Zprocess: basic Question about PVR-350 playback

[zehd]

Thank you for your assistance. I have done all of the config steps like you said and it still does not seem to work. But very basic question (pls don't laugh): I do not have MVP, I have the PVR-350 PCI card. Do I need MVP to playback .avi with zprocess? would you like me to attach some .logs? if so which ones?

Oop. It slipped through the cracks. I didn't read that you are not using an MVP, but a 350. Well If I understand the 350 (and I hardly do) it also calls a command line out of the config.xml...

Code:

<PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>-y -b 2200k -vcodec mpeg2video -i {SOURCE_FILE} {DEST_FILE}</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>

I just have to check with sub, I'm not sure if he has built in support for using other Transcoders on that line.

But if he has, you should be able to change it to:

Code:

<PVR350TranscodeCmdLine exe="ZProcess\ZProcess.exe">-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -b 2400k -ac 2 -ab 128 -r 29.97 -s 352x240 -f svcd "{DEST_FILE}"</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>

[sub]

Oop. It slipped through the cracks. I didn't read that you are not using an MVP, but a 350. Well If I understand the 350 (and I hardly do) it also calls a command line out of the config.xml...

Code:

<PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>-y -b 2200k -vcodec mpeg2video -i {SOURCE_FILE} {DEST_FILE}</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>

I just have to check with sub, I'm not sure if he has built in support for using other Transcoders on that line.

But if he has, you should be able to change it to:

Code:

<PVR350TranscodeCmdLine exe="ZProcess\ZProcess.exe">-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -b 2400k -ac 2 -ab 128 -r 29.97 -s 352x240 -f svcd "{DEST_FILE}"</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>

Sorry, it doesnt support that. It'll only work with ffmpeg.exe

[zehd]

Sorry, it doesnt support that. It'll only work with ffmpeg.exe

And, you wouldn't be able to add that, similar to other transcode options?

[yofive]

Sorry, but I don't understand what the last two posts mean. It sounds like 1. I can not use zprocess to transcode on the fly in GBPVR and the PVR350 out; 2. I can only use ffmpeg .

Also, I tried changing the command line like Zehd said and there was no change (ie. no file played, no addition to the zprocess log). Attached are my .log files.

If I need to use ffmpeg, what should I put in the command line of PVR350transcode?

[zehd]

Sorry, but I don't understand what the last two posts mean. It sounds like 1. I can not use zprocess to transcode on the fly in GBPVR and the PVR350 out; 2. I can only use ffmpeg .

Also, I tried changing the command line like Zehd said and there was no change (ie. no file played, no addition to the zprocess log). Attached are my .log files.

If I need to use ffmpeg, what should I put in the command line of PVR350transcode?

The answer is, you will not be able to use ZProcess or any other program but FFmpeg to transcode on the fly for your 350.

You should leave the

Code:

<PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>-y -b 2200k -vcodec mpeg2video -i {SOURCE_FILE} {DEST_FILE}</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>

line as it's default...

I don't have a 350 and sub has stopped supporting it. Not that he has purposely removed code supporting the 350, just that if something broke, he won't be fixing it.

Just so you know, something hasn't been broken. The support for using third party apps never existed for <PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>

[HtV]

I tried the commandline from config.xml in a command-window, it worked ok.
If you start the avi in gbpvr, can you see the ffmpeg.exe running/starting in windows taskmanager?

[yofive]

Ok.

If I use the zprocess command line ( <PVR350TranscodeCmdLine exe="ZProcess\ZProcess.exe">-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -b 2400k -ac 2 -ab 128 -r 29.97 -s 352x240 -f svcd "{DEST_FILE}"</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>), no ffmpeg starts up in the task manager.


If I use the orig command line:
<PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>-y -b 2200 -vcodec mpeg2video -i {SOURCE_FILE} {DEST_FILE}</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>

ffmpeg starts up in the task manager, but I am back to where I was at the start (no video plays). Should I use the orig command line? If so, am I using the wrong codec? Thank you for any help you can give.

[zehd]

Ok.

If I use the zprocess command line ( <PVR350TranscodeCmdLine exe="ZProcess\ZProcess.exe">-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -b 2400k -ac 2 -ab 128 -r 29.97 -s 352x240 -f svcd "{DEST_FILE}"</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>), no ffmpeg starts up in the task manager.


If I use the orig command line:
<PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>-y -b 2200 -vcodec mpeg2video -i {SOURCE_FILE} {DEST_FILE}</PVR350TranscodeCmdLine>

ffmpeg starts up in the task manager, but I am back to where I was at the start (no video plays). Should I use the orig command line? If so, am I using the wrong codec? Thank you for any help you can give.

To be clear, you can't use ZProcess or any OTHER program than FFmpeg. That means your only alternative is to use the default entry for the 350.

At this point its a matter of tweaking the command line. And since I don't have a 350, I probably won't be able to help very much...

[yofive]

Thank you. I will use the default command line. Do you (or anybody) know what each item in the command line means? I can play with the line after I have some sense of what each part means. Thank you again for all of your help.

[HtV]

If you use the default ffmpeg-commandline does a file with .mpg extension get created in your recordings-dir. If so could you run it through Gspot and tell us the specs of the file.
http://gspot.headbands.com/
Maybe something with audio is going wrong, or whatever.
I do have a 350 but I can't try the tv-out of it because I haven't got it near the tv, I use the MVP for viewing. I don't feel like carrying the tv up the stairs to the "server-room".

edit: Have you tried it with different avi's.