mTranscode BETA - automatic encoding of recordings

[jam_zhou]

you will now have to set delmode=0.

The only reason it didn't delete in the old version was because I was too lazy to fix the code.

[tpgbpvr]

you will now have to set delmode=0.

The only reason it didn't delete in the old version was because I was too lazy to fix the code.

That works. I should have read your documentation a little better.

[jam_zhou]

Hi all,

I've found a command line that works with ffmpeg for psp

PRESET=PSP1
ENCODER="c:\pvr\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe"
NUMPASS=1
PASS1OPTS=-y -i "%SOURCE%" -title "%TITLE%" -bitexact -vol 256 -vcodec xvid -s 320x240 -r 29.97 -b %AUDIOBITRATE% -acodec aac -ac 2 -ar 24000 -ab 64 -f psp -muxvb %VIDEOBITRATE% "%DEST%"
PASS2OPTS=NONE
EXTENSION=mp4

Note:
video bitrate < 768
resolution is restricted but can't remember the max

Also, you will need ffmpeg from http://www.pspvideo9.com/

I installed it and used thier ffmpeg, cygwin1.dll and cygz.dll. I put this in a folder under my mtranscode.vbs script's directory but you can put it anywhere you want.

It at least works on mine...Subs parameters didn't work for me

[jam_zhou]

A new release with some more changes and improvemnts:

IMPORTANT NOT BACKWARDS COMPATABLE - some structural changes please read!!

Version 0.0.7 February 3, 2006

Whats new:
IMPORTANT - Change in the way the script works
- the former config.ini file has been split into two - otherwise exctly the same information
- config.ini = only the configuration settings
- profiles.ini = only the profiles
- EDL support - see profiles.ini for examples
- if no EDL file is found then the command line will be altered to run without it
- PSP FFMPEG support (use FFMPEG from Video9 - I lifted the parameters from the as well)

Bug Fixes:
Fixed a for when preset=X (do not transcode) did not work
Added more debugging to see the size of the files before and after


EDIT: for FFMPEG resolution it should probably be 320x240 rather than 320:240 like for mencoder

[jam_zhou]

delete the .zip extension

As well as a description of my setup


EDIT:
my Postprocessing.bat:

comskip %1

echo %1 >> transcode_queue.txt
echo %1 >> transcode_queuePSP.txt

[jam_zhou]

Finally, a script that will rename my MP4 files to PSP format and move them to a ready to move the PSP directory.

Enjoy!!!

[danguyf]

I've been trying to get this to work with my Creative Zen Vision, but to no avail. I've gone through the docs for ffmpeg and mencoder but I can't figure out how to specify a format that the CZV can view. (Syncing with WMP10 works fine but I want to automate the process with this script.)

Here are the formats it is supposed to be able to handle:

MPEG1: 352x240 NTSC
MPEG2: 720x480 NTSC
MPEG4/DivX/XviD: 720x480 NTSC
Both Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile supported with all options except GMC (Global Motion Compensation)

WMV up to 320x240
Constant Bit Rate / 30fps
Both Simple and Main Profile supported, but not Complex.
The bitrate limit for WMV videos is 800kbps total, and the video from this should not be more than 640kbps. That should be fine for any normal 320x240 file.

MJPEG up to 640x480


Any pointers (particularly how to specify SP or ASP without GMC) would be much appreciated!

[jam_zhou]

I don't own a Zen and honestly, I was only able to get the other parameters from other peoples work ....but doing a search I've found this.

ffmpeg.exe -y -i - -ac 2 -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag xvid -bufsize 4096 -acodec mp3 -ar 48000 -vol 256 -ab 128 -f avi -s 640x360 -b 1293 -timestamp "2006-02-02 08:35:00" -title "MISS_CONGENIALITY" "MAQ10001.avi"

from here: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=778948

Try this site as well.

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/...e&q=ffmpeg

remember though that not all builds are the same.

Good luck.

[danguyf]

You, sir, are a prince to research that for me. I have read all over the Creative forum (unfortunately the ffmpeg args offered for the Vision:M don't seem to work for the Vision) but I had not found that doom9 thread -- and that line worked! I'm playing around with it now. Many thanks!

[tpgbpvr]

Jam
thanks for the continued support. I have been beyond busy and have not encoded anything in a month. I may try this weekend again.
Everything was working but any new functionality needs to be sampled.


anyone else using this for ipod?