Automatic VideoReDo after DVB Web Scheduler Captures

[jackelectronics]

If you use DVB Web Scheduler for recording, I have a VBS script to do an Automatic VideoReDo after capturing. However, the script is designed to convert the captured .ts file into a stabilized .mpg. It will not remove any part of the capture, including commercials, channel specific trailers, etc.

http://www.jackelectronics.f2s.com/computers/dvbws/index.html

As usual, everything is used at your own enjoyable risk.

 

[eflickne]

Batched AdScan

Just to drop my two cents:

This will work for any extension that VideoReDo supports as an input format.

1. Create a batch file with .bat extension such as "AdScan.bat".
2. Paste the following line on one line.

FOR %%1 IN (*.dvr-ms) DO cscript //nologo "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\AdScan.vbs" "D:\Recorded TV\%%1" /q

3. Replace any of the following with your own configuration:
a)*.dvr-ms --> your input file extension, e.g. ts would be *.ts and mpg would be *.mpg
b) "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\AdScan.vbs" --> The location of the AdScan.vbs file in your VideoReDo installation directory. As I know this should be adequate for doing the major part of the work for commercial ad-scan.
c) "D:\Recorded TV\%%1" --> Replace this with the location where you want to place the finished *.VPrj file. This file can be loaded into VideoReDo to complete the cutting process.

4. One can schedule this to run at a given time daily, weekly, or whatever you choose with the built-in Scheduled Tasks feature located inside Windows. In XP it is located in Programs-->Accessories-->System Tools-->Scheduled Tasks.
a) Double click on "Add New Scheduled Task"
b) Click Browse and locate the *.bat file created in Step 1.
c) Give the task a name and frequency of how often to run the task.
d) Pick a time to start the task and frequency of how often to run the task.
e) If you have a password for your user account, you will have to enter it on the next page in order to allow Windows to run the batch file.
f) Hit finish and the task should run at the designated start time and frequency indicated.

Enjoy!

 

[JM2005]

Just to drop my two cents:

This will work for any extension that VideoReDo supports as an input format.

1. Create a batch file with .bat extension such as "AdScan.bat".
2. Paste the following line on one line.

FOR %%1 IN (*.dvr-ms) DO cscript //nologo "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\AdScan.vbs" "D:\Recorded TV\%%1" /q

3. Replace any of the following with your own configuration:
a)*.dvr-ms --> your input file extension, e.g. ts would be *.ts and mpg would be *.mpg
b) "C:\Program Files\VideoReDoPlus\AdScan.vbs" --> The location of the AdScan.vbs file in your VideoReDo installation directory. As I know this should be adequate for doing the major part of the work for commercial ad-scan.
c) "D:\Recorded TV\%%1" --> Replace this with the location where you want to place the finished *.VPrj file. This file can be loaded into VideoReDo to complete the cutting process.

4. One can schedule this to run at a given time daily, weekly, or whatever you choose with the built-in Scheduled Tasks feature located inside Windows. In XP it is located in Programs-->Accessories-->System Tools-->Scheduled Tasks.
a) Double click on "Add New Scheduled Task"
b) Click Browse and locate the *.bat file created in Step 1.
c) Give the task a name and frequency of how often to run the task.
d) Pick a time to start the task and frequency of how often to run the task.
e) If you have a password for your user account, you will have to enter it on the next page in order to allow Windows to run the batch file.
f) Hit finish and the task should run at the designated start time and frequency indicated.

Enjoy!

Looks Great! Is there a way to also have it remove the comericals and then save the files to another directory? I know that the above batch file is for the ad removal and i would like it to also save the file without the ad's.

Thanks

 

[Anole]

I think unattended add-deletion is a lot like looking for the holy grail.
Those who've tried have come up with a lot of junk.

 

[JM2005]

I think unattended add-deletion is a lot like looking for the holy grail.
Those who've tried have come up with a lot of junk.

Yep i can see that. But i am willing to live with a few errors. I have only had like one TV show messed up out of about 30 or so i have done.

 

[eflickne]

Automated Ad-Scan

From the "Ad-Detective Parameters" window (Ad-Detective-->Set Ad-Detective Parameters...) on the Common Parameters tab you can set "Automatically Cut Detected Scenes". I am not an expert at VBS scripts, I just happened to use what was provided by the great developers.

One would have also to add lines in the vbs script to save the video in one of the supported output formats. If anyone could help with this that would be great.

The problem is that from my personal experience the default scan does not seem to provide accurate scene markers in some cases. The source files from different channels and even different video formats, bitrates, etc. seem to produce the same result. For example, SCIFI channel seems to use very small transitions and CBS uses very long transitions between commercials and the show. The main problem is that there is no way in the COM interface for VideoReDo to train the Ad-Detective automatically. Second even if it happened to accurately cut something right for 10 videos in a row, its not guaranteed to cut everytime.

The longest point of the cutting process is the initial Ad-Scan. Then one marks the cut points and then saves the video. That batch file has saved me so much time.