STV Import: SageTV DVD Burning v2.0d (12/5/06)

[Patilan]

Done.

[BruenerXII]

Just finished installing version 2.0c, everythings working without any problems!
The new options in the perl2dvdsetup really help out with the install process now. Also thanks for the advanced.pref option "Use specified work folder for all processing" allthough at first i tried just setting it to "1" silly me.... D:\dvdwork works much better!

One last thing i figure i might as well point out.. the perl2dvd.pref option "Work folder =" never seems to have any files in it.. it is not required anymore? all my qdvd files (.log .work etc..) end up in the specifed "Path to store mutlifile dvdlist's=" and all other files being processed are in my "specified work folder for all processing". Once the burn is complete the only file left is the qdvd.log file and dvdlist.log.

[malbec]

Hey EP, I am not sure how evil you are, but I could use some help here.

First, I would recommend changing your installation directions a bit to a few steps first. Those steps being installing Nielm's dynamic menus and then your other program import. Following these instructions through seemed a bit, well, bassackwards.

Second, I think I finally figured out how to set the whole thing up. The STV seems to be working properly. DirMon is finding the programs and is kicking off the program/script, but I am unable to get past this. I set it up last night, picked a viedo to burn to DVD and went to bed. This morning when I took a look the PC had a pop up error of "low virtual memory error" and DirMon was still processing ... 8 hours later.

I rebooted and here I sit.

Attached are the log files. Hopefully you can point me to something to try?

Thanks,
Malbec

[CadErik]

I tried to burn my very first DVD with your DVD Burning tools. I have to say the interface is wonderful... If this would work flawlessly, it would be such a painkiller!!

Anyway, I got all the steps working until the ImgBurn... ImgBurn worked (I think), the DVD plays but after 2 sec of the show blam it closes on all the DVD player programs I tried. Something must have gone wrong in the process... How can I find more details?

The file I tried to burn is a simple mpg file recorded by sagetv.

Thanks

Erik.

[evilpenguin]

@CadErik

Wow, I’ve never heard of one of my DVD’s actually crashing programs before. Have you tried playing the DVD on a standalone DVD player? Also, what DVD decoder are you using?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by malbec

Hey EP, I am not sure how evil you are, but I could use some help here.

First, I would recommend changing your installation directions a bit to a few steps first. Those steps being installing Nielm's dynamic menus and then your other program import. Following these instructions through seemed a bit, well, bassackwards.

Second, I think I finally figured out how to set the whole thing up. The STV seems to be working properly. DirMon is finding the programs and is kicking off the program/script, but I am unable to get past this. I set it up last night, picked a viedo to burn to DVD and went to bed. This morning when I took a look the PC had a pop up error of "low virtual memory error" and DirMon was still processing ... 8 hours later.

I rebooted and here I sit.

Attached are the log files. Hopefully you can point me to something to try?

Thanks,
Malbec

Can you elaborate on what install about the install steps was confusing?

[CadErik]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

@CadErik

Wow, I’ve never heard of one of my DVD’s actually crashing programs before. Have you tried playing the DVD on a standalone DVD player? Also, what DVD decoder are you using?

Oh they are not crashing the programs! After the 2 seconds of the show play it goes back to the root menu.
I tried playing it with Nero showtime and also VLC. I did not try with a standalone DVD player but I pretty much expect the same :-(

Erik.

[evilpenguin]

Oh, I understand now... so the menu's work fine, but when you play the actual show the DVD plays for a few second and then pops you back into the menu?

Can you find the qdvd.log file for that DVD, append .txt to the end, and post it here for me to read?

[CadErik]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

Oh, I understand now... so the menu's work fine, but when you play the actual show the DVD plays for a few second and then pops you back into the menu?

Can you find the qdvd.log file for that DVD, append .txt to the end, and post it here for me to read?

Ok one theory, is that I run out of place on my drive. Would there be any chance to set that differently and have the working folder on another drive? The drive where all the sage recordings always overflows and Sage is in charge of deleting old recordings.

Thanks,

Erik.

Welcome to perl2dvd v2.0a
Staring Proccesing at 1:11:54 11-28-2006
Staring in regular mode
qdvd File : C:/Program Files/SageTV/SageTV/qdvd folder/Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.qdvd
pref File : C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2dvd.pref

------------------Basic Preferences--------------------
Sage Directory = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV
imgBurn = C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe
sageOthers = C:\sageOthers
localSageOthers = C:\sageOthers
burnerDrive = Z:
DVD Menu theme = Images_bt
scratchPath = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\qdvd folder
qdvd folder = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\qdvd folder

------------------Advanced Preferences--------------------
ffmpegSwitchesHDTV = -y -acodec copy -intra_matrix 08,08,09,11,13,13,14,17,08,08,11,12,13,14,17,18,09,11,13,13,14,17,17,19,11,11,13,13,14,17,18,20,11,13,13,14,16,17,20,24,13,13,14,16,17,20,24,29,13,13,14,17,19,23,28,34,13,14,17,19,23,28,34,41 -inter_matrix 08,08,08,09,09,09,09,10,08,08,09,09,09,09,10,10,08,09,09,09,09,10,10,10,09,09,09,09,10,10,10,10,09,09,09,10,10,10,10,11,09,09,10,10,10,10,11,11,09,10,10,10,10,11,11,11,10,10,10,10,11,11,11,11 -r 30000/1001 -bf 2 -mbd 2 -qmin 1 -mblmin 1 -lmin 1 -qsquish 1 -rc_init_cplx 500 -padtop 0 -padbottom 0 -async 50 -flags2 +sgop -deinterlace
ffmpegSwitches = -acodec mp2 -ab 224 -ac 2 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -async 1 -y -deinterlace
maxBitrate = 7800
DVD Res = NTSC
TargetSize = 4.7 Billion Bytes 
HDTV comskipOffset = 3 Seconds
SDTV comskipOffset = 0 Seconds
Defualt Chapter Length = 5
MPEG Bitrate Adjustment coefs = 550 
non-MPEG Bitrate Adjustment coefs = 250 
non-MPEG file info regEX = \d{1,2}x\d{1,2} -
Try and edit out commercials when making DVD's = 1
Min time for first chapter on commercial cut DVD = 1
Disable creating test DVD = 1
Number of Screen shots to get = 1
Thumbnail animation effect = slide 
Mencoder File types to save with compressed videos= txt,edl,jpg,png,my,xml
Automatically delete compressed files when sent to DVD = 1
Automatically delete compressed files when sent to Video Library = 1
Always do an in place replace when compressing to DVD = 1
Try and edit out commercials when compressing videos = 1
Show finished status icon when finished with in place conversions = 0 
Change Image permissions = 1
Optional UNC version of work folder to use for burning .bat file = Z:\Full\Path::\\UNC\Path
Optional path to SageTV or SageClient executable relative burning computer for .bat file = 
imgBurnSwitches = /START /VERIFY NO /CLOSE /ERASE /SPEED MAX /WAITFORMEDIA /DELETEIMAGE YES
If comskip log file exists, wait for edl file = 0 
Enable Updating Status Pictures in Other Programs menu = 1
New demux check correction = 1.42
Optional other programs special extention = 
Disable creating readable file names = 0 
RegEX for stripping out illigal charactors in readable filename = '|"|\\|/|\||<|>|:|\*|\?|\&|\;|` 
RegEX for stripping out illigal charactors in menuGen = '|\&|\;|` 
Translate paths to UNC = Z:\Full\Path::\\UNC\Path
burnImage = 
Transcode Priority = belownormal
Use specified work folder for all processing =  
Save Log File = 1 
Debug Mode = 0
Found 39 advanced preferences

------------------Mencoder Profiles--------------------
-- removed --

ffmpeg           = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2dvd\ffmpeg.exe
burnImage        = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\burnImage.jpg
dvdAuthor        = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\dvdauthor.exe
mkisofs          = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\mkisofs.exe
grMagic          = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\gm.exe
png2yuv          = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\png2yuv.exe
mpeg2enc         = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\mpeg2enc.exe
mplex            = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\mplex.exe
spumux           = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\spumux.exe
bbdmux           = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\bbdmux.exe 
mencoder         = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\mencoder.exe
touch            = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\touch.exe 
SageTVTranscoder = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\SageTVTranscoder.exe 

------------ Mencoder Version ----------------
MEncoder 1.0rc1-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (Family: 15, Model: 31, Stepping: 0)
CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

Exiting... (error parsing command line)

------------ FFmpeg Version ----------------
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration:  --enable-memalign-hack --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-xvid --enable-faac --enable-mp3lame --disable-debug 
  libavcodec version: 51.9.0
  libavformat version: 50.4.0
  built on May 12 2006 11:07:09, gcc: 3.2.3 (mingw special 20030504-1)
in.mpg: I/O error occured
Usually that means that input file is truncated and/or corrupted.


------------ SageTVTranscoder Version ----------------
FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration:  --extra-libs=-lwsock32 --enable-faad --enable-x264 --enable-memalign-hack --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-xvid --enable-faac --enable-mp3lame --disable-debug --enable-amr_wb --enable-amr_nb 
  libavutil version: 49.0.1
  libavcodec version: 51.19.0
  libavformat version: 50.6.0
  built on Nov 14 2006 10:12:54, gcc: 3.2.3 (mingw special 20030504-1)
in.mpg: I/O error occured
Usually that means that input file is truncated and/or corrupted.

SageTV drive letter = C:

ffmpeg Program = ffmpeg.exe
mencoder Program = mencoder.exe

------------ Getting QDVD file info ----------------
QDVD Full Path = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\qdvd folder\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.qdvd
QDVD Filename  = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\qdvd folder\(Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.qdvd)
QDVD File      = (Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0).qdvd
QDVD Full file = (C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\qdvd folder\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0).qdvd

*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*& Setting mode to video DVD &*&*&*&*&*&*&&*&

Executing- "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\gm.exe" composite -resize 150x150 "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\processing.png" "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\burnImage.jpg" "C:\sageOthers\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.burn_i.jpg"

------------ Checking for finished burns to delete ----------------

------------ Generating work Paths ----------------
Image Save Location = C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\qdvd folder

------------ Reading QDVD file ----------------
------------video Info Loop #0 ----------------
Full Path[0] = D:\TV\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.mpg
Full file[0] = (D:\TV\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0).mpg
Extention[0] = D:\TV\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0(.mpg)
Filename[0]  = D:\TV\(DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.mpg)
Path To File[0] = (D:\TV\)DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.mpg
File[0]      = (DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0).mpg
File Extention[0] = DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0(.mpg)
File Drive Letter[0] = (D:)\TV\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.mpg
Image Folder[0] = D:\TV\
Work Folder = D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder
Making work directory: mkdir "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder"
showTitle[0] = (Dracula: Dead and Loving It)###$$$Clumsy Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) victimizes a traveling salesman (Peter MacNicol), then moves on to London for fresh blood.%%%
episodeName[0]= ()$$$Clumsy Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) victimizes a traveling salesman (Peter MacNicol), then moves on to London for fresh blood.%%%
episodeDesc[0]= (Clumsy Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) victimizes a traveling salesman (Peter MacNicol), then moves on to London for fresh blood.)%%%
Found .my file, attempting to get info:
  Updated showTitle[0] = Dracula: Dead and Loving It
  Updated episodeName[0] = 
  Updated episodeDesc[0] = Clumsy Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) victimizes a traveling salesman (Peter MacNicol), then moves on to London for fresh blood.
Video contains 28.6681666666667 minutes of commercials
Getting Video Info: "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2dvd\ffmpeg.exe" -i "D:\TV\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.mpg" -t 1 "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\temp.mpg" 2> "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.vidInfo.txt"
Duration Line[0]:   Duration: 02:29:57.6, start: 0.062967, bitrate: 3298 kb/s
hours[0]    = 02
minutes[0]  = 29
seconds[0]  = 57.6
totalMin[0] = 149.96
Video Info Line[0]:   Stream #0.1[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, 3000 kb/s
Resolution[0]  = 720x480
aspectRatio[0]  = 4:3
Bitrate[0]     = 3000
Frame Rate[0]  = 29.97 
Format[0]      = mpeg2video
Transcoded filename[0] = D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.mpg
Attempting to edit commercials, new duration = 121.291833333333 minutes

------------ Calculating Bitrates ----------------
Result = 550*5045^0 = 550
Result = 250*5045^0 = 250
Total DVD time = 121.291833333333 minutes
# of Videos    = 1
Avg Bitrate    =  5045

------------ Starting Transcoding ----------------
------------ ffmpeg Loop #0 ----------------
Editing out 28.6681666666667 minutes of commercials
Cleaning up the mpg a little big...
Washing: ffmpeg.exe -i "D:\TV\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.mpg" -acodec copy -vcodec copy "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.2clean.mpg"
Rinsing: mencoder.exe "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.2clean.mpg" -edl "D:\TV\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.edl" -ovc copy -oac copy -of mpeg -o "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.2cut.mpg"
*************  Creating ffmpeg cleaning and commercial cutting batch file
 <** Done
Running cleaning and cutting batch file with priority belownormal: "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.2cleanNcut.bat"
Non-HDTV mpeg path
-1410176.23210667 < 36718750 * (121.291833333333/121.291833333333)
No Transcoding nessisary.  Adding Nav Packets
Transcoding Video: ffmpeg.exe -i "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.2cut.mpg" -target ntsc-dvd -acodec copy -vcodec copy "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.mpg"
*************  Creating transcoding batch file
<** Done
Running batch file with priority belownormal: "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.bat"

FFMPEG Transcode Stats:
Video Duration[0]   = 121.291833333333
Actual Bitrate[0]   = 0.107729154614697
Target Bitrate[0]   = 5045
Actual File Size[0] = 98
Target File Size[0] = 4589843.85
Percent [0]         = 0.00213514888965122
Total Trans Time[0] = 00:02:42

This video should be cut.  Adjusting Chapters
Commercials List from Comskip:
336.436	551.185	0
756.723	929.096	0
2270.24	2495.5	0
3080.61	3306.34	0
3910.24	4136	0
4724.96	4951.32	0
5594.03	5820.62	0
6638.61	6865.67	0
7380.11	7608.44	0
7924.89	8123.79	0
8998.26	8998.26	0
Duration = 121.291833333333
Video Chapters = 0,5:36,9:01,31:23,44:53,54:57,68:32,79:14,92:52,101:27,106:43,121:18
Deleting: del D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.2cut.mpg
------------Transcoding Loop Finished ----------------
Trying to get Screen shots
Getting Screenshot: "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\SageTVTranscoder.exe" -ss 1724 -y -i "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.mpg" -f mjpeg -vframes 1 -deinterlace -an "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\DraculaDeadandLovingIt-1123802-0.2dvd.jpg"
Screenshot[0] doesn't exist

------------ Generating Menu ----------------
<** Done
Running menuGen batch file: "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\menuGen.bat"

------------ Creating DVD file Stucture ----------------
Creating DVD File Structure: "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\dvdauthor.exe" -x "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.config.xml"
<** Done

------------ Creating Burnable image ----------------
Creating Burnable Image: "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\mkisofs.exe"  -dvd-video -o "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.img" "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.imgFolder"
Change permissions of image: echo Y| cacls "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.img" /G everyone:F /C
<** Done
Deleting fake shortcut: del "C:\sageOthers\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.burn_i.lnk"
Deleting status image: del "C:\sageOthers\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.burn_i.jpg"

------------ Creating buring batch file ----------------
<** Done

------------ Creating Shortcut ----------------
Copying burning batch file: copy "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.burn.lnk" "C:\sageOthers\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.burn.lnk"
<** Done
Executing- "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\gm.exe" composite -resize 150x150 "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\finished.png" "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\burnImage.jpg" "C:\sageOthers\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.burn.jpg"

------------ Safty Check and Cleanup ----------------
Number of extra dirs found in D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder = 2
del "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\qdvd folder\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.qdvd"
del "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\qdvd folder\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.work"
rd /S /Q "D:\TV\\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.imgFolder"
rd /S /Q "D:\TV\Dracula Dead and Loving It.dvdList.0.WorkFolder"
<** Done

[malbec]

Nothing was confusing, just seemed a bit out of order. I got a bit down the track and then had to take a step back to find and install Dynamic menus, etc.

You could easily chalk it up to me being more anal retentive than the average bear.

Regardless, the directions aren't as bothersome as me not being able to get this to work. Do you have any tips there?

1) I see the short cuts getting created in C:\sageothers just fine
2) I see the dvdlist, dvd log, qdvd file and work file getting created in c:\program files\dagetv\sagetv\qdevd folder just fine
3) After 3 days of processing I managed to find some files in o:\sagetv\"name of file" that looked like transcoded mpg files.

So, a few questions
a) What should I expect for a time expectation between selecting a program to burn to DVD in Sage to actually getting the DVD burned? I went three days and then just canceled everything as there was a nice backlog of none of my recently recorded shows were getting the commercials scanned.
b) I tried a few different versions of mencoder, but they all seem to crash - I have an Atholon XP 2100+ for a processor.
d) In layman terms can you walk me through the general process? You select the file/fiels to burn in sage. A file gets created in qdvd folder. DirMon2 sees the qdvd file exists with no work file. Dirmon kicks off perl2dvd as a result. Perl2dvd does what exactly? Transcodes the file to a DVD format? Kicks off imgburn to create an ISO and then burn it? Some where my process is going awry. I can smell that I am pretty close to success, but...

Thanks!

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by CadErik

Ok one theory, is that I run out of place on my drive. Would there be any chance to set that differently and have the working folder on another drive? The drive where all the sage recordings always overflows and Sage is in charge of deleting old recordings.

Thanks,

Erik.

Yep, that's exactly what's happening. I usually have my sage drives set to keep 20 gig free for just such a reason, but for people who don't want to do that there's also an option to specify an alternate work folder in the advanced.pref file. You can either re-run the perl2dvdsetup.exe and when it asks you if you want to use a centralized work folder (or alternate work folder... I can't remember) say yes and then pick the folder you want to use or you can just open up your perl2dvd.advanced.pref file and add the path in yourself to the centralized work folder preference.

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by malbec

Nothing was confusing, just seemed a bit out of order. I got a bit down the track and then had to take a step back to find and install Dynamic menus, etc.

You could easily chalk it up to me being more anal retentive than the average bear.

Regardless, the directions aren't as bothersome as me not being able to get this to work. Do you have any tips there?

1) I see the short cuts getting created in C:\sageothers just fine
2) I see the dvdlist, dvd log, qdvd file and work file getting created in c:\program files\dagetv\sagetv\qdevd folder just fine
3) After 3 days of processing I managed to find some files in o:\sagetv\"name of file" that looked like transcoded mpg files.

So, a few questions
a) What should I expect for a time expectation between selecting a program to burn to DVD in Sage to actually getting the DVD burned? I went three days and then just canceled everything as there was a nice backlog of none of my recently recorded shows were getting the commercials scanned.
b) I tried a few different versions of mencoder, but they all seem to crash - I have an Atholon XP 2100+ for a processor.
d) In layman terms can you walk me through the general process? You select the file/fiels to burn in sage. A file gets created in qdvd folder. DirMon2 sees the qdvd file exists with no work file. Dirmon kicks off perl2dvd as a result. Perl2dvd does what exactly? Transcodes the file to a DVD format? Kicks off imgburn to create an ISO and then burn it? Some where my process is going awry. I can smell that I am pretty close to success, but...

Thanks!

3-days... ummm that's a little long. Do me a favor and post the qdvd.log file that was generated and i'll see if I can figure out what's going on.

[malbec]

Hey evilpenguin,

Sorry for the delay, but I was out, then tried everything from scratch and kicked it off again. I got further this time, however I ran into an ffmpeg error - the MS debug log is attached in case that helps. MS error summary is as follows:

szAppName : ffmpeg.exe szAppVer : 0.0.0.0 szModName : ffmpeg.exe
szModVer : 0.0.0.0 offset : 000122c2

In my Other Programs in Sage the file shows up with a DVD icon instead of a yellow or blue dot making it appear as though it was burned to a DVD (it was not).

There is a *.img file in the directory where the .mpg file is located. It is about 1/3 the size of the .mpg file. I will play around with this after this post.

The log files are attached as well in case that helps.

Any tips on what I might be missing? Thanks again for all of your help and creating this. If I can get this to work, this will be awesome!

EDIT:
Okay, I am sorry. I did not realize that all I needed to do was click on the icon in Other Programs to burn the DVD. Doing that, the entire process worked. So, if you would be so kind, would you be able to offer me a few tips on the following:

1) Any idea on the ffmpeg error I received?
2) While the process worked, the resulting DVD did not. The video was very choppy and the audio was very, very out of sync. I assume this can be addressed via some encoding settings? I followed the links on this thread, but to be honest, I don't know enough about this stuff, so... I can say that compression is not a high priority of mine at the moment, so if there is a quick setting change there?

Thanks again for all of your hard work on this. It is much appreciated!

[evilpenguin]

What recording profile are you using?

[malbec]

Sorry, but I am not exactly sure what you mean by recording profile. The recording quality on the program I tried was MPEG2 Max Quality - it was a recording of the news that did a story on something related to the family, so I bumped the quality on this one to the max. All of my other recordings are on DVD Standard Play. Should I try one of those? If this is not what you mean by reocording profilem please let me know...

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by malbec

Sorry, but I am not exactly sure what you mean by recording profile. The recording quality on the program I tried was MPEG2 Max Quality - it was a recording of the news that did a story on something related to the family, so I bumped the quality on this one to the max. All of my other recordings are on DVD Standard Play. Should I try one of those? If this is not what you mean by reocording profilem please let me know...

Ahh, that's the problem. The DVD standard only allows a max of about 9800 kbs and your recording is upwards of 12,000 kbs. Ideally I should catch that and transcode it down to a lower bitrate, which I'll make sure to do in the next version. You're other recordings in DVD standard play should work just fine.

[malbec]

Thanks!!!

[evilpenguin]

12/05/06 v2.0d -

• Bugfix: Fixed an issue where a file overwrite warning was hanging the process
• Bugfix: Fixed some lazy code when looking for the preference file
• Bugfix: Removed some unnecessary file deletes
• Bugfix: If video bitrate is to high, force it to transcoded
• Bugfix: Estimated encode size is now more accurate
• Bugfix: Detect if DVD image is unexpectedly small
• Bugfix: Fixed thumbnail generation
• Bugfix: Deleting logfile wasn’t working properly
• Bugfix: dvdList.log is overwritten instead of appended to prevent it from getting too big
• Enhancement: Added easy mutlti video DVD creation and improved easy single video DVD creation. See included example batch files for details.
• Enhancement: In case of error, all relevant batch files will be zipped and placed next to the .qdvd file. This way, when you have a problem, just post the zip file on the forum.
• Enhancement: Added profile option to specify an output folder for compressed videos. When you use this the originals will not be deleted
• Enhancement: Added option to specify qdvd folder in perl2dvdsetup

[evilpenguin]

The download section isn't letting me upload my new file for some reason. I'll try and sort this out tomorrow.

Update: It appears to be working now. Just check to make sure your download includes "multi_video_dvd_example.bat". If so, then you got the right one.

[evilpenguin]

The download section is giving me nothing but trouble. I've been trying to upload a quick fix to 2.0d all morning and it keeps timing out on me. I'm gonna have to start looking for my own file storage because this is getting very frustrating