One Click HDTV>DVD

[glen8]

I don't know if one exists, but if it does I can't find it. We know about HDTV2DVD but we are wanting something with a bit more functionality. The ability to add in the encoder of your choice and have the end user build a DVD to their specifications.

....anyway, a couple of friends and I have started working on one. We encode loads of TV shows at the minute and having a one-click solution saves ALOT of time :-) I guess we need to ask permission on this as we will be needing to use certain DLL files created on these forums.

The creators of said DLLs will be contacted in due course.

I know DVD Rebuilder was created from these forums and has become very popular.

I just thought I should make a post stating our intensions.

Thanks.

[Pookie]

You can do it via a batch file -

You'll need:

ProjectX

AviSynth

HCBatch or FFMPEG or Quenc

DGIndex


All the above apps can be command line driven.

[f@chance]

Just my input on what I am doing for HDTV to DVD conversion.

DGIndex to get the DV2 files
AVISynt with DGDecode line in it.
Setting bitrate in CCE to get between 4200 to 4400 kbps depending on the length of the TV episode.

All this produce an excellent video stream and allows the ability to crop out glitches if needed. Audio stream checked and if neded cropped with ACR Delaycut.

[glen8]

We are building in a cropping utility the week after next. It will preview the video overlaying four lines (colour set from a pallet). The user can overlay the four lines to where they want the crop to be. The program generates the crop (x,x,x,x) line into the script file :-)

We are running through a few different methods of processing .ts to .vob this weekend.

Of course we'll post beta versions for you to test

[glen8]

Pookie, I forgot to ask in my last message.

Will your batch file create a final VIDEO_TS folder to burn onto a dvd? The thing we are not currently sure about is this.......

If a user wants to encode 3 HDTV files to a single DVD (able to skip between the three from the set top box)

We can do one no problem, but it's getting multiple ones we are struggling with.

[f@chance]

The trim function in AVISynth became important when a 2 second glitch that didn't interfere with the plot appeared in Episode 1 of LOST and needed to be cropped because. Again AVISynth was excellent for that.

[Pookie]

Pookie, I forgot to ask in my last message.

Will your batch file create a final VIDEO_TS folder to burn onto a dvd? The thing we are not currently sure about is this.......

If a user wants to encode 3 HDTV files to a single DVD (able to skip between the three from the set top box)

We can do one no problem, but it's getting multiple ones we are struggling with.

Hmmm... The only thing I can think of at the moment would be to check the docs on DVDAuthor. Here's a download link for the Win32 version http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dvdauthor/dvdauthor-0.6.8-win32.rar?download