Exposing recording information to postprocessing.bat

[DrDDT]

Hi,

I'd like to be able to know if the recorded show is in widescreen 16:9 widescreen mode in postprocessing.bat.

This information is in the tv guide XML file. Is there any way to get this information in postprocessing.bat?

[JonnyCam]

You might be able to use SlimmGBPVR to pull this info at recording time and store it in a text file.

You can also use the RSS feed from the webadmin to get this info, but am not sure how you would give this info to postprocessing.

[DrDDT]

You might be able to use SlimmGBPVR to pull this info at recording time and store it in a text file.

Thanks, this will work for me.

[drain]

Another option is to get the resolution using ffmpeg (without an output file specified)

Code:

D:\> ffmpeg -i "g:\recordings\Top Gear\Top Gear_20080413_19302040.mpg"
ffmpeg version 0.4.9-pre1, build 4743, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration:  --enable-mp3lame --enable-vorbis --enable-faad --enable-faac
--enable-xvid --enable-mingw32 --enable-a52 --enable-dts --enable-pp
--enable-gpl --enable-memalign-hack
  built on Feb 22 2005 04:58:29, gcc: 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Input #0, mpeg, from 'g:\recordings\Top Gear\Top Gear_20080413_19302040.mpg':
  Duration: 01:21:55.7, start: 0.320533, bitrate: 3973 kb/s
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, [color=Red]720x576[/color], 25.00 fps
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Must supply at least one output file

[DrDDT]

I think this won't work for me, since the resolution is always the same.
The only question is if I get encoded black bars or not.

Another option is to get the resolution using ffmpeg (without an output file specified)

Code:

D:\> ffmpeg -i "g:\recordings\Top Gear\Top Gear_20080413_19302040.mpg"
ffmpeg version 0.4.9-pre1, build 4743, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration:  --enable-mp3lame --enable-vorbis --enable-faad --enable-faac
--enable-xvid --enable-mingw32 --enable-a52 --enable-dts --enable-pp
--enable-gpl --enable-memalign-hack
  built on Feb 22 2005 04:58:29, gcc: 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Input #0, mpeg, from 'g:\recordings\Top Gear\Top Gear_20080413_19302040.mpg':
  Duration: 01:21:55.7, start: 0.320533, bitrate: 3973 kb/s
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, [color=Red]720x576[/color], 25.00 fps
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Must supply at least one output file

[JonnyCam]

Using the SlimGBPVR command as below, I get a file created with the name of the recording, channel & endtime to use with my VFD.

gbpvrcli /inprogress /message " <> {Title} on {ChannelName} \n{EndTime:t}" >C:\RecordingNow.txt


If you check out the helpfile, it has all sorts of tokens / messages which can be used to extract info. The only issue would be if you had multiple recordings, the data would be appended.

[DrDDT]

Using the SlimGBPVR command as below, I get a file created with the name of the recording, channel & endtime to use with my VFD.

gbpvrcli /inprogress /message " <> {Title} on {ChannelName} \n{EndTime:t}" >C:\RecordingNow.txt


If you check out the helpfile, it has all sorts of tokens / messages which can be used to extract info. The only issue would be if you had multiple recordings, the data would be appended.

Thanks, I only have one tuner, so it is not an issue.
I already added some stuff to my batchfiles to get the required information.