Conversion profile generator

[poisondeathray]

Removing profile, level => becomes "0", but high @ L3.2
Removing level, keeping --profile main => becomes "1"
Removing profile, keeping L4.0 => becomes "1", but high@L4.0

After some googling - I think it has something do to specifically with an x264 patch that sets it to behave that way

[Selur]

Might be, also I too suspect that it is not really needed for stream compatibility.

[eenghooda]

Looking closer, I missed disabling weightp and deblocking . I attached "muxed3.mp4" below

You can read about x264 settings by using x264 --fullhelp or reading about some of the settings here. Perhaps I missed some other settings
http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings

This is the commandline so far,

 

x264 --profile main --level 4.0 --preset faster --bitrate 4000 --weightp 0 --deblock 0 --bframes 0 --keyint 15 --ref 1 -o output.264 input.avs

To mux with "MSNV" profile, I used mp4box, specifying -brand "MSNV" , and alternate brand mp42

mp4box -add "output.264:fps=29.970" -add "audio.m4a#1" -brand "MSNV" -ab "mp42" -new "muxed3.mp4"

Do I have to convert my files to AVS format to use x264 ?

I tried to find an answer but I had no luck!

[poisondeathray]

Do I have to convert my files to AVS format to use x264 ?

I tried to find an answer but I had no luck!

No you don't

If your x264 is compiled with lavf, you can load the videos directly . Just use --demuxer lavf . The binaries here have lavf
http://komisar.gin.by/

I only used avisynth to stack the test videos, side by side

[eenghooda]

Just Ran X264 with a combination of you options

PS D:\3D Cam\test\x264> .\x264.2377.x86_64.exe --profile main --level 4.0 --preset faster --vbv-maxrate 20000 --vbv-bufsize 25000 --bitrate 3888 --weightp 0 --deblock 0 --bframes 0 --keyint 15 --ref 1 --demuxer lavf -o TS3hist.264 .\TS3.mp4

lavf [info]: 368x208p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (vfr)
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX AVX2 FMA3 LZCNT BMI2
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0
x264 [info]: frame I:529 Avg QP: 0.65 size: 41667
x264 [info]: frame P:5476 Avg QP: 0.57 size: 8861
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 6.2% 0.0% 93.8%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 1.5% 0.0% 11.3% P16..4: 48.6% 7.6% 5.8% 0.0% 0.0% skip:25.2%
x264 [info]: final ratefactor: -9.90
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 86.7% 81.2% 64.3% inter: 34.2% 30.1% 17.2%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 28% 13% 13% 47%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 41% 19% 17% 4% 3% 5% 3% 5% 4%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 45% 14% 30% 10%
x264 [info]: kb/s:2257.26

encoded 6005 frames, 312.52 fps, 2257.26 kb/s

When I tried to run MP4Box

.\MP4Box.exe -add "TS3hist.264":fps=29.970" -add "audio.m4a#1" -brand "MSNV" -ab "mp42"
-new "TS3hist.mp4"
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It is waiting for another missing option I wonder what it is ?

[poisondeathray]

Do you have "audio.m4a" somewhere ? Did you already encode the audio stream? x264 is a video encoder , not audio encoder (although there are private builds that can do audio)

I would add --force-cfr to the x264 commandline, because most devices don't like VFR . (avisynth frameserves CFR only, hence it's not necessary to add that)

[Selur]

-add "TS3hist.264":fps=29.970"

-> remove the "-symbol at the end,...

[eenghooda]

Thank you for you input
Last trail for the day

PS D:\3D Cam\test\x264> .\x264.2377.x86_64.exe --profile main --level 4.0 --preset faster --vbv-maxrate 20000 --vbv-bufsize 25000 --bitrate 3888 --weightp 0 --deblock 0 --bframes 0 --keyint 15 --ref 1 --force-cfr --demuxer lavf -o TS3hist.264 .\TS3.mp4
lavf [info]: 368x208p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX AVX2 FMA3 LZCNT BMI2
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0
x264 [info]: frame I:529 Avg QP: 0.58 size: 41673
x264 [info]: frame P:5476 Avg QP: 0.53 size: 8865
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 6.1% 0.0% 93.9%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 1.5% 0.0% 11.3% P16..4: 48.6% 7.6% 5.8% 0.0% 0.0% skip:25.2%
x264 [info]: final ratefactor: -9.94
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 86.7% 81.2% 64.4% inter: 34.2% 30.1% 17.2%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 27% 12% 13% 48%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 41% 19% 17% 4% 3% 5% 3% 5% 4%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 45% 14% 30% 10%
x264 [info]: kb/s:2254.68

encoded 6005 frames, 381.75 fps, 2254.68 kb/s

@Selur
MP4box command was my mistake I used power shell auto complete and it generated that extra double quotes

PS > MP4Box.exe -add "TS3hist.264:fps=29.970" -add "audio.m4a#1" -brand "MSNV" -ab "mp42" -new "TS3hist.mp4"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 368 x 208 at 29.970 FPS
AVC Import results: 6005 samples - Slices: 529 I 5476 P 0 B - 1 SEI - 529 IDR
Unknown input file type
Error importing audio.m4a#1: Requested URL is not valid or cannot be found
PS > MP4Box.exe -add "TS3hist.264:fps=29.970" -brand "MSNV" -ab "mp42" -new "TS3hist.mp4"
AVC-H264 import - frame size 368 x 208 at 29.970 FPS
AVC Import results: 6005 samples - Slices: 529 I 5476 P 0 B - 1 SEI - 529 IDR
Saving TS3hist.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving

@poisondeathray
You were right about the audio it didn't work until I removed the audio part (I just copied your command).

unfortunately , It faced the same destiny of your muxed files .

I had came closer with one the conversion software I tried and I got the device to browse the output file without hanging althogh it failed at playing it.

I will have another trails later with knowledge accumulated from today's errors.

Thank you for your help today

[eenghooda]

Just got it done

The camera came with "Arcsoft TotalMedia HDCam for 3D"

So I used Arcsoft media converter , selected the default MP4 conversion profile , And it worked !!!

Thank you all for you help.