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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ArBoyz:
I found a bug

when I click "analyze file" then I click cancel button, error ocurred, say "error: child process exited abnormally"

when I press "skip message" program runs normally

I attached log file which generated when I press "detail" and "save log"

I also attached log file from debug

hope it fix soon
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MDavisiw:
I did not read through all 113 pages but with the latest version when i push start it just states (not responding) any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mb:
Works really good converting to a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Windows 7.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qwerty12:
Does anyone have the source of either the trunk version or 1.21? sirius.aai.ee/xda/Encoder/trunk is long dead and gone by now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] muzblaze:
Thanks so much :)

Thank you very much for this.

I've been searching for ages for this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alirezatt:
hey whats this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
It'll actually be faster to stop, start with normal, than waiting for stage2 to complete :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnQ:
what is this mean? can not encode
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
There's nothing wrong with the file, checked it out myself, no odd lines. So playback is ok from this point of view.

What I find strange is that your video does not seem to be high quality, either you did a fast convertion or your source is not HD, but SD.

But again, playing back with no lines.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Your version is old. Get v1.03 and see if it fixes it.

Also, read post #2.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tomasn:
I tried this tool and it worked great on my Vista Ultimate 64.

However I first hade it placed in c:\program files (x86)\videoconverter and got an error directly when I tried to start the encoding. I then moved it to c:\videoconverter and it worked without problems. Can it be that some calls made from it are not quoted correctly and that it has problems when placed in a directory with a space in it? Maybe this is what causing trouble for some here. It is natural to place all your programs within the "program files" folder.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] poceh:
Yes, the source is not HD, it's AVI DIVX 720x544 30.00fps 2940Kbps video stream. Original quality seems to be very good, but there is a noticeable difference between 500 and 750kbit after encoding that video, that's why I've encoded it with the higher bitrate, with Normal setting. But it's strange that you didn't notice that lines... as far as know their existence they're making me look only at them :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnQ:
yeah, i just downloaded the 1.03 version and install the http://www.cccp-project.net/download.php?type=cccp

but still happen the same problem.

im using 32bit vista.

PS i want to upload the logfile, but where is the Encoder.exe -debug?

help~
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Yeah, that was an issue.

I fixed it in 1.03
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Create shortcut for Encoder.exe

Right click, select Properties.

Add -debug to the end of Target.

Run the shortcut, it will make a log.txt, upload it here.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
I've played it back once again, basically having my eyes glued to the display, can't see any lines there. But if you say they're there, they must be there.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnQ:
uploaded. check it out.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] poceh:
Maybe there's something wrong with my device and its playback. I'll try to soft-reset it and some other tweaks to see if it changes.

In the meantime I've converted another video, which is totally scrambled when played on the device (full of artifacts and colored rectangles) but on my PC plays very well. No difference if I encoded it with Normal or High quality:

http://rapidshare.com/files/179697806/Rihanna_feat_Jay_Z_-_Umbrella.mp4

Can someone try to play it on his device too?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Yeah, confirmed, that one is ugly. I bet the source is Xvid or DivX avi. Might be something with your initial decoder.

Also, be carefull with copyrighted material.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
If you open temp.avs with Windows Media Player, do you get an error?

I think yes...

Try a different file or install the codec pack in post #2.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] poceh:
Nope, the source of this video is: MPEG2 Video 1280x720 50.00fps 6000Kbps.

About the copyrights, you're right, didn't thought about it, so I've removed the files. Next time I'll upload only samples :)

The strange point is that this converted video plays well on my PC and not on the device itself. :confused:

Edit: Ha, the converted video is having the same framerate - 50fps :D Maybe that is the issue with the playback.

Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 800x452 50.00fps [Video]
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Strange, haven't checked on PC. I've encoded like more than 100 files already since the starting of the project, different sources, different standards, and I haven't seen that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
50 fps?!

That is probably the problem.

Convert it down to 25 fps.

I will make it automatically convert everything higher than 30 fps to 25 fps for next version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnQ:
yeah, i already installed the codec pack in post #2. not ok though. and i already tested 2 different 1080p files :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Try .avi file, not .wmv.

And what happens if you open "temp.avs" in Windows Media Player? Does it play?

I am almost 100% sure something is wrong with the codecs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pytagoras:
I just installed the Tune Up cab file. Do I need to run the installed program somehow, or is it already activated? Because I dont find it in the programs menu.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
No, you don't need to do anything else.

Just installing the TuneUp cab file takes care of the settings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnQ:
oh no......

can not open temp.avs file with wmp. it doesnt regonize the format.

also, i also tried the avi files. happened the same problem. wats the problem with this ? please>
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnQ:
update: i tried this file. and it's working! so any idea man?

xbox360_collection.wmv

Audio: Windows Media Audio 44100Hz stereo 160Kbps [Raw Audio 0]

Video: Windows Media Video 9 640x360 29.97fps 1900Kbps [Raw Video 1]

played frames 56

dropped 49

bitrate:1916kbit/s
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SiliconS:
I'm confused because so many people are reporting problems with playing video on their HD.

A few days ago I experimented with video playback by copying to my SD card CD-sized AVI files that I've downloaded over the years and Coreplayer seems to play them back perfectly. Wondering what advantage I might see, I've tested tyyntt's sample file played back through Album and I honestly couldn't tell a difference.

So, I wondered whether videos encoded in the way described in this thread by projection might be better compressed, smaller files, but the 2.53" sample clip posted by tyynnt is 18.2MB, which is a slightly heavier size than a 2hr film compressed into a 700MB avi file.

What are the problems that people are facing when playing back 700MB avi movies on the HD? Why do people have to go to all this trouble? Are my playback quality expectations lower? ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SingaporeAirlines:
Just finished converting a Desperate Housewives episode. File was presumably SD and shrank from 350MB to 180 ishMB.

Playback quality is awesome and unlike a straight copy to Touch HD, the file does not stutter every fifteen seconds or so.

However, in WMP, you cannot fastforward effectively (e.g.: you can just move the scroll bar thing to two thirdsa long the way and expect it to play). There is sound but the video is stuck on a random frame.

Edit: file plays poorly in CorePlayer
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnQ:
check this file i convereted. but source file specs:

xbox360_collection.wmv

Audio: Windows Media Audio 44100Hz stereo 160Kbps [Raw Audio 0]

Video: Windows Media Video 9 640x360 29.97fps 1900Kbps [Raw Video 1]

played frames 56

dropped 49

bitrate:1916kbit/s

http://www.rayfile.com/files/015fa18c-da76-11dd-93ee-0019d11a795f/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Something is wrong with your codecs. I can not diagnose the problem remotely right now.

I will get back to you, if I get an idea.

For now the best idea would be to uninstall all codec packs that you have, reboot, and install only CCCP...

The posted clip is from HD, so it's 750kbit/s. You can compress your SD clip with 400kbit/s, which will make it about 2x smaller in size.

Also, you won't have hiccups and stutters.

Can't do anything about it.

It's a limitation of the codec I guess.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] willwmj:
that is a really good video encoding...

i am using it now.

btw: when will this video encoding GUI support subtitle, like srt file?

thanks much lol:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
When someone donates something probably (200 downloads, 0 donations). I don't think everyone who downloaded it is having problems ;)

My vacation is over, and I am going to work again from tomorrow, so I won't have as much spare time.

I'll try to get it to work stable before adding more features though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnQ:
Projection:

i uninstall all the codec packs and reboot the PC. after that i re-install the cccp.

then i convert, click start, it instantly run completely. and makes a mp4 file. but 0bytes.

worse than before....

UPDATE: i re-install the pure-codec pack then it goes fine. but still some can convert, some can not. ..:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Hamudi2000:
I tried this one out and I am getting an mp4 file which I cannot playback, even on PC. The file is not of 0 byte length. What am I doing wrong? I installed everything like described in the first post.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Upload the file to mediafire and link it.

I'll take a look at it.

Please don't use rapidshare.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Hamudi2000:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=312cee6b66fe9970d2db6fb9a8902bda

thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frederikk:
Tried it :

Video looks good. But i have no audio stream.

I put the nero file in tools.

Even on my desktop, no sounds.

From mediainfo, there is no audio stream in fact in the final file.

Ciao

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidar.ostrem:
@projection

Hi again..

Reinstalled my codecs and optimized directshow filters and all my samples is looking good and in sync. I will now try a full lenght movie and i'm confident that this will work now. And as promised, if its all good, a donation is on its way :) Thanks alot!

As for the rest of you, please donate if this tool is usefull for you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] palur:
I had the same problem. I found from other forums that rename the mp4 to 3gp and you will be able to play the audio and video on the pc. I hope this helps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KukurikU:
Exactly the same here but the video looks F A N T A S T I C!:)

No sound:o

Thank you Projection for yr time and effort!

In spite of the partial success i donated 25 Euro! That's how sure of solving the problem i am! In my opinion 25 Euro well spent.:)

P.S. [1 hour later]

working but i have a question: why an 437 MB file was encoded to a 594 MB file and a 26 MB was encoded in a 32 MB? is it normal? the encoded file size > the original file size??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wolfenzi:
I just made 3 movies with handbrake. I put them into my HD... but album cant ever see it and WMP plays only sound. I was like "wtf, my WMP is broken" . But then I played some older video and it was ok. And what happened between the old videos and those 3 new ? I dont remember changing my settings... But I did install your "awesome "codec pack. So its that the reason ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adeltaY:
Nice, its working right now, im trying this on my Fuze and hoping for the best!! :D

Im disappointed, the audio was fine, but unfortunately the video was freezing up. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wolfenzi:
Yeah working for me too. At least the encoding. I hope it will also work on my HD...

If I open it in quickplayer, it says :

Error -2002: a bad public movie atom was found in the movie (southpark.mp4)

KMP player can play it.

HD can play it... but it looks like I cant choose the time I want to play... I must start from begin. If I click into half of the movie, it doesnt show video. Only audio.

edit:

wut ?

The problem is in your GUI. I can fast forward other .mp4 h264 videos...

another edit :

It is not only problem with fast forwarding... I let my southpark play few minutes and when I checked it after 8 minutes, It was lagging like hell... but not just it... I saw pictures from end of the film !!! like 40minutes later but it was 8th minute ! It was just repeating frames from allover video.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Because the initial bitrate of the input file is lower than the bitrate of your output file. Respect 400-500kbps for SD and 750kbps for HD. If your input video has lower bitrate, try matching that.

It's not because of the codec pack, it's because of the way you deleted the codecs instead of uninstalling them and now you have conflicts. Reinstall CCCP or K-Lite, they manage conflicts pretty well.

It is not likely to work on FUZE as it's got VGA screen and thse files are WVGA, so it will need more processing power and it will overload the CPU.

I'm fast forwarding with no problems both in Album and in WMP. As for the second issue, I haven't experienced any.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Your file is 17kb...

Something went wrong somewhere.

Please run with -debug option and attach the logfile.

Do not do that please.

Just open the file by hand with a player if you need to. Renaming the extension is not useful at all.

Please run with -debug option and attach log.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SingaporeAirlines:
Hmm. Tried to encode a Simpsons video.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Hamudi2000:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=312cee6b66fe9970d2db6fb9a8902bda

Here we go (log file)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
That is not the complete logfile.

Or you killed the program in the middle.

It did the first pass and 0.2% of the second pass, then the logfile cuts out.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Very odd that muxing threw an error.

Haven't noticed that before.

I'll make a new version where I try to cure a couple of causes, other than that, no idea.

Are you sure that you are not running out of diskspace or something else like that?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Hamudi2000:
Damn, my fault. I thought the prog was finished when it passed the first pass. Ok, now it is working, but I´ve got a problem with the aspect ratio. When I input a 16:9 input file, it will be shrinked to something like 3:4 and thu gets distorted. Anyway to change that?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LordDeath:
Hi,

I am currently trying this great tool. Is the High Quality Option using 2-Pass encoding?

And if I click "Exit" during the process, the encoder.exe gets closed but the started cmd.exe and its x264.exe are still working. That means it still encodes, after I closed the program.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] poga:
Same issue + playback problem after about 8 minutes...

Hi,

I'm quoting the below email as it best describes the same problem I've encountered. I encoded one of my fav TV show episode and everything completed normally.

Playback quality is superb but fast forward on HD doesn't work. Same problem as SingaporeAirlines is experiencing (see quoted email).

On top of that another problem: I left the file playing from the beginning and about 7 minutes in the video starts to "jump" to a random frame. Sound still works but the video is all messed up.

P.s: playing & fast forwarding of the encoded file works without a problem on the PC WMP.

PoGa
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Angelusz:
Ooh, I'm so going to try this!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
I've invited Sony Ericsson Xperia users to join this one since the two devices are so much the same! Please feed us back as per your results on this and state your device, Touch HD or Xperia! Good luck! Go play! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Medium Quality is already using 2pass encoding.

High Quality has some excessive options on, unless you don't care how long it takes for gaining 5-15% quality, don't use it.

I thought I fixed that... odd.

It does close them here, unless you "end process" the program or kill it from task manager.

I am currently investigating this.

It might be because I used partitioning, and if the Touch HD is only capable of decoding pure Baseline video (not Baseline Extended), then it can't handle it.

We're doing some tests, and it will be fixed in next version, if it is what I think it is.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I think the video does not have square pixels, and because the Touch HD has, it looks messed up.

Please use a video with square pixels, as there is no way for the program tell what aspect ratio your file really has if the pixels are not square.

I'll perhaps add a way to override the aspect ratio... Although, this is more a problem of the player on the Touch HD, not of the encoder.

The player must use the right aspect...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chris Cross:
Okay, here I am reporting back.

Unfortunately it is not working like I thought. I tried it again today with the same video and left my computer alone to do the converting. I had the same problem: the converted video plays fine, but after about 10 minutes the audio remains fine, but the video gets really choppy. I see about 1 frame per second or slower. This also happens on my PC - or the video even freezes. I don't know why with shorter videos (3 minutes long) it works fine, but with longer ones (45 minutes) it stops working after 10 minutes.

I tried it with a different long video - and the same thing happened.

I then used SUPER with the same settings as the Encoder Program, and it works fine.

I don't know what to tell you. I don't get any error messages or anything. I just wanted to report back FYI.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Hamudi2000:
Well the aspect ratio even looks squashed on my desktop PC using the same player as I use to watch the original file which shows up fine. I´m using Nero showtime on PC and Core player on HD with the same squashed aspect ratios on both.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dr.Sid:
I want to play videos .. not convert them .. lol.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Then you've come to the wrong place to tell this. Buy a DVD player and connect it to a TV. Blackstone/Xperia is a mobile device, not a cinematic gadget. You always have third party commercial apps as alternative, just don't think you'll be able to watch anything decent over 600x360 with those.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Upload converted file to mediafire please.

And PM me link.

Also, you can't play the video with coreplayer. Use album or wmp.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
That means only one thing.

Your codecs are messed up, and decoding fails, so bad output is encoded.

SUPER uses builtin decoders. I could do that also, but it would be a much bigger download.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vosszaa:
Finally !!! 1.03 is working for me now ^^

Been encoding Ice Age 3 trailers and some of my music video clip and i have to say;

- The picture quality is brilliant. (High quality setting with 750 kbps)

- The Sound is superb.

- Flawless, smooth, no lag, no hick up at all thru the whole clip.

i give 10/10 for this master piece.

NOTE: Donation?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rovex:
I dont think that would be a problem, broadband makes it a non issue for most. Would be best if it fixes issue for people.

The GUI seems to work ok for me, i do get a few occasions where i have no audio sometimes, usually on BR rips (MKVs) with DTS or DD tracks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Glad to hear that!

You don't really need high quality setting. It takes a whole lot longer for a 10% quality boost. You can play with the settings on a smaller file, convert medium then high and compare.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] id102921:
Hi Projection

I have followed your instructions to the letter and got some success thus far. I am having good results with the beta as far as the video goes – nice quality output, no stuttering on the Touch HD. But I’m not getting any sound. Your v1.03 throws up an error at the start of the third encoding pass, as soon as audio.bat is called.

I confirm I have placed the file neroaacenc.exe in the encoder_1.03\tools directory.

I am no techie so I can’t interpret this message:

Application has generated an exception that could not be handled. Process id=0x778 (1912). Thread id=0xde8 (3560)

(Win XP Pro 32 bit SP3)

I hope this feedback will assist in development – you are doing a great job!

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vosszaa:
I did actually, comparing Medium and High setting with both 500 and 750 kbps.

imho, the high and 750 kbps setting is da best out of the block there(even its only 10% boost) and i dont mind about processing time since i have a lot of free time anyway. LOLZ

Thx for the great app anyway.

NOTE: I remove my sig as of its useless now since we have this app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Angelusz:
And I did... I think I'm in love with you guys! Can you give us a little more information on the high/medium settings. I understand it takes x2 something, but what, conversion time, or is it 2x heavier to play?

Also, a question on the side. My WMP tends to bug out after having played one vid. It then displays a small landscape video behind the normal portrait oriented video. It also often gets slow after playing a video. What can be the cause here?

I will be donating soon, where shall I direct the "cash flow"? ;) (aka, to whom?)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sameerabedi:
Success with v1.0.3. I've successfully encoded a 1.4GB movie file, down to approx 750MB, although it did take 7hrs to complete.

Plays well, no glitches and the quality is good.

Thanks for all the help and for creating the encoder in the first place. I will be making a donation shortly.

How about for future versions adding other options: eg. subtitles, aspect ratio, CPU priority?

Thanks once again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
no, i was saying to compare medium and high with 750 kbps for both.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vosszaa:
I mean i compare all of them.

Medium 500 kbps

Medium 750 kbps

High 500 kbps

High 750 kbps <<< da best (for me)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chris Cross:
Thanks for your response.

I don't know how much bigger the download would be, but I don't think people would mind a bigger download too much - that is if it would help solve some of the codec issues. I wouldn't mind a bigger download if it meant more reliability.

You are doing an awesome job and I know these problems will slowly get cleared up. Your app is on its way to becoming a great tool - and not just for HTC users.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sameerabedi:
oh, so close!

I wanted to encode my second video and it created the mp4 file but the size was 0KB.

I include the log file below...

What to do next?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] koxx:
Hello,

I tried the first post video on my blackstone, and I still have few lags (just after the scene change for example, few frames dropped).

Is it normal ? is this video played perfectly for everybody ?

whitch ROM version are you using ?

what kind of tweaks is usefull for playback ? ("SD tune", ok, something else ?)

some points: very few applications loaded (no CPU consumed), soft reset just before playing, playing from internal memory doesn't change anything...

thank you, I know, there is no direct relationship between my questions and the encoder, but that's so strange ...

Thanks ;)