0.2.2.0 generates 13,000 thumbnails!!! (3 Viewers)

[rtv]

It obviously copies all files inside the mediaportal dir.

If you install svn for testing && want to use thumbs there && don't want them in backup then use the config provider to relocate your thumbs dir maybe to your documents dir.

 

[jdivic]

hi rtv,

I don’t know should I start new thread… however, I took a sneak peek on code for generating thumbs from recorded shows... and I found that in a file
GrabBitmaps.cpp; method GrabBitmaps:

Log("grab:run.");
// activate the threads
CComQIPtr< IMediaControl, &IID_IMediaControl >
pControl(pGraph);
hr = pControl->Run( );
// hr is EC_FAIL
Log("grab:wait.");
// wait for the graph to settle
CComQIPtr< IMediaEvent, &IID_IMediaEvent > pEvent( pGraph );
long EvCode = 0;
HRESULT lParam1 = 0;
long lParam2 = 0;
hr = pEvent->GetEvent(&EvCode, &lParam1, &lParam2, -1);

and GetEvent returns:
EvCode: 0x32B (STREAMBUFFER_EC_READ_FAILURE)
lParam1: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL)
lParam2: 0

so… do you have any idea about the source of error or where I should look… playing of those dvr-ms recorded shows works perfectly… thanks in advance.

 

[HappyTalk]

use the config provider to relocate your thumbs

Hmmm, OK I copied MediaPortalDirs.xml from MediaPortal folder to ..\MyDocuments\Team MediaPortal\ folder and edited it in TextPad, seems to work. I presume that's the correct way of of doing it?

 

[rtv]

HappyTalk: - correct, that's what I do, too. You do not even need to have the MediaPortalDirs.xml in the documents folder.

jdivic: you might want to look at these links:
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/ExtractVideoFrames.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/audio/VideoAnaFramework.asp

Would be cool if you find a way to also process .ts/.mpg files

 

[HappyTalk]

You do not even need to have the MediaPortalDirs.xml in the documents folder

That's the best bit! As I have 4 diff MP versions in diff folders, edit one file in MYDocs and they ALL point to new shared thumbs folder.