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Enable Password-less for your Windows Account ASAP

1024kbps — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 01:12:45 +0800

Just checked my mail and received ransom attempt to expose me,
wanted me to pay 1700 USD in lite coin lol...

then i got curious and checked my account login attempt, welp, they tried to bruteforce login
just dont be lazy and enable password -less sign in now,

Zenless Zone Zero

1024kbps — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:34:04 +0800

2.5 Banners Announced
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=112510735

Version 2.5 Teaser - "To Be Fuel for the Night"
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=112510748

Version 2.5 Rewards Overview
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=112510764
Thanks [@oblah]

Official Website: https://zenless.hoyoverse.com/
Official Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/74Y0dW8JxYd5lvohIVLv8x#login
Prydwn Tierlist: https://www.prydwen.gg/zenless/

System Requirements:
Installed Size:
X86_64: 73.94 GB (CN/JP voice pack installed)
Android 15: 29.5 GB (CN/JP voice pack included)

Placeholder post. gonna update soon

Anby, the Queen of Combo
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5469001/+60#

Android OTG LAN support

1024kbps — Mon, 31 May 2021 02:27:03 +0800

The propose of this guide is to set up Android phone with LAN connection, instead of usual wifi or 3G/LTE connection,
just in case the later is unavailable ,faulty, and you need reliable connection.

Prerequisite,
1: Android smartphone, OS minimum version 9 (Pie, Linux Kernel version 2.6.14x)
2: USB to LAN adapter, or USB Hub with LAN connection support
3: LAN Cable
4: OTG Cable, optional, if the USB LAN adapter or USB hub use USB A instead of USB C
5: Router with Ethernet port, Switch, or PC (Tethering)

Here's the list of the tested USB LAN adapter and USB-C hub with working LAN connection.

1: Dlink DUB-1312, Hw version A1 , USB-C OTG required
Supported Smartphone:
A: OnePlus 3T, Android 9 / OOS, Android 11 / Lineage OS 18.1
B: OnePlus 7T Pro, Android 11

2: Belkin F4U092 USB-C™ Multimedia Hub
Supported Smartphone:
A: OnePlus 7T Pro, Android 11
B: OnePlus 3T, Android 11, Lineage OS 18.1

Speed test result
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/7821946825 (Belkin F4U092 )
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/7821968910 (D-Link DUB1312)

List will be updated time to time, contribution is appreciated too.

FAQ:
Q: How do I know my LAN connection is working?
A: First, disable Wifi and LAN connection will takeover if it's supported by operating system, In terminal when you type ifconfig eth0, it will show something similar to image below, and you will see a new icon on the status bar as highlighted

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Browser with Dark Mode support

1024kbps — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 20:28:50 +0800

This guide is extend from this thread https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4800986
Since adding CSS may take additional time due to testing is needed, or the admin has other priority
While waiting the admin to add the native CSS I finally compiled list of web browser with Dark mode support, native mode and via addon.

For desktop browser, obviously Dark Reader is the best, dark them can be turn off on the fly and has other option such as brightness and contrast adjustment,
Currently mainstream browser such as Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Friefox and Opera + Vivaldi (via Chrome addon) are supported.

1. https://darkreader.org/

2. Naver Whale, a browser with native dark mode, lesser known browser from SK

For mobile browser with dark mode support are

1. Samsung Internet, ARM only

2. Firefox, via Dark Reader addon

3. Opera, Opera mini

4. Vivaldi, ARM only

5. Stargon

6. Xiaomi's Mint Browser

7. Via Browser

8. Kiwi Browser

List will be updated time to time once i found free browser with working Dark mode support, so far only tested on Blue Stack.

Stream music to PC wirelessly, via Bluetooth A2DP

1024kbps — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:14:58 +0800

As title, it will works as long as you have bluetooth adapter that support A2DP profile, and latest Win 2004 update.
just follow this link https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/06/08/en...ooth-a2dp-sink/

So far i've tried with my oldest device, Sony NWZ-F800 Android 4.0.4 which worked flawlessly, with additional free app that is needed.

This took Microsoft long enough, it should have been part of OS function but yeah, it was existed since Win 7 but removed on 8, but it's back on the menu
state of the art OS lol

Hot m*** advertisement is breaking forum layout

1024kbps — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:02:33 +0800

-- Please keep your post concise to ensure a speedy review from us. We suggest 250 words or less. --
as title

Dark Themed LYN forum

1024kbps — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:09:29 +0800

Hello, I uploaded my dark theme LYN style sheet to userstyle.org that i wrote(more like copy-paste) a few days ago.

What does it do: change LYN forum to Darker color, reduce eye strain

Get it here
https://userstyles.org/styles/browse/lowyat
You just need a browser extension to use custom CSS: aka Stylish, which support Opera/Firefox and Chrome.

For mobile browser, so far only Firefox support it, as Firefox Andriod support downloadable extension.

Feel free to criticize
preview
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Ciel Nosurge: OFFLINE English Manual

1024kbps — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:11:28 +0800

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Ciel Nosurge: OFFLINE
English Manual
Note: This guide translation is working in progress and roughly translated, it will be edited time to time, correction and suggestion are welcomed.
For English translated story: http://www.unit03.net/view/Ciel_nosurge/Story
Wikia http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/Ciel_nosu...hi_e_Sasagu_Uta

Important:
Sharl Barcode database http://sharl.eky.hk/ranking
Japanese wiki http://ciel.wiki-wiki.jp

Page 2, Menu
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ストーリー
* Story, 03
ゲームの目的
* Purpose of this game, 04
キャラクター
* Character, 05
操作方法
* Gameplay, 06
タイトル画面
* Title, 07
オンライン版からのデータ移行
* Online version save data migration, 08
イオンノ部屋
* Ion's Home, 09
マインメニュー
* Main menu, 10~14
イオンのコミュニケーション
* Ion's Communication, 15~16
ダイブゲート
* Dive gate, 17
シャールの巣
*Sharls' nest, 18
ジェノミクス
* Genomics, 19
シャール
* Sharl, 20
廃墟マップ
* Map of ruins, 21
廃墟の修復
* Ruins Restoration, 22
ユーザーメニュー
* User menu, 23
廃墟修復速報/シャールウィッシュ
* Ruins repair report, Sharl's Wish, 24
セッティング
* Setting, 25
ユーザーサポート
* User support, 26

[center]操作方法 / Gameplay, #06
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This game are mostly rely on touchscreen, most buttons on ps vita will not work.

タップ
* Tap
1. most of the conversation with Ion require only single tap on the screen.
2. touching Ion's various body part.
ダブルタップ
* Double tap
1. While Ion is doing something, including sleeping, double tap the touchscreen and she will respond.
2. Sometimes Ion will calling player, just double tap the touchscreen to respond back.
タッチアンドホールド
* Touch and hold
1. When requested by Ion to transfer player's thought, player are required to touch Ion's forehead for a few seconds
ドラッグ
* Drag
1. Dragging the touchscreen while on Ion's Room will move the camera around.
2. When scrolling the conversation log.
スクラッチ
* Scratch, or petting,
ピンチ
* Pinch
1. Pinch the touchscreen will allow player to zoom in or out.

[center]オンライン版からのデータ移行 / Online version save data migration, #08
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This section explains if user wish to transfer their online version of Ciel Nosurge,
1. select the "Setting" at the game menu
2. at the bottom of the menu, click "データ移行"
3. Click the confirm button "決", it will display save data from online version, click confirm again to proceed to import the save data. Player will be able to resume the game progress from online version.
* Existing save data from OFFLINE version will be overwritten, scenario progress and Sharls will not be preserved, so becareful

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[Guide] To enable Soft AP via command line

1024kbps — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:07:28 +0800

This guide will show your how to enable the Virtual Wifi within Windows, step by step, and troubleshooting.
Some wifi adapter does come with software utility to enable Soft AP mode with ease, but my Asus AC Wifi adapter does not, but it does not mean it does not support Soft AP mode, all you need to do is just follow the steps below to enable Soft AP mode.
It basically works with most connection i've tried, like Dlink usb HSDPA modem, USB wifi adapter, and Gigabit Ethernet connection.

First, save the following batch commands to "SoftAP.bat" with notepad.

QUOTE

@echo off
title Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter
netsh wlan set hostednetwork ssid=<Enter the SSID here> key=<Enter Security Key here> keyUsage=persistent mode=allow
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
@echo Press anykey to turn off Virtual WiFi
pause>nul
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
pause>nul

1. double click the batch file to enable and activate the Windows' Virtual Wifi adapter, a command prompt window will appear, if everything went good, you will see the phrase "The hosted network started."

2. Now click the Virtual Wifi adapter status, click properties, > Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and enter the IP address/DNS like the screen show below

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The DNS can be your ISP's DNS, or OpenDNS, the one i'm using is Google's DNS IP, click apply to exit. The reason i use Static IP because DHCP will not working properly with SoftAP and you cannot assign DNS.

3. Go the Control Panel, click the connection you wan to share the internet connection, for example Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

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The status window will appear, click "Properties", and go to Sharing tab, tick "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection, and select the Virtual Wifi Adapter, for example the "Local Area Connection* 18"

4. click the Setting button, and enable everything you got there if you know what are you doing

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And your Virtual Wifi/Soft AP will be usable by now.
5. To disable the Virtual Wifi/SoftAP, just go to the command prompt windows, press any key and the service will stop.

* type this command "netsh wlan show hostednetwork" into command prompt to view your SoftAP status, for example how many clients supported, or how many clients connection to the Soft AP.
and "netsh wlan show driver" to see whether if your wifi adapter supprt Soft AP mode, and it's capability.
# For some reason it still does not working correctly with windows 7, you might have to manually enter the DNS(see the step 3) again on the Wifi connection that is connected to the Soft AP. While Android Phone are able to connect to internet without having to enter DNS IP Address manually.

MPlayer For Windows

1024kbps — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:08:42 +0800

MPlayer

QUOTE

MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV and even H.264 movies.

Another great feature of MPlayer is the wide range of supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, DirectFB, but you can use GGI, SDL (and this way all their drivers), VESA (on every VESA compatible card, even without X11!) and some low level card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and ATI), too! Most of them support software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG decoder boards, such as the Siemens DVB, DXR2 and DXR3/Hollywood+.

MPlayer has an onscreen display (OSD) for status information, nice big antialiased shaded subtitles and visual feedback for keyboard controls. European/ISO 8859-1,2 (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic and Korean fonts are supported along with 12 subtitle formats (MicroDVD, SubRip, OGM, SubViewer, Sami, VPlayer, RT, SSA, AQTitle, JACOsub, PJS and our own: MPsub). DVD subtitles (SPU streams, VOBsub and Closed Captions) are supported as well.

Ok im bored to death at the moment, so i would like to introduce this player.
Well the info above is outdated since i will upload the latest svn build.

Although this player have a GUI but i didnt enable it when compliling, and i did alittle bit mistake, my build might by only optimized for AMD CPU(shouldnt affect much performance with intel cpu)
Next build will support all the CPU.
Since mplayer compiled by me is a command-line player, here is the nice front end:
SMplayer http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/
Just donwload the one without mplayer, and use my build.
Download my build here:
http://cid-978a537a3197cec0.skydrive.live....wse.aspx/公開

Be sure to download the PthreadGC2.7z which contain the important DLL, mplayer wont work without it.
Feel free to post any question about this player.

Screenshot: Mplayer running on windows 7 playing "AIR" Opening, with OpenGL video renderer, using custom font options, notice the sharp font rendering,
http://cid-978a537a3197cec0.skydrive.live....開/mplayer.png

FAQ
#1. Why the heck its so slow, is it not working?
Answer: Mplayer will scan your font directory at first run, and will build a font cache for later use, it might look like already hang but its not. this is a one-time scan only.
everytime you add a new font, Fontconfig will scan the font folder when user use mplayer.

Notepad2: Version 2.1.19

1024kbps — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:06:29 +0800

Description

Notepad2 is a light-weight, free and open source Notepad-like text
editor with syntax highlighting for a few commonly used languages.
It's based on the Scintilla source code editing component
(http://www.scintilla.org) and works on NT-based versions of Windows.

Features

- Syntax highlighting: HTML, XML, PHP, ASP (JS, VBS), CSS,
JavaScript, VBScript, C/C++, C#, Resource Script, Makefiles, Java,
Visual Basic, Pascal, Assembly, SQL, Perl, Python, Configuration
Files, Apache Config Files, Batch Files, Diff Files
- Drag & drop text editing inside and outside Notepad2
- Basic regular expression search and replace
- Useful word, line and block editing shortcuts
- Rectangular selection (Alt+Mouse)
- Brace matching, auto indent, long line marker, zoom functions
- Support for Unicode, UTF-8, Unix and Mac text files
- Open shell links
- Mostly adjustable

New in Version 2.1.19 (released April 10, 2008)

- "Line Comment" (Ctrl+Q) and "Stream Comment" (Ctrl+Shift+Q)
- "Title Case" (Ctrl+Alt+T) and "Sentence Case" (Ctrl+Alt+S)
- "Compress Whitespace" (Alt+P) command reduces spaces and tabs
- Original Notepad .LOG feature
- /f command line switch to set ini-file (/f0 to omit ini-file)
- /p command line switch trumps sticky window position
- /p0 uses system default settings for new window position
- Move new off-screen windows prior to resizing
- Option to skip Unicode text detection (File, Encoding, Default)
- Reload file with different default encoding (Ctrl+F8, Shift+F8)
- Unsaved documents with just whitespace considered empty
- Improved handling of relative path names
- File dialog filters can be specified in the Notepad2 ini-file
- Type of indent guides can be specified in the Notepad2 ini-file
- Track width of displayed text to adjust horizontal scroll range
- Selected find results are better scrolled into view
- Restore scrolling positions on revert
- Ctrl+Back and Ctrl+Del stop at newlines, as usual on Windows
- Ctrl+Space doesn't select initial line indentation whitespace
- Ctrl+Tab hotkey modified to always insert a tabulator
- Increase (Alt++) and decrease (Alt+-) long lines limit
- Display long lines limit in statusbar if visual marker enabled
- Import and export settings from customization dialog (Alt+I, Alt+X)
- Added "Regular Expression" style to JavaScript and Java schemes
- Updated filename extension lists with more default types
- Updated Python keywords to version 3.0
- Simplified SQL keywords (merged from MySQL and SQLite)
- Improved compatibility with Windows Vista
- Improved visual appearance of toolbar button images
- Print margins can be set to "0"
- Fixed several bugs with regular expression find and replace
- Fixed bug with hanging of recent files dialog
- Fixed bug with charset not being saved properly
- Fixed bug with display of text selection at the beginning of lines
- Fixed bug with cursor movement at the start and end wrapped lines
- Updated Scintilla library to 1.76

Full changelog and Helps doc:
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/doc/Notepad2.txt

Notepad2 2.1.19 Source Code
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/zip/np2src.zip

Notepad2 2.1.19 Binary Files
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/zip/notepad2.zip

Custom Icon Library + Cursors for windows xp

1024kbps — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:48:11 +0800

Here are the links, i've been using it for sometime, im not sure lyn member know this as i search on this forum and found nothing.

Nuvola and Office 2003 Icon library only work with windows XP,
Cursor might work on vista too.

http://y0ngc6.googlepages.com/NuvolaOffice2003ICL.7z
http://y0ngc6.googlepages.com/OSXCursor.7z
http://y0ngc6.googlepages.com/aqua_cursors.zip

here are some screenshots:

[PROTIP] inside... (still not complete)

1024kbps — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:46:27 +0800

Q1. How to play a video on widescreen TV/Monitor winthout 2 black band on both side?

A1. because normally video aspect ratio is 4:3(very common but not sure lol), wide screen monitor usually have aspect ratio 16:10(1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050 and 1920x1200).
if the video renderers/decoder is respect the video aspect ratio, 2 black band on both side will be show if playing on fullscreen mode.
of couse you can resize the video to fill the widescreen, but that will only make your video look distorded.

eg if your video resolution is 640x480, aspect ratio is 4:3, if you are playing it on widescreen monitor eg 1680x1050, here is the formula to get the width of the video on fullscreen mode:
640/480*1050=1400pixels
1680-1400=280, 140x1050 pixels black band on both side.
unless your video file/dvd already have 2 black band on the top and bottom of the video
this method will remove some pixels at top and the bottom of the video.
next tip will teach you the 1337 way to resize your video.

so how to remove it?
First, you must have media player classic(other player also can, but mpc is recommended), ffdshow(for image post processing, codecpack are for lazy ppl only lol), and Haali media splitter installed(must have).

on mpc, right click > filters > click "ffdshow video decoder" during video playback,
on "crop" filters there, set vertical magnification to 16, and leave other things untouched.

go to resize & aspect filter page, follow the settings as below,
either "specify aspect ratio" to 16:10, 8:5, or
"multiply by" => 1, "resize to screen resolution", "specify horizontal size"(software scaler will be used on this 3 mode)
4 of this options will force the video to fill the screen withot look distorded.
please note that crop filter must be activated and its on top of the filters chain, following by the resize and aspect filter.

A2. Second method is use Warped resize, now we are not using crop filter anymore since it will remove pixels.

the way to setup the resize and aspect ration filter is same as image above, but now we are only force the output aspect ratio to 16:10, or 8:5,
ok now you video will stretched to fill the screen.
go to the "rezise and aspect ratio" filter settings, the setting shoud be look like below:

click ok and see miracle happen lol.

anyway here are the screenshot to compare square pixel version, and warped widescreen version. well the screenshot might not look so nice untill u tried it lol.
Square pixel version, 640x480 4:3

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Widescreen warped version, video output resolution: 768:480, 8:5. the image on the centre is not slightly streched like left and right side. awesome eh?

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P.S. mod pls dont move this thread to reviews and guide section, because i cant reply my own thread on there, and 10 pics per post is really hard to make good guide on there

笑话:电脑硬件的对 ...

1024kbps — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:37:21 +0800

荧幕说:我好惨!每天给人看。。。

键盘说:我更惨呢!每天给人打。。。

滑鼠说:我才惨咧!每天给人摸。。。

光碟机说:我好惨!每天给人插。。。

F loppy说:我更惨!现在没人插我了。。。

USB随身碟说:谁有我惨?这边插完就去那边插! 一不小心还要被感染。。。

Mother Board说:不要以为我被很多东西插会很爽,它们插进来后就都不动了,那才是难受啊!

。。。最后。。。。

音效卡说:还说呢!明明是我插你,为什么都是我在叫?!

100% original copypaste from here , source

Download DivX Pro 6.8 For FREE

1024kbps — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:48:18 +0800

titles said it all
http://www.divx.com/dff/index.php

CPUMon 1.60

1024kbps — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:57:04 +0800

CPUMon 1.60

CPUMon is a simple little gadget to monitor CPU performance from your desktop. It displays a real-time graph of CPU performance as well as current usage indicator. The display supports custom colors, alpha-blending, user defined update rates and more. Some of the features: transparency, alpha-blending, customizable colors, layout presets, form locking, constantly updated CPU speed for Mobile processors, plus Tray Icon mode and Statistics, can also display Memory Usage, etc... Comes with "Carbonsoft cxCpu Processor Detection Toolkit", which provides: * CPU Explorer - detailed CPU information, supports multiple CPUs; * CPU Features - lists supported CPU features.

7 Screenshots, downloads

Other utilities : http://www.den4b.com/projects.php

"Hidden" Audio and Video codec on XP and Vista

1024kbps — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:29:03 +0800

... the hidden codecs isnt some new audio/video codecs, its bundled with microsoft software, windows live messenger 8.1(and above) and windows media player 10/11.
but it isnt installed by default when user install the software.
now we can use it on some vfw compatible multimedia player or encoder with a simple registry file.
this 2 codecs are windows media video 9 video compression manager(VCM) and Fraunhofer IIS mpeg layer 3 Professional audio compression manager(ACM).
WMV9 VCM is used by wlm video streaming(webcam), While Fhg mp3 acm is used by wmp10/11 for encoding(cd ripping) and decoding.

before using the WMV9 VCM, user must go to the wlm folder (C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\ is the default install directory),
copy the wmv9vcm.dll to system directory eg C:\Windows.

Pls note that the WMV9 VCM cant do encoding(it will prompt u go to ms website to download full version), it can only do decoding, eg let virtualdub load WMV9 avi file,
Fhg mp3 acm can let user encode thier audio file(eg at virtualdub) higher bitrate(320kbps) than the default installled Fhg mp3 acm advanced version(56kbps IIRC, superior quality lol).

Video Renderers.

1024kbps — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:00:02 +0800

Video renderer play an important role on video playback, choosing a correct video renderer will improve video playback quality or performance too.
this guide is just a rouge explanation of various Directshow renderer and mplayer video renderers.
tips on zoomplayer and here:
http://xs220.xs.to/xs220/07426/zp.png
on zoom player, press ctrl + o, press the button "swtich to advanced mode" > playback > video, to select custom video renderers.

here is the example how to select custom video renderers from media player classic:
http://xs220.xs.to/xs220/07426/mpcr.png

Overlay mixer
Its a good old renderer since Direcshow 6.0, support YV12 and YUY2 colorspace output on most case.(depend on video cards, new cards even support RGB15/16/32 colorspace) Support DXVA1
If user overrided the video decoder output colorspace other than YUV/unsupported format,
DirectDraw will be used and it will show pixelated picture when resize to fullscreen mode because it dont use any scaler,
unless the video resolution is match the user monitor, or using software scaler resize the video to match the monitor resolution.
This can be happend too if user attemp to run 2 video players at the same time, first video player use overlay mixer, second one will use non-hardware accelerated DirectDraw interface too.

its the fastest video renderer becasue it use Hardware Overaly,
With AMD x2 6000+, no laggness when playback 1080p Apple HD trailer with ffdshow, video delay less than 400ms
(ahh yes because ffdshow will turn off h264 loop filter if the delay is more than 350ms LOL)
In order to use Overlay mixer to playback a video, Aero must be turned off(Vista basic theme).
and so far only some player can choose custom renderer, eg media player classic, inmatrix zoom player and mplayer.

Video Mixing Renderer 7
Introduced on Windows XP and its default renderer for Windows XP, support YUV and RGB colorspace.
can be rendered as plain offscreen, 2D and 3D mode, support frame queuing up to 62 samples(depend on amount of GPU video memory/video file fps by default, adjustable trough registry.).
its a stable and a little bit slower than Overlay mixer, use DirectDraw, and use overlay mixer while it can(according the media player classic tooltips :P)
Much faster and less problems than VMR9/HVR, but does not support hardware deinterlacing.

Video Mixing Renderer 9
Introduced on DirectX 9.0, support YUV mixing mode(less cpu cycle), DXVA, exclusive fullscreen mode(with renderless mode, remove tearing, but might cause stability issue, cant use menu during this mode).
slower than VMR7 and never use overlay mixer, use shader to resize video, use simple bilinear if video card doesnt support Pixel shader 2.0
able to use custom pixel shader, from mpc build-in/atitraytool to manually written one.
ATI control panel's(directx) pixel shader option will affect the video output.(no longer working)
support frame queueing(can be actived by using latest version of ffdshow, with adjustable amount of queueing frames), its run on seperate thread, so it will run better on SMP/HT and multicore processor.
Both VMR7/9 windowed mode will use DDraw rendering mode when vista is running without aero, and video will look pixelated when playing on fullscreen mode.
actually it has many adjustable options, its only can configure through graphedit, but the setting will not be saved upon exit graphedit.

here is the screenshot from mpc, with VMR9 renderless YUY2 colospace, its showing the incorrect black level, and YUV colorspace artifact porblem,
altough it can be fixed by usng ffdshow level filter and resizer, use renderless mode or use RGB32 colorspace output:

YUY2 mode on ATI 2600xt:
http://xs321.xs.to/xs321/07446/yuy2.png

RGB32 mode on ATi 2600xt:
http://xs321.xs.to/xs321/07446/rgb32.png

YV12 mode on nv6150:
http://xs221.xs.to/xs221/07454/vmr9-yv12.png

YV12 mode on nv6150 with EVR:
http://xs221.xs.to/xs221/07454/evr-yv12.png

SRT sub decoding with ffdshow, vmr9 windowed mode. awesome quality isnt it?
ASS/SSA sub are un-tweakable on ffdshow, and its look different with mplayer's opengl.
http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08093/vmr9-ffdshow440.jpg

ASS sub decoding wit mpc internal sub decoder, with VMR9 renderless mode, it can look as good as opengl, or above one, just need a little tweaks on font color, alpha, shadows and border thickness.
http://xs225.xs.to/xs225/08090/vmr9-render...-mpc-ass478.jpg

DVD decoding with Microsoft MPEG2 dshow decoder on VMR9 renderless YUV mixing mode, 2600XT with mpc-hc, well Dxva does work with MPEG1 video too.
It works with EVR/Custom presenter mode too, but that would be Dxva2 MPEG2 IDCT mode. and hardware deinterlacing works perfectly as well.
http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08241/mpeg2-dxva1799.jpg

Haali's Video Renderer
available if Haali Media Splitter installed. only works with YUY2/UYUY and RGB32 colorspace.
this renderer runs on seperate thread. many options are adjustable during playback, eg color plane, frame, buffer, YUV colorspace, luma range and sharpness.
All renderer(renderless mode) above share similar problems, user must pause video before can use menu to adjust options, else the video gonna lag behind alot untill unwatchable if user are using weak GPU.
Read more about it on doom9 haali's renderer discussion threads.

its great renderer if you have a mid-end GPU, eg 2600xt equivalent or better,
this renderer's frame buffer quite efficient,it can quickly restore the video frame buffer after the high complexity scenes.
might be due to it can use GPU video memory and frame buffering together, i tried to play bbc_japan_1080p(quicktime hd trailer),
with ffdshow, YUY2 colorsapce, "Drop frame on delay" and "skip H264 deblokng on delay" are turn of during test, its perform better than other video renderers but of course with minor lags.
ATi 3D setting "balanced/Optimal performace" profile is used during test.

The max amount of video frame buffering largely depend on video resolution and colorspace used during playback,
eg a 480p video, HVR will buffer all frames specified in the settings to video/system memory,
while RGB output colorspace will reduce tiny amount of max video frame buffering,
1080p will reduce almost 4x(=64).
CPU/GPU usage also affect the amount of buffered video frames, if user's system too slow(CPU/GPU usage maxed out),
the available video frame buffer will reduce to minimum and video/audio will out-of-sync.
This renderer does not have incorrect black level problem, and blocky red color problem like VMR/EVR on yuv renderless/mixing mode/custom presenter mode.
the only downside is, seeking will reset the buffer, means after seeking, video buffer will be empty and HVR will need to re-buffer it again.

screenshot for quick glance:
http://xs220.xs.to/xs220/07420/hvrp.png
http://xs220.xs.to/xs220/07420/hvrp2.png
BT.601, BT.709 explaination on wiki.

HVR is showing ghost lines on highlighted area, its a known issue with ati card(hd2000 series iirc) when renderer using pixel shader 2.0 for resizing, VMR and EVR has the same problem too, although ffdshow software scaler can fix this bug, but there is no point to use this renderer anymore :p
newer version of mpc-hc fixed this display bug by using pixel shader 3.0 on VMR/EVR
http://xs322.xs.to/xs322/07524/shakugan.jpg

screenshot of the japan bbc hd motion gallery, 1080p. this red leaf scene is the one of the most complex scene on this clip,
without GPU accelerated decoding, software decoding mode(coreavc or mpc internal h264 decoder) need atleast dual core 2.4GHz CPU or better to playback it without any frame drop.
http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08086/japan_bbc_m...ry_1080p473.jpg

screenshot of graphedit rendering video using HVR, probably the proof of HVR is d3d9 video renderer.
http://xs225.xs.to/xs225/08116/hvr-d3d9-graphedit793.jpg

Enhanced Video Renderer
Available if.NET framework 3.0 installed, support DXVA2 under vista, and its the only renderer that can use it, unlike windows xp, which have 3 renderer support DXVA, overlay mixer and VMR7/9.
the normal rendering mode still have the so called "wash out" problem when the decoder use YV12/YUY2 output, unless the video is hi-res type, eg apple quicktime HD video,
windows media player 11 will show this kind of symtomp,
just use ffdshow and the internal resize filter to restore the color/brightness, or use renderless mode with "16-235->0-255" shader on mpc.
EVR should be the best directshow renderer on vista, why? because its almost as fast as Overlay Mixer, no quality problem with YV12/YUY2 output colorspce, and it can co exist with Aero.

Here is the screenshot of EVR custom presenter mode, using media player classic build in shader:
http://xs221.xs.to/xs221/07440/evr.png

EVR custom presenter mode on mpc-hc, playback with internal h264 dxva2 decoder.
http://xs323.xs.to/xs323/08012/awayuki.jpg

DVD playback on vista with wmp11, onboard GPU like nv6150 will not be able to playback at constant 60fps, 1680x1050 fullscreen mode or higher, its require powerful GPU, due to hardware deintelacing need large amouth of bandwidth.
http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08083/shakugan-wmp11-evr654.jpg

Mplayer's X11/OpenGL Renderer
Available on mplayer, This renderer might be the second fastest renderer from above directshow based renderers, probably the most advanced opengl renderer.
much less complicated, it can run on any video card as long as user's video card/driver support OpenGL 1.2 or above.
first generation have many tuneable options including costum fragment program, costum "gamma ramp" and scaling fucntions.
provide big speed up on hi-res video with direct rendering enabled(only works with nvidia GPU).

second generation(gl2) support multiple texture but abit slower, less options to tweak,
its unlikely to improve furthur because the multiple texture support increase the complexity of the codes.

runs better on fullscreen mode, less problematic than renderers above(only true if you are on linux platform lol).
ATI control panel's(OpenGL) pixel shader options will affect this renderer as well.(deprecated)
if nVidia user wan output thier video to uber hi-res lcd or hdtv, this render might be the best choise.
just type mplayer.exe -vo gl:yuv=6 -dr myvideo.mp4 on console to activate opengl renderer.

this OpenGL renderer is good at rendering sub, u probably cant find a second renderer that rendering subtitle as sharp as this renderer,
its fast when use with nVidia GPU, while ATi is much slower but still acceptable, unlike the VMR7/9/HVR/EVR(especially renderless mode)
which need a powerfull GPU to play video with high quality subtitle rendering.
this renderer doesnt have incorrect black level problem like directshow renderers above, so we dont have to mess with resizer or level filter to get correct colorimetry.

Currently the recommend OpenGL parameter for ATI GPU user is "-vo gl:yuv=2:force-pbo:ati-hack -dr -noslices",
the author claims its much faster than overlay mixer, but im not able to test it since it produce garbled output, its due to buggy ati driver,
And now its recommended settings since the bug was fixed.

here is the screenshot from mplayer's opengl renderer, default sub config:
http://xs121.xs.to/xs121/07445/opengl-mplayer.png

mplayer's opengl renderer with custom fragment program loaded, emboss.fp
http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08084/crysis-embo...11opengl389.jpg

custom subtitle config, hardsubbed video prolly wont look better than this.
http://xs224.xs.to/xs224/08094/opengl-fontconfig-srt378.jpg

Matrixview
as the name said, it will make your video look like matrix array with lot of words;)
available on patched mplayer, patch can be obtain from here:
http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php

here is the screenshot of matrixview:
http://xs124.xs.to/xs124/08085/august-fanbox-demo538.png
original image:
http://xs125.xs.to/xs125/08135/august-fanbox-original241.jpg

look nice huh? with such high detailed image, hard frame drop must be enabled on mplayer to mantain audio/video sync, because this renderer is very slow,
and its hard to configure properly too, due to its ignoring video aspect ratio if playing on fullscreen mode.

CACA, Color ASCII Art library.
here is the screen shot of libcaca during playback on VLC:
http://xs320.xs.to/xs320/07420/caca.png

Vidix, Video interface for *nix, yeah for Windows platform too.
this renderer need to install direct hardware access driver before it can be used. Support many old video hardware to the latest one.
Rendering video in overlay mode, but doesnt work on vista iirc, not sure if its OS or hardware problem.
Crashed vista twice lol.
its work on windows xp, and my old ati radeon 9600xt(rv360), slower than overlay mixer, abit buggy, if this video renderer crashed, the OS might crash as well.

Direct3D video renderer, VLC, gpac player, virtualdub, mplayer(SDL, but its broken), divx player and quicktime has one too, but quality and performance varies between them. VMR/HVR/EVR are much advanced type of d3d renderers.

Conclusion:
1. disable aero will improve video rendering performance with renderers above if using weak GPU.

2. High quality SRT type subtitle rendering with ffdshow wont work with HVR/VMR7/9 renderless and EVR custom presenter mode, while SSA works on all renderers, but its tweaking the font/colors/ect options is only possible with mpc subtitle decoder.

3. VMR7/9/EVR/renderless only look better with RGB32 colorspace output but it cost alot of cpu cycles, and it doesnt have incorrect black level problem.(vista SP1 borked EVR custom presenter mode, so the workaround for this problem should be same as other video renderers to get rid of weird black level problem.)

4. vmr9 yuv mixing mode use less bandwidth than RGB32 mode but it has been disabled on vista due to various issue with mpc on vista, but it still can be used by enabling windows xp compatibility mode, afaik, now its only work if decoder are using YUY2/UYVY/NV12 output colorspace, and hardware deinterlacing(force bob.). so now only some DVD decoder, CoreAVC(with directshow deinterlacing enabled) and ffdshow can be used with this mode.

5. high anti-aliasing quality settings from ATI/nVidia control panel will cause VMR7/9/HVR/EVR(renderless/custom presenter mode) unusable, eg 8x, edge-detect filter with 24x samples(and probably mipmap quality setting), VMR9 gonna skip alot of frames, HVR doesnt skip frame but the decoder fps will be massively dropped, especially if playback DVD with hardware deinterlacing,
because non of these setting will make your video and subtitles look better, so its better set them to minimum or disable them to get a smooth dvd playback performance, or just use software deinterlacer.

6. VMR9 windowed mode on vista has weird behavior, video will look pixelated(nearest neighbourhood scaling) on fullscreen mode if Aero is disabled.

7. D3D renderers(VMR7/9/EVR/HVR)/renderless/cp on vista doesnt work with YV12/I420/IYUV(Planar YUV mode), mpc will fallback to system default renderer(a.k.a. VMR7).

8. Tearing problem on DDraw/D3D video renderer mostly cause by buggy video drivers, eg Ati Catalyst, thier drivers often cause tearing on various renderers include OpenGL, but mostly will got fixed on newer version lol.

9. here is the example a corrected "wash-out" color problem on D3D video renders, EVR custom presenter mode by using ffdshow level filter. i've merged the 3 different colorspace screencap for easier comparison.
http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08220/rgb32vsyuy2819.png
Here is the settings, the good thing is, its work with "plain" renderer too, because they cannot use shader "16-235->0-255" to perform level correction, those shader are for " VMR7/9 Renderless/EVR Custom presenter" renderer only.
The bad thing is, if your video file has bigger than 720p resolution, these renderers will change to normal contrast mode(16-235),
and if level filter is active, the video will look "over-bright", because the level correction got applied twice. Though user can set ffdshow preset autoloading condition to avoid this kind of problem.

10. "Blocky Red color" problem on EVR custom presnter mode with YUY2 colorspace. Mplayer OpenGL renderer has the same problem too, As i said above, They only look better with RGB32 colorspace when using "VMR7/9 Renderless/EVR Custom presenter", While OpenGL look great when using yuv=4 :3
http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08231/evrvsogl746.png

11. VMR7/9/renderlss(when not using mixer mode) doesnt support hardware deinterlacing, it will show scan-line effect and the fps will remains 29.97(ntsc-dvd).
while other video renderers work best with NV12 colorspace when deinterlacing, it look much better than YUY2 because less jagged edge.

12. Here is the 3200x2400 video resolution playback conclusion, the video source is mpeg1 video with 800x600, resized by using ffdshow with Gauss resize method, YUY2 output colorspace.
VMR9 yuv mixing consume 216mb of video memory, HVR use about 481mb, while EVR cp use 700mb. Please note that video memory is different from system memory.
While Haali video renderer only able to playback smoothly with proper settings, and its still able to playback smoothly even there is only 3 video buffer.
VMR9 renderless yuv mixing mode is same too, but lock-back buffer must be disable, it was meant to solve the tearing problem, but with this kind of insane resolution, it needs to disable to prevent choppy playback.
On Vista, the "superfetch" or whatever caching feature pretty much ruined those video renderer performance, both HVR and VMR9 playback will starting become jerky if vista increasing/decreasing the cached memory.
And those plain/normal renderers would be usefull here because, they consume afew system resource(60mb video memory, EVR), no tearing, no more wrong PC<->TV level.
and PS2.0 Bicubic resizer? ffdshow Gaussian scaler works very well lol.

Credits:
http://xs.to for free images hosting.
irfanview and pngout to optimizing png image for smaller size.
atitraytool and Rivatuner for realtime On Screen FPS and other infos display.

P.S. spoilers and direct image display removed, due to firefox will load all image even they are inside spoiler, without user clicking the spoiler, while opera is opposite. because most of my screenshot are large as 1680x1050, file size approximately 1mb with jpeg compression, while png will be ~150% larger.

my reviews are not entirely accurate because im not pro, and the testing environment is very limited.

TechPowerUp GPU-Z 0.1.0

1024kbps — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:38:15 +0800

GPU-Z

GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.

Main Features
-Support NVIDIA and ATI cards
-Displays adapter, GPU and display information
-Displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available)
-Validation of results
-No installation required
-Support for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista (both 32 and 64 bit versions are supported)
-BETA SOFTWARE please test and post feedback in the forums

Screenshots

Downloads
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

GPU-Z statistics
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/stats.php

Revision History
-Improvements to validation code
-Removed "Displays"
-Added more devices to detect

source: http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

Basic Avisynth VC-1/XviD/x264 encoder

1024kbps — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:59:02 +0800

As the title said, this is VC-1/XviD/x264 encoder, which use avisynth for input.
its very simple, all u need to do is just drag 'n drop ur video file to the batch file, then it will run the video conversion automatically after the avisynth file generated.

minimum system/software requirements:
1. Windows XP SP2
2. Windows media player 11(for the latest version of windows media format runtime)
3. Windows media encoder
4. Avisynth, download url can be found on first page.
5. modified WME9 encoder script. info and download from doom9
6. hotfix for vista user only download
7. FFmpegsource(avisynth plugin that use ffmpeg) download link and infos
8. Notepad2, Optional, for easier batchfile editing.
9. Optional, xvid cli encoder Download/more info
10. Optional, x264 cli encoder Download, user who are using 32bit OS should choose x264_x86_rxxx.7z, 64bit OS user can either use x86 or 64bit(x264_x64_rxxx.7z)version too, but 64bit build is recommended.
11. Optional, FFmpeg, mp4box and helix mp3 encoder.

After downloaded all necessary files, extract all the files from ffmpegsource.rar/xvid_encraw.exe/wmcmd.vbs/x264.exe/hmp3.exe to C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins
save the code from below to a batch file, make sure the file extension is .bat, else its just a plain text file :x
remember, video encoding require powerfull cpu, its recommended to use multi-core/smp cpu, because codecs below are multithreaded.

complicated version:

CODE

@echo off
if "%~1"=="" goto die
del/s/q/f "%temp%\avs">nul:
md "%temp%\avs"
title Rojak Media Encoder [%1]
set path=%path%;C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins
set ff=%temp%\avs\%~n1.avs
if "%~1"=="%~dpn1.avs" set ff=%~dpn1.avs && goto pre
rem ffmpegsource
echo FFmpegSource("%~1", vtrack = -1, atrack = -1,vcachefile="%temp%\avs\%~n1.ffv",acachefile="%temp%\avs\%~n1.ffa",seekmode = 1)>>%ff%

rem DGDecode
rem start/b/w/low C:\"Program Files"\Neuron2\DGIndex.exe -FO=0 -TN=1 -OM=0 -IF=[%~1] -OF=[%userprofile%\desktop\%~n1] -exit
rem echo mpeg2source("C:\Users\user\desktop\%~n1.d2v",idct=7,cpu=0,upconv=0).hqdn3d()>>%ff%

:pre
set enc=
set audio=
if "%enc%"=="" set enc=wme
goto %enc%

:wme
set wma=-a_codec WMAPRO -a_mode 2 -a_setting 128_44_2_16
set wmv=-v_codec WVC1 -a_mode 3 -v_keydist 10 -v_bitrate 800000 -v_performance 60
set adv=-v_bframedist 2 -v_mslevel 4 -v_msrange 0 -v_mvcost 1 -v_mmatch 0 -v_dquantoption 3 -v_loopfilter 1 -v_percopt 3
start/b/w/low cscript C:\"Program Files\AviSynth 2.5"\plugins\WMCmd.vbs -input %ff% -output "%userprofile%\desktop\%~n1.wmv"
goto done

:x264
set aq=--aq-strength 0.5 --aq-sensitivity 0
set def=-b 3 --mixed-refs -B 400 --b-pyramid --weightb --b-bias 30
set x2=start/b/w/low x264 %ff% --thread-input --direct auto --progress --no-ssim --non-deterministic --keyint 600 %def% --no-psnr --me-prepass --8x8dct
set hq=-A all -r 5 -t 2 --bime -m 7 --b-rdo
set t1=-A p8x8,b8x8 -m 3 --me hex -r 2
set t2=-A none -m 1 --me dia -r 1
%x2% -p 1 --stats "%~dpn1.log" -o nul: %t1%
%x2% -p 2 --stats "%~dpn1.log" -o "%userprofile%\Desktop\%~n1.mp4" --no-fast-pskip --me umh %hq%
rem %x2% -o "%userprofile%\Desktop\%~n1.mp4" --no-fast-pskip --me umh --crf 32
goto audio

:xvid
set asp=-qpel -gmc -qtype 1
set hq=-quality 6 -vhqmode 4
set xd=start/b/w/low xvid_encraw -i %ff% -nopacked -lumimasking -progress 2 -bvhq -type 2 -bitrate 800
%xd% -pass1 "%temp%\avs\%~n1.log" -turbo
%xd% -pass2 "%temp%\avs\%~n1.log" -o "%temp%\avs\%~n1.avi"
start/b/w/low mp4box -add "%temp%\avs\%~n1.avi" "%userprofile%\Desktop\%~n1.mp4"

goto audio
:audio
if %enc%==wmv goto done
if %audio%==ture (goto here else goto done)
:here
set helix=hmp3 -V100 -X2 -U2 -Q-1 - "%temp%\%~n1.mp3"
set vorbis=oggenc -q 4 - -o "%temp%\%~n1.ogg"
start/b/w/low ffmpeg -i %ff% -vn -acodec pcm_s16le -f wav - | %helix%
start/b/w/low mp4box -add "%temp%\%~n1.mp3" "%userprofile%\Desktop\%~n1.mp4"
goto done
:done
echo Conversion done!
pause>nul:
:die

Note:
1. default video bitare is 800kbps, audio is 192kbps wma10(professional)/mp3 is vbr 160kbps, both are 2pass.
2. any comments/questions and suggestion are welcome, but pls ask on other forum instead(multimedia forum)
this encoder is a basic one, other fuctions like resize, crop, deinterlace and denoise can be added too, but will need to download more plugins.
3. the avisynth file is "embeded" into the batch file already, user can use thier own avisynth file too.
4. ffmpegsource can read tons of audio/video format/codecs, but some av codecs still missing eg real video and other weird format, if they have directshow codecs, user can switch to directshowsource.
5. if user have x264 or xvid cli encoder installed and wish to use it, just edit the batch file, goto line 4, eg, set enc=x264, then the encoder will switch to x264
6. if user choose either xvid or x264 encoder, the encoded file will be audio-less coz xvid and x264 is for encode video only. altough its possible to stream-copy the source audio to matroska(aka mkv) or mp4, but user will need to download mkvtoolnix or mp4box for muxing.
7. if user are using directshowsource and have ffdshow installed, make sure ffdshow are disabled else it gonna mess up ur encoding.
8. ffmpegsource and directshowsource cannot handle video codec that use Variable framerate(wmv,real video,quicktime video) directly, user need to use ConvertFPS to convert the source fps to constant fps.
9. Helix mp3 encoder is added, unfortunately nero aac encoder cant accept pipe, even the wav file created by ffmpeg, so user have to encode and mux the nero aac seperately.
10. ZOMG this encoder now become complicated already lol >_>

Mencoder experimental version:

CODE

@echo off
title Mencoder [%~1]
if "%~1"=="" goto eof
cd /d "c:\program files\mplayer"
set lame=-oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:preset=medium:mode=1:aq=2:q=4
set faac=-oac faac -faacopts tns:quality=75:object=2:cutoff=16000
set twolame=-oac twolame -twolameopts mode=jstereo:vbr=5:debug=4:maxvbr=224

rem filters below are for ivtc only.
set fd=-vf filmdint,hqdn3d -fps 30000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001
set ivtc=-vf softpulldown,ivtc=1 -fps 30000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001
set pu=-vf pullup,softskip -fps 30000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001

rem hardsubbing ass/srt does work, but without style, probably tweakable, quality depend on font/post processing filters used.
set m=start/b/w/low mencoder.exe %1 -msglevel all=5 -vfm ffmpeg -vf hqdn3d -sid 0 -embeddedfonts -subfont subfont.ttf -subfont-text-scale 3

set z7=start/b/w/low C:\"Program Files"\7-Zip\7z.exe e -so %1
echo %time%
rem ffmpeg codecs

set hq=vhq:v4mv:qpel:trell:cbp:qprd:mv0:mbd=2:dia=-1
set ffmp4=-passlogfile "ffmp4.txt" -ovc lavc -lavcopts autoaspect:vcodec=mpeg4:vmax_b_frames=3:keyint=300:b_sensitivity=10:vbitrate=700:lumi_mask=0.3:dark_mask=0.3:naq:vb_qoffset=1:vb_qfactor=1.4:vglobal=0:aglobal=0

rem xvid
set xvid=-ovc xvid -xvidencopts me_quality=6:qpel:trellis:chroma_opt:chroma_me:hq_ac:vhq=4:lumi_mask:quant_type=h263:nopacked:gmc:bvhq=1:autoaspect:threads=2:bitrate=700

rem x264
set x264=-passlogfile "x264.txt" -ovc x264 -x264encopts keyint=600:bframes=3:b_adapt:b_pyramid:deblock=0,0:cabac:direct_pred=auto:weight_b:8x8dct:chroma_me:mixed_refs:threads=0:aq_strength=1:aq-sensitivity=0:non_deterministic:b_bias=30:bitrate=700

rem libavcodec mpeg4 2 pass
rem %m% -o :nul -nosound %ffmp4%:vb_strategy=1:vpass=1:turbo
rem %m% -o "%userprofile%\desktop\%~n1.avi" %ffmp4%:%hq%:vpass=2 -oac copy

rem xvid 2pass
rem %m% -o :nul -nosound %xvid%:pass=1:turbo -passlogfile "xvid.txt"
rem %m% -o "%userprofile%\desktop\%~n1.avi" %xvid%:pass=2 -nosound -passlogfile "xvid.txt"

rem x264 2pass
%m% %x264%:pass=1:turbo=2 -nosound -o nul:
%m% %x264%:pass=2:me=umh:frameref=6:partitions=all:subq=7:bime:brdo:nofast_pskip:trellis=2 -o "%userprofile%\desktop\%~n1.avi" -oac copy
rem %m% %x264%:me=umh:crf=32:frameref=5:partitions=all:subq=7:bime:brdo:nofast_pskip:trellis=2 -o "%userprofile%\desktop\%~n1.h264" -nosound -of rawvideo

rem libavcodec snow
rem %m% -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=snow:vstrict=-2:vpass=2:vbitrate=700:pred=0:cmp=2:subcmp=2:mbcmp=1:refs=2

echo %time%
pause>nul:
:die

1. Mencoder is much easier, all filters are built-in, and it support lame/faac/twolame natively, unless you wana use external audio encoder with diffrent container.
2. now libavformat have matroska muxer(ffmpeg/mencoder), but muxed video file still broken, video track cant be detected(haali media spliter and mkvtoolnix), and its only playable on mplayer. use avi, or raw format instead if u wish to encode to mpeg4-sp/asp/avc
3. mencoder default output container is avi, just remux it to mkv with mkvtoolnix, for less container problem in the future? mpeg4 asp/h264 in avi container is not recommended, unless you are not using any b-frame.
4. any text after the "rem" word will be ignored by cmd, just remove the "rem" if you wana use other encoders, the default encoder in this batch file is x264, and was patched with variance AQ. mencoder will complain unknown options if your mencoder was compiled with unpatched x264, just remove aq_strength=1:aq-sensitivity=0 from bathc file above, or if u dont wish to use x264 variance AQ.
5. hqdn3d is high quality noise remover which is enabled for higher compression, just remove the "-vf hqdn3d" for faster encoding, or the video source is already noiseless.
6. hardssubing ass/srt require mencoder compiled with fontconfig iirc, and set up is abit troublesome.