Rename Recording

[Pioneer4x4]

I made the switch 9:00pm last night
my postprocessing.bat

comskip %1
RenameRecordings %1

attached is the last 4 shows that recorded. 2 are after the change from
RenameRecording
to
RenameRecordings

[ZaDDaZ]

Tipstir, for the programs that are getting the extra junk after the name, could you check GBPVR.mdb to find out what the sub_title for the recording is? You first need to find the filename in the RECORDING_SCHEDULE table and then find the programme_oid in the PROGRAMME table. My guess is that the sub_title field will contain that junk. What EPG do you use?

Also, Pioneer4x4, you don't need %1 any more as a paremeter for RenameRecordings as it will always scan all recordings. It doesn't hurt, but is unnecessary.

I shall add an optional config file for this that will allow specification of the file name. Do you think I should just use C# format specifications "{0} {4:yyyy-dd-MM}" type or should I make it more XML based?

[Pioneer4x4]

Also, Pioneer4x4, you don't need %1 any more as a paremeter for RenameRecordings as it will always scan all recordings. It doesn't hurt, but is unnecessary.

I shall add an optional config file for this that will allow specification of the file name. Do you think I should just use C# format specifications "{0} {4:yyyy-dd-MM}" type or should I make it more XML based?

What do you mean it will scann all recordings? I am assuming you mean it will scan the database for all shows, and then find and rename them, instead of doing just the last reocrded show.
As for the formatting of the file name, I honestly don't know what you mean about C# specs or XML. I don't care how it is edited, it should be a one time config, unless someone changes their mind.
Come to think of it, where would you get the date/time? From the previous GBPVR generated name, or from the actual times in the database? If it is from the database, and you change your formatting option, it could update all of your current recordings, right?

Thanks again for the effort. (BTW, it is about 10 for 10 as of today)

[ZaDDaZ]

Yep, it scans all recordings it finds in the database with subtitles and renames them, checking to see if it was already renamed of course. It does not just look for the last one. You can tell this by looking at the output.

For the config for the renamed file, I can provide a ton of options. I think this is what I'll do. Here's a sample config file that will use all of the options:

Code:

<RenameRecordings>
  <SkipIfNoSubtitle>False</SkipIfNoSubtitle>
  <NameFormat><ProgramName/><Subtitle before=" - "/> on <StartTime format="{0:yyyy-MM-dd}"/> from <StartTime format="{0:hh-mm tt}"/> to <EndTime format="{0:hh-mm tt}"/> on channel <Channel format="{0:d3}"/></NameFormat>
</RenameRecordings>

This would result in something like:
Stargate SG-1 - Heros on 2005-05-05 from 8-00 PM to 9-00 PM on channel 073

It will get all of the data out of the database. I thought I'd add the SkipIfNoSubtitle option in case you want all files renamed with nicer times, and would like to include the channel in the file name as well. The before attribute on any parameter will be put before that value, if it is found, otherwise, the entire value will be skipped. I can only imagine that this will matter for subtitle, but who knows... I'll also allow generic nodes with field names from GBPVR.mdb in them as well.

If you change the format specification, running RenameRecordings would rename all of the files found in the database.

Glad to hear no glitches yet. I don't expect them any more as I'm deleting and adding records

[Pioneer4x4]

Pioneer, you're last file has the junk info at the end.

That one is as recorded and named by GBPVR, it is not a junk name
Kimba the White Lion_20050506_06300700.mpg
is 2005, 05, 06, 6:30, 7:00
year, month, day, starttime, endtime

it did not rename because it does not have a episode name.

[Pioneer4x4]

If you change the format specification, running RenameRecordings would rename all of the files found in the database.

Sounds better than I expected! Makes perfect sense also. I wish we could persuade Sub to include it internally in GBPVR (hint hint if you're reading this )

Another benifit is when recording shows with tons of repeats, you can see if you got dupes, and/or 2 parters.

I have another idea.. You'll love this one. On shows like battlestar, it could go out to a web page like tvtome, and get the episode # and put that in the title... (Just kidding on that one, but it would be cool)

As for your comskip util, do you think you could have it exclude shows based on channel?

[ZaDDaZ]

Sure, I'll have the ComSkip tool have a config to skip certain channels. All in due time. Right now, I have to figure out why the heck recording completely stopped

[Pioneer4x4]

Oh okay.. How's your comskip working Pioneer?

Like a champ!

[Pioneer4x4]

Sure, I'll have the ComSkip tool have a config to skip certain channels. All in due time. Right now, I have to figure out why the heck recording completely stopped

Sounds great, (the comskip tool that is)

What happened to your recording? I am going to sleep now, I was up taking these pictures.

[Pioneer4x4]

I don't think I changed a thing. I never added the playnice stuff. It runs in low priorty mode anyway.



detect_method=255 ;1=black frame, 2=logo, 4=scene change, 8=fuzzy logic, 16=closed captions, 32=aspect ration, 255=all
verbose=10 ;show extra info
fps=29.97 ;frames per second (NTSC=29.970, PAL=25)
border=10 ;border around edge of video to ignore
max_brightness=180 ;frame not black if any pixels checked are greater than this (scale 0 to 255)
test_brightness=60 ;frame not pure black if any pixels checked are greater than this, will check average brightness (scale 0 to 255)
max_avg_brightness=45 ;maximum average brightness for a dim frame to be considered black (scale 0 to 255)
max_commercialbreak=330 ;maximum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial break
min_commercialbreak=44 ;minimum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial break
max_commercial_size=180 ;maximum time in seconds for a single commercial or multiple commercials if no breaks in between
min_commercial_size=1 ;mimimum time in seconds for a single commercial
min_show_segment_length=30
live_tv=1
delete_logo_file=1
min_black_frames_for_break=1;