VidCoder: Alternative HandBrake GUI for Windows

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 5.17 (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v5.17):


Prevented starting disc scans or drag and drop scans while another source is scanning. This resolves crashes caused by simultaneous scans.
Fixed hang on canceling a scan.

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 6.6 Beta (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v6.6-beta):


Prevented starting disc scans or drag and drop scans while another source is scanning. This resolves crashes caused by simultaneous scans.
Fixed hang on canceling a scan.

[Pulp Catalyst]

Hello,

i'm trying to convert dvd pal 25fps to 50fps (decomb bob).

however media info light keeps saying the output file is 25fps.

i have tried several combinations, and i can't output a file from vidcoder that is 50fps. (or handbrake also)

can anyone help me with this, to my understanding the output file should be 50fps if using bob decomb no?

Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main@L3@Main
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 4 min 9 s
Width : 694 pixels
Height : 574 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.290
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Writing library : x265 3.2.1+1-b5c86a64bbbe:[Windows][GCC 9.2.0][64 bit] 8bit+10bit+12bit


Edit***

i just used mpc and checked the decoder, it says it's playing at 50fps, so after all this time...the issue is media info light

ufffa

[RandomEngy]

napouser: Can't seem to reproduce the "all selected" error you describe. Do you have any audio picker settings enabled?

[dr_ml422]

dr_ml422: If you want to launch a specific external player, you need to install via the "Installer (.exe)" link. The Microsoft Store version has security restrictions that prevent it from directly launching external processes.

napouser: Thanks for the report. Will fix this in the next release. It also looks like scan canceling was broken by a change the HandBrake team made in the interop library. Will also fix that one.

Also by the way, the Visual Studio tool to renew my Microsoft Store certificate is not working, so I can't publish updates to the Store version. You'll have to use the Installer or Portable version to get updates.

I'm trying to use the player that VidCoder uses for previews and not any external player. Does it have it's own internal player, and if so, why doesn't it work? Unless you don't have an internal player and if so the Microsoft Store version won't let it play. It looks like it encodes, but it won't let it play.

Where is that installer .exe link because I sure don't see it on the VidCoder site. I'm pretty sure I didn't down;load it from the store last time, so I really don't know what's happening. Thanks.

[RandomEngy]

There are a few different confusing terms here.

1) VidCoder has a built-in player for encoded preview clips that shows the video from within the app itself. This can have trouble sometimes, particularly with the newer and more exotic codecs. This should be present for all versions.
2) VidCoder can also launch the system default player for the video. This is generally pretty dependable. You can configure VidCoder to always launch preview clips with the system default player. This should also be present for all versions.
3) With the installer/portable version of VidCoder, you can pick which program will open the video. This capability is not present the Microsoft Store version of VidCoder because of security restrictions for store apps.

From the VidCoder home page (https://vidcoder.net/), the "Download (Installer)" link is the installer. I removed links to the Store version because my store certificate expired and their tooling is broken and not letting me renew it. So I can't give updates to it right now.

[dr_ml422]

https://vidcoder.net/

You posted that the Microsoft Store download doesn't allow for outside operations, which it doesn't. So which is the download .exe link you posted about because I haven't seen it, and I'm almost positive that maybe I used it and the built in preview doesn't work, only on encoding a preview clip. My encodes are the HEVC MKV 730 Fast preset.

There seems to be a bug where VidCoder at times will burn the CC captions into the output file, but at other times it won't. I think the Handbrake page says that if checked it will pass it through which I think it does, but it doesn't mention burning the CC caption into the output file. It's hit or miss when deciding to burn it in. There not the same as DVD VobSubs as prolly many think. I'll continue to try out burning into and or just checking it without any additional commands as default, burnt in, etc...

The option to apply current preset encoding settings to a title in the queue only applies to one title at a time. I don't see anywhere the option to apply current encoding settings to all, at least not on the right hand click in the queue. I've highlighted all of the titles and applied that option and when I went to the titles to check it out only the one where the arrow was pointing to had changed encoding settings.

Thanks.

Thanks.

[dr_ml422]

Ok I now figured something out. Closed Captioning will crossover as either just checked, enabled by default or burnt into the output file within a whole movie, and not individual titles or small parts of the same said DVD. However, DVD VOBSubs will crossover as burnt into theses smaller titles, or smaller clips of the same DVD, even I guess as Default. Must be that closed captioning is part of some whole script and not individually placed into the various parts of the DVD. Some DVDs are broken into separate small titles that run after one another instead of separate Vob clips and so that's why only the DVD VobSubs will work in them.

[RandomEngy]

The current installer link is https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/download/v5.17/VidCoder-5.17.exe . The portable version is also an .exe that can run standalone: https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/download/v5.17/VidCoder-5.17-Portable.exe .

As far as the "built-in preview" not working, you'll have to be a little more specific. Are you saying the static preview images are not showing up?

[napouser]

suggestion

a way to improve ur program is when user adds something invalid to pop a msg instead of doing nothing
was trying the other day drag and drop 100 dvds and only 30 of them came out
i was like wtf only to find out that some of them were not even processing to create a queue item
apparently the problem was on my end most of these dvds had VIDEO_TS.BUP instead of IFO so i did a bunch of renames and it worked
might be cool tho for users who dont know so u can add something like "no media found in folder" or something when user adds a folder with missing dvd-bluray files

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 6.7 Beta (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v6.7-beta):


Updated icon to one authored by ArtexJay.
Added checkbox and radio button control template override to give it predictable coloring in dark mode and with custom OS themes.
Updated HandBrake core.
Changed in-progress file names from .mp4.part to .part.mp4 to allow attempts to play partial encodes.
Reduced Grayscale checkbox hit area to match text and reduce accidental clicks.
Updated Fluent Ribbon to fix issue with underscores getting removed from the "open disc" menu items.
Fixed issue with title selection on Pickers.

[napouser]

when a movie has multiple audio tracks with commentarys some times u see something liek "commentary by director blabla"
when u encode this vlc turns it into "track2 stereo"

is there a way to preserve that info?

[RandomEngy]

The v6 Beta should have the ability to preserve the track names.

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 5.18 (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v5.18):


Updated HandBrake core to 1.3.2.
Updated translations.
Fixed issue with title selection on Pickers.

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 6.8 Beta (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v6.8-beta):


Updated HandBrake core.
Applied fix from HandBrake for static preview crashes.
Updated translations.

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 5.19 (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v5.19):


Applied fix from HandBrake for static preview crashes.

[napouser]

Released VidCoder 6.8 Beta (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v6.8-beta):


Updated HandBrake core.
Applied fix from HandBrake for static preview crashes.
Updated translations.



when u say updated core what version is that? the stadard handbrake or the latest nightly beta? and if so whats the number?

i aam asking cauze i want to upgrade - after a whole year - and i need to install linux and compile a new core with fdk aac so i need to know the version to combile

thanks

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 6.9 Beta (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v6.9-beta):


Added ability to edit subtitle and audio track names from the main window.
Added ability to preserve subtitle track names from the source video.
Added timestamp on seek bar for file sources, to allow easier comparing with source.
Updated "Preserve Create/Modify Time on Files" option to also preserve the "Media Created" extended property.
Removed the requirement to set a default output folder. The user's Videos folder is now selected by default.
Cleaned up leading zero on hours in title dropdown.
Improved encode failure error logging.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed formatting issues for video durations over 24 hours.
Fixed missing x264 log info.
Fixed start/end chapters starting out blank when switching to Chapter range select mode after editing a queue item.
Fixed "Open App Data Folder" command for Microsoft Store version when a normal app data folder already exists.
Fixed screen reader behavior for subtitle lists on main window.

[RandomEngy]

when u say updated core what version is that? the stadard handbrake or the latest nightly beta? and if so whats the number?

i aam asking cauze i want to upgrade - after a whole year - and i need to install linux and compile a new core with fdk aac so i need to know the version to combile

thanks

VidCoder Beta uses HandBrake nighly builds. You can check the version in Help -> About VidCoder.

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 6.10 Beta (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v6.10-beta):


Added new "Recycle" option for "Delete source files when clearing completed items". With this mode, there will be no confirmation dialog, but the source videos will automatically be sent to the Recycle Bin.
Increased simultaneous encoding job maximum to 8.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to pick 0 for this value.
Removed seek bar timestamp, as it was often inaccurate.
Updated HandBrake core.
Fixed picker audio/subtitle "by index" mode not updating immediately.

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 5.20 (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v5.20):


Updated HandBrake core to 1.3.3

[varekai]

Thanks for the update, much appreciated!

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 5.21 (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v5.21):


Fixed crash when access to the image cache folder is denied.
Trimmed the "extra options" string to prevent errors.

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 6.11 Beta (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v6.11-beta):


Added logging for deleting source files for completed items. This will break down why a file was not deleted.
Fixed crash when access to the image cache folder is denied.
Trim the "extra options" string to prevent errors.
Removed explicit rate for Same as Source CFR.

[RandomEngy]

Released VidCoder 6.12 Beta (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder/releases/tag/v6.12-beta):


Updated HandBrake core.
Moved Window.TaskbarItemInfo initialization to the .xaml.cs file so it can be surrounded by a try/catch. Setting this throws an exception for some users.
Added code to work around crash caused by Logitech mouse software interacting with WPF WindowChrome.
Fixed issue that prevented typing in decimal numbers for users in locales with "," as the decimal separator.

[RandomEngy]

Hey everyone, going to shut down this thread as there hasn't been a lot of engagement, and email notifications never worked here. This project is still active and you can make comments by opening an issue here:

VidCoder on GitHub (https://github.com/RandomEngy/VidCoder)