HCEnc: HC+Dvdrb - Where's the HC.ini ?
After the Prepare phase in DVDRB I assume there must be a HC.ini somewhere but I can't find it? Anyone knows where to find it?
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All parameters needed for a regular 2-pass encoding can be given throught the command line. Thus there is perhaps no HC.ini used.
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The command line you say... I have no idea what you mean! :lol: Sorry for being a dumba**. :oops:
How do I specify the HCEnc parameters and in which file? BTW: Are you - Dialhot - and I the only active members nowadays? :? |
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Command line parameters are values you pass after the executable file name. For example, on a DOS (command) prompt: "HC.exe (param1) (param2) etc. etc. etc." -kwag |
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Nice to "see" you here! :D Yes, I understand what a command line is. What I don't get is how to use it with DVD-RB. Is there a batch file, or something similar, created by DVD-RB during the Prepare phase that I can edit? :? |
I think I found it - REBUILDER.ECL. Is this the right file?
If so what do I change to get the Notch matrix? |
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2/ the notch matrix has to be setted before the prepare phase. But actually custom matrix with HC is not supported in DVD-RB free. You can't do anything. |
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This is how my REBUILDER.ECL looks:
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; HC Encoder -- Encoder Information List |
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But anyway custom matrix is still not supported by DVD-RB free for HC so I repeat that there is nothing you can do to change that except to go to DVD-RB full. We were right in looking for a HC.ini file to tweak, but unfortunally there is not :( |
Okay. Can't say we didn't try! :lol:
Again, thanks for all your help. :) |
Sorry for bombing you with all my posts but I'm SO excited to be back! :lol:
I found a way to use a custom matrix by editing REBULDER.ECL! 8) Code:
; HC Encoder -- Encoder Information List BTW: Do I need to have both the Intra and NonIntra matrices? EDIT: I made a test encode and the output was actually worse that with HC Encoder's default matrix... :? Wierd. |
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Don't be fooled by the comment in top of the file, as I said DVD-RB is probably just using the same file to store the informations whatever the encoder is. But crontraty ro CCE, HC do not read directly this file and DVD-RB has to call HC with the correct parameters on the command line. Concerning the way you found to indicate the custom matrix, actually this is also the syntax used by CCE to describe a custom matrix into an ecl file (I was thinking about telling you that yesterday but I'm still sure the this is worthless so I drop the point :oops: ). But did you verify that the encoded m2v really used this values ? You can check that by opening the m2v into Restream. I already verified that in DVD-RB full, that does supports custom matric for HC, the custom matrix is not used during prediction of 1-pass encoding (OPV mode). So I would be very surprised that it is used in the free version that is not supposed to support it :) But tell us what you find. Edit: just read the HC doc and that's impossible to give custom values for the matrix using the command line. All you can do it to give the name a matrix that HC knows (Noth is in the list). But there is no chance than just adding the lines in the ecl file will be enougth for DVD-RB to see that this is the notch matrix and call HC with the correct paremeter. Perhaps DVD-RB generated a HC.ini just before the encoder is called, so that is not at the end of the prepare phase but at the begining of encode phase. :arrow: if you don't see an HC.ini file while HC is encoding, then you can be sure that the matrix you put into the ecl is not used. |
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But, just to be on the safe side I'll check the *.m2v with ReStrem. ;) Quote:
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You can see directly into this HC.ini if the custom matrix you put in the ECL is used or not. I guess it is as you saw a change into the GUI. What you have found is a good thing to know for people using DVD-RB. |
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BTW Is the Intra matrix used for interlaced material and the NonIntra for progressive? I have no clue to how a matrix work.
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Now I've tried two more DVDs but I haven't been able to get HC Encoder to use the custom matrix?! 8O
Hmmm, I will try some more and get back to you. :) |
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