Originally posted by Hard:

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I'm having a weird problem. I am attempting to re-encode using your blu-ray profile Ryu. I get as far to the calculate the bit rate part in MeGUI. I put in the proper bit rate for the video and click Apply. I am then asked the following question - "Copy Calculated Bit Rate Into Video Settings?". I then select yes, and when I go back to the bit rate calculator, what I have entered is gone and it's back to the File Size button being checked and doesn't show my bit rate I told to save at all. I tried clicking no and yes when it asks to copy into the video settings and neither works. I tried encoding and of course it didn't create the proper file size for the video. I am completely lost as to why MeGUI refuses to keep the bit rate I tell it to for an encode. Can anyone please help?

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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Originally posted by Hard:

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I'm having a weird problem. I am attempting to re-encode using your blu-ray profile Ryu. I get as far to the calculate the bit rate part in MeGUI. I put in the proper bit rate for the video and click Apply. I am then asked the following question - "Copy Calculated Bit Rate Into Video Settings?". I then select yes, and when I go back to the bit rate calculator, what I have entered is gone and it's back to the File Size button being checked and doesn't show my bit rate I told to save at all. I tried clicking no and yes when it asks to copy into the video settings and neither works. I tried encoding and of course it didn't create the proper file size for the video. I am completely lost as to why MeGUI refuses to keep the bit rate I tell it to for an encode. Can anyone please help?

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I am not completely clear on what you mean... MeGUI will not store the bitrate in the "bitrate calculator", instead it will transfer the bitrate to the profile currently selected. If this fails, simply copy and past the bitrate to the encoder profile manually.


When encoding, are you allowing sufficient overheads for the Blu-ray output?

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Originally posted by Hard:

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I see where you mention not to update the x264 as alot of them will not be compatible with your profiles.

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Originally posted by Hard:

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I am allowing sufficient overheads for the Blu-ray output, as I've successfully encoded videos to proper output size in the past. This was just weird as it's never happened before, normally when I tell it to output a certain video size, it does. I've restarted an encode after reinstalling meGUI with the original files you provided so I'm hoping it works fine using that. Does using the old x264 file you provided with your pack matter? I mean do the newer releases provide any better quality or anything important? I just ask because I like to have all the proper files when doing things to make sure everything comes out as it should. Thank you very much for the help.

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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I didn't actually write that guide. I would certainly never recommend such a thing. I must have overlooked that part of the guide when I was proof reading it. I always recommend running the latest versions of any software.

As mentioned earlier, I didn't actually put that kit together. Str8Pryd did as a thank you to all the help he got from this thread. Come to think of it, I don't see him around here that often anymore. New versions of software are released for a reason, they either remove bugs, add extra options, and/or improve performance (speed or quality) etc.

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Originally posted by Hard:

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Hmmm, I wasn't aware of that, I thought it was important to follow the guide to the letter. I did download the newest X264 release and put it in the tools folder where the old X264 was. But when I did that and tried to encode, it gave me a error saying it couldn't open the x264 encoder. I did a fresh install using the files from the pack and using the old X264 encoder, it allowed me to encode again. Is there a specific X264 release that you know for sure works with your profiles? Because when I tried the newest one, it was a no go. My only solution was just to go back to what I know works and in my case it was simply using the X264 file that came with the guide/pack.

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Originally posted by lionelb:

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Hi Guys

I want to start using MeGUI instead of TMPGEnc Express 4.0 - just to see if it's any better/quicker. I have got the latest version and created an avs script, my video source is a demuxed M2TS file (264) and audio source is ac3. I have two questions if you don't mind:

1. When trying to load the bitrate calculator the program errors and gives this message:

2. My only available output formats are MP4, MKV and RAWAVC. How can I get WMV9 as an option as well?

As far as I'm aware this is the only format the Xbox 360 will play for high def media, someone correct me if I'm wrong!

Thanks for any help you can give :-)

Cheers

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Originally posted by NexGen76:

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Problem:I just ripped King Kong BD the problem im having is with the audio i use TS Muxer for HD MASTER audio to DTS.But the DTS file is 2GB & I don't want use that audio because i going to have everything on DVD-9.I used eac3to convert DTS to ac3 but its asking me to use delay cut to clean the audio files.How do i get the AC3 audio ?

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Originally posted by dj33:

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Hey guys, very informative thread and thanks to all you guys have put in the research to this conversion process. I am interested in seeing how to set up a one click profile in Megui which uses one of Ryu77's avchd profiles but using constant quality. I have followed the guide and was extremely happy with the result but I am unsure how to set up one-click encoding for the same results. If anyone can help me out I would greatly appreciate it.

And just for information, I try to encode in mkv at 720p for my home media center. I am not worried about file size and mainly focus on a quality final product. I am just hoping to be able to automate my conversion a little and still get the same results as I did using the step by step method and Ryu77's profile.

Thanks

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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Originally posted by Hard:

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Hmmm, I wasn't aware of that, I thought it was important to follow the guide to the letter. I did download the newest X264 release and put it in the tools folder where the old X264 was. But when I did that and tried to encode, it gave me a error saying it couldn't open the x264 encoder. I did a fresh install using the files from the pack and using the old X264 encoder, it allowed me to encode again. Is there a specific X264 release that you know for sure works with your profiles? Because when I tried the newest one, it was a no go. My only solution was just to go back to what I know works and in my case it was simply using the X264 file that came with the guide/pack.

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Which drive do you run MeGUI from? I keep all my applications on my D:\ drive. I can upload the latest MeGUI with all the latest encoder builds included if you like?

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Originally posted by Hard:

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I run MeGUI and all of my programs from the C: drive. That would be wonderful, that way I know the x264 encoder and everything else included would work, as currently it seems when I try to update the x264 encoder tool, it gives me a x264 couldn't be opened error when starting an encode. I would really appreciate that if you could upload it, just let me know where to grab it.

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Originally posted by odin24:

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@ Ryu77,

Is re-encoding a 1080i source to 1080p advisable? I have never come across this situation so I'm not sure what the results will produce. Believe it or not, Se7en is being released tomorrow (in Canada only) by Alliance, the source is 1080i.

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Originally posted by odin24:

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1080i60/1.001 according to eac3to. Interlaced, top field first.

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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Originally posted by odin24:

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1080i60/1.001 according to eac3to. Interlaced, top field first.

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Are you able to simply remove pulldown flags and restore it to 24fps?

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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Originally posted by Hard:

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I run MeGUI and all of my programs from the C: drive. That would be wonderful, that way I know the x264 encoder and everything else included would work, as currently it seems when I try to update the x264 encoder tool, it gives me a x264 couldn't be opened error when starting an encode. I would really appreciate that if you could upload it, just let me know where to grab it.

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Here is a link for you. I have pre-configured everything to work directly from your C:\ drive. Please extract this directly to your C:\ drive not your program files folder, I am referring to the root directory.

From here on in, if you select "Update" under the "Options" drop down menu, MeGUI will automatically scan all your encoders and plug-ins and update them as new versions are released. You can also do this via CTRL + U.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/izzjwmwmymx/MeGUI.zip

Edit: I've also added this to the first post on this thread (where all the other application download links are). I will try to find time to keep it as updated as possible but don't forget that MeGUI has an automated update function.

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Originally posted by dj33:

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Ok guys I'm trying to figure this stuff out. I opened the avs script creator, loaded the movie m2ts from my bluray, select crop and auto crop, select resize to 1280 with suggest resolution checked then save.

In megui I select my output folder, then select the ryu77 avchd high quality profile then I configure it to use constant quality instead of two pass with a CQ of 18. I then choose rawavc, enqueue, and then start.

When encoding is finished i end up with only a 1gb .264 video file. What am i doing wrong? Am is missing a step or using a wrong setting perhaps?

Thanks

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Originally posted by odin24:

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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Originally posted by odin24:

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1080i60/1.001 according to eac3to. Interlaced, top field first.

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Are you able to simply remove pulldown flags and restore it to 24fps?

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There are no pulldown flags. It's 29.97fps, 1080i.

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