Hi10p Transcoder Release 1.2.0

A not so meaty update, but a good one nonetheless. I got around to making an information page inside of the application for two reasons:

1. Make it easy to figure out what version of the application is installed.
2. Giving credit where credit is due.

The first reason is pretty self explanatory. There are lots of times where I wonder if I have the latest update or not. The second reason is more along the lines of the right thing to do. So in the information page there’s a small credit roll to all of the external resources used by this little project with links to their sources.

Aside from the additional page, I did put in one safety check. Before it was possible to start transcoding without ffmpeg.exe existing in the application directory. As of this release, that is no longer possible and will alert you if you’re trying to do that. It seems pretty insignificant, but may save some head scratching time.

Before installing version 1.2.0, remember to uninstall the previous version of the transcoder utility.

Change Log

• Added information page.
• Fixed bug where it was possible to attempt a transcoding operation without having ffmpeg.exe in the application directory.

Where to Get It

The latest and greatest version can be found on the download page.

For archive purposes, the specific version 1.2.0 release can be downloaded from here:

version 1.2.0 32-bit installer

version 1.2.0 64-bit installer

Started a FAQ

A quick update here.

I’ve started a FAQ page and will be updating it periodically as I get questions or if I can think up of any problems which someone may encounter.

Hi10p Transcoder Release 1.1.0

Well here’s the first update to the transcoder utility and it’s a pretty good one too. While using it on large batches I noticed that the ffmpeg.exe process would seize up and die in a not so random fashion. Drilling down into the problem, it looks like a race condition was occurring and I believe I fixed the problem. At the very least the test files I was using to reproduce the problem can no longer do so.

Before installing version 1.1.0, remember to uninstall the previous version of the transcoder utility.

Change Log

• Fixed a race condition bug which causes the ffmpeg.exe process to crash
• Added an alert banner that is displays the results of the transcoding operation when finished
• Added an advanced options page
• Currently the only advanced option is the setting of the CRF value

Where to Get It

The latest and greatest version can be found on the download page.

For archive purposes, the specific version 1.1.0 release can be downloaded from here:

version 1.1.0 32-bit installer

version 1.1.0 64-bit installer

Hi10p Transcoder Usage Guide

Here’s a quick usage guide for the hi10p transcoder utility. I included screenshots and annotated them with things to note. Overall using the transcoder utility is straight forward. The step-by-step guide follows:

1. Select the type of source to use. If you have a single file or just a few files to transcode, select the File(s) option. The Directory option is there for extremely convenient batch processing where you have a lot of hi10p files isolated in its own directory.

2a. If the File(s) option was selected, a file selection dialog will pop up after clicking on Select…. Just select the file or files to transcode. The only valid type of file are mkv files at the moment.

2b. If the Directory option was selected, a directory selection dialog will pop up after slicking on Select…. Note that only mkv files will be processed in the directory. So if there are other non-mkv files like text files, etc, they will be not touched.

3. Now that the transcoding source has been selected, it’s time to select the destination folder.

4. Just navigate to the desired directory to save the transcoded files to. Note that the destination directory can be the same as the source directory since the transcoded files will have a [8bit-h264] tag appended to the end of the file name.

5. Click on the Transcode button to start the process. Note that the transcoding operation will take a while to complete depending on how many files need to be transcoded, how many cores the computer has, and the speed of each core.

6. A progress overlay will be displayed during the transcoding operation. The information displayed includes the current file being processed and the raw ffmpeg status output. There is also the option to cancel the operation. Any successfully transcoded files will remain, but the current partially transcoded file will be removed automatically.

7. The progress overlay will disappear when the transcoding operation completes.

Once you’re done you can do another batch or quit. One thing to note: closing the utility while in the middle of a transcoding operation does the same thing as canceling.

Hopefully you find this guide useful!