ZProcess - Old Support Thread...

[zehd]

I have run into a few snags with ZProcess and PAL, and was wondering if there was anyone out there using Zprocess and PAL and wondered what settings you were using...

[fldavem]

Wiki is down a lot so I have placed copies of my software up on my webspace. Just check my signature

Thanks for putting this in a alternate location - download worked great.

[tstngry]

- I just got the latest version and when I run it I get:
Run-time error '424':
Object required

- After that it opens ok but the cursor looks like an hourglass. Any idea what I am doing wrong, or how to fix this? Peace

[zehd]

- I just got the latest version and when I run it I get:
Run-time error '424':
Object required

- After that it opens ok but the cursor looks like an hourglass. Any idea what I am doing wrong, or how to fix this? Peace

In the Third Party/FFMPEG folder there is a ZProcessRegSettings.txt file. PM that to me...

[zehd]

- I just got the latest version and when I run it I get:
Run-time error '424':
Object required

- After that it opens ok but the cursor looks like an hourglass. Any idea what I am doing wrong, or how to fix this? Peace

Thanks for the PM with the Log file. I was able to fix the problem. Thanks for your patience...

Download the 678 from my signature....

Cheers

[Rayman]

Zehd,
i had a go with 720x576 avi encodes without much success - was using a manual force and tried using gbpvrs transcode (prior to zprocess) with little successs -
would make it but trying to play would freeze gbpvr -

cant offer much help on that -

any news on the inclusion of gbpvr convert into Zporcess - or do i set something up in my batch files ?

Regards
Rayman

[zehd]

Zehd,
i had a go with 720x576 avi encodes without much success - was using a manual force and tried using gbpvrs transcode (prior to zprocess) with little successs -
would make it but trying to play would freeze gbpvr -

cant offer much help on that -

any news on the inclusion of gbpvr convert into Zporcess - or do i set something up in my batch files ?

Regards
Rayman

I looked into hooking in the GBPVRconvert, but I was unable to make the program itself work, let alone, hook it in..

I would suggest adding the command line just before you call ZProcess...

I'm a little confused at what you needed to manually force... Perhaps I'm confusing something with something else...

If you could give me a hand getting the dvr-ms to convert to mpg for me...

What's you commandline? What are the encoder decoder muxes that you use...?

[zehd]

Version 701 available below from my signature. Hunter was also modified so please grab it too...

Change Log...
New command line parameters accepted: use these command lines to add buttons with 'Custom Tasks' in the GB-PVR config...

Syntax:

Code:

call “C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\FFmpeg\ffmpeg” StopAllTranscodes

Stops all currently running ZProcess instances and Processing tasks...

Code:

call “C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\FFmpeg\ffmpeg” RestartMVPServer

This will kill all gbpvr.exe instances on the server. That means that it will also kill the GB-PVR GUI on the server. Restarting the MVP Server is useful when you think things are messed up and you want to reset only the MVP server - not the recording service, but don't want to have to leave the couch. From the MVP, you'll lose the GUI, and the MVP will appear to have crashed while it is waiting for the MVP server to finish restarting... Then it hooks up and you're off...

trans2mvp
This switch was specifically added so that one could have two seperate conversion profiles INSIDE GB-PVR while in the Video Library plugin...

These two entries can be added to the config.xml. You will then be able to transcode to a regular MPG or one with different settings, used specifically for viewing on the MVP

Code:

<Conversion name="MediaMVP MPG" cmd="{SOURCE_FILE} Trans2MVP {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mpg" />

<Conversion name="Regular MPG" cmd="{SOURCE_FILE} {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mpg" />

edit: I changed the place for 'Trans2MVP'

Please note that the lines above have had all other parameters stripped. ZProcess does not use them. However, if you are interested in using these strings WITHOUT ZProcess, you may want this string...

Code:

<Conversion name="Regular MPG" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f svcd -b 2400 -ab 224 -ac 2 -r 29.97 -s 640x480 -padtop 50 -padbottom 50 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mpg" />

16x9 support !
After a bunch of digging, I learned that it isn't that much different using a 4x3 or 16x9 TV with the MediaMVP...

Basically, the MediaMVP doesn't do 16x9, and so you have to stretch the 4x3 video to 16x9, while maintaining aspect ratio of 4x3, 16x9 and 2.35:1 content...

I switched the TV to display 16x9 and left it there... Then I had to fudged the math so that a 4x3 video would appear pillar box inside a 16x9 window; a 16x9 HD rip would fill out the 16x9 window, and a 2.35:1 Movie would appear letterbox in the 16x9 video.

I also added the checkbox on the Transcode tab to allow for stretching of all video to the outside dimensions regardless of the aspect ratio. This would allow folks to adjust the aspect ratio on the TV by themselves...

I do admit the slant in programming ZProcess. I abhor the stretch and skew of a video to fill a screen. If a TV show was shot in 4x3, I want to see it in 4x3, therefore I would need pillarbox... The same for a 2.35:1 movie (like Star Wars). It needs wide, wide screen, so that makes it a letterbox, so I don't have squished people running around on the TV...

Better PAL support
And an attempt at make ZProcess work better with PAL... I can't really tell if I made it work better or not. I just *think* it works better...

I will be hanging tight and let those of you using ZProcess to catch up and maybe find bugs. I'm pretty close to being at the place I wanted to be when I first started this project...

Good luck!

[zehd]

Sorry zehd - was away for a bit. needed some time off

Basicly I have had this happen on 2 systems and this problem is preventing me from using GB-PVR

System 1: Win 2003 server latest SP's, Asus P4B w/512mb P4 2.8ghz(recently upgraded from 2.4) I can not find any more memory to through at it or I would. Anyway the there is alot of stuff loaded on htis box but not running all at once- Yes services are disabled when not running. What is running all of time is HomeSeer Ver1.7.44 and MainLobby ver 2.xx. various codecs have been loaded and unloaded so I am not sure what is actually left, but the nVidia MCE decoder is set as primary using there media check utility. I am also runnig SageTv as a service, but as stated it is disabled when trying to run GB-PVR. I als have a Nexus FTA Satalite card loaded but the software for that is not riunning either. The one thing that is really lame about this system is the video card -nVidia 420MX 64mb. But I do not display video on htis server only stream it. Here is the kicker, I have an application I wrote which plays or streams any video type which has a codec assigned to it. MPG, AVI, VOB ,WMV all play full screen with out an issue. this app is vb based using the quartz.dll and directx - filter pinning. - Ok maybe to much info here sorry.

System 2 - FIC512- mother board P4 2.8 w/1gig MCE box - FX5900 video card in dual video mode(Small component Tv and 2 19" lcds) . VS6 and VS2005 loaded - This is only a Dev system for testing this stuff out. Various decoders and transcoders are loaded as well. Not to get to widy here, that's about it.

I am reluctant to try this app or even sage on my other 2 Live MCE boxes at this point since they run absolutly perfect, actually foget that htere are PC's.

Anyway I will be back to testing some more over the next few days. Talk to you soon.

-Skybolt

If you're interested in trying some more, I think I found and fixed the problem of ZProcess closing but Hunter and FMPG still going...

[Rayman]

zehd -
appologies on the delays -

just tried with the dvr-ms i uploaded to the web for you - causes an exception on the pc at work - when invoked with the command line

c:\ProgramFiles\devnz\gbpvr\GBPVRConvert.exe" "c:\Documents and Settings\rayd\Desktop\Weekend Sunrise_20060924_08000930
.dvr-ms" "c:\temp\output.mpg" MPEG2

which is similar to what i was using -
I presume this is the problem you were having ?

the convert seems to need full pathnames although need to re-check that.
I'll try and generate a dvr-ms for you that remains coherent over the web -

Its difficult sometimes to get time on the HTPC - its not reall friendly to vnc into it when its recording 3 channels of DVB simultaneously - tends to cause
stuttering in some of the recordings if i do that -
or i cant get the screen as the girls are streaming sat on it - scholl hols -

sigh.

will move up to 701 tonight - sounds good though.

Appologies on the file issue - will sort it out and let you know.
Regards
Rayman