New Tool: ShowBurner DVD Burning [with menus]

[pBS]

sorry bout that...originally it was one single zip with everything...but yea a new 'all-inclusive' version will be ready tonite or tomorrow..hopefully i can get it on the wiki..[i think they can hold the whole file..it's not that big..]

anyways...yea nero 6.x should work fine..i am using 7. but i don't think i'm using anything new as far as nerocmd...even as far back as 5.7+ should work tho i'm sure the syntax has changed a bit..but i know 6.x can do it...let me know if the commands need adjusting for 6.x..[6.x didn't work well for me under xp-sp2, any 6.3+ version sux, 7 is nice..]
been making my own ir blaster and trying to setup a 97.7 to test compatibility but should have a better package to d/l soon...[sunday] installer, not long after that..
NEEDED SOFTWARE:
DVDAUTHOR - http://www.videohelp.com/~gfd/edcounter....winbin.zip
Graphics Magick - http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/graph...e?download
Recinfo - [GBPVR Plugin] - http://209.50.253.122/RecInfo-096beta.zip

dump all those into the gbpvr\showburner dir and that should be it..[no subdirs]
let me know if any problems..those are direct links to the correct versions..
oops..dvdauthor was the one with all the dependancies..[.dlls probs] so this is dvdauthor 6.12 alpha ggeez i wish they'd settle on one syntax for dvdauthor...and then let someone know what it is! lol]

[simon]

I have PAL video, which might explain why things aren't working.

I have adjusted the call to fmpeg to tell it to generate a pal-dvd but dvdauthor is complaining about "WARN: unknown mpeg2 aspect ratio 1" which means it isn't happy with the aspect ratio of the input video.

Should fmpeg be adjusting the aspect ratio or should this be done by mencoder?

Let me know if you would like me to send the complete output for debugging.

Cheers,

Simon

[pBS]

yea,haven't made the pal changes yet but it should be possible..
dvdauthor defaults to ntsc if no standard given, so that may be where it needs the pal setting..will look and check all the areas and upload a fix later that includes the 'ntsc' everywhere it needs to be changed to pal..
[and hopefully a single variable that can be changed at the top ]
don't have pal here so couldn't test but everything is capable of it..
i'm pretty sure it just needs it on the ffmpeg->dvdauthor line..
oh and it also says that if the input video isn't a dvd compaitble frame-size..
[but probably in your case because it's a pal resolution instead of ntsc]
already started putting it up on wiki so installer not far off..

[pBS]

ahh,on the line that adds the titles, add a '-v pal' before the chapters and you're all set i believe...

..\thirdp~1\FFmpeg\fmpeg.exe %test% -i %%f -y -target ntsc-dvd -cgop -me zero -vcodec %vidcodec% -bf 2 -g 15 -ab 128 -acodec %audcodec% -|dvdauthor.exe -o %dvdtemp% -t -v PAL -c 00:00:00,00:05:00,00:10:00,00:15:00,00:20:00,00:25:00,00:30:00,00:35:00,00:40:00,00:45:00,00:50:00,00:55:00,01:00:00,01:05:00,01:10:00,01:15:00,01:20:00,01:25:00,01:30:00 -i post="call vmgm menu;" -f -

hmmm,may need t o adjust the menu mpeg size too...let me know if that is needed also...

[pBS]

Good News: started work on the wiki page so won't be long before the single zip is available for download,no extras needed..[well except Nero]
[trying to add a little installer helper]
i'm going to integrate the two together, mencoder plugin and showburner..
let me know if the pal menus worked for you,i think i still have more to adjust but maybe not, as most players can play the 720x480 menus even in pal land..
[tho it probably will get cut off or not be viewable]
let me know and i'll try to get the pal stuff into this release..

[votum76]

I have attempted to install your show burner into gbpvr 96.12
but when I click transcode nothing happens.

it says I need a transcoding plugin where do I get that I already have a button for transcode

[simon]

ahh,on the line that adds the titles, add a '-v pal' before the chapters and you're all set i believe...



hmmm,may need t o adjust the menu mpeg size too...let me know if that is needed also...

Thanks for the reply.

Tried that, dvdauthor still isn't happy about the aspect ratio.

The command I am using is
r

Code:

em ************ Start Adding titles with ffmpeg********************************************
for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%f in (%dvdque%) do (
echo.
echo ******** Now adding %%f
echo.
..\thirdp~1\FFmpeg\fmpeg.exe %test% -i %%f -y -target pal-dvd -aspect 4:3 -cgop -me zero -vcodec %vidcodec% -bf 2 -g 15 -ab 128 -acodec %audcodec% -|dvdauthor.exe -o %dvdtemp% -t -v PAL -c 00:00:00,00:05:00,00:10:00,00:15:00,00:20:00,00:25:00,00:30:00,00:35:00,00:40:00,00:45:00,00:50:00,00:55:00,01:00:00,01:05:00,01:10:00,01:15:00,01:20:00,01:25:00,01:30:00 -i post="call vmgm menu;"  -f -
)

and the warning I get is

Code:

WARN: unknown mpeg2 aspect ratio 1

a lot of times.

Unfortunately I can't test the PAL menus for you as I can't even burn the dvd yet.

Don't think its far off though, I'll keep trying.

Let me know if there is anything else you would like me to test.

Simon

[simon]

I've fixed the problem of dvdauthor not liking the aspect ratio of the transcoded files.

I've had to change the way mencoder is called. The mpeg section in stattik_transcode_0.10.1d.bat now reads:

Code:

:mpeg
set mpegdel=mpegdel
move %1 "%~dpn1_original.mpg"
start /low /wait /min %mencoder_path% "%~dpn1_original.mpg" -edl "%~dpn1.edl" -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf scale=720:576,softskip,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts aspect=16/9:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=mp2:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=%mpegbitrate%:keyint=15 %test% -ofps 25 -o "%~dpn1.mpg"
goto post:

This is for PAL files only. Don't use this for NTSC.

Now just got to sort out the part of burndvd.bat which generates thumbnails with fmpeg, as that isn't working yet...

[pBS]

ahhh,yea,thought it was the ffmpeg conversion to dvd...
the thumbnails should be 720x576 instead of 480 and 25fps as well..
when you get a line that works,let me know and i'll add it as a slectable option..
[change a variable at top of bat for either pal or ntsc adjusting whole batch]
have to check them one at a time i'm afraid, only a couple steps left and you'll be good to go.. first the adding titles with ffmpeg->dvdauthor line,
then the thumbs,
then the menus and finally TOC..
[oh and the burn too..lol]
everything's different in pal land and the stuff defaults to ntsc..[it's harder to do ntsc actually!] but am happy to make it universal..

[pBS]

finally got the wiki uploads sorted out so there's an installer and all files needed [except nero and optionally mencoder,etc]
remember this is still a work in prgress,as i'm sure many more enhancements and cleanup willl be added as i get feedback...like enabling pal...
so play with the batch file to your heart's content...and let us all know any tips you may have...
next version will edit the config.xml itself so you won't have to do that but for now you'll have to add them yourself..[they're in the instructions in zip..copy/paste]
i tried recinfo under 97.7 and it seemed to work so i'll be adding more show info soon..
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