MyVideos

[reven]

it does a for each loop for every file in "my dvd" and calls the convert.bat file. it excepts files like temp01.mpg temp02.mpg (i think) and then once convert.bat is complete it then does the dvdauthor part, then the burn.bat file.

how are you exactly trying to burn a dvd? adding one file at a time with the record button (ctrl-k) and going into the my dvd/menu and selecting "burn"? or using another option in the popup menu (i cant remember the last time i tested those options, so i might have broken it).

[kaiger]

how are you exactly trying to burn a dvd? adding one file at a time with the record button (ctrl-k) and going into the my dvd/menu and selecting "burn"? or using another option in the popup menu (i cant remember the last time i tested those options, so i might have broken it).

Yeah. I just bring up 'My DVD', choose a show, hit ctrl-k, hit Go on the remote (F11?), choose Burn, Demux and Burn, then hit done and it sits there doing nothing until I cancel it. I've tried Burn to Disc and Burn ISO. Burn ISO is the only option that seems to do anything. It brings up DVD Decrypter with an error saying invalid ISO, which makes sense considering no image has been created yet.
I notice in convert.bat the first command looks for a file called demux.ajb in the temp directory. How is this file created?
While you're reading this, I've got another minor question: I deleted all episodes of a show yet the show title still shows up in my database. When I open it, it's just empty. How can I remove that show title? I tried 'Remove from Db' but it didn't work.
Thanks for the quick replies.

[reven]

demux.ajb is created by my videos, its need for pva to work.

if you hit ctrl-k it adds the video to "my dvd" and the go menu in "my dvd" doesnt have the option "Demux and burn" so i think thats what you are doing wrong.

this is how ive used it
1) hit ctrl-k (record) on a video i want to burn
2) click the "my dvd" button on the menu
3) hit go on the video i added to my dvd
4) a popup menu displaying "burn dvd","remove","toggle convert","cancel" is shown, i choose the "burn dvd" option.
5) it then burns a dvd.

this is what the functions do (and ive just tested each of them, and they work for me)
"demux and burn" - demux/remux the selected file(not in mydvd) and burn it directly to dvd
"burn to disc" = burns the mpeg2 (must be a valid mpeg2 file, so it must already be demuxed) file directly to disc (skipping the "demuxing" part)
"add to disc" = same as ctrl k

burn iso = isn't suppose to be shown for anything other than iso images, this was a bug created by the updated popup menu (ive now since fixed this, just have to test a few more things before i do a maintance release, the burning error being one of them).

i think you haven't set up your convert.bat file correctly, try running each step your self in dos (well at least the demuxing step).

[reven]

ok there does appear to be a bug at the end of step 2 (ie after dvdauthor has created the dvd structure), it just hangs and doesnt launch the dvdburn.bat file. i think this is only happens if you choose "demux and burn" or "burn to disc" and not if you do it via "my dvd". but that said, step 1 does appear to work (the title in the message box does appear to be screwed up thou) so try running step 1 via the command prompt.

[jsteele]

I've encountered a strange problem in My Videos. If I select a video from the list and hit Go the video starts and then I am presented with a Resume/Start dialog. At that point GBPVR is locked up and I have to kill it with Taskman.

Anyone else seen this?

[kaiger]

ok there does appear to be a bug at the end of step 2 (ie after dvdauthor has created the dvd structure), it just hangs and doesnt launch the dvdburn.bat file. i think this is only happens if you choose "demux and burn" or "burn to disc" and not if you do it via "my dvd". but that said, step 1 does appear to work (the title in the message box does appear to be screwed up thou) so try running step 1 via the command prompt.

Alright, apparently I've been doing it wrong and your directions make more sense, but unfortunately it didn't solve my problem. I added a show to My DVD, then tried to burn it both with and without converting it. Either way I just get the wait window and nothing happens. Taskmanager doesn't show DVD Author running and the demux.ajb file isn't created as far as I can tell.
When will demux.ajb be created and how large should it be? I searched both hard drives before, during and after and could never find it. Without this file I can't run use the commands in command prompt to test them. I triple-checked my batch files and they look fine. Would it matter that the utilities are on my C drive and the temp directory where everything is being stored is on my D drive?
EDIT: Hang on, I think I might've figured something out. It seems to be doing its thing. I'll post again when it finishes to tell you what was wrong if I solved it, or if I'm still stuck.

[reven]

demux.ajb should be created at step 1, and should be in the temp directory you set up in my videos config form (eg D:\temp\demux.ajb). there should also be two other files in the gbpvr root directory called "demux.ajb.start.txt" and "demux.ajb.end.txt".
the demux.ajb is automatically created before the convert.bat file is called.

nah with the convert.bat and dvdburn.bat shouldnt matter where the utils you use are placed, my videos pretty much ignores whats in these files, and just hands off control to them, passing arguments to them.

convert.bat arguments
%1 - the output filename (ie the file it wants)
%2 - mpv file (which is specified in the demux.ajb file)
%3 - mpa file
%4 - the original file you are burning

dvdburnt.bat arugments
%1 - the dvd folder dvdauthor created eg D:\temp\DVD\

[kaiger]

Ok. I've made some progress here. I changed the "DVD" Directory in the config application to point to the same temp directory as the "Temp" and now I can see cPVAS being run correctly. I put some pauses in the batch to read the output and DVDauthor is throwing an error. cPVAS processes the file fine, except it names the audio portion "temp - DELAY 0ms.mpa" instead of the predicted "temp.mpa" so the argument passed to DVDauthor is incorrect and it can't find the audio track. Is there any way to set what cPVAS names the audio track to a set name?

[reven]

thats what the demux.ajb file does. all the convert.bat file MUST do, is create a valid mpeg2 file called "%1" (ie what it is passed as the first argument). my videos then this file to dvdauthor. so if convert.bat isnt producing the file "%1", theres the error.

[kaiger]

SUCCESS! I don't know why cPVAS was adding the - DELAY 0ms to the filename, but that was the problem. I added a line to the batch file after cPVAS to rename temp - DELAY 0ms.mpa to temp.mpa and everything worked from that point forward. Hopefully the delay text is consistent with other shows. Otherwise this could get tedious.
Thanks for your quick and helpful replies.