Missing options for custom presets

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mitsuhide
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Missing options for custom presets

Post by mitsuhide »

Please detail your question or problem in as much detail as possible:

While attempting to import a custom preset file, I realized this is not a recognized option for me, although it is shown as an option in the documentation and referenced in many places.

Here is a paste of the 'General options' from the documentation online:

General Options --------------------------------------------------------------

-h, --help Print help
--version Print version
-v, --verbose[=number] Be verbose (optional argument: logging level)
-Z. --preset <string> Select preset by name (case-sensitive)
Enclose names containing spaces in double quotation
marks (e.g. "Preset Name")
-z, --preset-list List available presets
--preset-import-file <filespec>
Import presets from a json preset file.
'filespec' may be a list of files separated
by spaces, or it may use shell wildcards.
--preset-import-gui Import presets from GUI config preset file.
--preset-export <string>
Create a new preset from command line options and
write a json representation of the preset to the
console or a file if '--preset-export-file' is
specified. The required argument will be the name
of the new preset.
--preset-export-file <filename>
Write new preset generated by '--preset-export'
to file 'filename'.
--preset-export-description <string>
Add a description to the new preset created with
'--preset-export'
--queue-import-file <filename>
Import an encode queue file created by the GUI
--no-dvdnav Do not use dvdnav for reading DVDs
--no-opencl Disable use of OpenCL



And here is the same section of General Options from the help output of my HandBrakeCLI. Notice there is a lot missing. I have been unable to find out why:

### General Handbrake Options------------------------------------------------

-h, --help Print help
-u, --update Check for updates and exit
-v, --verbose <#> Be verbose (optional argument: logging level)
-Z. --preset <string> Use a built-in preset. Capitalization matters, and
if the preset name has spaces, surround it with
double quotation marks
-z, --preset-list See a list of available built-in presets
--no-dvdnav Do not use dvdnav for reading DVDs
--no-opencl Disable use of OpenCL





Tell us about your environment. What version of HandBrake? What operating system are you running. etc.

OSX 10.11.3
HandBrake 0.10.5 (2016021100) - Darwin x86_64
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Ritsuka
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Re: Missing options for custom presets

Post by Ritsuka »

The documentation online is being update for the next release. You can find the import preset option in the nightly build.
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