Mass Encoding 2? :D

[The Master]

I asked this question a few years ago..

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=148993

But looks like I'm finally ready to start my "mass encoding" project thanks to gallery 3 :) The general consensus was "staxrip" was the best to use..

I just wanted to double check..

What I want to do..

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I would like to mass encode my digital camera "movie" collection which has both .MOV files and .AVI's (some of these are 720p or 1080p videos others are 320 x 240 at 15 fps with no sound)

to a .MP4 container with either x264 or h264 as the codec.. (audio doesn't matter much lame or aac)

I would like this software to be able to find the .avi's or .mov's from a massive folder collection and then create the .mp4's in the same folder the original file is in.. and were talking 100's of files and probably like 300-400 Gb in movies.. (estimate)

I'm a-okay with something commercial if I need it.. I'd just like something that is easy and does the job (multi-core support a plus got a i7 now) :D

If "staxrip" is still recommended..? (fine by me)

[Atak_Snajpera]

ripbot now has batch mode.

[Selur]

I think most of the tools out there should be able to do this if they support batch processing in some way and there should not be really much difference between them, since most of them use the same encoders.

Here's how I would do it with Hybrid:
1. Start Hybrid
2. activate Config->Path->Adjust output path to source path
3. activate Main->Generate
(2.+3. tell Hybrid to output the encoded files to the input folder and generate the output file names)
4. select Main->Audio Handling->custom (to enable custom audio handling configuration)
5. activate Audio->Reencode audio stream
6. configure Audio the way you want it
7. select Main->Audio Handling->auto add all
(4.-7. is used to configure the audio settings and make sure Hybrid will encode each audio stream in the source with these settings)
8. configure all the x264 related settings in the x264 tab (i.e. switch 'Encoding mode' to 'constant rate factor (1-pass))
9. optional: Config -> Save -> Defaults -> All (to save the complete current configuration)
10. Main: drag&drop the input folder onto the input line filed (next to the 'Input File'-button)
(now Hybrid will analyze the all the files inside the folder you dropped)
11. press Main->Add to Queue
(Hybrid will now generate all the encoding jobs)
12. optional: Jobs-> configure the number of parallel jobs and what to do once the queue finished)
13. press Main->Start Queue
Hybrid will now start processing all the encoding jobs

Personally I would not use StaxRip but other applications,.. there really is no 'best' since all in all it comes down to a matter of 'which GUI meets my way of working the best', or alternatively may be writing a small batch (like mentioned in the thread you linked to) if you prefer that.

Cu Selur

[Atak_Snajpera]

looks very complicated if you compare with my simple batch mode in ripbot264 ;)

[The Master]

looks very complicated if you compare with my simple batch mode in ripbot264 ;)

lol..

think I'll check that one out.. though I dunno if I need interlacing or stuff like that?

Do you need that for digital camera vid's that go back to crappy ones that were shot in 2003 at 320 x 240 at 15 fps with no sound? :D

[The Master]

I only see in the GUI batch mode output being specific to one folder.. I don't see how you would use it to retain the folder structure I was talking about?

I take it HIGH 4.0 HD, Progressive would be fine for everything?

[The Master]

Hey Selur, thanks for your application!

And the instructions.. everything you said has worked so far!

Though your application did give me a error for files that didn't have audio.. :D

And when I put a digital camera folder (filled with .jpg's) too into the input file.. it was processing .jpg's :D

So I fixed that by just doing a custom search for the .mov files :)

One small problem I'm having is.. the encoded file names some of them have "title" added to them.. umm where is the feature to remove that..?? (I tried looking around haven't found it..? :) )

[The Master]

I figured out some of my problems.. having problems with aac.. switching to mp3 seems to have helped :)

Make that ac3.. mp3 and aac both caused me que encoding errors..?? don't know why.. cause some were successful?

Okay, think I figured out how to solve my audio problems by downloading neroacc :)

And I have now figured out the filename problem.. so things are good :)

[The Master]

Well, I've been using your program all day.. think I got it down..

But I found a bug.. the function you say it should do is not working! :(

While it is encoding videos.. it just throws them in 1 directory.. it never actually writes the files to the original directory's..

I've enclosed this screenshot to demonstrate..

http://kilbournefamily.com/images/posts/bug.png

So basically there is a bug in the program.. I've tried using that check box "adjust temp path to output path" thinking maybe that'd fix it or help..?? but when I do that and add files the whole thing/GUI crashes..

So to be clear encoder works fine.. but placing the encoded files back in the orginals directory.. doesn't.. it get's hung up on some directory and always put them ALL in there! As the screenshot should demonstrate.. :)

[Selur]

best post bugs related to Hybrid in the Hybrid Thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=153035) (otherwise I'll probably miss them) or in Hybrids own forum (http://forum.selur.de).
I also need additional infos to reproduce your problem, see: http://www.selur.de/support

the encoded file names some of them have "title" added to them.. umm where is the feature to remove that..??
Config -> Output settings -> Fielname Generation-> Output Filename Generation

While it is encoding videos.. it just throws them in 1 directory.. it never actually writes the files to the original directory's..
Yes, I never thought about checking if the inputs came from different directories. But I can probably change that. Hybrid normally assumes on multi-file-input, that the output folder for all files should be the same. ;)
(-> fixed locally, will send you a link to a test version)

Cu Selur

[Lighto]

Sorry to hijack the thread but I would like to ask a similar question.
I am looking for a GUI that can handle VRF and .ass softsubs.
AFAIK, I need to add "convertfps=true" into RipBot for it to handle VRF properly.
Adding that simple line for a batch encode can be tiring.
As for Hybrid, I believe it doesn't handle the .ass softsubs completely since it's not directshow based and therefore does not use ffdshow or VSFilter to handle the subs.

[Selur]

Hybrid uses libass through mencoder to handle .ass subtitle,...

AFAIK, I need to add "convertfps=true" into RipBot for it to handle VRF properly.
only if you want the output to be cfr

[Lighto]

Hybrid uses libass through mencoder to handle .ass subtitle,...
Does this mean that it will be able to handle .ass subtitles properly?


only if you want the output to be cfr
The A/V sync will be off as a result.

[Selur]

Does this mean that it will be able to handle .ass subtitles properly?
see: https://code.google.com/p/libass/wiki/IssuesAndDifferences

[The Master]

Just wanted to say thanks Selur your program helped me complete my project..

This is what you helped build in case your curious.. :D

http://kilbournefamily.com/gallery3_movie/

(and your probably right my losing your program to the systray probably happened.. still would have helped if one could find it in applications on task manager and in alt + tab) :p

[Selur]

for me it is always visible in the task manager ;) (alt+tab only does show Main-Windows, since Hybrid does hide it's Main-Windows when minimzed alt-tab does not show it)

Happy Hybrid could help you. :)

Cu Selur