Transcoding with fast-forward

[fvfv]

If I start the vlc telnet session from within the folder where the srt file is, it will overlay subtitles fine with the video, and it responds perfectly to all seek controls, on synch.

The thing is that it is quite tediuos If every time I want to watch an avi file with subtitles, I need to open a command line in windows, navigate to the folder where the avi/srt files are and start vlc -I Telnet.

Vlc uses the srt of the "CURRENT DIRECTORY", not the Video Directory.

Mvallevand, since you are one of the most active members of the mvpmc project, do you think is possible that one day the mvpmc dongle contains a linux native mplayer binary ? Will it "Fit" on the mediamvp ram ?

If not, mplayer has a slave mode similar to the VLC telnet Inteface, where you can send commands. What I do not know is if mplayer can stream over http as VLC.

[fvfv]

I've had ZProcess v1 using subtitles with VLC almost from the when I brought VLC in (ZProcess 2 still doesn't use VLC)

Same name same directory, but I did have to explicitly add to the command line...

Code:

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" "C:\TV\Video\Stargate.SG-1-S10E14-The.Shroud.avi" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=2400,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=192,channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=ps,dst="C:\TV\Override\Stargate.SG-1-S10E14-The.Shroud.mpg"} :aspect-ratio="4:3" :sout-transcode-width=640 :sout-transcode-height=480 :sout-transcode-paddtop=0 :sout-transcode-paddbottom=0 :sout-transcode-paddleft=0 :sout-transcode-paddright=0 :sout-transcode-fps=29.97 :sout-ffmpeg-keyint=12 :sout-ffmpeg-strict-rc :sout-transcode-soverlay :sub-margin=22.5 :freetype-font=C:\WINDOWS\fonts\trebuc.TTF :freetype-fontsize=20 :freetype-opacity=200 :freetype-effect=2 vlc:quit

This is correct. Put the mvpmc uses linux naming so if you have to use drive letters, it won't work. For instance, If I wanted to add a dvd player to mediamvp, All I would need to do is to share my dvd rom from the vlc server, but the mvpmc sends all files to vlc as linux and "/d:/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx" does not work on VLC. That first forward slash breaks everithing.

[mvallevand]

This is correct. Put the mvpmc uses linux naming so if you have to use drive letters, it won't work. For instance, If I wanted to add a dvd player to mediamvp, All I would need to do is to share my dvd rom from the vlc server, but the mvpmc sends all files to vlc as linux and "/d:/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx" does not work on VLC. That first forward slash breaks everithing.

Actually if this works all you might need to do is take what you need from zehd's command line and add this

--sub-autodetect-path=

to the vlc -I Telnet line

Martin

[mvallevand]

Mvallevand, since you are one of the most active members of the mvpmc project, do you think is possible that one day the mvpmc dongle contains a linux native mplayer binary ? Will it "Fit" on the mediamvp ram ?

The CPU in the MediaMVP does support floating point math which limits the libraries that can run on it so I haven't bothered.

If not, mplayer has a slave mode similar to the VLC telnet Inteface, where you can send commands. What I do not know is if mplayer can stream over http as VLC.

I use this interface already to play real audio and aac+ audio files, but I I have to use vlc to stream it. Because of Windows I was forced to create a temp file

Martin

[fvfv]

Actually if this works all you might need to do is take what you need from zehd's command line and add this

--sub-autodetect-path=

to the vlc -I Telnet line

Martin

What I am lookig from the VLC Docs and Cannot find is how to tell VLC to look on the current video folder, not on the "Current Directory". Basically the current directory is the directory where VLC was launched. (Which is coded as --sub-autodetect-path=./)

[mvallevand]

What I am lookig from the VLC Docs and Cannot find is how to tell VLC to look on the current video folder, not on the "Current Directory". Basically the current directory is the directory where VLC was launched. (Which is coded as --sub-autodetect-path=./)

I would try something like

vlc -I Telnet --sub-autodetect-path=c:\movies\avis\

Martin

[fvfv]

I would try something like

vlc -I Telnet --sub-autodetect-path=c:\movies\avis\

Martin

I guess I can write a little script every time I need to watch a movie with subs to lunch VLC in this manner, but I am pretty sure that the telnet interface of VLC supports something like that, so that mvpmc is the one telling VLC where the subtitles are, and it can be done automagically.

Of course, IT would need to be coded by the mvpmc VLC maintainer, which is not you right ?

[mvallevand]

I guess I can write a little script every time I need to watch a movie with subs to lunch VLC in this manner, but I am pretty sure that the telnet interface of VLC supports something like that, so that mvpmc is the one telling VLC where the subtitles are, and it can be done automagically.

Sorry, I have no interest in changing this since after some research it's probably a documented bug in vlc for Windows which doesn't seem to be too high on vlc's own priority list. I don't have a good source to subtitled avi files anyway.

Martin.

[fvfv]

Yep. You're right.
I just got an email back from Robin Rawson, the maintainer of mvpmc-VLC and it is indeed a VLC bug.


It might work if I can run VLC from a linux environment, like CGYWIN or something like that. Is just a problem with Unix paths vs Windows paths.

But it is definitely a very promising application. Very low on system resources and very fast in response to the Hauppauge control and on sync as well.

Thanks.

[pBS]

i just wish they'd fix the timelines in vlc...transcodes still don't have correct timelines..and it's been years...[for skipability]
they seem to be purely about streaming...very little else seems to get much attention...updates are few and far between, and don't have much difference for major releases...but what it does it does well...but it could be so much more useful if they just fixed what's there already..