Need PostProcessing.bat script to transcode TS to MPG

[chuck_2330]

I am trying to commit to NPVR but the big problem is with the TS files that are the output.

We use the NEWA interface exclusively, both for setting a recording and also for playback. Under GBPVR, MPG files played beautifully but for some reason I can't play them under NPVR. TS files don't play very well, with occasional pixellation. I also don't get any time information (time played, total time) which makes it difficult to return to a particular spot. I am using VLC as the external player.

Can anybody help with a PostProcessing.bat script that will transcode the TS output to MPG and relink to the NPVR library? I've searched the forum but for the life of me I can't find a suitable script.

TIA

Greg

[jki]

cd D:\Program Files\NPVR\Other\



ffmpeg -i %1 -map_meta_data 0:0,p1 -f vob -ab 128000 -acodec mp2 -b 2500k -vcodec mpeg2video -deinterlace "%~dpn1.mpg"

del %1

EOF

This work now for me, but metadata handling not. Perhaps somebody knows correct way to transfer metadata also (not really very important, or have .ts file any specific data at all).
Some days Npvr database pointing to new file, some days not.

[johnsonx42]

this ought to work:

Code:

type %1:metadata.xml > %~dpn1.mpg:metadata.xml

[pBS]

above post will re-encode the files...changing quality...
use this: like 20 times faster and no change in quality..

Code:

"[b]path\to\ffmpeg.exe[/b]"  -y -fflags +genpts -i "%~1" -vcodec copy -async 1024  -acodec copy -f vob "%~dpn1.mpg"
if errorlevel 1 pause && goto :eof
sqlite3.exe -separator "," [b]"drv\path\to\npvr.db3"[/b] "UPDATE SCHEDULED_RECORDING SET filename ='%~dpn1.mpg' where filename like '%~1';"
echo Done.
more < "%~1:metadata.xml" > "%~dpn1.mpg:metadata.xml"

must edit part in bold to adjust for your system..
[and have sqlite3.exe available]

NOTE: this won't work for h.264 compression videos..only mpeg2..

[chuck_2330]

Fantastic! Thanks for taking the time to reply. The script seems to work well and the TS file drops from 8GB to 1.5GB for the same show. Problem solved!