Issue im having with crunchie

[CordlezToaster]

Well i followed the guide and installed as per instructions and this is the error im getting.

Now i have installed Crunchie and the required files on my server. I want crunchie to read the files off my mce box(through a map networked drive) and then crunch the files and store them on my storage raid.


this is from the log file.

Sun Nov 20 22:56:34 2005 : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun Nov 20 22:56:34 2005 : ( STARTUP) E:\MCE\CRUNCHIE\crunchie.exe Started.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:34 2005 : ( CLEANUP) Cleaning temporary mpeg folder.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:34 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Scanning Z:\ for files to convert.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:34 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Celebrities Uncensored_Seven_17_11_2005_01_01_03.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:34 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) Celebrities Uncensored_Seven_17_11_2005_01_01_03.dvr-ms passed age criteria (2 days old).
Sun Nov 20 22:56:34 2005 : ( INCLUSION) Celebrities Uncensored_Seven_17_11_2005_01_01_03.dvr-ms included for processing.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:34 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Centre Stage_Ten_18_11_2005_20_26_04.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( EXCLUDE) Centre Stage_Ten_18_11_2005_20_26_04.dvr-ms excluded due to Age criteria. (1 days old).
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Cold Case_Nine_20_11_2005_22_30_01.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( EXCLUDE) Cold Case_Nine_20_11_2005_22_30_01.dvr-ms excluded due to Age criteria. (0 days old).
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found CSI- Crime Scene Investigation_Nine_20_11_2005_20_26_03.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( EXCLUDE) CSI- Crime Scene Investigation_Nine_20_11_2005_20_26_03.dvr-ms excluded due to Age criteria. (0 days old).
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found Dragons' Den_Seven_20_11_2005_13_53_54.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( EXCLUDE) Dragons' Den_Seven_20_11_2005_13_53_54.dvr-ms excluded due to Age criteria. (0 days old).
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found King Solomon's Mines_Nine_18_11_2005_20_26_07.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( CHECK AGE) King Solomon's Mines_Nine_18_11_2005_20_26_07.dvr-ms passed age criteria (2 days old).
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( INCLUSION) King Solomon's Mines_Nine_18_11_2005_20_26_07.dvr-ms included for processing.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found My Favorite Martian_Seven_20_11_2005_15_52_17.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( EXCLUDE) My Favorite Martian_Seven_20_11_2005_15_52_17.dvr-ms excluded due to Age criteria. (0 days old).
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( FILE SCAN) Found The Closer_Nine_20_11_2005_21_30_01.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( EXCLUDE) The Closer_Nine_20_11_2005_21_30_01.dvr-ms excluded due to Age criteria. (0 days old).
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( CONVERSION) Processing Celebrities Uncensored_Seven_17_11_2005_01_01_03.dvr-ms.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( DVRMS->MPG) Converting Celebrities Uncensored_Seven_17_11_2005_01_01_03.dvr-ms to mpeg.

Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( CROPDETECT) Unable to stat E:\MCE\TMP\Celebrities Uncensored_Seven_17_11_2005_01_01_03.mpg : No such file or directory

Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 : ( FINISHED) E:\MCE\CRUNCHIE\crunchie.exe Completed.
Sun Nov 20 22:56:35 2005 :

hope you can help

cheers

[arkay]

Hi Cordlez,

Can you please post the contents of your ini file as well. What it's saying is that is was unable to find the mpeg file in your mpgtmp directory.

Can you also please change it (if not set already) to not delete the temporary mpeg file. Run it again and see if the file is actually in your temp dir.

The only time I've seen this happen before is when there is something odd in the file name itself. & characters used to cause it though I've worked around that one.

You could try renaming the dvr-ms file to something with no spaces i.e. test.dvr-ms and see what happens then.

Post the ini file and I'll have a look.

Cheers,
Arkay.

[CordlezToaster]

Thanks arkay here is my ini file.

Also i tried renaming that dvr file it still did not work.

[arkay]

Hmmm. Looks like the conversion to mpeg failed, were you able to check the other stuff above? Is there an mpeg file there? Can you play it if there is?

Are you running RU2?

I can't see anything wrong in the ini file.

Cheers,
Arkay.

[CordlezToaster]

I am running RU2 on my mce box. I did check to see if there was an mpg file in the temp directory but there wasnt.

Does this software have to be installed on an mce machine? i currently have it installed on my win2k3 server.

[arkay]

Ok. Two things.

1. No, it doesn't have to be installed on an MCE however if you're running 2k3 it doesn't support dvr-ms out of the box. You have to make some modifications first. Can you try and play a dvr-ms file in WMP10. If it doesn't work you'll need to make the changes, there's a post about it on here somewhere. Try a search for dvr-ms win2k3.

2. If your recordings are comming from RU2 you're pretty much wasting your time with Crunchie as it is at the moment. DVRMSToolbox doesn't work with AC3 audio. Anything with AC3 in it will encode (possibly) but you will end up with files with no audio.

Only SD recordings on those channels that do not broadcast an AC3 signal will work with Crunchie until I can find a replacement for DVRMSToolbox, or a fix for it.

Cheers,
Arkay.

[CordlezToaster]

Ok thanks arkay much appreciated.

does ru2 have ac3 sound for all channels now?

[arkay]

Not all. But most, including SD broadcasts... Can't remember off the top of my head which is which.

Shouldn't complain I guess. That's what we all wanted (AC3, HD etc).

Some option in MCE to choose which audio stream to record would be really nice though!

Cheers,
Arkay.