Scheduling File Conversion

[taz]

I recently rebuilt my HTPC and finally made the switch to NPVR from GBPVR (if it aint broke, don't fix it). If memory serves me correctly I could schedule the file conversions (for an ipod) of anything that recorded that day to run in the middle of the night so nobody would be using the PC at the same time. I do not see this option in NPVR. I did quite a bit of searching and it seems all the file conversions are done usint the PostProcessing.bat file. I can do this but I prefer it to run in the middle of the night. Did I miss something or is this no longer a feature (or is my memory of GBVPR incorrect)?

Thank you.

Taz

[sub]

Sorry, there was no such scheduled file conversion in GBPVR or NextPVR.

[taz]

I found my old config.xml file and found looked at the PostProcessing section:

<!-- Post processing -->
<AutoConvertMpgToFormat>iPod Touch</AutoConvertMpgToFormat>
<AutoConvertDvrmsToFormat>No Conversion</AutoConvertDvrmsToFormat>
<AutoConvertTSToFormat>No Conversion</AutoConvertTSToFormat>
<AutoConvertTSCommand>-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f dvd {DEST_FILE}</AutoConvertTSCommand>
<CommercialDetectionScheme>1</CommercialDetectionScheme>
<ProcessCommercialsDuringRecording>true</ProcessCommercialsDuringRecording>
<ConversionProcessingStartHour>23</ConversionProcessingStartHour>
<ConversionProcessingStopHour>6</ConversionProcessingStopHour>
<AutoDeleteConvertedFiles>false</AutoDeleteConvertedFiles>

I thought the ConversionProcessingStartHour configured the time the file conversion(s) started?

Taz

[sub]

Hmm, maybe it did.

I remember it had the ability to convert all recordings to another specified file format (a feature which virtually nobody used), and this was easily replicated in NextPVR by adding a couple of commands in a postprocessing.bat file (running ffmpeg, since thats all GBPVR was doing), but I couldnt remember those Start/Stop hour settings.

Sorry, there is no equivalent in NextPVR.

[OTAjunkie]

I too would like an option for "off hour" processing. At present I'm using MEncoder batches under "scheduled tasks".
I'm using MEncoder to remove commercials.

[taz]

Bummr. Thanks for the quick response.

Taz

[mvallevand]

With some creative use of schtasks you could mimic this in postprocessing.bat. You'd need to schedule this to run with the EPG wakeup or write your own.

Code:

rem I leave it to you to figure out how to calculate tomorrow
set tomorrow=12/19/2011
SCHTASKS /create /tn "Delay-%3" /tr "\"c:\user\public\npvr\scripts\delay_process.cmd\" \"%1\"" /st 00:03:00 /sd %tomorrow /sc once

Martin

[Reddwarf]

With some creative use of schtasks you could mimic this in postprocessing.bat. You'd need to schedule this to run with the EPG wakeup or write your own.

Code:

rem I leave it to you to figure out how to calculate tomorrow
set tomorrow=12/19/2011
SCHTASKS /create /tn "Delay-%3" /tr "\"c:\user\public\npvr\scripts\delay_process.cmd\" \"%1\"" /st 00:03:00 /sd %tomorrow /sc once

Martin

It is also fairly easy to create a repeating task to convert recordings using the interactive Windows Task Scheduler found in Administrative Tools. I use it to run comskip on recordings at 4AM, which BTW does not work as good as I hoped (the task works well, not comskip :o)