Latest XDVD v.3

[jorm]

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Plugin/XDvd

2005-09-29 : v0.3

* installer
* installer will not override settings.xml
* if dvddrive and daemon tools drive can not be found in settings.xml
will use the gbpvr one in config.xml
* show runtime for main movie title
* can hit ctrl-r on the title to decrement by 10
* fixed the bug with .. can now browse other drives.
* added title detection in its own thread.
* add mouse support for the 6 buttons on the left.
* add logic for multiple mvps, till I have time to test it or someone
can help me ( 2 mvps not needed). You must enable it manually in the
settings.xml

to test multimvp
in the settings create a entry in

/settings/MultiMvpMode

<MultiMvpMode>true</MultiMvpMode>


It will create a file called c:\temp-MVPXXXX.mpg



it will also create a file called

c:\temp-MVPXXXX.mvp which contains a process id for the associated vnc.
So we can kill it, without affecting the other mvp users. Not a big
deal since most people dont have the processing power to transcode two
streams at once..

[malcolm]

So far I'm impressed, DVD over the MVP, cool!

The installer created a path to the temp directory on a drive I don't have (K) so at first it would not work, once I realised that it all fell into place. Perhaps you could improve the documentation or set up the installer to ask for/make a temp directory that works.

For those who have not tried it, running on an XP2400 it uses about 60% reseources as it starts the transcode process, but the MVP plays fine while that is still running.

I assme it deletes the dvd.mpg file when it starts a new film?

[tieke]

The installer created a path to the temp directory on a drive I don't have (K) so at first it would not work

Oops - I suspect this was my fault: if you are using the flat blue high vis skin, I changed the original c:\temp setting to k:\temp (my recordings drive) when I was trying it out, and forgot to change it back before uploading the skin to the wiki. Settings have been reset, and skin re-uploaded.

cheers,

tieke

[swissueli]

jorm ... once again a great release!

Just a quick question regarding how to change the e.g. the default language English and sub title on a given DVD to German, Spanish etc.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Cheers, Ulrich

[jorm]

we are actually still working on that piece. I can parse the ifo of the dvd and display the language tracks and subtitle tracks. pbs or I just need to research or get someone to research how I pass it in on the command line..

I have the track number ex 0x80

hopefully the next release.

[TobyO]

Jorn,

Great job!!! I like the installer. I'm able to run the move after 5 secs with no problems. The installer work perfect. I'm a little confused on the Save and transcode. When I pushed Save it look like it will save the DVD file with the right name as a MPG, But when I try to find this MPG I do not see it. Is this something I need to configure?

TobyO

[pBS]

found the language functions so shouldn't be long now...
if you keep the same language for all your discs you could enter it in manually for now... just add '--audio-language spanish' [or whatever language you want from the disc] to the VLC line before VLC:QUIT to lock it in...
obviously it won't play any language that isn't on the disc...
or just wait and i'm sure Jorm will have an update soon...
not sure about playing the subtitles on MVP but i think that it is doable from VLC end...
just add '--sub-language [language]' to the .bats...
hope that does the trick...
Enjoy!

[pBS]

well,no way it seems to get the subtitles on the video and mvp won't play them from the file so unless i can get mencoder to overlay them it probably won't be possible...languages should work fine tho and if you want to access *any* of the audio tracks use '--audio-track #' in VLC batch [#=audio track number,starting with 0]
sometimes there will be more than one track for any one language so this allows to select for example, second english track with director's comments on it..
still looking for an answer for subtitles..sorry..
hope that helps
P

[pBS]

yahoo! got it workin! seems you *have* to re-compress video if you want the subtitles overlayed on the video... [duh! lol]
so for now, just add to the batch file, your sub selection..[--sub-track #] and then adjust the transcode part to add 'soverlay' like:

Code:

--sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=3072,acodec=mp2a,ab=128,channels=2,soverlay}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=....etc.etc.

it will overlay the subs on the video so you'll see them with anything you view the mpeg with...
works great on MVP,not sure what kind of font choices, but will look into it..
very readable so far..
integration into the plugin with languages should be nice..
Enjoy!

[jorm]

I will try to work on the subtitle and the language stuff next week. I got busy last week.