How do I use comskip - and auto cut commercials?

[Cape-City]

Hi,

when i put the comskip.exe in the gbpvr directory gbpvr executes the exe automaticlly
wthout having the postprocessing.bat created.

When i create the postprocessing.bat with the content shown above, didnt the system
runs the comskip.exe twice (not at the same time, but after eachother) ????

Another Question ...

Is it possible that comskip didnt work with recordings in germany ? O.k. he found
different things in the mpeg (e.g. the Channel Logo), but when running the
comclean.bat - nothing is different in the 'Com-Free Mpeg', only the filesize
is a bit smaller ...

Greetz
CC

[sub]

when i put the comskip.exe in the gbpvr directory gbpvr executes the exe automaticlly
wthout having the postprocessing.bat created.

When i create the postprocessing.bat with the content shown above, didnt the system
runs the comskip.exe twice (not at the same time, but after eachother) ????

comskip.exe is not run if PostProcessing.bat is found in the GB-PVR directory.

[erik]

Comskip already has some additional features specific for germany.
First thing to do is to look at the .txt file that comskip generated and to check if the frame numbers of the commercials (one per line) are aout right.
Comclean will cut out the frame ranges who's numbers are in the .txt file generated by comclean.

[Cape-City]

Hi,

i attached the log and txt file which comskip generated on a 2 hours movie.
When i watch the comclean mpg all commercials are still in there, when
i activate the gb-pvr function to skip com when found the txt it jumps
forward there where no commercials are (i used the original of 'course) ?!?

CC

[erik]

66% of the show has logo, this looks normal.
Its look like comskip detected the parts that include a logo as show and the most of the parts without logo as commercials.
COuld you check if the commercials have a logo?

[Cape-City]

the commercials have no logo, only the channel own commercial (preview, etc...) has
sometimes a logo .

[reboot]

Comclean has failed to cut the mpg properly.
This happens every time a commercial is found in frames 0 or 1.
Post your comclean.bat file.
I believe there's a way around it, and it's got to do with the number of dashes.
Even if the first commercial is found in frames 0 or 1 it should still process the rest of the file, and clean the commercials.
This depends on what version of comskip, and what version of comclean you're using.

[Cape-City]

the last available me think (comskip75.zip & comclean_0_0_5.zip)...

Code:

@echo off
Rem comclean.bat Version 0.0.5
Rem Adapt to your framerate times 100 (PAL=2500/NTSC=2997)
set framerate=2500
Rem Adapt to where mpgtx.exe can be found
set mpgtx="c:\Programme\devnz\gbpvr\mpgtx.exe"

rem Initialize the variables
set start=0
set duration=0

rem Set the command line start
set cmdline=%mpgtx% -j -f -o "%~dpn1_clean.mpg" "%~dpn1.mpg"
set cutpoints=

rem Process all the lines from the Comskip output file
for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2,3*" %%i in ("%~dpn1.txt") do call :processline %%i %%j
rem Output last clip
call :totime %start%
set cmdline=%cmdline%  [%tim%-]
echo Resulting cutpoints: %cutpoints%
rem echo %cmdline% >"%~dpn1.bat"
rem echo exit >>"%~dpn1.bat"
rem start /wait /low call "%~dpn1.bat"
@echo on
%cmdline%
@echo off
echo Resulting cutpoints: %cutpoints%
Rem RENAME the old .mpg file and rename the new one to the old name
move "%~dpn1.mpg" "%~dpn1_original.mpg"
move "%~dpn1_clean.mpg" "%~dpn1.mpg"
rem exit
goto :eof

:processline
rem Skip useless lines
set arg=%1
if "%arg:~0,4%"=="FILE" goto :eof
if "%arg:~0,4%"=="----" goto :eof

rem Output the clip information for the show part
set /a length=%1-%start%
set /a duration=%duration%+%length%
call :totime %duration%
set cutpoints=%cutpoints% %tim%

if "%1"=="0" goto :nostartshow
call :totime %start%
set cmdline=%cmdline% [%tim%
call :totime %1
set cmdline=%cmdline%-%tim%]
:nostartshow
rem Remember start of next clip
set start=%2
goto :eof

:totime
set tim=
if "%1"=="0" goto :eof
set /A position=%1 *100 / %framerate%
set /A hours=%position% / 60 /60
set /A hrest = %position% - %hours%*60*60
set /A minutes=%hrest% /60
set /A seconds = %hrest%  - %minutes%*60
set tim=%hours%:%minutes%:%seconds%
goto eof
:eof

[erik]

.txt does not start at 0 of 1.
length matches long file (Galaxy Guest is a good long film )

Please post your postprocessing.bat,
also try to do a manual run on the mpg with comclean

create a shortcut on your desktop to comclean.bat (ALT-pull to the desktop)
then drop the mpeg recording on the comclean icon.
procesing should take "some" time.

Better is to do a start/run CMD.
cd to the gbvpr directory and do a manual run of comclean.
that way you will see all message.

[reboot]

Did you output a comclean.err file?
If so, open it in notepad, and post it here.
If not, run comclean this way:
Comclean %1 >> comclean.log >> comclean.err
The .err file will be easier to diagnose if something went wrong.