20 October 2009 15 Comments

For the Sysadmins: Software Compliance Tool

So I figured I’d formally unveil something I’ve had in development for quite a while. This has nothing to do with video encoding so, unless you’re a CTO or network administrator struggling to remediate application licensing issues and crack down on unwanted and potentially harmful applications installed across your userbase, you can safely skip this [...]

1 October 2009 0 Comments

Workstation Migration Assistant source-code!

So I finally got time to trim the fat and clean up the code last night and it’s now available on GitHub
It’s been fun working on both EncodeHD and WMA over the past few years and I appreciate all the support they’ve gotten. I’ll try to continue contributing bits and pieces and I’m [...]

29 September 2009 25 Comments

EncodeHD 1.1.140.0 Released, with source!

Okay guys, so I’ve made a number of decisions over the past few days based on some great feedback. I’ve decided to open source EncodeHD and the Workstation Migration Assistant. I’ve spent the past few evenings doing some code cleanup on EncodeHD – removing some unnecessary stuff and fixing a nasty bug. I’ve also built [...]

25 September 2009 7 Comments

EncodeHD 1.1.131.0 Released

Mainly a bugfix release just to wrap up a few outstanding issues. Here’s what’s changed:

NEW: /SOF Parameter. Shut down the machine when finished encoding
CHANGE: If the audio bitrate is too low on input files with AAC audio, the stream will now be copied instead of re-encoded (to preserve quality)
CHANGE: AppleTV Profile now forces 25fps in [...]

23 September 2009 8 Comments

What to do about EncodeHD / WMA?

It’s been ages since I’ve had the energy to spend quality time on either EncodeHD or the Workstation Migration Assistant. This is partly because I’m so busy with work, that when I get home I don’t actually have the brainpower to do it, and it’s partly because my heart isn’t in it anymore – although [...]

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