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I don't really understand how to use graphedit, and I also don't know how to show you what graphedit looks like.

Open graphedit, drag and drop a mpg file to it. It should show you a graph, take a screen shot.

I'm sorry but I don't have the option to paste or attach the screen shot.

I have an issue with the script. It seems to work with the vast majority of the programs that I download, because they're h.264.  However, apparently other video codecs can be in the mkv container (duh), but one I didn't expect for a TV show was AVC1 (if I'm not mistaken, the codec used for WMV9 HD, Blu-ray, and HD-DVD).  It was the codec used in Mythbusters - 7x02 - Alaska Special 2.mkv that I "backed up".

However, mencoder seems to be assuming that it's actually h.264 video and erroring out. In the fil watcher log for the particular file, it just freezes after:

Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
audiocodec: framecopy (format=2000 chans=2 rate=48000 bits=16 B/s=48000 sample-1)
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
videocodec: libavcodec (1280x720 fourcc=3267706d [mpg2])
Writing header...
INITV: 0.200, 0.158, fps: 23.976

However, before that, it shows:

[mkv] Track ID 1: audio (A_AC3), -aid 0, -alang und
[mkv] Track ID 2: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0
[mkv] Will play video track 2.
Matroska file format detected.
VIDEO:  [avc1]  1280x720  24bpp  29.970 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:31  fourcc:0x31637661  size:1280x720  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334

Can mencoder not handle avc1 and just assumes h.264. The bad part is mencoder just hangs, using 0% CPU and the file watcher worker never completes. I killed mencoder.exe and it continued, assuming the partial (36 meg) MPG file that was created in the temp folder was correct, which of course, it was not.

How can this be fixed? When I ran the mencoder command manually, I got this (must be going to stderr, not stdout, since it's not logged in the file watcher worker log):

D:\Profiles\Chris>"D:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\Applications\Mencoder\Mencoder.exe" -quiet "S:\Download\TV\Mythbusters - 7x02 - Alaska Special 2.mkv" -profile "MPG-Original-Audio" -o "S:\DvrmsToolbox\Temp\Mythbusters - 7x02 - Alaska Special 2fileprocess.mpg" -vf pp=md,harddup
MEncoder dev-SVN-rUNKNOWN-4.2.1-sjlj (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Step
ping: 11)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

WARNING: OUTPUT FILE FORMAT IS _AVI_. See -of help.
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x45ece44d
[mkv] Track ID 1: audio (A_AC3), -aid 0, -alang und
[mkv] Track ID 2: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0
[mkv] Will play video track 2.
Matroska file format detected.
VIDEO:  [avc1]  1280x720  24bpp  29.970 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:31  fourcc:0x31637661  size:1280x720  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
PACKET SIZE: 2048 bytes, deltascr: 43885
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [harddup]
Opening video filter: [pp=md]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
audiocodec: framecopy (format=2000 chans=2 rate=48000 bits=16 B/s=48000 sample-1
)
Limiting audio preload to 0.4s.
Increasing audio density to 4.
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
videocodec: libavcodec (1280x720 fourcc=3267706d [mpg2])
Writing header...
INITV: 0.200, 0.158, fps: 23.976
[h264 @ 00ADD300]no frame!
Error while decoding frame!
[h264 @ 00ADD300]no frame!
Error while decoding frame!
[h264 @ 00ADD300]no frame!
Error while decoding frame!
[h264 @ 00ADD300]no frame!
Error while decoding frame!
[h264 @ 00ADD300]no frame!
Error while decoding frame!

(and so on until I press Ctrl+C)

This is the one I downloaded:

https://www.newzbin.com/browse/post/4953782/

I hope all this diagnostic info helps. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do, since I don't want a worker hung just because it can't process AVC1, and also I want AVC1 to be in dvr-ms to be available on my extenders!

Thanks for all the great work!

 Both WMP and VLC will now play the mpg that is created but there still is no dvrms conversion.

Start Process: 5/17/2009 : 5:22 PM
InputFile=C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAF.mkv
Processing actions, this may take some time!!
File is not a dvrms-file
Couldn't retrieve meta data
Running detection profile
Profile = nativecommdetect
ProcessId = 8936
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.2.1.6
Throttle DVRMStoMPEG
FWThrottle: C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAF.mkv
WaitTime: 5 PollTime
Waiting to process file
Queue file
Duration = 00:00:01.0071566
Waiting for available worker: 5/17/2009 5:22 PM
Worker allocated: 5/17/2009 5:22 PM
Get Video Information
This file type is not supported by this action
Duration = 00:00:00.0024410
Find Commercials in file
ShowAnalyzerSuite is not installed try ShowAnalyzer
Using ShowAnalyzer
Finished Commercial Detectection
No commercials found
Action did not complete successfully
Total Duration = 00:00:01.2209882
Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 0.
File is not a dvrms-file
Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 1.
File is not a dvrms-file
Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 2.
File is not a dvrms-file
Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 3.
File is not a dvrms-file
Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 4.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 5.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 6.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 7.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 8.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 9.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 10.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 11.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 12.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 14.
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Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 16.
File is not a dvrms-file
Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 17.
File is not a dvrms-file
Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 18.
File is not a dvrms-file
Wait 30 seconds for metadata. Iteration 19.
File is not a dvrms-file
Testing "Convert avi to dvr-ms"
Testing "Convert mkv to dvr-ms"
"Convert mkv to dvr-ms" is a match.
Run Profile = Convert MKV to DVR-MS - mencoder
ProcessId = 8936
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.2.1.6
Throttle DVRMStoMPEG
FWThrottle: C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAF.mkv
WaitTime: 5 PollTime
Waiting to process file
Queue file
Duration = 00:00:01.0037392
Waiting for available worker: 5/17/2009 5:32 PM
Worker allocated: 5/17/2009 5:32 PM
Get the value of Context["OutputFile"] and set the value of Context["OutputFile"]
Context["OutputFile"] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\Output\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mkv
Context["OutputFile"] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg
Duration = 00:00:00.0234336
Get the value of Context["InputFile"] and set the value of Context["OutputFolder"]
Context["InputFile"] = C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAF.mkv
Context["OutputFolder"] = C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\
Duration = 00:00:00.0004882
Run Mencoder
Run C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\Applications\Mencoder\Mencoder.exe -quiet "C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAF.mkv" -profile "MPG-Original-Audio" -o "C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg" -vf pp=md,harddup
MEncoder dev-SVN-rUNKNOWN-4.2.1-sjlj (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6700  @ 2.66GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x5d4a3459
[mkv] Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0
[mkv] Track ID 2: audio (A_AC3), -aid 0, -alang und
[mkv] Will play video track 1.
Matroska file format detected.
VIDEO:  [avc1]  1280x720  24bpp  23.976 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:31  fourcc:0x31637661  size:1280x720  fps:23.98  ftime:=0.0417
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
PACKET SIZE: 2048 bytes, deltascr: 43885
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [harddup]
Opening video filter: [pp=md]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
audiocodec: framecopy (format=2000 chans=2 rate=48000 bits=16 B/s=48000 sample-1)
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
videocodec: libavcodec (1280x720 fourcc=3267706d [mpg2])
Writing header...
INITV: 0.200, 0.158, fps: 23.976
BUFFER UNDEFLOW at stream 0, raising muxrate to 11088 kb/s, delta_scr: 39896
BUFFER UNDEFLOW at stream 1, raising muxrate to 12196 kb/s, delta_scr: 36269
Flushing video frames.
Writing index...
Overhead: 1.829% (46491445 / 2542471371)
Writing header...
Video stream: 5758.435 kbit/s  (719804 B/s)  size: 2383523883 bytes  3311.350 secs  79393 frames
Audio stream:  384.000 kbit/s  (48000 B/s)  size: 158952960 bytes  3311.520 secs
Duration = 00:41:53.8345580
Move the file in Context["InputFile"] to %OutputFolder%
File Operation completed
Duration = 00:00:01.0305902
Get the value of Context["OutputFile"] and set the value of Context["InputFile"]
Context["OutputFile"] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg
Context["InputFile"] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg
Duration = 00:00:00.0004882
Get the value of Context["OutputFile"] and set the value of Context["OutputFile"]
Context["OutputFile"] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg
Context["OutputFile"] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.dvr-ms
Duration = 00:00:00.0009764
Get the value of Context["InputFile"] and set the value of Context["TvDBXMLFile"]
Context["InputFile"] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg
Context["TvDBXMLFile"] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg.xml
Duration = 00:00:00.0185516
Read metadata from TvDB and build Sage XML file.
Processing TvDBMetaData with 15 arguments.
Using following file as Template Metadata XML file: Template.mpg.xml
Using following file as Series Alias XML file: SeriesAlias.xml
Using following file as the target Metadata XML file: C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg.xml
Using input parameter as regular expression: (?<series>.+)\.S(?<season>\d+)E(?<episodenbr>\d+)\.
Metadata provided by thetvdb.com
Found Series Name
Retreived Series Info
Retreived Episode Info
Sage XML file created: C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg.xml
Duration = 00:00:00.9363676
Run todvrms.exe "C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg" "C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.dvr-ms"
Run todvrms.exe "C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg" "C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.dvr-ms"
No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection.

arg[0] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.mpg
arg[1] = C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.dvr-ms

Duration = 00:00:33.1146060
Move file specified in Context("OutputFile") to C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\
Moving C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.dvr-ms to C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.dvr-ms
Could not find file 'C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\DTBTemp\True.Blood.S01E09.720p.HDTV.x264-aAFfileprocess.dvr-ms'.
Action did not complete successfully
Total Duration = 00:42:29.9662400

 

 You'll have to ask the author of todvrms as I have no idea why it wouldn't work if you can play the mpg in WMP and WMC.

bjdraw:

 You'll have to ask the author of todvrms as I have no idea why it wouldn't work if you can play the mpg in WMP and WMC.

I hear he's unresponsive.

it might be a x64 issue.