A quick view of the high level conversion process
(as of 2.3.15)
- Prior to conversion process start, the queue manager does a check using the configured filters for
- Monitor taskname matching to linked conversion tasks
- Metadata matching (without downloading additional from internet)
- Filename match
- Showname match
- Network/Channel match
- Showtype match
- PreMetaCustomCommand
- Extract metadata (including reading XML, TiVO etc) and download from the internet
- Check filters for skipping file reprocessing
- PreCustomCommand
- Check disk space
- Save source SRT, EDL, EDLP, VPRJ files
- Remux to MPEGTS or Copy source file to temp (if not remuxing)
- Trim video
- Scan with comskip/showanalyzer (if EDL/EDLP file is not saved earlier)
- Extract subtitles (if SRT file is not saved earlier)
- Analyze video info/details
- PreCommercialRemovalCustomCommand
- Remove advertisements (pre-conversion if configured)
- Trim subtitles (if EDL exists)
- Reanalyze video info/details and get cropping details
- Convert the file (fallback to various encoders if configured)
- Fix audio delay
- Remux to required format
- Remove the commercials if there weren’t removed earlier
- Trim subtitles (if EDL exists)
- Add subtitles and chapters to the file
- Write metadata to file
- Write XML file metadata
- Rename the file
- CustomCommand
- Move the final file to destination
- Add the final file to the iTunes/WMP library
- Move the remaining files (if found) to the destination (XML, SRT, EDL, EDLP, NFO, LOG)
- PostCustomCommand
- Queue manager will clean up and move/delete the original files
- DONE
NOTE: The items that are indented only take place if the Rename and Move files only (i.e. no conversion/processing) is NOT checked.