Job queue + Video Generator across multiple demos

[mavproductions]

What problem is this solving

When working on frag-movies, video editors LOVE to have scenes render overnight when they have all the ticks/rounds set aside and ready to go through. It's just very tedious unless you have a workflow using some sort of scheduler.

These have existed in the past but sometimes were very manual feeling, instead of feeling like a seamless video capture experience.

Right now if I go between demos with some sequences already attached, CSDM has memory of where it was left off - per demo! Why not send these to the bottom left with an indicator of how many videos are awaiting to be generated. Now imagine using mirv_campath load "cool campath.xml" and tying it to a specific demo which then adds a new sequence with that as well!

Now we're playing with fire.

Proposed solution

I purpose a new tab is made at the bottom-left corner of the left sidebar, called "job queue". It looks like your standard grid list of sequences, the demo it comes from, the length, how much disk space it'll take up, what rendering profile it's being used("TGA vs. FFMPEG"(avi,prores,proresXQ,utAlpha,p0-p4, etc.), output FPS, moviecfg attached to the sequence, perhaps telltale icons as headers to indicate if cl_drawhud is off/on or if cl_draw_only_deathnotices is enabled/disabled.

To add to the column headers, the output directory of each sequence - while allowing each sequence to output to a different director would allow moviemakers to continue their usual workflow, or even just having a checkbox to conveniently have CSDM put each sequence in it's own folder per-round (if it had a campath scene (or few) recorded as well.

Describe alternatives you've considered

HLAE has had scheduler-style CLI methods for batch rendering scenes, but they didn't feel particularly seamless/intuitive to me.

I don't have any other suggestions/alternatives off the top of my head, but I feel like you might be able to shed some light.

Thank you for making this app and for taking the time to read my suggestion.