Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc: any hope of further development?

2008-12-11 Thread Stan Gammons
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 19:26 -0500, sean darcy wrote: > So does this mean we're ready for new rc ?? Bernhard put RC4 on Sourceforge this past Monday. However there is a typo in the News/Change log on the main page. It has Dec 8, 2007 instead of 2008 Stan ---

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc: any hope of further development?

2008-12-08 Thread Stan Gammons
On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 14:06 +0100, Andrew Stevens wrote: > > Thanks for the testing. Hi Andrew. Thanks for the continued development. > If I get a little time over Christmas I'll be adding > the next stage of the look-ahead / two-pass stuff. >From looking at the output of mpeg2enc, it look

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc: any hope of further development?

2008-12-07 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 14:45 +0100, Christian Ebert wrote: > > As far as I could see, no sudden spikes of quantization factor. > At least with my testing material. I retrieved the CVS yesterday an processed a couple of previous captures (raw DV, satellite source) using an ADVC-110. I "think" the

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc: any hope of further development?

2008-12-06 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 14:45 +0100, Christian Ebert wrote: > As far as I could see, no sudden spikes of quantization factor. > At least with my testing material. Ok. I'll retrieve the CVS later an try it on some 30 minute an longer material to see how it does. Thanks. Stan ---

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc: any hope of further development?

2008-12-06 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 12:53 +0100, Christian Ebert wrote: > Works like a charm! At least I will detect problems only after > the release is done ;-) > > Again thank you for fixing this. Has the quantization problem been fixed? Stan ---

Re: [Mjpeg-users] File size differs from two tools for MPEG2

2008-02-29 Thread Stan Gammons
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 14:34 -0800, Florin Andrei wrote: > You also need to install (under Wine) AviSynth and the Panasonic DV > Codec. And the SoundOut AviSynth plugin to generate AC3. > Then you can process DV AVI Type 2 files and generate m2v and ac3 files > out of them, which you can mux usin

[Mjpeg-users] Old mpeg2enc vs current CVS

2008-02-29 Thread Stan Gammons
I went back to the old version of mjpegtools, 1.9.0 Mplex displays 2006/02/01 and mpeg2enc display 1.9.0 (3.0.0 - Beta 1) I re-encoded the same 84,120 frame video and this is what mplex gave: Average Bit Rate - 6,336,000 vs 5,017,600 with the current version Peak Bit Rate - 8,912,000 vs 9,274

Re: [Mjpeg-users] File size differs from two tools for MPEG2

2008-02-28 Thread Stan Gammons
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:02 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > Basically all the old LOG_WARN, LOG_ERROR, LOG_INFO, ... defines > are no longer public. You have two choices when something like > > mjpeg_log(LOG_WARN, ...) > > is encountered. Either change it to > >

Re: [Mjpeg-users] File size differs from two tools for MPEG2

2008-02-28 Thread Stan Gammons
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 16:24 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > Probably not unless you're willing to do a little work. The logging > API has changed and there are some 'mjpeg_warn/log/...' style > statements in mpeg2enc. That's Ok with me. What do I need to change to make i

Re: [Mjpeg-users] File size differs from two tools for MPEG2

2008-02-28 Thread Stan Gammons
On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 20:57 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > Yep - that bug's still present. The frequency of huge values > was reduced but the problem still happens. When it does the picture > quality goes to almost null and the bitrate plummets - that is > probably wh

[Mjpeg-users] DVD made with latest CVS of mjpegtools

2008-02-27 Thread Stan Gammons
I made a DVD from the video I processed earlier. At times I saw distorted frames during playback. I'm not sure how to describe the distortion. It sort of looks like the pixels, especially on the edges, are all jagged or broken. I'm guessing this is caused from the quantisation running very high at

Re: [Mjpeg-users] File size differs from two tools for MPEG2

2008-02-27 Thread Stan Gammons
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:53 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > > You can get a good idea of the average bitrate like this: > > mplex -f 8 -o /dev/null input.m2v > Hi Steven, I tried this using the latest CVS of mjpegtools on a video capture from satellite TV using the ADVC

Re: [Mjpeg-users] File size differs from two tools for MPEG2

2008-02-25 Thread Stan Gammons
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 00:03 +0100, Bernhard Frühmesser wrote: > Video playback is at normal speed and the audio is in sync, the quality > "is" the same as the file compressor created (well, i don´t see a > difference) just the file size from compressor is about 416MB while the > filesize from t

Re: [Mjpeg-users] File size differs from two tools for MPEG2

2008-02-25 Thread Stan Gammons
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 23:24 +0100, Bernhard Frühmesser wrote: > I have installed a pre 1.9.0 version more than a year ago, since there i > haven´t done any update as for the things i need it it works. I "think" it was around 2/20/2007 when the bug was introduced. Any mpeg2enc code after then, an

Re: [Mjpeg-users] File size differs from two tools for MPEG2

2008-02-25 Thread Stan Gammons
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 22:06 +0100, Bernhard Frühmesser wrote: > I am sure i used the same settings on both computers but the file > created on the Mac with Compressor has about 415MB while the file > created with mpeg2enc has only 114MB so far i don´t see much quality > difference. What versio

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc

2008-02-23 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 17:31 +0100, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: > I have here a video (after about 30 where I didn't get it) where I get > the problem. mplex fails to multiplex it. Hi Bernhard, A 30 minute video? I use DVD Lab Pro to make DVDs an I haven't tried the current CVS of mjpegtools.

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc

2008-02-22 Thread Stan Gammons
On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 23:57 +0100, Christian Ebert wrote: > I tested again with dv source material and: > > $ qttoy4m test.mov | mpeg2enc -f 8 -o /dev/null > >INFO: [mpeg2enc] Pass2 5379 5379( 0) I q=62.00 RECODED >INFO: [mpeg2enc] Pass2 5380 5380( 1) P q=62.00 RECODED >INFO: [m

Re: [Mjpeg-users] old issue (stuttering) with mpeg2enc, still unsolved

2008-02-21 Thread Stan Gammons
On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 18:14 -0800, Florin Andrei wrote: > I'll make another DVD soon and then I'll know for sure. But the cause is > definitely one of the toolchain components, at this moment it's likely > mpeg2enc. I've never seen any problem like you described with mjpegtools an I've used th

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc

2008-02-21 Thread Stan Gammons
On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 10:30 +0100, Christian Ebert wrote: > * Stan Gammons on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 18:51:41 -0600 > > Is mpeg2enc still broken? > > Unfortunately, at least for me, it is. > Ok. The last CVS update I did on my video machine was around the time i

[Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc

2008-02-20 Thread Stan Gammons
Is mpeg2enc still broken? I seem to recall something being said about there being problems with large files an was wondering if it's still broken . Stan - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges.

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler 9.0, current CVS of mjpegtools and opensue 10.3

2008-01-07 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 20:29 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > Attached is an updated y4mscaler.C that will compile with the > latest mjpegtools. That fixed the problem. Thanks. Stan - This SF.net email is sp

[Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler 9.0, current CVS of mjpegtools and opensue 10.3

2008-01-06 Thread Stan Gammons
Has anyone seen this error when trying to build y4mscaler 9.0 with the current CVS of mjpegtools on Opensuse 10.3? make all g++ -DYS_VERSION_MAJOR=9 -DYS_VERSION_MINOR=0 -O2 -I/usr/local/include/mjpegtools -I/usr/local/include/mjpegtools/mpeg2enc -I/usr/local/include/mjpegtools/mplex -Wall -W

Re: [Mjpeg-users] yuvdeinterlace bug?

2007-09-14 Thread Stan Gammons
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 20:49 -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > if that doesn't work then I guess just leave the video interlaced That will work. Actually I was wondering if the over compression problem has been fixed in CVS. The older version of mjpegtools I have is from March of this year.

Re: [Mjpeg-users] yuvdeinterlace bug?

2007-09-13 Thread Stan Gammons
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 19:29 -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > You should be able to fetch the CVS version - just ignore the mpeg2enc > executable (save your old one). Better CVS instructions on how one does that? All the mjpegtools source I have is pre-broken mpeg2enc. I'm not a CVS

[Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc

2007-09-11 Thread Stan Gammons
Is the CVS version of mpeg2enc still broken? If so, is there an easy way to retrieve the current version of all the other tools MINUS mpeg2enc? If mpeg2enc is still broken, why not put an unbroken version on CVS? Stan ---

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Mixing old and new recordings

2007-03-31 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 11:51 -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/ > > Not very expensive and it runs under WINE I have DVD-Lab Pro that I use on my daughter's XP Pro machine. It is a nice DVD authoring tool. Capturing, editing and encoding is done with

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Has mp2enc changed lately?

2007-03-21 Thread Stan Gammons
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 17:26 +0100, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: > The other thing would be use a -q of 4 or 5, that also seems to solve > the problem. > I fetched a mjpegtools CVS a little while ago. I tried this mpeg2enc -f 8 -D 10 -E -10 -4 1 -2 1 -c -q 5 -o special.m2v I let it run for 10,00

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Has mp2enc changed lately?

2007-03-21 Thread Stan Gammons
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 17:26 +0100, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: > You should take a look at the RC1. I think that there you don'T have the > problem. > I use think because I haven't tested it yet. Hi Bernard, I found an older 1.9.0 CVS on another drive I have. It doesn't have the problem. > Th

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Has mp2enc changed lately?

2007-03-20 Thread Stan Gammons
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 15:12 -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > RC2 is when the problem happened - so if you have that you've got > the problem :( > Looks like both CVS versions I have are RC2. :( Guess I'll have to use a 1.8.0 tarball. > > the x86_64 bit distro for processing video

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Has mp2enc changed lately?

2007-03-20 Thread Stan Gammons
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:27 -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > Have you noticed the discussions on the mailing lists about a > nasty bug in mpeg2enc's rate control logic? > No. I've seen several messages about aspect ratio, but I haven't followed it that closely. > I think the

[Mjpeg-users] Has mp2enc changed lately?

2007-03-20 Thread Stan Gammons
Hi all, I encoded a DV capture today using the CVS version of mjpeg tools from last night. I noticed the length of the m2v file is MUCH smaller than one of a comparable run time (roughly 25 minutes) that I encoded a week or two ago. In the past the m2v files were roughly 1.3 Gigabytes. Now they ar

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Help with mjpegtools compilation problem

2006-12-22 Thread Stan Gammons
On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 08:15 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > It would seem that there is a strange interaction between SuSE 10.2 > and g++ 4.1.x Hi Steven, I have the CVS version from a couple of days ago running on SuSe 10.2 It compiles fine as it does on SuSe 10.1 32 bit OS in ea

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mjpegtools and libquicktime

2006-12-09 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 19:55 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > FC6 didn't ship with an older libquicktime that might be conflicing > some how, did it? I don't see libquicktime on the FC6 DVD. If it's called libquicktime-someversion.rpm Could be one of the "extras" I haven't looked on

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mjpegtools and libquicktime

2006-12-09 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 12:03 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > > I guess the video machine will have to be Suse 10.1 then. > > I know the build will be successful there because I did it last night ;) > Ok. What all tools in mjpegtools use lav_file_t ? Just lavtools? If lav_file_t isn't

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mjpegtools and libquicktime

2006-12-09 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 00:10 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > What does "gcc -dumpversion" say on FC6? 4.1.1 Looks like they changed/broke something in GCC then. :( I guess the video machine will have to be Suse 10.1 then. Thanks. Stan

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mjpegtools and libquicktime

2006-12-08 Thread Stan Gammons
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 20:25 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > You didn't give the mode of failure. What was the error and on which > file did it happen. That's the type of info that might be helpful > in trying to solve the problem :) Hi Steven, Here is the trailing end of w

[Mjpeg-users] mjpegtools and libquicktime

2006-12-08 Thread Stan Gammons
Hi everyone, It's been a long, long time since I've messed with any video stuff and after recently updating all the video tools, I was wondering if mjpegtools, libquicktime, smilutils and so forth are still using CVS or are they all on SVN now? The reason I wonder is I can't get mjpegtools to com

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Pinnacle MovieBox DV

2005-12-31 Thread Stan Gammons
On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 13:24 +0100, Dik Takken wrote: > Hi all, > > Has any of you ever played with the Pinnacle MovieBox DV A/D converter? It > looks like an affordable solution to convert old VHS tapes to DV. Hi, I haven't tried the Pinnacle converter. The converter I use is a Canopus ADVC-110

[Mjpeg-users] mjpegtools, qdvdauthor to make DVD

2005-10-17 Thread Stan Gammons
Hi everyone, I'm finally getting around to trying to make some DVD's from older VHS tapes. After getting a Canopus ADVC-110 and LOTS of emails to Steven Schultz, I'm getting there. Thanks a lot for all the help Steven. I'm still unsure how to make a DVD (with the menus and so forth) if I process

[Mjpeg-users] Convert file

2005-09-08 Thread Stan Gammons
Is there a way to convert a mjpeg 4:1:1 file (Matrox AVI format) to a "standard" 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 file format using mjpegtools? Other tools? Forget about it? Stan --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO Septembe

[Mjpeg-users] Matrox rainbow runner studio

2005-08-29 Thread Stan Gammons
Hi everyone, I'm new to this list, so forgive me if this topic has been beat to death before. I didn't find it by searching the archives. I have an older Matrox rainbow runner studio card. NOT a G series card. It's the Mystique 220 with the rainbow runner studio add on card. The "studio" card u