Convert recorded programs

[dcol 175]

I know how to convert a Live TV recorded program to MP4 manually.

I want every program I record to convert to MP4 automatically. How do I do that?

[Luke 42085]

You can create a conversion job for a parent folder.

[dcol 175]

Not familiar with a conversion job. Are there instructions somewhere as to how this is done?

Thanks!

Edited December 17, 2018 by dcol

[PenkethBoy 2068]

You can convert each recording with a post processing script - couple of examples in the "tools" sub forum

[dcol 175]

You can convert each recording with a post processing script - couple of examples in the "tools" sub forum

Thanks for that, but because of the lack of error checking, I will probably use MCEBuddy which will monitor the folder, convert it, then output wherever I want.

I was really looking to see if Emby could do all of it.

[Luke 42085]

Not familiar with a conversion job. Are there instructions somewhere as to how this is done?

Thanks!

 

Yea, check out the announcement for it:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-423-emby-server-34-released/

 

Just right click on the parent folder -> Convert

[PenkethBoy 2068]

Thanks for that, but because of the lack of error checking, I will probably use MCEBuddy which will monitor the folder, convert it, then output wherever I want.

I was really looking to see if Emby could do all of it.

the error checking could be added easily enough

 

the convert option does not have error checking which is why i dont use it

[Luke 42085]

What kind of error checking are you referring to?

[dcol 175]

Yea, check out the announcement for it:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-423-emby-server-34-released/

 

Just right click on the parent folder -> Convert

Cool, just what I was looking for. The error checking I wanted was to save old file when convert was unsuccessful. Assuming you have it set to delete old file after converting.

[PenkethBoy 2068]

verify the converted file with ffprobe and check if warnigs, errors are found - i do this with my Post Processing script

 

report what they are

 

save the ffprobe result to a file for user analysis

 

etc etc

 

Just checking if the exit code from ffmpeg is 0 is not sufficient