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dwallersv
29th March 2006, 20:49
Anyone know of one? I have a backlog of home video footage in DV that I want to convert and put on DVD, and right now I'm doing it with Premiere Pro, which is cumbersome due to lack of automation. I just want to batch up the transcoding and let it run overnight (about 17 separate DVs files pulled from tape).

I can script the whole thing with VirtualDubMod.

BTW, searched the forum, and couldn't find anything. Thanks for your indulgence!
communist
29th March 2006, 20:57
Is there are any other reason why you need VDub(Mod) except scripting / automatization?

Because if there's no you should use a MPEG2 Encoder like HC / QuEnc. They have cli interfaces so automatization should be doable :)

I've never done MPEG2 in mkv/ogm/avi but I heard its supposed to be possible.. though since you need DVD compliant stuff anyway you should avoid those.
dwallersv
29th March 2006, 21:00
Ahhh... good suggestion! I already have HC from installing DVDRebuilder.

Can I just feed an avs frameserver to HC through the cli? I've never used it standalone...
communist
29th March 2006, 22:45
Yes you can frameserve avs via cli. I dont know if the documentation is installed aswell but there is a pdf that explains all options.
If you dont have the pdf you can get it from the HC017 zip:
http://www.bitburners.com/Software/Download/Video_Codecs_and_Encoders/HC_Encoder/HC_Encoder_v0.17/
dwallersv
29th March 2006, 22:54
Thanks, man! I'm up and running, transcoding a sample file right now. Looks good, and with the HVSBEST matrix the encoder forecasts a total 2-pass encoding time that is half of what the Adobe Media encoder takes.

After I get the params where I want them, I'm going to hack up a little VBscript to automate a "watch" directory, transcoding anything that is dropped in there. I'll post the script when I have it working.
communist
30th March 2006, 08:36
I'm going to hack up a little VBscript to automate a "watch" directory, transcoding anything that is dropped in there. I'll post the script when I have it working.
Cool I always wanted to do this 'watch directory' stuff but I'm such a n00b on cli and anthing where I cant click stuff :)
PhillipWyllie
31st March 2006, 12:33
Using CCE Basic the time would be even less( with better quality)
Audionut
5th April 2006, 07:05
Using CCE Basic the time would be even less( with better quality)

Subjective!!!
leiming2006
11th April 2006, 13:35
It seems that FFDshow VFW offers a encoder of MPEG-2.
But,how can you deal with a AVI file that contain MPEG-2......
Audionut
12th April 2006, 08:19
In the ffdshow vfw config "output options". Select "store frames to external file". Raw. And then call that file "whatever.m2v".