XML times missing first EDL time

[jason_ruz]

Hi,
I'm using the following settings to get both an EDL file and an XML file for comparison:

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output_edl=1
output_dvrmstb=1

When you look in the EDL file it has the following values:

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0.00	183.44	0
871.16	961.12	0
1412.36	1502.20	0
1904.12	2021.44	0
2154.24	2154.28	0

When you look in the XML file it is missing the first value from the EDL list:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<root>
  <commercial start="871.160000" end="961.120000" />
  <commercial start="1412.360000" end="1502.200000" />
  <commercial start="1904.120000" end="2021.440000" />
  <commercial start="2154.240000" end="2154.280000" />
 </root>

I was expecting that the XML file would have the same times as the EDL file, so there should be an extra commercial line at the beginning that says this:

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<commercial start="0.000000" end="183.440000" />

Can you please change the XML file output so that it includes that first missing line?

Thanks,
Jason

[erik]

I found the problem and it will be solved in build 129, due for release this week

[erik]

Could you test build 129?

[jason_ruz]

Where is it? I can't find build 129 in the download section: http://www.kaashoek.com/files/

[erik]

Will be there later today, had a bug in the release procedure......

[jason_ruz]

Nope, using 79.129 and the XML file still isn't showing up the first time properly. Here's the output from another file:

EDL:

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0.00	182.48	0
703.12	838.24	0
1311.20	1498.12	0
1791.36	1946.96	0
2033.28	2076.76	0
2217.52	2217.56	0

XML:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<root>
  <commercial start="703.120000" end="838.240000" />
  <commercial start="1311.200000" end="1498.120000" />
  <commercial start="1791.360000" end="1946.960000" />
  <commercial start="2033.280000" end="2076.760000" />
  <commercial start="2217.520000" end="2217.560000" />
 </root>

[erik]

You are right.
I corrected in build 132. Can you test again?

[jason_ruz]

79.132 is working great. Thank you Erik!

[jens]

Erik,

I'm posting here as the bug seems related. I get the below "edl", "edlx" and "dvrmstb" outputs from Comskip 0.79.142. I would expect 5 inclusions (as in the dvrmstb file), but the edl and edlx flavours have only 4. The interesting part is the negative start value of the first exclusion in the dvrmstb file.

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756.40	1062.24	0
1668.28	1956.28	0
2673.40	2977.24	0
3560.60	3715.60	0

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<regionlist units="bytes" mode="exclude"> 
<region start="269317197" end="348354811"/> 
<region start="581319669" end="675140843"/> 
<region start="950118407" end="1035259315"/> 
<region start="1269266465" end="1309956687"/> 
</regionlist>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<root>
  <commercial start="-0.960000" end="155.280000" />
  <commercial start="756.400000" end="1062.240000" />
  <commercial start="1668.280000" end="1956.280000" />
  <commercial start="2673.400000" end="2977.240000" />
  <commercial start="3560.600000" end="3715.600000" />
 </root>

[erik]

Could you mail me the .csv file and the log file with verbose=10 as I am not able to reproduce the problem with my test files.

[jens]

Erik, I don't have the log files anymore. I think you can repro this with a show that has commercials or a previous show right at the start and a padding= value somewhat larger than 0.

[erik]

None of my test files do show this problem.
Is this after manual reviewing and editing?
Or after a normal comskip run?

[jens]

it was remove_before=

with a commercial right at the beginning, the XML file generated by output_dvrmstb=1 has a negative value for the first cut block, and all EDL variants simply drop the first cut block. Log file and cut lists sent by private email.

The solution is probably to constrain all blocks to [0.0s; total length of the recording].

[erik]

Thanks for the help.
Will be solved in build 143 due today