Auto Commercial Removal and Transcode Help (newbie)

[-stattik-]

...Any advice on how to use the auto cut and transcode and get rid of commercials???

The transcode script will cut the commercials out during the transcode process. If comskip is running during the recording, make sure that it creates edl files when it's finished.

Set output_edl=1 in the comskip.ini file to enable comskip to create edl files.

[homerjr43]

thanks...and great job on the script....i have one more question. My capture card records wazy lines at the very top of the capture area prolly like the top 5 pixels or so...it is not that big of a deal but is there any way to crop out like 5 pixels from the top when trancoding??

[-Oz-]

there is definitely a way. I haven't figured out the command for mencoder yet. Anyone else?

[-stattik-]

It depends on the resolution of the input video. What is the resolution of your input video?

[homerjr43]

The resolution is 480i NTSC I assume i am using an analog cable input and recording with a hauppauge pvr 250

[-stattik-]

Then the mencoder crop settings would be crop=720:475:0:5.

If you want to update your script with this just search for

IF /I %hdtv_pro%==null (

And then add the following line below it:

SET crop=crop=720:475:0:5

I'll look into adding an option to crop that out in the next version of the script.

[homerjr43]

Well Stattik...it didnt work... and i actually lost 3 episodes tonight after changing the script... I guess that my fault for not testing to see if the script worked before using it..... The script ran the avi file was not encoded and the original mpg was deleted.....below is what i had

ECHO .

IF /I %hdtv_pro%==null (
SET crop=crop=720:475:0:5
SET video_bitrate=%SDvideo_bitrate%
IF /I %SDfilter% EQU auto SET filter=pp=ci,
SET nr=,hqdn3d=3:2:3:3
SET video_width=%SDvideo_width%
SET video_height=%SDvideo_height%
ECHO Flagged as Standard
)

Is this what you meant???
If not what mistake did i make?
Also i am using your 2 pass mode if that makes a difference...

Thanks
ERIK

[-stattik-]

I missed the comma. I wasn't able to test it from work. Here's what the line should say:

SET crop=crop=720:475:0:5,

The comma at the end is what was needed. Set the script not to delete the files just to make sure it's what you want.

[homerjr43]

Thanks that did the trick...

ERIK