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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:32:30 -0400, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>John in Detroit wrote:
>
>> Tony D wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The newest MPEG wizard loads the Replay evt file and places the CA
>>> marks as bookmarks in the file. You just tweak them, hit go and it
>>> edits out all the commercials and splices all the chunks together.
>>
>>
>> Tell me more
>
>Womble's more expensive big brother now uses the evt file to fill in
>bookmarks on a file in the editing window. You can view the transitions
>and move the markers if it is a false CA or to avoid having a second or
>2 of a commercial show. You can add transition effects, etc and just
>tell it to do it and you're ready to burn.

Can these markers become chapter points for DVD? That would be a
useful feature.

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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:09:19 GMT, John in Detroit
<Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


>One thing you can do that may well improve both compression and quality
>of the replayed video is simply burn a data DVD instead of a video disk
>
>To do this use your favorite DVD burner, Nero, Speedy CD, whatever comes
>with you burner, and record the DVArchive files out of the Local_Guide
>directory. Record all 4 files, Then the person you ship to can simply
>copy the files back to his Local_Guide and play on his compuer (or
>stream to the Replay) normally.

I've done this with *some* success. I have an APEX DVD player
(portable) and for some reason about 33 minutes into the movie, it
stops. I haven't reasearched this yet, but think there may be a file
limit problem (?1GB?) for some DVDs.

Any ideas?

-- david

 

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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:22:43 -0600, David Luner <Luner-tic@tds.net>
wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:09:19 GMT, John in Detroit
><Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>>One thing you can do that may well improve both compression and quality
>>of the replayed video is simply burn a data DVD instead of a video disk
>>
>>To do this use your favorite DVD burner, Nero, Speedy CD, whatever comes
>>with you burner, and record the DVArchive files out of the Local_Guide
>>directory. Record all 4 files, Then the person you ship to can simply
>>copy the files back to his Local_Guide and play on his compuer (or
>>stream to the Replay) normally.
>
>I've done this with *some* success. I have an APEX DVD player
>(portable) and for some reason about 33 minutes into the movie, it
>stops. I haven't reasearched this yet, but think there may be a file
>limit problem (?1GB?) for some DVDs.
>
>Any ideas?
>
> -- david

It this problem with a standalone DVD player, or with a computer DVD
drive? That's confused here.

Standard (video) DVDs seem to use files no larger than 1GB. What
software is creating larger files?

As for data DVDs, I regualrly use 2GB files, which is the maximum that
Ghost creates.

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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:41:25 -0600, Mark Lloyd
<mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx> wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:22:43 -0600, David Luner <Luner-tic@tds.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:09:19 GMT, John in Detroit
>><Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>...simply burn a data DVD instead of a video disk
>>>
>>>To do this use your favorite DVD burner, Nero, ... Record all 4 files,
>>
>>I've done this with *some* success. I have an APEX DVD player
>>(portable) and for some reason about 33 minutes into the movie, it
>>stops. I haven't reasearched this yet, but think there may be a file
>>limit problem (?1GB?) for some DVDs.
>>
>
>It this problem with a standalone DVD player, or with a computer DVD
>drive? That's confused here.

Standalone DVD player. I have no problem playing the files on my PC.

>
>Standard (video) DVDs seem to use files no larger than 1GB. What
>software is creating larger files?

I'm just using NERO to burn data (MPG. EVT, XML and the other thing)
to DVD media. That may be the crux of the problem if "normal" DVD's
only have "files" up to 1GB. (Since I know nothing about official DVD
formats).

>As for data DVDs, I regualrly use 2GB files, which is the maximum that
>Ghost creates.

I've had no PC problems with .mpg files on data DVD media over 4GB.

-- david

 

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>>
>>Womble's more expensive big brother now uses the evt file to fill in
>>bookmarks on a file in the editing window. You can view the transitions
>>and move the markers if it is a false CA or to avoid having a second or
>>2 of a commercial show. You can add transition effects, etc and just
>>tell it to do it and you're ready to burn.
>
>
> Can these markers become chapter points for DVD? That would be a
> useful feature.
>

The evt file marks the commercials. The editor can make them chapter
points, but I don't see how that would be particularly usefull other
than for removing said commercials.

 

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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:31:01 -0500, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>
>>>
>>>Womble's more expensive big brother now uses the evt file to fill in
>>>bookmarks on a file in the editing window. You can view the transitions
>>>and move the markers if it is a false CA or to avoid having a second or
>>>2 of a commercial show. You can add transition effects, etc and just
>>>tell it to do it and you're ready to burn.
>>
>>
>> Can these markers become chapter points for DVD? That would be a
>> useful feature.
>>
>
>The evt file marks the commercials. The editor can make them chapter
>points, but I don't see how that would be particularly usefull other
>than for removing said commercials.

What I was thinking of was in addition to removing commercials. If you
left the commercials in, this would give your DVD player the
equivalent of Show|Nav.

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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:14:50 -0600, David Luner <Luner-tic@tds.net>
wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:41:25 -0600, Mark Lloyd
><mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:22:43 -0600, David Luner <Luner-tic@tds.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:09:19 GMT, John in Detroit
>>><Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>...simply burn a data DVD instead of a video disk
>>>>
>>>>To do this use your favorite DVD burner, Nero, ... Record all 4 files,
>>>
>>>I've done this with *some* success. I have an APEX DVD player
>>>(portable) and for some reason about 33 minutes into the movie, it
>>>stops. I haven't reasearched this yet, but think there may be a file
>>>limit problem (?1GB?) for some DVDs.
>>>
>>
>>It this problem with a standalone DVD player, or with a computer DVD
>>drive? That's confused here.
>
>Standalone DVD player. I have no problem playing the files on my PC.
>
>>
>>Standard (video) DVDs seem to use files no larger than 1GB. What
>>software is creating larger files?
>
>I'm just using NERO to burn data (MPG. EVT, XML and the other thing)
>to DVD media. That may be the crux of the problem if "normal" DVD's
>only have "files" up to 1GB. (Since I know nothing about official DVD
>formats).
>

Then you have a data DVD, not a video DVD. How are you using that in a
standalone DVD player? Not many can read MPG files. If yours does,
you'd have to see it's manual for info on that.

>>As for data DVDs, I regualrly use 2GB files, which is the maximum that
>>Ghost creates.
>
>I've had no PC problems with .mpg files on data DVD media over 4GB.
>
> -- david

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>>>Can these markers become chapter points for DVD? That would be a
>>>useful feature.
>>>
>>
>>The evt file marks the commercials. The editor can make them chapter
>>points, but I don't see how that would be particularly usefull other
>>than for removing said commercials.
>
>
> What I was thinking of was in addition to removing commercials. If you
> left the commercials in, this would give your DVD player the
> equivalent of Show|Nav.
>

A Replay demo disk.

 

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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:34:13 -0500, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>>>>Can these markers become chapter points for DVD? That would be a
>>>>useful feature.
>>>>
>>>
>>>The evt file marks the commercials. The editor can make them chapter
>>>points, but I don't see how that would be particularly usefull other
>>>than for removing said commercials.
>>
>>
>> What I was thinking of was in addition to removing commercials. If you
>> left the commercials in, this would give your DVD player the
>> equivalent of Show|Nav.
>>
>
>A Replay demo disk.

What?

What I'm talking about has nothing to do with advertising the Replay.
It's about making a useful feature available to people playing those
DVDs.

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David Luner wrote:

> I've done this with *some* success. I have an APEX DVD player
> (portable) and for some reason about 33 minutes into the movie, it
> stops. I haven't reasearched this yet, but think there may be a file
> limit problem (?1GB?) for some DVDs.

I was refering not to playing them on a DVD player, but to either 1:
Copying them back to the Local_Guide folder on a computer with DVArchive
or playing them with POWER DVD in file mode or one of the better DVD
compatable MPEG players (Still on a computer)

A good number of dvd players can't touch a MPEG, but any computer with a
half decent video card and at least 366 Mhz intel p2 cup can do it.

I know... That's how I do it