Plugin: External Apps

[JREkiwi]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

For some reason qfixsage does not work with the external apps .... but it does work if you use a trigger job.

I've just been looking at the original thread and found that that is how I suggest running it. I've updated the first post with the info from there. It's been a long time since this was done originally.

Originally Posted by nyplayer

John it appears for some reason your are not passing the file name by default? and the Qfix job does not use %1.

It definitely passes the full filename as %1 but if I recall corectly there was some issues with running an exe with the batch file that is called directly.

John

[nyplayer]

John,

Yep we went down this road a long time ago... and I recall too using a trigger job.

[peternm22]

Using the trigger worked! Thanks for the help guys. I can now successfully run the original batch file no problem at all.

[Tomahawk51]

Is this the right approach to enable me, from the extender, to either shutdown or restart the server hosting Sage?

I'm guessing so, but just wanted to see.

[ChaOConnor]

Long story made short: Bought a ZBOX HD-ID11-U to use as a client, having trouble getting all the codecs right to watch different types of movies, but they all work in MPC-HC or VLC.

Question: I just found this pluggin and I'm wondering, can I use it to "send" a video file to MPC-HC, watch it, and when it's done, return me back to Sage?

Thanks!

[JREkiwi]

Originally Posted by ChaOConnor

Question: I just found this pluggin and I'm wondering, can I use it to "send" a video file to MPC-HC, watch it, and when it's done, return me back to Sage?

I used to use it to do exactly that.

John

[ChaOConnor]

John, that's great news, thank you! Question, do you use a batch file to do it, or just send the command from the pluggin? Are there examples, perhaps in the old thread? Thanks again!

[MitchSchaft]

Has anybody used this to launch PDVD or TMT for bluray movies?

[JREkiwi]

Originally Posted by ChaOConnor

John, that's great news, thank you! Question, do you use a batch file to do it, or just send the command from the pluggin? Are there examples, perhaps in the old thread? Thanks again!

I used a batch file. Here's what I used for launching TheaterTek

"C:\Program Files\TheaterTek\TheaterTek DVD 2.0\TheaterTek DVD.exe" /NOSPLASH %1

John

[Fuzzy]

I haven't used this specifically, but I've got a 'working version' of a plugin that adds a 'Play in External Player' to the options menu for DVD's and BluRay's. Suppose I should get around to polishing it up and publishing it. It was a quick and dirty fix for my move to v7 (wife wouldn't have allowed the move without it).

[GMan78]

Yes Fuzzy! Please do post and publish your solution...I am tired of running down to my basement to manually launch a BD because it won't play in SageTV.

Thanks in advance!

George

[Fuzzy]

well, it's certainly not a simple 'install plugin' type thing. Most importantly, you've got to have a method of controlling TMT3. or me, I have a separate Girder profile that is used for TMT. Part of the batch file I use to launch TMT sets the girder profile, AND sets my output to 24Hz. Then launches TMT3 with the path to the bluray rip, then after TMT closes, it sets refresh back to 60, and sets girder back to sage.

[GMan78]

Thanks Fuzzy...I will give this a try. I have LM Remote Keymap as opposed to Girder...but it's pretty powerful. Still seems rather "Rube Goldberg" but hey...if it works!

Thanks.

George

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I haven't used this specifically, but I've got a 'working version' of a plugin that adds a 'Play in External Player' to the options menu for DVD's and BluRay's. Suppose I should get around to polishing it up and publishing it. It was a quick and dirty fix for my move to v7 (wife wouldn't have allowed the move without it).

Any way we will see a plugin?

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

Any way we will see a plugin?

Y'know, I totally forgot about it.. I'll have to get around to wrapping this up.

[davephan]

Originally Posted by peternm22

Using the trigger worked! Thanks for the help guys. I can now successfully run the original batch file no problem at all.

Can you post the method that was successful to run the VideoReDo Quickstreamfix in one post? It's hard to follow what was successful, including the trigger file.

Processing files with Quickstreamfix would be nice. However, I would like to modify the script to process files with Comskip using the "External Apps" plugin.


Dave

[peternm22]

Hi Dave,

The trigger script simply looks like this:

start D:\Sage\QFixSage\qfixsage.bat %1

This is the file that you have the External Apps plugin point to (make sure you have the right path).

And then this is the actually qfixsage.bat file which runs VideoReDo's quick stream fix (some configuration is needed at the beginning of the file):

IF EXIST "%~d1%~p1%~n1.working" goto end
dir "%~f1">>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.working"
IF EXIST "%~d1%~p1%~n1.QFixed" goto end
IF EXIST "%~d1%~p1%~n1.compressed" goto end
del "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp"

set extension=mpg
set usetouch=no

set touchpath=D:\Sage\QFixSage\
set videoredo_path=C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoReDoTVSuite\

set priority=low

set delOriginal=yes

rem "set delOriginal above to yes or no.... yes will delete original mpg and replace with QFixed file."
rem "if set to no will QFix file to tmpEncode directory but will not delete original...."

rem ........Do Not Touch Below................................................
Title QFixxing %1
if Not exist "%~f1" exit
if NOT exist "%videoredo_path%vp.vbs" goto :errorvrd
if /I "%usetouch%" EQU "yes" if Not exist "%touchpath%touch.exe" goto errtouch

md "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode"

START /B /W /MIN /%priority% cscript.exe //nologo "%videoredo_path%vp.vbs" "%~f1" "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" /t1 /d /q
if errorlevel = 1 goto end
if /I "%usetouch%" EQU "yes" if exist "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" "%touchpath%touch.exe" -r "%~f1" "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp"
if /I "%usetouch%" EQU "yes" if errorlevel = 1 goto :errtouch
if /I "%delOriginal%" EQU "yes" if exist "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" del "%~f1"
if /I "%delOriginal%" EQU "yes" if not exist "%~f1" echo "Qfix Completed">>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.QFixed"
if /I "%delOriginal%" EQU "yes" if not exist "%~d1%~p1%~n1.QFixed" if exist "%~f1" echo "File In Use Not Replaced">>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.inuse%extension%"
if /I "%delOriginal%" EQU "yes" if exist "%~d1%~p1%~n1.QFixed" if not exist "%~f1" move "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" "%~d1%~p1%~n1.%extension%"
del "%~d1%~p1%~n1.working"
:end
exit
:errorvrd
echo "Videoredo not found in %videoredo_path%" >>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.error"
exit
:errtouch
echo "Error Touch.exe not found in %touchpath%" >>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.error"
exit

Credit to nyplayer for the code.

[DMT]

Thanks for this app (External Apps) !!!

When the 'demigrator' on my WHS runs while watching a blu-ray, it often causes stuttering for a minute or so. This can occur twice during a movie, as the demigrator runs hourly. Very annoying.

Now I use External Apps on my extenders to launch DemigratorOff.bat before the movie starts and DemigratorOn.bat at the end. Very cool. Solves the problem while I test server alternatives to WHS v1.

Thanks again.

[peternm22]

I'm trying to setup an external app that will take .vprj files that Showanalyzer creates, and cuts the commercials in a file replacing the existing file. I've taken the exact batch scripts I used for the quick stream fix, and simply changed the START command to point to the .vprj file and not the actual recording. I've also setup a new trigger file to run this batch file.

It doesn't work though.

I can see in the taskmanager that the Videoredo application is launching in the background, but it doesn't do anything. No files are being placed in the tmpEncode folder and the CPU usage of the Videoredo application remains at 0%.

I've run this batch file with a recording directly by dragging and dropping the file over the .bat file, and this works fine. It's only when I try to run it from SageTV that it fails. I've attached the batch file below, and as you can see it is identical to the quick stream fix file with the exception of pointing to the .vprj file instead of the mpeg recording.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

IF EXIST "%~d1%~p1%~n1.working" goto end
dir "%~f1">>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.working"
IF EXIST "%~d1%~p1%~n1.QFixed" goto end
IF EXIST "%~d1%~p1%~n1.compressed" goto end
del "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp"

set extension=mpg
set usetouch=no

set touchpath=D:\Sage\QFixSage\
set videoredo_path=C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoReDoTVSuite\

set priority=low

set delOriginal=yes

rem "set delOriginal above to yes or no.... yes will delete original mpg and replace with QFixed file."
rem "if set to no will QFix file to tmpEncode directory but will not delete original...."

rem ........Do Not Touch Below................................................
Title QFixxing %1
if Not exist "%~f1" exit
if NOT exist "%videoredo_path%vp.vbs" goto :errorvrd
if /I "%usetouch%" EQU "yes" if Not exist "%touchpath%touch.exe" goto errtouch

md "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode"

START /B /W /MIN /%priority% cscript.exe //nologo "%videoredo_path%vp.vbs" "%~dp1%~n1.vprj" "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" /t1 /d /q
if errorlevel = 1 goto end
if /I "%usetouch%" EQU "yes" if exist "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" "%touchpath%touch.exe" -r "%~f1" "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp"
if /I "%usetouch%" EQU "yes" if errorlevel = 1 goto :errtouch
if /I "%delOriginal%" EQU "yes" if exist "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" del "%~f1"
if /I "%delOriginal%" EQU "yes" if not exist "%~f1" echo "Qfix Completed">>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.QFixed"
if /I "%delOriginal%" EQU "yes" if not exist "%~d1%~p1%~n1.QFixed" if exist "%~f1" echo "File In Use Not Replaced">>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.inuse%extension%"
if /I "%delOriginal%" EQU "yes" if exist "%~d1%~p1%~n1.QFixed" if not exist "%~f1" move "%~d1%~p1tmpEncode\%~n1.tmp" "%~d1%~p1%~n1.%extension%"
del "%~d1%~p1%~n1.working"
:end
exit
:errorvrd
echo "Videoredo not found in %videoredo_path%" >>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.error"
exit
:errtouch
echo "Error Touch.exe not found in %touchpath%" >>"%~d1%~p1%~n1.error"
exit

[nyplayer]

Are you using a trigger job?... You need to use a trigger job.
oops sorry see you are using a trigger job.


Does your VPRJ file include the full path to the file? You can look at it in wordpad.