Wish-list - Background work and adding files to cue from command line

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Hi there! I love WinFF, but I'd like to see some features implemented so that I 
can have automatic conversion of my podcasts.
I've got this podcast catcher which can issue a command upon downloading an 
episode (right now, all I do is renaming the filename with episode title) - 
here I'd like to see WinFF accept input from commandline (winff file.mpg 
-preset phone -output directory newfile.mp4) which adds a video to a conversion 
queue that resides in the background (preferably in the notification area/tray.)
This because when creating multiple ffmpeg instances, each one hogging its 
share of the RAM, the converted video could result in choppy quality.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by hellgren...@gmail.com on 11 Aug 2010 at 6:43

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sorry, i am not going to get into command line control of winff when there is 
THOUSANDS of command line ffmpeg utilities

Original comment by bgg...@gmail.com on 12 Aug 2010 at 4:02

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Hellgren,

I understand your problem, but I don't see how this would differ from you 
appending completed jobs to a shell script and executing the shell script on a 
timed basis? I understand the concurrency issue, but I am sure you could time 
it appropriately.

In your case, I would take the our generated script and modify it to your use.

I was thinking of having WinFF monitor input folders to generate jobs 
automatically, but have not given it enough thought yet.

Original comment by istoff@gmail.com on 12 Aug 2010 at 5:53

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there is a number watch folders for ffmpeg

http://www.watchdirectory.net/wdhelp/plugins/wdopAutoRunBat.html

http://www.damtoolkit.com/FFMPEG-building-media-transcoder.php

Original comment by bgg...@gmail.com on 13 Aug 2010 at 1:36

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Thanks Matt.

That would solve my use-case totally!

Original comment by istoff@gmail.com on 31 Aug 2010 at 7:37

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I haven't found a watch folder script or program for Linux yet that works the 
way I intend (that is, not having ffmpeg run multiple times but rather working 
from a conversion list.)
I'm trying as of now to make my own bash script that doesn't bug out.

Original comment by hellgren...@gmail.com on 31 Aug 2010 at 8:05

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and you can use cron

Original comment by bgg...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2010 at 2:39