Post processing transcode to h.265/Mkv and comskip/comcut for Plex

Channels DVR Server
#1

I just discovered channels DVR. I have been using Plex and HD Homerun recording for several years now. I am testing recording IPTV using channels DVR and fastchannels. I am using docker for all components on truenas. And I have Intel GPU.

I would like to perform post processing on the recordings, the move over to Plex. Here is what I would like to accomplish.

  1. Maintain the subtitles/CC
  2. Convert to H.265 and MKV or other container
  3. Using comskip/comcut to remove commerials during the post processing
  4. Move the files to Plex directory so it will automatically pick up and index automatically. (the date and time stamp on the file seems to trip up the Plex auto matching)
  5. use GPU hardware acceleration

I currently do #1, #2, #5 on all my plex recordings using ffmpeg and ccextractor, but that script seems to not work on the subtitles and sometimes fails due to the commericals switching resolution. I know MCEbuddy claims to do all this but I would rather do this in linux.

I can do all this transcoding on another ubuntu docker container, and not in the same alpine linux container

Does anyone of a script or solution that works that they can share? TIA

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#2

Try mcebuddy but it is windows only.

#3

Fileflows or Tdarr can do that

#4

My understanding is tdarr doesn't automate the commerical skipping.

#5

If you're using Channels, you can get it to generate the edl files and then Tdarr can use it to cut out the commercials.

Fileflows can run comskip by itself without relying on Channels but be aware that you'll get better results using Channels to generate the files than comskip alone as some channels have smart commercial detection enabled so it'll bypass comskip and give you a even more accurate edl file

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#6

Thanks I do see that channels also has option to create MCEBuddy metadata .json file. That might be helpful, need to dig into how that works. I have been testing with MCEBUDDY today but I can't seem to get subtitles to save and re-embedd or even save the srt file

#7

If you have a windows machine, that json file will be useful for metadata lookup (and can be used to help identify news programs and create nfos in MCEBuddy)

Of course, you can't use than with Fileflows or tdarr

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