Comments on: Windows Media Encoder 9 : Batch file encoding videos from mpg, avi, asf to wmv

By: Visitor

Visitor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:25:20 +0000

Excellent script thanks for sharing!

Just one thing, is it possible for the script to process videos in subfolders of Raw?

If i could do that it would be perfect for me!

Many Thanks

By: almny

almny — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:32:44 +0000

i want to ask also about
Is there away to use xvid codecs for the encdoing?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:02:18 +0000

Ah, ha. Editing the prx is no good for a lay person. I found if I double clicked the prx, I could change the settings.

The settings there are plainer, more straight forward than the confusing wizzard. Plus, no unresponsiveness. And video quality beats divx and xvid for size. By a long shot. THis is the perfect solution for me. For others, I think they need a more unified one step application for wm9 encoding. I think especially easy batch vbr encoding built in to the OS could make this the divx killer. And deservedly so, since the quality is so good. I think the next advance will be when the codec does facial recognition to encode faces at high quality. Then we will see bit rates half again. Imagine a watchable stream at 151 kps video which would rival ntsc.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:21:27 +0000

I saved the 1 mb 640×480 session, then edited to the prx format, then made a corresponding bat file. But when I clicked it, I created a huge file with only %50 compression from raw video – not the expected 15 x compression. Need help.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:01:47 +0000

At first I noticed wm9 stream superior to every other stream. Especially vbr. I tested the vbr against divx 7, and there is no comparison. The wmv vbr files are far superior. At least in my interest of 600 by 480

However I hate the wm9 encoder gui. Few things I ever touched are less responsive.

I am wondering if your script will do the wm9 vbr?

Ps. I did try xvid but no luck yet getting anything small and of good quality. Maybe the divx pro can compete with wmv vbr, but not the free. Except MS must make the interface work, while it barely does now.

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:30:39 +0000

Is there away to use xvid codecs for the encdoing?

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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:55:24 +0000

Works pretty darned good for batch encoding!
To get it to work in Windows Vista, you need to disable DEP completely… But that’s a Windows thing ;)

The only thing is, it is NOT converting the frame rate of my 23FPS video files to the required 29.97FPS for Zune compatibility, and I’m not sure why…

Otherwise, a great little thing!