Help to automate dvd making with GUI for DVD Auther

[beardedboss]

I was wondering if any of the guros out there could help me out by writing me a script to accomplise this

At the moment I am recording my TV with a DVB-T card using DVB Web Scheduler and the resulting recorded TS files are then put through Videoredo and output as MPG with NAV Packets, which then I load into GUI for DVD Author and then make a disc up ready for my DVD Player.

Now what I am needing to do is take a directory of files that are 4.37 gig in size and with script of some sort

or bat file like, click it so that it will put them into GUI for DVD Author using the default basic menu and then

use the file name as the program


then make a ready DVD Folder layout Video and Audio_TS ready to be burnt later on or poss even then burn with IMG burn.

At the moment i have alot of mpg files ready to be burnt off onto discs and am finding doing it manually is taking alot of time to make the dvd structures up

here is an example of a file name and its corresponding chapter info

The Life of Birds (Meat-Eaters) UKTV History (2007-10-11 13-50-Thu).mpg
The Life of Birds (Meat-Eaters) UKTV History (2007-10-11 13-50-Thu).txt


THe file names would then become the text to highlite and start the program again with the standard blue background (DVD Text Menu basic)

Any help would be appriecated

Thanks Alot

Beardedboss

[guns1inger]

What you need to do is look at the scripts that GUIForDVDAuthor creates, either for DVD Author or Muxman (whichever you normally use), and replicate those. I don't believe you can drive GUIForDVDAuthor by script, however GUIForDVDAuthor is a front-end to tools that can be scripted. Look at what GUIForDVDAuthor does, and use that as the basis for your own scripts.

That said, you may also need to learn some basic pearl or similar in order to manipulate the scripts dynamically.

[borax]

GfD has some simple command line parameters, which could be used to start it with the video + audio + chapter files. But there are some more things to do...
If you want to run it 'batch like', each project needs a different output directory. If you want to burn the disk automatically, you would need several burners, or you need to change it manually after each burn.
The most easy approach would be using the GfD command line to start, set the output directory, 'Create Batch' for as many 'DVDs' you like (and have the HD space for). Create a 'Master Batch file' and run it.
There are several possibilities to do some kind of scripting to automate also this procedure. I would probably try it with AutoIt.