FourCC changer utility for the command line

[Logiqx]

If anyone has a need for changing the FourCC of their AVIs (e.g. to force use of the Canopus codec) then I knocked up a quick tool that runs from the command line.

It's very simple but quite powerful and it's best use is as a shortcut on the Windows desktop. My shortcut recursively changes all AVIs under my capture directory to 'cdvc' with just a double-click.

I'll create a proper page for it in due course but right now it can be found here:

http://www.logiqx.com/AVI2CDVC/avi2cdvc.zip

Maybe it's of use to a few people. I got bored with changing files one at a time through a GUI so I knocked this together in about an hour. The C source is included for programmers.

Logiqx

[Vic]

Logiqx,

Nice work. I was thinking about such tool since switched to use Canopus codec. Going further, it would be perfect to embed this functionality directly into capture program. Good candidate is windv, however Petr hasn't opened the code so far. Don't know whether he's reading this forum, but I dropped him this idea, will see if he will be interested.

[Malow]

Thanks for this simple and useful tool, my matrox with dv camera sometimes capture in dvcam fourcc and sometimes dvpro fourcc, or both at same time... your app solve my problem.... change one-by-one is impossible... in 386 clips... :)

Thanks a lottt!

Malow

[kempfand]

@ Logiqx: Link doesn't work, and I can't find avi2cdvc.zip anywhere else on the web.

Any chance you could fix the link or email me the tool ?

Kind regards,

Andreas

[Logiqx]

The server may have been playing up at that time. Try again now. ;)

[kempfand]

It worked now. Thanks a million !

Take care,

Andreas