Transcode to Shrink HVR-1600 HD Recordings?

[topperdude]

And the actually version that ships with GB-PVR won't work very well for you. It would be interesting to see what version ships with SUPER...

It certainly does not seem to be working as well. Spent pretty much all evening yesterday trying to get the CustomConversion command working. The original command in my previous post didnt work too well - It basically converted the file from ts to mpg with the same video resolution (1280x720p) instead of downscaling it to 720x480.

Tried several options for both the audio and video and I think I finally got the video part working with the following code:

Code:

<Conversion name="Xbox" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -b 2496k -aspect 1.7777 -r 29.97 -s 720x480 -vcodec mpeg2video -ab 448 -ar 48000 -acodec ac3 -ac 6 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mpg" />

However, I am having problems with audio. With the above option, IIRC, the output file showed it has AC3 sound (3/2.1) in Gspot but when I play the file, there's no sound coming through. Upon further inspection, I noticed GSpot also had a note that essentially indicated the sound was disabled somehow. Not sure how the output file can have AC3 6 channel sound but it is disabled and what I need to do to enable it? :confused:

I also tried replacing the -ab 448 -ar 48000 -acodec ac3 -ac 6 in the above code with -acodec copy as in my previous post but got the same results.

Does the version shipping with GBPVR have something that may be causing the problem with the audio. I guess I can try to use the version from SUPER and see if it works with the above command. Any other thoughts on fixing the audio issue would be appreciated.

Thanks,
-Topper

[HtV]

According to the ffmpeg-docs ( http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-doc.html )
the -ab 448 needs a k at the end, like this: -ab 448k
I don't know why the -acodec copy command doesn't work. Does the AC3 have 2 audio streams?

Hans

[topperdude]

According to the ffmpeg-docs ( http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-doc.html )
the -ab 448 needs a k at the end, like this: -ab 448k
I don't know why the -acodec copy command doesn't work. Does the AC3 have 2 audio streams?

Hans

Not sure if/how GSpot would show multiple tracks. But as I mentioned in my last post, GSpot does mention "the audio track is disabled" (or some wording to that effect.)

Thanks,
-Topper