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Open Source Visual Hub - FilmRedux
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Works for me on Leo. Thanks for the compile, i didnt want to have to d/l XCode.
I use this icon with it because i think it looks cool:
http://FNitrox.deviantart.com/art/SUPER-converter-icon-88362745
It doesn't work on Tiger..I try dragging and add video to the drop box..It just doesn't do it...Urghh..
NoSmokingBandit, what version of Leopard do you have and what Mac are you running it on? I think you're the first person to have it work. I am not able to add files either through dragging and dropping, or under the File menu.
I love Visual Hub! It's such a great program. It's a shame they stopped supporting it. I don't regret paying for it.
I just compiled it in the latest version of Xcode (3.1.2) and the same thing happens: adding files doesn't work.
If any programmers want to take a look at the source code to see if it's an easy fix, I'm sure we would be very appreciative.
If any programmers want to take a look at the source code to see if it's an easy fix, I'm sure we would be very appreciative.
Hey there everybody. I wasn't planning on talking about this for about another week, but ltldrummerboy sent me an email, and I figured I'd just respond here publicly, so that everyone knows what's going on.
I'm basically the only person working on FilmRedux. I had come across the project, fixed a bug or two, and then posted on the SourceForge page, asking if anyone was currently working on the project. dfunkt (the person who arranged for the code to be open sourced) said that he had planned to work on the code, but couldn't, due to a busy schedule. He gave me admin rights to the project, and wished me well.
After talking it over with a few of my friends, we're going to continue to actively develop FilmRedux and iSquint. A three man team will be getting together once a week to continue development. We're planning on doing a complete overhaul of the code. It's currently written in Applescript, and we are going to port it to Cocoa/Objective C. Most of the heavy lifting is being done by ffmpeg in the first place, so I think it'll be relatively trivial. My plan is to support the AppleScript version while we develop the Cocoa version, that way you all can have the software as quickly as possible.
Now, there are a few roadblocks currently in the way. Here's my plan of attack.
Now, you may ask, what can I do right now to get my fix? Well, here's what I had to do to get FilmRedux working on a fresh install of Leopard:
Theoretically. Send me a message if you want help getting this going. Or just wait a week or two.
By the way, the new site for the code is going to be my GitHub, http://github.com/steveklabnik/transcoder-redux/tree/master
I should have an actual site up soon. Keep watching this space for updates.
So that's the state of the union, folks. Send me any questions, concerns, well wishes, hate mail...I'll be around.
I'm basically the only person working on FilmRedux. I had come across the project, fixed a bug or two, and then posted on the SourceForge page, asking if anyone was currently working on the project. dfunkt (the person who arranged for the code to be open sourced) said that he had planned to work on the code, but couldn't, due to a busy schedule. He gave me admin rights to the project, and wished me well.
After talking it over with a few of my friends, we're going to continue to actively develop FilmRedux and iSquint. A three man team will be getting together once a week to continue development. We're planning on doing a complete overhaul of the code. It's currently written in Applescript, and we are going to port it to Cocoa/Objective C. Most of the heavy lifting is being done by ffmpeg in the first place, so I think it'll be relatively trivial. My plan is to support the AppleScript version while we develop the Cocoa version, that way you all can have the software as quickly as possible.
Now, there are a few roadblocks currently in the way. Here's my plan of attack.
- I don't have a Mac to develop on at the moment. I'm working on it. My other two team members do. It's currently a cost issue. I've used Macs since the Plus days, but due to cost concerns at the moment I only have a Linux box. I'm hopefully going to rectify this situation soon. We'll see. Even if I can't get a hold of one, the other two guys will be doing development, but as the head of the project, I'm trying to acquire one as quickly as possible. College life sucks.
- Within a week or two, I want to have a binary package up of what currently exists. This will be an alpha build. It's not going to work perfectly. But it'll enable step 3.
- Fix bugs! I'll need you and everyone else to test out the software, and let me know what doesn't work. I'll gladly fix whatever bugs I can, but I can only do it if you tell me. So, when this comes up, please, if it doesn't work, send me a message. I'd love to take care of it.
- Port to cocoa, and transition to that version. This will be the beta release. I'm (optimistically) expecting to have this done within a month or two, at most.
- Continue making FilmRedux do whatever it is that you (and everyone else) feels that it needs to do.
Now, you may ask, what can I do right now to get my fix? Well, here's what I had to do to get FilmRedux working on a fresh install of Leopard:
- Have Growl installed. www.growl.info
- Have libfaac installed. http://downloads.sourceforge.net/faac/faac-1.26.tar.gz
- Then, it works.
Theoretically. Send me a message if you want help getting this going. Or just wait a week or two.
By the way, the new site for the code is going to be my GitHub, http://github.com/steveklabnik/transcoder-redux/tree/master
I should have an actual site up soon. Keep watching this space for updates.
So that's the state of the union, folks. Send me any questions, concerns, well wishes, hate mail...I'll be around.
Well, I wish you well. I'd like to help but I don't know anything but basic C which wouldn't be of much of any help. But I will test.
Good Luck!
Matt
Thanks a lot for posting Steve and letting us know what's going on. I'll certainly give the alpha release a blast.
i can't seem to be able to convert any file.
im dragging it/selecting it and it seems like it's loading for a sec but then it's not doing anything, like i didn't drag a file into it.
im dragging it/selecting it and it seems like it's loading for a sec but then it's not doing anything, like i didn't drag a file into it.
Steve is taking a look at the source code to see why most of us aren't able to drag a file into the window.
Every time I press "START" in FilmRedux I get the attached error message.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?
I am trying to convert an ".mkv" file to Playstation 3 format using the default settings.
Can anybody help?
Nothing but the Apple formats work in FilmRedux yet. The others are in the interface, but have little to no code written for them yet. That's why it's not working.
This is actually bug #1, and as ltldrummerboy said, I'm currently looking into it. This bug doesn't happen on my system, and so it's a bit of a pain to debug.
Expect to hear something new about the project tomorrow.
I understood at first that the link was to the code from the latest stable version of Visual Hub, redubbed FilmRedux, but now it sounds as if its the alpha build of a newer version as I don't think Visual Hub had things in the interface that didn't work yet. If so, is there a way to get the latest stable version?
Okay guys, here it is!
www.transcoder-redux.com
Now, it may take some extra time for the DNS to propagate. Sorry, nothing I can do.
The builds I've released here are the binaries I built on my system. This means, if you're having the drag-drop problem...it's probably not fixed. Sorry. I'm still working on it. I wanted to get a copy out there ASAP.
On the plus side, PunyVid does seem to work...
I'll be working on fixing some bugs the rest of the day, as well as getting a blog and possibly a forum up, too. Sundays will be the big update day for this project, so expect to hear something weekly...
www.transcoder-redux.com
Now, it may take some extra time for the DNS to propagate. Sorry, nothing I can do.
The builds I've released here are the binaries I built on my system. This means, if you're having the drag-drop problem...it's probably not fixed. Sorry
. I'm still working on it. I wanted to get a copy out there ASAP. On the plus side, PunyVid does seem to work...
I'll be working on fixing some bugs the rest of the day, as well as getting a blog and possibly a forum up, too. Sundays will be the big update day for this project, so expect to hear something weekly...
Thanks Steve. Using your build and the libfaac installer that was in the readme file, I am now able to add files to FilmRedux. They won't convert, but it seems as if bug #1 is fixed.
I can send you another screencast of the problem if you want. Error logs if you want them as well.
A huge feature for a lot of people is Applescriptability. Do you have plans around that? Being able to use FilmRedux as part of an automated video transcoding workflow (one that doesn't involve iTunes) is huge.
As a stopgap, I'd settle for a debug log of some kind that shows the exact ffmpeg command-line that's executed, so I can at least use FilmRedux to hash out the transcoding parameters and script then script it in the Terminal.
As a stopgap, I'd settle for a debug log of some kind that shows the exact ffmpeg command-line that's executed, so I can at least use FilmRedux to hash out the transcoding parameters and script then script it in the Terminal.
This is possible, for sure. But there isn't anything specifically that enables 'AppleScriptability', right? Or do you mean something like distributing additional scripts along with it that let you just straight up transcode things?
That can easily be had. I'll put a note in to post all of those somewhere.
Iamtherealwoody said:
Glad to help!