Problem when using Anri-chan

2013-03-13 07:35:33 pm

I just downloaded Anri-chan 3.3 to submit a quality test. However, I get this error whenever I try to encode a file from my capture device's software. I'm using an HD PVR and the bundled ArcSoft Showbiz and outputting .m2ts files.

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honorableJay

2013-03-13 07:43:21 pm

The Dork Knight himself.

Try copying the video to a folder in your main C: drive, something like C:\Aqua and see if it can find the video.

Adamtimothy0

2013-03-13 08:05:17 pm

I tried this location - C:\Aqua\KHBBSAqua.m2ts - but it still gave the same error.

bos

2013-03-13 08:08:11 pm

Probably has aac audio. Anri doesn't support it. Sorry. Maybe Showbiz has a way to export as AVI; try that.

Adamtimothy0

2013-03-13 09:32:44 pm

Hm, that might be it then. Showbiz natrually saves files in MP4, m2ts or ts, all with the aac audio. I've only tried m2ts and ts and they both gave the same error.

Mystery

2013-03-14 05:06:34 am

I'm curious if yua can handle it. If you want to be a little guinea pig, you might try yua: https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/yua_alpha_3.html
Perhaps it might work better with your capture device, unless you find a way to export to avi.

Adamtimothy0

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2013-03-14 09:01:29 am

Yua seems to have difficulties with the files as well. When I try using either of the .m2ts or .ts files, the video is either just black or gray with small "bursts" of actual video.

Arcsoft does have the ability to encode the files to .avi format. I used this for my original .m2ts file that I used and tried to use this file with Anri and Yua. Anri gave me another error (different from the one in my first post). Yua is currently encoding it - I'll give feedback on its result when I get out of class.

Edit: Yua was able to encode the .avi file without any issues. It seems this may be how I have to encode my files then (Showbiz encode m2ts to avi, then Yua). I'm also adding a link to the original .m2ts file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/33bkdmq9k4mag7j/KHBBSAquaTest.M2TS

nate

2013-03-14 11:54:22 pm

i also have some .m2ts files ffmpeg (aka yua) can't decode correctly ... wish i knew what is going on there.

Heidrage

2013-03-15 10:19:32 am

Willing to teach you the impossible

I had this issue before. Go back in time a bit a get anri 3.2. It was able to encode with no issues. Might work for you too.

ballofsnow

2013-03-15 10:41:05 am

Quote from Heidrage:

I had this issue before. Go back in time a bit a get anri 3.2. It was able to encode with no issues. Might work for you too.

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3.2.... is so... old, released in June 13, 2010. Even 3.3 is old and decrepit now. Can't wait until Yua becomes solid.

Heidrage

2013-03-15 10:45:13 am

Willing to teach you the impossible

Ya i still use 3.2 as i believe in not fixing something that is not broken.

Adamtimothy0

2013-03-15 11:22:31 am

I'm on my laptop at the moment (I won't have access to my desktop until late tonight) but I downloaded Anri 3.2 on here and am still having issues with both the m2ts and avi version of the file. I'm inclined to believe it's what bos said earlier about the aac audio since that's the only audio format that my capture device outputs.

Heidrage

2013-03-15 01:18:53 pm

Willing to teach you the impossible

Weird. I use aac audio with recording 720p stuff. No issues...

Adamtimothy0

2013-03-15 02:17:30 pm

If it helps, here are the error messages for when I try to use the .m2ts file and .avi file in Anri 3.2. http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3161/m2tserror.png
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4502/avierror.png

bos

2013-03-15 03:10:53 pm

Anri 3.2 has no m2ts support whatsoever. It was introduced in 3.3, though with obvious limitations (no aac).

Quote from Heidrage:

Weird. I use aac audio with recording 720p stuff. No issues...

AAC or AC3? AC3 is supported.

nate

2013-03-15 09:31:07 pm

Quote from Adamtimothy0:

If it helps, here are the error messages for when I try to use the .m2ts file and .avi file in Anri 3.2. http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3161/m2tserror.png
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4502/avierror.png

the avi seems to have failed because you don't have an mjpeg codec installed ... mjpeg sucks so you shouldn't even be using it if you can avoid it. can you select a codec to export to? if so use lagarith in yuy2 mode. if all else fails use uncompressed and pray you have enough disk space.

Adamtimothy0

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Adamtimothy0: 2013-03-16 12:27:28 am

2013-03-16 12:26:02 am

Unfortunately, Showbiz doesn't allow much customization. It only allows its MJPEG codec for creating .avi's. If there's a suggested program that I could use for conversion of the m2ts file to something usable in either anri/yua, that'd work for me. As for disc space - that shouldn't be an issue.

nate

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nate: 2013-03-16 08:35:49 am

2013-03-16 08:31:48 am

in windows, open a new command prompt and change to the directory where you put the attached mencoder.exe.

then enter:

Code:

mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=ffvhuff -oac pcm -o nmf.avi your_m2ts_file.m2ts

change your_m2ts_file.m2ts to the path to and name of your .m2ts file.

you should be able to encode the resulting nmf.avi file using anri.

edit: or not, you need huffyuv installed ... and it's a little wonky. first download huffyuv from here. then unzip to a folder. then right click on command prompt and run as administrator. then enter:

Code:

rundll32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 C:\Path\To\huffyuv.inf

change C:\Path\To\huffyuv.inf to the path to and name of your huffyuv.inf file in the folder you unzipped. you might be able to drag it and drop it on the command prompt window. let me know if you have any issues with this.

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mencoder.exe

ballofsnow

2013-03-16 08:46:03 am

This huffyuv installer may be easier: https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/attachment/DmH9NhcoTP%2F57zLmEseym23DMkY

Side q to nate: how long do attachments last? Are they ever pruned? I wonder how much disk space is used up.

nate

2013-03-16 08:46:51 am

they last forever. they use up quite a bit of disk space, but not as much as you might think.

Adamtimothy0

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Adamtimothy0: 2013-03-16 03:43:01 pm

2013-03-16 03:41:09 pm

I installed huffyuv fine, however, this is the result when I try to run the mencoder command.
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6205/errorsn.png

nate

2013-03-16 05:04:10 pm

wow ... guess your capture device is from the future. that's the first time i've seen mencoder fail. not sure what to do at this point since dgavcdec apparently also can't read those files. maybe installing an mjpg vfw codec and seeing how bad it looks.

Adamtimothy0

2013-03-16 05:44:26 pm

I guess I'll mess around with that later tonight when I'm back on my desktop. Also just realized that I never actually said which capture device it was - HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition.

ballofsnow

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2013-03-16 07:04:09 pm

Quote from nate:

not sure what to do at this point since dgavcdec apparently also can't read those files.

I think it can, but it doesn't convert the audio to wav, it just dumps out whatever is in the stream. In this case, it's AAC, but Anri doesn't support it.

Going to test it. If at least DGAvcdec can decode it and dump the AAC, I'll patch in another mod to anri 3.3. ffmpegsource should be able to load aac.

edit- Well, it seems to work. Combo of DGAVCDec and ffindex+ffaudiosource. At this point I don't really develop for anri anymore, but this bothers me so I'll patch something in. Maybe get something by tomorrow. I'm doing my tests with the m2ts posted above by adam.

ballofsnow

2013-03-17 10:26:14 am

OK, see the attached zip. It's just a file patch, no installer, so you'll need to extract and overwrite files in the anri program folder. See the readme.

I consider this experimental since we're introducing ffms2 into the mix. If anything breaks, just report here.

Quote from Adamtimothy0:

I'm also adding a link to the original .m2ts file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/33bkdmq9k4mag7j/KHBBSAquaTest.M2TS

This is an atypical capture... will need some massive cropping or LQ/MQ will be unwatchable. Here are the settings I used with the patched anri:

(create an avchd project)
Database: n
D: 1
F: 2
Submit: n
Progressive: y
trim: if you want
Aspect ratio: 16/9
Crop: y
x1 x2 y1 y2: 120 120 102 102 (feel free to double check)
Statid: if you want
Encode LQ & MQ & HQ

Post results here so we can double check

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anri3.3_avchdaac_20130317.zip