im a newbie on filtering topic
I just wanna know how to lighten up my video when I encode it with Hybrid ?

[Selur]

Sorry, I don't know what 'lighten up' means. :/

[Gravitator]

Hi
Im a newbie on filtering topic
I just wanna know how to lighten up my video when I encode it with Hybrid ?

Hi!
Filtering > Filtering: Color adjustments

[Selur]

Filtering->Avisynth->Color also offers multiple filters to change the color, problem is I'm unsure what 'lighten up' means. (brightness/gamma change? Or something totally different, may be another ColorMatrix needs to be used,...)

[litoo]

Filtering->Avisynth->Color also offers multiple filters to change the color, problem is I'm unsure what 'lighten up' means. (brightness/gamma change? Or something totally different, may be another ColorMatrix needs to be used,...)

sry for my bad english !
I mean I have a video that is dark I want to make it brighten more...
so I should play brightness in avisynth ?
Is there sth else ?

[Selur]

Assuming the Original is to dark, you can use on of these options:

• Filtering->Filtering->Color adjustments (Brightness and or Gamma)
• Filtering->Avisynth->Color->Levels (Gamma)
• Filtering->Avisynth->Color->Tweak (Bright + Saturation)
• Filtering->Avisynth->Color->HDR AGC (more complicated to use but gives more control)

personally I would probably use Tweak on Windows and Color adjustments on Linux&Mac (unless Avisynth is used there too)

[sophisticles]

Hi, I found a bug in your app, basically the jobs I would add to the queue would crash seemingly at random, this happens with both x265 and x264. I tested with numerous combinations and after much investigating I was able to track it down for you. Look at this command line call:

Starting Main@18:44:38.801:
"C:\PROGRA~1\Hybrid\x264.exe" --preset ultrafast --tune fastdecode --tune psrn --bitrate 12000 --profile high --level 4.1 --keyint 60 --ratetol 2 --vbv-maxrate 12000 --vbv-bufsize 78125 --psnr --ssim --non-deterministic --colormatrix bt709 --input-csp i420 --fps 30000/1001 --input-res 1920x1080 --output
x264 [error]: invalid tune 'psrn'

Now I purposely deleted the name of the file but as you can see there is a typo when you call x264, it's psnr not psrn and so it causes a crash. More importantly, I explicitly did not use tune psnr, I have no idea where that comes from and when I try to specifically set tune none the command line doesn't change.

Thanks.

Found that x265 encoding also fails with a message from x265 "unknown hevc encoder".

BTW, how do you use the -psnr and -ssim options? In other words, these options supposedly calculate the psnr and ssim values or difference between the source and the output but where are these values recorded?

Also, what was the last version of Hybrid that supported the CUDA encoder?

[Selur]

Thanks for reporting.

• Fixed the psnr <> psrn typo in x264.
• Hybrid will automatically shorten the command line using '-tune x' as long as "x264->Misc->Main->Adjustments->Minimize command line" ("x265->Misc->Internals->Minimize command line") is enabled and the options used are covered by the '-tune x'.

BTW, how do you use the -psnr and -ssim options? In other words, these options supposedly calculate the psnr and ssim values or difference between the source and the output but where are these values recorded?

Both x264&x265 offer these options and output the values to the standard output, so in Hybrid you can see them in the normal log.

x264 will output something like:

x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9945355 (22.625db)

for SSIM and

x264 [info]: PSNR Mean Y:51.252 U:54.425 V:55.638 Avg:52.174 Global:52.056 kb/s:1490.94

for PSNR and Hybrid will show it inside the log.
Similar output should be available when using x265, but I just spotted a bug, where which caused Hybrid to swallow the '--psnr' part.
-> fixed (disabling the 'minimize command line'-option should work as a workaround)

Also, what was the last version of Hybrid that supported the CUDA encoder?

Latest Version does, when:

• told to "*hidden* Hybrid options,...->enable support for old (nvcuenc) cuda encoder"
• you also need to copy the 32bit or 64bit nvcuenc.dll matching your system next to the Cuda.exe

Cu Selur

Ps.: can send you a fixed version if you tell me the OS you are using.

[sophisticles]

Ps.: can send you a fixed version if you tell me the OS you are using.

Win 7 SP1 64bit. And thanks.

[Selur]

Will send you a link in a few minutes via PM.

[sophisticles]

Thanks, but both the CUDA encoder and x265 crash, x265 gives this error message:

x265 [info]: HEVC encoder version unknown
x265 [info]: build info [Windows][GCC 4.9.2][64 bit] 8bpp

Gives this error message for both "minimize command line" and not.

CUDA gives this message:

-> 00_14_13_1410_04_video crashed:main send out an error: QProcess::Crashed
finished after 00:00:00.025 with exitCode -1073741701
-> 00_14_13_1410_04_video crashed:Crash: 1

And x264 seems to be working properly.

Thanks.

[Selur]

Thanks, but both the CUDA encoder and x265 crash

Using what settings?

x265 [info]: HEVC encoder version unknown
x265 [info]: build info [Windows][GCC 4.9.2][64 bit] 8bpp

That's an info not an error,..
x265 worked for me fine with:
1. PSNR enabled, SSIM disabled
2. PSNR disabled, SSIM enabled
3. PSNR enabled, SSIM enabled
4. PSNR disabled, SSIM disabled
-> can't reproduce the probem here

CUDA gives this message:

Cuda encoder works fine here.
-> can't reproduce the probem here

Did you copy the 64bit version of the nvcuvenc.dll next to the Cuda.exe?
a. Call Cuda.exe from a command prompt to check if it's working. (should output the general help)
b. clear your tool cache (Config->Tools->Clear ...)

=> Create a two separate debug output files for each of your problems.
see: http://www.selur.de/support

Cu Selur