2Phone.vbs
Released to Public Domain
Eric Phelps
July 2008

Converts any video file (or a folder full of files) to baseline 
MP4 H264 AAC 320x240 15FPS. If a file or folder is not specfied, 
the script will toggle a right-click setting for itself on any 
desired file type.

If you don't have an INI file, the script will try to allow you 
to confirm or change all default settings with a pop-up Internet 
Explorer window. If you have a (in this case) pernicious pop-up 
blocker, you'll either have to edit the script default settings 
or create an INI file. 

PLEASE review the constants declarations in the beginning of the 
script (or in the INI file or as one of the items in the pop-up 
IE window) before running the script! You might want to pay 
special attention to the line:
Const DELETE_SOURCE_FILES = True
... and set it to FALSE until you trust the script. The script 
will "Recycle" files rather than permanently delete them.

The script was designed for converting "dvr-ms" and "wmv" files 
into small "mp4" files, but it will handle pretty much anything. 
The script was designed for US "NTSC" frame rates and has not 
been tested on "PAL" movies. The script has not been tested on 
DVD "VOB" files.

The script tries really hard not to run multiple instances! It 
does this be creating a ".flag" file in the destination folder 
and will declare it is "waiting for other process" for as long 
as that flag file exists. If the script crashes, you may need to 
manually delete the .flag file. The script will also pause itself 
if it sees another instance of "ffmpeg" or "ExtractClosedCaptions" 
running. I have bad experiences with multiple instances of these 
programs running at the same time!

If the input file has a UNC path, the file will be copied to the 
destination folder before being processed. It runs faster that way!

The script will store converted files in a "My Movies" or "Movies" 
subfolder of your "My Documents" folder or in any other specified 
folder.

REQUIRES "ffmpeg.exe" (and "pthreadGC2.dll") best obtained by 
installing Videora iPod converter from: http://www.videora.com/ 
then copying files. Ffmpeg needs H264 option compiled in, which 
is fairly rare. See also: 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205275&package_id=248632
http://ffdshow.faireal.net/mirror/ffmpeg/
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg

Uses the ActiveX or command-line version of "MediaInfo" to get 
movie or show data. See http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net.

Uses "ExtractClosedCaptions.exe" to get captions from ms-dvr 
files. See:
http://www.ericphelps.com/scripting/samples/2Phone/ExtractClosedCaptions.exe
http://www.ericphelps.com/scripting/samples/2Phone/Toub.MediaCenter.Dvrms.dll
This is (these are) a modified version of Stephen Toub's "ClosedCaptions" 
used to extract closed caption text from "dvr-ms" files. You can get 
Toub's original code here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/toub/archive/2005/09/17/470491.aspx 
The files I present here have been modified to run without user 
interaction and to generate SRT files. Versions of these binaries 
were located here:
http://www.showanalyser.com/forums/attachment.php?s=cfbfdaa49a8d8af0abf477698eacf7bc&attachmentid=149&d=1186915917
http://www.showanalyser.com/forums/attachment.php?s=eced095cf4f0c97b892f6b4d4c049828&attachmentid=149&d=1186915917
http://www.dragonglobal.org/forums/attachment.php?s=cfbfdaa49a8d8af0abf477698eacf7bc&attachmentid=143&d=1185003733
Unfortunately, the above links are no longer valid.

Uses "MP4Box.exe" to add subtitles directly to the MP4 file. See:
http://kurtnoise.free.fr/mp4tools/

Uses "AtomicParsley.exe" to add metadata to the MP4 file. See:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/atomicparsley

If FFDSHOW and AVISynth are installed, you'll be able to permanently 
embed subtitles. See:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/
http://avisynth.org/

If an Internet connection is available, will parse information 
from http://www.imdb.com/ to get movie plot and release year data.

MP4 files will play on Windows Mobile using TCPMP from:
http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/test/

MP4 files will play on Windows. Try these players:
http://www.videolan.org/
http://mpui.sourceforge.net/



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All three "2Phone" files contain the same code. Download the most 
convenient one. 

Downloading Notes: 

VBS FILE
IE may try to run the VBS file instead of downloading it! You'll 
have to right-click and select "Save Link" or "Save Target" to save 
the file to your hard drive. 

TXT FILE
Be sure to save the downloaded file with a VBS file extension. If your 
Windows has the default behavior of hiding file extensions, you will 
have to quote the file name. For example, don't save it as test.vbs, 
but as "test.vbs". Using quotes forces Windows to honor your file 
extension.

ZIP FILE
No problems. The zip file may (or may not) contain other information 
or directions.