HDTVtoMPEG2 latest version - Page 5

Cris --

any progress on a new version?

Got another bug for you ...

If you try to open a .tri file with any name OTHER than tsri.tri, the program crashes ...

thanks !

- litz

Alan and I have merged the code bases. I'm waiting to hear from him to see if he is ready to let this one go for a SourceForge release. I can send you a copy of a build with the merged code bases if you like.

Yes, I guess it would do that. I didn't make if very flexible. How about I change it so that you can use .tri?

On second thought, how about this:
The automatic file name that is created will be .tri. H2 will attempt to read any .tri file as long as it has a .tri file extension, just in case you want to rename the .tri file and have multiple .tri files for the same transport stream.

Cris

I often have 2-hour files with 2 different episodes, and while H2 is saving the first edited episode, I use a second H2 instance to edit the second episode.

Using .tri would create a clash between episodes.

I'd suggest that H2 first tests if .tri exists, and if it does, tests 1.tri, and so on until it finds a non-existent NN.tri.

That would prevent any overwriting.

Hi Robert,

IIUC, the current method of having a hard coded .tsr file name also causes clashes between episodes for you?

Cris

Yes, although it's not a big hurdle to rename the first TRI file before starting an H2 second instance.

If you make the effort of having a .tri name, it will just take a few more lines of code to make them NN.tri. I guess I could do it myself if you don't have time.

Wouldn't it be easier to name the .tri file off the filename in the output field?

Even with multiple instances of H2 running, it's not likely you're gonna try and output to the same filename ...

Cris - if you'd like to email me the current version, I surely wouldn't mind it ... :-)

- litz

Question for folks out there ...

Who has tried playing files created with H2 back onto a MyHD ?

Are you seeing a LONG pause before it starts playing?

I seem to get this with anything that wasn't originally recorded on the MyHD and have no idea why MyHD sourced files play instantly while anything else (cable caps, freshly muxed stuff, etc) takes so long.

But MyHD sourced material plays perfectly even after H2 editting.


- litz

I've noticed long pauses when loading some non-MyHD transport streams into MyHD. However, I believe this happens to me whether I edit them with H2 or not.

I've got weird stuff like this happening:
I record two episodes of Smallville and Angel from c-band using a DVB card and TSReader. The first set loads quickly and plays fine, the second set takes forever to load and freezes every 3-4 seconds, basically it is unplayable with a MyHD card. What's the difference?... I have no idea.

Cris

Cris

Been playing with the 1.10.5 version, seems VERY polished now ...

Question though - have you implemented the new timecodes yet?

It doesn't seem like you have ... the .m2t files still read far short than their actual time length.

- litz

No, I haven't done that yet. Don't expect to see that until 1.11. This is pretty much just a merger of Alan's and my code bases. Although you probably notice a new feature that Alan was playing around with.

Cris

"What's the difference?... I have no idea."

Cris, the only unedited TS I've tried with MyHD have been TP files from MyHD and FusionHDTV. Both seem to play equally well. I have seen some MyHD files that had playback problems back when the local PBS station was mucking with its PSIP and had some messed up PMT/PAT entries. Maybe that's a clue for you to look at in the DVB files. I've also seen long hesitations before starting play of files that have been stripped of some PID. Just stripping nulls seems not to cause problems for HDD file playback, although some have noted that NPS files often don't play well in MyHD from DVD recordings.

I'm glad to hear that your and Alan's code bases have been merged! If you don't mind having another tester, I'll PM you my email address after I get back home this week, so I can give 1.10.x a spin.

--Terry

Yeah, saw that ... :-)

Haven't crashed it yet, either, which is a good sign ...

- litz

hey guys, I don't know if this is easy or hard, but once you have other things stable, could you work on the scan option? It would be neat if it cut in the very middle of black intermissions, and if it could do a better job of finding commercials.

Darius

Terry,

Thanks for the insight. When I record using TSReader, I tell it to strip the NULL packets and PID's. I think what I will try next time is to record the entire stream and not remove anything. If that plays, I will then use TSReader to strip out the NULL packets and remove the PID's and see what happens.

Cris

Darius.

The truth is that the "Scan" function isn't suppose to be available. Grant Reeve was working on that as a new feature and he didn't get it finished. Somehow a version got released that had the button enabled. Since then I have been leaving it on , but as you know, it still needs a bit of work. I've been thinking about disabling it again, but I'm sure some one would complain. I'll add your requests to the bug\\enhancement fix list.

Cris

I have problems with edited MyHD content as well. After removing commercials, playback either pauses for a long time at the breaks, or the video is scrambled for a few seconds after the break.

Is there a trick to getting this right?

Xesdeeni

Like Xesdeeni, I have a qick question,

I have a saved HD movie that is spread over a lot of .TS files.

There are gaps between the numbering, where the commercials have been cut out.

My question, how do I use this program to "re-number" the files, so there are no missing ones?

MyHD will pause/lock up when it tries to play the next file but it is not there.

Example, it plays .129 and then then .130 but the next file is .134 and it will lock up/pause because I assume it is looking for .131.....

Thanks!

Definitely don't turn off the scan function - while it's not perfect - it's pretty good, and saves me a lot of time walking through the video....

Gruson,

I assume the reason you have missing files is that you removed the commercials manually by deleting individual small files? In that case you should be able to load all of the files that are left over into H2, specify a minimum file size, and let H2 repackage the files. You should probably choose a larger minimum file size as the really small sizes your currently using aren't needed anymore.

Cris

I have also seen this on some MyHD streams that have been NULL Stripped. I have been editing with H2 and stripping MyHD recordings with NPS. One stream in particular showed the "Long Pause" problem - A recording of Alias from KGO in SF. They have 3 sub-channels now (HD 720p, SD 480i and SD 480i low bitrate weather radar). I was going to try to fix it up with the "Fix-KQED" utility after stripping sub channels and Nulls. This utility was made by another Bay Area HD user to fix up the PATs and PMTs to remove references to subchannels that no longer exist in the stream. The utility got its name because KQED (SF PBS station) was broadcasting with 5 subchannels (1 HD and 1 SD or 4 SD depending on time of day) and just not muxing the ones that were not active at the time. Now they have their encoders fixed so that the PATs & PMTs only reference subchannels that are active. I think this would be a valuable feature to add to HDTV2MPEG.

I also have not installed MyHD 1.63 yet. That may or may not address this issue.

- Mike

litz--

I do not see long pauses before MyHD starts playing H2-edited files, nor more than momentary video glitches at excised-commercial points. I do see long pauses with files that have some non-null PIDs removed via NPS. I haven't done enough testing of this to say for sure which PIDs seem to cause this.

OT

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I used to have the exact same problem with NPS as well as dvhstool when I was using them to do PID stripping. I sprung for the full version of TSReader and now use it to do PID Stripping etc and it works perfectly. As a bonus I ran all my previous recordings that had the long pause at the start through TSReader and it fixed the pause problem on those as well, so now all my recordings start perfectly.

Is the 1.10.5 version currently publicly available? The site at the start of the thread only carries 1.10.4 & 3...

Thanks!

DAve.

You can use DVHSTool to renumber the TS files. It does a fairly good job. I use it often for this task...

Cheers!
DAve.

I just sent "balazer" v1.10.5. Hopefully he can make it available soon.

Cris

It is up now - excellent! Thanks!

Cheers!
DAve.

Excellent Job!

I can't thank you guys enough for continuing on this software program!

I do have several features/requests if you would consider them.

1) I have tried to find a way to mute the audio over the credits (when networks sell other upcoming programming for example) by changing the Audio PID. I haven't found a successful way of doing that. Is it possible to have a mute button just as you do an include/exclude or does this involve changing the actual stream too much?

2) On shows like CSI where the breaks are tight, sometimes you need finer control than the 1/2 second you now get to keep something from clipping. Is it possible to get it down to tenths of a second?

3) Is there a way to rip the channel info out of the converted stream on the fly with the program?

4) Is there a way to take a subchannel out during the conversion (ie a weather sub-channel)?

Again, thanks for your great work!