batch to extract - with ffmpeg - (initial)timecode to a .txt file

[marcorocchini]

ndjamena for kindess: question2

if I manually want do a ffprobe in a C0020.mxf file with same option as you used in your script

FFProbe -hide_banner -loglevel fatal -pretty -show_streams -show_entries stream^=codec_type^,width^,height^,sample_aspect_r atiotream_disposition^=:format_tags^=timecode^,company _name^,product_name^,product_version "%~1" 2^>^&1'

what is the command line to generate a .txt file?

[Cornucopia]

I hate to say this, but marcorocchini, doesn't this all sound an awful lot like a "rube goldberg machine" approach to your problem?

Scott

[ndjamena]

I hate to say this, but marcorocchini, doesn't this all sound an awful lot like a "rube goldberg machine" approach to your problem?

Scott

He likes cats...

FFProbe -hide_banner -loglevel fatal -print_format default=nk=1:nw=1 -show_entries format_tags=timecode "%~1" 1>"%~dpn1.txt"

will print just the time code into a .txt file

an equals sign inside the for options double quotes is seen as an operator if not escaped, hence = should be written as ^=

I'm trying to write an AVISynth script to remove the yellow colour from some burnt in subtitles with as little chance for error as possible at the moment. It's much more interesting then anything you're doing. Not that I have any idea what you're doing...

FFProbe -hide_banner -loglevel fatal -pretty -show_streams -show_entries stream^=codec_type^,width^,height^,sample_aspect_r atiotream_disposition^=:format_tags^=timecode^,company _name^,product_name^,product_version "%~1" 1>"%~dpn1.txt"

[marcorocchini]

I hate to say this, but marcorocchini, doesn't this all sound an awful lot like a "rube goldberg machine" approach to your problem?

Scott

mmmmm You're jealous of my NLE for cats! Speed Razor HD cats 3.0 revenge

[marcorocchini]

FFProbe -hide_banner -loglevel fatal -print_format default=nk=1:nw=1 -show_entries format_tags=timecode c0020.mxf 1>ffp.txt

it generate the only timecode as exactly requested, perfects! thanks

[Budman1]

marcorocchini, if you wish to try the GUI it is at http://files.videohelp.com/u/214352/Timecode2txt.zip. It will do batch also if you have more files in the folder. If you throw a clinker in like a text file, it will wait 10 seconds and give you a message. The text files are saved by the name of the original file with the .TXT extension. The from and to location folders are drag and drop but individual files are not since I didn't see the need.



I have a Windows 7 computer and it works on that so give it a try if you wish.

Thanks
Bud

[marcorocchini]

nice program, in xp seems work well



thanks ^^

[Placebo]

mm so for example:
I have a file C0020.mxf and for this file I would like generate a .txt that contatins only the timecode:

if I do:

ffmpeg -i c0020.mxf -f ffmetadata metadata.txt

metadata.txt is (also in attachement):

;FFMETADATA1
uid=41821e00-3664-05c1-0270-08004602023b
generation_uid=41821e00-3664-05c2-0270-08004602023b
company_name=SONY
product_name=Opt
product_version=1.22
product_uid=060e2b34-0401-0103-0e06-012002010300
modification_date=2013-05-24 22:12:18
timecode=01:34:21:15

so the script should isolate 01:34:21:15 from all the rest

I should do a script that via commandline I type:

tc.bat C0020.mxf

and it generate a .txt that have 01:34:21:15

can you help to do this? thanks

The reply is late but I'm pleased to present you a Java class which can do this.
Just rename the TimeCode.zip to TimeCode.class (Case sensitive)
and run on terminal using

java TimeCode

This requires the metadata.txt to be placed in the same folder

This is the sample output

C:\Users\sandesh\workspace\HelloWorld\bin>java TimeCode
;FFMETADATA1
uid=41821e00-3664-05c1-0270-08004602023b
generation_uid=41821e00-3664-05c2-0270-08004602023b
company_name=SONY
product_name=Opt
product_version=1.22
product_uid=060e2b34-0401-0103-0e06-012002010300
modification_date=2013-05-24 22:12:18
timecode=01:34:21:15

01:34:21:15

C:\Users\sandesh\workspace\HelloWorld\bin>

Edit :
I forgot to write the timestamp to the text file, so I updated the java code.

[marcorocchini]

oh thanks, winzip get me an error during decompress timecode.zip (not seem a "valid winzip archive") but I try others unzipper

[Placebo]

Don't extract it ... Just rename TimeCode.zip to TimeCode.class

[marcorocchini]

I have do it but is not associated to nothing in my pc, I have the old xp^^

[Selur]

it's a Java class file so it requires a Java runtime to be installed