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

[BenBen21]

Did you reboot the computer after the installation?
Then I'm sorry, unfortunately no other idea.
It works fine here on a Windows 7 computer.
Have you installed all the latest updates?

Yes and yes, thanks anyway!
I'll use the 32-bit version, since aside from performance it shouldn't make any difference in terms of output, right?

[ProWo]

Yes and yes, thanks anyway!
I'll use the 32-bit version, since aside from performance it shouldn't make any difference in terms of output, right?

There will be no performance difference.

[ProWo]

Newest beta (v3.3.3.01), online now.

Fixed:
Bug in HDR to SDR tonemapping (thx to Lathe for the hint).

[ProWo]

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December 11, 2024 release version 3.3.4.
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Fixed:
Bug in HDR to SDR tonemapping (thx to Lathe for the hint).

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[videoAI]

@ProWo
Kindly add a container dropdown to the video encoding screen ..
Thanx

[Findu]

@ ProWo

Wold you please consider to integrate Media Foundation for Encoding!

I played around with audio encoding and found out that aac via Media Foundation aac_mf is 2-3 times faster than aac encoding on my Ryzen 5 7530U.

But ac3_mf is slower as ac3.

Also video encoding with h264_mf is nearly as fast as AMD hardware acceleration h264_amf.

[ProWo]

@ProWo
Kindly add a container dropdown to the video encoding screen ..
Thanx

That makes no sense. Video encoding is only a partial step and the mkv container can contain most video codecs; it also receives most tags, which other containers cannot. The final video is created during multiplexing, and there you can choose the container.

[ProWo]

@ ProWo
Wold you please consider to integrate Media Foundation for Encoding!
I played around with audio encoding and found out that aac via Media Foundation aac_mf is 2-3 times faster than aac encoding on my Ryzen 5 7530U.
But ac3_mf is slower as ac3.
Also video encoding with h264_mf is nearly as fast as AMD hardware acceleration h264_amf.

Thanks for the hint. I will check this and possibly implement it.

[videoAI]

@ProWo

I see .. you're handling the video stream separately .. (and multiplexing is an added step).
ok.

@ProWo
Kindly add a container dropdown to the video encoding screen ..
Thanx

That makes no sense. Video encoding is only a partial step and the mkv container can contain most video codecs; it also receives most tags, which other containers cannot. The final video is created during multiplexing, and there you can choose the container.

[ProWo]

Newest beta (v3.3.4.01), online now.

Added:
Set npl value for HDR to SDR tonemapping.
aac_mf audio encoder,
h264_mf video encoder (thx to Findu for the latter two hint).
Error check during task processing.

Fixed:
Bug in HDR to SDR tonemapping (thx to Lathe for the hint).

[onlinedragon]

Clever FFmpeg GUI 3.3.4, Errors

Pls, Fix This Error.
Thank you so much!

1. Problem when run clever "FFmpeg GUI.exe"


[Attachment 84101 - Click to enlarge]
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2. Virus Check

[Attachment 84102 - Click to enlarge]

[ProWo]

Clever FFmpeg GUI 3.3.4, Errors

Pls, Fix This Error.
Thank you so much!

1. Problem when run clever Ffmpeg-GUI

There is nothing to fix.
The first message is from Windows smartcreen.
It's only displayed, if you first start a downloaded executable.
Click run anyway.
The virus alert is false alarm.
If you downloaded from videohelp, the archiv is safe.
You can also check the MD5.

[Findu]

@ ProWo

Some small bugs in "New Version availabel" handling:
When I start 3.3.4, the notification window for a "New Version avaiabel" appears. With two times typo for availabel.
Wenn I click on "OK" the window disappears. If I then click the "Select source" button or drop a file, the same notification window appears again - whitch is not required.
If I click on the Download link the following error occured:

Informationen über das Aufrufen von JIT-Debuggen
anstelle dieses Dialogfelds finden Sie am Ende dieser Meldung.

************** Ausnahmetext **************
System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Der Index war außerhalb des Arraybereichs.
bei clever_FFmpeg_GUI.Form46.LinkLabel1_LinkClicked(Ob ject sender, LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.OnLinkClicked(LinkL abelLinkClickedEventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.OnMouseUp(MouseEven tArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Label.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Geladene Assemblys **************
mscorlib
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9290.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_C.
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll.
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clever FFmpeg GUI
Assembly-Version: 1.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 3.3.4.
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Findu/Downloads/Software/mp4/Tools/clever_ffmpeg_gui_333/clever%20FFmpeg%20GUI.exe.
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly-Version: 10.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 14.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll.
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System
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9282.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_C.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll.
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System.Core
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9277.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_B.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll.
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9256.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_B.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll.
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System.Drawing
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll.
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System.Configuration
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll.
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System.Xml
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll.
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System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9214.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_B.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll.
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PortableSettingsProvider
Assembly-Version: 0.2.5.0.
Win32-Version: 0.2.5.0.
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Findu/Downloads/Software/mp4/Tools/clever_ffmpeg_gui_333/PortableSettingsProvider.DLL.
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System.Xml.Linq
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml.Linq/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.Linq.dll.
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mscorlib.resources
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/mscorlib.resources/v4.0_4.0.0.0_de_b77a5c561934e089/mscorlib.resources.dll.
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System.Windows.Forms.resources
Assembly-Version: 4.0.0.0.
Win32-Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1.
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms.resources/v4.0_4.0.0.0_de_b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.resources.dll.
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************** JIT-Debuggen **************
Um das JIT-Debuggen (Just-In-Time) zu aktivieren, muss in der
Konfigurationsdatei der Anwendung oder des Computers
(machine.config) der jitDebugging-Wert im Abschnitt system.windows.forms festgelegt werden.
Die Anwendung muss mit aktiviertem Debuggen kompiliert werden.

Zum Beispiel:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

Wenn das JIT-Debuggen aktiviert ist, werden alle nicht behandelten
Ausnahmen an den JIT-Debugger gesendet, der auf dem
Computer registriert ist, und nicht in diesem Dialogfeld behandelt.

[Findu]

@ ProWo

beta (v3.3.4.01) feedback.

I can confirm that h264_mf video encoder is working as expected.
Thank you!


But if I select aac_mf audio encoder and click on "Encode" the "Audio conversion done" window appears without processing a file.

Audio ---> aac_mf - Stream ID 1 from?C:\Users\Findu\Downloads\input.mp4?3086783?-y -fflags +genpts -i "C:\Users\Findu\Downloads\input.mp4" -map 0:1 -c:a aac_mf -b:a 128k -ar 48000 -vn -sn -dn -metadata:g encoding_tool="clever FFmpeg-GUI" ?C:\Users\Findu\Downloads\input_A2.aac

The generated code above gets processed by ffmpeg cli, so it seams that the handling has a bug!

[onlinedragon]

Clever FFmpeg GUI 3.3.4, Errors

Pls, Fix This Error.
Thank you so much!

1. Problem when run clever Ffmpeg-GUI

There is nothing to fix.
The first message is from Windows smartcreen.
It's only displayed, if you first start a downloaded executable.
Click run anyway.
The virus alert is false alarm.
If you downloaded from videohelp, the archiv is safe.
You can also check the MD5.

Thank You!
@ ProWo

Can I disable automatic update, and set it to manual update? The update window appears whenever I run Clever_FFmpeg.
Thank You So Much

[ProWo]

Some small bugs in "New Version availabel" handling

The typo will be fixed in the next beta.

If I click on the Download link the following error occured...

This has been fixed in v3.3.4.01

But if I select aac_mf audio encoder and click on "Encode" the "Audio conversion done" window appears without processing a file.

Could you retest this? Here (with v3.3.4.01) it's working as aspected. Both encode and to batch are fine.

[ProWo]

Can I disable automatic update, and set it to manual update? The update window appears whenever I run Clever_FFmpeg.

No, but it's only a reminder. Click OK or update.
I recommend that you always use the latest version, as the latest known bugs have been fixed here.

[onlinedragon]

Can I disable automatic update, and set it to manual update? The update window appears whenever I run Clever_FFmpeg.

No, but it's only a reminder. Click OK or update.
I recommend that you always use the latest version, as the latest known bugs have been fixed here.

Thank You!
@ProWo
But, Pls, only remind the users when you publish THE STABLE VERSION. Don't remind the users when you publish THE BETA VERSION.
Your "Clever FFmpeg-GUI" is REALLY GOOD!

[ProWo]

But, Pls, only remind the users when you publish THE STABLE VERSION. Don't remind the users when you publish THE BETA VERSION.

As i said above, I recommend that you always use the latest version (incl. beta), as the latest known bugs have been fixed here.

[Findu]

@ ProWo

>> But if I select aac_mf audio encoder and click on "Encode" the "Audio conversion done" window appears without processing a file.
> Could you retest this? Here (with v3.3.4.01) it's working as aspected. Both encode and to batch are fine.

Your right! The problem only appears after the first tasks ony when "Keep open" is set. Click "To Batch" for the first task, change something or not, then click "Encode" for the second task and you get "Audio conversion done!" without processing.

[ProWo]

The problem only appears after the first tasks ony when "Keep open" is set. Click "To Batch" for the first task, change something or not, then click "Encode" for the second task and you get "Audio conversion done!" without processing.

You're right. Will be fixed in the next beta.

[Findu]

@ ProWo

Would you please consider to restore the last window position of the app at the desktop instead of open it always centered.
A pre-selected check box on the landing page "Open centered" could control this function.
I would uncheck this box to have the app always at my preferred position.

[ProWo]

Would you please consider to restore the last window position of the app at the desktop instead of open it always centered

Will implement this.

[ProWo]

Newest beta (v3.3.4.02), online now.

Added:
Readded start at last position (request by Findu).
Mux vc1 video to asf, avi, mkv, mov, mp4, wmv.

Fixed:
Bug in audio encoding with keep open checked.
Typo on update message (thx to Findu for the hints).

[Findu]

@ ProWo

Beta (v3.3.4.01) feedback

> Automatic online check for newer release

Would it make sense to download/replace "clever FFmpeg GUI.exe" and automatically restart the app afterwards instead of putting the Programm zip into the app folder?

So no other user interaction would be required for a complete and smooth update process!

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Beta (v3.3.4.02) feedback

> Readded start at last Position

Thanks to readd this function!
Let's see if other users like it too!

The completion messages still appear Desktop centerd instead of app window centerd. But this is not important.

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> Bug in audio encoding with keep open checked

I can confirm propper working for aac_mf!

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Please have a look at this small graphical error in the audio encoding grid.


[Attachment 84158 - Click to enlarge]

[ProWo]

Would it make sense to download/replace clever-FFmpeg-GUI.exe and automatically restart the app afterwards instead of putting the Programm zip into the app folder?

This makes sense, of course, but the problem is that clever FFmpeg-GUI.exe has to be closed, which means that an open program cannot be replaced. The necessary code can therefore not be processed in the program itself and you would have to create an external app for it. That is too much effort.

The completion messages still appear Desktop centerd instead of app window centerd. But this is not important.

This is naturally the case, because these messages are displayed as message boxes, and message boxes are ALWAYS displayed centered by Windows. I will rewrite the code and use a Winform instead of a messagebox. This is a lot of work with so many messages.

Please have a look at this small graphical error in the audio encoding grid.

I cannot reproduce this error here.
Please provide more information.

[Findu]

@ ProWo

>> Would it make sense to download/replace "clever FFmpeg GUI.exe" and automatically restart the app afterwards instead of putting the Programm zip into the app folder?

> This makes sense, of course, but the problem is that clever FFmpeg-GUI.exe has to be closed, which means that an open program cannot be replaced. The necessary code can therefore not be processed in the program itself and you would have to create an external app for it. That is too much effort.

Understand!

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>> The completion messages still appear Desktop centerd instead of app window centerd. But this is not important.

> This is naturally the case, because these messages are displayed as message boxes, and message boxes are ALWAYS displayed centered by Windows. I will rewrite the code and use a Winform instead of a messagebox. This is a lot of work with so many messages.

Please spend not too much time on this!

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>> Please have a look at this small graphical error in the audio encoding grid.

> I cannot reproduce this error here. Please provide more information.

It appears on all my devices W10, W11, native 1920x1080 & 3840x2160, with or whitout scaling.
It looks like that the text "ISO " has blank characters at the end and cover parts of the left side of the three letters text box.

[ProWo]

It appears on all my devices W10, W11, native 1920x1080 & 3840x2160, with or whitout scaling.

You are right, have seen it with 150% scaling.
Will be fixed in the next beta.
Have found a way to improve the update process too.

[Findu]

@ ProWo

> Have found a way to improve the update process too.

Good news! Great!

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By the way: the Rotate (Metadata only) function in Various is missing in the last betas.

[Findu]

@ ProWo

Question about cut.
If I define 3 cup parts and click on Cut, only the first part get saved.
In the Join list appears #1 three times pre-selected.

I would expect #2 and #3 get saved as well and the Join list pre-select #1 #2 #3.