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Is it possible to search a folder for all video files using a certain codec?
I got a bunch of video files from people, and one of the codecs used by some is giving me problems. So I would like to find all files with that codec so I can re-encode those. More specifically I'm looking for all files using msmpeg4. Is this possible in windows (with or without a program I have to download)? There are a lot of files, so it's impractical to check the codecs manually or re-encoding everything.
Thanks!
The Oddler
Posted 2014-09-08T19:34:09.347
Reputation: 123
Try this: Go to the folder with the videos. (If you don't have the File, Edit, etc menu... tap alt) Go to View -> Sort by -> More... I couldn't find "codec" or "encoding" on this list, but I suspect there's a category that may help you. Maybe "video compression?". You'll need to set your view to Details and then sort by that new column. – Wutnaut – 2014-09-08T20:40:34.457
That seems to work! I don't get the codec, but some weird string but they seems consistent with the codec. Thanks! – The Oddler – 2014-09-09T10:13:54.303
I found that the video compression column doesn't show any values when in a search result. That's annoying, since most videos are in folders and I tried flattening those folders by searching for "avi", which worked ben then the video compression column is useles. – The Oddler – 2014-09-09T11:23:05.603
The idea behind the new column wasn't to search through that field with a query, it was to sort all the videos by that new column so the group you're looking for are all sorted neighbors. – Wutnaut – 2014-09-09T18:40:25.140
Yes, that's what I did. Though the problem is that the videos are in different folders. So to view all videos in the same "folder" I did a search for "avi", that way I could add the column and sort by it. Though now windows doesn't show content in the "video compression" column when using a search. So now I would have to move all videos to a single folder to get it to work. Problem then is that a lot of videos have the same name. – The Oddler – 2014-09-09T22:58:06.983