Anri-chan 3.3 (June 5, 2011)

2009-04-29 06:12:08 pm

In cmd.exe type "echo %path%" without the quotes, and post the result here. It should contain the path to system32.

Mine is: C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\

Poesta

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Poesta: 2009-04-29 06:28:01 pm

2009-04-29 06:17:11 pm

Yarr

PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\

Edit: Using the desktop shortcut I was able to select an option but it stopped there. When I tried again I couldn't even get into the menu. I did a virus scan, it picked up some things and deleted/quarantined them and then I did a reboot and now it seems like the catalyst driver stopped working. Huh?

So now the video is incredibly laggy, I'm going to reinstall the video driver first.

ballofsnow

2009-04-29 06:29:32 pm

Reinstall Windows? lol.

Beats me.. Huh?

Poesta

2009-04-29 06:44:58 pm

Yarr

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. The installer is unresponsive. Angry

nate

2009-04-29 06:58:59 pm

might check that your cpu fan or other fans are not dead.

Poesta

2009-04-29 07:08:40 pm

Yarr

K, I got my 1680x1050 again. Anri works, at least beta 3 which I used by accident. Something completely different: do I only have to encode in MQ for the verifiers? I send Mike a pm about this but he doesn't seem to read them; meanwhile he has logged in several times. I'll check the fans later, it's 3 am out here. *yawn*

nate

2009-04-29 07:11:24 pm

he's probably a couple weeks behind in pms. definitely use beta 4 as it's been so long i have no idea what changed between them and it could be critical. i always use just mq for verification.

Poesta

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Poesta: 2009-04-30 08:30:10 am

2009-04-30 05:09:28 am

Yarr

My cpu core stays at 39ºC and the gpu core at 43ºC, so the fans are ok. More problems though; anri-chan (beta 4) was processing some files but no files were appearing, not on my desktop, not in the anri-chan directory.

Edit: Ok it turns out the 'core' as SpeedFan calls it isn't the cpu because when anri-chan starts encoding 'Temp1' goes up from 40ºC to 60ºC (!) and it drops again when he's done. So everything works now except that anri appended all of the segments together which isn't what I'm aiming for since they are individual levels. Guess I'll have to do them one by one. Oh, and because the 'start a new project' option also lets you resume current projects, maybe it should say 'start a new project or resume an existing project'.

Edit: So I took out my heatsink + fan and vacuumed them and the average temperature is a little lower now. Also, I opened up a window. Grin

Anyway, anri has some trouble encoding 3 segments that are appended together. He can handle some but not all 2-segment videos. Here is a log file for a 3-segment file (which isn't created) and here's another one.

My cpu core stays at 39ºC and the gpu core at 43ºC, so the fans are ok. More problems though; anri-chan (beta 4) was processing some files but no files were appearing, not on my desktop, not in the anri-chan directory.

Edit: Ok it turns out the 'core' as SpeedFan calls it isn't the cpu because when anri-chan starts encoding 'Temp1' goes up from 40ºC to 60ºC (!) and it drops again when he's done. So everything works now except that anri appended all of the segments together which isn't what I'm aiming for since they are individual levels. Guess I'll have to do them one by one. Oh, and because the 'start a new project' option also lets you resume current projects, maybe it should say 'start a new project or resume an existing project'.

Edit: So I took out my heatsink + fan and vacuumed them and the average temperature is a little lower now. Also, I opened up a window. ;D Anyway, anri has some trouble encoding 3 segments that are appended together. He can handle some but not all 2-segment videos. [url=http://pastebin.com/d2659dbfb]Here[/url] is a log file for a 3-segment file (which isn't created) and [url=http://pastebin.com/d58608cd2]here[/url]'s another one.

ballofsnow

2009-04-30 10:29:22 am

Quote from nate:

definitely use beta 4 as it's been so long i have no idea what changed between them and it could be critical. i always use just mq for verification.

Version changes are on the first post. B4 was more of a fix patch than new features patch, so definitely use B4.

nate

2009-04-30 11:06:22 am

i don't see anything immediately wrong (other than the weird ,90.txt stuff) ... what happens if you open e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Gebruiker\Bureaublad\15_1108\15_1108.avs in vdub?

Poesta

2009-04-30 06:20:16 pm

Yarr

The numbers of the txt files change every time; I got 35.txt, 51.txt... One of the 3-segment vids encoded successfully after 3 times. The other one goes wrong at either the first pass or the second pass - that differs too. The strange thing is, when I open it in vdub I get the same error message anri gives (the decompressor couldn't produce YUY2 or RGB output, it points to the line where the third segment is appended in the avs script) but if I open it again without closing vdub I can see the video just fine.

Here is a screenshot of what happens when it fails after the first pass, this is what happens when it goes wrong after the second pass.

Could the size of the source videos have anything to do with it? Combined they are 3 GB, with the last one being 1,7 GB. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the segments; I can open them all with vdub, they're all the same resolution, they've all been made by Fraps.

The numbers of the txt files change every time; I got 35.txt, 51.txt... One of the 3-segment vids encoded successfully after 3 times. The other one goes wrong at either the first pass or the second pass - that differs too. The strange thing is, when I open it in vdub I get the same error message anri gives (the decompressor couldn't produce YUY2 or RGB output, it points to the line where the third segment is appended in the avs script) but if I open it again without closing vdub I can see the video just fine.

[url=http://i44.tinypic.com/212svnc.png]Here[/url] is a screenshot of what happens when it fails after the first pass, [url=http://i41.tinypic.com/2rnx9j7.png]this[/url] is what happens when it goes wrong after the second pass.

Could the size of the source videos have anything to do with it? Combined they are 3 GB, with the last one being 1,7 GB. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the segments; I can open them all with vdub, they're all the same resolution, they've all been made by Fraps.

nate

2009-04-30 11:37:05 pm

sounds like you've been bitten by a fraps bug. they really don't know how to write a codec. try saving them first as lagarith or some other lossless codec and then with anri.

Poesta

2009-05-01 05:39:54 am

Yarr

That works, although I still get the .txt messages. Thanks.

Poesta

2009-05-04 06:44:45 am

Yarr

Could Anri-chan have a normalize volume function? My system's master volume is set really low because my headphone is quite sensitive, so all of my vids have quite a low volume. Or could I make a script in avisynth to do this for all of my segments?

nate

2009-05-04 10:22:56 am

just add

Code:

normalize

on a line by itself to the .avs files anri generates. should probably be the last line in the script. if you want to, you can also add it to a common function in c:\program files\anrichan_3b4\nate.avs so you don't have to change the generated .avs files every time.

you should realize, though, that this function has been known to the kill the audio completely at a random time through the encoded video. so you should always check that there is audio in the output - all the way to the end. this is why it doesn't come with anri.

Poesta

2009-05-04 01:57:36 pm

Yarr

I don't think I use any of the functions in nate.avs. I'll just add it to the scripts. Thanks!

AjAX

2009-05-04 10:59:21 pm

Quote from nate:

sounds like you've been bitten by a fraps bug. they really don't know how to write a codec.

Actually you could try mentionning it in their site section in suggestion about what they could do or something,
everytime I don't like something I write to them and I get a really fast response, max 36hours.
I told them once about Tomb Raider 2-3 being broken and some older games, and in the next update things got fix.
Ok, I probably ain't the only one who asked about better support but still, they seems to listen to people.

A tech guy like you could probably change thing since you have LOTS of experience about codec or whatever
and they probably will think twice if you write to them Wink

nate

2009-05-07 09:43:52 am

actually i know very little about writing video codecs unfortunately. i understand the basic stuff but not on windows which i'm sure is what the problem is. you are quite correct though that they probably are unaware of the problem and that people should be reporting it with test case video uploaded. however as said i am in a poor position to do that.

Bananamatic

Edit history:

Bananamatic: 2009-05-29 02:07:47 pm

2009-05-29 12:05:27 pm

LQ and MQ encode no problem, but it refuses to encode HQ.

Settings:
Dvd source: No
Format: D1 F2 3D
Not from VHS, interlaced, top field first.

What the error says:
avis [error]: unsupported input format <DIB >
x264 [error]: could not open input file 'ys1hq_HQ.avs'

AVI: Opening file "C:\Program Files\anrichan3_beta4\ys1hq_HQ.avs"
Avisynth open failure:
Script error: Invalid arguments to function "AssumeTFF"
<path to file, line 1>

Error: could not open WAV file
Unknown input file type
Can't find <path>.stats, temp.wav and audio.mp4

Can't find file, then it throws out a bunch of files.

LQ and MQ worked and encoded perfectly, just HQ seems to be a little stuck.

EDIT: Tried a different file recorded a few days ago, reinstalled anri-chan, yet it is still the same. LQ and MQ encode, HQ displays that error.

nate

2009-05-29 03:06:35 pm

hmm ... you got hq to encode before right? what did you change? can you upload a sample of the source file for me to try my luck on?

Bananamatic

2009-05-29 03:58:47 pm

I've switched from YUY2 to RGB, but even the file recorded with YUY2 before didn't work.
Recorded a new one and still didn't work....I'll try again then possibly upload the raw file.

Bananamatic

2009-05-29 05:23:43 pm

http://files.filefront.com/ds004avi/;13824781;/fileinfo.html
Okay, here is the file.

nate

2009-05-29 06:45:08 pm

that file looks ok ... can you upload the logs from the failed project encodes as well as that ys1hq_HQ.avs?

one thing i noticed from what you pasted earlier was that the path to it was "C:\Program Files\anrichan3_beta4\ys1hq_HQ.avs" ... that's pretty weird ... usually the .avs files are created in the project directory. not sure what's going on there.

Bananamatic

2009-05-30 07:35:29 pm

http://files.filefront.com/log+194808/;13830112;/fileinfo.html

Is this the file you want? I'm not too good with this kind of stuff xD

Tried deleting the entire anri folder and reinstalling completely, still the same stuff.

nate

2009-05-31 04:11:36 pm

oops ... it looks like you have extended latin characters in the path to your desktop (ü, ß etc). that would probably explain why it made the project folder the anri folder. this is just a guess, but you might try doing this:

Quote from ballofsnow:

Navigate to the anri-chan directory in C:\Program files\ and look for a file called ini.bat. Open this in notepad and modify the value for project_parentdir, in your case D:

ini.bat looks like this.

change project_parentdir to c:\ or something that doesn't have any extended latin characters in the path (e.g. ä etc). then see if making a project encoding hq works.

btw anri 4 (the next version) won't have this problem. i apologize for the inconvenience.