MP plugin for Video Transcoding (1 Viewer)

[idioteque]

I would like to suggest to user mediacoder instead of FFMpeg en MEMCODER.

MediaCoder:
MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices. MediaCoder intends to be the swiss army knife for media transcoding in all time and at this moment, it already has millions of users from 170+ countries all over the planet.


Why use Mediacoder:

1. It has default presents which work and can be tested in a GUI
2. it;s open source
3. it can be run in command line with it's presets
4. you can test all options in GUI and then make a profile and use that profile in commandline
5. it is based on FFMPEG and MEMCODER.
6. It is Multi threaded 15 minutes on a AMD 3200+ X2 for a 700 MB xvid

In brief MediaCoder = FFMPEG + 1001 setting options + GUI Testable + multi threaded + presets

 

[Noelix]

I find MediaCoder confusing to operate on all levels. I think the transcoder plugin works fantastically without it personally.

 

[AvsFan]

I'm having trouble installing this. I extracted it to the root MP folder, but there is no .exe to be found that I can see and it won't show up in the plugins.

Am I doing something wrong?

 

[pollyplopp]

I'm having trouble installing this. I extracted it to the root MP folder, but there is no .exe to be found that I can see and it won't show up in the plugins.

I installed this successfully yesterday on SVN (It does not work on 0.2.2 alone apperently).
Just place the transcode, skin och plugin folders in the Mediaportal directory.
Start Mediaportal setup and activate and configure the Transcoder plugin.

Start MP and it should be under Plugins.

The scheduler converted 3 movies during last night but I did not have time to check the quality. Will do tonight.

I am amazed how many nice features MP contains - all created by this community. Thanks!

 

[AvsFan]

Oh ok, that's my problem then. I'm using 0.2.2...

 

[fabriceD06]

i will investigate theses problems following

1. Just a minor issue with 0.9RC3: the setting "Transcode process priority" is not saved.
I change it from "BelowNormal" to "Normal", click close and then OK in MediaPortal Setup. But after reentering the plugin settings it still shows "BelowNormal". Can someone confirm this?

2. Ipod transcoding problem

3. and UI problem

i hope to propose a new version the next week .

PS: about MediaCoder it is too complex for some people (me also) and difficult to integrate in Mediaportal i think, and support not correctly the DVR-MS like input file

Regards
Fab

 

[pollyplopp]

I have been playing aroung with this plugin and it works well as long as the Audio output i MP3.

Unfortunatelly every time I try AC3 output the video gets messed up!
It shows only a couple of frames, often with big skips inbetween. The AC3 audio continues and is ok (the receiver picks it up as DD as well). Tested different recorded tv mpg-files (drom TV-server) but allways the same result with AC3.

I have tried other players, all with the same result. When I test other AC3 movies, they show up fine including sound.

* Do others experience the same thing?

2007-08-10 20:53:07.406250 [Info.][MediaTranscoder Command process]: ExternalTranscoder[Transcode][2passMode] transcode  video format two pass
2007-08-10 20:53:07.406250 [Info.][MediaTranscoder Command process]: ExternalTranscoder[Transcode][2passMode][pass1] Command line C:\htpc\MediaPortal\transcode\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i "d:\film\Inspelad TV\Bernard-Barn&Kunskapsk\Bernard-2007-07-10-13_10.mpg" -aspect 16:9 -vcodec xvid -vtag XVID -s 720x576 -b 1792k -r 25 -async 1 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -bug autodetect -acodec ac3 -ab 96k  -pass 1 -passlogfile "C:\htpc\MediaPortal\transcode\logs\Bernard-2007-07-10-13_10.mpg.flog" "d:\film\Inspelad TV\Bernard-Barn&Kunskapsk\Bernard-2007-07-10-13_10.avi"
2007-08-10 20:53:08.078125 [Info.][Media Transcoder Error Reader]: [ExternalTranscoder][Err] duration found 183,6
2007-08-10 20:55:00.468750 [Info.][MediaTranscoder Command process]: ExternalTranscoder[Transcode] Exit code =0
2007-08-10 20:55:00.468750 [Info.][MediaTranscoder Command process]: ExternalTranscoder[Transcode]Process finish in 00:01:53.0468750
2007-08-10 20:55:00.468750 [Info.][MediaTranscoder Command process]: ExternalTranscoder[Transcode][2passMode][pass1] finish and state is ok True System.String[] 2
2007-08-10 20:55:00.468750 [Info.][MediaTranscoder Command process]: ExternalTranscoder[Transcode][2passMode][pass2] Command line C:\htpc\MediaPortal\transcode\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i "d:\film\Inspelad TV\Bernard-Barn&Kunskapsk\Bernard-2007-07-10-13_10.mpg" -aspect 16:9 -vcodec xvid -vtag XVID -s 720x576 -b 1792k -r 25 -async 1 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -bug autodetect -acodec ac3 -ab 96k  -pass 2 -passlogfile "C:\htpc\MediaPortal\transcode\logs\Bernard-2007-07-10-13_10.mpg.flog" "d:\film\Inspelad TV\Bernard-Barn&Kunskapsk\Bernard-2007-07-10-13_10.avi"
2007-08-10 21:01:46.859375 [Info.][MediaTranscoder Command process]: ExternalTranscoder[Transcode] Exit code =0
2007-08-10 21:01:46.859375 [Info.][MediaTranscoder Command process]: ExternalTranscoder[Transcode]Process finish in 00:06:46.3906250

 

[fab70]

Great idea!!
It's really usefull have the possibility to quickly rip a cd or a file that you have in MP!!
Ths

 

[idioteque]

i will investigate theses problems following

1. Just a minor issue with 0.9RC3: the setting "Transcode process priority" is not saved.
I change it from "BelowNormal" to "Normal", click close and then OK in MediaPortal Setup. But after reentering the plugin settings it still shows "BelowNormal". Can someone confirm this?

2. Ipod transcoding problem

3. and UI problem

i hope to propose a new version the next week .

PS: about MediaCoder it is too complex for some people (me also) and difficult to integrate in Mediaportal i think, and support not correctly the DVR-MS like input file

Regards
Fab

I dont want to be the person who keeps nagging but from a user of the plugin I noticed that using just Memcoder and FFmeg has its problems.

A lot of people are complaining not of the plugin itself but the transcoding which it not working OK.

So the problem is the presets that are not doing as they are support to to.

MediaCoder is just another tool to acomplish the goal of a flawless transcode. My experience is that MediaCoder, by using more and better codecs is able to transcode much more files back and forth

Mediacoder can be run in commandline mode say: Mediacoder.exe .input file /profile ipod .output file.

so the mediaportal plugin only has to support the commandline Mediacoder.exe .input file /profile ipod .output file.

I am willing to test same profiles the the plugin has now ( 8 more or less) in Mediacoder profiles and provide batch files to the plugin.

the only thing the plugin has to do is run the batch file with in put and output files

 

[kiesow]

AFAIK MediaCoder is doing more or less the same as the Transcoding plugin. Using some presets for ffmpeg or mencoder to transcode a movie. So there's no difference if you use MediaCoder or just call ffmpeg/mencoder with a smiliar profile.