PostProcessing.bat keeps launching WMP?

[volksman]

I customized my postprocessing.bat script to behave differently based on the channel it is recording. However when I run the script to test it it keeps launching WMP.

Any help is very much appreciated:

Code:

:channel300
start /low /wait "c:\program files\mplayer\mencoder.exe" %1 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=900:me_quality=6:chroma_me:noqpel:chroma_opt:vhq=4:bvhq=1:trellis:hq_ac:gmc:quant_type=mpeg:max_key_interval=240 -oac mp3lame -lameopts mode=2:cbr:br=128    -vf filmdint,softskip,scale=512:384,hqdn3d=3:2:3:3  -ofps 24000/1001 -o "D:\VideoArchive\TV\My Show\%~n1.avi"
echo Running 300 transcode >>postprocessing.log
goto eof

Everything works when I remove the "start /low /wait" but that doesn't make sense to me. Am I doing something wrong?

[David]

The reference to mencoder is being used as the window title, so the %1 (translated to your recording file name) is being executed. Try adding something like "mencoder" as the first quoted option behind the "start /low /wait".

Code:

start /low /wait "mencoder window" "c:\program files\mplayer\mencoder.exe" %1 -ovc ...

[volksman]

Hrm....added the extra bit in there but it still didn't work. I think you may be on to something though....perhaps I don't have it quoted properly?

Never really wrote any batch scripts so I'm not sure about syntax...I tried quoting %1 but that presents an error saying it can't find the file and provides me the first part of the path up to the first space (IE e:\PVRDUMP\Show where it should be e:\PVRDUMP\Show Name\Show Name_xxxxx).

I'm going to play around with a more simple batch script tomorrow to see if I can figure it out....

[David]

The quotes maybe through it off. Try changing to the mplayer directory and running mencoder with out the path.

Something like this:

Code:

cd "\program files\mplayer\"
start /low /wait "mencoder window" mencoder.exe %1 -ovc ...

I don't actually use the mplayer app, so just moved the mencoder executable into my GB-PVR directory and uninstalled the mplayer app.

[volksman]

actually you were REALLY close on your first note:

start "mencoder" /low /wait etc....


that works!



Thanks for the pointer!