[Carey]

I think BTVMetaData.exe is a great tool, and exactly what I was looking for. It saved me having to create something similar myself to resolve my problem of using an outside media compression tool. Great job!

I've always been disappointed with the quality of the BTV built in ShowSqueeze, and the often out-of-sync audio it creates. And the H.264 ShowSqueeze is very slow compared to other media conversion tools out there. My solution is using MediaCoder to H.264/MP4 (or DivX Pro Compressor) for archiving shows I want to keep long term.

I created a VBscript that makes use of psionic's BTVMetaData.exe tool to transfer the show's description/details to the new compressed recordings I've made using MediaCoder. It then re-uses the chapters file for commercial skip if it's available, sets the lock on the recording to keep BTV from erasing the show when space is needed, and then deletes the original recording.

I've attached my vbscript for anyone that might find it helpful that is doing something similar. The script requires only 4 constants edited for your own use. The script design assumes that the new recording has a different file type extension, as I'm converting from MPEG (.mpg) to H.264 (.mp4). The script is well commented.

I currently use the script from the SendTo context menu. After copying the new compressed recording to my BTV server folder, I right click the original recording in Windows Explorer, select the script from the SendTo menu and it does the rest. Saving several manual steps and having to use the commandline.

P.S. Updated script attachment 2008-05-17 to fix errors in script.