recompressing into Real Media streams

[andyr0ck]

hi,

i work for a university and we offer a service where we record TV programs for students. i am piloting Real Server as a streaming solution and have a system set up where i batch process raw video into Real streams for people using an Intel desktop machine and a VB script. all very simple. i want to replace our existing VHS setup with GB-PVR (with two Hauppauge Nova T 500s, very nice cards!) and then have a script copy the output files to a network drive where my desktop will pick them up and encode them into Real streams, to be served by my Real server. This way, i get to use the scalability of my Real server (and the programmes can be served off-campus) and keep the PVR machine free to be recording more programmes rather than using CPU time streaming the files to our network. the only problem so far is that my command-line Real producer cannot decode the ms-dvr files to recompress them as Real format. i have a cyberlink multiplexer installed on the machine. so far, pretty every filetype i have thrown at my script has been successful as long as Windows has a filter/codec to decode it. am i up against a limitation of the ms-dvr format or is this because i'm not using GB-PVR to re-encode the files?

any help gratefully received!

andy

[stefan]

I'm not sure that is an allowed use of gbpvr... did you double check the license agreement?

[andyr0ck]

that would a bummer.

i would do if i can find it. is it anywhere except on the installer screen. i've checked the application directory, here, the wiki and the main bgpvr.com site. d'you have a link?

[stefan]

Nah... I can't find it either. You could run the installer and click cancel after the license text thingy...

[andyr0ck]

hmmm,

all i find is a clause about 'personal, non-commercial use' and something referring to use 'with written permission'. i suppose all i can do is request use of the software for this purpose as we're a university and the use is for educational purposes, not profit.

failing that, it's mythTV.

cheers, anyway.

[stefan]

sub will know what he intended with the license form. You'll have to wait for NZ to wake up

[sub]

I'm sorry, but they're correct. It cant be used for commercial use.