thanks, that points me in the right direction at least. On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 07:14:58AM +0200, Jukka Tastula wrote: > 1) configure mplayer with --enable-largefiles ok. > 2) don't ever cut the recordings with vdr ok. > 3) run the recording through vdrsync.pl -mpeg2 would love to do that, if it worked. with vdrsync-snap050222.tgz & vdrsync-0.1.3PRE1.tgz, i got the following error (same on both): # vdrsync.pl /video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec/ -mpeg2 Parameter validation not complete yet Initialising and analysing the streams.... 3009 Mbytes of 3009 read 1547289 PES packets processed Assuming final sync for stream c0, cause there is no new chunk_start Modfied Target to /var/lib/video//vdrsync%d.mpg Starting multiplexer Error while running 'nice -n 19 /usr/bin/mplex -V -f 3 -r 9800 -o /var/lib/video//vdrsync%d.mpg /var/lib/video//vdrsync.mpv /var/lib/video//vdrsync.ac3 /var/lib/video//vdrsync0.mpa > /dev/null 2> /dev/null ' Housekeeping... Trying to remove /tmp/268871111556671/ Finished processing /video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec/ No need to finish DVD Image, since there is none Last fork ended for vdrsync.pl 26887 with vdrsync-0.1.2.2.tgz, i got this: # vdrsync.pl /video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec/ -mpeg2 -o /video/TMP/ Got parameter /video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec/ got a directory on the command line trying to open /video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec/ Got parameter -mpeg2 Got parameter -o Initialising and analysing the streams.... 10 Mbytes of 0 read Created new MPEG stream object for stream ea, master video stream Created new MPEG stream object for stream bd Created new MPEG stream object for stream c0 analysed the first 2000 packets... Total Input Size is 3009230447 30 Mbytes of 3009 readTimedrift bigger than 10 Seconds, killing stream bd got the kill list bd Stream bd was killed due to an error 2090 Mbytes of 3009 read/video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec//002.vdr is the next file 3000 Mbytes of 3009 read all Input files processed EOF reached 3009 Mbytes of 3009 read 1547289 PES packets processed 154833 frames written for stream c0 (3715.992 sec) 92900 frames written for stream ea (3716 sec) Ignoring stream bd audio stream c0 info (MPEG1_Layer_2): Sample frequency: 48000 Bitrate: 256000 Mode: joint_stereo Frame length (bytes) 768 Frame length (ticks) 2160 (90000 / sec) video stream ea info: Frame length (ticks) 3600 (90000 / sec) Aspect ratio 16:9 Horizontal size 720 Vertical size 576 Frames per Second 25 Bitrate: 10000000 /video/TMP//eampv_c0mpa_remux.mpg as outputname executeing nice -19 /usr/bin/tcmplex -i /video/TMP//ea.mpv -p /video/TMP//c0.mpa -m 2 -o /video/TMP//eampv_c0mpa_remux.mpg INFO: using reference profile (MPEG2) INFO: profile type is (PAL) ERROR: File /video/TMP//ea.mpv is not a 11172-2 or 13818-2 Video stream. Deleting temp files /video/TMP//ea.mpv /video/TMP//c0.mpa analysing the file with '-i' shows that it has an ac3 stream, mp2 stream, and a video stream. # vdrsync.pl -i /video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec/ Got parameter -i Got parameter /video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec/ got a directory on the command line trying to open /video/Star_Trek__Enterprise/2005-03-22.23.59.99.99.rec/ Initialising and analysing the streams.... 10 Mbytes of 0 read Created new MPEG stream object for stream ea, master video stream Created new MPEG stream object for stream bd Created new MPEG stream object for stream c0 analysed the first 2000 packets... Total Input Size is 3009230447 audio stream bd info (AC3_audio): Sample frequency: 48000 Bitrate: 192000 Mode: 2/0 Frame length (bytes) 768 Frame length (ticks) 2880 (90000 / sec) audio stream c0 info (MPEG1_Layer_2): Sample frequency: 48000 Bitrate: 256000 Mode: joint_stereo Frame length (bytes) 768 Frame length (ticks) 2160 (90000 / sec) video stream ea info: Frame length (ticks) 3600 (90000 / sec) Aspect ratio 16:9 Horizontal size 720 Vertical size 576 Frames per Second 25 Bitrate: 10000000 > 4) optionally use avidemux to cut (hint: the way to not get any artifacts > at cut points is to cut so that the last frame in a segment will be a p > frame and the first in the next segment an i frame) out anything you don't > want in the final file, so avidemux will work on the output of vdrsync.pl? good. useful to know that. it doesn't like vdr's "00n.vdr" files at all. > I suggest avidemux 2.0.36. .38 seems a bit messed up i have 2.0.38+rc1-0.0 installed. i can wait for it to be fixed, for now i just want to be able to convert the entire file to divx. i can worry about fancy stuff like stripping ads later (most of the stuff i watch is on the non-commercial channels anyway, so no ads. about the only thing i watch on commercial TV is a few science fiction shows). > 5) run the resulting one big mpeg2 file through mencoder ok, that makes sense. now to find a version of vdrsync.pl where -mpeg2 works. craig -- craig sanders <cas@xxxxxxxxxx> (part time cyborg)
