SkipTool creates a bogus file if the name contains &

[pastro]

K, I'm trying this.

First, I renamed the old script, and dropped in the new script (with it's new name). Got a .Net unhandled exception (probably because of not finding the script as it was named.)

No prob, I renamed the new script to be the same as the old script. Ran the queue.
It removed the item from the SkipTool queue in PVRx2, but no command window came up running the script.

I figured it's missing some path's or something, so I went into the new script, and tried to set paths to their correct value.

(I'm really interested in the portable conversion stuff I saw there... but that's another thing.)

Ran the queue, and still, nothing popped up, to say things were running, but the file got dropped out of the queue. Now I have two queueIt.exe instances running at 0% CPU load.

The new script likely has to be configured to use the parameters from the app
You have to set it to guide_mode=config_from_app
otherwise it just tries to run in it's normal way.

Does that make sense?

Here are the settings from the one that is distributed with skiptool. Set these in the new one and you should be good to go.


SET mencoder_path=c:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\mplayer\mencoder.exe
SET mplayer_path=c:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\mplayer\mplayer.exe
SET comskip_path=c:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\comskip.exe
SET recordings_path=c:\myvideos\
SET guide_mode=config_from_app

[mkenyon2]

Here's what I have.

I've updated to point to my paths. (My files are on D: apps are on C

Still doing the same thing, removes the file from queue, but nothing starts.

Ignore the name, I renamed the new one to the same as the old one.

[pastro]

Here's what I have.

I've updated to point to my paths. (My files are on D: apps are on C

Still doing the same thing, removes the file from queue, but nothing starts.

Ignore the name, I renamed the new one to the same as the old one.

It doesn't look to me like the script supports the config_from_app setting anymore. I'll check with stattik.

[pastro]

Stattik posted another bat that seems to work with skiptool ok.
Mkenyon do you mind giving this a try? It is in stattik's thread.

[mkenyon2]

Not sure what thread you mean.

[pastro]

Not sure what thread you mean.

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...ht=stattik

[mkenyon2]

K, got the script, changed the paths, set 2 files for the queue, and when I click Run queue, it drops the first out of the queue, but doesn't start the bat file. What log tells me why?

[pastro]

K, got the script, changed the paths, set 2 files for the queue, and when I click Run queue, it drops the first out of the queue, but doesn't start the bat file. What log tells me why?

I don't know of a log on stattik's tool. Is the file name one that has a &'s or anything like that, or is it a normal one?
I did run one commercial cut using the new bat and it worked ok, but I didn't try any file names that gave trouble.
For queuit,it creates a log of the last file run in gbpvr\third party\queue\queuit.log

[mkenyon2]

I rebooted, and it seems to be taking. (I think if QueueIt get's stuck in process this happens.)

So, I'm using the new script. It hasn't gotten to Pride & Predujice yet. (I have to get some other movies I've recorded shrunk first.)

I'll let you know how it goes.

[mkenyon2]

K, I tried doing Pride & Prejudice again, and just yesterday tried 'Turner & Hooch'.

It seems that when the queue gets to them, it just skips them. I do get a .info file.