STV Import: SageMC Video Tools v2.0.1a (2/02/07)

[evilpenguin]

Ok, if E: is a network drive then you need to make sure you're running dirmon2 logged in as a user with network privileges.

[nox71]

Here is what i got when trying to drag and drop a sage recording directly on the batch file:

C:\Documents and Settings\Patrick Lizotte>cd "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV"

C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV>perl2dvd.exe "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV" "E:
\Pvr\UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0.mpg" "UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0" ""
""
Staring in easy dvd mode
Sagedir : C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV
Video[0] : E:\Pvr\UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0.mpg
Title[0] : UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0
Episode[0] :
Description[0] :
Setting logfile = E:\Pvr\UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0.mpg.dvd.log
No file given
C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\gm.exe composite: Unable to open file (C
:\temp\C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\.burn_i.jpg) [Invalid argument].
Died at script/perl2dvd.pl line 1171.

C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV>pause
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Any idea what the problem is ?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by nox71

Here is what i got when trying to drag and drop a sage recording directly on the batch file:

C:\Documents and Settings\Patrick Lizotte>cd "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV"

C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV>perl2dvd.exe "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV" "E:
\Pvr\UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0.mpg" "UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0" ""
""
Staring in easy dvd mode
Sagedir : C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV
Video[0] : E:\Pvr\UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0.mpg
Title[0] : UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0
Episode[0] :
Description[0] :
Setting logfile = E:\Pvr\UFC66LiddellOrtiz2AllDay-29354-0.mpg.dvd.log
No file given
C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\gm.exe composite: Unable to open file (C
:\temp\C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\perl2DVD\.burn_i.jpg) [Invalid argument].
Died at script/perl2dvd.pl line 1171.

C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV>pause
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Any idea what the problem is ?

Can you look for the qdvd.log file and post it? It should be right next to the video.

[nox71]

Yes here it is

[evilpenguin]

Ok, that's an easy one, its just waiting for comskip to make a .edl file. If you generate one of those, or disable waiting for .edl files in perl2dvd.advanced.pref, it should work.

[nox71]

Thanks Evilpenguin that fix my problem !

[belleboyd]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

Ok, if E: is a network drive then you need to make sure you're running dirmon2 logged in as a user with network privileges.

I am. At least I think I am. See screenshot of Dirmon. I have E: mapped as a network drive and that user is the admin for the machine i am using for schedule/transcode/burn.

The funny thing is -- this all worked at one time. I recently had some issues with double entries in wiz.bin and decided to start over for the new year. So I deleted wiz.bin made some organizational changes and upgraded to 6.018 from scratch. I reinstalled everything. Well -- not Dirmon and ImgBurn. But I installed Sage 6.018 and SageMC6.3.1 and your Videotools (in that order) from scratch. I re-ran perl2dvdsetup. It all seemed to be ok. But the dragNdrop bat file is not working and it can't seem to locate any mpgs anywhere. The differences in the set up are 1) the folder the recordings are in, 2) Sage 6.018 and 3) SageMC 6.3.1.


Edit 8:30PM: I dropped a file on the "single_video_dvd_dragNdrop.bat" and it worked. It located the source file alright. The "compress_2_xvid_dragNdrop.bat" just sits there. It opens the .bat file in notepad also. Is that expected behaviour? Anyone have any suggestions?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by belleboyd

I am. At least I think I am. See screenshot of Dirmon. I have E: mapped as a network drive and that user is the admin for the machine i am using for schedule/transcode/burn.

The funny thing is -- this all worked at one time. I recently had some issues with double entries in wiz.bin and decided to start over for the new year. So I deleted wiz.bin made some organizational changes and upgraded to 6.018 from scratch. I reinstalled everything. Well -- not Dirmon and ImgBurn. But I installed Sage 6.018 and SageMC6.3.1 and your Videotools (in that order) from scratch. I re-ran perl2dvdsetup. It all seemed to be ok. But the dragNdrop bat file is not working and it can't seem to locate any mpgs anywhere. The differences in the set up are 1) the folder the recordings are in, 2) Sage 6.018 and 3) SageMC 6.3.1.


Edit 8:30PM: I dropped a file on the "single_video_dvd_dragNdrop.bat" and it worked. It located the source file alright. The "compress_2_xvid_dragNdrop.bat" just sits there. It opens the .bat file in notepad also. Is that expected behaviour? Anyone have any suggestions?

The batch file is my fault, If you open it up and change perl2dvd.pl to perl2dvd.exe the batch file will work.

As for sage 6.3.1, I need to update my STVi a little bit and that might fix your problem. I hope to get it out tomorrow.

[belleboyd]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

The batch file is my fault, If you open it up and change perl2dvd.pl to perl2dvd.exe the batch file will work.

As for sage 6.3.1, I need to update my STVi a little bit and that might fix your problem. I hope to get it out tomorrow.

Ah ha!! Well at least I know its not something I messed up!!
Thanks for whenever you can get to it!

[nox71]

It work for me except that when i play the resulting DVD the audio is completely out of sync with the video and on the original mpeg file everything was fine. Any idea of what to adjust evilpenguin to correct that ?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by nox71

It work for me except that when i play the resulting DVD the audio is completely out of sync with the video and on the original mpeg file everything was fine. Any idea of what to adjust evilpenguin to correct that ?

What type of video was it, HD or SD?

[nox71]

It was SD.

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by nox71

It was SD.

Is that the only DVD you've burned so far?

[nox71]

Yes this is the first one.

[nyplayer]

EP,

If you want to use a very good version of Mencoder the one that comes with mediacoder is constantly being optimized. It is also good for creating batchfiles etc...

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/index.htm

[nox71]

Evilpenguin: i did some more test last night by changing my encoder to the stock one of Sage and i got the same result my audio it completely out of sync. I just start another dvd burning with another recorded video this morning to see if it's doing the same problem and i will post my result today.

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by nox71

Evilpenguin: i did some more test last night by changing my encoder to the stock one of Sage and i got the same result my audio it completely out of sync. I just start another dvd burning with another recorded video this morning to see if it's doing the same problem and i will post my result today.

Can you enable saving log files to a zip file in the perl2dvd.advanced.pref and post that for me?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

EP,

If you want to use a very good version of Mencoder the one that comes with mediacoder is constantly being optimized. It is also good for creating batchfiles etc...

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/index.htm

Thanks for the link, i'll have to check that out

[grooves12]

I got the plugin up and running and is burning DVD's. Unfortunately the audio and video are pretty badly out of sync. It gets worse and worse as time goes on through the video.

Any ideas on how I might be able to fix this?

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by grooves12

I got the plugin up and running and is burning DVD's. Unfortunately the audio and video are pretty badly out of sync. It gets worse and worse as time goes on through the video.

Any ideas on how I might be able to fix this?

There have been a lot of people complaining about losing sync. I'll check that out this weekend.