Video Conversions on Client

[Taddeusz]

Is there a way to have SageTV run video conversions on a client? I ask because my SageTV server system is only a dual core whereas my client is quad core. It would be nice to be able to have the conversions run on the client system rather than bogging down my slower server.

[nyplayer]

Nope ... unless you use an external transcoder (Handbrake) and delete and replace the file.

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Nope ... unless you use an external transcoder (Handbrake) and delete and replace the file.

The funny part is SageTVTranscoder.exe is part of the client package. I ended up using Process Explorer to get the full command-line that SageTV uses for my chosen profile.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

The funny part is SageTVTranscoder.exe is part of the client package. I ended up using Process Explorer to get the full command-line that SageTV uses for my chosen profile.

Here is a sample of my batchfile.

MPEG4 HDTV-Good Quality H.264 MKV.bat

rem******* 0=no 1=yes*******
set DelOriginal=0
Set CheckforEDL=0
rem******* 0=no 1=yes*******

if %CheckforEDL% EQU 1 if not exist "%~d1%~p1%~n1.edl" exit 1
if not exist "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode" md "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode"

Rem************** Transcoder Options ************************************************
"C:\SageTVClient\SageTV\SageTVTranscoder.exe" -v 3 -y -threads 2 -sn -vsync 1 -async 100 -stdinctrl -i "%~f1" -threads 5 -f matroska -vcodec libx264 -b 1500000 -s 720x480 -r 29.97 -acodec ac3 -ac 2 -ar 48000 -ab 192000 -aspect 16:9 -coder 1 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions +parti8x8+parti4x4-partp8x8-partb8x8 -me_method dia -subq 1 -me_range 16 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -b_strategy 1 -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -bf 3 -refs 1 -directpred 1 -trellis 0 -flags2 +bpyramid-mixed_refs+wpred+dct8x8+fastpskip-mbtree -wpredp 0 -rc_lookahead 0 -priority BELOWNORMAL "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp"
Set transcoderror=%ERRORLEVEL%
Rem************** Transcoder Options ************************************************

if %transcoderror% NEQ 0 del "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp"
if %transcoderror% NEQ 0 exit 1
if %transcoderror% EQU 0 "C:\SageTVClient\SageTV\touch.exe" -r "%~f1" "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp"
if %transcoderror% EQU 0 move "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" "%~d1%~p1%~n1.mkv"
if exist "%~f1.properties" if %DelOriginal% EQU 1 if %transcoderror% EQU 0 move "%~f1.properties" "%~d1%~p1%~n1.mkv.properties"
if exist "%~f1.xml" if %DelOriginal% EQU 1 if %transcoderror% EQU 0 move "%~f1.xml" "%~d1%~p1%~n1.mkv.xml"
if exist "%~f1.properties" if %DelOriginal% EQU 0 if %transcoderror% EQU 0 copy "%~f1.properties" "%~d1%~p1%~n1.mkv.properties"
if exist "%~f1.xml" if %DelOriginal% EQU 0 if %transcoderror% EQU 0 copy "%~f1.xml" "%~d1%~p1%~n1.mkv.xml"
if %DelOriginal% EQU 1 if %transcoderror% EQU 0 del "%~f1"
exit 0