Conversion Processing

[mcfrojd]

Hello..

Last night i uppgraded to the latest version.
And i read som posts in this excelent forum.
I've been using Zprocess to converting my recordings uptill now, but i figured that i should test the built in conversion to see if that works as well as zprocess. (i really would like to be able to use gb-pvr "right out of the box" and not have to install and tweak any plugins) this would save a lot of time when re installing the computer!

But now i realise that the recording from last night dident get converted, and i guess that that has something to do with the fact that i've been using zprocess.
What do i have to do to make it work?
Change any thing in postprocessing.bat?
Restore the original ffmpeg in "third party/ffmpeg" folder?
Any thing else?

[koornneef]

Actually, it had been working for me just fine for 2 months, and suddenly, mid March it stopped converting to XviD. No changes to the config (as far as I can tell)

Tought it might have to do with a conflicting scheduled program recording, so I made sure nothing is recorded anywhere around that time window.

I verified my DivX codec is registered (and not a 30 day demo) just to be sure.

Upgraded to latest release (Still not using X2. If I try Overlay, my machine locks up with X2 taking 100 CPU and won't respond to C-A-D or even the soft 'sleep' from front power button. But that's another minor issue...) So latest release didn't fix. I don't think it's a GBPVR issue, but I don't know where to look or what to reinstall now. :confused:

I'll keep looking for a log or something unless someone has an idea.

Thanks
-jim

[HtV]

I think there have been problems with the conversion-cue when e.g. the recorded show was deleted before it could be converted, this would keep the rest of the cue from being converted. Something like this, I don't recall exactly.

[sub]

Actually, it had been working for me just fine for 2 months, and suddenly, mid March it stopped converting to XviD. No changes to the config (as far as I can tell)

Tought it might have to do with a conflicting scheduled program recording, so I made sure nothing is recorded anywhere around that time window.

I verified my DivX codec is registered (and not a 30 day demo) just to be sure.

Upgraded to latest release (Still not using X2. If I try Overlay, my machine locks up with X2 taking 100 CPU and won't respond to C-A-D or even the soft 'sleep' from front power button. But that's another minor issue...) So latest release didn't fix. I don't think it's a GBPVR issue, but I don't know where to look or what to reinstall now. :confused:

I'll keep looking for a log or something unless someone has an idea.

Thanks
-jim

Post your GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log after a recording happens and I'll take a look.

[mcfrojd]

What about my question?
The topic this thread was about.
Anyone that can inform me about what to do?

[HtV]

What about my question?
The topic this thread was about.
Anyone that can inform me about what to do?

Sorry missed that:o.
I would restore the original ffmpeg to start with.
undo any changes in postprocessing.bat.
Ask this question in the z-process forum;
http://forums.gbpvr.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24

Hans

[sub]

What about my question?
The topic this thread was about.
Anyone that can inform me about what to do?

Post your GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log after a recording happens and I'll take a look.

[koornneef]

Thanks, Sub.

I went into the log file (silly me, I forgot to look into the \logs directory for error logs.. :o )

I won't post the full 2MB file.. It's full of entries from 2:00-6:00 repeating:

2008-04-05 02:03:01.268 VERBOSE [12] RecordingFactory.loadScheduleRecordingByOID()
2008-04-05 02:03:01.268 VERBOSE [12] About to start transcode of: MythBusters
2008-04-05 02:03:01.268 ERROR [12] Unexpected error in ConversionProcessing.WorkerThread(): System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2008-04-05 02:04:01.418 VERBOSE [12] RecordingFactory.loadScheduleRecordingByOID()
2008-04-05 02:04:01.418 VERBOSE [12] About to start transcode of: MythBusters
2008-04-05 02:04:01.418 ERROR [12] Unexpected error in ConversionProcessing.WorkerThread(): System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2008-04-05 02:05:01.568 VERBOSE [12] RecordingFactory.loadScheduleRecordingByOID()
2008-04-05 02:05:01.568 VERBOSE [12] About to start transcode of: MythBusters
2008-04-05 02:05:01.568 ERROR [12] Unexpected error in ConversionProcessing.WorkerThread(): System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2008-04-05 02:06:01.718 VERBOSE [12] RecordingFactory.loadScheduleRecordingByOID()
2008-04-05 02:06:01.718 VERBOSE [12] About to start transcode of: MythBusters
2008-04-05 02:06:01.718 ERROR [12] Unexpected error in ConversionProcessing.WorkerThread(): System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()


I don't know if it's pointing to the mythbusters episode, in queue or an old, deleted one the HtV mentioned might be a problem.

I have SQLiteSpy.exe if I need to 'poke' the database into submission. But I won't fiddle with tables without knowing for sure I'm modifying the right one.

Thanks
-jim

[mcfrojd]

Post your GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log after a recording happens and I'll take a look.

I've made some changes now and im gonna look what happens tonight, ill get back to you if it doesnt work out..

[sub]

You could try the attached patch. It gets rid of the problem that can lead to the "System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero" error shown in the log above.