comskip/comclean newbie help req.

[JuicyFruits]

I've downloaded the 3 scripts from here:
http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tips/Post3

And found that It wasn't quite working, so I edited reprocess.bat to do each step at a time ie. ran this batch file several times with the different 1's and 0's enabled at the top to track down where it was failing.

comskip appears to have completed, but I think I get an error in comclean...

Code:

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>reprocess.bat "f:\GBPVR\The OC\The OC_20061109_1400
1455.dvr-ms"

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>ECHO off
Post Processing started on 09/11/2006 16:11:56.01

Commercial removal...
Resulting cutpoints: 0:3:11 0:21:26 0:34:12 0:34:13

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>"c:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\mpgtx.exe" -j -f -o "
f:\GBPVR\The OC\The OC_20061109_14001455_clean.mpg" "f:\GBPVR\The OC\The OC_2006
1109_14001455.mpg" [-0:3:11] [0:7:31-0:25:46] [0:30:15-0:43:1] [0:44:31-0:44:32]
[0:44:32-]
f:\GBPVR\The OC\The OC_20061109_14001455.mpg is not a valid mpeg file
Resulting cutpoints: 0:3:11 0:21:26 0:34:12 0:34:13
The system cannot find the file specified.
The system cannot find the file specified.
ComClean did not run right, PostProcess.bat will end now...
C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>

In the recording directory I dont seem to have a _clean.mpg file or a plain .mpg file. The only file I have is the .dvr-ms file.
Anyone know whats going on ?
Cheers,
Juice.

[5058]

It looks like you have choosen to save the recording as dvr-ms rather than mpeg.I'm not sure is comskip/comclean works with that type of file but I'm sure one of the other can say for sure. I'm just starting to play with these 2 tools as well. In the config there is a check box that say "save as dvr-ms" , maybe make sure that isn't checked.

[JuicyFruits]

Where in the config ???

[5058]

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Config/Miscellaneous

BDA MULTIPLEXER , I can't say for sure (I'm at work) but I am pretty sure mine says MPG.

[zehd]

It looks like you have choosen to save the recording as dvr-ms rather than mpeg.I'm not sure is comskip/comclean works with that type of file but I'm sure one of the other can say for sure. I'm just starting to play with these 2 tools as well. In the config there is a check box that say "save as dvr-ms" , maybe make sure that isn't checked.

Apparently Comskip will now work with dvr-ms files. Though I'm sure that ComClean will not.

If you wish to post process, but utilities will work best with the MPG files...

[zehd]

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Config/Miscellaneous

BDA MULTIPLEXER , I can't say for sure (I'm at work) but I am pretty sure mine says MPG.

THere's a good possibbility that you will not be able to change that in the GBPVR config. It's a feature of using BDA.

Many people have had success adding an entry in the postprocessing.bat which converts the dvr-ms to an mpg first, then comskip it, then comclean it.

I have been unable to perform that conversion, as I don't use BDA and therefore do not have the required mux which is needed to convert...

sub has mentioned that he will have dvr-ms conversion in the soon to be released version of GB-PVR. I'm not sure how he plans to convert. If it uses ffmpeg, it would indeed be a simple matter...

I wrote those post Processing sample pages. They became quite antiquated after I started working on ZProcess which is sort of a batch file configure and replacement program.

I will attempt to get ZProcess to work with the new version of GB-PVR so that dvr-ms to mpg conversion, comskiping, and comcleaning will be a simple thing to implement...

[JuicyFruits]

Thanks for the reply and good luck!

[sub]

sub has mentioned that he will have dvr-ms conversion in the soon to be released version of GB-PVR. I'm not sure how he plans to convert. If it uses ffmpeg, it would indeed be a simple matter...

Sorry, I dont understand. It already converts from dvr-ms to other file types. Do you mean something else?

[ricklous]

dvr-ms is what microsofts multiplexer spits out.

if you get your mits on a cyberlink multiplexer, and change gbpvr config to use the cyberlink mux the bda recordings are saved as mpegs, which can be sent straight to comskip for processing.

[ricklous]

alas, as ever, sub gets there first haha