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[apoptygma]

I'm probably going about this the long way but what I'm trying to find out is - The icons that appear under the description for a TV show are read from the mediainfo dll correct? Well where does that read the info from? Is there some sort of header data in video files that can be seen? The reason I ask is that I've ripped my season 1 boxset of a TV show using a program called handbrake, I've converted them to (.avi / xvid / mp3) and none of the icons show under the episode descriptions, the files play fine however. I did have one episode that was corrupted so I copied this from a friend's set of AVI's and this one showed up with the "mp3" and "xvid" icons, as if it had been encoded in such a way that it would indicate to the mediainfo dll somehow. How does this work???

 

[ltfearme]

Have you tried re-scanning the MediaInfo, you can do the whole set in Configuration or you can enter the Actions... menu in the plugin and scan the selected item.

If it doesn't work for you, you may need to post your concerns on the MediaInfo forums because as you suspect this info comes from that DLL.

 

[apoptygma]

I just ran both files through the Mediainfo app from their sourceforge page and they both indicate that the video / audio is xvid and mp3. I can't see a difference from this perspective...

Here's the first one, that shows no icons

General
Complete name : C:\vid\01 - Episode 1.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 351 MiB
Duration : 42mn 53s
Overall bit rate : 1 145 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L3
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 42mn 53s
Bit rate : 1 003 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 572 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.097
Stream size : 308 MiB (88%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.2 (UTC 2006-11-01)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 42mn 53s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 39.3 MiB (11%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 24 ms
Writing library : LAME3.98


And here's the second that shows Icons

General
Complete name : C:\vid\02 - Episode 2.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 349 MiB
Duration : 41mn 47s
Overall bit rate : 1 169 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2542/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2542/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (MPEG)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 41mn 47s
Bit rate : 1 008 Kbps
Width : 624 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.191
Stream size : 301 MiB (86%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 41mn 47s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 148 Kbps
Minimum bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 44.3 MiB (13%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 296 ms
Writing library : LAME3.98b
Encoding settings : -m s -V 5 -q 0 -lowpass 16 --vbr-new -b 128

 

[ltfearme]

And what does it say in Configuration when you select an episode in the Detail tab. You can see all the MediaInfo fields in the Grid.

 

[apoptygma]

I'll have to check when I get home, I tried to emulate the issue on this PC and couldn't reproduce it *bookmarks thread*