I've been using megui for some time now. But recent updates have me scratching my head. Most of the video's I've encoded lately sputter and lock up. Most of the files are put onto a portable hard drive for me to plug straight in to the bd player,wdtv box or laptop when I go on trips.. if I re-encode the same files with another program such as bdrebuilder (which doesn't add subtitles that I've been able to figure out) or handbrake (which burns all subs into the mp4) they play fine..So I can't for the life of me figure whats wrong with megui..// I've went as far as reinstalling older versions of ffds, and avisynth and older versions of megui,,,But nothing is working...Any idea's would be appreciated
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I am sure that MeGUI is able to create compliant results just as well. Provided you configured it correctly. Means, you will have to configure the x264 encoder to be compatible with a specific playback device, and you may even have to configure the multiplexer accordingly (e.g. MP4 containers may need to contain special flags that specific mobile players will accept them).
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The MeGUI encodes stutter no matter what you play them with, even the laptop?
You'll probably have to be fairly specific when it comes to the encoder settings you're using and the output format etc. Maybe post the log file for an encode that won't play properly, and use MediaInfo to post all the details of a file that doesn't play, and also do the same for an older one that does. It might help to discover what's changed.
I had a look in MeGUI's updates folder (located "C:\Program Files\MeGUI\update_cache" on my PC), and it appears MP4Box was updated about a month ago. The latest file is "mp4box-0.5.2_rev376.7z". If you're also using that version and your output tends to be MP4, that'd be somewhere to start investigating. You could probably roll back the files in the "MeGUI\tools\mp4box" folder to the older versions to see what happens. Open Options/Update first though, and have a look to see if you're using that version of MP4Box. If you're not and you're still using an older one (probably mp4box 0.5.1 rev4929)..... or you tend to output MKV rather than MP4..... well there goes that idea.... -
I looked at the media info file and see nothing different except for the avc level..But I've always used the "auto guess" function...Here are the 3 files...I also tried to "roll back" to previous version of ,p4 box, but got a "no previous version" message
Ex-Machina--Doesn't play...
General
Complete name : F:\Ex-machina-2muxed.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.15 GiB
Duration : 1h 48mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 518 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-27 07:46:49
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-27 07:46:49
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 48mn
Bit rate : 1 255 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 31.6 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.057
Stream size : 972 MiB (83%)
Writing library : x264 core 146 r2538 121396c
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-27 07:46:49
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-27 07:47:12
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 1h 48mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 270 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -3s 337ms
Stream size : 198 MiB (17%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-27 07:47:09
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-27 07:47:12
Text
ID : 3
Format : mp4s
Codec ID : E0
Duration : 1h 40mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 080 bps
Maximum bit rate : 64.0 Kbps
Delay relative to video : -3s 337ms
Stream size : 2.94 MiB (0%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-27 07:47:12
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-27 07:47:12
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Krull..Which does
General
Complete name : F:\Move\Move To HD\Krull.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 2.88 GiB
Duration : 2h 0mn
Overall bit rate : 3 409 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-19 18:26:56
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-19 18:26:56
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2h 0mn
Bit rate : 3 022 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 13.2 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.137
Stream size : 2.55 GiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 146 r2538 121396c
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=78125 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-19 18:26:56
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-19 18:28:30
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 2h 0mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 406 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -3s 337ms
Stream size : 332 MiB (11%)
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-19 18:28:02
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-19 18:28:30
Menu
Heres another at the 4.1 level that doesn't work....
General
Complete name : F:\Move\Move To HD\What We Do In The Shadows.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.65 GiB
Duration : 1h 25mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 747 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-24 02:08:40
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-24 02:08:40
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 25mn
Bit rate : 2 481 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 16.8 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.112
Stream size : 1.49 GiB (90%)
Writing library : x264 core 146 r2538 121396c
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=78125 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-24 02:08:40
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-24 02:09:26
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 1h 25mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 157 MiB (9%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-24 02:09:14
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-24 02:09:26
Text
ID : 3
Format : mp4s
Codec ID : E0
Duration : 1h 25mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 7 264 bps
Maximum bit rate : 58.5 Kbps
Stream size : 4.45 MiB (0%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-07-24 02:09:25
Tagged date : UTC 2015-07-24 02:09:26
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Appreciate the help.... -
I didn't know MeGUI could roll tools back to older versions. How did you try to do it? Maybe I'm missing the obvious.
To "roll back" I do it manually by navigating to the folder where a particular tool resides, removing the "backup" extension from the older files, after deleting the current versions of those files (or moving them to a different location etc). For example "mp4box.exe" would be moved/deleted and "mp4box.exe.backup" would be renamed as "mp4box.exe". Do you have backup versions of the files in the MeGUI\tools\mp4box folder?
I can't see anything obviously wrong with your files, but if it was me, my first trouble shooting step would be to remux the files to see if they play, probably as MKV rather than MP4 as MKVMergeGUI makes MKV much easier to work with.
Try opening a problem MP4 with MKVMergeGUI. It was called mmg.exe and could be found in the MeGUI\tools\mkvmerge folder, and it still might be, but a new GUI for MKVMerge was released a while ago and I don't think the exe that runs it is called mmg.exe any more, but it's probably got a similar name (I don't know as I'm still using an older version of MKVToolNix with the old MKVMergeGUI/mmg.exe. You can also use MeGUI's muxer, but MKVMergeGUI is easier. Open one of the problem MP4s with it, click on the button to start muxing and when it's done give the MKV it creates a test drive. The players you mentioned in your opening post should play MKVs, with maybe the exception of the Bluray player, but if it'll play MP4s it's very likely it'll play MKVs too. -
No-I don't have any back up versions I can find..I just right clicked the file and click restore to earlier version....didn't find anything...Oh well, I'm at my wits end..I've deleted, reinstalled, deleted again....Just can't get it to work. Wondering if maybe some other software I installed some time ago is affecting it. I can't even get makemkv to load and do anything...Maybe it's a system thing...Appreciate the help...But I think I'll let it go for a while. I'm not much in to movies as much as I used to be and was just trying to rebuild my nas...
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