New discovery re: conversion problems....
Michael Abbott
bsbd_1 at y...
Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:24:40 -0000
So how are you getting the ShowList.tcl script to run consistantly,
I get an error about half way though it's generation of the xml
script.
Mike
--- In ExtractStream@y..., willieb9000@y... wrote:
> I am about to start looking at the streams to see if I can
figure
> out the codes, but I think I may have found something that no one
has
> commented on before (of course that doesn't mean no one knew it).
>
> I have been using tivoapp to extract and tyconvert to convert
> streams lately and I have been noticing that I have problems with
> basically only NBC shows.
> I have tracked it down and it is the NBC commercials for
programs.
> If you have ever watched a recorded nbc show and not skipped the
> commercials, you'll notice when an commercial for an NBC show
comes
> on, Tivo puts a little bubble on the screen that says "Press
thumbs
> up to record." Well, this has to be coded into the stream to tell
it
> when to put this up on the screen. Every time any conversion
program
> meets one of these NBC commercials, it goes crazy and dies. My
guess
> is that that is where split stream was dying a lot too.
> I am going to look at the streams and try to figure out where in
> the code the "Place the logo on the screen" code is and maybe we
can
> tell these conversion programs to ignore it and keep going.
> Anyway that is all I have found so far. Let me know if you are
> interested and I'll keep everyone posted.
>
> Willie