How to use VideoReDo to AUTOMATICALLY remove commercials

[reboot]

This is very short, and it works!
VideoReDo is known for it's ability to use fades on cuts, and maintain audio sync, something that mpgtx (with comclean) didn't always do.
So for those of you that have VideoReDo, but want gbpvr to automatically cut the commercials, using either a comskip generated .vprj (videoredo cutlist) or a ShowAnalyzer generated .vprj, here's how.

1) Get VideoReDo if you don't have it already. 15 day trial is free, but the program is ~$50. It works so well, I'm seriously tempted to actually buy it
http://www.videoredo.com

2) Set up comskip or SA to output the videoredo project file (.vprj)
In comskip.ini, add the line: output_videoredo=1
In SA, open config, Global, Output tab, and put a tick in the "Output VideoReDo Project file.
If you don't have comskip, look here: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...ht=comskip
If you don't have ShowAnalyzer, look here: http://www.dragonglobal.com

3) Modify your postprocessing.bat so it looks like this:

Code:

REM If you use Showanalyzer, unREM the next line
REM "C:\Program Files\Dragon Global\ShowAnalyzer\ShowAnalyzer.exe" %1
REM If you use comskip, unREM the next line
REM "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\comskip.exe" %1
cscript //nologo "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\vp.vbs" "%~dpn1.VPrj" "%~dpn1_Cleaned.mpg" /t1 /q
Rem RENAME the old .mpg file and rename the new one to the old name
move "%~dpn1.mpg" "%~dpn1_original.mpg"
move "%~dpn1_cleaned.mpg" "%~dpn1.mpg"
RenameRecordings %1 > renamerecordings.log

Note that I'm also using renamerecordings, which works perfectly.
Delete the last line if you're not using it.
Remove the REM from the appropriate line above. The second, if you're using SA, the fourth, if you're using comskip.

If you are using PVRPowertray, and PreProcessing.bat, then just run SA from there, and leave this file as is.

Copy and paste the content above, into notepad, and save it as "PostProcessing.bat" (including the quotes) in the c:\program files\devnz\gbpvr folder

Credits:
Based on an original concept found in the VideoReDo forums.
Modified to use GBPVR's filename conventions by rpalmer68 in the DragonGlobal forums.
The actual postprocessing.bat is mine.
Comskip by Erik
Showanalyzer by Jere_Jones

[jorm]

That looks very promising.

I am always concerned with automatically cutting the commercials without getting a chance to check everything. Videoredo is an excellent tool and one that I actually purchased.

[reboot]

In this case, the original file is kept as well, so if the cuts are made wrong, you can still edit the original. Nothing lost.

[bobrap]

Guess I must not be holding my mouth right. I cannot get this to work. The postprocessing.bat never runs VideoReDo. This is my batch file:

REM If you use Showanalyzer, unREM the next line
"C:\Program Files\Dragon Global\ShowAnalyzer\ShowAnalyzer.exe" %1
REM If you use comskip, unREM the next line
REM "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\comskip.exe" %1
cscript //nologo "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\vp.vbs" "%~dpn1.VPrj" "%~dpn1_Cleaned.mpg" /t1 /q
Rem RENAME the old .mpg file and rename the new one to the old name
move "%~dpn1.mpg" "%~dpn1_original.mpg"
move "%~dpn1_cleaned.mpg" "%~dpn1.mpg"
RenameRecordings %1 > renamerecordings.log

What is the dpn1 in the file name? This is how my shows are saved:

World Series of Darts_20050829_19002000.mpg

Any help is appreciated.

[reboot]

Did you go into SA and have it output the proper .vprj ?
If SA doesn't output the file, then VideoReDo has nothing to work with.
Does SA run properly?
The %dpn1 is where it get's the filename from gbpvr for rename recordings to work.

[SickBoy]

OK, so do I need to use both Comskip and SHowAnalyzer? that setting in Comskip doesn't output the Vprj file.... so obviously this fails because it's not finding that file....

[SickBoy]

I had to modify postprocessing.bat to get it to work correctly. Here's what I have:

Code:

REM If you use Showanalyzer, unREM the next line
REM "C:\Program Files\Dragon Global\ShowAnalyzer\ShowAnalyzer.exe" %1
REM If you use comskip, unREM the next line
"C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\comskip.exe" --videoredo --ini="C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\comskip.ini" %1
cscript //nologo "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\vp.vbs" "%~dpn1.VPrj" "%~dpn1_Cleaned.mpg" /t1 /q
Rem RENAME the old .mpg file and rename the new one to the old name
move "%~dpn1.mpg" "%~dpn1_original.mpg"
move "%~dpn1_cleaned.mpg" "%~dpn1.mpg"
REM RenameRecordings %1 > renamerecordings.log

What directory does this file need to reside in?

[jorm]

root gbpvr folder

[reboot]

Seems I mad a blatantly bad error when posting this originally.
You need a small .vbs file in your videoredo folder for this to work.

Here it is, and my sincere apologies to everyone that tried this and had problems.
Download the .vbs file.Right click, save target.

[csy]

Thanks reboot, this works extreamly well, and I had not problems getting it to work via your instructions.

I downloaded VideoReDo 2.2 which has the vp.vbs file already installed and works correctly. But for those who wish to download the file via reboots link, I noticed the IE6 wants to save the file as vp.mpg for some strange reason even though it is truly vp.vbs, so make sure you save it with the correct file extension.