Getting sage to reset show times after edit?

[davidk21770]

I have been editing files to remove commercials and trim extra time from the beginning and ends of the recordings (I like to add padding to allow for differences in clocks and for network "issues"). The problem is that sage does not recognize these changes and bases its timing on the original recording -- like not wanting to start the recording at the beginning if I had padding there that I've removed by editing. How do I get sage to reassess a file that I've edited -- or manually tell it the new values? I've tried the web interface, but it renames the file removing the season/episode from the title which is a problem for me.

[KryptoNyte]

I don't know how to get Sage to do exactly what you mention. A different method might be ... after using VideoRedo/VAP combination to automate commercial cutting, have VAP also rename the file itself to something friendly and encode it to mp4 (using Handbrake), like "CORNER GAS S03E03 - Dog River Vice.mp4" for example.

The final, encoded file lands in a Sage import directory, Sage re-adopts it under the new filename, and Gemstone goes out and grabs the file's metadata once again where it is now recognized for the show that it is (most of the time).

[davidk21770]

Thanks. What I'm doing is very similar except that although Show Analyzer works quite well, it still needs a little help now and then so I do the VideoReDo step manually. Then I have a script that goes through and runs HandBrake and renames the .my and .properties files. I'll check to see if the conversion from .ts/.mpg --> .mp4 causes Sage to reconsider it's timing numbers! If not, I'll try renaming them to remove the show id and see if that does it.

[BobPhoenix]

You could do this with api calls in SageTV. Basically get the airing info for the airing by calling an api. Get the media file length from the edited file from your program that edited the file (VideoReDo will tell you this if you use the COM interface). Change the info you retrieved from the airing to the media file edited length by setting the starting and ending times. Generate a new airing in SageTV using this modified airing info with an API call saving the airingID that is returned. Rename the edited media file by replacing the original airing id with the airing id that SageTV returned. Add the renamed media file to SageTV with an API call. Then associate the new airing id with the renamed and edited media file with an api call. Finally delete the original recording from SageTV.


Or very close to that. I had that programmed but never fully tested in the vaporware that was my updated VideoEdit plugin for SageTV V6 that I didn't have time to finish.