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02-27-2009 7:17 PM

RayWoo
Joined on 02-28-2009
Las Vegas

Error in Serialize.

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Anyone have any idea why DVRMSToolbox isn't writing the Com Skip XML files? After a show finishes recording I go to the C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\FWLogs and open up any of the shows that I recently recorded and at the end of the log I get the following message: Error in Serialize. Action did not complete successfully

I upgraded to the latest version of DVRMSToolbox 1.2.0.6 this evening and commercial skip hasn't worked since.

A little background on how I have it configured:

I have the com files going to my server so that the xml files are centrally located so that I can share my shows and comskip files with other MCE PC's in the house. All computers are connected to a domain controller so permissions shouldn't be an issue as I am logged on as "Ray" who is the Administrator and Domain Admin.

This is how I have the program configured:

DVRMSToolbox - Prefered Analyzer = Comskip

File Watcher - Watched Directories = C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV

\\server\recordedtv

\\server\recordedtv2

Commercial Path = Y:\RecordedTV\Com

Configure Show Analyzer

DVRMSToolbox

When beginning processing; Y:\RecordedTV\Com

The complete Log File is here:

Start Process: 2/27/2009 : 5:28 PM
InputFile=C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\NBC Nightly News_KVBC-DT_27_02_2009_17_28_03.dvr-ms
Processing actions, this may take some time!!
Testing "Processed Files"
Testing "Every Sage File"
Testing "Every File"
"Every File" is a match.
Run Profile = nativecommdetect
ProcessId = 2512
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.2.1.6
Throttle DVRMStoMPEG
FWThrottle: C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\NBC Nightly News_KVBC-DT_27_02_2009_17_28_03.dvr-ms
WaitTime: 1 PollTime
Waiting to process file
Waiting to process file: FT = 5:28 PM WT = 5:29 PM CT=5:28 PM LN=100189293
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Waiting to process file: FT = 6:00 PM WT = 6:01 PM CT=6:00 PM LN=3310026363
Queue file
Duration = 00:33:01.2273910
Waiting for available worker: 2/27/2009 6:01 PM
Worker allocated: 2/27/2009 6:01 PM
Get Video Information
Error in Serialize.

Action did not complete successfully
Total Duration = 00:33:02.5505475

Anyone who can help me get this going I would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ray

Filed under: commercialskip, commercial skip, comskip

02-27-2009 9:09 PM In reply to

Burger23
Joined on 09-03-2008

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If you read my posts in this thread, you will see my post:

BAD NEWS first. I attempted to change the default profile in Processing ConditilonEditor from nativecommdetect profile to "wtv to dvrms." But, unfortunately, this is MACHINE B – and I get the FAILURE TO SERIALIZE error when attempting to SAVE the changes. However, I was able to Save the changes on MACHINE A. Woolooloo has no ideas what is causing this error- perhaps Andy has an idea. It does sound like a permissions issue- and just for fun, I turned UAC OFF- but no luck.

So, first check your entries in the PreocessingConditionEditor- and see if you get the error at that point. And as mentioned, interestingly I did not get this error while installing on a Windows 7 64-bit machine- but I did get the error on the Windows 7 32-bit machine. But, as again mentioned in the referenced thread, even though Comskip did work (there were appropriate entries in the CommercialXml folder), the Media Center did not skip them while playing. I have not got this issue resolved.

02-28-2009 6:32 AM In reply to

RayWoo
Joined on 02-28-2009
Las Vegas

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Burger,

I go to Processing Condition Editor and click "Edit" on "Every File".

Click "Test Conditions" and choose a DVR-MS file.

Results Tab:

MetaTag: FileSize Operator: NotEqual Value: 0
Name: FileSize Value: 6200880437
Condition IsMatch: True
MetaTag: WM/ToolName Operator: DoesNotContain Value: DVRMSToolbox
MetaItem is null
Condition IsMatch: True
IsMatch: True
----------------------------- Metadata Retrieval Log -----------------------------

Metadata Tab Results:

AsfHRes 704 Dword
ASFLeakyBucketPairs System.Byte[ Binary
AsfVRes 480 Dword
Author  String
Bitrate 6200880437 Dword
BmiHRes 704 Dword
BmiVRes 480 Dword
Copyright  String
CreationDate 128802744035040000 Qword
Description  String
Duration 35951910000 Qword
DVR File Version System.Byte[ Binary
DVR Index Granularity 500 Dword
FileExt .dvr-ms String
FileId a4ed7313-1380-4f46-98ea-31d614d8facc Guid
FileName C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\Dateline NBC_KVBC-DT_27_02_2009_22_00_03.dvr-ms String
FileSize 6200880437 Qword
IsSageFile False Boolean
IsSBEFile True Boolean
IsVBR True Boolean
PacketCount 756932 Qword
PacketSize 8192 Dword
Preroll 0 Qword
Rating  String
Recording False Boolean
Seekable True Boolean
SendDuration 35951760000 Qword
Title Dateline NBC String
VBR Peak 159498240 Dword
WM/Genre Current Events,News String
WM/Language en String
WM/MediaClassPrimaryID db9830bd-3ab3-4fab-8a37-1a995f7ff74b Guid
WM/MediaClassSecondaryID ba7f258a-62f7-47a9-b21f-4651c42a000e Guid
WM/MediaCredits ;;Ann Curry; String
WM/MediaIsDelay False Boolean
WM/MediaIsFinale False Boolean
WM/MediaIsLive False Boolean
WM/MediaIsMovie False Boolean
WM/MediaIsPremiere False Boolean
WM/MediaIsRepeat False Boolean
WM/MediaIsSAP False Boolean
WM/MediaIsStereo True Boolean
WM/MediaIsSubtitled False Boolean
WM/MediaIsTape False Boolean
WM/MediaNetworkAffiliation NBC Affiliate String
WM/MediaOriginalBroadcastDateTime 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z String
WM/MediaOriginalChannel 1031 String
WM/MediaOriginalRunTime 36000000000 Qword
WM/MediaStationCallSign KVBC-DT String
WM/MediaStationName KVBC-DT String
WM/MediaThumbAspectRatioX 16 Dword
WM/MediaThumbAspectRatioY 9 Dword
WM/MediaThumbHeight 544 Dword
WM/MediaThumbRatingAttributes 0 Dword
WM/MediaThumbRatingLevel 0 Dword
WM/MediaThumbRatingSystem 1 Dword
WM/MediaThumbRet 0 Dword
WM/MediaThumbStride 2880 Dword
WM/MediaThumbTimeStamp 4640227948154957737 Qword
WM/MediaThumbType 3 Dword
WM/MediaThumbWidth 960 Dword
WM/OriginalReleaseTime 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z String
WM/ParentalRating  String
WM/ParentalRatingReason  String
WM/Picture System.Byte[ Binary
WM/Provider Zap2it String
WM/ProviderCopyright © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=8430
String
WM/ProviderRating  String
WM/SubTitle  String
WM/SubTitleDescription Investigative journalism. String
WM/VideoClosedCaptioning True Boolean
WM/WMRVActualSoftPostPadding 0 Dword
WM/WMRVActualSoftPrePadding 0 Dword
WM/WMRVATSCContent True Boolean
WM/WMRVBitrate 4626322717216342016 Qword
WM/WMRVContentProtected False Boolean
WM/WMRVContentProtectedPercent 0 Dword
WM/WMRVDTVContent True Boolean
WM/WMRVEncodeTime 633713976032128012 Qword
WM/WMRVEndTime 633714011995029427 Qword
WM/WMRVExpirationDate 4703607668705591271 Qword
WM/WMRVHardPostPadding 0 Dword
WM/WMRVHardPrePadding 0 Dword
WM/WMRVHDContent False Boolean
WM/WMRVInBandRatingAttributes 0 Dword
WM/WMRVInBandRatingLevel 255 Dword
WM/WMRVInBandRatingSystem 255 Dword
WM/WMRVKeepUntil 4294967295 Dword
WM/WMRVOriginalSoftPostPadding 180 Dword
WM/WMRVOriginalSoftPrePadding 4294967176 Dword
WM/WMRVProgramID <SEID PrID="!F4B284B24B7078D1635A2E0245C6CF13!" Start="2009-02-28T06:00:00" Duration="PT1H" /> String
WM/WMRVQuality 3 Dword
WM/WMRVRequestID 22503336 Dword
WM/WMRVScheduleItemID 12766062 Dword
WM/WMRVServiceID ATSC-KVBC-3-1 String
WM/WMRVWatched True Boolean
WMFSDKNeeded 0.0.0.0000 String
WMFSDKVersion 11.0.6001.7001 String

Not sure what all this means, but if someone knows why my system isn't generating XML files in the default or specified directory, I would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ray

Filed under: commercialskip, commercial skip, Commercial skip program has stopped responding, comskip, Commercials

02-28-2009 10:01 AM In reply to

Burger23
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Following Woolooloo's instructions, I changed Every File to read WTV File- and added "File Ext=.wtv" Proviously when I attempted to save this change in ProcessingCondition Editor on my Windows 7-32 bit machine, I recived the SERIALIZE error and was unable to save the changes. So since the Every File was never changed, I tried your test on it. When I triedto point the program to the folder on the MediaCenetr where I had stored dvr-ms files, I got a "File or Directory is corrupted and unreadable" error. Well, MediaCenter is playing shows stored on this external hard drive in this folder just fine- so I do not want to mess too much with this.

Now my other machine running Windows 7-64bit is different. I was able to make the changes to the ProcessingConditionEditor's Every File and save them without getting the SERIALIZE error- and when I ran the test I got a log similar to yours (the log does not show up under the first tab RESULTS- this tab shows the items that are above the ====== only- and they are identical to yours. Under ============ I have a MedtaData Retrieval log header, but it is empty under it. However, when I select the next tab, MetaData, all the infdormatiuon is there. But it does not respond to Copy and paste so it is difficult to compare. The only difference that I can see is that I do NOT have these 2 entries that you reported:

WM/MediaClassPrimaryID db9830bd-3ab3-4fab-8a37-1a995f7ff74b Guid
WM/MediaClassSecondaryID ba7f258a-62f7-47a9-b21f-4651c42a000e Guid

I have no entries for WM/MediaClass Primary or Secondary Id.

Also, on the very last line in the log, I have a different version number: 12.0.7000.7000

Just for fun, go into ProcessingConidtionEditor, make NO changes, but attempt to SAVE- this is where I get the SERILZE ERROR on the machine that will not accept the changes. Even when just saving what is already there without making any chanes, I get the error.

03-03-2009 6:29 AM In reply to

RayWoo
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Burger,

I appreciate your feedback, but this did not fix my issue. What I have discovered is DVRMSTOOLBOX will only allow a user to process the comskip XML files to the C:\ or local drive. The way I got it working was uninstalling DVRMSTOOLBOX and Show Analyzer, removed all associated directories in program files and under C:\Users\Public\DVRMSTOOLBOX. Since most of the programming is stored in the system registry I searches "DVRMSTOOLBOX" in the registry and deleted anything associated with it. After the registry was clean I restarted and reinstalled the software. After reinstallation I tried processing the XML files to a network path again (both mapped and UNC) and I get the "Error to Serialize" when I pull up the show in FW Logs (C:\Users\Public\DVRMSTOOLBOX\FWLOGS\).

At this point I gave up on trying to centralize the XML files so that say 4 computers in the house can share the comskip files. The end result solution I have implemented is creating a batch file that runs every 15 minutes (task scheduler) that copys all XML files to my centrally located path on my server. It was implemented last night and so far so good. The automatic comskip that processes locally only missed one TV show which isn't bad I can always manually run the "scan for commercials" manually to pickup on this show.

babgvant, if you are listening, are you planning on developing the program to accept processing files to mapped or UNC paths? Please let me know if you are and if I might be doing something wrong with the current software.

Thanks,

Ray

03-03-2009 11:37 AM In reply to

johngray
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If you get "Error in Serialize" when saving processing conditions, try running with an "elevated" PC editor. Find Processing Conditions Editor in the start menu, then instead of clicking on it directly, right click and choose "Run as Administrator". This is what worked for me.

03-03-2009 1:25 PM In reply to

RayWoo
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JohnGray,

I don't receive "Error in Serialize" when saving processing conditions. I receive it within the log file of any given show in the C:\Users\Public\DVRMSTOOLBOX\FWLOGS\ directory. If you were to open up one of your own log files on your PC, it happens right after "Get Video Information" in the file.

It turns out the reason I was receiving this error is because the "Commercial Path" in the Commercial Skip Tab in DVRMStoMPEG Settings was set to a network mapped or UNC path and not a local C:\ path. I was setting it to a network path to centralize all XML files in a single location so that unlimited amount of PC's can share the recorded video and commercial skip files without much programming (batch files, task scheduler, etc).

You can try and replicate this on your machine by setting the "commercial path" to a mapped drive on your network. After a show records and attempts to write the XML file, the log file will stall at "Error in Serialize" immediately after "Get Video information". If you do try this make sure you reboot your machine after you change your settings otherwise it uses your old settings.

Let me know if you have any additional thoughts.

Thanks,

Ray

03-06-2009 10:21 AM In reply to

Casey
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johngray,

Your advice fixed it for me. Thanks!

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