VLC Transcoder Automator Action

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VLC Transcoder Automator Action

Postby geo » 22 Feb 2006 07:01

This Mac OS X Automator action uses VLC as a transcoding engine for video file processing workflows. It was developed to batch-process recorded MPEG-2 transport streams to prepare them for H.264 delivery.

UPDATE: It requires version VLC 0.8.6a or later. Works great on Intel Macs.

Current Version: 0.8.6 (Production) 28 March 2007

Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/geo/FileSharing40.html

George

(updated download location as UCTV has been taken down and I'm no longer there).
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Postby compufix » 22 Feb 2006 10:18

is it possible to have an entry for input URL, output multicast adress and port, local movie file name and local .sdp file name?

I have the command line to do the same thing if needed.

-Mike

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Postby geo » 22 Feb 2006 10:42

Mike, it's built to transcode existing files, not streams.

Automator is a workflow tool for processing data files on disk.

To setup VLC to do live processing, I use the VLM module. All command-line driven tho.

George

PS - I haven't yet seen any hardware capable of live transcoding to H.264 using VLC. Perhaps an intel mac?

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Postby The DJ » 22 Feb 2006 15:10

wow, nice stuff.
Great work.
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Postby geo » 23 Feb 2006 00:23

thanks DJ!

I want to add hinting to it as well, but aren't sure if hinting is in your plans for a future VLC.

The Automator action for QuickTime to hint files is broken, so I'll probably write a replacement.

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Postby Guest » 10 Mar 2006 02:28

can it be set up for coverting to MPEG-2?

we desperately need something like this for Galleon (i.e. TivoToGo "GoBack")

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Postby geo » 12 Mar 2006 13:38

can it be set up for coverting to MPEG-2?
Yes, it does TS and PS.

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Postby Guest » 18 Apr 2006 22:12

Anything like this for Windows (i know, i know)

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Postby geo » 19 Apr 2006 01:59

Anything like this for Windows (i know, i know)
Not that I know of. It builds on lots of Apple OS technology.

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Re: VLC Transcoder Automator Action

Postby Haravikk » 10 Nov 2011 18:48

Hi there!

Sorry for the half-decade necro bump, but I'm curious if this, or any other Automator action effort, has seen any continued development?

I'd love to see a full-blown "Transcode Video" Automator action, with many of the options similar to the transcode wizard (output video codec, container etc.) for my batch editing needs. While I can get by with the command-line interface, I find it very unwieldy, especially if all I want to do is take a bunch of .mov files and repack them as .mp4's, for example.

While I am a programmer I'm afraid I know nothing about Automator action development, but I think it would be great thing to get to a useful level, as it could potentially be bundled with VLC in future, as if it's based on behind-the-scenes command-line interaction then it wouldn't be hard to maintain.


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