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Used it well the last few days but do you recommend a clean build? Like delete all my *.conf files for UMS?

Not really sure what all changed in the build.

thanks for all the assistance on this!

OK, great. Please go into your installation directory and open logback.xml. Near the bottom is:

<root level="DEBUG">

Please change it to:

<root level="TRACE">

And then make a new debug package. This should give me the information I need :)

Sorry about the late reply.

Hope that helps.

SubJunk wrote:It seems like it's just a VOB file/s taken from a DVD and remuxed into MKV, is that right?
Can you post the MediaInfo output for the file? (link)

1 Yes.

2: I assume that is what you needed, let me know if not.

Not sure if it is possible but it seems a toggle or something may be needed for the "fast" param for MEncoder. I'm pretty basic with code so I couldn't see if there was a way for me to toggle it with the options in the program as it stands.

fast (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and H.264 only)
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Answering my own question from the post above..

Issues arise with the:

-lavdopts fast

portion of:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "H:\Entertainment\Movies\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf ...

1st outcome:
vlcsnap-2012-11-05-14h30m59s11.png

- Video has artifacts
- Audio is synced
- Subs display properly

2nd outcome:

vlcsnap-2012-11-05-14h35m19s53.png

- Video has artifacts
- Audio is synced
- Subs display properly


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Ultimately it seems the thing that provided the best ...

In reply to the jitter, it was me being stupid and not seeing the "keyframe" variable set to 5 from when I had it at 1.

Readjusted there isn't an issue.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "H:\Entertainment\Movies\Shrek.mkv" -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format ...

Interesting, looks like a MEncoder bug.

Can you try this one?

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc ...

The only reason I can see for blocky output would be that your TV isn't upscaling it; if you have an HD TV then this source video (which is only 720x480) may not have enough pixels to look good on the TV.
If you want to test the quality of the file being sent to the TV, you can open CMD, go to a ...

Didn't want to sound all needy coming to the forums and whining.

Love your work with the PMS build, the new UI looks fantastic and from the looks didn't sacrifice any functionality for looks.

Nice to see you taking such a hands on approach but I hope you don't get burnt out on it!