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Goppler

(dumb name subject to change -- goppler updated November 11, 2003)

Use at your own risk!!!!

Note:

Goppler is no longer being updated. I've switched to using RTVEDIT which has cured my sync problems, albeit only if I do NOT use another mpeg editor (like PixeDV)!

I've been working on a graphical utitlity to accompany RTVEDIT. It can be found at: http://www.woodspell.com/mpeg/elmpeg.html

This is intended only to be used on ReplayTV mpegs... but there's no warranty, so use it on whatever you want! :)

IMPORTANT

There are ("harumph") several "undocumented features" that will prevent this program from working properly:

1.	The parameters cannot be combined. (e.g. goppler -m -t -a -b mymovie.mpg is good; goppler -mtab mymovie.mpg is bad!)
2.	The "-fix", "-m" or "-p" prefix must be used or the other parameters will be ignored!!
3.	If the file name is too long (e.g. SouthPark-TheReturnoftheFellowshipoftheRingtotheTw oTowers.mpg) you'll get an error like Cannot open input file. Just shorten the file name and it should work fine. This bug has been corrected!

I apologize for any inconveniences these bugs may cause. The program was originally intended only for my personal use, so I was less than careful re: user friendliness. I plan to put a Cocoa gui over the app as soon as I get a free moment from my real life. Sorry -- no ETA as of yet!

Note: a lot of people have been reporting success using rtvedit and rtvconvert, part of the Replay5k Toolkit (read the thread on MacReplayTV Forum) -- you may find Goppler unnecessary!

First open the Terminal application, then "tar zxvf goppler*.tgz" to uncompress it.

Run as "goppler -fix [ReplayTV mpeg file]"

goppler.tgz version .50a -- Updated on November 11, 2003

------- Fixed a bug that loused up long filenames.

------- Added per user request the -o parameter that will allow specifying the output file.

goppler.tgz version .40a -- Updated on August 10, 2003

------- Fixed some semi-serious bugs that prevented the GOP headers from being written correctly. (Undoubtedly more bugs have also been added! Will fix them when I find them...)

goppler.tgz version .37a

------- More bug fixes. Removed the default option of adding a Program Stream Map, but it can still be added with -sm.
------ The -fix parameter does the following:

        Adds Sequence Headers to GOPs
        Fixes timecodes in GOPs
        Fixes bitrates in Sequence Headers for ReplayTV MPEGs
            (sets to predetermined values based on Standard,
             Medium, or High quality ReplayTV mpeg files)
        Cuts orphaned picture frames before initial sequence header
        Fixes System Header

Run goppler with no parameters to see additional options.

goppler.tgz version .11a

------- Corrected bugs that prevented proper output of the hours and minutes in the GOP header timecode in -print.
------- It now sets the drop_frame flag if the frame rate is at 29.97.

goppler.tgz version .10a

------- Added gop timecode fixing

goppler.tgz version .08a

------- Large file support fixed in v.08a

goppler.tgz version .07a

I know, it's just one file, so why tar and zip it? To preserve the permissions and to keep your browser from trying to open it as a text file!