Transcoding in Windows Seven x64 with Media Browser and Transcode 360
by Adam Plante @ 9:00 am on May 23rd, 2009 in converting files, encoding, media browser, tv listings, windows 7 with 34 Comments and Permalink
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This guide assumes you already have media browser installed and configured. Updated 6/3/2009 – This guide has been updated to include a different version of Transcode 360 and updated Mencoder and FFMpeg files provided by CW Kid in this post on The Green Button.
What you will need
Preperation
It is important to disable UAC before attempting any of these steps. Make sure you do not have any previous versions of transcode 360 on your computer.
Installation
Install Transcode 360 as a tray icon not as a service. Be sure to install to c:\Program Files\Transcode 360 as it will try to install to C:\Program Files(x86)\Transcode 360 by default. Reboot your computer. You will get a message saying Transcode 360 tray icon failed to load. We will fix that right now.
Click on the start menu and type msconfig. Under the startup tab disable Transcode 360 by unchecking it. Now Navigate to to c:\Program Files\Transcode 360 in explorer. Right click on Transcode360.exe and click properties. Go to the compatibility tab and select run as administrator.
Now open Notepad and paste the following lines into it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Transcode360]
“PluginsPath”=”C:\\Users\\yourusername\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\nsiF3D2.tmp”
“InstallPath”=”C:\\Program Files\\Transcode360″
“ServerAddress”=”localhost”
“ConnectionTimeout”=”40″
“WindowsApplication”=”1″
“InterfacePort”=”1401″
“InstallationType”=”WindowsApplication”
Save the file as a .reg and run it. Alternatively, you can download this pre-made reg file and open it in notepad to replace the username. Afterward run the reg file and apply the changes to your registry.
Now extract the contents of the Mencoder and FFMpeg Update. Copy ffmpeg.exe into C:\Program Files\Transcode360\ and then copy mencoder.exe into C:\Program Files\Transcode360\Wrappers\MencoderTranscoder . You should now be able to run transcode 360 in the command prompt by navigating to the Transcode 360 directory and typing transcode360.exe –console. You should get a dos prompt that reads transcode 360 process started.
At this point you are ready to transcode but you would have to leave the console open whenever you want to transcode. That’s where hstart comes in. Extract the contents of the hstart64 directory to your transcode 360 directory. Now create a shortcut with this as the target
“C:\Program Files\Transcode360\hstart64.exe” /NOCONSOLE /RUNAS “Transcode360.exe -console”
Call it whatever you want. Drag it into the startup folder on the start menu.
Now open the transcode360.config file in notepad and change the key that says <add key= ‘BufferDelay’ value= ‘6′ /> to something higher like <add key= ‘BufferDelay’ value= ‘30′ /> depending on your computers speed. You can also change the bitrate if your network is causing latency.
Now within the Media Browser configuration wizard on the extender tab make sure “Enable Transcode 360” is checked. You should be good to go. If it causes errors on the extender you most likely need to tweak the config file. This has a much better result than the built in MKV support.
