Trouble automating tsMuxeR due to .meta files

[scottie83]

I'm writing a script to automate the muxing of .mkv files to .m2ts for compatibility with my Windows Media Center set up. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get tsMuxeR to work with the .meta file that my script outputs. The crazy thing is the files are exactly the same.

I originally thought there might be an issue with the carriage returns in my .meta file, so I adjusted the output and it's still not working. I even compared my two actual files with a file comparison software and it can't tell them apart. I have no idea why it's not working. Does anyone here have any experience with this?

Thanks!

My .meta file:

MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --vbr  --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "T:\downloads-completed\tv\Eastbound.and.Down.S04E05.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS [PublicHD]\eastbound.and.down.s04e05.720p.hdtv.x264-killers.mkv", insertSEI, contSPS, track=1, lang=eng
A_AC3, "T:\downloads-completed\tv\Eastbound.and.Down.S04E05.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS [PublicHD]\eastbound.and.down.s04e05.720p.hdtv.x264-killers.mkv", track=2, lang=und

tsMuxeRGUI .meta file:

MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --vbr  --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "T:\downloads-completed\tv\Eastbound.and.Down.S04E05.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS [PublicHD]\eastbound.and.down.s04e05.720p.hdtv.x264-killers.mkv", insertSEI, contSPS, track=1, lang=eng
A_AC3, "T:\downloads-completed\tv\Eastbound.and.Down.S04E05.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS [PublicHD]\eastbound.and.down.s04e05.720p.hdtv.x264-killers.mkv", track=2, lang=und

Output with my meta file:

c:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\TSMuxer\tsMuxeR.exe"  "T:\downloads-completed\tv\Eastbound.and.Down.S04E05.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS  [PublicHD]\eastbound.and.down.s04e05.720p.hdtv.x264-killers.meta"  "T:\downloads-completed\tv\Eastbound.and.Down.S04E05.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS   [PublicHD]\eastbound.and.down.s04e05.720p.hdtv.x264-killers.m2ts"

Network Optix tsMuxeR.  Version 1.12.11(b). www.networkoptix.com
Invalid codec format: ÿ_M

Output with meta file generated from TSMuxerGUI

c:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\TSMuxer\tsMuxeR.exe" "T:\downloads-completed\tv\Eastbound.and.Down.S04E05.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS [PublicHD]\eastbound.and.down.s04e05.720p.hdtv.x264-killers.meta" "T:\downloads-completed\tv\Eastbound.and.Down.S04E05.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS  [PublicHD]\eastbound.and.down.s04e05.720p.hdtv.x264-killers.m2ts"

Network Optix tsMuxeR.  Version 1.12.11(b). www.networkoptix.com
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.1  Resolution: 1280:720p  Frame rate: 23.976
H.264 muxing fps is not set. Get fps from stream. Value: 23.976
0.1% complete
H264 bitstream changed: insert nal unit delimiters
H264 bitstream changed: insert pict timing and buffering period SEI units
Decoding AC3 stream (track 2): Bitrate: 384Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 5.1
B-pyramid level 1 detected. Shift DTS to 2 frames
H264 bitstream changed: insert SPS/PPS units
98.9% complete
Processed 39409 video frames
100.0% complete
Mux successful complete.
Muxing time: 12 sec

[jagabo]

Can't you just install an MKV reader/splitter to play the MKV files with WMC?

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/howto/enable-mkv-windows-media-center/

[Cornucopia]

Unicode vs. UTF-16 vs. UTF-8 vs. ASCII/ANSI problem? Check & see whether they are the same in a hex editor.

File permissions problem?

...strange...

Scott

[Selur]

"Invalid codec format: ÿ_M"
Probably an text encoding problem.
Have you tried the latest version? (atm. tsMuxeR 2.1.3(b) )

Also it might be a good idea to use DOS 8.3 shortNames when dealing with tsMuxeR on Windows.