XDVD - what's between gbpvr and the batch?

[curioffl]

I have not been able to get xdvd to work though I have made a little progress with some help from these forums (thanks).

If I launch this from dos:

playmvpdvdfiles.bat i:\dvd12345.mpg I:\DVDDecrypter\ARMAAN 2

It appears to transcode the main movie in ARMAAN\video_ts to a 5gig mpg and the little "xdvd is running" green box lights up (but the movie never plays).

If I hit "Play" during this process the little green box switches off (indicating that gbpvr is affecting vlc.exe somehow) and the vlc.exe process disappears.

If I remove all three playmvp batch files from the gbpvr directory (which appear to contain the vlc.exe command line) hitting play still kills the green light and the transcode...indicating that something is between gbpvr and the batch (that still knows to kill vlc)...if I change all of the playmvp batches to echo %1 %2 %3 >> somefile nothing ever echos...which makes me think that it is dieing before the batch is launched...

I am hoping someone knows where else to look?

My settings.xml is this (btw) that's the first obvious choice...maybe I am missing something dumb like a colon or something (?):

<settings>
<TempFile>i:\dvd.mpg</TempFile>
<PlayMode mode="SIZE" value="150"/>
<DVDDrive>f</DVDDrive>
<BaseFileDirectory>i:\</BaseFileDirectory>
<MountDVDDrive>g</MountDVDDrive>
<ForceMvpMode>true</ForceMvpMode>
</settings>


Thanks for your time!

[ww4397]

I had success playing DVD files located on the HDD when I changed dvd://%2@%3 to dvdsimple://%2@%3 in the batch file.


My problem is stuttering and blocky playback on the MVP.

GBPVR recorded shows play fine, however. Go figure.

[curioffl]

I think the standard xdvd install actually comes with that in the playfromfiles bat now (the word dvdsimple I mean).

It's weird, I can't see any evidence that it is getting as far as launching the batch file, but if I am running vlc by hand and I hit play (or most of the other xdvd buttons) it will turn off vlc...as though it's hardcoded in there somewhere (I'm just worried that maybe a path is too somewhere).

[curioffl]

Found it actually.... xdvd isn't tolerant of GBPVR's not installed in c:\ ...or I should say something in there looks in c:\program files\devnz\gbpvr for those bats.

It started working after I copied those three batches to that path.