Comskip / Comclean with 1080i mpeg & h264 .ts files

[exiton]

Hey guys,

I've been using GB-PVR for a while, and have always had great success with analog 480i using a combo of comskip / comclean. I've got a HDHomeRun (Mpeg2) and a HD-PVR (h264) in my system, and haven't been able to get comskip / comclean working with those 1080i .ts files. I know to get comclean support with h264, you have to make a donation, and I will once I get it working with standard HD mpeg2 1080i .ts files.

I know I'm not passing the .ts file name through to comclean3.bat, but not sure how do to that. Anyone have any tips or corrections to get it working with .ts files?

Thanks!

Postprocessing.bat

Code:

@echo off
echo Postprocessing.bat invoked on %1 recorded from channel %2 >>postprocessing.log

comskip %1

call Comclean3 %1 >>Comclean.log 2>>Comclean.err

IF EXIST "%~dpn1.info" DEL"%~dpn1.info"
IF EXIST "%~dpn1.txt" DEL "%~dpn1.txt"
IF EXIST "%~dpn1.log" DEL "%~dpn1.log"
IF EXIST "%~dpn1.edl" DEL "%~dpn1.edl"
IF EXIST "%~dpn1.logo.txt" DEL "%~dpn1.logo.txt"
IF EXIST "%~dpn1.mpg" goto mpg
IF EXIST "%~dpn1.ts" goto ts

:mpg
echo %1 is an MPG File >>postprocessing.log
IF EXIST "%~dpn1_clean.mpg" del "%~dpn1.mpg"
IF NOT EXIST "%~dpn1.mpg" MOVE "%~dpn1_clean.mpg" "%~dpn1.mpg"
goto continue

:ts
echo %1 is an TS File >>postprocessing.log
IF EXIST "%~dpn1_clean.ts" del "%~dpn1.ts"
IF NOT EXIST "%~dpn1.ts" MOVE "%~dpn1_clean.ts" "%~dpn1.ts"
goto continue

:continue

WizRenameRecording "%~f1" "{show}{[ - ]}{episode}{[ - ]}{month}{[-]}{day}{[-]}{yearShort}"
:eof

comclean3.bat

Code:

"C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\me\MPlayer-1.0rc2\mencoder.exe" "%~dpn1.mpg" -edl "%~dpn1.edl" -oac copy -ovc copy -of mpeg -o "%~dpn1_clean.mpg"

[JavaWiz]

I also struggled with this problem for quite awhile and never found an acceptable solution. I finally bought VideoRedo and use that for commercial cleaning. It has solved my problem, and also transcodes the .ts into .mpg for me at the same time.

I use comskip to create the cut files (at recording time) and VideoRedo post recording to clean.

[exiton]

Is there a guide out there for setting up videoredo to work on post commercial cuts? Also, they aren't supporting h264 yet are they?

[JavaWiz]

Is there a guide out there for setting up videoredo to work on post commercial cuts?

Not that I am aware of. I can post a snippet from my postprocessing.bat file to get you going though.

Also, they aren't supporting h264 yet are they?

From their Forum (dated 08-12-2009):

I am closing this thread.

As has been previously posted:
Please send me a PM (Private Message) if you wish to join the Alpha testing for H.264

You must be a registered TVSuite user and registered on this forum.

If the email address you use for the forum is different than the email used to purchase, please provide the purchase email in your PM so I can confirm you are a registered TVSuite user to participate.

[exiton]

Thanks, I'd appreciate your postprocessing.bat to get me in the right direction.

Thanks again!

[Snooze]

I had this bookmarked. http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post322313 Wonder if it helps. It is a little old and the last post has a link to http://www.invisiblegeek.com/?p=234#more-234 which takes forever to load and it looks like the links are broken.

[JavaWiz]

Thanks, I'd appreciate your postprocessing.bat to get me in the right direction.

Thanks again!

My postprocessing flow has morphed over time and requires several supporting files. You can probably tweak and remove alot of items that are not useful to you.



The process is composed of two main batch files:

1. postprocessing.bat simply appends the recorded file into a queue (PostProcessq.txt). This lets me record several program throughout the day (or several days), then perform commercial editing/cleaning for all at one time.
   
2. ProstProcessQ.cmd This queue (PostProcessQ.txt, simply a list of filenames), is then processed by manually running a script called PostProcessQ.cmd. This is where all the work is done.
   

My PostProcessQ.cmd does the following:

• Creates (and archilves old) logfile
  
• As it processes each file, it saves the original (and all associated comskip files) in a backup directory
  
• Allows you to preview (and edit) commercial cut points with either VideoRedo or Comskip
  
• Allows you to choose what type of commecial cleaning process to use: VideoRedo, DVRCUT, Comclean, Comclean2, Comclean3.
  
• Rename the resulting recording into a more readable filename using WizRenameRecording
  
• Retrieve Metadata and Thumbnail image from internet (IMDB or TheTvDB) for each recording.
  

When starting out, make sure to run VideoRedo and set options under General Parameters to Default File Save Format: MPEG program stream, then all your .ts files will automatically be transcoded to MPEG files.

I've zipped most of the files and attached. If you need help tweaking it to your needs, let me know...

[exiton]

JavaWiz: Wow.... It will take me a day or two to get my hands on everything you have going on. Nice work.

[JavaWiz]

I could probably trim it down to just VideoRedo pretty easily if that would help.