Burn in filename like timecode? Avisynth or Vdub?

[Taapo]

Hi there,

Is there a method to batch convert avi files to burn in the filename of the avi - just like you would add a permanent subtitle?

Any method would be cool, even a hint if it is possible at all. Thanks in advance!

Greets,
Frank

[olyteddy]

To do it for the whole vid, you'll have to re encode the whole video. Could you do it as an introductory clip, or an end credit?

[AlanHK]

A batch file like this:

:LOOP
for %%A in (*.avi) do (
IF NOT EXIST "%%~dpnA.avs" (

echo.AVISource^("%%A"^)
echo.Subtitle^("%%A"^)
) > "%%~dpnA.avs")
)
SHIFT
@if %1X==X goto END
@goto LOOP
:END
exit

will create an AVS file for each AVI in a folder, with the filename as subtitle.


See http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Subtitle for options.

[Taapo]

You're awesome! Thanks a million

Btw, is there a possibility to have all the avi files (with subtitle) concatenated in one AVS script? So that the result is one AVI file with the subtitles burnt in for each segment?

[AlanHK]

Btw, is there a possibility to have all the avi files (with subtitle) concatenated in one AVS script?

AVISource("vid1.avi").Subtitle("vid1.avi") ++\
AVISource("vid2.avi").Subtitle("vid2.avi") ++\
AVISource("vid3.avi").Subtitle("vid3.avi") ++\
AVISource("vid4.avi").Subtitle("vid4.avi") ++\
AVISource("vid5.avi").Subtitle("vid5.avi") ++\
AVISource("vid6.avi").Subtitle("vid6.avi") ++\
AVISource("vid7.avi").Subtitle("vid7.avi") ++\
AVISource("vid8.avi").Subtitle("vid8.avi") ++\
AVISource("vid9.avi").Subtitle("vid9.avi")

Of course, they all have to be the same frame size, fps, audio rate, etc.

[Taapo]

Amazing, didn't know that. Thanks a lot!

I think I can manage to adapt the BAT script you posted earlier to have it done automatically for a whole directory full of AVI files, but I'm not sure how I can write "if this is the last file, don't echo "+++\" ... would you be able to help me out with that?

[AlanHK]

I think I can manage to adapt the BAT script you posted earlier to have it done automatically for a whole directory full of AVI files, but I'm not sure how I can write "if this is the last file, don't echo "+++\" ... would you be able to help me out with that?

To do that is stretching batch files a bit. Though I'm sure it could be done.
(have a look at the whacky things people do in alt.msdos.batch.nt)

I'd just do this:

for %%A in (*.avi) do (
(
echo.AVISource^("%%A"^).Subtitle^("%%A"^) ++\
) >> "combo.avs")
)

And just delete the last 3 characters manually.

If you want to do the whole thing programmatically you should look into more powerful scripting languages, like perl.

(I really should use perl more, but a few batch tricks and word processor macros do most of what I need to make scripts.)