comskip not running on certain files

[tron999]

I have comskip running in postprocessing.bat. Sometimes it runs, and sometimes I get this in the log:

Thu 10/02/2014,21:00:01.68 - PostProcessing.bat invoked on "E:\Videos\TV Shows\Greys Anatomy\Greys Anatomy_20141002_20002100.ts" recorded from channel 201
--- sleeping 20 seconds to avoid simultaneous execution
Thu 10/02/2014,21:00:21.52 - invoking comskip on "E:\Videos\TV Shows\Greys Anatomy\Greys Anatomy_20141002_20002100.ts"
Thu 10/02/2014,21:00:21.52 - comskip finished with "E:\Videos\TV Shows\Greys Anatomy\Greys Anatomy_20141002_20002100.ts"

Obviously it's not running since zero time has passed. Does anyone have any idea how this would be possible? Here's a copy of my postprocessing.bat:

Code:

set newfile=


@echo on
cd "C:\comskip"
comskip "%newfile%" >>comskip.log


echo %date%,%time% - PostProcessing.bat invoked on %1 recorded from channel %2 >>processing.log
set /a num1=%2% / 10
rem need to add a pause to avoid race conditions
echo --- sleeping %num1% seconds to avoid simultaneous execution >>processing.log

timeout /t %num1%

rem check how many comskips are running; if 2 or more are running wait 1 minute and check again
rem the third parameter passed in npvr 1.5.36 and later is a unique recording oid number, so it makes a good filename to store the temporary count
:check
tasklist | find /c "comskip" > %3.txt
set /p count= <%3.txt
if %count% geq 2 (
echo ...%count% comskips running now, waiting 1 minute >>processing.log
timeout 60
goto check
)
del %3.txt

echo %date%,%time% - invoking comskip on %1 >>processing.log
comskip.exe %1% >>comskip.log
echo %date%,%time% - comskip finished with %1 >>processing.log

"C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\imageGrabLite.exe" --oid %3 --zap2it --rename --nfo





:end

[BrettB]

A few of quick thoughts:
1. Do you get a comskip.log file?
2. Is comskip.exe located in your "C:\comskip" directory? I have found it best always put the full path to the programs called in the various .bat files NPVR calls.
3. I think that in your comskip command line, it the variable should just be "%1" (i.e. the parameter passed to the .bat file) not "%1%".

[tron999]

1. I do get the log file. Here is what happens when it doesnt work:

The commandline used was:
comskip

vs when it does work:
The commandline used was:
comskip.exe "E:\Videos\TV Shows\Hells Kitchen\Hells Kitchen_20141001_20002100.ts"

Using comskip.ini for initiation values.
Commercials were found.
The commandline used was:
comskip

2. Yes, it is located in the c:\comskip path. I can try adding the full path.

3. I will try changing the variable, that might be it. I had some issues with that before.

I'll report back with what I find.

[mvallevand]

The problem is likely here

comskip.exe %1% >>comskip.log

If you have two instances running comskip.log should be locked and you will get a message something like locked by another process.

Martin

[tron999]

I changed it to write to a variable, the oid.log. we'll see how that works, since I had two things ending simultaneously, and only one worked successfully.

[tron999]

Looks like that did it, thank you.