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Java MP4Box GUI

• Created and compiled in Java 1.7!
• If you have Java 1.6, then it's time to update sheeple!
  • Will not run in Java 6 aka 1.6!!!
• Works fine in OpenJDK as far as I have seen (version 7 here also).
• Linux & VNC makes the Drag & Drop feature do strange things. You might have to restart the app a couple of times before it works, if at all!

Application paths (MP4Box & HandBrake)

• Tested in Windows 7 and XP

  • Use the version of both applications that matches the OS (64bit on 64bit etc), and then it should "just work"!
  • In 64-bit Windows, the %ProgramFiles% env variable goes to the x86 folder!

• Tested in Linux (Ubuntu 13.04 distros)

  • Both HandBrake and MP4Box should have their binaries located in "/usr/bin" by default. But this could not hold true for other *nix based OS's.

• Tested in Mac OSX 10.8 VM

  • The applications should both be installed into the Applications folder ("/Applications/")

Application binaries (MP4Box & HandBrake)

• Works equally on all operating systems!

Configuration

• settings.conf and language.conf are both created on first start. They will however not be updated if something is missing within the files etc. Simply delete/rename the conf files, and new default ones will be created!
• There are settings that can be edited in the settings.conf that are not configurable in the GUI.
  • Examples are: Logging, Filetype Warning message (VideoFileTypeWarning), Default video file output name (VideoFileName), Default video transcoding folder (VideoTranscodingDestinationFolder)...
  • Settings that ends with "DefaultSelection=1" are mostly defining what radio button (the round ones where only one can be selected) is selected as default. The number at the end can be changed, 1 is the first choice etc.