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ProjectX question
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 7:34 pm
by milder
Hi,
Comskip works fairly well, but some shows I cannot get quite right.
Can anyone please, please tell me how ProjectX works? I have files that comskip creates: .Xcl, .edl, and .txt. What is ProjectX reading? And what are the numbers therein? I would think frames, but they don't seem to correlate.
Seriously, I'd be so very appreciative of any help. Thanks!
Re: ProjectX question
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:06 am
by milder
Erik, it would seem the .edl is the file that I want to tweak, but I cannot understand the format. It doesn't appear to be frames, so what am I looking at when I see this:
38.67 71.91 0
1132.73 1408.34 0
1804.84 2067.03 0
2484.11 2761.96 0
3340.90 3596.16 0
3977.37 4227.79 0
4998.29 5276.34 0
5625.95 5894.05 0
6297.62 6572.23 0
7055.72 7326.89 0
8266.63 8456.95 0
Re: ProjectX question
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:28 am
by erik
its seconds since start
Commercial start time, commercial end time, zero
The last row may be a very short commercial, only there to mark the total length of the recording
Re: ProjectX question
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:37 am
by milder
Aha!
I wound up using the .Xcl file, and using Cutmode=4.
If you don't mind, when I use Cutmode=2, it doesn't seem to be frames. I tried adjusting to frames and I was way off.
So this worked,
CollectionPanel.CutMode=4
0:1:14:01
0:18:58:00
0:23:30:22
0:30:06:20
0:34:28:28
0:41:27:06
0:46:04:00
0:55:44:00
0:59:58:00
1:06:23:00
1:10:30:00
1:23:22:16
1:27:59:00
1:33:49:00
1:38:16:00
1:45:01:20
1:49:34:16
1:57:34:10
2:02:07:00
2:17:57:00
2:20:59:16
2:24:01:00
But this didn't (and I couldn't figure out what the numbers were). AGAIN, THANK YOU.
CollectionPanel.CutMode=2
1
1101
2217
33890
42270
54033
62011
74391
82838
100069
107839
119144
126769
149741
158194
168552
176707
188682
197032
211402
219649
247693
253517
259001
Finally, in future, can I use either the .edl or the .Xcl file?
Re: ProjectX question
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:39 pm
by erik
You are entirely free on what to use
Re: ProjectX question
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:24 am
by milder
Last question (I hope): what is cutmode=2?
When I put in frames using mpv player, it's wildly off. Too far off, honestly.
So what is cutmode=2 if not frames?
Re: ProjectX question
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:23 am
by erik
cutmode 2 means byte position in the file.
Do not use it as its very unreliable.
I was not aware cutmode 4 existed.
Will look into replacing cutmode 2 with cutmode 4 in the projectx output