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{{eyecatch|Note!|<br><br><br><br>Avdump (version one) has been wholly superseded by {{Avdump-current-version}}. As of 2022-01-01 Avdump has been disabled for auto-creqing. Please update to {{Avdump-current-version}}.<br><br><br><br>}} | |||
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==What is it== | ==What is it== | ||
'''Avdump''' is a video codec identification utility - identifies which video codec and audio compression method is used on video files. Furthermore it calculates the used | '''Avdump''' is a video codec identification utility - identifies which video codec and audio compression method is used on video files. Furthermore it calculates the used bit rates, the length, identifies the number of used audio channels and more.<br> | ||
It is mainly based on [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en mediainfo], but got enhanced and changed to fit AniDB's needs by [[User:Epoximator|epoximator]].<br> | It is mainly based on [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en mediainfo], but got enhanced and changed to fit AniDB's needs by [[User:Epoximator|epoximator]].<br> | ||
'''Avdump''' was created with the intention to provide AniDB with a tool to standardize the input for files and be a part of the upcoming [[AniDB O'Matic|AOM 0.6]]. It does however already support auto-creqing by itself. See [[Avdump/Autocreqing|Avdump/Auto-creqing]]. | '''Avdump''' was created with the intention to provide AniDB with a tool to standardize the input for files and be a part of the upcoming [[AniDB O'Matic|AOM 0.6]]. It does however already support auto-creqing by itself. See [[Avdump/Autocreqing|Avdump/Auto-creqing]]. | ||
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===Known issues=== | ===Known issues=== | ||
{{eyecatch|Note|Avdump is under development. Don't take the validity of its output for granted. Please report errors/issues.}} | {{eyecatch|Note|Avdump is under development. Don't take the validity of its output for granted. Please report errors/issues.}} | ||
*'''Currently | *'''Currently Avdump only supports lower-case letters in user name, if your AniDB user name has capital letters, lower case them only for Avdump usage (as in, it's not needed to change your AniDB user name). If your AniDB user name contains symbols such as an underscore _, then you will actually need to remove that from your AniDB user name for Avdump usage.''' | ||
*Audio channel detection is very simple: | *Audio channel detection is very simple: | ||
**Number of channels might be wrong. (5.1 vs 6.1, 6.1 vs 7.1) | **Number of channels might be wrong. (5.1 vs 6.1, 6.1 vs 7.1) | ||
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|'''exp''':<file path/name>||Export ed2k-links to the specified file. Very useful when mass adding files.||<tt>exp:ed2k-links.txt</tt> | |'''exp''':<file path/name>||Export ed2k-links to the specified file. Very useful when mass adding files.||<tt>exp:ed2k-links.txt</tt> | ||
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|'''ac''':<username>:< | |'''ac''':<username>:<udp_api_key>||Enable automatic creqing. You should always use this option when dumping anime files!||<tt>-ac:tard:monkey</tt> | ||
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|'''port''':<port number>||Use the specified UDP port for communication with the AniDB server (api.anidb.net). Only needed when behind "strict" firewalls.||<tt>port:1337</tt> | |'''port''':<port number>||Use the specified UDP port for communication with the AniDB server (api.anidb.net). Only needed when behind "strict" firewalls.||<tt>port:1337</tt> | ||
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|'''bsize''':<KB_per_block>:<number_of_blocks>||Set size per block (2048 is default) and number of blocks in the circular buffer for hashing. If ''number of blocks'' is less than 2 then a plain single-threaded hasher is used. Might be useful if you got trouble with the default hasher.||<tt>bsize:512:16</tt> | |'''bsize''':<KB_per_block>:<number_of_blocks>||Set size per block (2048 is default) and number of blocks in the circular buffer for hashing. If ''number of blocks'' is less than 2 then a plain single-threaded hasher is used. Might be useful if you got trouble with the default hasher.||<tt>bsize:512:16</tt> | ||
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{{eyecatch|Note|'''The ''udp_api_key'' is not your user password!!! see [[Avdump#Auto-creqing|Auto-creqing]] .}} | |||
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{|align="center" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.0; font-size: smaller; width: 80%" | {|align="center" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.0; font-size: smaller; width: 80%" | ||
! style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 120%; background: #f2f2f2;" | Switch | ! style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 120%; background: #f2f2f2;" | Switch | ||
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#Right-click the shortcut, add options to the ''Shortcut - Target'' line. | #Right-click the shortcut, add options to the ''Shortcut - Target'' line. | ||
#:Example, normal usage: <tt>"C:\Program Files\avdump\avdump.exe" -p</tt> | #:Example, normal usage: <tt>"C:\Program Files\avdump\avdump.exe" -p</tt> | ||
#:Example, auto-creq usage: <tt>"C:\Program Files\avdump\avdump.exe" -o -ac:''myName'':'' | #:Example, auto-creq usage: <tt>"C:\Program Files\avdump\avdump.exe" -o -ac:''myName'':''udp_api_key''</tt> | ||
#::You can also set other options like ''s'', ''x'' or ''t'' if you wish to do so. | #::You can also set other options like ''s'', ''x'' or ''t'' if you wish to do so. | ||
#::A commandline option to export ED2K links to a file is by adding -exp: <tt>''C:\Path\filename.txt''</tt>, etc. | #::A commandline option to export ED2K links to a file is by adding -exp: <tt>''C:\Path\filename.txt''</tt>, etc. | ||
#::Note that you need to set an API | #::Note that you need to set an '''UDP API Key''' in your AniDB profile for auto-creqing. | ||
#:Optional: Change ''Run'' to ''Maximized''. | #:Optional: Change ''Run'' to ''Maximized''. | ||
#Drag and drop any media-file onto the shortcut. | #Drag and drop any media-file onto the shortcut. | ||
{{eyecatch|Note|'''The ''udp_api_key'' is not your user password!!! see [[Avdump#Auto-creqing|Auto-creqing]] .}} | |||
====Send to==== | ====Send to==== | ||
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#Create a MS-DOS batch file with the 2 lines below, and save it as ''filename.bat''. | #Create a MS-DOS batch file with the 2 lines below, and save it as ''filename.bat''. | ||
#<tt>@ECHO OFF</tt> | #<tt>@ECHO OFF</tt> | ||
#<tt>C:\AVDumpPath\avdump.exe %1 -exp:''C:\Path\filename.txt'' -ac:''myName'':'' | #<tt>C:\AVDumpPath\avdump.exe %1 -exp:''C:\Path\filename.txt'' -ac:''myName'':''udp_api_key''</tt> | ||
#Drag and drop any media-file onto the shortcut. | #Drag and drop any media-file onto the shortcut. | ||
{{eyecatch|Note|'''The ''udp_api_key'' is not your user password!!! see [[Avdump#Auto-creqing|Auto-creqing]] .}} | |||
===Graphical user interface=== | ===Graphical user interface=== | ||
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Avdump is now part of a new [[auto-creqing]] system. Some more or less important notes: | Avdump is now part of a new [[auto-creqing]] system. Some more or less important notes: | ||
* To be able to use this feature you’ll need an AniDB account and you have to define the '' | * To be able to use this feature you’ll need an AniDB account '''and you have to define the ''UDP API Key'' in your [[profile]]'''. All data sent to the server will be logged with IP and uid. | ||
* Communication between client and server is ''one-way'' (except session init/refresh); the client does not receive any confirmation for sent data. This means that there is no guaranty that all the dumps you send will arrive at the server and stored in the database, and there is no way to check this. ''From version 0.31 it's possible to make Avdump wait for confirmation from the server by using the -o switch.'' | * Communication between client and server is ''one-way'' (except session init/refresh); the client does not receive any confirmation for sent data. This means that there is no guaranty that all the dumps you send will arrive at the server and stored in the database, and there is no way to check this. ''From version 0.31 it's possible to make Avdump wait for confirmation from the server by using the -o switch.'' | ||
* It is possible to run more than one instance of Avdump at once, but not more than ten will work OK. At the moment ''only 10 sessions per ip are allowed by the server'', meaning the eleventh instance will terminate the first. | * It is possible to run more than one instance of Avdump at once, but not more than ten will work OK. At the moment ''only 10 sessions per ip are allowed by the server'', meaning the eleventh instance will terminate the first. | ||