comskip batch file

[stustunz]

can some post simple instructions of where the files go
and a simple postprocessing.bat example to run comskip

SIMPLE
cant be arsed fiddling

[johnsonx42]

There's plenty about that in the sticky linked in my signature, post #3. I have a nice batch file for running comskip linked there as well. It looks very complicated, because it includes a bunch of logging and some code to ensure that no more than 2 comskips can run at once. However, the whole thing really just boils down to this:

Code:

cd c:\comskip
comskip %1

So you just put the comskip files in c:\comskip, put the commands above in postprocessing.bat, and you're done.

[stustunz]

Cheers thats what i was after

I have used your other one but have no idea what half of it does
i just hack my way through everything till it works

[johnsonx42]

if you'd like to use mine, but without any of the fluff or the stuff that's specific to my system here it is:

Code:

@echo off
cd c:\comskip
echo %date%,%time% - PostProcessing.bat invoked on %1 recorded from channel %2 >>processing.log

rem need to add a pause to avoid race conditions
echo   ---  sleeping %2 seconds to avoid simultaneous execution >>processing.log
sleep %2

rem check how many comskips are running; if 2 or more are running wait 1 minute and check again
rem the third parameter passed in npvr 1.5.36 and later is a unique recording oid number, so it makes a good filename to store the temporary count
:check
tasklist | find /c "comskip" > %3.txt
set /p count= <%3.txt
if %count% geq 2 (
  echo ...%count% comskips running now, waiting 1 minute >>processing.log
  sleep 60
  goto check
)
del %3.txt

echo %date%,%time% - invoking comskip on %1 >>processing.log
comskip %1
echo %date%,%time% - comskip finished with %1 >>processing.log

The processing.log file will keep growing, but it's only a few lines of text per show so it will take years before it gets problematically large. I do delete mine every now and again though.

edit: don't forget though if you do use mine, you will still need the Sleep command (or some other similar command, I think there's one floating around called "timeout"). there's a link to it in the original post. also if you don't have a pro/business/ultimate version of windows you'll need to download the tasklist command, again there's a link in the original post.

[stustunz]

ill let it run tonight and see what results i get
i seem to be getting files created by comskip so far
thanks for the info
im just not that smart and all this change is doing my head in today

[roy]

Since you brought it up...I've been using your .bat file for parallelprocessing.bat, and was wondering about the "sleep %2". I have numbered my digital stations as "2561" (for channel 56.1), so does this make comskip pause for 42 minutes? I have had some recordings not get processed, and then there are others (the Daily Show, every night) that do get processed in progress, but the cuts don't show up until the recording is complete, while others do show cuts while the recording is still in progress.

I will try your revised .bat from above tonight to see if there is any change. This should work in parallelprocessing.bat, correct? This is on my new "Win7 Home" installation, so I guess I need to check for the "sleep" command.

[johnsonx42]

Yes, if you sleep %2 and your channels have high channel numbers, it will sleep for a VERY long time. I mentioned that in the notes of the original post. Check the sleep command help (sleep /? I imagine), there's a way to have it sleep in milliseconds rather than seconds.

With the new version that uses the %3.txt to store the temporary comskip count, the only consequence of simply not sleeping at all is that sometimes you'll get an extra comskip running if both recordings end at precisely the same moment.

I'm not sure I follow you about showing cuts while a recording is still in progress... to my knowledge neither NPVR nor GB-PVR would do that.

[roy]

Yes, I just reread your post and saw the info. I will fiddle with the .bat tonight.

Comskip has always worked for me to show cuts on in progress recordings. With GB-PVR, just the live_tv=1 parameter in comskip.ini worked. Now with nPVR and parallelprocessing.bat it does still work, most of the time. I'll see if I can figure it out.

Thanks.

edit: Yes, sleep.exe [-m] is milliseconds

[dvasco]

if you'd like to use mine, but without any of the fluff or the stuff that's specific to my system here it is:

Code:

@echo off
cd c:\comskip
echo %date%,%time% - PostProcessing.bat invoked on %1 recorded from channel %2 >>processing.log

rem need to add a pause to avoid race conditions
echo   ---  sleeping %2 seconds to avoid simultaneous execution >>processing.log
sleep %2

rem check how many comskips are running; if 2 or more are running wait 1 minute and check again
rem the third parameter passed in npvr 1.5.36 and later is a unique recording oid number, so it makes a good filename to store the temporary count
:check
tasklist | find /c "comskip" > %3.txt
set /p count= <%3.txt
if %count% geq 2 (
  echo ...%count% comskips running now, waiting 1 minute >>processing.log
  sleep 60
  goto check
)
del %3.txt

echo %date%,%time% - invoking comskip on %1 >>processing.log
comskip %1
echo %date%,%time% - comskip finished with %1 >>processing.log

The processing.log file will keep growing, but it's only a few lines of text per show so it will take years before it gets problematically large. I do delete mine every now and again though.

edit: don't forget though if you do use mine, you will still need the Sleep command (or some other similar command, I think there's one floating around called "timeout"). there's a link to it in the original post. also if you don't have a pro/business/ultimate version of windows you'll need to download the tasklist command, again there's a link in the original post.

Can it be used as is for parallelprocessing.bat? What happens when more than one instance of comskip runs at a time?