Hi,

Am Montag, 9. Juli 2007 22:06 schrieb Michael Riepe:
> >>Does that work with multi-file sources already?
> >
> > Yes, of course...
>
> That's what you thought ;-)
No, I tested it... ok, just one time and only with 12 rather short TS's 
supplied in a project file. 

Also I can't see why it should not work, because I just do the same as with 
marker pairs comming from the project file. 

>
> I also had to change the -batch option because it didn't accept multiple
> filenames. Your patch just went in, by the way.
>
OK, that's right... -batch (as it was) only accepted one file...

> >>>for instance to give the path to the index file or to supply multiple
> >>>filenames or to specify the location of the export file (a patch Sven
> >>>hopefully will commit soon... would be nice if he also could add a
> >>>-expfile CLI switch... ;-))
> >>
> >>Shouldn't be a problem to add that option. No need to bother Sven.
> >
> > Sven told me yesterday that he needed that option and implemented it
> > already, i.e. to specify  <expfile=...> in the project file...
>
> What is it good for, except causing trouble? :-(
>
AFAIK, he produces automatically project files with cuts (by scanning a video 
with a special ffmpeg vhook modul) and dvbcut writes (after short manual 
refinement of cuts) to a fixed temprary file name which is used/expected by 
some other tool.

> I already have trouble enough with the absolute paths in *.dvbcut. You
> can't even move a project (both source and *.dvbcut files) into another
> directory because dvbcut will just say no, err, "file not found". Nor
> can I use files on a NAS or other external storage device, set the
> markers from one host and run the export on another one, unless the NAS
> is mounted at the same directory on both machines (which is not always
> possible).
Yeah, that's the problem with absolute path... but I'm sure with relative ones
there are some other cases where it not works... 

>
> Besides that, the typical workflow is like this:
>
> - load and index source file(s)
> - set markers
> - save project
> - export
Typical, but not the only possible... see above...

>
> Often I process a number of movies in sequence, without exporting them
> at all - because it's much more convenient to run the export in batch
> mode afterwards (while you're already doing something else). Therefore,
> when you save the project file, the name of the export file may not yet
> be known. So what's supposed to be written to the project file?
>
Nothing... in that case the default name will/should be used like it is now!

> > I just thougt that a
> > CLI switch would also be nice, because at the moment one has to call
> > "dvbcut -batch" from the position where one wants to have the output
> > file.
>
> A CLI switch would not only be nice, it's the way to go. For batch mode,
> that is.
If you don't need the project file for a list of cuts, yes... but if you need 
a project file I would specify everything in it.

>
> >>But I don't think that specifying the export file name inside the
> >>project file is a good idea.
> >
> > Why not, it's the best way when you want to generate a project file by
> > some automatism for batch cutting!
>
> Until the program overwrites a file for the first time because its name
> was hardwired in the project file. No surprises, please.

In Svens application that's exactly what he wanted... ;-) 

ciao
Ralph

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