[ExtractStream] Re: I have a 100% working split program for both SA and DTivo...

[Daniel]

Well, I'd be more than happy to test for you, just let me know where to
get the files :) I record about 15-20 shows each week (that I actually
want to archive) from about 6 or 8 different channels. I'd also like to
see if your apps work better for me then my current setup.

I've got a couple more questions regarding your conversion and encoding.
What setting do you record your shows at?
What bitrate do you encode into divx at?

-----Original Message-----
From: jewser [mailto:joshua@b...] 
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:38 PM
To: ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ExtractStream] Re: I have a 100% working split program for
both SA and DTivo...

> I've got a question for you. What method do you currently use to 
> get your streams into mpg format?

I use my own client and server setup to grab the raw TyStream right 
now. It will batch up as many TyStreams as you want grab them down. 
Most I have ever done in one pass was everything on my Tivo... 14 
total streams I think and with the TivoNet it took... 26 hours I 
think. Then I use my VSplit11a tool from the command line, I will 
integrate as soon as dev on VSplit reaches its conclusion, then I 
convert the .m2a file into a wav using WinAmp, and lastly I load both 
into VirtualDub, cut the commercials and encode into DivX with MP3 
audio.

Right up to the point of compression into MP3 the audio is always 
100% on sync. The MP3 compressor, as noted all over the place, lets 
things slide a bit. So finally I use avifrate.exe (Don't remember 
where I got it... Doom9 I think...) to alter the frame rate to 29.972 
(i.e. just added the 2 to end of the standard) and I get perfectly 
sync'ed 42 minutes episode AVIs everytime. 

Once I get there my client will do the extraction on the fly so no 
need for large temp files like right now, and will do as an option 
the MPeg LayerII audio to PCM wav convertion as well. I already have 
the code to do I just haven't gotten there yet. Like I said to many 
irons in the fire.

I convert upwards of 20 episodes a week, on a good week with no 
reruns, and things work great for me. But I need testers as most of 
my shows come from 4 channels and always at the same recording 
settings and levels.

--jdiner



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