ZProcess dvr-ms files

[Caseyjones]

I have followed the Wiki pages to install ZProcess for converting dvr-ms files.

I have created a profile called TV to try and convert files to PAL 352x288, in mpeg 4 format.

When using the interacive menu it always creates at 640x688 no matter what I set.

So I decided to create a batch file.

echo %1

c:
cd C:\program files\devnz\gbpvr\third party\ztools

zprocess2 %1 TV Auto

pause

When I drag a file onto it, all it does is ask if I wish add settings into GBPVR and then goes to the Interactive menu.


Help would be appreciated in getting either the interactive to use my TV settings, or modifying the batch so it works.

[zehd]

I have created a profile called TV to try and convert files to PAL 352x288, in mpeg 4 format.

For the MVP, the output should be mpeg 2... not 4 Unless you are not wishing to view on mvp and just want to trancode to mpeg4. I wonder if the version of ffmpeg that works well for dvr-ms actually does mpeg4.

Maybe try the output as standard mpeg and see if it at least takes the parameters...

When using the interacive menu it always creates at 640x688 no matter what I set.

I'm starting to think I have some hardcoded logic that's doing this. What's the original files dimensions,and is it 16:9 or 4:3?

So I decided to create a batch file.

echo %1

c:
cd C:\program files\devnz\gbpvr\third party\ztools

zprocess2 %1 TV Auto

pause

I would not expect this to work if ZProcess isn't working in manual mode

Zip and attach the ZProcessRegSettings.txt and the ZProcess.log file

[Caseyjones]

I have tried using the 2avi but this has the same effect as my custom TV. I'm not looking to create for MVP just recode to a smaller file size.
Using 2mpg it has an error in it about died early, so changed to use ffmpeg.

The size is 720x576 (standard PAL size) in 16x9

I couldn't find ZProcessRegSettings.txt but found something similar in ztools that I have enclosed.

No existence of a log file (if i use redirect > from the batch file it is empty)

if I show transcode the ffmpeg always has a -s 640x688 in its options.

The show transcode command gives


C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\ztools>"C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Th
ird Party\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -y -i "E:\Recordings\Horizon\Horizon_20080219_21002
150.dvr-ms" -vcodec mpeg2video -b 2400k -acodec mp2 -ab 192k -ar 44100 -ac 2 -vo
l 1000 -s 640x688 -r 25 -aspect 4:3 -async 15 -padbottom 0 "E:\Recordings\Horizo
n\Horizon_20080219_21002150.mpg" 2>"C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\zt
ools\transcode.log"

[zehd]

I have tried using the 2avi but this has the same effect as my custom TV. I'm not looking to create for MVP just recode to a smaller file size.
Using 2mpg it has an error in it about died early, so changed to use ffmpeg.

The size is 720x576 (standard PAL size) in 16x9

I couldn't find ZProcessRegSettings.txt but found something similar in ztools that I have enclosed.

No existence of a log file (if i use redirect > from the batch file it is empty)

if I show transcode the ffmpeg always has a -s 640x688 in its options.

The show transcode command gives


C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\ztools>"C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Th
ird Party\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -y -i "E:\Recordings\Horizon\Horizon_20080219_21002
150.dvr-ms" -vcodec mpeg2video -b 2400k -acodec mp2 -ab 192k -ar 44100 -ac 2 -vo
l 1000 -s 640x688 -r 25 -aspect 4:3 -async 15 -padbottom 0 "E:\Recordings\Horizo
n\Horizon_20080219_21002150.mpg" 2>"C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\zt
ools\transcode.log"

Yes that's the right reg settings file, sorry. The zprocess.log is in the Dated MVP Cache folder, eg: D:\TV\Recorded\MVP_Cache\20080415 Even if it's not using the cache, it still creates dated folders and stores a new log for each day there...

Try working with only ZTrancode for this step. After you load a dvrms file into ZTranscode manually, do you see the correct input dimensions?

Is it possible for you to make available a small clip? It will be easier for me to just make it work rather than figure it out logically...