nogui

a multimedia encoding tool without gui

Usage (Release)

1. Download latest release package and extract it to a folder containing no space or non-ascii chars.
2. (Optional) Check and modify config.ini
   • Check config.md for references.
3. Drag file(s) to nogui.bat and wait until completed. The encoded file should be in the same folder of input file.
   • Multimedia encoding usually takes a long time, so be patient.

Usage (Manally)

1. Download this project as archive and extract it to a folder containing no space or non-ascii chars.
2. Download or compile busybox-w32 and put busybox.exe in bin folder.
   • The 32-bit busybox.exe should be put in bin32 folder.
     • You may get latest 32-bit binary from frippery's website
   • The 64-bit busybox.exe or busybox64.exe should be put in bin64 folder.
     • You may get latest 64-bit binary from frippery's website
3. Download or compile ffmpeg.
   • The 32-bit ffmpeg.exe should be put in bin32 folder.
     • You may get latest 32-bit binary from Zeranoe's website
   • The 64-bit ffmpeg.exe should be put in bin64 folder.
     • You may get latest 64-bit binary from Zeranoe's website
4. (Optional) Compile fdkaac if needed
   • fdkaac enables high-quality aac audio encoding for better compibility with legacy devices.
   • Fraunhofer's license prevented a binary being released.
   • fdkaac_autobuild can compile fdkaac easily on windows.
   • The 32-bit fdkaac.exe should be put in bin32 folder.
   • The 64-bit fdkaac.exe should be put in bin64 folder.
5. (Optional) Download or compile CLI version of MediaInfo if needed
   • Both MediaInfo and mujs are required for HDR metadata parsing.
   • The 32-bit MediaInfo.exe should be put in bin32 folder.
   • The 64-bit MediaInfo.exe should be put in bin64 folder.
6. (Optional) Compile mujs if needed
   • Both MediaInfo and mujs are required for HDR metadata parsing.
   • The 32-bit mujs.exe should be put in bin32 folder.
     • Alternatively, you may get a 32-bit binary from here
   • The 64-bit mujs.exe should be put in bin64 folder.
     • Alternatively, you may get a 64-bit binary from here
7. (Optional) Check and modify config.ini
   • Check config.md for references.
8. Drag file(s) to nogui.bat and wait until completed. The encoded file should be in the same folder of input file.
   • Multimedia encoding usually takes a long time, so be patient.

FAQ

• How to stop (give up) a encoding session?
  • Click the X button at the top right corner of the console window.
• How to pause/resume a encoding session?
  • Pause: Right click the title bar of the console window, choose Edit -> Mark to pause.
  • Resume: Right click inside the paused console window to resume.