Mulitiple instances of TMPGEnc
 

I think in the past I could run CQMatic while doing TMPGEnc batch processing. My Version 1.4.0.5 stops whenever another instance of TMPGEnc opens.

If TMPGEnc is already processing something else when I run CQMATIC, CQMatic freezes with "Preparing for calibration phase.....".

I can, of course, use by not batch processing while it runs. :?: Is this normal?

Hi nicksteel,

CQMatic only allows one instance of itself in memory at any time, and this was made on purpose, because of the temporary files it creates while executing.
If you want to do multiple encodes, use CQMatic in "prediction only" mode for each of your movies, and after you have fould all your CQ values, create your batch project in TMPEG and start your batch encode.

-kwag

:) Thanks, Karl.

This is what I'm doing now. I thought I was able to run concurrent with another non-CQMatic TMPGEnc run in the past, but must have been mistaken :? .

But you can :!:

BUT make sure you UNCHECK the "minimize on run" option, because the way CQMatic minimizes TMPEG is by a Win32API call finding TMPEG's window name :!:
So if you have multiple TMPEG's runnning, CQMatic will probably send the wrong TMPEG to the task bar, because every TMPEG instance in memory has the same name :lol:

-kwag

I never minimize CQMatic.

Must be something unique to my system. Just tried the following:

CQMatic is running:

Ran TMPGEnc batch for other tpr's.

CQMatic freezes (no TMPGEnc screen for CQMatic comes up)

Waited a few minutes.

Aborted the TMPGEnc batch run. CQMatic starts running (new TMPGEnc screen comes up)

Karl is talking about the "Minimized on run" box that is in the CQMatic window ! Uncheck it.

That's what I mean. I never check the box.

http://s2.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=25...82JTILELRXNU13

Ok Nick, now I know what's happening.
CQMatic waits for the window name of TMPEG to "dissapear", so it can continue it's phases.
When you run another instance of TMPEG, this makes CQMatic see that TMPEG is actually running, but it can't tell if it was his *own* instance of TMPEG.
Originally, when I was writing the last version of CQMatic, I tried to change the window name on TMPEG, but Pegasys, Inc. did something that doesn't allow the Win32 API call to change the window name :x
This way I could have identified the TMPEG version that I called, and then other instances of TMPEG could run in parallel.
I'll try to find a way around this :)

-kwag

Okay. But this box is not for minimizing CQMatic, it's for minimizing tmpgenc window automatically :-D

Great! I use CQMatic constantly and though I was going bonkers! 8O

This may also be causing the problems another user described as CQMatic freezing at "Preparing for calibration phase.....". If I am running TMPGEnc before runing CQMatic, it stops at this point.

:D Thanks again.

I am having a similar problem, but it has nothing to do with batch encoding. I get the CQMatic has encounted an error and needs to close message everytime I start a new project unless I manually select the Tmpgenc executable. Should I have to point to the Tmpgenc.exe file everytime I start a new project, or should CQMatic remember this location?

I saw another post where someone was having the similar problem but there was something wrong with their computer. I just reformatted a day ago, so I can't imagine I screwed something up with my computer already. I have only installed one version of Tmpgenc (v2.524.63.181) and I am using CQMatic v1.4.04 since the reformat.

You only need to do that once. Afterwards, CQMatic remembers the encoder path, because it writes the configuration to a file.

-kwag

Okay, I figured it out. I have been deleting the CQMatic.conf file in the CQMatic directory after finishing a project :oops: Should I delete the CQMatic.tpr and CQMaticMaster.tpr files after finishing a project?

You don't have to. They are overwritten on your next run :)

-kwag

Thanks Kwag :D

hi all first post.

i was able to use multiple instance of tmpgenc until the newer versions of cqmatic, the ones with the calibration. since then, i have had the same problem.

what i mean is the older build i did not have the problem of tmpgenc open causing cqmatic to hang.

edit: i also just did 3 movies, added them to batch by opening tmpgenc once cqmatic was finished, and discovered they were all 1 min 20 sec long. i had to go back and manually uncheck the source range on each one. fyi

@ anon-i-mouse & All,

You can use multiple instances of TMPGEnc with CQMatic, as long as you "uncheck" the "Minimized on run" option.
This way, CQMatic will leave TMPGEnc sessions alone, and won't try to send them to the task bar. :)

-kwag