Add a black bar on video to mask the area without trimming

[pcspeak]

If you have the pause as the last line in your batch file, the script should stop and wait for a keypress.
If it's not stopping then add this to the beginning of the batch file and save.

cmd /k ffmpeg -i "sb1.mkv" -map 0:v -map 0:a -map 0:s -c copy..........

Then try it again.
Maybe it can't find ffmpeg.exe.
Copy it from the 'Program Files' folder to the folder with the video and batch file'

I keep copies if ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe in my 'C:\Windows\System32\' folder.
People will rabbit on about copying programs to system folders.
I know what I'm doing. I build my own copies of the ffmpeg suite.

[davexnet]

Lon, powershell not necessary, regular CMD prompt will do.

[loninappleton]

one last screen shot... this is all the organization I can see in the ffmpeg bin folder.

[davexnet]

You could turn on file extensions so you can see the file types.
Control panel/view tab/file (or Explorer) options/deselect "hide extensions for known file types"

[loninappleton]

A good reminder. Thanks. I hardly know how everything got set to not show everything.

[pcspeak]

I took another look at the batch file.
Turns out it's quite a string. I included mild denoising before and after the sharpening. To me, it seems to give a slightly better result.
sticksbones-2.cmd

ffmpeg -i "sb1.mkv" -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:2 ^
    -vf crop="in_w:in_h-62:0:0",pad="in_w:in_h+62:0:0",atadenoise,unsharp,atadenoise ^
    -c:v libx264 -profile:v high -level:v 4.0 -preset medium -crf 22 ^
    -c:a copy -c:s copy -y "sb1-new.mkv"

[poisondeathray]

FWIW , here is a video inpainting machine learning example of "logo removal" of the timecode overlay using propainter. It's not what I would call "seamless", but probably an ok job. YMMV depending on the source, algorithm used, settings used, and pre/post filtering

"compare_propainter_crop8_nofiltering.mkv" compares the original with propainter without any filtering except cropping 8 pixels from the bottom for the head switching noise
"propainter_crop8_unfiltered_softsubs.mkv" is what it would look like with the audio/subs added
"propainter_crop8_add60_unfiltered_softsubs.mk v" is the above, but with 60 pixels of black bar added to the bottom

Note that these are unprocessed results (except for the crop). Normally you would prefilter - because of the noise/flicker in the source - video inpainting algorithms can copy noise and compression artifacts into the repair patch area , and post filter to smooth out the results and improve the temporal consistency. Also, these are the results of the publicly available generic models . If you train your own models specific for your usage case - you should be able to get better results


Propainter tends to do ok when there is motion, when textures are "revealed" underneath the "logo" on other frames. But when you have complete logo coverage of an area underneath , such as when there is little motion - video inpainting relies on more spatial inpainting , instead of temporal where it can get data from other frames

While both have various settings you can adjust , FGT IMO generally does a better job of spatial inpainting

In the second scene, there is little camera or subject motion - the timecode overlay covers the same section and you cannot see "clean areas" on nearby frames without the overlay. The patch is more desaturated, discolored with propainter.

"compare_sc2_propainter_fgt_unfiltered.mkv" compares a crop of area around the repair of scene2 with original, propainter, fgt



There is a learning curve to use these free video inpainting tools . They are not 1 click. Seriously difficult if you're not familiar with python or command line tools. Propainter has a vapoursynth port, so it's somewhat easier to use . I think selur has a hybrid bundle addon for it. FGT is supposed to get an improved version FGT++, but the author has not released it yet

I've posted about propainter before in other threads and forums, you can find other comparisons , examples, links to other video inpainting projects, pros/cons and more info if you search .

https://github.com/sczhou/ProPainter
https://github.com/dan64/vs-propainter

https://github.com/hitachinsk/FGT

I don't mind helping out with specific questions, but I will not help out step by step . It's something you have to invest time in learning

[loninappleton]

Today I'm just adding a refreshed screen shot from davenext prompt on seeing file extentions below.

If everything is in the right folder to run the cmd I've done all I can on it.
If the ^ markings in the cmd mean that all blank spaces and such are ignored as pcspeak said, then the
cmd should not require any editing (?)

I can make a screen shot of the actual cmd file.

As we speak I've seen nothing run yet except for a screen wink. But I've also done all I can on it.

I will add the new cmd pcspeak made today to the folder.

[loninappleton]

@poisondeathray

Thanks for showing all that. My idea for actually presenting this play to a private group is to have the original without mods just to show its historic nature and have this subtitle version as an option. This would avoid any distracting screen "smudges" and such from
a watermark mask. Also the fact that the overlay for the timer is screen center rather than in a corner.

[loninappleton]

If you have the pause as the last line in your batch file, the script should stop and wait for a keypress.
If it's not stopping then add this to the beginning of the batch file and save.

cmd /k ffmpeg -i "sb1.mkv" -map 0:v -map 0:a -map 0:s -c copy..........

Then try it again.

Maybe it can't find ffmpeg.exe.
Copy it from the 'Program Files' folder to the folder with the video and batch file'

I keep copies if ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe in my 'C:\Windows\System32\' folder.
People will rabbit on about copying programs to system folders.
I know what I'm doing. I build my own copies of the ffmpeg suite.

I will add the pause command.

Today I couldn't resist at least trying the new CMD. It executed a bit and then showed (in a blink) some red error text at the
end. I'll add a screen shot of that. At least some of it appears to be working. The only thing I can do is follow instructions by rote on this.

On the ffmpeg copy to syst32, I don't know if that is allowed without special permisssions.

[loninappleton]

Progress

Here is the screen shot of the new cmd2 which I ran from the ffpeg folder.
You can see that the system 32 folder is where the cmd took place. I did not add or do anything in the syst32 folder.

[poisondeathray]

The command in post 36 works ok for me. I think you have a copy paste error, since apparently map 0:2 matches no streams

You can delete all the caret symbols and do 1 big line if you want

[loninappleton]

At some point I will try it once more and maybe make a screen shot of the actual cmd text. Aside from that I can't do much if it is running for anyone else using what I have posted in the folder.

I don't see why the cmd goes to sys32 or root in the execution shot. Anyway, other things to do today away from the PC.

[loninappleton]

A screenshot of the actual text of the cmd:

[poisondeathray]

Try it on the sample video first, "Sticks and Bones CLIP SIX.mkv", because that works for certain. It might be the stream numbering is different on "sb1.mkv". It might not have subs - it should be 0:2 (or it is on the sample)

[poisondeathray]

For Win7 you can open a normal command prompt , you don't need power shell . Hold shift + right click => open command window here

See this
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/27778-open-command-window-here.html

If you open a command prompt and use ffmpeg -i input.ext, it will tell you about the stream maps, and some basic info about what ffmpeg "thinks" about the file

If you use 2> to redirect, you can print that to a text file, so you don't have to post cut off screenshots that are missing information like the one in post 41.

eg. Open a command prompt as above at the level of the "bin" folder (the same location where you have sb1.mkv and ffmpeg.exe in your screenshots)

ffmpeg -i "sb1.mkv" 2>info.txt

Open info.txt in notepad, post the text back here

[loninappleton]

I don't know what all this is. But the screen shot at line 41 is the last line. I managed to squeeze it in on Paint and checked it.

Doing diagnostics for error messages is not something I can do. And "It works for me" is no answer.

But I will try the old sample sb whatevs for a run.

[loninappleton]

After I rewrote the txt and cmd to the Sticks and Bones CLIP SIX.mkv it worked and completed and wrote the new mkv file to the same directory.

What I saw when attempting to open a cmd prompt in the folder didn't look right. I think it just copied in the location.
on the Clip Six.

The MediaInfo shows my text stream added to the CLIP SIX version:

General
Unique ID : 330712705679557441412774781154416760940 (0xF8CCF345ED6D7A9C6D0E6975AB3D986C)
Complete name : C:\Program Files\ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl-shared\ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl-shared\bin\Sticks and Bones CLIP SIX.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 1.86 MiB
Duration : 24 s 458 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 636 kb/s
Frame rate : 29.970 FPS
Movie name : sticksclip-NEW w sub
Encoded date : 2024-11-18 19:26:28 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v67.0.0.16 ('Under Stars') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.2 + libmatroska v1.6.4 / Lavf57.83.100

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3
Format settings : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 24 s 457 ms
Bit rate : 517 kb/s
Width : 616 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.283
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.058
Stream size : 1.51 MiB (81%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Format settings : Joint stereo / MS Stereo
Codec ID : A_MPEG/L3
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 24 s 451 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 115 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate : 38.281 FPS (1152 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 7 ms
Stream size : 342 KiB (18%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Duration : 18 s 80 ms
Bit rate : 89 b/s
Frame rate : 0.387 FPS
Count of elements : 7
Stream size : 203 Bytes (0%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No


I wasn't understanding how to get a printable text version of the completed CLIP SIX run where the CMD is:

ffmpeg -i "Sticks and Bones CLIP SIX.mkv" -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:2 ^
    -vf crop="in_w:in_h-62:0:0",pad="in_w:in_h+62:0:0",atadenoise,unsharp,atadenoise ^
    -c:v libx264 -profile:v high -level:v 4.0 -preset medium -crf 22 ^
    -c:a copy -c:s copy -y "sb1-new.mkv"

.... and that with all the spaces and such is how it looks. The other thing I don't know how to do is make a 'code box display.'


So to review:

This "Sticks and Bones Clip SIX" has the srt subtitle muxed in and sb1.mkv does not (from running Media info on that.)

Apologies if I get short tempered on this. I was going to quit this project but then the ClIP SIX started to work.

[loninappleton]

Above I found the # code command.

[loninappleton]

Success.

I hope I am not making a jinx but I got the new code working with the original mkv. I don't know if there are other tweaks that pcspeak mentioned, but the black area does not seem to mask anything relevant on the part I watched. What I will do is get a copy of the play text from interlibrary loan and do what I can to fix any errors in the dialog on the Youtube srt. The play text is ordered from my library but all that takes a long time. I've done a few of these subs projects before but without the need of video edits.

Thanks to all who helped and their patience in explaining things. I don't know if anything more will be needed since I have not viewed the whole show yet.

[hello_hello]

Avisynth script:

#InpaintLoc(Loc="232,412,-192,-24")
InpaintDelogo(mask="D:\Sticks and Bones.bmp", Loc="232,412,-192,-24", Mode="Inpaint", Inflate=2)
CropResize(604,0, 0,2,-14,-8)
TextSub("D:\Sticks and Bones.srt", 1)

[loninappleton]

@ hello_hello,

Greetings from many years ago.

I am back continuing this thread with a new project. This one came from a public torrent on Internet Archive site so it's apparently public domain.

I'd like to use the info above to enhance this play from 1988. It's in two parts of about 1 1/2 Gb each.

General
Complete name : C:\Users\lon\Desktop\the-taming-of-the-shrew-stratford-festival-1988\The_Taming_of_the_Shrew-Stratford_Festival-1988.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 1.49 GiB
Duration : 2 h 39 min
Overall bit rate : 1 335 kb/s
Frame rate : 29.970 FPS
Movie name : TAMINGOFTHESHREW_Title2
Writing application : WinXDVD-"Digiarty DVD Engine v2017"

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3
Format settings : 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, Reference frames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2 h 39 min
Bit rate : 1 200 kb/s
Width : 636 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.131
Stream size : 1.34 GiB (90%)
Codec configuration box : avcC

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 2 h 39 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 146 MiB (10%)
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1


--> I just got it so I will add a 20 sec clip tomorrow

@pcspeak, I'd like to know what changes to make of the CMD file discussed in this thread since no black box and such is needed just any video tweaks for this -- likely VHS recording to improve it.

[loninappleton]

Ok, I stayed up and found a nice clip of this Taming of the Shrew with the young Colm Fiore.