Added option to set the process priority of the encoder processes.

gui/win_preferences.ui

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>379</width>
-    <height>325</height>
+    <height>366</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@
      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
       <item>
        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+        <item row="13" column="1" colspan="5">
+         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_8">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeType">
+           <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>20</width>
+            <height>8</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
         <item row="2" column="2" colspan="2">
          <widget class="QLabel" name="labelJobCount">
           <property name="enabled">
@@ -47,7 +63,7 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="1" column="0" rowspan="12">
+        <item row="1" column="0" rowspan="13">
          <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
           <property name="orientation">
            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -63,7 +79,7 @@
           </property>
          </spacer>
         </item>
-        <item row="1" column="6" rowspan="12">
+        <item row="1" column="6" rowspan="13">
          <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
           <property name="orientation">
            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -185,7 +201,7 @@ Please be aware that this option does NOT have any effect on 32-Bit systems.</st
           </property>
          </spacer>
         </item>
-        <item row="13" column="1" colspan="5">
+        <item row="15" column="1" colspan="5">
          <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
           <property name="orientation">
            <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -318,6 +334,51 @@ Please be aware that this option does NOT have any effect on 32-Bit systems.</st
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
+        <item row="14" column="4">
+         <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBoxPriority">
+          <property name="editable">
+           <bool>false</bool>
+          </property>
+          <property name="frame">
+           <bool>true</bool>
+          </property>
+          <item>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Normal</string>
+           </property>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Below Normal</string>
+           </property>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Idle</string>
+           </property>
+          </item>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="14" column="5">
+         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_5">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>40</width>
+            <height>20</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+        <item row="14" column="2" colspan="2">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelProcessPriority">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Priority for encoder processes:</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
      </layout>

src/thread_encode.cpp

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "global.h"
 #include "model_options.h"
+#include "win_preferences.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
 #include <QDate>
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ static const unsigned int REV_MULT = 10000;
 // Constructor & Destructor
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-EncodeThread::EncodeThread(const QString &sourceFileName, const QString &outputFileName, const OptionsModel *options, const QString &binDir, bool x264_x64, bool x264_10bit, bool avs2yuv_x64)
+EncodeThread::EncodeThread(const QString &sourceFileName, const QString &outputFileName, const OptionsModel *options, const QString &binDir, bool x264_x64, bool x264_10bit, bool avs2yuv_x64, unsigned int processPriroity)
 :
 	m_jobId(QUuid::createUuid()),
 	m_sourceFileName(sourceFileName),
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ EncodeThread::EncodeThread(const QString &sourceFileName, const QString &outputF
 	m_x264_x64(x264_x64),
 	m_x264_10bit(x264_10bit),
 	m_avs2yuv_x64(avs2yuv_x64),
+	m_processPriority(processPriroity),
 	m_handle_jobObject(NULL),
 	m_semaphorePaused(0)
 {
@@ -1115,9 +1117,20 @@ bool EncodeThread::startProcess(QProcess &process, const QString &program, const
 		AssignProcessToJobObject(m_handle_jobObject, process.pid()->hProcess);
 		if(pid != NULL)
 		{
-			if(!SetPriorityClass(process.pid()->hProcess, BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS))
+			switch(m_processPriority)
 			{
+			case PreferencesDialog::X264_PRIORITY_NORMAL:
+				SetPriorityClass(process.pid()->hProcess, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS);
+				break;
+			case PreferencesDialog::X264_PRIORITY_BELOWNORMAL:
+				if(!SetPriorityClass(process.pid()->hProcess, BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS))
+				{
+					SetPriorityClass(process.pid()->hProcess, IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS);
+				}
+				break;
+			case PreferencesDialog::X264_PRIORITY_IDLE:
 				SetPriorityClass(process.pid()->hProcess, IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS);
+				break;
 			}
 		}
 		

src/thread_encode.h

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public:
 		JobStatus_Undefined = 666
 	};
 	
-	EncodeThread(const QString &sourceFileName, const QString &outputFileName, const OptionsModel *options, const QString &binDir, bool x264_x64, bool x264_10bit, bool avs2yuv_x64);
+	EncodeThread(const QString &sourceFileName, const QString &outputFileName, const OptionsModel *options, const QString &binDir, bool x264_x64, bool x264_10bit, bool avs2yuv_x64, unsigned int processPriroity);
 	~EncodeThread(void);
 
 	QUuid getId(void) { return this->m_jobId; };
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ protected:
 	const bool m_x264_x64;
 	const bool m_x264_10bit;
 	const bool m_avs2yuv_x64;
+	const unsigned int m_processPriority;
 
 	//Flags
 	volatile bool m_abort;

src/version.h

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 #define VER_X264_MAJOR 2
 #define VER_X264_MINOR 1
-#define VER_X264_PATCH 3
+#define VER_X264_PATCH 4
-#define VER_X264_BUILD 471
+#define VER_X264_BUILD 475
 
 #define VER_X264_MINIMUM_REV 2282
 #define VER_X264_CURRENT_API 133

src/win_main.cpp

@@ -1109,7 +1109,8 @@ bool MainWindow::appendJob(const QString &sourceFileName, const QString &outputF
 		QString("%1/toolset").arg(m_appDir),
 		m_cpuFeatures->x64,
 		m_preferences.use10BitEncoding,
-		m_cpuFeatures->x64 && m_preferences.useAvisyth64Bit
+		m_cpuFeatures->x64 && m_preferences.useAvisyth64Bit,
+		m_preferences.processPriority
 	);
 
 	QModelIndex newIndex = m_jobList->insertJob(thrd);

src/win_preferences.cpp

@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ void PreferencesDialog::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
 	checkUse10BitEncoding->blockSignals(false);
 
 	spinBoxJobCount->setValue(m_preferences->maxRunningJobCount);
-	
+	comboBoxPriority->setCurrentIndex(qBound(0U, m_preferences->processPriority, 2U));
+
 	checkUse64BitAvs2YUV->setEnabled(m_x64);
 	labelUse64BitAvs2YUV->setEnabled(m_x64);
 }
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ void PreferencesDialog::done(int n)
 	m_preferences->saveLogFiles = checkSaveLogFiles->isChecked();
 	m_preferences->saveToSourcePath = checkSaveToSourceFolder->isChecked();
 	m_preferences->maxRunningJobCount = spinBoxJobCount->value();
+	m_preferences->processPriority = comboBoxPriority->currentIndex();
 
 	savePreferences(m_preferences);
 	QDialog::done(n);
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ void PreferencesDialog::initPreferences(Preferences *preferences)
 	preferences->useAvisyth64Bit = false;
 	preferences->saveLogFiles = false;
 	preferences->saveToSourcePath = false;
+	preferences->processPriority = X264_PRIORITY_BELOWNORMAL;
 }
 
 void PreferencesDialog::loadPreferences(Preferences *preferences)
@@ -180,6 +183,7 @@ void PreferencesDialog::loadPreferences(Preferences *preferences)
 	preferences->useAvisyth64Bit = settings.value("use_64bit_avisynth", QVariant(defaults.useAvisyth64Bit)).toBool();
 	preferences->saveLogFiles = settings.value("save_log_files", QVariant(defaults.saveLogFiles)).toBool();
 	preferences->saveToSourcePath = settings.value("save_to_source_path", QVariant(defaults.saveToSourcePath)).toBool();
+	preferences->processPriority = settings.value("process_priority", QVariant(defaults.processPriority)).toUInt();
 }
 
 void PreferencesDialog::savePreferences(Preferences *preferences)
@@ -195,6 +199,6 @@ void PreferencesDialog::savePreferences(Preferences *preferences)
 	settings.setValue("use_64bit_avisynth", preferences->useAvisyth64Bit);
 	settings.setValue("save_log_files", preferences->saveLogFiles);
 	settings.setValue("save_to_source_path", preferences->saveToSourcePath);
+	settings.setValue("process_priority", preferences->processPriority);
 	settings.sync();
 }
-

src/win_preferences.h

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ class PreferencesDialog : public QDialog, private Ui::PreferencesDialog
 	Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
+	enum
+	{
+		X264_PRIORITY_NORMAL = 0,
+		X264_PRIORITY_BELOWNORMAL = 1,
+		X264_PRIORITY_IDLE = 2,
+	}
+	x264_priority_t;
+	
 	typedef struct
 	{
 		bool autoRunNextJob;
@@ -37,6 +45,7 @@ public:
 		bool useAvisyth64Bit;
 		bool saveLogFiles;
 		bool saveToSourcePath;
+		unsigned int processPriority;
 	}
 	Preferences;