MCEBuddy

MCERemux BETA 5 will remux a WTV or DVR-MS recording to a TS file for use by other systems or conversion or processing by open source software.

I have returned to TS.  

BETA 5 fixes:

• Option to dump streams only
• Improved fps detection and alignment 
• Option to force fps
• Three muxing methods

Supports H.264!

This process forms the basis of the new MCEBuddy 2.0 WTV/DVR-MS extraction.  I've had to wait for the codec development to be completed to do this.

Sync issues should be corrected now.  Everything should work.

Playback should work under all player types

Usage:

This is a command line utility.  Once installed open up a command window (preferably as admin) and type "C:\Program Files\MCERemux\MCERemux.exe" File Name , where File Name is the full path to the WTV or DVR-MS file you wish to remux.  It will put a new remuxed TS file of the same name in the same location.

Developer notes:

Please test this if you can.  I have included this code into the next MCEBuddy 2.0 beta code.

What happened to BETA 4?  It simply didn't work reliably enough, so it died a natural death and I proceeded along this path.

The MCERemux forum is here.

MCERemux BETA 2 will remux a WTV or DVR-MS recording to a MKV file for use by other systems or conversion or processing by open source software. I have given up on TS for the moment.

Supports H.264!

This process forms the basis of the new MCEBuddy 2.0 WTV/DVR-MS extraction.  I've had to wait for the codec development to be completed to do this.

Sync issues should be corrected now.  Everything should work.

Playback notes:

1. Playback under windows will require either the Matroska Splitter, a codec pack installed or use VLC.
2. Does not support AAC HE V2 yet.  It will once the ffmpeg libraries that do are stable. 

Usage:

This is a command line utility.  Once installed open up a command window (preferably as admin), go to the install directory and type MCERemux file path , where file path is the full path to the WTV or DVR-MS file you wish to remux.  It will put a new remuxed MKV file of the same name in the same location.

Developer notes:

I have given up on trying to use TS as an interim container as the process is simply not robust enough for an automated service such as MCEBuddy.  I have moved to Matroska.  The positive is that it works with every test recording I have now, which BETA1 didn't.  This is EXCEPT for recordings that have AAC HE V2 audio.  Recordings of this type will have to wait until there is more open source support for the format.  

The downside is that for MCEBuddy 2.0, if your recording is WTV + H.264 you will only be able to remove ads if you are using ShowAnalyzer as comskip does not have native WTV support that I am aware of.  WTV + MPEG2 will still work.

Please test this.  I am now moving ahead with MCEBuddy 2.0 on the assumption this remux process works.  Please inform me as soon as you can (with example recordings) if this fails.  Also let me know if it works so I have a degree confidence.  

The MCERemux forum is here.

MCERemux BETA 3 will remux a WTV or DVR-MS recording to a MKV file for use by other systems or conversion or processing by open source software. I have given up on TS for the moment.  

BETA 3 fixes:

• Outputs the detected fps at which it will remux
• Improved fps detection and alignment 

Supports H.264!

This process forms the basis of the new MCEBuddy 2.0 WTV/DVR-MS extraction.  I've had to wait for the codec development to be completed to do this.

Sync issues should be corrected now.  Everything should work.

Playback notes:

1. Playback under windows will require either the Matroska Splitter, a codec pack installed or use VLC.
2. Does not support AAC HE V2 yet.  It will once the ffmpeg libraries that do are stable. 

Usage:

This is a command line utility.  Once installed open up a command window (preferably as admin), go to the install directory and type MCERemux , where is the full path to the WTV or DVR-MS file you wish to remux.  It will put a new remuxed MKV file of the same name in the same location.

Developer notes:

I have given up on trying to use TS as an interim container as the process is simply not robust enough for an automated service such as MCEBuddy.  I have moved to Matroska.  The positive is that it works with every test recording I have now, which BETA1 didn't.  This is EXCEPT for recordings that have AAC HE V2 audio.  Recordings of this type will have to wait until there is more open source support for the format.  

The downside is that for MCEBuddy 2.0, if your recording is WTV + H.264 you will only be able to remove ads if you are using ShowAnalyzer as comskip does not have native WTV support that I am aware of.  WTV + MPEG2 will still work.

Please test this.  I am now moving ahead with MCEBuddy 2.0 on the assumption this remux process works.  Please inform me as soon as you can (with example recordings) if this fails.  Also let me know if it works so I have a degree confidence.  

The MCERemux forum is here.

 MCERemux

This will remux a WTV or DVR-MS recording to a TS file for use by other systems or conversion or processing by open source software.

Supports H.264!

This process forms the basis of the new MCEBuddy 2.0 WTV/DVR-MS extraction.  I've had to wait for the codec development to be completed to do this.

Limitations:

1. Audio/video sync will be out of sync for some recordings if they are played back using Windows Media Player or Center.  Playback under other players such as VLC should be fine.
2. Does not support AAC HE V2 yet.  It will once the ffmpeg libraries that do are stable. 

MCEBuddy 1.1 for Windows Media Center and other DVR software

For Windows Media Center 2005, Vista 32 Bit, Windows Server 2003 32 bit, Windows Home Server, Windows 7 32 bit

New in 1.1

• Disk space check to ensure there is sufficient space for the conversion
• File history logging - remembering which files have been converted and allows re-conversion
• H264 conversions are now apple friendly
• iPhone/iTouch and new iPod profiles
• MPEG conversion now works correctly
• WMV conversion now works correctly
• Better Mediaportal support
• Sub directory search option
• Multiple file masks
• Updated to support and include the latest comskip
• Updated to support the latest ShowAnalyzer
• Better conversion failure support
• Volume correction
• Updated PS3/XBox 360 profile
• Built in event log viewer for only MCEBuddy events
• Some UI tweaks
• Monitor application is not in the startup by default
• Fixes to file mask
• New version update checker
• Completion check fixes