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Intel Encoder stopped to work after update
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:18 pm
by markp
Hi:
I was trying the Intel Encoder option, I was gladly surprised how fast that method was. Unfortunatley the quality wasn't the best, so I updated the Intel HD drivers to the latest ones. Now that option doesn't work anymore. The process starts but at a rate 0f 0.02x then 0.01x and then 0.00x. I never got an error message or something, but I must close the program, because it also doesn't stop. I really don't know what happened. I even reinstalled Mediacoder, but with no luck.
my CPU is an Intel Core i3 -3220 (Ivy Bridge)
Intel Driver Revision: 15.31.9.64.3165 (May 10, 2013)
Mediacoder version: x64 0.8.25.5553
thanks in advance
Mark
Re: Intel Encoder stopped to work after update
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 3:47 am
by markp
I've done some more tests.
if I use:
Intel Driver Revision: x64 15.28.12.64.2932 (December 19, 2012)
Everything works fine, I even can stop the processed with no problem. (codecs used Video X.264 or MPEG2)
If I use:
Intel Driver Revision: x64 15.31.3.64.3071 ( March 20, 2013)
The encoding process is faster. It works fine if I don't stop the process, but if I try to stop it, Mediacoder crush inmediately.
If I use the lastest drivers, the beavior is the described on my first post.
Is it a shame, because the difference in speed is amazing, up to 4.5 times faster.
Re: Intel Encoder stopped to work after update
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:30 pm
by stanley
I will confirm this.
Re: Intel Encoder stopped to work after update
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:01 pm
by stanley
I tested the latest Intel driver version released in July with Intel i7-4770K processor and the problem you described does not occur.
Re: Intel Encoder stopped to work after update
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:14 pm
by markp
which version of Mediacoder did you use ? I've just realized there is a newer version.
I used version: x64 0.8.25.5553 for the tests.
I'll check again with version x64 0.8.25.5555 tomorrow.
Re: Intel Encoder stopped to work after update
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:20 pm
by stanley
Latest 5555 (but Intel encoder has not been changed since 5542).
Just now tested with driver version 15.31.18.64.3272 and everything is fine.
Re: Intel Encoder stopped to work after update
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:39 pm
by markp
Hi Stanley:
I did the tests again with version 5555, I got no problems. So I unstalled Mediacoder and downloaded again version 5553 (I erased the previous 5553 installer). This time I couldn't get the errors again with none of the 3 Intel drivers, but I got another strange behavior, When I start the process the process bar was stuck all the way and on the status bar it says something like 10214111448712%, instead starting with 0.0%.
I guess the problem is not directly related with the Intel Encoder. All my problems started when I tried to extract a piece of a video. So I set the start position then the end position, but as I didn't want to re-encode the video I set the enable copy video and audio. I didn't know that Mediacoder didn't care about the time settings, when the copy options are set. Then I pressed the start button, but I didn't get the progress bar and also I couldn't stop the process, so I had to kill Mediacoder. When I started Mediacoder again, the original video was still on the play list, then the problem with the progress bar started until I removed the the video from the play list and addded it again. That solved the problem. Maybe there is some unchecked buffer overrun or something, I really don't know.
Anyway, what I have learnt from all of this is to remove any prevoius version of Mediacoder before installing a new one and second to erase the playlist everytime I start Mediacoder.
By the way, Mediacoder, with the latest drivers from Intel is faster in about 10%, but only with H.264, but for some reason Auto is faster than GPU for MPEG2.