Divx/xvid/ etc Conversion

[mark_lt]

I need this feature as well, however my format of choice is "3GP" for my Samsung phone.

would it be possible to explain this to me in depth as I'm almost dim?

Thanks

This should probably go into a new thread, but I'm not an expert of FFMPEG either. The fact that I am using qscale to control quality converting to mp4 gives that away (trust me). I would suggest downloading WinFF, which may have a pre-set which works for your phone. Once you get a conversion working there, then use the same command for NPVR.

[FNM]

Hey Mark,

Sorry to be an idiot - want to make sure i'm doing this correctly. So I went in my NPVR folder and didn't see a scripts folder there. I searched for the folder on C and found one in C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts

No postprocessing.bat in there so I created one in a txt file and saved it there (naming it .bat). Is this all I need to do or is there anything in npvr I need to set?

Thanks

Andy

Just use the postprocessing.bat in the scripts folder.

The text for mine (I convert to MP4 for the very same reason - train - London)

REM Encode to mp4 changing file extension
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\NPVR\Scripts\ffmpeg.exe" -y -i %1 -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -deinterlace -r 25 -aspect 16:9 -acodec aac -qscale 6 -ar 48000 -async 489000 -ac 2 "%~dpn1".mp4

REM Delete original TS
del %1

Previous versions of NPVR meant I had issues with the updating of recordings when the file extension had changed, although I think mine was an isolated problem. In 1.5.36 I have had no issues. (Thanks Sub).

[mark_lt]

Compared to me no one is an idiot . Yes, stick it in the scripts and rename it as you have done. I think it is in the wiki somewhere, but there are a list of batch files that NPVR looks for, and runs if they exist.

The way I test it is by recording a very short programme. If you go into the video section and look for the file, you will see that soon after recording ends, a second file is created. Just remember, if you cancel a recording, it doesn't run this batch file (please someone correct me if this has changed).

[FNM]

Thanks Mark - will give it a whirl

[FNM]

Ok - I recorded ok but no conversion. I then tried to run the bat file and nout.. I opened up command prompt and navigated to the bat file and ran it that was getting a couple of error messages (hopefully just me doing something silly)

Any ideas? - I had to run this as admin to get it to 'work' not sure if it picked it up. This is the command prompt output:

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>postprocessing.bat

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>REM Encode to mp4 changing file extension

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>"C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\ffmpeg.exe" -y -i -f
mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -deinterlace -r 25 -aspect 16:9 -acodec aac -qscale 6 -ar 480
00 -async 489000 -ac 2 "".mp4
FFmpeg version SVN-r18639, Copyright © 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-postproc --enable-gpl --enable-
libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis
--enable-libtheora --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --disable-ffserver --enable
-avisynth --enable-pthreads
libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
libavcodec 52.27. 0 / 52.27. 0
libavformat 52.32. 0 / 52.32. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Apr 21 2009 13:44:38, gcc: 4.2.4 (TDM-1 for MinGW)
-f: no such file or directory

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>REM Delete original TS

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>del
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

[UncleJohnsBand]

Ok - I recorded ok but no conversion. I then tried to run the bat file and nout.. I opened up command prompt and navigated to the bat file and ran it that was getting a couple of error messages (hopefully just me doing something silly)

Any ideas? - I had to run this as admin to get it to 'work' not sure if it picked it up. This is the command prompt output:

When you run from the command line you need to include the file name you want to convert...i.e. C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>postprocessing.bat c:\where-ever-you-record-to\recording-to-convert.ts

When the batch file is run by NPVR it passes in the location of the file with the file to convert....that is what the %1 is in the script....the 1st parameter passed into the script. Hope this helps.

[FNM]

Thanks I need to have a mess with it tomorrow - it's at least finding the file now. Here's the latest but a question - to run this automatically all my recordings go to c:\temp - can I put that in there and have it peruse the dir?

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>"C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\ffmpeg.exe" c:\temp\F
amilyGuy\FamilyGuy.ts -y -i -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -deinterlace -r 25 -aspect 16:
9 -acodec aac -qscale 6 -ar 48000 -async 489000 -ac 2 "".mp4
FFmpeg version SVN-r18639, Copyright © 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-postproc --enable-gpl --enable-
libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis
--enable-libtheora --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --disable-ffserver --enable
-avisynth --enable-pthreads
libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
libavcodec 52.27. 0 / 52.27. 0
libavformat 52.32. 0 / 52.32. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Apr 21 2009 13:44:38, gcc: 4.2.4 (TDM-1 for MinGW)
File 'c:\temp\FamilyGuy\FamilyGuy.ts' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] n
Not overwriting - exiting

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>REM Delete original TS

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>del
The syntax of the command is incorrect.
C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>

[FNM]

I tried for over an hour (honest) - need some help.

postprocessing.bat is in C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts along with ffmpg.exe
my recording test file (a .ts) is in c:\temp\itv and is called itv.ts

This is what i'm running in the command prompt (I REM'd the del as all it was doing was deleting)

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>postprocessing.bat c:\temp\itv\itv.ts

This is the postprocessing.bat contents:

REM Encode to mp4 changing file extensio
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\NPVR\Scripts\ffmpeg.exe" y -i %1 -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -deinterlace -r 25 -aspect 16:9 -acodec aac -qscale 6 -ar 48000 -async 489000 -ac 2 "%~dpn1.mp4"

REM Delete original TS
REM del %1

..and this is what I get as a result in cmd prompt:

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Da
ta\NPVR\Scripts\ffmpeg.exe" y -i c:\temp\itv\itv.ts -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -deinterlac
e -r 25 -aspect 16:9 -acodec aac -qscale 6 -ar 48000 -async 489000 -ac 2 "c:\Tem
p\itv\itv.mp4"
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>REM Delete original TS

any ideas what i'm doing wrong? A quick record did nothing naturally and all I can do running it in the cmd prompt is a delete of the file (why I REM'd it). Helppppppp

[Jaggy]

Code:

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Da
ta\NPVR\Scripts\ffmpeg.exe" y -i c:\temp\itv\itv.ts -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -deinterlac
e -r 25 -aspect 16:9 -acodec aac -qscale 6 -ar 48000 -async 489000 -ac 2 "c:\Tem
p\itv\itv.mp4"
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>REM Delete original TS

It looks to me like you may have a path problem in your batch file as you are calling it from

Code:

"C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts"

and yest you are saying ffmpeg.exe is in

Code:

"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\NPVR\Scripts\ffmpeg.exe"

do you have a "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\NPVR\Scripts\ directory?

[mvallevand]

I think it should be "C:\Program Files\NPVR\Other\ffmpeg.exe" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\Other\ffmpeg.exe"

Martin