ZProcess 2.0.308
ZTranscode 2.1.121
[SIZE="2"]Note, to anyone still having support issues, my updates will continue to address or try and address tweaking to solve a problem... [/SIZE]
Brand new features... What follows is my rough draft for my updated wiki page...
[SIZE="5"]ZProcess, Reinstall/Reinitialize/Uninstall[/SIZE]
I have added a way to make the uninstalling, reinstalling, reinitializing of ZProcess and ZTranscode a little easier.
On the GB-PVR settings tab, from ZProcess, click the reinitialize ZProcess settings button.
It will remove references of itself from the config.xml and remove all registry settings which will also delete any settings you may have tweaked for your system (That means make note of your special settings for later)
It will restart the Recording Service
Then it will close and call itself again, so that the reinitialize function will start over. This time you will have a chance to Choose Yes for PAL, No for NTSC, and Cancel for Quit and do not use ZProcess (which is effectively uninstalling completely.
It will ask to add references to config.xml again, and it will recreate all default settings for Transcoding.
Yes this is a little weird. (Yes for PAL, No for NTSC, and Cancel for Uninstall ?) well, I don't mind it being a little weird. I mean my handle is 'Zehd' but I call the program Zee-Process)
[SIZE="5"]DVD Support[/SIZE]
I've added support to play DVDs straight from your DVD drive onto your MVP. This is something that has been very difficult if not impossible in the past. But in order to do it, it's still a bit of a workaround. I tried to be as elegant as possible.
You put a disc in the drive, click 'Do DVD' munu item on the MVP, and then find and play the transcoding temp file....
[SIZE="4"]Requirements:[/SIZE]
[SIZE="4"]Bypass Encryption[/SIZE]
First of all, ZProcess won't work with any encrypted DVDs or VOBs. That means you must find a way to decrypt what you plan to view.
In order to view an original DVD from your DVD drive, it must be unencrypted from the very start, so it's either an unencrypted rip (decrypted copy from 'DVD Shrink' or 'DVD Decrypter') or it was made to 'appear' unencrypted by something like AnyDVD.
I can't stress this enough, but I won't be getting into any decrypting techniques other than just described.
ZProcess finds out what Drive letter your DVD drive is at based on the GB-PVR config | DVD | 'DVD-Rom drive letter' settings. Make sure this is correct.
[SIZE="4"]Extra Settings[/SIZE]
Many extra settings for DVD/VOB transcoding are available when you expand the form of 'ZTranscode'. Double-click the main form and it will expand to show more options.
With VOBs stored on your hard drive.
With a default ZProcess configuration, you can navigate with 'Video Library', to a folder containing VOBs, (which may have been copied over from an original DVD), and select a VOB to view. ZProcess will transcode all VOBs with the same but ascending order filename, ascending from the file you selected.
[INDENT]That means if you have four vobs: VOB1.VOB, VOB2.VOB, VOB3.VOB, VOB4.VOB but slect for viewing VOB2.VOB, then your will only see VOBs 2 through 4. So if ytou want to see all of the movie, select the first one![/INDENT]
With Original DVD
Assuming that the drive appears decrypted, ZProcess will be told (discussed later under 'Custom Task') to look in your [DVD drive]\VIDEO_TS folder for the first large VOB. It will then create a series of all the VOBs required to make up the entire Movie, and then start transcoding to a file
[GB-PVR Recordings Path]\_CurrentDVD.mpg
Audio Tracks (VOB/DVD)
You have a choice as to the default audio track to use. English (Track 1) is the default. To choose which track you'd like as your default, first find out which track number your language is using.
[INDENT]To help you decide, use ZTranscode to manually transcode a DVD.
Start ZTranscode, double-click the Input Filename box, select a vob inside your DVD.
Double-click the ZTranscode form for more settings
Click 'Is DVD' ZTranscode will queue the first large VOB (and the rest in sequence)
Click Start. Wait 5-10 seconds
Click View. Do you hear the correct Audio Track?
If not, select a different track number and click start, wait 5-10 seconds, and click view again, and so on...[/INDENT]
DVD Subtitles
ZProcess will display the language of subtitles you want, assuming they exist. This is chosen at the regular ZProcess settings subform.
[INDENT]
At the bottom if the Video frame, is a text box named 'Lang' Type in the number for your language subtitle track. Also choose if you want to see only 'forced subtitles'. (In some movies, un-forced subtitles may include music lyrics and scripted noises - this is good for the hearing impaired)[/INDENT]
The Font size box will not be used when watching DVDs, but only for displaying SRT subtitle files with AVI files.
[SIZE="4"]Installing DVD support[/SIZE]
For the time being, you will need to create a Custom Task in GB-PVR, to tell ZProcess to start transcoding your DVD.
Open GB-PVR config. Click Plugins tab. Click 'Add' under Custom Tasks. In the next screen copy the settings in the picture. You might not see the whole path for ZProcess2.exe, but you should browse to it.
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
Next in 'Menu and Plugins' list, I dragged 'Do DVD' up next to 'Video Library'
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
Then, under Directories, make sure you have a listing for your Recordings folder. In other words, whatever directory you have set for your Recordings, should also have an entry in the Video Library...
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
Click OK in the config, so that changes are saved and the service is restarted...
[SIZE="4"]Using DVD support[/SIZE]
_CurrentDVD.mpg is the on-the-fly temporary file that is created. You can watch it, but only move forward as far as the file has been created. (similar to the other on-the-fly transcodes.
Saving your Transcoded DVD file
There is no support for automatically saving your transcoded file. That means that your won't be able to go through your whole DVD collection and rip them, because as you place another DVD and start to transcode, you will be overwriting the previous DVDs temp file.
You can however, jump onto your server (after you're done transcoding the DVD) and then move and rename the file to something appropriate.
---
Have Fun!
ZTranscode 2.1.121
[SIZE="2"]Note, to anyone still having support issues, my updates will continue to address or try and address tweaking to solve a problem... [/SIZE]
Brand new features... What follows is my rough draft for my updated wiki page...
[SIZE="5"]ZProcess, Reinstall/Reinitialize/Uninstall[/SIZE]
I have added a way to make the uninstalling, reinstalling, reinitializing of ZProcess and ZTranscode a little easier.
On the GB-PVR settings tab, from ZProcess, click the reinitialize ZProcess settings button.
It will remove references of itself from the config.xml and remove all registry settings which will also delete any settings you may have tweaked for your system (That means make note of your special settings for later)
It will restart the Recording Service
Then it will close and call itself again, so that the reinitialize function will start over. This time you will have a chance to Choose Yes for PAL, No for NTSC, and Cancel for Quit and do not use ZProcess (which is effectively uninstalling completely.
It will ask to add references to config.xml again, and it will recreate all default settings for Transcoding.
Yes this is a little weird. (Yes for PAL, No for NTSC, and Cancel for Uninstall ?) well, I don't mind it being a little weird. I mean my handle is 'Zehd' but I call the program Zee-Process)
[SIZE="5"]DVD Support[/SIZE]
I've added support to play DVDs straight from your DVD drive onto your MVP. This is something that has been very difficult if not impossible in the past. But in order to do it, it's still a bit of a workaround. I tried to be as elegant as possible.
You put a disc in the drive, click 'Do DVD' munu item on the MVP, and then find and play the transcoding temp file....
[SIZE="4"]Requirements:[/SIZE]
[SIZE="4"]Bypass Encryption[/SIZE]
First of all, ZProcess won't work with any encrypted DVDs or VOBs. That means you must find a way to decrypt what you plan to view.
In order to view an original DVD from your DVD drive, it must be unencrypted from the very start, so it's either an unencrypted rip (decrypted copy from 'DVD Shrink' or 'DVD Decrypter') or it was made to 'appear' unencrypted by something like AnyDVD.
I can't stress this enough, but I won't be getting into any decrypting techniques other than just described.
ZProcess finds out what Drive letter your DVD drive is at based on the GB-PVR config | DVD | 'DVD-Rom drive letter' settings. Make sure this is correct.
[SIZE="4"]Extra Settings[/SIZE]
Many extra settings for DVD/VOB transcoding are available when you expand the form of 'ZTranscode'. Double-click the main form and it will expand to show more options.
With VOBs stored on your hard drive.
With a default ZProcess configuration, you can navigate with 'Video Library', to a folder containing VOBs, (which may have been copied over from an original DVD), and select a VOB to view. ZProcess will transcode all VOBs with the same but ascending order filename, ascending from the file you selected.
[INDENT]That means if you have four vobs: VOB1.VOB, VOB2.VOB, VOB3.VOB, VOB4.VOB but slect for viewing VOB2.VOB, then your will only see VOBs 2 through 4. So if ytou want to see all of the movie, select the first one![/INDENT]
- The Joining of sequential VOBs is a default option. To defeat this option, double-click the form on ZTranscode to enlarge the form, and then uncheck Join VOBs.
Quote:It should be pointed out that you will not be able to see inside a folder that has the exact file structure
of the original DVD, from with in Video Library.
eg: D:\TV\Movies\DVDs\Stargate\'''VIDEO_TS'''\VTS_01_1.VOB will be inaccessable.
eg: D:\TV\Movies\DVDs\Stargate\'''VOBs'''\VTS_01_1.VOB will work just fine.
With Original DVD
Assuming that the drive appears decrypted, ZProcess will be told (discussed later under 'Custom Task') to look in your [DVD drive]\VIDEO_TS folder for the first large VOB. It will then create a series of all the VOBs required to make up the entire Movie, and then start transcoding to a file
[GB-PVR Recordings Path]\_CurrentDVD.mpg
Audio Tracks (VOB/DVD)
You have a choice as to the default audio track to use. English (Track 1) is the default. To choose which track you'd like as your default, first find out which track number your language is using.
[INDENT]To help you decide, use ZTranscode to manually transcode a DVD.
Start ZTranscode, double-click the Input Filename box, select a vob inside your DVD.
Double-click the ZTranscode form for more settings
Click 'Is DVD' ZTranscode will queue the first large VOB (and the rest in sequence)
Click Start. Wait 5-10 seconds
Click View. Do you hear the correct Audio Track?
If not, select a different track number and click start, wait 5-10 seconds, and click view again, and so on...[/INDENT]
DVD Subtitles
ZProcess will display the language of subtitles you want, assuming they exist. This is chosen at the regular ZProcess settings subform.
[INDENT]
At the bottom if the Video frame, is a text box named 'Lang' Type in the number for your language subtitle track. Also choose if you want to see only 'forced subtitles'. (In some movies, un-forced subtitles may include music lyrics and scripted noises - this is good for the hearing impaired)[/INDENT]
The Font size box will not be used when watching DVDs, but only for displaying SRT subtitle files with AVI files.
[SIZE="4"]Installing DVD support[/SIZE]
For the time being, you will need to create a Custom Task in GB-PVR, to tell ZProcess to start transcoding your DVD.
Open GB-PVR config. Click Plugins tab. Click 'Add' under Custom Tasks. In the next screen copy the settings in the picture. You might not see the whole path for ZProcess2.exe, but you should browse to it.
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
Next in 'Menu and Plugins' list, I dragged 'Do DVD' up next to 'Video Library'
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
Then, under Directories, make sure you have a listing for your Recordings folder. In other words, whatever directory you have set for your Recordings, should also have an entry in the Video Library...
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
Click OK in the config, so that changes are saved and the service is restarted...
[SIZE="4"]Using DVD support[/SIZE]
- Pop a DVD into your drive
- On the main menu of GB-PVR and the MVP you'll see a listing for 'Do DVD'. Click it. (Nothing will seem to happen)
- Then inside 'Video Library' and your 'Recordings' Directory, click to view '_CurrentDVD.mpg' file.
_CurrentDVD.mpg is the on-the-fly temporary file that is created. You can watch it, but only move forward as far as the file has been created. (similar to the other on-the-fly transcodes.
Saving your Transcoded DVD file
There is no support for automatically saving your transcoded file. That means that your won't be able to go through your whole DVD collection and rip them, because as you place another DVD and start to transcode, you will be overwriting the previous DVDs temp file.
You can however, jump onto your server (after you're done transcoding the DVD) and then move and rename the file to something appropriate.
---
Have Fun!
Frank Z
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I used to ask 'why?' Now I just reinstall...
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Author: ZTools: ZProcess, MVPServerChecker; UltraXMLTV Enhancer, Renamer, Manager; [/SIZE]
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[COLOR="Gray"]
I used to ask 'why?' Now I just reinstall...
[SIZE="1"]______________________________________________
Author: ZTools: ZProcess, MVPServerChecker; UltraXMLTV Enhancer, Renamer, Manager; [/SIZE]
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