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Arksofts Crunchie Release (v1.1)
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havent actually had a chance to try it yet, i started looking into blade runner yesterday and had issues with that so havent gotten back to playing with my crunchie files yet.
what would your first suggestion be?
I'd probably do as you suggest and remove any other codecs you have on the system that can decode divx/xvid/mpeg4 then I'd probably remove and re-install ffdshow.
Should get it going I would think. I only have 2 codecs on my machine. Purevideo and ffdshow, nothing else is required (for most circumstances).
hmm. Uninstalled xvid and un/reinstalled ffdshadow but nothin. Other indirect but related stuff i have installed is Nero Express, mpegable DSS decoder & Region Free CSS (these both work with cloneDVD)
I am doing another 'crunch' now as a test incase i should have had ff installed before the crunch process..
Ok.. Uninstall Nero Vision Express. I'm sure the sole purpose they released that pile o crap was to stop any decent video players from working
It has an mpeg4 codec inbuilt that seems to hog into everything. Only problem is it seems only capable of playing back mpeg4 video that was created with the Nero tools.
My bet is that as soon as it's gone you'll get video.
Am I misunderstanding the log file, or is there an error?
When I setup crunchie to "Only Compress files that are more than 2 days old" it seems in the file scan to not "exclude" the recently recorded files. But as it is working, it does not process the files that are not within date range - so works just fine.
For example even though log says all four files listed below will be included, only the oldest (3 days old) is processed - therefore correctly working as setup in "configurator".
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Andy Pandy_ABC_12_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Andy Pandy_ABC_12_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms passed age criteria (3 days old).
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Andy Pandy_ABC_12_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms included for processing.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Andy Pandy_ABC_13_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Andy Pandy_ABC_13_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms passed age criteria (2 days old).
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Andy Pandy_ABC_13_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms included for processing.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Andy Pandy_ABC_14_09_2005_15_23_00.dvr-ms.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Andy Pandy_ABC_14_09_2005_15_23_00.dvr-ms passed age criteria (1 days old).
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Andy Pandy_ABC_14_09_2005_15_23_00.dvr-ms included for processing.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Andy Pandy_ABC_15_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Andy Pandy_ABC_15_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms passed age criteria (0 days old).
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Andy Pandy_ABC_15_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms included for processing.
Am I misunderstanding the log file, or is there an error?
When I setup crunchie to "Only Compress files that are more than 2 days old" it seems in the file scan to not "exclude" the recently recorded files. But as it is working, it does not process the files that are not within date range - so works just fine.
For example even though log says all four files listed below will be included, only the oldest (3 days old) is processed - therefore correctly working as setup in "configurator".
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Andy Pandy_ABC_12_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Andy Pandy_ABC_12_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms passed age criteria (3 days old).
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Andy Pandy_ABC_12_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms included for processing.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Andy Pandy_ABC_13_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Andy Pandy_ABC_13_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms passed age criteria (2 days old).
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Andy Pandy_ABC_13_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms included for processing.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Andy Pandy_ABC_14_09_2005_15_23_00.dvr-ms.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Andy Pandy_ABC_14_09_2005_15_23_00.dvr-ms passed age criteria (1 days old).
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Andy Pandy_ABC_14_09_2005_15_23_00.dvr-ms included for processing.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Andy Pandy_ABC_15_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms.
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Andy Pandy_ABC_15_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms passed age criteria (0 days old).
Thu Sep 15 23:00:02 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Andy Pandy_ABC_15_09_2005_15_23_03.dvr-ms included for processing.
Congrats go to Thorny Devil for noticing and reporting the first bug in 1.1
You're spot on. Logs it incorrectly but still does the right thing. That's what adding logging info at 2am can do for you.
I've now fixed the bug. You can download and replace just the crunchie.exe in the program group folder (get it here).
I've also upgraded the release version (I didn't change the number though I probably should have). So no one else gets caught by this... (Not really a biggy as the functionality was ok).
Extra Rep points for you though!! Hope that's the worst bug that gets reported!
Is there a easy way to REMOVE the detect and crop. Im finding too many shows are being cropped that are widescreen. Im not worries about losing space right now as I have a TB of space to pay with. I think getting the Aspect Ratio right is a little more important for me
Cheers arkay, my crunched files play fine in MCE now, infact they may have earlier - but i was trying in showtime & media player - as i figured the codecs should work for those too.. but i guess it doesnt matter cause il be playing it all thru mce anyways!
now i just gotta get bladerunner going make an system of the image!
Is there a easy way to REMOVE the detect and crop. Im finding too many shows are being cropped that are widescreen. Im not worries about losing space right now as I have a TB of space to pay with. I think getting the Aspect Ratio right is a little more important for me
Cheerz
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Eh??? You mean it's failing on detecting the right aspect ratio???? That's a bug dude.
Why is it that people are so used to crap software that when something like this happens they don't tell anyone!!!! Arrrghhh.
No one has told me aspect ratio detection is failing. Can you give me some details. Rather than disable it how about we just get it right? I've always known this needed some work.
Cheers arkay, my crunched files play fine in MCE now, infact they may have earlier - but i was trying in showtime & media player - as i figured the codecs should work for those too.. but i guess it doesnt matter cause il be playing it all thru mce anyways!
now i just gotta get bladerunner going make an system of the image!
thx arkay
Good to hear it's working. The file should also play back through other players. Though showtime is a dog. Get rid of it.
If you need a good external to MCE player get a hold of Zoomplayer. It can't be beaten for being THE best media player for windows.
