I’ve been editing my Twitch streams and when I add the mp4 VOD into the project bin I get prompted to transcode the clip. I’m fine with this however I’m curious as to how I can transcode these manually at a command line (Windows 10) beforehand. It’s something I could put in a script and let it run overnight instead of waiting now.
I’m not sure how it’s done in the backend, but if it was just a command I could run then it would be handy if the transcode prompt provided a button that could show the specific command that is being run.
Go to Menu > Settings > Configure Kdenlive > Transcode (you may have to scroll the navigation bar in the Settings window). There are all the profiles available for transcoding with their ffmpeg parameters. Kdenlive uses ffmpeg in the background for all encoding and decoding and transcoding work.
You are right, the Transcode to edit-friendly format uses different profiles. I’ll have to check where this is. Sorry for the wild goose chase.
This said, you can still use the Transcode profiles in the settings to create your batch script for the overnight transcoding as planned. AFAIK, the transcoding that way also makes the file edit-friendly.
You can check that by selecting the clip, go to Menu > Clip, and select Transcode
Did you happen to find the list of profiles that Transcoding uses?
I was looking at the Clip > Transcode and none of the ones in that list match the Lossy x264 that I’m being prompted with. I end up with a file that ends in the name -60fps and indeed it is a 60fps file, and there are no 60fps choices in the Configure > Transcode list.
I know I could probably work out what the settings are, but I would like to keep using the same settings that are being chosen when I choose the Lossy x264, so the ones I transcode from the command line are consistent with the previous ones I’ve done.
