Plugin: External Apps

[JREkiwi]

I would have thought you would want

"c:\program files\Sagetv\My Sage Stuff\runmakemkv.cmd" %1

John

[RBraverman]

Originally Posted by JREkiwi

I would have thought you would want

"c:\program files\Sagetv\My Sage Stuff\runmakemkv.cmd" %1

John

And you would have thought correctly, caught that (and changed my post) - still doesn't work.

It seems to call the ToMKV.cmd, which just stares at me, wagging it's tongue at me.

******************** Update *********************

This is what I'm seeing from the trigger file command window that opens (a pause can be SO helpful):

c:\Program Files\SageTV\My Sage Stuff\ToMkv.cmd ""

No input file.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by RBraverman

Can we ignore my previous, above posts?

I've read through this thread several times and I MUST be missing something. As my Win7 HTPC goes to sleep in the middle of conversions, I wrote an external cmd to to use handbrake, (I haven't set it up to hold off on multiple requests, but in time; well here it is:

SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 0
powercfg -change -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 0

"c:\program files\Handbrake\HandBrakeCLI" -i %1 -o %1.mp4 -E Copy -e x264 -q 23 -o %~n1.mp4

copy "%~dpnx1.properties" "%~dpn1.mp4.properties"


powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 10
powercfg -change -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 0

I trigger that with:

@call "c:\program files\Sagetv\My Sage Stuff\runmakemkv" > %1 with or with out the "> %1" (I saw that in one of the posts - doesn't make sense but ... I'll try anything.

Reading more, I changed the trigger to: Start "c:\program files\Sagetv\My Sage Stuff\runmakemkv.cmd" %1

With or with out the trigger file it fails and if I look at a file created in the My Sage Stuff directory with the same name, I do not see the file name - as if it hasn't been passed.

What am I missing? Missed? Didn't see? Read? etc.,?

Those powercfg commands don't look right. I think it should be:

powercfg /change standby-timeout-ac 0

, etc. the standby-timeout-ac and so on are parameters, not options, so no / or - in front of it.

[RBraverman]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Those powercfg commands don't look right. I think it should be:

powercfg /change standby-timeout-ac 0

, etc. the standby-timeout-ac and so on are parameters, not options, so no / or - in front of it.

Naw, this version uses dashes, works a treat.

It's the passing of the filename I'm having a problem with.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by RBraverman

Naw, this version uses dashes, works a treat.

It's the passing of the filename I'm having a problem with.

Okay.. I thought you said the problem was it was going to sleep during the encode. The path issues - you've got them all over the place it looks like.

"c:\program files\Handbrake\HandBrakeCLI" -i %1 -o %1.mp4 -E Copy -e x264 -q 23 -o %~n1.mp4
                                          ^^^^^
                       -i (input) Full Path as entered: c:\recs\movie.mpg
                                                ^^^^^^^^^
                                     -o (output) Full Path as entered + .mp4: c:\recs\movie.mpg.mp4
                                                          ^^^^^^^
                                                   -E (Audio Encoder): Copy
                                                                  ^^^^^^^
                                                            -e (video encoder): x264
                                                                          ^^^^^
                                                                   -q (quality): 23
                                                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                                       -o (output) filename + .mp4: movie.mp4

You've got more than one output option, and both seem wrong. You need to get rid of one o them, and make the other correct (including a path).

"c:\program files\Handbrake\HandBrakeCLI" -i "%~dpnx1" -E Copy -e x264 -q 23 -o "%~dpn1.mp4"

[Fuzzy]

Also, I see your step to copy the properties file, but if you are dealing with sagetv recordings, the properties file may not contain all the metadata for a recording, so this might not be a the full 'backup' you think it is. the .properties file is written to anytime metadata is changed for a mediafile. But metadata put in the file as it is recorded is not reflected there. So info from Sage's EPG, for instance, will be stored in the .mpg file, and then extra info from Phoenix, for instance, will be duplicated in the .properties file. It's enough of a backup of metadata if the recording is left untouched, but running the recording through handbrake will strip that info out of it.

[RBraverman]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Also, I see your step to copy the properties file, but if you are dealing with sagetv recordings, the properties file may not contain all the metadata for a recording, so this might not be a the full 'backup' you think it is. the .properties file is written to anytime metadata is changed for a mediafile. But metadata put in the file as it is recorded is not reflected there. So info from Sage's EPG, for instance, will be stored in the .mpg file, and then extra info from Phoenix, for instance, will be duplicated in the .properties file. It's enough of a backup of metadata if the recording is left untouched, but running the recording through handbrake will strip that info out of it.

Lemme clarify, when I use the encode/convert within SageTV, it sleeps in the middle of an encode, so I put together this so I could call it, have it shut off all power configs, run it, then reset them - but it appears that I'm having problems getting the file passed to it.

I wasn't aware that the metadata was actually IN the file, but this does add some to the converted file and as I can't use the built-in version, well, this is what I'm left with.

This does work when a file is dropped on it, just not through "External Programs".

[Fuzzy]

Interesting that it is sleeping during the built-in conversion - It thought that was one of the earlier things fixed once sage went open source.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by RBraverman

Lemme clarify, when I use the encode/convert within SageTV, it sleeps in the middle of an encode, so I put together this so I could call it, have it shut off all power configs, run it, then reset them - but it appears that I'm having problems getting the file passed to it.

I wasn't aware that the metadata was actually IN the file, but this does add some to the converted file and as I can't use the built-in version, well, this is what I'm left with.

This does work when a file is dropped on it, just not through "External Programs".

Have you tried the fix I posted above? When you 'drop' a file onto it, I think it executes it from the folder the file was dragged from, so the path missing from the output entry wouldn't be a problem.

[RBraverman]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Have you tried the fix I posted above? When you 'drop' a file onto it, I think it executes it from the folder the file was dragged from, so the path missing from the output entry wouldn't be a problem.

OK, just realized what you on about until now: I did SO many itinerations of this that I didn't realize that I still had set TWO output files.

So this is what I have now:

"c:\Program Files\Handbrake\HandBrakeCLI.exe" -i "%~dpnx1" -E Copy -e x264 -q 23 -o %~dpnx1.mp4

Again works when dropped on, but when ( through a trigger file) within SageTV, I get a popup stating that it started, dutifully I then tap OK, and I get, for my effort, that it failed.

[JREkiwi]

Right, I've gone back over your "corrected" post and try this.

"c:\Program Files\SageTV\My Sage Stuff\ToMkv.cmd"

@echo off
C:
cd "c:\Program Files\SageTV\My Sage Stuff"
start "MakeMKV" /MIN /LOW /WAIT runmakemkv.cmd %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

and "c:\program files\Sagetv\My Sage Stuff\runmakemkv.cmd"

c:
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 0
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 0

cd "c:\program files\Handbrake"
HandBrakeCLI" -i "%1" -E Copy -e x264 -q 23 -o "%~dpn1.mp4"

copy "%1.properties" "%~dpn1.mp4.properties" 

C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 10
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 0

John

[RBraverman]

Originally Posted by JREkiwi

Right, I've gone back over your "corrected" post and try this.

"c:\Program Files\SageTV\My Sage Stuff\ToMkv.cmd"

@echo off
C:
cd "c:\Program Files\SageTV\My Sage Stuff"
start "MakeMKV" /MIN /LOW /WAIT runmakemkv.cmd %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

and "c:\program files\Sagetv\My Sage Stuff\runmakemkv.cmd"

c:
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 0
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 0

cd "c:\program files\Handbrake"
HandBrakeCLI" -i "%1" -E Copy -e x264 -q 23 -o "%~dpn1.mp4"

copy "%1.properties" "%~dpn1.mp4.properties" 

C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 10
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 0

John

John appreciate the effort, but there is obviously something wrong on my end. (Removed/added the quote after HandbrakeCLI) and it still will not work. It does dropping a file on it, but in STV it'll say "started" (when I alt tab out there is nothing) and then - again - when I click OK it immediately fails.

If you want to still spend time on this that would be greatly appreciated, but as I can not get this to even open a cmd window, don't think it's worth it anymore - I'll just drag and drop outside STV.