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| videoCat_help_v20.chm | 2010-10-03 | 372.4 kB | |
| videoCat20_setup.exe | 2010-10-03 | 4.7 MB | |
| readme.txt | 2010-09-25 | 4.7 kB | |
| setup.exe | 2010-09-25 | 4.7 MB | |
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videoCat version 0.20 alpha Video catalog generator for windows Preview, view and manage all your video clips and movies in a simple catalog-like interface..without having to dig in into directory trees. No codecs required. Plus create customized contact sheets in one click. Installation Download the setup.exe Open the file by double clicking it or by selecting Start > Run and follow instructions. Running the program Browse to the path where the videoCat.exe file was installed. Run the videoCat_14_beta.exe file (Due to a packaging bug if the program fails to start for the first time, please retry) You are now ready to use the tool. Using the program videoCat_14_beta videoCat_14_beta.exe is the main application that: Scans your hard disk for video files Generates thumbnails (2X1) for all videos Displays all thumbnails along with details in a list view Displays a detailed preview image (3X3) for selected video in the list. Invokes vlc media player(if configured) to play the video file The application also saves the thumbnails and the file details in your hard disk for speeding up the subsequent runs. This database can be cleaned or deleted. File menu: Scan Directory: Scanning the hard disk Drives or folders can be scanned (recursively) by selecting the Scan directory from the file menu. This opens a dialog box where the drive or folder has to be selected. The application will scan for any available videos and add thumbnails to the list) If thumbnails have been generated previously, they are no regenerated, but pulled from the database. This subsequently speeds up the process Open Directory(from DB): Opening directories from the database If Drives or directories have been previously scanned, the thumbnails can be instantaneously displayed by using this option. This option can be used if no additions or deletions have been made to the video files. Options menu: Clean Database: Use this option occasionally to clean the database. Deletes all orphaned thumbnails etc. Delete preview cache Use this option occasionally to delete the preview cache maintained by the application for displaying the detailed previews. Delete Database Use this option to delete the entire database of thumbnails. Usually not needed; but incase you want to start fresh This option will not delete your source videos. Preferences Use this option to configure the application. Vlc player: select the folder in which the vlc player is installed (optional) Advanced Show console: Select this option if you want to see what is going on behind the scene Advanced Enable Debug: Select this option if you observe issues and want to enable a higher debug level. Processing options Display all files? : select this option to display all video files regardless of whether it successfully generated a thumbnail or not. If de-selected, only files that have successfully been processed will be displayed. Processing options retry thumbnail generation? : Select this option if you want the application to retry failed attempts to generate thumbnails. This re-attempt will be performed with different setting that has a better chance of success (at the cost of time) Context Menu: General Menu Select all Select all files General Menu Deselect all Deselect all files General Menu View Change the view type (Not fully implemented) Item Menu Enque and play Open the selected files wit vlc player (if configured). Works for single or multiple files. If multiple files are selected the first file is played and rest enqued in vlc player playlist. Item Menu Create preview sheet Invoke the Contact sheet creator application for the selected videos. User can create contact sheet with configurable parameters. Works for single or multiple files. Item Menu Delete video Delete source videos. Works for single or multiple files. Item Menu Move video Move source videos to a different folder. A dialog box is displayed for the user to enter the destination folder. Works for single or multiple files. Credits: movie thumbnailer (mtn) mtn is developed by tuit (tuitfun); http://moviethumbnail.sourceforge.net/ Thanks to: FFmpeg http://www.ffmpeg.org/ Irfanview Author: Irfan Skiljan http://www.irfanview.com/ Win32::GUI - Perl-Win32 Graphical User Interface Extension Aldo Calpini dada@perl.it GUI Builder 1.09 Author: David Hiltz (dhiltz@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu) Perl Larry Wall and others ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This software is provided "as-is". No warranty of any kind is expressed or implied.
