Utility: MediaShrink v3.0 - An HTPC focused encoder

[phelme]

Originally Posted by phelme

Hmm, since I've upgrade to 7.0b17, MediaShrink run under SJQ is often saying it can't delete the original recording after the compression is done as the file is being used by another process. So I end up with two files, the original transport stream and an MKV (and SJQ marks this as a completed task)

Any one else seeing this? It seems to be happening on about half my recordings.

Well crap, it's comskip. I think it's because I started to use the new Commercial Detector plugin and my tests for .edl & .log files are now invalid. Oh Bother.

[kevine]

Originally Posted by kevine

I seem to have a problem with commercial cutting.

In a batch file
This works:

m:\MediaShrink.exe %1 /batch /onlyWhenVprj /saveLog

This does not:

m:\MediaShrink.exe %1 /batch /cutComm /onlyWhenVprj /saveLog

I just drag the MPG to the batch file. In the one that does not work, I get a consistent MKV file just over 100 MB but corrupted.

There are only 2 things that come to mind:
1. Current MediaShrink does not work with v4 build 600 of VRD.
2. Current MediaShrink does not work with vprj files created by the latest H.264 version of comskip.

Any thoughts? I will get you the log file of each once the former is complete. Attached is the later (attempted commercial cutting) log.

EP, When you get your server up and running, I am still having this problem. Thanks.

[kshurts]

Hi,

I'm new to this tool. I tried shrinking both Jurrasic Park 3 and LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring and in both cases, the DTS track did not get included. I've tried creating an MKV file with that as the only track. I also tried using DVD Shrink to only get the DTS track and then using mediashrink. Nothing seemed to work.

Any suggestions?

[wrems]

If I want to change the default settings, how do I go about doing that?

[ohpleaseno]

Originally Posted by wrems

If I want to change the default settings, how do I go about doing that?

go to the installed folder, open up mediashrinkdefaults.txt

look at this post

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...06&postcount=2

adjust as necessary

[wrems]

Originally Posted by ohpleaseno

go to the installed folder, open up mediashrinkdefaults.txt

look at this post

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...06&postcount=2

adjust as necessary

Thanks! Does it matter where or in what order I put any of the options?

[ohpleaseno]

Originally Posted by wrems

Thanks! Does it matter where or in what order I put any of the options?

nope. just make sure you don't put any extra spaces and pay attention to syntax with folder paths.

[verdin77]

Hey gang, I've not seen a response to this. Is it normal for shows run through mediashrink to disappear out of the normal recorded show views and show up in videos? This started happening about the time I switched to Sage 7.

Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by verdin77

This probably isn't an issue with MediaShrink but I figure some of you may have run into the problem.

I'm in SageTV 7 and all of the HD-PVR files I've run through MediaShrink (both through SJQ and by drag and drop) are no longer showing up in the list of recordings. I couldn't really figure out what the issue was and I was guessing it was a corrupt db. However I've now noticed that they are showing up in the video section of Sage. In the past when I converted to MKV the shows would eventually show up in the normal recordings section all with the correct info.

Could this be an issue with the fact that 7 now stores some info in files themselves?

Anyone else seen this issue?

[ohpleaseno]

Originally Posted by verdin77

Hey gang, I've not seen a response to this. Is it normal for shows run through mediashrink to disappear out of the normal recorded show views and show up in videos? This started happening about the time I switched to Sage 7.

Any thoughts?

Are you using "/inplace"? Are you having mediashrink rename the file in any way? You need to have the filename stay the same when it converts from one format to the other.

Chuck-103729.mpg ---> Chuck-103729.mkv

If the name changes at all, the recording menu won't recognize it anymore.

[wrems]

I’ve been playing with the different bitrates to adjust quality on my DVD rips that I’m starting to convert with mediashrink. I’m curious to know if anyone here has a profile they like and would share?

I’ve been using a test clip and running it through a battery of different options looking for really great quality, not that any of the settings have given me anything less but... I have noticed a difference when played back-to-back.

I’m more interested in quality than speed or size. At the same time, is there a point of diminishing returns on DVD rips? What profile or custom settings do you guys use? Are there any max settings not to be surpassed?

[RetroBox]

Originally Posted by wrems

I’ve been playing with the different bitrates to adjust quality on my DVD rips that I’m starting to convert with mediashrink. I’m curious to know if anyone here has a profile they like and would share?

I’ve been using a test clip and running it through a battery of different options looking for really great quality, not that any of the settings have given me anything less but... I have noticed a difference when played back-to-back.

I’m more interested in quality than speed or size. At the same time, is there a point of diminishing returns on DVD rips? What profile or custom settings do you guys use? Are there any max settings not to be surpassed?

+1 here for good setting for high quality DVD conversions.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by ohpleaseno

Are you using "/inplace"? Are you having mediashrink rename the file in any way? You need to have the filename stay the same when it converts from one format to the other.

Chuck-103729.mpg ---> Chuck-103729.mkv

If the name changes at all, the recording menu won't recognize it anymore.

You have to do a media refresh (Scan Imported Media) after you convert. If you have autoscan on then it will show up when it is scheduled.

PS Also make sure in details customized "Automatically add converted videos to database" is set to YES

[phred1]

Originally Posted by wrems

I’ve been playing with the different bitrates to adjust quality on my DVD rips that I’m starting to convert with mediashrink. I’m curious to know if anyone here has a profile they like and would share?

I’ve been using a test clip and running it through a battery of different options looking for really great quality, not that any of the settings have given me anything less but... I have noticed a difference when played back-to-back.

I’m more interested in quality than speed or size. At the same time, is there a point of diminishing returns on DVD rips? What profile or custom settings do you guys use? Are there any max settings not to be surpassed?

+1 for me too. I'm also interested in getting my rips hardware compliant as discussed in this thread.

Anyone?

[verdin77]

Originally Posted by ohpleaseno

Are you using "/inplace"? Are you having mediashrink rename the file in any way? You need to have the filename stay the same when it converts from one format to the other.

Chuck-103729.mpg ---> Chuck-103729.mkv

If the name changes at all, the recording menu won't recognize it anymore.

Originally Posted by nyplayer

You have to do a media refresh (Scan Imported Media) after you convert. If you have autoscan on then it will show up when it is scheduled.

PS Also make sure in details customized "Automatically add converted videos to database" is set to YES

Thanks for the answers... well it looks like I had a mix of things going on, the latest issue was that somehow I had lost the /inplace switch. Looks like now I'm getting the expected behavior.

thanks!

[phelme]

can anyone tell me what exactly is failing here? HandbrakeCLI does run and compress it into a scratch file, but then it all falls apart at the end for the merge:

    - Remaining Commands (2): (/exe HandBrakeCLI.exe)
      + Command : /exe HandBrakeCLI.exe
        - Executing command: "c:\mediashrink\mediaEngineBins\HandBrake 9.4\HandBrakeCLI.exe" -v -i "//sagetv-server/sagetv/RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.ts" -o "//sagetv-server/sagetv/RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder/RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.19.MAIN.mkv"   -e x264 -T -x ref=2:bframes=2:subme=6:mixed-refs=0:weightb=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0 -b 1500 -a 1 -E ac3          > "\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.19.HandBrakeCLI.log" 2>&1
          + Encoding: task 1 of 1, 100.00 %
          + Encoding: task 1 of 1, 100.00 %
          + Encoding: task 1 of 1, 100.00 %
          + Encoding: task 1 of 1, 100.00 %
          + Encoding: task 1 of 1, 100.00 %
          + Muxing: this may take awhile...[11:39:28] mux: track 0, 214638 frames, 681829043 bytes, 1523.22 kbps, fifo 64
          +  [11:39:28] mux: track 1, 111903 frames, 171881856 bytes, 383.99 kbps, fifo 256
          +  [11:39:28] h264-decoder done: 214637 frames, 0 decoder errors, 0 drops
          +  [11:39:28] render: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
          +  [11:39:28] render: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
          +  [11:39:28] encx264: 2 frames had to be split (214636 in, 214689 out)
          +  x264 [info]: frame I:843   Avg QP:18.39  size: 49791  PSNR Mean Y:47.77 U:52.41 V:52.44 Avg:48.80 Global:48.39
          +  x264 [info]: frame P:74332 Avg QP:21.75  size:  6798  PSNR Mean Y:44.80 U:49.77 V:50.04 Avg:45.86 Global:45.47
          +  x264 [info]: frame B:139463 Avg QP:24.50  size:   965  PSNR Mean Y:43.99 U:49.40 V:49.66 Avg:45.12 Global:44.79
          +  x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames:  1.3%  3.3% 95.3%
          +  x264 [info]: mb I  I16..4: 43.5%  0.0% 56.5%
          +  x264 [info]: mb P  I16..4:  2.8%  0.0%  0.8%  P16..4: 47.0%  5.7%  3.4%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:40.3%
          +  x264 [info]: mb B  I16..4:  0.9%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  5.7%  0.1%  0.0%  direct: 5.9%  skip:87.2%  L0:34.0% L1:58.8% BI: 7.2%
          +  x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 24.05
          +  x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 24.3% 54.8% 16.3% inter: 2.4% 11.7% 0.1%
          +  x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 49% 22% 17% 12%
          +  x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 28% 23% 20%  5%  6%  6%  5%  5%  4%
          +  x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.1%
          +  x264 [info]: ref P L0: 63.1% 23.0% 13.9%
          +  x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9843541
          +  x264 [info]: PSNR Mean Y:44.286 U:49.539 V:49.799 Avg:45.391 Global:45.025 kb/s:1523.34
          +  [11:39:28] libhb: work result = 0
          +  
          +  Rip done!
          +  HandBrake has exited.
        - Getting Video Info: (\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.19.MAIN.mkv)(837540.841796875)
            + FFmpeg version SVN-r25, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
            +   configuration: --target-os=mingw32 --prefix=/home/daved/Development/SageTV/Projects/buildwin/stage --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-gpl --disable-decoder=aac --disable-encoder=aac --disable-demuxer=ea --disable-devices --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-debug --enable-memalign-hack --extra-cflags=-fno-common -march=i686 -mtune=i686 -DWIN32 -I/home/daved/Development/SageTV/Projects/buildwin/stage/include --extra-ldflags=-L/home/daved/Development/SageTV/Projects/buildwin/stage/lib --enable-cross-compile --cross-prefix=i686-pc-mingw32-
            +   libavutil     50. 2. 0 / 50. 2. 0
            +   libavcodec    52.22. 3 / 52.22. 3
            +   libavformat   52.32. 0 / 52.32. 0
            +   libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
            +   libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1
            +   built on Sep  1 2009 09:13:24, gcc: 4.2.4
            + [matroska @ 0x3dd0c0]Unknown entry 0x80
            + st:0 removing common factor 1000000 from timebase
            + st:1 removing common factor 1000000 from timebase
            + 
            + Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 119.88 (38002/317) -> 59.94 (60000/1001)
            + META:language=eng
            + Input #0, matroska, from '\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.19.MAIN.mkv':
            +   Duration: 00:59:40.98, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
            +     Stream #0.0(eng), 1/1000: Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x704, 317/19001, progressive, PAR 1:1 DAR 20:11, 59.94 fps
            +     Stream #0.1, 1/1000: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16
            + At least one output file must be specified
    - Remaining Commands (1): (/insertFunction)
      + Command : /insertFunction
     - Remaining Commands (1): (/exe mkvmerge.exe)
      + Command : /exe mkvmerge.exe
        - Executing command: "c:\mediashrink\mediaEngineBins\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.21.MAIN.mkv" "\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.19.MAIN.mkv"  --attachment-mime-type text/plain --attachment-name "Comskip EDL" --attach-file "\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.edl"  --attachment-mime-type text/plain --attachment-name "SageTV .properties metadata file" --attach-file "\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.ts.properties" > "\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.21.mkvmerge.log" 2>&1
          + ------ Last 30 lines of log -------
          +  mkvmerge v2.9.9 ('Tutu') built on Nov 25 2009 21:13:31
          + 
          +  Error: The size of attachment '\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.edl' is 0.
        - Getting Video Info: (\\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.21.MAIN.mkv)(0)
            + FFmpeg version SVN-r25, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
            +   configuration: --target-os=mingw32 --prefix=/home/daved/Development/SageTV/Projects/buildwin/stage --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-gpl --disable-decoder=aac --disable-encoder=aac --disable-demuxer=ea --disable-devices --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-debug --enable-memalign-hack --extra-cflags=-fno-common -march=i686 -mtune=i686 -DWIN32 -I/home/daved/Development/SageTV/Projects/buildwin/stage/include --extra-ldflags=-L/home/daved/Development/SageTV/Projects/buildwin/stage/lib --enable-cross-compile --cross-prefix=i686-pc-mingw32-
            +   libavutil     50. 2. 0 / 50. 2. 0
            +   libavcodec    52.22. 3 / 52.22. 3
            +   libavformat   52.32. 0 / 52.32. 0
            +   libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
            +   libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1
            +   built on Sep  1 2009 09:13:24, gcc: 4.2.4
            + \\sagetv-server\sagetv\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.workFolder\RealTimeWithBillMaher-4608831-0.scratch.0.21.MAIN.mkv: no such file or directory
    - Remaining Commands (0): (/insertFunction)
      + Command : /insertFunction
    - Remaining Commands (7): (/setOptions)
      + Command : /setOptions
        + Parsing switches
          - optionsString: /ERROR "No Audio or Video"
    ! Error reported from profile file: No Audio or Video
    ! Moving onto next file
  + Total Time : 01:14:54

[RetroBox]

Originally Posted by wrems

I’ve been playing with the different bitrates to adjust quality on my DVD rips that I’m starting to convert with mediashrink. I’m curious to know if anyone here has a profile they like and would share?

Looks like there are no answers on this one yet. I thing I remember reading about a while ago is a script that could join all the DVD chapters together and place it in a container (.avi or .mpeg?) without any conversion. This new format would a0llow Placeshifter to play the file and the DVD would not lose any video or audio quality. I know this is not the intent of MediaShrink for we would not be shrinking any content, but it may get us closer to where we want to be with a "portable" DVD library... has anyone heard of this?

[wrems]

Originally Posted by RetroBox

Looks like there are no answers on this one yet. I thing I remember reading about a while ago is a script that could join all the DVD chapters together and place it in a container (.avi or .mpeg?) without any conversion. This new format would a0llow Placeshifter to play the file and the DVD would not lose any video or audio quality. I know this is not the intent of MediaShrink for we would not be shrinking any content, but it may get us closer to where we want to be with a "portable" DVD library... has anyone heard of this?

I believe that MakeMKV will work fine for that. No compression, single file builds. I'm pretty sure it works fine with placeshifter too. Can anyone confirm that? I don't currently use placeshifter.

[RetroBox]

Originally Posted by wrems

I believe that MakeMKV will work fine for that. No compression, single file builds. I'm pretty sure it works fine with placeshifter too. Can anyone confirm that? I don't currently use placeshifter.

I did give this a try and it works just like you described - thanks for the suggestion. I have not tried the command line version yet, but apparently, there is quite a bit of automation that can be performed with the tool -- I will add it to the HTPC Gems list.

With HD space being so cheap these days and with so many hardware solutions to choose from, portability is more an issue for me than space.

[wrems]

Any idea's why this wouldn't process...

[evilpenguin]

Looks like it processed just fine from the log, what specifically failed?

E:\M A Movies\Where the Wild Things Are (2009)_compress\Where the Wild Things Are (2009).autoEncode.title_1.mkv