New beta version 1.5.0.11

[Claire]

Latest beta version (1.5.0.11 ) :
http://oasis.vso-software.fr/Beta/AllVS ... .0.11b.exe

Please post any problems you find here, and if you have no problems you can post that too! Thanks!

Latest official (stable) version is 1.5.0.10:
http://www.vso-software.fr/products/vid ... verter.php

Beta Version History - change log:
Video Converter - 1.5.0.11 (Released 2014-10-10) [ View Issues ]
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- 0008723: [Feature Request] Implement asynchronous mode in NVENC hardware encoder (faster) (cedric) - resolved.
- 0008703: [Feature Request] optimize "remove black bars" function by choosing best crop values (between top/bottom and left/right) to apply (cedric) - resolved.
- 0008719: [Suggestion] Add project items count information in bottom panel (cedric) - resolved.
- 0008716: [Bug] make sure app replies or appears to reply when 88 files are converting to ntsc for example (cedric) - resolved.
- 0008717: [Bug] access violation when trying to convert more than 99 titles to DVD (cedric) - resolved.
[5 issues]

Video Converter - 1.5.0.10 (Released 2014-10-07) [ View Issues ]
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- 0008705: [Feature Request] Add 50p and 60p in available framerate list for Blu-ray/AVCHD 720p format (cedric) - resolved.
- 0008702: [Bug] AAC doesn't convert to 8 channels (cedric) - resolved.
- 0008694: [Bug] blu-ray disk never loads into software and it crashes (felicia) - resolved.
- 0008691: [Suggestion] When using "remove black bars" with output resolution forced (DVD, Blu-ray), adjust left/right crop values to keep original AR (cedric) - resolved.
[4 issues]

Thank you for your help!

[cribber]

v1.5.0.0

1) I only get about 1 fps when encoding using software only. Handbrake gives me 19 fps on same clip/settings (veryfast High 4.1).

Very Slow Software Encoding log.log

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2) I seem to get the 'Failed with Hardware Encoding' error when it's set to High 4.0 and CUDA.

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High 4.0 CUDA Encoding Error.log

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My Profile.zip

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3) When using any Profile preset from Veryfast to Slower on CUDA (CRF or CQ), I still cannot see any difference in the encoded specs. Always using same clip (h264_1080p_hp_4.1_40mbps_birds.mkv)

VSO High 4.1 CRF 20 CUDA (max 30 fps) (even slower than the last Beta)
veryfast (59.6mb, overall bitrate 21.9 Mbps)
slower (59.6mb, overall bitrate 21.9 Mbps)

VSO High 4.1 CRF 20 Software (max 1 fps)
veryfast (100mb, overall bitrate 36.8 Mbps)
slower (101mb, overall bitrate 37.1 Mbps)

Handbrake High 4.1 CRF 20 Constant Framerate
veryfast (103mb, overall bitrate 37.5 Mbps) (max 11-19 fps)
slower (104mb, overall bitrate 37.7 Mbps) (max 1-2 fps)

Nothing's changed.

[Claire]

1) not confirmed by me using BigBunny file. converts at around 200 FPS

2) reported here http://bugs.vso-software.fr/view.php?id=8538

3) no comment

[cribber]

1) not confirmed by me using BigBunny file. converts at around 200 FPS

2) reported here http://bugs.vso-software.fr/view.php?id=8538

3) no comment

1) So does that mean the problem will be ignored because it works OK for you ? I can't be the only person that this happens to. Can you please test it with a different 1080p clip and compare it to the FREE Handbrake ? My specs are as follows (even though i've listed them twice before in other threads) :-

My Laptop

Intel Core i5-4200M
HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell)
nVidia GT 745M (2 GB) CUDA v3.0 (Driver version 344.11)
Windows 7 64-bit

3) Thanks for that, lol :roll:

[Claire]

My post means, I've read yours and tried tested to reproduce.

Further investigation is needed for 1 and 3. Cedric might be able to shed light here too.

[cribber]

I wouldn't mind about number 3 if the new NVENC dramatically improves the speed (when it's finally released).

[cedric]

Hello cribber,

1)
"So does that mean the problem will be ignored because it works OK for you ? "
No problem will not be ignored, we just need to reproduce it to resolve it...
Will try today with another source, but I don't think the problem is here (I think it should be with your graphic card)
Will compare Handbrake and Video Converter too.

2)This problem should be fixed for next version (coming today)

3)Will work on this today

FYI, NVEnc should be added in next beta version too...

Regards,

[cribber]

Also, nVidia Driver v344.11 came out yesterday (18th Sep), I hope it's compatible. :)

[cribber]

FYI, NVEnc should be added in next beta version too... ;)

Regards,

I don't see it in v1.5.0.1 (was it worth releasing for 2 issues ?). I think your program is actually getting slower at encoding every version (I've been using my friends DVDFab recently (literally 4 times faster) until yours improves.

[scorpion90]

I have not been able to use Cuda on either 1.5.0 or 1.5.0.1. I've reverted to 1.4.0.22 and it works.

[andima]

FYI, NVEnc should be added in next beta version too... ;)
Regards,

I don't see it in v1.5.0.1 (was it worth releasing for 2 issues ?). I think your program is actually getting slower at encoding every version (I've been using my friends DVDFab recently (literally 4 times faster) until yours improves.

hmm, i'am not shure - but when i show at the miniature preview pictures, dvdfab and videconverter has on my computer approximately same processing time by equal quality -settings. I think VSO Video Converter displaying 1 frame/sec but real processing 5-10 picures/sec. Not shure ....

The displayed frame/sec and the real frame/sec differs on different software products -that i can't understand. :roll:

Processing- time of the free Handbreak-Converter on my computer same quality is slower then VSO
(i'am using on occasion Handbreak only because his (but slow) H265 codec processing. Not often -because pocessing time of H265 is very slow)

My computer system:

Windows 8.1 64bit
16 GByte RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6xxx Video Hardware with 14.7 Beta driver
SSD Drive

[cedric]

Hello,

@cribber:
- "was it worth releasing for 2 issues ?" I wanted to release new beta including NVEnc and QuickSync encoders but not had time to test them enough. So I disabled them just before publishing...
- "I think your program is actually getting slower at encoding every version". Whe are doing a hard work to make uniform all our H264 encoders at this time (H264 software, nvcuvenc, cuvenc and QuickSync) and I think next versions will have a lot of problems fixed.
I'm doing a lot of tests about H264 settings/tuning/speed/video quality at this time and getting good/better results.
Thank you for your patience and all your feedbacks, but if you want to do a "test break", you can go back in some days...

@scorpion90: do you have the last nVidia drivers installed?

@andima: thank you for your positive feedback. You're right, we known that some encoding software display a higher framerate than real encoding framerate, and maybe user encoding tests should report encoding time rather than displayed framerate.

Regards,

[scorpion90]

Yes, I have the latest nvidia driver "340.52-desktop-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-whql" installed.

I'll try 1.5.0.2 and see how it performs.

Thanks,

OK, I loaded up 1.5.0.2 with Cuda hardware NVENC checked and the conversion runs good. Everything I use including the built in MKV remux profile working great!

Thanks,

[cribber]

O.K. I did a quick test with one clip on v1.5.0.2

10min 1080p test clip

VSO

High 4.0, Preset Veryfast, CRF 20 (No Hardware Decoding)

NVENC 81 fps (2min 56sec) (8,686 Kbps Not Variable Bitrate ?) 621 MB

NVCUVENC 35 fps (6min 40sec) (6,585 Kbps Variable Bitrate) 471 MB




DVDFab

High 4.0, CRF 20

CUDA 176 fps (1min 21sec) (4,353 Kbps Variable Bitrate) 311 MB

QuickSync 194 fps (1min 13sec) (2,943 Kbps Not Variable Bitrate ?) 210 MB (High 4.1)


Errors.

Won't let me select QuickSync (greyed out).

VSO crashes when cancelling during conversion on NVENC.

Still no difference when using H264 presets with GPU acceleration (NVENC tested). Are they even supposed to work when using GPU acceleration ?

Requests.

I still don't know if advanced options are usable when using GPU acceleration (MediaInfo still says 2 reference frames when I select 4). Maybe you could disable the ones that can't be used when using GPU acceleration.

Total encoding time displayed when encoding.

More accurate clip cutting.

Volume normalizer.

Thanks.

[MyMojo]

Yes, I have the latest nvidia driver "340.52-desktop-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-whql" installed.

I'll try 1.5.0.2 and see how it performs.

Thanks,

OK, I loaded up 1.5.0.2 with Cuda hardware NVENC checked and the conversion runs good. Everything I use including the built in MKV remux profile working great!

Thanks,

Tony, NVIDIA released newer drivers on the 19th...344.11 is the newer version. I'm also curious how the newer cards will react with VSO now. Are you guys seeing better results?

[scorpion90]

Hi MyMojo,

Thanks for the heads up on the new driver. I installed it and did a reference conversion of my mkv file with DTS HD MA 7.1 and NVENC enabled. The hardware accel was very low at a 2-10% utilization and a conversion speed of 49-60 fps with an average of about 59 fps. The utilization could use some improvement. Since the VSO software and the video driver are new, I'm not sure which one is responsible for the reduction in hardware utilization.

Tony

[uguitar]

Hey there
By starting the program it appears a error message: Invalid data type for 'Gen_PollPeriodDays'

And I can't open "iso-Files" : Access violation at adress00C01CD2 in module 'vsovideoconverter.exe'. Read address 00000000

Can you help me please?

[alan1476]

2014-09-23_18-43-23.jpg (16.06 KiB) Viewed 14859 times

Same issue as above with all 3 updates, Video Converter Bluray Converter, and DVD Converter

[scorpion90]

I am having several problems with 1.5.0.3. The first is that it throws an error message upon launch (see attached picture file). The second one is that it refuses to use hardware acceleration with the new nvidia driver "344.11-desktop-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-whql" and won't do a conversion.

Thanks,

[attachment=0]error.png[/attachment]

[cedric]

" Invalid data type for 'Gen_PollPeriodDays'"
Fixed, please redownload.

Thanks.