avsFilmCutter        Encoding Interface version 0.0.1.8 beta


For more detailed information about encoding your video project using FilmCutter's interface please see avsFilmCutter's website.  www.avsFilmCutter.com

Encoder Setup Dialog

While using the "Video Edit Window" right click the encode button or while using the "Script Editor window" select Encoder Setup from the Encoding section of the script editor menu.

Encoder Description

Encoder Description is a list box that contains a list of the encoding configurations you have created using this dialog window.  Click the small arrow to show the list.  You may create 99 different configurations.  If this list is empty, you have not setup an encoder for use with FilmCutter.

Delete

You can delete encoders from FilmCutter's encoder list.  Select the one to delete and click the delete button.  Select your new default or leave it blank and have no default encoder.

Add Encoder

Click the big blank or Icon button to the right of the delete button and go find your encoding application with the standard window file open dialog, you will be looking for a ".exe" file (Example: VirtualDub.exe, QuEnc61.exe or HCenc_017.exe).  The filename for the encoder will load into the "Encoder Description" window and it's icon, if the application has one, will load into the button.

Although you can have 99 unique encoder descriptions, they must be unique.

Example of encoder descriptions:

QuEncDVD_int_ac3_ab5000
or
HC17_16:9_ab4000_w/ac3   

Please make note, there can be " no spaces " in the encoder descriptions shown above.

You must edit the Encoder Description before clicking the OK or Save buttons.  Two "Encoders Descriptions" sharing the same name will muck up encoder selection.  If you mess it up, you can delete the two (selecting either will select the first) or edit the encoder.ini file found in FilmCutter's folder.

Select an Encoder to pair with above

Let us say that one of the configurations you setup for QuEnc is Auto Start and Auto Close and ac3 audio only encoding.  Let us also assume that you have given it a name or description as follows, QuEnc61AudioAC3 (a command line example below shows the needed parameters), then select that encoder.  You may pair any two encoders, the paired encoder with encode first then the selected encoder will encode.  The obvious reason for this is to give an encoder like HC a one button encoding solution with audio.  For the more advanced user comparing two versions of an encoder, different bit rates or Quantization Matrixes just got a little easier.

Command Line

By default the encoder command line will have " %filename " placed in the encoder.ini file for you.  You may edit the command line at any time.

Source or project script = %filename

FilmCutter inserts the script file name in place of "%filename".

Encoder output file = %ofile.xxx or %ofilename

FilmCutter inserts the output file name in place of "%ofile.xxx" or " %ofilename ". (%ofile.mpg)

If either " %ofilename " or " %ofile.xxx " are in the command line FilmCutter will open a file dialog box using the file extension you provide in "xxx" to allow for output file name selection.

So if you didn't notice, the encode button will launch your favorite viewer or player, but you have tool buttons for that.

Command line examples:

"-i %filename -o %ofilename"

Both QuEnc and HC use this syntax to describe the input and output file names.

-i %filename -o %ofile.ac3 -mpeg2mux novideo -audiocodec ac3 -audiobitrate 192 -auto -close

This example shows a command line for QuEnc61 which gives you an Audio only encode with ac3 audio at 192 kilobits/sec, starts itself(-auto) and closes QuEnc when finished(-close).

Save

The save button, same as OK without closing the window, so you can load multiple encoders without leaving the dialog box. Test Color Space
If you prefer, FilmCutter can test the scripts output color-space before encoding starts, I think the check box and radio buttons explain themselves.
Save Audio as Wave
If you like to encode you audio content using Bsweet or one of the other audio encoders out there, you can check the box and what ever PCM format AviSynth is outputting FilmCutter will save as a wave file automatically before starting the command line encoder.
You may have 99 unique encoder configurations.

Links for the above mentioned software:

This guide is current for the version shown at the top of this page an all following versions.

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