Re: DVAClient now called "ReplaySix"

I did this in Windows XP using DVArchive version 3.1.  I just renamed the .vob
files to .mpg, created the .ndx and .evt files, and then used the File..Import
Show(s) menu option, clicked "Add Import(s)" to select the .mpg file, and
checked the "Delete import files after import complete" option.

There should be no need to reencode the files as they are already in an MPEG2
format that the Roku will handle, and as far as I know DVArchive never looks at
the file content.  You can manually set the file type once the file in
imported, but that is only used to decide which shows to reveal to which
ReplayTV units, because 4000 and 5000 ReplayTV units are incompatible with each
other's MPEG2 files.

I recall seeing a program called "vob merge" that would merge all of the .vob
files into a single .mpg file.  This could be useful.  CinemaSix may have
problems with files > 4GB because there are several places it uses 32-bit file
offsets, but DVArchive will handle the large files fine.



--- Kevin Bocek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Philip.  This could be an interesting option.
> 
> I tried last night and tonight to import files into DVArchive on OS X, 
> but no luck.  I Always receive just "ERROR" in the messages tab.  I've 
> tried both VOB's and re-encoded MPEG2's from VOB's along with ndx and 
> evt files that were created with 'touch'.  It does seem like something 
> is working because at least filename.xml files are created.
> 
> With your attempts did you use .VOB's or the video and main audio 
> converted to an MPEG2?  Does DVArchive even care?
> 
> I'll try over the next few days to get this to work.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> On 19 Jul, 2004, at 23:10, Philip Van Baren wrote:
> 
> > Kevin,
> >
> > I tried this out, and it does work.  The trick is you need to create 
> > two
> > additional empty files with the same name as the .mpg, but with .ndx 
> > and .evt
> > extensions.  These files are used by the ReplayTV but not by CinemaSix 
> > or
> > ReplaySix, so their content doesn't matter.  But DVArchive requires 
> > that these
> > files exist for the import operation.
> >
> > There are 2 catches:
> >
> > 1) HTTP streaming mode, which is what is used to stream from 
> > DVArchive, does
> > not do the automatic file name increment like file-based playback 
> > does, so you
> > wouldn't get the automatic progression from one .vob section to the 
> > next
> >
> > 2) The CinemaSix application is set up to reinterleave the A/V streams 
> > when
> > playing ReplayTV files, because this is required for decent lip sync.  
> > This
> > reinterleaving messes up the lipsync of DVD .vob files.
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