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I see there is a profile in DVRMSToolbox to convert MKV to DVRMS and pull TV metadata and import into TV library.  I want to do this with previous TV recordings from BeyondTV.  It is a .tp transport stream file.  So basically I just want to convert .tp instead of mkv and leave everything else the same.  Is this possible?

 Thanks for your help!

 A little more information for you:

These are over the air hd recordings.  They have the .tp file extension, but is exactly the same as the .ts file extension.

 Thanks!

 Does the new version of ToDVRMS support transport streams?  I thought I read that on the early release notes.  I don't have early release access so I can't try it yet.

Thanks!  I guess I just have to wait until the new version is released.

I downloaded the early access version of dvrmstoolbox and todvrms.  I put all the todvrms files in a todvrms folder inside the applications folder.  I also copied the MKV TV Show to WTV profile and modified it to work with .ts files (and the new version of todvrms).  Everything works great!

 Thanks Andy!

oh man this sounds awesome, I can't wait for the final release of 1.2.1.9 to come out.  Any timeframe Andy?

OK...question here because I'm looking to do something similar.  I've got a bunch of .ts files from SageTV recordings that I want to import into Windows 7, preferably with metadata.  Could someone post details on this process, such as how this is done?  Does it support batch processing, as in have it process the entire directory of .ts files, convert them to .wtv or dvr-ms and add the associated TV show's metadata from Sage?

I haven't done too many of them yet.  I've tested some on my laptop which has Windows 7 RC, but almost everyone I've tried either starts... plays for a little bit... and then completly crashes Media Center, or doesn't play at all because it thinks the length of the video is zero.  Converting to DVR-MS doesn't work at all for me.  I have to convert to WTV.  I don't know if it just my setup or what. 

I am planning on switching my htpc from BeyondTV on Windows XP to Media Center when my preorder comes in.  At this point I just think I am going to play them from the video library instead of the recorded tv library unless this problem is fixed.

Andy... do you know why this could be?  Is it touchy with transport streams due to possible errors in the stream or something?

 Thanks!

ghostlobster:

OK...question here because I'm looking to do something similar.  I've got a bunch of .ts files from SageTV recordings that I want to import into Windows 7, preferably with metadata.  Could someone post details on this process, such as how this is done?  Does it support batch processing, as in have it process the entire directory of .ts files, convert them to .wtv or dvr-ms and add the associated TV show's metadata from Sage?

 

Todvrms will look for an xml file with metadata when converting the file, if found it writes the contents to the SBE file.  Nielm wrote an import that will create the files, or you can have DTB dump the xml as it detects the file.

you can use a cmd file w/ for %% syntax to process all the files, the EA todvrms converts hdpvr recordings to wtv very well.

gotta ask why you want to do this though...

Before getting into the why, quick question regarding the original issue here.  Can you give me an example of the syntax to convert an entire directory of .ts files to .wtv, including metadata? 

With the CableCARD restrictions being eased up, I'm giving serious consideration to moving back to WMC.  This past weekend I spent some time pulling my HD-PVR off of my SageTV rig and putting it onto a decent rig running Win7 using DVBLink.  I put an old Avermedia MCE 1500 in there for analog cable channels and then installed the HDHR on it.  Surprisingly enough, after the install was done, I went downstairs, fired up the 360 as an extender, and everything just plain worked.  Using firewire for channel changing on the HD-PVR it's pretty smooth.

I'm going to test it for a while before making any rash decisions, but if Saturday and Sunday were any indication, I might be buying a CableCARD tuner sooner than I would have ever expected.

Thanks!

hi !

successfully transcoded .ts file to wtv today, but still interested about getting the DVB subtitle streams inside the .ts file to be transcoded aswell.

I fired up graphstudio with the new MPC Mpeg Splitter filter, and it exposes a pin for subtitles ?!

I then tried to get todvrms to render all streams using the -allstreams option, but it still requires haali splitter for this, but haali doesn´t work with .ts files right ?

Any chance of trying -allstreams with the MPC mpeg splitter ?

Regards

Olov

 What type of Transport Stream was it?  I am having problems with Mpeg-2 ATSC Transport Stream from BeyondTV.  I've gotten a few to work ok, but it seems that over 50% crash Media Center or do not play at all.

Thanks!

Its a clip from a HD recording done via DVB Viewer .. and i know that there is 1 video stream, 3 subtitle streams and 2 audio streams present, but only one video and one audio stream gets transcoded via todvrms. I get no errors while transcoding, and the resulting wtv file plays just fine in media center, but it would be interesting to get at least multiple audio streams working in MC :)