Comskip automation over four harddrives

[Richard]

Does anyone have a batch file that they can post that runs comskip on files that have not had comskip run on them?

I am looking for a batch file that can go through four hard drives searching all shows that are stored alphabetically in separate folders for each show. Then determine if a show has had comskip run on it, if not, run the comskip.exe on the program and then move onto the next show and stop after searching all four hard drives.

[drain]

Well, I didn't have such a batch file until just now. Sounds like a good idea. Here is my comskipsearch.bat - suggestions/corrections welcomed.

Code:

echo off
for /R %1 %%l in (*.mpg) do (
  if not exist "%%~dl%%~pl%%~nl.txt" (
    "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\comskip" "%%~l"
  )
)

Note that you might have to change the path to comskip.exe depending on you setup. It accepts a search path as a parameter, so you can just call it from another batch file to do all your drives. eg:

Code:

call comskipsearch d:\
call comskipsearch e:\recordings\
call comskipsearch f:\tv\
call comskipsearch g:\multimedia\videos\

[Richard]

Thank you Drain,

That is exactly what I was looking for. I have been running it for the past couple of days without any problems. I actually slightly modified it to allow me to watch the shows in Zoomplayer. With the couple of additional switches I can watch shows in Zoomplayer commercial free. Here is the modified batch file for anyone interested:

REM echo off
for /R %1 %%l in (*.mpg) do (
if not exist "%%~dl%%~pl%%~nl.csv" (
"C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\comskip" -n --zpcut "%%~l"
)
)

[wannabepvr]

Very nice. Works well.