Transcode Option in Recordings

[sub]

I dont know - thats odd. Seems to be working ok here.

[gjen]

I found this problem to and move the ffmpeg files down one directory and it worked. I think it's pointing to the wrong directory.

[JuicyFruits]

which ffmpeg files and where do you mean by down ?

[gjen]

Copy all the files in this directory

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\FFmpeg

into this directory

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party

[HtV]

For me it works when the ffmpeg files are in: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\FFmpeg. :confused:

[zehd]

It would seem that there are different reports of the correct location of the ffmpeg.exe file...

I think that if the ffmpeg.exe is in the wrong place you will get the problem that JuicyFriuits gets.

Firstly, ffmpeg.exe has for many versions always resided in the devnz/gbpvr/Third Party/FFMpeg folder.

Only recently were there modifications to some people's config.xml (during an upgrade installation I think) where GB-PVR started to get confused as to the location of the ffmpeg.exe file...

if you have the following items without exe=ffmpeg.exe then the path should be as stated as above...

Code:

<CustomFFmpegConversions>
    <Conversion name="MediaMVP 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" />
    <Conversion name="XviD" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1400 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />
    <Conversion name="DivX" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1400 -vtag DIVX {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />
    <Conversion name="Video Ipod" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -title {TITLE_SUBTITLE} -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -s 320x240 -r 15 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mp4" />
    <Conversion name="Sony PSP" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -title {TITLE_SUBTITLE} -f psp -r 29.97 -s 368x208 -b 768 -ar 24000 -ab 32 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mp4" />
    <Conversion name="Mobile .3GP" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 -s qcif -aspect 4:3 -hq {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".3gp" />
    <Conversion name="WMV-1200kb/s" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -vcodec wmv2 -b 1200 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".wmv" />
    <Conversion name="WMV-700kb/s" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -vcodec wmv2 -b 700 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".wmv" />
  </CustomFFmpegConversions>

If there are entries for exe name, then it refers to a file in the Third Party folder and not the Third Party/FFmpeg folder

Code:

<CustomFFmpegConversions>
    <Conversion name="Something with Mencoder" [B]exe=mencoder.exe[/B] 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" />
    <Conversion name="Something with ZProcess" [B]exe=ffmpeg.exe[/B] cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1400 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />
    <Conversion name="Something with FFMpeg" [B]exe=ffmpeg.exe[/B] cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1400 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />
   </CustomFFmpegConversions>

[SIZE="1"]Please note the text in the code boxes are examples to show exe=whatever.exe and will most likely not be appropriate entires...[/SIZE]

So, in summary, if you have ffmpeg.exe in the Third Party/FFMPeg folder and you do not have any reference to exe=whatever.exe in the custom conversions section in your config.xml, then the transcode button should work in the video plugin...

[HtV]

I did a little research: it seems that only in 98.13 the ffmpeg.exe location was changed to gbpvr\third party instead of gbpvr\third party\ffmpeg.
If you have problems it's probably wise to upgrade to 98.13b which has the old (correct) settings again.