FilmShrink

[Sirber]

Watch out with SDK, it memory leaks like hell with avisynth (150MB / pass).

[a_afra]

Thanks for the tip! What do you suggest to do?

[damrod]

you can

create helixproducerobject
encode
destroy object

for each encoding and each pass...since the 2nd pass will use a .pass file to encode you don't need to keep helixproducer object

i do that...and i don't have 150Mo/pass...max is 75-80mo....

before i do that i have sometimes this memory leak...so maybe it solves the problem

btw since i do batch encoding this method "free" the sourc efile (avi or avs) and i can delete it after encoding it....(before i must quit my app to delete if...the file was locked by avisynth and/or helixproducer object)


ps : at this time i'm encoding avi file (source 250Mo duration 20min)
first pass with sdk take 20-40Mo so it's cool

[a_afra]

FilmShrink 0.3.1 Beta is available for download! Using the SDK wasn't a good idea, so I've replaced it with a fixed version of the command-line encoding engine.

[Sirber]

There was a new release of cmd version?

[a_afra]

No, I'm talking about the code written by me, which controls the command-line encoder!

[Sirber]

If you use Delphi, get a look at TDosCommand

[Ishan]

It seems the latest beta doesn't like accentuated characters.
I did an encode wich had a french "é" in the title and the filename was cut.
name typed : "Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose"
file name given : "Mais qui a tu"
name in the title field : "Mais qui a tu"

as for feature request, a frame accurate cutting of the title would be cool (to remove credits). more than 1 audio (that was requested before i think ). And maybe chapter support (I don't know if RV10 support that feature but...)

[a_afra]

Sorry, special (for example accentuated) characters were never supported. The next version won't permit to use such characters.

[DarkNite]

It also supports importing analysis data from pending jobs (you don't have to analyze a DVD more than once!), visual crop adjustment, more precise progress indication and bugfixes.

It's a beatiful thing when feature requests are responded to quickly by a developer.

Thank you.

[Ishan]

Originally posted by a_afra
I don't think that I will have time to implement editing, but a simple trimming function (cut from the beginning and the end of the title) will come soon! [/B]

a way to select a chapter range for encoding would be the best, like fairuse does. ex : a job for chapter 1 to 10.
And for more than one file encodes, do this automaticaly

[ookzDVD]

@a_afra,

Is that possible to release the patch for 0.31 ?

Download the whole installer is not a good idea for small bandwidth
user like me

Thank you.

[a_afra]

FilmShrink 0.3.2 Beta fixes several GUI bugs.

[a_afra]

FilmShrink 0.3.3 Beta fixes a minor bug introduced in the previous version.

[phammer1]

Hello - I am interested in using this excellent application to convert DVD to RM for use on a PDA. The PDA can play RM but not RMVB format video. Is there an option to convert to RM as opposed to RMVB? Thanks

[karl_lillevold]

Yes, click on filename, hit F2 (rename), or right click, and choose rename. Then change .rmvb to .rm

Historically, .rmvb was introduced to separate VBR files from CBR files, but this is no longer needed (for various reasons). I think your PDA can play .rmvb files just fine (after renaming), as long as the bitrate and framesize are reasonably constrained to fit your PDA's limitations. Try it out...

[phammer1]

Thanks - i actually tried that, and it found the file and "played" it - except I got audio but no video (blank screen). I'll look into the pda specs for playback a bit more - thanks again.

[Ishan]

Is there any way to choose between cook, AAC and HE-AAC?

[vicvega]

a_afra, do you think it's possible to port this awesome App to OS X?

I love it, and use it for my PC, but I would like it alot if I could use it on my Mac also.

Even if you're not intrested in porting it over, (and although I don't have all that much programming experience), I would be intrested in attempting to port it...

[a_afra]

Unfortunately it's not possible to port FilmShrink to OS X, because the GUI was created using Borland C++Builder 6, which is only available for Windows.

Currently I don't have time for coding, because I'm 18 years old and I have to prepare for the high school graduation. I will start developing my next project in August, which will be an open source, cross-platform, very flexible and easily extensible media producer engine similar to RealProducer. The default output format will be MPEG-4 and it will use MPEG4IP, X264, FAAC and other libraries. When it will be done, I will incorporate it into FilmShrink!