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Thursday, March 25, 2010

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.