MP plugin for Video Transcoding (2 Viewers)

[GSteele]

Thanks Fabrice.

TVE3 support will be great.

I hope you have a nice Holiday.

Thanks again,

Greg

 

[pierremenard]

Dear Fabrice,
In 2 pass encoding, where is the logfile put by default? Yesterday I had to stop the 2nd pass conversion and I would like to have kept the first pass log. I searched almost everywhere!

F.

 

[fabriceD06]

Dear Fabrice,
In 2 pass encoding, where is the logfile put by default? Yesterday I had to stop the 2nd pass conversion and I would like to have kept the first pass log. I searched almost everywhere!

F.

Normally where the binary is located (transcode\ffmpeg or transcode\mencoder)
but it is open issue , i can put a first pass log in the same location of output video file will be generated ,what do you think ?
Fabrice

 

[pierremenard]

Normally where the binary is located (transcode\ffmpeg or transcode\mencoder)
but it is open issue , i can put a first pass log in the same location of output video file will be generated ,what do you think ?
Fabrice

I hope it will be ok. But I'm pretty sure that log file was NOT in the transcode\ffmpeg. It was the second directory where I looked for.

[test undergoing]

As I said, there is no log in the binary directory (just tried). I have this doubt, could it be a bug? I noticed no quality difference between 2 pass enconding and 1 pass enconding (as if the second pass does not find any log).

F.

 

[fabriceD06]

As I said, there is no log in the binary directory (just tried). I have this doubt, could it be a bug? I noticed no quality difference between 2 pass enconding and 1 pass enconding (as if the second pass does not find any log).

F.

Can set the log level to debug , launch an encoding in 2pass mode and please post the log file

thanks
Fabrice

 

[pierremenard]

Can set the log level to debug , launch an encoding in 2pass mode and please post the log file

thanks
Fabrice

Done

This is the log

Take a look also at the line

2007-04-25 18.38.50.093750 [Debug][MPMain]: [MediaTranscoder.debug]  Power scheduler ask next earliest wakeup time, it proposes 25/04/2007 18.38.50  and MT need 25/04/2007 8.00.00

It seems something wrong the date (I assume MT is MediaTranscoder). I think it should be "and MT need 26/04/2007 8.00.00". This is why, I think, scheduled jobs starts immediatly.


Thank you very much!

F.

 

[fabriceD06]

This is the log

the 2 pass mode works correctly

ffmpeg.exe -i "D:\Film\La vita in diretta.mpg" -aspect 4:3 -vcodec xvid -vtag XVID -s 720x576 -b 1792k -r 25 -async 1 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -bug autodetect -acodec ac3 -ab 192 "D:\Film\La vita in diretta.[Transcoded with profile Alta qualità].avi" -pass 1

then

ffmpeg.exe -i "D:\Film\La vita in diretta.mpg" -aspect 4:3 -vcodec xvid -vtag XVID -s 720x576 -b 1792k -r 25 -async 1 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -bug autodetect -acodec ac3 -ab 192 "D:\Film\La vita in diretta.[Transcoded with profile Alta qualità].avi" -pass 2

now i think i can force the path of first pass log file with a parameter. ??

It seems something wrong the date (I assume MT is MediaTranscoder). I think it should be "and MT need 26/04/2007 8.00.00". This is why, I think, scheduled jobs starts immediatly.

you are right i will fix this bug

 

[pierremenard]

the 2 pass mode works correctly

Ok, but the log file is not visible. I'll try with -passlog switch.

Morever, if it's not a mess, could you please make the quantizer selectable?

F.

 

[fabriceD06]

the 2 pass mode works correctly

Ok, but the log file is not visible. I'll try with -passlog switch.

Morever, if it's not a mess, could you please make the quantizer selectable?

F.

i will try it

 

[seven5]

heya, I'm new to mediaportal and am having fun playing with all the great options. So far this plugin looks great, but i just had a few questions.

1. I see there is an option to autodetect aspect, but then you have to manually select the resolution (size). Is there a way to autodetect size too? I did a test on a wide screened video, but it set it to 640x480. What i'd LIKE is a way for it to transcode widescreen shows and keep the right sizes. IE, if its 640x384, it converts it to 320x192. Keeping the correct aspect.

2. Is there a way to define the output directory rather than just using the source video's directory? I'd like to put all the transcoded videos in one directory.

3. Integration with MP-tvseries plugin would be fantastic. I would be using the transcode plugin almost exclusivly for iPod transcoding for my tv shows. For now, I can't access any of them because they're all in the mp-tvseries database.


Thanks for the hard work fabrice!