Probably a stupid question...

[mvallevand]

If you are watching or comskipping the show you can't rename it as it is just as clearly in use. Perhaps your Plex scan is reading it to get an image, you seem to have fairly aggressive scanning.

Some of those long batch files you might have seen added user mechanisms to avoid it

Martin

[etnpnys]

I have Plex on auto-update when it detects changes. I'll leave it as is for some time and see if this issue persists.

[missithang]

This thread is super helpful, thank you! I was looking to do the same thing for Plex ...i tried guidePlus to no avail for file renames, this looks way easier anyhow!
Forgive my confusions, but i have a few questions if you don't mind

so this was the one line noted that etnpnys added in his postprocessing.bat (minus the x64 part as i'm still x32 w Windows 7)

"C:\Program Files\NPVR\imagegrablite.exe" --oid %3 --rename --zap2it

It was noted that the %3 'is a variable passed to it by NextPVR'. So we indeed should put the %3 there, vs a variable? It was also noted 'You'd need the numeric id from the database or NRecord.log. ' So i'm confused as to if this is the only line that should be in the postprocessing.bat file (for this purpose anyhow)?

In code noted a little later on you suggested running a specific line of code from command prompt if they still had the file:

If you still have Odd Squad try running the new version with the same command line option if you don't want to wait.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\imagegrablite.exe" --oid 873 --rename --zap2it

Martin

--so does this mean that if he did have and episode of Odd Squad, he could run this in cmd and it would rename the file?
--if so, how does it know the file location to run this on?
--if so, does this also rename all Odd Squad episodes that may be in that folder to the SxxExx format too? (if not, is there a way to do this?)

___
Thanks so much for any and all help!!

[missithang]

JavaWiz,
I presume since you're still using it you are happy with where comskip marks? It's been a number of years since i've used it...when i had it wasn't completely reliable.
Do you manually review and edit each episode? (your second paragraph hints that maybe you do?)
I'm looking for the most hands-off commercial clipping. If your batch/cmd files fit that bill would you be willing to share?
Thanks in advance!!

[etnpnys]

This thread is super helpful, thank you! I was looking to do the same thing for Plex ...i tried guidePlus to no avail for file renames, this looks way easier anyhow!
Forgive my confusions, but i have a few questions if you don't mind

so this was the one line noted that etnpnys added in his postprocessing.bat (minus the x64 part as i'm still x32 w Windows 7)

"C:\Program Files\NPVR\imagegrablite.exe" --oid %3 --rename --zap2it

It was noted that the %3 'is a variable passed to it by NextPVR'. So we indeed should put the %3 there, vs a variable? It was also noted 'You'd need the numeric id from the database or NRecord.log. ' So i'm confused as to if this is the only line that should be in the postprocessing.bat file (for this purpose anyhow)?

In code noted a little later on you suggested running a specific line of code from command prompt if they still had the file:


--so does this mean that if he did have and episode of Odd Squad, he could run this in cmd and it would rename the file?
--if so, how does it know the file location to run this on?
--if so, does this also rename all Odd Squad episodes that may be in that folder to the SxxExx format too? (if not, is there a way to do this?)

___
Thanks so much for any and all help!!

Yes, the %3 is a variable that is created and stored in NPVR's "memory", so when your postprocessing.bat line contains "%3" in it, it basically just says "do this for the file that just finished."

[JavaWiz]

JavaWiz,
I presume since you're still using it you are happy with where comskip marks? It's been a number of years since i've used it...when i had it wasn't completely reliable.
Do you manually review and edit each episode? (your second paragraph hints that maybe you do?)
I'm looking for the most hands-off commercial clipping. If your batch/cmd files fit that bill would you be willing to share?
Thanks in advance!!

I do review the commercial cuts prior to removing them on a regular basis. I use VideoRedo to do the preview and cutting. Depending on the channel/network, comskip does a pretty good job marking the commercials. I'd say, for the shows I record it gets it right 85-95% of the time.

My batch files do a bunch of stuff you may not be interested in, PM me if you have specific questions.

PostProcessing.bat
Script runs after a recording completes (or you can drop a file on it on-demand).
- It uses IGL to rename file, verify it gets updated in the DB correctly
- Checks if comskip has run against it, if not runs comskip to create the commercial mark files
- Creates an entry in a queue file (PostProcessingQ.txt) so I can later run thru recordings and remove commercials.
- If errors occur, it will send me an email (or text) so I'm aware there was a problem
- Set variables after the BEGIN tag to reflect your environment

PostProcessQ.cmd
Script is run on demand, it process the queue file (PostProcessQ.txt) that is created in PostProcessing.bat
For each filename in the queue, the following flow is executed:
- Preview (via VideoRedo) the commercial cuts. You could use the comskip UI here, however I find VideoRedo more user friendly.

After you've previewed and tuned the commercial cuts it runs thru another loop for each file to:
- Clean the file, i.e. remove the commercials
- Clean up work files (i.e. *.cpf, edl, txt, log, vprj,...)
- Grab new metadata, thumbnails and fanart for each recording

I've included my comskip.ini as I've made a couple minor tweaks...

[mvallevand]

JavaWiz do you use VideoRedo 5? I heard the vprj file changed format and I want to make sure that iGL still renames inside the file correctly.

Martin

[JavaWiz]

JavaWiz do you use VideoRedo 5? I heard the vprj file changed format and I want to make sure that iGL still renames inside the file correctly.

Martin

Sorry, missed this... I use v3.10.3.629.