Introduction to Media Converter

PLM has a built-in simplified Media Converter based on ffmpeg. This feature is still in the experimental stage, but it has already implemented basic functions for cropping/merging/converting formats, and can save the current configuration as a profile for repeated use.

Profile and project files

Interface Parameter Description

The left side of the Media Converter is a file segment tree listing which files are involved in the trimming and which segments each file is split into. The right side contains specific technical parameters, and below are the operation buttons.

Keep only the best parts from a single file

  1. Click the "Add File" button, select the file to be processed. You can click "Local File" during selection to load files that are not in the media library. The file must be online.
  2. Under the newly added file node on the left, click "Add Segment", open the player to select the segment, use the "{" button to define the start position, and then use the "}" button to define the end position, close the player, and a new segment node will be added.
  3. If the above-added media library file has completed "parts definition", you can click the "Add parts" button under the file node, and then select the required part(s) as new segment(s).
  4. Repeat the above two steps until all segment definitions are completed.
  5. Because you are only operating on a single file now, all parameters on the right (except for hardware acceleration) are blank (unless you need to change the resolution, etc.), then select "Merge" as "1: Merge each file's segs".
  6. Click the "Go" button and confirm, PLM will start the conversion process.
  7. After completion, PLM will open the folder where the converted file is located for users to process later, such as renaming or moving.

Cut ADs

  1. Click the "Add File" button to add a media library file that has completed AD parts definition. The file must be online.
  2. Click the "Cut ADs" button, PLM will automatically remove the AD parts and generate a segment list for the other parts.
  3. Click the "Go" button and confirm, PLM will start the conversion process.
  4. After completion, PLM will open the folder where the converted file is located for users to process later, such as renaming or moving.

Extract MP3

  1. Click the "Add File" button, select the file to be processed. You can click "Local File" during selection to load files that are not in the media library. The file must be online.
  2. Under the newly added file node on the left, click "Add Segment", open the player to select the segment, use the "{" button to define the start position, and then use the "}" button to define the end position, close the player, and a new segment node will be added.
  3. If the above-added media library file has completed "parts definition", you can click the "Add parts" button under the file node, and then select the required part(s) as new segment(s).
  4. Repeat the above two steps until all segment definitions are completed.
  5. Because you are only operating on a single file now, all parameters on the right (except for hardware acceleration) are blank (unless you need to change the resolution, etc.), then select "Merge" as "1: Merge each file's segs".
  6. Check "No video" and uncheck "No audio"
  7. Set "Output format" to "mp3"
  8. Click the "Go" button and confirm, PLM will start the conversion process.
  9. After completion, PLM will open the folder where the converted file is located for users to process later, such as renaming or moving.

Merge multiple file segments

This feature is not yet perfect and may cause the audio and video of the merged video to be out of sync.

  1. Click the "Add File" button, select the file to be processed. You can click "Local File" during selection to load files that are not in the media library. The file must be online.
  2. Under the newly added file node on the left, click "Add Segment", open the player to select the segment, use the "{" button to define the start position, and then use the "}" button to define the end position, close the player, and a new segment node will be added.
  3. Repeat the above two steps until all segment definitions are completed.
  4. Check all the nodes that need to be merged on the left, and select "2: Merge all segs" for "Merge".
  5. Select "CRF" for "Bit rate control".
  6. Select a suitable encoder, resolution, and format.
  7. Click the "Go" button and confirm, PLM will start the conversion process.
  8. After completion, PLM will open the folder where the converted file is located for users to process later, such as renaming or moving.