SageEncoder v0.4.2 01/29 - Encode .mpg to .wmv streaming files & divx

[Dorien]

Can't say for sure but looks like it is looking for a newer version of .net

Try seeing if there is an update for it on MS site. Then try again.
The again I could be way off. Didn't even know we where using .net

Originally Posted by buzzerbee

just tried running b0.1.5 adn am getting this error can't find mscorwks.dll in in c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322, but it is in c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.0.3705

coming from v 0.1.2, which suddenly started giving me errors! I didn't save them.-- edit: see attached.

also do we delete the old wme.exe and place sageencoder.exe in its location?

do you mind sharing which compression settings you're using in wm encoder?

edit.
rebooted. re-ran 0.1.5- same error as above. reinstalled (unzipped) b.0.1.2. + copied the encode.cmd to the cayers/external folder.

still getting the errors - attached. sage itself is ok.
what happened!?

these errors are when I try to run wme.exe or sageencoder.exe directly to set the setings..

[buzzerbee]

Hi Dorien,
yeah, I see that it appears to be a newer version, but ajuhawk didn't say anything about needing that, so I'm bringing it to his attention and #2, I'm getting errors on an install that worked over the weekend. I installed some apps, but I don't think they had anything to do with sage.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by buzzerbee

Hi Dorien,
yeah, I see that it appears to be a newer version, but ajuhawk didn't say anything about needing that, so I'm bringing it to his attention and #2, I'm getting errors on an install that worked over the weekend. I installed some apps, but I don't think they had anything to do with sage.

I'll add a note to the first post, but yes, .Net Framework 1.1 is now required. I was orignally using 1.0 but desired some features from 1.1 so I swapped. Kinda assumed people would all ready have that installed, sorry.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Dorien

Oops think I have been credit in the wrong place. Nielms server is the Java servlet right?

Yeah, I was gonna comment on that Cayars just bundled it in with his STV distribution.

[gotuitdan]

Update: Things seem to be working just fine! 4-5 shows have been successfully encoded. Hooray!

One noticed bug: I set the output directory to my local computer, and the input directory was the network share on the sage computer. All output files were created in the Sage directory. I checked the registry and the directories were listed correctly. I suspect you may be simply reading the output directory from the input directory location, or something equally simple to fix and easy to overlook... :-)

Again, thanks for your help, and this is lookin' good!

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by gotuitdan

Update: Things seem to be working just fine! 4-5 shows have been successfully encoded. Hooray!

One noticed bug: I set the output directory to my local computer, and the input directory was the network share on the sage computer. All output files were created in the Sage directory. I checked the registry and the directories were listed correctly. I suspect you may be simply reading the output directory from the input directory location, or something equally simple to fix and easy to overlook... :-)

Again, thanks for your help, and this is lookin' good!

If it hasn't completed a cylce (i.e. encoded all the files you told it to and created html files) then all is well. The program encodes the files to the input folder and later transfers them to the output folder once it's done encoding everything. Then it finishes the loop by creating the html files.

Let me know if that's not the case and it has completed a loop.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by marneb17

Aloha,
as most, i guess, i am using nielms server. Support for this would, of course, be superb. Otherwise i would setup a wamp system. Then i could use php for some other stuff aswell.

Marne

I'll be looking into adding it to the Nielm server. I've been in contact with Nielm and got some pointers, so hopefully it won't be too bad. I will be facing another learning curve though, so don't expect it over night

[gotuitdan]

Originally Posted by ajuhawk

If it hasn't completed a cylce (i.e. encoded all the files you told it to and created html files) then all is well. The program encodes the files to the input folder and later transfers them to the output folder once it's done encoding everything. Then it finishes the loop by creating the html files.

Let me know if that's not the case and it has completed a loop.

Cool. That's probably it. It'll take several days to complete a cycle, though on my ancient computers... :-)

I'll call it solved... I actually just adjusted so the input folder now *is* the output folder. Expectations will now certainly be met...

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by gotuitdan

Cool. That's probably it. It'll take several days to complete a cycle, though on my ancient computers... :-)

I'll call it solved... I actually just adjusted so the input folder now *is* the output folder. Expectations will now certainly be met...

Glad to hear it! Hopefully once it catches up it won't be so bad trying to keep up. One thing you might do is take a small chunk of a mpg and encode it and then mess with the settings (tvshows.prx) and see if you can find something that's easier on your machines, yet still fairly compressed, that you like.

[ajuhawk]

If you use the optional 2nd output directory it won't work This will be fixed in the next release...

[buzzerbee]

I don't know what happened.

I repaird WME9, I installed .net 1.1, I installed b.0.1.5 rebooted, and getting the attached error when I try to run sageencoder.exe to set my settings.

[Dorien]

Buzzerbee,
Wish I could help with this one but I never updated from 0.1.4 Mostly because the fix that was put in place was not a issue on my system. If I remember correctly it was something to do with UNC pathing or something.

Let me know if you get this straighten out. Because in the end I'm going to want to archive the latest and greatest of this app.

Originally Posted by buzzerbee

I don't know what happened.

I repaird WME9, I installed .net 1.1, I installed b.0.1.5 rebooted, and getting the attached error when I try to run sageencoder.exe to set my settings.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by buzzerbee

I don't know what happened.

I repaird WME9, I installed .net 1.1, I installed b.0.1.5 rebooted, and getting the attached error when I try to run sageencoder.exe to set my settings.

if you feel comfortable editting the registry, I'd go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SageEncode and delete the settings in there. It almost sounds like something got messed up and/or your drive mappings changed.

[Dorien]

ajuhawk,
Found something that's not really a bug. But maybe a feature you can add for me. I have been running this app everynight for the last 3 nights with no problems. But I just decided to check and I have 3 instances of the app in the sys tray. Is there a way that you could add close on completion?


Also since I'm here. How can I easly add the 6 gigs of other WMV files that I have made, since this project started, to the html links?

-Thanks. You really taken off on this project. Can't wait to see what results you get with the webserver stuff.

[buzzerbee]

Originally Posted by ajuhawk

if you feel comfortable editting the registry, I'd go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SageEncode and delete the settings in there. It almost sounds like something got messed up and/or your drive mappings changed.

ok that worked. you're SMART! 'selected all' for deletion but reg_sz wanted to stay here with me. . ran sagencoder.exe and am able to load it properly. I haven't changed the drive mappings at all so I'm not sure what happened, but maybe you can put it on the front page so that if people have problems with an update, they can do the same, and reload.
now back our regularly scheduled programming..

@dorien - I was having problems with 0.1.2 suddenly, which forced the update to 0.1.5.

[buzzerbee]

this is a feature request-
don't know how hard it is to code it, but you nkow how sage is asleep in the system tray and you hover your mouse over it- if it's taping something, it says what show & the channel. can you do the same for SE so we can see what file it's working on? still love it without that, but it would be cool!

[ajuhawk]

Well, I have good news and I have bad news (well, bad for anyone anxious for updates)

So first the bad news - I'm taking some time off and getting out of town for 3 days... programming will resume on Monday evening Hope ya'll can wait that long

And the good news - learning Java is coming along better then expected, well, ok, so it's really more of a hack job then anything, but it's still progressing better then I thought. I still have a lot of work to do to actually get it implemented, but it should be doable.

Feature requests - I should be able to add those things without too much trouble, I've added them to the list.

Dorien - is there a reason you're not using the "run at intervals" feature? if you do that it just monitors the directories looking for files to process... if the reason you don't is because you don't want it to run during the day then I can add a "don't run between these times" option.

Another bug - if you delete the .mpg.xml files from the input directory and then encode another file, the .html for the older files won't be as pretty...so I've added code that will copy the .mpg.xml to the output directory to resolve this issue.

Also, looking at Jere Jones DirMon program I noticed that he's able to start a process and wait for it to finish without "locking" up DirMon, so I'll be looking into how to do that in the future as well.

I'll still be checking posts at night, but no bug fixes in the meantime. v0.1.6 isn't quite ready or I'd send it out before I leave...

[Dorien]

ajuhawk,
The way I have it set up right now is I want it to encode everything that is new at 2am. I'm using task scheduler to accomplish this. Since I already want it to copy everything that is new and it will not redo things its already encoded I don't feel the need to go the extra step of marking it. Plus this allows the app to cont' encoding movies and shows even if I'm not home. If I am away on business for a week. I can still watch fairly recent shows. Granted a day late . But I see this as a better options than having to come home and having it have to run for 36 hrs straight because of the back log of vids.

Plus I like not having to think about it and it just works.

I was thinking maybe a switch like "/end" in the encode.cmd Could tell the app that I want it to quit when finished. This way if I goof up somehow and want to be able to access the app again I can just change that switch without having to motify the reg. The same could also be said about the start automatically. But I think that would take away the point of the nice gui interface you have for it already.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Dorien

ajuhawk,
The way I have it set up right now is I want it to encode everything that is new at 2am. I'm using task scheduler to accomplish this. Since I already want it to copy everything that is new and it will not redo things its already encoded I don't feel the need to go the extra step of marking it. Plus this allows the app to cont' encoding movies and shows even if I'm not home. If I am away on business for a week. I can still watch fairly recent shows. Granted a day late . But I see this as a better options than having to come home and having it have to run for 36 hrs straight because of the back log of vids.

Plus I like not having to think about it and it just works.

I was thinking maybe a switch like "/end" in the encode.cmd Could tell the app that I want it to quit when finished. This way if I goof up somehow and want to be able to access the app again I can just change that switch without having to motify the reg. The same could also be said about the start automatically. But I think that would take away the point of the nice gui interface you have for it already.

Let me try once more If you use the "run at intervals" independant of the "Use Job File Trigger" it will monitor your input directory (i.e. your main recordings folder) and as soon as a file is done being commercial skipped (as I monitor for the .Vprj file) it will grab the .mpg and encode it. Thus your files would be available sooner then if you just have it launch at 2am.

In either case, I'll add an option next week to allow it to close on completion, that easy enough. Just seems like the run at intervals option would do what you want without having to schedule the task schedule.

[buzzerbee]

I'm still having some problems. In Cayers 17 In recording detail, I select compress but it takes forever!! A 1 minute timed recording takes more than 30 min to "compress" (and then I cancel it so I don't know how long it takes). No xml file is creaqted (last week it did create the xml right away as soon as I pressed compress).
How is it taking you guys 1 minute? What should I change? In addition to Cayers 17, was I supposed to add some plugin to make it work? Thanks!

PS have a nice vacation!!