AutoGK 2.40 feature requests

[Vivaldi]

Hi,

I have finally succeeded to create some AVIs thanks to AutoGK 2.40. I wish the GUI to be more user friendly:

Feature 1: make the Input File and Output File text boxes editable.
I am almost certain that this is a bug. When right click, there is a paste option, clicking on paste doesn't insert the clipboard content into the text box. I see no reason why these textboxes are not editable. The only bad thing that could happen is the user type in a wrong path that make AutoGK fail to read or write. In this case, just report the exception in the log windows (bottom left of AutoGK main form).

Feature 2: Give a possibility to review a job.
I ripped 4 CSI epidodes from an entire DVD. I create 4 jobs. I would like to review each job to ensure that I have selected the correct VTS_0x_0.IFO file that matches the Output AVI file name. I double click on the job item but the AutoGK main form still displays the latest job definition.

So if ever I am unsure in the job creation about the selected IFO (it could be possible to select a wrong IFO, the mouse cursor is either jumpy or it could be human mistake there are many IFOs I got confused sometimes). Then the safest way is to delete all jobs and restart all over again. Giving the possibility to review a job definition will easily eliminate this inconvenience.

[CWR03]

Feature 1: make the Input File and Output File text boxes editable.
As I said in another post of yours on the same subject, this is how it is and how it's always been since I've known of the program. It's not a bug.
Feature 2: Give a possibility to review a job.
Does the "Preview" feature not do what you need? Did you know that you can preview the .VOB in a player and rename the .VOB itself to reflect the proper episode name, then select that for input?

Read this sticky (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=52597) before you nit-pick any further over len0x's free program.

[Vivaldi]

Hi CWR03,

I am sorry if I gave the impression of being overly picky. AutoGK, the tutorial, the associated freeware suite and the forum are amazing. They are great because they are freeware and yet provide comparable results than commercial equivalent.

The two features I mentioned above are easy programming task. Making the textbox editable is a default property of a textbox. By making it non-editable and forcing to capture the value through a file dialog box is much more complicated. Enable the edit property require no extra coding effort.

As for the job definitions, AutoGK has saved them somewhere. Because it has to remember later what to do with each job. Therefore, on the Mouse Click event of the listbox of the job items, you just need to re-read the job definitions and refresh the form with these values. So I am puzzled again, if AutoGK has gone into great lengths of parsing and saving the job definitions, why not implementing the mouse click event on the job item listbox?

The video preview is not the same thing. It takes several minutes, and reviewing the video won't tell right away if I have selected the right IFO. In addition, you can only preview the latest job.

You are all experts in video encoding so of course you are puzzled by my novice requests. But I am a programmer and I do know when there is a GUI design issue. I have described my opinion in programmer terms, I am sure len0x will understand what I mean.

this is how it is and how it's always been since I've known of the program. It's not a bug.

This is a comfortable approach. "Scientists" had long time believed that the Earth is the center of the universe. Until Copernicus came along to challenge the common view that something is not right.

[CWR03]

This is a comfortable approach. "Scientists" had long time believed that the Earth is the center of the universe. Until Copernicus came along to challenge the common view that something is not right.
My point wasn't that it's right or wrong. My point was that it's not a bug.

You might consider using the full Gordian Knot for several reasons: it allows for everything you request, it can greatly exceed the quality of AutoGK's output, and it's open source.

[Vivaldi]

Let's close the debate on those cosmetic details. I leave that to AutoGK author.

Now let's see what is this full Gordian Knot beast you have suggested. I hope the learning curve would not be too steep.