Deadline plugin for automatically creating preview from rendered job using ffmpeg. Creates separate ffmpeg job on job completion which encodes rendered sequence.

Installation:

• Clone repository to <Deadline Repository>/events/ or copy AutoFFmpeg.py and AutoFFmpeg.param to <Deadline Repository>/events/AutoFFmpeg folder.
• Open menu Tools - Configure Events.. in deadline monitor and choose AutoFFmpeg plugin from list and enable it.

Configuration:

• State:
  • Opt-In: Plugin will be active only for jobs that specifies it in Event Opt-Ins.
  • Global Enabled: Work on any job.
  • Disabled: Disable plugin.
• Job Name Filter (python regular expression): Use python regex to filter job based on name. Default .+ process any job.
• Plugin Name Filter (python regular expression): Use python regex to filter job based on plugin name. Default .+ process any job.
• Input Args: ffmpeg input arguments (NOTE: do not pass -start_number flag it handeled internally based on job frames list).
• Output Args: ffmpeg output arguments.
• Input File: Uses tokens for example: <Info.OutputDirectory0>/<Info.OutputFilename0> will pick first output folder and first output file of the job using submit info/plugin information.
• Input File: Uses tokens for example: <Info.OutputDirectory0>/preview.mp4 will pick first output folder of the job using submit info/plugin information.
• Job Priority: ffmpeg job priority.
• Token Delimiter: Token delimiter to use in OutputFile and InputFile. May be one or to symbol long. Default is <>.