LogViewer for GPU-Z available !

[Solaris17]

I can tell you a trick to force that:

1. Select „Number of files = 2“
2. Select „Number of files = 1“

This does exactly what I want TY.

Another (maybe better) UI solution could be instead of hiding the „+“ button in case of three categories are shown, to change it to a „-“ button. So, the number of categories go like:
1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1 -> 2 > 3 -> 2 -> 1 ...

This is also a good idea, its more intuitive.

 

[TomWoB]

Any chance you could add the ability to save images of the graphs? Thanks.

Hi Ryrynz,
one request and one like ... OK, I will think about it . Shouldn't be a lot of work to implement ...

 

[TomWoB]

New version 5.1 available !

Hi all, I built a version 5.1 with the following new features:

• Save Screenshot:
  ability to save a screenshot of the GenericLogViewer window directly in one of the following graphic formats:
  - PNG
  - JPEG
  - TIFF
  - Bitmap
  
  
• Feature "different categories of one file in one diagram" now also has a "-" button

Special thanks to @Solaris17, @Ryrynz and @Naki for beta testing

Download
The zip file (SHA-1 hash, Version 5.1: 3F00587F9019A8215BABDC8A55BE8264D60D7A9E) contains the binary files of the tool.

 

[Ryrynz]

Beautiful.

 

[TomWoB]

New Version 5.2 available !

Hi all, I built a version 5.2 with the following new feature:

• ability to save the current setup
• ability to load a previous saved setup

After loading a logfile, the two new buttons are shown. They allow to save/load your parameters of the GenericLogViewer like:

• number of diagrams
• diagram types
• selected categories
• ...

Only logfile specific parameters are not saved, like filenames, time windows (makes no sense).

Remark:
depending on the "complexity" of the setup (6x2 diagrams, each with 3 categories, ...) it can take "some seconds" until setup is activated ... stay cool

Best regards
Tom

Download:
you can download version 5.2 from first post of this thread: Post #1

 

[vexxiss]

Great Tool. Small feature request: is it possible to add the ability to change the timeline from 00:20:20 to the actual time (14:40:20...)?

 

[TomWoB]

Hi vexxiss,

a long time ago I decided to use only "relative times" instead of "absolute times", because comparing multiple log-files makes only sense with relative times. There are two use cases for that:

• comparing 2 or 3 different log-files
  I think that use case is clear. Maybe you have to optimize the duration of the shown periods in "Edit" window
  
  
• open a single log-file multiple times
  Maybe this is not a well-known use case. Simple example: you have a 3 hour log-file and want to compare hour-by-hour. So, you open this 3 hour log-file 3 times (file 1, 2, 3). Now you select in "Edit" mode for file 1 first hour, for file 2 second hour and for file 3 last hour. In the diagrams you can see now first hour = red curve, second hour = green curve and last hour = blue curve

Both use cases are only possible with "relative times". But I agree, in case of "only a single file" absolute times make sense. But to keep tool simple I decided to support only "relative times". I'm sorry, it will be "a lot of work" to change this and it means, I have to support both (relative and absolute times). So, at the moment it's not an option for me.

Regards
Tom

 

[Polarguin]

Very useful tool!!!
Could you make "1% Low" value displayed ?
And "0.1% Low"

 

[TomWoB]

Hi Polarguin,

sorry, I don't really understand what you want:

• should the tool mark "1% Low" values in a special way?
• should the tool show only "1% Low" values (maximum Y-axis) ?

Maybe you have a look at the "Statistic" mode: it shows how the values are distributed (in percent). With "number of ranges" you can adjust the "width" of the ranges.

 

[MrGRiMv25]

Really nice idea, it's one of those ideas you always wonder why it hadn't already been done! Props.

Hi Polarguin,

sorry, I don't really understand what you want:

• should the tool mark "1% Low" values in a special way?
• should the tool show only "1% Low" values (maximum Y-axis) ?

Maybe you have a look at the "Statistic" mode: it shows how the values are distributed (in percent). With "number of ranges" you can adjust the "width" of the ranges.

I think he means the FPS 1 and .1% lows? I might be wrong but that's what popped in to my mind from reading his post.

 

[TomWoB]

Hi MrGRiMv25,

I think you are right regarding your "FPS 1% and 0.1% lows" assumption. I found a video which explains it: YouTube 1% & 0.1% lows
@Polarguin: OK, I will think about an implementation ...

Regards
Tom

 

[TomWoB]

Hi all,

OK, I did some thoughts and some tests!

The Thoughts
I don't think I have the perfect data to calculate "1% Low" and "0.1% Low" values properly, because in the logs are typically not the needed exact duration times between all frames stored, there are FPS values at "logging interval time" written. So if I calculate "1% Low" and "0.1% Low" with these FPS values I think it's not guaranteed to "consider all lowest values".

The Tests
I logged a Formula 1 Benchmark (3 rounds in Monaco) with two different logging intervals (100ms and 1000ms) with HWINFO + FRAPS. Which delivers the following result:

• red curve = 100ms logging interval (in real 180ms) -> 1400 log values
• green curve = 1000ms logging interval -> 235 log values

The exact values in detail:

• 1% Low: 103.6 (red), 102.3 (green)
• 0.1% Low: 101.0 (red), 100.0 (green) = mimimum values !

I agree with "Tech Deals" (see YouTube), the "0.1 Low" value is useless, because even in case of 1400 logvalues (red curve) only ONE logvalue is "used", which is the "minimum" .
So, only "1% Low" makes sense ... does it ... does it really help ???

Conclusion
Still not clear for me if it makes sense to calculate 1% Low based on "log interval FPS values" without having the exact time durations between all frames.
What do you think?

Regards
Tom

 

[Polarguin]

Hi TomWoB,
Sorry that I did not read your comments in time. This forum is not my usually visit.
Only the quantity of log values more than 2000, can "0.1% Low" value be useful.
Just imagine, you have 1999 log values, 0.1% *1999 = 1.999
The quantity of "0.1% Low" log value must be an integer.

I do not know how HWiNFO round to a whole number, round half up, or round down.
I prefer to use round down.
1.999 rounding down is 1.
That is the reason why only ONE logvalue is "used" , and equal to "minimum".

 

[TomWoB]

Hi Polarguin,

yes, that's clear. But also in case of you have 20'000 log-values, calculating "1.0 Low" from log-values makes no sense, because it's impossible to get the duration between all frames from log-data.
Maybe there is a much easier solution available: "MSI Afterburner" seems to monitor this values directly:

I'm not an Afterburner Guru, but I think these values can be logged into a file -> this log-file can be opened and presented by Generic Log Viewer !

Regards
Tom

 

[wuyanxu]

Very nice log viewer. I've been using it a lot to view GPU-z and Aida data together. Thank you for making this.

May I ask for one small feature?

I use it to look at reading trends as well as the last reading (right-most) to see current temperature, etc. But the right-most reading is furtherest away from the Y axis scale, making it difficult to read. Can you add the ability to display the Y axis to the far right?

 

[TomWoB]

Hi wuyanxu,

hm .. I'm not sure if this is possible(?). I'm happy with "the many grid lines" which are typically shown and Y-axis scale only on the left side, because this guaratees more space for the graph (especially in "Two columns" mode).

Maybe you don't know already the "mouse over feature":
if you put the mouse cursor somewhere "direct on the line of a graph", the exact value is shown:

Maybe this helps to read values furtherest away from the Y-axis scale ...

 

[wuyanxu]

Thanks for quick reply. Yes, the mouse over feature works somewhat, but rather cumbersome with multiple diagrams. It won't be an at-a-glance feature.

How about add a "last reading" read-out on the top for each line? After min-avg-max readings?

This is my Aida configuration, you can see the right-most value is quite difficult to glance read through so many lines.

 

[TomWoB]

Hi wuyanxu,

I think I got the "perfect solution": when "Reload"-button is pressed, Y-axis scale moves to the right:

I will work on this approach ...

 

[wuyanxu]

That would be perfect, the mock-up is exactly what I was asking, thank you! Sorry it wasn't clear initially.

The use-case is to press Reload button to see latest values, so having the Y-axis tied to this makes perfect sense.

 

[TomWoB]

Hi all,

I'm thinking about another feature for the "Reload"-button:
so that the curves don't get longer and longer, it would make sense to configure something like "show last 10 minutes". You would always see a time window of x-minutes of the same length.

What do you think ?

 

[TomWoB]

New Version 5.4 available !

Hi all, I built a version 5.4 with the following new features:

• "Reload file" button can be configured to display only the "last x minutes"
• after clicking "Reload file" button, Y-axis scale of Timeline-diagrams moves to the right side, because there are the "more interesting/latest values"

How to configure display only the "last x minutes":

1. Click on "Edit" button (near filename)
2. Configure a "last minutes" value
3. Click "Apply"

Special thanks to @wuyanxu for inspiration and beta testing

Best regards
Tom

Download:
you can download version 5.4 from first post of this thread: Post #1

 

[TomWoB]

Hello,

I made an user guide video about the Generic Log Viewer to explain all features of the tool, maybe you learn something new:
User Guide on YouTube

Regards
Tom

 

[TomWoB]

New Version 6.0 available !

Hi all, I built a version 6.0 with the following new features:

• Support of Command-Line-Arguments
• Drag & drop of files
• "Change all" buttons with SMART-functionality

For details check this video on YouTube

Regards
Tom

Download:
you can download version 6.0 from first post of this thread: Post #1

 

[TomWoB]

New Version 6.1 available !

Hi all, I built a version 6.1 with the following new features:

• Style your own Generic Log Viewer MainWindow ... if you like
• Diagrams can now be "locked" (for "Change all" buttons with SMART-functionality)
• Some new "Hot-Keys" are implemented

Styling MainWindow
You can set now some parameters with a "Style-File" to define your own look of your Generic Log Viewer. As an example, have a look at the color settings of beta-tester WinstonWoof:

For details please check the attached example style-file "UserStyleExample.sty" ...
Remark: I do not recommend such colors/settings as in "UserStyleExample.sty", but showing the effect of any parameter is easier with "strange colors"

Locking Diagrams
For the following use case is a nice new feature available: to get an overview about all log-categories you can do a walk-through with the "Change all" SMART-functionality (see YouTube). "Change all" will scroll "page-by-page". But what can you do, if there is an interesting log-category which should stay for comparing with other (coming) log-categories? Answer: you can "lock" it. If you do a "right click" on a diagram it will be "locked" and the log-category will not change until you unlock it (with another right-click):

In addition: if you press the new hot-key "S" (sort), all locked diagrams will be moved to the top-rows of Generic Log Viewer. So, after locking a diagram press "S" -> Generic Log Viewer will be filled up with your most interesting categories from top to bottom ...


New Hot-Keys
I implemented some new hot-keys. If you press "F1" (help) a window with all supported hot-keys is shown. Especially "H" (header) can be interesting, it hides the the "header-line" of Generic LogViewer -> more space for diagrams available ...


Hope you enjoy the new features
Tom