(Old) MediaShrink - An HTPC focused encoder

[S_M_E]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

Are they UNC paths?

No, I'm just dragging and dropping from a folder on the same drive as mediashrink. I haven't tried dragging from a UNC path to mediashrink.exe yet...

D:\Movie-temp\Contact (1997) DVD\VIDEO_TS
to
D:\Movie-temp\mediaShrinkBeta1\mediashrink.exe

[nyplayer]

EP,

I must say you did a great job I encoded some stuff with close captions viewed through VLC and everything is in sync subs audio etc.... It even handled my clear GAM where the main audio is the second track.


Also I figured out how to start in belownormal using a batchfile. The below starts handbrake at belownormal. In fact it starts all processes belownormal.

cd C:\penguin
c:
start /belownormal /b /w mediaShrink.exe "%~f1" /inPlace

Great Job.

[evilpenguin]

To generate a useful log file with mediaShrink...

1) Open up mediaShrink.defaults.txt (In the mediaShrink folder) and this to the end.

/saveLog

2) Re-run your encode and it will leave a videoName.autoEncode.(1).log file next to the original video.
3) Attach that *entire* log along with a description of the problem you're having

(If you're using SJQ, you can post the log it gives you in the Data tab)

[S_M_E]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

Ok, well then continue not using UNC paths, those don't work with Handbrake

As for this issue, can email me the mediaEngine.log file that gets created next to the .exe @ mediaScraper@gmail.com?

I'll attach it, it's not that big...

[evilpenguin]

Wow that's pretty strange Thanks for the log, I'll look into it.

[S_M_E]

So far, nothing I've thrown at it has worked...

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by S_M_E

So far, nothing I've thrown at it has worked...

Well, I can't see any issues in the log, which is strange because I should be capturing and reporting any error that would cause the whole thing to die.

You might be right about it being a UAC issue. Can you try launching an encode manually via the command prompt and seeing what error it reports before it quits?

mediaShrink.exe videoToEncode.mpg

[S_M_E]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

Well, I can't see any issues in the log, which is strange because I should be capturing and reporting any error that would cause the whole thing to die.

You might be right about it being a UAC issue. Can you try launching an encode manually via the command prompt and seeing what error it reports before it quits?

mediaShrink.exe videoToEncode.mpg

I copied over a 2 hour TV movie (4G SD .mpg) 2 hours ago and it's running via d&d right now, it'll be done in 1.5 more hours. None of the video_ts folders have worked yet, should I try, manually, when the current job finishes?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by S_M_E

I copied over a 2 hour TV movie (4G SD .mpg) 2 hours ago and it's running via d&d right now, it'll be done in 1.5 more hours. None of the video_ts folders have worked yet, should I try, manually, when the current job finishes?

Nah, just wait until the movie's done. Otherwise they'll both be trying to write to the main log file... hmm, I should fix that.

[S_M_E]

That's why I said "when the current job finishes."

I'll try:
mediaShrink.exe "D:\Movie-temp\Contact (1997) DVD\VIDEO_TS"
when it's done, if that'll work...

[evilpenguin]

Actually, don't include the VIDEO_TS, just...

mediaShrink.exe "D:\Movie-temp\Contact (1997) DVD"

[matt91]

My advice: Buy VideoRedo and make your .vprj files by hand before you try and encode.

Scott -

So if there is a vprj file next to the MPEG file that I drop and drag onto the target, your tool will utilize that instead of scanning on its' own?

[S_M_E]

Running manually actually started an encode... *shrug*

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by matt91

Scott -

So if there is a vprj file next to the MPEG file that I drop and drag onto the target, your tool will utilize that instead of scanning on its' own?

Yep, if you have an existing VPRJ or EDL file (Vprj takes priority over EDL) it will use it for commercial cutting rather than running comskip to generate a vprj.

There's actually an option, /onlyWhenVprj, that will only cut commercials if an vprj file already exists, otherwise it won't even try to do anything. I personally use it this way.

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by S_M_E

Running manually actually started an encode... *shrug*

So its either a permissions issue that worked when you launched it via the command prompt or the tool didn't like getting a VIDEO_TS folder. Can you try d&ding the parent folder, "D:\Movie-temp\Contact (1997) DVD"? That way we'll know which one the problem is.

[S_M_E]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

So its either a permissions issue that worked when you launched it via the command prompt or the tool didn't like getting a VIDEO_TS folder. Can you try d&ding the parent folder, "D:\Movie-temp\Contact (1997) DVD"? That way we'll know which one the problem is.

I'll try that after this encode finishes in a few hours...

[matt91]

When running the "/defaultProfile CutCommercials" profile, a .workfolder is created, to which the new file is written. However, it's never copied out of that folder before the folder is deleted.

I didn't speficy "inplace", but perhaps I need to. How would one keep the with and without commercials file?
Matt

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by matt91

When running the "/defaultProfile CutCommercials" profile, a .workfolder is created, to which the new file is written. However, it's never copied out of that folder before the folder is deleted.

Good catch, I just need to add a call to outputModes at the end of the profile. I'll get that fixed, but until then I think this should work...

# Function: Cut Commercials
#
# Attempts to cut commercials from video
#
# Input = %%inputMain%%
# Ouput = %%OUTPUT_MAIN%%.%%inputMain_EXT%%
#

    Profile           =Cut Commercials
    Encode CLI #1     =?>EXISTS:C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\VideoReDo.exe<:>/VideoRedoPath "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\"<=>EXISTS:C:\Program Files\VideoReDoTVSuite\VideoReDo3.exe<:>/VideoRedoPath "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoTVSuite\"<?
    Encoder #1        =/setOptions
    Encode CLI #1     =?>inputMain:videoCodec=~mpeg2video&&VideoRedoPath&&!forceMencoderCutComm<:>?>(>EXT:VPrj&&onlyWhenVprj<)||!onlyWhenVprj<:>VRD_CutCommercials<?<=>mencoder_CutCommercials<?
    Encoder #1        =/insertFunction
    Encode CLI #3     =?>profile=eq=Cut Commercials||profile=eq=CutCommercials<:>outputModes<?
    Encoder #3        =/insertFunction

I didn't speficy "inplace", but perhaps I need to. How would one keep the with and without commercials file?

Just don't use /inPlace and it should create the new video right next to the original.

[razrsharpe]

Is there an option to save the log file for each encode (like /saveLog for the previous tool)? I tried that switch but it didn't work.

[S_M_E]

OK, I finished the manual encode and dropped the parent directory, instead of just the VIDEO_TS, and it seems to be working so there's the bug.