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How does MBS obtain codec info?


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Brendon

As the title says, how does MBS go about getting the audio/video info and where is it stored?

 

I am asking as i have run into a problem, not sure if it's MBS or CoverArt, i have my collection sorted by definition not type and have had no problems until now....

 

Two movies in my collection Night at the Museum 1 and 2, put seperately in the movies folder they are seen correctly as 720p and given the blu-ray cover, however if i drop them in a folder as a collection they change to the DVD cover that i use for anything below 720p, take them out and they go back to the blu-ray cover :huh:

 

Now i have had a couple of movies incorrectly detect the definition (not in boxes), have removed them from server access and put them back after 10mins and they detect correctly, tried this several times over 24hrs with these 2 and no go, i should also say this hasn't been a problem with any of the 50+ box sets i have already added, just these 2 movies so far and i know the .mkv rips are good i did them and mediainfo confirms they are indeed 720p/6 channel.

 

So i figure if i know where and how this info is gathered, (now mediainfo is defunct for MB), i can find out why ;)

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We use FFProbe and it is the width that will matter as far as resolution is concerned.  I think >1200 = 720p and >1900 = 1080.

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Brendon

yep i know what the definitions are as i said mediainfo confirms they are (below) and placed seperately so does MBS, not once they are in a collection folder though.

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1h 48mn
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 5 070 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 7 773 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 692 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 1.85:1
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.239
Stream size                              : 3.85 GiB (87%)
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                           : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : A_AC3
Duration                                 : 1h 48mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 640 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 497 MiB (11%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

It's been driving me nuts all night why do they change just for putting them inside another folder as i have done with 100 other movies lol

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Brendon

yes ebr boxset, i put them in a folder and use the collection.xml haven't had an issue until now

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Moving their location doesn't cause a different CA profile to come into effect does it?

 

Perhaps a server log from when one of these items is treated by CA would lend a clue as well.

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Brendon

i'll grab a log when the kids go to sleep mate, then i can get a clean one without everyone connected easier for the reading.

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Brendon

@@ebr just letting you know i haven't forgotten to do this mate but i have had it happen on other movies now, both my rips and downloads, so conducting a few of my own tests atm.

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