I have the collection of Inspector Morse videos. Most of these were recorded in 4x3 format but I cannot work out why some display the thumbnail and video in a square size and some display in the correct rectangular shape.
If I use mediainfo to check the media info both show as 4x3 format and 672x504 pixels. The only significant difference I can see using just a pair of samples is that the newer recording is showing as variable bit rate mode whereas the earlier version is constant bit rate mode.
Is there some parameter I can adjust or change to have all the pictures display the correct size.
Hi Sam,
Here are two typical examples. New to this forum format so need a bit of initial guidance. I have the two mediainfo files saved as .txt files but how do I get them into your posting please. Tried uploading and .txt file not allowed. Tried copy and past but only get the whole file. Want I want is the opened text file. Sorry to be so dumb.
For reasons I do not understand I cannot get a handle on the paste file once saved. I have just inserted the texts here. The first file is the Original and below is the newer version.
General
Complete name : Inspector_Morse_01.2_The_Silent_World_of_Nicholas_Quinn.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 1.11 GiB
Duration : 1 h 41 min
Overall bit rate : 1 564 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf56.40.101
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1 h 41 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 69.6 MiB (6%)
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
Here is the newer file:-
General
Complete name : 868754-003_Inspector_Morse_-_The_Silent_World_of_Nicholas_Quinn_hls.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 1.09 GiB
Duration : 1 h 41 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 541 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf57.83.100
No joy with text so will try html:-
file:///home/alastair/Downloads/hastebin - azukijayin_newer.html
file:///home/alastair/Downloads/hastebin - wekuwinoso_original.html
Hope I have it right and that problem becomes clear.
Regards.
So be it. For some reason I cannot get paste to function. Might be that Firefox has a number of blockers and no-script add-ons causing problem. Will have to clean things up and start over if the previous text I have posted is no help.
Exactly but the link given to me in this thread was not HTTPS but only HTTP and I had to change it. Something strange going on but it should be OK now.
Having posted the two mediainfo texts can you see why they would be different sizes, which was the purpose of the exercise or should I grab the logs?
If I am to get the logs to you I need one help step which I cannot follow. Will return to that in morning.
Many thanks for all your help and sorry I had such difficulty.
Sorry to repeat myself but I lost the original plot: Here is my OP
I have the collection of Inspector Morse videos. Most of these were recorded in 4x3 format but I cannot work out why some display the thumbnail and video in a square size and some display in the correct rectangular shape.
If I use mediainfo to check the media info both show as 4x3 format and 672x504 pixels. The only significant difference I can see using just a pair of samples is that the newer recording is showing as variable bit rate mode whereas the earlier version is constant bit rate mode.
Is there some parameter I can adjust or change to have all the pictures display the correct size.
Do you use the Kodi library feature? If so it will pick up the thumbs from thetvdb if they are available. So it may be that some thumbs are coming from thetvdb and some are generated locally.
Hi Brian,
The thumbs mimic the main picture so there are no differences there. In other words both the thumb and the main picture are either correctly sized or slightly squashed sideways to give a square picture.
It seems the problem is with the video files themselves which are usually accessed from the NAS but I have not been able to identify the difference between them. Mediainfo gave me some differences but I couldn’t see the reason why the images seem almost squeezed in some and normal in others. The mediainfo files should now be available so maybe you can identify the problem.
You did not answer my question, are you using a Kodi media library and scraping for content?
I don’t see anything in the mediainfo, so I’m guessing that what I suggested is right, you are getting some thumbs from thetvdb and some are being created locally.
EDIT, looking at how the files are named, I’m still betting you are using the Kodi library. One of the files is incorrectly named so will not scrape, thus the thumb is locally created. The other file will get it’s thumb from thetvdb.
Brian I am not familiar with terminology.
My media is stored on NAS box served with nfs. I thought the files were accessed by being mounted on the Vero system.
As far as I am aware I have not attempted to scrape movies or use any intelligent searching but am just using a flat file system and drilling down to folder I want. I hope that is what I am doing anyhow.