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# MoviePlugins/Encodingserver

- Written by den_RDC

Saturday, 02 October 2004 A small introduction + setup guide to Encodingserver (a freevo package) Encodingserver Guide 1.0 What is Encodigserver Encodingserver is a Freevo package that supports the encoding of DVD disks and DVD-on-HD's. In the future, file re-encoding (transcoding) will also be supported. Currently Encodingserver requires the following things:

- Freevo 1.5_rc1 or higher

- Mplayer & mencoder 1.0_pre3 (older version may or may not work)

- XViD (and mplayer compiled with XViD support) if you want to use XViD encoding

How do i install & configure encodingserver?

Download the package from the Freevo website under the addons section, GordianKnot's resize thing if you know that, but automagically). After a few hours, the encoded avi will popup in your (first) movie directory. FAQ

- Q: How do i monitor the encoding process? A: Currently you can't do that. An idlebar plugin is in the works.

- Q: Is there a log? A : Yes, look inb /tmp/encodingserver/encodingserver.log

- Q: How much diskspace do i need? A : You need a few hundred MB in /tmp, and enough free space to hold the encoded files in your movie directory (depending on the selected profile, at least 700 or 1400 MB

Problems When you have problems, you can run the server part by doing: python /path/to/freevo/helpers/encodingserver.py debug . This will start the server with realtime logging to the console, so you can follow what happens. It will then also printout mencoder's output messages. You can contact me (den_RDC) with bugreports or problems on the freevo-devel mailinglist or on the freevo irc channel (#freevo on irc.freenode.org) For developpers IF there are people that want to make another plugin or a webserver extension that uses Encodingserver's server part, they can find a complete documentation of the XMLRPC interface i use here. The usage is pretty similar to recordingserver. Changelog

- 1.0 - Initial release of this document - applies to encoding_package R30

Last Updated ( Saturday, 02 October 2004 )

last edited 2005-01-10 11:39:21 by JohnMolohan
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