clever FFmpeg-GUI, small FFmpeg UI, fully portable, no installation.

[ProWo]

Hi, I am new to clever_ffmpeg. I would like to try the deinterlace but I couldn't locate the deinterlace menu. Any tips on how to get to that menu is much appreciated.

The deinterlace option is only available if you have loaded an interlaced video.
In case of doubt, however, you can declare any video as interlaced (in the start screen, after loading the video, change scan type button).
You will then find the deinterlace option in the video encoding screen, under various.

[pchan]

Hi, I am new to clever_ffmpeg. I would like to try the deinterlace but I couldn't locate the deinterlace menu. Any tips on how to get to that menu is much appreciated.

The deinterlace option is only available if you have loaded an interlaced video.
In case of doubt, however, you can declare any video as interlaced (in the start screen, after loading the video, change scan type button).
You will then find the deinterlace option in the video encoding screen, under various.

Thank you very much.
1) Use MediaInfo and determine it's interlace(BFF).
2. Goto Change Scan Info and select Interlace, BFF radio button.
3. In Encode(Video Stream), click on Keep Size and Various, the Deinterlace check box will appear.

Merry Christmas.

[ProWo]

Newest beta (v3.2.0.01), online now.

New:
Resume unused processed files after program closing.
b switch option for dynaudnorm (request by mannequin80).

Improved:
Cut info.

[mannequin80]

Newest beta (v3.2.0.01), online now.

LoudNorm seems to be crashing again after the 1st pass.

also, to make this filter a little bit more useful, it would be nice to have its 3 main parameters:

I, i - integrated loudness target. range is -70.0 - -5.0. default value is -24.0.

LRA, lra - set loudness range target. range is 1.0 - 20.0. default value is 7.0.

TP, tp - set maximum true peak. range is -9.0 - +0.0. default value is -2.0.

edit: latest version creates a file "PE_files.txt" in the source folder after the audio encoding with the name of the audio file listed inside, probably a bug.

[barbaric]

Hi, I have a small issue with version 3.2.0.0, in the "Encode Audio" module.
Sorry if this was already raised by someone else before.
The orange "To Batch" button gets hidden as soon as Loudnorm filter is selected with 2pass (note: with 1pass, no issue).
If you change the Encoder after adding the filter, the "To Batch" button appears again (but don't know if the filter setting is memorized or not, the GUI says it is still checked).
It was already there in 3.1.9 and 3.1.8beta2 (don't know earlier).
Thank you for your outstanding work.

[ProWo]

LoudNorm seems to be crashing again after the 1st pass.

I have just tested this and it works perfectly.
Can you describe the problem in more detail?

also, to make this filter a little bit more useful, it would be nice to have its 3 main parameters:

I, i - integrated loudness target. range is -70.0 - -5.0. default value is -24.0.

LRA, lra - set loudness range target. range is 1.0 - 20.0. default value is 7.0.

TP, tp - set maximum true peak. range is -9.0 - +0.0. default value is -2.0.

This will be implemented in the next beta.

edit: latest version creates a file "PE_files.txt" in the source folder after the audio encoding with the name of the audio file listed inside, probably a bug.

This is not a bug, but has the purpose that processed streams are available again in the multipex grid at the next program start. The file is only generated if not all processed streams are muxed. You can delete the unnecessary streams in the mux grid with the DelPPS (delete preprocessed streams) button.

[ProWo]

Hi, I have a small issue with version 3.2.0.0, in the "Encode Audio" module.
Sorry if this was already raised by someone else before.
The orange "To Batch" button gets hidden as soon as Loudnorm filter is selected with 2pass (note: with 1pass, no issue).
If you change the Encoder after adding the filter, the "To Batch" button appears again (but don't know if the filter setting is memorized or not, the GUI says it is still checked).
It was already there in 3.1.9 and 3.1.8beta2 (don't know earlier).
Thank you for your outstanding work.

This is not a bug; the to batch button is hidden in loudnorm 2 pass because it requires two runs with different command lines.
However, since the individual tasks can be moved around in the batch tasks grid, this would be a problem.
For this reason, only immediate encoding is available when using the loudnorm 2 pass filter.
The fact that the button reappears when changing the encoder is an error and will be corrected.

[mannequin80]

This is not a bug, but has the purpose that processed streams are available again in the multipex grid at the next program start. The file is only generated if not all processed streams are muxed. You can delete the unnecessary streams in the mux grid with the DelPPS (delete preprocessed streams) button.

got it.

here's the LoudNorm error:


[Attachment 75875 - Click to enlarge]

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentException: Invalid JSON primitive: out#0/null @ 0000021af7f1c980] video:0kB audio:18312960kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknownsize=N/A time=02:15:39.10 bitrate=N/A speed=7.48x .
at System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptObjectDe serializer.BasicDeserialize(String input, Int32 depthLimit, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
at System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializ er.Deserialize(JavaScriptSerializer serializer, String input, Type type, Int32 depthLimit)
at System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializ er.Deserialize[T](String input)
at clever_FFmpeg_GUI.Form4.Jason_read(String parsed)
at clever_FFmpeg_GUI.Form4.VB$StateMachine_361_FFmpeg Async.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatch Info.Throw()

[ProWo]

Try to mux the dts stream in a mkv container first and repeat the loudnorm operation with the mkv

[mannequin80]

Try to mux the dts stream in a mkv container first and repeat the loudnorm operation with the mkv

getting the same type of error with the mkv container too.

[ProWo]

getting the same type of error with the mkv container too.

I have tried it here again with several dts files, individually and in a container, but everything works as expected.
You can try two things.
1) a newer ffmpeg version
2) delete this folder (it will be created again automatically):
C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\clever_FFmpeg_GUI (where xxx=your user name on windows)
and restart clever FFmpeg-GUI.

You can also upload this DTS file somewhere and post the link here, then I can give it a try.

[ProWo]

Newest beta (v3.2.0.02), online now.

New:
LoudNorm filter I, LRA, TP settings (request by mannequin80).
Fixed:
Little bugs.
Improved:
Batch elements handling.

[mannequin80]

Newest beta (v3.2.0.02), online now.

refreshed everything while using the latest stable ffmpeg (vs dailies) and it seems to be working again.

thanks a lot for the new filters, beautiful!

[Banduck]

Review by undercash
Sounds interesting but no possibility of batch encoding (like a whole folder for example).

I didn't implement this on purpose, because I don't think mass processing multiple videos with the same settings makes sense.
But if it is desired, there are other GUI's that offer this.

Why? What if I have a whole show with hundreds of episodes where I want to convert every single episode from 25 fps to 24 fps? In that case, it definitely makes sense.
Maybe there are other GUI's that can do this, but I haven't found a GUI yet where you have the option to only change the pitch.

[ProWo]

Newest beta (v3.2.0.03), online now.

New:
Unused processed tasks exported to file for next time use.
All closed EIA 608/708 captions can be exported now, not only the first (request by [ss]vegeta).
Fixed:
Little bugs
Improved:
Audio bitrate handling
Open tasks handling.
Preprocessed files handling.
Already processed batch tasks handling.

[noemi7]

Why don't you include for audio pass through / copy, and LPCM?

[ProWo]

Why don't you include for audio pass through / copy, and LPCM?

What do you mean exactly?
Can you explain it in more detail?

[ingsoc]

thx a lot for this amazing gui.
Just wanted to notice about how some text are badly affected by desktop themes. Sometimes all the program text is unable to be visible or readable.
Also the 2 buttons on down capture are not showing their text. This all happen because a dark theme is applied in desktop.

[ProWo]

This happens because the Windows system colors are changed with the desktop themes.
I myself use Windows 11 Dark Design and clever FFmpeg-GUI looks like this.


[Attachment 76249 - Click to enlarge]

I recommend you try an alternative dark theme.

[ingsoc]

all custom themes i am trying are affected by the same.
also i wanted to request a new feature that is a DAR viewer in order to see how the image is affected by the changes before to apply it.

edit: also a very useful feature will be to load several videos in a control like the one you using in batch mode, and after created the first action for the batch mode, to have a button to 'perform same action in whole list'. It would be really useful for repetitive actions in tv series episodes for example, time saving!.

[ProWo]

all custom themes i am trying are affected by the same.

What's your OS and can you name the custom theme you are using?

also i wanted to request a new feature that is a DAR viewer in order to see how the image is affected by the changes before to apply it.

For this you can use the VLC Player and set the DAR for video.

edit: also a very useful feature will be to load several videos in a control like the one you using in batch mode, and after created the first action for the batch mode, to have a button to 'perform same action in whole list'. It would be really useful for repetitive actions in tv series episodes for example, time saving!.

I'll have to take a closer look at that.

[ingsoc]

^ yes, my cutom theme is called 'Penumbra' where os is the 8.1. I am also programmer and i have found that usually i fix the colors problems using for text 'default' values. But problem is if background color and system text color are near the same... affecte by this i was playing some time ago with a color inversion to grant text will be always readable. Complex.

About dar preview, i was meaning some static image preview embbed into your gui or some that will show us a final result... In fact i am missing some little program to play with dars...

I have found that mkvtoolnix is having a lot of problems applying dar changes. Fortunatelly i found this your gui that is working, as expected.

[Jay123210599]

Does the GUI allow to use ffmpeg command '-report'? If so, how do I use it to export the command line?

[ProWo]

also a very useful feature will be to load several videos in a control like the one you using in batch mode, and after created the first action for the batch mode, to have a button to 'perform same action in whole list'. It would be really useful for repetitive actions in tv series episodes for example, time saving!.

I will implement the following in the next beta:
If you have added a batch task (e.g. encode audio with stream ID 1 with ac3 192k) then open the batch tasks page, drag & drop all further episodes into the batch task grid; this will create the exact same command line for each dropped file as for the first batch task.
Whether the stream id's match etc. is not checked.
So this remains an undocumented option that is only useful in very few cases.

[ingsoc]

also a very useful feature will be to load several videos in a control like the one you using in batch mode, and after created the first action for the batch mode, to have a button to 'perform same action in whole list'. It would be really useful for repetitive actions in tv series episodes for example, time saving!.

I will implement the following in the next beta:
If you have added a batch task (e.g. encode audio with stream ID 1 with ac3 192k) then open the batch tasks page, drag & drop all further episodes into the batch task grid; this will create the exact same command line for each dropped file as for the first batch task.
Whether the stream id's match etc. is not checked.
So this remains an undocumented option that is only useful in very few cases.

^^ cant wait to test that

[Jay123210599]

also a very useful feature will be to load several videos in a control like the one you using in batch mode, and after created the first action for the batch mode, to have a button to 'perform same action in whole list'. It would be really useful for repetitive actions in tv series episodes for example, time saving!.

I will implement the following in the next beta:
If you have added a batch task (e.g. encode audio with stream ID 1 with ac3 192k) then open the batch tasks page, drag & drop all further episodes into the batch task grid; this will create the exact same command line for each dropped file as for the first batch task.
Whether the stream id's match etc. is not checked.
So this remains an undocumented option that is only useful in very few cases.

What about my command '-report' question?

[ProWo]

What about my command '-report' question?

the command lines remain my secret.

[Jay123210599]

What about my command '-report' question?

the command lines remain my secret.

so no?

[ProWo]

Newest beta (v3.2.0.04), online now.

New:
Batch tasks, possibility to replicate commandline from 1st task to many files (request by ingsoc), not documented.

[ingsoc]

^^ thx so much friend, i will test a lot that new feature in the next days... I will report about
Keep the good work on the gui !