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H.264 codec VFW or DirectSHow?

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Hi, please be patient: I'm a cat :shock:

I wonder a thing, besides the X264VFW does exist others VFW or DF h264 encoders? thanks

Help please, convert EAC3 to AC3

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Hiya guys, I have never had issue with my Denon AVRX2200W playing different formats, but run into a movie with Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3) and whilst it's playing the audio, there's no center speaker. Not sure if my amp doesn't support it, but how can I convert EAC3 to AC3? I was hoping it was something Avidemux or something could do? I don't want to change quality or anything, just convert. Step by step would be amazing.

pixel aspect ratio mkv.

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How do i change the pixel aspect ratio of an mkv file without re-encoding? I used the wrong -sar in megui.

Audio from Cassettes Audacity Issue

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Hi everyone,

I am trying to use the audio ports only of the Diamond VC500 that I own with Audacity. I have captured hundreds of tapes using that and AmarecTV. The issue that I am having is trying to capture audio only with Audacity. I select the same audio capture device as I do with AmarecTV, but when I record, Audacity seems to find nothing. Now, if I open AmarecTV and start recording, I can capture just the audio with a blue screen of video and split it from there. I think that is too much work, but will do so if I have to. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for capturing audio.

Free Software To Covert .dav (From DVR) to .mp4 ???

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Can anyone recommend a free software to convert .dav files (from a DVR) to .mp4 so that they can be emailed or placed on a cloud server for people to view?

Download from VK.com

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I give up.
ChrisPC free doesn't work.
No Opera/Firefox/Chrome plugin so far has worked.

What else can I try? :confused:

Vhs to mkv file capturing totmc

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I have an totmc EZ-Cap, to go from VHS TO muh file, but I have a problem with the sound match the spoken words? It seems to be a few seconds off. Is this a software issue or an EZCap issue? How do I solve it? What type of capture device would you recommend? John:cool::(

Free(?) software to replace YouTube's "Enhancements"?

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First they withdrew the Annotations so that you can't add a note to an uploaded video any more, now they're telling me that Enhancements (except the Trimmer) will be withdrawn from 08 August.

I record/edit/upload videos of live wildlife cams, very variable quality, and I use Enhancements - especially Fill Light, Contrast and Saturation - quite a lot to make my videos clearer. Fill Light is really valuable to me because it works differently than lighten or brighten, somehow, allowing 'things' to show thru without washing out.

I'm OK for cutting and joining software (I use Freemake 99% of the time, it's brilliant for extracting from very long clips, even tho it's been deliberately broken since V4), and if necessary I have Tipard for cropping, plus WindowsMovieMaker for captioning.

Tipard has 'improving' features but it distorts the font in timelines, so I can't use it.

To use VLC for improving the picture I'd have to re-record the finished clips, that's no good, would take too long, I need to be ready for the next thing PDQ ;)

Is there anything I can use just for improving aspects of picture quality?

Xmedia Recode, need advice on settings

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I am trying out XMedia Recode 3.4.3.6 by taking a short 15 second/342 frame video and converting it. To begin with, I'm just replicating the encoder settings in the original video to familiarize myself with where the same settings are in Recode. I've found that I can set almost all the same settings in Recode and it has more settings than recorded in the original video.

However, using these settings takes over 20 minutes to reencode the original 342 frame video. And my PC is an Intel i7-4790K 4GHz with 32GB RAM. So, I am posting here to ask for suggestions on what settings I can dial down (and to what value) to improve rendering speed without compromising image quality.


Here are the current settings, [] bracketed ones are in Recode but not the original video.

General:
Codec=HEVC / H.265
[Frame rate=keep original]
rc=crf
crf=14.0
profile=Main 10
Level=4.1 High
Preset=Medium
Tune=Disabled
open-gop
keyint=500
[min. GOP size=0]
interlace=0
[Threads=0]

B-frame:
bframes=8
b-adapt=2 (Full)
[use b-frames as references]
weightb (weighted b-prediction?)
bframe-bias=0

Deblocking:
deblock=-2:-2
no-sao
no-sao-non-deblock

Rate Control:
vbv-bufsize=40000
vbv-maxrate=35000
[vbv-init=0.9]
crf-min=0.0
crf-max=32.0
ipratio=1.40
pbratio=1.30
qpmin=0
qpmax=32
qpstep=4
qcomp=0.60
cbqpoffs=0
crqpoffs=0
[q blur=0.5]
[blur complexity=20] (would both blur settings to 0 help? I don't think I need blurring.)
aq-mode=3 (enabled, auto-variance, bias to dark scenes)
aq-strength=1.00
[QP size=64]
cutree
no-lossless
[no-aq-motion]
[no-strict-cbr]
[no-rc-grain]
[const-vbv]

Motion estimation:
merange=44
me=3 (star)
subme=7 (HPEL 2/8, QPEL 2/8, HPEL SATD enabled)
max-merge=5 (In the last two tests, this changed to 2 even though it still says 5 on Recode's input box.)
temporal-mvp
weightp (enable weighted prediction in P slices?)
[enable weighted prediction in B slices]
[no-analyze-src-pics]

Analysis:
rd=6
ctu=32
min-cu-size=8
max-tu-size=32
limit-refs=0
rdoq-level=0
tu-intra-depth=1
tu-inter-depth=1
[limit-tu=0]
[dynamic-rd=0.00]
no-limit-modes
no-amp
no-rect
[no-b-intra]
no-cu-lossless
no-early-skip
no-fast-intra
no-tskip-fast
rd-refine
no-tskip
[no-ssim-rd]
rskip

Performance:
wpp
[pmode]
[pme]

Slice decision:
scenecut=40
[bias for scenecut detection=5]
rc-lookahead=70
lookahead-slices=6
[lookahead threads=0]
ref=5
[ctu-info=0]
no-intra-refresh

Spatial/Intra:
no-strong-intra-smoothing
no-constrained-intra

Bitstream:
[annexb]
[no-repeat-headers]
[no-aud]
[no-hrd]
[info]
no-temporal-layers
[hash=0]

can't set in Recode, different:
psy-rd=2.00 (Original: 1.2)
min-keyint=23 (Original: 1)

can't set, same:
b-pyramid
rdpenalty=0
psy-rdoq=0.00
signhide
qg-size=32

Ultimately, I would like to be able to reencode several videos from different sources to the same settings and join them together without compromising image quality. If there's a better program than Recode to do that, please let me know. I would prefer to be able to enter the settings in a UI than writing a script.

how can add logo image to MeGUI with custom parameters

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hi everyone

i need add a logo to MeGUI with custom resize, position, transparent and time to visible and invisible.

thats my script:

Code:

LoadPlugin("C:\MeGUI-2808-32\tools\lsmash\LSMASHSource.dll")
LWLibavVideoSource("C:\Video.mkv")
#deinterlace
crop(0, 162, 0, -162)
Lanczos4Resize(1920,752) # Lanczos4 (Sharp)
#denoise

clip=last
logo=ImageSource("C:\11.png", pixel_type="RGB32")
Overlay(clip,logo,mask=logo.ShowAlpha(),x=0,y=680)

i can load and change position but cant resize, transparent and custom time to visible and invisible

AviSynth "avisource couldn't locate a decompressor"

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I recently found a reddit post of a guy doing some incredible work restoring old 8mm family movies. Last year I converted about 80 of my dad's old movies to mp4 using a Wolverine movie digitizer. I was pleased with the results, but after seeing the conversions this guy on reddit was getting as well as others that I've since found I'm thinking I can probably do a lot better. While I've never used AviSynth directly I've been aware of what it does for years. One of the guys doing really nice conversions has a website here: http://www.super-8.be/s8_Eindex.htm where he says his AviSynth script is on doom9. Unfortunately their forums seem to be down. In the meantime I thought I'd play around with AviSynth just to make sure I could get it to work. Using the AviSynth getting started wiki I tried some simple things on an existing movie on my computer:
Code:

AviSource("I:\test.avi")
ReduceBy2

I can't even get past the first line though without an error:

Code:

AviSource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc xvid
I also tried it on one of my mp4's converted to .avi and got the same error, but for h264 codec.

It's been a LONG time since the days where I've had to install codecs individually or by package, but does this mean I need to install specific codecs? I installed what I thought was the divx codec from divx.com last night, but it didn't change anything. I still get the error.

How do I fix this?

Not converting Interlaced footage to Progressive if viewing on BD player?

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After months of research and a bunch of tests with various equipment to get the best possible capture from laserdiscs I’m baffled at the prospect of leaving the footage Interlaced if viewing on a BD player-only vs. uploading online. 99% of the forums say to deinterlace and IVTC. Yet only a few say to let the player do the deinterlacing.

I’m capturing at 480i YUV 10-bit 4:2:2 uncompressed. DVD recorder (passthrough) for 3D comb filter. YADIF for deinterlacing. Upscaling to 720p 23.97fps. So far good results but a few projects have more combing/ghosting on faster moving objects than others. I know with Interlaced footage it will never be as good as if the 3:2 pulldown was never applied. And I know QTGMC is a better method for deinterlacing than YADIF.

Questions:
1) Can a BD player deinterlace better than QTGMC?
-I would think a computer program would be better than a piece of hardware. I originally bought a video processor for the 3D filter, which is also capable of real-time IVTC & upscaling but learned that a program would do a better job with both.

2) If the player does the deinterlacing, what about IVTC? If leaving the footage Interlaced which is 29.97fps, what if the original source is 24fps?
-For the discs with footage shot on video at 29.97 I’m sure it’s not a problem.

3) Little confusing why Progressive 23.97fps isn’t actually 24fps? A movie shot on film at 24fps should equal Progressive video 24fps since there are no fields involved?


Thanks to usually_quiet for convincing me capture at the native frame rate & resolution of 480i/29.97. And to use a dvd-recorder for the 3D comb filter instead of a video processor. That was a hard pill to swallow as the Lumagen 2144’s comb filter is absolutely perfect. But the lowest output rez is 480p and the only interlace option is 1080. Not to mention the overscan issues the 2144 has with analog the inputs.
Also thanks to Cornucopia, JV Raines, jagabo

Newbie trying to burn either DVD or BD-R disc with HD-Writer 5.4

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I am trying to burn to disc(s) either DVD's or BD-R, approximately some 41.7GB of recorded content. I thought I could use (2) BD-R discs and I am hitting a road block with my new software.
Camdorder: Panasonic HC-WXF991 (4-K capable)
Software: HD Writer 5.4 [latest version 5.04]
Computer: Dell XPS desktop, with Windows 10
Possible Burner: ASUS Ext. 16x BluRay burner; or the internal DVD burner in the Dell desktop
BluRay player: LG-BP-350
Samsung Plasma TV (1080p capable)

Recording format was: MP4/iFrame. Recording mode was: 1080MP4/50m. (I used these settings because the TV is only 1080p capable and to reduce the file size. Card in the camcorder is 128 GB and it was my 1st time shooting such a large project.) Camera can record in 4-K, but not used in this project.

I can bring the scenes up on my work board using the internal DVD burner and software tells me I need 9 discs (DVD+R 4.7GB) and it looked like I could proceed. However, I had intended to burn the content on the BD-R discs and use just 2 discs. I formatted the BD-R disc, tried to use the HD settings, AVCHD. I can't bring the scenes/frames up on the work board, using the HD settings on the software, and I can not proceed in the BluRay mode. (Process is stopped.) I could try larger content DVD's if I have to, but it seems logical to use BD-R discs along with the LG bluray player. Being a HD camcorder newbie, I am stumped on how or which way to go now, trying to preserve this content. Any suggestions would be appreciated. (TIA)

VHS video noise

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Hello,
Being for the hunt of the perfect capturing VHS tape recorder I recently purchased a Panasonic NV-HS860. Visually it is as new. I opened the case and there was no trace of dust at all anywhere! I have no doubt it is of very little use. Now I started the comparison tests. I compared the playback to a Samsung multimedia monitor Composite and S-Video inputs involving the HS 860 and my trusty reference VHS LG LV-880 HiFi decks. I compared different tapes but my most attention was at a test tape with Colour bars and test patterns. This showed up that my new Panasonic has evidently more noise, but slightly more details. Then I performed a capture test using the same tape with test patterns involving HS860, LG LV880 and Canopus ADVC55. The results were exactly the same.
The same story I had a year ago when I purchased a Blaupunkt RTW-950. But this machine being a clone of Panasonic NV-FS200 is known for it's unpredictable performance due to bad capacitors. HS860 is nearly 10 years newer and does not have this problem. So I am again in a situation where I have my second S-VHS machine outperformed by my VHS LG. And strangely enough in all tests the Composite Output had less noise than the S-Video Out, either on playback on monitor or capture to avi.
To my mind video noise may called by different causes and do have different looks. So I have attached 2 avi files from my capture test. Maybe someone of you folks can tell what can cause the kind of noise seen in the HS-860 capture. The settings for this capture was: TBC- On, 3D DNR- Off. With 3D DNR On the noise amount was about the same on both machines, but with different looks.
Maybe someone has the service manual for HS-860 or can tell how to search for the Head spin hour counter?
Attached Files

Pictures in videos look blurry in YT with 480p

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Hi,

so whenever I put pictures in my videos, when I watch them in Youtube, with 1080p they look perfect, but with 480p, they look always blurry and with bad quality.

I save the pictures in .png because I need them to be transparent.

The pictures size is always small, like 200 kb. i dont know why, even though I draw them in 4000 pixels size,

the pictures are drawings that I draw in PS. Is it because of that, because its drawings?

its not just pictures, its Fonts as well.

Do you have any solutions how I can make the pics look fine with good quality when watching the Vids in 480p?

Can someone have LINK2.EXE ? thanks

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Hi,

I'm looking for the videotools.net link2.exe possibly the 1.002 version, can someone have it? thanks

Free Software To Covert .dav (From DVR) to .mp4 ???

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Can anyone recommend a free software to convert .dav files (from a DVR) to .mp4 so that they can be emailed or placed on a cloud server for people to view?

Free(?) software to replace YouTube's "Enhancements"?

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First they withdrew the Annotations so that you can't add a note to an uploaded video any more, now they're telling me that Enhancements (except the Trimmer) will be withdrawn from 08 August.

I record/edit/upload videos of live wildlife cams, very variable quality, and I use Enhancements - especially Fill Light, Contrast and Saturation - quite a lot to make my videos clearer. Fill Light is really valuable to me because it works differently than lighten or brighten, somehow, allowing 'things' to show thru without washing out.

I'm OK for cutting and joining software (I use Freemake 99% of the time, it's brilliant for extracting from very long clips, even tho it's been deliberately broken since V4), and if necessary I have Tipard for cropping, plus WindowsMovieMaker for captioning.

Tipard has 'improving' features but it distorts the font in timelines, so I can't use it.

To use VLC for improving the picture I'd have to re-record the finished clips, that's no good, would take too long, I need to be ready for the next thing PDQ ;)

Is there anything I can use just for improving aspects of picture quality?

Free Software To Covert .dav (From DVR) to .mp4 ???

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Can anyone recommend a free software to convert .dav files (from a DVR) to .mp4 so that they can be emailed or placed on a cloud server for people to view?

Free(?) software to replace YouTube's "Enhancements"?

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First they withdrew the Annotations so that you can't add a note to an uploaded video any more, now they're telling me that Enhancements (except the Trimmer) will be withdrawn from 08 August.

I record/edit/upload videos of live wildlife cams, very variable quality, and I use Enhancements - especially Fill Light, Contrast and Saturation - quite a lot to make my videos clearer. Fill Light is really valuable to me because it works differently than lighten or brighten, somehow, allowing 'things' to show thru without washing out.

I'm OK for cutting and joining software (I use Freemake 99% of the time, it's brilliant for extracting from very long clips, even tho it's been deliberately broken since V4), and if necessary I have Tipard for cropping, plus WindowsMovieMaker for captioning.

Tipard has 'improving' features but it distorts the font in timelines, so I can't use it.

To use VLC for improving the picture I'd have to re-record the finished clips, that's no good, would take too long, I need to be ready for the next thing PDQ ;)

Is there anything I can use just for improving aspects of picture quality?
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