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royalbox
Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 39
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Posted: Tue 20 May 2003, 23:16 Post subject: TMPGEnc shutdown computer when finished |
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Is there a setting somewhere, or maybe a plugin that can shutdown the computer when TMPGEnc has finished rendering? |
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RMN Site Admin
Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 587 Location: Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Wed 21 May 2003, 2:20 Post subject: |
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Unless it's very well hidden, I'd say there's no option to do that in TMPGEnc. It would be possible to do it with a script if TMPGEnc at least had an option to automatically close when it was finished, but it doesn't have that, either, so I don't see how it could be done.
You can schedule a reboot, but if TMPGEnc takes longer than the estimate, the reboot would happen even if it wasn't finished, probably corrupting the MPEG file, so that's not really an option, either.
Why don't you send Pegasys an e-mail asking them to include that in the next version? Could work (it's not that hard to do).
RMN
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royalbox
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Posted: Wed 21 May 2003, 12:21 Post subject: |
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Thanks RMN, I didn't think it could but I thought I'd check in case I'd missed it. It's sometimes good to let it render overnight while the computer's not being used for anything else, and closing down when finished would be nice. Still, nevermind.
Thanks once again. |
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Josse
Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 9
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Posted: Wed 21 May 2003, 14:19 Post subject: |
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(Not sure if it this will work for MPEG-2, my version of TMPGEnc is MPEG-1 only. )
When you start the encoding not via the [Start] button, but with File | Output to file | MPEG, after you have selected a folder and filename, a checkbox will appear below the progress bar: "Shut down after finish encoding". |
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RMN Site Admin
Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 587 Location: Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Wed 21 May 2003, 16:25 Post subject: |
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That seems to work with MPEG-2 also. The funny thing is, that option actually appears in TMPGEnc's normal window (at the top right), but only during encoding, and only if you start it from the menu. How hard would it be to leave the checkbox there all the time? Bad interface design. It's also not mentioned anywhere in TMPGEnc's manual or help file.
Anyway, have you actually tested it? If so, does it shutdown the system or does it just shutdown TMPGEnc? If it shuts down the system, great, problem solved. If it simply closes TMPGEnc, it should be possible to make a script that starts TMPGEnc, waits for it to close, and then shuts down the system.
RMN
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Josse
Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 9
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Posted: Wed 21 May 2003, 16:44 Post subject: |
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Just restarted my computer after a TMPGEnc shutdown test. Nice interface design it ain't, but it does work. With the checkbox enabled you will get a 30-second-countdown requester, allowing you to cancel the shutdown. If you don't cancel, your system will power down. |
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royalbox
Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 39
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Posted: Wed 21 May 2003, 20:39 Post subject: |
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That's great! Thank you. I'm in the middle of a 6 hour rendering at the moment, but I'll try that out with a short clip tomorrow. I can't understand why that isn't made more obvious. seems strange. |
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Josse
Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 9
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Posted: Wed 21 May 2003, 21:02 Post subject: |
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My guess is that it isn't more obvious because TMPGEnc started out as a great piece of freeware which was regularly patched by Hori-San. Much of the original patchwork still lives on in the commercial version. |
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RMN Site Admin
Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 587 Location: Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Thu 22 May 2003, 4:45 Post subject: |
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And seeing as it's not even mentioned in the TMPGEnc help file, I suspect the guys at Pegasys don't know about it, either. Perhaps we should tell them?
RMN
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