MKV Cutter x264 level argument error

[befeleme]

Dear Selur,
your MKV Cutter looks great; however, it fails on my computer.

The x264 complains about the level argument which is 31@Main in my case. I tried to check "keep intermediate" and run the command on cmd while changed the argument to 31 instead of 31@Main and it seems to work. I assume it is not possible to force MKV Cutter to use other level argument for x264, is it? Could you please suggest what to try or what can be wrong?

Reset MkvInfoAnalyszer call: mkvinfo.exe --ui-language en  -s "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\001ac3.mkv" profile@Level:  Main @L3.1 video track numer: 1 video stream frame rate: 50 Track 1: video, codec ID: V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC (HEVC profile: Main @L3.1), mkvmerge/mkvextract track ID: 0, language: und, default duration: 20.000ms (50.000 frames/fields per second for a video track), pixel width: 960, pixel height: 540, Colour range: 1 Track 2: audio, codec ID: A_AC3, mkvmerge/mkvextract track ID: 1, language: cze, channels: 2, sampling freq: 48000, bits per sample: 32 frame count: 155116 MkvvInfo detected 155116 frames 3986 of them are key frames video stream key frame count: 3986, average distance: 38 MediaInfo call: "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\MediaInfo.exe" --Full "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\001ac3.mkv" profile@Level: Main@L3.1@Main aspect ratio of input: 1 frame rate mode: cfr audio format: AC-3 video scan order: progressive FFIndexCaller(C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\001ac3.mkv, C:\Users\ADMINI~1\DOWNLO~1\trz\001ac3.ffindex) FFIndex call: "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\ffmsindex.exe" "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\001ac3.mkv" "C:\Users\ADMINI~1\DOWNLO~1\trz\001ac3.ffindex" indexerFinished,.. initializing the avisynth script environment,.. Loading avisynth.dll loaded CreateScriptEnvironment definition from dll,.. looking for avisynth version,.. current avisynth version: AviSynth 2.60, build:Feb 20 2015 [03:16:45] Saved temp avs file to C:\Users\ADMINI~1\DOWNLO~1\trz\001ac3_tmp.avs Importing C:\Users\ADMINI~1\DOWNLO~1\trz\001ac3_tmp.avs into environment,.. grabbing clip infos,..   checking colorspace,..   current color space is Yv12 invoking ConvertToRGB initializating the clip anew,.. grabbing clip infos,.. adjusting slider to frame count,.. showing first frame,.. set cut-start to: 33051 collecting cut list and audio cuts,.. current cut: 033051-043004 -> time cut: 00:11:01.019-00:14:20.080    B1: adding startCut to cuts: 33037 33051-33084 33085    B2: adding middleCut to cuts: 33085 33085-42983 42984    B4: adding endCut to cuts: 42984 42984-43004 43029 -> calculated audio length: 00:03:19.061, in seconds: 199.061 -> calculated video length: 00:03:19.060, in seconds: 199.06 building trim and video parts,...   adding(4) 001ac3_cut_001.mkv <> Trim(14,length=33) for 33051-33084   adding(6) 001ac3_cut_002.mkv <> KEEP for 33085-42983   adding(2) 001ac3_cut_003.mkv <> Trim(0,length=20) for 42984-43004 New temp folder: C:\Temp mkvParts count: 3 33037-33085   33085-42984   42984-43029 Calling video cutter,.. m_mkvVideoParts: 33037-33085 33085-42984 42984-43029 Saving options: --------------------------- -o C:\\Temp\\edit.mkv --split parts-frames:33037-33085,33085-42984,42984-43029 --no-audio --no-subtitles --no-buttons --no-track-tags --no-chapters --no-attachments --no-global-tags C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Downloads\\trz\\001ac3.mkv --------------------------- to:  C:\Temp\edit_mkvOptions.txt Saved C:\Temp\edit_mkvOptions.txt. Video split call: "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\mkvmerge.exe" @"C:\Temp\EDIT_M~1.TXT" MkvMerge output: mkvmerge v12.0.0 ('Trust / Lust') 32bit MkvMerge output: 'C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\001ac3.mkv': Using the demultiplexer for the format 'Matroska'. MkvMerge output: 'C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\001ac3.mkv' track 0: Using the output module for the format 'HEVC/h.265'. MkvMerge output: Progress: 0% MkvMerge output: The file 'C:\Temp\edit-001.mkv' has been opened for writing. -> new temp file: C:\Temp\edit-001.mkv MkvMerge output: The cue entries (the index) are being written... MkvMerge output: The file 'C:\Temp\edit-002.mkv' has been opened for writing. -> new temp file: C:\Temp\edit-002.mkv MkvMerge output: The cue entries (the index) are being written... MkvMerge output: The file 'C:\Temp\edit-003.mkv' has been opened for writing. -> new temp file: C:\Temp\edit-003.mkv MkvMerge output: The cue entries (the index) are being written... MkvMerge output: Progress: 100% MkvMerge output: Multiplexing took 0 seconds. only one output file: C:\Temp\edit.mkv video splitter created the following files:   1: C:\Temp\edit-001.mkv   2: C:\Temp\edit-002.mkv   3: C:\Temp\edit-003.mkv mkvSplit finished,.. handling split files,... trim value for 001ac3_cut_001.mkv: Trim(14,length=33) createAvisynthSkript(C:\Temp\edit-001.mkv, Trim(14,length=33))   Avisynth file name: C:\Temp\edit-001.avs   Saved avisynth script:    ---------------------------- LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\ffms2.dll") FFVideoSource("C:\Temp\edit-001.mkv", threads=1) Trim(14,length=33)    ----------------------------   to: C:\Temp\edit-001.avs trim value for 001ac3_cut_002.mkv: KEEP trim value for 001ac3_cut_003.mkv: Trim(0,length=20) createAvisynthSkript(C:\Temp\edit-003.mkv, Trim(0,length=20))   Avisynth file name: C:\Temp\edit-003.avs   Saved avisynth script:    ---------------------------- LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\ffms2.dll") FFVideoSource("C:\Temp\edit-003.mkv", threads=1) Trim(0,length=20)    ----------------------------   to: C:\Temp\edit-003.avs FFmpeg extractor call: "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\ffmpeg.exe" -y -i "C:\Temp\edit-002.mkv" -vcodec copy -an -sn -vsync 0 -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb "C:\Temp\edit-002.264" ffmpegFinished: 1, status 0 video extraction finished,.. Analyzing C:\Temp\edit-002.264 with h264_parse,.. h264_parse finished(-1073741819, 1). weigthed p-frames: 0 weigthed b-frames: 0 qpMin: 72 chroma offset: 9 weigthed p-frames: 0 weigthed b-frames: 0 qpMin: -1130516 chroma offset: 17 h264_parse finished analysing the input,..   Detected settings:     AVCProfileLevel: Main@L3.1@Main     Interlaced: progressive     Cabac: true     AVCRefFrames: 1     Chroma offset: 17     BFrames: 0     WeightedB: 0     WeightP: 0     Min Keyint:     Max Keyint:     QPMin: -1130516     AspectRatio: 1      SPS: 0      FPS: 50 creating x264 reencode call for: C:\Temp\edit-001.avs -> x264 call: "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\x264.exe" --profile main --level 31@Main --sps-id 0 --ref 1 --bframes 0 --weightp 0 --keyint 38 --chroma-qp-offset 17 --stitchable --non-deterministic --thread-input --crf 19 --demuxer avs --fps 5000000/100000 -o "C:\Temp\edit-001_reencode.264" "C:\Temp\edit-001.avs" creating x264 reencode call for: C:\Temp\edit-003.avs -> x264 call: "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\x264.exe" --profile main --level 31@Main --sps-id 0 --ref 1 --bframes 0 --weightp 0 --keyint 38 --chroma-qp-offset 17 --stitchable --non-deterministic --thread-input --crf 19 --demuxer avs --fps 5000000/100000 -o "C:\Temp\edit-003_reencode.264" "C:\Temp\edit-003.avs" encoding next file,... (2 left) x264 call: "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\trz\MkvCutter2019\x264.exe" --profile main --level 31@Main --sps-id 0 --ref 1 --bframes 0 --weightp 0 --keyint 38 --chroma-qp-offset 17 --stitchable --non-deterministic --thread-input --crf 19 --demuxer avs --fps 5000000/100000 -o "C:\Temp\edit-001_reencode.264" "C:\Temp\edit-001.avs" x264 [error]: invalid argument: level = 31@Main ExitCode: -1, ExitStatus: 0 x264 encoding finished,.. Resetting since x264 crashed,.. Reset

I tried both 2017 and 2019 version of MKV Cutter from your Google Drive and the behaviour is the same.

Thank you,
Vojtech

[Selur]

Problem is that you are not trying to cut H.264, but H.265 content frame accurate.
(MKV Cutter, can be 'misused' to cut H.265 content but only key-frame not frame accurate.)
x264 can only create H.264 content and H.265 has Profile@Level@Tier while H.264 only has Profile@Level, which is why the extraction of the level fails.

Cu Selur

[befeleme]

Oh, thank you for the explanation. I was convinced it is H.264, now I see it is not true.