VideoInspector : Codecs, infos...

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by Kyle_Katarn
hum. Unfortunately I think using the word 'mechanic' might suggest that your application can perform functions to a media stream other than providing information. In much the same way using the word(s) 'toolbox' does.... sorry Neo!

Have you had any more thoughts about adding 'elementary' stream reading. I like the fact that your tool can provide info about audio and video streams within say, an .mpg container but as yet it can provide info about the elementary (.m1v or .m2v) streams!

Just a thought... Cheers

[Kyle_Katarn]

Good idea, i'll try to find some documentation about it.

[Atamido]

Originally posted by Neo Neko
videotoolbox is slightly different but still close to videotools (http://www.videotools.net). [the other avisynth developers :rolleyes: ] Perhaps videomechanic to avoid possible confusion. Personally I don't see it being an issue at all.

[Neo Neko]

I don't know if it will be a big deal. But hey if it occured to me......

[Kyle_Katarn]

New version !


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VTB v0.9.3.43 [03/06/2004]
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+ New codec provider : FourCC.org (you can change the provider in the settings form).
@ Language files.
@ Installation logo.
@ "Donate" button.
# Internal fixes.

http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[bond]

did i already ask for support for this fucking damn .mp4 container (mp4 is license free btw), with automatic readout of the bitstream description to tell what codec was used to create it (would be nice for avi too btw)? :D

[Kyle_Katarn]

I'll try to give a look at this asap !

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by Kyle_Katarn
I'll try to give a look at this asap ! That would be most cool of you.

All us Mpeg4/MP4 encoders really need this, since no such file reader exists. Sure we have MP4UI but it does not give much detailed info about the streams!


Cheers

[bond]

Originally posted by Kyle_Katarn
I'll try to give a look at this asap ! opensource libraries are available from mpeg4ip (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpeg4ip/) and gpac (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpac)

edit: hm, seems your tool is not opensource (gpl) :p

[Kyle_Katarn]

;)

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v0.9.4.44 [22/06/2004]
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+ Online help
@ GUI : sizable (at last)


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb
Online Help : http://www.kcsoftwares.com/doc/vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v0.9.7.47 [15/07/2004]
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+ "Batch" feature. Exports results to CSV / HTML files for multiples video files
# Play and burn where disabled when loading file by drag'n'drop


WWW : http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb
Help : http://www.kcsoftwares.com/doc/vtb

[WaryWolf]

this is a great tool kyle, thanks for making it available :)

but i noticed that the bitrate/quality factor characteristics were not available for matroska video files. i'm guessing that because this is because you haven't got the appropriate settings for the overhead. the calculator integrated into the xvid settings provides this information, at least for xvid streams, if you're interested.

[bond]

if you support apples .mov, you could also support .mp4 easily, as the two are pretty similar

[Kyle_Katarn]

I don't have specs for MP4 files.... but as soon as i've got some, i'll implement its support.

I haven't tried to get MKV bitrate for a long time, i'll get back to this problem as soon as i got rid of installed codec detection.

[bond]

Originally posted by Kyle_Katarn
I don't have specs for MP4 files.... but as soon as i've got some, i'll implement its support.have a look at the docs mentioned in my mp4 faq and mpeg-4 info thread i linked to in my signature

[Kyle_Katarn]

Thank you very much, i'll give it a look asap ;-)

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v0.9.8.48 [19/07/2004]
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+ New features : lists installed Audio & Video Codecs
@ GUI Layout (again)
# Display bug with large fonts fixed.


www : http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb
Help : http://www.kcsoftwares.com/doc/vtb

[Atamido]

Thanks. :)

[SeeMoreDigital]

Great stuff... thanks :D

[Kyle_Katarn]

Thanks !

Kyle

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.0.0.58 [26/07/2004]
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+ New feature : Indicates if required codec is installed
+ [Settings] Add/Remove Context menu (Open With VideoToolbox)
+ [Batch Exporter] "Reset" button
+ Available as a Zip file (no installer)
@ Export function now saves file name and asks for output directory
@ GUI Layout (again, again... and again !)
@ [Settings] GUI Layout
@ [Install Script] Start Menu Icons can be disabled
@ [Install Script] context menu item can be disabled
@ Language Files
# [Installed Codecs Lister] Audio codecs infos displayed.
# [Installed Codecs Lister] Form can be maximized properly.
# [Batch Exporter] Root (ie : c:\) are no longer considered as invalid output directory
# Message boxes shouldn't use french caption for yes/no buttons anymore.


Web : http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.1.0.64 [01/09/2004]
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+ Add DV Type-1 AVI Files Containing One DV Data Stream (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directshow/htm/dvdataintheavifileformat.asp)
+ New codec database : MiCDB : (http://micdb.free.fr for details). Video Codecs : 438, Audio Codecs : 191
@ Improved Codec management routines


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.1.1.65 [14/09/2004]
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# Fixed crash when using "Open With VideoToolbox" context menu due to a bug introduced by v1.1.0.64


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.2.0.70 [24/09/2004]
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@ Internal software integrity check
# Software named changed from VideoToolbox to VideoInspector


http://www.kcsoftwares.com

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.2.1.71 [07/10/2004]
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@ Internal software integrity check (again)
@ Zip (no install) distribution is back !


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[SeeMoreDigital]

Thanks Kyle,

Have you thought anymore about adding MP4 container file reading?


Cheers

[Kyle_Katarn]

MP4 will be added very soon.

Regards,

Kyle

Ps : v1.2.2.72 avaialble here : http://www.kcsoftwares.com

[Valky]

It doesn't show audio at all in DV-1 type file, but it shows it correctly after the file has been converted to Huffy.

[Kyle_Katarn]

Thanks, I'll investigate

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.2.3.73 [07/03/2005]
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# Web codecs providers (Moviecodec.com instead of MovieCodecs.com)


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.3.0.75 [04/04/2005]
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+ Command Line Support


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.4.0.78 [04/05/2005]
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+ "Submit statistics" button


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.4.1.80 [08/05/2005]
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+ "View" button
+ Now uses KC Softwares Online Codec Database by default
# [AVI] Bug with Windows's RLE encoded Clock.avi


http://www.kcsoftwares.com

[Bro]

Hi

I found the video bitrate reported by Video Insepctor on most avi files to be too high compared to gspot, virtualDub and media info...
Video Insepctor lies about 5-10 kbit over the others...
Are you aware of this?

[Kyle_Katarn]

Known bug due to computation method... Will be fixed soon !

[Bro]

hi

while you're here...
Can you tell me how you calculate the duration on MPEG1/2 files?
reading the time from the last GOP does work but you need to find it first...which takes alot of time....
Is that how you do it? (is it the only way?)

[Kyle_Katarn]

MPEG support is still experimental... Will be improved soon thanks to MediaInfo

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.4.2.81 [19/05/2005]
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@ Tooltip added for file name
@ New codec database (Video:442 Audio:195)


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.5.0.83 [06/06/2005]
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+ AviBitRate Grapher
+ AutoSubmit statistics
@ New codec database (Video:444 Audio:197)


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.5.1.84 [27/06/2005]
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@ New codec database (Video:460 Audio:204)
# Fixed stats button display glitch


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.6.0.85 [27/07/2005]
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+ FourCC Editor (AVI files Only)
@ New codec database (Video:465 Audio:205)
@ Internal Core code


http://www.kcsoftwares.com

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.6.1.87 [23/08/2005]
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@ New codec database (Video:475 Audio:222)
@ [AVI] : Improved FourCC identification (using Stream Header instead of Stream Format)


VideoInspector : http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[Kyle_Katarn]

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VTB v1.7.0.88 [10/09/2005]
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+ Aspect Ratio
@ New codec database (Video:484 Audio:223)
@ GUI


http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

[iradic]

is it possible to read display h/w in Matroska?
is it possible to see 2 audio streams in your prog (dont have files to check sorry)?

if not will you implement it please ... thanks

[Kyle_Katarn]

Supports single stream only.
Multiple stream support planned to v2

[masken]

A CLi-interface would be really nice and useful, so that you could programmatically export extracted data, like:

VideoInspector.exe "C:\myVideofile.avi" /silent /export:"C:\myVideofile.csv" /settings:"C:\VIexportsettings.ini"

You state that there's CLi-support, but where is it? ;) Nothing when running VideoInspector.exe /? for example...

[Kyle_Katarn]

Here it comes : http://www.kcsoftwares.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=111

[masken]

hmm... I didn't get that one working. Ran: videoinspector.exe c:\1\test.txt The test.txt contains: C:\3\1.avi It didn't produce any output file.

v.1.7.0.88

Also, just as a side-note, accelerator indicators would be nice (Alt+C for Codecs, Alt+B for Browse etc) :) Also hitting Escape to close any sub/informational windows would also be very nice :)

[Kyle_Katarn]

Are all paths ok ?