Automated Cutting and Transcoding Guide Using Mencoder

[-stattik-]

Summary:

This script uses mencoder to automatically cut and transcode files of your choice. The transcodes are high quality and small file sizes. The following profiles are provided:


Letterbox
Cartoon
HDTV
2pass
MPEG recode
PSP
iPod
Hwplayer
Tivo


More info and the latest version can be found on the wiki:

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utili...anscodeCut

[jam_zhou]

Hey I think my new script should do the trick. I'll try to release it as beta in the next few days. The script will have a ini file in each show directory which will tell the script to choose the appropriate encoding profile.

The script can be configured to run ASAP or overnight.

[macatticus]

Is there a way to ask this to do it at say, 12 in the morning to 5?

[erik]

Shall we (I) put this in a Wiki page?

[-stattik-]

Is there a way to ask this to do it at say, 12 in the morning to 5?

Yes, DirMon can be set to process during any time of the day.

[-stattik-]

Shall we (I) put this in a Wiki page?

If this question was for me then please feel free to do so. I'll also be updating this script in the next few days to add some more functionality.

[erik]

Then I will wait a couple of days.

[-stattik-]

Here's an updated batchfile.

Improvements:

- Separate profiles for letterbox, hdtv, cartoon, and default.
- Option to delete the original file after transcode


Todo list:

- Add variables to make changing settings easier.
- MISC enhancements

If any PAL users are interested in this I can create profiles for that format.


This can also work well as a postprocessing.bat file. I'm looking into a way for it to find out when gbconvert.exe is finished before processing. If anyone has ideas please let me know.

[sim1964]

I am interested in a pal version.

[b00sfuk]

I'm also interested in a PAL version. Although there is now built-in ffmpeg support in the latest GB-PVR release, I'm keen on selective transcoding so this threads solution is of more interest to me currently.