Update to V2.2 with new --podcast option

4 files changed, 730 insertions, 182 deletions

diff --git a/Readme.txt b/Readme.txt
index 4c6e858..c44a73f 100755
--- a/Readme.txt
+++ b/Readme.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
  
-VDR-convert Version 2
-=====================
-vdr-convert is a set of tools to accurately transcode VDR1.x and VDR2.x TV recordings, including all valid streams - video, audio (including AC3/DTS 5.1), Audio Description (AD), and DVB subtitles - into a more compressed and accessible format, while maintaining perceived quality with good compatibility. H264 and AAC are the default codecs for the main streams, but H265 is available from V2 onwards, together with most common file formats in single-use/batch modes. Standard Def (SD) recordings are reduced to anywhere from 35% - 90% of original size depending on content and compression settings. The average reduction is around 35% of original size over a range of SD recording types. The better/less noisy the content, the better the compression.
+VDR-convert Version 2.2
+=======================
+vdr-convert is a set of tools to accurately transcode VDR1.x and VDR2.x TV recordings, including all valid streams - video, audio (including AC3/DTS 5.1), Audio Description (AD), and DVB subtitles - into a more compressed and accessible format, while maintaining perceived quality with good compatibility. H264 and AAC are the default codecs for the main streams, but H265 is available from V2 onwards
 
-The user can leave the transcoded files in-place for use by VDR or use them with external players such as Kodi, MPC-HC, or VLC
+The user can leave the transcoded files in-place for use by VDR or use them with external players such as Kodi, MPC-HC, or VLC. 
 
 Refer to the WIKI here for full usage instructions
 https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdr-convert/wiki
 
+A new podcast mode was addd in V2.2:
+https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdr-convert/wiki/Podcast-mode
+
+
 Software required
 =================
 If keeping recordings for use inside VDR, you need VDR 2.2x installed on the conversion machine, otherwise not.
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ set default langauages if you are missing VDR "info" files.
 
 "filesystem", default is 190. This is the number of characters that the filesystem can handle, plus ~60 for date, time, epiosde number. Most filesystems limit the total to 255.
 
-"email" address if you want to be emailed about significant conversion failures
+"email" address if you want to be emailed about significant conversion failures (those tagged "error")
 
 Default conversion parameters
 =============================
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ Command line options may modify several of these, see
 https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdr-convert/wiki/Options)
 
 Note The H264/265 presets are chosen to be optimal at the time of writing based on testing and web reviews
-Optimal H265 presets may change as H265 develops
+Optimal H265 presets have changed as H265 develops
 
 "qualityx265" is an adder to the familiar x264 CRF values to align them with those used in x265.
 So you use the familiar x264 CRF's with the -q option to acheive approx the same quality with x265
@@ -59,7 +63,14 @@ See https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdr-convert/wiki/Howto#H265
 
 "acodec" set to libfdk_aac if you built and linked your ffmpeg with the non-free Fraunhofer AAC library 
 
-"ext" is the default output file format/extension. ts is always used for kept files, others are supported for single-use
+"ext" is the default output file format/extension. 
+ts is always used for kept files, others are supported for single-use
+
+"podcastaudioprofile" is the codec config string for audio podcasts when the --podcast option is used
+More description in the script itself - there are usable strings for default HE-AAC v2, MP3 and Opus
+
+"podcastcmd" defines podcast post processing commands, the default is for a local Squuezeserver (LMS)
+
 See https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdr-convert/wiki/Options
 
 ----
@@ -86,8 +97,7 @@ Patching
 ========
 FFMPEG
 ------
-You should consider patching ffmpeg if you have "broken" recordings - e.g where there was reception interference during recording. Stock ffmpeg is intolerant of subtitles streams with any DTS timestamp errors.  Some broadcasters regularly 
-transmit programmes with DTS problems, you may there need to patch.
+You should consider patching ffmpeg if you have "broken" recordings - e.g where there was reception interference during recording. Stock ffmpeg is intolerant of subtitles streams with any DTS timestamp errors.  Some broadcasters regularly transmit programmes with DTS problems, you may therefore need to patch.
 
 To do this:
 Get an up-to-date copy of ffmpeg, e.g.
@@ -107,7 +117,6 @@ The patches are in the VDR patches subdirectory
 Copy them to the VDR source directory, and patch as ffmpeg above
 Rebuild VDR as usual.
 
-
 Other utilities
 ===============
 You are more than likely wanting to convert a whole selection in a recordings together.
@@ -116,9 +125,9 @@ The wiki provides details of how to use this, make sure it is copied somewhere i
 
 If you want to run vdr-convert automatically after each recording, the supplied script "vdr-auto" can be used. The wiki describes it's use. The version supplied is what the author uses daily, and includes a call to the venerable "noad" utility as well, to mark commercial breaks.
 
-Noad completes very much more quickly than vdr-convert because the ffmpeg libraries are doing much less work than libx264.  It will therefore complete long before the recording file is replaced by vdr-convert, avoiding conflicts.  
-noad or similar utilities can of course be run on the converted files too, and in test noad produces the same output (within a second). For this reason vdr-convert does not re-run noad on converted files, just copies any marks.vdr file over (if required for VDR1.x recordings).
+Noad completes very much more quickly than vdr-convert because the ffmpeg libraries are doing much less work than libx264.  It will therefore complete long before the recording file is replaced by vdr-convert, avoiding conflicts.  noad or similar utilities can of course be run on the converted files too, and in test noad produces the same output (within a second). For this reason vdr-convert does not re-run noad on converted files, just copies any marks.vdr file over (if required for VDR1.x recordings).
 
 RF V1 August 2016
 V1 Updated Dec 2016
 V2 Updated March 2017
+V2.2 Updated Sept 2018
diff --git a/genres.conf b/genres.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a02de15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/genres.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+# genres.conf Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Richard Farthing
+
+#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This file contains the genres as described in epg.c within vdr
+# If your category field is different than the ones below you can add them at the bottom of this file.
+# e.g. <category>Horror</category> will not match number 13. But at the bottom you can then add:
+# Horror:13 so when you add the xml description it will put the right genre in vdr.
+
+# This is based on ETSI EN 300 468
+# These are the genres ("categories") extracted from current EPG by createcats 20150215 
+# 1|Category|Category|Animation,Arts,Arts and culture,Children,Childrens,Comedy,Current affairs,Discussion/Debate,Documentary,Drama,Education,Entertainment,Film,Food,Game show,Health,History,Home and property,Interests,Lifestyle,Music,Nature,News,News and current affairs,No Genre,Property,Reality,Religion,Sci-fi,Science,Sitcom,Soap,Sport,Talk show,Travel|1
+
+# Put the most specific first, as first match wins (single value)
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Revision History
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# $Log: genres.conf,v $
+# Revision 1.1  2018/09/12 12:19:56  richard
+# Initial import
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#EVCONTENTMASK_MOVIEDRAMA
+Action:10
+Detective:11
+Thriller:11
+Adventure:12
+Western:12
+War:12
+Science Fiction:13
+Fantasy:13
+Horror:13
+Comedy:14
+Standup:14
+Soap:15
+Melodrama:15
+Folkloric:15
+Romance:16
+Serious Movie:17
+Serious Drama:17
+Classical Movie:17
+Classical Drama:17
+Religious Movie:17
+Religious Drama:17
+Historical Movie:17
+Historical Drama:17
+Adult Movie:18
+Adult Drama:18
+Adults only:18
+Comedy-drama:14
+Crime drama:10
+Film:10
+Movie:10
+Drama:10
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_NEWSCURRENTAFFAIRS
+Current Affairs:20
+Weather Report:21
+News Magazine:22
+News:20
+News Documentary:23
+Discussion:24
+Inverview:24
+Debate:24
+Weather:21
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_SHOW
+Game Show:30
+Quiz:31
+Contest:31
+Variety Show:32
+Talk Show:33
+Show:30
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_SPORTS
+Action sports:40
+Special Event:41
+Sport Magazine:42
+Football:43
+Soccer:43
+Tennis:44
+Squash:44
+Team Sports:45
+Athletics:46
+Motor Sport:47
+Water Sport:48
+Winter Sports:49
+Equestrian:4A
+Martial Sports:4B
+Archery:46
+Baseball:45
+Basketball:45
+Bicycle:40
+Boxing:40
+Billiards:40
+Snooker:40
+Sports:40
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_CHILDRENYOUTH
+Children's:50
+Youth:50
+Pre-school Children's:51
+Entertainment Programme for 6 to 14:52
+Entertainment Programme for 10 to 16:53
+Informational:54
+Educational:54
+School Programme:54
+Cartoons:55
+Puppets:55
+Paid Programming:54
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_MUSICBALLETDANCE
+Serious Music:62
+Classical Music:62
+Rock:61
+Pop:61
+Folk:63
+Tradional Music:63
+Jazz:64
+Musical:65
+Opera:65
+Ballet:66
+Dance:60
+Music:60
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_ARTSCULTURE
+Performing Arts:71
+Fine Arts:72
+Religion:73
+Religous:73
+Popular Culture:74
+Traditional Arts:74
+Literature:75
+Film/Cinema:76
+Experimental Film:77
+Experimental Video:77
+Broadcasting:78
+Press:78
+New Media:79
+Arts/Culture Magazine:7A
+Fashion:7B
+Arts/crafts:70
+Arts:70
+Culture:70
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_SOCIALPOLITICALECONOMICS 
+Social:80
+Political:80
+Magazine:81
+Report:81
+Documentary:81
+Economics:81
+Social Advisory:82
+Remarkable People:83
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_EDUCATIONALSCIENCE
+Nature:91
+Animals:91
+Environment:91
+Technology:92
+Natural Sciences:92
+Medicine:93
+Physiology:93
+Psychology:93
+Foreign Countries:94
+Expeditions:94
+Social Sciences:95
+Spiritual Sciences:95
+Further Education:96
+Languages:97
+Education:90
+Science:90
+Factual:90
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_LEISUREHOBBIES
+Leisure:A0
+Hobbies:A0
+Tourism:A1
+Travel:A1
+Handicraft:A2
+Motoring:A3
+Fitness & Health:A4
+Cooking:A5
+Advertisement:A6
+Shopping:A6
+Gardening:A7
+Aerobics:A4
+
+# EVCONTENTMASK_SPECIAL
+Original Language:B1
+Black & White:B2
+Unpublished:B3
+Live Broadcast:B4
+
+# Below you can add your own categories if the xml file does not provide the right names
+# Ideally we pre-process into separate categories, but that results in multiple matches (e.g Arts, Drama music)
+# Note that these will substring match. As above therefore put most specific first
+
+Adult:18
+Animated:50
+Animation:50
+Anime:50
+Children:50
+Crime:11
+Mystery:11
+Entertainment:30
+Food:A5
+Health:A4
+History:80
+Home and Property:80
+Interests:A0
+Lifestyle:A0
+Property:80
+Reality:A0
+Sci-fi:13
+Sitcom:14
+Sport:40
+Talk:33
+Transport:80
+
+#Defaults for no matches
+Unknown:0
+No Genre:0
+
+# --------- $Id: genres.conf,v 1.1 2018/09/12 12:19:56 richard Exp $ ---------- END
diff --git a/vdr-auto b/vdr-auto
index d2946a3..eff0ebe 100755
--- a/vdr-auto
+++ b/vdr-auto
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # $Log: vdr-auto,v $
-# Revision 1.1  2016/09/01 12:35:23  richard
-# Initial import
+# Revision 1.2  2018/09/12 13:20:05  richard
+# Updated for vdr-convert V2.2 with --podcast option
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ case "$1" in
             echo "Before recording $2"
             ;;
      started)
+            # some recent library change causes noad to barf with "started" (which was never a supported switch!)
             echo "Started recording $2"
-			/usr/local/bin/noad -s /etc/vdr/noadstat.csv -o -c $1 $2
+            /usr/local/bin/noad -s /etc/vdr/noadstat.csv -o -c before $2
             ;;
      after)
             echo "After recording $2"
             #vdr forks this script, noad forks itself, vdr-convert doesn't
             /usr/local/bin/noad -s /etc/vdr/noadstat.csv -o -c  $1 $2
-            /usr/local/bin/vdr-convert -k -d -i $2 &
+            /usr/local/bin/vdr-convert -a libfdk_aac -k -c -d --podcast /mnt/lvm/Radio -g /etc/vdr/xmltv2vdr/genres.conf -i $2 &
             ;;
      edited)
             echo "Edited recording $2"
@@ -39,4 +40,4 @@ case "$1" in
             ;;
 esac
 
-# --------- $Id: vdr-auto,v 1.1 2016/09/01 12:35:23 richard Exp $ ---------- END
\ No newline at end of file
+# --------- $Id: vdr-auto,v 1.2 2018/09/12 13:20:05 richard Exp $ ---------- END
diff --git a/vdr-convert b/vdr-convert
index b41afa0..9b47416 100755
--- a/vdr-convert
+++ b/vdr-convert
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# VDR-convert Copyright (C) 2014-2017 Richard Farthing
+# VDR-convert Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Richard Farthing
 
 # A shell script to convert VDR recordings to ts using H264/H265 and AAC
 
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # $Log: vdr-convert,v $
+# Revision 2.2  2018/09/12 12:10:10  richard
+# Added --podcast option: podcasts stored in subdirectories, by Title
+# Podcast audio codec config: Can use (HE)AAC, MP3 or Opus
+# Extensive embedding of metadata in output files (mainly for podcasts)
+# Added -g option for genre files to define mapping of VDR's G tag to text
+#
+# Significant H265 setting updates to reflect recent improvements
+# Slight H264 compression increase to reflect recent improvements
+# More extensive checking of ffmpeg build options (codec library checks)
+# Detect short initial recording files & delete (VPS aborted start)
+# Various other fixes and improvements, incl. for FTP/redo modes
+# Fixes for recent ffmpeg versions (3.3+)
+#
 # Revision 2.1  2017/04/09 12:55:43  richard
 # Option to convert to H265/HEVC via new -v switch, with potential for file size 1/2 of H264, 1/4 of MPEG2
 # Multiple format options in single-use/batch modes via -f flag: avi, mkv, mp4, mov, m2ts, ts, aac, m4a and mp3
@@ -140,6 +153,8 @@
 # FFmpeg bug (some subtitles not handled) https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5796
 # FFmpeg bug (H265 aspect ratio) https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5959
 #
+# Improve detection of 5.1 when it's not present at the start of the recording
+#
 # ********************************* << TODO ***********************************
 #
 # *********************** CONSTANTS / USER CONFIG ***************************** 
@@ -153,7 +168,8 @@ log_facility='local2'
 # Timeout req'd for troublesome conversions where ffmpeg can (rarely) get stuck. However causes issues when run interactively.
 ffmpeg='ffmpeg'
 # Override for my develeopment build incorporating patches for broken recordings
-[ "$HOSTNAME" = 'ha-server' ] && ffmpeg='/opt/data/develop/FFmpeg/ffmpeg'
+myserver="ha-server"
+[[ $HOSTNAME == $myserver* ]] && ffmpeg='/opt/data/develop/FFmpeg/ffmpeg' 
 
 # Minimum filesize we bother to convert
 minsize='2000000'
@@ -175,9 +191,9 @@ email='root'    # your email for critical error messages (optional)
 # *********************** Default conversion parameters ***********************
 
 # Tuned to give balance of reasonable size and quality
-stereobitrate=128           # single use
-stereobitrate_k=160         # when keeping
-minbitrate=100              # Absolute min for stereo streams
+stereobitrate=120           # single use
+stereobitrate_k=150         # when keeping
+minbitrate=100              # Absolute min (LC) for stereo streams
 
 #aac, 5.1 etc, BBC AAC output reported as 200
 #Note due to issues around nonfree AAC encoders and need to specially compile
@@ -192,18 +208,17 @@ monobitrate=50
 # (see http://www.techspot.com/article/1131-hevc-h256-enconding-playback/page7.html)
 presetH264='veryfast'   # H264 sweetspot is veryfast
 presetH264_k='medium'
-presetH265='ultrafast'  # H265 sweetspot is ultrafast. Superfast is similar
-presetH265_k='slow'     # SLOW for reduced blocky artefacts when keeping. medium is OK, but some artefacts
+presetH265='veryfast'  # H265 sweetspot is also now veryfast. Superfast has visible artefcts around text
+presetH265_k='medium'  # medium now OK
 # CRITICAL/Blocking ffmpeg/x265 cannot handle aspect ratio switch https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5959
-# H265 slow (<real time on dual core) + RPi v1 cannot handle. 
-# ~25% saving if same CRF used. Claim is x264 default 23 = x265 default 28. More like 26 IMHO
-# x265: CRF 26 vs. x264: CRF 23 Saves ~1/3 on veryfast preset
-qualityx265=4   # for x265 add to x264 setting for similar quality to x264 (should be 5 eventually)
+# H265 is slow (~real time on a dual core in normal mode, even slower in keep), RPi v1 cannot handle.
+
+qualityx265=5   # for x265 adder to x264 setting for similar quality to x264
 
 # The following can be overridden by command line parameters
 
-quality=23      # single use)
-quality_k=20.5  # when keeping
+quality=23      # single use
+quality_k=21    # when keeping - was 20.5, H264 improved a little
 top=0           # optional cropping
 maintain=0      # copy streams
 j=0
@@ -219,12 +234,30 @@ debug=0     # In debug mode, only short conversions are done, and intermediate f
 debug_time=""
 combine=0   # concatenate files before conversion. VDR1.x limit is a total 16GB (in Genindex)
 vcodec=264      # 264 for H264, or 265 for HEVC and ffmpeg built with appropriate library support
-acodec='aac'    # aac, libfdk_aac (if ffmpeg built with support) or libmp3lame
-# libfdk is supposed to be better, but (to me) doesn't sound subjectively better.
-# It's a bit faster to encode, probably by using fixed point maths
+acodec='aac'    # aac, libfdk_aac (if ffmpeg built with support) or libmp3lame, again with support
+# libfdk is commonly said to be best, but (to me) doesn't sound subjectively any different
+# ffmpeg themselves claim parity as of 2017. Others disagree.
+# But libfdk is signifcantly faster to encode by using fixed point maths, and importantly provides HE-AAC
 
 ext='ts'    # default file format extension
 
+# *** Podcast settings ***
+# see https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Fraunhofer_FDK_AAC
+# Listening tests show that >= 32k is OK on HE-AAC v2.
+# IMDA Guidelines for Broadcasters 2013: "...with a sweet spot at 48 kb/s"
+# No available USAC/xHE-AAC codec yet in ffmpeg, and OPUS doesn't support 44.1kHz sample rate
+# NOTE that Squeezeplayers on Joggler don't support 48k sample rate (in m4a anyway), so resample to 44.1k
+# libsoxr supposed to be higher quality resampler (sounds a bit better, usu. requires custom ffmpeg build)
+# MKV supports slightly better metadata, LMS doesn't recognise by default.
+
+podcastaudioprofile="libfdk_aac -profile:a aac_he_v2 -b:a 48k -af aresample=resampler=soxr -ar 44100"
+# podcastaudioprofile="libmp3lame -b:a 80k -af aresample=resampler=soxr -ar 44100"  # MP3
+# podcastaudioprofile="libopus -b:a 48k"      # Opus - Can't downsample to 44.1
+
+# Post conversion commands, e.g. to tell VDR a recording has been deleted AND
+# command a Squeezeserver to rescan its library after making a new podcast. Amend as required or leave blank
+podcastcmd="touch /mnt/lvm/TV/.update;curl -m 3 http://$myserver:9000/status.suffix?p0=rescan > /dev/null 2>&1"
+
 # ********************* Should not need to edit below here ********************
 
 lifetime=99
@@ -243,10 +276,6 @@ SECONDS=0
 duration=0
 ts=0
 
-# Exists?
-command -v $ffmpeg >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "$0 requires 'ffmpeg' but it's not in the path/config,  Aborting."; exit 1; }
-ffmpeg="nice -n 19 "$ffmpeg" -y -hide_banner -nostats -probesize 250M -analyzeduration 600M -copytb 1"
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # STREAM PROCESSING FUNCTIONS
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -322,7 +351,19 @@ function map() {
       [ $(echo $line |grep -i "mpeg2video") ] && v_source_codec=262
       [ $(echo $line |grep -i "h264") ] && v_source_codec=264
       [ $(echo $line |grep -i "h265\|hevc") ] && v_source_codec=265
-      [ $maintain -eq 1 ] && vcodec=$v_source_codec
+      if [ $maintain -eq 1 ]; then 
+        vcodec=$v_source_codec
+      else
+        # Skip at the final mappping stage - we have encoded video then (H264 etc)
+        # might want to compress more (even with same codec) for temp use, but never if keeping. Warn not error as auto-runs on HD recordings
+        if [ ! $3 ] && [ $v_source_codec -ge $vcodec ]; then
+          if [ $keep -eq 1 ]; then
+            echo; logit "Skipping $1 already compressed with equal/higher vcodec (H$v_source_codec)" "warn" && return 2
+          else 
+            echo; logit "Note: $1 already compressed with equal/higher vcodec (H$v_source_codec)" "info"
+          fi
+        fi
+      fi
 
       # Notes on ffmpeg video parameters:
       # ---------------------------------
@@ -348,14 +389,8 @@ function map() {
         flags="+loop+ilme+ildct"
       fi
 	  if [ $vcodec -eq 265 ]; then
-        # NOTE these params subject to change as x265 improves
-        if [ $keep -eq 1 ]; then 
-          q=$(echo "$quality + $qualityx265"|bc)  # FP calc, adjust CRF for x265
-          preset=$presetH265_k
-        else
-          q=$quality        # we should normally adjust as above, but using a fast preset, best not
-          preset=$presetH265
-        fi
+        q=$(echo "$quality + $qualityx265"|bc)  # FP calc, adjust CRF for x265
+        [ $keep -eq 1 ] && preset=$presetH265_k || preset=$presetH265
         VIDEO[$stream_id]="-c:v:stream_op libx265 -preset $preset -crf $q -g 50 -flags $flags $extras $deint $crop"
       elif [ $vcodec -eq 264 ]; then
         q=$quality
@@ -380,15 +415,17 @@ function map() {
       AUDIO[$stream_id]="-c:a:stream_op copy -metadata:s:a:stream_op language=$Alangsurround"
       [ $(echo $ext |grep -i "mp3") ] && logit "Fail: multichannel audio will not work with $ext format" "err" && quit 1
 	elif [ $(echo $line |grep -i "audio" |grep -i "aac") ]; then
-      # We don't use Opus/HE-AAC as barely better at bitrates we're interested in
-      # AAC (e.g from HD recording) best left as is. We can't always detect AAC 5.1, and sometimes not the bitrate
+      # We don't normally use Opus/HE-AAC as barely better at bitrates we're interested for AV transcodes. Opus is really only 48k
+      # AAC (e.g from HD recording) best left as is. We can't always detect AAC 5.1 (e.g starts in continuity in stereo), sometimes not the bitrate
+      # Doesn't matter how long you probe for, may still miss 5.1 AAC. Only safe way is copy
+
       # lower the risk - just copy the stream
       if [ $keep -eq 1 ]; then
         [ ! $(echo $acodec |grep -i "aac") ] && logit "Fail: unsupported request for non-aac codec with aac source, exiting" "err" && quit 1
         mapst="$mapst D:$((10000 - $bitrate)):$stream_id"
         AUDIO[$stream_id]="-c:a:stream_op copy -metadata:s:a:stream_op language=$Alangstereo"
       else
-        # Take the risk for single-use, still outside chance it's multichannel and could fail
+        # Take the risk for single-use, still an outside chance it's multichannel and could fail or end up as stereo
         audio_bitrate $bitrate $3
         mapst="$mapst E:$((10000 - $outputbitrate)):$stream_id"
         AUDIO[$stream_id]="-c:a:stream_op $acodec -b:a:stream_op $outputbitrate"k" -metadata:s:a:stream_op language=$Alangstereo"
@@ -421,7 +458,7 @@ function map() {
 
   # Order streams by initial alpha AND bitrate to fix stream order change by iso13818ts, or random broadcaster ordering
   # (many players only play the first audio stream without user intervention). Produces "best" audio first, a bit like ffmpeg
-  # Note that stream ordering (as reported by ffmpeg) has been observed varying between recording files in same recording!
+  # Note that stream ordering (as reported by ffmpeg) has been observed varying between recording files even in same recording!
   echo;echo "Stream scoring: $mapst"
   saveifs=$IFS
   IFS=' '
@@ -441,12 +478,52 @@ function map() {
   done
   IFS=$saveifs
 
+  # Podcast mode: This is the earliest we guarantee to know that there's only audio, so we can make a decision in podcast mode:
+  # replace the acodec string: drop the bitrate down and set the podcast profile [HE-AAC V2 normally]
+
+  # If we're mapping at final merge stage,  don't zap the podcast flag etc, we may be just creating filename (e.g redo)
+  if [ ! $3 ]; then
+    if [ "$podcast" ]; then
+      if [ ! "$F_VIDEO" ] && [ "$F_AUDIO" ]; then
+        [ $acount -ne 1 ] && logit "Fail: Audio Podcast mode & audio stream count not 1: exiting" "err" && quit 1
+        [ ! "$genrefile" ] && logit "Warning: Podcast requires genre definition file to create correct metadata tags" "warn"
+        if [ $(echo $podcastaudioprofile | grep 'aac_he') ] && [ ! $(echo $ffmpegbuild | grep 'libfdk') ]; then
+          logit "Podcast profile requires ffmpeg built with libfdk_aac for HE-AAC" && quit 1
+        fi
+        if [ $(echo $podcastaudioprofile | grep 'soxr') ] && [ ! $(echo $ffmpegbuild | grep 'libsoxr') ]; then
+          logit "Podcast mode reqesting libsoxr but not available in this ffmpeg build - using built-in resampler" "info"
+          podcastaudioprofile=$(echo $podcastaudioprofile | sed -e "s/soxr/swr/")
+        fi
+        if [ $ext = "ts" ]; then  # ts default, useless for podcasts: override to avoid errors or -f option
+          ext="m4a"
+          [ $(echo $podcastaudioprofile | grep 'libmp3') ] && ext="mp3" 
+          [ $(echo $podcastaudioprofile | grep 'libopus') ] && ext="opus"
+        fi
+        F_AUDIO=$(echo $F_AUDIO | sed -e "s/\(-c:a:0\).*\(-metadata\)/-c:a:0 $podcastaudioprofile -metadata/")
+        concatflags="-movflags +faststart" 	    # help any streaming
+        keep=0      # and we not keeping it: VDR may not support HE-AAC V2
+      else          # video podcast anyone ?
+        if [ $keep -eq 0 ]; then
+          # Not a good idea - single-use modes don't do enough QA
+          [ $delete -eq 1 ] && delete=0 && logit "Won't delete originals in single-use modes" "warn"
+        else
+          ext="ts"  # force ts in keep mode for VDR compatibility. No codec adjustments
+        fi
+      fi
+    else
+      if [ $keep -eq 0 ]; then
+        [ $delete -eq 1 ] && delete=0 && logit "Won't delete originals in single-use modes" "warn"
+      else
+        ext="ts"
+      fi
+    fi
+    # Only report stream codec info when actually relevent/correct
+    echo "Video:$F_VIDEO" && echo "Audio:$F_AUDIO" && echo "Subs: $F_SUBS"
+  fi
   map="$map$mapping"   # Additive complete map where needed
-  echo;echo "stream mapping for $1 is:"
+  echo;echo "stream mapping for $1:"
   echo "Map:  $map"
-  # Only report stream codec info when relevent
-  [ ! $3 ] && echo "Video:$F_VIDEO" && echo "Audio:$F_AUDIO" && echo "Subs: $F_SUBS"
-
+#  echo "debug!"; exit
   return 0
 }
 
@@ -555,6 +632,8 @@ function transcode() {
           # ffmpeg used to report EXACTLY the same size, newer versions perhaps not
           [ $subxsize -ne $subslen ] && logit "Warning: ffmpeg reported different subs size to genindex (VDR 1.x) for $1 ($subslen kb vs. $subxsize kb)"
           map $subsfile 1
+          ret=$?
+          [ $ret -gt 0 ] && logit "internal error, video in subs file!" "err" && return 1     # should never happen
           map="-i \"$subsfile\" $F_SUBS $map"
           echo;echo "Final subs map is $map"
           echo
@@ -591,7 +670,9 @@ function transcode() {
       if [ $debug -eq 0 ]; then
         rm -f "$tmpts" || logit "could not remove $tmpts" "err"
       fi
-      map $main 0       # Additive map (add in subs file/map as reqd). NOTE Loses F_SUBS !
+      map $main 0                   # Additive map (add in subs file/map as reqd). NOTE Loses F_SUBS !
+      ret=$?
+      [ $ret -gt 0 ] && return $ret # same or higher vcodec
     fi
     #end VDR1.x
   else
@@ -599,6 +680,8 @@ function transcode() {
     progduration $main
     program_duration=$(($program_duration + $duration))   # combine all files.
     map $main 0
+    ret=$?
+    [ $ret -gt 0 ] && return $ret   # same or higher vcodec
     if [ $subs -eq 1 ]; then
       if [ ! "$F_SUBS" ]; then
         # only report subs if there is video to support them
@@ -621,7 +704,7 @@ function transcode() {
               echo "Empty subtitles stream for $main, discarding"
             else
               # a few subs means properly suspect
-              delete=0 && logit "Possible fail: not deleting originals for $main due to suspect subtitle stream size - please check" "err"
+              delete=0 && logit "Warning: not deleting originals for $main due to suspect subtitle stream size - please check" "err"
             fi
           fi
         fi
@@ -633,48 +716,86 @@ function transcode() {
     [ $j -eq 1 ] && logit "Subtitles ready in $subsfile" "info" && return 2
   fi
 
-  # The main conversion. Report mapping results to info file
-  reportedvideo=$F_VIDEO
-  reportedaudio=$F_AUDIO
+  # The main conversion. 
 
   if [ "$F_AUDIO" ]; then     # Only if we see something meaningful (may be only audio if radio recording)
 	if [ $keep -eq 1 ]; then
-      # might want to compress more (even with same codec) for temp use, but never if keeping. Warn not error as auto-runs on HD recordings
-      [ $v_source_codec -ge $vcodec ] && [ $maintain -eq 0 ] && logit "Skipping $main: already compressed with equal/higher codec (H$v_source_codec)" "warn" && return 2
-      # LATM multiplexing matches broadcast MPEG4 SD/HD audio streams, but can't currently be demuxed to plain AAC by FFMPEG
+      # LATM multiplexing matches broadcast MPEG4 SD/HD audio streams, but can't be demuxed to plain AAC by older FFMPEG versions
       # So even if keeping (e.g. automatic VDR transcode), and no video, use plain AAC so can transcode again if req'd (e.g podcast)
-      [ "$F_VIDEO" ] && [ $vcodec -ge 264 ] && [ $(echo $acodec |grep -i "aac") ] && latm="-mpegts_flags latm"    # H264/5 + AAC use latm
-    else
-      [ $v_source_codec -ge $vcodec ] && [ $maintain -eq 0 ] && logit "Note: $main: already compressed with equal/higher codec (H$v_source_codec)" "info"
+      if [ "$F_VIDEO" ] && [ $vcodec -ge 264 ] && [ $(echo $F_AUDIO |grep -i "aac") ]; then
+        latm="-mpegts_flags latm"     # H264/5 + AAC we use latm
+        # fdk codec param(s) also need to be specially tweaked here to produce latm (mpegts flags above don't do it!)
+        [ $(echo $F_AUDIO |grep -i "libfdk_aac") ] && F_AUDIO=$(echo $F_AUDIO | sed -e "s/libfdk_aac/libfdk_aac -latm 1/g")
+      fi
 	fi
     #copyts and content of F_SUBS is already in the map if/when req'd for VDR1.x files
-    [ $framerate -eq 25 ] && dvbsystem="-mpegts_flags system_b"  #DVB
-    cmd="$ffmpeg $debug_time -i "\"$main"\" $map $F_VIDEO $F_AUDIO $F_SUBS -f mpegts $dvbsystem $latm "\"$2"\" 2>> $LOGFILE"
+    [ $framerate -eq 25 ] && dvbsystem="-mpegts_flags system_b"  #DVB not ATSC
+    #muxing queue issues since ffmpeg 3.3
+    cmd="$ffmpeg $debug_time -i "\"$main"\" $map $F_VIDEO $F_AUDIO $F_SUBS -f mpegts $dvbsystem $latm -max_muxing_queue_size 4000 "\"$2"\" 2>> $LOGFILE"
 	echo
-    # Actual conversion (long)
+    # Actual conversion (slow)
 	logit "Transcoding with $cmd" "info"
 	sh -c $cmd
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	  logit "Fail: ffmpeg problem transcoding $input, deleting "\"$2"\" !" "err"
+	  logit "Fail: ffmpeg problem transcoding '$input', deleting "\"$2"\" !" "err"
       rm -f "$2" || logit "could not remove "\"$2"\"" "err"
 	  return 1
 	fi
     # Now re-test/compare after conversion in case ffmpeg lost some (still keep for examination in case really OK)...
-    # F_SUBS for VDR2 conversions, copyts for VDR1.x
+    # F_SUBS for VDR2 conversions, copyts for VDR1.x. Widened tolerance due to errors when re-transcoding
     if [ "$F_SUBS" ] || [ $copyts ]; then
       subslength $2 "/dev/null"
       [ $? -ne 0 ] && return 1
-      [ $(($len+10)) -lt $subslen ] && logit "Fail: ffmpeg did not process all subs for $input (input $subslen kb, output $len kb)" "err" && return 1
+      [ $(($len+90)) -lt $subslen ] && logit "Fail: ffmpeg did not process all subs for '$input' (input $subslen kb, output $len kb)" "err" && return 1
     fi
     # clean up
   else
-	logit "Fail: Nothing to transcode for $input !" "err"
+	logit "Fail: Nothing to transcode for '$input' !" "err"
 	return 1
   fi
   if [ $VDRtype ] && [ $debug -eq 0 ]; then
     rm -rf "$tempdir" || logit "could not remove $tempdir" "err"
   fi
   map=""      # clear in case we process more files
+
+  #Report mapping to the info file
+  reportedvideo=$F_VIDEO
+  reportedaudio=$F_AUDIO
+  return 0
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Basic QA of the output filesize/duration to make sure it's OK
+# Return 1 for a fail, else 0
+
+function check_duration() {
+  # check for duration match within 30s (empirical magic number)
+  progduration $outfile
+  if [ $debug -eq 0 ] && [ $(($duration + 30)) -lt $program_duration ]; then
+    logit "Warning: $outfile, size $(($outputsize/$meg))M, is only $duration sec long, original $(($inputsize/$meg))M, with length detected as $program_duration sec" "err"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  # check for silly compression ratio, or larger file, heaven forbid!)
+  if [ "$F_VIDEO" ]; then
+    [ $vcodec -eq 262 ] && mult=3     # MPEG original
+    [ $vcodec -eq 264 ] && mult=9     # x264: 1/3 of original
+    [ $vcodec -eq 265 ] && mult=12    # x265 1/4 of original
+    if [ $debug -eq 0 ] && [ $(($inputsize * 3)) -gt $(($outputsize * $mult)) -o $outputsize -gt $inputsize -a $maintain -eq 0 ]; then
+      logit "Warning: Suspect size of $outfile, (new $(($outputsize/$meg))M vs. original $(($inputsize/$meg))M)" "err"
+      # keep converted outfile, actually it may be OK
+      return 1
+    fi
+  else    # so must be audio only...
+    mult=4  #default. ok or mp3
+    [ $(echo $reportedaudio |grep -i "aac") ] && mult=3     # normal, mild compression
+    [ $(echo $reportedaudio |grep -i "aac_he") ] && mult=8  # podcast usually
+    [ $(echo $reportedaudio |grep -i "libopus") ] && mult=8 # podcast usually
+    if [ $debug -eq 0 ] && [ $inputsize -gt $(($outputsize * $mult)) -o $outputsize -gt $inputsize -a $maintain -eq 0 ]; then
+      logit "Warning: Suspect size of $outfile, (new $(($outputsize/$meg))M vs. original $(($inputsize/$meg))M)" "err"
+      # keep converted outfile, actually it may be OK
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
   return 0
 }
 
@@ -734,20 +855,25 @@ function edl() {
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Upload to an ftp server for faster remote download.
 # Note that ncftp is not always reliable, seems to randomly quit. 
-# Ideally need to a size compare & retry function
 # NCFTP debug logs don't really help
 
 function upload() {
   logit "Uploading $1"
-  sh -c "ncftpput -z -t 99 -u \"$user\" -p \"$pass\" \"$server\" \"$ftppath\" \"$1\" &"
+  sh -c "ncftpput -z -t 99 -u \"$user\" -p \"$pass\" \"$server\" \"$ftppath\" \"$1\" 1>&2 &"
 }
 
 function usage() {
-  echo "usage: $0 --input-path | -i \"<recording.rec>\" [--keep |-k] [--combine |-c] [--delete |-d] [--acodec |-a aac|libfdk_aac|libmp3lame] [--vcodec |-v 264|265] [--format |-f <extension>] [--extras |-e \"<ffmpeg opts>\"] [--just-subs |-j] [--nosubs] |-n] [--life |-l <days>] [--maintain |-m] |--quality |-q <CRF>] [--yadif |-y 0|1] [--tsonly |-t] [--crop-top <lines>] [--ftp] [--ftp-path <target path>] [--redo] |-r ] [--server |-s] [--user |-u] [--pass |-p]"
+  echo "usage: $0 --input-path | -i \"<recording.rec>\" [--keep |-k] [--combine |-c] [--delete |-d] [--acodec |-a aac|libfdk_aac|libmp3lame] [--vcodec |-v 264|265] [--format |-f <extension>] [--extras |-e \"<ffmpeg opts>\"] [--just-subs |-j] [--nosubs] |-n] [--life |-l <days>] [--maintain |-m] |--quality |-q <CRF>] [--yadif |-y 0|1] [--tsonly |-t] [--crop-top <lines>] [--ftp] [--ftp-path <target path>] [--redo] |-r ] [--server |-s] [--user |-u] [--pass |-p] [--podcast <target-path>] [--genrefile |-g <path/file>]"
+}
+
+function escape_apostrophe() {
+   echo $($1 | sed 's/"/\\\"/g')
 }
 
-function escape() { 
-  sed 's/'"'"'/'"\'"'/g'
+# return key=value, escaped, but only if the value exists (alert missing ones)
+function create_meta() {
+#   [ "$2" ] && echo "-metadata $1=\"$(echo $2|sed -e 's/[;\]//g'|sed "s/'/\\\'/g"|sed 's/"/\\\"/g')"\"||echo "NOTE: -metadata $1 is missing" 1>&2
+   [ "$2" ] && echo "-metadata $1=\"$(echo $2|sed -e "s/&quot;/\\\'/g"|sed -e 's/[;\]//g'|sed "s/\"/'/g")"\"||echo "NOTE: -metadata $1 is missing" 1>&2
 }
 
 function Repeat() {
@@ -770,6 +896,7 @@ function cleanup() {
   else
     echo "Without debug command=$cmd"
   fi
+  return 0
 }
 
 # return code 0 is OK, some stats to report, 2 is OK, but we did nothing/no meaningful stats, 1 is some kind of error
@@ -777,7 +904,10 @@ function quit() {
   rm -f "$LOCKFILE" || { logit "failed to delete $LOCKFILE" "err"; exit 1; }
   echo
   [ $1 -eq 2 ] && exit 0
-  [ $1 -eq 0 ] && logit "Completed: $NAME, Runtime: $(printf "%02d:%02d:%02d" $(($SECONDS / 3600))  $((($SECONDS / 60) % 60)) $(($SECONDS % 60))) ($(printf "%.1f" $(echo "$duration/$SECONDS"|bc -l))X)"
+  if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
+    [ $redo -eq 0 ] && quitmsg=", Runtime: $(printf "%02d:%02d:%02d" $(($SECONDS / 3600))  $((($SECONDS / 60) % 60)) $(($SECONDS % 60))) ($(printf "%.2f" $(echo "$duration/$SECONDS"|bc -l))X)"
+    logit "Completed: $BASENAME$quitmsg"
+  fi
   exit $1
 }
 
@@ -800,7 +930,7 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
                                 acodec=$(echo "$1"|sed -e 's/[^a-z0-9_]//g')
                                 ;;
         -v | --vcodec )         shift
-                                vcodec=$(echo "$1"|sed -e 's/[^0-9]//g')
+                                vcodec=$(echo "$1"|sed -e 's/[^0-9]{3}//g')
                                 ;;
         -c | --combine )        combine=1
                                 ;;
@@ -812,6 +942,9 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
         -f | --format )         shift
                                 ext=$(echo "$1"|sed -e 's/[^a-z0-9]//g')
                                 ;;
+        -g | --genrefile )      shift
+                                genrefile=$(echo "$1"|sed -e 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-/]//g')
+                                ;;                               
         -j | --just-subs )      j=1
                                 combine=1
                                 ;;
@@ -834,12 +967,12 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
                                 ;;
 		-t | --tsonly )			ts=1
 								;;
-        --ftp  )                ftp=1
-                                ;;
         -r | --redo )           redo=1
                                 ;;
+        --ftp  )                ftp=1
+                                ;;
 		--ftp-path )			shift
-								ftppath="$1"
+								ftppath=$(echo "$1"|sed -e 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-/]//g')   # sanitise dir/file
 								;;
         -s | --server )         shift
                                 server="$1"
@@ -850,6 +983,9 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
         -p | --pass )           shift
                                 pass="$1"
                                 ;;
+        --podcast )             shift
+                                podcast=$(echo "$1"|sed -e 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-/]//g')
+                                ;;
         -h | --help )           usage
                                 exit 0
                                 ;;
@@ -861,25 +997,53 @@ done
 
 Repeat - 120 
 echo
-[ ! -d "$input" ] && logit "Recording directory '"$input"' doesn't exist!" && exit 1
+
+[ $vcodec -lt 264 ] || [ $vcodec -gt 265 ] && usage && exit 1
+[ $ext == "mp3" ] && acodec="libmp3lame"
+
+# ffmpeg exists?
+command -v $ffmpeg >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "$0 requires 'ffmpeg' but it's not in the path/config,  Aborting."; exit 1; }
+ffmpegbuild=$($ffmpeg 2>&1)  # get build options to check feature compatibility
+
+[ $vcodec -eq 264 ] && [ ! $(echo $ffmpegbuild | grep 'libx264') ] && logit "$0 requires ffmpeg built with at least libx264" && exit 1
+[ $vcodec -eq 265 ] && [ ! $(echo $ffmpegbuild | grep 'libx265') ] && logit "ffmpeg is not built with libx265" && exit 1
+[ $acodec = "libfdk_aac" ] && [ ! $(echo $ffmpegbuild | grep 'libfdk') ]  && logit "ffmpeg is not built with libfdk_aac for AAC" && exit 1
+[ $acodec = "libmp3lame" ] && [ ! $(echo $ffmpegbuild | grep 'libmp3lame') ]  && logit "ffmpeg is not built with libmp3lame for MP3" && exit 1
+
+# create deep probes
+ffmpeg="nice -n 19 "$ffmpeg" -y -hide_banner -nostats -probesize 250M -analyzeduration 600M -copytb 1"
+
+[ ! -d "$input" ] && logit "Recording directory '$input' doesn't exist!" && exit 1
 [ $dif ] && [ $dif -gt 1 ] && echo "deinterlacer config must be 0 or 1" && usage && exit 1
 
 if [ $keep -eq 1 ]; then
   command -v vdr >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "$0 requires 'vdr' but it's not in the path,  Aborting."; exit 1; }
-  [ $ext != 'ts' ] && echo "$ext format not directly supported by VDR" && exit 1
-else 
-  # Not a good idea - single-use mode doesn't do enough QA
-  [ $delete -eq 1 ] && echo "$0 won't delete originals in single-use mode" &&  exit 1
+#  [ $ext != 'ts' ] && echo "$ext format not directly supported by VDR" && exit 1
+fi
+
+xmit=$(($ftp + $redo))
+if [ $xmit -gt 0 ]; then
+  command -v ncftpput >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "$0 FTP functions require 'ncftp' but it's not in the path/config,  Aborting."; exit 1; }
+  [ $xmit -gt 1 ] && { echo "$0 Cannot FTP and Redo! - Aborting."; exit 1; }
 fi
 
-# Adjustments to interdependent parameters
+# *** Adjustments to interdependent parameters ***
+
 [ $ext == "mp4" ] || [ $ext == "avi" ] && [ $subs -eq 1 ] && subs=0 && logit "Warning: subs not supported in $ext format: discarded if present" "warn"
-[ $vcodec -lt 264 ] || [ $vcodec -gt 265 ] && usage && exit 1
 [ $top -gt 0 ] && [ $maintain -eq 1 ] && echo "Can't crop without re-encoding" && exit 1
 
-# help Fraunhofer codec produce full(er) range - default cutoff 14kHz @low bitrates
-[ $acodec == "libfdk_aac" ] && acodec="$acodec -cutoff 18000"
-[ $ext == "mp3" ] && acodec="libmp3lame"
+# help Fraunhofer codec produce full(er) range - default cutoff 14kHz @low bitrates.
+[ $acodec == "libfdk_aac" ] && acodec="$acodec -cutoff 17000"
+
+if [ "$podcast" ]; then
+  [ ! -d "$podcast" ] && logit "Podcast directory '"$podcast"' doesn't exist!" && exit 1
+  outputdir=$podcast
+else
+  outputdir=$(pwd)    # current dir is default
+fi
+[ ! -w $outputdir ] && logit "Can't write to output directory" "err" && exit 1
+
+[ "$genrefile" ] && [ ! -f "$genrefile" ] && logit "Genre definitions file '"$genrefile"' doesn't exist!" && exit 1
 
 # VDR has been known to "start/stop" multiple times at the end of a recording (VPS?) - so prevent multiple instances
 LOCKFILE="$input/vdr-convert.pid"
@@ -889,7 +1053,7 @@ if [ -e "$LOCKFILE" ]; then
   # lockfile exists
   [ -r "$LOCKFILE" ] || { logit "Error: cannot read lockfile"; exit 1; }
   PID=$(cat "$LOCKFILE")
-  kill -0 "$(cat "$LOCKFILE")" 2>/dev/null && { logit "Error: existing instance of $0 is already running, exiting"; exit 1; }
+  kill -0 "$(cat "$LOCKFILE")" 2>/dev/null && logit "Error: existing instance of $0 is already running, exiting" && exit 1
   # process that created lockfile is no longer running - delete lockfile
   rm -f "$LOCKFILE" || { logit "Error: failed to delete $LOCKFILE"; exit 1; }
 fi
@@ -897,8 +1061,6 @@ fi
 # create lockfile
 echo $$ >"$LOCKFILE" || { logit "Error: cannot create lockfile for $0"; exit 1; }
 
-logit "Processing "\"$input"\", keep=$keep, delete=$delete, combine=$combine, format=$ext, subs=$subs, extras=$extras" "info"
-
 # VDR filetypes 1.x (PES) or 2.x (TS), based on filenames in recording directory
 
 #vdrfiles=(`find "$1" -type f -name '*.vdr' | wc -l`)
@@ -917,14 +1079,15 @@ else
  VDRtype=""
  FILES="$input/0*.ts"
 fi
-#count=(`echo $FILES | wc -w`)
 
 if [ $VDRtype ]; then
-  [ $ts -eq 1 ] && logit "Skipping $input, t flag and not an mpegts (VDR2.x) recording" && quit 2
+  [ $ts -eq 1 ] && logit "Skipping '$input', t flag and not an mpegts (VDR2.x) recording" && quit 2
   command -v genindex >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "$0 requires 'genindex' for VDR1.x conversions, but it's not in the path,  Aborting."; quit 1; }
   command -v iso13818ts >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "$0 requires 'iso13818ts' for VDR1.x conversions, but it's not in the path,  Aborting."; quit 1; }
 fi
 
+logit "Processing '$input' (files=$(($vdrfiles + $tsfiles))), keep=$keep, delete=$delete, combine=$combine, format=$ext, subs=$subs, extras=$extras, podcast dir=$podcast" "info"
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Get all relevant metadata out of the info(.vdr) file, if it exists
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -932,6 +1095,8 @@ fi
 [ -e "$input/info$VDRtype" ] && meta=$(cat "$input/info$VDRtype")
 
 TITLE="NO TITLE"
+pod_desc="No Description"
+
 [ "$meta" ] && for line in "$meta";
 do
   #naming
@@ -941,27 +1106,75 @@ do
   # Support filesystems with limited max filename size by truncating just subtitle
   l=$((${#TITLE} + ${#ID[0]}))
   [ $l -ge $filesystem ] && ID[0]=$(echo $ID[0] |cut -c1-$filesystem)...
-  EP=$(echo "$line" |grep "^D" |grep -oP '(?<=Episode:).*' |cut -f1 -d"|")
+  EP=$(echo "$line" |grep "^D" |grep -oP '(?<=Episode: ).*' |cut -f1 -d"|")
+  # EP1 is Schedules Direct/Tribune source data: not fully defined. 
+  # eg. MV001234560000. First 8 numbers appear to be progID. others EP
+  # See Tribune media XTVDSchemaDefinition.pdf. Limited decoding info!
+  # "Uniquedescriptionidentifier necessary to reference movies, shows, episodes, sports from the programs
+  # data. First two digits are alphanumeric and correspond to movies (MV), shows(SH), episodes(EP) and sports(SP).
+  # For shows beginning with EP, the next 8 digits represent the seriesID, with the last 4 digits representing
+  # the episodeid. If episode information is not available, the program will appear as type SH, the next 8 digits
+  # as the series id and the last 4 digits as zeros."
+
+  EP1=$(echo $EP | grep -oP '[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{10,12}')
+  EP2=$(echo $EP | grep -oP '[0-9/ ]{1,3}\.[0-9/ ]{1,3}\.[0-9/ ]{0,3}')   # xmltv, e.g 2 . 9/10 . 0/1
+  EP2=$(echo $EP2 | tr -d ' ')
   # Meta info event date, time and DOW, 3rd field - useful in file listings for offline use
   ID[2]=$(echo "$line" |grep "^E" |cut -f3 -d" " |awk '{print strftime("%F-%a_%H-%M",$1)}')
-
+ 
   #resolution. Just look for HD in station name - a bit simplistic, but only used for file naming
   CHAN=$(echo "$line" |grep "^C" |cut -f3-7 -d" ")
   HD=$(echo "$CHAN" |grep -o 'HD')
   fr=$(echo "$line" |grep "^F"|sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
   [ $fr ] && framerate=$fr    # when provided
 
-  #Stream metatdata also. Video we don't check - no lang usually associated
-  X201=$(echo "$line" |grep "^X 2 01\|^X 2 02" |cut -f4 -d" ")
+  #Stream metatdata also. 
+  #Video - useful to know if recording contains any. ffmpeg test rather than use actual values
+  X1=$(echo "$line" |grep "^X [1\|5\|9]" |cut -f4 -d" ")
+
+  #Audio
+  X201=$(echo "$line" |grep "^X 2 [01\|02]" |cut -f4 -d" ")
   X203=$(echo "$line" |grep "^X 2 03" |cut -f4 -d" ")
   X204=$(echo "$line" |grep "^X 2 04" |cut -f4 -d" ")
   X205=$(echo "$line" |grep "^X 2 05" |cut -f4 -d" ")
-  X240=$(echo "$line"|grep "^X 2 40" |cut -f4 -d" ")
-  X31=$(echo "$line" |grep "^X 3 1" |cut -f4 -d" ")
-
-  [ !$VDRtype ] && lifetime=$(echo "$line" |grep "^L" |sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
+  X240=$(echo "$line"|grep "^X 2 40" |cut -f4 -d" ")  # AD
+  X31=$(echo "$line" |grep "^X 3 1" |cut -f4 -d" ")   # teletext/subs
+
+  #Podcast tags
+  #There may be a year field in the description. Or use year of recording, assuming not a repeat!
+  pod_date=$(echo "$line" |grep "^D" |grep -oP '(?<=Date: ).*' |cut -f1 -d"|" |grep -oP '[0-9]{4}')
+  pod_year=$(echo "$line" |grep "^E" |cut -f3 -d" " |awk '{print strftime("%Y",$1)}')
+  pod_week=$(echo "$line" |grep "^E" |cut -f3 -d" " |awk '{print strftime("%V",$1)}')
+  pod_genrenum=$(echo "$line" |grep "^G" |cut -f2 -d" ")
+  pod_presenters=$(echo "$line" |grep "^D" |grep -oP '(?<=Presenters: ).*' |cut -f1 -d"|")   # rarely
+  pod_actors=$(echo "$line" |grep "^D" |grep -oP '(?<=Actors: ).*' |cut -f1 -d"|")   # often
+  pod_desc=$(echo "$line" |grep -oP '(?<=^D ).*' |cut -f1 -d"|")  # almost always, sadly usu. freeform!
+  
+  lifetime=$(echo "$line" |grep "^L" |sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
 done
 
+if [ $VDRtype ]; then
+  ROOTDIR=$(echo $(dirname "$input"))
+  BASEDIR=$(echo $(basename "$input"))
+  priority=$(echo $BASEDIR | cut -f4 -d".")
+  lifetime=$(echo $BASEDIR | cut -f5 -d".")   # overwrite it
+fi
+
+# Manage short lifetime recordings
+if [ $lifetime -lt $life ]; then
+  # TV recordings skipped if we are "keeping" them - save time & energy
+  [ "$X1" ] && [ $keep -eq 1 ] && logit "Skipping '$input', recording lifetime is $lifetime" "info" && quit 2
+elif [ $lifetime -gt $life ]; then
+  # Only make (radio) podcasts if they are short life, else normal
+  if [ ! "$X1" ] && [ "$podcast" ]; then
+    podcast=""
+    outputdir=$(pwd)
+    logit "Not making podcast of '$input', recording lifetime is $lifetime : transcoding normally" "warn"
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Postprocess the various tags
+
 # There are often multiples, take the first - naff, I know
 IFS=' ' read -ra X201 <<<"$X201"
 [ $X201 ] && Alangmono=$X201
@@ -976,39 +1189,72 @@ IFS=' ' read -ra X240 <<<"$X240"
 IFS=' ' read -ra X31 <<<"$X31" 
 [ $X31 ] && Slang=$X31
 
-[ "$EP" ] && ID[1]=EPISODE$EP
+# override rec date by meta if we have it
+[ "$pod_date" ] && pod_year=$pod_date 
+# Other meta fallbacks
+[ ! "$pod_presenters" ] && [ "$pod_actors" ] && pod_presenters=$pod_actors
+[ ! "$pod_presenters" ] && [ "$CHAN" ] && pod_presenters=$CHAN
+
+#prioritise EP2, remember xmltv numbering is zero based
+if [ "$EP2" ]; then
+  ID[1]="EP:$EP2"  # Note for historical consistency this is the RAW unprocessed value
+  pod_episode_id=$EP2   # This tag will be complete - gives parts + total ep count if required
+  pod_album=$(echo $EP2 | grep -oP '^[0-9]{1,3}')
+  pod_album="$(($pod_album + 1)) ($pod_year)"
+  pod_episode=$(echo $EP2 | cut -f2 -d'.' | grep -oP '^[0-9]{1,3}')    # ignore last parts element: very rarely seen
+  pod_episode=$(($pod_episode + 1))
+elif [ "$EP1" ]; then
+  ID[1]="EP:$EP1"
+  pod_episode_id=$EP1
+  pod_album=$pod_year
+  pod_episode=$pod_week    # ISO 8601 week no. - numeric.
+else
+  pod_album=$pod_year
+  pod_episode=$pod_week
+fi
+
+# The description may contain the "Category" (i.e.genre), but on radio often doesn't: so do it the hard way!
+# Find *first* match for the Genre as text (VDR info provides Genrenum as a number)
+pod_genre=$pod_genrenum     # a default fallback - why not ? (e.g. genre file missing) 
+if [ "$podcast" ] && [ "$genrefile" ] && [ $pod_genrenum ]; then
+  while read -r line; do
+    [ $(echo "$line" | grep '^ *#') ] && continue  #skip comments
+    [ $(echo "$line" | grep ":$pod_genrenum") ] && pod_genre=$(echo "$line" | cut -f1 -d":") && break
+  done < "$genrefile"
+fi
 
+LONGTITLE=$TITLE
 for token in ${ID[@]}
 do
-  [ "$token" ] && TITLE=$(echo "$TITLE-$token")
+  [ "$token" ] && LONGTITLE=$(echo "$LONGTITLE-$token")
 done
 
-if [ $VDRtype ]; then
-  ROOTDIR=$(echo $(dirname "$input"))
-  BASEDIR=$(echo $(basename "$input"))
-  priority=$(echo $BASEDIR | cut -f4 -d".")
-  lifetime=$(echo $BASEDIR | cut -f5 -d".")
-fi
-
-# Short lifetime files skipped if we are "keeping" them - save time & energy
-[ $lifetime -lt $life ] && [ $keep -eq 1 ] && logit "Skipping $input, recording lifetime is $lifetime" "info" && quit 2
-
 # Option to combine input files:
-# By default we convert separately, in case a broken file fails. Combining might be less reliable,
+# By default we transcode files separately, in case a broken file fails. Combining might be less reliable,
 # esp. with lots of interruptions, ffmpeg duration estimations can often get messed up.
-# But results are seamless when combined - recommended with good, reliable recordings
-if [ $combine -eq 1 ] && [ $vdrfiles -gt 1 -o $tsfiles -gt 1 ] && [ $redo -ne 1 ]; then
+# But results are completely seamless when combined - so it's recommended when recordings are reliable
+if [ $combine -eq 1 ] && [ $vdrfiles -gt 1 -o $tsfiles -gt 1 ] && [ $redo -eq 0 ]; then
+  # Avoid concatting Gb of HD files if not req'd - do a quick check of first file. May map raw .vdr files!
+  file1=$(echo $FILES |cut -f1 -d" ")
+  map $file1 0
+  ret=$?
+  [ $ret -gt 0 ] && quit $ret       # if same or higher vcodec
+  # this might not find video (short files) - it will fall through
+  map=""
   cat $FILES > "$input/recording.orig"
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     FILES="$input/recording.orig"
   else
-    logit "Failed to combine input files for $input, trying individually" && rm -f "$input/recording.orig"
+    logit "Failed to combine input files for '$input', trying individually" && rm -f "$input/recording.orig"
   fi
 fi
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Conversion
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# We can be presented with recording.orig or a list of files in FILES. 
+# recording.orig may not be large enough either - still size test it
+
 for f in $FILES
 do
   size=$(stat -c %s "$f" )
@@ -1017,22 +1263,34 @@ do
     fileno=$(($fileno + 1))
     echo; Repeat - 120
     logit "Processing \"$f\" file $fileno, size $(($size/$meg))M..." "info"
-    OUTFILE=$(echo "$TITLE-file-$fileno.ts" | tr -s "\/:?*<>\"| " '-')
-    [ $keep -eq 1 ] && OUTFILE="$input/$OUTFILE" || OUTFILE="$(pwd)/$OUTFILE"   # pwd if not keeping
+    OUTFILE="$input/intermediate-file-$fileno.ts"
     TMPFILES=$(echo "$TMPFILES \"$OUTFILE"\")
     MERGEFILES=$(echo "$MERGEFILES$OUTFILE|")
     if [ $redo -eq 0 ]; then
       transcode "$f" "$OUTFILE"
       return=$?
       if [ $debug -eq 0 ] && [ $combine -eq 1 ] && [ -e "$input/recording.orig" ]; then
-        rm -f "$input/recording.orig" || logit "could not remove $input/recording.orig" "err"
+        rm -f "$input/recording.orig" || logit "could not remove '$input/recording.orig'" "err"
       fi
       [ $return -gt 0 ] && quit $return
     fi
   else
-    echo;logit "Skipping $f - too small ($(($size/$meg))M). Try combining input files with -c option" "err"
-    # !!!continue but no longer delete (so don't lose anything if it goes wrong)
-    [ $keep -eq 1 ] && [ $delete -eq 1 ] && delete=0 && logit "No longer deleting files for $input"
+    # combined or not, it's too small
+    echo
+    if [ $combine -eq 1 ]; then
+      if [ $vdrfiles -eq 1 -o $tsfiles -eq 1 ] && [ $delete -eq 1 ]; then
+        # Special logic here to delete first file in case it's an aborted VPS start. 
+        # The combine flag is really forcing a special cleanup mode here
+        logit "Deleting short initial recording file: $f, too small ($(($size/$meg))M)" "err"
+        rm -f "$f" || logit "could not remove $f" "err"
+        quit 1
+      fi
+      logit "Skipping $f - combined size too small ($(($size/$meg))M)" "err"
+      quit 1
+    fi
+    logit "Skipping $f - too small ($(($size/$meg))M). Try combining input files with -c option" "err"
+    # !!!continue but no longer delete (so don't lose anything if it all goes wrong)
+    [ $keep -eq 1 ] && [ $delete -eq 1 ] && delete=0 && logit "No longer deleting files for '$input'"
   fi
 done
 
@@ -1045,7 +1303,8 @@ done
 # (audio and subs first -> video, "best" audio, other audio, subs)
 # NOTE this assumes map of each transcoded file is the same, otherwise there will be trouble.
 
-map $OUTFILE 0 1
+map=""
+map $OUTFILE 0 1  # usu. a temp file
 
 # SD or HD?. Enhanced EPG would tell us - but not always present
 if [ $F_VIDEO ]; then
@@ -1058,24 +1317,26 @@ fi
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Merge transcoded files
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Now merge them, avoid faffing about with separate files
-# Concat supports some file format (container) conversions and flters, but not stream conversions
+# Now merge and name them where required, avoid faffing about with separate files
+# Concat supports some file format (container) conversions and filters, but not stream conversions
 # Some filters are auto-enabled depending on output format, e.g. m4a invokes aac_adtstoasc, so I no longer need to!
 # see https://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-bitstream-filters.html
 
-NAME=$(echo "$TITLE-$DEF" | tr -s "\"" '-')
-BASENAME=$(echo "$TITLE" | tr -s "\/:?*<>\"| " '-')
+# Extensive recording metadata is also inserted here
 
-if [ $keep -eq 1 ]; then
-  OUT[0]="$input/$BASENAME.ts"
+BASENAME=$(echo "$LONGTITLE" | tr -s "\/:?*<>\"|" '-')   # filenames with rec date - no special chars (prev. no spaces too)
+TITLE=$(echo "$TITLE" | tr -s "\/:?*<>\"|" '-')          # directories - no special chars
+
+if [ $keep -eq 1 ]; then   
+  OUT[0]="$input/$BASENAME.ts"    # intermediate file before rename
 else
   # On a "redo" can't test for type, so only use basename when ftp'ing
-  [ $ftp -eq 0 -a $redo -eq 0 ] && BASENAME="$BASENAME-$DEF"
+  [ $ftp -eq 0 -a $redo -eq 0 -a ! "$podcast" ] && BASENAME="$BASENAME-$DEF"
   if [ $debug -eq 1 ] && [ $ext == "ts" ]; then     # i.e. default, no ext spec'd
     # loop through and create desired formats for testing (allow multiple versions to exist by naming)
     if [ $DEF == "AUDIO" ]; then
       BASENAME="$BASENAME-$acodec"
-      [ $(echo $acodec |grep -i "mp3") ] && formats=(mp3 mkv ts) || formats=(aac m4a mkv mp4 ts)
+      [ $(echo $acodec |grep -i "libmp3") ] && formats=(mp3 mkv ts) || formats=(m4a mkv mp4 ts)
     else
       BASENAME="$BASENAME-H$vcodec-$acodec"
       # Will fail on mp4 & avi if you concat with them as formats don't support subs
@@ -1084,53 +1345,78 @@ else
   else
     formats=($ext)
   fi
-  # default to current directory and convert marks to EDL files if present
-  [ -f "$input/marks$VDRtype" ] && edl "$input/marks$VDRtype" "$(pwd)/$BASENAME"
+  if [ "$podcast" ]; then
+    # use the Title to help organise podcast files (fallback if cannot)
+    mkdir -p -- "$outputdir/$TITLE"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      logit "Cannot create directory $outputdir/$TITLE, falling back to $outputdir" "warn"
+    else
+      outputdir="$outputdir/$TITLE"
+    fi      
+  fi 
   for ((i=0; i<${#formats[*]}; i++));
   do
-    OUT[i]="$(pwd)/$BASENAME.${formats[i]}" 
+    OUT[i]="$outputdir/$BASENAME.${formats[i]}"
   done
+  # if marks present, convert to an EDL file
+  [ -f "$input/marks$VDRtype" -a $redo -eq 0 ] && edl "$input/marks$VDRtype" "$outputdir/$BASENAME"
 fi
 
-if [[ $redo -eq 0 && $MERGEFILES ]]; then
+if [ $MERGEFILES ]; then
   result=0; results=0
   # Do merge(s)
   for outfile in ${OUT[@]}
   do
-    #ts's can be concatenated directly. Again probe deeply else can fail, esp on AD/subs. 
-    # NOTE concat file better than concat stream: lipsync issues
-    # -copyts??? Without it ffmpeg reports duration correctly. Possibly not with copyts
-    cmd="$ffmpeg -i concat:"\"$MERGEFILES"\" -metadata title="\"$NAME"\" -metadata service_provider="\"$CHAN"\" -c copy $concatflags $map "\"$outfile"\" 2>> $LOGFILE"
-    echo; Repeat - 120
-    logit "Creating output with $cmd" "info"
-    sh -c $cmd
-    result=$?
-    [ $result -eq 0 ] && msg="OK" || msg="Fail"
-    outputsize=$(stat -c %s "$outfile")   # 1 file
-    stats="$(($inputsize/$meg))M to $(($outputsize/$meg))M ($(echo $outputsize $inputsize | awk '{ printf "%.1f", 100 * $1 / $2 }')%)"
-    [ $keep -eq 0 ] && echo && logit "Created $outfile ($stats), $msg" "info"
-    results=$(($results + $result))
+    if [ $redo -eq 0 ]; then
+      # add tag parameters for all recordings now (not just podcasts)
+      # A number of these are gross approximations as metadata is poor - e.g. Album artist
+      # language a bit approximate: individual streams have language tags, but not always shown
+      # Title has description concatenated so it shows in LMS scrolling title display - as some podcasts
+      # MP4 likes "date" not "year" (ffmpeg docs wrong atm)
+      # ts has no metadata, ffmpeg silently drops
+      metadata=" \
+      "$(create_meta "service_provider" $CHAN)"\
+      "$(create_meta "title" "$LONGTITLE: $pod_desc")"\
+      "$(create_meta "year" $pod_year)"\
+      "$(create_meta "date" $pod_year)"\
+      "$(create_meta "album" $pod_album)"\
+      "$(create_meta "track" $pod_episode)"\
+      "$(create_meta "author" $pod_presenters)"\
+      "$(create_meta "artist" $pod_presenters)"\
+      "$(create_meta "album_artist" $TITLE)"\
+      "$(create_meta "genre" $pod_genre)"\
+      "$(create_meta "episode_id" $pod_episode_id)"\
+      "$(create_meta "show" $TITLE)"\
+      "$(create_meta "description" $pod_desc)"\
+      "$(create_meta "comment" $pod_desc)"\
+      "$(create_meta "language" $Alangstereo)"\
+      "$(create_meta "publisher" $CHAN)"\
+      -metadata encoder=\"vdr-convert\"\
+      -metadata encoded_by=\"vdr-convert\"\
+      "
+
+      #ts's can be concatenated directly. Again probe deeply else can fail, esp. on AD/subs.
+      # NOTE concat file better than concat stream: lipsync issues
+      # -copyts??? Without it ffmpeg reports duration correctly. Possibly not with copyts
+      cmd="$ffmpeg -i concat:"\"$MERGEFILES"\" $metadata -c copy $concatflags $map "\"$outfile"\" 2>> $LOGFILE"
+      echo; Repeat - 120
+      logit "Creating output with $cmd" "info"
+      sh -c $cmd
+      result=$?
+      [ $result -eq 0 ] && msg="OK" || msg="Fail"
+      outputsize=$(stat -c %s "$outfile") || outputsize=1   # 1 file, safety if null
+      stats="$(($inputsize/$meg))M to $(($outputsize/$meg))M ($(echo $outputsize $inputsize | awk '{ printf "%.1f", 100 * $1 / $2 }')%)"
+      [ $keep -eq 0 ] && echo && logit "Created $outfile ($stats), $msg" "info"
+      results=$(($results + $result))
+    else
+      results=$redo
+    fi
   done
   if [ $results -eq 0 ]; then
-    # Extensive QA testing when keeping
+    check_duration       # basic QA
+    [ $? -ne 0 ] && cleanup && quit 1
+    # Extensive QA testing only when keeping
     if [ $keep -eq 1 ]; then
-      # check for duration match within 30s (empirical magic number)
-      progduration $outfile
-      if [ $debug -eq 0 ] && [ $(($duration + 30)) -lt $program_duration ]; then
-        logit "Possible fail: $outfile, size $(($outputsize/$meg))M, is only $duration sec long, original $(($inputsize/$meg))M, with length detected as $program_duration sec" "err"
-        cleanup
-        quit 1
-      fi
-      # check for silly compression ratio, or larger, heaven forbid!)
-      [ $vcodec -eq 262 ] && mult=3     # MPEG original
-      [ $vcodec -eq 264 ] && mult=8     # x264: 3/8 of original
-      [ $vcodec -eq 265 ] && mult=12    # x265 3/12 of original
-      if [ $debug -eq 0 ] && [ $(($inputsize * 3)) -gt $(($outputsize * $mult)) -o $outputsize -gt $inputsize -a $maintain -eq 0 ]; then
-        logit "Possible fail: Suspect size of $outfile, (new $(($outputsize/$meg))M vs. original $(($inputsize/$meg))M)" "err"
-        # keep converted outfile, actually it may be OK
-        cleanup
-        quit 1
-      fi
       # Save video, force a VDR reindex and check it was really successful before deleting original files
       # VDR2 will only recognise .ts's in the NEW format of directory name
       if [ $VDRtype ]; then
@@ -1158,11 +1444,11 @@ if [[ $redo -eq 0 && $MERGEFILES ]]; then
         SAVE="$input/0*.ts"
         for f in $SAVE
         do
-          mv -f "$f" "$f.orig" || logit "could not save original file(s)" "err"
+          mv -n "$f" "$f.orig" || logit "could not save original file(s)" "err"   # don't overwrite!
         done
-        mv -f "$input/index" "$input/index.orig" || logit "could not save index" "warn"
+        mv -n "$input/index" "$input/index.orig" || logit "could not save index" "warn"
       fi
-      # Only a single ts after transcoding
+      # Only a single ts after transcoding, (VDR will only check the file having replaced the originals!)
       mv -f "$outfile" "$RECDIR/00001.ts" || logit "could not move .ts" "err"
       # Neatness, but importantly a check that VDR will be reasonably happy to play the file - otherwise bail
       sh -c "vdr --genindex "\"$RECDIR"\""
@@ -1170,7 +1456,7 @@ if [[ $redo -eq 0 && $MERGEFILES ]]; then
         echo "# Transcoded from $stats by $0 on $(date)" >> "$RECDIR/info"
         [ "$F_VIDEO" ] && echo "# Video parameters: $reportedvideo" >> "$RECDIR/info"
         [ "$F_AUDIO" ] && echo "# Audio parameters: $reportedaudio" >> "$RECDIR/info"
-        logit "Created/replaced .ts and indexed $NAME ($stats)" "info"
+        logit "Created/replaced .ts and indexed $BASENAME ($stats)" "info"
         if [ $delete -eq 1 ]; then
           if [ $VDRtype ]; then
             # old VDR 1.x directory & content no use now
@@ -1182,11 +1468,11 @@ if [[ $redo -eq 0 && $MERGEFILES ]]; then
               rm -f "$input"/*.orig || logit "could not remove original file(s)" "err"
             fi
           fi
-          logit "Original files for $NAME deleted" "info"
+          logit "Original files for $BASENAME deleted" "info"
         fi
       else
         # Failed, so restore
-        logit "Conversion / indexing for $NAME failed" "err"
+        logit "Conversion / indexing for $BASENAME failed" "err"
         if [ $VDRtype ]; then
           if [ $debug -eq 0 ]; then
             rm -rf "$RECDIR" || logit "could not delete temp conversion files"    # borked new directory
@@ -1201,17 +1487,30 @@ if [[ $redo -eq 0 && $MERGEFILES ]]; then
         fi
       fi
     #end keep mode
+    else
+      # We've done reasonable, but not exhaustive checks - delete podcast originals if requested
+      if [ "$podcast" ] && [ $debug -eq 0 ]; then
+        if [ $delete -eq 1 ]; then
+          rm -rf "$input" || logit "could not remove original files" "err"
+          logit "Original files for $BASENAME deleted" "info"
+        fi  
+		# Post conversion command(s) as required
+		[ $podcastcmd ] && sh -c "$podcastcmd" &
+      fi
     fi
-  else
-    logit "Fail: Converted files for $NAME did not merge correctly" "err"
+  else 
+    [ $redo -eq 0 ] &&  logit "Fail: Converted files for $BASENAME did not merge correctly" "err"
   fi
   cleanup
 fi
 
-# FTP upload if required
-[ $ftp -eq 1 -o $redo -eq 1 -a $debug -eq 0 ] && upload "$outfile"
+# FTP upload or re-upload if required
+if [ $ftp -eq 1 -o $redo -eq 1 ]; then
+  [ -e "$outputdir/$BASENAME.edl" ] && upload "$outputdir/$BASENAME.edl"
+  [ -e "$outfile" ] && upload "$outfile"
+fi
 
 # remove lockfile
 quit 0
 
-# --------- $Id: vdr-convert,v 2.1 2017/04/09 12:55:43 richard Exp $ ---------- END
+# --------- $Id: vdr-convert,v 2.2 2018/09/12 12:10:10 richard Exp $ ---------- END