My Videos

[jmacd]

Can anyone post step by step instructions on how to setup dvd burning-- used by myvideos? Thanks in advance.

[reven]

step one download these free tools
tools needed:
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dvdauthor - http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ download the latest window binaries
(comes with mplex aswell, used to recombine the mpv and mpa files).
dvddecrypter - http://dvddecrypter.com/
PVAStrumento - http://www.offeryn.de/dv.htm#pvas
(used to demux the mpeg2 files, ie split a mpg file into a mpv and mpa file).
mkisofs - http://smithii.com/ (not homepage, but supplies compiled windows binaries of mkisofs, its a linux program)
(used to create a iso image from the dvd directories created with dvdauthor).
once you have those setup my videos, set the dvd temp path (the dvd writer isnt used here, only used when doing a dvd to dvd burn or iso to dvd burn).

setup up the convert.bat file
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<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">D:\utils\pva\cmdshell\cPVAS.exe "C:\temp\demux.ajb"
C:\Utils\dvdauthor\mplex -f 8 -o %1 %2 %3
del "C:\temp\demux.ajb"
del %2
del %3[/QUOTE]
this is what i use on my machine, change the directories to where you put each tool. (for info on what each %1, %2 look in the readme.txt file supplied with my vids).

setup the dvdburn.bat
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<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">"C:\Utils\dvdauthor\mkisofs" -dvd-video -V %2 -o "C:\temp\temp.iso" %1

"C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\DVDDecrypter.exe" /MODE ISOWRITE /SRC "C:\temp\temp.iso" /START /CLOSE /VERIFY NO /ERASE /DEST E:\
del "C:\temp\temp.iso[/QUOTE]
once again you'll have to change the directories to what you have set up, allso the &quot;/DEST E:\&quot; points to my dvd burner, so change it to yours. also change &quot;C:\temp\temp.iso&quot; to the temp path you are using.

the dvdburn.bat and convert.bat file should be placed in the gbpvr root directory.

once thats all done you can test it by entering my videos, pressing the record button on a mpeg2 file (if your not burning videos capture with a mpeg2 capture card, you'll have to do more converting) then click on &quot;my dvd&quot; hit the &quot;ctrl-o&quot; button on the selected video file, and click &quot;burn to disc&quot;. it should lauch and display its progress.

[jmacd]

Reven,

Thanks for the help. You got me going in the right direction. But I have a couple questions. I use a PVR 350, but the Burn Button created an error (mkisofs). The demux and burn button created a perfect disk but hung up after the burn was completed. By hung up I mean The step 3 popup did not close. I could close it by pressing the cancel button. Have any ideas?

Thanks again

[reven]

yeah i think there is a bug where the screen isnt being redrawn when the burn is finished, pressing any button on the remote redraws the screen and the popup box disappears, something i have to look into.

if the file hasnt been demuxed (ie its just a been capture from capture card and hasnt been processed, mkisofs will fail, i wrote a little util you can find on the wiki that will run once a day after the epg has been updated that will demux then remux every recorded file, this saves you having to demux then remux the files when you go to burn them, saving about 10-30mins on the burn time) you'll have to demux before burning.

i personally demux all my files once a day so i dont have to wait aslong when i burn them to dvd.

[gehing]

With the version from 02/18, everything worked fine.
With the version from 02/20, I get the following errors (getting movie information):
- I ran Scan on my movies directory. It stops on the 10th movie, which is Cold Creek Manor.
- On the movie &quot;Cold Creek manor&quot;, I did Ctrl-O - Information - IMDB - Enter
I get the following error screen:
Error: Cannot set column 'Tagline' to 'The perfect house hides the perfect crime.Plot Outline: A family ...'.
The value violates the MaxLength limit of this column.
Can this be fixed?

[reven]

yeah im aware of this bug, working on the fix now.