ZProcess2 - not getting "Zprocess Settings" during install?

[jksmurf]

Hi Zehd,

OK From here: http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/ZProcess

• • Open the Zprocess2.zip and copy the two files in THIS zip to the ZProcess folder… OK
    
  • C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\ZTools
    Run ZProcess2.exe. It will ask to register itself into GB-PVR. Click Yes, and this time let it restart the GB-PVR recording service. OK, DONE
    
  • Click ‘ZProcess Settings’ NG (DOESN'T EXIST?)

At the third step I don't get Zprocess Settings, I get the GB-PVR Settings cofig.xml Tab :confused: :confused:

k.
btw the WIKI refs pointing to ZProcess take you back to ZProcess2 :confused:

[zehd]

Hi Zehd,

OK From here: http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/ZProcess

At the third step I don't get Zprocess Settings, I get the GB-PVR Settings cofig.xml Tab :confused: :confused:

k.
btw the WIKI refs pointing to ZProcess take you back to ZProcess2 :confused:

ZProcess2 became ZProcess, the original ZProcess wiki page became ZProcess1..

All references to ZProcess on the wiki are now referring to the new version...

I'll double check the versions that's for download...

[zehd]

I'm sorry. The version on the wiki is not the same as what the notes were posted for.

I'll be updating the page and zip file later today...

[jksmurf]

I'm sorry. The version on the wiki is not the same as what the notes were posted for.

I'll be updating the page and zip file later today...

Zehd...apologies ...I think your files are actually correct! I realise I must have had an OLDER ZProcess2 .... Now I get that Zprocess settings screen....

Trying to test an mp4 file (x264 encoded) for Trans2MVP but getting type mismatch 13 errors?

k.

[zehd]

Zehd...apologies ...I think your files are actually correct! I realise I must have had an OLDER ZProcess2 .... Now I get that Zprocess settings screen....

Trying to test an mp4 file (x264 encoded) for Trans2MVP but getting type mismatch 13 errors?

k.

You and your mp4s....... I rebuilt ZProcess from memory, and obviously forgot about you.

Gotta start this troubleshooting again. Can you make a sample mp4 available to me?

[zehd]

Zehd...apologies ...I think your files are actually correct! I realise I must have had an OLDER ZProcess2 .... Now I get that Zprocess settings screen....

Trying to test an mp4 file (x264 encoded) for Trans2MVP but getting type mismatch 13 errors?

k.

BTW. I think we're going to have a few problems... When I rewrote ZProcess I always knew that I would redo several parts of it as they pertain to PAL.

Currently there are a lot of loose ends regarding PAL, and I always thought I would take care of the lot when I moved to Australia.

PAL has always been an enigma, and most of the math wasn't math at all and just fudged numbers..

example:
640x480 is perfect 4x3 in NTSC...
640x576 does not work out to 4x3, but it is a 4x3 image in PAL land... (the horizontal lines are skinnier and there are more of them)

So any padding or calculation has to have a fudge factor...

ZProcess moving down under will be a wonderful thing for PAL users...

[jksmurf]

You and your mp4s....... I rebuilt ZProcess from memory, and obviously forgot about you.

LOL sorry... :o Downloaded rugby game that they didn't show here...... 2 hours, it's a beaut size just < 1GB vs about 5.5GB at mpeg2... doesn't take long. I tried to transcode it to play on my DVD Player (which only does DivX) using Dr Divx2 (Crashed, Mediacoder (didn't play the disk, after all those hours of transcoding) ...so I remembered ZProcess and thought I'd give the new improved version a shot. I like teh simplicity, I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing though.

Got caught up in Zprocess, Zprocess1 and Zprocess2 pages and pressed a few buttons I shouldn't have ... one which I think related to the GBPVR config as now my MVP won't boot:confused: ..Arrrghhhh!

Gotta start this troubleshooting again. Can you make a sample mp4 available to me?

Sure. When I get home tonight ...

ZProcess moving down under will be a wonderful thing for PAL users...

That's all good for me, NZ, Oz and the UK ... :-)

Thanks zehd,

k.

[zehd]

LOL sorry... :o Downloaded rugby game that they didn't show here......

Just tested with an MP4 that I had on hand. I think HTV sent me snippet that was particularly tough to transcode..

Happy to say that it worked fine for me. Too fine actually (Zehd's eyes narrow, as he muses about what forces were at work...)

I'll bet you got one of those discount MP4s. Fell off a virtual truck in cyberspace... And you KNOW how you can trust those folks. Especially Rugby fans. DON'T get me started...

Seriously, I'd like to know what buttons you pressed in what order. I usually have buttons greyed out when you shouldn't press them and other user proofing...

But to try and get things going... It seems you can't get the MVP going, because the config.xml is corrupted. Here's how to restore it...

First Start ZProcess2 and click GB-PVR settings and then click Remove All Refs. Close ZProcess.

Then in a text editor like Notepad, open the config.xml and then check for these sections. The lines should be exact including spaces and brackets...

Code:

<CustomFFmpegConversions>
    <Conversion name="XviD" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -deinterlace -vcodec xvid -qscale 5 -vtag XVID {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />
    <Conversion name="DivX" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1000k -vtag DIVX {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />
    <Conversion name="Video Ipod" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -title {TITLE_SUBTITLE} -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -s 320x240 -r 15 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mp4" />
    <Conversion name="Sony PSP" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -title {TITLE_SUBTITLE} -f psp -r 29.97 -s 368x208 -b 768k -ar 24000 -ab 32 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mp4" />
    <Conversion name="Mobile .3GP" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 -s qcif -aspect 4:3 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".3gp" />
    <Conversion name="WMV-1200kb/s" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -vcodec wmv2 -b 1200k {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".wmv" />
    <Conversion name="WMV-700kb/s" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -vcodec wmv2 -b 700k {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".wmv" />
  </CustomFFmpegConversions>

Code:

<MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLinePAL>-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -b 2400k -ac 2 -ab 128 -r 25 -s 352x288 -f svcd "{DEST_FILE}"</MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLinePAL>
  <MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLineNTSC>-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -b 2400k -ac 2 -ab 128 -r 29.97 -s 352x240 -f svcd "{DEST_FILE}"</MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLineNTSC>
  <MVPFFmpegTranscodeToMP3>-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -ab 224 "{DEST_FILE}"</MVPFFmpegTranscodeToMP3>
  <MVPFFmpegTranscodeTS>-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -vcodec copy -acodec copy {DEST_FILE}</MVPFFmpegTranscodeTS>

Now restart the recording service and then restart a MVP server and then try again. If it works done...

Start ZProcess again and it should want to reinstall itself...

[zehd]

Oh... and I think I haven't stressed it in the docs, but YOU MUST have MEncoder installed now, in it's default location (I'll make it portable some other time)

Code:

C:\Program Files\mplayer

ZProcess uses mplayer to get the file info like dimensions and fps. It's very good fast and accurate.

[jksmurf]

Oh... and I think I haven't stressed it in the docs, but YOU MUST have MEncoder installed now, in it's default location (I'll make it portable some other time)

Code:

C:\Program Files\mplayer

ZProcess uses mplayer to get the file info like dimensions and fps. It's very good fast and accurate.

Will try the above when I get home, thanks for helping me set it back to "zero", I REALLY appreciate "initial states", in case you FUBAR it (like I do too often)... in my haste.

btw which SECTION is the second batch in?

Sounds good. One Q. "MEncoder installed", what does that mean? JUST the executable in that path or actually install MPLAYER (which installs MEncoder?). I had just put MEncoder.exe under /devnz/gbpvr/Thirdparty (like ffmpeg) and tried to point to it....

k.

p.s. Rugby is the ultimate game... it's going to be a good year.... no mamby pamby hockey players in protective gear bouncing off the plexiglass :-)