New Tool: ShowBurner DVD Burning [with menus]

[mila06]

OK. I'll give it a go tonight....

what does "Tryk pσ en vilkσrlig tast for at fortsµtte" mean?

It's the danish pause-message(Press any key to continue . . .)

[anarethos]

This plugins seems to be good... but I can't make it works!

When I add a file to transcode, it Says the message "The compilation as now gigabytes" (or something like this). It seems to not be able to add the file correctly, so I can not burn anything.

I tried with mpeg1, mpeg2, avi (divx) files. Nothing works.

Any clue?

Thanks!

[rbelisle]

I use the Enhanced TV Guide which puts the rating of the show in the title (for movies). My movies are named as follows:

Jerry Maguire (1996) {R} [3.5]_20060923_21300030.mpg

When I run 'Burndvd.bat' from the command line, I get an error that indicates that the '{R}' is not acceptable. If I use it on a file without the {} it works fine.

Is there a log file I can review to see what exactly has happened during the attempt at a burn?

[glensh]

Great utility. I was truly amazed how easy it was to install, and burn my first DVD. I've burned about 12 and only had one coaster, and I think that one was because of bad media.

One question I have is that the image chosen for the DVD menu always is from a commercial break in the show I am watching. Does it grab the image from a certain time position in the source video? Can this position be changed, or is it possible to supply your own image, instead of having one automatically chosen.

Thanks.

[pBS]

hmmmwelll yes it does take the snap from the movie, but that snap ppoint can be changed easily..just change the -ss XX on ffmpeg line that makes thumbnails... [in :thumbs section]

supplying your own could be done, but not so easily..

hmmm,maybe making a thumbnail with image name same as show without the date part to use for all shows of that 'dir'...eg: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.jpg for any show in that folder...[using say, the folder.jpg also if present]?
i'll see what i can come up with...
i've been meaning to make it snap a few seconds after first comoercial but hadn't gotten it working yet..[usually title shot]

just adjust that -ss # to about 120 or so secs or whererever is good for you..
but it will use that on all movies so be warned..
[i just have it so low for testing purposes,forgot to 'up' it in latest]

boy i love the commercial skip part on my dvd's... very handy if i do say so myself...lol but yea, better thumbs would be nice...
i need suggestions for a new background tho..
anybody?
Sub,would it be cool if i used the default blue background on the dvd menus? [from the skin]
would really hint at the dvd's root source...

[mpking]

I'm not sure if I got it from VideoArchives, or MyVideo's plugin, but in each of my recordings folder, I get an IMDB image with the show's "title" screen.

I think it came from VideoArchive

[pBS]

i think i'm just gonna use the folder.jpg that gbpvr uses in the default plugins..
[if one exists..] yea, that is probably from the gettvinfo.exe thingy..

if one doesn't exist, i'll increase the default, or use the '5 sec past 1st comm.' snap in next release...

[Zato]

Not sure I know how to get this working.. I downloaded and ran the install. I can add files to the queue, but I can't find the menu to Burn to DVD.

Thanks!

[groover km]

I must be missing something here... what do I have to do?

I downloaded and installed fine; but I can't see a button or option anywhere. I've looked in video library transcoding, but see no dvd burn profile. The following has been added to config.xml:

<Conversion name="Add for DVD Burning" exe="burndvd.bat" cmd=" add {SOURCE_FILE} " targetExtension=".burn.mpg" />
<Conversion name="Burn DVD" exe="burndvd.bat" cmd=" " targetExtension=".avi" />
<Conversion name="Delete file from dvd burn list" exe="burndvd.bat" cmd=" remove {SOURCE_FILE} " targetExtension=".avi" />
<Conversion name="Delete all from dvd burnlist" exe="burndvd.bat" cmd=" deleteall {SOURCE_FILE} " targetExtension=".delist.dvd" />
<Conversion name="Say the size of this file." exe="burndvd.bat" cmd=" filesize {SOURCE_FILE} " targetExtension=".size.mpg" />

I've tried with my standard Mayhem (community) skin, as well as the default blue... no dice.

What am I missing?

[pBS]

well, ya have to highlight a file. then hit "Transcode" button...a dialog will pop up.in it you'll see filename then below a profile name, then start/cancel buttons..
move down to the profile part and hit left/right to change profile..
then hit start...
to burn the dvd after adding files, select the 'burn dvd' profile...
if your skin doesn't have the standard dialog box then you won't see anything...needs to be fixed in skin..[just copy bits from Blue skin and modify]
hope that clears things up..