Batch To Run Help

PitbullRaven · October 9, 2007

...I'm having a hard time with my first script. Basically, I receive some MKV encoded video demo and publicity files from our main branch office. We used to play them with the PC, but now we play them from our standalone DVD which supports MP4 files. So I have to run a series of programs to convert from MKV to MP4.

My script so far:

#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 AutoIt Version: 3.2.8.1
 Author:         Pitbull_Raven

 Script Function:
    Convert MKV with AC3 audio to MP4 level 4.1 with AAC Stereo

#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Script Start - Add your code below here
;~ MsgBox(48, "Auto MKV to MP4 Conversion", "MKV to MP4 conversion will start automatically. Please do not interrupt the process.", 10)
$var = FileOpenDialog("Please select MKV file to process.", "c:\work", "MKV Files (*.mkv)", 1+2 )
If @error Then
    MsgBox(4096,"","No File(s) chosen")
Else
    $var = StringReplace($var, "|", @CRLF)
    MsgBox(4096,"The Chosen One!","You chose "& $var, 10)
EndIf
Run(@ComSpec &  '/k "c:\work\extract.bat c:\work\"'& $var)

This enables me to open up the file I want to process and hopefully stores the file name as $var. What I have to do next is run c:\work\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract tracks $var --raw 1:$var(minus file extension which is MKV if possible).h264 2:$var(minus the same file extension again).m4a. I can't do it. And believe me I have googled. Probably I tried starting off with too ambitious a project, but this is what I need, rather than what I want Since I couldn't get it I tried running a batch file as you can see and have autoit run c:\work\extract.bat c:\work\$var. This would hopefully make the batch file run using that variable and the batch would process the first command I wrote down, but no joy again

Anyone that can help me? I would really appreciate it.

smashly · October 9, 2007

Hi,

Post the cmd line that you'd use in the cmd prompt window please, don't bother with the variable ftm.. just the hard path cmd line you'd normally run from a cmd prompt ... (just use dummy file names for the moment)

and/or

Post your bat file if you like as well...

Can probably translate it to autoit so it won't need a bat file

Cheers

PitbullRaven · October 9, 2007

Hi,
Post the cmd line that you'd use in the cmd prompt window please, don't bother with the variable ftm.. just the hard path cmd line you'd normally run from a cmd prompt ... (just use dummy file names for the moment)
and/or
Post your bat file if you like as well...
Can probably translate it to autoit so it won't need a bat file
Cheers

You lost me with the part where you said I wouldn't need the batch file, but here goes:

c:\work\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract tracks chosen_file_name.mkv --raw 1:chosen_file_name.h264 2:chosen_file_name.m4a

The bat file contents:

c:\work\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract tracks %1.mkv --raw 1:%1.h264 2:%1.m4a

I can get autoit to run "extract.bat chosen_file_name.mkv" but this results in the creation of "chosen_file_name.mkv.m4a and mkv.h264 and I really want to loose the mkv part and preferably do without the bat file.

PitbullRaven · October 9, 2007

Anyone?

Oh God. Is this too much of a noob question that it doesn't even warrant an answer?

PitbullRaven · October 9, 2007

I just tried

RunWait("c:\work\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract.exe tracks c:\work\",$var1," 1:c:\work\video.h264 2:c:\work\audio.m4a")

instead of

Run(@ComSpec &  '/k "c:\work\extract.bat c:\work\"'& $var)

to try and eliminate the batch file from the process but I keep getting a "The directory name is invalid.".

smashly · October 9, 2007

Hi,

Supports spaces in path and filenames, can multiselect files and it'll process them 1 by 1...

;Path to mkvextract.exe, change it to suite your needs
Global $MkvEx = @ProgramFilesDir & "\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe" 

;Path to mkvextract.exe, change it to suite your needs
Global $OpenDir = @HomeDrive & "\work"

;7 File Must Exist + Path Must Exist + MultiSelect
Local $fod = FileOpenDialog("Please select MKV file(s) to process.", $OpenDir, "MKV Files (*.mkv)", 7 ) 

If @error Then
    MsgBox(4096,"","No File(s) chosen")
Else
    Local $Start = 1, $Count = 1, $p = 1
    Dim $SMF = StringSplit($fod, "|")
    If $SMF[0] > 1 Then 
        $Start = 2
        $Count = $SMF[0] -1
    EndIf   
    For $i = $Start To $SMF[0]
        Local $mb = MsgBox(3, $Count & " files chosen", "Procees file " & $p & ": " & $SMF[$i] & @LF & @LF & _
                            "Click Yes to procees file." & @LF & "Click No to skip this file." & @LF & _
                            "Click Cancel to abort processing all files." & @LF & @LF & _
                            "Note: Click nothing and this MsgBox will close on it's own and process this file.", 10)
        $p += 1
        If $mb = 6 Or $mb = -1 Then
            RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & FileGetShortName($MkvEx) & ' tracks "' & $SMF[$i] & _
                                    '" --raw 1:"' & StringTrimRight($SMF[$i], 4) & '.h264"' & _
                                    ' 2:"' & StringTrimRight($SMF[$i], 4) & '.m4a"')  
        ElseIf $mb = 7 Then
            ContinueLoop
        ElseIf $mb = 2 Then
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    Next    
EndIf

Cheers

Edit: Fixed the count that showed 0 when 1 file was selected...lol

Edited October 9, 2007 by smashly

SmOke_N · October 9, 2007

The ampersand is what we use here to join strings, not commas.

Based on

mkvextract tracks <inname> [options] [TID1:out1 [TID2:out2 ...]]

I'd think it to be more like:

$sFileExtract = "c:\work\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract.exe"
$sInName = "c:\work\" & $var1
$sTID1 = "c:\work\video.h264"
$sTID2 = "c:\work\audio.m4a"

RunWait('"' & $sFileExtract & '" tracks "' & $sInName & '" −−raw "' & $sTID1 & '" "' & $sTID2 & '"', '', @SW_HIDE)

http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolni...mkvextract.html

Edited October 9, 2007 by SmOke_N
Edit Added link and --raw option :doh:

PitbullRaven · October 10, 2007

Is there any way I can keep the window open to see the result of the command line? I get a quick flash of the DOS window but then it's gone and although I don't get any errors with the script, it doesn't work.

smashly · October 10, 2007

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /k ' ..........

Did you set the path mkvextract.exe in the global variable ?

I had set to suite where my mkvextract.exe is on my pc ...

for you I gather it's

Global $MkvEx = @HomePath & "\work\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract.exe"

Cheers

smashly · October 10, 2007

Global $MkvEx = @HomeDrive & "\work\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe"
Global $OpenDir = @HomeDrive & "\work"

;7 File Must Exist + Path Must Exist + MultiSelect
Local $fod = FileOpenDialog("Please select MKV file(s) to process.", $OpenDir, "MKV Files (*.mkv)", 7 )

If @error Then
    MsgBox(4096,"","No File(s) chosen")
Else
    Local $Start = 1, $Count = 1, $p = 1
    Dim $SMF = StringSplit($fod, "|")
    If $SMF[0] > 1 Then
        $Start = 2
        $Count = $SMF[0] -1
    EndIf   
    For $i = $Start To $SMF[0]
        Local $mb = MsgBox(3, $Count & " files chosen", "Procees file " & $p & ": " & $SMF[$i] & @LF & @LF & _
                            "Click Yes to procees file." & @LF & "Click No to skip this file." & @LF & _
                            "Click Cancel to abort processing all files." & @LF & @LF & _
                            "Note: Click nothing and this MsgBox will close on it's own and process this file.", 10)
        $p += 1
        If $mb = 6 Or $mb = -1 Then
            RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & FileGetShortName($MkvEx) & ' tracks "' & $SMF[$i] & _
                                    '" --raw 1:"' & StringTrimRight($SMF[$i], 4) & '.h264"' & _
                                    ' 2:"' & StringTrimRight($SMF[$i], 4) & '.m4a"', _
                                    FileGetShortName(StringLeft($fod, StringInStr($fod, "\", 0, -1) - 1)), @SW_SHOW) 
        ElseIf $mb = 7 Then
            ContinueLoop
        ElseIf $mb = 2 Then
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    Next   
EndIf

Try this, Added the working directory and set it to the path you'd use..

Edited October 10, 2007 by smashly

PitbullRaven · October 10, 2007

Global $MkvEx = @HomeDrive & "\work\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe"
Global $OpenDir = @HomeDrive & "\work"

;7 File Must Exist + Path Must Exist + MultiSelect
Local $fod = FileOpenDialog("Please select MKV file(s) to process.", $OpenDir, "MKV Files (*.mkv)", 7 )

If @error Then
    MsgBox(4096,"","No File(s) chosen")
Else
    Local $Start = 1, $Count = 1, $p = 1
    Dim $SMF = StringSplit($fod, "|")
    If $SMF[0] > 1 Then
        $Start = 2
        $Count = $SMF[0] -1
    EndIf   
    For $i = $Start To $SMF[0]
        Local $mb = MsgBox(3, $Count & " files chosen", "Procees file " & $p & ": " & $SMF[$i] & @LF & @LF & _
                            "Click Yes to procees file." & @LF & "Click No to skip this file." & @LF & _
                            "Click Cancel to abort processing all files." & @LF & @LF & _
                            "Note: Click nothing and this MsgBox will close on it's own and process this file.", 10)
        $p += 1
        If $mb = 6 Or $mb = -1 Then
            RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & FileGetShortName($MkvEx) & ' tracks "' & $SMF[$i] & _
                                    '" --raw 1:"' & StringTrimRight($SMF[$i], 4) & '.h264"' & _
                                    ' 2:"' & StringTrimRight($SMF[$i], 4) & '.m4a"', _
                                    FileGetShortName(StringLeft($fod, StringInStr($fod, "\", 0, -1) - 1)), @SW_SHOW) 
        ElseIf $mb = 7 Then
            ContinueLoop
        ElseIf $mb = 2 Then
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    Next   
EndIf

Try this, Added the working directory and set it to the path you'd use..

Thanks.

That worked great. If I need to change the mkvextract path how do I do it?

Edit: By the way... thanks for the extra effort to open up and process multiple items at the same time and I'm even ashamed of asking this and please feel free to strike me down if you want cuz I'll totally deserve it, but could you please remove it? I'm planning on running more commands after this one and I'm sure I'm going to have a hard time just trying to work with single files, let alone multiple batch processes. If not, just look at the disaster I was putting together for this first command

Edited October 10, 2007 by PitbullRaven

smashly · October 10, 2007

Thanks.
That worked great. If I need to change the mkvextract path how do I do it?

Edit: By the way... thanks for the extra effort to open up and process multiple items at the same time and I'm even ashamed of asking this and please feel free to strike me down if you want cuz I'll totally deserve it, but could you please remove it? I'm planning on running more commands after this one and I'm sure I'm going to have a hard time just trying to work with single files, let alone multiple batch processes. If not, just look at the disaster I was putting together for this first command

Here I commented where to change the mkvextract.exe path, removed the multiselect files... commented where you can add whatever else you need to do to the file being processed..

; Change this to where ever mkvextract.exe is. eg; $MkvEx = "C:\Program Files\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe"
Global $MkvEx = @HomeDrive & "\work\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe" 

; Change this to make the File Open Dialog box open at a differant path
Global $OpenDir = @HomeDrive & "\work" 

;3 File Must Exist + Path Must Exist
Local $fod = FileOpenDialog("Please select MKV file(s) to process.", $OpenDir, "MKV Files (*.mkv)", 3 )

If @error Then
    MsgBox(4096,"","No File(s) chosen")
Else
    Local $mb = MsgBox(33, "File chosen", "Procees file: " & $fod & @LF & @LF & _
                        "Click Ok to procees file." & @LF & _
                        "Click Cancel to abort processing this files." & @LF & @LF & _
                        "Note: Click nothing and this MsgBox will close on it's own and process this file.", 10)
    If $mb = 1 Or $mb = -1 Then
        RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & FileGetShortName($MkvEx) & ' tracks "' & $fod & _
                                '" --raw 1:"' & StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.h264"' & _
                                ' 2:"' & StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.m4a"', _
                                FileGetShortName(StringLeft($fod, StringInStr($fod, "\", 0, -1) - 1)), @SW_SHOW)
        ;; From here you can add what ever else you want to do to your file... 

            ; Do more stuff to the current file being worked on

            ; Do some more stuff to the current file being worked on
            
            ; Do some even more stuff to the current file being worked on
            
            ; etc.......

        ;; After this point your exiting processing the file...
    ElseIf $mb = 2 Then
        Exit
    EndIf
EndIf

With the original multi-select script it's basically the same place as above if your wanting to add other things to do to the current file being processed ... So you can do the multi select thing and do extra stuff to each file.. but meh ..

Cheers

Edited October 10, 2007 by smashly

PitbullRaven · October 10, 2007

Thanks. I'll try to get the rest done myself based upon what you already provided. I'll let you know how it went. Thanks for the superb help.

PitbullRaven · October 11, 2007

It's oficial. I couldn't stink more at this even if I tried. Anyways, since I am having such dificulties right at the begining, I can't see how on earth I'll pull off interacting with open windows and filling in fields and stuff, so I think I'd best abandon all hope

Anyways... Thanks for the help. At least the part you guys contributed helped me out some.

Edited October 11, 2007 by PitbullRaven

SmOke_N · October 11, 2007

It's oficial. I couldn't stink more at this even if I tried. Anyways, since I am having such dificulties right at the begining, I can't see how on earth I'll pull off interacting with open windows and filling in fields and stuff, so I think I'd best abandon all hope
Anyways... Thanks for the help. At least the part you guys contributed helped me out some.

It's nice to know ones limitations

Good Luck with the next endeavor you try.

DW1 · October 11, 2007

Don't give up PitbullRaven, this is what makes autoit fun.... its the challenge, when the challenge gets hard, don't give up... just come to the forums

PitbullRaven · October 11, 2007

Don't give up PitbullRaven, this is what makes autoit fun.... its the challenge, when the challenge gets hard, don't give up... just come to the forums

I don't think it's fair to always bug ppl. I mean, I appreciate the help and know that sometimes you have to make a lot of questions in order to learn some things, but to me it feels like I'm bugging people to hell. I always and only make questions when I'm really stuck, like now (again), but at some point the person or persons helping just get sick and tired of so many questions that they blow you off or wish you'd just die and go straight to hell

But since you said I shouldn't give up, could I interest you in helping me out with the next step?

Based on what smashly posted, I tried getting the next program to run. The next program would be Azid.exe and it is in the c:\work directory. In DOS I'd type azid.exe filename.ac3 filename.wav.

So I setup a new Global like so in line 3 of smashly's script:

Global $Azid = @HomeDrive & "\work\azid.exe"

Now to get it to run I thought I'd do something like:

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & FileGetShortName($Azid) & $fod & _
& StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.ac3"' & _
& StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.wav"', _
FileGetShortName(StringLeft($fod, StringInStr($fod, "\", 0, -1) - 1)), @SW_SHOW)

But it didn't work of course. After that I'd have to run yet another command:

SmOke_N · October 11, 2007

I don't think it's fair to always bug ppl. I mean, I appreciate the help and know that sometimes you have to make a lot of questions in order to learn some things, but to me it feels like I'm bugging people to hell. I always and only make questions when I'm really stuck, like now (again), but at some point the person or persons helping just get sick and tired of so many questions that they blow you off or wish you'd just die and go straight to hell

If that were the case, I wouldn't have 11+ thousand posts... I only despise the questions that took no thought or you were too lazy to search for (especially when I can find the link in 20 seconds) those are the ones I tell you to go straight to hell on!!

But since you said I shouldn't give up, could I interest you in helping me out with the next step?

Based on what smashly posted, I tried getting the next program to run. The next program would be Azid.exe and it is in the c:\work directory. In DOS I'd type azid.exe filename.ac3 filename.wav.

So I setup a new Global like so in line 3 of smashly's script:
Global $Azid = @HomeDrive & "\work\azid.exe"
Now to get it to run I thought I'd do something like:
RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & FileGetShortName($Azid) & $fod & _
& StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.ac3"' & _
& StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.wav"', _
FileGetShortName(StringLeft($fod, StringInStr($fod, "\", 0, -1) - 1)), @SW_SHOW)
But it didn't work of course. After that I'd have to run yet another command:

Are we on the same app? Where is the " --raw " option?

PitbullRaven · October 11, 2007

If that were the case, I wouldn't have 11+ thousand posts... I only despise the questions that took no thought or you were too lazy to search for (especially when I can find the link in 20 seconds) those are the ones I tell you to go straight to hell on!!
Are we on the same app? Where is the " --raw " option?

The --raw option was used for MKVExtract. I was now trying to add a new app: Azid. I thought I could base the next command line of the script using what you provided as a model of sorts. My script now looks loke this:

; Change this to where ever mkvextract.exe is. eg; $MkvEx = "C:\Program Files\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe"
Global $MkvEx = @HomeDrive & "\work\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe"
;~ Change this to set path for Azid.exe file.
Global $Azid = @HomeDrive & "\work\azid.exe"
; Change this to make the File Open Dialog box open at a differant path
Global $OpenDir = @HomeDrive & "\work"

;3 File Must Exist + Path Must Exist
Local $fod = FileOpenDialog("Please select MKV file(s) to process.", $OpenDir, "MKV Files (*.mkv)", 3 )

If @error Then
    MsgBox(4096,"","No File(s) chosen")
Else
    Local $mb = MsgBox(33, "File chosen", "Procees file: " & $fod & @LF & @LF & _
                        "Click Ok to procees file." & @LF & _
                        "Click Cancel to abort processing this files." & @LF & @LF & _
                        "Note: Click nothing and this MsgBox will close on it's own and process this file.", 10)
    If $mb = 1 Or $mb = -1 Then
        RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /k ' & FileGetShortName($MkvEx) & ' tracks "' & $fod & _
                                '" --raw 1:"' & StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.h264"' & _
                                ' 2:"' & StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.ac3"', _
                                FileGetShortName(StringLeft($fod, StringInStr($fod, "\", 0, -1) - 1)), @SW_SHOW)
        RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /k ' & FileGetShortName($Azid) & $fod & _
                                & StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.ac3"' & _
                                & StringTrimRight($fod, 4) & '.wav"', _
                                FileGetShortName(StringLeft($fod, StringInStr($fod, "\", 0, -1) - 1)), @SW_SHOW)
       ;; From here you can add what ever else you want to do to your file...

           ; Do more stuff to the current file being worked on

           ; Do some more stuff to the current file being worked on
           
           ; Do some even more stuff to the current file being worked on
           
           ; etc.......

       ;; After this point your exiting processing the file...
    ElseIf $mb = 2 Then
        Exit
    EndIf
EndIf

But there is an error in the expression. I'm trying to get it to run c:\work\azid.exe the_ac3_file_created_in_previous_step.ac3 _same_file_name_with_wav_extension.wav

After that I still have to run 2 more command lines:

normalize -l 0 --peak -v the_resulting_wav_file.wav

neroAacEnc_SSE2.exe -br 96000 -if the_same_resulting_wav_file.wav -of same_filename_but_with_m4a_extension.m4a

And then all hell breaks loose because after that I can't use command line to control the h264info app, and that scares the crap out of me.

SmOke_N · October 11, 2007

Are you sure you can pass these command lines to this app like this?

Do you have the link to the command line parameters and options? (I had to find the last one myself... no likey )

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