this is inspired by Bencos, RealAnime6 and even Minicoder and i made this simple GUI base on my very very rusty programming skills i called it Cyko (since Clutch is an already taken open source project name)

so here it is for more info -> http://code.google.com/p/cyko/
get the latest update -> http://code.google.com/p/cyko/downloads/list
tutorial -> http://code.google.com/p/cyko/wiki/Steps or http://code.google.com/p/cyko/wiki/Guides

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minor updates to the 2 wiki tutorials according to the update on Cyko, you can now specify a output directory of your encodes due to a user request

04-27-11
changed the presets to be more balance on speed and quality

Hight Quality -> deblock=1,1:ref=8:bframes=5:me=umh:subme=10:trellis=2:psy-rd=0.0:aq-strength=0.6:aq-mode=2

Medium Quality -> deblock=1,1:ref=5:bframes=3:me=umh:subme=8:trellis=1:psy-rd=0.0:aq-strength=0.6

Low Quality -> deblock=1,1:ref=3:bframes=3:trellis=1:psy-rd=0.0:aq-strength=0.6

Is this your own program? Seems rather good, I'll give it a try at some point. Thanks for the link.

yep i program it but its nothing awesome its just a GUI for Handbrake all encoding and magic is done by HandbrakeCLI

04-29-11 changes
- added b-adapt=2 on presets "medium quality" and "high quality"

updates:
05-09-11

- when "Hard Subs" is checked it will output to mp4
you may wonder what if the source file has no subs at all
so will checking "Hard Subs" still output to mp4? the answer is yes

- updated the 2 wiki guides according to the changed

updates:
05-10-11
- fix output naming and when "Hard Subs" is checked it outputs to mp4

in the old naming of output if for example the source name is "sample.mkv" it will output to "sample.mkv-OUT.mkv" but now it will be "sample-OUT.mkv" only

when "Hard Subs" is checked it will output to mp4, you may wonder what if the source file has no subs at all so will checking "Hard Subs" still output to mp4? the answer is yes

i feel frigging honored that Cyko has been recognized by Softpedia they emailed me this


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all re-encodes are thanks to the original fansubs/fanrippers!!!
i do not upload for money i upload to share especially for people that has crappy internet bandwidth

update:
10-31-11
- change preset universal to preset cellphone to encode QVGA (or 320x240 screen) videos for mobile phone viewing

Updates for 12-05-11
- added denoising to lessen filesize/bitrate more on grainy/noisy video sources

updates for 12-06-11
- added preset and tune options of x264 (so make sure to use the latest nighly build of handbrakeCLI)
- make x264 denoiser a checkbox option
- added switchable width/height resolution

screenshot of current update

i found a small bug on the recent cyko that when you select preset fast and faster it will make the "Hard Subs" option to be checked and forced to output to mp4 only, so i fixed it now and uploaded already the new version of Cyko so go download the new one here -> code.google.com/p/cyko/downloads/list

and as usual just download the latest handbrakeCLI from here -> build.handbrake.fr/job/WindowsCLI/
since the newer HandbrakeCLI has the presets and tunes options of x264 that new Cyko needs

updates:
12-27-11
- added profile options of x264 including baseline, main, high
 baseline are settings intended for mobile phones
 main are settings intended for standalone players
 high are settings intended for PC playback

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