ProjectX

Nortafett · Post by **Nortafett** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:38 pm

Any chance of getting comskip to produce a ProjectX output?

Post by **erik** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:02 am

I downloaded ProjectX and tried something.
The cutpoint file seems to look like this

CollectionPanel.CutMode=2
2611
4200
15690
19088
44050
44926
44943
44944

Is this correct?
Is mode 2 the frame number mode? Does frame number mode work?
How is the exact interpretation? Cutout, cutin,cutout,cutin,...
Should I generate this file as mpegfilename.ext.Xcl?

If this is all OK then adding this format should be simple.

Post by **erik** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:46 am

Can't get cutmode=2 working, I chose cutmode=0 and generate the byte positions.
Will be available in the upcoming build 31

Nortafett · Post by **Nortafett** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:28 am

Thnk you!

leecole · Post by **leecole** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:08 pm

CollectionPanel.CutMode=4
0:1::0
0:5:0
etc
Time mode seems to work, with first time is where to start keeping data.

Post by **erik** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:16 pm

Time mode is simpler for me.
Will use that.

Accuracy is in seconds?

so

1:2:3 is 1 hour, 2 minutes and 3 seconds?

leecole · Post by **leecole** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:35 pm

Yes, I have automated using Projectx on SnapStream using time based cut info produced by SnapStream's Beyond TV, but I and most of my users would preferr to use ComSkip to create the cut list. More accurate and faster scan. Looking forward to your support of ProjectX.

Post by **erik** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:19 am

ProjectX support is available.

I use the fractional time so

5.6 seconds is

0:0:5.6

Can ProjectX handle this (does not crash?)?

leecole · Post by **leecole** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:47 am

I believe that it handles the decimal just fine. No crash.

Post by **erik** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:49 pm

Can someone confirm its working?

leecole · Post by **leecole** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:12 pm

erik wrote:Can someone confirm its working?

I can't confirm it yet, but I know it will work. I used comskip 79_30 to do scan, took your txt file, converted frames to times to build a time.txt file that looks like this:
CollectionPanel.CutMode=4
0:0:0
0:8:26
0:11:58
0:17:34
0:20:29
0:29:58
0:33:18
0:40:34
0:43:50
0:54:37
0:57:54
0:59:18
0:59:51
0:59:52
0:59:52
I then execute ProjectX with this file as cut file, and it worked perfect.
Since I couldn't wait, and already got it working with a prior release, I haven't tested your latest yet. But I feel confident it will work, just been busy myself, so haven't gotten around to testing the latest yet.
This was "Planet of the Apes-(The Good Seeds)-2006-04-04-0.mpg"
recorded from SciFi channel.

Post by **erik** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:07 pm

Build 33 should produce the right output, give it a try.

mimwdv · Post by **mimwdv** » Sun May 14, 2006 6:17 am

I've just found Comskip - thank you for a fantastic piece of software that's going to save me heaps of time!

I'm using build 40 with ProjectX 0.90.4.00. I'm still fine-tuning, so currently I'm running Comskip, then opening the .txt file in the debug window to get the cutpoints exactly right, and then running ProjectX (set to timecode) with Comskip's Xcl file.

It works, but the cutpoints all seem to be a little bit late (anything from a fraction of a second to 5 or 6 seconds). It also seems to get worse towards the end of a file (but I haven't done enough of them to be 100% sure)

Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to fix the problem? Thanks!

Post by **erik** » Sun May 14, 2006 6:55 am

What kind of input do you use MPEG TS?
DVB recording?
If so you are maybe confronted with the corrupt mpeg frame problem.
Setting max_repair_size=1 can possibly help.

mimwdv · Post by **mimwdv** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:54 pm

My input's DVB recording - a ts file recorded by a DVICO fusion card. I tried setting max_repair_size=1 but it hasn't made an appreciable difference.

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