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[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Used to have a mix of HD and Series3 units but standardized on Series3 (family now has the HD units) since my wife and I value the clock and recording display. If/when we upgrade I'll probably have to build some kind of display unit haha.

In terms of computer connectivity there's Galleon (I use it for automatic download from TiVo), kmttg, pyTivo (I use it for providing non-TiVo content back to TiVo though that's rare how that I have Chromecast) and probably a couple of others. Lots of discussion and reading on TivoCommunity if you're so inclined.

Essentially the computer looks like another TiVo unit and uses the multi room viewing capability to transfer recordings. The official TiVo Desktop software could do this too, but I think it has since been retired. Not sure if it would work with Roamio.

Other than the lack of display and the cost involved to get another lifetime subscription, the top end Roamio is quite attractive to me.
[Google Chromecast] Znomon:
Really cool. thanks for the info. Didn't know that was even possible with Tivo. Might see if i can do anything with the Roamio. I have the Roamio and a Mini that streams from the main box, so I am sure if I can emulate a Tivo box that looks like a Mini that should be easy compatible to grab the files.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
FFMPEG -y -i INPUT -threads CPU_CORES -vcodec libx264 -level 41 -subq 6 -me_range 16 -qmin 10 -qmax 50 -g 300 -s 1280xHEIGHT -r 29.97 -b 4000k -maxrate 4500k -acodec aac -strict -2 -ac 2 -ab 160k -ar 48000 -f mp4 OUTPUT

try that on for size and see what Quality you get...

I have Time Warner in a rather rural area...Upload speed is enough for 200-300K stream as it tops out at 700K. So don't discard the option...In a pinch it's worth having!
[Google Chromecast] whitenack:
This produced a fairly large file size (860mb). I tried a bitrate about half that, which produced a file size about half, and couldn't tell much quality loss, at least during the few minutes I was watching my test episode.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Then your source files are in a much lower quality than your typical 4Mb H.264 compression...

Try 3MB (Change the 4000 to 3000)

Like I said 1Gb of file per hour of footage is about right for H.264
[Google Chromecast] whitenack:
Yeah, I guess. These are .tivo files, so I'm not exactly sure what the quality is. When kmttg decrypts the file and converts it to a .mpg file, I get a approx 1.5gb file with a bitrate of 9000 @ 59fps for a 30 minute show. So, I have to take that file and get the best video quality for the smallest size.

I guess that's about right. I am finding file sizes around 400mb are a nice quality on my 30 minute shows. I was just trying to get the file size as small as possible for storage reasons.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
If you're recording from cable or digital OTA, then it's the DTV stream rate (19 Mbps) but many DTV channels have subchannels, so the actual rate might be lower if it's a subchannel rather than the full channel bandwidth.

My recordings from Comcast are 25.2 GiB for 64 minutes, or approx 17803 Kbps

If your recordings were transferred from an analog antenna or an analog TiVo, then the rate will depend on the quality setting that the recording was made at. IIRC Best quality was somewhere 8-9 Mbps.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Yes I understand the storage issue but it's much cheaper to buy an 4TB External HD and save these things for posterity in good quality than it is to store TBs of crap quality.

Perhaps I'm just being overly picky since I work in Broadcast and see the best quality video anyone ever sees daily so a bad quality compression really annoys me....LOL

I now have 20TBs of Content saved (16 in Raid and another 4 on an External).

I base how much compression I am willing to bear based on the content I'm keeping!

Something that is scenic and cries out for detail I compress at a 10Mb rate...

Those that are mostly story, very little in the way of beauty shots I leave around 6 Mb...

And stuff that is SD or Old (80's and earlier) I go as low as 4Mb for space purposes.

Since you are going for an automated approach I understand this is not really and option for you.

Go as low as you are willing to bare...

But be forewarned that in 10 years when you look at that content you will definitely start looking at the quality as an issue!

because by then you will be conditioned to seeing much better quality! LOL
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
This is the main reason why I use VideoReDo - it can cut TiVo streams without having to reencode the entire thing.

...of course this is also why I have a TiVo folder with terabytes in it.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
LOL you know I still remember the days when a 20MB hard drive was considered a lot of space and you could use it as a coffee table!
[Google Chromecast] whitenack:
Hey guys. I just noticed that kmttg tells me what the source bitrate is. I hadn't ever noticed before, but out beside each recording is some information that includes recording time, file size, etc.. Right beside all of this is "Mbps". Looks like some of the shows are recorded at 8-9Mbps, but other shows are 16. Does that affect how I need to encode the different source files, or will one encoding profile create the same quality output regardless of the source quality?
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
You don't really need to adjust the encode. The point [MENTION=744716]Asphyx[/MENTION] was making is that you can't really polish the turd, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to apply a TON of bits to a poor-quality source. Recompression is essentially a limiting factor, so once you have enough bits to represent the source quality, any more bits are pretty much wasted space.

The real problem is finding the "sweet spot" rate where the majority of your content doesn't get noticeably degraded. I still think 3-4 Mbps MPEG-4 should be adequate for your use, especially if you're cutting out the commercials.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
And also considering that storage space seems to be an important parameter to him...

Basically go as low as you can tolerate and be sure not to go higher than original especially on a Codec like H.264 which is much more efficient than almost all other codecs that are not MPEG2 (which requires hardware)

What would be really good to find out is what codec the Tivo is using to save these files...

That would help estimate what the equivalent bitrate should be in H.264.

I know Broadcast currently send 1080 content out at 45Mbps...

Cable companies reduce that to 720 on many systems which is probably much less than half that bitrate.

so your 8-16 Mb numbers probably correspond to what you are getting. Somewhere near a 2:1 compression on rebroadcast!
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
TiVo uses MPEG-2
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
So anywhere between 3-4 Mbps is probably where he needs to be for H.264
[Google Chromecast] whitenack:
I have TWC as well, but I get a little better upload speed around 900-1200k. Additionally, I found the Plex android app on sale for $1.99. I like the Plex app a lot. It has a very nice UI and some extra navigation controls that are handy. The only downside I have found so far is that it takes a lot of clicks to get from the opening screen down to playing the file on your chromecast. I haven't found the ability to bookmark certain folders like you can with BubbleUPnP.

Regardless, I just tried streaming to the device outside of my local network and it is a breeze. I am currently sitting at work, and just opened the Plex app and tapped a file. It automatically started playing without any additional setup, login, passwords, or anything. Very, very sweet. I had to adjust the quality settings down to 750k to keep a smooth stream, but the quality was still pretty good on the small screen.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
yeah it really depends on location and mileage of the cable between you and the main hubs...

Local traffic usage can also put a drain on speed but that doesn't appear to be a problem where I am...it is the Miles and Miles of cable to get to the main hub that is the likely cause of my speed issues.

I rarely use the Plex app myself except for remote playback....

In the house I have HTPCs and if I want to stream local on my Tablet to the porch I actually use Yatse for XBMC since I don't usually need transcoding and my WiFi can handle it.

I like XBMC's interface much better than Plex's since it is much cleaner and will display Collections as a single Icon as opposed to having to use SORT in Plex.

I also use Bubble for content that is only available to me personally and that content is not set up in Plex or XBMC....

So I use it as a sort of private streaming service because I can deal with the folder views and such plus can see all the content in both Plex and XBMC as well if I choose to.
[Google Chromecast] whitenack:
Is there any way to speed up the Handbrake conversion? I tried out the following encoding profile and it produces a smaller file with good video quality, but it took over an hour to encode. I use a "veryfast" ffmpeg profile and it just takes 10 minutes. I have read online that handbrake can only be as fast as your machine can run, but I think I have a pretty quick machine (i5 3570k, 8GB ram). Am I missing something? See below...

HANDBRAKE -i INPUT -t 1 -c 1 -f mkv --large-file --decomb --detelecine -e x264 -b 1300 -2 -T -a 1 -E faac -B 160 -6 dpl2 -D 1 -x threads=CPU_CORES:ref=3:mixed-refs=1:bframes=6:weightb=1:direct=auto:b-pyramid=1:me=umh:subq=9:analyse=all:8x8dct=1:trellis=1:nr=150:no-fast-pskip=1:psy-rd=1,1 -v -o OUTPUT

I have researched some more info on this. It looks like TiVo is using the "Production Number" instead of the "Episode Number". Most times, this number is the same, but sometimes it is not (the episodes were aired out of order, or the show lists the pilot as production number 100 instead of 101. It's not a huge deal, but it is incorrect probably 25-50% of the time on certain shows which really hampers my "automatic" goal. This may not be TiVo's fault. It could be that they are just using the information the TV station is sending to them, and the TV station could be wrong. These are all older shows currently in syndication (although my Seinfeld recordings seem to all be correct). In the metadata, I see that the "Original Air Date" information is correctly included. However, I don't see a way to automatically scan for Original Air Date and include that in the processing somehow. KMTTG has an option for that, but it seems to just pull the TiVo recording date, which works for new shows but not reruns.
[Google Chromecast] whitenack:
HOLD THE PRESSES! Geez, I'm such a noob. I just realized I'm making this a lot harder than I need to. Plex server can cast mpg files without needing to encode them to mp4. This means I can cut out the time it takes to encode, plus I can watch the recording at full quality. But what about the file size, you ask? Well, here's the deal, I was already saving the original .tivo file in a separate folder because I wanted the ability to transfer it back to the TiVo if I ever wanted to. I was saving two copies of the files, so I needed to end up with a small file after encoding since I was also keeping the large, original Tivo file somewhere else.

However, now I see I can use another program, pyTivo, that will allow transfers back to the Tivo in a standard mpg format. It will even allow the transfers to be triggered from the Tivo, which is even better that what I think I was going to be able to do (had to trigger from the PC and then pull it back off the Tivo when I was done).

I may have to end up do some encoding to make sure my wifi network can stream that large of a file, plus it looks like the audio is AC3, and chromecast needs AAC. Still, the encoding shouldn't be heavy. So, I'll have a better quality video plus I'll be using less storage. Win Win!

Thanks for all the help folks! Please excuse all my bumblings and "learn-as-you-go" posts.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Yup, I run pyTiVo to make my non-TiVo content available there. The nice thing with TiVo is it's a download rather than a streaming operation, which is perfect for queuing a bunch of programs and binge-watching them later when your transcoding server is slow like mine. :)

I use the wmcbrine build... Be careful about Python versions - pyTivo doesn't work on newer ones. These instructions are from 2010 but still should apply: http://scottsoapbox.com/2010/04/20/pytivo-install-instructions/ (if you're doing a Windows install).
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Handbrake and FFMPEG all are CPU intensive encoders...so the CPU is the key to the speed, you can however tweak the settings for a faster encode but at the expense of quality.

There are other encoding option that will use your Video Card GPU (nVidia and Radeon) to help with the encode and take a big load off the CPU, it speeds up encoding time quite a bit.I use Xilisoft which supports this when I don't need to tweak or add tracks since it has none of that capability.

There are three standard forms of TV Show Cataloging...

One you have is usually reserved for Syndicated only shows since they don't have a clear Original Air Date and don't really have SEASONS so to speak in the general sense since thats a Network thing not really a production thing...

What is throwing you off is if Episode 1 is listed as 0 it throws the whole damn series out of whack as far as scraping is concerned. So you will need a good renaming utility.

Proper conventions for TV shows and good scraping are

SxxExx - S00=Specials S01=Season 1 Etc...E01 =Episode 1

SxEE - S=Season EE=Episode and the x is really an x! examples are 1x01 is Season 1 Episode 1

Last and not least is the 100 system

SEE Where S= the Season EE is the Episode examples are 101 Season 1 Episode 1, 201 Season 2 Episode 1

The Pilot being Ep100 may not be a problem if that Pilot is listed as a Special on TVDB. You will only have to rename that title to S00Exx

The issue will be do they just count episodes is it the latter SEE format if so you might have a 100 but you should NOT have a 200 just a 201

That would be season 2 Ep 1

Glad to help but you may still need to encode because I'm not sure Plex can play the Tivo native files...If it can you are good to go!

Don't worry about the AC3 since Plex will transcode it to AAC....

If you want to reencode then use the handbrake, slow as it is and keep the AC3 but ADD an AAC track to it using the AC3 track as the source.

It won't add much to the filesize at all!
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
If it can't, there's tivodecode which will decode the .tivo files back to normal MPEG-2.
[Google Chromecast] whitenack:
Thanks for the tip. I don't haven't done any reading on pyTivo, so I have no idea what you are saying here, but I'll start my research!

Yeah, Plex won't play .TiVo files because they are encrypted mpeg files. However, kmttg will decrypt them and convert them to standard mpeg. The problem I am running into right now is Plex has a bug right now where it can't transcode AC3 5.1 to something Chromecast can play. Some of my recordings are AC3 5.1. Therefore, I either need to encode to just AAC stereo or, as you say, add an AAC track. I don't have surround sound equipment, so I'm not sure I'll ever need/want the 5.1 track.

Another little tidbit I found is the Plex player has a setting where you can adjust the video bitrate while the recording is playing. So, if your network is slow, you can lower a high bitrate file down to a bitrate that will play smoothly. The default is 2000, and I didn't realize this. I started playing the high quality 8000-9000 videos and the video quality didn't look all that great. I was kinda bummed, thinking maybe the chromecast was hindering video quality. However, once I found that setting and knocked it up to 8000, the video quality was very good.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
You don't have surround gear now...But you never know what you might have in the future! LOL

I meant to mention the Player side bit rate controls but it was late and forgot....

You should set them for the highest quality possible as you can lower it on a case by case basis as needed from within the stream.

What you really want to happen is for the file to direct play without transcoding at all...
[Google Chromecast] cherry198810:
According to my experience, Plex can’t handle TiVo format. Native video support is typically (but not always) limited to the MP4 container, H.264 video encoding, and AAC audio. So you need to look for a software program that will convert TiVo shows to Plex compatible file type.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] dianathirah:
I am using Xperia J touchwiz rom and the problem is when i do a backup in cwm, it don't backup android secure which is used for apps that saved in sd card. It state that there is no android secure folder im sd card. I look for my other backup it have that android secure rar in it. And when i look in root browser, the folder android secure can be open but there is nothing in it. But I still can see the item in the folder when i use my laptop. Is there any problem or did I'm make a mistake here. can anyone help me. thank you.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tushar.mokal:
Hi Friends,

Can we install stock music player and file manager in CM 11 by TC.

Currently using latest update for 4.4.4 kitkat.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razvan:
No we can't. Different framework, different verions and so on ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptonify:
Hello there,im trying to root my Alcatel One Touch Pop C7 7041d and im having trouble getting my PC to recognize my device in recovery mode. My PC recognizes fine the device when its turned on and in Usb storage mode and such. But when its turned off and in recovery mode my pc fails to recogize the device. I need the PC to read the device when in recovery mode because the root tool(Root Genius) needs it to.

The root process goes something like this.

1. Enable usb debugging on device and connect to PC.

2. Root Genius and PC succesfully recognices the device. And the "Root it" button is ready.

3. Press "Root it". Root progress goes on. Device automatically reboots.

4. And as soon the device boots(shows the boot animation). PC and Root Genius loses track to my device. USB icon on mini tray on PC disappears. After the bootanimation and shows the home screen the usb icon on mini tray is back. And Root Genius says root failed. So i think the root process failed because PC failed to recognize device while in boot animation where root genius needs it to be recognized?

Forget what i said about recovery mode at the top. I know this is a long shot, but Im dying for this device just to get root permission¡¡ So help me¡
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptonify:
Any suggestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptonify:
Anyone? Anything?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptonify:
Ok. I have successfully rooted my aot pop c7 7041d finally. I used vRoot and then installed supersu. Super happy now :D

/thread
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] randymlb:
When i was updating My Galaxy mega and when it ended updating it rebooted it frrezed AT the logo.... The recobery mode does not work.

I don't know what yo do now

Please help.

Edit : it was via WiFi not ota manually
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oy-ster:
Hi,

I don't want register with Google market on my phone, I was wondering if it safe to reach the whatsapp.com site, press download and put the apk on my device?

I did this but then I got a security warning which made me rethink my actions and consult you guys. So is it unsafe?

thx!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaibhav Chauhan:
i think its safe

market also doing that

the apps are just apk files which downloaded and installed using google permission
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TalhaFaiz:
Yeah is safe..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oy-ster:
Well yea, but that's the thing I'm not sure about if it is safe using this apk which Google hasn't inspected (normally I'd be quite warry of such things)...

But ok, I got you guys, in this case I'll ignore the warnings.

Thank you!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hnkotnis:
If you download from Whatsapp official website then it is safe.

However if you download some app from other place, it MAY be harmful. Apps from Google Play are checked, but other place downloads are not checked.

But it is safe to download from OFFICIAL website of app.

Press Thanks if helped.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oy-ster:
thx.

Yeah, the system warning got me all paranoid, thinking that maybe someone hacked the site or that I have entered some mock page (via google)... XD

thx anyway, the deed is done.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilany:
Hello guys, I have LG G2 802 ,

Stock ,

androind 4.4.2 ,

software version : D80220c-ESA-XX

When i first installed the major kitkat update i'v started to get this each time i restart the phone :

"Unfortunately , the process com.google.proccess.gapps has stopped". Besides the error everything was totally fine.

Few moments ago i'v received a small update and each time i try to hit the Apps\home button on the bottom right i get the following error :

"Unfortunately, Home has stopped" , and i cant reach my apps.

help needed,much appreciated !
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samkle:
have you tried factory resetting?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meangreenie:
if you can force your way into settings/apps, hit options and choose 'reset app defaults'
[General Questions and Answers] travischia:
Hi,

I have converted my HTC One M8 to Google Play Edition from Sense 6. After successfully instlaling GPE on my device, the SIM card cannot be detected, no IMEI and baseband is unknown. However, if i recover my backup to HTC sense, the sim card is working again. So this is definitely not a hardware issue, and i have googled online to see that there are a few people experiencing this issue as well, however no real solutions can be found.

I REALLY DESPERATELY need help from anyone that is able to solve this. I will be very grateful, and thank you in a form of donation. PLEASE HELP, ANYONE!!! THANKS!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] travischia:
Please help anyone??

I have done more research and some people said that it is because of the radio.img. My current location is in Singapore, so i am guessing it should be fine if i flash radio.img from taiwan or hongkong? Can anyone verify that the issue i am facing is because of radio.img?

Please advise!!!
[General Questions and Answers] inaqi69:
It should be radio.img or if you have this folder in your phone than replace with the stock one :)/system/etc/modem

---------- Post added at 12:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:49 AM ----------

Sorry this

*/system/etc/firmware
[General Questions and Answers] travischia:
Thank you for your response! To be honest I am not too much of a techie, but i am guessing if i dont have this folder, i couldnt just create the directory and paste the .img file in right? I need to flash it? I do not have any of the folders you have stated, system, etc, firmware. I have gone to folder options to view hidden files, and used the search function to search all these keywords for the folder but could not find any folders named system, etc, or firmware.

So what do i do now? Do I go ahead with the hongkong or taiwan .img and flash it? If it doesn't work, could i just repeat the same process and flash another country's img? Would it just overwrite, or would i have do "uninstall" then flash a new .img to try another region's one?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] travischia:
I HAVE SOLVED THE ISSUE!!!

I will just state here how i have did it to help people that are facing the same issue!

Please refer to the following thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2736921

I have chose the radio.img based on the ORIGINAL CID of my device, and chose taiwan's radio.img. After flashing the radio.img, and rebooting my phone, I HAVE MOBILE NETWORK!!!! WOOT!!! :):):)