Misc

ToDvrms - 1.0.0.5

babgvant — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:11:24 GMT

ToDvrms is a command line utility that converts files to dvr-ms.

syntax: todvrms.exe filetoconvert.xxx newdvrms.dvr-ms [-m -g <pathtogrfstub.grf> -v -d -t "The Title" -r "10/30/2008" -y "10/30/2008"]

developed for mpg/vob, but other formats may work.

-m: optional, write WM/MediaIsMovie tag to output file
-g: optional, path to a grf file that contains encoder (or other filters) that should be used for the conversion process
-v: optional, enable verbose mode
-d: optional, enable debug mode
-t: optional, add Title attribute with the specified value
-r: optional, add WM/OriginalReleaseTime attribute with the specified date value.
-y: optional, add WM/Year attribute with the specified date value.
-w: optional, how long to wait for writes before considering the conversion finished. Default is 30

Please post support/enhancement requests in the transcoding forum.

1.0.0.0

- Inital release

1.0.0.1

- added m arg optional, write WM/MediaIsMovie tag to output file
- added g arg optional, path to a grf file that contains encoder (or other filters) that should be used for the conversion process

1.0.0.2
- added v arg. optional, enables verbose output
- added d arg, optional, enables debug mode
- some structural changes

1.0.0.3
- added a GUI tool
- added WTV support
- added t, r, y args

1.0.0.4
- fixed GUI
- some GUI enhancements
- added w

1.0.0.5
- files can be viewed as they convert if both processes are run as an admin (disable UAC)
- experimental -> wtv conversion
- read sage xml files to create dvr-ms metadata

Replay2DVRMS Source

thejez — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:47:54 GMT

Replay2DVRMS - Convert ReplayTV files to dvr-ms
Copyright (C) 2008 Ray Jezek
http://ray.jez.net

This license governs use of the accompanying software. If you use the software, you accept this license. If you do not accept the license, do not use the software.

1. Definitions
The terms "reproduce," "reproduction," "derivative works," and "distribution" have the same meaning here as under U.S. copyright law.
A "contribution" is the original software, or any additions or changes to the software.
A "contributor" is any person that distributes its contribution under this license.
"Licensed patents" are a contributor's patent claims that read directly on its contribution.

2. Grant of Rights
(A) Copyright Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce its contribution, prepare derivative works of its contribution, and distribute its contribution or any derivative works that you create.
(B) Patent Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed patents to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, and/or otherwise dispose of its contribution in the software or derivative works of the contribution in the software.

3. Conditions and Limitations
(A) Reciprocal Grants- For any file you distribute that contains code from the software (in source code or binary format), you must provide recipients the source code to that file along with a copy of this license, which license will govern that file. Code that links to or derives from the software must be released under an OSI-certified open source license.
(B) No Trademark License- This license does not grant you rights to use any contributors' name, logo, or trademarks.
(C) If you bring a patent claim against any contributor over patents that you claim are infringed by the software, your patent license from such contributor to the software ends automatically.
(D) If you distribute any portion of the software, you must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices that are present in the software.
(E) If you distribute any portion of the software in source code form, you may do so only under this license by including a complete copy of this license with your distribution. If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this license.
(F) The software is licensed "as-is." You bear the risk of using it. The contributors give no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws which this license cannot change. To the extent permitted under your local laws, the contributors exclude the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

Please visit the Replay2DVRMS blog for more information.

1.0.0.0

- initial release

1.0.0.1

- Expanded the scope of the -d flag to also delete .evt and .ndx files that DVArchive generates.

Replay2DVRMS - 1.0.0.1

thejez — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:43:43 GMT

Replay2DVRMS is a command line utility based on ToDvrms that converts ReplayTV files (along with their metadata) to dvr-ms files.

usage: Replay2DVRMS.exe source [destination] [-d]

source: required, a ReplayTV mpeg file or a folder containing ReplayTV mpeg file(s) and their associated metadata files
destination: optional, the name of the file or folder to output the dvr-ms file(s) to.
-d: optional, delete the source files after the conversion is complete.

Please visit the Replay2DVRMS blog for more information.

1.0.0.0

- initial release

1.0.0.1

- Expanded the scope of the -d flag to also delete .evt and .ndx files that DVArchive generates.

ToDvrms - 1.0.0.4

babgvant — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:48:31 GMT

ToDvrms - 1.0.0.2

babgvant — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:35:19 GMT

ToDvrms is a command line utility that converts files to dvr-ms.

syntax: todvrms.exe filetoconvert.xxx newdvrms.dvr-ms [-m -g <pathtogrfstub.grf>]

developed for mpg/vob, but other formats may work.

-m: optional, write WM/MediaIsMovie tag to output file
-g: optional, path to a grf file that contains encoder (or other filters) that should be used for the conversion process
-v: optional, enable verbose mode
-d: optional, enable debug mode

Please post support/enhancement requests in the transcoding forum.

1.0.0.0

- Inital release

1.0.0.1

- added m arg optional, write WM/MediaIsMovie tag to output file
- added g arg optional, path to a grf file that contains encoder (or other filters) that should be used for the conversion process

1.0.0.2

- added v arg. optional, enables verbose output
- added d arg, optional, enables debug mode
- some structural changes

ToDvrms - 1.0.0.1

babgvant — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:02:53 GMT

ToDvrms is a command line utility that converts files to dvr-ms.

syntax: todvrms.exe filetoconvert.xxx newdvrms.dvr-ms [-m -g <pathtogrfstub.grf>]

developed for mpg/vob, but other formats may work.

-m: optional, write WM/MediaIsMovie tag to output file
-g: optional, path to a grf file that contains encoder (or other filters) that should be used for the conversion process

Please post support/enhancement requests in the transcoding forum.

ToDvrms

babgvant — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:00:26 GMT

ToDvrms converts files to dvr-ms.

syntax: todvrms.exe filetoconvert.xxx newdvrms.dvr-ms

developed for mpg/vob, but other formats may work.

source can be found here.

ToDvrms Source

babgvant — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:59:47 GMT

/*
ToDvrms - Convert files to dvr-ms
Copyright (C) 2008 andy vt
http://babvant.com

This license governs use of the accompanying software. If you use the software, you accept this license. If you do not accept the license, do not use the software.

1. Definitions
The terms "reproduce," "reproduction," "derivative works," and "distribution" have the same meaning here as under U.S. copyright law.
A "contribution" is the original software, or any additions or changes to the software.
A "contributor" is any person that distributes its contribution under this license.
"Licensed patents" are a contributor's patent claims that read directly on its contribution.

2. Grant of Rights
(A) Copyright Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce its contribution, prepare derivative works of its contribution, and distribute its contribution or any derivative works that you create.
(B) Patent Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed patents to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, and/or otherwise dispose of its contribution in the software or derivative works of the contribution in the software.

3. Conditions and Limitations
(A) Reciprocal Grants- For any file you distribute that contains code from the software (in source code or binary format), you must provide recipients the source code to that file along with a copy of this license, which license will govern that file. Code that links to or derives from the software must be released under an OSI-certified open source license.
(B) No Trademark License- This license does not grant you rights to use any contributors' name, logo, or trademarks.
(C) If you bring a patent claim against any contributor over patents that you claim are infringed by the software, your patent license from such contributor to the software ends automatically.
(D) If you distribute any portion of the software, you must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices that are present in the software.
(E) If you distribute any portion of the software in source code form, you may do so only under this license by including a complete copy of this license with your distribution. If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this license.
(F) The software is licensed "as-is." You bear the risk of using it. The contributors give no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws which this license cannot change. To the extent permitted under your local laws, the contributors exclude the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

*/

1.0.0.0

- Inital release

1.0.0.1

- added m arg optional, write WM/MediaIsMovie tag to output file
- added g arg optional, path to a grf file that contains encoder (or other filters) that should be used for the conversion process

1.0.0.2

- added v arg. optional, enables verbose output
- added d arg, optional, enables debug mode
- some structural changes

DVRMStoWMVHD - 1.0.0.3

babgvant — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:01:45 GMT

DVRMStoWMVHD.exe is a command line utility that converts dvr-ms files to WMV files. It is designed to work with ATSC files with HD video and AC3 audio streams, but will also convert NTSC and PAL recordings. Other file formats, like mpg and vob, will work but will not be supported.

By default (no custom profile is specified) to will convert the dvr-ms file to a WMV file with VC-1 video and WMA Pro 5.1 audio with a programmatically built profile based on the attributes of the source file. A custom profile can be passed using the -p argument if more control is desired over the target format.

AC3Filter is preferred, and needs to be configured to deliver 5.1 audio for AC3 streams for WMA Pro to work properly. Other AC3 decoders should work if properly configured, but will not be supported.

While the application should work on XP if WMF11 is installed, it was developed and tested on Vista.

syntax:

dvrmstowmvhd -i "in.dvr-ms" -o "out.wmv" [-p "wmv.prx" -a "preferred audio guid" -v "preferred video guid" -m -pp -s -pm]

-i : The path to the file that should be converted. If spaces are included in the path, it should be enclosed in quotes.

-o : The path to the file that will be output. If spaces are included in the path, it should be enclosed in quotes.

-p : Optional path to the WMF Profile (prx) file that will be used to convert the file. If spaces are included in the path, it should be enclosed in quotes. If unspecified, the application will generate a profile based on the input file.

-a : Optional guid of the audio decoder that should be loaded into the graph. There is no guarentee that it will be used, but it should if input and output types match.

-v : Optional guid of the video decoder that should be loaded into the graph. There is no guarentee that it will be used, but it should if input and output types match.

-m: Optional, load and connect MatrixMixer filter. Useful for audio gain on non-AC3 streams.

-pp: Optional, PRIORITY_CLASS value as integer. 32768 = ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS for e.g.

-s: Optional, if present writer filter will try to synchronize stream writes, may cause filter deadlocks

-pm: Optional, processor affinity mask. 3 on a dual core system will use both cores(1+2=3)

More information can be found in the wiki. This is an open source application, source can be downloaded here.

1.0.0.2

Added -pp to control process priority
Added -s, runs wmwriter filter in sync write mode, may cause problems only use if A/V is not in sync
Added -pm to control processor affinity
Added WMA support
Changd DVR-MS status to report % instead of write time

1.0.0.3

Added conversion hang detection
Added workaround for improperly reported BitmapInfoHeader frame size

DVRMStoWMVHD

babgvant — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:14:07 GMT

While the application should work on XP if WMF11 is installed, it was developed and tested on Vista.

syntax:

dvrmstowmvhd -i "in.dvr-ms" -o "out.wmv" [-p "wmv.prx" -a "preferred audio guid" -v "preferred video guid" -m]

More information can be found in the wiki. This is an open source application, source can be downloaded here.

DSSnap

babgvant — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:27:04 GMT

DSSnap - Grab a jpg of a media file at a specified time. The class uses the SampleGrabber and Color Converter DMO to grab a bitmap from a dvrms file.

Usage:
DSSnap.exe sourcepath positioninseconds outpath
e.g. DSSnap.exe "c:\file.dvr-ms" 10.5 "c:\file.jpg"

DVRMStoWMVHD - Source

babgvant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:41:38 GMT

DVRMStoWMVHD - Converts DVR-MS files to WMV with VC-1 and WMAPro streams
Copyright (C) 2008 andy vt
http://babvant.com

This application is based on the work of Alessandro Angeli. The original application can be downloaded from his website http://www.riseoftheants.com/mmx/faq.htm

This license governs use of the accompanying software. If you use the software, you accept this license. If you do not accept the license, do not use the software.

1. Definitions
The terms "reproduce," "reproduction," "derivative works," and "distribution" have the same meaning here as under U.S. copyright law.
A "contribution" is the original software, or any additions or changes to the software.
A "contributor" is any person that distributes its contribution under this license.
"Licensed patents" are a contributor's patent claims that read directly on its contribution.

2. Grant of Rights
(A) Copyright Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce its contribution, prepare derivative works of its contribution, and distribute its contribution or any derivative works that you create.
(B) Patent Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed patents to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, and/or otherwise dispose of its contribution in the software or derivative works of the contribution in the software.

3. Conditions and Limitations
(A) Reciprocal Grants- For any file you distribute that contains code from the software (in source code or binary format), you must provide recipients the source code to that file along with a copy of this license, which license will govern that file. Code that links to or derives from the software must be released under an OSI-certified open source license.
(B) No Trademark License- This license does not grant you rights to use any contributors' name, logo, or trademarks.
(C) If you bring a patent claim against any contributor over patents that you claim are infringed by the software, your patent license from such contributor to the software ends automatically.
(D) If you distribute any portion of the software, you must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices that are present in the software.
(E) If you distribute any portion of the software in source code form, you may do so only under this license by including a complete copy of this license with your distribution. If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this license.
(F) The software is licensed "as-is." You bear the risk of using it. The contributors give no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws which this license cannot change. To the extent permitted under your local laws, the contributors exclude the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

1.0.0.1:

Fixed indexing issue
Added metadata migration
Changed usage syntax
Added support for custom audio and video decoders, pass guid of decoder including brackets
Added mpg support
Added Intelligent Connect rendering for non-dvrms formats
Removed synchronization block from sample writing method in WMWriterFilter. Should stop deadlocks from occuring but may lead to A/V synch issues
Moved status writing from filter to main function, application is less verbose which should make it faster
Changed dummy graph run wait to not care if it failsMade the MS Mpeg Decoder the preferred video decoder
Added support for NTSC and PAL dvr-ms files
Added option to load MatixMixer filter, useful for doing audio gain

1.0.0.2

Added -pp to control process priority
Added -s, runs wmwriter filter in sync write mode, may cause problems only use if A/V is not in sync
Added -pm to control processor affinity
Added WMA support
Changd DVR-MS status to report % instead of write time

1.0.0.3

Added conversion hang detection
Added workaround for improperly reported BitmapInfoHeader frame size

1.0.0.4

Changed DVR-MS to report write time instead of %
Added -c, supports DVRMSToolbox commercial xml files for creating output

1.0.0.5

Fixed support for -c option
Added -w to set how often status is reported

1.0.0.6

Removed -c option, couldn't figure out a/v sync issues

1.0.0.7

Added VIDEO_TS conversion
Added -t to specify DVD title that will be converted. Defaults to 1.

1.0.0.8

Altered -t default to find title with the most chapters (assuming it is the main title)
Added code to find the error message text

1.0.0.9

Added work around for GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder ({CE1B27BE-851B-45DD-AB26-44389A8F71B4}) and other decoders that do not build rcSource and rcTarget before connecting
Added -g, publishes graph to ROT
Added DirectSound Audio to all graphs to improve synchronization
Added crop support for dvr-ms conversion via the open source crop filter found http://wirelessafrica.meraka.org.za/wiki/index.php/Real-Time_Video_Coding

Mencoder Source Code

jelwood — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:43:49 GMT

Source code for Mencoder Version 12

FixDVRMSDuration

babgvant — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:58:43 GMT

FixDVRMSDuration.exe creates a new dvr-ms file based on an existing one. The intended purpose is to create a new file that doesn't have the incorrect duration problem by streaming the content from the original file into a new file.

Usage:

FixDVRMSDuration.exe pathtosource.dvr-ms pathtotarget.dvr-ms allowedvariance

e.g. FixDVRMSDuration.exe "c:\recorded tv\file.dvr-ms" "c:\temp\newfile.dvr-ms" 1

pathtosource = the full path of the file that reports an incorrect duration
pathtotarget = the full path of the file that will be created
allowedvariance = a whole number indicating the threshold (%) of variation between the reported duration and the calculated duration

Updated: 11/5/07

Added check to make sure source and target are not the same
addressed memory error

Updated: 01/13/08

Added a 3rd parameter to indicate allowed variance between reported and calculated duration.

This program GPL software. The source can be downloaded here.

UseShare - Simplify access to Recorded TV on a share

babgvant — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:08:05 GMT

UseShare is a Windows service configured to run with Network Service Credentials which maps shares with NET USE.

After installing browse to the directory where it was installed and open useshare.exe.config. In the appSettings section add a key for each machine you would like to map a share to. The value in "value" will get passed directly to NET USE, so everything that is supports will work. Note that arguments with spaces need to be enclosed in quotes (see the second entry for an e.g.).

Either reboot the box, or start the UseShare service and restart "Windows Media Center Receiver Service" and "Windows Media Center Scheduler Service".

If you're using an extender, you'll want to create a cmd/bat file that does the same thing for your extender user. This service will not address that.