Look for a simple DVD authoring

[Bjurta]

I am doing many DVDs everyday (For the moment i am authoring 25 different DVDs)

For the moment i am using TMPGEnc which have the things i need:
Auto chaptering and the ability to create DVDs without menus.

My workflow today is to open 25copies of TMPGEnc and start them all on the same time. The problem is time... It takes forever before they are done, is there any program that is quicker then TMPGEnc DVD authoring or even better a program that can batch encode DVDs so the computer dont have to multieencode several tasks at once?

[setarip_old]

Hi!

I presume your question is related to the documentaries you are shooting, as stated in your other post at:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=63311

If so, I believe the follwing Googlesearch link may provide you with what you need:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22batch+encode%22+and+%22TMPGEnc+DVD+Author%22

[Bjurta]

i wish it was as simple as a google search ;(

But to batch encode my mpegs isnt the problem... its to convert mpeg to DVDs

[Matthew]

I take it your are authoring dvds of a consistent format? (same number of audio tracks etc).

If that's the case then you can take a template MuxMan script and then use command-line search and replace (say) to generate a script for each dvd, which can be sequentially executed at the command-line. MuxMan requires m2v+ac3(pcm|mp2|dts) as input.

[Bjurta]

*edit*
That solution seems very good for me!

Only one problem... I need to put auto chaptering with 3mins intervall and all my files are different size...

What if i use a .txt document with chapters speficed "longer" then the actually movie is... What will happen then?

[Matthew]

mmmm...yes that's a real problem. MuxMan will fail if the specified chapters are longer than the movie.

What's worse is that you'll find generating chapters within each script to be a bit of a pain.

Perhaps you can create lots of scripts, e.g. called project_under9min.mxp, project_under12mins.mxp, and then pick the right one based on length. But this could be tricky also, although you could do it manually by placing the appropriate mxp in a folder with each asset.

I have my own (cli) tool that will create a movie-only dvd using MuxMan, but it requires certain naming conventions and a chapter list to be supplied.
e.g.
P_43_file1.m2v
TRA01_en_-5_file1.ac3
file1.chp

If these restrictions are not a problem you can try that if you like.

[skycore]

Have you got the tool? I can provide such a tool for you.

[Bjurta]

Matthew:
Hmm thanks for your help but it all seems a bit to much hassle to make it work.

Skycore:
Please tell me more!