Re: Proposal: Parameterizing ffmpg.cfg

On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 15:57 +0000, Geoffrey Clements wrote:
> I often transcode video to put onto a video DVD and I have a script that
> automates the process using transcode to do the donkey work. The problem
> is that I like to collect the videos into a single folder and run a number
> of instances of transcode at once (one for each video file).
> 
> The problem with this is that I'm using "-y ffmpeg" and "--export_prof"
> and when this is used it appears that any parameters for the ffmpeg
> mpeg2video encoder via the -F switch are ignored hence the only way to get
> parameters into ffmpeg is via the ffmpeg.cfg file. This is fine for
> processing one file but when processing multiple files each requiring
> their own parameters to ffmpeg then it becomes a problem. The workaround
> is easy: put the files in their own directory but this becomes a bit of a
> PITA.
> 
> I would like to propose that another command line option, say
> "--ffmpeg_cfg", is added to transcode. This would take a parameter that
> would be the path to a file and would default to ffmpeg.cfg when not used
> thus keeping backward compatibility.

Hi,

This is already implemented into transcode core, and the modules are on
the track too. Take a look to the --config_dir parameter.
In 1.2.x, with the new set of export modules, this will reach its
potential.

> Now transcode probably needs a new command line option like I need another
> hole in my head, however, I have had a look over the transcode code base
> and I think I could do it given a little time (it's been a looong time
> since I coded in C) but I don't want to do it if it has no chance of
> getting into the mainline code (I have no inclination to maintain my own
> fork).

Please no, a fork is really, *REALLY* a bad idea IMHO.
If you plan to hack, extend, or even just look to the transcode sources,
please use the 1.1.x branch, or even better the head/default branch.
Interesting things hare happening here.

Bests,

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Francesco Romani // Ikitt
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