yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Thank you, every bit is appreciated :)

If you know all the settings, to make your video play perfectly, then feel free to use them.

The iPhone profile probably downsizes the video to 480x320. Also, it's max bitrate is level 1.5mbit/s, which in the case of Touch HD proved to be too much. So scenes with a lot of motion will lag.

Other than that, feel free to use any other application. But stop wasting room in this topic. If you wish to improve this application, then post the logfile instead of complaining.

Remembering input and output folders is not hard. However, it involves polluting the registry.

If that's ok, I guess I can add it.

Regarding cropping - mplayer has a nice algorithm called cropdetect.

However, the problem is, that I have to make a separate screen for every video file in the list and that will take some effort... If you use Album, then it should scale it properly, unless it is letterboxed horizontally as well...

Regarding normalization - sorry, I forgot to add it for this version.

First of all, lay off on the "???".

Have patience, you can see that it is planned for the future.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pzucchel:
Hi Projection,

compliments: i have test converted dozens of different files successfully, seeing also improvements in the various versions you made. I still have three files which don't convert, it is probably due to the original "buggy" files but i thought it could be valuable to you to have the information anyway, for possible improvements and recoveries. This logfile is produced by the most recent version 1.13

I fully agree on your strategy and on the need of this program: I had tried many hours with all possible converters, and i was never able to reach satisfactory results since the phase space for tweaking is simply too large, and dependent on another large number of input files parameters and settings: it is not easy at all to optimize mpeg encoding...

So, please ignore the "know it all" comments and keep going, let them the use other converters that "do it better"...i personally feel that they didn't actually try it...

...and I will definitely contribute whenever the tool will be stabilized.

BTW, on the attached logfile the most astonishing compression performances i had ever seen on my life....since 99.9% of the file is the same line being repeated: 26 Mb going to 16.4 Kb!!!

this is by 7z, otherwise the zip file would have been 110 Kb!

:eek::eek:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jonajuna:
okies, so i used this app to encode an 700mb divx video and watched it last night :)

other than the touchHD occasionally stopping for no apparent reason, the quality was smooth and great, better than my standard def 20 inch LCD in my bedroom

ok i had to have the screen a lot closer! but hey, perfectly good enough to watch on a train, at work or while driving.................

ok the last one was a joke!!

thanks guy, great app :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Hehe, the compression is expected, since it repeats the same lines many times.

I looked at the log, and it seems like your file is damaged.

Or at least, mplayer is not able to decode it.

There is nothing I can do in this case really, as it's not up to my program.

If you go to www.mplayerhq.hu, they ask you to send them non-working videos.

You can give them your video file and hope they do something about it.

Then in the future it is possible to replace the mencoder.exe file in the tools folder with a new version.

I am glad it works for you!

The reason it might stop, is because you have stuff running in the background. Mail checks or other applications.

If you turn that off, it plays perfectly smooth as long as you want.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jandre:
I always see my videos in full screen. It means that in a video at 700x300, I really only see 500x300. There's 200x300 that ocupes size and bitrate in the file.

I propose only a check box that say if i want to crop to 1.666 resolution, or perhaps others (16/9,4/3,5/3,2/1). I don't think you need a separate screen for every video file.

Greetings
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I see what you mean, but you got it the wrong way around I think.

The album player always makes sure the horizontal width is used, so it crops vertically.

So a video of 500x500 (X by Y) becomes 500x300.

Now the problem is, that some videos are letterboxed horizontally. So in those 500 pixels width, there are 50-100 pixels of black. And that way the video loses more height than neccessary.

I think this horizontal excess width should be cropdetected and autocropped, then the video should be cropped by the aspect ratio that can be calculated from the target resolution.

What do you think?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eXodusN:
projection,

you add a normalization in the next version?

a video cutting of a resolution?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
You are asking that for the 3rd time now.

Normalization, yes.

Cropping, a bit later.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jandre:
You put an exceptional example (500x500). Normally videos come at 2.34:1. I would wish videos at 5:3, cropping the left and right sides. i don't think autocrop is the solution.

In the last version, p.e. if you have a video at 900x385 (2.34:1) and if you put at maximum 800x480, it becomes at 800x342. I don't like to lose this 43 pixels hight of quality. I prefer 800x385 or 642x385 (ratio 5:3).

Another solution would be, that next to the maximum size, a radio button to decide if you prefer rescaling, or croping. In the prev example, 900x385 would become at 800x385.

But it's your program, you decide.

Regards.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
But if you crop the way you suggest, you lose horizontal resolution...

Not only lose, but you cut off the sides of the video, so you lose data completely.

I guess it is possible to scale by height only and crop the sides, if they are too large. But as I said, that way you will lose data from the sides.

Am I missing something? Or is it just your preference?

P.S. Thinking about it... the other way around (if you let album stretch it, when the aspect is below 5:3, it crops the height...).

I guess it's possible to make a cropping algoritm, like so:

1) check aspect.

2) if aspect > 5:3, then scale by height, compute width from original AR, crop excess width

3) if aspect < 5:3, then scale by width, compute height from original AR, crop excess height

Is this what you want?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] edge540T:
I have a bug encoding, the window says that have a log.txt file to report but i can not found it, someone know exactly the name of the log file? may be divx2pass.log? but have 12mb amount :confused: I can upload if it helps...

thanx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Read 2nd post please.

Run with -debug command line option, try encoding again, and it will generate "log.txt".
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] golightlygl:
Sorry if I'm being thick here, Projection: is DVD-S a particular format or do you mean the plural of a single DVD.

If the latter, I am not encoding the DVD directly - rather ripped files. Is that not what you meant when you had talked about progressive/interlaced. Please try and bear with the ignorant amongst us, we were drawn to your thread which seemed to promise simple video encoding for the un-enlightened. Perhaps you can enlighten us some more?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] edge540T:
Sorry, done, at end of the steep 4/4 says muxing failed

I have vistax86, and others videos works fine..

Hope it helps, regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Thank you for logfile.

I don't know what goes wrong. It seems that mp4box has a problem, but it doesn't show any error.

Have you tried to encode that video twice? Maybe something went wrong with your system?

Because looking at the timestamps, it looks like mp4box was working for a long time before it failed. (Bad sector on HDD?)

I mean the plural - should have been DVD's.

You can encode ripped files, no problem. Ripped files have been deinterlaced in 99.9% of cases.

You can now probably also encode original DVD-s (but I don't recommend it, because A/V sync might be off).

Either way - you are not doing anything wrong. Just add files and click the "Start" button. Shouldn't be anything else to do :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] edge540T:
I try the first time directly dvd reader, and two times coping the files on hd....y had encoded other long video directly by dvd reader and works.

Seems strange, but do not worry too much, seems today coreplayer wants play the original file without freezes :) Qtvdisplay and high quality, yesterday didn't wanted play right :confused:

Many thanks for your work
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I made a new version.

The two most important additions are Audio Normalization and that the program remembers (in Encoder.ini) the last input and output paths that were used.

If you like what has been accomplished so far and wish for me to continue development, please donate. Every little donation helps.

As it stands now, unless bad bugs creep up, it will be the last version for a bit.

Why?

Firstly, the stats are not very motivating:

Downloads: 5411

Traffic: 31.6 GB

Donations: 9

Secondly, the amount of feedback has diminished very heavily, although the pace of downloads has stayed about the same.

This means, that most people are now happy with the program.

Thirdly, this has taken a lot of my personal time. Perhaps more than I'd like to. I can use it very well to convert almost any video I need for my own Blackstone and there is not a lot of support anymore, so it does not make a lot of sense to develop it much further.

There are still some valid points to tackle, such as subtitles and cropping, so if some more activity (or donations) come up, I will try to implement them, otherwise I'll be concentrating on fixing bugs for now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wolfenzi:
Hi projection.

I´m now using this converter

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=469778

in advantage of yours, it can make videos for WMP (pad options), it can probably handle more inputs and it supports all known subtitles (you can also change font, size and many other things).

I would like to know if your converter is anyhow better than this one. I liked how previous version had 2pass option, but now it doesnt, so is there anything your converter can do and "my" cant ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Ok, fine, there are 934058049580493 other programs, that can do that. So?

Doubt it, it uses FFMPEG, so do I.

Also, it is illegal, and I hope they get sued, because it embeds FFMpeg, does not give any credit to it, is commercial, closed-source and does not bundle GPL. Same thing with SUPER btw.

It also looks like ****.

And?

Dude, please stop wasting my time.

All encoding is done 2pass, since forever.

You just don't understand. My objective is and was to make a simple one-click tool, which is in compliance with GPL. Not make a megabloat GUI with 493580493580943 options that no one needs. If you like it the other way around, and if you know all the settings perfectly, then go ahead, use ANY other of the 349058905809543 other programs, that do the same thing. I don't force you to use mine, do I?

This is the last post of you that I answer. I will also report any other spam/advertising post you post in my thread.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jonajuna:
Hi Projection, have now grabbed the new version and sent you a drink via paypal :)

thanks for creating this easy to use, good quality output and FREELY given software.

ignore the ignorant shytes that either slag you or dont even say thanks, you know, like many of us know, you are good at what you are doing. rise above their negativity, mostly that attitude comes from jealousy.

sorry to hear that you feel the loss of the inclination to develop this further, but i understand why you would feel that way. i hope the attitude of others dont stop you from doing work on other things. i wish i shared your talents and then i could cook something up to give back, however i dont, so i can only make use of the work you and others create and say thank you

thank you!

:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Thank you jonajuna!

All of us have different talents. I develop software for a living, thus it is not too hard to code a tool like this, it just takes time.

And don't worry, I have coded quite a few "for free" tools in my time, so I know my way around :)

Your attitude is very much appreciated, and it's that attitude, which although rare, is a reason why it is still pleasant to help people.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hmillhouse:
Hey projection, just wanted to say big thanks for the converter. Output looks pretty good on the HD & its solved a big headache of which commercial encoder to choose etc!

Only thing holding me back is because I've got an Nvidia 8800 gfx card & would love some fast CUDA encoding.. I guess that would be a dream ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Once x264 supports CUDA, adding CUDA encoding to the GUI will be a drag and drop replacement of mencoder.exe

So, it is just a question of "when", not "if".
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wordsmith9091:
I'm about to test out the new VGA resolution on my fuze ...

You know what would be a nice optional feature though? Autocropping videos to the aspect ratio of the selected resolution. So if I were to take a widescreen dvd or TV show and select VGA, there would be an option to lop off the sides and output a 4:3 video.

... unless this already does this and I missed it skimming through ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Such cropping is planned for the future, but not yet implemented.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jandre:
Exactly, This is I want, but only if I choose this option in the checkbox.

I'm converting videos since 4 years ago, and there isn't any program who makes it with the 5:3 ratio.

If you make it, your program would be perfect for me.

Regards.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I will try.

But the weekend is almost over (vacation from work also), and during the week I am pretty busy.

So I can't promise it will be made until next weekend. But perhaps I will be able to surprise you :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jandre:
Take your time, no problem. I'm glad that you take in consideration my suggests.

Thank you for showing me that HD is a great machine for playing videos.

Regards.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tomasn:
Thank you for excellent work with this converter. I tried it out on a couple of videos and it worked perfect.

I donated 15 euros to show my appreciation for your work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Thank you very much!

The problems, which you wrote about earlier in the thread should be OK with the newest version.

If you have any issues, feel free to PM me :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Oms:
OMG!

I've got to say that I'm very impressed... (although fast forwarding isn't great on WM player). I can watch a movie, or a missed episode of CSI if I ever want to.

Awesome for when I'm out in the wilderness and can't get to sleep.

I used to carry my Orbit II (for navgation) as well as my NDS Lite (for entertainment). I suppose just the one device will do it all now. :) Spare batteries/memory aren't exactly heavy or bulky - I'll buy a couple, and then I'm all sorted.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Try album.

Should be better than WMP.

I am glad you like it :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Added sample video to first post.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
I can tell you what I needed to do on my Vista x86 before starting to work with projection on this:

- uninstall all codec packs

- reboot

- clean registry

- reboot

- install CCCP and avisynth

- reboot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 2unique:
i'm on windows vista 32 bit with service pack 1 installed.

i downloaded the HD encoder and nero.

i then downloaded avisynth.

i made a new folder called New GUI

extracted the HD encoder to this folder which created an exe file and a tools folder

extracted nero to the New GUI folder which made a linux and win32 folder

copied neroaacenc from win32 to tools

ran avisynth, restarted

ran encoder and it worked.

i then uninstalled handbrake, super and replay converter

it stopped working

i reinstalled replay converter (free download) which installs a lot of codecs and the HD encoder worked again.

that's everything i did, no uninstalling of any codec packs of which i have quite a few (i watch a lot of anime :P )

hope this helps
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
I think those who voted "No way!" or "Not just yet..." in the poll haven't even seen a HD video sample. Not fair at all!

Anyway, check out the sample added to post #1.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
Yeah, you can switch SD Cards. It tweaks the system not the cards.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vosszaa:
First, thx for answering my questions, im not at home right now so imma give it a go again when im back and i just watch the sample trailer(with VLC on PC) that tnyynt upload, the quality is great, hope it will do fine on my HD(no hickup and lag, finger crossed >_<).

Meh, i feel like i wanna go home now lolz.

NOTE: I use Vita Ultimate 64bit and if i remember correctly it comes with "Vista Codec Pack" as when u install the OS. Do i have to remove that as well?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] darkheroz:
?

encoder ok, but what about subtitles ? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vosszaa:
I did what u explain but still no go for me. Damnit!

I have only Divx Codec Bundle on my pc before and i uninstall it then restart.

Install CCCodec Pack then restart.

I copy NeroAacEnc.exe from folder "win32" to folder "tools".

Then i install Avisynth which again, restart.

Open up encoder and try to convert and it still got problem ask me for the right codec. T_T

The only thing i didnt do is clean up registry bcuz one obvious reason is i dont wanna mess with it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
It might be an issue with the x64 OS you run.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vosszaa:
Sigh, *shouting* is there any Vista Ultimate 64bit user here!?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3118355&postcount=6 :(

Let's see what projection can say about this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wolfenzi:
Thats not problem of vista 64bit. My 32bit xp has same problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tnyynt:
You need to have all codecs uninstalled (to avoid conflicts), restart, install CCCP (other codec packs may work but both projection and myself are using CCCP without problems), install avisynth, install nero aac (follow the instructions as per puttin the file in tools folder), restart, and you should be ok.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wolfenzi:
I didnt uninstall my codecs, I deleted them, they didnt have uninstall option... anyway, I will wait for version which is more user friendly (no deleting my codecs which I was happy with) and which can burn in .srt subtitles- because now it cant do anything more than HandBrake.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] poceh:
For me the solution worked flawlessly from the first time! I must say the result is perfect and I'm happy to see a solution like this.

My system is installed with Vista Ultimate 32 bit and I have also K-Lite Codec Pack installed. Nothing has been changed, even I didn't restart my computer.

I have some notices to the author of the program. Unfortunately it didn't worked for me when I'm trying to encode MPG and VOB files for example. It jumps immediately to phase 3/3 and gives me the following error (maybe because of empty video file):

can't read "::total": no such variable
can't read "::total": no such variable
while executing
"expr round(${len}.0/$::total*100)"
(procedure "encaudio" line 9)
invoked from within
"encaudio [expr [.options.bitrate.a get]*1024] $file"
(procedure "convert" line 32)
invoked from within
"convert"
invoked from within
".buttons.start invoke "
invoked from within
".buttons.start instate {pressed !disabled} { .buttons.start state !pressed; .buttons.start invoke } "
(command bound to event)

Do you know why I can't encode files with different container than AVI?

Also, on some files, I'm getting audio desync, even when the input file is a normal one like all other ones I'm encoding without problems (xdiv + mp3 in avi containter).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
Good luck playing anything back on your computer, that relies on DirectShow.

Deleting the files is what broke your system. You need to cleanup the registry now...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
I will doublecheck, perhaps I need to adjust the avisynth settings for mpg and/or VOB files.

That is odd. You shouldn't...

Please upload a short sample where you get audio desync.

I mean the source file, not the converted file.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vosszaa:
According to this statement and Poceh, who also has K-lite codec pack installed, that means the chance of the codec u have previously and the CCCodec will get messed up is quite low.

hmm.. really? Im confused now @_@
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rovex:
Nope no good. Ive even installed a fresh Vista 64 on a spare hard drive and tried it. Still no go.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] poceh:
I think I found why it's happening the audio desync. When trying to cut a video sample from the video clip, I got the following notice in virtualDub during the opening of file:

[!] AVI: Variable bitrate (VBR) audio detected. VBR audio in AVI is
non-standard and you may encounter sync errors up to 6971ms when
attempting to extract WAV files or playing in some players. If this is a
problem, use Full Processing mode is recommended to decompress or
recompress the audio. (This warning can be disabled in Options,
Preferences, AVI. bitrate: 165.4 ± 34.3 kbps)

The same desync I'm getting when I try to encode WMV file.

If you need, I can try to upload a sample from that file?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jonajuna:
how much memory do you need? the THD will run 16Gb SDHC right now, thats about 25 movies if converted with this tool from divx files plus plenty of room for all the ppc games you could find! lol

battery is an issue agreed though!

(sorry to derail the thread... as you were :P )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] taunouibo:
Hi projection!

I have been away for a while and really appreciate how much time and effort you put to develop this little program. I love the new feature to use custom resolutions and bitrates - because sometimes the source video has lower resolution (or blurry image - like old movies for example) and upscaling this is not a good idea, so I get smoother playback.

One cosmetic change wish - what if there was an ability to drag and drop the source file directly to the Input files area? Yes - I'm lazy enough and with small applications (like yours) I'm used to use drag'n'drop a lot instead of Add (btw - MediaInfo has this feature).

Ma arvan, et sa oled selle lubatud kasti õlut juba kuhjaga välja teeninud - kuidas sa sooviksid selle kätte saada (mul paraku puudub PayPal'i konto)?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] projection:
The program doesn't ever upscale. That's why it's called "maximum resolution".

It only downscales if needed.

It's in the future feature list.

I did some research, but due to the programming language I am using, it is a lot harder than it should be. I'll see about it in the future.

Kas Tartusse satud?

Kui jah - siis tulen autoga järele :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] taunouibo:
Yes, it's true, but IMO it's pointless to encode old TV-shows from 80-ties (or whatever VHS material) at full resolution. Never mind - there is now the feature to use custom resolution, so I'm happy :)

Äkki isegi mingi aeg satun, kuigi selle kuu jooksul ei saa vist hästi lubada - aga kui kannatab oodata, annan märku kui sinna kanti juhtun.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fotoingo:
Sound still lagging

Hey.

Everytime I try to convert an avi file the sound has a lag of like 2 seconds.

I attached the log file. Maybe you can find a fix.... :)

I use the latest version of your tool !

Greets !