VIDEOREDO SPECIAL CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS
There are several VideoRedo related settings under kmttg configuration. From kmttg GUI select File->Configure... and then click on VideoRedo tab to see all the options. Consult the tooltips or the configuring_kmttg Wiki for details on each of the options.
WINDOWS SERVICE
When running in service mode with the default kmttg Windows Service configuration VideoRedo will fail to run with an error such as "WScript.CreateObject: Could not create object named VideoReDo.VideoReDoSilent"
Even if you don't get above error it could very well be that in service mode the VideoRedo related tasks do not work as expected because of permissions problems.
The fix to these problems is to configure the kmttg service to run using the same login account you are using when running VideoRedo GUI. You can do that as follows:
- Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services
- Scroll down and find kmttg entry
- Right click on kmttg and stop service if it is running
- Right click on kmttg and select Properties
- Choose Log On tab
- Click on This account and type in a valid user account for this computer along with the password to go along with it.
- OK the form
RUNNING VIDEOREDO FROM KMTTG
- You MUST run VideoRedo GUI at least once before attempting to use it with kmttg since otherwise the needed COM files will not be registered and you will get error messages such as:
WScript.CreateObject: Could not locate automation class named "VideoReDo.VideoReDoSilent"
- NOTE: If you run Vista or Windows7 and have UAC enabled you have to run VideoRedo GUI as administrator at least once to force registration of the COM objects in order to get things working. When installing VideoRedo if you launch VideoRedo as part of installation process then this will happen automatically. See this VideoRedo forum link for details on that.
- If using a trial version of VideoRedo make sure you have registered the trial key before using with kmttg or it will just hang when launching from kmttg.
- If you still get persistent errors such as the above WScript error then another option is to turn off UAC in Windows Vista and/or Windows 7.
- Other alternative if you still get the VideoReDo.VideoReDoSilent errors is in kmttg configuration under VideoRedo tab turn on Allow multiple VideoRedo jobs at once option which will run VideoRedo in graphical mode instead.
Note: I was getting the error mentioned above, but I couldn't find an easy way (in Win Vista) to run kmttg as administrator - for whatever reason Vista wouldn't let me. After searching in TiVo Community, I found out that it was sufficient to run the VideoReDo program (instead of kmttg) one time as administrator. I did that and then this error went away.
I am posting the info here in case someone else has the same problem I did.
If you used the compatibility setting "Run As Administrator" on VideoReDo? in order to run it at least once as administrator, you'll probably need to then clear that setting for regular use. At least I did -- kmttg was not able to start VRD for me until I cleared this setting.
Could you clarify if either Plus or Suite are OK, or if it is just Suite that works with KMTTG?
I also notice that the VideoReDo? website has really old demos. Does it really work that much better than comskip?
Plus is fine. For commercial detection comskip is generally better than VRD Ad Detect tool. Best feature of VRD is the QuickStream? Fix utility and for manually cutting out commercials.
After running VRDscan, VRDcut runs, giving you the chance to edit the scan. How do you restart KMTTG to finish the cut using the edited .VPrj file and go to the encoder portion of the job? Do I just save the .VPrj file (as a project) and leave VRD open or do I close the file or VRD or both.
Save .VPrj file and then close VRD and then kmttg will continue with the cuts.