Conversion settings

[ejeffers]

I never really used the auto-covert until this latest realease because of the inclusion of auto-transcode to PSP. I love this feature, however soem quality settings for PSP and all the other formats would be much appreciated. This is a pretty low priority request, but whenever you get around to it would be great.

[sub]

I decided against reinventing the wheel. The transcoding is now based on FFmpeg. If you look in config.xml, you'll find the following settings which define each of the profiles. You can add additional profiles if you need to, or change the quality setting to use whatever you want. You can change the bit rate etc. See http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ffmpeg-doc.html for more info.

Code:

<CustomFFmpegConversions>
    <Conversion name="XviD" cmd="-i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -vcodec xvid -b 1250 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />
    <Conversion name="Video Ipod" cmd="-i {SOURCE_FILE} -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -s 320x240 -r 15 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mp4" />
    <Conversion name="Sony PSP" cmd="-i {SOURCE_FILE} -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -s 320x240 -r 15 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mp4" />
    <Conversion name="Mobile .3GP" cmd="-i {SOURCE_FILE} -acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 -s qcif -aspect 4:3 -hq {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".3gp" />
  </CustomFFmpegConversions>

[ejeffers]

Thanks, thats exactly what i needed, just a higher quality profile for my PSP.

[daphatty]

Hey ejeffers, do your recordings actually play back on the PSP? My files seem to be having issues.

[ejeffers]

Yeah, witht he built in setting, they played back, but poorly. Thtas why I was asking how to make a new profile, what firmware version are you running?

[don_care100]

Hi all,

Want for the divx profile use a smaller videosize. I add in config.xml in the divx profile the option -S 320x240 but still it is the same size after conversion.

Read also on the link SUB provided ..... do I use the correct videosize?

Please help

[don_care100]

Anyone? also a try with 320X288 but still no luck. Do I have to restart the pc?

Don

[kayleigh]

To increase the quality of output files, you can add "-b bitrate" (without quotes) to the command line - default is 200kb/s.

If you use "-s -cif" (again, no quotes), the size of output will be 352x288. "-s -qcif" will generate 176x144. You probably have to restart GB-PVR after editing; I believe the config.xml file is cached at program start.

[SuMo]

You probably have to restart GB-PVR after editing; I believe the config.xml file is cached at program start.

just restart the recording sevice, that'll reload the config.xml

[don_care100]

Thanks Kayleigh and Sumo,

Did add the -s -cif option in config.xml but when I now hit the transcode button noting happens. I did try to read the .log files for sme errors but I can find nothing. My complete instruction in config.xml is now:

<Conversion name="DivX" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -f avi -ab 224 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -vcodec mpeg4 -s -cif -b 1400 -vtag DIVX {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".avi" />

Do I have to place the option -s -cif in another place in the instruction or do I have to place this instruction in config.xml in more places?

Restarting the recording service will reload the config.xml indeed.

Please help !

Don