Indexing of more files at once

[Chrisi]

First of all - thanks a lot for this brilliant and easy to use application...

Is there any way to select multiple files and index them in one go...
Would save a lot of time and clicking arround...

[eumagga0x2a]

What problem you are trying to solve?

If all .ts (or .mpg, we have to match by extension here) files you would like to index are in a single directory, you could use internal python scripting to open and close all ts files in a folder:

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adm = Avidemux()
ui = Gui()
ext = "ts"
inputFolder = ui.dirSelect("Select a folder with "+ext+" files")
if inputFolder is None:
    return
list = get_folder_content(inputFolder,ext)
if list is None:
    gui.displayError("No "+ext+" files found in "+inputFolder+", nothing to do.")
    return
for i in list:
    adm.loadVideo(i)
gui.displayInfo("Everything done","")

To run this code, either paste it into the Avidemux scripting shell (and press "evaluate") or save it as a .py file and execute it via "File" --> "Project Script" --> "Run Project Script".

If some files might be identified based on their sequntial names and unified sizes as pieces of a single stream, this script might not work as expected.

[Chrisi]

Wow - thank you very much for that - it works - thats exactly what i was asking for...

Simple to use and clearly explained - even i could get it to work without running into troubles...
Only i get an Error-Message at the end but never mind - all the files are done by then...

So thanks again for that timesaver...

👍👍👍

[eumagga0x2a]

Only i get an Error-Message at the end

What does the error message say?

[Chrisi]

Thats the error-message but all the .idx2 files have been succesfully created...
I am using OSX-Mojave - maybe this has something to do with that...

TinyPy:Exception

Exception _tp_dict_get) KeyError: gui
BackTrack:
File:py2bc.py, line 53
File:/Users/admin/Desktop/index.py, line 13

[eumagga0x2a]

Thats the error-message but all the .idx2 files have been succesfully created...
I am using OSX-Mojave - maybe this has something to do with that...

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TinyPy:Exception

Exception :(_tp_dict_get) KeyError: gui

Oops, please replace my typo

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gui.displayInfo("Everything done","")

with the corrected version

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ui.displayInfo("Everything done","")

Anyway, that last command is just for looks (to show a graphical message). The operating system doesn't matter here. However, on macOS you could alternatively use bash scripting to call the command-line version of Avidemux

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cd /full/path/to/the/directory
for file in *.ts; do /Application/Avidemux_2.7.5.app/Contents/MacOS/avidemux_cli --load "${file}"; done

instead of using internal python scripting.

[eumagga0x2a]

Wait a bit, Mojave? Which version of Avidemux do you use then? I guess, recent nightlies don't run on Mojave anymore. (I am still not accustomed to macOS versioning, we should be compatible all the way back to High Sierra)

[Chrisi]

Changed it - works perfectly now - get the message "Everything done" at the end...

I rather use this internal python scripting instead of command line - feels like its part of the program and completely useable over the graphical user interface - brilliant...

Thank you very much...

[Chrisi]

Wait a bit, Mojave? Which version of Avidemux do you use then? I guess, recent nightlies don't run on Mojave anymore. (I am still not accustomed to macOS versioning, we should be compatible all the way back to High Sierra)

Running 2.7.4 - the latest official i guess - Mojave came after High Sierra so no problems with that...
Will stick to Mojave now because of the lack of 32-bit support on Catalina...

[eumagga0x2a]

I would strongly recommend updating to the latest and greatest, especially for macOS ("fade" filters were completely borked in the release, reported and fixed soon thereafter + plentiful fixes all around the place).

[Chrisi]

Up to date now 👍- didnt know there where newer releases...

[eumagga0x2a]

Strictly speaking, these builds are not releases but snapshots of the ongoing development. In this sense, they may introduce changes which are not backward-compatible or some new bugs or even crashes. However, at the moment the net balance should be strongly positive compared to the last release.