Australian NPVR users? Gem, Mate & SBS issues

[Nistrod]

The Story of Science: SBS HD = 1280 x 720
[INDENT]Input #0, mpegts, from 'The Story Of Science_20110426_20302130-0.ts':
Duration: 04:44:01.81, start: 72699.827544, bitrate: 2747 kb/s
Program 821
Stream #0.0[0x66]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 90000 kb/s, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 100 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x67](eng): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 192 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x29](eng): Subtitle: [6][0][0][0] / 0x0006
Stream #0.3[0x1388]: Data: [11][0][0][0] / 0x000B
[buffer @ 03200cd0] w:1280 h:720 pixfmt:yuv420p[/INDENT]


This claims its 4 hours long!!! Its not, its the same as the SD version.
Also, no stereo.


The Story of Science: SBS ONE = 720 x 576
[INDENT]Input #0, mpegts, from 'The Story Of Science_20110426_20302130.ts':
Duration: 01:19:57.00, start: 84944.497767, bitrate: 4459 kb/s
Program 817
Stream #0.0[0xa1]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 16:9], 10000 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x51](eng): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 192 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x29](eng): Subtitle: [6][0][0][0] / 0x0006
Stream #0.3[0x33]: Data: [6][0][0][0] / 0x0006
Stream #0.4[0x1388]: Data: [11][0][0][0] / 0x000B
[buffer @ 0343fab0] w:720 h:576 pixfmt:yuv420p[/INDENT]


This length is correct, I have pre/post padding of 5/15 mins.


My Name is Earl: 7Mate = 1440 x 1080
[INDENT]Input #0, mpegts, from 'My Name Is Earl_20110426_22002300.ts':
Duration: 01:19:57.76, start: 90252.840844, bitrate: 10856 kb/s
Program 2403
Stream #0.0[0x1999]: Data: [11][0][0][0] / 0x000B
Stream #0.1[0x1631]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1440x1080 [PAR 4:3 DAR 16:9], 9900 kb/s, 27.62 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.2[0x1633](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 384 kb/s
Stream #0.3[0x1635](eng): Subtitle: [6][0][0][0] / 0x0006
[buffer @ 003eb7e0] w:1440 h:1080 pixfmt:yuv420p[/INDENT]


Ahh, stereo!


Sensing Murder: GEM = 1440 x 1080
[INDENT]Input #0, mpegts, from 'Sensing Murder_20110426_22412343.ts':
Duration: 01:13:39.28, start: 49612.097856, bitrate: 10940 kb/s
Program 10
Stream #0.0[0x12e]: Data: [11][0][0][0] / 0x000B
Stream #0.1[0x221]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1440x1080 [PAR 4:3 DAR 16:9], 14500 kb/s, 27.45 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.2[0x2b7](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 448 kb/s
Stream #0.3[0x31b](eng): Subtitle: [6][0][0][0] / 0x0006
[buffer @ 0032fbd0] w:1440 h:1080 pixfmt:yuv420p[/INDENT]

You are welcome to my script, but it does weird things. I post process for a WD TV Live, which has issues with FF & REW on TS files. It is a work in progress, but the relevant command at the moment is
[INDENT]%FFMPEG% -y -async 48000 -i %ACTUAL%%SUFFIX% -vcodec libx264 -f ipod -threads 16 -fpre "%FFPRE%\libx264-ultrafast.ffpreset" -sameq -g 100 -crf 25 -ac 2 -ab 128k %VERBOSE% %ACTUAL%.mp4 >> %ACTUAL%.log 2>&1[/INDENT]

and yes, the -f ipod is required!

I hope this helps.

[chuck_2330]

OK, results below:

F:\My Name Is Earl>C:\testvid\ffmpeg.exe -i earl.ts
FFmpeg version git-N-29181-ga304071, Copyright © 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Apr 18 2011 21:24:03 with gcc 4.5.2
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --ena
[mpeg2video @ 0035CB90] mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
Last message repeated 5 times
[NULL @ 02DE44F0] start time is not set in av_estimate_timings_from_pts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'earl.ts':
Duration: 01:09:57.67, start: 88325.696678, bitrate: 10861 kb/s
Program 2413
Stream #0.0[0x1216]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 1440x1080 [PAR 4:3 DAR 16:9], 10218 kb/s, 26.10 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x121b](eng): Subtitle: [6][0][0][0] / 0x0006
Stream #0.2[0xa6d]: Data: [11][0][0][0] / 0x000B
Stream #0.3[0x1218](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 256 kb/s (clean
effects)
At least one output file must be specified



F:\Sensing Murder>C:\testvid\ffmpeg.exe -i murder.ts
FFmpeg version git-N-29181-ga304071, Copyright © 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Apr 18 2011 21:24:03 with gcc 4.5.2

[mp3 @ 02A4B4D0] Header missing
[NULL @ 02A369D0] start time is not set in av_estimate_timings_from_pts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'murder.ts':
Duration: 01:49:59.79, start: 16375.219922, bitrate: 12946 kb/s
Program 111
Stream #0.0[0x44c]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 90000 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x456](eng): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 256 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x460](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 448 kb/s
Stream #0.3[0x46a](eng): Subtitle: [6][0][0][0] / 0x0006
Stream #0.4[0x906]: Data: [11][0][0][0] / 0x000B
At least one output file must be specified


F:\The Story Of Science>C:\testvid\ffmpeg.exe -i science.ts
FFmpeg version git-N-29181-ga304071, Copyright © 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Apr 18 2011 21:24:03 with gcc 4.5.2
[NULL @ 029F6200] start time is not set in av_estimate_timings_from_pts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'science.ts':
Duration: 18:07:31.43, start: 14349.681789, bitrate: 816 kb/s
Program 853
Stream #0.0[0x66]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR16:9], 90000 kb/s, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 100 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x67](eng): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x29](eng): Subtitle: [6][0][0][0] / 0x0006
Stream #0.3[0x1388]: Data: [11][0][0][0] / 0x000B
At least one output file must be specified

[Nistrod]

Hmm. Your murder.ts is at 1920x1080 which is different to mine.
It also has both mp2 and ac3 streams.

We have GEM provided by WIN Sunshine Coast.

I cant see anything wrong in yours - they are just different.

[chuck_2330]

Different. Hmmm. I'm confused.

When I run ffmpeg it wants to map stream 0.0 to 0.0 and 0.1 to 0.1. If these don't contain video and audio streams, it seems to me that this is a problem. For example, Earl on 7mate has audio on 0.3 in Hunter Valley and 0.2 in Sunshine Coast. Also, my script chokes on ac3 5.1 audio as I specify the audio stream to be mp2.

I don't have my head around the idea of presets with ffmpeg. What is in the file in libx264-ultrafast.ffpreset in your script?

I also have a WD Live and have the same problem with FF & RW. (I also can't jump to a particular time, except I think this is a problem with the WD Live)

Thanks again for your help.

Greg