Recordings to DVD

[philip1982]

Ok...it goes a lot further - gets to literelly just before it should start the burning process, and then does nothing on Stage 3.

Just before Stage 3, and CMD window pops up briefly but does nothing.

convert.bat now is:

"C:\utils\pvas21013\cmdshell\cPVAS.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\My Videos\TV recordings\temp dvd\demux.ajb"
"C:\Program Files\DVDAuthorGUI\bin\mplex" -f 8 -o %1 %2 %3
del "C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\My Videos\TV recordings\temp dvd\demux.ajb"
del %2
del %3

[reven]

convert.bat looks fine.

[philip1982]

2 logs - stage 1, and stage 2 (as far as I can go).....the process to get to here takes about 20 mins - so I think it's doing it's thing......as I said earlier, another CMD window pops up briefly - and I think it says it can't find a file - (the temp file?).....but it's too quick. Stage 2 does get to 100% at the bottom....(just took the log before it finished)

dvdburn.bat also here just in case.......(is it here that it can't find the temp file?)
del "c:\temp\temp*.*.mpg"
"C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\nerocmd.exe" --write --real --iso "%2" --no_user_interaction --drivename E --underrun_prot --create_iso_fs --create_udf_fs --iso-no-joliet --dvdvideo_realloc --dvdvideo_cmpt --dvd --dvd_high_compatibility --recursive %1\* --detect_non_empty_cdrw --force_erase_cdrw

[reven]

just run step 1 add a "PAUSE" at the very end and see if the temp .mpg files are in the temp dir. if they are, then step 1 is fine.

step 2 should be fine aslong as step 1 completed, to check, throw a "PAUSE" at the begining of Step 3 and see if the is a directory called "DVD" in the temp dir, and try playing that dir with somethign like powerdvd, and ensure that its the dvd you want to burn.

if step 2 is fine, then throw a pause at the end of step 3 to see whats going on.

[philip1982]

there is a file called "temp.0.mpg" in the temp directory (still after the last run). That and "temp.xml". So it definetely creates the temp file. There are no sub-directories in the temp directory. The temp.0.mpg file is my video file.

It's difficult for me to work out where the pauses go - as I don't really know where each stage starts & finishes (I assume in the convert.bat file).

Can we assume Stage 1 is ok? it takes ages...it looks like the end of stage 2/start of stage 3 which is the problem.....did the files above not give any clue? If it is the end of stage 2/start of stage 3 - where should I put the pause, so I can post something useful?

And - have you been up all night????

[reven]

heres how it works

1. my vids calls "convert.bat" on every file under "My DVD".
so code looks like

Code:

for each file in mydvd
   convert file
next file

(hopefully thats simple enough to follow...)

2. create a dvd folder using dvdauthor (done internally).

3. run "dvdburn.bat" passing the folder created in step 2.

its not a very complex process. throwing a pause at the end of step 1,and at the begining and end of step 3 (ie dvdburn.bat) should be enough for you to figure out whats gone wrong (the command prompt will say missing file or something).

[philip1982]

DVDBurn.bat file:

PAUSE
del "C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\My Videos\TV recordings\temp dvd\temp*.*.mpg"
PAUSE
"C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\nerocmd.exe" --write --real --iso "%2" --no_user_interaction --drivename E --underrun_prot --create_iso_fs --create_udf_fs --iso-no-joliet --dvdvideo_realloc --dvdvideo_cmpt --dvd --dvd_high_compatibility --recursive %1\* --detect_non_empty_cdrw --force_erase_cdrw
PAUSE


Stage 3 log:

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>PAUSE
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>del "C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\My
Videos\TV recordings\temp dvd\temp*.*.mpg"

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>PAUSE
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>"C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\nerocmd.exe" --write -
-real --iso ""Toy Story 2"" --no_user_interaction --drivename E --underrun_prot
--create_iso_fs --create_udf_fs --iso-no-joliet --dvdvideo_realloc --dvdvideo_cm
pt --dvd --dvd_high_compatibility --recursive "C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My
Documents\My Videos\TV recordings\temp dvd\DVD"\* --detect_non_empty_cdrw --for
ce_erase_cdrw
File specification 'Story' resulted in no matches!
Specified file was not found!

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>PAUSE
Press any key to continue . . .

[reven]

its probably this part

Code:

-iso ""Toy Story 2""

run it up to stage 3, so the DVD folder is created, kill gbpvr (if you let my videos continue it will delete the DVD folder).

go into command prompt and play around with the dvdburn.bat
try things like
dvdburn.bat "D:\Temp\DVD" "Toy Story 2"
replace D:\temp\dvd with the actual dvd path.
it might be the space in the name for the dvd so try "Toy_Story_2" etc.

[philip1982]

if you look at my DVDburn.bat file above - I can't see which changes you refer to are needed.

I've stopped it at the right place, so I've got the files in place.....

[reven]

theres a

Code:

-iso "%2"

or something like that in the nerocmd command, i think that is causing the problems, well the space in the dvd name.
%1 = the first parameter
%2 = the second parameter etc

so try running something like this
dvdburn.bat "D:\my videos\temp\DVD" "ToyStory2"