SchoolHouse is back!

[Jere_Jones]

New version posted. See first post or my sig for the link.

0.8.2 - 2 October 2006
- Finished upgrading SAConfig to property trees.
- Added the rest of the normal settings to SchoolHouse.
- Added "holdoff" code to let SA ignore the last x megabytes of a file. If you are using BeyondTV 4.3 or higher set this to 5.
- Fixed bug in frame number calculations of DVR-MS files.
- SchoolHouse will now reflect the actual output, not just the individual judgements of the blocks.
- In the SchoolHouse, only the calculations necessary will be made when changes to the settings are made. Massive speed improvement!
- Split up aggressive segmentation to allow dividing on blank frames, scene changes, and/or double scene changes.

Jere

[Jere_Jones]

Originally Posted by davidk21770

Which variables specifically impact segmentation -- and how? (Pointing me to a readme or FAQ is fine! ).

The settings underneath the "Segmentation" heading will affect how the show is divided. As you select each one, a brief explaination will show up below the property grid.

Jere

[Jere_Jones]

Originally Posted by rogerwilker

Is there any documentation to assist in score adjustment?

Not really, but there is a variety of good information scattered through this forum.

Jere

[rogerwilker]

Originally Posted by Jere_Jones

New version posted. See first post or my sig for the link.

0.8.2 - 2 October 2006
- Finished upgrading SAConfig to property trees.
- Added the rest of the normal settings to SchoolHouse.
- Added "holdoff" code to let SA ignore the last x megabytes of a file. If you are using BeyondTV 4.3 or higher set this to 5.
- Fixed bug in frame number calculations of DVR-MS files.
- SchoolHouse will now reflect the actual output, not just the individual judgements of the blocks.
- In the SchoolHouse, only the calculations necessary will be made when changes to the settings are made. Massive speed improvement!
- Split up aggressive segmentation to allow dividing on blank frames, scene changes, and/or double scene changes.

Jere

When I run schoolhouse(0.8.2beta), It crashes on me-won't open. Get an error message wanting to send report on the problem to microsoft.

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[Snoopy]

Originally Posted by Jere_Jones

Not really, but there is a variety of good information scattered through this forum.

Jere

Would you mind putting some dates in your sig and in the downloads section of your web site?

[Jere_Jones]

Originally Posted by rogerwilker

When I run schoolhouse(0.8.2beta), It crashes on me-won't open. Get an error message wanting to send report on the problem to microsoft.

Verified and fixed. A corrected version is up. Just redownload and try again.

Thanks for the heads up!
Jere

[kkeller20]

I resisted going to a version after 0.5.10 because while I get almost perfect commercial detection with the older version, the newer ones missed most commercials and I couldn't adjust them to work properly. I gave 0.8.1 a try and it detects commercials almost flawlessly.

A few things I've noticed. Version 0.8.1 detected my web interface (2.8) and when I told it to test login it said it tested fine. I have it set to not do commercial detection while a show is recording but it still tried. It would start detection, go til the end of what I currently had recorded, then end and generate a file with no commercial detections. Version 0.5.10 would also try since I had a newer web version but it would pause and detect a little more as the file grew until the recording stopped.

Version 0.8.2, I told it to test my web connection and nothing ever came back saying if it was successful or not. 8.1 did report back it could connect, 8.2 doesn't.

Version 0.8.2 does the same thing as 8.1, it tries to detect commercials on a file that just started to record, reaches the end then finishes reporting no commercials detected in the 2 to 5 minutes of show that was recorded at that time.

I was able to get around the above problem by telling dir mon to Wait until the target file is finished.

Schoolhouse looks really nice and I think the new one will be a very nice tool when it is completed. Things I've noticed about SH:

On one show I checked, there was a frame that ended a commercial that wasn't marked as a divider but was marked as a blank frame. Not sure why that was because it flawlessly detected all other blank frames as a divider. Since it wasn't marked as a divider, it thought the commercial was part of the show and there wasn't a way to adjust the settings to correct it that I could see.

It would be nice to have the next border frame buttons and transition buttons back if you can swing it.

Configurable forwards and backs times would help in certain cases as I had a time trying to get it to stop on a frame.

If possible, could you make the video follow the follow the detection process so we see what it is currently looking at without following it by dragging the mouse around?

Over all, I am very impressed with how far it has come. Great job!!

[kkeller20]

Changing the settings in Dir Mon didn't fix my problem I mentioned in the previous post, it would never start after the file was completed. Tried multiple settings and it never would start the file. Anyway, found another post that mentioned Live Deteciton Delay. Checked mine and it was set to -1, changed it to 10 seconds and now it doesn't just end at the EOF. Not sure how it got set to -1, did a fresh install on a second computer and it was by default set to 1.

[Snoopy]

Hmm... Show Analyzer doesn't appear to be running. There are 3 items that look elude to how it should run (silent, task tray etc). I have it set for normal mode confirmed in help about. What options should I set to ensure that when Show Analyzer runs, it appears in the task tray like with the same little magnifying glass I am used to seeing?

[ap90033]

It would be soooooo much easier if there was a how to or readme for people with no clue... Like ME...