Do you know what algorithm MPlayer uses to determine if a black frame is truly a "blank frame", i.e. interleave between a bit of the program and a commercial segment? Horror film fans wouldn't like having skips in the program stream just because MPlayer disdetected a black frame...
Just an odd thought. Smack me if ya wanna. --- Justin Wetherell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote the commdetect code, so any questions I can answer, I will. > > mplayer is run with the -vf blackframes option and outputted to a > file > called /tmp/blackframes.txt. The commdetect server should then > analyize that > file and try to determine the commericals. Once it has reached the > end of > the blackframes.txt file, it writes out the "edits" to a > $PROGRAM_NAME.edl > file in the "Recorded TV" directory. > > On 9/14/07, Michael Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey again, Evan... > > > > I don't use MPlayer. I like Xine. Personal preference and all... > > > > The commdetectserver may be a section of code for me to look over > and > > see if I can't get it to do the "final cut" for us rather than rely > on > > doing it manually. It's a thought... > > > > > > --- Evan Hisey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Micheal- > > > MPlayer does play the EDL files. I am just having issue > _creating_ > > > the EDL files. mostly becuase I seem to be having issues getitng > a > > > set > > > of options my mplayer build likes. > > > > > > Evan > > > > > > On 9/14/07, Michael Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So... What front end to, say, FFMPEG does handle EDL files and > has > > > this > > > > been incorporated into Freevo 1.x?? > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Justin Wetherell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Not at all, to the best of my knowledge. > > > > > > > > > > On 9/9/07, Michael Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok, so what about Xine?? Does Xine handle EDLs well or not > at > > > > > all?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Justin Wetherell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > It doesn't actually make a "new" commercial-less file, it > > > creates > > > > > an > > > > > > > "edit > > > > > > > list". If the "edit list" file exists for a given > program, > > > Freevo > > > > > > > should > > > > > > > start playing it with the "-edl EditList.file" option. > So, > > > are > > > > > you > > > > > > > playing > > > > > > > recorded content with Mplayer? If you look in the > directory > > > where > > > > > > > your > > > > > > > programs are stored, you should see files with the > exension > > > of > > > > > "edl". > > > > > > > Those > > > > > > > are the generated edit list files. If they exist then > Freevo > > > > > should > > > > > > > play > > > > > > > them fine and just skip over the parts editted out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/7/07, Evan Hisey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Justin- > > > > > > > > After a bit more reading of the encoder code, it > looks > > > like > > > > > > > > mencoder getrs called once from inside the commdetect > > > server to > > > > > > > create > > > > > > > > the commercial file. But it does not appear to call > > > mencoder > > > > > again > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > create the commercial less file. It appears to hand it > off > > > to > > > > > the > > > > > > > > endocing server. IF this is correct, does it respect > the > > > > > encoding > > > > > > > > server mplayer options? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Evan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/7/07, Evan Hisey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Justin- > > > > > > > > > That is part of the problem. The other half is I am > > > having > > > > > a > > > > > > > time > > > > > > > > > finding where to change the setting in the to not use > > > lame. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Evan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/7/07, Justin Wetherell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This is just a guess but was Mplayer/Mencoder > compiled > > > with > > > > > > > Lame > > > > > > > > support? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/7/07, Evan Hisey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well testing out teh commdetect server and I am > > > getting a > > > > > > > -lameopts > > > > > > > > > > > not available failure from mencoder. First > question I > > > > > looked > > > > > > > through > > > > > > > > > > > the commdetect source and -lameopts is not used > > > there. Is > > > > > the > > > > > > > file > > > > > > > > > > > handed back to the recordserver or encodingserver > for > > > > > final > > > > > > > edit? > > > > > > > > > > > Second where can we change the encoding options > to be > > > > > sure > > > > > > > that we > > > > > > > > are > > > > > > > > > > > using only the ones available in our > mencoder/mplayer > > > > > builds? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As a general feature, I think always making > sure > > > that > > > > > the > > > > > > > end user > > > > > > > > > > > can set the mplayer/mencoder options, either in > the > > > > > > > local_config or > > > > > > > > > > > the GUI, is critical. There are just to many ways > to > > > > > build > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > Mplayer > > > > > > > > > > > package. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Evan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > Still grepping through log files to find > problems? > > > Stop. > > > > > > > > > > > Now Search log events and configuration files > using > > > AJAX > > > > > and > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > browser. > > > > > > > > > > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> > > > > > > > http://get.splunk.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > Freevo-devel mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated ===> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. 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