Transcode Problem

[axeman91]

Hi,

I'm currently running GBPVR 1.4.7 which is working very well, all apart from the transcode. I've read various threads about transcode problems, but I can't seem to find any refernce to it in the logs at all, regardless of what setting I use. I'm not sure which log file I should be looking in to be honest, but I've attached them all anyway. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[axeman91]

I'm trying to transcode .ts files into mpeg2 by the way

[Snooze]

Does this help? http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post352681

[mvallevand]

Try running the command this is issued from the command line and see if any error are displayed.

Code:

C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Third Party\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -y -i "D:\Recordings\The Hills\The Hills_20091012_16001625.ts" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f dvd ""D:\Recordings\The Hills\The Hills_20091012_16001625.mpg"

Martin

[axeman91]

OK, I ran that command and got an error back saying:

Unable to find a suitable output format for 'Hills\The'

[axeman91]

Right, it seems that there is an extra set of quotation marks around the destination filename that are preventing this from working correctly. Is this something in the config.xml file that I can edit?

[axeman91]

Ok, some success. Manual transcoding is now working after removing the quotation marks around the destination file in config.xml, however automatic transcoding still isn;t doing anything. I have it set to ASAP so presumably it ought to start as soon as it's finished recording. I have attached the new log files....

[goelectric]

Hi,

It looks like MPEG-2 is not defined in the config.xml file for AutoConvertTSToFormat (Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR). I fixed this by changing to to this:-

<AutoConvertTSToFormat>TsToMpg</AutoConvertTSToFormat>
......

and adding a definition for TsToMpg in CustomFFmpegConversions:-

<CustomFFmpegConversions>
<Conversion name="TsToMpg" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f dvd {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mpg" />
........
</CustomFFmpegConversions>

You could probably just add a defintion for MPEG-2 in CustomFFmpegConversions

Hope that helps.

ATB
Steve