Specify an output folder, add the files to convert and select "Start Encoding" to begin. There is no server to set up, no web console to configure and no commands to enter.
The list of files queued for conversion. Files you add are placed in the queue as Waiting and are converted in order.
A single conversion in the queue. Each file becomes one job, and progress, remaining time and results are shown for each job.
Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions. You can choose to download the external tools and register the Windows service during installation. To install from the ZIP instead, extract it and put the folder wherever you like.
For licensing reasons, the external tools are not bundled; they are downloaded directly from each publisher. With the installer, you can download them during installation. If you installed from the ZIP, download them after launch from External Tools on the Tools menu. If FFmpeg is not found, the External Tools window opens automatically after the main window appears.
Only FFmpeg is required. NVEncC, QSVEncC and VCEEncC are used for GPU encoding; without them, encoding runs on the CPU. libVLC is used in the Adjust window, and without it the Adjust window (crop, trim and subtitle style) is not available.
To keep encoding while no one is signed in or while the window is closed, register NyXGridEncode as a Windows service. You can select this during installation, or register later from the Service page in Settings. You are prompted for administrator approval when you register.
Registration requires FFmpeg, so do this after downloading the external tools. When you register from Settings, the window closes and the service starts.
Specify the folder where converted files are saved. Type the path into "Output Folder" at the top of the window, or choose a folder with "Browse". Files you add yourself cannot be converted until an output folder is specified.
If a file of the same name already exists, a sequential number is appended to the end of the file name.
Select the preset to use from the preset list at the top of the main window. Five presets are provided for common purposes, and you can edit them or add your own in "Edit Presets".
Each file's preset is set at the moment the file is added. To use more than one preset, switch presets before you add the files, or right-click the job afterwards and change its preset from the "Preset" submenu.
GPUs detected at startup are enabled automatically with the default number of parallel jobs. If you need to change this, open the Encoding page in Settings, where you can choose which GPUs are used and set the parallel jobs for each one. Without a license key, one GPU is used at a time.
The Benchmark page in Settings measures and recommends a suitable number of parallel jobs.
Drag the files or folders you want to convert onto the window, or use "Add Files" or "Add Folder". When you add a folder, the videos in it are added, including those in subfolders.
Select "Start Encoding" at the top of the main window, then select "Waiting only" in the confirmation window. Jobs are assigned according to the parallel job settings.
During conversion, the window shows the progress and remaining time of each file, and the estimated completion time and remaining time of the whole run. Double-click a job to show its real-time log (double-clicking the Audio or Subtitles column opens track selection instead).
For details on each function and setting, see the User manual.
A run is designed to keep going without stopping for input, so you do not need to watch the window while it runs.
The estimated completion time and the remaining time are calculated from the progress of the running jobs and shown in the status bar, so you can see whether the run will finish by a given time.
Conversion never modifies the source files, and by default they stay where they are. If a file of the same name exists in the output folder, a sequential number is appended so that no existing file is overwritten.
Jobs whose settings the GPU cannot handle are processed on the CPU automatically through CPU fallback. Every CPU fallback is recorded both in the on-screen list and in the log. The main conditions are listed in the table below.
The queue is saved automatically. Select "Start Encoding" at the next launch to continue with the unfinished files. Any file that was mid-conversion when the run stopped is converted again from the start.
No confirmation dialogs requiring a response are shown during conversion. If a job fails, the run moves on to the next one; failures appear as red rows in the list and as a count at the bottom of the window.
By default, the PC is kept from going to sleep while encoding is in progress. You can turn this off in the settings. The display is still allowed to turn off.