Not transcoding

[Jimi]

OK. Having issue with recordings not transcoding. I went in to look at the settings in the config.xml and tried them manually from the command line. It wasn't working with the default settings. I've played around and found some ffmpeg settings I like and added them to the config.xml, however, it's still not doing the trancoding. Logs attached....

Thanks!

[HtV]

This is the code that is run:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Third Party\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i -threads 3 "M:\Videos\TV\Recordings\Manual Recordings\manual_189_20081220101500.mpg" -f avi -deinterlace -vcodec xvid -qscale 9 -r 15 -acodec mp3 -ac 2 -ab 96 -vtag XVID "M:\Videos\TV\Recordings\Manual Recordings\manual_189_20081220101500.avi"

I think you need to add a "k" to the -ab parameter: -ab 96k
Why do you use the -threads parameter?

Hans

[Jimi]

Yes, the threads parameter was making it fail. It seems to work with some files, but not others. Not sure. The parameter is for mutliprocessor. It's supposed to spawn mutliple threads. Earlier when I was testing at the command line it was help a bit, but not much. I havfe a quad core CPU and was getting ~30% utilization with the threads parameter. Without it the process was railed at 25%. I guess it's not the most reliable.

The 'k' after the 96 i guess is optional. I'm not using it and it works ok.

Thanks!

[HtV]

The 'k' after the 96 i guess is optional. I'm not using it and it works ok.

I already wondered: in the ffmpeg-docs sometimes they use the "k" and sometimes they don't. I think for the video-bitrate it isn't optional.

Hans

[pBS]

the new ffmpegs can use either...but if using no 'k', you have to specify the whole rate..
ie: 96000 or 96k are same and correct, 96 = 96bits!!/sec, not 96kbits...

sure it'll encode, but it'll sound bad and may be jittery...
check the ffmpeg output logs and you'll see a warning about it...

same for video bitrate...1200000 or 1200k is correct....1200 is 1.2k

[Jimi]

Thanks for clarifying