Comskip in NEXTPVR and X-NEWA in KODI?
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2016-02-20, 01:32 AM
Ok, so I posted about my bad comskip experiences with the HDTC here http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...Plus-H-264 SiliconDust never got back to me on their forum (no surprise). I don't consider this resolved and I think the SiliconDust transcoding is creating bad initial timelines.
Martin
2016-02-20, 02:01 PM
You may be on to something with the framerate. It should be 29.97 according to the com skip logs.
When I calculated the frame to time (.txt file to .edl file) the conversions are correct using 29.97. I have submitted this to the com skip forum and Erik is looking at this problem as well.
2016-02-20, 03:44 PM
zigzag930 Wrote:You may be on to something with the framerate. It should be 29.97 according to the com skip logs. I believe the framerate problem is basically just that the Kodi can't read the data in the h/w mux used by SiliconDust and the "guess" is wrong. Other applications have problems seeking in these files too. If you check the other thread you would see a simple remux fixes it which is how I came to this conclusion. Comskip reads deeper and doesn't need to worry about ts wrapper issues Martin
2016-02-20, 05:51 PM
So, after discussing this with the Comskip man (Erik) I'm pretty inclined to think the issue is on the Kodi side (xnewa and nextpvr client).
I converted the txt files to edl (according to framerate) and they are identical in commercial start/end placement. So why a constant offset of -10 seconds? Need to keep digging to find the answer. Any suggestions on where to start? BTW, my HDhomerun is configured to "Native" mode, so no transcoding.
2016-02-20, 06:37 PM
zigzag930 Wrote:BTW, my HDhomerun is configured to "Native" mode, so no transcoding. Are you sure? I believe Kodi logs showed it as h264 Martin
2016-02-21, 02:34 AM
The logs show this
12:09:25 T:123145306136576 NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 Martin
2016-02-21, 01:04 PM
Yes, I am sure it is set to native. When checking the hdtv-2us (HDHomeRun Extend) specs, I believe that H.264 is the native output.
I could try others to see if there is a difference. BTW, is it normal that the timeline, when playing back the video, shows a shortened time? IE video is 32 mins, playback (with an EDL file present) shows 21 mins. I remove the EDL file and it shows 32 mins again. I am testing all this with Kodi 15.1 running on my Macbook Pro. I can try it on the OpenELEC Kodi 15.2 version, but faster for reconfig and testing on the Mac.
2016-02-21, 02:21 PM
Maybe native isn't the same as raw. In any case that timeline is normal if your edl file is set to cut not commercial skip In comskip.ini that is edl_skip_field=3 http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip/viewtopi...f=5&t=1381
You can edit those zeroes to 3 in an existing file. Martin
2016-02-23, 03:04 PM
Would that be the "0" which is the last character in the .edl file? If so, I have edited it to a 3 for testing. It changed the koi playback timeline, but not to the full 32 mins. Added about 1 min though.
Playback still off 10 seconds. Can't seem to find a way to get the Kodi playback right. Frustrating as this plays correctly on the host, using the nextpvr playback s/w. J |
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