[ExtractStream] New version of zss available... lotsa added features!

[Michael Patterson]

> > I do a:
> >
> > zss -v -v -d20 omwf
> >
> > and get the following output:
> >
> > Audio sequence number bogus 2e48a0!=2f0fc0 at chunk 7531
> > record10Audio
> > sequence number bogus 2e48a0!=2ee3e0 at chunk 27089 record 8
> >
> > The output I get is significantly shorter than it should be, and
> > although I
> > haven't checked the audio, the video garbles after a short period
> > of time.
> >
> > I can provide any other information as needed. The ty stream itself
> > is 4
> > gigs, so, although I can send it, it'll be darn slow.
>
> Just a couple of questions: are you running OS 2.5 on your Tivo? If
> so, do you have the Variable Bit Rate ("Save Room" option, or
> somesuch) set? I don't know how compatible zss or anything else is
> with that... I turned it off first thing, and have never used it so I
> dunno what kind of wonky things it might do to the stream...

I let my TIVO be updated normally. I am not using the "save room" option. I
have two 60 gig drives in the system. This reording is in "best" quality.


> Also, I didn't write the original code that splits the tystream - but
> I'm slowly learning that part & learning about MPEG[2] in general...
> so others here might be of more help than me. I do have 3Mbit to the
> backbone, so I could handle a file that big, but it might be better
> to use the -d option to drop all but 2 or 3 chunks before the error,
> and use the -c option to only process say... 8 chunks of the file -
> that would make a 1 megabyte file for each error, which I would
> gladly host on my website for others to download & tinker around
> with...

I'm not certani how to find out where the error occurs other than trial and
error. is there a better way? I'll gladly send you a piece of the ty stream,
or all of it if you're really willing to handle it.

Email me privately if you need to at: mpatterson@a... and let me know
what you want and where.


>
> If we need such a thing as a "tystream error clearinghouse" I could
> dedicate a couple-hundred Megs to such a critter... and if it gets
> popular I could mebbe drop in a 4 to 10-gig drive in the webserver &
> dedicate it to just that... - but if that were to happen, I might
> have to sell a little advertising to help offset the costs of
> bandwidth & whatnot (but I'd keep it small & simple...)
>
> Just thunking out loud... ;-)

If it helps the tools work better i'll look at a few more "x10 spycam" ads.
:)

--Mike