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

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Dorien

The new STV for Cayars now does this too. Sounds like it might mess up your trigger switch if installed. But at the same time it also sounds like it might have all the info needed to pull user friendly show names now. Instead of just the "Shownametitle432893401", we might actually be able to get it too look like "showname esp1". This would also make it easier to orginize the shows into folders with the show names. As it is right now, you get one show per folder which doesnt really help in orginizing the files much. Example you have a folder called "Shownametitle432893401" with one wmv in it called "Shownametitle432893401". With the additional info it might be possible to have it make a folder called "showname" with many of the same wmv shows like "showname esp#". Just a thought.

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"Added a process that writes an XML file for every TV file on your system. The XML file contains all the EPG data for the show as well as information such as the channel it was recorded on, it's location when captured, the capture board used, etc.. This XML file will have multiple uses, but the first thing that will make use of it will be the external Commercial Detect Manager."

I'm actually all ready using this XML info... and on my end I do get 1 folder with multiple shows inside it... I'll have to look into why you're not seeing the same results.

Edit: are your filenames of the format 'EverybodyLovesRaymond-GettingEven-2586854-0.mpg'?

[ajuhawk]

Please see the first post for info about the new version. Let me know if anything is unclear or if/when you find bugs.

PS - Dorian, I'll work on a way for you to add all you .wmv files to the .html soon...

[Dorien]

Originally Posted by ajuhawk

I'm actually all ready using this XML info... and on my end I do get 1 folder with multiple shows inside it... I'll have to look into why you're not seeing the same results.

Edit: are your filenames of the format 'EverybodyLovesRaymond-GettingEven-2586854-0.mpg'?

Correct. That is the format I am getting. The only time I get multiable shows under one folder is if it is a part 1, part 2, part3, ect. Then the all have the same show title and name. The ID number is just different.

Right now I have a lot of folders with one show a piece in them.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Dorien

Correct. That is the format I am getting. The only time I get multiable shows under one folder is if it is a part 1, part 2, part3, ect. Then the all have the same show title and name. The ID number is just different.

Right now I have a lot of folders with one show a piece in them.

How you come up with this stuff I don't know Anyway, this doesn't make any sense to me as I parse the file name to determine the folder I put it in, so that part has nothing to do with the XML data... so long as there's a "-" after the showname all should be well...but I'll take another look later.

[Dorien]

Originally Posted by ajuhawk

How you come up with this stuff I don't know Anyway, this doesn't make any sense to me as I parse the file name to determine the folder I put it in, so that part has nothing to do with the XML data... so long as there's a "-" after the showname all should be well...but I'll take another look later.

LOL hey you asked me to BETA test. I think my parents should have named me Murphy.

[AndyS]

Before I go ahead and install this solution I have a quick question. I'm using Neilm's webserver - I know that I can now select programs for encoding, but can I select and stream an encoded program from the "Recordings" menu (or "Detailed Information" screen)? I'd prefer not to have to browse to a separate page to watch an encoded recording if possible.

Andy.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Before I go ahead and install this solution I have a quick question. I'm using Neilm's webserver - I know that I can now select programs for encoding, but can I select and stream an encoded program from the "Recordings" menu (or "Detailed Information" screen)? I'd prefer not to have to browse to a separate page to watch an encoded recording if possible.

Andy.

Not yet - should be possible, I just haven't figured that out yet as I wanted to get this first part out. I'll look into it though and see if it's something I can do or not.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Dorien

LOL hey you asked me to BETA test. I think my parents should have named me Murphy.

True enough
Ok, so after looking at your file formats it's obvious what the problem is...
'EverybodyLovesRaymond-GettingEven-2586854-0.mpg' vs 'YuGiOhMindGame-46353-0.mpg'
The problem is that your files don't have a "-" between YuGiOh and MindGame, like 'YuGiOh-MindGame-46353-0.mpg' as I'm looking for the first "-" when parsing otherwise I really have no way of knowing what's show name and what's episode name. One thing I can do to make this work better is check for the existance of the .mpg.xml file when creating the output directory, but that'll only solve the problem if you're using the XML files, which it doesn't look like you are... so the quickest solution is to figure out why you don't have the extra "-" in there

[Dorien]

Originally Posted by ajuhawk

True enough
Ok, so after looking at your file formats it's obvious what the problem is...
'EverybodyLovesRaymond-GettingEven-2586854-0.mpg' vs 'YuGiOhMindGame-46353-0.mpg'
The problem is that your files don't have a "-" between YuGiOh and MindGame, like 'YuGiOh-MindGame-46353-0.mpg' as I'm looking for the first "-" when parsing otherwise I really have no way of knowing what's show name and what's episode name. One thing I can do to make this work better is check for the existance of the .mpg.xml file when creating the output directory, but that'll only solve the problem if you're using the XML files, which it doesn't look like you are... so the quickest solution is to figure out why you don't have the extra "-" in there

What would cause my sage to output differently?

Also how can we get a esp# instead of the ID number?

I don't use the trigger anymore because it lags my system. It even causes my recordings to skip a few secs every 5 mins.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Dorien

What would cause my sage to output differently?

Also how can we get a esp# instead of the ID number?

I don't use the trigger anymore because it lags my system. It even causes my recordings to skip a few secs every 5 mins.

1) Dunno - what version, etc are you using? I really don't know enough to answer that one...

2) someone else needs to make it so that is part of the xml file output..as I don't think I have that ability.

3) v0.2.0 allows you to set the entire priority level, have you tried this yet?

[Dorien]

Originally Posted by ajuhawk

1) Dunno - what version, etc are you using? I really don't know enough to answer that one...

2) someone else needs to make it so that is part of the xml file output..as I don't think I have that ability.

3) v0.2.0 allows you to set the entire priority level, have you tried this yet?

1) 2.1

2)Cayar's latest version 18 might have what you need

3)havnt tried it yet because im packing tonight. Going to be moving tomorrow.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Dorien

1) 2.1

2)Cayar's latest version 18 might have what you need

3)havnt tried it yet because im packing tonight. Going to be moving tomorrow.

1) Could be the difference, I don't know...

2) I've been using the latest, Cayar's 18E, since it came out, the XML data does not include the episode number at this point.

3) don't have too much fun moving

EDIT: This may be what's causing the difference is filenames - I'm using Cayars 18E and under detailed setup/servers I have the option to include episode name in the filename enabled... you might check that anyway.

EDIT 2: looking through my recording directory it looks like I do have some files that are missing the "-" between the show name and the episode name. All of these recordings are a number of months old, leading me to believe that this may be a difference between SageTV v2.1 and v2.2, I've been using v2.2 since it came out in beta form.

[ajuhawk]

Just released v0.2.1, please see the first post for details.

[marneb17]

Aloha,

maybe I am wrong, but i have more than one directory with TV Recordings, But I can only specify one input directory. Is it me who is blind?
If indeed only one input directory is possible at the moment then take a guess at my next feature request

Oh and right now only 20Kb videofiles are written. It takes a normal period of time to encode, but after that wait only 20 KB are copied to the output folder. But i will look into this more closely now to see if it is related to my computer. So don't worry about this now.

Marne

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by marneb17

Aloha,

maybe I am wrong, but i have more than one directory with TV Recordings, But I can only specify one input directory. Is it me who is blind?
If indeed only one input directory is possible at the moment then take a guess at my next feature request

Added it to my list - how many input directories are needed?

Originally Posted by marneb17

Oh and right now only 20Kb videofiles are written. It takes a normal period of time to encode, but after that wait only 20 KB are copied to the output folder. But i will look into this more closely now to see if it is related to my computer. So don't worry about this now.

I'd make sure you have the tvshows profile in the right place and all that good stuff...

[marneb17]

Aloha,
currently i have two directories. But soon i will add an additional hard drive.
It was indeed something with the profile. Even when i imported your profile into windows media encoder and encoded something it produced a 20 KB file. After creating my own profile it was working.
But i have to say. WME is damn slow. Of cource my computer is somewhat slow, but it really takes for ever ;-)

Thx
Marne

[Dorien]

Originally Posted by marneb17

Aloha,
currently i have two directories. But soon i will add an additional hard drive.
It was indeed something with the profile. Even when i imported your profile into windows media encoder and encoded something it produced a 20 KB file. After creating my own profile it was working.
But i have to say. WME is damn slow. Of cource my computer is somewhat slow, but it really takes for ever ;-)

Thx
Marne

With my current TVShows cfg it takes about 30 mins to encode a 30 min show. I have a 2 GHrz proc / 1Gig ram. But the real bottle neck is in the CPU for any type of encoding.

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by Dorien

With my current TVShows cfg it takes about 30 mins to encode a 30 min show. I have a 2 GHrz proc / 1Gig ram. But the real bottle neck is in the CPU for any type of encoding.

I have a p4 3.0GHz with HT and the default profile takes forever even on that. What's your final file size and what settings do you use?

[ajuhawk]

Originally Posted by marneb17

Aloha,
currently i have two directories. But soon i will add an additional hard drive.
It was indeed something with the profile. Even when i imported your profile into windows media encoder and encoded something it produced a 20 KB file. After creating my own profile it was working.
But i have to say. WME is damn slow. Of cource my computer is somewhat slow, but it really takes for ever ;-)

Thx
Marne

Good, I created a version with 3 input dirs...need to do minimal testing and then I'll let you have it so you can tell me if there's any real bugs (as I don't have 3 input dirs but will create a mock setup for testing).

[ajuhawk]

Ok, just released the latest version that allows for up to 3 input directories. See first post, as usual.

FYI - I'm still looking at some of the things people have brought up in the past, just working a little slowly this week