batch encode mpg to wmv

[2mmy]

i got a shitload of mpg files, and I want to have them in wmv, is there a program out there that can do that for me, with a few clicks only? so I dont have to convert each file separatly...?

thanks

[thecoalman]

I haven't tried it but it appears you can use windows media encoder for batch conversions. Doesn't look like a couple of clicks but if you have a lot of videos to convert once it's set up..........

[2mmy]

have just installed it and looked around, but I have only been able to convert one file at a time?

[thecoalman]

On the sources tab below sources click add, I you'll also notice a drop down menu which tell it what to do when it's done with that source such as "roll over to next source" I haven't tried but sure appears to be for batch encoding.

You'd have to set up each file, you could then let it run overnight if need be.

[jimmalenko]

I'd use WME in commandline mode.

Create a batch file with the following in it:

cscript.exe "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder\wmcmd.vbs" -input c:\source -output c:\output -loadprofile "C:\my_settings.prx"

Then create your custom profile using the Profile manager. c:\source is your source directory, c:\output is your output directory, and my_settings.prx is your custom profile.


Personally I just use the following:

cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs -input c:\source -output c:\output

(I've copied the wmcmd.vbs file from where it was installed to the same directory as my batch file)

This keeps the same frame size as the original and just uses a CQ VBR on it. I could never set the custom profile up as I wanted and kept getting subpar results, but this gives excellent results and reproduces the original as best as it can be IMO.


... or you could try this:
http://www.redzone.co.il/vad/bin/batcher.zip

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/AutomatingEncoding.aspx#link2
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/AutomatingEncoding.aspx#link3
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmencode/htm/batchenc...dingsample.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmencode/htm/commandlinesample.asp


There's a page on the web on in the WME help section that lists all possible options available to the commandline (I think cscript.exe "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder\wmcmd.vbs" /? lists them all for you) but I've been unable to find it

[Anonymous65]

Unfortunately, the Windows Media Encoder will not open mpeg files in command line mode

[jimmalenko]

Yeah it will. I've had it opening MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Xvid, DivX and WMV without any hassles. Maybe you don't have an MPEG-2 codec it can use to decode

[hhhhbk]

IIRC TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress has a batch option