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25th Mar 2013 11:51 am |
viDrop is alive!
Hello friends, you probably remember old thread: viDrop: free open-source converter for RockChip players
This excellent video converter has greatly improved the usability and total value of Rockchip MP4 players!
I like this transcoder very much and have been using it for several years.
Recently, I discovered that it got its own home page: viDrop | universal video transcoder , Download | viDrop
Glad to see how viDrop received a lot of improvements, got a Linux version and grew from 0.5.7 to 0.6.8 version!
viDrop is almost perfect, in my opinion it already deserves a major 1.x version.
But it needs some minor improvements, which could be discussed in this thread
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Originally Posted by my feature request list ;-)
1) Please, make a user-friendly option to select the audio stream of converted video file.
A lot of video files have several audio streams, usually two: native language + translation.
I realize that it is possible to get information about audio streams with MediaInfo, or right in your program:
"Input file information" icon -> "Raw mplayer output" tab -> "ID_AUDIO_ID=N" entries, where N is a number.
Then choose the Audio ID and specify it in "Additional parameters" of "Advanced Settings" tab
before conversion. For example: "-aid 1", or "-aid 2" (without quotes)
But not everybody knows about this hidden feature. It took some time for me to figure out.
A drop-down list, like in "Main Settings" tab -> "DVD Settings", but for single video files, would be awesome!
Possible Implementation: user interface on the right side of "Advanced Settings" tab has some space to grow.
"Audio stream" list could be added to "Audio" area, and filled with Audio ID numbers after parsing the "Raw mplayer output".
2) Please, release a minor update from time to time (i.e. every month), which includes latest versions of MPlayer and MEncoder.
Also, open-source libraries used in viDrop have been greatly improved since 2011 (when the current version of viDrop came out),
as well as compiler (updated compiler produces a better binaries), so the recompilation of viDrop would be nice as well.
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It is official, viDrop is alive - from my last conversation, Lokster is still excited about viDrop! :)
Please make a donation to support its development and do not forget to come up with a feature request (like me ;))
Meanwhile, any ideas and suggestions are welcome!
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