Watch2Convert

==About==
[[image:w2c-screenshot.png|right|thumb|100px|[[help:contents|screen #1]]]]

<b>Watch2Convert</b> is frontent for <b>ffmpeg</b> that provide watch-folder functionality. 

<b>Watch2Convert</b> monitor folder for files that must be converted, convert them and send to another folder or upload to ftp server. It's possible to use AviSynth template generation for additional media source preprocessing, filtering.

==Running==

All paramters submitted to <b>watch2conver</b> from command line argument:
<pre>
bin\watch2convert.exe -conf <config> -ffmpeg <ffmpeg.exe> -ncftpput <ncftpput.exe> -ncftpget <ncftpget.exe>
</pre>
where:
*<code><config></code> - full name of configuration file
*<code><ffmpeg.exe></code> - full name off ffmpeg.exe executable
*<code><ncftpput.exe></code> - full name off ncftpput.exe executable
*<code><ncftpget.exe></code> - full name off ncftpget.exe executable
Program started minimized as tray icon, double click on icon or use context menu to open window.

It's possible to run multiple instances of <b>watch2convert</b> (with different config files of course).

==Configuration==

Configuration file is simple text file used ':' to split paramter name from value, i.e.:
<pre>
title: avi+wav TO dvcam avi on ftp
watch_path: c:\temp\w2c\mjpg2avi
put_path: /
put_ftphost: dvplayout
put_ftpuser: video
put_ftppassw: video
exts : avi wav
del: 0
avisynth_template: C:\projects\watch2convert\conf\wav+avi+12dB.avs
avisynth_args: avi wav
temp: c:\temp
threads: 2
ffmpeg_cmd: -threads 1 -f avi -vcodec dvvideo -r 25 -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -pix_fmt yuv420p 
ffmpeg_args: avs
ffmpeg_ext: avi
</pre>
Where:
*<code>title</code> - title (human) name of task provided by this config.
*<code>watch_path</code> - Local path that is used for files lookup.
*<code>put_path</code> - Destination path, where encoded files stored.
*<code>put_ftphost</code> , <code>put_ftpuser</code> , <code>put_ftppassw</code> - if you need to store resulting file (encoded) to remote ftp host you should define this parameters with correct values.
*<code>exts</code> - Extensions of files should be found. If you need single file - specify single extension, i.e. <b>avi</b>; if you need a pair of files, i.e. <i>sample.avi</i> <i>sample.wav</i> specify two extensions <b>avi wav</b>
*<code>del</code> - if source files should be deleted after successfull encoding, specify value <b>1</b>.
*<code>avisynth_template</code> - if you want to use <b>AviSynth</b> for pre-processing source video/audio, you should specify full name to <b>avs</b> template. For example, <b>AviSynth</b> template used to open <b>avi</b> and <b>wav</b> files, normalize audio:
<pre>
video = AviSource("%s")
audio = WavSource("%s")
audio = Normalize(audio, 0.25)
return AudioDub(video, audio)</pre>
*<code>avisynth_args</code> - This parameter defines list of files (by extensions) that should be submitted to <b>AviSynth</b> template in same order that they used in template.
*<code>temp</code> - Path used to store temporarity files.
*<code>threads</code> - It's possible to run more then one encoding threads simultaneously. Specify desired value (more then zero).
*<code>ffmpeg_cmd</code> - part of command line arguments used for running <b>ffmpeg</b>, encoder configuration.
*<code>ffmpeg_args</code> - extensions list of source files should be submitted as <b>ffmpeg</b> sources, specify <b>avs</b> for submitting generated <b>AviSynth</b> template or if you do not use <b>AviSynth</b> for preprocessing, specify extensions from lookup list <code>exts</code>.
*<code>ffmpeg_ext</code> -  resulting file extension.

==Download==
* [{{SERVER}}/downloads/watch2convert/watch2convert.bin.zip watch2convert.bin.zip] - precompiled binaries with some config sample.
* [{{SERVER}}/downloads/watch2convert/watch2convert-r24.src.zip watch2convert-r24.src.zip] - sources, latest svn trunk.

==Links==

*FFmpeg [http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/  ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu]
*unofficial* FFmpeg Win32 Builds [http://arrozcru.no-ip.org/ffmpeg_builds/ http://arrozcru.no-ip.org/ffmpeg_builds/]
*AviSynth [http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page avisynth.org]
*ncftp [http://www.ncftp.com/ www.ncftp.com]

==Licence==
<pre>
    Watch2Convert
    (Watch-folder ffmpeg frontend)

    Copyright (C) 2007 Maksym Veremeyenko.
    This file is part of Watch2Convert (Watch-folder ffmpeg frontend).
    Contributed by Maksym Veremeyenko, verem@m1.tv, 2007.

    Watch2Convert is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    Watch2Convert is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with Watch2Convert; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
</pre>