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Hello,
I have some problem to execute a bat file. My idea is simple, I wait for 3 files with specific name (I used monitor then hold for files). When the 3 files are here, I used an command executer to start de bat but no way( this bat concatenate the 2 files in 1).
In my folder I have ffmpeg.exe, 2 video files and my bat file.
This bat works in dos command line. My FFastrans command executor is :
%%comspec% /c "C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\concat2.bat"

My bat file is like this :

(for %%i in (*.mov) do echo@ file '%%i' ) > list.txt
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i list.txt -c copy output.mov
del list.txt

I have also tried :
(for %%i in (*.mov) do echo@ file '%%i' ) > C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\list.txt
C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i list.txt -c copy output.mov
del list.txt

In this last method, I found the list.txt in the popo folder but it is empty. Maybe a problem of relative path ?

If someone can help me it will be really kind.
Thank you

Cheers.

Edit : (I think my list.txt is generated from "c:\windows\sysWOW64" that's why my list is empty). I must find how generate a list from another path.

Hello I'm back,

Well I succeed.
First I had to check my command in command executor node. It works with 2 quotes before and 2 behind like this :
%comspec% /c ""C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\concat2.bat""

Second, my bat file works now, here it is :

cd C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\
(for %%i in (*.mov) do echo@ file '%%i' ) > C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\list.txt
C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i list.txt -c copy output.mov
del list.txt

The list is created with all mov files in folder and ffmpeg concatenate the files in output.mov.

Now, I have to found how give the name of first move file to the output.mov (output.mov is too generic).
Cheers.

You should use command line parameters to alter the batch script behavour.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/265 ... batch-file

That way you can pass FFAStrans variables to the script like this:
%comspec% /c ""C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\concat2.bat" "%s_original_name%""

cd C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo
(for %%i in (*.mov) do echo@ file '%%i' ) > C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\list.txt
C:\Users\ctvf2encode1\Desktop\popo\ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i list.txt -c copy %1.mov
del list.txt

You could also create the entire batch script dynamically by using the "Generate text file"-node.

-steinar

Hi Steinar,

Well thanks for the advice but it seems too complicated for me...(the code in your link).

I tried your proposition for the variable but it doesn't work. I obtain a file without name.
Anyway, I think this kind of process is too difficult to succeed for me...I must better learn the batch processes

Yes, well, I FFAStrans kind of inspires advanced usage so the kind of tasks you want to perform demands some scripting knowledge. Good luck!

-steinar