Config Files & Bug Fixes

What's New

The few remaining hard-coded options are gone, and I've added config files for both encoders and ffmpeg. There is one major bug fix included and a few minor ones, too.

Configuration Files

In the main project folder, there is a new directory config that houses two configuration files, encoders.ini and ffmpeg.ini. Here, you can set any other option that is not covered by the script. This is convenient for things you use a lot, but no parameter is available for it other than the -*Extra parameters. I still find those more convenient for lesser-used settings.

The structure is simple, using standard key-value pairs in encoders.ini:

; encoders.ini

[x264]
open-gop=0
merange=64

[x265]
open-gop=0
limit-refs=2

ffmpeg.ini is slightly different, with one section for settings which take an argument, i.e. loglevel=warning, and another for no argument settings, like shortest:

; ffmpeg.ini

[Arguments]
; Settings that take arguments. Do not quote arguments:
-loglevel=panic
-cpucount=10

[NoArguments]
; Settings that take no arguments:
-hide_banner
-shortest

I coded it so that it expects the preceding - for each setting, I'm not sure why, but be sure to put it there or it won't work. I'll make it optional in the next release.

Bug Fixes

• I did some unintentional refactoring during the last release, and accidentally pushed it with the code changes. It caused a terminating error on any non-DV encode due to an erroneously missing if statement, and has been fixed.
• I also fixed a bug in DV where some settings were being tripled in the final command line. This wasn't causing any critical errors, but probably would at some point (not to mention performance).