Dan Cunningham

Hey and Happy New Year :)

So things are rather hectic for me right now as I’m preparing to make a dramatic move from Ireland to Canada! While I’ve really enjoyed my 13 years in Dublin, I feel it’s time for a bit of an adventure, so I’m packing up and moving to Toronto in a few weeks time.

I’ve got a billion things to get done between now and then, and a billion more in order to get settled – but I’ve still been having a think about EncodeHD and if I can progress it any further. I think the best thing to do is to add the ability for custom profiles (and probably scrap a few of the existing Blackberry ones), and maybe try to clean up the code a little. I’ve also been provided with a fix for a channel mapping issue that can occur with multichannel audio files (thanks @bizzehdee) which I intend to sort out too.

All in good time, and sorry for the delays.

Dan

So there was a slight interruption to regular (stale) service as I accidentally let my domain expire. All fixed now. I’m afraid everything is on hold at the moment as I have some things in the pipeline which are taking priority but I *may* have an update or two on EncodeHD in a few weeks. My work and personal life are definitely my focus right now though. Stay tuned! :)

Oh hai! Sorry it’s been so quiet around here for so long. Here’s a tiny update to EncodeHD, primarily to incorporate a new FFmpeg build which has 5 months worth of improvements and fixes. The AAC encoder seems to be much improved based on what I’m hearing.

Here’s what’s changed in EncodeHD:

• CHANGE: FFmpeg updated to r31572
• CHANGE: MediaInfo updated to 0.7.47.0
• FIX: Progress failed to display with newer FFmpeg builds
• FIX: AC3 audio wasn’t enabled for AppleTV 2

Now this is absolutely just a mockup, and no-one should get too excited – but I wouldn’t mind gauging the response as to whether I should keep working on this.

I think this could be a great little project to help me get to terms with Objective-C and more familiar with OSX and iOS development. Anyway, I’d appreciate comments :)

Update 26/03/2011: After seeing Media Converter, I think continuing development on this is probably pointless. Serious kudos to the developer, Maarten Foukhar. It’s actually easier to use than EncodeHD and far more powerful. I’d recommend Media Converter to any users of VisualHub (which was discontinued, and which was the inspiration for EncodeHD).

Mea culpa. I had completely forgotten to add support for the Apple TV 2. While the profile for the original ATV works, it forced 720p content to 25fps (hardware limitation). The new profile doesn’t force the framerate and allows up to 30fps.

Download in the usual spot.