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This is the tasklist for Video Contact Sheet *NIX

Although I use it mainly as a TO-DO list, feel free to fill any bug-reports or feature requests you might have.

Homepage: https://p.outlyer.net/vcs/
Documentation: https://p.outlyer.net/dox/vcs/

ID Task Type Severity Summary Status  desc Progress Due In Version
101Bug ReportLowHeading bleeds into left side of contact sheet when tit...Deferred
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No need for description

50Feature RequestVery LowAllow setting text outlinesDeferred
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Originally requested by Dougn Redhammer

E.g. with ImageMagick’s -stroke and -strokewidth

56Feature RequestLowAdd transcode as possible capturerDeferred
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1.14 Task Description

Originally requested by Phil Grundig

See vcs:devel:transcode

104Feature RequestVery LowAccept percentages in --from and --toDeferred
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No need for description

118Feature RequestLowCreate manpageDeferred
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No need for description

125Feature RequestVery LowBlank screen evasion (mtn feature)Deferred
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1.14 Task Description

Great feature, implemented in mtn

http://moviethumbnail.sourceforge.net/

See also FS#126

126Feature RequestVery LowEdge detection / blur evasion (mtn feature)Deferred
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Interesting feature, experimentally implemented in mtn

http://moviethumbnail.sourceforge.net/

See also FS#125

52Feature RequestVery LowAllow review of screenshots before composingLimbo
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Originally requested by Daniel

69Feature RequestVery LowImage modeLimbo
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I.e. produce a montage from a set of images

92Feature RequestVery LowSupport OpenSolaris/SunOSLimbo
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2.0 Task Description

Being based on System V, it’s quite different to most other Unix-like OSes, might be a good target for x-platform enhancements

153TO-DOVery LowRelease 1.14Limbo
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Meta: Release Cycle Task Description

This is a meta-item depending on bugs/features required to complete before releasing vcs 1.14

Previous:  FS#152   FS#218   FS#224   FS#250   FS#366 

41Feature RequestLowAdjust timestamps size to capture sizeRequires testing
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Originally suggested by Dogn Redhammer

178Submitted PatchLowffmpeg + piped mplayer dump can be used to identifyRequires testing
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Originally suggested by Dean: http://outlyer.net/2010-08-24:vcs-1_12-2-released/

” [...]

Second, my dvd-drive is useless atm, but i remember previously piping dvd-ouput from mplayer into ffmpeg via a fifo and finding the info generated to be much better than mplayer-alone – for one thing, it won’t ‘downmix’ 6-channel audio automatically. Don’t know if that would be useful to you. The syntax was something like:-

mkfifo piped.vob &&
mplayer dvd:// -dumpstream -dumpfile piped.vob & \
ffmpeg -i piped.vob

…See what you think…

32Bug ReportHighvcs gets stuck on first capture (or during probe)Researching
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Fails on some files (gets stuck forever while capturing the first frame).

Happens often with Matroska. 1.0.7a introduced a workaround (-Wo) with ffmpeg’s argument order that worked with other file types.

194Feature RequestMediumFiles incorrectly reporting "too short" length aren't d...Researching
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As reported by Dirk Reiners (paraphrased)

Files incorrectly reporting too short length (unlike too long), pass the safe_length_measure check ⇒ This prevents correcting length.

5Bug ReportMediumMeta-information gets overlapped with small contact she...Assigned
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When the resulting contact sheet is too thin, the meta-information header is cramped and fields overlap.

93Bug ReportVery Lowgrep -o is not portableAssigned
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1.14 Task Description

-o is a GNU extension, supported in Linux and FreeBSD

Unsupported in SunOS, OpenBSD?

155Bug ReportLowColourised messages are printed before colour disabling...Assigned
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No need for description

164Bug ReportVery LowImplement instrumentationAssigned
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No need for description

363Bug ReportLowFile names with '#' lead to errors when creating versio...Assigned
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1.14 Task Description

I.e. create file sample#.avi

Run vcs on sample#.avi -> sample#.avi.png is created.
Run vcs again. sample#.avi-1.png should be created, but sed generates an error.

378Bug ReportMediumBlank frame evasion produces error on latest ImageMagic...Assigned
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1.14 Task Description

Reported by Paul:

> Hey,
I’m using VCS via Homebrew Install (https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vcs#default) and since the last update of imagemagick (?) I get dozens of error messages:

>convert: Expected operator at ‘.mean*100’ @ error/fx.c/GetOperator/2408

Confirmed to happen on ImageMagick 7.1 on Linux, the contact sheet is generated but blank frame evasion is skipped

124Feature RequestLowBetter looking timestampsAssigned
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Timestamps could use some tweaking: e.g. centering on their background and rounded corners

147Feature RequestMediumConfiguration options revampAssigned
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1.14 Task Description

The available configuration options need a serious review and renaming. Old names will be accepted with warnings for either two releases or six months.

Also, should provide a sample configuration file so that the syntax and options are clearer.

315Feature RequestLowRecurse directories, output to current dirAssigned
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Request by Chris Hills

http://outlyer.net/2014-05-18:vcs-1_13_2-released/comment-page-1/#comment-17238:

Thanks Toni. I was hoping I could simply run `$ vcs-1.13.2.bash -? **/*.mp4` to create contact sheets for all videos in all subfolders, but it sounds like I’ll have to use a wrapper script. Would you consider adding this in a future release for a donation?

My reply:

I guess you’re using zsh-ish globbing there.
That’s not something I use so I didn’t even think of the case where recursing could be so simple.
It was a bit of an overlook on my part not to have the option to output to the same directory as the video, probably because recursion always required a wrapper in my head.
367Feature RequestLowAdd HDR supportAssigned
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1.14 Task Description

HDR isn’t well supported as reported by remlap and ThaDr.

Their comments:

https://outlyer.net/2017-05-26:vcs-1-13-3-released/#comment-30901

Hi I am trying to thumbnail some HDR content is there anyway to insert ffmpeg filters in
-vf zscale=t=linear:npl=100,format=gbrpf32le,zscale=p=bt709,tonemap=tonemap=mobius:desat=0,zscale=t=bt709:m=bt709:r=tv,format=yuv420p

Thanks

https://outlyer.net/2017-05-26:vcs-1-13-3-released/#comment-32413:

I’m also trying to do some HDR content and pass the -vf info to ffmpeg. I can’t get it to work even using a wrapper script.

It always comes up with awk errors, starting with “unterminated regexp”.

Is there any chance of updating vcs to support manual passing of those -vf arguments to ffmpeg?

HDR content is very common nowadays…

https://outlyer.net/2017-05-26:vcs-1-13-3-released/#comment-32423

I’m using vcs 1.13.2 on ubuntu and ended up doing it by adding the line:

-vf ‘zscale=t=linear:npl=100,format=gbrpf32le,zscale=p=bt709,tonemap=tonemap=hable:desat=0,zscale=t=bt709:m=bt709:r=tv,format=yuv420p’ \

at line 2203, in the ffmpeg_capture() function where it sets the ffmpeg command line options.

Couldn’t work out how to do it with a wrapper script.
377Feature RequestLowAllow screenshotting half of the video (for side-by-sid...Assigned
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151TO-DOLowOverride-able variables cleanup: Removal of deprecated ...Assigned
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1.14
162TO-DOVery LowImplement pluginsAssigned
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2.0
163TO-DOVery LowMove rarely used features to pluginsAssigned
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172TO-DOVery LowDon't autoload './vcs.conf'Assigned
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1.14
196TO-DOMediumffmpeg is deprecatedAssigned
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1.14
197TO-DOHighMove away from /dev/shmAssigned
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1.14
200TO-DOVery LowRelease 2.0Assigned
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Meta: Release Cycle
227TO-DOLowFailed blank frame evasion should go back to original t...Assigned
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1.14
249TO-DOLowAdd libav as possible capturerAssigned
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1.14
375TO-DOVery LowAllow disabling blank frame evasionAssigned
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1.14
53Bug ReportLowffmpeg doesn't accept file names with spacesUnconfirmed
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54Bug ReportLowminutes printed as hours with mplayerUnconfirmed
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95Bug ReportLowRunning vcs from find fails on WMVs. They work directly...Unconfirmed
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109Bug ReportMediumFailure to capture with packed B-frames in AVIUnconfirmed
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137Bug ReportMediumHang with RM filesUnconfirmed
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