DivXEngine, experience?

[DarrellS]

Can someone that can play HEVC in MPC-HC with DivX installed post a screenshot of their MPC-HC settings so I can play HEVC in MPC-HC again. I'm getting tired of installing DivX and then uninstalling it because it thinks it needs to take over my PC.

EDIT: Nevermind. I installed the newest version of LAV filters and everything is working now.

[DarrellS]

Nothing strange about it, would be surprised if they really would add std::in support, none of their previous (non-testing) encoders did support it.

By looking at the usage on the webpage it almost looks like it would take stdin since it shows video files instead of just avs files. I get an initialization error every time I try to get to the help file. It doesn't work if I move the folder to C:\ and it won't work in program files. Since there are blanks in the address then .cmd refuses to open the file.

[Selur]

I heard back from our Product Manager that we've added a backlog item to include std::in for DivXEngine.exe CLI mode soon, so I'm marking this idea as "Planned". I don't have a specific timeline for when it's available yet but I'll update here once I have more details.

source: DivX forum

-> Nice No eta., but there is hope.

[DarrellS]

That's good news.

[Gravitator]

For me HEVC-10bit ready for 90% ; sensors (of course), the decoder (or through MadVR) and 2-pass stayed

[Selur]

Lit (=Lost in translation), no clue what that is ment to say that is connected to this thread.
-> may be you should check if there is another translator

[Gravitator]

Lit (=Lost in translation), no clue what that is ment to say that is connected to this thread.
-> may be you should check if there is another translator

I said that there comes the finale! What do you think about the quality?

[Selur]

Quality of what? DivXEngine in general: haven't tested enough to judge

[vhelp]

i searched around but didn't find the divxengine.exe app.

is this part of a complete package deal that you have to download, and install all of it ?

ahh, never mind. it must be a part of a complete package. in this case i can't be bother installing this thing just one tiny app.

[DarrellS]

i searched around but didn't find the divxengine.exe app.

is this part of a complete package deal that you have to download, and install all of it ?

ahh, never mind. it must be a part of a complete package. in this case i can't be bother installing this thing just one tiny app.

Yeah, you have to install the package. It looks for everything in the default location in Program Files. I tried copying it to C:\ and it did not work. It also takes over your AVI and MKV files and HEVC will not play in other players unless you re-install the LAV Filters. You can uninstall the players if you like and just keep the converter and the files that it relies on.

[DarrellS]

All I can get it to create is corrupt unplayable home theater files. No matter what preset I tell it to use. Yeah, the x265 encoder was really fast (for x265) in the beginning when it was creating unplayable files.

Has anyone been able to create a playable file with this encoder?

[Selur]

using:

DivXEngine.exe -i "test.avs" -p hevc720 -v 1500 -q 128 -u best -o test.mp4

and the attached script&co I get the attached output, which plays fine here

[DarrellS]

It's a decoder problem then since your file will not play in MPC-HC but will play in MPC. I can open my 720.mkv file in MPC (not MPC-HC) and DivX player but It does not play correctly. Nothing will play my hevc4k.mkv.

Just checked some files that I created with x265.exe and DivX265.exe and they all play fine. I thought it might have something to do with mkvmerge since I'm now using the newest build with HEVC support instead of the Rovi build but that's not it. I just can't create a playable mkv with this encoder. I had the same problem with the x265 encoder in the beginning and that had to do with XP and wpp (turned off wpp so it's something else). The files are encoding way too fast (faster than x264) for them not to be corrupt. If I use the Converter itself and not the command line, the files are still corrupt.





Also, according to the link to divx labs, you no longer have to use avs scripts but can now use the video itself.



EDIT: If I advance frame by frame, it plays the first frame until time for the first scene change and shows frame change for one frame and then shows the first frame until the next scene change for one frame and then the first frame until the next scene change and so and so on.

[Selur]

The file I posted, works fine in MPC-HCs nightly (which I use).

[Gravitator]

It's a decoder problem then since your file will not play

MPC-BE is more stable. It is possible that there is a conflict between ffmpeg and lentoid decoder (do reset all settings and try to re-start)

[DarrellS]

Still no go. Everything plays except for the files created by DivXEngine so it has to be incompatibility between the encoder and my PC. I can't create a playable file with the DivX Converter either.

Can you post a screenshot of your internal and external filters in MPC-HC?

[Gravitator]

I already wrote about the problem lentoid https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/357367-HEVC-Encoder-by-Strongene-Lentoid?p=2304594&...=1#post2304594

[vhelp]

the following opens that divxengine encoded "test.7z" video, assuming it was encoded by that encoder:

ffmpeg (ffplay ver N-57605-gf86387b, Oct 29 2013)
mpc-be v1.2.1.0
vlc v2.1.1 plays
LSMASHSource.dll (2013-11-01) {L-Smash} opens via avisynth script

 LoadPlugin( "C:\PLUGINS\LSMASHSource.dll" )
 v = "test.mp4"
 LWLibavVideoSource(v, cache=true , seek_mode=1 )#.selectevery(2,0)

[Selur]

the test.mp4 was created with the DivXEngine and the call I posted,..

[El Heggunte]

^... and it's actually an MKV file

[Selur]

"and it's actually an MKV file", good to know that DivXEngine always outputs mkvs

[DarrellS]

I guess my PC is just not good enough to produce a valid file with this encoder. It produces 1000 frames but all but five frames are the first frame. It produces 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene. Nowhere in the command does it tell the encoder to do this but that is what it does.

[Gravitator]

I guess my PC is just not good enough to produce a valid file with this encoder. It produces 1000 frames but all but five frames are the first frame. It produces 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene. Nowhere in the command does it tell the encoder to do this but that is what it does.

Hi,
What decoder are you using?

[DarrellS]

I guess my PC is just not good enough to produce a valid file with this encoder. It produces 1000 frames but all but five frames are the first frame. It produces 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene - 161 frames of the first frame - 1 frame of the next scene. Nowhere in the command does it tell the encoder to do this but that is what it does.

Hi,
What decoder are you using?

Right now it looks like LAV Video Decoder and LAV Splitter Source in MPC-HC and MPC. I was using Lentoid but it was giving same result. I can open in Virtualdub with ffmpeg or dirctshow (I used to be able to drag and drop hevc but cannot now) but it has a hiccup where the frame should be and just plays the first frame all the way through for 40 seconds. The length of the playable avi.

DivX265 plays with no problems at all.

[El Heggunte]

^ What about re-muxing with the latest MKVtoolnix

Perhaps the DivX people actually have NOT updated their modified Matroska muxer

[Gravitator]

DivX265 plays with no problems at all.

Have you tried to change the container? If lentoid give divx-hevc.mp4 it plays fine, but divx-hevc.mkv it reproduces only the key frames / similar

[DarrellS]

^ What about re-muxing with the latest MKVtoolnix

Perhaps the DivX people actually have NOT updated their modified Matroska muxer

That is what I was doing from the start. I also tried changing to mp4 and mkv in the command line with no success. This encoder uses the DivXmuxer and not the Rovi mkvmerge.

The DivX265 files that I created with Virtualdub external encoder which play are made with both Rovi mkvmerge and the updated mkvmerge from Bunkus.

[DarrellS]

OK, I've got it working but I wouldn't say it's any faster (that's how I knew it was working because it was a lot slower). I don't know how to get that information. With x265.exe, I get the info from Virtualdub.

What I did was instead of giving it 1000 frames to compress, I cut the file back down to 10 frames (which is what the original PSD file was) and set the frame rate in Virtualdub to .245. This gave me an uncompressed avi that was 41 seconds long. I used this bat file to encode the file to hevc and mux with mkvmerge...

DivXEngine.exe -i test.avi -p hevc1080 -v 5000 -q 128 -u balanced -o output.hevc & mkvmerge.exe --default-duration 0:24fps output.hevc -o test.mkv 
pause