[SCRIPT] RetroPie Convert Videos

[hiulit]

Already a new version! RetroPie Convert Videos v2.1.0.

[2.1.0] - 2019-04-17

Added

• New option --path to set the path to the ROMs folder. By default it's /home/pi/RetroPie/roms.
• Warning dialog when using the --convert-all option saying that it can take a lot of time to convert all the videos.
• Better detection of dependencies.
• Better error outputs.

I've updated the first post with the new documentation :)

[ObscureUsername]

Hi,
I'm having trouble getting this to work, any idea what I'm doing wrong? I'm trying to convert videos I've downloaded via sksyscraper that don't play due to using yuv444p.

If I run

./retropie-convert-videos.sh --convert-systems "fba"

... it says ...

"Starting video conversion ..."
*.mp4 --> Can't convert! Doesn't use the Color Encoding System (C.E.S set in 'from_ces': 'yuv444p'.
1 video was unsuccessful

...it only takes a few seconds for this to run so I don't think it could've checked every video in that time (there are thousands of them, which is why I only want it to convert yuv444p videos).

In the config files the following options are set:
from_ces = "yuv444p"
to_ces = "yuv420p"
scraper = "skyscraper"
roms_path = "" (I've left the roms path blank as I'm using the default folder).

Any ideas?
Thanks!

[hiulit]

@ObscureUsername Hi there! From the looks of your log file it seems like it's not getting any video file at all.

Are you using ROM folder for gamelists & media option? Here you can see where your downloaded videos should be (expected by the script) when using that option https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Scraper/#where-are-my-scraped-media-and-metadata-saved

Also, are the downloaded videos .mp4?

[Rion]

@hiulit

./retropie-convert-videos.sh --convert-systems "fba"

CLI mode
--------

Inputted systems: 'fba'.
Systems found: 'fba'.

Starting video conversion ...

fba
---
Converting "*.mp4" ... (1/1)
(standard_in) 1: syntax error
ERROR: '*.mp4' has 0 frames!


fba
---
> "*.mp4" --> FAILED!


1 video failed.

I am using skyscraper and i have configured everything correctly i think.

[hiulit]

@Rion Hmmm I'll take a look. It seems it has something to do with the videos path..

Did you you Use the ROM folder for gamelists & media option in Lars Muldjord's Skyscraper?
Did you set the scraper using the --scraper option? Or via the config file?

[Rion]

@hiulit said in [SCRIPT] RetroPie Convert Videos:

@Rion Hmmm I'll take a look. It seems it has something to do with the videos path..

Did you you Use the ROM folder for gamelists & media option in Lars Muldjord's Skyscraper?
Did you set the scraper using the --scraper option? Or via the config file?

@hiulit Hi again and sorry for the late reply.

I used Use the ROM folder for gamelists & media with Skyscraper and also set the scraper option to skyscraper
inside retropie-convert-videos-settings.cfg. But i did get it to work if a moved all my video files from

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/media/videos

to

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/media

[davidonabus]

I'm not having much success. It seems like everything is setup correctly, but once it detects a video that is encoded in 444p it still decides not to convert it. Any idea what i might be doing incorrectly?

---

root@retropie:/home/pi/RetroPie-Convert-Videos# ./retropie-convert-videos.sh --convert-systems "arcade"
CLI mode

Inputted systems: 'arcade'.
Systems found: 'arcade'.

Starting video conversion ...

arcade

3in1semi.mp4 --> Can't convert! Doesn't use the Color Encoding System (C.E.S set in 'from_ces': 'yuv444p'.
"numanath.mp4" --> Don't convert! Has the same Color Encoding System (C.E.S) as 'from_ces': 'yuv444p'.

2 videos were unsuccessful.

[WeirdH]

@davidonabus said in [SCRIPT] RetroPie Convert Videos:

3in1semi.mp4 --> Can't convert! Doesn't use the Color Encoding System (C.E.S set in 'from_ces': 'yuv444p'.
"numanath.mp4" --> Don't convert! Has the same Color Encoding System (C.E.S) as 'from_ces': 'yuv444p'.

2 videos were unsuccessful.

That output states those two videos aren't 444. That is why it decides not to process them.

[Vman41]

@hiulit I was having this same exact error too and this solution worked for me. Maybe the path you have coded for skyscraper needs to be updated in your script?

[hiulit]

Hey y'all! I've followed this little guide https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Scraper#where-are-my-scraped-media-and-metadata-saved to set up the paths to the images and videos for each scraper. In principle the script should work fine. Have those paths changed?

[memodellocos]

@hiulit For Skyscraper - I got this to work by copying the video files from /home/pi/roms/arcade/media/video to /home/pi/roms/arcade/media.

It wouldn't run otherwise with a few roms_path values I tried.

[hiulit]

@memodellocos Where does Skyscrapper store the videos?
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system>/media/video or /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system>/media
Because I followed this guide https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Scraper#where-are-my-scraped-media-and-metadata-saved to get the paths for the scrapers, and here it says that Skyscraper, when setting the option ROM folder for gamelists & media, should store the videos in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system>/media.
And that's the path I have in my script (I think). Maybe Skyscraper changed the path?

[Clyde]

@hiulit Currently, SS uses subdirectories inside /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system>/media/ for the different kinds of content. Videos go into /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system>/media/videos/ by default.

[hiulit]

@Clyde Thanks! Then I'll add it to the script. I'll let you know when I update it :)

[memodellocos]

@Clyde explained it perfectly! Thanks for this script too @hiulit !

[toimas]

@WeirdH No, it actually states that one video matches the 'from'-criteria but does not convert it anyway: "> "centiped-video.mp4" --> Don't convert! Has the same Color Encoding System (C.E.S) as 'from_ces': 'yuv444p'.

[toimas]

No conversion if from-criteria is met
Just tried the script but all videos that matched the 'from-criteria' were not converted:

> "centiped-video.mp4" --> Don't convert! Has the same Color Encoding System (C.E.S) as 'from_ces': 'yuv444p'.

Why is there no conversion even if the criteria is met?

[mitu]

@toimas said in [SCRIPT] RetroPie Convert Videos:

Why is there no conversion even if the criteria is met?

Because the video doesn't need converting.

[toimas]

??? The video is in yuv444p... the conversion should be to yuv420p...

[mitu]

@toimas How are you running the script ? What parameters are you using ? Did you add --to-ces yuv420p ?