Video Transcoding not as fast as it could be

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Bug: Video Transcoding not as fast as it could be

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It woudl be useful to set the Temp directory for video transcoding.  I'm 
running DamnVid as a portable app from a USB drive. Since DamnVid is using that 
drive to write out it's temporary files, the transcodng is not as fast as it 
shoud be.  If it were to use the temp directory from the Windows Environmnet 
variable, that would be much better.

-- Auto-collected system information --
DamnVid version: 1.6
DamnVid mode: 32-bit
DamnVid arguments: --config=G:\Portable 
Apps\PortableApps\DamnVidPortable\Data\settings\config --temp=G:\Portable 
Apps\PortableApps\DamnVidPortable\Data\settings\temp --myvideos=G:\Portable 
Apps\PortableApps\DamnVidPortable\Data\settings\videos
Machine name: L7-PFRANK
Platform: Windows-Vista-6.1.7601-SP1 / Vista
Architecture: 32bit WindowsPE / Unknown machine type
PATH: C:\app\peter\product\11.2.0\client_1\bin;C:\Program Files\Common 
Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common 
Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows 
Live;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32
\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Bluetooth 
Software\;C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;C:\Program 
Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common 
Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common 
Files\Lenovo;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;C:\Program 
Files (x86)\Lenovo\Access Connections\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows 
Live\Shared;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo;C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Lenovo\Client Security Solution;C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Client Security 
Solution;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin
-- End of auto-collected system information --

Email: frank (dot) peter (at) gmail (dot) com

damnvid.log: http://pastehtml.com/view/1dyc22h.txt

Original issue reported on code.google.com by damnvid....@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2011 at 12:53

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As you can see from the command-line arguments on the system information 
section, the portable version sets the temp directory to the USB key:

--temp=G:\Portable Apps\PortableApps\DamnVidPortable\Data\settings\temp

I'm pretty sure there was a good reason for that (otherwise it wouldn't be 
there), but I can't seem to recall why D:

Original comment by windypo...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2011 at 3:45

• Added labels: Type-Task, Priority-Low, OpSys-Windows
• Removed labels: Type-Defect, Priority-Medium

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This was set to keep all the temp files on the same drive in case of app 
failure.

You can tell the app to use the local temp dir on the machine by following the 
instructions in the Other\Source\Readme.txt.

Though, in my code for the launcher this DID NOT work...I've attached the new 
launcher that will work for you. Just place this in the DamnVidPortable folder, 
replacing the current DamnVidPortable.exe and you should be all set :)

Enjoy!

Original comment by Gizmokid...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2011 at 4:13

• Changed state: Fixed

Attachments:

• DamnVidPortable.exe