[Cin] Batchrender update diff

Andrew Randrianasulu randrianasulu at gmail.com
Wed Jan 20 07:41:50 CET 2021


В сообщении от Wednesday 20 January 2021 08:59:51 Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux via Cin написал(а):
> I just tried this new version:
> Observations.
> - The render works fine again if launched from the terminal.

Cool :}

> - I notice that the solution that Andrew proposed for the Insert
> transitions wizard in local mode has not been included yet.
> https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/bugtracker/view.php?id=545
> Days ago I tried it and it worked satisfactorily.
> 
> Recommendations.
> - The known problem that if using cin -r we point to an EDL project file
> .xml, it is deleted and a blank xml remains. I think Andrew is working on
> it. It would be a shame if someone could lose their job due to this issue,
> since in other applications it is very common that when a render is
> launched from the terminal it points to the project file.

yes, I'm working on it .... But may be I should extract those two checks
('Is this file XML?' and 'Is this file actually XML Project from compatible Cinelerra?')
into function(s) first ...


> 
> I take this opportunity to report an error that I have been observing from
> the beginning with the batch render window.
> This error only occurs on the first use of this wizard and has to do with
> assigning the extension when choosing FFMPEG.
> To play it you need to delete or rename, the .bcast5 folder, to simulate
> that it is the first time we use Cinelerra. And create a new list of EDL's
> to render, since if we load a list already created, this problem is not
> reproduced.
> Let's see if I can explain it so that it is understood.
> - When we open the Render window for the first time in "File format" it
> comes as "Unknown".
> - If I create a new render line, assigning an EDL and an output path, if I
> choose the FFMPEG option, this option automatically gives me the mp4
> extension, and this is precisely the one I want to use and I don't touch
> anything else.
> - But when I press the Start button I get an error message with two
> windows, one says like this:
> "Couldn't open <file path> file.mp4"
> And a log message that says like this:
> "int FFMPEG :: init_encoder (const char *):
>     bat file format: <file path> file.mp4 "
> [image: b.render.error.png]
> 
> [image: imagen.png]
> 
> How is it solved?
> Apparently it is not enough that in File format put FFMPEG, I must also
> click on choose extension, even if I want to use the same one that is
> shown, which is mp4 by default. If I display the extensions menu and click
> on another, or even on mp4, this problem no longer occurs.
> Conclusions.
> - If the person who performs a batch render for the first time and wants to
> export with mp4 will encounter this problem. It will not be the case if,
> for example, this person chooses another format.
> Possible solutions.
> - The sloppy proposal by a person who does not know programming, that is
> me. Set by default an extension that no one wants to use today, such as
> .avi, which is also the first on the list.
> - The elegant one, fix this or failing that, when FFMPEG is chosen, the
> extension is left blank and forces the user to choose one. With this
> simplicity, this error no longer occurs.

Yes, i noticed it too ....
Will try to fix .... as far as I learn enough :}


> 
> Even with the experience I have, I got a little confused with this, because
> I wanted to use mp4 and this was the extension that I saw and I did not
> realize that I should display this menu and click on it, and this problem
> repeats itself every time I do tests, because I always rename the .bcast5
> folder first to simulate a first use of Cinelerra that is not contaminated
> with my settings, which I recover again after testing.
> 
> I apologize for being such a perfectionist about these things, "fussy" I
> would say.
> 
> El mié, 20 ene 2021 a las 0:51, Phyllis Smith via Cin (<
> cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org>) escribió:
> 
> > The patch attached to this original email for batchrender.C has been
> > checked into GIT just now (minus the warning for XML).  This fixes the
> > console runs problem due to GUI versus command line.  Thank you, Andrew!
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 6:07 PM Andrew Randrianasulu via Cin <
> > cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Generated by
> >>
> >> diff -u -w -B
> >> /home/guest/botva/src/cinelerra-git/cin-5/new-git/cinelerra/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/batchrender.C
> >> batchrender.C  >
> >> /home/guest/botva/src/cinelerra-git/cin-5/batchrender_post_merge_raw_fix.diff
> >>
> >>
> >> (a lot of options because I wanted  patch without empty lines added)
> >> and hand-editing header.
> >>
> >> probably should be applied from within cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra folder.
> >>
> >> should fix clonsole rendering
> >> and also fix -r file.xml overwriting in case it was not batchrender.xml
> >> AND should also NOT abort on GUI loading of same project file as
> >> batchrender job file .... (my previous patch introduced new crash because
> >> I used exit(1) even when GUI was running ..)
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