Comskip build 0.80.011 Released

[erik]

The h.264 version is only available in the early access area

From the changelog

Changes in 0.80.011
- New parameter: added_recording=7 ; amount of minutes that are added before and the actual show in the recording.
Changes in 0.80.010
- When before_logo or after_logo are set to 999 then a hard cutpoint will be inserted where the logo (dis)appears
- Improved again the robustness of the h.264 decoder (was lost in build 0.80.009)
Changes in 0.80.009
- Bug solved: Sometime the audio decoding stops
- Added the output format for iPod chapter skipping, enable by setting output_ipodchap=1 this will generate a .chap file with a chapter marker before and after each commercial.
- Removed the very small commercial found at the end of many recordings.
- Bug solved: Sometime Comskip crashes when output_smi or output_srt where enabled
- Bug solved: Comskip crashes on a h.264 recording that changes resolution
Changes in 0.80.008
- Doubled the speed of h.284 decoding. Only available in early access area. YOu MUST copy all the DLL's inside the zip file next you comskip.exe and comskipGUI.exe.
Changes in 0.80.007
- The non h.264 version is now again available outside the donator area.
- Solved a very generic cause of crashing. You MUST use the new libavcodec.dll that comes with this release.
- Made some experimental improvements in determining the audio type.
Changes in 0.80.006
- Implemented a major robustness improvement in libavcodec.dll. YOu MUST use the libavcodec.dll included in this distribution Zip file.
Changes in 0.80.005
- Dumping a cutscene with the 'C' key is working again, was broken since build 0.79.140
- Improved the demuxing of TS recordings with corrupt PMT info
Changes in 0.80.004
- Changed the video detection for TS files to enable processing of clear QAM recordings.
- Changed the default detect_method to 43 as the CC decoding sometimes causes Comskip to crash
Changes in 0.80.003
- Increased the robustness of the h.264 decoder
- Increased the robustness of the CC extractor
- Removed the "_1" filename postfix for CC output files.
Changes in 0.80.002
- Removed the embedded manifest as for some reason there is a crash on certain systems
Changes in 0.80.001
- Added h.264/AAC decoding on TS recordings. Not working yet on converted h.264 files. Do set max_volume=0 as the volume level is not normalized yet. AAC decoding still fails on certain recordings. No preview of .h264 yet

[HarryH3]

Does this line in the readme need to be updated?

"For GBPVR copy comskip.exe, comskip.ini and the two DLL files into the gbpvr root directory."

I only see one dll file, libavcodec.dll in the zip.

[erik]

Yes, only one dll

[agerdin]

erik, how do I run comskip on multiple files or a directory with several files. I am running comskip manually. Can I do that without writing a script?

Thanks,

\\Agerdin

[erik]

the simplest is to put this into a file called runall.cmd inside the folder

Code:

for %%f in (%1*.ts) do if NOT exist "%%~dpnf.txt" "c:\path\to\comskip\comskip.exe" "%%~dpnf.ts"
for %%f in (%1*.mpg) do if NOT exist "%%~dpnf.txt" "c:\path\to\comskip\comskip.exe" "%%~dpnf.mpg"
for %%f in (%1*.dvr-ms) do if NOT exist "%%~dpnf.txt" "c:\path\to\comskip\comskip.exe" "%%~dpnf.dvr-ms"

and double click on the file.

Otherwise you can use a tool like comskip Monitor or dirmon to watch a folder and run comskip if needed

[agerdin]

Thanks for writing the script for me Easy enough approach. Will try it out later.

\\Agerdin

[agerdin]

Erik, i got around to try it but it does not work. This is the output from a cmd window.

Code:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>"E:\My Recordings\Emil i Lönneberga\runall.cmd"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>for %f in (*.ts) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "SET comskip_path=C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.ts"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>for %f in (*.mpg) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "SET comskip_path=C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.mpg"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>for %f in (*.dvr-ms) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "SET comskip_path=C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.dvr-ms"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

To me it looks like the actual execute command is missing. Let me know if I am missing something???

\\Agerdin

[-stattik-]

Erik, i got around to try it but it does not work. This is the output from a cmd window.

Code:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>"E:\My Recordings\Emil i Lönneberga\runall.cmd"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>for %f in (*.ts) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "SET comskip_path=C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.ts"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>for %f in (*.mpg) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "SET comskip_path=C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.mpg"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>for %f in (*.dvr-ms) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "SET comskip_path=C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.dvr-ms"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

To me it looks like the actual execute command is missing. Let me know if I am missing something???

\\Agerdin

This is probably what you want.

Code:

for %f in (*.ts) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.ts"
for %f in (*.mpg) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.mpg"
for %f in (*.dvr-ms) do if NOT exist "%~dpnf.txt" "C:\Progra~1\devnz\gbpvr\ThirdP~1\comskip\comskip.exe" "%~dpnf.dvr-ms"

You'll want to run the bat file in the directory that your recordings are in.

[agerdin]

Doh! I read "SET comskip path..." as if I was setting a global parameter. Not realizing Erik literally asked me to set MY comskip path.

Well well, thanks stattik for helping me out in this area as well.

\\Agerdin

[ramalias1]

Does this line in the readme need to be updated?

"For GBPVR copy comskip.exe, comskip.ini and the two DLL files into the gbpvr root directory."

I only see one dll file, libavcodec.dll in the zip.

Also, the ComSkip Wiki Page needs update. It does not say to copy the .dll file, right?