new transcode exe= option doesn't work?!

[pBS]

i noticed in this new release [.98.8] that it's supposed to let me specify the .exe for the transcoder in video library, but i can't get it to work,even with ffmpeg.exe! the only thing that works so far is leaving the exe="ffmpeg.exe" part out alltogether...[same as old way..]
anythoughts Sub?
i copied the syntax just like in the config-master.dont-edit-me.xml..
works fine with no exe= param tho so i know ffmpeg is ok..
and my old method of swapping still works fine too but cannot specify myself..
tried paths, relative,etc.. but no go..

[sub]

To be honest, I was going to remove all the exe="ffmpeg.exe" bits from the config file before the release but forgot. This feature hasnt been tested at all, so wasnt intended to be an offical feature at this stage. It wasnt listed in the v0.98.8 change log for this reason.

That said, it might work for you if your place your .exe in "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party".

[pBS]

no luck so far but i noticed in my changelog for .98.8 that it has the 98.7 changlog stuff and it's in there.. [no mention of a .98.8 log]
i'll be glad when this does work as it will give lots of options and make my plugin [showburner] much easier to implement..
thought ya might wanna know about the changelog stuff...

[sub]

Reprodudce the problem, then zip and attach your config.xml and gbpvr.exe.log and I'll take a look.

[zehd]

no luck so far but i noticed in my changelog for .98.8 that it has the 98.7 changlog stuff and it's in there.. [no mention of a .98.8 log]
i'll be glad when this does work as it will give lots of options and make my plugin [showburner] much easier to implement..
thought ya might wanna know about the changelog stuff...

I'm watching this, that's for sure. I didn't even see this till you pointed it out. ZProcess has been working fine in the 'rename to ffmpeg.exe' way...

@sub was it also your intention to specifiy the 'exe=' for the <MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLinePAL> and <MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLineNTSC> ?

[sub]

@sub was it also your intention to specifiy the 'exe=' for the <MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLinePAL> and <MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLineNTSC> ?

Probably in the future, but not at this stage.

[zehd]

Probably in the future, but not at this stage.

K. But for the moment, something like this should work?

Code:

<Conversion name="XviD" exe="ZProcess.exe" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1000 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />

or

Code:

<Conversion name="XviD" exe="C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\ZProcess.exe" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1000 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />

[sub]

But for the moment, something like this should work?

"should work" might be a bit strong - as I said above it wasnt supposed to be an offically included in the release, and isnt something I've even tested. "might work" would probably be more appropriate.

Code:

<Conversion name="XviD" exe="ZProcess.exe" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1000 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />

Yeah, that one. With the executable placed in "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\"

[zehd]

"should work" might be a bit strong - as I said above it wasnt supposed to be an offically included in the release, and isnt something I've even tested. "might work" would probably be more appropriate.

Yeah, that one. With the executable placed in "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\"

'Might work' it is then... And it appears that after some testing, 'might not'

As for me, that's all right. ZProcess is working even better with this new release.

I concur with pBS though, especially as we hook in our software the same way, thus rendering the two tools incompatible...

But I never really thought this was going to be an option right away anyway, so, I gues it's up to pBS and me to play nice...

[pBS]

same here...mostly what it get is :

Code:

9/14/2006 12:08:25 AM.671    VERBOSE    [1]    C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\Mencod.exe  mencode.bat test
9/14/2006 12:08:25 AM.687    ERROR    [1]    Unable to start transcode: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
   at GBPVR.xd19a5a5f937f4f7f.x8ff8cf7bbee4de8c()

and it's there and tried it with no params,still same message..

i'm just glad it's working like it was before..
but would love to have the ability to specify them in the profiles, would allow even simple "copy" procedures and almost anything else you can think up...easy for users to setup simple custom operations and experiment with new encoders, etc. without much fuss..
i missed my transcode buttons in 97.13...lol
i can comfirm they are working again as before, so all is well..
lots of other new stuff to play with anyways...hehe