First time command line encoding help?

[chadwixk]

Hello,

I am trying to do some command line encoding and not getting very far.. Here is my command line:

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vlc -vvv --log-verbose=-1 --logfile="W:\_Downloaded\[ www.Speed.Cd ] - American.Chopper.Senior.vs.Junior.S03E08.720p.HDTV.x264-aAF\extracted\log.txt" --stop-time=30 "W:\_Downloaded\[ www.Speed.Cd ] - American.Chopper.Senior.vs.Junior.S03E08.720p.HDTV.x264-aAF\extracted\aaf-american.chopper.s03e08.mkv" --sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,scale=1,channels=6,deinterlace,audio-sync}:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst="W:\_Downloaded\[ www.Speed.Cd ] - American.Chopper.Senior.vs.Junior.S03E08.720p.HDTV.x264-aAF\extracted\aaf-american.chopper.s03e08.ps.mpg"}'

When I run it, VLC Player opens, but then nothing else happens. If I open the log file, this is all I see:

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-- logger module started -- main debug: using interface module "logger" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 310.965 ms - Total 310.965 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 310.965 ms)

Earlier, I had some issues with paths, and that popped up the error window in VLC right after it opened. But now, nothing.

I appreciate any pointers in how to get this to work.

Thanks in Advance,
Chad

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

remove --log-verbose=-1

[chadwixk]

Hello Jean,

Thanks for the reply. I didn't originally have that in there, but put it in as a result of this issue in hopes of gleaning some sort of information. Anyway I removed it and attempted to run it again, and the same thing happens, which is nothing. The command line session doesn't get a result back...it seems as though it submitted the process but then is waiting for something to return that never does. Again the log file is empty, and I don't see any processes related this running in the Task Manager.

ANy other ideas? It does convert from the wizard, so I know the conversion itself works ok, I just can't get it to launch from the command prompt.


*Note I am running on Windows 7 Pro and VLC 2.0.1)

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Look at the messages logs.

[chadwixk]

Well, I figured it out. I just had some extra single quotes around the --sout parameters...picked up somewhere from a copy and paste I guess. It is working now, though even though the log file parameter is set, it doesn't write anything to it.

Here's my corresponding command line:

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vlc -I dummy --logfile="T:\log.txt" --stop-time=30 "T:\aaf-american.chopper.s03e08.mkv" --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=10000,acodec=mp4a,ab=256,scale=1,channels=6,deinterlace,audio-sync}:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst="T:\aaf-american.chopper.s03e08.ps.mp4"} vlc://quit

Do I need to do anything more in order to get it to write to the log file?

Thanks for the help!
Chad

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

-vvv

[chadwixk]

I was never able to get the logfiles to write, which was fine because things were converting properly. But now I have converted to Windows 8 and running VLC 2.0.8 (Aug 16 build), and I am having issues where there is no audio in the resulting file. As such, I was trying to capture the logs to see what the issue is, but with no luck:

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vlc -I dummy -vvv --logfile="C:\VLC_Log.txt" --stop-time=30 "%srcfilepath%" --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=2048,acodec=mp4a,ab=256,scale=1,channels=2,deinterlace,audio-sync}:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=%dstfilepath%} vlc://quit

1.) how do you get the logfile to write via command line?
2.) any ideas on why there is no audio in the converted file?

Thanks in advance,
Chad

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

--extraintf logger

[chadwixk]

Thanks Jean. That worked! Now I have to fix the No Audio issue, but will create a new forum post for that.