So I'm lacking the time to do the project I was hoping to work on for NANY 2013 (good thing I didn't pledge), but I have some half-finished scripts lying around that may be NANY worthy-ish if I can figure out packaging, library licenses and the sort. But I've got no clue if anyone has a use for it, hence this post here.
Do you video-edit using Sony Vegas but end up with source material it cannot read because it happens to have the form of a MKV container? Does the situation tend to end up in you finding a 'video converting tool' that transcodes and basically behaves like a lengthy full render cycle (= 'a lossy to lossier copy' with all the loss of detail that may have happened as a result)? Would you prefer to work directly off of the original material without any loss in image or sound quality?Simply put, I am a detail-oriented ass, and if I can at all avoid re-encoding, I will avoid said re-encoding: that is how this script came to be. What my script does is basically use opensource tools to
remux the file you give it to process into a more manageable format, which is basically like pouring the contents of a coffee mug into a tea cup. The end result is the same drink, except now you fit in with the local tea addicts.
- The script will never transcode; transcoding isn't only messy business but it is difficult too. There's better tools for that than what I can create, and if you want to seriously video edit hopefully quality is your number 1 concern. So it works, or it fails.
- It only deals with one video stream and one audio stream at present. If necessary, I can look into viability of transferring all audio streams over; I simply haven't needed that functionality.
- Soft subtitles (ones that are not a part of the video itself) are not remuxed; I ran into some problems with this and didn't need it anyway.
- If at all possible, the script outputs a MP4 container. In some cases though, this is not possible, and it outputs an AVI instead.
- There's a good chance your files may be remuxable, but my script fails at it. There's a lot of nuances to video material, and I only made it work with the stuff I've come across thus far. If I end up releasing this, I'll do my best to try and support the remuxing of other formats as well.
I don't think there'll be any interest in this, but just in the off case there is... let me know.
