MediaInfo on movies ripped from Sky HD

Here is a sample of the quality achieved using my system.

Sky HD (component & optical) -> HDPVR -> W7MC -> .wtv format -> .ts format (with commercials removed VideoReDo)

Complete name : Y:\Sky HD Movie Rips\Wall-E (2008)\Wall-E (2008).ts

Format : MPEG-TS

File size : 5.78 GiB

Duration : 57mn 57s

Overall bit rate : 14.3 Mbps

Video

ID : 514 (0x202)

Menu ID : 1 (0x1)

Format : AVC

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile : Main@L4.0

Format settings, CABAC : Yes

Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames

Duration : 57mn 57s (whole movie not recorded...)

Bit rate : 12.9 Mbps

Width : 1 920 pixels

Height : 1 080 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate : 25.000 fps

Resolution : 8 bits

Colorimetry : 4:2:0

Scan type : Interlaced

Scan order : Top Field First

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.249

Stream size : 5.22 GiB (90%)

Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177

Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361

Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio

ID : 513 (0x201)

Menu ID : 1 (0x1)

Format : AC-3

Format/Info : Audio Coding 3

Duration : 57mn 57s

Bit rate mode : Constant

Bit rate : 384 Kbps

Channel(s) : 6 channels

Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE

Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Stream size : 159 MiB (3%)

Language : English

Edit .wtv H264 recordings

The scheduling of the recordings from the EPG in media center is great and does work very well, however we all know that there is always adds on before and after the movie within the recording window.

It took a while to figure this one out. I wanted to be able to convert the .wtv recordings into a editable format. there are many tools out there, but all were failing for me with the .wtv format.

This is because the video recorded is encoded with H264 codec. For now these will have to be converted to another format like .ts for example. the tool i am using is VideoReDo

use the batch tool - select all your .wtv's and add them to a batch job, I saved my coverts to .ts

these .ts files then can be open in VideoReDo and you can very easily trim out the adds, and add to another batch job. repeat process for all movies and run the batch.