XviD Stats Viewer

 

Την εποχή που εμφανίστηκε ο κωδικοποιητής XviD (ως συνέχεια του DivX που βασίστηκε στο MPEG-4), έγραψα ένα πρόγραμμα που ανέλυε το αρχείο του 1ου περάσματος (pass) της κωδικοποίησης, με σκοπό να εξάγει τις πληροφορίες που θα βοηθούσαν στην επιλογή των κατάλληλων ρυθμίσεων για το 2ο πέρασμα της κωδικοποίησης. Ήταν γραμμένο σε Visual Basic 6 και είχε το πρωτότυπο όνομα XviD Stats Viewer.

Για όποιον ενδιαφέρεται, μπορεί να το κατεβάσει από εδώ. Για την εκτέλεσή του απαιτούνται οι Visual Basic 6 Runtime Libraries.

Μπορείτε να δείτε και τη συζήτηση περί της ανάπτυξης της εφαρμογής στο forum του Doom9.

Εικόνες

Ιστορικό (από την τότε επίσημη σελίδα του προγράμματος)

24th May 2003

Updated to version 1.65

+ Added min, max & average keyframe distance reports (seems to work fine).
+ Added max sequential P-frames report (may be buggy).
+ Added max sequential B-frames report (works fine).
* Frame list window fixed.
* Some small bugs fixed.
* Report to text file updated with new information.
– Suggestion of Curve Aggression removed, because no suggestion can be made by reading the stats file (as told by Koepi on this thread).
– Console window removed to save some window space.

16th February 2003

Updated to version 1.60

+ Added a frame listing window. (Really slow output!!!)
+ Added some presets of XviD settings. Looking forward to your comments, suggestions, etc…
+ Added some simple calculation routines for estimated video size, bits*(pixel/frame), etc…
* Refresh button moved outside the tab panel for easier access.
* Some small bugs fixed.
– Linear curve compression function was removed, because of its implementation in the XviD codec.

27th November 2002

Updated to version 1.52
+ Added skipped frames reporting.
* Some bugs fixed.

21st November 2002

Added some required files to the download section.

17th November 2002

Updated to version 1.51

+Added support for B-Frame reporting using Koepi’s 14/11/2002 build and later. Now, I need to update the linear downscale formulas to support B-Frames.

16th October 2002

Updated to version 1.40

+ Added a report output.
+ Adder “bits/(pixel*frame)” info. That’s really usefull for linear scaling, but I added it to original stats info, too.
* Updated: minimum I & P-frame calculation formulas.

27th September 2002

Updated to version 1.30

+ Added: some more info on the results of the linear curve compression.
* Updated: linear downscale formula. Multiple passes are used to achieve desired AVI size.
* Updated: minimum I & P-frame calculation formulas. Many thanks to Koepi for this one.

23rd September 2002

Updated to version 1.20

+ Added: linear curve compression. (It’s quite accurate. Just some small fixes needed to achieve optimal result).
+ Added: auto load button.
+ Added: start & end frame range selection (and auto load from registry).
* Updated: motion engine. Now it’s the same as NanDub’s.
* Alt. Curve Compression type is not suggested, as it cannot be determined by the stats file.
* Many bugs fixed.
– Removed: 2nd pass simulation, since it was completely flawed. It’s very difficult to write the actual routine. (It’s in 2pass.c file and I must convert it to Visual Basic.)
Official Site is created, but still under construction. The “How to Use” guide must be written.