Free Tools
Free Tools
The following Happy Otter tools may be freely downloaded and shared by anyone visiting this site. If you find them useful, please consider buying the HappyOtter a beer–preferably a Guinness, his favorite brew.
Standalone Applications
- Audio Sync and Remux – replaces audio stream and/or losslessly adjusts audio delay of rendered MP4 files
- Date Folder Creator – creates date folders and then moves media files into them based on file recording date
- Duplicate Frames Finder – searches for duplicate adjacent frames for video events on the Vegas timeline
- Elapsed Time Generator – adds elapsed time to rendered files with choice of font, size, style, color and location
- GoPro File Mover – moves GoPro files to top directory when only a single camera is being used
- GPS Thumbnail Creator – creates thumbnails and when available adds extracted GPS from GoPro as metadata
- Kill All Vegas – app to kill all Vegas instances that are still running or have crashed
- Legacy Text Extractor – extracts Vegas Legacy Text titles directly from the project file
- Magix BlackLister – renames videostream metadata title so that the copied media file can be “blacklisted”
- MP4 Date Changer – Losslessly changes selected MP4 and MOV metadata including date of original recording
- MP4 File Joiner – joins previously rendered MP4 files with choice of joining techniques
- Render Quality Metrics – quantitative metrics based on comparison of rendered frames to the original source
- Render Quality Metrics FFmpeg – metrics based on a comparison of rendered file to a reference file using FFmpeg
- Small Image Import – imports small images onto larger frame for import into Vegas without zooming
- Text Script Converter – batch conversion of text scripts from Sony to Magix or vice-versa
Vegas Script Extensions
- Add Tape Name – a script that enables the user to add a Tape Name to project media
- AutoColorGrading – scripts for applying auto settings such as Color Level or Color Balance to multiple events
- Copy Track Volume Envelopes – script for copying track volume envelope and pasting to new track
- Forward Reverse Subclips – creates forward and reverse subclips for region within selected event
- Get Title Text – extracts text from selected Titles & Text media in a format suitable for use in Text to Speech apps
- Group Selected Events – creates a group across tracks for selected events–E.g. regroup video and audio
- Insert Freeze Frame – script for inserting freeze frames into a video event without use of velocity envelopes
- Invert Regions – script for inverting or creating regions where no regions currently exist
- Keyframe Adjuster – enables user to adjust the position of all pan/crop keyframes for a selected event
- Mute Hidden Events – splits and mutes events that are “hidden” or “covered” on lower tracks
- OBS Timestamps To Markers – script that adds markers to OBS recordings using timestamps from Infowriter
- PasteAtMarkers – script that copies the first selected event on each track to all marker positions
- Playlist Import – script that enables the user to import audio playlists to the Vegas timeline
- Points At Markers – script that adds a point to the track volume envelope at the position all timeline markers
- Quantize to Frames – quantizes event, fade, marker, region and render loop points to the nearest frame boundary
- Regions to Projects – creates nested projects from all regions, selection loop or selected events
- Remove Empty Tracks – removes all empty tracks from a project
- Remove Events – script for removing timeline events and deleting or recycling associated media files
- Remove Hidden Events – splits and removes events that are “hidden” or “covered” on lower tracks
- ReSync Audio – re-syncs audio with video for selected events
- SaveCloseKill – saves project, closes and then “kills” Vegas for use when Vegas doesn’t shutdown properly
- SaveRestore – saves cursor position when project closes and places cursor at same position when project re-opens
- Serialize Events – simple script to add a serialized suffix to Active Take Name
- Set Alpha – simple script for setting alpha property for selected events
- Set Audio Crossfade – enables the user to set the crossfade length for selected audio events
- Set Event Fx and Transitions – script to bypass, enable, or remove Fx and transitions for selected or all events
- Set Event Length – simple script for setting the length of selected events
- Show Fx – script to show all event, media, track, and output Fx for selected event
- Show Proxies – script that shows all media files that have proxies
- SlipSlide Tools – a set of scripts designed to slip or slide events by a configurable amount of time
- Snapshot Tools – five scripts for creating, saving, and editing images of the timeline at the position of the cursor
- Trim Frames – simple script for trimming head and tail frames from an event with optional auto ripple
- Trim To Fit – trims the length of a selected event so that it does not overlap the next event
- Vegas Render Quality – set of tools designed to measure the quality of Vegas renders including PSNR and SSIM
- Zoom Tools – set of scripts designed to zoom in and out of timeline without use of mouse wheel
Vegas Extensions
- DaviTools VideoWall – extension designed to easily create a video wall using a graphical user interface
Vegas Text Scripts
- Move Cursor – a set of scripts designed to move the position of the cursor by a set time amount
- Regions From Transitions – a script that adds a region for each transition on the selected track
- Select Events – a set of scripts designed to select events based on cursor position or presence of markers
- Split Events – a set of scripts designed to split events
- Trim Events – a set of scripts designed to trim events