i have a problem with CQmatic as follows...

CQ set for prediction
Setting up sampling.
Phase 1 of 7, cycle 1
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.00 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 60.000000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 60.00
Current CQ = 75.00
CQ difference = 15.000000
Phase 1 of 7, cycle 2
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 75.000000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 75.00
Current CQ = 82.50
CQ difference = 7.500000
Phase 1 of 7, cycle 3
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 82.500000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 82.50
Current CQ = 86.25
CQ difference = 3.750000
Phase 1 of 7, cycle 4
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 86.250000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 86.25
Current CQ = 88.13
CQ difference = 1.875000
Phase 1 of 7, cycle 5
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.00 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 88.125000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 88.13
Current CQ = 89.06
CQ difference = 0.937500
Phase 1 of 7, cycle 6
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 89.062500
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.06
Current CQ = 89.53
CQ difference = 0.468750
Setting up sampling.
Phase 2 of 7, cycle 1
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 89.531250
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.53
Current CQ = 89.77
CQ difference = 0.234375
Setting up sampling.
Phase 3 of 7, cycle 1
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.00 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 89.765625
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.77
Current CQ = 89.88
CQ difference = 0.117188
Setting up sampling.
Phase 4 of 7, cycle 1
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.00 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 89.882813
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.88
Current CQ = 89.94
CQ difference = 0.058594
Setting up sampling.
Phase 5 of 7, cycle 1
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 89.941406
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.94
Current CQ = 89.97
CQ difference = 0.029297
Setting up sampling.
Phase 6 of 7, cycle 1
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 89.970703
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.97
Current CQ = 89.99
CQ difference = 0.014648
Setting up sampling.
Phase 7 of 7, cycle 1
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = -5081924.000000
Low fence: 89.985352
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.99
Current CQ = 89.99
CQ difference = 0.007324
Final CQ value is 89.73
Encoding test sample at 89.73
Encoding set to Full encode.
Full encode start...
CQMatic complete!
Total minutes of process: 0.65
Process ended at 23:45:54
On 01/28/2007


Encoding test sample at 89.73..
thats all well, is there anything i need to do with that or does it set itself because when i press Full Encode it hasnt set the CQ to 89 in Tmpgenc its 60 or is this normal?

regards

All size are negative, this has been discussed a lot.
http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12760

hi Phil
thanks for that, i have done that , double click source and default - but the reset cut editing wasnt highlighted to select anyway?, but after pressing the above it worked me a smaller sample...

when i press execute in either prediction or encode mode it will just say
preparing calibration phrase... but nothing happens ..BUT if i close Tmpeg it will come back up and close several times is that normal?

but when i do get the right CQ settin.....the thing is when i press full encode straight after the sample it does the same as above (close several times) but i get an error which then says illegal stream format
and then contnues to encode at the CQ which i normally set not what CQmatic sets..?
any ideas or suggestions?
thank you

p.s or maybe im using an older version of tmpgenc

my version is TMPGEnc Plus 2.524.63.181
CQmatic version is 1.4.08
calcumatic version is 1.1.16

Ok that means that the problem was not this as there was no edit to reset.

Yes, CQMatic use a lock to have only one tmpgenc windows at a time. So if you run it with tmpgenc already opened... CQMatic waits and waits and waits... .

I don't understand what you did in all this "sample" part but you have to reset the edit before EACH usage of CDMatic. It seems that you used it twice ? So need to reset between the two .

Your versions are correct. Just need to apply really carefuly, step by step, all the 11 operations described by Orbman in the thread I posted above.

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