[Solved] Issue with MEncoder

[SubJunk]

OK so we have narrowed it down. Let's try these ones:

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=4 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:threads=4:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_maxrate=274000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -font C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_maxrate=274000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -font C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

Edit: Make sure you got the latest ones since I edited this post

[GuardianX]

1st outcome:

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

2nd outcome:

vlcsnap-2012-11-05-14h35m19s53.png (857.66 KiB) Viewed 12630 times

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


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Ultimately it seems the thing that provided the best results was:

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "H:\Entertainment\Movies\Shrek.mkv" -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:keyint=5:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_maxrate=54000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

Which had differences of:

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-msglevel statusline=2

-lavdopts debug=0:threads=8

-lavcopts :threads=8:vrc_maxrate=274000

-spuaa 3 

-lavdopts fast

-font C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig

from what I was running originally:

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=8 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:threads=8:keyint=5:vqscale=1:vqmin=1:vrc_maxrate=274000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -font C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

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EDIT:
** can I toss the params wherever I want? Or do some need to fall after others? If I can I'll start messing with it a bit on my own and see if I can isolate something that seems to react poorly.

[SubJunk]

Next ones to try:

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_buf_size=1835 -font C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_buf_size=1835 -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_buf_size=1835 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_buf_size=1835 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "C:\Users\GuardianX\Videos\Dvd backups\NEEDS RENAMED\Shrek.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac copy -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_buf_size=1835 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

[GuardianX]

Answering my own question from the post above..

Issues arise with the:

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-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_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=8 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:threads=8:keyint=5:vqscale=1:vqmin=1:vrc_maxrate=274000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -font C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

Placement doesn't seem to matter. I moved the param to:

"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_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=8:fast -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:threads=8:keyint=5:vqscale=1:vqmin=1:vrc_maxrate=274000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -font C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

and had the same issue of blockyness where everything else is fine.

Removing the "fast" param and using:

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"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_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=8 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:threads=8:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=1:vrc_maxrate=274000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -font C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -fontconfig -spuaa 3 -sid 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -mc 0 -noskip -o file.mpeg

Gives me this output file quality.

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[GuardianX]

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)
Enable optimizations which do not comply to the specifi‐
cation and might potentially cause problems, like sim‐
pler dequantization, simpler motion compensation, assum‐
ing use of the default quantization matrix, assuming YUV
4:2:0 and skipping a few checks to detect damaged bit‐
streams.

the code that I could find that passes the param:

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		if (configuration.getMencoderMT() && !avisynth && !dvd && !(media.getCodecV() != null && (media.getCodecV().equals("mpeg2video")))) {
			cmdList.add("-lavdopts");
			cmdList.add("fast");
		}

The way I read it (We are about to go full retard, buckle up! He's "reading" code!!!)..

-Checks to see if it is using MEncoder

-Not avisynth

-Not a DVD

-Doesn't NOT have a codec (?)

-The codec it HAS == (?)

Is there a setting that I don't see that I could use to toggle the "fast" param off?

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https://github.com/UniversalMediaServer ... L2089-2092

[SubJunk]

The video codec detection in UMS isn't working for that file, because UMS has some code that says "if the video is mpeg2video then don't add lavdopts fast", and your video is mpeg2video.

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)

[GuardianX]

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:

Shrek.xml

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

[SubJunk]

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

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<root level="DEBUG">

Please change it to:

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<root level="TRACE">

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

[GuardianX]

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

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<root level="DEBUG">

Please change it to:

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<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]

Great, I think I've fixed the issue now. The (hopefully) fixed version is here.