TEncoder 4.0.0 - Multithreaded GUI for FFMpeg and Mencoder (Support thread)

[ozok]

TEncoder is a multithreaded gui for ffmpeg, mencoder and mplayer.
If you want to translate TEncoder to your language, please contact me.

Features:
-Run up to 8 simultaneous processes and/or make FFMpeg and Mencoder to do internal multithreaded encoding.
-Hard-code subtitles with same name as video using Mencoder
-Do two passes to improve quality
-Download videos from YouTube etc
-Pass custom options to encoders
-Extract audio or video
-Extract parts from file
-Convert audio files (mp3 to aac etc)
-Select audio track from files with multiple audio tracks
-Extract jobs to .bat file so they can be run later
-Preview files with all options applied
-Edit/create presets
-Works under Wine
-64bit support (FFMpeg only)



Screenshot:


Downloads:

You can download it from here: http://www.downloadbestsoft.com/TEncoder-Video-Converter.html

TEncoder downloads version file from Dropbox. No information is sent during that process.

Any suggestions, criticisms etc are welcome.

[MilesAhead]

I'm looking forward to 1.4. I'm using 1.3 now. This may seem like a dumb question but I know there's a setting to encode say 5 or 10 minutes of the video for testing. I just can't find where the enter the number. Can you tell me which button to press to get to the setting?

Thanks for the tool. I often use it to transfer video to another container changing only the audio encoding so my set top box will play it.

[poisondeathray]

I'm looking forward to 1.4. I'm using 1.3 now. This may seem like a dumb question but I know there's a setting to encode say 5 or 10 minutes of the video for testing. I just can't find where the enter the number. Can you tell me which button to press to get to the setting?

I haven't looked at this program, but there probably isn't a button for that switch. If every switch had a button, the GUI would be cluttered and unusable with 1000's of buttons

You would probably enter the command in the "custom video options" command line box

In FFmpeg, the command is -t for duration and -ss for start time

So if you wanted to encode 10 seconds , starting from 01 second in (this would encode from 1second , lasting 10 seconds, to the 11th second)

-t 00:00:10 -ss 00:00:01

[MilesAhead]

I confused this with another front end that had time in minutes input box. Thanks for the ffmpeg params.

[MilesAhead]

Tried both Installer and Portable 1.4.

Running the program pops up an error dialog
Cannot find sub style file. There will be a problem with Previews.

[ozok]

Tried both Installer and Portable 1.4.

Running the program pops up an error dialog
Cannot find sub style file. There will be a problem with Previews.

I'll look into it asap.

I probably forgot to add some files to packages.

Thanks.

[ozok]

Hi all

There is a new version 1.4.

What's changed:
-Moved: Custom options, two pass and subtitle options to "Extra Options" window
-Added: Deinterlaceing
-Added: TEncoder will remember its last position and state
-Added: Custom audio and video options
-Added: Total progress is now updated smoothly
-Added: Open output folder option to post-encode options
-Added: Files that do not exist will be removed from list before encoding starts
-Fixed: Temp. folder could not be cleared if encoder log keeping was off
-Fixed: Flv, m4v and m2v files could not be opended sometimes
-Removed: Some of the skins
-Updated: AlphaControls to 7.55
-Updated: MediaInfo to 0.7.51

[MilesAhead]

Tried both Installer and Portable 1.4.

Running the program pops up an error dialog
Cannot find sub style file. There will be a problem with Previews.

I'll look into it asap.

I probably forgot to add some files to packages.

Thanks.

The preview does work. Just an errant error dialog.

One other thing I noticed. I often repackage .mkv as .mp4 and only encode the audio to AAC since my WD set top box likes that better than .mkv most of the time.

Even if I set container to MP4 in the drop-down, have video set to Copy and AAC for audio, in the output folder the file still has .mkv extension. Just seems odd. I think I did see it change to .mp4 once or twice. But I haven't figured out what the factor is to ensure the extension change.

I tried such a repackage to .mp4 yesterday with 1.4. Process and play went as expected.

[ozok]

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One other thing I noticed. I often repackage .mkv as .mp4 and only encode the audio to AAC since my WD set top box likes that better than .mkv most of the time.

Even if I set container to MP4 in the drop-down, have video set to Copy and AAC for audio, in the output folder the file still has .mkv extension. Just seems odd. I think I did see it change to .mp4 once or twice. But I haven't figured out what the factor is to ensure the extension change.

I tried such a repackage to .mp4 yesterday with 1.4. Process and play went as expected.

This seems strange.

Is the created file a MP4 or MKV file? Maybe extension is wrong.

Can you export command lines into .bat script and send it to me so i can find the problem?

In order to do that under "Extra Options" select "Export to script". Next time you run encoding process, a .bat file will be created under script folder.

[MilesAhead]

Ok, I think I have it now. After loading in the stuff and making the settings I want, if I then hit Apply button it seems to want to output .mp4. Once I'm used to it I'm sure it will run gang busters.

[MilesAhead]

Just a positive observation. In the past I used TEncoder to move video to another container, just processing the audio. But I had only done single files. Last night I did 11 videos in batch on my dual core!! It zipped right through 'em!! The program really shines when used in batch mode!! I can see I'm going to be using TEncoder a lot!!

[ozok]

@MilesAhead

Glad to see it works as i intended. ^\o/^

[MilesAhead]

In 1.4 I don't see any option to choose a skin.

[ozok]

@MilesAhead
Yes skins were removed with 1.4 but they will be back with 1.5.

[MilesAhead]

Good enough. Thanks for the reply.

[MilesAhead]

I do keep encountering situations when wrapping a single video in another container using v. 1.4 where the new container extension is not used. As I mentioned before .mkv output that's supposed to be .mp4 can end up in the output folder as .mkv. I tried hitting Apply Button a bunch of times, using the drop down to set the container again, adding the video file before/after doing all this stuff. But on occasion it just stubbornly keeps the old extension.

I know I can just retype the extension to what it should be. But it's baffling why it's happening.

[ozok]

That's really strange. Can you lead me step-by-step so i can reproduce the problem?

[MilesAhead]

Only load one .mkv. Set container to .mp4. If the output file doesn't keep the .mkv extension then it's something intermittent and I don't so how I could reproduce it. The only time I did a batch run, the output files were named correctly. So I suspect it happens when doing one-offs.

Usually I encode audio while just using Copy for video, if that's a clue.

[ozok]

I still couldnt reproduce the problem :S

Please make sure before you start encoding container is selected as "mp4" because extension is generated from that information. If you are using a preset, again, check for container option for that preset.

[MilesAhead]

Guess it's just one of those quirky type things. Not a big bug. Just thought I'd mention it.

[ozok]

Hi all!

There is a new version 1.5

--1.5 BETA
-Added: 5.1 channel support
-Added: Option to preserve aspect ratio
-Added: Encoder changes according to selected video codec
-Added: Options to select between multiple audio and subtitle tracks for each file
-Added: Option to specify encoding range (in sec.) for each file
-Added: Encoder output is shown during encoding process
-Added: Skins
-Fixed: AAC encoding problems with MEncoder
-Fixed: A few minor bugs
-Improved: Properties windows shows more info now
-Improved: Some UI changes
-Updated: AlphaControls to 7.57
-Updated: MediaInfo to 0.7.52
-Updated: FFmpeg to N-35966-g1d0ae92
-Updated: MPlayer and MEncoder to Sherpya-SVN-r34401-4.6.2
-Updated: libfaac to 1.28

PS Please note that this version BETA which means it has experimental features.

[ozok]

Hi all

There is a new version 1.6

--1.6
-Added: Option to select audio or video only encoding
-Added: Support for audio encoding (mp3 to aac etc.)
-Added: Support for Webm (VP8 + OggVorbis)
-Added: Splash Screen
-Added: Option to apply range settings to all files in the list
-Fixed: FFMpeg encode range misscalculation
-Fixed: Command lines were not shown in logs
-Fixed: Default skin was not Ubuntu
-Fixed: FFmpeg Mpeg4+AAC+Mp4 problem
-Improved: Encoding screen is merged with main screen
-Updated: AlphaControls to 7.59

[ozok]

Hi all,

There is a new version 1.7

--1.7
-Added: Player
-Added: Range Editor
-Added: Option to specify subtitle delay for each file
-Added: Option to specify audio delay for each file
-Added: Audio and video bitrates can be entered manually
-Added: 4 more aspect ratio options
-Added: Installer can create folder group in start menu
-Added: MPlayer log
-Added: Two new skins Lucy and Air
-Fixed: MEncoder encode range misscalculation
-Fixed: MEncoder no audio problem
-Fixed: None as video and audio codec warning
-Fixed: Subtitle and audio problems if file removed because it doesn't exist
-Fixed: Drag and drop did not work
-Fixed: Encoding time was not accurate
-Removed: Splash screen because it causes problems with drag and drop
-Improved: Some minor UI changes
-Updated: MediaInfo to 0.7.53
-Updated: AlphaControls to 7.60
-Updated: FFMpeg to git-6833fe4

[thezanny]

Hi, can I use this tool to select a blu-ray backup I have and get the subtitles which are in PGS and encode both audio and video? sometimes, the video has to be cropped and can TEncoder do it auto?

[ozok]

@thezanny no i don't think so.

I have never worked with blu-ray discs before but I will look into it.

By the way, you can ONLY burn-in external subtitles with TEncoder at the moment.

[ozok]

Hi all,

There is a new version 1.7.1 Hotfix.

-Added: Support for m2ts files
-Fixed: FFMpeg two pass problem
-Fixed: FFMpeg aspect ratio problem with VP8
-Improved: A few minor UI improvements

[cowboyup910]

Hello,

re-encoding a BluRay MKV/DTS file to smaller resolutions but I keep getting black bars. How do I keep original aspect ratio when selecting your pre-defined resolutions.


Thanks

[ozok]

@cowboyup910 try selecting "Original" as aspect ratio.

[ozok]

There is a new version 1.9

--1.9
-Added: Option specify custom video width and height values
-Added: Audio extraction now produces valid files
-Added: A new skin: LightBoard
-Fixed: 1440x1080 resolution was passed wrong to the encoders

[ozok]

Update:

--2.0
-Fixed: Didnt keep encoder logs if "Nothing" as post-encode option wasnt selected
-Fixed: FFMpeg could not do two pass h.264 encoding
-Fixed: m2ts files could not be draged and dropped
-Fixed: Custom args were not passed correctly
-Updated: AlphaControls to 7.65
-Updated: MediaInfo.dll to 0.7.58
-Updated: FFMpeg to N-41074-g9c27f29