x264 encoding error.

[Selur]

PS.: And maybe a feature request worth thinking, related to this kind of issues (unless there already is something like it?):
"Retry CRASHED jobs X times" and/or "Continue to other WAITING jobs after a job has CRASHED", as for some reason the other jobs in the list remain WAITING.

The number of parallel jobs is 1, so if that one crashes, Hybrid stops.
"Retry CRASHED jobs X times" that sounds like insanity.
"Continue to other WAITING jobs after a job has CRASHED", that could make sense, but since a crash often has a reason that could potentially influence other jobs too, I'm not going to implement it.

Looking at the debug output:

# Imports import vapoursynth as vs # getting Vapoursynth core import ctypes import sys import os core = vs.core # Import scripts folder scriptPath = 'C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsscripts' sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(scriptPath)) # Loading Support Files Dllref = ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary("C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/Support/libfftw3f-3.dll") # loading plugins core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/DenoiseFilter/HQDN3D/libhqdn3d.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/GrainFilter/RemoveGrain/RemoveGrainVS.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/GrainFilter/AddGrain/AddGrain.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/DenoiseFilter/DFTTest/DFTTest.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/DenoiseFilter/NEO_FFT3DFilter/neo-fft3d.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/Support/EEDI3m_opencl.dll")# vsQTGMC core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/ResizeFilter/nnedi3/NNEDI3CL.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/Support/libmvtools.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/Support/scenechange.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/Support/fmtconv.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/MiscFilter/MiscFilters/MiscFilters.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/DeinterlaceFilter/Bwdif/Bwdif.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/SourceFilter/d2vSource/DGDecode.dll") # Import scripts import havsfunc import validate # Source: 'C:\Users\hjatsu\Desktop\vhs\VHSREC2#001.vob' # Current color space: YUV420P8, bit depth: 8, resolution: 720x576, frame rate: 25fps, scanorder: top field first, yuv luminance scale: limited, matrix: 470bg, transfer: bt.470 system b/g, primaries: bt.601 pal # Loading C:\Users\hjatsu\Desktop\vhs\VHSREC2#001.vob using DGDecode clip = core.dgdecode.MPEG2Source("C:/Users/hjatsu/AppData/Local/Temp/2024-08-15@21_47_56_3910.d2v",info=3)# 25 fps, scanorder: top field first frame = clip.get_frame(0) # setting color matrix to 470bg. clip = core.std.SetFrameProps(clip, _Matrix=vs.MATRIX_BT470_BG) # setting color transfer (vs.TRANSFER_BT470_BG), if it is not set. if validate.transferIsInvalid(clip): clip = core.std.SetFrameProps(clip=clip, _Transfer=vs.TRANSFER_BT470_BG) # setting color primaries info (to vs.PRIMARIES_BT470_BG), if it is not set. if validate.primariesIsInvalid(clip): clip = core.std.SetFrameProps(clip=clip, _Primaries=vs.PRIMARIES_BT470_BG) # setting color range to TV (limited) range. clip = core.std.SetFrameProps(clip=clip, _ColorRange=vs.RANGE_LIMITED) # making sure frame rate is set to 25fps clip = core.std.AssumeFPS(clip=clip, fpsnum=25, fpsden=1) # making sure the detected scan type is set (detected: top field first) clip = core.std.SetFrameProps(clip=clip, _FieldBased=vs.FIELD_TOP) # tff # cutting from frame 0 to 27976 - WARNING: This might cause synch issues clip = core.std.Trim(clip=clip, first=0, last=27976) # Deinterlacing using QTGMC clip = havsfunc.QTGMC(Input=clip, Preset="Very Slow", TFF=True, opencl=True, device=0) # new fps: 50 # Making sure content is preceived as frame based clip = core.std.SetFrameProps(clip=clip, _FieldBased=vs.FIELD_PROGRESSIVE) # progressive clip = core.std.CropRel(clip=clip, left=16, right=12, top=2, bottom=10)# cropping to 692x564 # denoising using HQDN3D clip = core.hqdn3d.Hqdn3d(clip=clip, lum_spac=2.00, chrom_spac=2.00, lum_tmp=4.00, chrom_tmp=6.00) # set output frame rate to 50fps (progressive) clip = core.std.AssumeFPS(clip=clip, fpsnum=50, fpsden=1) # output clip.set_output()

looks fine to me, source is trimmed to 27977 frames and boobed, so the output should be 55954 frames.
The decoder call:

"C:\Program Files\Hybrid\64bit\Vapoursynth\vspipe.exe" "C:\Users\hjatsu\AppData\Local\Temp\encodingTempSynthSkript_2024-08-15@21_47_56_3910_0.vpy" - -c y4m

looks fine.
then encoding call:

"C:\Program Files\Hybrid\64bit\x264.exe" --preset veryslow --crf 14.50 --profile high --level 5.1 --sync-lookahead 120 --rc-lookahead 120 --no-fast-pskip --vbv-maxrate 300000 --vbv-bufsize 300000 --deadzone-inter 6 --deadzone-intra 6 --sar 16:15 --non-deterministic --range tv --colormatrix bt470bg --demuxer y4m --input-range tv --fps 50/1 --output-depth 8 --output "C:\Users\hjatsu\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-08-15@21_47_56_3910_06.264" -

looks fine and starts without a problem.
Encoding looks fine:

y4m [info]: 692x564p 16:15 @ 50/1 fps (cfr) x264 [info]: using SAR=16/15 x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2 x264 [info]: profile High, level 5.1, 4:2:0, 8-bit 1 frames: 0.09 fps, 23960.80 kb/s x264 [info]: using SAR=16/15 x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2 x264 [info]: profile High, level 5.1, 4:2:0, 8-bit 3 frames: 0.26 fps, 21826.93 kb/s 5 frames: 0.40 fps, 20721.44 kb/s 18 frames: 1.39 fps, 10394.98 kb/s 20 frames: 1.51 fps, 9524.68 kb/s 23 frames: 1.70 fps, 8754.66 kb/s ... 55687 frames: 9.35 fps, 3927.62 kb/s 55690 frames: 9.35 fps, 3927.64 kb/s 55693 frames: 9.35 fps, 3927.55 kb/s 55698 frames: 9.34 fps, 3927.51 kb/s

But then the decoder crashes " Helper(1) finished with exitCode: -1073741819 and exitStatus: 1"
-1073741819 indicates an access violation in the helper, so somewhere in the Vapoursynth processing.
This is usually caused by one of these things:

• a glitch in the source => check whether you can navigate in the Vapoursynth Preview around frame 55698.
  
• heat issues
  
• memory issues
  
• some driver issues (unlikely since it worked for 55698 frames)
  
• overclocking of cpu/gpu/ram (yes, even when every other test seems fine; encoding and intense filtering is really sensitive)
  
• a bug in a filter (unlikely since it worked for 55698 frames)
  
• some antivirus tool (or the os) interfering (especially mcafee and nortons live scanning stuff can cause problems)
  
• runnning out of ram (there isn't always an out-of-memory error is memory gets spars)
  

Cu Selur