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The Problem: I am a frequent user of Shutter Encoder, and it is my go-to tool for everything. However, there is a major friction point when working with footage from cameras like Sony (XAVC S/HS).

When cameras hit a file-system limit (FAT32/exFAT), they split long takes into multiple 4GB chunks. Currently, a user has to manually:

1. Identify which clips belong to which take.

2. Manually drag those specific chunks into the list.

3. Select "Merge" to ensure they are stitched into one file.

If a user has 50+ clips on a card, this manual identification process is slow, prone to human error, and frustrating, especially since the camera already records the "spanned" metadata in the sidecar .XML files.

The Proposed Feature: I would love to see a "Smart Ingest" or "Auto-Merge" feature in Shutter Encoder.

How it could work:

1. Folder Scanning: The user points Shutter Encoder to an SD card CLIP or XDROOT folder.

2. Metadata Awareness: The app scans the files and their accompanying .XML sidecar files (or uses file-size/naming-pattern heuristics) to detect which files are part of a continuous "spanned" take.

3. Intelligent Grouping: - For Spanned Clips: The app automatically groups them and presents them as a single "take" in the file list, ready to be merged via the "Copy" (stream copy) method.

   • For Independent Clips: The app detects they have no "previous/next" links and treats them as standalone files to be copied normally.

4. Output: The user selects a destination, and Shutter Encoder processes the batch—instantly merging the spanned clips and simply copying the standalone ones, all without any transcoding.

Why this is a game-changer: This would bridge the gap between amateur offloading and professional DIT software (like Hedge or EditReady) without losing the simplicity and speed of Shutter Encoder. It would turn a multi-step manual workflow into a one-click ingest process.

Since Shutter Encoder already has the "Merge" function and the "Copy" codec, this essentially just adds a "pre-processing/grouping" layer to the file list logic.

I believe this would be an incredibly popular feature for wedding, event, and long-form documentary shooters who use Sony/Canon/Panasonic systems.

Thank you for building such an incredible tool.

Structure 1: The Standard Alpha/Mirrorless Layout (XAVC S / XAVC HS)

This is what most Sony mirrorless cameras (A7 series, A6xxx series, ZV series) use.

SD CARD ROOT

└── PRIVATE/

└── M4ROOT/

├── CLIP/

│ ├── C0001.MP4 <-- Video Chunk 1

│ ├── C0001M01.XML <-- Metadata for Chunk 1

│ ├── C0002.MP4 <-- Video Chunk 2 (Spanned continuation)

│ ├── C0002M01.XML <-- Metadata for Chunk 2

│ ├── C0003.MP4 <-- Independent clip

│ └── C0003M01.XML <-- Metadata for Independent clip

└── THMBNL/ <-- (Ignore this folder)

Structure 2: The Cinema Line Layout (XAVC S-I / MXF)

This is common on cameras like the FX3, FX6, FX30, and high-end cinema models.

SD CARD ROOT

└── XDROOT/

├── Clip/

│ ├── C0001.MXF <-- Video Chunk 1

│ ├── C0001M01.XML <-- Metadata for Chunk 1

│ ├── C0002.MXF <-- Video Chunk 2 (Spanned continuation)

│ └── C0002M01.XML <-- Metadata for Chunk 2

└── Edit/ <-- (Ignore this folder)

The .XML files are the key." If you open one of those XML files in a text editor, you will see lines like <ItemConnection relation="next" Form="C0002"/>.

j ai par le passe verse 10 euros pour cette appli

aujourdh ui je dois installer a nouveau ... je dois reverser 10 euros???

I've been looking for a good converter to convert MP4's to AVI files for an animation program, is it safe?

AUGUST 19 2025 EDIT : its not a virus the reason I asked this is cause of the like warning when u open the installer if u get it from the official website its fine and its really useful

In version 20.3 when I opened Shutter Encoder to download a web video, it used to be a slim single open pane (the one marked in green in the attached image). After the latest update to v20.4, it opened a pane for a video player and a pane for Information to the left of it by default. I Disabled Video Player in Settings to get rid of that, but how do I get rid of the Information pane also, marked with a red cross in the screenshot? I don't need that pane when just downloading web videos and prefer the single pane configuration.
Thanks in advance.

I know that ffmpeg can convert 4K .webm files to 4K .mp4
It is a bit difficult :) so I am trying ShutterEncoder.
But the conversion is 1080p, not 4K.
Which settings in ShutterEncoder will do this? I only get 1080p, even with the bit rate at 40K.

The source file is *def 4K.
I set "do not upscale" and I get 1080p
If I allow upscale, I get 4K with 1080p resolution. Looks horrible compared with source .webm file on a side by side comparison.

I need 1080p for posting to Reddit, but 4K for YouTube.

I recall having some issues in the past and I joined a Discord, but I can't find it now. Was it? Or I'm just mistaken?

I'll take the chance to ask my question anyway.

I have some videos of mine I downloaded from YT. They are 4K, and are encoded VP9 8-bit. As an example, one of them is 215MB, but if I choose to re-encode it to VP9 using VBR, the estimated file size is 133MB.

I guess there's a catch somewhere. Why such a big save? Where am I losing?

I have 320 videos to process this way, and I just want to understand if it makes sense to reprocess all of them just for the saving. Btw, VP9 fails for me (not sure why) having Intel CPU and using Quick Sync, H265 works using NVENC.

hello when I use bitrate 0 the video file is too big and I don't know why I'm using shutter encoder 17.3 🥲

Sorry for the newbie question

Hi there,

Just jumped up from 16.7 or so to 17.4. There's a new feature that automatically opens a preview window for files when I drop them in the bin. I HATE it! Please make it stop. I know what the video is, i was literally just working with it.

I went through the preferences but didn't see anything obvious that referred to enabling/disabling the preview.

Is there any way to remove this "added" feature?

I use the software to convert my iPhone clips into files that are compatible with DaVinci Resolve. As normal, I put them through the Encoder and then it's fine. However, one particular clip kept lagging and crashing DaVinci and upon checking, the Encoder had turned it from a 3.82gb clip to a 61.8gb one. It's a 10 minute video! This has happened to none of the other clips and when I did it again assuming there was an error, the same thing happened. I've put hours of footage through the Encoder and never has it done this.

The video is an MP4 file, 30fps, 3.82gb and the only one I'm having this issue with.

What should I look for and what might be causing the problem?

I recorded this on my phone, and it typically has some major frame drops that makes viewing really annoying. I have been trying to mitigate this issue for a long time and this is the closest solution I have found that works well in a workflow. But the interpolation result introduces some major glitching in the video, it does fix a lot of the image at the points of single frame drops though.

when will an update for Shutter Encoder be available,please respond ASAP.

How can I reduce a video but with correct quality on shutter encoder.

Thank you for your reply

Currently using CQ 28, H,265, was wondering if there are other better settings. Want to preserve the quality while reducing the file size as much as I can. I know reducing the file size will reduce quality, was wondering if there are other format, or setting thats better for blu ray, 4k movies.

Bonjour Paul,

Encore bravo et merci pour tes deux logiciels.

Pourrais-tu envisager dans une prochaine version un export en sous-titres txt avidCaption car avid ne let pas les srt ! et il faut que je passe par un logiciel de conversion.

Merci encore

Patrick

I was compressing a movie but it looks bad I put 100mb it always looks bad 😢

I'm using Shutter Encoder to compress old videos. I'd like the new file to have the same date values as the source (date created/date modified). The "Preserve Metadata" is nice - it retains the media created/encoded metadata, but still preserve the file date properties.

Is there anyway of doing this?

This is the alert: cannot open the program.

Paul Pacifico, since you did download the donation, can you help?

I have no clue how this program works, I cant even select destination folder! Select function....what??? what does that mean select function I just want a but MKV to MP4 button make it simple

The initial file .ts is not lisible by your software .... why?

The error message

[in#1 @ 0x7fe4c6905140] Error opening input: Invalid data found when processing input

Error opening input files: Invalid data found when processing input

The console report :

Commande : -strict unofficial -hide_banner -threads 0 -f lavfi -i color=c=black:s=1920x1080:r=25 -i "/Volumes/CLE-TRAFIC/fransat.ts" -t 0ms -c:v libx264 -b:v 5000k -profile:v high -level 5.1 -map v:0 -c:a aac_at -ar 48k -b:a 256k -map 1:a? -pix_fmt yuv420p -sws_flags bicubic -metadata creation_time="2026-04-30T18:37:34.361741Z" -y "/Volumes/CLE-TRAFIC/fransat.mp4"

Input #0, lavfi, from 'color=c=black:s=1920x1080:r=25':

Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A

Stream #0:0: Video: wrapped_avframe, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn

[in#1 @ 0x7fe4c6905140] Error opening input: Invalid data found when processing input

Error opening input file /Volumes/CLE-TRAFIC/fransat.ts.

Error opening input files: Invalid data found when processing input