Batch DVD Making With Video Files ?

[hensucker]

I have over 400 Downloaded Films Now Stacking up on my pc and i want to get them off, but its a long haul having to do them one by one, as i work most of the day when i get home i need to use the pc and dont have time, i was wondering if there is a program out there in which you can add say 10 video files and it processes each one seperately and then turns them into dvd burning material i.e. Vob files.
If anyone can help me with this one or point me in the right direction i would be most grateful thankyou.

[Baldrick]

I don't know any all-in-one dvd converter that can do batch encoding to several dvds. But you could use for example ConvertXtoDVD and load one file, start converting. Then start a new ConvertXtoDVD again load a file, start converting. Repeat until you have 10 running or something.

[hensucker]

yes i could do that but it would adversibly affect the copying process, as you need a lot of resources to copy these files and 10 files encoding parallel to each other would cause glitches in the finished product or even crash the machine all together.
If anyone else has any ideas.

[ladyb1998]

you can use the new version of dvd2one. it has batchprocessing that can do up to 15 disks

[Baldrick]

I assume hensucker has avi video files or something and not complete dvd-video? or? then it wont work with dvd2one.

[mwkurt]

With convertX2DVD you can do a batch process so that they will convert in series (one after the other) rather than in parallel. I have done it and this is what the batch looks like:

"C:\program files\vso\ConvertXtoDVD\ConvertXtoDvd.exe" "C:\program files\vso\ConvertXProjects\Your Project DVD 1.xToDVD" /auto=true /close

"C:\program files\VSO\ConvertXtoDVD\ConvertXtoDvd.exe" "C:\program files\vso\convertxprojects\Your Project DVD 2.xToDVD" /auto=true /close

"C:\program files\vso\ConvertXtoDVD\ConvertXtoDvd.exe" "C:\program files\vso\ConvertXProjects\Your Project DVD 3.xToDVD" /auto=true /close

"C:\program files\VSO\ConvertXtoDVD\ConvertXtoDvd.exe" "C:\program files\vso\convertxprojects\Your Project DVD 4.xToDVD" /auto=true /close


With this method you need to create your DVD projects in Convertx2DVD first and save them. Save this text as a batch file and you're ready to go. Just double click on the batch file and the process will take over from there.
Mark

[Bjs]

Super , use it in batch mode , add all the files required

Best set for ffmpeg .
Output as mpeg2 , with ac3 audio .

Your only proplem is going to be that not all those clips are going to be on the same scale , which is something you need to work out before encoding the entire lot to mpeg2 ... not vob ... super dosent seem to output compliant file's as tested .

Doing it this way produce's individual clips , that should not cause audio sync issue's when linked to other's ... if audio sync dose come in , it will be restrained to the clip that caused it and not affect the following clips in playback .

It would be nice to make sure each clip after it is converted , dose not contain this problem .

Simple fast method for resync :

Virtualdub , open affected mpeg , video compression to xvid , no audio , save as avitest.avi
Next , set audio to full processing , compression to none , conversion to 44.1khz , 16bit , stereo ... save as wav .

Load avi video in syncview ... load new wav audio ... and use the tool to resync audio ... you might need to do this a couple of time's if you have any spoken parts really off by a lot ... when saving the new audio file , make sure it is set to save the audio out with matching video length .

When ok , delete the avi video , and convert the new wav over to the same format as used for dvd project using besweet .

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After they have been converted , you'll need a way to organise them for dvd , and the playback .

I suggest :

Batchdemux to seperate the video and audio component from the mpegs .
The gimp ... to create menus ... now includes G.A.P ... animation tool ... now fully working .
Besweet ... batch conversion for audio ... just incase .
Dvdauthorgui ... for putting the basic's of the dvd and navigational structure together .
Pgcedit ... incase any nav command dosent work ... quick fix .

Play test to make sure it all works ... if not , go back into pgcedit and find non-working nav command and fix it .

If all works ... in pgcedit , go to file , burn dvd / create iso ... enter any required options needed , and let it rip .
Down below is a button linked to call imgburn .

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As for "400 Downloaded Films" ... it will depend on the outcome of the conversions as to how many disc's will be required to clear them from the pc ...

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Your in for a long haul ... get plenty of rest or you'll end up tired , and cant think straight ... which conversion / dvdauthoring require's ... otherwise you could screwup somewhere along the line ... which wouldnt be funny ...

[hensucker]

well thankyou all for the responses i have gathered here, now im interested in this convertx2dvd batch process thing, that sonds good but is it simple, you say about saving each project but does it save as txt file or something else?
is there a limit to how many?
i basically want 1 film per dvd 4.7GB disc
it fits no problem but can it create it ready for me?
do i have to burn once each one is done?
or does it build them as dvd files and store for later burning?

[mwkurt]

You build your project in Convertx2dvd as you would if you were going to create your DVD
right away. Save it as a project, give it a name. Put the name of the project in the script
that I showed you. The script will then open convertx2dvd and create your project, saving it where you told it to when you created the project. You can add as many projects to the script
as you wish. After each project is done it will close convertx3dvd then open it up again and create the next project until it comes to the end of your script, however long it is.
Convertx2dvd saves it's project as if it were a project in any other application, with it's own
values and such. It is not hard. If you are familiar with convertx2dvd it should be really simple.
If you are not familiar with it, it will take maybe 10 minutes to figure it out. Just be sure to
save the ptoject with all of the properties that you want to create your DVDs with. Try it out, then come back if you have more questions.
To add to this, it creates a set of DVD folders to burn later. I was playing around with the idea of burning the folders after each DVD was created but didn't want to have to be present to change the DVD after each conversion.
Mark

[mwkurt]

One other thing....Depending on where you got your Divx files from they may come out
with audio out of sync after the conversion. What I suggest and do personally is to run every Divx file I convert through AVImuxGUI before I create my DVDs. This would save a lot of time for you in the end if your files are slightly out of sync, even though they may not appear to be when they are played. If this interests you then do a search on my nickname for other threads about out of sync issues. It adds maybe 3 minutes to you time for each file if it is OOS.
Good luck,
Mark

[RydiaAngel]

You can batch convert anything -> DVD using WinAVI. It'll do them one-by-one instead of parallel and I've never had a problem with it.

[hensucker]

ok tried to have a go at this thing with convertx2dvd, but i cannot create this batch file you mention, now i downloaded a batch file creator and that doesnt seem to do much.

please help.

[mwkurt]

When you say you can not create the batch file, what exactly do you mean? Step by step, here is what you do:
1) copy one of the lines I wote up above.
2) open notepad and paste that line into notepad for as many DVD's as you want to create.
3) Save the notepad file with a name of your choice using a .bat extension. A Batch file must have that extension to work. Save it to your desktop.
4) change the part in the lines you pasted that is in bold letters below to the name of each one of the projects you created in Divx2dvd.

"C:\program files\vso\ConvertXtoDVD\ConvertXtoDvd.exe" "C:\program files\vso\ConvertXProjects\Your Project DVD 1.xToDVD" /auto=true /close

Now assuming that your copy of Divx2DVD is in the same directory as mine, and you save your project in the same directory as I have, when you double click on the batch file that is now on your desktop, it should work. If not let me know exactly what you are doing.
Mark

[jimmalenko]

If Quick N Dirty is your thang, then you don't even need a project file.

REM CONVERT.BAT

@echo off
rem Passes current working directory to Encode.vbs, which then processes all files
rem Copy this into directory you wish to convert
echo Processing ...
call Encode.vbs %~dp0

REM ENCODE.VBS
strSourceDir=mid(wscript.arguments(0),1,len(wscript.arguments(0))-1)
Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objFileSystem = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFileSystem.GetFolder(strSourceDir)
Set colFiles = objFolder.Files

For Each FileObj in colFiles
strFileName = FileObj.Name 
If UCase(Right(strFileName,3)) <> "BAT" AND UCase(Right(strFileName,3)) <> ".DB" AND UCase(Right(strFileName,3)) <> ".VBS" then
strFullLocation = objFolder & "\" & strFilename
strFullCommand = """C:\Program Files\vso\Convertxtodvd\ConvertXtoDvd.exe"" /file=""" & strFullLocation & """ /auto=true /close"
WshShell.Run strFullCommand, 1, true
Wscript.Sleep(500)
End if
Next

Create the CONVERT.BAT and ENCODE.VBS files and store them in a safe place. Then simply drop both files into any directory containing video files, and it will convert each one as it's own project.

I also have scripts for processing project files as mwkurt explained above, and also a script to combine all files in a particular folder into the one project.