Happy Otter Scripts for Vegas Pro

wwaag wrote on 11/30/2018, 9:52 PM

Now available for purchase--Happy Otter Scripts (HOS), a set of tools for users of Vegas Pro. The aim of HOS is to create a bridge from Vegas to open source tools for rendering and filtering.

A few of its features:
--supports Vegas Pro versions 12-20
--dockable dedicated toolbars
--direct video rendering using x264 and x265 encoders
--support for QuickSync, NVENC, and VCE
--command line access to most encoder features for advanced users
--support for audio encoding using Frauenhofer and Nero codecs
--easy access to Avisynth and VirtualDub filters including:
   -resizing and uprezzing to HD and UHD with choice of resizer
   -temporal noise filtering using motion vector techniques
   -frame rate changes using motion vector tools
   -slow motion Fx (up to 10x) using motion vector techniques
   -fisheye removal for wide angle video sources such as GoPro
   -high quality deinterlacing using QTGMC
   -image stabilization using the venerable Deshaker
--apply filters to events, loop region, regions or entire project
--frame accurate video trimming for long-GOP formats such as mp4, m2ts, etc.
--dedicated audio trim and render
--GPU-assisted proxy creation and rapid switching between original and proxy
--media rewrapping and transcoding of formats not easily imported into Vegas
--non-destructive editing of graphic and audio timeline events using external editors
--prerender Fx with choice of codecs, how added to timeline, and immediate split-screen preview

Details, demonstrations and a free download are available at: https://tools4vegas.com/

Current version. 1.0.3.26

Change log: https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf

And finally, a shout-out to early alpha testers including: Nick, Guillaume, John, Graham, Marco, Joelson, Michael, and Dustin who have provided invaluable feedback and encouragement. Many thanks to each of you.

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Comments

Grazie wrote on 2/22/2023, 11:54 AM

Apologies to others here that I got carried away on this quest, and realised that this was @wwaag thread to start with. Rude of me. 😊

wwaag wrote on 2/22/2023, 12:35 PM

@Grazie

No problem with me.

Grazie wrote on 2/22/2023, 11:55 PM

@wwaag - Cheers! 🍺🍺

@jetdv - OK, Edward, this is a BIG PLUS, I'm now using your RbyN to search for newly created Regions, and now flick between Regions, or I call Narratives, ON-THE-FLY. This makes, for me at least, a dynamic story-building result. For example, I have a Whale sequence deep, deep within a Parent Region. It's small and discreet and has always been a bother to try and locate. Well, not now. I make a Selection of the Whale Item I want, hit R and name it . .er . . Whale! This way I can go on editing somewhere else and easily return to Mr Whale Region via your RbyN:

So, @jetdv, your RbyN has delivered a further "urgent" way for me.

Grazie wrote on 2/23/2023, 12:21 AM

And now I can RENAME Regions too, and have that NEW Name appear within my Searches. This busts open another new way to "Search for Sequences". Too much Fun going on here.

wwaag wrote on 5/9/2023, 11:01 AM

New build 1.0.3.25 is now available.

Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf

New Versions of FFmpeg, Qsvencc64, Nvencc64, Vceencc64, AtomicParsley

New Tools
ArchiveCopy

Enables user to archive current project or copy media files to new location
Option to archive all media files to same location or maintain directory struc
Option to add media from nested projects into the archive
Option to archive immediately or add the archiving job to the Batch Archiver
Option to save associated sfk, sfvp0, and sfap0 files

Batch Archiver

Enables user to archive projects unattended
Projects to be archived may be added directly or through use of the ArchiveCop
Destination folder may be added to individual or multiple archiving jobs
Checks for missing project media and option to abort processing if found
Same archiving options that are found in the ArchiveCopy tool

New Features and Improvement

AviDub—quicker script loading for projects with large number of events
KwikProxy—option to add a watermark to proxies similar to ProxyAssist

Bug Fixes
RenderPlus

VirtualDub rendering not working in V19 and V20—fixed
Two pass renders not working with latest versions of FFmpeg—fixed
Qvbr mode for Nvenc renders not working correctly—fixed
Audio files always re-rendered when using GPU encoding--fixed

Here is the direct download link. https://tools4vegas.com/ru4f7l9rxql9ykg/

wwaag wrote on 5/23/2023, 2:08 PM

New build 1.0.3.26 is now available.

Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf

Major Bug Fix: KwikProxy and ImportAssist—crash when using cpu-based x264 and mpeg2 transcoding

RJJA wrote on 5/27/2023, 2:10 AM

Hello, do you know where the problem could be?
I need to render in 9:16 ratio. I changed the size to 1080x1920.
But the result after rendering is that only color bars are displayed.

Reyfox wrote on 5/27/2023, 2:55 AM

@RJJA this thread is not a general thread, but for Happy Otter Scripts. So please start your own post and include ALL the information in "B" and "C" in that post from HERE. Without the information, no one can help you.