Also what show?
Okay, I don’t get any errors running from the command line.
The TV program title is “The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic” that was broadcast last December.
Ok, when you run it via the command line you should see an http:// string that gets printed out. with meta.txt at the end. Put that in a browser and send the output to me via PM
So first time trying this and it is looking good so far.
I love the fact you can Queue up multiple programs to convert as this will really be a great way to free up some space on my drive.
I just updated my version of Java and ran things straight from the icon.
A little confused at first about the ffmpeg file but figured it out.
Looking through the thread to try and discover any quirks or things that I might need to be aware of but this looks very promising.
Thanks for providing this resource as I have been using the VLC extension in the past.
UPDATE: Quick question.
I am transferring the recording to my office computer and my wife is trying to watch on the Roku and it seems very slow when pulling the Live TV information down. Just wondering if this application impacts bandwidth of the Tablo?
Best regards,
Simeon
If you were exporting multiple shows it probably would have an affect. Maybe even a single show. I would suggest any exporting be done off time.
THANKS!
First I would like to thank all those that have taken the time to create software and scripts that enable us to offload videos from our Tablo’s.
IMHO, Each of the different applications have greatly impressed me (I have tried them all) and each seems to offer features that I feel Tablo should have included in it’s own software/interface.
As for the Tablo Exporter:
I like the addition of a GUI interface to simplify the offloading process.
I was wondering if there is any ability to also download the closed captions that Tablo records (like the other apps/scripts)?
General:
Then a question to all regarding the apps that do let us download the CC. I notice that VLC lets me view these, but am unable to get Windows Media Player to show them, regardless of the settings. Any way to do this? Also how would I view the offloaded videos on my Roku with the CC enabled?
Currently I use either Playon (yea I know a flawed program) or Plex (and afraid I have issues with my Plex server not quite working right - one day I may actually figure out why).
Thx again!
Bump
I have found no way to do it via ffmpeg reliably, so the short answer is not gonna happen. But, that does not mean I rule it out in the future.
Thanks for all the work. I installed the latest java. I put the latest ffmpeg, and exporter into a folder in Windows 7. Exporter runs fine, sees the Tablo and all the recorded programs. However, when exporting, while the folders for the episode selected are created in the selected folder, the mp4 is missing. I don’t believe it is actually exporting correctly due to the queue progress going to 100% almost immediately. Any ideas?
Please provide information about the recording you are having problems with. The naming, etc.
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I have tried this on multiple episodes with no luck. Here is what is shown. For instance, one episode is named “Black Sheep Squadron - Anyone for Suicide? - Air Date 2015/0712 7;00 PM” I assume that the exporter does the naming and I just point to the folder where it is to be saved. I ha
You have a zipped ffmpeg. You need to go back to the ffmpeg site and download the Windows compiled versions from here
http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
And you have to unzip the files.
Your ffmpeg file should be a .exe you’re pointing the exporter to.
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Worked like a champ. As you can see, I know just enough to make me dangerous! 
Glad you got it working 
I am really jazzed about this app, but where do I find the ffmpeg file?
- Running OS X 10.10.5 (14F6a) beta on iMac (Late 2013).
I double-clicked the name of the show I want to convert – not sure if that was supposed to populate the ffmpeg field for me.
Thank you. 
You have to download
Ok version 0.03b is updated and available at http://jettsoft.com/products.html
Don’t forget to get the latest version of ffmpeg at https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
Also make sure you have the latest Java from http://www.java.com/en/
This version includes the ability to sort the shows by Date Aired.
Extract the zip file into a directory of your choosing this goes for both ffmpeg and TabloExporter.zip
You can run by double clicking on TabloExport.jar or run from a command line using java -jar (dir you put the jar)TabloExport.jar
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Sorry if this is not the right place to ask for support.
- verified I am running the latest Java
- already had .03b (build 157) downloaded to Mac running OS X 10.10.5 (14F6a) beta
- downloaded ffmpeg (thanks!) & save it to the same directory as TabloExport.jar
- ran TabloExport.jar
- highlighted the show I wanted to back-up
- pointed ffmpeg field to ffmpeg-2.7.2.tar.bz2
- set the Output Folder
- kept Output Format as MP4
- set Output Quality to Best
- Exported … the Queue window shows Export Status = “Exporting”
- Progress = 100% within seconds (“no way,” I thought)
Although, I don’t see an .mp4 file in the Output Folder; so, obviously I did something wrong. Advice for the n00b, please? Thank you.
You point it to the Mac executable file of ffmpeg, not the .tar.bz2 which is the zip file. Download the compiled version of ffmpeg.
For Mac use this link:
http://ffmpegmac.net/
Download the one for your system then unzip it and use the ffmpeg executable
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