NSV Command Line Interface
Originally written by Sawg
Updated by Sankt
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Video File Encoding

Setup
Open the command prompt and change the directory to the NSVtool folder.
(Default C:\Program Files\NSVtools).

The next step is to configure the encoder.
At the command prompt, type "nsvenc /config" (no quotation marks used).



This command opens the "NSVenc configuration" window.
You can adjust the video processing, audio processing and output framerate according to your encoding requirements.

The next step is to set up your audio and video encoding.
To set up the encoders click the "NSV Encoder Configuration".

Select the audio and video codec you want to encode with.

You can choose either MP3 (Lame encoder installs with NSV Tools) or AAC to encode your NSV audio. You can find out more about audio encoding here.

You can choose either the VP3 codec (VP3 video codec installs with NSV Tools) or VP6. VP3 is free for commercial or non commercial use.  VP6.2 is a proprietary codec and must be licensed for commercial use. ON2 has released a NSV compatible encoder plugin for VP6.2 You can download the plugin here :
www.on2.com/nsv_plugin.php3

You can find out more information about VP3 and VP6.2 video codec
configuration here

Select a bit-rate to aim for (it won't be constant and may not even be near it). Hit "OK" then "OK" again to exit.

NOTE: Both the VP3 and VP6 video format are variable-bitrate in nature, so the bitrate won't be constant. Plus if you have a frame rate and resolution that is high and a bitrate that is lower then the actual bitrate may be much, much larger then the entered bitrate. If you need to lower the frame rate or the resolution try the option in the previous configuration window. (These settings will increase CPU usage).

Encoding
Any DirectShow decodable file (AVI, MPEG, etc..) can be encoded into into NSV assuming the system has the proper DirectShow filters (if it can play in Winamp, you should be able to encode it). Also, QuickTime is supported if you have QuickTime installed.

Encoding is then straight forward

Syntax - nsvenc input.ext output.nsv
Example - nsvenc my_great_move.avi  my_great_movie.nsv

If you have any encoding problems you can force some video properties using the "source settings" and "directshow settings" switches from the command line. Just type nsvenc with no parameters for a full switch listing.

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