New Tool: ShowBurner DVD Burning [with menus]

[stu8080]

Ok after some messing about im feeling pretty dense! Can you tell me command line i need to use to run the batch and produce a log file??

I tried "burndvd.bat >>burndvd.log someshow.mpg" and "burndvd.bat someshow.mpg >>burndvd.log" with echo off and command windows only flashes open briefly??

I never have been good with batch files...!

[stu8080]

After running the batch file without a log file it falls over at:

set seconds=
someshow\someshow.mpg"" was unexpected at this time.

(where the actual path of the mpeg is F:\someshow someshow\someshow.mpg)

Its like it does not like the space in the show directory, and the only difference i can find between the GBPVR box and its virtual copy is that the virtual uses a network drive rather than a local drive.

[pBS]

almost.... to add the files to the que you use: burndvd.bat "c:\filename.mpg"
[just like normal...check the dvd-que file in showburner dir to make sure they're in there]

....then you can see what's going on by doing the actual burn with "burndvd.bat >> burndvd.log"
adding the files isn't giving you problems..the burn is...
let me know how that goes....use the actual show names cuz they could be the problem...[possibly weird chars in the show names]

post both the dvd-que an the burndvd.log file and that should shed some light..
i'm pretty sure i checked for long filenames in output temp dir...i use a temp that has space in dir name just cuz of that...[k:\dvd temp\]
so i'm pretty sure it's not the long filenames..tho did you see if the line Rbelisle caught in in yours?:
[from a couple posts back..]

Code:

rem ***ray change below***
for /f "usebackq tokens=1,* delims=_{}" %%t in ("'%~n1'") do (set titl=%%t)
%paus%

[stu8080]

OK, sorry not been able to get access for a few days!

ive enclosed the log fils (which does not seem to show any errors, the que file and a screenshot of the error i noticed in the command window) Hope it helps!

Edit: also uploaded the full cmd text too

[pBS]

ahh, ok.....your file isn't dvd compatible format...it needs remuxing or possibly just audio re-compresed should do it...
everythign else is working fine...
to get that actual error in the log, edit the adddvd.bat in gbpvr\showburner\ and
make the ffmpeg line look like:

Code:

"%ffmpeg%" %test% -y -i "%~1" -sc_threshold 1000000000  -flags +cgop+ildct -target ntsc-dvd -f dvd -sameq -vcodec %vidcodec% -acodec %audcodec%  - [b]2>>showburn.log[/b]|dvdauthor.exe -o "%dvdtemp%" -t -c %chapters% -i post="call vmgm menu;"  -f - [b]2>>showburn.log[/b]

but the error is actually in your file...make sure you're outputting dvd compatible spec files... [ntsc=720 or 352 x 480 or 240, 29.97fps, mp2, lpcm, or ac3 audio,48khz between 96 and 384 kbps stereo]

[Slice]

yes, probably will have some problems on other pal players, especially older ones..
the only difference between the 2 are framerate and image size...
NTSC is 480 or 240 pixels high at 29.97 fps...
PAL is 576 or 288 high at 25 fps...
you can adjust the current batch file to reflect these params and it willwork fine on pal...

Hi there, I'm in PAL land and want to if possible use this tool. Sorry if this is a stupid question but which batch file should I be looking at to adjust the settings above?

Great plugin BTW!

[stu8080]

Hmm, i cant figure why it worked on my vmware test - the files all came from the same tuner cards!!

If thats the case, will adjusting my batch file to produce PAL make the difference? If so i'll wai or your answer to Slice's question above.

What would you suggest to be the best workaround for this given that im recording from DVB-T using Haup Nova-t's? I remember Reven used PVAStrumento to remultiplex the files before they could be burned? could i add to the batch file to do this before moving on to do the rest?

Thanks pBS.

[mila06]

Hi there, I'm in PAL land and want to if possible use this tool. Sorry if this is a stupid question but which batch file should I be looking at to adjust the settings above?

I am from denmark(PAL) and I just uses showburner with the default settings. Only problem is the menu, which looks a bit funny(NTSC-format images in PAL-player), but the shows plays fine. I have done some research(dialog with pBS) in howto get the batch-file to create PAL-like menus, but i didn't got all the way.

[stu8080]

Further to my problem, it seems that files i archived to keep from October last year are fine, current recordings are not. (no post processing is done on these files)

I checked in GSpot, both files are Mpeg-2 Program stream, 720x576, 25fps, 4:3 aspect, and sound is mp2 48kHz at 192kb/sec Stereo.

Im baffled, why would one file play and another not - there must be something in that has changed between those two files but what would it be??

EDIT: I checked one thing that i though might affect this, i use cyberlink multiplexer (mpgmux.ax) 5.0.0813, and have done for some time. I did install Cyberlink Power DVD 7 in Dec 06 (which is why i though it might affect things between October 06 recordings and present recordings) - however if the same version mux has been used throughout this cant have any bearing, can it???

[pBS]

yea, the mux can do that to files...can be all the right specs for dvd compatible, and not be muxed as dvd compatible...so probably the mux...

the ffmpeg and dvdauthor commands have to be adjusted for pal.
most of that is in burndvd, but the actual show adding is done in adddvd.bat in showburner dir...
for pal, adjust all the ffmpeg commands for the proper framerate/size/etc..and i believe dvdauthor will auto-adjust for the size..
i left it at 352 cuz if you feed it a 720x file, it will sense it and adjust, but not so for the opposite..feeding a 352x file to settings of 720 choked it...
so this way it's autodetect..

mila pretty much got it working but need to adjust the menus too...
i made the menu templates with dvdauthorgui...it makes all the files needed graphically for the menus..feed it a mpeg still frame from your menu and make the buttons cover accordingly...
i can make a decent menu template for yal if i had a good small pal mpeg to work with..[720x576x25fps, less than one meg is fine...]