Transcoding

Handbrake version 0.9.3

jelwood — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:30:52 GMT

For those using a HD-PVR with SageTV that want to re-encode to the Ipod, or other format, check out the latest version of Handbrake. They added all the ffmpeg libraries to Handbrake and this means that is can read virtually any file type now. I've been using Handbrake over the last few days to convert the HD-PVR files into the IPod format and it's working really well.

For those interested you can use the GUI. Or, if you want to integrate it into an applicaiton like Dtb you can use the command line version. Below is the command line I'm using.

"C:\Program Files\Handbrake\HandBrakeCLI.exe" -i {inputfilename} -t 1 -c 1 -o {outputfilename} -f m4v -X 720 --crop 0:0:0:0 --decomb -P -e x264 -q 0.39 -a 1 -E faac,ac3 -B 128 -R 48,0 -6 stereo -D 2 -x level=30:cabac=0:ref=3:mixed-refs=1:analyse=all:me=umh:no-fast-pskip=1 -v

A really easy way to comeup with your command line is to enter the Handbrake GUI and use it to configure all your settings. Then tell Handbrake that you want to add your show to the Queue. Then from the queue manager you can select an option to export the queue to a batch file. Inside the batch file you will see the command line option for your show.

This is an interesting open source alternative to DirectShow for those that have issues getting Directshow working.

todvrms.exe wtv to dvr-ms problem

hiphophampster — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:32:08 GMT

I've tried converting several wtv files to dvr-ms using the todvrms.exe program, but it is only converting the audio. I end up with a dvr-ms file which is about 1/8th the size of the wtv file and is strictly pure audio and no video. After reading through many posts, I tried some older versions of todvrms.exe and got version 1.0.0.9 to work, but it has a problem with reporting the correct video length. I get sound and video and VLC media player can play it, but other media players freak out over the incorrect reported link and won't play it. For example I converted a 28:34 long wtv file and the dvr-ms file reports that it's 7:23:34 long. BUT it's really not and the video plays fine in VLC. I'm still running on Windows VISTA x64. So, my questions are, why does the lattest version of todvrms.exe only convert the audio and nothing else? And why does the older version (1.0.0.9) work, but puts an incorrect length of file tag on it?

Am I overlooking something simple? Any help would be much appreciated!

MPG (from .tivo) to DVR-MS conversion problem?

hoyty — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:20:03 GMT

I have a Series 3 TiVo that records from FIOS via cable card. I am using KMTTG to grab show / movie from TiVo and decode to MPG. I can play the MPG file via Pictures and Videos fine either on the MCE or via 360 extender. I then attempt to convert to DVR-MS with todvrms. It appears to complete successfully. When I attempt to play the resulting file via Recorded TV it plays audio for a few seconds and the video almost immediately freezes. It plays blips every 10-15 seconds but nothing useable. I am using todvrms 1.0.1.4 from the 1.2.2.1 dvrmstoolbox install. This is on Windows 7 MCE. Below is the output of -v in case it has anything useful in it. I grabbed a 10 minute clip from HDNet to test with and can make it available for download if it would be useful. I am pretty sure I used to be able to do this with OTA content but I know that was a few versions ago of todvrms.

MPC-HC MPEG source loaded
File source set
Source filter GUID: 1365be7a-c86a-473c-9a41-c0a6e82c9fa3
Find Video pin
Add AttributeEnable Filter
Connect source to AE pin
Connect first pin
Add VA Filter
Connect stream/video pin to mpg analyzer
Get input on SBE
Input pin obtained, connect it
Connected Analyzer pin
Grab the connected pin
Grab the connected pin
Got audio pin
Write MetaDataItem WM/ToolName = todvrms
Write Attributes
Start Recording
Run the graph
8.34%
14.77%
21.47%
28.13%
34.94%
41.99%
49.05%
56.02%
63.13%
70.05%
76.59%
84.31%
90.27%
96.4%
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Stop recording
Stop the graph

Help Converting Video

W1nks — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:54:37 GMT

I'm trying to convert one of my recorded videos using the "High Quality MKV no Commercials" profile. It goes through the scan progress for commercials. It got about to 12% then jumped to 100%. Is that normal? Then I got this:

Processing actions, this may take some time!!
Current Affinity: 15 System Mask: 15
Getting MetaData
Run Profile = hqmkvnocomm
ProcessId = 324
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.2.2.0
Throttle DVRMStoMPEG
FWThrottle: C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\MonsterQuest_HISTORY_2010_03_17_19_58_00.wtv
WaitTime: 5 PollTime
Waiting to process file
Queue file
Duration = 00:00:01.0000013
Waiting for available worker: 3/17/2010 10:49 PM
Worker allocated: 3/17/2010 10:49 PM
Wait 0 min from date time in the "WM/WMRVEndTime" metadata property
WM/WMRVEndTime = 3/17/2010 9:03:01 PM Now = 3/17/2010 10:49:57 PM Continue = -01:46:55.9939348
Continue
Duration = 00:00:00
Find Commercials in file
Commercials xml file exists
Duration = 00:00:00.0100001
Extract SRT from file.
SRT already exists
Duration = 00:00:00.0100000
Convert a Video File
ValidateOutputPath
OutputFile = C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\Test.mkv
Begin conversion of C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\MonsterQuest_HISTORY_2010_03_17_19_58_00.wtv to C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\Test.mkv
VideoFormat: x264 AudioFormat: Native TargetContainer: MKV Resize: False CL: 0 CR: 0 CT: 0 CB: 0 W: 0 H: 0
Added MPC - Video decoder (babgvant) to the graph
SBE Source file
Found Video Pin
File needs decrypt filters
WTV file, add PBDA Decrypt
Add MS Video Decoder
Wire up Null Render to decoder
Run the graph to get the correct frame size
Remove Null Render
Calc dimensions: width=0 height=0
New dimensions: width=0 height=0
Add Sink Called
Sink is null, we need to add one
Add MKV
Set output path to C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\Test.mkv
Added DSCutter filter
Configure DSCutter: mt = 73646976-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 st = 32595559-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 ucs = True
Add Interval: 7276489170 - 9681338330
Add Interval: 15757074670 - 18056538500
Add Interval: 23449092330 - 25745082750
Add Interval: 30153289830 - 30953309000
Add ColorDMO
Connect to video encoder
Configure x264 encoder
x264 input W: 720 H: 480 FPS: 30.00
Connect to muxer
Finish Video Render
Found Audio Pin
WTV file, add PBDA Decrypt
Added DSCutter filter
Configure DSCutter: mt = 73647561-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 st = 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 ucs = False
Add Interval: 7276489170 - 9681338330
Add Interval: 15757074670 - 18056538500
Add Interval: 23449092330 - 25745082750
Add Interval: 30153289830 - 30953309000
Add Sink Called
Handle Audio
Finish Audio
Add SRT source to graph
Error in Do Work - Unspecified error

Action did not complete successfully
Total Duration = 00:00:03.4081263

EDIT - Here is another try:

Processing actions, this may take some time!!
Current Affinity: 15 System Mask: 15
Getting MetaData
Run Profile = hqmkvnocomm
ProcessId = 2256
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.2.2.1
Throttle DVRMStoMPEG
FWThrottle: C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\MonsterQuest_HISTORY_2010_03_17_19_58_00.wtv
WaitTime: 5 PollTime
Waiting to process file
Queue file
Duration = 00:00:01.0440598
Waiting for available worker: 3/17/2010 11:17 PM
Worker allocated: 3/17/2010 11:17 PM
Wait 0 min from date time in the "WM/WMRVEndTime" metadata property
WM/WMRVEndTime = 3/17/2010 9:03:01 PM Now = 3/17/2010 11:17:45 PM Continue = -02:14:44.1495142
Continue
Duration = 00:00:00.0020001
Find Commercials in file
Create Analyzer: Automatic
Using trial version of ShowAnalyzerSuite. There are 30 days left in the evaluation. Go to www.dragonglobal.org to purchase the full version.
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1.96%
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3.63%
3.76%
3.89%
4.01%
4.14%
4.27%
4.4%
4.53%
4.66%
4.78%
Write Commercials: C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\CommercialsXml\MonsterQuest_HISTORY_2010_03_17_19_58_00.xml
4.91%
5.04%
5.17%
5.3%
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7.88%
8%
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8.39%
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8.65%
8.78%
8.9%
9.03%
9.16%
9.29%
9.42%
9.55%
9.68%
9.8%
Write Commercials: C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\CommercialsXml\MonsterQuest_HISTORY_2010_03_17_19_58_00.xml
9.93%
10.06%
10.19%
10.32%
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10.57%
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10.83%
10.96%
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14.95%
15.08%
15.21%
15.33%
15.46%
15.59%
15.72%
15.85%
15.98%
16.11%
Write Commercials: C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\CommercialsXml\MonsterQuest_HISTORY_2010_03_17_19_58_00.xml
16.24%
16.36%
16.49%
16.62%
16.75%
16.88%
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17.39%
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17.78%
17.91%
18.04%
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18.29%
18.42%
18.55%
18.68%
18.81%
18.93%
19.06%
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19.32%
19.45%
19.58%
19.71%
19.83%
19.96%
Write Commercials: C:\Users\Public\DvrmsToolbox\CommercialsXml\MonsterQuest_HISTORY_2010_03_17_19_58_00.xml
20.09%
20.22%
20.35%
20.48%
20.6%
20.73%
20.86%
20.99%
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21.37%
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22.79%
22.92%
23.04%
23.17%
23.3%
100%
Finished Commercial Detectection
Duration = 00:15:15.2303482
Extract SRT from file.
0%
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.1%
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.25%
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1.19%
1.24%
100%

Action did not complete successfully
Total Duration = 00:16:05.0371970

Anyone know what's wrong? Also I'm using Media Center on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. This is my first time using the program. Thanks!

Request for help - can you shed any light on this?

carlosp_uk — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:48:50 GMT

Andy

Sorry to trouble you but I'm tearing my hair out on this one and would really value your advice.

I've been using Allessandro Angeli's technique for getting the IWMWriterAdvanced2 interface of an Asf Writer, using IServiceProvider, so that a network sink can be added to it. I've had no trouble with this code up until just a week or so, when it suddenly began failing unexpectedly at the line in bold:

DirectShowLib.IServiceProvider pServiceProvider; //
pServiceProvider = (DirectShowLib.IServiceProvider)currentOutputFilter;
DsGuid dsgWMwriterAdvanced2 = DsGuid.FromGuid(new Guid(GUIDs.IWMWriterAdvanced2));
IWMWriterAdvanced2 WMWriterAdvanced2 = null;
object o = null;
hr = pServiceProvider.QueryService(dsgWMwriterAdvanced2, dsgWMwriterAdvanced2, out o);
DsError.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);

HRESULT 'Interface Not Registered'
ErrorCode: -2147221163

Can you think why it would suddenly begin giving me this error? It has worked flawlessly until now.

Carl

PS: References:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd390985%28VS.85%29.aspx

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.video/browse_thread/thread/36b154d41cb76ffd/c571d6ef56de11af?#c571d6ef56de11af

Some questions about transcoding WTV, based on your source

carlosp_uk — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:39:35 GMT

Hi Andy

My name's Carl, I'm the developer of RemotePotato which is a free app I've recently coded for the community to (temporarily?) fill the gap left behind by WebGuide on Windows 7. (http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/t/83946.aspx)

First up, thanks for the great tools and contribution to the community, your work has really inspired me. I even based a small portion of RemotePotato on your code to grab a WM/Picture thumbnail from .dvr-ms metadata, so thanks again and please accept a donation. (your work is, of course, credited in the app)

I have a question. One of the things I'd like to add is 'on the fly' transcoding of WTV to WMV, which could then be streamed out over the Internet to remote users. This would be over the web to a browser, probably a Silverlight client.

I looked into WMF, but it doesn't yet support .wtv unfortunately. (http://blogs.msdn.com/mf/archive/2010/02/18/mfmanagedencode.aspx)

Therefore, I've had to delve into DirectShow, as a bit of a newbie. So I've been looking in earnest at your source for DTb and then DVRMSTOWMVHD. I'm writing in C#, using managed DirectShow (directshownet) Here's a working filter graph FWIW:

Unfortunately, however I build a filter graph, whether it be via Intelligent Connect, or with every filter and pin manually added, my graph aborts when run. If I load the generated GRF into graphedit and try to run it, it errors out with "at least one of the pins... is already connected." Manually right-clicking on the asf_writer and toggling the WMProfile cures this, and then graphedit will correctly run the graph and convert the file. Disconnecting/reconnecting the pins within graphedit does NOT help,the AsfWriter filter has to have its profile re-configured as I just described.

I sense the issue is to do with correctly configuring the streams of the AsfWriter to match up with the output from the video decoder. An audio-only stream will transcode okay, by the way. (e.g. if I use your cbr128.prx it's fine and produces an audio-only .wmv file)

I note that in the release notes for DVRMSTOWMVHD you seem to mention a similar issue (stopping the graph, disconnecting / reconnecting the pins), so I'm wondering if you might be able to help. 20 hours on this problem now and I'm nearly ready to give up.

How would I go about achieving WTV->WMV transcoding functionality in managed code for my c# server app? Preferably some bytes[ I can send out over a socket to a client. Is this even achievable in managed code?

Carlos

PS: I did try to use DVRMSTOWMVHD to convert a .wtv file but it seems to go into an infinite loop, enumerating CLSIDs of filter names to console. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the source to compile as it seems to be missing all the header files in the main project? (I installed the DirectShow base classes from the windows SDK as required) Do you have the full source available, including headers?

PPS: My end users will ALWAYS be running windows 7, so it's safe to assume all related APIs and win7 DirectShow updates exist

Problems with todvrms.exe for WTV to DVR-MS

philibuster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:21:10 GMT

I have been trying to get todvrms.exe to convert my wtv files to dvr-ms. I'm on a Windows 7 x64 Professional machine with an NVIDIA 9400gs video card. I installed the latest DVRMSToolbox. When I run todvrms on a wtv file, I get audio only on the file, and it is only about 100 MB for a half-hour video. Is there a splitter that I'm missing? I got the latest todvrms package and installed the splitters. Is there anything I need to check?

Off topic a little but hopefully challanging - Bulk video conversion

sparky21 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:33:28 GMT

On my Media cntre is a large number of video files, ripped by DVD shrink, and stored as .VOB's with the .IFO files etc. Of course being DVD shrink files each is about 4.78 GIGs and has the Dolby 6:1 sound format. .VOB's aren't liked by Microsoft Medai Centre and this coupled with my need to save a little space, can anyone comment on a conversion tool that would:

1. Convert the files into something else, whilst not turning the sound into stereo rather than the 6.1 of today?

2. Let me change the res to 16:9 format at 1024 x 768, when being converted.

3. Do many many files in a batch process moving through my hard drives through a batch process so I can set when going to bed and reset for the next day when at work, to have the tool work when automatically, so to speak.

(The batch process part is not mandatory, just a nice to have, if I can get the other two)

Finally, on the aspect of saving space I would like to get the resulting file down to 1.5 GIG's or smaller, hence meeting the need to save space.

Very very grateful for any leads to tools that can handle this task.

Sparky

PS I note the advertisement for AVS video Converter, but it seems ruled out due to the fact that the output seems to only offer stereo.

Crash while writing WTV file

Richard Berg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:40:48 GMT

todvrms.exe c:\video\1555430_cut.mpg c:\video\test.wtv -d -v -wtv This crashes somewhere in the AttributeEnable.ax filter. I don't have source or symbols so the function names shown for that image are bogus. 0:009> gn (18a8.13ac): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance) First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling. This exception may be expected and handled. eax=00000000 ebx=80040211 ecx=000013ac edx=07c7fc38 esi=05e37f88 edi=05407f20 eip=00b55be9 esp=07c7fc1c ebp=59d99a28 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na pe nc cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010246 *** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for C:\Users\Public\Apps\todvrms\AttributeEnable.ax - AttributeEnable!DllGetClassObject+0x32b9: 00b55be9 8b08 mov ecx,dword ptr [eax] ds:002b:00000000=???????? 0:017> k ChildEBP RetAddr WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong. 07c7fc34 59d9adb8 AttributeEnable!DllGetClassObject+0x32b9 07c7fc78 07c7fcb8 quartz!CMediaSample::GetProperties+0x91 07c7fc98 00b533fd 0x7c7fcb8 07c7fcc0 1000c204 AttributeEnable!DllGetClassObject+0xacd 00000000 00000000 MpegSplitter!DllRegisterServer+0x67d4

Subtitle Extraction with .WTV files?

spsmartguy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:14:01 GMT

Has anyone been able to get some sort of subtitle extraction from WTV to .srt (or similar) working in Windows 7? I was naive and thought CCextractor would work out of the box, however I was sorely mistaken. Long story short, I need to be able to extract captions out of all WTV files that I record.. so that they are searchable. I tried to convert WTV to DVRMS with the official Windows 7 tool (menu option) and WTVwatcher but this does not help with making CCextractor work, and I get the same result, no captions. So far, unfortunately, I've only been able to find people with theories on how it could be done, without finding anyone who's actually been able to do it. I'm not a programmer, and don't have time to become one for this issue. Unfortunately, this is a deal-breaker for me right now with Windows 7, if this doesn't work, I have to suck it up and downgrade back to Windows Vista... something I really was hoping I wouldn't have to do with my new solid-state drive.

mkv to .wtv dvb subtitles?

thezigpc — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:57:47 GMT

Is there any way to pipe the subtitle tracks of a mkv into a wtv file? How would I go about converting the subtitles into a 'dvb' compatible format?

Cut commercials and convert to mpeg

xoom999 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:17:39 GMT

The default profile for this is converting the show without any audio. There is audio in the recording. Standard install of DVRMStoolbox I am running Win 7 Pro x64-Bit

WTV to WMV

acsheehy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:13:31 GMT

Can anyone suggest a way to convert from WTV to WMV. I currently use window's builtin WTV to DVR-MS utility and then the DVRMStoWMVHD. The ultimate point is to stream recorded files from Media Services to classroom around the campus with the least possible involvement in terms of installing codecs etc on the target PCs.

MKV to WTV using ToDVRMS

mbial — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:35:36 GMT

Could someone please give me a little guidance? I'd like to remux my library of HD MKV files to WTV (so I can use ff/rw on extenders.) What is the best way to do this? Which codecs will I need? Is there an easy way to integrate the subtitle files? I'm currently running a virgin Windows 7 Ultimate installation. Thanks a ton for your replies.

Best,

MJB

Samsung P3 Transcoding

JasonBKS — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:55:51 GMT

My post is a bit related to the previous transcoding post. I'm looking for the fastest transcoding possible/practical for my older hardware.

The short story is I've been using GB-PVR to record and transcode shows to play on my Samsung P3. Right now I have GB-PVR transcoding to Xvid files, which end up being ~500MB for a 60 minute show. The conversion takes ~45 minutes for a 60 minute show, which is acceptable for my situation. The whole thing is running on an older system: P4 2.66Ghz, 2GB RAM.

I just moved to Windows 7 and want to make the switch to Media Center, particularly since I'm looking at buying a Acer Revo to use as an HTPC. The only thing remaining before I make the full switch is I need to get the transcoding of my shows working well from the Media Center side of things. If I can get that going, I'm moving full speed ahead with WMC.

I've got everything installed, and tried a test conversion last night using the mencoder profile (although I removed the commerical detection and removal actions to make it more comparable to what I do in GB-PVR), selecting Xvid for the video format. I ran it (with priority set to Above Normal) and let it go to 50% figuring I could double that conversion time to get a rough estimate. It took 60 minutes to get to 50%, so I'm assuming the full conversion would take 120 minutes, almost triple what it takes the way I'm doing it currently in GB-PVR.

I'm sure DVRMSToolbox can do what I can do now using GB-PVR and more, I'm just new to it all and not sure what the best options available are. I'm not tied to Xvid, the P3 supports a ton of formats, it's just what was practical as far as conversion time versus quality. Can someone provide me some guidance on the best way to proceed? Unfortunately, my work life is sucking a ton of my time right now so I don't have a lot of time to just try a bunch of options, especially if veterans of the software can provide me some guidance.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

Transcode WMV to WTV or DVR-MS

fubu337 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:29:37 GMT

Hello,

I'm having trouble trying to create either a .WTV or .DVR-MS file from my WMV file. The WMV is a MPEG2 video which I would like to view in the Media Center native recorded tv gallary. I saw dvrmstoolbox supports transcode from MKV to WTV so i assumed WMV is also supported.

Here is the log ... basically, i think the graph fails to build:

C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\Applications>todvrms.exe "c:\TEMP\A-Team.wmv" "c:\TEMP\A-Team.wtv" -v -wtv
Source filter GUID: 187463a0-5bb7-11d3-acbe-0080c75e246e
Get stream pin
Find Video pin
Add AttributeEnable Filter
Connect source to AE pin
Connect first pin
Add VA Filter
Error: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040217): No combination
of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection.
at DirectShowLib.DsError.ThrowExceptionForHR(Int32 hr)
at babgvant.todvrms.SBEHelper.Convert()
No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection.
arg[0] = c:\TEMP\A-Team.wmv
arg[1] = c:\TEMP\A-Team.wtv
arg[2] = -v
arg[3] = -wtv

Is it possible to do this kind of transcode?

ToDvrms writes choppy dvr-ms files

Richard Berg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:51:35 GMT

todvrms.exe c:\video\1555430_cut.mpg c:\video\test.dvr-ms -v

The output video 320MB vs the original 350MB. When playing the output video, the sound starts jittering almost immediately then cuts out, followed shortly by the video ceasing to advance in time. Skipping back/forward does nothing. Same thing in WMP, VLC, and MPC.

The original plays fine in all of the above. This particular *.mpg has been postprocessed in VideoReDo (QS fix + ad cut) but that should make it more robust, not less. I observe the same artifacts if I feed the raw *.ts file straight from the tuner into ToDvrms.

Here's the verbose log:

MPC-HC MPEG source loaded
File source set
Source filter GUID: 1365be7a-c86a-473c-9a41-c0a6e82c9fa3
Get stream pin
Find Video pin
Add AttributeEnable Filter
Connect source to AE pin
Connect first pin
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Render Analyzer pin
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AttributeEnable crashes while writing WTV

Richard Berg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:04:28 GMT

I tried to submit this report earlier tonight but it didn't go through -- apologies if this is a duplicate.

todvrms.exe c:\video\1555430_cut.mpg c:\video\test.wtv -d -v -wtv

Grab the connected pin
Grab the connected pin
Got audio pin
Add Audio SG Filter
Connect audio to Sample Grabber Ac3: 0
Press Enter to continue

Press Enter to continue

Render SG Outpin
Press Enter to continue

Delete target file: c:\video\test.wtv
Write MetaDataItem WM/ToolName = todvrms
Write Attributes
Press Enter to continue

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Here's a trace from the debugger. Obviously the function names in AttributeEnable and MpegEnable aren't right since the offsets are so huge. If you have symbols (or source) for them I can get more reliable info, or send you a dump, whatever.

0:009> gn
(1194.9c0): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)
First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling.
This exception may be expected and handled.
eax=00000000 ebx=80040211 ecx=000009c0 edx=07bef854 esi=05b97f88 edi=05cb7f20
eip=04455be9 esp=07bef838 ebp=59d99a28 iopl=0         nv up ei pl zr na pe nc
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b             efl=00010246
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for C:\Users\Public\Apps\todvrms\AttributeEnable.ax -
AttributeEnable!DllGetClassObject+0x32b9:
04455be9 8b08            mov     ecx,dword ptr [eax] ds:002b:00000000=????????
0:016> k
ChildEBP RetAddr
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
07bef850 59d9adb8 AttributeEnable!DllGetClassObject+0x32b9
07bef894 07bef8d4 quartz!CMediaSample::GetProperties+0x91
07bef8b4 044533fd 0x7bef8d4
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for C:\Users\Public\Apps\DVRMSToolbox\Filters\MpegSplitter.ax -
07bef8dc 1000c204 AttributeEnable!DllGetClassObject+0xacd
00000000 00000000 MpegSplitter!DllRegisterServer+0x67d4

Fastest transcode of wtv

stingrray — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:35 GMT

I spent the last week learning about transcoding and how to use DVRMSToolbox.
I feel comfortable setting up automated transcoding for either wtv or dvrms to mutliple formats.

However, I am not sure which is the fastest. Speed is important but I am not worried about loss of quality.
I am recording OTA broadcasts of CBS, ABC, PBS, etc. The goal is to view the transcoded videos on my TV.

Any suggestions on which transcode would be the fastest?
wtv to mpeg
wtv to wmv
dvrms to mpeg
etc etc etc

Thanks in advance!

todvrms source

Unclety — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:20:39 GMT

I was looking for the source and didn't see it included with the DTB source, but I may have just missed it. I am having trouble with some MKVs (MakeMKV so MPG/AC3) to DVR-MS. Verbose logging doesn't give me much to go off of. Basically the reported time is more than double the length of the movie and fixduration.exe? doesn't seem to correct it. The video plays and I have FF and REW, but the time being out of whack is somewhat irritating, I can't just edit duration with an editor so I was going to try and tinker and see what might be causing the miscalculation.

todvrms metadata

Unclety — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:41:52 GMT

First of all, Andy thanks for all of your tools! My HTPC experience would be totally different without them.

I'm using todvrms in a batch script to convert my optical DVDs to dvr-ms files. It's streamlined and works perfectly for me. The only issue is when the titles get played back they are processed and searched for commercials. My workaround was to set a unique WM/OriginalReleaseTime with todvrms and then setup a processing condition to look for this unique WM/OriginalReleaseTime and do nothing when it sees these files. This works no problem, but feels a little hacky. If you have plans in the future to improve todvrms you might consider adding another option which would add WM/ToolName to the metadata so that this could be checked like all the other files processed by DTB. No need to respond just something to consider for a future release. Thanks again!

Dumb Question - Automation

LatinPrince — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:13:31 GMT

This might be posted elsewhere I did a search and came up with nothing. Is it possible to tell todvrms to take all .wtv files from a specific folder (not manually entering them one at a time) and convert them to .dvr-ms? I have the new early access version of todvrms but I'm dumb as rocks with this stuff, can anyone tell me if it's possible and how?

HELP

Uuuh Patsy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:50:54 GMT

todvrms of .m2ts wont work for me...

Using Windows 7 Ultimate with Shark007 installed (which includes the Haali Splitter)

I Registered dll..

First time I tried to convert my .m2ts file it outputted about 4.5gigs and at the last moment of process the file size reduced to 4 gigs and when it plays, its just a black screen with sound..

After that, I tried another and, when I press go, black window pops up and then disappears after 3 or so seconds

Havent even bothered trying the 360 playback yet... Cant take the disappointment. :(

*** I tried it with an mkv and that worked..... but no luck with any .m2ts files. I'll keep trying

Here the mediainfo for the file if it helps shed any light.

General
ID                               : 1
Complete name                    : C:\Ghostbusters (1984).m2ts
Format                           : BDAV
Format/Info                      : Blu-ray Video
File size                        : 4.00 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 45mn
Overall bit rate                 : 5 441 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate         : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID                               : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 3 frames
Duration                         : 1h 45mn
Bit rate                         : 4 768 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 4 703 Kbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Resolution                       : 24 bits
Colorimetry                      : 4:2:0
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.096
Stream size                      : 3.50 GiB (88%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 67 r1162M f7bfcfa
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=4703 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID                               : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Duration                         : 1h 45mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 448 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 337 MiB (8%)

todvrms.exe Subtitle help

msstrang — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:12:14 GMT

So I've hit a brick wall and don't know what to do.

I'm using todvrms.exe (successfully - Thanks by the way) to convert from .wtv to dvrms.

My problem is I need to be able to use the subtitles as well on the converted files. I'm using version 1.0.0.9 and it states:

subtitles: optional, copies line21 subtitles into the output file; requires Haali Video Sink

So I think this might be a dumb question but where do I find Haali Video Sink? I have MatroskaSplitter installed and still when I use the GUI and select my subtitles they do not appear in the options when I right click in media center. Is there something I am missing?

audio sync issues when trying to transcodeMkv files

tylor — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:10:06 GMT

Hi Guys,

Apologies if my question seems like a bit of a tangent however I was hoping I could ask for some advise regarding the transcoding of Mkv files to an extender using Windws MediaCentre. I appreciate this is not drectly related to the DVR=MS Toolbox however I foundout about the toolbox while trying to obtain a solution to my problem. My next step will be to use the toolbox if I am not able to successfully fix the audio sync issues.

I use Transcode360 in conjunction with MedaCentre (MediaBrowser) to stream/transcde files that are not natively supported by my extenders (Mkv for instance). I have the setup working great apart from a slight audio synce issue when transcoding Mkv files, I have done a lot of research on this but unfortunately have not been able to find a solution. Transcode 360 does have an option to adjust the audio sync but it doesnt seem to work and the app is no longer supported. I ru Windows 7 RTM 64 and have also tried the divx tec preview but this only supports specificH.264 formats.

I was interested to see that the dowload section of this site has a custom Mencoder.exe app so I was wondering if this can be tweaked in any way (config files) to allow for audio adjustments?

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, I will try the toolbox to convert to DVR-MS as my next step Iwas just curious to see if there was a way aroung this to save on conversion time?

Kind Regards

Tylor