Movie thumbnailer (1 Viewer)

[allanp81]

I've done a search but couldn't find anything so was wondering if anyone could answer the following for me:

Does anyone know what switches MP uses when it runs the mtn.exe to generate thumbs? I'd rather just set a scheduled task on my server to generate thumbs for my recordings rather than have MP generate thumbs for every single video.


Thanks

 

[Deda]

movie thumbnailer (mtn) usage

 

[allanp81]

That doesn't help me though and isn't strictly what I asked for. I've seen that page and I can't figure out the right switches to get the as what MP will do.

 

[Deda]

Ok, in MP is like this (-c and -r came from config and can vary):

-D 6 -B 420 -E 600 -c 2 -r 2 -b 0.6 -t -i -w 0 -n -P    (timeout 15 sec)

or if fail:

-D 8 -B 420 -E 600 -c 2 -r 2 -b 0.6 -t -i -w 0 -n -P    (timeout 30 sec)

 //   -D 6         : edge detection; 0:off >0:on; higher detects more; try -D4 -D6 or -D8
 //   -B 420/E 600 : omit this seconds from the beginning / ending
 //   -c 2 / r 2   : # of column / # of rows
 //   -b 0.60      : skip if % blank is higher; 0:skip all 1:skip really blank >1:off
 //   -t           : time stamp off
 //   -i           : info text off
 //   -w 0         : width of output image; 0:column * movie width
 //   -n           : run at normal priority
 //   -P           : don't pause before exiting; override -p

 

[Migue]

From source code (VideoThumbCreator.cs):

// Params for mtm (http://moviethumbnail.sourceforge.net/usage.en.html)
//   -D 8         : edge detection; 0:off >0:on; higher detects more; try -D4 -D6 or -D8
//   -B 420/E 600 : omit this seconds from the beginning / ending TODO: use pre- / postrecording values
//   -c 2 / r 2   : # of column / # of rows
//   -b 0.60      : skip if % blank is higher; 0:skip all 1:skip really blank >1:off
//   -h 100       : minimum height of each shot; will reduce # of column to fit
//   -t           : time stamp off
//   -i           : info text off
//   -w 0         : width of output image; 0:column * movie width
//   -n           : run at normal priority
//   -W           : dont overwrite existing files, i.e. update mode
//   -P           : dont pause before exiting; override -p

EDIt: Doh, beaten to it!

 

[allanp81]

That's it! Cheers!

Although... all the thumbs it creates for my recordings have _s added to them. Is that correct?

For instance:

Barton Fink - Dave - 2009-12-20 - 22_00.ts

becomes

Barton Fink - Dave - 2009-12-20 - 22_00_s.jpg

 

[pilehave]

MediaPortal creates two thumbnails for recorded tv, one is with "L" appended, so it's
24 timer vi aldrig glemmer - Prinsesse Dianas død - DR2 - 2010-10-17.jpg
and
24 timer vi aldrig glemmer - Prinsesse Dianas død - DR2 - 2010-10-17L.jpg

 

[allanp81]

Ok, so just running the commands that you posted don't seem to work then. It just creates a thumb with the _s.jpg at the end.

 

[Jay_UK]

Hi guys,

A quick question.....

Does MePo specify the video path/filename at the start or end of the parameter list for mtn? And is it quoted?

Thanks,

J.
J.

 

[Deda]

Hi guys,

A quick question.....

Does MePo specify the video path/filename at the start or end of the parameter list for mtn? And is it quoted?

Thanks,

J.
J.

On the end and it's quoted, ie:

string ExtractorArgs = string.Format(" -D 6 -B {0} -E {1} -c {2} -r {3} -b {4} -t -i -w {5} -n -P \"{6}\"",
                                           preGapSec, postGapSec, PreviewColumns, PreviewRows, blank, 0, aVideoPath);