Latest Cyberlink MUX - how to get ???

[Cahill84]

yeah, that wasn't there when I posted... umm.. or I'm losing it. I don't know how I missed that. Yeah, it could be that I have only had like 4 hours of sleep in the last three days, but still that's weird. I could of swore that the site hadn't been given. Thanks... I'll give it a shot.

O.k. so I'll just edited this post instead of posting a new one. It didn't work. It says that I have the Cyberlink mux and it's installed and all, but I just tried a transcode and it created a 0mb file.

Secondly, is there a way to alter the settings for the Divx/Xvid transcode. Meaning that I want to use quality setting of say 4 (variable bitrate, I think is how they term it). Likewise, I want the aspect ratio to be 720 X 480, so I don't have to worry about it not playing on all players.

[gEd]

I'm don't think that simply having the cyberlink mux is going to enable you to transcode these (old) dvr.ms files directly to avi. Perhaps they need to be converted to mpeg first using

gbpvrconvert <oldfilename> <newfilename> MPEG2

btw: If you change you mux in the config to cyberlink, all new recordings will be saved as an mpeg file. These can then be converted to avi using the transcode option in the video plugin.

Search for "qscale" for info on how to modify your config.xml file to alter the conversion parameters to support the "quality setting". You can define aspect ratio (as opposed to specific resolution) in the command line. I currently use the following settings which are quick and look good but the file sizes are bigger than I would ideally like.

<Conversion name="XviD 16:9" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -deinterlace -vcodec mpeg4 -qscale 5 -aspect 16:9 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />

<Conversion name="XviD 4:3" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -deinterlace -vcodec mpeg4 -qscale 5 -aspect 4:3 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />

This (old) thread was about obtaining the cyberlink mux. Open a new thread if you have any further questions regarding transcoding.

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I'm don't think that simply having the cyberlink mux is going to enable you to transcode these (old) dvr.ms files directly to avi. Perhaps they need to be converted to mpeg first using

gbpvrconvert <oldfilename> <newfilename> MPEG2

When you try to use GB-PVR to convert a DVR-MS to anything (MPEG2, divx, xvid etc), then it runs effectively that command, which behind the scenes uses the Cyberlink mux.

If its going to convert to xvid/divx/etc, then it makes an intermediate .mpg file using the above, before using ffmpeg to do the final conversion.

[steve232]

The following place sells what appears to be an older version of powervcr for anyone that wishes to purchase that package to get the needed files.
Seems to be $10 plus shipping.

http://www.softwareoutlet.com/Merchant2/..._Code=4407

Steve

[Cahill84]

Is there a way to call GBPVRConvert in a batch file directly? and use the profiles in config.xml?

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Is there a way to call GBPVRConvert in a batch file directly? and use the profiles in config.xml?

No, not easily. I cant think of anyway from a batch file to get settings config.xml.

[Cahill84]

Actually, let me clarify... I was looking for something like this

GBPVRConvert.exe -"Profile from config.xml" someshow.mpg to newshow.avi

[sub]

No sorry. GBPVRConvert.exe is only used for converting .dvr-ms files to .mpg files. For conversions to .avi files, you'd have to use ffmpeg or other convertet.