AVANTI - FFmpeg/Avisynth GUI (support thread).

[Chris K]

Okay this is interesting because I used Avanti/FFMPEG to compress the audio on the source file. It's AAC/48000HZ/Stereo 320kbps. I will check the codecs database.

Also thanks for the memory spec issue. I will be buying 2GB of RAM for my machine soon, although FFMPEG and Avanti usually work very well on my system.

If I disable video with a AAC source, I get the *.aac file extension. When you open the database it probably opens at the "auto_assign" switch which refers to "libvo_aacenc" with a Zeranoe build. If that not happens, look in the FFmpeg log at the audio streams...

Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (HE-AAC), 48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp (default)
Stream #0:2(jpn): Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp

There might be an issue with parsing this data. If you still get the error, please copy and post the audio stream from the FFmpeg log for the clip that generates the error.

About the memory...

The very long encoding time for a short clip you mentioned earlier has most likely to do with it. Probably a lot of memory swapping with pagefile.sys is going on.

Chris

[Chris K]

I am trying to install this program and I have put the latest ffmpeg in the correct folder. I keep getting "unsupported ffmpeg version (older than January 2014)" error and program does not want to start up???? I am using window 7 computer.

edit:
Ok I downloaded a previous ffmpeg and it worked.

It's an issue with the latest Zeranoe builds that do not include the FFmpeg built date. Over the years, I never found a build from anywhere that didn't show that and I use it in Avanti to check out if the build supports all the required options.

OLD: built on Jan 12 2015 22:02:37 with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC)

NEW: built with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC)

Perhaps it's a bug in the Zeranoe build system because the html docs also have no date which they formerly had.

I added a workaround for the next Avanti version but I hope Zeranoe will fix it because I think it's an important reference for most people. Only the version number like "version N-69040-gb23a866" doesn't say too much

EDIT:

Downloaded the latest Sherpya build and it seems to be a trend ...

ffmpeg version N-69530-g52f2adc-Sherpya Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers

built with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC)

Have to find another way to get the info I need.


Chris

[vijm1972]

Hi Chris,


Need your help on below.

I am transcoding to XDCAM HD422, after conversion I am getting GOP settings as per below.

Format : MPEG Video
Commercial name : XDCAM HD422
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : 4:2:2@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : Variable


But my GOP settings requirement is as per below.

Format : MPEG Video
Commercial name : XDCAM HD422
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : 4:2:2@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12

I used below FFMPEG settings in Avanti.

-mbd 2
-trellis 1
-rc_max_vbv_use 1
-rc_min_vbv_use 1
-bf 2
-g 12
-keyint_min 1
-dc 10
-intra_vlc 1
-qmax 3
-lmin "1*QP2LAMBDA"
-top 1
-flags +ildct+ilme
-alternate_scan 1


Is it possible?

Thanks
Vijay

[Chris K]

How about the audio channel splitting? Do you ever confirm a suggestion works for you?

But my GOP settings requirement is as per below.

Format : MPEG Video
Commercial name : XDCAM HD422
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : 4:2:2@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12

Load the template "XDCAM HD / 1080i (includes adaption info)" at the UNI tab and use that as a start point.

You have to add -g 12 to the script to get M=3, N-12. For custom matrix you have to extract the matrix info from the source that generated above specs.

MediaInfo says ...

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Commercial name : XDCAM HD422
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : 4:2:2@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Format settings, picture structure : Frame
Codec ID : xd5e
Duration : 3s 920ms
Bit rate : 49.4 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 50.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan type, store method : Interleaved fields
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.953
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code source : Group of pictures header
GOP, Open/Closed : Open
Stream size : 23.1 MiB (97%)
Language : English
GOP, Open/Closed of first frame : Closed


Chris

[vijm1972]

Chris I used template as you mentioned with -g 12 in script, still I am getting same output as below.

Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, GOP : Variable

Is it possible without changing custom matrix? Any suggestion?


I am able to split audio channels using below script in one go.

-map 0:0 -map 1:0 -map 1:0 -map 2:0 -map 2:0 -map 3:0 -map 3:0 -map 4:0 -map 4:0
-map_channel 1.0.0:0.1 -map_channel 1.0.1:0.2 -map_channel 2.0.0:0.3 -map_channel 2.0.1:0.4
-map_channel 3.0.0:0.5 -map_channel 3.0.1:0.6 -map_channel 4.0.0:0.7 -map_channel 4.0.1:0.8

[Chris K]

Chris I used template as you mentioned with -g 12 in script, still I am getting same output as below.

Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, GOP : Variable

Is it possible without changing custom matrix? Any suggestion?

It's probably not a problem to use the default matrix. It isn't related to the gop size issue.

I used a HD source and the template script with -g 12 added and get the MediaInfo output as posted. No idea why you get "GOP : Variable". Can't do much more than checking out the way I did.

EDIT: my MediaInfo is the latest portable version from VideoHelp. My FFmpeg version is one of the latest Zeranoe builds.

Chris

[vijm1972]

Chris issue with media info, I updated with 0.7.72. Now It's showing as per below.

Format : MPEG Video Commercial name : XDCAM HD422
Commercial name : XDCAM HD422 Format version : Version 2
Format version : Version 2 Format profile : 4:2:2@High
Format profile : 4:2:2@High Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, Matrix : Custom Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12


Have you able to check audio split?

[Chris K]

Chris issue with media info, I updated with 0.7.72. Now It's showing as per below.

Format : MPEG Video Commercial name : XDCAM HD422
Commercial name : XDCAM HD422 Format version : Version 2
Format version : Version 2 Format profile : 4:2:2@High
Format profile : 4:2:2@High Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, Matrix : Custom Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12

OK! I also had to first upgrade an old MediaInfo which didn't show the gop info at all.

Have you able to check audio split?

Yes, I tried it on a DV source with two stereo tracks. Recode it to XDCAM HD422 with four mono tracks in one go.

-map 0:0
-map 0:1 -map 0:1 -map_channel 0.1.0:0.1 -map_channel 0.1.1:0.2
-map 0:2 -map 0:2 -map_channel 0.2.0:0.3 -map_channel 0.2.1:0.4


The -map_channel command is fairly easy to use (I found out). FFmpeg says this about the command...

-map_channel is forwarded to lavfi similarly to -af pan=0x4:c0=c1.

The use of the libavfilter pan command is much more complicated. Mapping channels seems to be some kind of side effect? That's why I focused on the channelsplit filter in my first reply on the subject.


Chris

[vijm1972]

Mapping channels is not always side effect, sometimes as per broadcaster requirements we need to map the audio channels/tracks. Every broadcaster have their own audio mapping configuration. In above example I have 4 stereo tracks and in every tack I have two different languages.

[Chris K]

Mapping channels is not always side effect, sometimes as per broadcaster requirements we need to map the audio channels/tracks. Every broadcaster have their own audio mapping configuration. In above example I have 4 stereo tracks and in every tack I have two different languages.

I actually meant a side effect of the FFmpeg pan filter (I would expect it was for panning). I googled for "omneon" when mentioned it in your post about the separate streams and was quite surprised what's going on in the broadcast business.

Chris

[Chris K]

@vijm1972

I found out we can't rely on what MediaInfo says about gops. It only scans a number of frames at the start of the stream and if it sees gops of different length, it says "Variable". If there are 'by accident' a few gops at the start of equal length, it says e.g. N=3, M=12.

You need to scan the whole stream to get reliable info on the gop structure. You can do that with MPEGParser but it only accepts m2v elementary streams.

I refreshed my memory a bit on FFmpeg mpeg2 encoding and gops. Aside from the other required mpeg2 commands, these are involved in manipulating gops ...

-g 12
-bf 2
-sc_threshold 1000000000
-flags +ildct+ilme+cgop

Above settings set closed gops but I can't get a fixed gop length of 12 with it (MPEGParser shows a gop length of 10). Closed gops seems to be a requirement for editing? Afaik it means that B frames should only refer to I and P frames within the same gop.

-g 12
-bf 2
-sc_threshold 1000000000
-flags +ildct+ilme

With these settings, I get a fixed gop length of 12 but gops are not closed.


-sc_threshold 1000000000 is scene change threshold. The value is given by FFmpeg itself and actually disables scene change detection. -flags cgop is the switch for closed gops. You can't set this flag without also including -sc_threshold 1000000000.

EDIT: Scene change detection seems to be 'on' by default in FFmpeg and it means that at every detected change, a new gop is started. This of cource leads to a variable gop length.

I hope this helps a bit but I think FFmpeg mpeg2 encoding has its restrictions compared to some other encoders like e.g. HCenc.


Chris

[vijm1972]

Hi Chris,

Please let me know what is the best settings for wmv output. My source is in 720x576_512Kbps_25fps_mkv format.
I wanted to make them 352x288_256_15fps.wmv format with best quality.
Please suggest.

Thanks
Vijay

[Chris K]

Please let me know what is the best settings for wmv output. My source is in 720x576_512Kbps_25fps_mkv format.
I wanted to make them 352x288_256_15fps.wmv format with best quality.

WMV, 25 fps to 15 fps, 256 kbps? Perhaps settings for the least worse quality!

FFmpeg only supports WMV 8. It will (has to) drop 10 frames per second which makes it rather choppy on fast movement.

There's a template at the UNI tab that you can adapt. The dropdown boxes have 15 fps and 352x288 available and you can set the bitrate to 256. Use 2-pass encoding and add the following to the FFmpeg script editor...

[USER_VIDEO_OPTIONS]

-g 160
-cmp 3
-subcmp 3
-mbd 2
-mpv_flags cbp_rd
-trellis 1

Good luck,

Chris

[vijm1972]

Thanks Chris!!!

[Anpro]

Hello

I use Avanti and found that I can't choose as source video from network drive. In dialog box for source file listed only local hard drives and removable drives. I use Avanti 0.9.0, Windows 7 64bit, zeranoe ffmpeg version N-69972-g6c91afe. How I can use network files in Avanti?
Thanks

[reko]

Hello dear members,

My source file is 1920x1080 m2ts file.

1. Via Avanti using UNI template : PRORES 422 / Apple intermediate format, I encode those m2ts file with a little change :
frame size : 720x480
DAR : 16:9
While the rest of the options I didn't touch.

In the User Video Options dialog box, I type

-profile: 1

Batch encode, then

2. the resulted files I imported to Premiere CS6.
After finish editing on the CS6 timeline, I export it to DebugModeFrameServer (DMFS) via Avisynth (AVS).

3. Back to Avanti, I open that AVS file.
Load this template : MPEG-2 / 29.97 IL -> 29.97 IL HQ elementary for DVD

The resulting mpeg file is having horizontal lines and blury for the whole duration of my movie


Try different way in step-1 : encode to prores via ffmpeg with the command line :

for %%a in ("*.m2ts") do ffmpeg -i %%a -vcodec prores -profile: 1 -s 720x480 -aspect 16:9 "E:\prores_720x480\%%~na.mov"

continue to the same step-2 and step-3

the resulting mpeg file is beautiful .

My question is :
what's wrong did I do in my step-1 using Avanti ?

Another little question,
(with no transition - no effect in CS6 timeline, my 72 minutes video took Avanti 37 minutes to encode)
is encoding time using MPEG-2 / 29.97 IL -> 29.97 IL HQ elementary for DVD around 60 fps normal ?
I'm hoping it could be faster

Any kind of respond will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advanced.

regards.

Intel i5 4460
8 gb RAM
B85 mobo
Onboard Graphic Card (HD 4600)

[Chris K]

My source file is 1920x1080 m2ts file.

1. Via Avanti using UNI template : PRORES 422 / Apple intermediate format, I encode those m2ts file with a little change :
frame size : 720x480
DAR : 16:9
While the rest of the options I didn't touch.

In the User Video Options dialog box, I type

-profile: 1

Batch encode, then

2. the resulted files I imported to Premiere CS6.
After finish editing on the CS6 timeline, I export it to DebugModeFrameServer (DMFS) via Avisynth (AVS).

3. Back to Avanti, I open that AVS file.
Load this template : MPEG-2 / 29.97 IL -> 29.97 IL HQ elementary for DVD

The resulting mpeg file is having horizontal lines and blury for the whole duration of my movie


Try different way in step-1 : encode to prores via ffmpeg with the command line :

for %%a in ("*.m2ts") do ffmpeg -i %%a -vcodec prores -profile: 1 -s 720x480 -aspect 16:9 "E:\prores_720x480\%%~na.mov"

continue to the same step-2 and step-3

the resulting mpeg file is beautiful .

My question is :
what's wrong did I do in my step-1 using Avanti ?

This is the Avanti command line. I see basically no difference with your console batch example, so I have no Idea.

ffmpeg -i "input.m2ts" -sws_flags bicubic -vf "scale=720:480,setdar=16/9" -codec:v prores -profile:v 1 -af "aresample=44100" -codec:a pcm_s16le -b:a 1536k -ac 2  "output.mov"

Note that -s and -aspect are aliases of the scale and setdar filter commands used by Avanti.

Another little question,
(with no transition - no effect in CS6 timeline, my 72 minutes video took Avanti 37 minutes to encode)
is encoding time using MPEG-2 / 29.97 IL -> 29.97 IL HQ elementary for DVD around 60 fps normal ?
I'm hoping it could be faster

When you look at the Windows task manager during encoding you should see that CPU usage of Avanti most of the time isn't measurable (less than 1%) so almost all CPU power should go to FFmpeg. That is, if you don't have any other heavy processes running at the same time. So I think (in this case) this is the max you can get with your hardware?

But when at the task manager, also check if FFmpeg uses all cores. It should with mpeg2 encoding if you use a recent FFmpeg version. And if you use a AviSynth script as source, this may also slow down the whole process.

EDIT:

-profile: 1 is actually a incomplete syntax, although accepted by FFmpeg. It should read -profile:v 1.
If you use the old style -profile 1 you'll get a FFmpeg request to use -profile:v and -profile:a because this command is also applicable on audio profiles. I don't think however it has something to do with your issue.

Chris

[Chris K]

I use Avanti and found that I can't choose as source video from network drive. In dialog box for source file listed only local hard drives and removable drives. I use Avanti 0.9.0, Windows 7 64bit, zeranoe ffmpeg version N-69972-g6c91afe. How I can use network files in Avanti?

Access to network files is currently not supported in the source file browser. I never tried it but you could drop a network file on the "Source 1" field and see what happens.

EDIT:

It should be possible to assign a drive letter to a local network ...

https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/window....mspx?mfr=true

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-map-a-network-folder-in-windows-7.html

I then expect it will even show up in the browser dialog.

Chris

[vijm1972]

Hello Chris,

I have to trim content at 22 seconds at beginning and 13 seconds at end. My source files are not same duration. Is it possible to trim those files using watchfolder option?

Thanks
Vijay

[Chris K]

I have to trim content at 22 seconds at beginning and 13 seconds at end. My source files are not same duration. Is it possible to trim those files using watchfolder option?

You can add the following to the FFmpeg script ...

[USER_VIDEO_OPTIONS]

-ss 22 <<--
-t $($sourcetime1-22-13)

# other commands already there.

This is not a FFmpeg feature or Avanti feature but it makes use of a internal Avanti variable and the powerful string evaluation of the Gui4Cli script interpreter on which Avanti runs.

It will fail if the source durantion is not reported accurately by FFmpeg.

BTW; did you try the new folder watch option of Avanti 0.9.0?

Chris

[reko]

This is the Avanti command line. I see basically no difference with your console batch example, so I have no Idea.

ffmpeg -i "input.m2ts" -sws_flags bicubic -vf "scale=720:480,setdar=16/9" -codec:v prores -profile:v 1 -af "aresample=44100" -codec:a pcm_s16le -b:a 1536k -ac 2  "output.mov"

I see there is a "-sws_flags bicubic -vf" there in your/avanti command line, while mine in ffmpeg console (direct without Avanti) there is not.

Following is the media info of prores file produced through Avanti :

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\Microsoft\Desktop\Avanti.mov
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : QuickTime
Codec ID                                 : qt  
File size                                : 44.4 MiB
Duration                                 : 13s 56ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 28.5 Mbps
Writing application                      : Lavf55.37.101

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : ProRes
Format version                           : Version 0
Format profile                           : LT
Codec ID                                 : apcs
Duration                                 : 13s 47ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 27.2 Mbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Original scan type                       : Progressive
Scan order                               : Bottom Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 2.621
Stream size                              : 42.2 MiB (95%)
Writing library                          : fmpg
Language                                 : English
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601

this one is the media info of the prores file produced with ffmpeg :

General
Complete name                            : E:\ffmpeg.mov
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : QuickTime
Codec ID                                 : qt  
File size                                : 42.4 MiB
Duration                                 : 13s 90ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 27.2 Mbps
Writing application                      : Lavf55.37.101

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : ProRes
Format version                           : Version 0
Format profile                           : LT
Codec ID                                 : apcs
Duration                                 : 13s 47ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 27.2 Mbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Original scan type                       : Progressive
Scan order                               : Bottom Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 2.621
Stream size                              : 42.2 MiB (100%)
Writing library                          : fmpg
Language                                 : English
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601

and here is the prores file using your command in ffmpeg console box :

General
Complete name                            : E:\ffmpeg.mov
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : QuickTime
Codec ID                                 : qt  
File size                                : 42.4 MiB
Duration                                 : 13s 90ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 27.2 Mbps
Writing application                      : Lavf55.37.101

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : ProRes
Format version                           : Version 0
Format profile                           : LT
Codec ID                                 : apcs
Duration                                 : 13s 47ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 27.2 Mbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Original scan type                       : Progressive
Scan order                               : Bottom Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 2.621
Stream size                              : 42.2 MiB (100%)
Writing library                          : fmpg
Language                                 : English
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601

All the three of them are the same .
But why once I put in the CS6 timeline, then export via DebugMode --- Avisynth, the resulting mpeg file encoded with Avanti has a different quality ya ?
scratch my head ...

Note that -s and -aspect are aliases of the scale and setdar filter commands used by Avanti.

thanks for this info.
I wonder the 16:9 of ffmpeg is set to 1.185 ? or 1.212 ya ?

I guess is set to 1.185
because when I put the file to CS6 timeline with sequence setting default to NTSC wide (1.212) - it complaint that the file doesn't match of the sequence setting ... then when I choose to adjust it, the CS6 sequence setting automatically change to "unknown PAR (32/27)"

When you look at the Windows task manager during encoding you should see that CPU usage of Avanti most of the time isn't measurable (less than 1%) so almost all CPU power should go to FFmpeg. That is, if you don't have any other heavy processes running at the same time. So I think (in this case) this is the max you can get with your hardware?

But when at the task manager, also check if FFmpeg uses all cores. It should with mpeg2 encoding if you use a recent FFmpeg version.

thank you also for this info. I just have my computer upgraded to i5, so I don't know about this info. I will check about this next time. Thank you once again, Chris.

btw, from Avanti .. I read this :
ffmpeg version N-62569-gf57ac37
built on Apr 19 2014 22:03:22 with gcc 4.8.2 (GCC)

I wonder if that is the latest ffmpeg version ?

And if you use a AviSynth script as source, this may also slow down the whole process.

yes... I noticed this. The encoding time is faster if I just put the prores file directly to Avanti, compare via DebugModeFrameServer with Avisynth file.

EDIT:

-profile: 1 is actually a incomplete syntax, although accepted by FFmpeg. It should read -profile:v 1.
If you use the old style -profile 1 you'll get a FFmpeg request to use -profile:v and -profile:a because this command is also applicable on audio profiles. I don't think however it has something to do with your issue.

Chris

thanks again for this info and thanks for your help, Chris.

regards,
reko

[vijm1972]

I have checked new folder watch option of Avanti 0.9.0, thanks for providing source move option.
Is it possible to check processed job logs?

[Chris K]

btw, from Avanti .. I read this :
ffmpeg version N-62569-gf57ac37
built on Apr 19 2014 22:03:22 with gcc 4.8.2 (GCC)

I wonder if that is the latest ffmpeg version ?

As for the daily on-going FFmpeg developing process, you could call it rather old.

http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

Checked out todays build and it seems to work fine with Avanti.


Chris

[Chris K]

I have checked new folder watch option of Avanti 0.9.0, thanks for providing source move option.
Is it possible to check processed job logs?

Yeah, it's sort of a problem not knowing why a conversion failed. But the folder watch option is not a replacement for the batch process option where Avanti creates a dedicated log. Perhaps save the individual logs to the "done" folder using the clips destination file name? I will look into it but can't promise anything yet.

Chris

[vijm1972]

Hi Chris,

After using Avanti 0.9.0 I have found some issues while using it. When I use previously converted file, Avanti ask for rewrite the same but when we click yes it doesn't respond. We need to close the application and start again. I haven't observe that in previous versions.

Thanks
Vijay

[Chris K]

After using Avanti 0.9.0 I have found some issues while using it. When I use previously converted file, Avanti ask for rewrite the same but when we click yes it doesn't respond. We need to close the application and start again. I haven't observe that in previous versions.

If you are on Windows 7 or 8 it might be the Avanti install path issue, known on these OS'. Try the path suggestions from here to see if you can fix it by changing the path somewhat.

http://avanti.arrozcru.org/windows7.htm

Chris

[vijm1972]

I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 OS.

[Chris K]

I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 OS.

I have no experience with Server 2008. Seems to be released at the time of Vista. I would still try the path suggestion.

[vijm1972]

Is it possible to create multiple outputs with one watchfolder?

[Chris K]

Is it possible to create multiple outputs with one watchfolder?

Please explain in more detail what you want to accomplish.

If you mean convert from the watch folder to different destination folders, no that is not possible. You can do that with the batch process option (Job Control manager).

Chris