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(First of all, apologies for my english ^^')

Hello,
i've done some search around the internet and this forum, and i've not found a solution, so I write it down.

I'm trying to transcode multiple files with VLC. So I use Media > Convert/Save and open my file list to transcode. Then I go to Convert, I set up my preferences but everytime, it transcode only 1 file, and asking for only 1 file name. It's quite painful to transcode one file at a time when i've over 20 to do.

Is there a way to transcode a batch of files and that it keeps the original name of thoses files, just changing his extension ?

Thanks by advance !

Command-line usage is usually the easiest option in case you want to do batch processing.

Hi,

Using windows, I have to transcode many file in various format and options for various uses.
As I asked the same question six month ago, I got the same answer. It is right and the good one.

So during a time I go on doing some transcoding manually, file by file, developing knowledge of options.

I could take a while to develop a batch, and from it the principles of a larger multiple functions batch :
1- (done) transcode all files of dir for a mask and a group of parameter (generated by VLC GUI at the end of streaming) output files to a new dir
2- todo Recursive transcoding to subdir of a relative root creating a new directory with same subdir structure but with new root (relative) containing transcoded files (so the user can load all a directory with files with same parameters
3- todo Various options to repair with new parameters (first transcoded file renamed or deleted)
4- GUI local developped with php, js etc... if user has apache installed
5- Application on a server and local VLC application or plugin (to develop first Windows and by somebody else for others platforms)

I would not develop something already done, so I send this message to get the best information about what have been already done, know if the way that I explore sounds quite good.

Thanks by advance
Best regards

Trebly